CN107095120B - Cooking method and device - Google Patents

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CN107095120B
CN107095120B CN201610100250.1A CN201610100250A CN107095120B CN 107095120 B CN107095120 B CN 107095120B CN 201610100250 A CN201610100250 A CN 201610100250A CN 107095120 B CN107095120 B CN 107095120B
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The invention discloses a cooking method, which comprises the following steps: acquiring an image of initial food placed in an oven/microwave oven, and selecting a corresponding cooking mode according to the image of the initial food to cook the food; acquiring an image of food being cooked at preset time intervals, and transmitting the image of the food to a monitoring terminal so that the monitoring terminal can display the image of the food; judging whether a request for updating cooking parameters sent by the monitoring terminal based on the image of the food is received; and if a request for updating the cooking parameters sent by the monitoring terminal based on the image of the food is received, updating the current cooking parameters of the cooking mode according to the request for updating the cooking parameters to cook the food. The invention also discloses a cooking device. The invention realizes the monitoring of the food cooked in the oven/microwave oven by the monitoring terminal, and improves the convenience and the reliability of the oven/microwave oven for cooking the food.

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Cooking method and device
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of household appliances, in particular to a cooking method and a cooking device.
Background
In the process of cooking food by using the cooking device, taking an oven/microwave oven as an example, after a user puts food into the oven/microwave oven, the user needs to set cooking parameters through keys preset on a panel of the oven/microwave oven, so that operation steps of the user are increased, and the operation is troublesome. In addition, under the condition that a user cannot determine cooking parameters such as cooking time, cooking temperature and the like, if the set cooking time is too short and/or the set cooking temperature is too low, the food may be uncooked and needs to be reheated; if the set cooking time is too long and/or the cooking temperature is too high, the food can be damaged due to overheating, nutrition loss is caused, and meanwhile, electric energy is wasted, so that the oven/microwave oven is not convenient and reliable to use.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention mainly aims to provide a cooking method and a cooking device, aiming at improving the convenience and the reliability of cooking food.
To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a cooking method comprising:
acquiring an image of initial food placed in an oven/microwave oven, and selecting a corresponding cooking mode according to the image of the initial food to cook the food;
acquiring an image of food being cooked at preset time intervals, and transmitting the image of the food to a monitoring terminal so that the monitoring terminal can display the image of the food;
judging whether a request for updating cooking parameters sent by the monitoring terminal based on the image of the food is received;
and if a request for updating the cooking parameters sent by the monitoring terminal based on the image of the food is received, updating the current cooking parameters of the cooking mode according to the request for updating the cooking parameters to cook the food.
Optionally, the updating the current cooking parameter of the cooking mode according to the request for updating the cooking parameter includes, after the food is cooked by the current cooking parameter of the cooking mode:
and sending the image of the cooked food and the corresponding cooking parameter to the monitoring terminal so that the monitoring terminal can share the image of the cooked food and the corresponding cooking parameter.
Optionally, after the updating of the current cooking parameter of the cooking mode to cook the food according to the request for updating the cooking parameter, the method further includes:
and storing the updated cooking parameters of the cooking mode, and taking the cooking parameters as the corresponding cooking parameters when the subsequent cooking is carried out by the cooking mode.
Optionally, the selecting a corresponding cooking mode according to the image of the initial food to cook the food includes:
acquiring food characteristic information according to the initial food image, and comparing the food characteristic information with food target characteristic information which is locally prestored in the oven/microwave oven, or comparing the food characteristic information with food target characteristic information which is acquired by the oven/microwave oven from a server;
and selecting a corresponding cooking mode according to the comparison result to cook the food.
Optionally, the acquiring an image of an initial food item placed within the oven/microwave comprises:
detecting the weight of a tray preset in the oven/microwave oven;
acquiring an image of an initial food item placed in the oven/microwave when the tray is subjected to a weight greater than a preset weight threshold.
In addition, to achieve the above object, the present invention also provides a cooking apparatus, which is an oven or a microwave oven, the cooking apparatus including:
the acquisition module is used for acquiring an image of initial food placed in the oven/microwave oven and selecting a corresponding cooking mode according to the image of the initial food to cook the food;
the image transmission module is used for acquiring images of food being cooked at preset intervals and transmitting the images of the food to the monitoring terminal so that the monitoring terminal can display the images of the food;
the judging module is used for judging whether a request for updating cooking parameters sent by the monitoring terminal based on the food image is received;
and the parameter updating module is used for updating the current cooking parameters of the cooking mode to cook the food according to the request for updating the cooking parameters if the request for updating the cooking parameters sent by the monitoring terminal based on the image of the food is received.
Optionally, the cooking apparatus further comprises:
the sending module is used for sending the image of the cooked food and the corresponding cooking parameters to the monitoring terminal so that the monitoring terminal can share the image of the cooked food and the corresponding cooking parameters.
