JP2002089845A - Cooking support system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To rapidly and properly employ a cooking device at its use timing. SOLUTION: A home terminal device as a cooking support system is provided so as to be capable of communicating with the cooking devices such as a microwave range, a cooking heater, a heat retaining pot, etc. When a cooking menu is performed, control information for performing a cooking is transmitted when the cooking devices need to be used. The home terminal device sequentially displays the procedure of the cooking menu to urge a user to perform operations (G1 to G4). When the cooking device needs to be used (G4), the control information corresponding to a condition of its use is transmitted (G5). A cooking operation is performed under suitable conditions by the operation and input of the user (G6, G7). Even when plural cooking menus are carried out at the same time, the user can rapidly and properly perform the cooking operation without confusion.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cooking support device and a cooking support system that can properly use cooking equipment used in a cooking menu when cooking according to the cooking menu.

[0002]

Conventionally, as a mode of using a cooking appliance such as a microwave oven, a cooking heater, or a rice cooker, it is general to use the cooking appliance individually for each cooking appliance. There was no one to control and drive the equipment. In addition, in order to improve the usability for an unfamiliar user, there is a guide that guides the cooking as the cooking progresses, and this is generally set individually for each cooker. In addition, in this type, if setting is performed before starting cooking, it will be in a standby state until it is actually used, and even if there is time during that time, other cooking can be performed while maintaining the setting state Was not possible.

Further, in recent years, cooking is often performed using a plurality of cooking appliances, and in order to use the cooking appliances in a well-designed manner and in a proper timing of execution, it is necessary to use cooking appliances. There is a difficult side if we cannot grasp comprehensively. Therefore, even if you are accustomed to cooking itself, if you are not accustomed to using cooking equipment, you will have to check the usage method each time,
There was an aspect that it was easy to be troublesome operation. Such a tendency becomes more remarkable when, for example, a plurality of cooking menus are simultaneously advanced, and even in such a case, there is a demand for a technique that enables easy and quick use of cooking equipment with good setup.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to make it possible to use a cooking appliance quickly and accurately at its use timing, and to automatically use the cooking appliance without hesitation. It is an object of the present invention to provide a cooking support system capable of setting conditions.

[0005]

Means for Solving the Problems The cooking support system of the present invention employs the following configuration to achieve the above object. That is, the cooking support system according to claim 1 includes a cooking support device that presents a cooking procedure according to a cooking program, one or more cooking devices including an electric cooking unit, the cooking support device, and the cooking device. Communication means for communicating with the appliance, control means for controlling the cooking appliance in accordance with the cooking procedure presented by the cooking assistance device, and operating means for a user to operate the cooking appliance; Display means for displaying an operation state of the cooking appliance, the control unit causing the display unit to display on the display unit at the timing of using the cooking appliance, the fact that it is the timing of using the cooking appliance, and performing the operation It is characterized in that it is configured to control so as to accept an operation input for starting cooking by means.

According to the above invention, when the cooking according to the cooking program is advanced, the control means displays the fact on the display means when the use timing of the cooking appliance comes, and inputs the start of cooking by the operation means. Since the control is performed so as to accept, the user only has to proceed with the cooking operation in accordance with the cooking procedure presented by the cooking assistance device, and there is no need to perform troublesome setting work and setup, and the cooking program can be easily and quickly advanced. Can also be
The operation state of the cooking appliance can be confirmed by the display means.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a cooking support system.
The present invention is characterized in that the display means and the operation means are provided integrally with the cooking support device.
According to the present invention, the user can recognize the cooking procedure in accordance with the cooking program by looking at the cooking support device, and can also use the above-described cooking device for use timing and cooking start operation input. Can be performed by the cooking support device, so that the use timing for all the cooking devices can be surely recognized if the user always looks at the cooking support device without having to go to the location of the cooking device each time and check it. become.

[0008] The third aspect of the present invention provides a cooking support system.
The present invention is characterized in that the display means and the operation means are provided integrally with both the cooking assistance device and the cooking appliance. According to the invention,
Since it can also be confirmed on the cooking appliance side, when performing operations such as setting ingredients on the cooking appliance, it is possible to perform operation input by looking at the display means at that timing, even if you are away from the cooking appliance This can be confirmed by looking at the display means of the cooking assistance device, and the cooking procedure can be more reliably progressed.

[0009] The cooking support system according to the fourth aspect is the first aspect.
In the invention, the cooking support device is characterized in that it is configured to be provided integrally with one or a plurality of the cooking appliances. According to the present invention, the cooking assistance device is provided integrally with the cooking appliance, so that the main cooking appliance or the like has the function of the cooking assistance device.
There is no need for a separate space for installing a cooking support device,
In addition, by providing it for a frequently used cooking appliance, various confirmations can be made at the installation position of the cooking appliance at the time of use, so that usability is improved.

[0010] The cooking support system according to the fifth aspect is the first aspect.
The present invention is characterized in that the display means is provided in the cooking assistance device and the cooking appliance not provided with the cooking assistance device. According to the present invention, for example, by providing only the display means in one of the cooking appliances used at a distant position, even when using the cooking appliance, the use state and use timing of other cooking appliances are monitored. The cooking program can be surely advanced without oversight.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the cooking support system according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, the cooking appliance is provided with an imaging unit, and an image related to cooking taken by the imaging unit is displayed on the display unit. The feature is that it is displayed. According to the present invention, the progress of cooking by the cooking appliance can be actually photographed by the imaging unit provided in the cooking appliance and displayed on the display unit. Since the user can check and proceed while watching the program, the user can proceed with the cooking program with a sense of security.

[0012] The cooking support system according to claim 7 is provided in claim 1.
The invention according to any one of the first to sixth aspects is characterized in that the cooking support device is provided integrally with an information communication device functioning as the communication unit. According to the present invention, when the cooking program and the use conditions of the cooking appliance are updated in the progress of the cooking program by the cooking assistance device, the latest information is obtained from outside using the communication function of the information communication device. Since it can be rewritten, the entire system can always be used in an optimal state as an open system.

[0013] The cooking support system according to the eighth aspect is the first aspect.
The invention according to any one of the first to seventh aspects is characterized in that the cooking support device is provided with a sound generating device, and is configured to provide guidance along with the progress of the cooking operation of the cooking appliance and to notify when trouble occurs. According to the present invention, the user can be prompted to proceed with the cooking program by the sound generating device or can be notified of the occurrence of a problem. It will be possible to recognize information.

