EP1307817A2 - Device for assisting in producing food preparations and method used in said device - Google Patents

Device for assisting in producing food preparations and method used in said device

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EP1307817A2
EP1307817A2 EP01904013A EP01904013A EP1307817A2 EP 1307817 A2 EP1307817 A2 EP 1307817A2 EP 01904013 A EP01904013 A EP 01904013A EP 01904013 A EP01904013 A EP 01904013A EP 1307817 A2 EP1307817 A2 EP 1307817A2
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preparations
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Laurent Deschenes
Anne-Marie Piolet
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    • 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
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G05—CONTROLLING; REGULATING
    • G05B—CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS
    • G05B2219/00—Program-control systems
    • G05B2219/20—Pc systems
    • G05B2219/26—Pc applications
    • G05B2219/2642—Domotique, domestic, home control, automation, smart house
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G05—CONTROLLING; REGULATING
    • G05B—CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS
    • G05B2219/00—Program-control systems
    • G05B2219/20—Pc systems
    • G05B2219/26—Pc applications
    • G05B2219/2643—Oven, cooking

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  • the invention relates to a device for assisting the production by a user of culinary preparations using a plurality of household appliances, the user and said household appliances constituting a set of resource elements. and each culinary preparation consisting of a sequence of pre-configured elementary steps of allocation of at least one element of the set of resources and allocation of a duration of use of said element.
  • the invention relates in particular to an assistance device comprising a terminal comprising means for storing cooking preparations in progress, means of access to other preparations to come, display means, control means for selecting at at least one culinary preparation, and means for communicating with the plurality of apparatuses capable of receiving status signals from at least one household appliance and of transmitting control signals to at least one household appliance.
  • Such a device helps to guide a user in the use of household appliances in order to continuously carry out a culinary preparation, but does not allow the latter to consider making a complete menu. by preparing several preparations at once according to an organization worthy of a professional, in particular minimizing the durations of the sequences of elementary stages and eliminating the idle times for the user.
  • the invention therefore aims to optimize the preparation of culinary preparations by organizing the use of resource elements.
  • control means allow the extraction of at least two culinary preparations and the terminal comprises a buffer memory for receiving said two culinary preparations, as well as means for optimizing each sequence of selected stages. which are capable of prohibiting any overlapping of stages including the same resource element, and which are capable of modifying the parameters of the stages concerned and of proposing new sequences of stages.
  • each elementary step comprising a temporary origin and an estimated duration of completion, the origin and duration are directly adjusted by the communication means as a function of the status and command signals of the elements of resources selected for culinary preparations put in parallel.
  • the invention also relates to a method implemented in the assistance device consisting in controlling a user in the production of culinary preparations using a plurality of household appliances and a terminal and comprising the following phases:
  • the user selects at least two culinary preparations on the terminal by means of tilting means;
  • the optimization means propose a scheduling of the realization of said preparations as well as an optimized progress of each sequence of steps preventing any overlapping of steps including the same resource element.
  • FIG. 1 schematically shows an assistance device according to the invention
  • FIG. 2 and 3 show synoptic tables illustrating two parallel courses of culinary preparations according to sequences of different stages, Figure 3 illustrating optimized sequences.
  • FIG. 1 there is shown a device for assisting in the preparation of culinary preparations by a user using a plurality of electrical devices.
  • household appliances such as, for example, a scale 1, a food processor 2 and an oven 3.
  • the user and said household appliances have been defined as constituting a set of resource elements, and each culinary preparation as consisting of a sequence of elementary pre-configured steps for allocating at minus one element of the set of resources and allocation of a duration of use (dx) of said element.
  • the reference U represents the "user" element
  • the references B, R and G represent the devices 1, 2 and 3 respectively.
  • Such an assistance device comprises in a manner known per se a microprocessor terminal 5 comprising means for storing cooking preparations in progress, means for accessing other preparations to come, display means, and means to select at least one culinary preparation.
  • This type of terminal is widely used today and is in the form of a portable box equipped with a screen 6 constituting the display means and a keyboard partially constituting the control means, this keyboard being able to be replaced by a pointer associated with a touch screen.
  • the terminal 5 also comprises means of communication with, for example, the INTERNET network, and very particularly with the plurality of household appliances 1, 2, 3 ... and which are capable of receiving status signals from at least at least one appliance and to send control signals to at least one appliance housewife concerned in the culinary preparations in progress.
  • the INTERNET network for example, the INTERNET network, and very particularly with the plurality of household appliances 1, 2, 3 ... and which are capable of receiving status signals from at least at least one appliance and to send control signals to at least one appliance housewife concerned in the culinary preparations in progress.