Optionally, the cooking apparatus further comprises:
and the storage module is used for storing the updated cooking parameters of the cooking mode and taking the cooking parameters as the corresponding cooking parameters when the subsequent cooking is carried out by the cooking mode.
Optionally, the obtaining module is further configured to obtain food characteristic information according to the image of the initial food, and compare the food characteristic information with food target characteristic information that is locally pre-stored in the oven/microwave oven, or compare the food characteristic information with food target characteristic information that is obtained by the oven/microwave oven from a server; and selecting a corresponding cooking mode according to the comparison result to cook the food.
Optionally, the obtaining module includes:
the detection unit is used for detecting the weight of a tray preset in the oven/microwave oven;
an obtaining unit, configured to obtain an image of an initial food item placed in the oven/microwave oven when the weight received by the tray is greater than a preset weight threshold.
According to the cooking method and the cooking device provided by the embodiment of the invention, the cooking device is an oven/microwave oven, the corresponding cooking mode is selected to cook food by acquiring the image of initial food placed in the oven/microwave oven, then the image of the food being cooked is acquired at preset time intervals and is transmitted to the monitoring terminal, and a user can check the current cooking state of the food. When the oven/microwave oven receives a request for updating the cooking parameters sent by the monitoring terminal, the current cooking parameters of the cooking mode can be updated according to the request to cook food. The image of the food can be transmitted to the monitoring terminal by the oven/microwave oven, the food cooked in the oven/microwave oven is monitored by the monitoring terminal, and the cooking parameters which can be sent by the monitoring terminal are updated to the oven/microwave oven when needed, so that the food is cooked, the situations of food undercooked or nutrition loss and the like are reduced, and the convenience and the reliability of the oven/microwave oven for cooking the food are improved.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic flow chart of a cooking method according to a first embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic flow chart of a cooking method according to a second embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic flow chart of a third embodiment of a cooking method of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram of a cooking device according to a first embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram of a cooking device according to a second embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 6 is a functional block diagram of a cooking device according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
The implementation, functional features and advantages of the objects of the present invention will be further explained with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention.
As shown in fig. 1, a first embodiment of a cooking method of the present invention is shown. The cooking method of this embodiment includes:
step S10, acquiring an image of initial food placed in an oven/microwave oven, and selecting a corresponding cooking mode according to the image of the initial food to cook the food;
the cooking method in the embodiment is used for cooking food by the cooking device, and the food is food in a broad sense, including meat, eggs, grains, beans, vegetables, water, milk and the like. The cooking device can be set according to actual needs, optionally, the cooking device is an oven or a microwave oven, and an image acquisition module and a network connection module are arranged in the oven/microwave oven. After the food is placed in the oven/microwave, the oven/microwave acquires an image of the initial food placed in the oven/microwave through the image acquisition module.
The oven/microwave oven compares the image of the initial food with the image of the target food pre-stored locally, or after the oven/microwave oven is networked through the network connection module, the image of the target food is acquired from the server and compared with the image of the initial food, the type of the food is determined according to the comparison result, and the corresponding cooking mode is selected according to the type of the food to cook the food. The cooking modes include steaming fish, roasting meat, cooking soup, etc. It is also possible to subdivide the kind of food, for example, when the food put into the oven/microwave oven is a weever, not only the fish put into it but also the weever can be known by image comparison, and the cooking mode of steaming the weever can be selected.
It should be noted that, the oven/microwave oven may also acquire an image of the tableware containing food, compare the image of the tableware with a locally pre-stored image of the target tableware, or after the oven/microwave oven is networked through the network connection module, acquire the image of the target tableware from the server and compare the image with the image of the tableware, and determine the type of the tableware according to the comparison result. The type of tableware may include tableware for steaming, tableware for stew, tableware for baking, tableware for cooking, etc., and it is more accurately determined whether baking or steaming is required, etc., depending on the type of tableware. The type of the tableware is combined with the known food types, and the corresponding cooking mode can be accurately selected to cook the food.
It can be understood that a weight sensor may be further disposed under the tray in the oven/microwave oven, and the weight sensor may detect the amount of food, and set different cooking parameters, such as cooking time and cooking temperature, according to different amounts of food. Cooking parameters such as cooking temperature and cooking time can be properly adjusted according to actual needs in the cooking process, for example, when stewing bone soup, cooking with high fire is firstly carried out for 10 minutes, then cooking with medium fire is carried out for 20 minutes, and finally cooking with small fire is carried out for 15 minutes. The cooking parameters can also be used for subdividing different foods in the same general category, for example, for steamed fish, the cooking time can be set to 10 minutes for a jin of weever, and the cooking time can be set to 15 minutes for a jin of good-life fish; for baking meat, can set up culinary art 5 minutes to baking half jin pork, can set up culinary art 6 minutes to baking half jin mutton. Of course, the cooking parameters corresponding to the cooking mode can also be flexibly set according to specific situations, and the invention is not limited thereto.
