Recipe Integration System for Parallel Dish Preparation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Preparing multiple dishes in parallel is time-consuming and effort-intensive due to the lack of a system that identifies and integrates common preparation elements, leading to redundant processing of ingredients and steps.
Innovation Solution
A recipe presentation system that identifies overlapping preparation elements between selected recipes and integrates them into a single, ordered list, allowing users to recognize and perform common processes efficiently, thereby saving time and effort.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If multiple recipes are prepared in parallel without integration, then users can prepare multiple dishes simultaneously, but the preparation time and effort increase due to redundant processing of common elements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple recipes into a single integrated recipe by identifying and consolidating overlapping preparation elements. Common ingredients and processes that appear in multiple recipes are combined into unified steps, allowing users to execute multiple recipes simultaneously without repeating the same actions. This merging reduces redundant operations and optimizes the overall preparation workflow.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary analysis to identify overlapping preparation elements between multiple recipes before the user begins cooking. By pre-processing the recipes to detect common ingredients and processes, the system can organize and present an integrated recipe structure that anticipates and prevents redundant actions during the actual preparation phase.
2Ease of operation
If multiple recipes are processed separately, then each recipe can be followed independently, but common preparation elements are repeated across recipes increasing user effort
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple separate recipe processing operations into a single integrated processing workflow. By merging the preparation elements of multiple recipes and identifying overlaps, the system creates a unified processing structure that reduces the overall complexity of handling multiple recipes while maintaining the ability to follow them independently.
3Loss of time
If common preparation elements are not identified, then users can follow multiple recipes independently, but redundant processing of common ingredients and steps increases time and effort
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary identification of overlapping preparation elements by analyzing multiple recipes before the user begins cooking. This advance detection of common ingredients and processes allows the system to organize and present an integrated recipe structure that eliminates redundant actions, preventing time loss from repeated processing while maintaining complete information about all required preparation steps.
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AI summary
A recipe presentation system which presents an integrated recipe for a plurality of dishes includes: a recipe storage unit storing recipes for dishes including preparation elements arranged in a hierarchy according to closeness to completion of preparation of the respective dishes; a recipe selection unit which allows a user to select a first recipe and a second recipe from among the recipes; an overlapping preparation element identification unit which identifies common preparation elements between the first recipe and the second recipe; a recipe integration unit which generates the integrated recipe by arranging, in order of preparation, the preparation elements included in the first recipe and the preparation elements included in the second recipe, in a manner such that the user recognizes, as a single preparation element, the common preparation elements; and a recipe output unit which outputs the integrated recipe.