  • the present invention aims to optimize the preparation of culinary preparations for the production of a menu and in particular by proposing that the control means allow the extraction of at least two culinary preparations and the terminal 5 comprises , in addition to a buffer memory for receiving said two culinary preparations, means for optimizing each sequence of steps selected which are capable of preventing any overlapping of steps including the same resource element, and which are capable of modifying the parameters of the stages concerned and to propose new sequences of stages.
  • the user will save work and time in the parallel production of at least two culinary preparations; each resource item being used to the full and on time in a logical and optimal order is.
  • Such use without overlapping makes it possible, for example, to use the oven 3 according to the parameters chosen without degrading them for the perfect cooking of the food being prepared.
  • the assistance device is further characterized in that, each elementary step comprising a temporary origin tn and an estimated duration of realization dx, the org tn and duration dx are directly adjusted by the communication means as a function of the status and control signals of the resource elements selected for the parallel culinary preparations.
  • the assistance device creates an interactive mode of use of household appliances in which, not only, the user himself influences the parameters of the steps, but also the household appliances used or to be used for the preparations put in parallel which influence each other via the terminal 5 to optimize each sequence of steps by prohibiting any overlapping of steps including the same resource element.
  • control means and the display means cooperate with each other to allow the user to monitor in parallel the progress of each preparation as a function of the status and control signals of the communication means. .
  • the references U, B, R, G represent the resource elements used in these two sequences.
  • the time for producing these two preparations put in parallel amounts to 50 minutes for a weight of pre-programmed zucchini of approximately 800 grams and a weight of pre-programmed sea bream of 1 kg, assuming that the user goes to the next step as soon as the monitoring is viewed by the terminal 5.
  • the assistance device makes it possible, thanks to the communication means, to adjust the origin and duration of each step as a function of the status and command signals of the selected resource elements.
  • FIG. 3 illustrates such an optimization applied to the table of the two sequences of FIG. 2 and in which we have:
  • the process implemented in the production of the two culinary preparations of FIG. 2 notably comprises the following phases:
  • the user selects at least two culinary preparations on the terminal 5 using the control means; to know Dorades - Cream of zucchini.
  • - terminal 5 stores the two preparations in parallel.
  • the optimization means propose the illustrated scheduling of the preparation of the two preparations, that is to say: start by preparing the marinade of sea bream, make the cream of zucchini and finish by cooking the sea bream, as well as a optimized sequence of each sequence of steps based on preprogrammed parameters such as the durations of use of the resource elements, and preventing any overlapping of steps including the same resource element.
  • the user performs in parallel the various consecutive phases of the preparation of courgette cream soup by giving at each end of a phase a command signal to terminal 5.
  • the terminal will offer the user the possibility of cooking the sea bream which will be carried out for 15 minutes.
  • the assistance device is all the more remarkable in that it makes it possible to optimize the steps as will be understood by referring to FIG. 3.
  • the particular method capable of being implemented by the device d assistance consists in: adjusting the origin (tn) and duration (dx) of each step as a function of the status and control signals of the resource elements received and processed by the communication means; modify the parameters of the stages and propose new sequences of stages via the optimization means.
  • step A the user at the end of the preparation of the marinade transmits by the keyboard a control signal and the terminal via the communication means measures the real time spent; namely 4 minutes instead of the 5 minutes programmed.
  • the scale 1 measures the weight of the zucchini which, via the means of communication, is processed by the terminal.
  • the optimization means recalculate the best sequence of stages and therefore propose the stages El and E2 put in parallel but do not not requiring the same resource element (oven - robot).
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 are given by way of example and it will be understood that the optimization means, recalculating the best sequences of stages over all of the culinary preparations at the start and at the end of a step, allow the user the optimal accomplishment of simple or complicated recipes.

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Abstract

The invention concerns a device for assisting in the production of food preparations, comprising a plurality of household electrical appliances (1, 2, 3) and a terminal (5) comprising monitoring means for selecting at least a food preparation consisting of a sequence of pre-parameterised steps, and means for communicating with the appliances. The invention is characterised in that the monitoring means enable to retrieve at least two food preparations and the terminal (5) comprises a buffer memory for receiving both food preparations and means for optimising each selected sequence of steps to prevent any overlapping of steps and to modify the parameters of the steps concerned and provides new sequences of steps.

Description

DISPOSITIF D'ASSISTANCE A LA REALISATION DE PREPARATIONS ASSISTANCE DEVICE FOR THE PREPARATION OF PREPARATIONS
CULINAIRES ET PROCEDE MIS EN OZUVRE DANS CE DISPOSITIFCULINARIES AND METHOD IMPLEMENTED IN THIS DEVICE
L'invention se rapporte à un dispositif d'assis- tance à la réalisation par un utilisateur de préparations culinaires à l'aide d'une pluralité d'appareils électroménagers, l'utilisateur et lesdits appareils électroménagers constituant un ensemble d'éléments de ressources et chaque préparation culinaire étant constituée d'une sé- quence d'étapes élémentaires pré-paramétrées d'attribution d'au moins un élément de l'ensemble de ressources et d'attribution d'une durée d'utilisation dudit élément.The invention relates to a device for assisting the production by a user of culinary preparations using a plurality of household appliances, the user and said household appliances constituting a set of resource elements. and each culinary preparation consisting of a sequence of pre-configured elementary steps of allocation of at least one element of the set of resources and allocation of a duration of use of said element.
