LG has had a patent granted today with the United States Patents Office (USPO) that outlines the idea of two RF tags that would offer food information and appliance specifitcations, with a reader located on a terminal that would attempt to bridge the gap between the two.
Engadget speculates that this reader could be another device installed above the oven for example so, in a cooker hood perhaps. We think it’s more likely that (as the Korean giants Samsung and LG tend to do) it will make use of som kind of proprietry link to another LG device such as a tablet or a phone thereby of course rendering the whole notion utterly useless and completely pointless to those that don’t have the full set.
Although not detailed it is probable that this device would then connect to a server, which would return operating details for cooking that specified “food information” on your appliance of choice.
Engadget also comments that LG hints at the ability of expanding the remit of a book when enough info can’t be given due to the space limitations of the printed word, hopefully offering up some added value to any compatible future cookbooks.
But why, when you have a smartphone or a tablet would people even bother as they can look up a wealth of free online recipes using just that alone without the need for this (almost certainly) expensive system built into an oven or a fridge freezer. It just seems really, really pointless as they people that can afford this kind of appliance will already own devices that will allow them to do just that.
Nope… we can’t see this flying in Europe and probably not Stateside either.
If you’re really interested or, just bored and want bored more, you can find the patent filing online here