DESC:FORM 2
THE PATENTS ACT 1970
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THE PATENTS RULES, 2003
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION
[See section 10 and rule 13]

A SMART AND INTEGRATED COOKING SYSTEM

We, Generation Infinite Machines, an Indian company, having a registered office at B2, B block, Mahalakshmi Apartments, Abdur Razak street, Saidapet-600015.

The following specification particularly describes the invention and the manner in which it is to be performed.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a smart integrated cooking system that is end-to-end automated for the preparation of rice, variety rice, fried rice etc. and is semi-automated for the preparation of other dishes like biryani, Gravy, Noodles etc. This system particularly relates to a Smart cooking system with an integrated Grinding unit and RO purifier unit that can be used in any domestic or commercial kitchens for preparing dishes like rice, variety rice, fried rice, gravy, noodles etc. This smart cooking system is a single replacement for mixer grinder, conventional grinders, cookers and water purifying unit.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Rice is the staple food of India. Rice and variety rice are prepared and consumed almost daily in Indian kitchens. Currently pressure cookers and electric cookers are used to prepare Rice and from the prepared rice variety rice is prepared manually. In these cases of preparation, manual presence is required. In case of pressure cookers, the user has to count the number of whistles and switch off the cooker at the right time for a perfect cooked rice. It requires manual attention and presence. The electric cooker reduces the problem but does not completely eliminates it. Thus, an automatic system that is end-to-end automated for preparing rice and variety rice may be beneficial.
Preparing rice takes alone 40 to 50 minutes and preparation of variety rice takes again 15 to 20 minutes. Thus, the entire preparation of variety rice takes around 1.30 hours. The user has to clean the rice multiple times, place it in the cooker and continuously monitor it to have a perfect cooked rice. This requires human labour, manual presence till the process is completed and also consumes time. Thus, an automated smart system that can automate the entire process and also reduces the time for preparing the food may be beneficial.
Rice is cooked almost daily in all Kitchens. For a dish which is prepared daily, the raw ingredients are bought and stored in large quantities which occupies a large space in the kitchen. Also, the user follows the same process daily to prepare rice. Thus, a smart system that can store the raw ingredient for preparing rice and variety rice which can also automatically prepare the food, when the user schedules the process may be beneficial.
Preparing rice at its right texture is very important. Adding right amount of water and cooking for the right time are the main factors that contribute to preparing rice at right texture. And also, different varieties of rice require different quantities of water and different cooking time to attain perfect taste and texture. Thus, a smart system that can automatically add right amount of water for the amount of rice to be cooked and cooks the rice for the right amount of time to prepare the rice may be beneficial.
People have different preferences in consuming rice. Some like sticky rice, some like half boiled rice and many more. Preparing rice at the perfect texture preferred by the user is difficult. Manual adding of ingredients to the cooker may not be accurate and thus perfect texture may not be achieved. Thus, a smart system that can add the right amount of ingredients and prepare rice at the perfect texture preferred by the user, irrespective of the variety of rice being cooked may be beneficial. Water is an important ingredient in any cooking process. Particularly in the preparation of rice, water is used for cleaning the rice and also for boiling the rice. Thus, a smart system that has an attached RO purifying unit to it from which the water is used for preparing rice and also for other purposes may be beneficial.
Grinding is another important function which is required in the kitchen for the preparation of any dish. Grinding of spices, curry, chutney etc. is done by mixer grinders and there are conventional grinders/tabletop grinders for grinding batter, mixtures which is the base ingredient in preparing any dish. These are present individually and occupy a lot of space. Thus, an integrated device which takes less space and that can perform grinding in addition to the water purification and cooking can be beneficial.
For the preparation of other dishes above mentioned like Biryani, Noodles, Gravy etc. many people have less or no prior experience in cooking these dishes. They either order food from outside or read recipes online and follow which makes it difficult for the user to have a perfect dish. Thus, a smart system that can guide the user in cooking a particular recipe by helping them with the recipe when the user wants to cook a particular recipe can be beneficial.
OBJECT OF THE INVENTION
An object of the embodiments herein is to disclose a smart cooking system that is end-to-end automated for preparing rice and variety rice and semi-automated for preparing other dishes.
