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IMO, for prepackaged foods like frozen dinners, the UI should be that you put the food in the oven and close the door, and the microwave figures out the rest. (
by adrianmonk 2y ago
IMO, for prepackaged foods like frozen dinners, the UI should be that you put the food in the oven and close the door, and the microwave figures out the rest. (Of course there would also be manual controls available.)
The simplest way would be with a barcode on the plastic food tray. The barcode would contain the actual cooking instructions so that there's no internet dependency.
- sroussey 2y agoMy Tovala oven does this (you scan before you put in), though it uses steam and broiler not microwaves.
- geerlingguy 2y agoBut each food company would patent their own barcode retrieval system and put it behind a subscription, only $12.99 for the plan for foods with ads, $24.99 without!
- sidewndr46 2y agoActually, all implementations would be nearly identical, non-novel, and not patentable. But each one would carry a trademark and microwave manufacturers would charge the TV dinner makers a license fee per meal to put it on the box
- hyperdimension 2y agoJuicero vibes here... (Good idea, though)
- charlie0 2y agoHmmm, only if the microwave worked with their own specially prepared frozen upscale meals.
- charlie0 2y agoThis sounds like a next-gen microwave idea! Perfectly microwaved food every time!