Methods and systems for food preparation in a robotic cooking kitchen

A method for operating a kitchen module in a smart kitchen, comprising:

• providing a kitchen module, the kitchen module including a kitchen furniture, one or more smart appliances, and one or more sensors;
• during a first mode, recording by one or more sensors a first set of data in a recipe file for controlling the one or more smart appliances, and during a second mode, the one or more sensors receiving a second set of data for subsequent corrective or supportive feedback during the recipe execution, or to define position and/or orientation of a standard object in the kitchen module, or to define a shape, a size, a type, a position, or an orientation of a non-standard object in the kitchen module, the one or more sensors sensing the non-standard object with respect to a shape, a dimension, an orientation or a position information for making a real-time adjustment;
• displaying one or more real-time smart appliances statuses upon receiving a chef or user command via a graphical or voice user interface for selecting the recipe file for recording or execution, displaying recipe execution feedback, visualizing object position and orientation in the kitchen, or visualize controlling functions of the one or more smart appliances, or any combinations thereof, in the kitchen module during recipe recording and execution;
• detecting by one or more processors operational states of the one or more smart appliances and operating the one or smart appliances;
• and
• controlling the one or more smart appliances by e one or more processors in the kitchen module coupled to a network, the one or more processors communicating information between the kitchen module and the graphical or voice user interface;
• wherein the one or more processors executes the recipe file for controlling the one or more smart appliances, each smart appliance executing one or more food preparation operations based on one or more graphical curves from the recipe file, the one or more processors generating a command for controlling the one or more smart appliances from the recipe file or from the user, the one or more graphical curves comprising one or more data over a time period.

A smart kitchen, comprising:

• a kitchen module, comprising:
• a kitchen furniture, a worktop area, one or more smart appliances, and one or more sensors;
• one or more sensors;
• a display for displaying one or more controlling functions in the kitchen module;
• and
• one or more processors in the kitchen module coupled to a network for controlling the one or more smart appliances and for communicating information between the kitchen module and the graphical or voice user interface;
• wherein during a first mode, the one or more sensors for recording a first set of data in a recipe file for controlling one or more smart appliances, and during a second mode, the one or more sensors for receiving a second set of data for subsequent corrective or supportive feedback during execution of the recipe file by the one or more smart appliances;
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• wherein the one or more smart appliances comprises a smart oven communicatively coupled to an operating control unit, the smart having one or more temperature sensors and/or one or more humidity sensors, the smart oven replicating the chef creating recipe process with the sensor curves of a particular food recipe in which the operating control unit adjusts the temperature and humidity of the smart oven by real-time data received from the one more temperature sensors and/or one or more humidity sensors.

A smart kitchen, comprising:

• a kitchen module, comprising:
• a kitchen furniture, a worktop area, one or more smart appliances, and one or more sensors;
• one or more sensors;
• a display for displaying one or more controlling functions in the kitchen module;
• and
• one or more processors in the kitchen module coupled to a network for controlling the one or more smart appliances and for communicating information between the kitchen module and the graphical or voice user interface;
• wherein during a first mode, the one or more sensors for recording a first set of data in a recipe file for controlling one or more smart appliances, and during a second mode, the one or more sensors for receiving a second set of data for subsequent corrective or supportive feedback during execution of the recipe file by the one or more smart appliances;
• and
• wherein the one or more smart appliances comprises a charcoal grill communicatively coupled to a control unit and an electric ignition system, the charcoal grill including one or more temperature sensors and one or more humidity sensors, charcoal grill replicating the chef creating recipe process with the sensor curves of a particular food recipe in which the electric ignition system modulates electric power to the charcoal grill with real-time data received from the one more temperature sensors and/or one or more humidity sensors.