JP2001330253A - Electronic oven system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic oven system excellent practically. SOLUTION: There are provided in a home an electronic oven 1, an information BOX 3 communicating the former, and a personal computer 2. The personal computer 2 is connected with a host computer 4 in which home page information is stored through an internet 5 located outside the home. There are stored in a home page storage section 421 of the computer 4 cooking data recognized directly by the electronic oven 1 including heating control data for heating and cooking a plurality of cooks in the electronic oven 1 corresponding to each of the foregoing cooks, and a button operated to transfer the cooking data to the personal computer 2 through the internet 5. The electronic oven 1 performs heating operation following the heating control data down loaded to the personal computer 2 and supplied through the information BOX 3 and cooks the desired cooks. Hereupon, the heating operation is remotely controlled by making use of the personal computer 2.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a microwave oven system for controlling a microwave oven in each home in accordance with information supplied from a host computer via a communication line, and more particularly, to a predetermined homepage via the Internet. Access the host computer with the information,
The present invention relates to a microwave oven system capable of controlling a microwave oven based on information from the host computer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An apparatus for controlling home appliances in accordance with information provided from an external communication network is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 10-276478. In this gazette, in a home electric appliance control device that controls various home electric appliances including home appliances, each electric home appliance is controlled by a home computer from a host computer on a home page via the Internet, a home electric appliance control server and a remote controller. A technique is shown that captures and performs the function accordingly.

In this publication, the case where the control information is cooking information relating to cooking is also described. However, cooking information desired by a user is obtained from a homepage and supplied to a microwave oven as a home appliance. There is no specific description of how the cooking process is performed in the microwave oven, and it can be said that the feasibility is extremely poor.

[0004] Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a microwave oven system excellent in practicality.

[0005]

A microwave oven system according to one aspect of the present invention includes a communication line, an information processing device, a microwave oven, and a host computer.

The information processing apparatus includes an output unit, an input unit operated externally, a transmission / reception unit for transmitting / receiving information via a communication line, and information for storing various information including information received by the transmission / reception unit. A storage unit.

The microwave oven communicates with the information processing device,
At least a heating operation according to the heating control data in the supply information supplied from the information processing device is performed.

[0008] The host computer is connected to a communication line and has an information storage unit for storing homepage information corresponding to a homepage screen displayed on the output unit.

[0009] The home page information includes information on a plurality of dishes, dish data including heating control data for heating and cooking the dishes recognized by the microwave oven corresponding to each of the plurality of dishes, The information includes a transfer instruction button operated to transfer the cooking data to the information processing device via the communication line.

The heating operation according to the heating control data in the microwave oven is executed and controlled according to the contents of an external operation at the input unit of the information processing device.

In the above-mentioned microwave oven system, when the transfer instruction button presented on the homepage screen is operated,
The heating control data corresponding to the desired dish provided on the homepage is directly given to the microwave oven via the Internet for recognition, that is, the process of decoding the heating control data so that it can be recognized by the microwave oven is omitted, and the heating operation is performed. Is quickly controlled.

Therefore, the desired dish is quickly and automatically cooked in the microwave oven, and is excellent in practicality.

The heating operation of the microwave oven in accordance with the heating control data is executed and controlled according to the contents of an external operation at the input unit of the information processing apparatus.

Therefore, when the information processing device is installed at a place distant from the microwave oven, the heating operation of the microwave oven can be remotely controlled by externally operating the input unit of the information processing device. Therefore, the heating operation of the microwave oven can be controlled while performing another cooking operation at a place away from the microwave oven without having to go to the installation place of the microwave oven, which is excellent in practicality.

A microwave system according to another aspect of the present invention includes a communication line, an information processing device, a microwave oven,
It includes a relay device and a host computer.

The information processing apparatus has a display unit and transmits and receives information via a communication line. The microwave oven performs at least a heating operation according to the heating control data in the supply information supplied from the information processing device.

The relay device has one end connected to the microwave oven and the other end connected to the information processing device, and relays a signal transmitted between the microwave oven and the information processing device.

The host computer has an information storage unit connected to a communication line and storing homepage information corresponding to a homepage screen displayed on the display unit.

The home page information includes information on a plurality of dishes, dish data including heating control data for heating and cooking the dishes recognized by the microwave oven corresponding to each of the plurality of dishes, The information includes a transfer instruction button operated to transfer the cooking data to the information processing device via the communication line.

The relay device includes an input unit operated externally, an output unit for outputting various information including relayed supply information, and an information storage unit for storing various information including relayed supply information. Have.

The heating operation of the microwave oven is controlled in accordance with the contents of an external operation at the input unit of the relay device.

In the above-mentioned microwave oven system, when the transfer instruction button presented on the homepage screen is operated,
The heating control data corresponding to the desired dish provided on the homepage is directly given to the microwave oven via the Internet for recognition, that is, the process of decoding the heating control data so that it can be recognized by the microwave oven is omitted, and the heating operation is performed. Is quickly controlled.

Accordingly, the desired dish is quickly and automatically cooked in the microwave oven, and is excellent in practicality.

Further, the heating operation according to the heating control data in the microwave oven is executed and controlled according to the contents of the external operation at the input unit of the relay device.

Therefore, when the relay device is installed at a place distant from the microwave oven, the heating operation of the microwave oven can be remotely controlled by externally operating the input unit of the relay device. Therefore, the heating operation of the microwave oven can be controlled while performing another cooking operation at a place away from the microwave oven without having to go to the installation place of the microwave oven, which is excellent in practicality.

In the above-described microwave oven system, the output unit may be configured to output information relating to the execution of the heating operation.

Therefore, the execution state of the heating operation of the microwave oven is output and monitored by the information processing device or the relay device other than the microwave oven. Therefore, even if the microwave oven does not have a function of outputting information relating to the execution of the heating operation, such information can be presented to the user, and the cost increase of the microwave oven can be suppressed without impairing the practicality.

In the above-mentioned microwave oven system, when performing various operations including a heating operation, the microwave oven displays a pattern from a specific number of patterns in accordance with a pattern selected according to the state of the operation being performed. It may be configured to have a display unit.

Therefore, in order to notify the state of various operations including the heating operation being performed in the microwave oven, the heating operation being performed is not required even if a display unit for presenting detailed information is not provided. It is only necessary to provide a simple pattern display unit that selectively displays patterns corresponding to various operation states including the above.

Therefore, it is possible to suppress the increase in the cost of the microwave oven without impairing the above-mentioned practicality.

In the above-mentioned microwave oven system, the microwave oven may have an information display section for displaying various information including supply information.

Therefore, in the microwave oven, various information including supply information is displayed via the information display unit.
Preparations for cooking using the heating operation by the microwave oven can be prepared while checking the display contents of the information display section.

