Food and beverage preparation sequence recording and playback
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing kitchen appliances lack flexibility in recording and replaying complex food preparation sequences, leading to laborious recording processes and inconsistent results due to variations in ingredients and environmental conditions.
Innovation Solution
A kitchen appliance with a processor that automatically records user settings and sensed parameters, adjusts settings in real-time during replay based on parameter differences, and allows for user input modifications to stored sequences, enhancing flexibility and repeatability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a kitchen appliance records and replays preparation sequences with numerous setting changes, then repeatability of food preparation is improved, but the steps required to record the sequence become laborious
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically detects setting changes made by the user during the recording phase and captures them without requiring manual input. The processor monitors the appliance's state and user interactions, automatically building the preparation sequence record, thereby eliminating the laborious manual recording steps while maintaining high repeatability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides real-time feedback to the user during the recording process, displaying the detected setting changes and allowing confirmation or correction. This feedback mechanism ensures accurate capture of the preparation sequence while simplifying the user's task by automatically detecting most parameters.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a recorded preparation sequence is replayed with variations in ingredients, then adaptability to different conditions is improved, but the required temperature and cooking time may not be maintained, causing undercooking
Solution Approach 1:
During replay, the system continuously monitors actual cooking parameters such as temperature and compares them against the recorded sequence. When deviations are detected that could lead to undercooking, the system provides feedback and automatically adjusts subsequent settings to compensate, ensuring the food reaches the required doneness despite ingredient variations.
Solution Approach 2:
The replay process is dynamic rather than rigid - the system continuously adapts the preparation sequence based on real-time sensor data. If ingredients vary in quantity or composition, the system dynamically modifies heating power, duration, and other parameters to maintain the required temperature profile and ensure proper cooking.
3Ease of operation
If the kitchen appliance stores predefined settings in memory during manufacture, then ease of selection is improved, but flexibility for users to make changes or store new settings is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The system comes pre-loaded with standard preparation sequences during manufacture, providing immediate ease of use. However, it also includes functionality to record new sequences during the preliminary setup phase, allowing users to customize the appliance to their specific needs while maintaining the benefit of predefined options.
Solution Approach 2:
The appliance serves multiple functions: it provides predefined settings for immediate use, allows recording of custom sequences, and enables replay of both types. This multi-functionality ensures both ease of operation through predefined options and adaptability through user-created sequences.
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure relates to the operation of a kitchen appliance (100). A processor (122) receives (220) a stored sequence of user settings and at least one recorded parameter, and applies (226) the stored sequence of user settings to the kitchen appliance. A sensor (140) senses at least one sensed parameter while the stored sequence of user settings is applied to the kitchen appliance (100). The processor (122) determines (228) a difference between the at least one sensed parameter and corresponding recorded parameter(s) and, if the determined difference exceeds a difference threshold, adjusts (234) at least one user setting applied.