L'invention concerne notamment un dispositif d'as- sistance comportant un terminal comprenant des moyens de stockage de préparations culinaires en cours, des moyens d'accès aux autres préparations à venir, des moyens d'affichage, des moyens de pilotage pour sélectionner au moins une préparation culinaire, et des moyens de commu- nication avec la pluralité d'appareils aptes à recevoir des signaux d'état d'au moins un appareil électroménager et à émettre des signaux de commande vers au moins un appareil électroménager.The invention relates in particular to an assistance device comprising a terminal comprising means for storing cooking preparations in progress, means of access to other preparations to come, display means, control means for selecting at at least one culinary preparation, and means for communicating with the plurality of apparatuses capable of receiving status signals from at least one household appliance and of transmitting control signals to at least one household appliance.
On connaît déjà des dispositifs d'assistance de ce genre, tels que, par exemple, décrits dans la demande de brevet français n° 99 11 810 déposée le 17 septembre 1999.Assistance devices of this type are already known, such as, for example, described in French patent application No. 99 11 810 filed on September 17, 1999.
Un tel dispositif aide à guider un utilisateur dans l'usage d'appareils électroménagers en vue de réaliser de façon continue une préparation culinaire, mais ne permet pas à ce dernier d'envisager de réaliser un menu complet en préparant plusieurs préparations à la fois selon une organisation digne d'un professionnel en minimisant notamment les durées des séquences d'étapes élémentaires et en éliminant les temps morts pour l'utilisateur.Such a device helps to guide a user in the use of household appliances in order to continuously carry out a culinary preparation, but does not allow the latter to consider making a complete menu. by preparing several preparations at once according to an organization worthy of a professional, in particular minimizing the durations of the sequences of elementary stages and eliminating the idle times for the user.
L'invention a donc pour but d'optimiser la confection de préparations culinaires en organisant l'utilisation des éléments de ressources.The invention therefore aims to optimize the preparation of culinary preparations by organizing the use of resource elements.
Selon l'invention, les moyens de pilotage permettent l'extraction d'au moins deux préparations culinaires et le terminal comprend une mémoire tampon de réception desdites deux préparations culinaires, ainsi que des moyens d'optimisation de chaque séquence d'étapes sélec- tionnée qui sont propres à interdire tout chevauchement d'étapes incluant un même élément de ressource, et qui sont aptes à modifier les paramètres des étapes concernées et à proposer de nouvelles séquences d'étapes.According to the invention, the control means allow the extraction of at least two culinary preparations and the terminal comprises a buffer memory for receiving said two culinary preparations, as well as means for optimizing each sequence of selected stages. which are capable of prohibiting any overlapping of stages including the same resource element, and which are capable of modifying the parameters of the stages concerned and of proposing new sequences of stages.
Ainsi, grâce notamment à ces moyens d'optimisation, l'utilisateur est guidé totalement dans le déroulement, par exemple, de deux préparations culinaires dont des étapes peuvent ainsi être mises en parallèle, et lui assurent ainsi un gain de temps appréciable.Thus, thanks in particular to these optimization means, the user is completely guided in the course, for example, of two culinary preparations, the stages of which can thus be put in parallel, and thus provide him with an appreciable saving of time.
Selon une autre caractéristique de l'invention, chaque étape élémentaire comprenant une origine temporaire et une durée estimée de réalisation, les origine et durée sont directement ajustées par les moyens de commu- nication en fonction des signaux d'état et de commande des éléments de ressources sélectionnés pour les préparations culinaires mises en parallèle. L'invention concerne également un procédé mis en œuvre dans le dispositif d'assistance consistant à piloter un utilisateur dans la réalisation de préparations culinaires à l'aide d'une pluralité d'appareils électroménagers et d'un terminal et comportant les phases suivantes :According to another characteristic of the invention, each elementary step comprising a temporary origin and an estimated duration of completion, the origin and duration are directly adjusted by the communication means as a function of the status and command signals of the elements of resources selected for culinary preparations put in parallel. The invention also relates to a method implemented in the assistance device consisting in controlling a user in the production of culinary preparations using a plurality of household appliances and a terminal and comprising the following phases:
- l'utilisateur sélectionne au moins deux préparations culinaires sur le terminal grâce aux moyens de pi- lotâge ;- the user selects at least two culinary preparations on the terminal by means of tilting means;
- le terminal mémorise lesdites préparations en parallèle ;- the terminal stores said preparations in parallel;
- les moyens d'optimisation proposent un ordonnancement de réalisation desdites préparations ainsi qu'un déroulement optimisé de chaque séquence d'étapes interdisant tout chevauchement d'étapes incluant un même élément de ressource.the optimization means propose a scheduling of the realization of said preparations as well as an optimized progress of each sequence of steps preventing any overlapping of steps including the same resource element.