In the above-described microwave oven system, various information including supply information is displayed on a screen configured in a predetermined mode, and the predetermined mode is configured to be changed in response to an external change instruction. May be done.

Therefore, when a change instruction is given from the outside, the screen configuration is changed according to the change instruction.

Therefore, the user can present a screen configured according to his / her preference on the information display unit of the microwave oven, and can display various information including supply information on the presented screen.

In the above-mentioned microwave oven system, the information storage section may have a cooking time information storage area.
In the cooking time information storage area, time information indicating the time at which the food was cooked by the microwave is stored for each of one or more food names. Then, heating control data corresponding to the dish name stored in the cooking time information storage area corresponding to the time information indicating the desired time is read from the information storage unit and provided to the microwave oven.

Accordingly, the name of the dish cooked by the microwave oven is associated with the time information indicating the time of cooking and written in the cooking time information storage area and registered. In addition, heating control data of a dish cooked at a desired time can be given to a microwave oven, and the dish can be cooked in a microwave oven.

Therefore, if it is desired to cook again a dish cooked at a certain time in the past, a time indicating the time of cooking in the past even if the name of the dish cannot be remembered. Using the information to identify the dish,
Since the cooking state can be set by using the corresponding heating control data in the microwave oven, the convenience is excellent.

In the above-mentioned microwave oven system, the information storage section may have a cooking state information storage area.
In the cooking state information storage area, cooking state information indicating a finished state of the cooking by heating and cooking in a microwave oven is stored corresponding to each of one or more cooking names. And
When the desired food is cooked in the microwave,
Heating control data and cooking state information corresponding to the dish name of the desired dish are read from the information storage unit and the cooking state information storage area, respectively, and supplied to the microwave.

Accordingly, for a dish cooked in a microwave oven, its name is associated with cooking state information indicating the finished state of the dish by cooking in the microwave oven, and written in the cooking state information storage area. Is registered. In addition, the heating control data and the cooking state information of the desired dish are given to the microwave oven, and the cooking state information is displayed on the information display section of the microwave oven. Can be cooked.

Therefore, when a desired dish is cooked in a microwave oven using the heating control data, the dish is cooked in the past, and electronic cooking is performed while referring to cooking state information indicating the finished state. The heating operation can be adjusted in the range so that the cooking state using the corresponding heating control data becomes favorable. Thus, even in the heating cooking based on the heating control data, the failure of the cooking can be avoided, and a preferable finished state of the cooking can always be obtained, which is excellent in convenience.

In the above-mentioned microwave oven system, the information storage section may be configured to have a menu information storage area.
In the menu information storage area, menu information indicating the name of one or more dishes scheduled to be heated and cooked on the date is stored corresponding to each of the one or more date data indicating the date. Then, in response to a request from the microwave oven, dish data corresponding to each of one or more dish names indicated by the menu information in the menu information storage area corresponding to the date data indicating today is stored in the information storage unit. It is read and supplied to the microwave.

Therefore, the menu information including the name of the dish to be cooked in the microwave is associated with the date data indicating the date when the dish indicated by the menu information is scheduled to be cooked, and is stored in the menu information storage. It is written and registered in the area. Further, it is possible to give cooking data including heating control data of a dish scheduled for menu today to a microwave oven and cook the cooking with the microwave oven.

Therefore, by merely storing daily menu information in the menu information storage area in advance, it is possible to provide the microwave oven with cooking data including heating control data of each dish corresponding to the planned menu every day. Can be. Thus, the content of the dish data is displayed on the information display section of the microwave oven, so that the user can quickly confirm information on the daily menu dish. In addition, the dish can be quickly cooked in a microwave oven according to the corresponding heating control data, which is excellent in convenience.

In the above-mentioned microwave oven system, the information storage section may have a scheduled storage area. In the schedule storage area, schedule information indicating the schedule of the date is stored corresponding to each of one or more pieces of date data indicating the date. Then, in response to a request from the microwave oven, schedule information corresponding to date data indicating today is read from the schedule storage area and supplied to the microwave oven.

Therefore, the schedule information indicating the daily schedule of the user of the microwave oven is written and registered in the schedule information storage area in correspondence with the date data indicating the date. Further, every day, corresponding schedule information is read from the schedule storage area, supplied to the microwave oven, and displayed via the information display unit. Therefore, the user can use the microwave system for registering the schedule and referring / confirming the schedule, which is excellent in convenience.

[0047]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below.

(Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a microwave oven system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a block configuration of each unit in FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of an appearance of the information box 3 according to the first embodiment.

In FIG. 1, the microwave oven system is provided outside the home with an Internet 5 and a host computer 4 connected thereto. A personal computer (personal computer) connected to the microwave oven 1 and the Internet 5 via a modem 6 in the home. A relay device for relaying communication while converting signals between the personal computer 2 and the microwave oven 1 to connect them, and an information box 3 supplied with power from the AC adapter 8 is provided. . In the house, the microwave oven 1 and the information box 3 are detachably connected via a three-wire cable 9. During this connection, a connector CN at one end of the three-wire cable 9 is connected to an input / output terminal (not shown) of the microwave oven 1 as shown. In the house, the personal computer 2 and the information box 3 are RS-
In order to communicate according to H.232C, it is detachably connected via an RS-232C cable 7. PC 2
May be a portable information processing terminal device.

Information on various homepages accessed via the Internet 5 is registered in the host computer 4 outside the home. The host computer 4 is a processing unit 41 for centrally controlling and managing the host computer 4 itself, and a memory area for storing information including information for constructing a homepage screen (hereinafter referred to as homepage information). Homepage storage 421
, An input unit 43, an output unit 44, and a communication unit 45 for communicatively connecting the Internet 5 and the host computer 4.

Although the Internet 5 is used here as a communication network for accessing information registered in the host computer 4, the present invention is not limited to this. That is, various types of dedicated or public communication networks may be used.

In FIG. 2, the microwave oven 1 has a control unit 10A.
And a heating unit 10B. The control unit 10A includes a microcomputer (abbreviation for microcomputer) 10, a memory 11, an LCD (liquid crystal display) panel 13 as a display unit, an LCD driver 12 for driving the LCD panel 13, and an input / output terminal to which a connector CN is connected. An I / F (abbreviation for interface) unit 14, an input unit 15 that can be operated externally, and a power supply circuit 16 for supplying power to each unit of the microwave oven 1 are included. The input unit 15 and the LCD panel 13 are integrally provided to form a touch panel.

