Real-Time Cooking Profile Feedback for Dish Reproduction Accuracy

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing cooking assistance systems fail to provide real-time guidance for achieving the desired finish of a dish, as they lack the ability to prompt cooks to take appropriate actions based on the cooking situation, leading to inconsistencies in ingredient amounts, cutting, and mixing, which results in a less enjoyable and less accurate cooking experience.

Innovation Solution

An information processing device that presents real-time cooking profile data to cooks in a format for comparison with reference data, using visual and auditory feedback, such as time series graphs, histograms, heat maps, and music expressions, to help them align their cooking actions with the target cooking steps and conditions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Manufacturing precision

If automated heating control is used with uniform conditions and dedicated kitchen utensils, then manufacturing precision of cooking results is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates as it requires specialized equipment and reduces cooking enjoyment

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvereproduction accuracy of dish finishVSAvoidcooking enjoyment

Core Design Contradiction:

Manufacturing precisionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system provides real-time feedback by displaying the cooking profile (heating temperature and heating time) during the cooking process, allowing the cook to compare actual progress with the reference profile and make adjustments to achieve the desired dish finish without requiring specialized equipment

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces the need for specialized dedicated kitchen utensils and pre-cut food kits with an information-based system that uses sensors and display devices to guide the cook, substituting physical constraints with informational guidance

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Manufacturing precision

If recipe information is faithfully reproduced with standardized conditions, then manufacturing precision of cooking results is improved, but adaptability deteriorates as it requires uniform ingredients and equipment

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvereproduction accuracy of dish finishVSAvoidflexibility in ingredient and equipment selection

Core Design Contradiction:

Manufacturing precisionVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system monitors the actual cooking profile in real-time and provides feedback to the cook, enabling adaptation to varying ingredient conditions and equipment while still aiming for the target dish finish through continuous adjustment based on displayed data

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

3Manufacturing precision

If real-time monitoring and comparison of cooking profile is provided, then manufacturing precision of cooking results is improved, but device complexity increases due to additional sensors and display systems

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvereproduction accuracy of dish finishVSAvoidsystem complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Manufacturing precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system uses a multi-functional approach where the display device serves both as information output and as a guide for cooks, while the processor handles both recipe management and real-time profile monitoring, reducing the need for separate dedicated devices

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS20250021067A1Information processing device, information processing method, and program

Publication Date: 2025.01.16 SONY GROUP CORP

AI summary

An information processing device includes a processor. The processor presents reproduction data indicating a cooking profile of a dish during cooking to a cook in real time in a format that can be compared with reference data.