CN111603076B - Intelligent kitchen system - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention provides an intelligent kitchen system which comprises a food material cabin, a storage and taking subsystem, a standby vegetable subsystem, a cooking subsystem, a conveying mechanism for conveying the food material cabin among the subsystems and the like. The food stuff compartment of the present invention accommodates and transfers food stuff throughout the food preparation process from food stuff entering the intelligent kitchen system to food stuff leaving the intelligent kitchen system.
Description
Technical Field
The invention relates to the field of intelligent home, in particular to an intelligent kitchen system.
Background
With the development of technology, more and more intelligent devices are integrated into the life of people, so that the life of people becomes more convenient and comfortable. Diet is an important component of daily life of people, greatly influences the happiness degree of life of people, but some people do not love cooking, and the main reason is that cooking needs time and complex operation, and although the appearance of automatic catering equipment such as electric cooker, electromagnetic oven, automatic cooker and the like liberates manpower to a certain extent, the middle process of making food still needs participation of people.
Unmanned or automated kitchens are a recently emerging concept, and currently known automated kitchens are mostly workshop-type or open-type, with robotic arms and various rails for manipulating and transporting food materials between the various functional units. The existing automatic kitchen has low integration level and large occupied space, is not suitable for household use, and is not beneficial to guaranteeing the sanitation of food materials and keeping the freshness of the food materials because the food materials are directly conveyed through equipment such as a mechanical arm, a track and the like in the middle process.
Accordingly, there is a need for an improved intelligent kitchen system to address the above-described problems.
Disclosure of Invention
The present invention provides a highly integrated intelligent kitchen system and its constituent parts, which do not require human involvement in the intermediate process, in view of the problems existing in the above prior art.
In one aspect, the present invention provides an intelligent kitchen system comprising:
the food material cabins are used for containing food materials;
an access subsystem capable of interacting with the outside through the access subsystem and configured to receive the food compartment containing the pre-treated food and to provide the food compartment containing the cooked food;
a preparation subsystem configured to receive the food material pod from the access subsystem and the freshness subsystem, perform a preparation operation on the food material, and place the food material subjected to the preparation operation into the food material pod;
a fresh-keeping subsystem configured to receive food bins from the access subsystem, the preparation subsystem, and the cooking subsystem and to keep food in the food bins fresh;
a cooking subsystem configured to receive food material from the preparation subsystem and the fresh keeping subsystem, perform a cooking operation on food material in the food material compartment, and place the food material subjected to the cooking operation into the food material compartment;
a transport mechanism configured to be able to transport food compartments between the access subsystem, the serving subsystem, the cooking subsystem, and the fresh-keeping subsystem; and
a control system configured to enable control of operation of the components of the intelligent kitchen system by the controller;
wherein food material is contained and transferred by the plurality of food material pods throughout the food preparation process from entering the intelligent kitchen system to exiting the system.
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the food compartment has a compartment body for receiving food, which compartment body is provided with an opening at one end, said opening being provided with a food compartment cover configured to seal said opening and to be controllably opened and closed.
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the food compartment has a compartment body for receiving food, which compartment body is provided with openings of identical size and shape at opposite ends, said openings being provided with food compartment covers configured to seal said openings and to be controllably opened and closed.
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, a partition wall is provided in the body of the food compartment, so that the interior space of the body is divided into a plurality of separate subspaces.
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the access subsystem comprises a food compartment input for receiving the food compartment, a food compartment output for a user to take out the food compartment, and a human-machine interface capable of communicating with the control system.
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, a user can send an instruction to the control system through the man-machine interaction interface so as to control the intelligent kitchen system to process food according to preset processing rules.
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the fresh food subsystem comprises a fresh food compartment having a plurality of separate compartments configured to house food material compartments, each separate compartment being configured to be able to independently set fresh food parameters for different food materials and cooking phases.
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the fresh food compartment comprises a plurality of separate storage areas, each of said storage areas having a plurality of storage compartments configured to accommodate the food compartment, each of the separate storage areas being configured to enable separate setting of fresh food parameters for different food materials and cooking phases.
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the freshness parameters include temperature and humidity.