The heating unit 10B performs a heating operation for heating and cooking in accordance with various information including heating data described later stored in the memory 11 under the control of the microcomputer 10. The heating unit 10B includes a sensor unit 60 and a buzzer 6 for the heating operation.
1, a relay 62, a microcomputer 10 via a relay 62, etc.
Motor 63 and heater 6 controlled by
4 and a magnetron 65 for generating microwaves for heating. Here, the heating operation in the heating unit 10B follows a well-known technique, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The personal computer 2 includes a CPU 20, a memory 21 for storing information including various programs, a display unit 22, an output unit 23, an externally operable input unit 24, an RS-232C.
RS-23 for connecting cable 7 and CPU 20
It includes an I / F section 26 for connecting the CPU 20 with the 2C port 25 and the modem 6.

The information box 3 includes a microcomputer 30, a flash memory 31, which is a nonvolatile storage element, and an RS-232C.
A transmitting / receiving section 32 for connecting the cable 7 to the microcomputer 30; an I / F section 33 for connecting the 3-wire cable 9 to the microcomputer 30; and a power supply circuit 3 for supplying power to each section.
4, and a display device 3 associated with the display 35 of FIG.
6 and the key input device 3 related to the key operation unit 37 in FIG.
8 is provided. In FIG. 1, the display 35 and the key operation unit 37 are provided separately, but may be provided as a touch panel TRA integrally configured as shown in FIG. The microcomputer 30 includes a CPU (abbreviation for central processing unit) and a memory.

For communication via the three-wire cable 9, a UART (Universal Asynchronous Receiver Tran
(short for smitter) is adopted. When the information box 3 is not provided, the microwave oven 1 can directly communicate with the personal computer 2 as described later.

Here, a procedure for cooking in the microwave oven 1 at home using the cooking information disclosed via the Internet 5 in the host computer 4 which is a server of the homepage will be described below.

The microwave oven 1 is connected to the Internet 5
In addition to the cooking function based on the cooking information MI that is disclosed via the Internet, it also has a cooking function based on cooking information (including information for warming and defrosting) that is provided as a standard. The heating and cooking function provided in the standard is a known function, and thus detailed description is omitted.

FIGS. 4, 5 and 6 show examples of a home page screen displayed according to the home page information stored in the home page storage section 421 of the host computer 4 in FIG. FIGS. 4, 5, and 6 show screen examples of a homepage provided by the present applicant via the Internet. When the user operates the personal computer 2 to access a predetermined address corresponding to the host computer via the Internet 5, the home page screen of FIG. 4 is displayed on the output unit 23 of the personal computer 2,
When the user clicks the item “microwave oven” indicated by arrow A on the homepage screen of FIG. 4 through the input unit 24, the homepage screen shown in FIG. 5 is displayed. The homepage screen of FIG. 5 shows a cooking menu for every day of June in a calendar format. Here, as an example, a homepage screen having a title of “June menu calendar” is shown. However, when the next screen or the previous screen is designated, for example, a monthly menu calendar for one year is displayed on the homepage screen. Indicated by

Next, when the user clicks and designates the dish indicated by the arrow A on the homepage screen of FIG. 5, the homepage screen of FIG. 6 is displayed and an image showing the finished state of the designated dish is displayed. Information on materials, information on how to make, etc. are displayed. Here, only the home page screen example of FIG. 6 is shown, but it is prepared in advance, for example, FIG.
The homepage information for the homepage screen of FIG. 5 described above for each year's dish shown on the homepage screen is prepared in the homepage storage unit 421 in advance.

When the user looks at the homepage screen shown in FIG. 6 and designates and clicks on the item “download cooking data” indicated by the arrow A, the host computer 4 responds.
The data to be displayed to the user in the microwave oven 1 with respect to the dishes shown in FIG. 6 and the heating data used for heating and cooking using the heating unit 10 </ b> B of the microwave oven 1 are downloaded to the personal computer 2 via the Internet 5. .

The memory 21 of the personal computer 2 stores
A dedicated program for enabling a function corresponding to the click of the item of arrow A is installed in the memory 21 in advance.

The homepage provider prepares homepage information corresponding to the homepage screens of FIGS. 4 to 7 in the host computer 4 using a predetermined program, converts the format, and stores it in the homepage storage unit 421. The details are well known in the art and will not be described.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing home page information including the dish information MI for each dish created by the host computer 4 of FIG. The illustrated homepage information HMD is information corresponding to the homepage screen of FIG.
It includes screen data DS15 displayed on the homepage screen and constituting the homepage screen, and cooking information MI. The cooking information MI includes a display data group DS13 of text data displayed on the LCD panel 13 of the microwave oven 1 and a heating data group DS14 for controlling a heating operation of the microwave oven 1. The display data group DS13 includes a dish name MN of the corresponding dish and one or more pieces of material data I.
Di and one or more creation data JDi. The heating data group DS14 includes one or more heating data KDi used by the microcomputer 10 to directly recognize (without decoding) and control each unit of the heating unit 10B in order to heat and cook the corresponding dish. .

The screen data DS15 is data constituting a screen displayed to the user on the homepage screen of FIG. 6 on the personal computer 2, and the item “download cooking data” indicated by the arrow A is the data of FIG. DS15
Corresponds to the middle transfer button B1.

Therefore, when the user designates and clicks on the item "download cooking data" indicated by the arrow A in FIG. 6, the transfer button B1 in FIG. 7 is clicked, and the processing section 41 of the host computer 4 responds. The cooking information MI including the display data group DS13 and the heating data group DS14 to be downloaded to the personal computer 2 via the communication unit 45 and the Internet 5.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an outline of an operation relating to downloading of cooking information in the personal computer 2 of FIG. In the figure, the home user operates the input unit 24 of the personal computer 2 to access the home computer host computer 4 via the Internet 5 (F1 in FIG. 8).
The data for the homepage screen including the screen data DS15 of the homepage information HMD in 1 is transmitted to the personal computer 2, and the homepage screen of FIG. 4 is displayed on the output unit 23 (F2). When the item "microwave oven" indicated by the arrow A on the homepage screen of FIG. 4 is clicked by the input unit 24, the screen is switched to display the homepage screen of the food group of FIG. 5 (F3 and F4).

Next, on the homepage screen of FIG.
Is clicked on the input unit 24, the screen is switched, and the screen of the dishes of "Tofu Berg" shown in FIG. 6 is displayed (F5 and F6).

Next, when the user clicks on the item “download cooking data” indicated by the arrow A in FIG. 6 in the input section 24, the corresponding display and heating data in the homepage storage section 421 in the host computer 4 shown in FIG. Cooking information MI consisting of DS13 and DS14 is PC2
And is temporarily stored in the memory 21 (F8, F8
9).