Another object of the invention is to disclose a smart cooking system which can be used by the user in domestic kitchens, restaurants, canteens etc. to prepare any kind of food including but not limited to vegetarian, non-vegetarian, Italian, Chinese, Vegan etc.
Another object of the invention is to disclose an IoT enabled smart cooking system that has storage containers to store raw ingredients including rice grains, variety rice mixes, vegetables, spices etc. but not limited to these for cooking Plain rice and variety rice etc.
Another object of invention is to disclose a smart cooking system that is end-to end automated for preparing plain rice and variety rice like lemon rice, puliogare etc. and is semi-automated for preparing any kind of other dishes like vegan, Italian, Chinese etc. but not limited to it.
Another object of invention is to disclose an IoT enabled smart cooking system that has an RO/ water purifier attached to it to purify water that is to be used in the cooking process for cleaning the raw ingredients, boiling rice etc. and which can also be collected at separate outlet to use for drinking and other purposes.
Another object of invention is to disclose a smart integrated cooking system with an integrated grinding unit that can perform both dry/wet grinding functions to prepare grinded mixtures like batter, grinded powders, chutneys etc. but not limited to these.
Another object of invention is to disclose a smart IoT enabled cooking system that can be accessed, monitored and operated by the user using any of their user’s hand-held devices like mobile phones, laptops etc. The user can give commands or schedule any operation to the system by their hand-held devices through their mobile app.
Another object of invention is to disclose a smart IoT enabled smart cooking system that has sensors placed in it at required positions to measure, store and communicate any metrics measured including quality of the ingredients stored in the storage container, quantity of the ingredient stored in the storage container, variety of raw ingredient stored in the storage container, quantity/quality of the water that is added, Temperature of the system, quality of the food prepared, quantity of the food prepared etc. but not limited to these.
Another object of invention is to disclose a smart IoT enabled cooking system which has a separate taste profile for every user to store the user’s preference for various factors including taste, texture, consistency, heat at which the food needs to be served etc. but not limited to these. The system also has recipes of various dishes stored in the cloud, from which the system follows the instructions of the recipe selected by the user to prepare it.
Another object of invention is to disclose a smart cooking system that has a cooking unit to cook food. It has an induction at the bottom to aid in the cooking process. This cooking unit is used for cooking, boiling, frying etc. and not limited to these. Also, the system has a warming unit to keep the cooked food warm till the user takes it for consumption.
Another object of invention is to disclose a smart cooking system that creates a taste profile for every user and stores the important parameters like taste, texture, consistency etc. of foods based on the inputs, feedbacks and suggestions given by the user before and after the preparation of any food. The smart cooking system is backed by AI, which changes or re-alters the recipe of any particular dish based on the feedbacks or suggestions by the user, so that the next time the user prepares the same food, the system prepares the food using the recipe to utmost match the taste profile of the user for that particular dish.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
This summary is provided to introduce a selection of concepts, in a simple manner, which is further described in the detailed description of the invention. This summary is neither intended to identify key or essential inventive concepts of the subject matter, nor to determine the scope of the invention.
According to an aspect of the present invention a smart and Integrated cooking system is provided. The system comprises a storage unit containing a plurality of hopper units adapted to store and dispense one or more raw ingredients used for cooking as per a recipe, a cooking unit having a container and an induction for cooking/boiling, configured to receive a predetermined recipe for cooking, receive a predetermined quantity of the one or more raw ingredients from the hopper units as per the recipe, an RO water purifier connected with the cooking unit, configured to provide water to the container in the cooking unit, a grinding unit configured to receive the raw ingredients to grind for preparing grinded mixtures to be used in the recipe, and a processing module in communication with the storage unit, the one or more sensors and the cooking unit is configured to receive the predetermined recipe from a user interface module, instruct the storage unit to dispense the one or more raw ingredients used for cooking into the container as per the recipe, turn on/off the induction for cooking/boiling, instruct the RO water purifier to provide water to the container in the cooking unit, store and provide the predetermined recipe to the cooking unit. Further, the user interface module in communication with the processing module configured to receive haptic inputs indicative of the recipe or the one or more raw ingredients from a user.
In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the system comprises a server configured to store one or more profiles associated with one or more users. Furthermore, the one or more profiles are custom recipe for each of the one or more users.