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, each compartment has an opening, and the sides of the food compartment are provided with a freshness-retaining cap configured to be able to sealingly engage with the opening of the compartment when the food compartment is placed in the compartment.
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the openings of the storage compartments are provided with fresh-keeping hatches which can be opened and closed accordingly as the food compartment enters and leaves.
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the preparation system comprises one or more preparation tanks, each preparation tank having:
two food compartment input/output ports, each configured to receive the food compartment transported by the transport mechanism and to remove the food compartment by the transport mechanism;
a preparation space configured to be able to accommodate food material in the food material compartment;
a plurality of preparation function heads, each of which is configured to be capable of performing different preparation operations on food materials in the preparation space; and
the serving function head assembly port through which the delivery mechanism is configured to be capable of replacing a serving function head.
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the food compartment is configured to be fixedly mounted into the preparation compartment, and the preparation compartment is configured to be capable of opening and closing a food compartment cover of the food compartment, and the food input and the food output of the preparation space are configured to be capable of sealing engagement with an opening of the food compartment.
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the preparation operations comprise washing, cutting, dosing, thawing, foaming, blanching and cooking.
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, each serving function head has a unified interface for interfacing with a serving pod.
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the preparation tank is configured to be self-cleaning with a cleaning operation and a cooking operation.
According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the cooking subsystem comprises:
one or more cooking pods configured to receive food material pods transported by the transport mechanism of the intelligent kitchen system, to receive food material in the food material pods, to perform cooking operations on the food material, and to place the cooked food material into the food material pods;
a rotation mechanism configured to be rotatable about two axes perpendicular to each other, and the cooking chamber is configured to be mountable on the rotation mechanism to be rotatable together with the rotation mechanism; and
a temperature control system configured to control a temperature within the cooking chamber.
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the cooking chamber has openings at both ends, the food chamber being configured to be fixedly mounted to said cooking chamber such that the openings of the food chamber sealingly engage with the openings of the cooking chamber, said cooking chamber being configured to be able to open and close the food chamber lid of the food chamber.
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the cooking chamber has an opening at one end, the food chamber being configured to be fixedly mounted to said cooking chamber such that the opening of the food chamber sealingly engages with the opening of the cooking chamber, said cooking chamber being configured to be capable of opening and closing a food chamber lid of the food chamber.
According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the interior of the cooking chamber is provided with stirring vanes fixed thereto such that the stirring vanes can rotate with the rotation of the cooking chamber.
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the interior of the cooking chamber is provided with separate stirring vanes, which are configured to be rotatable independently of the cooking chamber.
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the cooking chamber is provided with a plurality of functional interfaces or pipes for the addition of seasoning, cleaning and ventilation as required.
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the transport mechanism comprises a robot arm for accessing the food product compartment from the access subsystem, the preparation subsystem, the cooking subsystem and the fresh keeping subsystem and for fixedly clamping the food product compartment during transport.
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the smart kitchen system further comprises a communication system configured to be able to communicate with the control system, the mobile terminal, the internet and the internet of things.
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, a user can send an instruction to the control system through the mobile terminal to control the intelligent kitchen system to process food materials according to preset processing rules.
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the intelligent kitchen system further comprises a cleaning device, the interface of which is designed to be identical to the opening of the food compartment, and the transport mechanism is capable of fixedly mounting the cleaning device to the cooking compartment such that the interface of the cleaning device sealingly engages with the opening of the cooking compartment.
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the cleaning device has a movable cleaning brush head which is configured to extend into the cooking chamber and to be opened and closed.
The intelligent kitchen system provided by the invention has the advantages of high integration level and small occupied space, and the whole process adopts the closed food cabin as a carrier for circulating food, so that the sanitation and freshness of the food are ensured. In addition, the food material cabin is the only carrier for food material circulation in the food manufacturing process, so that the interface structure and configuration of each functional unit and the food material cabin are convenient to unify, and the integration level of the intelligent kitchen system is higher.
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For a better understanding of the above and other objects, features, advantages and functions of the present invention, reference should be made to the preferred embodiments illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Like reference numerals refer to like parts throughout the drawings. It will be appreciated by persons skilled in the art that the drawings are intended to schematically illustrate preferred embodiments of the invention, and that the scope of the invention is not limited in any way by the drawings, and that the various components are not drawn to scale.