Step S20, acquiring images of food being cooked at preset time intervals, and transmitting the images of the food to a monitoring terminal so that the monitoring terminal can display the images of the food;
in this embodiment, a connection relationship is pre-established between the oven/microwave oven and the monitoring terminal, and information can be transmitted and received between the oven/microwave oven and the monitoring terminal, and the type of the monitoring terminal can be set according to actual needs, for example, the monitoring terminal can be a mobile phone. And the oven/microwave oven acquires the images of the food being cooked through the image acquisition device at preset time intervals in the process of cooking the food according to the cooking mode. The preset time can be flexibly set according to specific situations, for example, an image of the food being cooked can be acquired in real time or every 1 minute. The oven/microwave oven transmits the images of the food acquired at preset intervals to the monitoring terminal, and the monitoring terminal displays the images of the food in the display interface after receiving the images of the food, so that a user can know the current cooking state of the food.
Step S30, judging whether a request for updating cooking parameters sent by the monitoring terminal based on the image of the food is received;
step S40, if a request for updating the cooking parameters sent by the monitoring terminal based on the image of the food is received, updating the current cooking parameters of the cooking mode according to the request for updating the cooking parameters to cook the food.
After the monitoring terminal displays the image of the food in the display interface, the user can know the current cooking state of the food, and the user determines whether the current cooking parameters need to be adjusted or not according to the current cooking state of the food, wherein the cooking parameters can comprise cooking temperature, cooking time and the like. If the current cooking parameters need to be adjusted, the user can send the cooking parameters to the oven/microwave oven through the monitoring terminal for adjustment. And the oven/microwave oven judges whether a request for updating the cooking parameters sent by the monitoring terminal based on the image of the food is received, and if the oven/microwave oven receives the request for updating the cooking parameters sent by the monitoring terminal, the current cooking parameters of the cooking mode are updated according to the request for updating the cooking parameters to cook the food. Only one of the cooking parameters such as cooking temperature and cooking time may be updated, or a plurality of cooking parameters may be updated. And if the oven/microwave oven does not receive the request for updating the cooking parameters sent by the monitoring terminal, continuing to cook the food according to the current cooking parameters.
As will be illustrated below, assuming that a user steams fish using an oven/microwave oven, when the user puts the fish into the oven/microwave oven, the oven/microwave oven automatically selects a cooking mode for steaming the fish according to the collected image of the initial food to cook the food. The cooking time corresponding to the cooking mode of the steamed fish is assumed to be 7 minutes, and the cooking duration is medium fire. In the process of steaming the fish, the oven/microwave oven transmits the obtained fish image to the monitoring terminal for displaying every 10 seconds, after steaming for 1 minute, a user displays the current cooking state of the fish in the display interface of the monitoring terminal, feels that the duration of the fire is a little, and at the moment, the user can adjust the current medium fire to the big fire by the monitoring terminal. After steaming for 5 minutes, the user displays the current cooking state of the fish through the monitoring terminal, feels that the fish is steamed thoroughly, and then continuously steams the fish to be old, so that the cooking time is reduced by 1 minute, and the delicious fish is discharged. The oven/microwave oven transmits the collected image of the food which is being cooked to the monitoring terminal, so that the user can check the cooking state of the food in real time through the monitoring terminal, and can adjust cooking parameters when needed, thereby improving the user experience.
According to the embodiment of the invention, the corresponding cooking mode is selected to cook the food by acquiring the image of the initial food placed in the oven/microwave oven, and then the image of the food being cooked is acquired at preset time intervals and is transmitted to the monitoring terminal, so that a user can check the current cooking state of the food. When the oven/microwave oven receives a request for updating the cooking parameters sent by the monitoring terminal, the current cooking parameters of the cooking mode can be updated according to the request to cook food. The image of the food can be transmitted to the monitoring terminal by the oven/microwave oven, the food cooked in the oven/microwave oven is monitored by the monitoring terminal, and the cooking parameters which can be sent by the monitoring terminal are updated to the oven/microwave oven when needed, so that the food is cooked, the situations of food undercooked or nutrition loss and the like are reduced, and the convenience and the reliability of the oven/microwave oven for cooking the food are improved.
Further, as shown in fig. 2, a second embodiment of the cooking method of the present invention is proposed based on the first embodiment of the cooking method, and the step S40 may be followed by:
step S50, sending the image of the cooked food and the corresponding cooking parameters thereof to the monitoring terminal, so that the monitoring terminal can share the image of the cooked food and the corresponding cooking parameters thereof.
In this embodiment, after the oven/microwave oven completes cooking the food according to the selected cooking mode, the image of the food whose cooking is completed and the cooking parameter of the food whose cooking is completed may be sent to the monitoring terminal. It can be understood that if the cooking parameters are updated by the oven/microwave oven during the cooking process according to the selected cooking mode, the updated cooking parameters are sent to the monitoring terminal.