A button operated to designate "download cooking information" is provided on each cooking screen so that the cooking information MI including the display data DS13 and the heating data DS14 can be transmitted to the personal computer 2.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an outline of the operation of the information box 3 of FIG. When the download request of the cooking information MI is generated on the personal computer 2 as described above, a communication request is transmitted from the personal computer 2 to the information box 3 and the personal computer 2 displays the cooking information including the display and heating data DS13 and DS14 according to the RS-232C method. The MI is transmitted and stored in the flash memory 31 via the transmission / reception unit 32 of the information box 3 and the microcomputer 30 (F10 to F12 in FIG. 9). After that, microcomputer 3
0 transmits a cooking information storage completion notification to the microwave oven 1 indicating that the storage of the cooking information has been completed (F121).

Note that the flash memory 31 can store dish information MI about a plurality of dishes.

In response to a request from the microcomputer 10 of the microwave oven 1, the microcomputer 30 of the information box 3 transmits all dish names MN stored in the flash memory 31 to the microcomputer 10 of the microwave oven 1 via the three-wire cable 9. (F
13 and F14).

Thereafter, in accordance with an instruction from the microcomputer 10 of the microwave oven 1, the microcomputer 30 in the information box 3 transmits one or more dishes information M stored in the flash memory 31.
From I, heating data DS14 corresponding to the designated dish name MN is transmitted to the microcomputer 10 of the microwave oven 1 (F16).

FIG. 10 is a flowchart outlining the operation of the microwave oven shown in FIG. FIG. 11 shows the flash memory 31 on the information box side in the flowchart of FIG.
It is a figure which shows the example of the storage content of.

In the flash memory 31, for example, a maximum of five dishes information MI can be stored. In FIG. 11, five dishes information MI received from the host computer 4 of the homepage via the Internet 5 and the personal computer 2 is stored in advance. ing. Each dish information MI is a dish name MNi
(I is 1, 2, 3,...), Material data IDi, preparation data JDi, and heating data KDi.

The operation of the microwave oven 1 shown in FIG. 10 will be described with reference to FIG. It is assumed that the contents of FIG. 11 are stored in the flash memory 31 of the information box 3 in advance.

First, since the dish information MI is already stored in the flash memory 31 of the information box 3, the user operates the keys to instruct the microcomputer 10 to request all the dish names MN from the microcomputer 30 of the information box 3. (F17, F18).

The microcomputer 30 reads out all the dish names MNi from the flash memory 31 in FIG. 11 in response to the requests for all the dish names MN, and transmits them to the microwave oven 1 via the three-wire cable 9. One microcomputer 10
Receives all dish names MNi and sends them to the LCD panel 13
(F19 to F20).

[0080] Of all the displayed dish names MNi,
When the user operates (touches) and designates, for example, the dish “mushroom rice”, the microcomputer 10 sets the heating data K corresponding to the designated dish name MN3 (“mushroom rice”).
D3 is requested from the information box 3 via the three-wire cable 9 (F21 and F22).

The microcomputer 30 of the information box 3 responds to the data request corresponding to the dish name MN3 (“mushroom rice”) from the microwave oven 1 and responds to the dish name MN3 (“mushroom rice”) from the flash memory 31. Heating data KD3
Is read and transmitted, the microcomputer 10 of the microwave oven 1 receives the heating data KD3 and temporarily writes and stores it in the memory 11 (F22 and F23).

By repeating the above process for all the desired dishes in the same manner, the memory 11 stores the heating data KDi for all the desired dishes.

(Embodiment 2) Next, Embodiment 2 will be described.

FIG. 12 is a schematic configuration diagram of a microwave oven system according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a block configuration of the microwave oven 1A and the personal computer 2A of FIG. In FIG. 12, the information box 3 of FIG. 1 is omitted, and the microwave oven 1A and the personal computer 2A
Communication connection is made without relaying X3. Each of the microwave oven 1A and the personal computer 2 has an IrDA (Infrared D)
In order to perform wireless communication by ata Association), infrared light receiving / emitting units 66 and 27 are provided.

The difference between the microwave oven 1A and the personal computer 2A in FIG. 13 and the microwave oven 1 and the personal computer 2 in FIG. 2 is that the microwave oven 1A is different from the I / F in FIG.
IrDA related to the infrared receiving / emitting unit 66 instead of the unit 14
An I / F section 141 is provided and the personal computer 2A is connected to the RS-23 of FIG.
An IrDAI / F unit 251 related to the infrared light receiving / emitting unit 27 is provided instead of the 2C port 25. Other configurations of the microwave oven 1A and the personal computer 2A are the same as those of FIG. 2, and the description is omitted. Note that the personal computer 2 may be a portable information processing terminal device.

In the first embodiment, information BOX3
Although the microwave oven 1 and the personal computer 2 are communicatively connected to each other using a cable via a cable, the second embodiment uses infrared rays instead of communication using a cable as shown in FIGS. Since the conventional communication, for example, wireless communication using IrDA is performed, the trouble of cable wiring is omitted in the microwave oven system, and the system can be easily laid.

(Embodiment 3) FIG. 14 shows Embodiment 3 of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a processing flowchart according to Example 1 together with a display screen example. Hereinafter, the display screen Gi (i = 1, 2,...) Is shown corresponding to the processing of each flowchart.

In the third embodiment, in the configuration of the first embodiment, the operation of the microwave oven 1 is performed from the information box 3 so that the desired cooking can be performed even in a place remote from the microwave oven 1 such as a worktop. The operation can be performed while viewing the recipe, and the workability is improved.

The operation according to the third embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. When power is turned on to the information box 3 and data is stored as shown in FIG. 11 (S30, S30
31), in the information box 3, the stored dish name MNi is displayed on the display 35 as a screen G6. When the user looks at the displayed contents and selects a desired dish (mushroom rice) via the key operation unit 37 (screen G
7a), the corresponding dish information MI is transmitted to the microcomputer 10 of the microwave oven 1 (hereinafter, referred to as range-side microcomputer 10) (S34). After that, the screen is switched from G7b to G7c, and the cooking of the dish (mushroom rice) is started in the microwave oven 1 to indicate that the cooking is being performed.

When the range side microcomputer 10 is powered on and the screen G1 is displayed on the LCD panel 13 in the initial state (S35), when the transmitted dish information MI is received (S35A-36A), the LCD 10 is turned on. The dish information MI received on the panel 13 is displayed (see screen G2), and the cooking is enabled. Then, when the start key KY1 of the key operation unit 37 is operated on the information box 3 side (S
37) Information for instructing start of heating is transmitted to the range side microcomputer 10 (S38). Range side microcomputer 10
When this instruction information is received (Y in S39A), a heating cooking state using the received heating data KDi is entered, and the fact is displayed on the LCD panel 13 as a screen G3 (S40), and the output for heating is output. The operation is performed (S4
1).

