Kitchen information and database management method and apparatus
First Claim
1. A kitchen information management device, comprising:
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a display; and
a plurality of stored recipes, wherein at least one of the stored recipes comprises;
a main recipe having a first set of ingredients and a first set of preparation instructions, andat least one subsidiary recipe having at least one of a subsidiary set of predetermined ingredients and a subsidiary set of predetermined preparation instructions, each subsidiary recipe being a predetermined non-arithmetically scaled version of the main recipe.
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Abstract
A device that manages kitchen information, including an information storage device that stores a plurality of recipes, a display device that displays at least one of the plurality of recipes stored in the information storage device and a microcontroller that selects at least one of the plurality of recipes having a main recipe and at least one subsidiary recipe, where the subsidiary recipe being a scaled version of the main recipe. The display device can further display at least one of the plurality of recipes including a cooking time associated with the recipe and one or more timers. By selecting a timer, the microcontroller automatically sets the selected timer equal to the associated cooking time.
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19 Claims
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1. A kitchen information management device, comprising:
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a control system; a display; and a plurality of stored recipes, wherein at least one of the stored recipes comprises; a main recipe having a first set of ingredients and a first set of preparation instructions, and at least one subsidiary recipe having at least one of a subsidiary set of predetermined ingredients and a subsidiary set of predetermined preparation instructions, each subsidiary recipe being a predetermined non-arithmetically scaled version of the main recipe. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for managing kitchen information comprising the steps of:
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storing a plurality of recipes in a memory, wherein at least one of the stored recipes comprises; a main recipe having a first set of ingredients and a first set of preparation instructions, and at least one subsidiary recipe, each subsidiary recipe having at least one of a predetermined subsidiary set of ingredients and a predetermined subsidiary set of preparation instructions, each subsidiary recipe being a predetermined scaled version of the main recipe; and selecting one of the plurality of recipes, wherein each subsidiary recipe is selectable only when the corresponding main recipe is selected. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for managing kitchen information comprising the steps of:
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displaying at least one of a plurality of recipes stored in a memory, the displayed recipe including at least one cooking time; selecting one of the at least one cooking time; selecting a cooking time timer from a plurality of cooking time timers; automatically setting the selected cooking time timer to the selected cooking time; initiating counting down of the selected cooking time timer; and energizing an alarm when the selected cooking time timer reaches zero. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A device for managing cooking related information, comprising:
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an information storage device storing a plurality of recipes; a display device that displays at least one of the plurality of recipes stored in the information storage device, the displayed recipe including a cooking time; and a control system having a plurality of timers, the control system selecting one of the plurality of timers and automatically setting the selected timer based on the cooking time of the displayed recipe.
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16. A method for managing kitchen information, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a recipe selection identifying at least one selected recipe from a plurality of recipes stored in a memory, wherein the at least one selected recipe comprises; a main recipe, each main recipe having a first set of ingredients and a first set of preparation instructions; and at least one subsidiary recipe, the at least one subsidiary recipe having at least one of a predetermined subsidiary set of ingredients and a predetermined subsidiary set of preparation instructions, wherein the subsidiary set of ingredients and subsidiary set of preparation instructions include only those ingredients and preparation instructions that differ from the main recipe, respectively; and displaying the selected recipe. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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Specification