Les caractéristiques et avantages de l'invention ressortiront de la description qui va suivre, prise à titre d'exemple non limitatif, en référence aux dessins annexés dans lesquels :The characteristics and advantages of the invention will emerge from the description which follows, taken by way of nonlimiting example, with reference to the appended drawings in which:
- la figure 1 représente schématiquement un dispositif d'assistance selon l'invention ; - les figures 2 et 3 représentent des tableaux synoptiques illustrant deux déroulements en parallèle de préparations culinaires selon des séquences d'étapes différentes, la figure 3 illustrant des séquences optimisées .- Figure 1 schematically shows an assistance device according to the invention; - Figures 2 and 3 show synoptic tables illustrating two parallel courses of culinary preparations according to sequences of different stages, Figure 3 illustrating optimized sequences.
A la figure 1, on a représenté un dispositif d'assistance à la réalisation de préparations culinaires par un utilisateur à l'aide d'une pluralité d'appareils élec- troménagers tels que, par exemple, une balance 1, un robot ménager 2 et un four 3.In Figure 1, there is shown a device for assisting in the preparation of culinary preparations by a user using a plurality of electrical devices. household appliances such as, for example, a scale 1, a food processor 2 and an oven 3.
Dans la suite de cette description on a défini l'utilisateur et lesdits appareils électroménagers comme constituant un ensemble d'éléments de ressources, et chaque préparation culinaire comme étant constituée d'une séquence d'étapes élémentaires pré-paramétrées d'attribution d'au moins un élément de l'ensemble de ressources et d'attribution d'une durée d'utilisation (dx) dudit élément . Sur les figures 2 et 3 , la référence U représente l'élément "utilisateur", tandis que les références B, R et G représentent respectivement les appareils 1, 2 et 3.In the remainder of this description, the user and said household appliances have been defined as constituting a set of resource elements, and each culinary preparation as consisting of a sequence of elementary pre-configured steps for allocating at minus one element of the set of resources and allocation of a duration of use (dx) of said element. In FIGS. 2 and 3, the reference U represents the "user" element, while the references B, R and G represent the devices 1, 2 and 3 respectively.
Un tel dispositif d'assistance comporte de façon connue en soi un terminal 5 à micro-processeur comprenant des moyens de stockage de préparations culinaires en cours, des moyens d'accès aux autres préparations à venir, des moyens d'affichage, et des moyens de pilotage pour sélectionner au moins une préparation culinaire. Ce type de terminal est aujourd'hui largement utilisé et se présente sous la forme d'un boîtier portable équipé d'un écran 6 constituant les moyens d'affichage et d'un clavier constituant en partie les moyens de pilotage, ce clavier pouvant être remplacé par un pointeur associé à un écran tactile.Such an assistance device comprises in a manner known per se a microprocessor terminal 5 comprising means for storing cooking preparations in progress, means for accessing other preparations to come, display means, and means to select at least one culinary preparation. This type of terminal is widely used today and is in the form of a portable box equipped with a screen 6 constituting the display means and a keyboard partially constituting the control means, this keyboard being able to be replaced by a pointer associated with a touch screen.
Le terminal 5 comporte également des moyens de communication avec, par exemple, le réseau INTERNET, et tout particulièrement avec la pluralité d'appareils ménagers 1, 2, 3... et qui sont aptes à recevoir des signaux d'état d'au moins un appareil électroménager et à émettre des signaux de commande vers au moins un appareil élec- troménager concerné dans les préparations culinaires en cours .The terminal 5 also comprises means of communication with, for example, the INTERNET network, and very particularly with the plurality of household appliances 1, 2, 3 ... and which are capable of receiving status signals from at least at least one appliance and to send control signals to at least one appliance housewife concerned in the culinary preparations in progress.
Dans la demande de brevet français n° 99 11810 dé- posée le 17 septembre 1999, la modélisation de la préparation culinaire consiste non seulement dans la description et le séquencement des étapes de préparation normal à une présentation traditionnelle de recette de cuisine, mais également dans l'affectation, pour une phase élémen- taire assistée, de paramètres de fonctionnement à chaque appareil électroménager actif durant cette phase tels que, par exemple, une vitesse de rotation de l'outil du robot 2, une température et un temps de cuisson pour le four 3.In French patent application No. 99 11810 filed on September 17, 1999, the modeling of the culinary preparation consists not only in the description and sequencing of the stages of normal preparation for a traditional presentation of a recipe, but also in assigning, for an assisted elementary phase, operating parameters to each household appliance active during this phase such as, for example, a speed of rotation of the robot tool 2, a temperature and a cooking time for the oven 3.
