KR20210064533A - Customized cooking system - Google Patents

Abstract

The customized cooking system of the present invention may include: a cooker line including a plurality of automatic cookers; a customized ordering part that provides a basic recipe including an amount of cooking ingredients and collects a modified recipe in which the amount of ingredients is modified; and a central control part that selects any one of the plurality of automatic cookers and adjusts the amount of ingredients put into the automatic cooker in response to the modified recipe.

Description

Customer-customized cooking system {Customized cooking system}

The present invention relates to a cooking system, and more particularly, to a customer-customized cooking system capable of providing a dish corresponding to a customer's taste.

A recipe is a word that means a recipe for cooking, and refers to a general term for a reference amount of mixing ingredients and a production order in cooking or cocktails, and refers to a quantitative goal that allows various users to prepare a specific dish.

As the Internet develops, various users simultaneously play the roles of information producers and information consumers through the Internet, and various users share the information they produce with others by utilizing various media such as their blogs and homepages. are doing

In particular, the information shared by these users includes various lifestyle information such as cooking recipes, delicious restaurant information, and romantic date place information. It is uploaded and shared through media such as

Recently, an automatic cooking device that supports to create the same cooking environment as a recipe has appeared with special functions (weight measurement, stirring function, temperature measurement, salinity measurement, etc.) There is a trend to apply

On the other hand, in the case of using an automatic cooking device, it is difficult to provide a cuisine customized to the taste of a user or a customer only by providing a dish according to a predetermined recipe.

An object of the present invention is to provide a customer-customized cooking system capable of providing a customer-customized dish that meets the customer's taste by applying a recipe modified by the customer.

A customer-customized cooking system of the present invention includes: a cooker line including a plurality of automatic cookers; a customized ordering unit that provides a basic recipe including an amount of cooking ingredients and collects a modified recipe in which the amount of the ingredients is modified; and a central control unit that selects any one of the plurality of automatic cookers and adjusts the amount of ingredients put into the automatic cooker in response to the modified recipe.

Here, the central control unit may recalculate the amount of the dish in response to the adjusted amount of the ingredient of the modified recipe and transmit it to the customized ordering unit.

In addition, the automatic cooker includes a main ingredient input unit for inputting the main ingredients of the dish, a sub-material input unit for inputting the sub-materials of the dish, a seasoning input unit for putting the seasoning for the dish, and determining the cooking time of the dish and a cooker for cooking dishes with the main ingredient, sub-ingredient, and seasoning, wherein the main ingredient input unit, the sub-ingredient input unit, and the seasoning input unit can adjust the amount of the input material in response to the modified recipe.

Also, the central controller may select one of the plurality of automatic cookers in consideration of the remaining time of the timer.

In addition, the central control unit, a database for storing the basic recipe of the dish and a cost settlement unit for calculating the additional cost through a change in the amount of ingredients of the modified recipe for the basic recipe and transmitting the additional cost to the customized ordering unit may include

In addition, the customized ordering unit may be any one of an ordering tablet PC equipped with a touch screen, a POS device, or a kiosk.

In addition, the customized ordering unit may include a photo of the dish, items and capacities of main ingredients/sub-ingredients/seasonings, and control buttons for increasing/decreasing the capacity.

In addition, the cooker line may have a plurality of automatic cookers for single-item cooking.

According to the customer-customized cooking system according to the present invention, a customer-customized dish can be provided according to the customer's taste by applying a recipe modified directly by the customer at the store.

1 is a schematic diagram of a customer-customized cooking system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a schematic diagram of an order tablet PC that is an example of the custom order unit of FIG.
3 is a schematic diagram of the cooking management unit of FIG. 1 .
4 is a schematic diagram of the automatic cooker of FIG. 1 .

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, the embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail so that those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains can easily implement them. The present invention may be embodied in many different forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein. In order to clearly explain the present invention in the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted, and the same reference numerals are assigned to the same or similar components throughout the specification.

In the present specification, terms such as “comprise” or “have” are intended to designate that a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or combination thereof described in the specification exists, but one or more other features It is to be understood that it does not preclude the possibility of the presence or addition of numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof. Also, when a part of a layer, film, region, plate, etc. is said to be "on" another part, it includes not only the case where it is "directly on" another part, but also the case where there is another part in between. Conversely, when a part of a layer, film, region, plate, etc. is said to be "under" another part, this includes not only cases where it is "directly under" another part, but also a case where another part is in the middle.

As shown in FIG. 1 , the customer-customized cooking system 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention may include a customized order unit 110 , a central control unit 120 , and a cooker line 130 .