When the cooking is completed, information to the effect that the cooking has been completed is transmitted from the range side microcomputer 10 and displayed on the LCD panel 13 by switching from the screen G4 to G5 (S41).
Y, S42). The information box 3 receives this information (S
43, Y in S43A), the end of cooking is displayed on the display 35 as a screen G8 (S44).

(Fourth Embodiment) Next, a fourth embodiment will be described. FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a processing flowchart according to the fourth embodiment together with an example of a display screen. The operation in the present embodiment is the same as the operation shown in FIG. 14 described above, but the screen displayed on microwave oven 1 is different.

In the present embodiment, even if the model cannot display character information on the microwave oven 1, the Internet 5 can be used without increasing the cost of the microwave oven 1 itself.
Can be coped with the cooking using the cooking information MI received through the microwave oven, thereby increasing the variety of cooking menus that can be cooked in the microwave oven 1.

[0094] Even if the model cannot display character information on the microwave oven 1 main body, a display indicating the Internet is provided so that cooking during operation is heating cooking according to the cooking information MI received via the Internet 5. Can be shown. Although not shown in the present embodiment, information such as a communication error that occurs when information is received from the Internet 5 can be notified by blinking the display, thereby improving usability.

Hereinafter, the features described above will be described in detail. FIG.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a display element of the microwave oven 1 according to the second embodiment. This display element is provided on the LCD panel 13 and plays the role of an indicator that lights up during cooking. This display element ranges the heating mode of cooking,
Shown and indicated by any of oven, grill and toaster. Also, the level of output is shown as either strong or weak. When the object to be cooked is a frozen food, a message "Frozen food" is displayed. When a dish according to the dish information MI received via the Internet 5 is to be cooked by heating, a message "Internet menu" indicated by an arrow is displayed. Therefore, by using the indicators as shown in FIG. 16, the screens G1 to G5 of FIG.
Are displayed as screens G9 to G14 in FIG.

(Fifth Embodiment) Next, a fifth embodiment will be described.

In each of the following embodiments, the microwave oven may communicate with the information box 3 as shown in the configuration of the first embodiment, and may directly communicate with the personal computer 2A as shown in the configuration of the second embodiment. By treating the information as file information in the personal computer 2A in communication, there is practically no limitation on the capacity for storing information, and the cost of the information box 3 can be prevented from increasing.

In the present embodiment, when a screen configured in a predetermined manner displayed on the microwave oven 1 is displayed, and information is displayed on the screen, the predetermined manner is determined according to externally provided information. The screen configuration can be changed arbitrarily, in other words, changed according to the user's preference. Here, as an example, the data for changing the screen configuration of the standby screen is changed, but the screen whose screen configuration is changed is not limited to the standby screen.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a processing flowchart according to the third embodiment together with an example of a display screen. In the flowchart, the information box 3 (or the personal computer 2)
When a desired type of standby screen is selected and displayed on the screen G15 for selecting a standby screen on the side A) (S4).
5, S46), the data of the selected standby screen is transferred to the microwave oven 1 side (S47).

At this time, on the information box 3 (or the personal computer 2A) side, the screen is switched between the screens G16a and G16b and displayed. The range microcomputer 10 in the standby state after displaying the screen G17 receives the data of the standby screen (Y in S48, S49). Then, based on the received data, the range-side microcomputer 10 switches the standby screen G17 that has been displayed so far to the screen G18 and displays it (S4).
9A, S49B).

Embodiment 6 Next, Embodiment 6 will be described.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a processing flowchart according to the sixth embodiment together with a display screen example. FIG.
FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a table TB1 in which dates and cooking information groups are stored in association with each other according to the sixth embodiment. Table T
B1 is stored in the flash memory 31 or the memory 21. A plurality of records RE1 can be registered in the table TB1. In each of the records RE1,
A dish information group 101 including one or more pieces of dish information MI and date data 100 indicating a date when heating and cooking is performed in the microwave oven 1 according to the dish information MI are stored in association with each other.

In the present embodiment, the following features are obtained. That is, in the heating cooking according to the cooking information MI received via the Internet 5, the recipes that can be executed in the microwave oven 1 are infinitely spread. There are very similar dishes, such as * cake and ** boiled beef. Therefore, by storing the names of the dishes cooked by the microwave oven 1 on a daily basis, if the cooks are cooked in the past and it is desired to cook again, even if the corresponding dish names cannot be remembered, it is easy. Cooking information MI of desired dish
Can be used for cooking. This feature is described in detail below.

In the flowchart of FIG. 18, the range microcomputer 10 displays a date on the screen G19 on the LCD panel 13 during standby (S50). At this time, when the user instructs, for example, the cooking of the cream puff (S51), the screen G20 is displayed and the cooking is advanced while the heating mode for the cooking and the elapsed time of the heating are displayed. Upon completion of the cooking, a screen G21 for confirming to the user whether or not it is necessary to store the corresponding dish information MI in the table TB1 is displayed (S5).
2). Here, the cooking information MI by the user is stored in the table T.
When the “yes” key KY2 is operated and designated to be registered and stored in B1, data indicating that the cooking information MI of the cream puff is to be stored is displayed as information BO.
X3 (or the personal computer 2A) (S52A,
S54).

The information box 3 (or the personal computer 2A) receives this information (S55, S55A), and writes it in the table TB1 of the flash memory 31 (or the memory 21) as, for example, the cooking information MI of January 20, which is today's date. And store it (S55, S56B).

Then, for example, on the next day, the standby screen of the microwave oven 1 is updated from the screen G22 to G23.
Here, the date key KY3 on the screen is operated to set the date to January 2
The screen G24 is changed to day 0, and the screen call key KY4 is operated to instruct the reading of the dish information MI. Then, the dish information MI dated January 20 is read from the range microcomputer 10. The instruction data for issuing is transmitted. The information box 3 (or the personal computer 2A) receives the instruction data, reads out the cooking information MI stored in the table TB1 of the flash memory 31 (or the memory 21) corresponding to January 20, and sends it to the range side microcomputer 10. It transmits (S55-S56A, S56C).

The range side microcomputer 10 receives the transmitted dish information MI (S59A), and makes the microwave oven 1 ready to cook using the dish information MI of the dish (cream puff) cooked on January 20. Is set. At this time, a screen G25 is displayed.

(Seventh Embodiment) Next, a seventh embodiment will be described.

FIG. 20 is a diagram showing a processing flowchart according to the seventh embodiment together with a display screen example. FIG.
FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a table TB2 in which a dish name and evaluation information according to the seventh embodiment are stored in association with each other. Table T
B2 is stored in the flash memory 31 or the memory 21. A plurality of records RE2 can be registered in the table TB2. In each of the records RE2,
The dish name MNi and the evaluation information 102 are stored in correspondence. The evaluation information 102 indicates the user's evaluation of the finished state of the dish when the cooking is performed in the microwave oven 1 according to the dish information MI of the corresponding dish name MNi.