[0014]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the following description, the whole is divided into the following parts, and the description will be made item by item. The items are (1)-[Description of system configuration], (2)-
(Explanation of cooking menu inference processing), (3)-[Explanation of processing related to food purchase], (4)-[Explanation of display of cooking menu timetable], (5)-[Cooking menu recipe and cooking] Description when referring to procedure], (6)-
[Description of implementation of cooking menu], (7)-[Description of setting and operation of my program], (8)-[Other embodiments].

In (2) [Description of cooking menu inference processing], (a) cooking menu inference 1 [when only ingredients in stock are used], (b) cooking menu inference 2 [ In case of addition], (c) description of priority setting routine, (d) description of additional food material designation input routine,
The description will be made separately for each item of (e) the explanation of the display routine and (f) the explanation of the inference of the side dish and other cooking menus.

(1)-[Explanation of System Configuration] FIGS. 1 and 2 show the outline of the overall configuration. In FIG. 2, the overall control is provided as a home terminal 1. Is a cooking menu information presentation device,
It functions as a food purchase information display device, a cooking information providing device, and a cooking support device. The home terminal 1 is detachably disposed on the front of the refrigerator compartment door 2a of the refrigerator 2 as a food storage.

The overall schematic structure mainly including the home terminal 1 is provided so as to be connectable to the Internet 3 as an external communication network, and exchanges information with various electric devices in the house via the network 4 in the house. Is set to be possible. The in-house network 4 may be connected by a wireless LAN such as Bluetooth, or may be directly connected by a signal cable.

In this embodiment, examples of the electric equipment that can exchange information through the in-house network 4 include a food stocker 5 as a food storage, a microwave oven 6 having an oven function as a cooking appliance, and electromagnetic cooking. A cooking heater 7 that can be used and a heating pot 8 as a rice cooker are provided. In addition, although not directly related to the present invention, the present invention can be constructed as a system for generally controlling home electric appliances such as a washing machine and an air conditioner.

In the above configuration, the refrigerator 2 and the food stocker 5 are configured to be able to read information on the foodstuffs contained therein. This is linked with a POS terminal at the time of purchase at a supermarket or the like. The home terminal 1 in the home may be received via the Internet or the like, or the food information may be obtained by attaching a bar code to each food or attaching a wireless tag recording a food identification code. can do.

[0020] As the food information of the foodstuffs to be housed inside,
Various information such as the name, quantity, purchase date or expiration date of the ingredients can be included, and can be managed for each refrigerator 2 or food stocker 5 or can be managed collectively on the home terminal 1 side. ing. Here, the refrigerator 2 manages foods to be cooled and stored, such as raw foods and fresh foods, and a food stocker 5.
Is for preserving and managing foods at normal temperature such as cereals and dried foods. Similarly, if there is a storage room or the like that manages food stored in a warm state, this can also be a target of food management.

The microwave oven 6 can perform automatic cooking such as oven cooking with a heater and high-frequency heating cooking with a magnetron according to a program. The cooking heater 7 includes a plurality of heaters, and can automatically perform heating cooking using an electromagnetic cooking pot according to a program. In addition, the heating pot 8 has both the function of a rice cooker and the function of keeping the cooked rice warm.
Various settings can be made in accordance with the type of rice, the type of rice cooked, or the amount of rice cooked, and an automatic rice cooking function is provided.

The home terminal 1 has a function as a personal computer. As shown in FIG. 2, a display panel 9 having a liquid crystal screen is provided on a front portion thereof. It also has a function as an input unit 9a that can perform a desired input operation by performing a touch operation on the screen,
In the following description of the display screen, a desired input process can be performed by touching the display screen. In addition, the home terminal 1 is provided with a speaker 9b as a sound generating device, which guides a cooking procedure by sound or notifies a user by sound when a trouble or the like occurs, as described later. It has become.

Inside the home terminal 1, a control circuit 10 mainly including a CPU and having a ROM, a RAM, and various circuits is provided, and stores a program for controlling the overall operation described later. The control circuit 10 has a function as an information input unit, a food ordering unit, a time table generating unit, and a cooking guide unit as described later.

The control circuit 10 is connected to the above-mentioned liquid crystal panel 9 and the input unit 9a, is connected to a storage unit 11 such as a hard disk drive, and is provided with a database of food information and stores various data. It can be held. Further, the control circuit 10 is connected to the communication interface 12 for wirelessly communicating with the refrigerator 2, the food stocker 5, the microwave oven 6, the cooking heater 7, and the heating oven 8 via the in-house network 4 as described above. . Further, the control circuit 10
Is connected to an external network communication unit 13 for accessing the Internet 3.

When the home terminal 1 is connected to the Internet 3 through the external network communication unit 13, it can access various servers according to the present invention. The cooking menu providing server 14 as a cooking menu information distribution device includes a cooking menu database 15 stored with ingredients using various cooking menus and various attribute data, and an inference engine 16 for recommended cooking menus (see FIG. 4). Is provided as software. As will be described later, when various inference condition information is input from the home terminal 1 together with the ingredient information, the inference engine 16 is activated based on the information to perform inference processing, and the corresponding inference processing is performed from the cooking menu group in the cooking menu database 15. The menu item to be selected is transmitted to the home terminal 1 as recommended cooking menu data.

As a server accessible via the Internet 3, other than the bargain information providing server 17,
There are a food order reception server 18 and a health condition information providing server 19 provided in association with a hospital or the like.

The bargain information providing server 17 functions as a foodstuff information providing source, and provides bargain information and foodstuff information provided from stores A to N near the location where the accessed home terminal 1 is located. It is set to be able to. The foodstuff order reception server 18 stores the food at the designated store A for the foodstuff specified from the home terminal 1 side.
The order information from the user is set to be transferred to .about.N.

The health condition information providing server 19 provides health condition information created from medical examination history and medical history received at a hospital or the like or information on the result of a health examination, and the like. Whether there is
Alternatively, it is possible to provide information as to whether there are any restrictions on meals such as salt content, nutrient content and intake amount, and such health condition information is accumulated in the database 20. In addition, in consideration of privacy infringement, a system has been set up so that such personal information can be provided after confirming the identity of the person or family, and the ID number of the user is provided. It can be used by collating passwords and passwords, as well as protecting other settings.

