CN114847781A

CN114847781A - Charging device, charging control method and control method for cooking device

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Publication number: CN114847781A
Application number: CN202210667241.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 吴任迪
Original assignee: Tineco Intelligent Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Tineco Intelligent Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-06-13
Filing date: 2022-06-13
Publication date: 2022-08-05

Abstract

The embodiment of the application provides feeding equipment, a feeding control method and a control method for cooking equipment. In this application embodiment, install level sensor for every storage container, level sensor can send liquid level early warning signal under the condition that the liquid volume of storage container is less than or equal to the benchmark liquid volume, when level sensor sent liquid level early warning signal, judge whether the surplus of liquid satisfies the demand volume of current culinary art step to this liquid in the storage container, to this liquid of cooking equipment transport under the condition of satisfying, need not to suspend culinary art process and wait for the user to supply this liquid, improved the efficiency that cooking equipment executed the culinary art task. Further, the user may be reminded to replenish the liquid after the liquid is delivered to achieve replenishment without pausing the cooking process.

Description

Charging device, charging control method and control method for cooking device

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of intelligent household appliances, in particular to a feeding device, a feeding control method and a control method for a cooking device.

Background

With the development of scientific technology, more and more intelligent cooking devices gradually emerge, such as intelligent cooking machines, intelligent electric rice cookers, intelligent electric stewpots and the like, and the intelligent cooking devices gradually replace traditional kitchen cooking devices, so that users are liberated from complicated labor to a greater extent.

The intelligent cooking equipment is equipped with feeding device, can realize throwing the material to cooking device's automation, and feeding device includes a plurality of material bottles that hold the condiment, is provided with minimum liquid level line on every material bottle, and the user can observe whether the surplus of condiment is less than this minimum liquid level line in the material bottle to under the circumstances that is less than this minimum liquid level line, add the condiment to supplementing in the material bottle. The existing seasoning adding mode can affect the cooking efficiency to a certain extent.

Disclosure of Invention

Aspects of the present application provide a charging apparatus, a charging control method, and a control method for a cooking apparatus to improve cooking efficiency.

The embodiment of the application provides a charging equipment, includes: the equipment body, the equipment body includes: at least one storage container and a Micro Control Unit (MCU); each storage container is provided with a liquid level sensor and is used for sending out a liquid level early warning signal when the liquid amount of the storage container to which the storage container belongs is less than or equal to the reference liquid amount; and the MCU is used for controlling the target storage container to convey the target liquid required by the current cooking step to the cooking equipment, and in the conveying process of the target liquid, if the liquid level early warning signal is received, the target liquid is continuously conveyed to the cooking equipment under the condition that the total required amount of the target liquid in the current cooking step is less than or equal to the residual amount of the target storage container before the current conveying, until the total required amount of the target liquid in the current cooking step is reached.

The embodiment of the application also provides a charging control method, which comprises the following steps: receiving the total required quantity of the current cooking step of the cooking equipment for the target liquid, and conveying the target liquid to the cooking equipment; in the target liquid conveying process, if a liquid level early warning signal sent by a liquid level sensor is received, the target liquid is continuously conveyed to the cooking equipment under the condition that the total required quantity is less than or equal to the residual quantity of the target storage container before the target liquid is conveyed until the total required quantity of the target liquid in the current cooking step is reached; the liquid level sensor can send out a liquid level early warning signal under the condition that the target liquid amount in the target storage container is smaller than or equal to the reference liquid amount.

An embodiment of the present application further provides a control method for a cooking apparatus, where the cooking apparatus includes: equipment body and feeding device, the equipment body includes: the pot body, feeding device includes: the pot body is connected with the at least one storage container through a pipeline, and each storage container is provided with a liquid level sensor and is used for sending out a liquid level early warning signal under the condition that the liquid amount of the storage container to which the storage container belongs is less than or equal to the reference liquid amount; the method comprises the following steps: controlling the target storage container to convey the target liquid required by the current cooking step to the pot body; in the process of conveying the target liquid, if a liquid level early warning signal is received, the target liquid is continuously conveyed to the cooking equipment under the condition that the total required quantity of the target liquid in the current cooking step is less than or equal to the residual quantity of the target storage container before the target liquid is conveyed until the total required quantity of the target liquid in the current cooking step is reached.

The embodiment of this application still provides a reinforced controlgear, includes: the equipment body, the equipment body includes: a memory and a processor; a memory for storing a computer program; and the processor is coupled with the memory and used for executing the computer program so as to realize the steps in the charging control method provided by the embodiment of the application.

An embodiment of the present application further provides a control device for a cooking apparatus, including: the equipment body, the equipment body includes: a memory and a processor; a memory for storing a computer program; and the processor is coupled with the memory and used for executing the computer program so as to realize the steps in the control method for the cooking device provided by the embodiment of the application.

Embodiments of the present application also provide a computer readable storage medium storing a computer program, which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to implement the steps in the charging control method and the control method for a cooking apparatus provided by the embodiments of the present application.

In this application embodiment, install level sensor for every storage container, level sensor can send liquid level early warning signal under the condition that the liquid volume of storage container is less than or equal to the benchmark liquid volume, when level sensor sent liquid level early warning signal, judge whether the surplus of liquid satisfies the demand volume of current culinary art step to this liquid in the storage container, to this liquid of cooking equipment transport under the condition of satisfying, need not to suspend culinary art process and wait for the user to supply this liquid, improved the efficiency that cooking equipment executed the culinary art task. Further, the user may be reminded to replenish the liquid after the liquid is delivered to achieve replenishment without pausing the cooking process.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the application and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this application, illustrate embodiment(s) of the application and together with the description serve to explain the application and not to limit the application. In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of a charging control system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 2a is a schematic structural diagram of a cooking apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2b is a schematic structural diagram of a charging apparatus provided in an exemplary embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3a is a schematic structural diagram of a storage container according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIGS. 3b and 3c are schematic diagrams of light signals emitted by a liquid level sensor provided by exemplary embodiments of the present application;