Fig. 1 is a schematic front view of an intelligent kitchen system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is an enlarged schematic view of an access subsystem of the intelligent kitchen system of fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a schematic rear view of the intelligent kitchen system of fig. 1.
Fig. 4A is a schematic view of a food material compartment according to a preferred embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 4B is a schematic view of a food material compartment according to another preferred embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 5A is a schematic view of a fresh capsule according to a preferred embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 5B is a schematic view of the food compartment shown in fig. 4B placed in a fresh compartment.
Fig. 6 is a schematic view of a preparation tank according to a preferred embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 7 is a schematic view of a cooking chamber according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
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The intelligent kitchen system (hereinafter, simply referred to as "kitchen system") of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. What has been described herein is merely a preferred embodiment according to the present invention, and other ways of implementing the invention will occur to those skilled in the art on the basis of the preferred embodiment, and are intended to fall within the scope of the invention as well.
Fig. 1 schematically shows a front view of a kitchen system according to a preferred embodiment of the invention, wherein an access subsystem 200 of the kitchen system for storing and retrieving food material pods 100 and two food material pods 100 respectively located at access ports of the access subsystem 200 are partly shown, which may be the same food material pod or may be two separate food material pods. For example, the same food material compartment may be used for holding food materials before processing or after necessary steps such as cleaning, and of course, two food material compartments may be used for holding food materials before processing and food materials after processing, respectively. The term "processing" as used herein may include preparation and cooking operations. The kitchen system of the present invention includes a plurality of food material pods that transfer food material throughout the food preparation process from the entry of food material into the kitchen system to the exit of food material from the kitchen system.
Fig. 2 schematically illustrates an enlarged view of the access subsystem 200 of fig. 1, from which it can be seen that the access subsystem 200 may include a food compartment input port 210 for receiving a food compartment, a food compartment output port 230 for retrieving the food compartment, and a human-machine interaction interface 220 in communication with a control system of the kitchen system. The control system communicates with various subsystems or components of the kitchen system (e.g., access subsystem, fresh keeping subsystem, preparation subsystem, cooking subsystem, and transport mechanism, etc.) to control and operate accordingly. The control system includes a controller including a processing circuit and a memory storing a program that, when executed by the processing circuit, is capable of controlling portions of the kitchen system to process food items to make food. In use, the food compartment 100 containing a particular food material may be placed into the kitchen system through the food compartment input port 210, and then instructions may be issued to the control system of the kitchen system by operating the man-machine interface 220 to control the various portions of the kitchen system to process the food material according to a preset processing rule to produce a desired food. The food preparation program may be pre-stored in the kitchen system, or may be modified or written by the user according to specific needs and preferences, but may also be downloaded or transmitted from a network or other terminal via a communication system.
Fig. 3 schematically shows a back side view of a kitchen system according to a preferred embodiment of the invention. As can be seen, the kitchen system may also include a serving subsystem 300, a cooking subsystem 400, a fresh keeping subsystem 500, etc. in communication with the control system. Wherein the standby food subsystem 300 includes one or more standby food compartments 310 that can be operated simultaneously, for receiving food material from the food material compartments, performing a standby food operation on the food material in the food material compartments, and placing the food material subjected to the standby food operation into the food material compartments. The heads of the preparation functions in each preparation pod 310 may be replaceable to perform different preparation operations. Also schematically shown in fig. 3 are a plurality of serving function heads 320 for replacement. As already explained above, the food material compartment holding the food material that is not subjected to the preparation operation and the food material compartment holding the food material that is subjected to the preparation operation may be the same food material compartment or may be two separate food material compartments. The cooking subsystem 400 includes one or more concurrently operable cooking chambers 410 for receiving the food chamber 100, performing a cooking operation on the prepared food in the food chamber, and placing the cooking operated food in the food chamber. Similarly, the food material compartment for holding food material that has not undergone a cooking operation may be the same food material compartment or may be two separate food material compartments. The fresh keeping subsystem 500 includes a fresh keeping compartment 510 for receiving the food compartment 100 and keeping fresh the food in the food compartment, which may occur at any stage of the overall manufacturing process from the food entering the kitchen system to leaving the kitchen system, for example, the food that has not undergone any operation may be placed in the fresh keeping subsystem 500 for fresh keeping after passing through the food compartment, the food that has undergone the standby operation may be placed in the fresh keeping subsystem 500 first and then subjected to the cooking operation as needed, and similarly, the food that has undergone the cooking operation may be placed in the fresh keeping subsystem 500 first and then transported to the dish outlet 230 of the access subsystem 200 by the transport mechanism at a suitable timing as needed. The preservation includes heat preservation and moisture preservation, wherein the heat preservation refers to temperature maintenance and comprises high temperature maintenance and low temperature maintenance; moisture retention refers to maintaining humidity, including both drying and humidity. It should be noted that the freshness protection subsystem 500 is not required, and the intelligent kitchen system of the present invention may not have the freshness protection subsystem 500.
