US 12,260,641 B2
Method for pizza preparation
Jae Won Lim, Seoul (KR); and Beom-Jin Lee, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to GOPIZZA Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed by GOPIZZA Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Sep. 24, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/895,018.
Application 18/895,018 is a continuation of application No. 18/090,826, filed on Dec. 29, 2022, granted, now 12,100,208.
Application 18/090,826 is a continuation of application No. 17/464,430, filed on Sep. 1, 2021, granted, now 11,544,925, issued on Jan. 3, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0014335 A1, Jan. 9, 2025
Int. Cl. G06V 20/68 (2022.01); A21D 13/41 (2017.01); G06F 9/451 (2018.01); G06Q 50/12 (2012.01); G06V 20/40 (2022.01)
CPC G06V 20/40 (2022.01) [A21D 13/41 (2017.01); G06F 9/453 (2018.02); G06Q 50/12 (2013.01); G06V 20/44 (2022.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for pizza preparation, the method comprising:
providing a food preparation table, a pan array comprising food pans for storing ingredients, indicating lights, and at least one database storing data of predefined zones within the pan array, wherein the one or more of the indicating lights are preassigned to the predefined zones such that, on the at least one database, a first indicating light is linked to a first predefined zone and a second indicating light is linked to a second predefined zone;
capturing images of pizza preparation for a first pizza that is performed on the food preparation table, wherein the pizza preparation for the first pizza comprises a first step of adding a first ingredient over a pizza dough by a person working at the food preparation table, wherein the images of the pizza preparation (referred to as “pizza preparation images”) comprises a first pizza preparation image and a second pizza preparation image, wherein each of the first pizza preparation image and the second pizza preparation image features the first ingredient during the first step of adding the first ingredient;
in response to capturing of the first pizza preparation image, processing the first pizza preparation image and presenting on a display a first index representing progress of adding the first ingredient based on the processing of the first pizza preparation image;
in response to capturing of the second pizza preparation image captured subsequent to the first pizza preparation image, processing the second pizza preparation image and replacing the first index with a second index representing progress of adding the first ingredient based on the processing of the second pizza preparation image;
capturing images of the pan array while two or more pizzas are prepared on the food preparation table, during which the first ingredient's location changes within the pan array, wherein the images of the pan array (referred to as “pan array images”) comprise a first pan array image and a second pan array image;
in response to capturing of the first pan array image at a first time, processing the first pan array image, determining that the first ingredient is located in the first predefined zone based on the processing of the first pan array image, and updating the at least one database such that the first ingredient is linked to, on the at least one database, the first indicating light linked to the first predefined zone based on the determination;
during pizza preparation for a second pizza subsequent to the first time, providing a first guidance to the person or another person working at the food preparation table to use the first ingredient with the first indicating light to indicate the first predefined zone in which the first ingredient is located;
in response to capturing the second pan array image at a second time subsequent to pizza preparation for the second pizza, processing the second pan array image, determining that the first ingredient is located in the second predefined zone based on the processing of the second pan array image, and updating the at least one database such that the first ingredient is linked to, on the at least one database, the second indicating light linked to the second predefined zone; and
during pizza preparation for a third pizza subsequent to the second time, providing a second guidance to the person or another person working at the food preparation table to use the first ingredient with the second indicating light to indicate the second predefined zone in which the first ingredient is located.