In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the grinding unit is configured to receive a grinding recipe for preparing a grinded mixture.
In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the one or more profiles include custom recipe for users and also user preferences in taste, texture of recipes.
In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the processing module is configured to schedule the preparation of the recipe based on receiving a schedule to prepare the received recipe from the user using the user interface module.
In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the storage unit comprises a closing lid to prevent the ingredients stored in the storage unit from contamination.
In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the system comprises a cold storage unit to keep ingredients requiring refrigeration fresh for a certain duration of time.
In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the grinding unit comprising a plurality of blades connected with a grinding shaft configured to rotate the plurality of blades to grind the one or more raw ingredients. Moreover, the grinding unit in connection with the RO water purifier, configured to receive water for the grinding.
In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the system comprises a warming unit having re-heating facilities in case to re-heat the food for a certain duration before taking it out for consumption.
In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the processing module in communication with one or more first sensors disposed inside the storage unit configured to monitor, measure metrics like temperature of the unit, quality/quantity of the prepared end product, number of rotations of the grinding blade position of the closing lid, temperature/humidity in the storage containers, quantity/quality of the ingredients stored in the hopper units.
In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the processing module in communication with one or more second sensors disposed in the cooking unit configured to monitor, measure, store and communicate parameters including temperature of the cooking unit/warming unit, quality of the food in the cooking/warming unit/, time the food was prepared, time the food remained in the cooking unit.
In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the processing module, in communication with one or more third sensors disposed in the RO water purifying unit, configured to measure, monitor, store and communicate metrics including quantity/quality of water inflow/outflow; temperature of the unit; acidity, pH, TDS.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
So that the manner in which the above recited features of the present invention can be understood in detail, a more particular to the description of the invention, briefly summarized above, may be had by reference to embodiments, some of which are illustrated in the appended drawings. It is to be noted, however, that the appended drawings illustrate only typical embodiments of this invention and are therefore not to be considered limiting of its scope, the invention may admit to other equally effective embodiments.
These and other features, benefits and advantages of the present invention will become apparent by reference to the following text figure, with like reference numbers referring to like structures across the views, wherein:
Fig. 1 illustrates an environment diagram of a smart and Integrated cooking system, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 2 illustrates components of the system as shown in fig. 1, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 2a represents a storage unit of the smart cooking system, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 2b illustrates a cooking unit of the smart cooking system, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;
Fig.2c illustrates an RO Water purifier unit of the smart cooking system, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention; and
Fig. 2d illustrates a Grinding unit of the smart integrated cooking system, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
While the present invention is described herein by way of example using embodiments and illustrative drawings, those skilled in the art will recognize that the invention is not limited to the embodiments of drawing or drawings described and are not intended to represent the scale of the various components. Further, some components that may form a part of the invention may not be illustrated in certain figures, for ease of illustration, and such omissions do not limit the embodiments outlined in any way. It should be understood that the drawings and detailed description thereto are not intended to limit the invention to the particular form disclosed, but on the contrary, the invention is to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claims.
As used throughout this description, the word "may" is used in a permissive sense (i.e., meaning having the potential to), rather than the mandatory sense, (i.e., meaning must). Further, the words "a" or "an" mean "at least one” and the word “plurality” means “one or more” unless otherwise mentioned. Furthermore, the terminology and phraseology used herein is solely used for descriptive purposes and should not be construed as limiting in scope. Language such as "including," "comprising," "having," "containing," or "involving," and variations thereof, is intended to be broad and encompass the subject matter listed thereafter, equivalents, and additional subject matter not recited, and is not intended to exclude other additives, components, integers or steps.
Likewise, the term "comprising" is considered synonymous with the terms "including" or "containing" for applicable legal purposes. Any discussion of documents, acts, materials, devices, articles and the like is included in the specification solely for the purpose of providing a context for the present invention. It is not suggested or represented that any or all of these matters form part of the prior art base or were common general knowledge in the field relevant to the present invention.
The present invention is described hereinafter by various embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein reference numerals used in the accompanying drawing correspond to the like elements throughout the description. This invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiment set forth herein. Rather, the embodiment is provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. In the following detailed description, numeric values and ranges are provided for various aspects of the implementations described. These values and ranges are to be treated as examples only and are not intended to limit the scope of the claims. In addition, a number of materials are identified as suitable for various facets of the implementations. These materials are to be treated as exemplary and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.
