Refrigerator Stock Presentation Based on User Schedule Context
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing refrigerator display technologies do not adequately account for a user's activity schedule when presenting stock information, leading to unsuitable food choices that may negatively impact scheduled events, such as social meetings.
Innovation Solution
A method that uses a sensor to identify the user and extracts scheduled future events from stored schedule information, determining items associated with these events based on their impact, such as lingering food smells, and generates information to be presented to the user, either on a display or audio output, to prevent or highlight items that may adversely affect the event.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If stock information is displayed according to user's preference and health condition, then information suitability is improved, but information completeness deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by extracting scheduled future events from the user's calendar before generating the information presentation. This allows the system to proactively determine which food items should be highlighted or warned against based on upcoming events, rather than merely reacting to user preferences. The scheduled events serve as advance notice for preparing appropriate food information.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements dynamics by making the information presentation adaptable and changeable based on real-time factors. The presentation dynamically adjusts its content and focus according to the user's current schedule, health condition, and preferences. Different users receive different information presentations even when viewing the same refrigerator contents, and the same user receives different presentations at different times based on their schedule.
2Loss of information
If general stock information is presented to all users, then information completeness is improved, but information suitability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies local quality by customizing the information presentation for each specific user based on their individual characteristics. Instead of uniform information for all users, the system tailors the content, emphasis, and warnings according to each user's health condition, preferences, and scheduled events. This ensures that each user receives information that is locally optimized for their specific needs.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements parameter changes by varying the information presentation parameters (content, format, emphasis) based on user-specific parameters (health condition, preferences, schedule). The presentation dynamically adjusts these parameters to optimize suitability for each user while maintaining completeness of the underlying stock information.
3Device complexity
If food items are recommended without considering scheduled events, then information processing simplicity is improved, but harmful effects increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies preliminary anti-action by identifying food items that may have harmful effects on scheduled events and presenting warnings about them before the user consumes them. For example, if the user has a meeting or social event scheduled, the system proactively warns against foods that may cause body odor or other negative effects, allowing the user to make informed decisions and avoid harmful outcomes.
Data Source
AI summary
An information presenting method includes: receiving, from a refrigerator, a signal including an identification result of an identified user; extracting a scheduled future event by referring to schedule information corresponding to the user, based on the identification result of the user, the schedule information being included in a plurality of pieces of schedule information of users; determining an item associated with the extracted scheduled future event; generating information including information that is to be presented to the user, based on the determined item, the information that is to be presented to the user being included in stock information that relates to one or more items stored in the refrigerator; and transmitting, to an apparatus through the network, a signal for causing the apparatus to output the generated information.