Oven Door Motor-Driven Opening Unit for Remote Multitasking Control

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional ovens require direct user intervention to check cooking progress and open the door, limiting multitasking capabilities, especially when users are outside the kitchen or engaged in other tasks.

Innovation Solution

An oven equipped with a camera, communication module, and a door opening/closing unit that allows remote control operation, enabling users to monitor cooking progress and open the door via a portable device, allowing for hands-free operation.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If the user directly approaches and checks the oven to monitor cooking progress, then the user can observe the cooking state, but the user cannot multitask when outside the kitchen or engaged in other activities

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecooking state informationVSAvoiduser accessibility

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent uses a camera to capture images of the cooking interior and transmits these images to a user terminal device, creating a visual copy of the cooking state that the user can view remotely. This eliminates the need for the user to physically approach the oven to check cooking progress, enabling multitasking while maintaining full awareness of the cooking state.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

2Ease of operation

If the user manually opens the oven door to check or add seasoning, then the user can directly access the cooking compartment, but the user must be present in the kitchen and cannot perform other tasks

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedoor accessVSAvoiduser time

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces the manual mechanical action of opening the door with an automated motor-driven door opening unit. The controller receives instructions from the user terminal device and automatically actuates the motor to open the door, eliminating the need for the user to manually open the door and freeing the user to perform other tasks.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The oven system enables the user to remotely control door opening through a terminal device, allowing the user to initiate door opening actions without being physically present at the oven. The system serves itself by automatically executing door opening commands received from the user's remote device.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

3Adaptability or versatility

If the oven is equipped with remote monitoring and control features, then the user can multitask and access the oven remotely, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveremote operation capabilityVSAvoidsystem structure

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent integrates multiple functions into a unified system: the camera serves both monitoring and communication purposes, the motor-driven door opening unit combines locking and opening functions, and the controller coordinates image transmission and door control through a single interface. This multi-functionality approach adds capability while minimizing the increase in overall system complexity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS10962228B2Oven and oven door opening and closing method

Publication Date: 2021.03.30 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD

AI summary

Provided herein are an oven and a method of opening or closing the door. In more detail, disclosed herein are an oven having a door opening or closing unit capable of opening or closing a door driven by remote control and a method of opening or closing the door of the oven. Some of embodiments provide an oven capable of opening or closing a door by using a door opening or closing unit according to remote control and a method of opening or closing the door of the oven.