Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47J—KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
  • A47J37/00—Baking; Roasting; Grilling; Frying
  • A47J37/06—Roasters; Grills; Sandwich grills
  • A47J37/0623—Small-size cooking ovens, i.e. defining an at least partially closed cooking cavity
  • A47J37/0664—Accessories
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47J—KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
  • A47J36/00—Parts, details or accessories of cooking-vessels
  • A47J36/32—Time-controlled igniting mechanisms or alarm devices
  • A47J36/321—Time-controlled igniting mechanisms or alarm devices the electronic control being performed over a network, e.g. by means of a handheld device
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47J—KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
  • A47J37/00—Baking; Roasting; Grilling; Frying
  • A47J37/06—Roasters; Grills; Sandwich grills
  • A47J37/0623—Small-size cooking ovens, i.e. defining an at least partially closed cooking cavity
  • A47J37/0629—Small-size cooking ovens, i.e. defining an at least partially closed cooking cavity with electric heating elements

Definitions

• the invention relates to the preparation of a meal according to a cooking recipe.
• the invention relates to the preparation of the food using an advanced food processor.
• a cooking recipe can be used as the basis for preparing a dish.
• the recipe includes ingredients and work steps to process the ingredients step by step. If all processing steps have been followed, the food is ready and can be consumed.
• WO 2018 054 668 A1 relates to a recipe-based cooking aid that is set up to guide a user through processing steps of a cooking recipe.
• WO 2017 207 247 A1 proposes a method for structuring a cooking recipe in order to be able to use a kitchen appliance for the implementation of the cooking recipe in an improved manner.
• a modern kitchen appliance has options that are not exploited by many cooking recipes. Using these possibilities, a meal can be prepared better or an improved method can provide an interesting variation of a meal. However, it is often difficult to adapt a cooking recipe in such a way that the capacity of an existing kitchen appliance is fully utilized.
• a method according to the invention comprises steps of recording a cooking recipe with processing steps, with at least one ingredient being assigned to a processing step; determining a kitchen appliance available for an implementation of the cooking recipe; selecting one of the processing steps of the cooking recipe; and replacing the selected processing step with a processing step adapted to the kitchen appliance as a function of an ingredient processed by means of the processing step.
• the method can in particular be computer-implemented or computer-aided.
• the recipe can be made available on a tablet PC or via an app and the capabilities of the food processor can be queried via wireless communication technology on the food processor or a server.
• a kitchen appliance that is available for implementing a cooking recipe can be used in an improved manner.
• the kitchen machine can be operated more efficiently so that energy or an ingredient can be saved, or more effectively so that a result of the cooking process can better correspond to a desired result.
• a cooking time or a cooking temperature can be reduced by using a built-in grill or a built-in microwave, or a desired juiciness and browning of the cake can be controlled independently of one another.
• a food processor supports a chemical or physical process that is part of a cooking process.
• the invention can enable an automated adaptation of a cooking recipe to the abilities of a kitchen appliance without a user having to deal with the scientific or technical principles underlying the implementation or even having to read the operating instructions for the kitchen appliance.
• a processing step is preferably replaced as a function of an ingredient.
• An ingredient can also be understood as an intermediate product, which can be the result of another processing step.
• rules are specified as to which processing step is changed with which ingredient and how can.
• a negative rule can also be provided, which rules out a change in a processing step if a predetermined ingredient should be affected by it.
• the processing step can relate to a cooking process with the supply of heat, the kitchen appliance comprising a heat source.
• the food processor can in particular comprise a stove, an oven or a combination device.
• a type of cooking process is changed.
• the type of Garpro process can include, for example, cooking, steaming, grilling, deep-frying or heating with hot air or microwaves.
• the type of cooking process used may be more gentle on nutrients in the ingredients in the processing step.
• the changed type can also be more hygienic and require less cleaning of the kitchen machine after use.
• the use of potentially hazardous substances such as fat can be reduced, for example by replacing deep-frying with hot-air cooking.
• a parameter of the cooking process can be changed.
• the height at which the food is arranged in the oven (“rail”), a cooking temperature, a cooking time, the use of top and / or bottom heat or circulating air can be changed.
• the modified processing step can include a predetermined time sequence.
• a processing step which comprises cooking in an oven under predetermined, unchangeable conditions can be changed in such a way that cooking is initially started under first conditions and later continued under second conditions.
• the conditions can include a type of cooking process and / or a parameter of the cooking process. More than two processing steps can result from the replacement.
• a transition from one processing step to the next can be determined on the basis of an elapsed time or another event, for example the reaching of a predetermined core temperature by the food, a predetermined consistency or a predetermined degree of browning.
• the sequence can be controlled on the kitchen appliance.
• the sequence can be transmitted to the kitchen appliance as an instruction sequence or the kitchen appliance can be controlled by an external device, as will be explained in more detail below.
• the selected processing step is replaced automatically by a processing step adapted to the kitchen appliance, for example by means of a rule-based program or by artificial intelligence methods, it being conceivable that a cloud service is used in this context that learns continuously from the behavior of several users.