The home terminal 1 described above is provided so as to be able to perform various functions necessary for performing housework, in addition to the functions relating to the inference of the cooking menu, although the description is omitted. For example, it has a function of grasping all home appliances that can communicate with the home terminal 1 and performing power management, performing a process related to maintenance of these home appliances, or storing and transmitting a message. It also has an e-mail transmission / reception function, and is programmed so that it can comprehensively support matters required at home.

Next, the relationship between the control circuit 10 of the home terminal 1 and the microwave oven 6 as a cooking appliance, the cooking heater 7 and the heating pot 8 will be described with reference to FIG. In this figure, the electrical configuration of each of the cooking appliances 6 to 8 shows only a configuration for performing communication processing. However, in actuality, the control target for controlling the cooking function in each of the cooking appliances 6 to 8 is These are configured to be controlled based on a program.

The microwave oven 6 mainly includes a control circuit 6a, a communication interface 6b, a display unit 6c, and an operation unit 6d.
And a CCD camera 6e. The control circuit 6a is configured to include a ROM, a RAM, and the like centering on a CPU, and is configured to store an operation control program in advance and to operate by receiving cooking information according to an operation mode from the outside. This control circuit 6
A is connected to a drive circuit such as a magnetron and a heater (not shown), and is configured to receive detection signals from various sensors.

The display unit 6c is configured as a touch panel of a large color liquid crystal display that also serves as the operation unit 6d, and displays a display screen for performing various settings and receives a setting input. Also, the display unit 6c
As described later, the state of the object to be heated in the heating chamber during cooking can be photographed by the CCD camera 6e and displayed in real time.

The cooking heater 7 is provided with, for example, three induction coils for heating (or a halogen heater can be provided). The cooking heater 7 generates eddy currents by high-frequency induction with respect to a pot placed on the top plate. The object to be heated is cooked by the generated Joule heat. This is configured to include a communication interface 7b, a display unit 7c, and an operation unit 7d mainly using the control circuit 7a. The control circuit 7a has a RO
An operation control program is stored in advance, and operation is performed by receiving cooking information according to the operation mode from the outside.

The control circuit 7a is connected to a drive circuit for a heating induction coil (not shown) and configured to receive detection signals from various sensors. In this cooking heater 7, the display section 7c is a relatively small display area, and the temperature (set temperature,
It is only for displaying information such as heater temperature) and heating time.

The heat retaining pot 8 has a rice cooking function and a heat retaining function, and is configured to cook rice by heating a pot by, for example, high-frequency induction heating. this is,
The communication interface 8b mainly includes the control circuit 8a,
The configuration includes a display unit 8c and an operation unit 8d.
The control circuit 8a is configured to include a ROM, a RAM, and the like centering on a CPU, is configured to store an operation control program in advance, and to operate by receiving cooking information according to an operation mode from the outside.

A drive circuit for a heating induction coil (not shown) is connected to the control circuit 8a, and a detection signal is input from various sensors such as a temperature sensor. In addition, in this heat retaining pot 8, the display unit 8
“c” has a configuration in which a relatively large display area is provided on the upper surface portion, and is configured to be able to display other information in addition to setting and status display of a set temperature, a cooking temperature, a cooking time, and the like.

Thus, as will be described later, the display section 8c of the insulated pot 8 can be used as a monitor for other cooking appliances 6 and 7. For example, when the insulated pot 8 is moved to the dining room, The operation status of the microwave oven 6 and the cooking heater 7 can be checked while looking at the display section 8c.

(2)-[Description of Cooking Menu Inference Processing] Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described for each of the following items. Next, a description will be given of the inference processing including the method of inferring the recommended cooking menu with reference to the conceptual diagram of FIG. 4 and the flowcharts of FIGS. 5 to 10 and the display screens of FIGS.

FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram when the inference engine 16 infers a recommended cooking menu. Here, the substance of the inference engine 16 is software, which is set to be executed on the cooking menu providing server 14 side. Since the inference engine 16 itself is software, the invention is not limited to being executed on the server 14 side, and may be executed on the home terminal 1 side. In this case, a method of either directly exchanging the data of the cooking menu group referred to in the inference process with the server 14 side, or performing the processing in a state where the data of the cooking menu group is downloaded to the home terminal 1 side in advance is adopted. be able to.

As described above, the inference engine 16 stores the food information in stock from the refrigerator 2 or the food stocker 5 serving as the food storage, via the communication interface 12.
In this database, the food information is input, and data of various inference conditions is input. The inference conditions include “seasonal information”, “supermarket cheap information”, “cooking menu selected in the past”, “family information”, and “health information”. A suitable cooking menu is deduced by comparing and referring to the cooking menu database based on these input data, and when there are a plurality of cooking menus, these are displayed on the display panel 9 as recommended cooking menus. It is.

In the inference processing of the inference engine 16,
For example, using the above-described ingredient information as a keyword of the ingredient to be used, an addable one of various inference conditions is set as an additional keyword for an attribute attached to the cooking menu, and is stored in the cooking menu database. Search from the cooking menu group and select the appropriate one. After that, the inference is performed by selecting the recommended cooking menu in order from the one that matches in consideration of the inference condition that could not be added.

Next, a procedure for inputting the data and executing the inference will be described, and a display state in each step will be described. The display panel 9 of the home terminal 1 displays a menu screen as shown in FIG. 14 when a button of “master of housework” among icons displayed on a top screen (not shown) is pressed. In this menu screen, "Dish",
Various operation buttons such as “food management”, “various information”, “maintenance”, “security”, “washing”, and “home appliance monitor” are arranged with marks.

When a “cooking” button as an operation button related to the present invention is pressed, the control circuit 1 of the home terminal 1 is pressed.
0 executes a program for inferring a recommended cooking menu. In this case, the process of inferring the recommended cooking menu is actually performed by exchanging between the home terminal 1 and the cooking menu providing server 14, and the flow of the inference process is shown in FIGS. I have. In addition, the display panel 9 of the home terminal 1 is set to display a plurality of types of recommended cooking menus, both (a) items made only with stocked ingredients and (b) items made by adding ingredients. ing.

