Multi-Heat-Source Food Cooking Device with Downloadable Recipe Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional meal preparation involves significant manual effort and skill, as cooks must individually regulate heat sources for multiple food items, requiring synchronization and specific cooking parameters, making the process time-consuming and reliant on personal expertise.
Innovation Solution
A food cooking device equipped with a microprocessor that can download and control cooking process data, allowing for automated cooking by selecting and processing energy supply parameters for each heat source, reducing the need for manual intervention and skill.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If traditional manual cooking methods are used with multiple heat sources, then cooking flexibility and control over each food item is maintained, but the time consumption and skill requirement increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The cooking device automatically regulates heat supply to multiple sources based on pre-stored recipe data, eliminating the need for continuous manual intervention. The system self-manages the cooking process by automatically adjusting power levels and timing for each heat source according to the selected recipe, thereby reducing both time consumption and skill requirements while maintaining cooking flexibility.
Solution Approach 2:
Cooking parameters and heat regulation strategies are pre-programmed into the device's memory before use. When a recipe is selected, the system retrieves and executes these pre-prepared instructions, which include optimized heat supply patterns for multiple sources. This preliminary preparation of cooking data enables efficient automated control without requiring real-time manual decision-making, thus improving productivity while reducing time loss.
2Ease of operation
If automated control systems are implemented to reduce manual work, then time consumption and skill requirements decrease, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The control system is designed to manage multiple heat sources using a unified automated control architecture. A single microprocessor-based controller handles regulation of all heat sources, retrieving cooking parameters from stored recipes and executing coordinated control. This multi-functional approach consolidates what would otherwise require separate control mechanisms for each heat source, thereby improving ease of operation while limiting the increase in overall device complexity through systematic integration.
3Productivity
If multiple heat sources are used for simultaneous cooking, then cooking capacity and meal variety increase, but synchronization difficulty and manual regulation effort increase
Solution Approach 1:
The cooking process for multiple food items is divided into discrete, independently controllable segments, each associated with a specific heat source. The control system manages each heat source separately based on its specific cooking requirements while coordinating them through a centralized controller. This segmentation allows simultaneous cooking of multiple items with different requirements without requiring complex manual synchronization, as each segment is automatically regulated according to its own parameters while contributing to the overall meal production capacity.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
This solution simplifies meal preparation, reduces cooking time and energy consumption by up to 75%, and minimizes the need for manual supervision, while ensuring precise control over the cooking process, making it more efficient and flexible for various cooking devices.
Implementation Method 1
a food cooking device having a plurality of heat sources for heating a respective food item
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AI summary
The invention relates to a food cooking device (300) having a plurality of heating means (301 a-301 d) for heating a respective food item. The device is provided with control means (302) arranged to individually control energy supply to each of the heating means (301 a-301 d). According to the invention the device (300) includes a microprocessor (303) with downloading means (304) arranged to download a set of food cooking process data. The control means (302) is arranged to control the energy supply in response to the downloaded set of food cooking process data. The invention also relates to an electronic library (600) having a plurality of information units, which are arranged to be downloadable from external users. According to this aspect of the invention each information unit includes a set of food cooking process data. Each set includes at least two food item cooking instructions. Each food item instruction includes data defining a food item and one or more groups of operation parameters. Each group of operation parameters includes energy supply data and related time duration data for heating means in a cooking device. The invention also relates to a method for cooking food and to a method for providing food cooking support.