Multi-terminal food information processing method, display apparatus and food storage apparatus
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current food storage apparatuses require users to be physically present at the device to manage food information, making it inconvenient for users to update or view food details in other rooms.
Innovation Solution
A multi-terminal based method that allows users to manage food information through a display apparatus or smart terminal, synchronizing data with the food storage apparatus via account binding, enabling real-time updates and access across multiple terminals.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If food information management is only implemented on the food storage apparatus, then data consistency is maintained, but user convenience deteriorates as users must physically go to the storage apparatus location to manage food information
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a copy of food information data on remote terminals (smartphones, tablets, computers) that mirrors the data stored in the food storage apparatus. This allows users to access and manage food information remotely without physically being at the storage apparatus, while maintaining data consistency through synchronized updates via account binding.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an account-based communication mechanism as an intermediary between the food storage apparatus and remote terminals. This intermediary enables data synchronization and consistent information management across multiple devices, allowing users to manage food information from any location while maintaining data integrity.
2Ease of operation
If multiple terminals are used to access food information, then user convenience improves, but system complexity increases due to data synchronization requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal account system that enables multiple types of terminals (smartphones, tablets, computers, and the food storage apparatus itself) to access and manage food information through a common interface and data structure. This multi-functional approach allows the same system to serve multiple devices without requiring separate implementations for each terminal type.
3Loss of information
If real-time synchronization is implemented across all terminals, then data consistency is improved, but communication overhead and energy consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements periodic or event-triggered synchronization rather than continuous real-time synchronization. Data is updated and synchronized across terminals when specific events occur (such as adding or removing food items) or at scheduled intervals, reducing unnecessary communication overhead and energy consumption while maintaining adequate data consistency.
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed are a display apparatus and a method for the display apparatus. The method can include: receiving food change information based on the display apparatus for updating food information of existing foods in a target food storage apparatus; sending the food change information to the target food storage apparatus; where the target food storage apparatus is a food storage apparatus which is bound with the display apparatus via account; and in response to a completion notification sent from the target food storage apparatus after updating the food information based on the food change information, updating food information stored in the display apparatus. Here, updated food information stored in the display apparatus is the same as updated food information stored in the target food storage apparatus.