An IoT-based system and method are described having an IoT hub including an accelerometer. For example, one embodiment of a system comprises: an Internet of Things (IoT) service, a plurality of IoT devices, each IoT device comprising a first secure communication module, and an IoT hub in communication with the plurality of IoT devices. The IoT hub comprising: a microcontroller unit to execute application-specific program code, a second secure communication module to establish a first secure communication channel with the IoT service and a plurality of second secure communication channels with the plurality of IoT devices, and a sensor to detect physical movements of the IoT hub and to change an operating mode of the IoT hub from a first operating mode to a second operating mode based on the physical movements.

A method for cleaning an oven may include automatically scheduling a cleaning event to occur during a period of user inactivity, by an electronic controller of an oven, based on an estimated cumulative soiling level and a predicted period of user inactivity. In this context, the cleaning event includes one or more automatic activities configured to clean an interior cavity of the oven. A user is notified of the scheduled cleaning event, by the electronic controller, and the cleaning event is executed automatically. Other smart home components (e.g., ventilation, windows, and/or doors) may be repositioned automatically to facilitate the event.

A technique to operating a kitchen system for at least partially automatic preparation of food, a kitchen system and a computer program product are proposed, wherein one or more preparation parameters for one or more preparation steps and/or one or more kitchen appliances of the kitchen system to be used for the preparation are determined, adjusted and/or selected automatically and using a database system.

A method for controlling a heating process may include recognizing a food class of a food item, defining a target doneness score for the food item based on at least one of the food class and a desired doneness level, receiving a food humidity level, receiving a cavity humidity level, receiving a cavity temperature, determining a current doneness score of the food item according to the food humidity level, the cavity humidity level and the cavity temperature, and utilizing the current doneness score and the target doneness score to control a heating system to cook the food item.

A method for operating a cooking appliance having at least one cooking chamber for preparing food includes detecting high-frequency data during a cooking process using at least one high-frequency measuring system. The method further includes deriving at least one cooking parameter characterizing the food from the high-frequency data using at least one processing system. The high-frequency data is processed using at least one self-learning model of machine learning stored in the processing device. The processing device independently derives the cooking parameter from the high-frequency data via the model.

The present disclosure relates to a cooking appliance control method using artificial intelligence and a system thereof. The cooking appliance control method includes: performing vision recognition of an image of a product to be cooked captured by a user equipment, and obtaining information on the product to be cooked; retrieving a recipe to be applied to the product to be cooked, on the basis of the information on the product to be cooked; loading information on a cooking appliance registered in a user account; generating a cooking command for the registered cooking appliance by using the recipe, and providing the cooking command to the user equipment; and controlling the registered cooking appliance by the user equipment in accordance with the cooking command.

The present technology relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, a cooking robot, a cooking method, and cooking equipment that make it possible to generate new arrangements of dishes. An information processing device according to an aspect of the present technology generates new arrangement information which is information on a new arrangement on the basis of arrangement information including food ingredient information which is information on food ingredients used for an arrangement of a dish, arrangement action information which is information on an arrangement action by a cooking person, and cooking tool information which is information on cooking tools used for the arrangement. The present technology can be applied to a computer prepared in a kitchen.

A method for controlling a cooking apparatus includes counting a number of times that an operation temperature of the cooking apparatus exceeds a set temperature within a previous set duration, updating a control parameter corresponding to a current set duration based on the number of times, and controlling a heating device of the cooking apparatus to heat within the current set duration based on the updated control parameter.

An IoT-based system and method are described having an IoT hub including an accelerometer. For example, one embodiment of a system comprises: an Internet of Things (IoT) service, a plurality of IoT devices, each IoT device comprising a first secure communication module, and an IoT hub in communication with the plurality of IoT devices. The IoT hub comprising: a microcontroller unit to execute application-specific program code, a second secure communication module to establish a first secure communication channel with the IoT service and a plurality of second secure communication channels with the plurality of IoT devices, and a sensor to detect physical movements of the IoT hub and to change an operating mode of the IoT hub from a first operating mode to a second operating mode based on the physical movements.

A method for controlling a smart appliance via a mobile device is disclosed herein. The mobile device is in communication with the smart appliance. The method includes the steps of sensing a current value of an operational feature of the smart appliance, communicating the current value to the mobile device, determining whether the current value matches another value that is related to the one operational feature, generating instructions to the smart appliance to adjust its current value to match the another value if the current and another values do not match, and communicating these instructions to the smart appliance. The method can be executed by software.