In the heating cooking by the microwave oven 1, if the food and the cooking container based on the cooking information MI are used, the correction is made in consideration of the surrounding environment (air temperature and power consumption level), and the standard preferable cooking finish is obtained. The state is secured. However, if a container having a different weight or shape is used for the purpose of the user's convenience, or if the amount of food used is changed as desired, the finished state of the cooking based on the cooking information based on the cooking information MI will be described above. The state is different from the preferable finished state. Therefore, in order to obtain a preferable finished state, the user must judge by himself and adjust the output level of the heater 64 or the magnetron 65 by operating the "strong / weak key" of the heating output, and the adjustment is successful. Without it, cooking failed or the adjustment operation was troublesome.

Therefore, in the present embodiment, the information on the finished condition of the previous cooking is stored for each dish, and the next time the cooking is executed, the information on the finished condition of the previous cooking is read out and presented to the user. The feature is that the user can cook the food without repeating the same failure. This feature is described in detail below.

Referring to FIG. 20, when the user performs heating cooking of cream puff, for example, in microwave oven 1 in accordance with cooking information MI, and ends cooking (S60-S6).
1), the screen is switched from screen G26 to G27, and a finish evaluation selection screen G28 is displayed.

When the user confirms the result of the heating and cooking and confirms that the finished condition of the cream puff is, for example, insufficient baking, the key KY is displayed on the screen G28.
5 is operated to input an instruction to save the finish information indicating that the baking is insufficient. The input content is transmitted from the range microcomputer 10 to the information box 3 (or the personal computer 2A) as the finish evaluation information of the cream puff. (S61A, S62). After transmission, LCD display 1
3, a screen G29 is displayed, and the microwave oven 1 enters a standby state.

The information box 3 (or the personal computer 2A)
Information for instructing storage of the cream puff finish evaluation information is received (S63, S63A), and a record RE2 is additionally registered in the table TB2 of the flash memory 31 (or the memory 21) based on the received information. In the additionally registered record RE2, 'puff cream' is written as the dish name MNi, and 'underbaked' is written as the evaluation information 102 (S64).

Thereafter, when cooking the cream puff again in the microwave oven 1 in accordance with the cooking information MI (S65),
The screen G30 is displayed. Here, when the evaluation reference key KY5 is operated to request the evaluation information 102 on the finish condition by the previous heating cooking (S65A), the reading of the evaluation information 102 of the cream puff and the cooking information MI is instructed. The data is transmitted to the information box 3 (or the personal computer 2A) (S66).

Information box 3 receiving this instruction data
(Or the personal computer 2A) (S63 to S63B) reads the evaluation information 102 corresponding to the cream puff from the table TB2, and the cooking information M corresponding to the cream puff.
I is read from the flash memory 31 (or the memory 21) (S67) and transmitted to the range side microcomputer 10 (S67).
68).

As described above, the range microcomputer 10 receiving the evaluation information 102 and the dish information MI corresponding to the cream puff transmitted from the information box 3 (or the personal computer 2A) displays the screen G31 and displays the dish information MI of the cream puff. That the state in which the heating cooking according to the above is possible is set, and the previous evaluation information 102 is notified (S
69).

(Eighth Embodiment) Next, an eighth embodiment will be described.

FIG. 22 is a diagram showing a processing flowchart according to the eighth embodiment together with a display screen example. FIG.
Is a diagram showing a table TB3 in which dates and menu information are stored in association with each other according to the eighth embodiment. The table TB3 is stored in the flash memory 31 or the memory 21. The table TB3 includes a plurality of records RE.
3 can be registered. In each of the records RE3, date data 103 and menu menu information 104 are stored correspondingly. The menu information 104 indicates a dish name MNi corresponding to one or more dishes to be cooked and served in the microwave oven 1 according to the dish information MI on the date indicated by the corresponding date data 103.

In the present embodiment, daily menu schedule information can be registered in advance. Thus, every time a menu is prepared every day, the trouble of downloading the cooking information MI corresponding to the menu from the Internet 5 can be omitted, and the usability is improved. This feature is described in detail below.

Referring to FIG. 22, range-side microcomputer 10
Displays the date on the screen G32 during standby (S7
0), for example, when the user selects a dish (for example, chawanmushi) to be prepared for menu from the menu of FIG. 5 (S71),
When the screen G33 is displayed, if the menu key KY6 on the screen G33 is operated here (S72), the "Yes" key KY7 on the screen G34 is operated on the range side microcomputer 10, and today (January 10) Is transmitted to the information box 3 (or the personal computer 2A) to the effect that "chawanmushi" has been set as the menu dish (S73, S74).

The information box 3 (or the personal computer 2A)
This information is received (S75, S75A), and the received information is stored in the table T of the flash memory 31 (or the memory 21).
It is stored in B3 (S75B, S76).

Thereafter, when the screen G35 is displayed and the microwave oven 1 is in a standby state (S77), the user
When reading the menu data 104 of the day, the screen G36
The menu key KY8 is input as shown in (S78),
Data indicating that the date data 103 indicates reading of the menu information 104 corresponding to January 10 is transmitted to the information box 3 (or the personal computer 2A) (S78A, S78).
79).

Information BO that has received such instruction data
X3 (or the personal computer 2A) identifies the dish name MNi (chawanmushi) indicated by the menu information 104 on January 10 in the table TB3, and identifies the identified dish name M
Flash memory 3 for cooking information MI of Ni (chawanmushi)
1 (or the memory 21) (S75 to S8).
0), and transmits to the range side microcomputer 10 (S80A).
The range side microcomputer 10 receives this information and displays the screen G3
7 is displayed (S81).

On the screen G37, the menu dish of today (January 10) is chawanmushi, and the dish information MI for enabling the dish to be cooked is received. Is done.

Embodiment 9 Next, Embodiment 9 will be described.

FIG. 24 is a diagram showing a processing flowchart according to the ninth embodiment together with a display screen example. In the present embodiment, the contents of table TB3 shown in FIG. 23 are referred to.

In the present embodiment, the dish information MI of the dish registered in the menu is automatically displayed on the day of adoption, so that it becomes a reference when preparing ingredients. This feature is described in detail below.

Referring to FIG. 24, range-side microcomputer 10
Displays the date of today (January 10) on the screen G38 during standby, and the user sets the menu setting date, for example,
Since the month 11 is set by operating the date key KY9, a screen G39 is displayed (S82, S82A). further,
When a dish scheduled for the menu on January 11 such as chawanmushi is set and the screen G40 is displayed (S83),
Screen G41 is displayed because menu key KY10 is input (S84).