FIG. 4a is a schematic flow chart of a charge control method provided by an exemplary embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4b is a flowchart illustrating a control method for a cooking apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 5a is a schematic structural diagram of a charging device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5b is a schematic structural diagram of a control device for a cooking apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present application;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a charging control apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present application more apparent, the technical solutions of the present application will be described in detail and completely with reference to the following specific embodiments of the present application and the accompanying drawings. It should be apparent that the described embodiments are only some of the embodiments of the present application, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

To the problem of culinary art inefficiency among the prior art, in this application embodiment, level sensor is installed to every storage container, level sensor can send liquid level early warning signal under the condition of the liquid volume of storage container less than or equal to benchmark liquid volume, when level sensor sends liquid level early warning signal, judge whether the surplus of liquid satisfies the demand volume of current culinary art step to this liquid in the storage container, carry this liquid to cooking equipment under the condition of satisfying, need not to suspend the culinary art process and wait for the user to supply this liquid, the efficiency of cooking equipment execution culinary art task has been improved. Further, the user may be reminded to replenish the liquid after the liquid is delivered to achieve replenishment without pausing the cooking process.

The technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present application are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a charging control system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 1, the system 100 includes: a cooking apparatus 10 and a charging apparatus 20.

In the present embodiment, the cooking device 10 is any intelligent device capable of implementing an automatic cooking function, such as an automatic cooker, an electric baking pan, or an electric cooker. As shown in fig. 2a, the cooking device is an intelligent cooker for example, but not limited thereto. Wherein, cooking equipment 10 includes the equipment body, and the equipment body includes: pan 101, support 102, pan lid 103, stirring shovel 104, base 105, display 106, Micro Controller Unit (MCU) or communication component, etc. The pot body 101 is used for containing food to be cooked by a user; the base 105 is used for bearing the pan body, the display screen and the like; one end of the bracket 102 is connected with the base 105, and the other end can extend to the upper part of the pot body 101 and is used for fixing the pot cover 103; the MCU is used for controlling the cooking equipment to execute a cooking task; the display 106 is used for displaying cooking state information or prompt information in the process of executing a cooking task; further, the cooking apparatus 10 further includes an audio component for outputting a prompt message to the outside, or receiving an instruction message from a user, or the like.

In the present embodiment, the charging device 20 is used for storing various liquids, for example, liquid seasonings such as water, soy sauce, vinegar, light soy sauce, or cooking wine, or water, and the cooking device 10 and the charging device 20 can be connected through a pipe, and the charging device 20 can transfer the stored liquids into a pot of the cooking device through the pipe.

As shown in fig. 2b, the charging device 20 includes a device body 201, and the device body 201 includes: at least one storage container 202, an MCU 203, etc. The shape of each storage container is not limited, and may be, for example, a circle, a square, a triangle, an ellipse, or the like, which is not limited thereto. Each storage container can store liquid, and the pot body of the cooking device can be connected with each storage container through a pipeline, so that the liquid in each storage container can be conveyed into the pot body of the cooking device.

Wherein, each storage container is provided with a liquid level sensor, the liquid level sensor is used for detecting the liquid amount in the storage container, and the liquid level early warning signal is sent out when the liquid amount in the storage container is less than or equal to a reference liquid amount, wherein, the reference liquid amount can be a preset liquid amount, such as 10ml or 20ml, etc., and the reference liquid amount can also be the lowest liquid amount of the storage container, such as 5ml, 8ml or 15ml, etc.

In this embodiment, the installation position of the liquid level sensor is not limited, and in an alternative embodiment, the liquid level sensor is installed at the bottom of each storage container, the liquid level sensor is implemented as a weight sensor, the weight sensor can detect the weight of the liquid in the storage container, and a liquid level warning signal is sent out when the weight of the liquid in the storage container is less than or equal to the reference liquid amount. In another alternative embodiment, the liquid level sensor is installed at a reference position of each storage container, the reference position is a liquid level position when the liquid amount of the storage container is a reference liquid amount, and the liquid level sensor sends out the liquid level early warning signal when the reference position of the storage container to which the liquid level sensor belongs does not contain liquid, for example, the liquid level sensor sends out the liquid level early warning signal when the liquid level in the storage container drops to the reference position from a position higher than the reference position.

Alternatively, in the case where a liquid level sensor is installed at a reference position of each storage container, a light reflecting member, which may be a prism or prism, or the like, is installed on an inner sidewall of each storage container. The light reflecting member covers at least the reference position of the storage container, for example, the light reflecting member is implemented as a prism, which can cover the reference position, and further, other positions can be covered, as shown in fig. 3a, the light reflecting member is implemented as a triangular prism, which is located on the inner sidewall of the storage container, and the height of the triangular prism is the same as that of the storage container, and the triangular prism covers the reference position of the storage container. The liquid level sensor is installed on the lateral wall of storage container, and can be to reflection of light subassembly transmitting light signal, and reflection of light subassembly can return liquid level sensor with light signal reflection under the condition that reference position department does not have liquid to make liquid level sensor send liquid level early warning signal, can refract this light signal under the condition that there is liquid in reference position department, and liquid level sensor can not send liquid level early warning signal.

Further optionally, the level sensor comprises a transmitting end and a receiving end, as shown in fig. 3a-3 c. Under the condition that no liquid exists at the reference position, the light signal emitted by the emitting end towards the light reflecting component is reflected back to the receiving end by the light reflecting component, and the receiving end sends a liquid level early warning signal to the feeding equipment, as shown in fig. 3 b. Under the condition that liquid exists at the reference position, the transmitting end faces the optical signal transmitted by the light reflecting component, the optical signal is refracted by the light reflecting component, the receiving end cannot receive the optical signal, and a liquid level early warning signal cannot be sent to the feeding device, as shown in fig. 3 c.

In this embodiment, the cooking device may perform a cooking task, where the cooking task includes a plurality of cooking steps, before the cooking task is performed, the cooking device may load an electronic recipe for performing the cooking task, analyze the electronic recipe, obtain a total required amount of different liquids (such as seasonings) for each cooking step in the electronic recipe, and send a charging instruction to the charging device for each cooking step in the cooking process, where the charging instruction includes: the total required amount of one or more liquids for the current cooking step is described in this embodiment by taking the total required amount of the target liquid for the current cooking step as an example, wherein the target liquid is the liquid required for the current cooking step.