La présente invention a pour but d'optimiser la confection de préparations culinaires en vue de la réalisation d'un menu et en proposant notamment que les moyens de pilotage permettent l'extraction d'au moins deux pré- parations culinaires et le terminal 5 comprend, outre une mémoire tampon de réception desdites deux préparations culinaires, des moyens d'optimisation de chaque séquence d'étapes sélectionnée qui sont propres à interdire tout chevauchement d'étapes incluant un même élément de res- source, et qui sont aptes à modifier les paramètres des étapes concernées et à proposer de nouvelles séquences d' étapes .The present invention aims to optimize the preparation of culinary preparations for the production of a menu and in particular by proposing that the control means allow the extraction of at least two culinary preparations and the terminal 5 comprises , in addition to a buffer memory for receiving said two culinary preparations, means for optimizing each sequence of steps selected which are capable of preventing any overlapping of steps including the same resource element, and which are capable of modifying the parameters of the stages concerned and to propose new sequences of stages.
Ainsi, grâce à ce dispositif d'assistance, l'utili- sateur économisera du travail et du temps dans la réalisation en parallèle d'au moins deux préparations culinaires ; chaque élément de ressource étant utilisé pleinement et en temps voulu selon un ordre logique et optimi- se. Une telle utilisation sans chevauchement permet, par exemple, d'utiliser le four 3 selon les paramètres choisis sans les dégrader pour la cuisson parfaite de l'aliment en cours de préparation.Thus, thanks to this assistance device, the user will save work and time in the parallel production of at least two culinary preparations; each resource item being used to the full and on time in a logical and optimal order is. Such use without overlapping makes it possible, for example, to use the oven 3 according to the parameters chosen without degrading them for the perfect cooking of the food being prepared.
Afin de parfaire l'aide à l'utilisateur, le dispositif d'assistance est en outre caractérisé en ce que, chaque étape élémentaire comprenant une origine temporaire tn et une durée estimée de réalisation dx, les ori- gme tn et durée dx sont directement ajustées par les moyens de communication en fonction des signaux d'état et de commande des éléments de ressources sélectionnés pour les préparations culinaires mises en parallèle.In order to perfect the assistance to the user, the assistance device is further characterized in that, each elementary step comprising a temporary origin tn and an estimated duration of realization dx, the org tn and duration dx are directly adjusted by the communication means as a function of the status and control signals of the resource elements selected for the parallel culinary preparations.
Ainsi, le dispositif d'assistance crée un mode interactif d'utilisation d'appareils électroménagers dans lequel, non seulement, l'utilisateur influence lui-même les paramètres des étapes, mais aussi les appareils électroménagers utilisés ou à utiliser pour les préparations mises en parallèle qui s'influencent mutuellement par l'intermédiaire du terminal 5 pour optimiser chaque séquence d'étapes en interdisant tout chevauchement d'étape incluant un même élément de ressource.Thus, the assistance device creates an interactive mode of use of household appliances in which, not only, the user himself influences the parameters of the steps, but also the household appliances used or to be used for the preparations put in parallel which influence each other via the terminal 5 to optimize each sequence of steps by prohibiting any overlapping of steps including the same resource element.
Selon une autre caractéristique de l'invention, les moyens de pilotage et les moyens d'affichage coopèrent mutuellement pour permettre le suivi en parallèle par l'utilisateur du déroulement de chaque préparation en fonction des signaux d'état et de commande des moyens de communication.According to another characteristic of the invention, the control means and the display means cooperate with each other to allow the user to monitor in parallel the progress of each preparation as a function of the status and control signals of the communication means. .