The custom order unit 110 is for receiving customer orders in a store such as a restaurant, and the order tablet PC 111 placed on the store table, the POS device 112 that performs orders and payment, or the customer directly orders and It may include a kiosk 113 for payment, and the like.

The customized ordering unit 110 may provide a basic recipe of a cooking product while visually providing a menu of the corresponding restaurant to the customer. The basic recipe provided by the custom ordering unit 110 may provide the main ingredient of the corresponding cooking product, subsidiary ingredients such as vegetables, seasonings or sauces, etc. in units of the number or capacity (gram) used. In addition, the custom ordering unit 110 allows to modify the recipe to suit the taste or taste of the customer, and at this time, the amount of the main ingredient, the amount of the auxiliary material, the amount of seasoning or sauce, etc. can be finely adjusted, so that the customer can order the customized dish. make it possible In addition, the customized ordering unit 110 may provide the customer with an additional cost due to recipe modification and a final payment fee according to this in real time. A detailed description of the customized ordering unit 110 will be described in more detail below with reference to FIG. 2 .

The central control unit 120 is for centrally controlling the automatic cooking system in response to the customer order details collected through the customized order unit 110 , and the cooking management unit 121 , the cost settlement unit 122 and the database 123 . may include.

The cooking management unit 121 is to control the automatic cooker with a customer-customized recipe for each dish collected through the customized ordering unit 110, and the cooking management unit 121 provides a customized recipe to the automatic cooker 131 corresponding to each dish. can be transmitted. A detailed description of the cooking management unit 121 will be described in more detail below with reference to FIG. 3 .

The cost settlement unit 122 is for calculating the final price for each dish in response to the customer-customized recipe for each dish, and can calculate the final price by differentially applying the fee in response to the amount of main and sub-ingredients included in the dish. have. The cost settlement unit 122 calculates the final price in real time in response to the customized recipe, and transmits it to the customized order unit 110 so that the customer can check the final price in real time.

The database 123 is for storing a basic recipe corresponding to each dish, and may store a photo of each dish, a list of main ingredients, sub-ingredients, and seasonings for each dish, and a basic input amount and an amount of each dish (basic recipe). The information stored in the database 123 may be provided to the customized ordering unit 110 in real time.

The cooker line 130 is for automatically cooking by applying a customized recipe transmitted from the central control unit 120 , and may include a plurality of automatic cookers 131 . The cooker lines 130 are arranged for a single item, and a restaurant that provides dishes of several items may arrange a plurality of cooker lines 130 corresponding to each dish. A plurality of automatic cookers 131 may be disposed in each cooker line 130 , so that a dish can be quickly prepared and provided in response to a customer-customized recipe. The automatic cooker 131 may adjust the amount of ingredients in response to a customized recipe, which will be described in more detail below with reference to FIG. 4 .

As shown in FIG. 2 , the order tablet PC 111 , which is a kind of the custom order unit 110 , may display information about cooking. The ordering tablet PC 111 provides a list of various dishes provided by the restaurant on the screen, and provides cooking information as shown in FIG. 2 when the customer selects a dish. The screen of the order tablet PC 111 may display a photo of the selected dish, basic recipe information, an additional cost statement, an order quantity of the dish, an order button, and a final settlement statement.

Here, in the basic recipe, an adjustment button to adjust the amount of ingredients is provided, and the customer can directly click the up and down buttons with his or her finger to adjust the amount of ingredients. For example, in the chop steak dish of FIG. 2, 300 g of beef sirloin, which is the main ingredient, is basically provided, but the customer can reduce or increase the amount of meat by pressing the up and down buttons. When the amount of meat is increased, additional costs are incurred in response to the increased amount of meat, and this additional cost is displayed on the statement of additional cost and at the same time on the statement of final settlement, so that the customer can check the final payment amount in real time.

In this embodiment, additional costs are generated only for the increase or decrease of the amount of beef sirloin, which is the main ingredient, and the amount of shiitake, paprika, onion, and Parmesan cheese, which are auxiliary ingredients, but, unlike this, additional costs can be selected in various ways.

When the customer-customized recipe is determined on the order tablet PC 111, the customer-customized recipe may be transmitted to the central control unit 120 by pressing the order button, and at this time, if other customers also want the selected recipe, the order quantity may be adjusted. .

