Electronic Module for at Least One Kitchen Appliance, Preferably Cookware Item
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cookware items provide limited interaction with users, failing to assist in the planning and execution of cooking processes effectively.
Innovation Solution
An electronic module comprising a module housing with electronic components, a rechargeable battery, and magnetic attachment, which can be detachably connected to cookware items, providing temperature detection, display, and communication capabilities to enhance user interaction.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If an electronic module is detachably connected to cookware items, then user interaction and cooking process assistance are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system is divided into separate components: a reusable electronic module containing electronics, battery, and display, and a magnetic mounting component that attaches to the cookware. This segmentation allows the electronic functionality to be added without permanently modifying the cookware, maintaining simplicity of the base product while enabling advanced features when needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The electronic module is designed to be universally compatible with multiple cookware items through magnetic attachment. A single electronic module can serve multiple different pots and pans, reducing the need for separate electronic components for each cookware item and thereby managing complexity through standardization.
2Ease of operation
If magnetic force is used for detachable connection, then ease of attachment and removal is improved, but connection strength may be insufficient for high-temperature environments
Solution Approach 1:
The magnetic connection provides a dynamic attachment system that is strong enough for normal cooking conditions but allows easy detachment when needed. The magnetic force is sufficient to hold the electronic module during typical cooking operations while permitting simple removal by pulling, adapting to different usage scenarios without requiring complex locking mechanisms.
3Measurement precision
If electronic components are integrated into cookware, then cooking process monitoring is improved, but manufacturing complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The electronic components (temperature sensor, microcontroller, display, battery) are segmented into a separate detachable module rather than being integrated into the cookware manufacturing process. This allows cookware to be manufactured using traditional methods without complex electronics integration, while still enabling precise temperature monitoring through the add-on module.
Solution Approach 2:
The electronic module acts as an intermediary between the cookware and the user, providing temperature detection and display functionality without requiring direct integration with the cookware structure. This intermediary approach simplifies manufacturing by keeping the electronic and cookware production processes separate.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enhances user interaction by allowing secure, detachable, and ergonomic connection, facilitating cooking process planning and execution with improved monitoring and guidance.
Implementation Method 1
The electronic module is intended and set up for the purpose of being placed with magnetic force in at least one predefined arrangement relative to the kitchen appliance (cookware item) and being detachably held at the kitchen appliance (cookware item)
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AI summary
An electronic module for at least one kitchen appliance at least comprising one module housing at least one electronic component, that is arranged in the module housing, and at least one electrical energy storage, that is arranged in the module housing and connected to the electronic component, wherein The electronic module is configured to detect information from the kitchen appliance. The electronic module is intended and set up for the purpose of being placed with magnetic force in at least one predefined arrangement relative to the kitchen appliance being detachably held at the kitchen appliance.