En se référant maintenant aux figures 2 et 3 , on va illustrer au travers d'un procédé mis en œuvre dans le dispositif d'assistance la réalisation par un utilisateur de deux préparations culinaires mises en parallèle, à savoir une dorade et un velouté de courgettes. Il est bien entendu que l'on pourrait mettre en parallèle plus de deux préparations, par exemple, les deux ci -dessus plus une préparation d'un gâteau qui aurait été commencée laReferring now to Figures 2 and 3, we will illustrate through a process implemented in the assistance device the realization by a user of two culinary preparations put in parallel, namely a sea bream and a cream of zucchini. It is understood that one could put in parallel more than two preparations, for example, the two above plus a preparation of a cake which would have been started the
A la figure 2 , on a fait figurer sur la ligne des temps de tn = 0 à tn = 50 minutes les deux séquences d'étapes élémentaires pré-paramétrées, optimisées et liées à l'extraction desdites préparations telles que le dispositif d'assistance propose à l'utilisateur U. Les différentes étapes imbriquées sont :In Figure 2, we have shown on the time line from tn = 0 to tn = 50 minutes the two sequences of elementary steps pre-configured, optimized and related to the extraction of said preparations such as the assistance device offers the user U. The different nested steps are:
A) Préparez la marinade des dorades avec dx = 5 (U)A) Prepare the sea bream marinade with dx = 5 (U)
B) 1. Marinade des dorades tn = 5 avec dx = 35B) 1. Marinade of sea bream tn = 5 with dx = 35
2. Epluchez les courgettes tri = 5 avec dx = 10 (U)2. Peel the zucchini tri = 5 with dx = 10 (U)
C) Pesez les courgettes tn = 15 avec dx = 2 (U+B) D) Faites cuire les courgettes tn = 17 avec dx = 15 (G)C) Weigh the zucchini tn = 15 with dx = 2 (U + B) D) Cook the zucchini tn = 17 with dx = 15 (G)
E) Mixez les courgettes tn = 32 avec dx = 2 (U+R)E) Mix the zucchini tn = 32 with dx = 2 (U + R)
F) Faites cuire les dorades tn = 35 avec dx = 15 (G)F) Cook the sea bream tn = 35 with dx = 15 (G)
Les références U, B, R, G représentent les éléments de ressource utilisés dans ces deux séquences. Sur cette figure 2, le temps de réalisation de ces deux préparations mises en parallèle s'élève à 50 minutes pour un poids de courgettes pré-programmé d'environ 800 grammes et un poids de dorades pré-programmé de 1 kg en tenant pour hypothèse que l'utilisateur passe à l'étape suivante dès la visualisation du suivi par le terminal 5. Comme expliqué précédemment, le dispositif d'assistance permet grâce aux moyens de communication d'ajuster les origine et durée de chaque étape en fonction des signaux d'état et de commande des éléments de ressources sélectionnés. Ainsi, la figure 3 illustre une telle optimisation appliquée au tableau des deux séquences de la figure 2 et dans laquelle on a :The references U, B, R, G represent the resource elements used in these two sequences. In this FIG. 2, the time for producing these two preparations put in parallel amounts to 50 minutes for a weight of pre-programmed zucchini of approximately 800 grams and a weight of pre-programmed sea bream of 1 kg, assuming that the user goes to the next step as soon as the monitoring is viewed by the terminal 5. As explained above, the assistance device makes it possible, thanks to the communication means, to adjust the origin and duration of each step as a function of the status and command signals of the selected resource elements. Thus, FIG. 3 illustrates such an optimization applied to the table of the two sequences of FIG. 2 and in which we have:
A) Préparez la marinade des dorades avec dx = 4 (U) B) 1. Marinade des dorades tn = 4 avec dx = 34A) Prepare the marinade of sea bream with dx = 4 (U) B) 1. Marinade of sea bream tn = 4 with dx = 34
2. Epluchez les courgettes tn = 4 avec dx = 12 (U)2. Peel the zucchini tn = 4 with dx = 12 (U)
C) Pesez les courgettes tn = 16 avec dx = 2 (U+B)C) Weigh the zucchini tn = 16 with dx = 2 (U + B)
D) Faites cuire les courgettes tn = 18 avec dx = 17 (G)D) Cook the zucchini tn = 18 with dx = 17 (G)
E) 1. Faites cuire les dorades tn = 35 avec dx = 13 (G) 2. Mixez les courgettes tn = 35 avec dx = 2 (U+R)E) 1. Cook the sea bream tn = 35 with dx = 13 (G) 2. Mix the zucchini tn = 35 with dx = 2 (U + R)
Ainsi, le temps de réalisation de ces deux préparations mises en parallèle s'élève à 48 minutes. L'optimisation résulte non seulement de la nouvelle proposition d'arrangement des séquences d'étapes par rapport à celui de la figure 2, mais aussi à l'interaction des éléments de ressources sélectionnés qui, par l'intermédiaire du terminal 5, échangent leurs signaux d'état et de commande .Thus, the time for producing these two preparations put in parallel is 48 minutes. The optimization results not only from the new proposal for arranging the sequences of steps with respect to that of FIG. 2, but also from the interaction of the selected resource elements which, via the terminal 5, exchange their status and control signals.
Le procédé mis en œuvre dans la réalisation des deux préparations culinaires de la figure 2 comporte notamment les phases suivantes :The process implemented in the production of the two culinary preparations of FIG. 2 notably comprises the following phases:
- l'utilisateur sélectionne au moins deux prépara- tions culinaires sur le terminal 5 grâce aux moyens de pilotage ; a savoir Dorades - Velouté de courgettes .the user selects at least two culinary preparations on the terminal 5 using the control means; to know Dorades - Cream of zucchini.
