Methods and systems for recipe management
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips N.V.
InventorsRAJENDRA SINGH SISODIA, ANAND SRINIVASAN SRINIVASAN NATESAN, ARAVIND GUNDUMANE, CHAITRA BHAT
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Abstract
Systems and methods for obtaining content over the Internet, identifying text within the content (e.g., such as closed captioning or recipe text) or creating text from the content using such technologies as speech recognition, analyzing the text for actionable directions, and translating those actionable directions into instructions suitable for network-connected cooking appliances. Certain embodiments provide additional guidance to avoid or correct mistakes in the cooking process, and allow for the customization of recipes to address, e.g., dietary restrictions, culinary preferences, translation into a foreign language, etc.
Claims20
An apparatus for recipe management, the apparatus comprising:
- a network interface configured to receive at least one communication comprising natural language concerning the preparation of food or drink;
- and
- at least one processor configured to:
- receive from the network interface the at least one communication comprising natural language concerning the preparation of food or drink;
- extract at least one preparation direction from the at least one received communication;
- identify and recommend one or more;
- appliances that are capable of independently performing the at least one extracted preparation direction,
- transform the at least one extracted preparation direction into at least one machine-executable instruction in the case where one or more appliances have been identified as capable of independently performing the at least one extracted preparation direction;
- and
- otherwise providing the at least one extracted preparation direction directly to the user,
- a persistent memory for storage.
A method for recipe management, the method comprising:
- receiving, via a network interface, at least one electronic communication comprising natural language concerning the preparation of food or drink;
- automatically extracting, utilizing at least one configured processor, at least one preparation direction from the at least one received natural language communication;
- and
- identity and recommend one or more appliances that are capable of independently performing the at least one extracted preparation direction,
- transforming, utilizing the at least one configured processor, the at least one extracted preparation direction into at least one machine-executable instruction in the case where one or more appliances have been identified as capable of independently performing the at least one extracted preparation direction, and
- otherwise providing the at least one extracted preparation direction directly to the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.