Accordingly, the dosing device may receive the dosing instruction and control the target storage container storing the target liquid to deliver the target liquid required for the current cooking step to the cooking device. For the target storage container, in the process of conveying the target liquid, the liquid level amount of the target storage container is continuously reduced, and if the liquid level amount of the target storage container is lower than the reference liquid amount, the liquid level sensor of the target storage container can output a liquid level early warning signal to the feeding equipment to early warn that the liquid amount of the target storage container is lower than the reference liquid amount. For the feeding device, if the feeding device receives a liquid level early warning signal, whether the total required amount of the target liquid in the current cooking step is larger than the residual amount of the target storage container before the current conveying is judged; and if the total demand of the target liquid in the current cooking step is less than or equal to the residual quantity of the target storage container before the current conveying, the requirement that the content of the target liquid in the current target storage container is enough for the current cooking step is indicated, and the target liquid does not need to be supplemented into the target storage container, the target liquid is continuously conveyed to the cooking equipment until the total demand of the target liquid in the current cooking step is reached.

Further optionally, when the total required amount of the target liquid in the current cooking step is less than or equal to the remaining amount of the target storage container before the current conveying, the feeding prompt information does not need to be output externally immediately, the feeding prompt information can be output externally after the target liquid required in the current cooking step is conveyed, the cooking process does not need to be suspended, a user does not need to wait for the supplement of the target liquid, the target liquid is supplemented under the condition that the cooking process is not suspended, and the cooking efficiency is improved. For convenience of distinction and description, when the total required amount of the target liquid in the current cooking step is less than or equal to the remaining amount of the target storage container before the current delivery, the feeding prompt message output to the outside is delayed and is called as a first feeding prompt message.

The first filling prompt message may include a type of liquid to be replenished, and further may include an identifier of a liquid amount to be replenished and a storage capacity.

The manner of outputting the first feeding prompt information to the outside is not limited. In an alternative embodiment, the feeding device may directly output the first feeding prompt message externally, for example, the feeding device includes an audio component, and the feeding device may alert the user that the target storage container is empty of liquid in a voice manner through the audio component, so as to alert the user to replenish the target liquid. In another alternative embodiment, the feeding device provides the first feeding prompt message to the cooking device, and the cooking device prompts the user to replenish the target liquid, for example, a display screen is included on the cooking device, and the first feeding prompt message can be output through the display screen, and for example, an audio component is included on the cooking device, and the first feeding prompt message can be output through the audio component in a voice mode.

For example, after the target liquid required by the current cooking step is conveyed, the first feeding prompt information may be output externally in the process that the cooking device performs the subsequent cooking step, or the first feeding prompt information may be output externally after the cooking device performs the current cooking task.

In an optional embodiment, under the condition that the liquid level early warning signal is received, if the total required amount of the target liquid in the current cooking step is greater than the remaining amount of the target storage container before the current conveying, which indicates the liquid capacity in the current storage container, that is, the reference liquid amount, and cannot meet the total required amount of the target liquid in the current cooking step, the cooking device is instructed to suspend the current cooking step, and the feeding prompt information is output. The second filling prompt message may include the type of the liquid to be replenished, and further may include an identifier of the amount of the liquid to be replenished and the storage capacity. For the embodiment of outputting the second feeding prompt message, reference may be made to the description of the first feeding prompt message in the foregoing embodiment, and details are not described here.

Further, the user can add the target liquid into the target storage container according to the second filling prompt message, and after the filling is finished, the cooking device can be instructed to continue to execute the current cooking step. For example, the user may directly instruct the cooking apparatus to continue to perform the current cooking step, e.g., instruct the cooking apparatus to continue to perform the current cooking step through a display screen on the cooking apparatus; for another example, the user sends the indication information that the charging is completed to the charging device, and the charging device instructs the cooking device to continue to execute the current cooking step. The dosing device may also continue to deliver the target liquid to the cooking device until the total demand for the target liquid for the current cooking step is reached.

In an optional embodiment, after the charging is finished and before the cooking device is instructed to continue to perform the current cooking step, the charging device may further determine that the liquid level amount after the charging is greater than the reference liquid amount according to the receiving condition of the liquid level early warning signal, and instruct the cooking device to continue to perform the current cooking step when the liquid amount of the target storage container is greater than the reference liquid amount. For example, after the feeding is completed, in the case that there is no liquid at the reference position of the target storage container, the feeding device may receive the liquid level warning signal, which indicates that the liquid level after the feeding is lower than the reference position, and continue to add the target liquid into the target storage container, and in the case that there is liquid at the reference position of the target storage container, the feeding device may not receive the liquid level warning signal, which indicates that the liquid level after the feeding is equal to or higher than the reference position, and may determine that the amount of liquid in the target storage container is greater than the reference amount of liquid.

In another optional embodiment, when the total required amount of the target liquid in the current cooking step is greater than the remaining amount of the target storage container before the current delivery, the target storage container needs to be filled, that is, the target liquid is added into the target storage container, after the filling is completed and before the cooking device is instructed to continue to execute the current cooking step, the user may send a trigger operation for continuing to execute the current cooking step to the cooking device, the cooking device responds to the trigger operation sent by the user and sends a continuous filling instruction to the filling device, and the filling device may receive the continuous filling instruction sent by the cooking device and continue to deliver the target liquid into the cooking device until the total required amount of the target liquid in the current cooking step is reached; and the feeding equipment sends feeding finishing prompt information to the cooking equipment, and the cooking equipment receives the feeding finishing prompt information and continues to execute the current cooking step.

In an optional embodiment, before the cooking device performs the cooking task, the total required amount of each liquid for the current cooking task can be provided to the feeding device; the feeding device can receive the total demand of the cooking task for each liquid, call the liquid with the total demand greater than the current residual amount as the first liquid, and output third feeding prompt information aiming at the first liquid, wherein the third feeding prompt information can remind a user to fill the first liquid into a first storage container for storing the first liquid, or remind the user to supplement the first liquid in the first storage container to exceed the total demand.