- le terminal 5 mémorise les deux préparations en parallèle . - les moyens d'optimisation proposent l'ordonnancement illustré de réalisation des deux préparations, c'est-à-dire : commencer par préparer la marinade des dorades, effectuer le velouté de courgettes et finir par la cuisson des dorades, ainsi qu'un déroulement optimisé de chaque séquence d'étapes basé sur les paramètres préprogrammés tels les durées d'utilisation des éléments de ressources, et interdisant tout chevauchement d'étapes incluant un même élément de ressource.- terminal 5 stores the two preparations in parallel. - the optimization means propose the illustrated scheduling of the preparation of the two preparations, that is to say: start by preparing the marinade of sea bream, make the cream of zucchini and finish by cooking the sea bream, as well as a optimized sequence of each sequence of steps based on preprogrammed parameters such as the durations of use of the resource elements, and preventing any overlapping of steps including the same resource element.
Ainsi, pendant la durée de la marinade (dx = 35 minutes) qui commence au temps tn = 5 donné par le signal de commande de l'utilisateur sur le clavier du terminal, l'utilisateur effectue en parallèle les différentes pha- ses consécutives de la préparation du velouté de courgettes en donnant à chaque fin d'une phase un signal de commande au terminal 5. A la fin de cette séquence, le four étant libre, le terminal proposera à l'utilisateur la cuisson des dorades qui s'effectuera pendant 15 minutes.Thus, during the duration of the marinade (dx = 35 minutes) which begins at the time tn = 5 given by the user control signal on the terminal keyboard, the user performs in parallel the various consecutive phases of the preparation of courgette cream soup by giving at each end of a phase a command signal to terminal 5. At the end of this sequence, the oven being free, the terminal will offer the user the possibility of cooking the sea bream which will be carried out for 15 minutes.
Le dispositif d'assistance selon l'invention est d'autant plus remarquable qu'il permet d'optimiser les étapes comme on le comprendra en se rapportant à la figure 3. Le procédé particulier susceptible d'être mis en œuvre par le dispositif d'assistance consiste à : ajuster les origine (tn) et durée (dx) de chaque étape en fonction des signaux d'état et de commande des éléments de ressources reçus et traités par les moyens de communication ; modifier les paramètres des étapes et proposer de nouvelles séquences d'étapes via les moyens d'optimisation. Ainsi, dans l'étape A, l'utilisateur à la fin de la préparation de la marinade émet par le clavier un signal de commande et le terminal via les moyens de communication mesure le temps réel passé ; à savoir 4 minutes au lieu des 5 minutes programmées. Dans l'étape C, la balance 1 mesure le poids des courgettes qui via les moyens de communication est traité par le terminal . Fort de ce renseignement et compte tenu du poids réel des courgettes qui est inférieur à celui pré-programmé de la figure 2, les moyens d'optimisation recalculent la meilleure séquence d'étapes et proposent donc les étapes El et E2 mises en parallèle mais ne nécessitant pas un même élément de ressource (four - robot) .The assistance device according to the invention is all the more remarkable in that it makes it possible to optimize the steps as will be understood by referring to FIG. 3. The particular method capable of being implemented by the device d assistance consists in: adjusting the origin (tn) and duration (dx) of each step as a function of the status and control signals of the resource elements received and processed by the communication means; modify the parameters of the stages and propose new sequences of stages via the optimization means. Thus, in step A, the user at the end of the preparation of the marinade transmits by the keyboard a control signal and the terminal via the communication means measures the real time spent; namely 4 minutes instead of the 5 minutes programmed. In step C, the scale 1 measures the weight of the zucchini which, via the means of communication, is processed by the terminal. On the strength of this information and taking into account the actual weight of the zucchini which is lower than that pre-programmed in FIG. 2, the optimization means recalculate the best sequence of stages and therefore propose the stages El and E2 put in parallel but do not not requiring the same resource element (oven - robot).
Les séquences illustrées aux figures 2 et 3 sont données à titre d'exemple et l'on comprendra que les moyens d'optimisation, recalculant les meilleures séquences d'étapes sur l'ensemble des préparations culinaires au début et à la fin d'une étape, permettent à l'utilisa- teur l'accomplissement optimal de recettes simples ou compliquées . The sequences illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 3 are given by way of example and it will be understood that the optimization means, recalculating the best sequences of stages over all of the culinary preparations at the start and at the end of a step, allow the user the optimal accomplishment of simple or complicated recipes.