Figure 1 illustrates an environment diagram of a smart and Integrated cooking system (100) and Figure 2 illustrates components (200) of the system (100) as shown in figure 1 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. as shown in figure 1 and figure 2, the system (100) comprises a storage unit (202), a cooking unit (206), an RO water purifier unit (260), a grinding unit (208), a processing module (102), one or more first sensors (10), one or more second sensors (20), one or more third sensors (30), and a user interface module (104).
Figure 2a illustrates the storage unit (202) of the smart cooking system (100), in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in figure 2a, the storage unit (202) containing a plurality of hopper units (204) adapted to store and dispense one or more raw ingredients used for cooking as per a recipe. Further, in an additional or alternative embodiment, the storage unit (202) may comprise a closing lid to prevent the ingredients stored in the storage unit (202) from contamination.
Further, figure 2b illustrates the cooking unit (206) of the smart cooking system, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention the cooking unit (206) may have a container (250) and an induction (252) for cooking/boiling, configured to receive a predetermined recipe for cooking and receive a predetermined quantity of the one or more raw ingredients from the hopper units (204) as per the recipe. Furthermore, the RO water purifier unit (260) connected with the cooking unit (206), configured to provide water to the container (250) in the cooking unit (206).
Further, figure 2d represents a Grinding unit of the smart integrated cooking system, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. The grinding unit (208) may comprise a plurality of blades (270) connected with a grinding shaft and a motor (276) configured to rotate the plurality of blades (270) to grind the one or more raw ingredients. Moreover, the grinding unit (208) in connection with the RO water purifier unit (260), configured to receive water for the grinding. The grinding unit (208) is configured to receive the raw ingredients to grind for preparing grinded mixtures to be used in the recipe.
In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the processing module (102) is envisaged to include computing capabilities such as a memory unit (1022) configured to store machine readable instructions. The machine-readable instructions may be loaded into the memory unit (1022) from a non-transitory machine-readable medium, such as, but not limited to, CD-ROMs, DVD-ROMs and Flash Drives. Alternately, the machine-readable instructions may be loaded in a form of a computer software program into the memory unit (1022). The memory unit (1022) in that manner may be selected from a group comprising EPROM, EEPROM and Flash memory. Then, the processing module (102) includes a processor (1024) operably connected with the memory unit (1022). In various embodiments, the processor (1024) may be a microprocessor selected from one of, but not limited to an ARM based or Intel based processor or in the form of field-programmable gate array (FPGA), a general-purpose processor and an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC).
Further, the processing module (102) further may comprise a communication module (1026) configured for enabling connection of the processor (1024), the storage unit (202), the cooking unit (206), the RO water purifier unit (260), the grinding unit (208), the one or more first sensors (10), the one or more second sensors (20), the one or more third sensors (30), the user interface module (104), and the server (210). The connection may be wired or wireless. In that sense, the communication module (1026) may include Power over Ethernet Switch, USB ports etc. These may allow transferring of data to and from the processing module (102) and among the storage unit (202), the cooking unit (206), the RO water purifier unit (260), the grinding unit (208), the one or more first sensors (10), the one or more second sensors (20), the one or more third sensors (30), the user interface module (104), and the server (210) via ethernet cable, USB cable etc.
Additionally, or alternately, the communication module (1026) may be an Internet of Things (IOT) module, Wi-Fi module, Bluetooth module, RF module etc. adapted to enable a wireless communication between the processor (1024), the cooking unit (206), the RO water purifier unit (260), the grinding unit (208), the one or more first sensors (10), the one or more second sensors (20), the one or more third sensors (30), the user interface module (104), and the server (210) via a wireless communication network (110). The wireless communication network (110) may be, but not limited to, Bluetooth network, RF network, NFC, WIFI network, Local Area Network (LAN) or a Wide Area Network (WAN). The wireless communication network (110) may be implemented using a number of protocols, such as but not limited to, TCP/IP, 3GPP, 3GPP2, LTE, IEEE 802.x, etc. In one embodiment, the all the components of the system (100) are connected with each other via the communication network (110).
