Programmable controlled intelligent cooking machine

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing automated cooking machines cannot perform fully automatic cooking operations, requiring manual intervention for tasks like pouring cooked food and handling ingredients, and are limited to cooking dishes with single flavors.

Innovation Solution

A programmable controlled intelligent cooking machine with a housing, wok, electromagnetic heating coil, rotating device, working position controlling device, lid controlling device, automatic ingredient feeding, and accessory ingredient adding systems, allowing for full-automatic cooking by interpreting and executing recipe programs.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Extent of automation

If existing automated cooking machines are used, then some cooking functions are automated, but manual intervention is still required for tasks like pouring cooked food and handling ingredients

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveautomation of cooking operationsVSAvoidmanual intervention requirement

Core Design Contradiction:

Extent of automationVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The cooking machine is equipped with automatic ingredient feeding device and automatic dish discharge device that enable the system to feed ingredients and discharge cooked dishes automatically without manual intervention, making the machine serve itself throughout the cooking process

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The machine integrates multiple functions including automatic ingredient feeding, cooking, automatic dish discharge, and wok washing into a single system, allowing one device to perform all cooking operations from start to finish without requiring separate manual operations

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Adaptability or versatility

If existing automated cooking machines are used, then single-function cooking is achieved, but versatility for cooking various dishes with different flavors is limited

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecooking capability for various dishesVSAvoidsystem complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The machine features a programmable control system that can dynamically adjust cooking parameters and execute different recipe programs for various dishes, enabling the system to adapt to different cooking requirements while maintaining a unified hardware structure

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The control system is divided into modular components including recipe storage module, recipe interpretation module, and command execution module, allowing flexible programming and easy adaptation to different dishes without increasing overall system complexity

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

3Ease of operation

If manual cooking is performed, then cooking experience and skills are utilized, but a lot of manual labor is involved

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecooking operation simplicityVSAvoidcooking efficiency

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system replaces manual mechanical operations with automated mechanical systems, including automatic ingredient feeding mechanism, automatic wok rotation mechanism, and automatic dish discharge mechanism, eliminating manual labor while maintaining cooking quality

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

Enables maximum compatibility and minimal manual intervention for cooking various dishes with different flavors, automating ingredient feeding, cooking, dish discharge, wok washing, and waste water draining, supporting complex recipe programs and standardizing ingredient and accessory packaging.

Implementation Method 1

an electromagnetic heating coil, an electromagnetic heating controlling device... the electromagnetic heating coil winds around the external wall of the wok and heat the wok under the control of the electromagnetic heating controlling device

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectElectromagnetic induction: Electromagnetic Induction

Data Source

PatentUS11700970B2Programmable controlled intelligent cooking machine

Publication Date: 2023.07.18 HE GUANG

AI summary

A programmable controlled intelligent cooking machine has a housing and a wok arranged inside of the housing, an electromagnetic heating coil, an electromagnetic heating controlling device, a wok rotating device, a wok working position controlling device, a wok lid and a wok lid controlling device, an automatic ingredient feeding device, an automatic accessory ingredient adding device and an electrical control device; the wok rotating device, the wok working position controlling device, the wok lid controlling device, the electromagnetic heating controlling device, the automatic ingredient feeding device and the automatic accessory ingredient adding device are connected with the electrical control device respectively, and perform corresponding operation according to the received control command, thus achieving full-automatic cooking.