(A) Cooking Menu Reasoning 1 [When Only Ingredients in Stock are Used] FIG. 5 shows an inference process of a recommended cooking menu when only ingredients in stock are used. First, the control circuit 10 of the home terminal 1 reads out information on the ingredients stored in the refrigerator 2 and the food stocker 5, or reads out the ingredient information stored in the ingredient information database 11 (step A1).

Next, it is determined whether or not there is a food intake restriction condition (step A2). For example, the control circuit 10 accesses the health condition information providing server 19 from the Internet 3 through the external network communication unit 13 to store information on the health condition of the family in the database 20.
From the hospital, or health information previously obtained from the hospital as family information, which is input and set via the input unit 9a of the display panel 9 is used.

As the health condition information, for example, when there is a food item that should be avoided from being taken depending on the medical history or health condition, this is determined as the intake restriction condition. At this time, given information on medical history and health status, the program can be set to automatically determine the foodstuffs to be restricted from now on, or can be set by directly specifying the foodstuffs to be restricted. You can also.

If "YES" in the step A2, the control circuit 10 determines, based on the health information obtained from the hospital, for example, the ingredients restricted in the intake of the ingredients in the step A2.
If it is included in the food information read out in step 1, it is set to exclude this (step A3). This makes it possible to automatically set a cooking menu that does not use the ingredients whose food intake is restricted, even if the ingredients are in stock.

Next, the control circuit 10 determines whether or not there is a change in the family composition condition (step A4). this is,
Normally, it is not necessary to change when the whole family is present, but the cooking menu flexibly responds to cases where some family members eat out or do not eat, or when there is a visitor eating. Can be inferred. If “YES” in the step A4, the control circuit 10 receives a setting input of a change condition (step A5). This is performed by the user using the display panel 9.
Is set by operating the operation unit 9a.

When the food information and the data corresponding to the number of members of the family are input in this way, the control circuit 10 sends these data to the cooking menu providing server 14 through the Internet 3 and the inference engine on the server 14 side. 1
6 is started. The inference engine 16 extracts a cooking menu that is possible based on the ingredients in the inventory and the amount of the ingredients in comparison with the cooking menu in the cooking menu database from the input food information and data on the number of people corresponding to the family structure (step A6). ), This is returned to the home terminal 1 as recommended cooking menu data.

In response, control circuit 1 of home terminal 1
0 determines whether or not there is a priority setting when the cooking menu is displayed (step A7), and if "YES", the priority setting routine of step A8 (see FIG. 6,
After that, a priority order for displaying a plurality of cooking menus is set, and the top three cooking menus are selected and determined. If no priority is set, three cooking menus are selected and determined according to the order sent from the cooking menu providing server 14.

For the three recommended cooking menus determined in this way, the data of the completed photos have also been downloaded from the cooking menu providing server 14 side, and these are displayed on the display panel 9 together (step A9). ). As a display example in this case, as shown in FIG. 15, for example, three cooking menus are preferentially displayed on the left side of the screen with a title of “recommended for today (main dish)”. For example, here, as the recommended cooking menu of “something only” obtained in the above inference process, the first is “eggplant curry of eggplant and minced meat”, the second is “for cabbage and pork vegetables,” and 3 Thirdly, "Grated ginger noodles" is displayed together with the completed photo (illustrated by a picture in the figure, but the picture is actually displayed. Of course, the picture can also be displayed).

The three cooking menus in the right column show the inference results when adding ingredients described in the next section (b), and are displayed together with the title "go shopping". In the lower section of the display screen, a button for transition to a setting screen for “favorite setting” and “food order” is arranged. Further, the priority setting routine described in step A8 of the above-described inference process is collectively performed after the inference for adding a foodstuff.

(B) Cooking Menu Reasoning 2 [Adding Food Ingredients] FIGS. 6 and 7 show a process of inferring a recommended cooking menu when adding food ingredients. In this case, the control circuit 10 of the home terminal 1 reads the information of the ingredients stored in the refrigerator 2 and the food stocker 5 in the same manner as described above,
Alternatively, the food information stored in the food information database 11 is read (step B1).

Next, the control circuit 10 determines whether or not to specify an additional ingredient (step B2), and if not, determines whether or not the number of items of the additional ingredient is specified (step B2). B3) If this is not specified, additional ingredients are set, for example, within two items (step B4). If the number of additional items is specified ("YE" in step B3)
("S" is determined), and the user's specification of the number of items is accepted and the system waits for an input from the operation unit 9a (step B5).

On the other hand, if "YES" is determined in the step B2, the control circuit 10 proceeds to a step B6 to execute a routine for receiving an input of the designated additional foodstuff (see FIG. 9, described later) to execute the foodstuff information. Set. As a result, the case of specifying an item when adding a food material, the case of specifying only the number of items, and the case of leaving the item (for example, within two items, but may be set to more items). 3
The setting when adding foodstuffs can be performed by the setting method as described above.

Next, the control circuit 10 determines whether or not there is a food intake restriction condition in the same manner as described above. If “YES”, the control circuit 10 restricts the food intake based on the health information obtained from the hospital. If the selected food is included in the food information read out in step B1, the setting is made to exclude this (step B8). Subsequently, the control circuit 10
In the same manner as described above, it is determined whether or not the family composition condition has been changed (step B9). Then, when the change condition is set, the input of the condition is accepted via step B10.

Subsequently, the control circuit 10 transmits the data to the cooking menu providing server 1 via the Internet 3.
4 to activate the inference engine 16 on the server 14 side. The inference engine 16 can compare the input menu with the cooking menu in the cooking menu database based on the input food information and the data on the number of people corresponding to the family composition, and consider the additional items or the additional food set as described above. A cooking menu is extracted (FIG. 7, step B11), and this is returned to the home terminal 1 as recommended cooking menu data.

In response to this, the control circuit 1 of the home terminal 1
0 determines whether or not there is a priority setting when the cooking menu is displayed (step B12), and if “YES”, a plurality of settings are made through the priority setting routine of step B13 (see FIG. 6, described later). Of the cooking menus are displayed, and the top three cooking menus are selected and determined. If the priority order is not set, 3 is set in accordance with the order sent from the cooking menu providing server 14 side.
One cooking menu is selected and determined.