In the present embodiment, the following description will be given by way of example, without limiting the embodiment of determining whether or not the amount of the target liquid required for the current cooking step is larger than the remaining amount of the target storage container before the current conveyance.

In an alternative embodiment, the dosing device determines the current amount of liquid in the target storage container upon receiving the total demand for the target liquid for the current cooking step sent by the cooking device, e.g. by a weight sensor at the bottom of the target storage container; and the feeding equipment conveys the target liquid to the cooking equipment, and in the conveying process, if the liquid level early warning signal is received, the liquid amount of the target storage container is less than or equal to the reference liquid amount, whether the total required amount of the target liquid in the current cooking step is less than or equal to the liquid amount in the storage container before the target liquid is conveyed at this time is judged.

In another optional embodiment, the charging device receives the total demand of the target liquid for the current cooking step sent by the cooking device, and delivers the target liquid to the cooking device according to the total demand; in the conveying process, if a liquid level early warning signal of a target storage container is received, calculating the residual demand of the current cooking step on the target liquid, and judging whether the residual demand is less than or equal to the reference liquid amount; if the residual required quantity is less than or equal to the reference liquid quantity, determining that the total required quantity of the target liquid in the current cooking step is less than or equal to the residual quantity of the target storage container before the current conveying; correspondingly, if the residual required quantity is larger than the reference liquid quantity, the total required quantity of the target liquid in the current cooking step is determined to be larger than the residual quantity of the target storage container before the current conveying.

Alternatively, the embodiment of calculating the remaining demand amount of the target liquid for the current cooking step is not limited, and the following examples are given.

Example a 1:the charging equipment further comprises: the feeding device controls the target storage container to convey the target liquid required by the current cooking step to the cooking device through the driving device under the condition of receiving the total required amount of the target liquid of the current cooking step sent by the cooking device; wherein, the liquid amount delivered by the target liquid can be determined according to the operation parameters of the driving device; and calculating the residual demand of the current cooking step on the target liquid according to the delivered liquid quantity and the total demand of the current cooking step on the target liquid. The operating parameter of the driving device may be an operating time length, an operating frequency, and the like of the driving device. For example, the amount of liquid delivered by the driving device per unit time is fixed, so that the amount of delivered liquid of the target liquid can be determined according to the operation time length of the driving device and the delivery amount per unit time, and further, the current cooking step can be obtained according to the difference between the total required amount of the target liquid of the current cooking step and the amount of delivered liquidThe remaining demand for the target liquid.

Alternatively, the drive means may be implemented as a peristaltic means, for example a peristaltic pump, the operating parameter of the peristaltic means being implemented as a number of revolutions, the amount of liquid delivered to the cooking device per revolution of the peristaltic means being fixed, and the amount of seasoning already delivered to the target liquid for the current cooking step being determinable from the number of revolutions of the peristaltic means.

Example a 2:each storage container of the charging device is also provided with a measuring device for measuring the delivered liquid amount in the storage container, and the delivered liquid amount of the target liquid is measured according to the measurement parameters of the measuring device; and calculating the residual demand of the current cooking step on the target liquid according to the amount of the liquid delivered by the target liquid and the total demand of the current cooking step on the target liquid. Wherein the measurement parameter may be weight or volume, etc.

Further, the measuring means is implemented as a weight sensor installed at the bottom of each storage container, and the charging device can also measure the amount of liquid that the target liquid has delivered, according to the amount of change in weight of the weight sensor.

For example a2, the weight sensor is used to measure the amount of liquid that the target liquid has been delivered to the cooking device, and since the amount of liquid in the target storage container increases as the user adds the target liquid to the target storage container, the weight measured by the weight sensor corresponding to the target storage container also increases, and the weight measured by the weight sensor corresponds to the amount of liquid added by the user. In order to ensure the accuracy of the weight sensor for measuring the amount of the target liquid delivered to the cooking device, the cooking device is required to pause the current cooking step, meanwhile, the feeding device pauses the delivery of the target liquid to the cooking device, and delivers the target liquid to the cooking device after the user stops adding the target liquid to the target storage container, and at this time, the weight sensor can continue to measure the amount of the target liquid delivered to the cooking device.

For example a1, the amount of liquid that the target liquid has been delivered to the cooking apparatus is measured by the driving device, and the user adding the target liquid to the target storage container does not affect the amount of liquid that the driving device measures that the target liquid has been delivered to the cooking apparatus, so when the user adds the target liquid to the target storage container, the cooking apparatus does not need to pause the current cooking step, and the feeding apparatus can continue to deliver the target liquid to the cooking apparatus, further improving the cooking efficiency of the cooking apparatus.

The embodiment of the present application further provides a schematic flow chart of a charging control method, as shown in fig. 4a, the method includes:

401a, receiving the total required quantity of the target liquid in the current cooking step of the cooking equipment, and delivering the target liquid to the cooking equipment;

402a, in the process of conveying the target liquid, if a liquid level early warning signal sent by a liquid level sensor is received, continuously conveying the target liquid to the cooking equipment under the condition that the total required quantity is less than or equal to the residual quantity of the target storage container before the target liquid is conveyed until the total required quantity of the target liquid in the current cooking step is reached; the liquid level sensor can send out a liquid level early warning signal under the condition that the target liquid amount in the target storage container is smaller than or equal to the reference liquid amount.

In an optional embodiment, the method provided in the embodiment of the present application further includes: and under the condition of receiving the liquid level early warning signal, calculating the residual demand of the current cooking step on the target liquid, and if the residual demand is less than or equal to the reference liquid amount, determining that the total demand of the current cooking step on the target liquid is less than or equal to the residual amount of the target storage container before the current conveying.

In an optional embodiment, the method provided in the embodiment of the present application further includes: and after the target liquid required by the current cooking step is conveyed, outputting a first feeding prompt message to the outside.