If the user feels that the cooked food is very delicious and wants to share the food with friends, the monitoring terminal holds the user of the monitoring terminal after receiving the image of the cooked food and the corresponding cooking parameters, and the image of the cooked food and the corresponding cooking parameters can be shared with WeChat friends, QQ spaces, community friends and the like. Other users feel to accord with own taste after seeing the sharing information, can cook food according to the cooking parameter, have realized between user and the user to cooking food and carry out the interdynamic of cooking the method.
In the embodiment, the oven/microwave oven sends the image of the cooked food and the corresponding cooking parameter to the monitoring terminal, so that a user corresponding to the monitoring terminal can share the image of the cooked food and the corresponding cooking parameter. The interactivity between users is increased, the users can conveniently acquire the cooking parameters which accord with the tastes of the users, and meanwhile, the convenience of cooking food by the oven/microwave oven is improved.
Further, as shown in fig. 3, a third embodiment of the cooking method of the present invention is proposed based on the second embodiment of the cooking method, and the third embodiment of the cooking method may include, after the step S50:
and step S60, storing the cooking parameters after the cooking mode is updated, and taking the cooking parameters as the corresponding cooking parameters when the cooking mode is used for subsequent cooking.
It should be noted that the step S60 may be executed before the step S50.
In this embodiment, in the process that the oven/microwave oven cooks the food according to the default cooking parameter of the cooking mode, if the oven/microwave oven receives the request for updating the cooking parameter sent by the monitoring terminal, and updates the current cooking parameter of the cooking mode according to the request for updating the cooking parameter to cook the food, the oven/microwave oven stores the updated cooking parameter of the cooking mode. If the user feels that the food cooked according to the updated cooking parameters is delicious, the stored updated cooking parameters can be set as the corresponding cooking parameters in the subsequent cooking in the cooking mode, so that the oven/microwave oven can learn by oneself according to the cooking parameters changed by the user, and the user can cook the food which is most consistent with the taste of the user as the default cooking parameters by continuously trying.
The cooking parameter after the cooking mode is updated is stored by the oven/microwave oven, the cooking parameter can be used as the cooking parameter when the corresponding cooking mode is used for subsequent cooking, self-learning of the oven/microwave oven is realized, the cooking parameter which accords with the taste of food of a user can be used as the default cooking parameter, and convenience and reliability of cooking the food by the oven/microwave oven are improved.
Further, based on the third embodiment, a fourth embodiment of the cooking method of the present invention is provided, in which the step of selecting a corresponding cooking mode according to the image of the initial food to cook the food may include: acquiring food characteristic information according to the initial food image, and comparing the food characteristic information with food target characteristic information which is locally prestored in the oven/microwave oven, or comparing the food characteristic information with food target characteristic information which is acquired by the oven/microwave oven from a server; and selecting a corresponding cooking mode according to the comparison result to cook the food.
In this embodiment, after the image of the initial food is obtained, in the process that the oven/microwave oven selects the corresponding cooking mode according to the image of the initial food to cook the food, the food characteristic information may be obtained according to the image of the initial food, the food characteristic information may be compared with the locally pre-stored food target characteristic information of the oven/microwave oven to determine the type of the food, and the corresponding cooking mode may be selected according to the type of the food to cook the food. The food characteristic information and the food target characteristic information may be a color, a shape, etc. of the food. The food target characteristic information may also be stored in a server, and the oven/microwave oven may compare the food target characteristic information with the food characteristic information obtained from the server to determine the food type after networking. It should be noted that, the oven/microwave oven may further compare the food characteristic information with the food target characteristic information sent by the monitoring terminal to determine the food type, and select a corresponding cooking mode according to the food type to cook the food.
Further, if the above-mentioned oven/microwave oven also collects tableware containing food, the characteristic information of the tableware can be obtained according to the image of the tableware, and the characteristic information of the tableware is compared with the target characteristic information of the tableware locally pre-stored by the oven/microwave oven to determine the type of the tableware. The characteristic information of the tableware and the target characteristic information of the tableware can be the size, shape, preset marks and the like of the tableware, for example, different marks can be made on different tableware in advance for identifying the corresponding tableware in different cooking modes. The target characteristic information of the tableware can also be stored in the server, and after the oven/microwave oven is networked, the target characteristic information of the tableware can be obtained from the server and compared with the characteristic information of the tableware to determine the type of the tableware. According to the type of the tableware, the corresponding cooking mode can be more accurately selected to cook the food in combination with the determined food type.
The oven/microwave oven of the embodiment can acquire the food characteristic information according to the image of the initial food, and compare the food characteristic information with the food target characteristic information to select the corresponding cooking mode to cook the food. The food type can be accurately identified by the oven/microwave oven, the corresponding cooking mode is automatically selected to cook the food, and convenience of cooking the food by the oven/microwave oven is improved.