In an embodiment of the present invention, system (100) may include a server (210). The server (210) may be configured to store one or more profiles associated with one or more users. The one or more profiles are custom recipe for each of the one or more users. The server (210) is envisaged to include computing capabilities such as a memory unit configured to store machine readable instructions. The machine-readable instructions may be loaded into the memory unit from a non-transitory machine-readable medium, such as, but not limited to, CD-ROMs, DVD-ROMs and Flash Drives. Alternately, the machine-readable instructions may be loaded in a form of a computer software program into the memory unit. The memory unit in that manner may be selected from a group comprising EPROM, EEPROM and Flash memory. Then, server (210) includes a first processor operably connected with the memory unit. In various embodiments, the first processor may be a microprocessor selected from one of, but not limited to an ARM based or Intel based first processor or in the form of field-programmable gate array (FPGA), a general-purpose first processor and an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC).
The server (210) further may have a communication ability configured for enabling connection of the cooking unit (206), the RO water purifier unit (260), the grinding unit (208), the one or more first sensors (10), the one or more second sensors (20), the one or more third sensors (30), the user interface module (104), and the server (210). The connection may be wired or wireless. In that sense, the communication may include Power over Ethernet Switch, USB ports etc. Additionally, or alternately, the communication may be an Internet of Things (IOT) module, Wi-Fi module, Bluetooth module, RF module etc. adapted to enable a wireless communication between the cooking unit (206), the RO water purifier unit (260), the grinding unit (208), the one or more first sensors (10), the one or more second sensors (20), the one or more third sensors (30), the user interface module (104), and the server (210) and the processing module (102) via a wireless communication network. The wireless communication network may be, but not limited to, Bluetooth network, RF network, NFC, WIFI network, Local Area Network (LAN) or a Wide Area Network (WAN). The wireless communication network may be implemented using a number of protocols, such as but not limited to, TCP/IP, 3GPP, 3GPP2, LTE, IEEE 802.x, etc. In one embodiment, the all the components of the system (100) are connected with each other via the communication network.
The system (100) may also include a user interface module (104). The user interface module (104) may include a display envisaged to show the data received from the cooking unit (206), the RO water purifier unit (260), the grinding unit (208), the one or more first sensors (10), the one or more second sensors (20), the one or more third sensors (30), the user interface module (104), the server (210), and the processing module (102). The display may be, but not limited to Light-emitting diode display (LED), electroluminescent display (ELD), liquid crystal display (LCD), Organic light-emitting diode (OLED) & AMOLED display. Furthermore, the user interface module (104) may include accessories like keyboard, mouse etc. envisaged to provide input capability to enable a user to enter a command or a recipe for the system (100). In another embodiment, the user interface module (104) may be a touch input-based display, that integrates the input-output functionalities.
Additionally, the system (100) may be connected with one or more user devices associated with respective users via a wired or wireless connection. Herein, the one or more user devices may be selected from computing devices such as desktop PC, laptop, PDA or hand-held computing device such as smartphones and tablets or IOT devices including, but not limited to, household or industrial appliances such as robots or IoT based devices. In another embodiment, the system (100) including the storage unit (202), the cooking unit (206), the RO water purifier unit (260), the grinding unit (208), the one or more first sensors (10), the one or more second sensors (20), the one or more third sensors (30), the user interface module (104), the server (210) and the processing module (102) being a stand-alone device.
In yet another embodiment, the system (100) could be implemented as a distributed system (100). The storage unit (202), the cooking unit (206), the RO water purifier unit (260), the grinding unit (208), the one or more first sensors (10), the one or more second sensors (20), the one or more third sensors (30), the user interface module (104), the server (210) and the processing module (102) may be at disposed at a different location from each other and/or could be implemented in a server (210) side computing device or cloud computing environment. It will be appreciated by a skilled addressee that there are multiple arrangements in which the present invention can be implemented, without departing from the scope of the present invention. The system (100) is also envisaged to implement Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and deep learning for data collation and processing.
In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the system (100) may also include a data repository (106). The data repository (106) may be a local storage (such as SSD, eMMC, Flash, SD card, etc.) or a cloud-based storage. In any manner, the data repository (106) is envisaged to be capable of providing the data to the processing module (102), when the data is queried appropriately using applicable security and other data transfer protocols. The data repository (106) may store past performances of the system (100). In one embodiment of the present invention, the processing module (102) may include AI and deep learning-based trained models using the above data, so as to monitor and learn mixing of ingredients.