During the circulation and production of the food material, the food material compartment 100 needs to be transferred between the respective subsystems to process the food material in sequence, and thus the intelligent kitchen system of the present invention further includes a conveying mechanism for conveying the food material compartment between the respective subsystems, which may be a similar mechanism capable of fixedly clamping the food material compartment, such as a robot arm or a manipulator.
The intelligent kitchen system of the present invention may further include a communication system for communicating with the control system, the mobile terminal (e.g., cell phone, computer, etc.), the internet, and the internet of things. A user may remotely control the kitchen system through a mobile terminal, the internet of things, etc., for example, instructing the kitchen system to make desired foods and dishes at a designated time. In addition, the user may also control the kitchen system through the human-machine interaction interface 220.
Fig. 4A schematically shows a food material compartment according to a preferred embodiment of the invention. As shown in the figure, the food material compartment has a compartment body for accommodating food material, and the overall shape of the compartment body may be cylindrical as shown in the figure or may be square or other shapes. The upper part of the hatch is provided with an opening for receiving food material, and the opening is provided with a food material hatch cover which can seal the opening and can be opened and closed under the control of a user or other subsystem of the kitchen system, and the hatch cover can be in sealing fit with the opening. Alternatively, both the upper part and the lower part of the cabin body can be provided with an opening and a cabin cover controlled to be opened and closed, and the shapes and the sizes of the opening and the cabin cover of the upper part and the lower part are identical, so that the food material cabin can be used upside down. Optionally, one or more dividing walls 110 may be provided within the interior of the food compartment, dividing the interior space of the compartment into a plurality of subspaces for accommodating different food materials.
Fig. 4B schematically illustrates a food compartment according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention, which differs from the food compartment illustrated in fig. 4A in that the side of the food compartment is provided with a fresh-keeping cover 120 for use with the fresh-keeping compartment of the fresh-keeping subsystem 500, the relevant contents of which will be described in detail below.
Fig. 5A schematically illustrates a fresh capsule 510 according to a preferred embodiment of the invention. As shown, the fresh capsule 510 may have a plurality of independent compartments 511 capable of holding the food items capsule 100, each of which is capable of independently setting fresh parameters, such as temperature and humidity, to facilitate setting different fresh environments for different food items. Of course, the fresh-keeping compartment 510 may be divided into a plurality of fresh-keeping areas, each fresh-keeping area includes a plurality of storage cells, and different fresh-keeping environments may be set in different fresh-keeping areas. As shown in fig. 5A, each storage compartment 511 has an opening for receiving a food compartment, and a fresh-keeping compartment cover (not shown) capable of opening and closing is provided at each opening. When the food compartment 100 is placed into the storage compartment 511 through the opening by the transport mechanism, see fig. 5B, the compartment cover is pushed inwardly by the food compartment, and the fresh cover 120 on the side of the food compartment covers the opening of the fresh compartment storage compartment and is in sealing and heat-insulating engagement therewith to maintain the compartment environment. When the food compartment is removed from the fresh compartment 510 by the transport mechanism, the hatch at the opening of the storage compartment 511 is automatically closed by the elastic means or control mechanism to maintain the in-compartment environment.