Further, based on any one of the first to fourth embodiments, a fifth embodiment of the cooking method of the present invention is provided, in which the step of acquiring the image of the initial food placed in the oven/microwave oven includes: detecting the weight of a tray preset in the oven/microwave oven; acquiring an image of an initial food item placed in the oven/microwave when the tray is subjected to a weight greater than a preset weight threshold.
In this embodiment, before the image of the initial food is collected by the image collecting module, the oven/microwave oven may detect the weight of the tray by using a weight sensor preset under the tray. When the weight of the tray is larger than the preset weight threshold value, the food is put into the oven/microwave oven at this moment, and the oven/microwave oven can wake up the image acquisition module to acquire the images of the tableware and the food placed in the oven/microwave oven. The preset weight threshold value can be set as the weight of the tray, and can also be flexibly set according to specific conditions. It can be understood that when the weight sensor detects that the weight received by the tray is less than or equal to the preset weight threshold, it indicates that the food is not placed in the oven/microwave oven, and the image capturing module in the oven/microwave oven does not need to capture the image.
In the embodiment, whether food is put into the oven/microwave oven is judged by detecting the weight of the tray preset in the oven/microwave oven, and when the weight of the tray is greater than a preset weight threshold value, the food is put into the oven/microwave oven, so that an image of initial food placed in the oven/microwave oven can be obtained. The intelligence and the automation of the oven/microwave oven are increased, and the convenience of cooking food by the oven/microwave oven is improved.
Correspondingly, as shown in fig. 4, a first embodiment of the cooking device of the present invention is proposed. The cooking apparatus of this embodiment includes:
an obtaining module 100, configured to obtain an image of initial food placed in an oven/microwave oven, and select a corresponding cooking mode according to the image of the initial food to cook the food;
the cooking method in the embodiment is used for cooking food by the cooking device, and the food is food in a broad sense, including meat, eggs, grains, beans, vegetables, water, milk and the like. The cooking device can be set according to actual needs, optionally, the cooking device is an oven or a microwave oven, and an image acquisition module and a network connection module are arranged in the oven/microwave oven. After the food is placed in the oven/microwave oven, the oven/microwave oven call acquisition module 100 acquires an image of the initial food placed in the oven/microwave oven through the image acquisition module.
The oven/microwave oven compares the image of the initial food with the image of the target food pre-stored locally, or after the oven/microwave oven is networked through the network connection module, the image of the target food is acquired from the server and compared with the image of the initial food, the type of the food is determined according to the comparison result, and the corresponding cooking mode is selected according to the type of the food to cook the food. The cooking modes include steaming fish, roasting meat, cooking soup, etc. It is also possible to subdivide the kind of food, for example, when the food put into the oven/microwave oven is a weever, not only the fish put into it but also the weever can be known by image comparison, and the cooking mode of steaming the weever can be selected.
It should be noted that, the oven/microwave oven may also acquire an image of the tableware containing food, compare the image of the tableware with a locally pre-stored image of the target tableware, or after the oven/microwave oven is networked through the network connection module, acquire the image of the target tableware from the server and compare the image with the image of the tableware, and determine the type of the tableware according to the comparison result. The type of tableware may include tableware for steaming, tableware for stew, tableware for baking, tableware for cooking, etc., and it is more accurately determined whether baking or steaming is required, etc., depending on the type of tableware. The type of the tableware is combined with the known food types, and the corresponding cooking mode can be accurately selected to cook the food.
It can be understood that a weight sensor may be further disposed under the tray in the oven/microwave oven, and the weight sensor may detect the amount of food, and set different cooking parameters, such as cooking time and cooking temperature, according to different amounts of food. Cooking parameters such as cooking temperature and cooking time can be properly adjusted according to actual needs in the cooking process, for example, when stewing bone soup, cooking with high fire is firstly carried out for 10 minutes, then cooking with medium fire is carried out for 20 minutes, and finally cooking with small fire is carried out for 15 minutes. The cooking parameters can also be used for subdividing different foods in the same general category, for example, for steamed fish, the cooking time can be set to 10 minutes for a jin of weever, and the cooking time can be set to 15 minutes for a jin of good-life fish; for baking meat, can set up culinary art 5 minutes to baking half jin pork, can set up culinary art 6 minutes to baking half jin mutton. Of course, the cooking parameters corresponding to the cooking mode can also be flexibly set according to specific situations, and the invention is not limited thereto.
The image transmission module 200 is configured to acquire an image of food being cooked at preset intervals, and transmit the image of the food to a monitoring terminal, so that the monitoring terminal displays the image of the food;
in this embodiment, a connection relationship is pre-established between the oven/microwave oven and the monitoring terminal, and information can be transmitted and received between the oven/microwave oven and the monitoring terminal, and the type of the monitoring terminal can be set according to actual needs, for example, the monitoring terminal can be a mobile phone. And the oven/microwave oven acquires the images of the food being cooked through the image acquisition device at preset time intervals in the process of cooking the food according to the cooking mode. The preset time can be flexibly set according to specific situations, for example, an image of the food being cooked can be acquired in real time or every 1 minute. The image transmission module 200 transmits the images of the food acquired at preset intervals to the monitoring terminal, and the monitoring terminal displays the images of the food in the display interface after receiving the images of the food, so that a user can know the current cooking state of the food.