As shown in FIG. 3 , the cooking management unit 121 of the central control unit 120 may control the automatic cooker 131 with a customized recipe transmitted from the customized ordering unit 110 . The cooking management unit 121 may load a basic recipe from the database 123 and compare it with a customer-customized recipe to finally generate a modified recipe. That is, the modified recipe may be created by one-to-one comparison of the ingredient items and amounts of ingredients of the basic recipe with those of the customized recipe. Also, the cooking management unit 121 may match the automatic cooker 131 to perform cooking among the plurality of automatic cookers 131 in the cooker line 130 of the corresponding dish. The cooking management unit 121 first matches the currently idle automatic cookers 131 among the automatic cookers 131 of the cooker line 130. However, when all the automatic cookers 131 are cooking, the cooking of the automatic cookers 131 is performed. By checking the time, the new recipe may be matched to the automatic cooker 131 having the smallest remaining cooking time. In addition, the cooking management unit 121 may control the cooking time corresponding to each dish, and may adjust the cooking time by setting the timer 131d of each automatic cooker 131 .

As shown in FIG. 4 , the automatic cooker 131 may cook by inputting ingredients under the control of the cooking management unit 121 . The automatic cooker 131 includes a main material input part 131a for putting main ingredients, a sub-material input part 131b for putting in the sub-materials, a seasoning input part 131c for putting seasonings, a timer 131d, and a cooking part 131e. can do. A separate material storage box for storing each material and a meter for measuring the weight of the input material are separately provided in the main material input unit 131a, the sub-material input unit 131b and the seasoning input unit 131c.

The main ingredient input unit 131a may measure the main ingredient of each dish with a meter and then put it into the cooking unit 131e. In the case of the chop steak of FIG. 2, the amount of beef sirloin is measured and input in response to the amount of meat selected by the customer. In contrast, in the case of stews such as doenjang stew or kimchi stew, the amount of doenjang or kimchi, which is the main ingredient, is measured. can be put in The sub-ingredient input unit 131b may measure the amount of sub-materials, such as vegetables, to be added into the cooking unit 131e. The seasoning input unit 131c measures various seasonings for cooking and puts them into the cooking unit 131e, and various seasonings such as salt, pepper, and sauce may be applied thereto.

The timer 131d is for measuring the time required for cooking, and may be set by the cooking manager 121 . That is, the timer 131d determines the cooking time of the cooking unit 131e in association with the cooking unit 131e, and the remaining time of the timer 131d is referenced in the matching step of the automatic cooker 131 of the cooking management unit 121. can be

The cooking unit 131e is for substantially performing cooking, and includes a rotary cooking appliance patented by the present applicant (application numbers: 10-2018-0136836, 10-2019-0103944) and an automatic food cooker (application number: 10- 2019-0094555) can be applied.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the spirit of the present invention is not limited to the embodiments presented herein, and those skilled in the art who understand the spirit of the present invention can add components, Other embodiments may be easily proposed by changes, deletions, additions, etc., but these will also fall within the scope of the present invention.

100: Customer-customized cooking system
110: custom order book
120: central control unit
130: cooker line
131: automatic cooker

Claims (7)

a cooker line including a plurality of automatic cookers;
a customized ordering unit that provides a basic recipe including an amount of cooking ingredients and collects a modified recipe in which the amount of the ingredients is modified; and
and a central control unit that selects any one of the plurality of automatic cookers and adjusts the amount of ingredients input to the automatic cooker in response to the modified recipe.
The method according to claim 1,
The central control unit recalculates the amount of the dish in response to the adjusted amount of the ingredients of the modified recipe and transmits the recalculated amount to the customized order unit.
The method according to claim 1,
The automatic cooker,
A main ingredient input unit for inputting the main ingredient of the dish, a sub-material input unit for inputting the sub-material of the dish, a seasoning input unit for putting the seasoning for the dish, a timer for determining the cooking time of the dish, the main ingredient; A customer-tailored cooking system, comprising: a cooking unit that cooks a dish with sub-ingredients and seasonings, wherein the main material input unit, the auxiliary material input unit, and the seasoning input unit adjust the amount of the input material in response to the modified recipe.
4. The method according to claim 3,
The central control unit, customer customized cooking system, characterized in that for selecting one of the plurality of automatic cookers in consideration of the remaining time of the timer.
5. The method according to claim 4,
The central control unit includes a database for storing the basic recipe of the dish and a cost settlement unit for setting an additional cost through a change in the amount of ingredients of the modified recipe for the basic recipe and transmitting the additional cost to the customized ordering unit Customer-customized cooking system, characterized in that.
The method according to claim 1,
The customized ordering unit is a customer-customized cooking system, characterized in that any one of an order tablet PC equipped with a touch screen, a POS device, or a kiosk.
7. The method of claim 6,
The customized ordering unit is a customer-customized cooking system, characterized in that it includes a picture of the dish, items and capacities of main ingredients/sub-ingredients/condiments, and control buttons for increasing or decreasing the capacity.

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