Fig. 6 schematically shows a preparation tank 310 according to a preferred embodiment of the invention. As shown, the preparation chamber 310 has two food chamber input/output ports 311 and 312 for receiving and taking out the food chamber 100, and a preparation function head fitting port 313 for replacing the preparation function head. The food compartment 100 may be placed in and secured to the preparation compartment 310 by means of a transport mechanism through either of the food compartment input/output ports 311 and 312, while the opening of the food compartment 100 is in sealing engagement with the food input and output ports of the processing space in the preparation compartment. The standby chamber 310 can control opening and closing of the chamber cover of the food chamber 100 according to the standby operation of itself to put the food in the food chamber into the standby chamber for the standby operation, and put the food subjected to the standby operation into the food chamber and then can take out the food chamber through either one of the food chamber input/output ports 311 and 312 by the conveying mechanism. Typically, different food materials or different dishes require different preparation operations, and thus the preparation function head 320 in the preparation pod of the present invention is replaceable. For example, a serving function head that can perform a desired serving operation may be retrieved from a serving function head storage area by a transport mechanism and installed into serving bay 310 via serving function head assembly port 313, with different serving function heads each having a uniform interface for interfacing with serving bay installation for ease of replacement and installation. The preparation operation which can be executed by the preparation functional head comprises a plurality of operations such as cleaning, cutting, quantifying, thawing, foaming, blanching, steaming and boiling and the like so as to meet different preparation needs. Meanwhile, the cleaning and cooking operations and the like can also be used for self-cleaning of the standby food cabin.
It should be noted that the positions of the food compartment input/output ports 311 and 312 and the serving function head assembly port 313 shown in fig. 6 are only illustrative, and they may be provided on different sides of the serving compartment 310, for example, above and below, respectively.
Fig. 7 schematically shows a cooking chamber 410 for cooking food items according to a preferred embodiment of the invention, which is fixed in a kitchen system by a rotation mechanism 411 and the cooking temperature inside the chamber can be controlled by a temperature control system. The rotation mechanism 411 has two degrees of rotation freedom so that the cooking chamber 410 fixed thereto can perform rotational movement about two axes A-A and B-B perpendicular to each other to simulate the stir-frying, stirring, etc. actions during cooking. The cooking chamber 410 has an opening at one end and may have openings at both ends, and the food chamber 100 can be fixedly installed to the opening of the cooking chamber such that the opening of the cooking chamber 410 is hermetically matched with the opening of the food chamber, and the cooking chamber 410 can control the opening and closing of the cover of the food chamber according to the cooking operation to put the food in the food chamber into the cooking chamber for the cooking operation and put the food subjected to the cooking operation into the food chamber through the putting of the food.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the inside of the cooking chamber 410 is provided with a stirring vane (not shown in the drawing) which is fixed to the inside of the cooking chamber 410 so as to be rotatable in both forward and reverse directions with the cooking chamber 410. In another preferred embodiment of the present invention, the interior of the cooking chamber 410 may be provided with an independent stirring vane configured to be capable of forward and reverse rotation independently of the cooking chamber 410. When the cooking chamber 410 is performing a cooking operation, the stirring vane may be rotated in a forward direction to simulate the actions of stir-frying, stirring, etc. during cooking; when the cooked food or dishes are required to be discharged into the food compartment 100, the stirring vane may be rotated in the reverse direction or reciprocally moved in the forward and reverse directions at a certain frequency to help the food or dishes enter the food compartment, and the cooking compartment 410 may be further rotated on the rotation mechanism 411 to help the food to be discharged during the discharging process of the food.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of functional interfaces or functional pipes may be provided on the cooking chamber 410 for adding seasoning into the cooking chamber 410, cleaning the cooking chamber 410, and performing ventilation functions, etc. Also, in order to facilitate the cleaning of the cooking chamber 410, the intelligent kitchen system of the present invention further includes a cleaning device for cleaning the cooking chamber 410. The cleaning device has an interface for interfacing with the opening of the cooking chamber 410, which may be arranged to be identical to the opening of the food compartment for ease of interfacing. When the cooking chamber 410 needs to be cleaned, the cleaning device can be fixedly mounted to the cooking chamber by a conveyor mechanism, and the interface of the cleaning device can be in sealing engagement with the opening of the cooking chamber. The cleaning device may supply water or other cleaning liquid under high pressure into the cooking chamber to clean the interior of the cooking chamber. Also, in a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the washing device may have a washing brush head which can be extended into the interior of the cooking chamber for washing the inner wall of the cooking chamber, the washing brush head preferably having a plurality of branch brush heads which can be drawn together and opened so as to extend into the cooking chamber and wash the inner wall of the cooking chamber, and which can be rotated around the central axis to brush the inner wall of the cooking chamber.