In an optional embodiment, the method provided in the embodiment of the present application further includes: if the total required quantity is larger than the residual quantity of the target storage container before the current conveying, indicating the cooking equipment to suspend the current cooking step, and outputting second feeding prompt information; and after the charging is finished, instructing the cooking equipment to continuously execute the current cooking step, and continuously conveying the target liquid into the cooking equipment until the total demand of the current cooking step on the target liquid is reached.

In an optional embodiment, after the charging is completed and before the cooking apparatus is instructed to continue to perform the current cooking step, the method provided by the embodiment of the present application further includes: according to the receiving condition of the liquid level early warning signal, determining that the liquid level amount after feeding is larger than the reference liquid amount; or receiving a continuous feeding instruction sent by the cooking device, wherein the continuous feeding instruction is sent to the feeding device by the cooking device in response to a triggering operation sent by a user to continuously execute the current cooking step.

In an optional embodiment, the method provided in the embodiment of the present application further includes: receiving the total required quantity of each liquid for the current cooking task provided by the cooking equipment; and (4) referring the liquid with the total demand amount larger than the current residual amount in the storage container as the first liquid, and outputting third feeding prompt information aiming at the first liquid.

For detailed implementation of the feeding control method, reference may be made to the foregoing examples, which are not described herein again.

The feeding control method provided by the embodiment of the application comprises the steps that a liquid level sensor is installed on each storage container, the liquid level sensor can send out a liquid level early warning signal under the condition that the liquid amount of each storage container is smaller than or equal to the reference liquid amount, when the liquid level sensor sends out the liquid level early warning signal, whether the surplus of liquid in each storage container meets the demand of the current cooking step for the liquid is judged, the liquid is conveyed to cooking equipment under the meeting condition, the cooking process does not need to be paused, the user is waited to supplement the liquid, and the efficiency of the cooking equipment for executing cooking tasks is improved. Further, the user may be reminded to replenish the liquid after the liquid is delivered to achieve replenishment without pausing the cooking process.

Fig. 4b provides a control method for a cooking apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present application, the cooking apparatus including: equipment body and feeding device, the equipment body includes: the pot body, feeding device includes: the pot body is connected with the at least one storage container through a pipeline, and each storage container is provided with a liquid level sensor and is used for sending out a liquid level early warning signal under the condition that the liquid amount of the storage container to which the storage container belongs is less than or equal to the reference liquid amount; as shown in fig. 4b, the method comprises:

401b, controlling the target storage container to convey the target liquid required by the current cooking step to the pot body;

402b, in the process of conveying the target liquid, if a liquid level early warning signal is received, under the condition that the total demand of the target liquid in the current cooking step is less than or equal to the residual quantity of the target storage container before the target liquid is conveyed, continuously conveying the target liquid to the cooking equipment until the total demand of the target liquid in the current cooking step is reached.

For a detailed implementation of the control method for the cooking apparatus and the cooking apparatus, reference may be made to the foregoing embodiments, which are not described herein again. For the implementation of the feeding device, reference can be made to the implementation of the feeding device described above, and the description thereof is omitted here.

The embodiment of the application provides a control method to cooking equipment, install level sensor for every storage container, level sensor can send liquid level early warning signal under the condition that storage container's liquid amount is less than or equal to benchmark liquid amount, when level sensor sends liquid level early warning signal, judge whether the surplus of liquid satisfies the demand volume of current culinary art step to this liquid in storage container, carry this liquid to cooking equipment under the condition of satisfying, need not to suspend the culinary art process and wait for the user to supply this liquid, the efficiency that cooking equipment executed the culinary art task has been improved. Further, the user may be reminded to replenish the liquid after the liquid is delivered to achieve replenishment without pausing the cooking process.

It should be noted that the execution subjects of the steps of the methods provided in the above embodiments may be the same device, or different devices may be used as the execution subjects of the methods. For example, the execution subjects of steps 401a to 402a may be device a; for another example, the execution subject of step 401a may be device a, and the execution subject of step 402a may be device B; and so on.

In addition, in some of the flows described in the above embodiments and the drawings, a plurality of operations are included in a specific order, but it should be clearly understood that the operations may be executed out of the order presented herein or in parallel, and the sequence numbers of the operations, such as 401a, 402a, etc., are merely used to distinguish various operations, and the sequence numbers themselves do not represent any execution order. Additionally, the flows may include more or fewer operations, and the operations may be performed sequentially or in parallel. It should be noted that, the descriptions of "first", "second", etc. in this document are used for distinguishing different messages, devices, modules, etc., and do not represent a sequential order, nor limit the types of "first" and "second" to be different.

Fig. 5a is a schematic structural diagram of a charging device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 5a, the apparatus comprises: a transceiver module 51a, a transport module 52 a;

a transceiver module 51a for receiving a total required amount of the target liquid for a current cooking step of the cooking apparatus; the delivery module 52a is configured to: delivering a target liquid to a cooking device;

in the process of conveying the target liquid, if the transceiver module 51a receives a liquid level early warning signal sent by a liquid level sensor, the conveying module 52a continues to convey the target liquid to the cooking equipment under the condition that the total required quantity is less than or equal to the residual quantity of the target storage container before the target liquid is conveyed until the total required quantity of the target liquid in the current cooking step is reached; the liquid level sensor can send out a liquid level early warning signal under the condition that the target liquid amount in the target storage container is smaller than or equal to the reference liquid amount.

In an alternative embodiment, the charging device further comprises: the device comprises a calculation module and a determination module; the calculation module is used for calculating the residual demand of the current cooking step on the target liquid under the condition of receiving the liquid level early warning signal; the determining module is used for determining that the total required quantity of the target liquid in the current cooking step is less than or equal to the residual quantity of the target storage container before the current conveying if the residual required quantity is less than or equal to the reference liquid quantity.

In an alternative embodiment, the charging device further comprises: and the output module is used for outputting first feeding prompt information to the outside after the target liquid required by the current cooking step is conveyed.