With respect to the three recommended cooking menus determined in this way, the data of the completed pictures are also downloaded from the cooking menu providing server 14 side, and are displayed on the display panel 9 together (step B14). ). As a display example in this case, FIG.
As shown in the above, in the column on the right of the three recommended cooking menus inferred with "something only", "go shopping", the fourth recommended cooking menu "spare ribs", fifth, "beef and beef""Potato cheese baked" and sixthly "Matsutake rice" are displayed together with the completed photo (illustrated in the picture, but actually displayed).

In this case, a total of six recommended cooking menus are displayed on the display screen together with the completed pictures, and the user can select and set one of them. Here, displaying the six cooking menus has, for example, a balance with the display screen, but when viewed by the user, it appears as a state in which the number is exactly balanced. When selecting from these, there are no too many and there are no fewer options, so that the user can be provided with an appropriate display state.

In the cooking menu inference 2 described above, there is a portion for executing the same steps as those performed in the cooking menu inference 1, and as shown in FIG. 15 of this embodiment, both steps were obtained at the same time. In the case of displaying the recommended cooking menu, a program can be set so as to omit redundant steps and to proceed with these inference processes in parallel.

In the display screen shown in FIG. 15, in addition to the display of the recommended cooking menu, a display as a monitor indicating the operation state of the refrigerator 2 is also performed in the right column. It shows the monitor display of the room temperature and the setting state of the switching room (in this example, it is set to “chilled”), and also shows the cooling cooking mode when the refrigerator 2 is used as a cooking appliance for cooling cooking. In this display, for example, “cool heat cooking”, “hot chilling”, “hot freezing”, “rapid cooling” and the like are shown as cooling cooking.

In the process of inferring the recommended cooking menu described above, a button of "preference setting" is provided on the display screen shown in FIG. The tendency according to can be set. By pressing this button, a screen of “favorite setting” as shown in FIG. 16 is displayed. Here, for example, preference settings can be made for items such as "genre", "number of people", "quantity / volume", "cooking time", and "material".

For example, in order to make a preference setting for the "genre", the user can operate the triangular button on the right of this column to display selectable setting items in a box as shown in FIG. You. Here, for example, settings such as "no designation", "Japanese style", "Chinese", "Western style", and "Italian" can be selected. Similarly, selectable setting items are displayed in boxes for other items, and the user's preference can be set. As for "material", for example, "meat",
Preferences can be set for each item of “fish” and “vegetables”.

A new inference can be made after such preference settings have been made. In this case, the user operates such a preference inference button displayed at the bottom of the screen. The above-mentioned inference is redone according to
The recommended cooking menu as shown in FIG. 5 is displayed.

(C) Description of Priority Setting Routine In the display screen of FIG. 16 in which the preference is set as described above, there is a button on the lower side that allows the user to shift to the “priority setting” screen. Have been prepared. By operating the priority order setting button, a priority order setting (menu) setting screen as shown in FIG. 18 is displayed. Here, as described above, "Omakase"
Alternatively, as a result of inferring based on “preference settings”, the user sets priorities for a large number of recommended cooking menus obtained from the cooking menu providing server 14 side and meets the conditions. Are displayed in order.

First, on the setting screen shown in FIG. 18, items of priority that can be set are arranged in a list box on the right side. For example, "grandpa priority", "diet", "freshness of ingredients", "iron recipe", "Japanese food",
Various items such as "World cuisine" are available.
These can be added to or deleted from the priority list by operating the add / delete buttons. The box on the left is a list of selected priorities. Here, four items of “expiration date”, “season”, “child priority” and “no hassle” are selected and set in this order. The order of the items of the priority order can be set by operating the priority order change button arranged on the right side of the box with the target item selected.

In this setting screen, in addition to the above, it is set so that the cooking menu executed within two weeks cannot be repeatedly selected, and this period can be changed and set by a “change period” button arranged on the right side. By setting this setting to, for example, “0 day”, it is possible to repeatedly display and select.

Further, in the lower row, it is possible to input and set whether or not there is any food that cannot be ingested due to allergy or the like. By operating the "details" button, the name of the food can be input. I can do it. Also,
At the bottom, there is a setting button for "Change priority of items to be added", and it is possible to change and set the priority of ingredients to be added when setting the recommended cooking menu when adding ingredients. ing.

When the priorities are set as described above (menu priority setting state in FIG. 18),
The control circuit 10 of the home terminal 1 determines the priority order of the display of the recommended cooking menu by executing the flowchart shown in FIG. That is, first, the control circuit 10 accesses the cooking menu providing server 14 and the like via the Internet 3 to obtain seasonal information (step C1). Next, if there is a cooking menu selected by the user within two weeks from the cooking menu group extracted from the cooking menu database 11 of the cooking menu providing server 14 as described above, this is deleted. Delete (step C2).

Next, regarding the “expiration date” set as the first priority, the control circuit 10 determines that the ingredients used in each of the extracted cooking menus are based on the expiration date data of the in-stock ingredients. In comparison, "1", "1"
The points that determine the order of “2” and “3” are given as points A (step C3). Subsequently, the points are similarly given as points B in order from the cooking menu having no seasonal feeling (step C4). Next, points are given as points C in order from the cooking menu that is not popular with children (step C5), and finally points are given as points D in order from the cooking menu with the longest cooking time (step C6).

Next, the control circuit 10 calculates the total score of the scores A to D given as described above according to the following formula, and obtains the score S of each cooking menu (step C7). Here, the top six
The weights of 4, 2, and 1 are multiplied. S = (A × 6) + (B × 4) + (C × 2) + D

When the score S of the cooking menu is obtained in this way, three items having the highest score S are selected from the top and displayed as a recommended cooking menu (step C8). In this priority setting routine, the recommended cooking menu for making only “something” and the recommended cooking menu for “go shopping” are each 3
Since each item is selected one by one, a total of six recommended cooking menus are displayed as described above.

(D) Description of Additional Ingredient Designation Input Routine Next, the additional ingredient designation input routine (step B6 in FIG. 6) for adding the above-described ingredients will be described with reference to FIG. Here, the control circuit 10 of the home terminal 1 first determines whether or not to refer to shopping information in order to specify an additional foodstuff (step D1). This is set as a feasible one when considering a menu of meals, for example, if there are ingredients that can be purchased cheaply, it is economically effective to use them.

