Circular Flavor Profile Visualization for Personalized Advisement
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a lack of efficient systems for providing personalized flavor advisement that can cater to diverse cooking needs and taste profiles at both individual and family levels, failing to effectively target different shoppers and cooks.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for generating visual representations of user and food element profiles using graphical elements positioned around a circle, where the length of each element indicates preference or value, allowing for personalized flavor recommendations based on user preferences and food characteristics.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a comprehensive flavor advisement system is implemented to meet diverse cooking needs, then the adaptability and versatility of the system improves, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments flavor profiles into distinct categories (e.g., sweet, sour, salty, bitter, umami) and represents them using separate graphical elements. This segmentation allows the system to handle diverse cooking needs by combining simple, standardized flavor components rather than using a complex monolithic approach.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies local quality by allowing different graphical elements to have different lengths and positions around the circular interface, representing varying intensity levels and preferences for each flavor category. This enables personalized flavor advisement tailored to individual users without requiring a completely different system for each user type.
2Adaptability or versatility
If personalized flavor recommendations are provided for individual and family levels, then the adaptability improves, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides universal flavor advisement that can serve multiple functions: individual user preferences, family aggregate profiles, and diverse cooking needs all use the same circular graphical interface and flavor categorization system. This multi-functionality allows personalization without requiring separate systems for different user scenarios.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges individual flavor preferences with family aggregate data into a unified representation using the same circular graphical elements. By combining data from multiple users while maintaining distinct individual profiles, the system achieves family-level personalization without proportionally increasing complexity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If diverse taste profiles are targeted at individual and family levels, then the adaptability improves, but the difficulty of detecting and measuring increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses visual representation through the length and position of graphical elements around a circle to encode flavor profile data. This visual encoding makes taste profiles easily detectable and measurable through graphical analysis, transforming abstract flavor data into intuitive visual patterns that can be readily processed and displayed.
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AI summary
A method and apparatus for generating a visual representation of a flavor or texture profile based on flavor or texture preferences of a user with respect to each of a plurality of flavor or texture categories or based on flavor or texture characteristic information representing flavor or texture characteristics of a product or recipe for each of a plurality of flavor or texture categories. The flavor or texture preferences of a user and the flavor or texture characteristics of a product or recipe with respect to each of a plurality of flavor or texture categories is determined by way of a method and apparatus for determining a flavor or texture profile for a user and a method and apparatus for determining a flavor or texture profile for a food element, respectively. Also described is a method and apparatus for providing food element recommendations based on flavor or texture.