• a processing method assigned to the cooking recipe is determined and the processing step is changed as a function of the particular processing method.
• it can thus be recognized how a processing step is incorporated into the cooking recipe.
• An ontology or a knowledge base can be used to formalize knowledge about cooking. For example, a processing step that involves gentle heating without drafts for around 20 minutes can be recognized as part of a fermentation process for a yeast dough.
• the cooking recipe can then be changed in such a way that the yeast dough is prepared without adding a pre-dough. Such a change can affect several processing steps of the recipe.
• a type of food or a generic recipe on which the food to be prepared is based can be recognized.
• a procedure assigned to the generic recipe can be adapted as a function of a modification of the cooking recipe from the generic cooking recipe. For example, if a generic recipe for lasagna is known and the present cooking recipe relates to a salmon-spinach lasagna, a cooking time of the generic recipe can be reduced in order to prevent the fish from drying out.
• a parameter of the processing method is determined as a function of further information in the cooking recipe.
• the further information can in particular comprise a further ingredient. In this way it can be avoided that a first ingredient is treated better, but the treatment has a negative effect on a second ingredient.
• the further information can also relate to a further processing step or a parameter of the kitchen appliance.
• a parameter of the processing method can be determined as a function of a user input. For example, the user can evaluate the result of a changed cooking recipe and, in particular, express wishes for an improvement. Such a request could, for example, concern the cooking point achieved, a preparation time or a degree of browning.
• the parameterized processing method can be saved for later use.
• a temporal sequence of processing steps or a processing method that can be parameterized can be stored, as described in more detail above.
• the kitchen machines of many users are networked with one another via the Internet and / or a cloud service. If a user manually replaces a processing step with a processing step adapted to the kitchen appliance, the overall system can learn from it and thus continuously improve its operation.
• a device comprises an input device for receiving a cooking recipe with processing steps, at least one ingredient being assigned to a processing step; a data memory with information about a food processor, which is available for an implementation of the recipe available; a processing device and an output device for outputting the replaced processing step.
• the processing device is set up to select one of the processing steps of the cooking recipe;
• All processing steps of the cooking recipe to be used are preferably output by means of the output device.
• a user can be guided through the sequence of processing steps.
• the output can in particular take place optically or acoustically.
• the input device can comprise an interface for receiving an electronically stored cooking recipe or can be operated, for example, by a user manually or verbally.
• the accepted recipe can be converted into a machine-evaluable form, for example by converting it into text and / or images.
• the evaluable form can be processed further, for example by structuring, for example in the form of an XML document.
• the processing device can be set up to carry out a method described herein in whole or in part.
• the processing device can comprise a programmable microcomputer or microcontroller and the method can be in the form of a computer program product with program code means.
• the computer program product can also be stored on a computer-readable data carrier. Additional features or advantages of the method can be transferred to the device or vice versa.
• Figure 1 shows a system
• Figure 2 shows a flow chart of a method.
• FIG. 1 shows a system 100 which comprises a device 105 which is set up to adapt a cooking recipe 110 to a kitchen appliance 115.
• the cooking recipe 110 includes a number of processing steps 120 that can be performed on ingredients 125 to provide a predetermined food 130.
• the food 130 relates to a food which is particularly suitable for human consumption.
• a processing step 120 of the cooking recipe 110 usually relates to at least one ingredient 125, wherein a result of a processing step 120 can serve as an ingredient 125 in a subsequent processing step 120.
• a processing step 120 can also carry further information, for example a quantity specification for an ingredient 125, an indication of a type of processing, a first time specification that indicates a processing time, a second time specification that indicates a rest or processing time, or a Indication of a preceding or subsequent processing step 120.
• the processing step 120 can be a predetermined cooking vessel or a predetermined cooking tool require.
• the use of a predetermined kitchen appliance 115 can be stated explicitly or implicitly.
• a food processor 115 comprises a device set up in a kitchen and for preparing a dish 130, which is operated by means of external energy, in particular by means of electrical power.
• a food processor 115 is set up to treat one or more ingredients 125 mechanically or thermally.
• a mechanical treatment can relate, for example, to comminuting or mixing and replacing a manual operation which could usually also be carried out by a user using a predetermined cooking tool.
• Thermal treatment includes withdrawal or supply of heat, optionally with simultaneous (or intermittent) mechanical treatment.
• the food 130 to be prepared relates to a cake and the food processor relates to an oven.
• the oven 130 can support various types of heating, such as baking with bottom heat, top heat, circulating air, hot air, steaming, grilling from above and / or below or heating using microwaves.
• the device 105 is set up to record the cooking recipe 110 for the food 130, to select at least one of the processing steps 120, and to replace the processing step 120 with one that is assigned to a kitchen appliance 115 that is available for implementing the cooking recipe 110.
• the device 105 comprises a processing device 135, an input device 140, which is shown as an interface as an example, for determining the recipe 110, and an output device 145.
• the input device 140 can comprise a data interface and, for example, for receiving text, images or binary data.