In an alternative embodiment, the charging device further comprises: the indicating module is used for indicating the cooking equipment to suspend the current cooking step if the total required quantity is larger than the surplus of the target storage container before the current conveying, and the output module is also used for outputting second feeding prompt information; the indication module is further configured to: after the charging is finished, the cooking equipment is instructed to continue to execute the current cooking step, and the output module is further used for: and continuously delivering the target liquid into the cooking device until the total demand of the target liquid for the current cooking step is reached.

In an optional embodiment, after the charging is completed and before instructing the cooking apparatus to continue to perform the current cooking step, the determining module is further configured to: according to the receiving condition of the liquid level early warning signal, determining that the liquid level amount after feeding is larger than the reference liquid amount; or, the transceiver module is further configured to: and receiving a continuous feeding instruction sent by the cooking device, wherein the continuous feeding instruction is sent to the feeding device by the cooking device in response to a triggering operation sent by a user to continuously execute the current cooking step.

In an optional embodiment, the charging device further comprises a processing module; the transceiver module is further configured to: receiving the total required quantity of each liquid for the current cooking task provided by the cooking equipment; the processing module is used for calling the liquid with the total required quantity larger than the current residual quantity in the storage container as first liquid; the output module is further configured to: and outputting third feeding prompt information aiming at the first liquid.

For details of the feeding device, reference may be made to the foregoing embodiments, which are not described herein again.

The embodiment of the application provides a feeding device, install level sensor for every storage container, level sensor can send liquid level early warning signal under the condition that storage container's liquid volume is less than or equal to benchmark liquid volume, when level sensor sends liquid level early warning signal, judge whether the surplus of liquid satisfies the demand volume of current culinary art step to this liquid in storage container, carry this liquid to cooking equipment under the condition that satisfies, need not to suspend culinary art process wait user and supply this liquid, the efficiency that cooking equipment executed the culinary art task has been improved. Further, the user may be reminded to replenish the liquid after the liquid has been delivered to allow for replenishment without pausing the cooking process.

Fig. 5b is a schematic structural diagram of a control device for a cooking apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present application. Wherein, cooking equipment includes: equipment body and feeding device, the equipment body includes: the pot body, feeding device includes: the pot body is connected with the at least one storage container through a pipeline, and each storage container is provided with a liquid level sensor and is used for sending out a liquid level early warning signal under the condition that the liquid amount of the storage container to which the storage container belongs is less than or equal to the reference liquid amount;

as shown in fig. 5b, the control device for a cooking apparatus includes: a control module 51b and a transceiver module 52 b;

the control module 51b is used for controlling the target storage container to convey the target liquid required by the current cooking step to the pan body;

in the process of conveying the target liquid, if the transceiver module 52b receives the liquid level warning signal, the control module 51b is further configured to continue conveying the target liquid to the cooking device until the total required amount of the target liquid in the current cooking step is reached under the condition that the total required amount of the target liquid in the current cooking step is less than or equal to the remaining amount of the target storage container before the current conveying.

For details of the control device for the cooking apparatus, reference may be made to the foregoing embodiments, which are not described herein again.

The embodiment of the application provides a controlling means to cooking equipment, install level sensor for every storage container, level sensor can send liquid level early warning signal under the condition of storage container's liquid volume less than or equal to benchmark liquid volume, when level sensor sends liquid level early warning signal, judge whether the surplus of liquid satisfies the demand volume of current culinary art step to this liquid in storage container, carry this liquid to cooking equipment under the condition of satisfying, need not to suspend culinary art process wait for user and supply this liquid, the efficiency that cooking equipment executed the culinary art task has been improved. Further, the user may be reminded to replenish the liquid after the liquid is delivered to achieve replenishment without pausing the cooking process.

An exemplary embodiment of the present application provides a charging control apparatus, as shown in fig. 6, including: the equipment body, the equipment body includes: a memory 64 and a processor 65.

The memory 64 is used to store computer programs and may be configured to store other various data to support operations on the charging device. Examples of such data include instructions for any application or method operating on the loading unit.

The memory may be implemented by any type or combination of volatile or non-volatile memory devices, such as Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), read-only memory (ROM), magnetic memory, flash memory, magnetic or optical disks.

A processor 65, coupled to the memory 64, for executing computer programs in the memory for: receiving the total required quantity of the current cooking step of the cooking equipment for the target liquid, and conveying the target liquid to the cooking equipment; in the target liquid conveying process, if a liquid level early warning signal sent by a liquid level sensor is received, the target liquid is continuously conveyed to the cooking equipment under the condition that the total required quantity is less than or equal to the residual quantity of the target storage container before the target liquid is conveyed until the total required quantity of the target liquid in the current cooking step is reached; wherein, under the condition that the target liquid volume in the target storage container is less than or equal to the reference liquid volume, the liquid level sensor can send out liquid level early warning signal.

In an alternative embodiment, the processor 65 is further configured to: and under the condition of receiving the liquid level early warning signal, calculating the residual demand of the current cooking step on the target liquid, and if the residual demand is less than or equal to the reference liquid amount, determining that the total demand of the current cooking step on the target liquid is less than or equal to the residual amount of the target storage container before the current conveying.

In an alternative embodiment, the processor 65 is further configured to: and after the target liquid required by the current cooking step is conveyed, outputting a first feeding prompt message to the outside.

In an alternative embodiment, the processor 65 is further configured to: if the total required quantity is larger than the residual quantity of the target storage container before the current conveying, indicating the cooking equipment to suspend the current cooking step, and outputting second feeding prompt information; and after the charging is finished, instructing the cooking equipment to continuously execute the current cooking step, and continuously conveying the target liquid into the cooking equipment until the total demand of the current cooking step on the target liquid is reached.

In an alternative embodiment, after the charging is completed and before instructing the cooking apparatus to continue to perform the current cooking step, the processor 65 is further configured to: according to the receiving condition of the liquid level early warning signal, determining that the liquid level amount after feeding is larger than the reference liquid amount; or receiving a continuous feeding instruction sent by the cooking device, wherein the continuous feeding instruction is sent to the feeding device by the cooking device in response to a triggering operation sent by a user to continuously execute the current cooking step.

