Systems and methods for real-time monitoring of boiling fluid for food processing assistance

A smart hood apparatus comprising:

• one or more displays;
• one or more sensors;
• one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media including instructions for boiling fluid in a kitchen environment by the smart hood apparatus;
• and
• one or more processors coupled to the storage media, the one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to:
• access, from one or more sensors associated with the smart hood apparatus, sensor data indicating one or more parameters of a cooking utensil detected by the smart hood apparatus, wherein the one or more sensors comprise one or more of a camera sensor or a thermal sensor, and wherein the cooking utensil contains a fluid;
• determine, based measurements by the thermal sensor, a temperature of the fluid in the cooking utensil;
• select, based on a comparison of the determined temperature of the fluid in the cooking utensil to one or more predetermined threshold temperatures that are less than a boiling temperature, one or more particular sensors associated with the smart hood apparatus and one or more particular boiling-event algorithms from a plurality of predetermined boiling event algorithms for detecting one or more boiling events associated with the fluid, wherein the one or more boiling events comprise a start time of a boiling of the fluid;
• determine, based on sensor data from the selected at least one sensor and based on the selected one or more particular boiling-event algorithms, information associated with one or more boiling events associated with the fluid in the cooking utensil, wherein the information comprises at least a boiling time required for the fluid to boil;
• and
• provide, for presentation to a user, a notification comprising at least some of the information associated with the one or more boiling events.

A computer-readable non-transitory storage media comprising instructions for boiling fluid in a kitchen environment by a smart hood apparatus, the instructions being executable by a processor to:

• access, from one or more sensors associated with the smart hood apparatus, sensor data indicating one or more parameters of a cooking utensil detected by the smart hood apparatus, wherein the one or more sensors comprise one or more of a camera sensor or a thermal sensor and wherein the cooking utensil contains a fluid;
• determine, by the smart hood and based on measurements by the smart hood's thermal sensor, a temperature of the fluid in the cooking utensil;
• select, by the smart hood and based on a comparison of the determined temperature of the fluid in the cooking utensil to one or more predetermined threshold temperatures that are less than a boiling temperature, one or more particular sensors associated with the smart hood apparatus and one or more particular boiling-event algorithms from a plurality of predetermined boiling event algorithms for detecting one or more boiling events associated with the fluid, wherein the one or more boiling events comprise a start time of a boiling of the fluid;
• determine, by the smart hood, based on sensor data from the selected at least one sensor and based on the selected one or more particular boiling-event algorithms, information associated with one or more boiling events associated with the fluid in the cooking utensil, wherein the information comprises at least a boiling time required for the fluid to boil;
• and
• provide, for presentation to a user, a notification comprising at least some of the information associated with the one or more boiling events.