A judging module 300, configured to judge whether a request for updating the cooking parameters, sent by the monitoring terminal based on the image of the food, is received;
and a parameter updating module 400, configured to update the current cooking parameter of the cooking mode to cook the food according to the request for updating the cooking parameter if a request for updating the cooking parameter, which is sent by the monitoring terminal based on the image of the food, is received.
After the monitoring terminal displays the image of the food in the display interface, the user can know the current cooking state of the food, and the user determines whether the current cooking parameters need to be adjusted or not according to the current cooking state of the food, wherein the cooking parameters can comprise cooking temperature, cooking time and the like. If the current cooking parameters need to be adjusted, the user can send the cooking parameters to the oven/microwave oven through the monitoring terminal for adjustment. The determining module 300 determines whether a request for updating the cooking parameters sent by the monitoring terminal based on the image of the food is received, and if the oven/microwave oven receives the request for updating the cooking parameters sent by the monitoring terminal, the parameter updating module 400 updates the current cooking parameters of the cooking mode to cook the food according to the request for updating the cooking parameters. Only one of the cooking parameters such as cooking temperature and cooking time may be updated, or a plurality of cooking parameters may be updated. And if the oven/microwave oven does not receive the request for updating the cooking parameters sent by the monitoring terminal, continuing to cook the food according to the current cooking parameters.
As will be illustrated below, assuming that a user steams fish using an oven/microwave oven, when the user puts the fish into the oven/microwave oven, the oven/microwave oven automatically selects a cooking mode for steaming the fish according to the collected image of the initial food to cook the food. The cooking time corresponding to the cooking mode of the steamed fish is assumed to be 7 minutes, and the cooking duration is medium fire. In the process of steaming the fish, the oven/microwave oven transmits the obtained fish image to the monitoring terminal for displaying every 10 seconds, after steaming for 1 minute, a user displays the current cooking state of the fish in the display interface of the monitoring terminal, feels that the duration of the fire is a little, and at the moment, the user can adjust the current medium fire to the big fire by the monitoring terminal. After steaming for 5 minutes, the user displays the current cooking state of the fish through the monitoring terminal, feels that the fish is steamed thoroughly, and then continuously steams the fish to be old, so that the cooking time is reduced by 1 minute, and the delicious fish is discharged. The oven/microwave oven transmits the collected image of the food which is being cooked to the monitoring terminal, so that the user can check the cooking state of the food in real time through the monitoring terminal, and can adjust cooking parameters when needed, thereby improving the user experience.
According to the embodiment of the invention, the corresponding cooking mode is selected to cook the food by acquiring the image of the initial food placed in the oven/microwave oven, and then the image of the food being cooked is acquired at preset time intervals and is transmitted to the monitoring terminal, so that a user can check the current cooking state of the food. When the oven/microwave oven receives a request for updating the cooking parameters sent by the monitoring terminal, the current cooking parameters of the cooking mode can be updated according to the request to cook food. The image of the food can be transmitted to the monitoring terminal by the oven/microwave oven, the food cooked in the oven/microwave oven is monitored by the monitoring terminal, and the cooking parameters which can be sent by the monitoring terminal are updated to the oven/microwave oven when needed, so that the food is cooked, the situations of food undercooked or nutrition loss and the like are reduced, and the convenience and the reliability of the oven/microwave oven for cooking the food are improved.
Further, as shown in fig. 5, a second embodiment of the cooking apparatus of the present invention is proposed based on the first embodiment of the cooking apparatus, in which the cooking apparatus further includes:
the sending module 500 is configured to send the image of the food that has been cooked and the corresponding cooking parameter to the monitoring terminal, so that the monitoring terminal can share the image of the food that has been cooked and the corresponding cooking parameter.
In this embodiment, after the oven/microwave oven completes cooking the food according to the selected cooking mode, the sending module 500 may send the image of the food that has been cooked and the cooking parameters of the food that has been cooked to the monitoring terminal. It can be understood that if the cooking parameters are updated by the oven/microwave oven during the cooking process according to the selected cooking mode, the updated cooking parameters are sent to the monitoring terminal.
If the user feels that the cooked food is very delicious and wants to share the food with friends, the monitoring terminal holds the user of the monitoring terminal after receiving the image of the cooked food and the corresponding cooking parameters, and the image of the cooked food and the corresponding cooking parameters can be shared with WeChat friends, QQ spaces, community friends and the like. Other users feel to accord with own taste after seeing the sharing information, can cook food according to the cooking parameter, have realized between user and the user to cooking food and carry out the interdynamic of cooking the method.