The scope of protection of the invention is limited only by the claims. Those skilled in the art, having the benefit of the teachings of this invention, will readily recognize alternative constructions to the disclosed structure as viable alternative embodiments, and the disclosed embodiments may be combined to create new embodiments that fall within the scope of the appended claims.
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1. An intelligent kitchen system, the system comprising:
a plurality of food material compartments, wherein each of the food material compartments is for holding food material and has an opening for receiving and retrieving food material;
an access subsystem capable of interacting with the outside through the access subsystem and configured to receive the food compartment containing the pre-treated food and to provide the food compartment containing the cooked food;
the system comprises a standby food subsystem, a storage subsystem and a fresh-keeping subsystem, wherein the standby food subsystem is configured to receive food material cabins from the storage subsystem or the fresh-keeping subsystem, perform standby food operation on food materials, and put the food materials subjected to the standby food operation into corresponding food material cabins from the storage subsystem or the fresh-keeping subsystem respectively;
a fresh-keeping subsystem configured to receive food bins from the access subsystem, the preparation subsystem, and the cooking subsystem and to keep food in the food bins fresh;
a cooking subsystem configured to receive food material from the preparation subsystem or the fresh keeping subsystem, perform a cooking operation on food material in the food material compartment, and place the food subjected to the cooking operation into the food material compartment;
a transport mechanism configured to be able to transport food compartments between the access subsystem, the serving subsystem, the cooking subsystem, and the fresh-keeping subsystem; and
a control system configured to enable control of operation of the components of the intelligent kitchen system by the controller;
wherein during the entire food preparation process from entering the intelligent kitchen system to exiting the system, including access, preparation, fresh keeping, cooking operations, the various food materials for cooking dishes and the cooked food are accommodated and transferred by the plurality of food material pods;
wherein the fresh keeping subsystem comprises a fresh keeping compartment having a plurality of independent storage compartments configured to accommodate food material compartments, each independent storage compartment configured to independently set fresh keeping parameters for food materials and foods in different manufacturing processes, and
wherein the cooking subsystem includes one or more cooking pods configured to receive food material conveyed by the conveying mechanism, to receive food material in the food material pod, to perform a cooking operation on the food material, and to place cooked food into the food material pod, wherein the cooking pod has an opening and the food material pod is configured to sealingly engage with the opening of the cooking pod.
2. The intelligent kitchen system according to claim 1, wherein the food material compartment has a compartment body for receiving food material, the compartment body being provided with an opening at one end, the opening being provided with a food material hatch configured to seal the opening and to be controllably opened and closed.
3. The intelligent kitchen system according to claim 1, wherein the food compartment has a compartment body for receiving food, opposite ends of the compartment body being provided with openings of the same size and shape, said openings being provided with food compartment covers configured to seal said openings and to be controllably opened and closed.
4. A smart kitchen system according to claim 2 or 3, wherein a partition wall is provided in the compartment body of the food compartment, thereby dividing the interior space of the compartment body into a plurality of independent subspaces.
5. The intelligent kitchen system of claim 1, wherein the access subsystem includes a food compartment input for receiving a food compartment, a food compartment output for a user to retrieve the food compartment, and a human-machine interface capable of communicating with a control system.
6. The intelligent kitchen system of claim 5, wherein a user can issue instructions to the control system through the man-machine interaction interface to control the intelligent kitchen system to perform processing operations on food according to preset processing rules.
