Gas-Sensing Cooking Control for Automatic Progress Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional cooking apparatuses require users to manually set cooking methods, temperatures, and times, making the process inconvenient, and lack the ability to detect gases generated during cooking to optimize cooking parameters or inform users of cooking progress.
Innovation Solution
A cooking apparatus equipped with a gas sensor to detect gases, a communication unit to transmit cooking progress information to external devices, and a control unit to determine optimal cooking modes, temperatures, and times based on the detected gases, allowing for automatic adjustment and user notification.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If conventional cooking apparatuses are used without gas detection, then the device complexity is low, but the ease of operation deteriorates because users must manually set cooking parameters
Solution Approach 1:
The cooking apparatus automatically detects gases emitted during cooking and determines cooking progress without user intervention. The control unit autonomously adjusts cooking parameters based on gas detection results, eliminating the need for manual parameter setting by users.
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously monitors gas emissions during cooking and uses this feedback to dynamically adjust cooking parameters. The control unit receives real-time gas detection data and automatically modifies heating power and time to optimize cooking results.
2Productivity
If gas detection is added to cooking apparatuses, then the productivity is improved through automatic cooking parameter determination, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The gas sensor serves multiple functions: detecting cooking progress, identifying ingredient types, and triggering appropriate cooking modes. This multi-functionality maximizes the productivity benefit while minimizing the complexity increase from adding the sensor.
Solution Approach 2:
The system replaces manual mechanical adjustment of cooking parameters with automated electronic control based on gas detection. The control unit electronically adjusts heating elements based on gas sensor data, eliminating the need for manual intervention.
3Loss of information
If cooking progress information is transmitted to external apparatuses, then the loss of information is reduced by keeping users informed, but the device complexity increases due to communication requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The communication unit acts as an intermediary that transmits cooking progress information to external devices such as smartphones or display apparatuses. This allows users to receive cooking status updates without adding complex display interfaces to the cooking apparatus itself.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Automatically determines and adjusts cooking parameters based on detected gases, enhancing cooking efficiency and convenience by providing real-time cooking progress information to users through connected devices.
Implementation Method 1
a gas sensor configured to detect a gas inside the cooking chamber
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed herein is a cooking apparatus including a heating unit configured to heat an ingredient contained in a cooking chamber, a gas sensor configured to detect a gas inside the cooking chamber, a communication unit configured to communicate with an external apparatus, and a control unit configured to determine a cooking progress state of the ingredient based on the type and concentration of the gas detected by the gas sensor and to transmit information on the cooking progress state to the external apparatus through the communication unit to inform a user of the cooking progress state.