Multi-Level Touch UI for Cooking Robot Frying and Cleaning Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing user interface devices for cooking robots primarily focus on basic frying processes, lacking interfaces that can provide detailed work instructions and monitor frying status, leading to a need for more comprehensive control over the frying process and fryer cleaning.
Innovation Solution
A user interface device for cooking robots that includes primary, secondary, and cleaning UIs, allowing users to input instructions for frying, basket shaking, and fryer cleaning through a touch screen, with a controller outputting corresponding control signals to the cooking robot.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If only a basic frying process UI is provided in the user interface device, then the device complexity is reduced and ease of operation is improved, but the reliability of the frying process control deteriorates and productivity is reduced due to lack of detailed process monitoring
Solution Approach 1:
The user interface is segmented into multiple distinct UI components: a primary UI for basic frying process control, a secondary UI for detailed frying process monitoring and control, and a cleaning UI for fryer cleaning operations. This segmentation allows the system to provide comprehensive control functionality while maintaining operational simplicity by presenting different interface levels based on user needs.
2Productivity
If only a basic frying process UI is provided, then the ease of operation is improved, but the productivity is reduced due to longer takt time and lack of efficient process management
Solution Approach 1:
The user interface device is designed with multi-functionality, where a single interface device can perform multiple functions through different UI modes. The primary UI handles basic frying operations, the secondary UI provides detailed process control and monitoring, and the cleaning UI manages fryer cleaning. This universal design allows the system to improve productivity through detailed process management while maintaining ease of operation through context-appropriate interface presentation.
3Reliability
If detailed UIs for frying and cleaning are added, then the reliability and productivity are improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The user interface is designed dynamically, where the displayed UI changes based on the current operational context and user interaction. The system can switch between primary UI, secondary UI, and cleaning UI depending on the active process stage. This dynamic approach allows detailed process control and monitoring capabilities to be available when needed while maintaining a simpler interface appearance during normal operations, thus improving reliability without permanently increasing interface complexity.
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AI summary
A user interface device for a cooking robot according to the present invention comprises: a user interface generating unit for generating a primary UI, a secondary UI, and a cleaning UI; a touch screen for displaying the primary UI, the secondary UI, and the cleaning UI and receiving a user's touch input signal such that at least one of the primary UI, the secondary UI, and the cleaning UI is executed; and a control unit for displaying at least one of a primary frying process status to be displayed on the primary UI, a secondary process status to be displayed on the secondary UI, and a cleaning process status to be displayed on the cleaning UI, on the basis of a user's touch input signal input to the touch screen, and outputting a control signal for an operation command of the corresponding cooking robot.