Mobile Beverage Recipe Registration With Auto-Captured Brewing Data

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Solution Overview

Problem

There is a lack of convenient and efficient methods for users to register and manage recipe information for beverages being brewed or completely brewed by beverage-making apparatuses, particularly in home settings, and for searching recipes based on ingredient or taste preferences.

Innovation Solution

A mobile terminal is configured with a wireless communication unit, display unit, and processor to communicate with beverage-making apparatuses, allowing users to input and manage recipe information, search for recipes, and transmit data to connected computers, featuring interfaces for selecting ingredients and tags to facilitate recipe registration and retrieval.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If users manually input recipe information for beverages being brewed by beverage-making apparatuses, then recipe registration is possible, but the process is time-consuming and inconvenient

Engineering Contradiction:

Improverecipe registration convenienceVSAvoidtime for recipe input

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by automatically capturing recipe information from the beverage-making apparatus before the brewing process completes. The mobile terminal receives and stores recipe data, ingredient lists, and brewing parameters during the brewing process, so that the recipe is already registered and available when brewing finishes, eliminating the need for manual post-brewing input.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The beverage-making apparatus automatically provides recipe information to the mobile terminal without requiring user intervention. The system uses self-service mechanisms where the apparatus transmits its own recipe data, ingredient pack information, and brewing parameters to the mobile terminal automatically, making the recipe registration process hands-free and convenient.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

2Adaptability or versatility

If users search for recipes using multiple criteria (ingredients, taste, characteristics), then recipe discovery is comprehensive, but the search interface becomes complex

Engineering Contradiction:

Improverecipe search capabilityVSAvoidsearch interface complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The search function is segmented into multiple independent criteria categories (ingredients, taste characteristics, beverage type, brewing parameters). Each category can be searched separately or combined, allowing users to start with simple single-criterion searches and progressively add more criteria as needed, rather than being forced to navigate a complex multi-parameter interface from the start.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The mobile terminal application provides a universal search interface that handles multiple search criteria through a unified search function. The same search interface can search by ingredients, taste preferences, beverage type, or any combination thereof, eliminating the need for separate specialized interfaces for each search type and reducing overall system complexity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Loss of information

If recipe information includes detailed ingredient lists and brewing parameters, then recipe completeness is improved, but data management becomes more difficult

Engineering Contradiction:

Improverecipe information completenessVSAvoiddata management complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The mobile terminal acts as an intermediary between the beverage-making apparatus and the user. It automatically receives, structures, and stores comprehensive recipe information including ingredient lists, brewing parameters, and taste characteristics in an organized database format. This intermediary function manages the complexity of data storage and retrieval, presenting simplified information to users while maintaining complete recipe data in the background.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS10558330B2Mobile terminal performing method of registering and searching recipe of beverage made by beverage-making apparatus and recording medium recording program performing the method

Publication Date: 2020.02.11 LG ELECTRONICS INC

AI summary

A mobile terminal includes a wireless communication unit configured to communicate with a beverage-making apparatus; a display unit; an input unit configured to receive a recipe input request for inputting information about a recipe of a beverage for the beverage-making apparatus; and at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to: in response to the recipe input request, display a recipe input interface for inputting the information about the recipe of the beverage; and based on displaying the recipe input interface, receive recipe information for the beverage through the displayed recipe input interface.