That is, when the control circuit 10 determines “YES” in step D 1 through the input operation of the user, the bargain information providing server 17 that provides bargain food information in a nearby market through the Internet 3.
To obtain the pre-set bargain information from the stores A to N and display it on the display panel 9 (step D2). As a result, the user can designate a food to be added as a cheaply available food and infer a recommended cooking menu (step D3). The control circuit 10 causes the above-described inference to be performed in addition to the food information as the food to which the specified food is added.

[0086] In addition, additional ingredients are available on the Internet 3.
Although the case of obtaining and selling the ingredients cheap information provided through is explained, it is not limited to this, and in addition to the cheap information, when using the ingredients of the specified brand, or the ingredients that the user desires It can also be entered and specified arbitrarily.

(E) Description of Display Routine Next, instead of displaying the recommended cooking menu as described above, the display pattern can be changed as follows. By operating a pattern change switch (not shown), the priority setting of the recommended cooking menu can be changed. This is suitable, for example, in a case where a child wants to display a favorite cooking menu in a recommended cooking menu in a home where the child is present.

That is, in the priority order setting routine described with reference to FIG. 8, after the score S is calculated in step C7, only the two cooking menus having a higher score are selected instead of the top three cooking menus. (Step C
9) Alternatively, the third is a “recommended cooking menu” which is a cooking menu that is popular among children and is not included in the display target selected in step C9.
(Step C1).
0).

(F) Explanation of Inference of Vegetables and Other Cooking Menus When any one of the recommended cooking menus of “main dish” shown in FIG. 15 is selected and determined by the user, the control circuit 10 continues. 19, the recommended cooking menu of “side dish”, “soup” or “rice” is extracted through the same inference process as described above, and three types are displayed as shown in FIG.

In this case, for example, “spare ribs” which is a recommended cooking menu when adding ingredients to “main dish”
And can be made by adding ingredients from the stock or ingredients, as a "side dish" that matches the "main dish", such as "fried fried and vegetable salad",
"Spinach incense" and "Kish of spinach and tomato" are inferred and displayed with the completed photo.

Similarly, for "soup", "corn soup", "chicken soup" and "minestrone" are inferred, and for "rice", "white rice (Koshihikari)" is inferred and displayed together with the completed photograph. 3 of "rice"
"My program" as the second recommended cooking menu
Is displayed. The “My program” is a setting menu of “rice” that can be set by the user according to various conditions such as preferences and special days, and will be described in detail later.

[Summary] As described above, the recommended cooking menu can be inferred from the ingredients information of the inventory inputted from the home terminal 1 side by using the inference engine 16, so that it is released from thinking about menus, and It is simple and convenient because you can select from a rich cooking menu database. In addition, since the ingredients in stock can be used effectively, it is economically effective.

As described above, the inference engine 16
Is realized by software, the inference engine 16 may be mounted on the home terminal 1 side. Further, if the information storage capacity on the home terminal 1 side increases with the advancement of technology, it is possible to provide a configuration having a huge cooking menu database stored on the cooking menu providing server 14 side while keeping the configuration cheap. . In this case, an inference process based on the latest information can be always performed by downloading the updated cooking menu data from the cooking menu providing server 14 at an appropriate timing.

(3)-[Explanation of Processing Related to Ingredient Purchase] Next, assuming that a recommended cooking menu in which an additional ingredient is added is performed, a process that can be performed for the procurement of the additional ingredient is described below. This will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 11 and 12 and the display screens of FIGS.

When the button for “order food” arranged at the bottom of the recommended cooking menu display screen shown in FIG. 15 is operated, first, a “shopping memo” screen as shown in FIG. 20 is displayed on the display panel. 9 is displayed. Here, the item set as an ingredient to be added is displayed together with the amount corresponding to each cooking menu, but only the amount necessary for cooking is displayed, but it is not a unit that can be bought by shopping, When the "shopping list" button displayed at the bottom of the screen is operated, as shown in FIG. 21, the amount of money shown in purchase units for each store is displayed as a list. On the other hand, when the button of “sale information” displayed at the bottom of the screen of “shopping memo” in FIG. 20 is operated, as shown in FIG. The bargain information is displayed with the item.

Next, a process for ordering the displayed ingredients online will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. When the "order" button shown at the bottom of the "shopping list" or "sale information" screen is operated, the control circuit 10 of the home terminal 1 determines the quantity and price of the ingredients to be purchased by the store name. (Step E1). Next, when the button for ordering food is operated from the display screen,
The control circuit 10 displays the ingredients that can be ordered (step E3). Thereafter, when there is an input operation of the shop to which the order is placed and the ingredients (step E4), the order processing is performed (step E5).

This ordering process proceeds as in the case of so-called online shopping via the Internet, for example, as shown in FIG. That is, this is the food order receiving server 1 via the Internet 3
When the server 8 is accessed, the server 18 performs order receiving processing through the following processing steps. When the homepage of the corresponding store is accessed (step F1), a display screen of a product list provided from the server 18 is displayed (step F1).
2) A desired product can be selected and designated (step F3).

The input section 9a of the display panel 9 is operated by the user.
When the ingredients are selected and designated by the operation of (1), the details of the product are displayed (step F4). When the product is to be purchased, it is designated to be put in a cart and purchased (step F4).
5) If there are other items to be purchased, the above steps F2 to F5 are repeatedly performed, and all the ingredients to be purchased are designated (determined as "YES" in step F6), and the product is put in the cart. The total price of the ingredients is displayed (step F7).

After that, the delivery destination is input in accordance with a predetermined input form screen (step F8), the payment method is selected and set (step F9), and the order button is operated (step F10) to place the order. Processing is completed.

When the “order processed foods” button provided at the bottom of the screen on the above-described bargain information display screen of FIG. 22 is operated, for example, “spare ribs” are cut to an appropriate size. The order processing described above is performed with respect to a store that provides the ingredients in a state in which the food has been processed to the processed state. If you are busy or have no time to cook, for example, it is very helpful to have vegetables, meat, fish, etc. provided in a pre-cut shape and size suitable for the cooking menu In some cases, you may want to place an order even if the price of the ingredients is overpriced. In response to such a need, the store side also responds, and such order processing can be easily performed by operating one button.

