Networked Kitchen Appliance Parameter Correction for Recipe Accuracy
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electric motor-driven food processors lack personalized and efficient support for users in achieving optimal recipe results, as they rely solely on local sensors and user intervention for parameter adjustments, which can lead to suboptimal food preparation.
Innovation Solution
Integration of a data communication network that allows for real-time comparison of current preparation parameters with reference parameters stored in a central database, enabling correction suggestions and personalized guidance through video, audio, or text data, which can be automatically applied or confirmed by the user.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If the food processor relies solely on local sensors and user intervention for parameter adjustments, then the device complexity is low, but the manufacturing precision of the food preparation is suboptimal
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a server as an intermediary between the food processor and the user. The server receives state parameters from the food processor, compares them with reference parameters, and sends back correction proposals. This intermediary handles the complex data processing and recipe management, allowing the food processor itself to remain relatively simple while achieving high preparation quality through networked intelligence.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements a feedback loop where the food processor continuously monitors its own state parameters (temperature, speed, weight), transmits them to the server, receives correction proposals, and adjusts its operation accordingly. This closed-loop feedback system enables automatic parameter optimization without requiring complex local decision-making logic in the food processor.
2Manufacturing precision
If the food processor uses a data communication network with central data storage for real-time parameter comparison, then the manufacturing precision is improved, but the loss of time for data transmission and processing increases
Solution Approach 1:
The server stores reference parameters for multiple recipes in advance, so that when the food processor needs to compare its state parameters, the reference data is already available and doesn't need to be fetched or processed in real-time. This preliminary preparation of data minimizes the time required for parameter comparison and correction proposal generation.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the food processor operates without network connectivity, then the device complexity is low, but the adaptability to different recipes and user needs is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The server provides a universal platform that supports multiple recipes, different food processors, and various users through a single data communication network. Instead of embedding individual recipe databases and correction logic in each food processor, the universal server handles all these functions, allowing each device to remain simple while gaining access to diverse recipe capabilities through the network.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a method for operating an electric motor-driven kitchen appliance (1) for preparing a material (2) to be prepared based on a recipe, wherein the material (2) to be prepared is prepared in a vessel (3) of the kitchen appliance (1) via one or more consecutive preparation steps, in particular stirring and/or heating and/or chopping, wherein a current status parameter of the material (2) to be prepared and/or a current operating parameter of the kitchen appliance (1) is determined. According to the invention, for the development of the method, the kitchen appliance (1) transmits information relating to the recipe currently being used for preparation, as well as the determined status parameter and/or operating parameter to a central data storage means (4) of a data communications network (5), wherein the status parameter and/or the operating parameter is compared to reference parameters for this recipe, and wherein, in the event of a deviation of the status parameter and/or operating parameter from the reference parameters, a correction suggestion is transmitted by the central data storage means (4) and/or by members of the data communications network (5).