In the embodiment, the oven/microwave oven sends the image of the cooked food and the corresponding cooking parameter to the monitoring terminal, so that a user corresponding to the monitoring terminal can share the image of the cooked food and the corresponding cooking parameter. The interactivity between users is increased, the users can conveniently acquire the cooking parameters which accord with the tastes of the users, and meanwhile, the convenience of cooking food by the oven/microwave oven is improved.
Further, as shown in fig. 6, a third embodiment of the cooking apparatus of the present invention is proposed based on the above second embodiment, in which the above cooking apparatus further includes:
the storage module 600 is configured to store the updated cooking parameters of the cooking mode, and use the cooking parameters as corresponding cooking parameters when the cooking mode is used for subsequent cooking.
In this embodiment, in the process that the oven/microwave oven cooks the food according to the default cooking parameter of the cooking mode, if the oven/microwave oven receives the request for updating the cooking parameter sent by the monitoring terminal, and updates the current cooking parameter of the cooking mode according to the request for updating the cooking parameter to cook the food, the storage module 600 stores the updated cooking parameter of the cooking mode. If the user feels that the food cooked according to the updated cooking parameters is delicious, the stored updated cooking parameters can be set as the corresponding cooking parameters in the subsequent cooking in the cooking mode, so that the oven/microwave oven can learn by oneself according to the cooking parameters changed by the user, and the user can cook the food which is most consistent with the taste of the user as the default cooking parameters by continuously trying.
The cooking parameter after the cooking mode is updated is stored by the oven/microwave oven, the cooking parameter can be used as the cooking parameter when the corresponding cooking mode is used for subsequent cooking, self-learning of the oven/microwave oven is realized, the cooking parameter which accords with the taste of food of a user can be used as the default cooking parameter, and convenience and reliability of cooking the food by the oven/microwave oven are improved.
Further, based on the third embodiment, a fourth embodiment of the cooking device of the present invention is provided, in which the obtaining module 100 is further configured to obtain food characteristic information according to the image of the initial food, and compare the food characteristic information with food target characteristic information pre-stored locally in the oven/microwave oven, or compare the food characteristic information with food target characteristic information obtained by the oven/microwave oven from a server; and selecting a corresponding cooking mode according to the comparison result to cook the food.
In this embodiment, after the image of the initial food is obtained, in the process that the oven/microwave oven selects the corresponding cooking mode to cook the food according to the image of the initial food, the obtaining module 100 may first obtain the food characteristic information according to the image of the initial food, compare the food characteristic information with the locally pre-stored food target characteristic information of the oven/microwave oven to determine the type of the food, and select the corresponding cooking mode to cook the food according to the type of the food. The food characteristic information and the food target characteristic information may be a color, a shape, etc. of the food. The food target characteristic information may also be stored in a server, and after the oven/microwave oven is networked, the obtaining module 100 may compare the food target characteristic information obtained from the server with the food characteristic information to determine the food type. It should be noted that, the obtaining module 100 may further compare the food characteristic information with the food target characteristic information sent by the monitoring terminal to determine the food type, and select a corresponding cooking mode according to the food type to cook the food.
Further, if the above-mentioned oven/microwave oven also collects tableware containing food, the characteristic information of the tableware can be obtained according to the image of the tableware, and the characteristic information of the tableware is compared with the target characteristic information of the tableware locally pre-stored by the oven/microwave oven to determine the type of the tableware. The characteristic information of the tableware and the target characteristic information of the tableware can be the size, shape, preset marks and the like of the tableware, for example, different marks can be made on different tableware in advance for identifying the corresponding tableware in different cooking modes. The target characteristic information of the tableware can also be stored in the server, and after the oven/microwave oven is networked, the target characteristic information of the tableware can be obtained from the server and compared with the characteristic information of the tableware to determine the type of the tableware. According to the type of the tableware, the corresponding cooking mode can be more accurately selected to cook the food in combination with the determined food type.
The oven/microwave oven of the embodiment can acquire the food characteristic information according to the image of the initial food, and compare the food characteristic information with the food target characteristic information to select the corresponding cooking mode to cook the food. The food type can be accurately identified by the oven/microwave oven, the corresponding cooking mode is automatically selected to cook the food, and convenience of cooking the food by the oven/microwave oven is improved.
Further, a fifth embodiment of the cooking apparatus of the present invention is proposed based on any one of the first to fourth embodiments, in which the obtaining module 100 includes:
the detection unit is used for detecting the weight of a tray preset in the oven/microwave oven;
an obtaining unit, configured to obtain an image of an initial food item placed in the oven/microwave oven when the weight received by the tray is greater than a preset weight threshold.
In this embodiment, before the image of the initial food is collected by the image collecting module of the oven/microwave oven, the detecting unit may detect the weight of the tray by a weight sensor preset under the tray. When the weight of the tray received by the weight sensor is larger than a preset weight threshold value, the food is placed into the oven/microwave oven at this moment, and the acquisition unit can wake up the image acquisition module to acquire the images of the tableware and the food placed in the oven/microwave oven. The preset weight threshold value can be set as the weight of the tray, and can also be flexibly set according to specific conditions. It can be understood that when the weight sensor detects that the weight received by the tray is less than or equal to the preset weight threshold, it indicates that the food is not placed in the oven/microwave oven, and the image capturing module in the oven/microwave oven does not need to capture the image.