7. The intelligent kitchen system of claim 1, wherein the freshness subsystem comprises a freshness compartment comprising a plurality of independent storage areas, each storage area having a plurality of storage compartments configured to hold food material compartments, each independent storage area configured to independently set freshness parameters for different food materials and cooking phases.
8. The intelligent kitchen system of claim 1, wherein the freshness parameters include temperature and humidity.
9. The intelligent kitchen system of claim 1, wherein each storage compartment has an opening, and the sides of the food compartment are provided with a fresh-keeping cover configured to sealingly mate with the openings of the storage compartments when the food compartment is placed in the storage compartment.
10. The intelligent kitchen system according to claim 1, wherein each storage compartment has an opening, at which a fresh food compartment lid is provided that can be opened and closed accordingly as food compartments enter and leave.
11. The intelligent kitchen system of claim 1, wherein the meal subsystem includes one or more meal pods, each meal pod having:
two food compartment input/output ports, each configured to receive the food compartment transported by the transport mechanism and to remove the food compartment by the transport mechanism;
a preparation space configured to be able to accommodate food material in the food material compartment;
a plurality of preparation function heads, each of which is configured to be capable of performing different preparation operations on food materials in the preparation space; and
the serving function head assembly port through which the delivery mechanism is configured to be capable of replacing a serving function head.
12. The intelligent kitchen system of claim 11, wherein the food material compartment is configured to be fixedly mounted into the food preparation compartment, and the food preparation compartment is configured to open and close a food material compartment cover of the food preparation compartment, and the food material input and the food material output of the food preparation space are configured to sealingly mate with an opening of the food material compartment.
13. The intelligent kitchen system of claim 11, wherein the preparation operations include washing, cutting, dosing, thawing, foaming, blanching, and cooking.
14. The intelligent kitchen system of claim 11, wherein each standby function head has a unified interface for interfacing with a standby compartment.
15. The intelligent kitchen system of claim 13, wherein the preparation tank is configured to be self-cleaning with a cleaning operation and a cooking operation.
16. The intelligent kitchen system of claim 1, wherein the cooking subsystem comprises:
a rotation mechanism configured to be rotatable about two axes perpendicular to each other, and the cooking chamber is configured to be mountable on the rotation mechanism to be rotatable together with the rotation mechanism; and
a temperature control system configured to control a temperature within the cooking chamber.
17. The intelligent kitchen system of claim 16, wherein the cooking chamber has openings at both ends and is configured to open and close a food hatch of a food chamber.
18. The intelligent kitchen system of claim 16, wherein the cooking chamber has an opening at one end and is configured to open and close a food hatch of a food chamber.
19. The intelligent kitchen system according to claim 16, wherein an interior of the cooking compartment is provided with a stirring blade fixed thereto such that the stirring blade is rotatable with rotation of the cooking compartment.
20. The intelligent kitchen system of claim 16, wherein an interior of the cooking chamber is provided with a separate stirring blade configured to be rotatable independently of the cooking chamber.
21. The intelligent kitchen system according to claim 16, wherein a plurality of functional interfaces or pipes are provided on the cooking chamber for performing seasoning adding, cleaning and air circulation functions as required.
22. The intelligent kitchen system according to claim 1, wherein the transport mechanism comprises a robotic arm for accessing the food material compartment from the access subsystem, the preparation subsystem, the cooking subsystem, and the fresh keeping subsystem and fixedly gripping the food material compartment during transport.
23. The intelligent kitchen system according to claim 1, wherein the intelligent kitchen system further comprises a communication system configured to be capable of communicating with the control system, mobile terminal, internet and internet of things.
24. The intelligent kitchen system of claim 23, wherein a user can issue instructions to the control system via the mobile terminal to control the intelligent kitchen system to perform processing operations on food materials according to preset processing rules.
25. The intelligent kitchen system according to claim 1, wherein the intelligent kitchen system further comprises a cleaning device, the interface of the cleaning device is designed to be identical to the opening of the food compartment, and the transport mechanism is capable of fixedly mounting the cleaning device to the cooking compartment such that the interface of the cleaning device sealingly engages the opening of the cooking compartment.
26. The intelligent kitchen system of claim 25, wherein the washing device has a movable washing brush head configured to extend into the cooking chamber and to be opened and closed.
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