Apparatus, method and program for controlling baumkuchen baking machine, and baumkuchen baking machine

A method for controlling a Baumkuchen baking machine including an oven, a batter container, and a roller capable of moving between a baking position for the oven and the batter container, comprising:

• a control step in which the computer controls movement of the roller having layered batter of a Baumkuchen thereon from a batter application position for applying batter in the batter container to batter on the roller to a baking position for the oven, and movement of the roller from the baking position for the oven to the batter application position,
• wherein, in the control step, the computer performs:
• an image acquisition process for acquiring, from a camera photographing a portion of an outer peripheral surface of the layered batter of a Baumkuchen on the roller, a group of images of the outer peripheral surface of the batter rotating together with the roller at the baking position for the oven, the group of images covering at least one entire turn;
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• a decision process for deciding on a point of time at which the roller is to be moved from the baking position for the oven to the batter application position based on a baked color of the outer peripheral surface of the batter indicated by the group of images of the outer peripheral surface of the batter at the baking position for the oven covering at least one entire turn.

A method for controlling a Baumkuchen baking machine including an oven, a batter container, and a roller capable of moving between a baking position for the oven and the batter container, comprising:

• a determination estimation step in which a computer estimates a result of a determination by an operator regarding a doneness of batter of a Baumkuchen based on an operation by the operator of the Baumkuchen baking machine;
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• a learning step in which the computer generates a learning-enhanced model to be used in a decision process by means of machine learning using, as teaching data, the estimated result of the determination by the operator and a group of images of an outer peripheral surface of the batter at the baking position for the oven, the group of images covering at least one entire turn in a period of time including a time of the determination,
• wherein the learning-enhanced model is data to be used in the decision process in which the computer decides on a point of time at which the roller is to be moved from the baking position for the oven to the batter application position based on a baked color of the outer peripheral surface of the batter indicated by the group of images of the outer peripheral surface of the batter at the baking position for the oven covering at least one entire turn.

A non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon a program for controlling a Baumkuchen baking machine including an oven, a batter container, and a roller capable of moving between a baking position for the oven and the batter container, the control program causing a computer to perform:

• a control process in which the computer controls an operation of moving the roller having layered batter of a Baumkuchen thereon from a batter application position for applying batter in the batter container to the roller to a baking position for the oven, and an operation of moving the roller from the baking position for the oven to the batter application position,
• wherein the control process includes:
• an image acquisition sub-process for acquiring, from a camera photographing a portion of an outer peripheral surface of the layered batter of a Baumkuchen on the roller, a group of images of the outer peripheral surface of the batter rotating together with the roller at the baking position for the oven, the group of images covering at least one entire turn;
• and
• a decision sub-process for deciding on a point of time at which the roller is to be moved from the baking position for the oven to the batter application position based on a baked color of the outer peripheral surface of the batter indicated by the group of images of the outer peripheral surface of the batter at the baking position for the oven covering at least one entire turn.

A non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon a program for controlling a Baumkuchen baking machine including an oven, a batter container, and a roller capable of moving between a baking position for the oven and the batter container, the control program causing a computer to perform:

• a determination estimation process for estimating a result of a determination by an operator regarding a doneness of batter of a Baumkuchen based on an operation by the operator of the Baumkuchen baking machine;
• and
• a learning process for generating a learning-enhanced model to be used in a decision process by means of machine learning using, as teaching data, the estimated result of the determination by the operator and a group of images of an outer peripheral surface of the batter at the baking position for the oven, the group of images covering at least one entire turn in a period of time including a time of the determination,
• wherein the learning-enhanced model is data to be used in the decision process in which the computer decides on a point of time at which the roller is to be moved from the baking position for the oven to the batter application position based on a baked color of the outer peripheral surface of the batter indicated by the group of images of the outer peripheral surface of the batter at the baking position for the oven covering at least one entire turn.