Wireless Cooking Sensor Control for Multi-Parameter Timing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cooking aids, such as timers and temperature indicators, fail to account for multiple parameters affecting the cooking process, leading to unsatisfactory results, especially for inexperienced cooks, and advanced cooking systems with remote control capabilities are costly and primarily used in the gastronomic field, making them inaccessible for home use.
Innovation Solution
A control, regulation, and operating device comprising a primary unit with sensors attached to the cooking appliance for detecting parameters like temperature and pressure, wirelessly communicating with a secondary unit (e.g., smartphone) to evaluate and display handling instructions, allowing for monitoring and control of the cooking process using the RGT rule for optimal food preparation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If a timer or temperature indicator is used to monitor cooking, then one parameter is detected, but other affecting parameters are not taken into account leading to unsatisfactory results
Solution Approach 1:
The monitoring system is segmented into multiple independent sensor units, each detecting specific cooking parameters (temperature, humidity, pressure). These segmented sensors work together to provide comprehensive monitoring, resolving the contradiction between simple single-parameter detection and comprehensive multi-parameter monitoring.
Solution Approach 2:
The control device is designed with multi-functionality to detect and process multiple cooking parameters simultaneously. The system can adapt to different cooking methods and appliances, providing versatile monitoring that addresses the limitation of single-parameter devices while maintaining ease of use.
2Extent of automation
If advanced cooking systems with radio communication and control capabilities are implemented, then cooking process control is improved, but device complexity and cost increase making them inaccessible for home use
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where sensor data is continuously monitored and used to automatically adjust cooking parameters. This feedback loop provides effective cooking control without requiring complex manual intervention systems, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining high automation benefits.
Solution Approach 2:
The control device is designed to operate autonomously once configured, with automatic parameter adjustment and cooking process management. This self-service capability reduces the need for complex user interfaces and control mechanisms, simplifying the system while maintaining advanced control functions.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple foods with different cooking times are prepared, then cooking variety is improved, but timing coordination becomes complex and foods may not be ready simultaneously
Solution Approach 1:
The system calculates and determines the optimal addition timing for each food item in advance, based on their respective cooking requirements. By performing this preliminary timing calculation, the system coordinates multiple foods to be ready simultaneously without requiring complex real-time adjustments during cooking.
Solution Approach 2:
The control system dynamically adjusts cooking parameters and timing for different food items based on real-time sensor feedback. This dynamic adaptation allows the system to coordinate multiple foods with different cooking requirements, ensuring they are all ready at the same time while maintaining cooking variety.
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 efficient and cost-effective monitoring and control of cooking processes in the home environment, ensuring all foods are ready simultaneously while preventing overcooking, by using a smartphone or laptop to process and display real-time cooking data and instructions, thus providing a mass-market solution for intelligent cooking time management.
Implementation Method 1
The sensor device can e.g. analogously detect a temperature or pressure signal
Implementation Method 2
The sensor device can e.g. analogously detect a temperature or pressure signal
Implementation Method 3
The sensor device can e.g. analogously detect a temperature or pressure signal and digitise this with the aid of a measurement form converter
Implementation Method 4
to transmit it, for example via a wireless interface, to the secondary unit
Data Source
AI summary
The invention relates to a control, regulation and operating device (1) for a cooking appliance (2), comprising at least one primary unit (3) which can be mounted on the cooking appliance (2) and is designed to communicate wirelessly with a secondary unit (4). The primary unit (3) is designed as a sensor device (5) for detecting at least one parameter that influences the cooking process and for transmitting the same to the secondary unit (4), whereas the secondary unit (4) is designed to evaluate and process the data received from the primary unit (3) and for displaying and/or sending corresponding handling instructions to the primary unit (3), and wherein the secondary unit (4) is configured as a smartphone, a laptop, a tablet PC, a pager or a PC. In this way, monitoring of the cooking process can be achieved in a simple manner using, for example, a smartphone.