[Summary] As described above, in order to purchase ingredients necessary for making a recommended cooking menu, an online order can be made by touching the display panel 9 of the home terminal 1. In addition, because you can immediately see the discount information on the spot, it is also possible to infer the recommended cooking menu by deciding the ingredients to be added from the information, it is easy to use and it is possible to purchase the ingredients quickly and inexpensively. become able to.

In the above description of the display screen, the bargain information on the decided recommended cooking menu is displayed. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and when setting the recommended cooking menu, all the ingredients are newly procured. May be displayed as shopping information. In addition, when displaying the total amount for each store, the total amount can be arranged in ascending order. Further, it is also possible to display in order from the nearest store based on the distance from the home to the store.

(4)-[Explanation of Display of Time Table of Cooking Menu] Next, referring to FIGS. 23 to 28, the display of the composite time table when the recommended cooking menu determined as described above is implemented. Will be explained. FIG. 20 described above.
Alternatively, when the “To timetable” button displayed at the bottom of the screen on the display screen of FIG. 21 or the like is operated, the control circuit 10 determines the “main dish”, “side dish”, “juice” determined by the user. And four rice cooking menus, a composite timetable is calculated when cooking is performed so that freshly prepared foods can be arranged on the dining table at substantially the same time, as shown in FIG. The image is displayed on the display panel 9.

In the above case, when synthesizing the time tables of a plurality of cooking menus, the cooking procedures may compete with each other. In such a case, the control circuit 10 determines a priority and sets a cooking procedure. The priority is, for example, to cook foods that are suitable to be eaten while hot, irrespective of the temperature, first.

[0095] Here, together with a completed photograph of each cooking menu, a microwave oven 5 used for cooking the cooking menu is used.
Cooking equipment such as the cooking heater 6 or the heating pot 7 is displayed at the same time, and a composite timetable is displayed below the cooking heater 6 so that cooking proceeds at the same time. Here, it takes time for the “spare ribs” to be laid down after preparing the material, so the total required time is 1
The time is about 40 minutes. The cooking procedure can be reliably performed on time by referring to the composite time table so that even an unskilled user can proceed with the processing sequentially in accordance with the procedure.

As will be described later, after the actual cooking is started, the standby processing of the cooking equipment to be used and the contents to be performed in the next cooking procedure are sequentially displayed on a display screen. Cooking can be progressed in order by working while watching.

Now, the time table shown in FIG.
The required time is displayed, but the finish time is almost the same, and depending on the user, there may be cases where you want to serve dishes separately or fine-tune the time setting, etc. As such, the option button is provided at the bottom of the screen. When the option button is operated, the control circuit 10 displays a time table option setting screen as shown in FIG.

On the display screen of FIG. 24, buttons are displayed for the user to select and set whether to finish four cooking menus simultaneously or to set finishing times individually. When the simultaneous finish is selected, a case where the cooking start time is designated and displayed on the composite timetable together with the expected end time or a case where the finish time is designated and the composite timetable is displayed together with the estimated start time is selected. be able to.

For example, when 5:30 pm is set by selecting a method for designating the start time, when the “OK” button is operated, the option designation screen is displayed as shown in FIG. 5:30 pm, which is the start time, with the display corresponding to the display screen of No. 23
And the scheduled finish time 7:10 pm is calculated and displayed.

On the other hand, when the user who designates the finish time is selected and, for example, 7:00 pm is set, “O
When the "K" button is operated, the calculated scheduled start time of 5:20 pm and the finish specified time of 7:00 pm are displayed as option designation screens as shown in FIG. .

When cooking is started by designating a start time, the progress of the time table may differ depending on the individual user of the cooking user. When there is an input as to which cooking procedure is being carried out (for example, when the displayed cooking procedure is completed), based on the input, as shown in FIG. The scheduled time is corrected and displayed at any time. Thus, even an unskilled person can inform the family of the finishing time at an intermediate stage.

Further, the finishing time of the cooking menu can be individually set on the option setting screen shown in FIG. This can be, for example, when visiting
When serving foods in order, such as a course meal of Western food, or when drinking alcohol before eating rice, the thing that becomes a "knob" (not shown here) first This is effective when setting the timetable after eating.

In this case, when "Individually set" on the right side is selected, the finishing time for each cooking menu is set and input, and the "OK" button is operated, a screen such as that shown in FIG. 28 is displayed. Become like For example, "soup"
Set the finish time of the corn soup at 7:00 pm, followed by the fried vegetable and radish salad at 7:10 pm, and finally the spare ribs of the main dish In this case, the finish time of the white rice (Koshihikari) of “rice” is set to 7:30.

The composite time table is also displayed in a state different from that described above in accordance with the set time, and is shown in the upper part of the photograph of the cooking menu with reference to each finish time. As a result, a plurality of cooking menus set in a complicated order can be cooked skillfully, resulting in excellent usability.

[Summary] As described above, when a desired cooking menu is selected and determined from the recommended cooking menus, “main vegetable”, “vice vegetable”, “juice” and “juice” are displayed on the display panel 9 of the home terminal 1. Each cooking menu of rice can be displayed in a composite timetable that matches the finish time, so the user can proceed with the cooking procedure while looking at the composite timetable so that even unfamiliar people can prepare multiple cooking The menu can be advanced in parallel.

Further, since the time at which each cooking menu is finished can be set finely, even when finishing a plurality of cooking menus at the same time and arranging them on a dining table, or when providing a service with a time lag as in a Western restaurant, a combination of the multiple menus can be obtained. Since the timetable can be easily set, it is possible to easily cope with the situation by proceeding with cooking while looking at the display screen without depending on intuition or experience.

The method of setting the individual settings is such that, in addition to the case where the finishing time is set for each cooking menu as in the above-described embodiment, the order of finishing the cooking menu and the time difference are set. Alternatively, it is also possible to automatically set an appropriate finishing time by programming the course of the Western food service so that the order of services is completed and an appropriate time difference is provided to finish the course.

(5)-[Explanation of Reference to Cooking Menu Recipe and Cooking Procedure] Next, when cooking of the determined cooking menu is performed,
A case where the cooking procedure of each cooking menu is displayed will be described. In FIGS. 23, 25, 26, 27 and 28 in which the above-described composite time table is displayed, when the “open navigation” button arranged at the bottom of the display screen is operated, the control circuit 10 causes the recipe of each cooking menu to be displayed. Display. FIG. 29 shows the recipe of “spare ribs”, and on this display screen, the required time for cooking of the “spare ribs”, the material and the amount thereof, and the contents thereof are shown together with the completed photograph.