In the embodiment, whether food is put into the oven/microwave oven is judged by detecting the weight of the tray preset in the oven/microwave oven, and when the weight of the tray is greater than a preset weight threshold value, the food is put into the oven/microwave oven, so that an image of initial food placed in the oven/microwave oven can be obtained. The intelligence and the automation of the oven/microwave oven are increased, and the convenience of cooking food by the oven/microwave oven is improved.
The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and all modifications of equivalent structures and equivalent processes, which are made by using the contents of the present specification and the accompanying drawings, or directly or indirectly applied to other related technical fields, are included in the scope of the present invention.

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1. A cooking method, characterized in that it comprises the steps of:
acquiring an image of initial food placed in an oven/microwave oven, and selecting a corresponding cooking mode according to the image of the initial food to cook the food;
acquiring images of food being cooked at preset intervals, and transmitting the images of the food to a monitoring terminal so that the monitoring terminal can display the images of the food to a user to check the current cooking state of the food; the monitoring terminal and the oven/microwave oven are connected in advance to transmit and receive information;
judging whether a request for updating cooking parameters sent by the monitoring terminal based on the image of the food is received;
and if a request for updating the cooking parameters sent by the monitoring terminal based on the image of the food is received, updating the current cooking parameters of the cooking mode according to the request for updating the cooking parameters to cook the food.
2. The cooking method of claim 1, wherein updating the current cooking parameters of the cooking profile after cooking the food in accordance with the request to update the cooking parameters comprises:
and sending the image of the cooked food and the corresponding cooking parameter to the monitoring terminal so that the monitoring terminal can share the image of the cooked food and the corresponding cooking parameter.
3. The cooking method of claim 2, wherein after the updating the current cooking parameters of the cooking profile to cook the food item in accordance with the request to update the cooking parameters further comprises:
and storing the updated cooking parameters of the cooking mode, and taking the cooking parameters as the corresponding cooking parameters when the subsequent cooking is carried out by the cooking mode.
4. The cooking method of claim 3, wherein the selecting a corresponding cooking mode to cook the food according to the image of the initial food comprises:
acquiring food characteristic information according to the initial food image, and comparing the food characteristic information with food target characteristic information which is locally prestored in the oven/microwave oven, or comparing the food characteristic information with food target characteristic information which is acquired by the oven/microwave oven from a server;
and selecting a corresponding cooking mode according to the comparison result to cook the food.
5. The cooking method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the acquiring of the image of the initial food item placed inside the oven/microwave comprises:
detecting the weight of a tray preset in the oven/microwave oven;
acquiring an image of an initial food item placed in the oven/microwave when the tray is subjected to a weight greater than a preset weight threshold.
6. A cooking device, wherein the cooking device is an oven or a microwave oven, the cooking device comprising:
the acquisition module is used for acquiring an image of initial food placed in the oven/microwave oven and selecting a corresponding cooking mode according to the image of the initial food to cook the food;
the image transmission module is used for acquiring images of food being cooked at preset intervals and transmitting the images of the food to the monitoring terminal so that the monitoring terminal can display the images of the food to a user to check the current cooking state of the food; the monitoring terminal and the oven/microwave oven are connected in advance to transmit and receive information;
the judging module is used for judging whether a request for updating cooking parameters sent by the monitoring terminal based on the food image is received;
and the parameter updating module is used for updating the current cooking parameters of the cooking mode to cook the food according to the request for updating the cooking parameters if the request for updating the cooking parameters sent by the monitoring terminal based on the image of the food is received.
7. The cooking device of claim 6, further comprising:
the sending module is used for sending the image of the cooked food and the corresponding cooking parameters to the monitoring terminal so that the monitoring terminal can share the image of the cooked food and the corresponding cooking parameters.
8. The cooking device of claim 7, further comprising:
and the storage module is used for storing the updated cooking parameters of the cooking mode and taking the cooking parameters as the corresponding cooking parameters when the subsequent cooking is carried out by the cooking mode.
9. The cooking apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the obtaining module is further configured to obtain food characteristic information according to the image of the initial food, compare the food characteristic information with food target characteristic information pre-stored locally by the oven/microwave oven, or compare the food characteristic information with food target characteristic information obtained by the oven/microwave oven from a server; and selecting a corresponding cooking mode according to the comparison result to cook the food.
10. The cooking device according to any one of claims 6 to 9, wherein the obtaining module comprises:
the detection unit is used for detecting the weight of a tray preset in the oven/microwave oven;
an obtaining unit, configured to obtain an image of an initial food item placed in the oven/microwave oven when the weight received by the tray is greater than a preset weight threshold.
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