When the "Yes" key KY11 on the screen G41 is operated, the range side microcomputer 10 transmits information to the information box 3 (or the personal computer 2A) to set chawan-mushi as the menu information 104 on January 11th. (S85, S86). Information box 3 that received this information
(Or the personal computer 2A) in the table TB3,
The date data 103 registers and stores the dish name MNi indicating chawanmushi in the menu information 104 corresponding to January 11 (S86A to S89C).

Thereafter, the next day, January 11, the screen G
When the display is switched from 42 to G43 (S87 to S88)
A), if the menu key of the screen G43 is operated to request the menu information of today, the range side microcomputer 10 sends the menu menu information 104 of January 11 to the information box 3 (or the personal computer 2A). Is transmitted (S89, S89A).

The information box 3 (or the personal computer 2A)
The request data is received (S86A, S86B), and the dish name MNi set as the menu information 104 set corresponding to January 11 of the date data 103 from the table TB3 is specified and specified. Dish name M
The flash memory 31 stores the cooking information MI corresponding to Ni.
(S89B) and sends it to the range side microcomputer 10 (S89D).

Range-side microcomputer 10 receives the transmitted cooking information MI, and displays the data therein, for example, material data IDi and recipe data JDi in a screen G4.
4 and presents to the user the material data IDi and the making data JDi of today's menu dish chawanmushi (S90).

In the screen G44, the material data IDi
Is displayed, but when the next page key is operated, the next information, for example, information on the preparation data JDi is displayed.

(Tenth Embodiment) Next, a tenth embodiment will be described.

FIG. 25 is a diagram showing a processing flowchart according to the seventh embodiment together with a display screen example. FIG.
FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a table TB4 in which dates and schedule information 106 are stored in association with each other according to the tenth embodiment. The table TB4 is stored in the flash memory 31 or the memory 21. The table TB4 includes a plurality of records RE.
4 can be registered. In each record RE4, date data 105 and schedule information 106 are stored correspondingly. The schedule information 106 includes the corresponding date data 10
5 shows a user's scheduled action, a planned life event, and the like on the date indicated by 5.

In the present embodiment, the user's schedule information can be registered in the microwave oven 1 installed in a convenient place in the kitchen, and can be read and confirmed arbitrarily. This feature is described in detail below.

Referring to FIG. 25, range-side microcomputer 10
During standby, the date of January 10 is displayed on the screen G45 (S91). When the user inputs the schedule of January 10, the schedule input key KY12 is operated to display the screen G46, and the schedule is displayed. The information input setting state is set. here,
By operating various keys of the key group KY13, character information indicating a schedule is input. Specifically, the schedule information is input as character information while inputting hiragana in order with a kana key, performing character feed with a feed key, and converting / non-converting kanji with a conversion / non-conversion key (S92). ). Here, for example, “transfer of insurance price” is input as a schedule for January 10.

When the screen G47 is displayed and the "Yes" key KY14 is operated to instruct the setting of the inputted schedule information (S93), the range side microcomputer 10
The instruction data for saving "transfer of insurance money" as the schedule information of January 10 is transmitted to the information box 3 (or the personal computer 2A) (S93A, S94). Thereafter, a screen G48 is displayed, and the microwave oven 1 is set in a standby state.

Information BO that has received such instruction data
According to the received instruction data, X3 (or personal computer 2A) writes and stores the received data in table TB4 as corresponding schedule information 106 corresponding to January 10 as date data 105 (S95 to S96).

Thereafter, the user inputs the schedule reference key KY15 on the screen G48 in order to read and confirm the schedule information corresponding to January 10, and the screen G49 is displayed, and the schedule on January 10 is displayed. The instruction data for reading information is information B
OX3 (or personal computer 2A) (S
97-S98). The information box 3 (or the personal computer 2A) that has received such instruction data reads the schedule information 106 corresponding to January 10 from the table TB4 and transmits it to the range microcomputer 10 (S95 to S100). The range side microcomputer 10 receives the schedule information 106 and
It is displayed on the screen G50 as a schedule for the 0th day (S101).
Here, the schedule information set next can be confirmed by operating the next page key KY16 on the screen G50.

(Eleventh Embodiment) Next, an eleventh embodiment will be described.

In the present embodiment, since the schedule information of the day is displayed on the microwave oven 1 and presented to the user every day, the user can easily confirm the schedule of the day.

FIG. 27 is a diagram showing a processing flowchart according to the eleventh embodiment together with a display screen example. In the present embodiment, the table TB4 in FIG. 26 is referred to.

Referring to FIG. 27, range-side microcomputer 10
During standby, the date of today (January 10) is displayed on the screen G51 (S101), and the user operates the date key KY17 of the input unit 15 to set the schedule information setting date on the screen G51, for example, Since January 11 is input on the next day, the screen G52 is displayed (S102).

Furthermore, since the user operates the schedule input key KY18 on the screen G52, the screen G53 is displayed. The user operates the various keys of the key group KY13 as described above to input the schedule information, for example, the schedule information indicating “transfer of the insurance price” as character information (S103).
When the input is completed, the user operates the "Yes" key KY19 for instructing to set the input content in the table TB4 as shown in a screen G54 (S104). In response to this operation,
The range-side microcomputer 10 converts the input contents into information BO.
X3 (or the personal computer 2A) is transmitted with information instructing that it be set as the schedule information of January 11 (S
104A, S105). Thereafter, the screen G55 is displayed, and the microwave oven 1 enters a standby state.

Information B receiving instruction information as described above
The OX3 (or the personal computer 2A) stores the contents received together with the instruction information in the table TB4 as the date data 105
It is written and saved as the schedule information 106 corresponding to the 11th of the month (S106 to S107).

Thereafter, one day has passed, and when the date is January 11, the microwave oven 1 switches and displays the screen from G55 to G56 (S105A, S105B).

Next, the user operates the date key KY20 and the schedule key KY21 on the screen G56, and
When the read request for the day schedule information is input, the range-side microcomputer 10 transmits data requesting the schedule information of January 11 to the information box 3 (or the personal computer 2A) (S109).

The information box 3 (or the personal computer 2A)
When the request data is received, the schedule data 106 corresponding to the date data 105 corresponding to January 11 is read from the table TB4 based on the request content, and transmitted to the range microcomputer 10 (S106 to S111).

The range microcomputer 10 receives the schedule information 1
06, and the schedule information of January 11 is displayed on the screen G57 (S112). Here, when the next page key KY22 of the screen G57 is operated, the next schedule information is displayed.

The embodiments disclosed this time are to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is defined by the terms of the claims, rather than the description above, and is intended to include any modifications within the scope and meaning equivalent to the terms of the claims.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a microwave oven system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a block configuration of each unit in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of an appearance of an information box 3 according to the first embodiment.