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1. Dispositif d'assistance à la réalisation par un utilisateur de préparations culinaires à l'aide d'une pluralité d'appareils électroménagers (1,2,3), l'utilisateur et lesdits appareils électroménagers constituant un ensemble d'éléments de ressources et chaque préparation culinaire étant constituée d'une séquence d'étapes élé- mentaires pré-paramétrées d'attribution d'au moins un élément de l'ensemble de ressources et d'attribution d'une durée d'utilisation dudit élément, comportant un terminal (5) comprenant des moyens de stockage de préparations culinaires en cours, des moyens d'accès aux au- très préparations à venir, des moyens α ' affichage, des moyens de pilotage pour sélectionner au moins une préparation culinaire, et des moyens de communication avec la pluralité d'appareils aptes à recevoir des signaux d'état d'au moins un appareil électroménager et à émettre des signaux de commande vers au moins un appareil électroménager, caractérisé en ce que les moyens de pilotage permettent l'extraction d'au moins deux préparations culinaires et le terminal comprend une mémoire tampon de réception desdites deux préparations culinaires, ainsi que des moyens d'optimisation de chaque séquence d'étapes sélectionnée qui sont propres à interdire tout chevauchement d'étapes incluant un même élément de ressource, et qui sont aptes à modifier les paramètres des étapes concernées et à proposer de nouvelles séquences d'étapes.1. Device for assisting the preparation by a user of culinary preparations using a plurality of household appliances (1,2,3), the user and said household appliances constituting a set of resource elements and each culinary preparation consisting of a sequence of elementary pre-configured steps of allocation of at least one element of the set of resources and allocation of a duration of use of said element, comprising a terminal (5) comprising means for storing culinary preparations in progress, means of access to future preparations, display means, control means for selecting at least one culinary preparation, and means for communication with the plurality of devices capable of receiving status signals from at least one household appliance and transmitting control signals to at least one household appliance, character in that the control means allow the extraction of at least two culinary preparations and the terminal comprises a buffer memory for receiving said two culinary preparations, as well as means for optimizing each sequence of selected stages which are specific to prohibit any overlapping of stages including the same resource element, and which are capable of modifying the parameters of the stages concerned and of proposing new sequences of stages.
2. Dispositif d'assistance selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que chaque étape élémentaire comprenant une origine temporaire (tn) et une durée estimée (dx) de réalisation, les origine et durée sont directement ajustées par les moyens de communication en fonction des signaux d'état et de commande des éléments de ressources sélectionnés pour les préparations culinaires mi- ses en parallèle.2. Assistance device according to claim 1, characterized in that each elementary step comprising a temporary origin (tn) and an estimated duration (dx) of realization, the origin and duration are directly adjusted by the communication means as a function of the status and command signals of the resource elements selected for the culinary preparations put in parallel.
3. Dispositif d'assistance selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que les moyens de pilotage et les moyens d'affichage coopèrent mutuellement pour permettre le suivi en parallèle par l'utilisateur du déroulement de chaque préparation en fonction des signaux d'état et de commande des moyens de communication.3. Assistance device according to claim 2, characterized in that the control means and the display means cooperate mutually to allow the monitoring in parallel by the user of the progress of each preparation as a function of the status signals and of communication means.
4. Procédé mis en œuvre dans le dispositif d'as- sistance à la réalisation de préparations culinaire suivant l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, consistant à piloter un utilisateur dans la réalisation de préparations culinaires à l'aide d'une pluralité d'appareils électroménagers (1, 2, 3) et d'un terminal (5) et comportant les phases suivantes :4. Method implemented in the device for assisting in the preparation of culinary preparations according to any one of the preceding claims, consisting in controlling a user in the preparation of culinary preparations using a plurality of household appliances (1, 2, 3) and a terminal (5) and comprising the following phases:
- l'utilisateur sélectionne au moins deux préparations culinaires sur le terminal grâce aux moyens de pilotage ;- the user selects at least two culinary preparations on the terminal using the control means;
- le terminal mémorise lesdites préparations en pa- rallèle ;- the terminal stores said preparations in parallel;
- les moyens d'optimisation proposent un ordonnancement de réalisation desdites préparations ainsi qu'un déroulement optimisé de chaque séquence d'étapes interdisant tout chevauchement d'étapes incluant un même élément de ressource.the optimization means propose a scheduling of the realization of said preparations as well as an optimized progress of each sequence of steps preventing any overlapping of steps including the same resource element.
5. Procédé selon les revendications 2 et 4 , caractérisé en ce qu'il prévoit : - d'ajuster les origine (tn) et durée (dx) de chaque étape en fonction des signaux d'état et de commande des éléments de ressources reçus et traités par les moyens de communication ; - de modifier les paramètres des étapes ; et5. Method according to claims 2 and 4, characterized in that it provides: to adjust the origin (tn) and duration (dx) of each step as a function of the status and command signals of the resource elements received and processed by the communication means; - to modify the parameters of the stages; and
- de proposer de nouvelles séquences d'étapes. - to propose new sequences of stages.
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