In an alternative embodiment, the processor 65 is further configured to: receiving the total required quantity of each liquid for the current cooking task provided by the cooking equipment; and (4) referring the liquid with the total demand amount larger than the current residual amount in the storage container as the first liquid, and outputting third feeding prompt information aiming at the first liquid.

For a detailed embodiment of the dosing control device, reference is made to the preceding, which is not described in detail here.

The embodiment of the application provides a feeding control equipment, install level sensor for every storage container, level sensor can send liquid level early warning signal under the condition that storage container's liquid volume is less than or equal to benchmark liquid volume, when level sensor sends liquid level early warning signal, judge whether the surplus of liquid satisfies the demand volume of current culinary art step to this liquid in storage container, carry this liquid to cooking equipment under the condition that satisfies, need not to suspend cooking process and wait for the user to supply this liquid, the efficiency that cooking equipment executed the culinary art task has been improved. Further, the user may be reminded to replenish the liquid after the liquid is delivered to achieve replenishment without pausing the cooking process.

Further, the charging control apparatus may further include: the communication module 66, the display 67, the power module 68, the audio module 69 and other modules, only some of which are shown schematically in fig. 6, do not mean that the charge control device comprises only the modules shown in fig. 6. It should be noted that the components shown in the dashed line in fig. 6 are optional components, not necessary components, and may be determined according to the product form of the charging control apparatus.

Accordingly, the present application also provides a computer readable storage medium storing a computer program, which when executed by a processor, causes the processor to implement the steps in the method shown in fig. 4a provided by the present application.

The embodiment of the application also provides a control device for a cooking device, and the implementation structure of the control device for the cooking device is the same as or similar to that of the charging control device shown in fig. 6, and can be implemented by referring to the structure of the charging control device shown in fig. 6. The control device for the cooking device provided by the embodiment is different from the charging control device in the embodiment shown in fig. 6 mainly in that: the functions performed by the processor to execute the computer programs stored in the memory are different. For the control device for the cooking device provided by the embodiment, the processor thereof executes the computer program stored in the memory, and is operable to: controlling the target storage container to convey the target liquid required by the current cooking step to the pot body; and in the process of conveying the target liquid, if a liquid level early warning signal is received, under the condition that the total demand of the target liquid in the current cooking step is less than or equal to the residual quantity of the target storage container before the target liquid is conveyed, continuously conveying the target liquid to the cooking equipment until the total demand of the target liquid in the current cooking step is reached.

Accordingly, the present application also provides a computer readable storage medium storing a computer program, which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to implement the steps of the method shown in fig. 4b provided by the present application.

The communication component of fig. 6 described above is configured to facilitate communication between the device in which the communication component is located and other devices in a wired or wireless manner. The device where the communication component is located can access a wireless network based on a communication standard, such as a WiFi, a 2G, 3G, 4G/LTE, 5G and other mobile communication networks, or a combination thereof. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component receives a broadcast signal or broadcast related information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In one exemplary embodiment, the communication component further includes a Near Field Communication (NFC) module to facilitate short-range communications. For example, the NFC module may be implemented based on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, infrared data association (IrDA) technology, Ultra Wideband (UWB) technology, Bluetooth (BT) technology, and other technologies.

The display in fig. 6 described above includes a screen, which may include a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) and a Touch Panel (TP). If the screen includes a touch panel, the screen may be implemented as a touch screen to receive an input signal from a user. The touch panel includes one or more touch sensors to sense touch, slide, and gestures on the touch panel. The touch sensor may not only sense the boundary of a touch or slide action, but also detect the duration and pressure associated with the touch or slide operation.

The power supply assembly of fig. 6 described above provides power to the various components of the device in which the power supply assembly is located. The power components may include a power management system, one or more power supplies, and other components associated with generating, managing, and distributing power for the device in which the power component is located.

The audio component of fig. 6 described above may be configured to output and/or input an audio signal. For example, the audio component includes a Microphone (MIC) configured to receive an external audio signal when the device in which the audio component is located is in an operational mode, such as a call mode, a recording mode, and a voice recognition mode. The received audio signal may further be stored in a memory or transmitted via a communication component. In some embodiments, the audio assembly further comprises a speaker for outputting audio signals.

As will be appreciated by one skilled in the art, embodiments of the present application may be provided as a method, system, or computer program product. Accordingly, the present application may take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects. Furthermore, the present application may take the form of a computer program product embodied on one or more computer-usable storage media (including, but not limited to, disk storage, CD-ROM, optical storage, and the like) having computer-usable program code embodied therein.

The present application is described with reference to flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, apparatus (systems), and computer program products according to embodiments of the application. It will be understood that each flow and/or block of the flow diagrams and/or block diagrams, and combinations of flows and/or blocks in the flow diagrams and/or block diagrams, can be implemented by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions may be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, embedded processor, or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, such that the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus, create means for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer-readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to function in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the computer-readable memory produce an article of manufacture including instruction means which implement the function specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

These computer program instructions may also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer or other programmable apparatus to produce a computer implemented process such that the instructions which execute on the computer or other programmable apparatus provide steps for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

In a typical configuration, a computing device includes one or more processors (CPUs), input/output interfaces, network interfaces, and memory.

The memory may include forms of volatile memory in a computer readable medium, Random Access Memory (RAM) and/or non-volatile memory, such as Read Only Memory (ROM) or flash memory (flash RAM). Memory is an example of a computer-readable medium.

Computer-readable media, including both non-transitory and non-transitory, removable and non-removable media, may implement information storage by any method or technology. The information may be computer readable instructions, data structures, modules of a program, or other data. Examples of computer storage media include, but are not limited to, phase change memory (PRAM), Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), other types of Random Access Memory (RAM), Read Only Memory (ROM), Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory (EEPROM), flash memory or other memory technology, compact disc read only memory (CD-ROM), Digital Versatile Discs (DVD) or other optical storage, magnetic cassettes, magnetic tape, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other non-transmission medium that can be used to store information that can be accessed by a computing device. As defined herein, a computer readable medium does not include a transitory computer readable medium such as a modulated data signal and a carrier wave.