Furthermore, in an embodiment the system (100) may further comprise a power module to power all the components of the system (100) such as, but not limited to the storage unit (202), the cooking unit (206), the RO water purifier unit (260), the grinding unit (208), the one or more first sensors (10), the one or more second sensors (20), the one or more third sensors (30), the user interface module (104), the server (210) and the processing module (102). The power module may be an AC or DC power module, a non-rechargeable battery or a rechargeable battery. In one embodiment, the power module is a self-sustainable battery, that makes the system (100) a self-powered device.
The invention works in following manner:
In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, first, the user interface module (104) in communication with the processing module (102) configured to receive haptic inputs indicative of the recipe or the one or more raw ingredients from a user. In response the processing module (102) is configured to receive the predetermined recipe from a user interface module (104). In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the processing module (102) is configured to store and provide the predetermined recipe to the cooking unit (206). The processing module (102) in communication with the storage unit (202), the one or more sensors and the cooking unit (206) is configured to receive the predetermined recipe from the user interface module (104). Later, the processing module (102) is configured to instruct the storage unit (202) to dispense the one or more raw ingredients used for cooking into the container (250) as per the recipe.
As shown in figure 2a illustrates the storage unit (202) of the smart cooking system (100) contains ‘n’ number of independent hopper units (204) to store raw ingredients used for cooking. The storage unit (202) with a closing lid is designed to prevent the ingredients stored in the storage unit (202) from contamination. The hopper units (204) may have actuators (207) to dispense the raw ingredients. The system (100) may further comprise cold storage units to keep any ingredients which require refrigeration to be fresh for a certain duration of time. The processing module (102) in communication with one or more first sensors (10) disposed inside the storage unit (202) configured to continuously measure, monitor, store and communicate the measured metrics which may include position of the closing lid, temperature/humidity in the storage unit (202), quantity/quality of the ingredients stored in the storage unit (202) and hopper units (204).
Next the cooking unit (206) is configured to receive a predetermined recipe for cooking and receive a predetermined quantity of the one or more raw ingredients from the hopper units (204) as per the recipe. Further, the processing module (102) is configured to turn on/off the induction (252) in the cooking unit (206) for cooking/boiling.
As shown in figure 2b, the cooking unit (206) of the smart storage system (100) has an induction (252) at the bottom for cooking/boiling. The ingredients from the storage container (250) is dispensed into the cooking/ boiling unit as per the recipe selected by the user and the cooking process is done as per the recipe by the time scheduled by the user using the mobile app. The cooking unit (206) has a stirrer to stir the ingredients during cooking. The cooking system (100) also has a warming unit (254) to keep the food warm for a certain duration of time to keep the food warm. The warming unit (254) also has re-heating facilities in case the user needs to re-heat the food for a certain duration before taking it out for consumption. The processing module (102) in communication with one or more second sensors (20) disposed in the cooking unit (206) configured to continuously monitor, measure, store and communicate parameters including temperature of the cooking unit (206)/warming unit (254), quality of the food in the cooking/warming unit (254), time the food was prepared, time the food remained in the cooking unit (206) etc. but not limited to these.
Furthermore, in an additional or alternative embodiment, the processing module (102) is configured to schedule the preparation of the recipe based on receiving a schedule to prepare the received recipe from the user using the user interface. The user can schedule for preparing any food to the smart cooking system (100) using the display interface provided in the machine or using the mobile app. The cooking system (100) has storage unit (202) to store the raw ingredients required to prepare the food. The system (100) has the RO water purifier unit (260) attached to purify the water to be used in cooking and which can also be used for other purposes like drinking etc.
Next, the processing module (102) is configured to instruct the RO water purifier unit (260) to provide water to the container (250) in the cooking unit (206). Figure 2c illustrates an RO Water purifier unit of the smart cooking system, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in figure 2c, the RO water purifying unit is connected to any water source like water tanks, water container (250) etc. It has a water inlet for inflow of water into the unit and outlets where the purified water is collected separately for drinking and other purposes in the kitchen and other outlet connected to the cooking unit (206) to use the water for cooking process in the cooking system (100). The processing module (102), in communication with one or more third sensors (30) disposed in the RO water purifying unit, configured to measure, monitor, store and communicate metrics including quantity/quality of water inflow/outflow; temperature of the unit; acidity, pH, TDS etc of the water etc. but not limited to these. The user can access, monitor, operate the unit from any remote location. The quality of water, its mineral content, other dissolved contents etc. are continuously notified to the user through the mobile app.