4 is a diagram showing an example of a homepage screen displayed according to homepage information stored in a homepage storage unit 421 of the host computer 4 in FIG.

5 is a diagram showing an example of a homepage screen displayed according to homepage information stored in a homepage storage unit 421 of the host computer 4 in FIG.

6 is a diagram showing an example of a homepage screen displayed according to homepage information stored in a homepage storage unit 421 of the host computer 4 in FIG.

7 is a diagram showing home page information including dish information MI for each dish created by the host computer 4 of FIG.

8 is a flowchart showing an outline of an operation relating to downloading of cooking information in the personal computer 2 in FIG.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an outline of an operation of the information box 3 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an outline of the operation of the microwave oven of FIG. 1;

FIG. 11 is an information box in the flowchart of FIG. 9;
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of stored contents of a flash memory 31 on the side.

FIG. 12 is a schematic configuration diagram of a microwave oven system according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.

13 is a diagram showing a block configuration of a microwave oven 1A and a personal computer 2A of FIG.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a processing flowchart according to Embodiment 3 together with an example of a display screen.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a processing flowchart according to the fourth embodiment together with a display screen example.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example of a display element of the microwave oven 1 according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a processing flowchart according to the third embodiment together with a display screen example.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a processing flowchart according to the sixth embodiment together with a display screen example.

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a table TB1 in which dates and cooking information groups are stored in association with each other according to the sixth embodiment.

FIG. 20 is a diagram showing a processing flowchart according to the seventh embodiment together with a display screen example.

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing a table TB2 in which a dish name and evaluation information according to the seventh embodiment are stored in association with each other.

FIG. 22 is a diagram showing a processing flowchart according to the eighth embodiment together with a display screen example.

FIG. 23 is a diagram showing a table TB3 in which dates and menu information are stored in association with each other according to the eighth embodiment.

FIG. 24 is a diagram showing a processing flowchart according to the ninth embodiment together with an example of a display screen.

FIG. 25 is a diagram showing a processing flowchart according to the seventh embodiment together with a display screen example.

FIG. 26 shows date and schedule information 1 according to the tenth embodiment.
FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a table TB4 in which No. 06 is stored.

FIG. 27 is a diagram showing a processing flowchart according to the eleventh embodiment together with an example of a display screen.

[Explanation of symbols]

1. Microwave oven, 2, 2A PC, 3 information BO
X, 4 Host computer, 5 Internet, 3
1 flash memory, 421 homepage storage,
HMD homepage information, B1 transfer button, MI
Cooking information, DS13 display data group, DS14 heating data group, DS15 screen data group, MNi dish name, ID
i Material data, JDi preparation data, KDi heating data, TB1, TB2, TB3, TB4 tables.

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Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A communication line, an output unit, an input unit operated externally, a transmission / reception unit for transmitting / receiving information via the communication line, and storing various information including information received by the transmission / reception unit. An information processing device having an information storage unit for communicating with the information processing device, and a microwave oven that performs at least a heating operation according to heating control data in supply information supplied from the information processing device; A host computer connected to a line and having an information storage unit for storing homepage information corresponding to a homepage screen displayed on the output unit, wherein the homepage information includes information on a plurality of dishes and the plurality of dishes. Cooking data including the heating control data for heating and cooking the dish recognized by the microwave oven corresponding to each of the dishes, Information of a transfer instruction button operated to transfer the cooking data to the information processing device via the communication line, the heating operation according to the heating control data in the microwave oven, A microwave oven system characterized in that execution is controlled in accordance with the content of an external operation in the input unit of the processing device. 2. An information processing device having a communication line, a display unit for transmitting and receiving information via the communication line, and a heating operation according to heating control data in supply information supplied from the information processing device. At least a microwave oven to execute, the microwave oven at one end, and the information processing device is connected to the other end, respectively, for relaying a signal transmitted between the microwave oven and the information processing device A relay device, and a host computer connected to the communication line and having an information storage unit for storing homepage information corresponding to a homepage screen displayed on the display unit, wherein the homepage information includes a plurality of dishes. And the heating control data for heating and cooking the dish recognized by the microwave oven corresponding to each of the plurality of dishes. , And information of a transfer instruction button operated to transfer the food data to the information processing device via the communication line. A microwave oven, comprising: an output unit configured to output various information including the supply information to be relayed; and an information storage unit configured to store various information including the supply information to be relayed. Wherein the execution of the heating operation is controlled according to the content of an external operation in the input unit. 3. The microwave oven system according to claim 2, wherein the output unit outputs information on the execution of the heating operation. 4. The microwave oven according to claim 1, further comprising a pattern display unit configured to perform a display according to a pattern selected from a specific number of patterns in accordance with a state of the operation being performed, when performing various operations including the heating operation. Claims 1 to 3
The microwave oven system according to any one of the above. 5. The microwave oven system according to claim 1, wherein the microwave oven has an information display unit for displaying various information including the supply information. 6. The various information including the supply information is displayed on a screen configured in a predetermined mode, and the predetermined mode is changed according to a change instruction given from outside. Item 6. The microwave oven system according to any one of Items 1 to 5. 7. The cooking time information storage area, in which time information indicating a time when the food is cooked by the microwave oven is stored corresponding to each of one or more food names. In the microwave oven, the heating control data corresponding to the dish name stored in the cooking time information storage area corresponding to the time information indicating the desired time, the information storage unit The microwave oven system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the microwave oven system is provided by reading from a microwave oven. 8. The cooking state information storage, wherein cooking state information indicating a finished state of the cooking by heating in the microwave oven is stored in correspondence with each of one or more of the cooking names. When a desired dish is cooked in the microwave oven, the heating control data and the cooking state information corresponding to the dish name of the desired dish are stored in the information storage unit and the cooking state information. 8. The microwave oven system according to claim 5, wherein each of the microwave ovens is read from a storage area and supplied to the microwave oven. 9. The information storage unit, corresponding to each of one or more date data indicating a date, menu information indicating the dish name of one or more dishes scheduled to be cooked by the date. Has a menu information storage area in which is stored, and in response to a request from the microwave oven, one or more of the dishes indicated by the menu information in the menu information storage area corresponding to the date data indicating today 9. The microwave oven system according to claim 5, wherein the cooking data corresponding to each name is read from the information storage unit and supplied to the microwave oven. 10. The microwave oven, wherein the information storage unit has a schedule storage area in which schedule information indicating a schedule of the date is stored corresponding to each of one or more pieces of date data indicating a date. 10. The schedule information corresponding to the date data indicating today is read from the schedule storage area and supplied to the microwave oven in response to a request from the user. The microwave oven system according to claim 1.