• the input device 140 can also receive spoken text or a gesture from a user, for example.
• the output device 145 is preferably set up for output to a human user and can include an input device 150.
• the output device 145 comprises a data interface.
• the output device 145 and the input device 150 are designed to be coupled to one another by way of example, in the form of a smartphone, a laptop computer, a tablet computer or another, in particular computer-based human-machine interface (HMI).
• HMI human-machine interface
• the output device 145 and the input device 150 can also be provided remotely from the processing device 135 and connected to it by means of an in particular wireless communication connection.
• the output device 145 and the input device 150 are preferably provided in the area of the kitchen appliance 115, for example in the same room or integrated with one another.
• the processing device 135 is connected to a data memory 155, which is set up to store processing steps 120.
• a stored processing step 120 is assigned to a kitchen appliance 130.
• information can be stored which controls a possible replacement of a processing step 120 of a recipe 110 by another processing step 120.
• a user 160 of the device has stored information about which kitchen appliances 115 he can have. This information can be changed by the user 160, for example if he is not in his own kitchen, in which the kitchen appliances 115 are installed, or if one of the kitchen appliances 115 is not available, for example because it is already for the preparation of a other food 130 is occupied. Conversely, the user 160 can also notify the device 105 of the temporary or permanent availability of a new kitchen appliance 115.
• the processing device 135 can be set up to output processing steps 110 of the changed cooking recipe 110 to the user 160 or to provide them in some other way.
• the output processing steps 120 at least one can differ from one included in the cooking recipe 110.
• the food processor 115 can be controlled as a function of a processing step 120.
• the kitchen machine 115 can be controlled by the device 105 via an interface 165 or instructions can be uploaded to the kitchen machine 115 via the interface 165 and the kitchen machine 115 can control processing based on the uploaded instructions.
• FIG. 2 shows a flow diagram of a method 200 that can be carried out in particular in connection with a system 100.
• the recipe 205 can be recorded.
• a step 210 it can be brought into a machine-processable form.
• a textual, graphic or binary representation of the cooking recipe 110 can be determined on the basis of an input.
• This process can include the recognition of a word, a gesture, an image or other information, in particular directed to a person.
• an available kitchen appliance 115 can be determined.
• the kitchen appliance 115 can be assigned to a predetermined user 160; alternatively, the user 160 can specify a kitchen appliance 115.
• a processing step 120 of the cooking recipe 110 can be selected, which can be changed in order to be able to use the kitchen appliance 115 in an improved manner.
• the processing step 120 can be selected as a function of an indication of the processing. In connection with a cooking process, such information could relate to boiling, deep-frying, baking, roasting, steaming, sautéing, searing, stewing, sweating, frying or a similar process.
• an ingredient 125 of processing step 120 is also taken into account.
• it can be stored which ingredient 125 is preferably treated in which way by means of the kitchen appliance 115.
• Such ingredients can be stored in a positive list.
• it can be determined to which generic cooking recipe the present cooking recipe 110 belongs and a treatment of an ingredient 125 can be taken from the generic cooking recipe.
• the cooking recipe 110 or the generic cooking recipe can be completely known to the device 110.
• an ingredient 125 opposes a specific treatment by the food processor 115.
• Such ingredients 125 can be stored in a negative list.
• a cooking vessel or a cooking tool can also be noted in the negative list.
• a processing step 120 should not be adapted to add the microwave treatment if the cooking vessel comprises aluminum foil or gold-rimmed dishes.
• Processing steps 120 to be changed, the positive list and / or the negative list can be stored in tabular form. It can thus be determined whether and which processing step of the cooking recipe 110 is to be replaced by another.
• a reference to the replacing processing step 120 can also be stored as a reference or part of the table.
• a parameterization of the replacing processing step 120 can be specified, for example a duration, a temperature or a supplied thermal power.
• the selected processing step 120 can be replaced by the specific one.
• the substitute processing step 120 can be parameterized appropriately.
• one processing step 120 can also be replaced by several or, conversely, several processing steps 120 are replaced by one.
• Processing steps 120 resulting from the replacement can form a predetermined time sequence or a processing method (also: processing program). Processing steps 120 of the sequence are usually separated from one another by predetermined times, while in a processing method they can also be separated from one another by conditions.
• the user can control a specific sequence or a specific processing method and edit it if necessary.
• the specific sequence or the specific processing method can be saved for later use.
• the changed processing step 120 or the processing steps 120 of the cooking recipe 110 that result after one or more changes can be output.
• the output can take place step by step in order to better accompany the user 160 through the implementation of the cooking recipe 110 for the finished food 130.
• the user 160 can provide feedback that relates in particular to the replacement of one of the processing steps 110.
• the feedback can be on a scale between dissatisfied and satisfied or, in a more differentiated manner, indicate which result is desired and how the result deviates from it.
• a stored sequence or a processing method can be changed or given an evaluation.
• this information may be used to use or not use the sequence or processing method, or to provide further improvement to control the particular course of action.

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