SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CULINARY INTERACTION

• US 20130171304A1
• Filed: 07/10/2012
• Published: 07/04/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Robert E. Huntley
• Original Assignee: Robert E. Huntley
• Inventors: HUNTLEY, ROBERT E.
• Application Number:
  US13/545,680
• Publication Number:
  US 20130171304A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 426/231
• CPC Class Codes: F24C 7/08 Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/00 Information and communication technology [ICT] specially adapted for implementation of business processes of specific business sectors, e.g. utilities or tourism healthcare informatics G16H

Abstract

A computerized system and method are disclosed, the method including but not limited to presenting an interactive cooking menu on a client processor display; receiving on the client device an input regarding the cooking menu and responding to the input. A system is disclosed for performing functions useful in presenting an interactive cooking menu on a client processor display; receiving on the client device an input regarding the cooking menu and responding to the input.

Claims

1. A computerized method comprising:

presenting from a client device processor, an interactive cooking menu on a client device display;

receiving on the client device an input regarding the cooking menu; and

responding to the input.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the interactive cooking menu is a plurality of interactive icons and the input indicates progress toward accomplishment of a task related to a first one of the interactive icons.

3. The method of claim 2, the method further comprising:

changing the interactive cooking menu display to move to a second interactive icon related to the first interactive icon;

measuring a time to complete a first task related to the first interactive icon; and

storing a duration indicating a time to complete the first task for a particular identified user.

4. The method claim 1, wherein the menu is a plurality of interactive recipe icons and the input indicates a request for one of instructional and historical information about an icon, the method further comprising:

presenting instructional information on how to perform a task associated with a particular interactive icon, and presenting historical information related to the icon, wherein the historical information relates to a recipe origin.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the input relates to the interactive cooking menu, and the responding to the input is posting the input to a social network.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the input is a request for a recipe suggestion based on expected dinner guests, the method further comprising:

gathering at the client device, culinary preference information from social media on the internet indicating the expected dinner guests likes, dislikes, recent meals from four square restaurants, food purchases from store or indicated as used on the computer cooking method in a data base embedded in a non-transitory computer readable medium, foods not purchased from a grocery store or used in cooking method.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the input data indicating at least one of a cook ware and a cooking utensil and data indicating culinary actions associated with the at least one of cooking utensil and cook ware, the method further comprising:

determining a size and type of the at least one of cookware and cooking utensil from the input data;

determining an action associated with the at least one of cookware and cooking utensil from the image; and

controlling a temperature for a stove top heating element associated with the utensil based on the determining of the size and type of utensil and the action.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the input is a temperature from an infrared thermometer of a food being cooked according to an interactive icon selected on a cooking menu wherein a camera and image and motion recognition software are used to aim the temperature probe to an identified food item being cooked in an identified utensil on a stove top.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the input is a food color input indicating a food color change and cooking progress for the food, the method further comprising:

controlling a cooking temperature for a stove top heating element associated with the food color change and presenting status of the food cooking based on the color of the food.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the input is a texture input indicating a food surface texture change associated with a cooking progress the method further comprising:

controlling cooking temperature and presenting status of the food cooking based on the texture of the food.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the input is a gas chromatograph output indicating a simulated sense of smell associated with a particular food cooking progress, the method further comprising:

controlling a cooking temperature for the particular food and presenting status of the particular food cooking based on the gas chromatograph of the food, an identified action and an identified utensil wherein the camera identifies the action and the utensil.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the camera, gas chromatograph and temperature sensor are used to generate a status for a food being cooked.

7. The method of claim, wherein the input is a request for recipe suggestion based on food aging data from a grocery store purchase in a data base of food aging based on age of the food on a date of purchase in the grocery store.

8. The method of claim, wherein the input is a request for recipe suggestion based on a time to cook and a learned cooking time of a user for a particular recipe selected on the client device.

15. A system comprising:

a client device processor in data communication with a non-transitory computer readable medium;

a computer program comprising instructions embedded in the non-transitory computer readable medium, that when executed by a computer, perform functions useful in cooking food, the computer program comprising;

instructions to present from a client device processor, an interactive cooking menu on a client device display;

instructions to receive on the client device an input regarding the cooking menu; and

instructions to respond to the input.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the interactive cooking menu is a plurality of interactive icons and the input indicates progress toward accomplishment of a task related to a first one of the interactive icons.

17. The system of claim 16, the computer program further comprising:

instructions to change the interactive cooking menu display of icons to move to a second interactive icon related to the first interactive icon;

instructions to measure a time to complete a first task related to the first interactive icon; and

instructions to store a duration indicating a time to complete the first task for a particular identified user.

18. The system claim 15, wherein the menu is a plurality of interactive recipe icons and the input indicates a request for one of instructional and historical information about an icon, the computer program further comprising:

instructions to present instructional information on how to perform a task associated with a particular interactive icon, and presenting historical information related to the icon, wherein the historical information relates to a recipe origin.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein the input is a request for a recipe suggestion based on expected dinner guests, the computer program further comprising:

instructions to gather at the client device, culinary preference information from social media on the internet indicating the expected dinner guests likes, dislikes, recent meals from restaurants, food purchases from store or indicated as used on the computer cooking method in a data base embedded in a non-transitory computer readable medium, foods not purchased from a grocery store or used in cooking method.

20. The system of claim, wherein the input is a request for recipe suggestion based on food aging data from a grocery store date of purchase in a data base of food aging based on age of the food on a date of purchase in the grocery store.