Further, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the processing module (102) is configured to instruct the grinding unit (208) to grind for preparing grinded mixtures to be used in the recipe. Figure 2d illustrates the grinding unit (208) attached to the smart integrated cooking system (100). The system (100) has the integrated grinding unit (208) that can perform both dry/ wet grinding for preparing grinded mixtures like batter, grinded powders, chutneys etc. The system (100) has a recipe profile where many recipes of dishes are stored and a taste profile for every user where the taste preferences of every user is stored. The one or more profiles may include, but not limited to, custom recipe for users and also user preferences in taste, texture of recipes. Once the system (100) receives the schedule to cook a certain recipe at a particular time, the ingredients from the storage unit (202) are dispensed into the cooking/boiling unit and the food is cooked at the right time. After preparation of the food, the system (100) asks for feedbacks/ suggestions to the user regarding the prepared food. Based on the feedbacks/suggestions, the AI learns and re-alters the recipe so that when the user cooks the same recipe the next time, the system (100) tries to meet the taste profile of the user for that particular dish.
As shown in figure 2d, the grinding unit (208) is provided with the blades (270) for grinding purposes. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the grinding unit (208) is configured to receive a grinding recipe for preparing a grinded mixture. The grinding unit (208) can perform both dry/wet grinding for the preparation of grinded mixtures like Batter, ground spices, ground masala powders, chutneys etc. and can also perform blending for the preparation of any juices. The grinding unit (208) is equipped with sensors at required positions to monitor, measure metrics like temperature of the unit, quality/quantity of the prepared end product, number of rotations of the grinding blades (270) etc.
The present invention provides several advantages. The present invention provide an end-to-end automated system for preparing rice and variety rice may be beneficial. The system can automate the entire process and also reduces the time for preparing the food may be beneficial. Furthermore, the system takes less space and that can perform grinding in addition to the water purification and cooking can be beneficial. Moreover, the system can be used to cook rice and variety rice and semi-automated for preparing other dishes. The system can be used by the user in domestic kitchens, restaurants, canteens etc. to prepare any kind of food including but not limited to vegetarian, non-vegetarian, Italian, Chinese, Vegan etc. The present invention provides a compact size and cost-effective solution to the problems of the prior art.
In general, the word “module,” or “unit” as used herein, refers to logic embodied in hardware or firmware, or to a collection of software instructions, written in a programming language, such as, for example, Java, C, or assembly. One or more software instructions in the modules may be embedded in firmware, such as an EPROM. It will be appreciated that modules may comprised connected logic units, such as gates and flip-flops, and may comprise programmable units, such as programmable gate arrays or processors. The modules described herein may be implemented as either software and/or hardware modules and may be stored in any type of computer-readable medium or other computer storage device.
Further, while one or more operations have been described as being performed by or otherwise related to certain modules, devices or entities, the operations may be performed by or otherwise related to any module, device or entity. As such, any function or operation that has been described as being performed by a module could alternatively be performed by a different server, by the cloud computing platform, or a combination thereof. It should be understood that the techniques of the present disclosure might be implemented using a variety of technologies. For example, the methods described herein may be implemented by a series of computer executable instructions residing on a suitable computer readable medium. Suitable computer readable media may include volatile (e.g., RAM) and/or non-volatile (e.g., ROM, disk) memory, carrier waves and transmission media. Exemplary carrier waves may take the form of electrical, electromagnetic or optical signals conveying digital data steams along a local network or a publicly accessible network such as the Internet.
It should also be understood that, unless specifically stated otherwise as apparent from the following discussion, it is appreciated that throughout the description, discussions utilizing terms such as "controlling" or "obtaining" or "computing" or "storing" or "receiving" or "determining" or the like, refer to the action and processes of a computer system, or similar electronic computing device, that processes and transforms data represented as physical (electronic) quantities within the computer system's registers and memories into other data similarly represented as physical quantities within the computer system memories or registers or other such information storage, transmission or display devices.