It should also be noted that the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other identical elements in the process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.

The above description is only an example of the present application and is not intended to limit the present application. Various modifications and changes may occur to those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present application should be included in the scope of the claims of the present application.

Claims

1. A charging installation, comprising: an apparatus body, the apparatus body comprising: at least one storage container and a Micro Control Unit (MCU); each storage container is provided with a liquid level sensor and is used for sending out a liquid level early warning signal when the liquid amount of the storage container to which the storage container belongs is less than or equal to the reference liquid amount;

and the MCU is used for controlling a target storage container to convey the target liquid required by the current cooking step to the cooking equipment, and in the conveying process of the target liquid, if the liquid level early warning signal is received, the MCU continues to convey the target liquid to the cooking equipment under the condition that the total demand of the target liquid in the current cooking step is less than or equal to the residual quantity of the target storage container before the current conveying until the total demand of the target liquid in the current cooking step is reached.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein a liquid level sensor is installed at the reference position of each storage container, and is used for sending out a liquid level early warning signal when no liquid exists at the reference position of the storage container to which the liquid level early warning signal belongs.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein a light reflecting member is mounted on an inner sidewall of each storage container, the light reflecting member covering at least the reference position, the liquid level sensor being mounted on an outer sidewall of the storage container and capable of emitting a light signal toward the light reflecting member, the light reflecting member being capable of reflecting the light signal back to the liquid level sensor in the absence of liquid at the reference position to cause the liquid level sensor to emit a liquid level warning signal.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the liquid level sensor comprises an emitting end and a receiving end, wherein in the absence of liquid at the reference position, the light signal emitted by the emitting end towards the reflector assembly is reflected back to the receiving end by the reflector assembly, and the receiving end sends a liquid level warning signal to the charging apparatus.

5. The device of claim 2, wherein the MCU is further configured to:

and under the condition of receiving the liquid level early warning signal, calculating the residual required quantity of the target liquid in the current cooking step, and if the residual required quantity is less than or equal to the reference liquid quantity, determining that the total required quantity of the target liquid in the current cooking step is less than or equal to the residual quantity of the target storage container before the current conveying.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, further comprising: a drive device;

the MCU is specifically configured to: under the condition of receiving the total required amount of the target liquid for the current cooking step sent by the cooking equipment, controlling the target storage container to convey the target liquid required by the current cooking step to the cooking equipment through the driving device; and

determining the amount of the liquid delivered by the target liquid according to the operating parameters of the driving device; and calculating the residual demand of the current cooking step on the target liquid according to the delivered liquid amount and the total demand of the current cooking step on the target liquid.

7. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein each storage container is further provided with a measuring device for measuring the amount of liquid delivered in the storage container;

the MCU is further configured to: measuring the delivered liquid amount of the target liquid according to the measurement parameters of the measuring device;

and calculating the residual demand of the current cooking step on the target liquid according to the amount of the liquid delivered by the target liquid and the total demand of the current cooking step on the target liquid.

8. The apparatus according to claim 7, characterized in that the measuring means are realized as a weight sensor mounted at the bottom of each storage container; the MCU is further configured to:

and measuring the amount of the delivered liquid of the target liquid according to the weight change amount of the weight sensor.

9. A charging control method, comprising:

receiving the total required quantity of a current cooking step of a cooking device for a target liquid, and conveying the target liquid to the cooking device;

in the target liquid conveying process, if a liquid level early warning signal sent by a liquid level sensor is received, the target liquid is continuously conveyed to the cooking equipment under the condition that the total required quantity is less than or equal to the residual quantity of a target storage container before the target liquid is conveyed until the total required quantity of the target liquid in the current cooking step is reached; the liquid level sensor can send out a liquid level early warning signal under the condition that the target liquid amount in the target storage container is smaller than or equal to the reference liquid amount.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

and under the condition that the liquid level early warning signal is received, calculating the residual demand of the current cooking step on the target liquid, and if the residual demand is less than or equal to the reference liquid amount, determining that the total demand of the current cooking step on the target liquid is less than or equal to the residual amount of the target storage container before the current conveying.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

and after the target liquid required by the current cooking step is conveyed, outputting a first feeding prompt message to the outside.

12. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

if the total required quantity is larger than the residual quantity of the target storage container before the current time of conveying, indicating the cooking equipment to suspend the current cooking step, and outputting second feeding prompt information; and

after the charging is finished, instructing the cooking device to continue to execute the current cooking step, and continuously delivering the target liquid into the cooking device until the total demand of the target liquid for the current cooking step is reached.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising, after the charging is complete and before instructing the cooking apparatus to continue to perform the current cooking step:

according to the receiving condition of the liquid level early warning signal, determining that the liquid level amount after feeding is larger than the reference liquid amount;

alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

and receiving a continuous charging instruction sent by the cooking device, wherein the continuous charging instruction is sent to the charging device by the cooking device in response to a trigger operation sent by a user to continuously execute the current cooking step.

14. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

receiving the total required quantity of each liquid for the current cooking task provided by the cooking equipment;

and (4) referring the liquid with the total demand amount larger than the current residual amount in the storage container as the first liquid, and outputting third feeding prompt information aiming at the first liquid.

15. A control method for a cooking apparatus, characterized in that the cooking apparatus comprises: equipment body and feeding device, the equipment body includes: the pot body, feeding device includes: the pot body is connected with the at least one storage container through a pipeline, and each storage container is provided with a liquid level sensor and is used for sending out a liquid level early warning signal under the condition that the liquid amount of the storage container to which the storage container belongs is less than or equal to the reference liquid amount;

the method comprises the following steps:

controlling a target storage container to convey target liquid required by the current cooking step to the pot body;

in the process of conveying the target liquid at the current time, if the liquid level early warning signal is received, the target liquid is continuously conveyed to the cooking equipment under the condition that the total required amount of the target liquid in the current cooking step is less than or equal to the residual amount of the target storage container before the current conveying, and the total required amount of the target liquid in the current cooking step is reached.