Cooking navi: assistant for daily cooking in kitchen

ABSTRACT

We are developing a cooking navigation system, which helps even a novice user to cook several recipes in parallel without failure, while improving an advanced user's skill further. To realize this, the system optimizes the cooking procedure considering the following restrictions: (1) Duration of cooking, (2) Accuracy of cooking, and (3) Learning effect, by providing appropriate instructions to user's at the right timing, making full use of multimedia information. The users should be able to cook perfectly and comfortably just by following the text, video and audio provided by the system. According to the result of a preliminary experiment, all users from novice to experienced cooks could finish two dishes in parallel while enjoyeing the cooking very much. The result of a questionnaire shows the effectiveness of the multimedia navigation that we propose.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.5 INFORMATION INTERFACES AND PRESENTATION (I.7)
      H.5.1 Multimedia Information Systems

Additional Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.5 INFORMATION INTERFACES AND PRESENTATION (I.7)
      H.5.2 User Interfaces (D.2.2, H.1.2, I.3.6)

  J. Computer Applications
  J.m MISCELLANEOUS

  K. Computing Milieux
  K.3 COMPUTERS AND EDUCATION
      K.3.1 Computer Uses in Education

General Terms:
Human Factors, Verification

Keywords:
assistance to human activities, cooking