Various modifications to these embodiments are apparent to those skilled in the art from the description and the accompanying drawings. The principles associated with the various embodiments described herein may be applied to other embodiments. Therefore, the description is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown along with the accompanying drawings but is to be providing broadest scope of consistent with the principles and the novel and inventive features disclosed or suggested herein. Accordingly, the invention is anticipated to hold on to all other such alternatives, modifications, and variations that fall within the scope of the present invention and the appended claims.
,CLAIMS:We Claim:

1. A smart and Integrated cooking system (100), the system (100) comprising:
a storage unit (202) containing a plurality of hopper units (204) adapted to store and dispense one or more raw ingredients used for cooking as per a recipe;
a cooking unit (206) having a container (250) and an induction (252) for cooking/boiling, configured to:
receive a predetermined recipe for cooking;
receive a predetermined quantity of the one or more raw ingredients from the hopper units (204) as per the recipe;
an RO water purifier unit (260) connected with the cooking unit (206), configured to provide water to the container (250) in the cooking unit (206);
a grinding unit (208) configured to receive the raw ingredients to grind for preparing grinded mixtures to be used in the recipe; and
a processing module (102) in communication with the storage unit (202), the one or more sensors and the cooking unit (206) is configured to:
receive the predetermined recipe from a user interface module (104);
instruct the storage unit (202) to dispense the one or more raw ingredients used for cooking into the container (250) as per the recipe;
turn on/off the induction (252) for cooking/boiling;
instruct the RO water purifier unit (260) to provide water to the container (250) in the cooking unit (206);
instruct the grinding unit (208) to grind for preparing grinded mixtures to be used in the recipe;
store and provide the predetermined recipe to the cooking unit (206); and
wherein the user interface module (104) in communication with the processing module (102) configured to receive haptic inputs indicative of the recipe or the one or more raw ingredients from a user.
2. The system (100) as claimed in claim 1, comprising a server (210) configured to store one or more profiles associated with one or more users;
wherein the one or more profiles are custom recipe for each of the one or more users.
3. The system (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the grinding unit (208) is configured to receive a grinding recipe for preparing a grinded mixture.
4. The system (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the one or more profiles include custom recipe for users and also user preferences in taste, texture of recipes.
5. The system (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processing module (102) is configured to schedule the preparation of the recipe based on receiving a schedule to prepare the received recipe from the user using the user interface.
6. The system (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the storage unit (202) comprises a closing lid to prevent the ingredients stored in the storage unit (202) from contamination.
7. The system (100) as claimed in claim 1, comprising a cold storage unit (202) to keep ingredients requiring refrigeration fresh for a certain duration of time.
8. The system (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the grinding unit (208) comprising a plurality of blades (270) connected with a grinding shaft and a motor (276) configured to rotate the plurality of blades (270) to grind the one or more raw ingredients;
wherein the grinding unit (208) in connection with the RO water purifier unit (260), configured to receive water for the grinding.
9. The system (100) as claimed in claim 1, comprising a warming unit (254) having re-heating facilities in case to re-heat the food for a certain duration before taking it out for consumption.
10. The system (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processing module (102) in communication with one or more first sensors (10) disposed inside the storage unit (202) configured to monitor, measure metrics like temperature of the unit, quality/quantity of the prepared end product, number of rotations of the grinding blades (270) position of the closing lid, temperature/humidity in the storage unit (202), quantity/quality of the ingredients stored in the hopper units (204).
11. The system (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processing module (102) in communication with one or more second sensors (20) disposed in the cooking unit (206) configured to monitor, measure, store and communicate parameters including temperature of the cooking unit (206)/warming unit (254), quality of the food in the cooking/warming unit (254)/, time the food was prepared, time the food remained in the cooking unit (206).
12. The system (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processing module (102), in communication with one or more third sensors (30) disposed in the RO water purifying unit, configured to measure, monitor, store and communicate metrics including quantity/quality of water inflow/outflow; temperature of the unit; acidity, pH, TDS.

Dated this the 28th day of June 2021.
[VIVEK DAHIYA]
AGENT FOR THE APPLICANT – IN/PA 1491