In the item display of the ingredients, the ingredients that need to be purchased (items of “pork spare ribs” and “A sauce”)
Are indicated with a "shopping mark" (shown in a schematic diagram of a cart in the figure). With regard to the foods with these shopping marks, the "sale information" button provided at the bottom of the screen is operated to display the aforementioned sale information screen (FIG. 2).
2) and the purchase information can be viewed.

[0110] A menu bar is displayed at the top of the screen.
The display screen of the “timetable”, the display screen of the respective recipes of “spare rib”, “salad of radish and oil”, “corn soup”, and “white rice (Koshihikari)” can be switched. For example, if "radish and fried salad" is selected and operated, the recipe of the cooking menu is displayed as shown in FIG. 30, and if "corn soup" is selected and operated, it is displayed as shown in FIG. When "Koshihikari)" is selected and operated, the display is as shown in FIG.

At the bottom of the screen, there are provided buttons for "return" and "next". The operation of "return" returns to the previous screen, and the operation of "next" shows a detailed procedure. Move to the screen. For example, when "next" is operated on the display screen of the recipe of "spare rib" in FIG. 29, the display is shifted to a display screen showing in detail how to make the "spare rib". In this case, there are two display screens for detailed recipes, and for example, as shown in FIGS. 33 and 34, cooking procedures can be sequentially displayed. In the case of "white rice (Koshihikari)", FIG.
A display screen showing the cooking procedure as shown in FIG. On the display screen of this detailed recipe, a large photograph shows the state of the middle of the work of the cooking procedure in order to make it easier for people who are not used to cooking to understand. Can be enhanced.

Although not adopted in the above-mentioned recommended cooking menu, for example, when the cooking menu selected and determined by the user is “stir-fried cabbage and pork vegetables”, a display screen of the recipe (shown in FIG. When the display screen shifts from) to a detailed cooking procedure display screen, four display screens as shown in FIGS. 39 to 42 are sequentially displayed. Here, as in the above, the state of the middle stage of the cooking operation is shown together with a large photograph, and cooking utensils required for cooking are displayed on the display screen at the required time (see FIG. 40), or the cooking heater 7 is used. In this case, the position of the stove used, the set heating power, the set temperature, etc. are also displayed at the same time. In addition, during cooking, the control circuit 10 of the home terminal 1 receives a signal indicating the operating state of the cooking heater 7, and can display the monitor temperature in a segment display above the set temperature, for example. It has become.

[Summary] As described above, by touching the display screen of the recipe of the cooking menu by the control circuit 10 of the home terminal 1, it is possible to easily shift to a display screen showing more detailed cooking procedures. This is convenient for learning before starting the cooking, such as preparing the cooking procedure and necessary cooking utensils in advance.

(6)-[Explanation of Implementation of Cooking Menu] Next, an operation after actually starting cooking according to the composite time table will be described. Figures 23, 25-28
When the cooking according to the composite time table shown in FIG. 13 is started, the control circuit 10 of the home terminal 1 performs the cooking assistance according to the flowchart shown in FIG. Here, a case where cooking is performed according to the composite time table shown in FIG. 23 will be described as an example.

First, the control circuit 10 causes the display panel 9 to display the first page of the procedure of the cooking menu for performing cooking first (step G1). In this case, since the "preparation" of the "spare rib" is the first, the display screen of "spare rib / how to make 1/2" shown in FIG. When the operation of the “next” button is operated after the operation of the cooking procedure displayed by the user is completed, the control circuit 10
Recognizes that the work has been completed (determined as “YES” in step G2), and shifts to the display screen for the next procedure (step G3).

In the composite time table shown in FIG.
Since there is no work to be cooked immediately, the time table is displayed, and when the time comes, the control circuit 10 displays the display screen of FIG. 38 showing the cooking procedure of “white rice (Koshihikari)”. (Step G3). Here, since the heat retaining pot 8 will be used, “Y”
ES ”, and proceeds to Step G5.

Here, the control circuit 10 transmits the rice cooking program of “rice rice (Koshihikari)” to the heating oven 8 from the home network 4 via the communication interface 12 to the control circuit 8a of the heating oven 8 (FIG. 11). Step G
5). Thereby, the control circuit 8a of the warming pot 8 prepares for the rice cooking operation according to the rice cooking program. At this time, the control circuit 10 outputs an audio signal to the speaker 9b to notify the user that the rice cooking operation is ready. Thereafter, when the user puts "rice" in the pot of the insulated pot 8 and operates the start switch ("YES" in step G6), the rice cooking program is executed (step G7). .

Next, the control circuit 10 displays a display screen (not shown) for preparing “oil fried and radish salad” (step G8 is executed and step G3 is executed). Is not used yet, so that "NO" is determined in the step G4, and the process returns to the step G2.

Next, the control circuit 10 displays the display screen shown in FIG. 34 on the display panel 9 to show "spare rib / how to make 2/2". Here, the user prepares for heating cooking according to the procedure shown on the screen, and the control circuit 10 transmits a preheating setting program to cause the microwave oven 6 to perform heating cooking using the oven function. (Steps G4 and G5). When the user operates the start button for starting the preheating of the microwave oven 6 (“YE” in step G6).
S), the microwave oven 6 starts the preheating operation, and enters a standby state when the set temperature is reached (step G7).

Thereafter, the control circuit 10 returns from step G8 to step G3 again, displays the next cooking procedure, if any, and, when preheating is completed, executes the heating cooking operation program in the same manner as described above. The data is transmitted to the range 6 side (G5 is performed after step G4). At this time,
The control circuit 10 outputs an audio signal to the speaker 9b to notify that the preheating is completed and the heating and cooking can be started.

Thereafter, when the user operates the start button of the heating cooking in a state where the material of the “spare rib” to be subjected to the heating cooking is ready and housed in the heating chamber, the transmitted heating cooking operation is performed. In accordance with the program, the operation is started so that the oven heating temperature is heated at 250 ° C. for 1 hour (step G7).

At this time, on the microwave oven 6 side, the heating state of the object to be heated housed in the heating chamber is photographed by using the CCD camera 6e, and as shown in FIGS.
Will be displayed along with the remaining time. This allows
The user can confirm the heating state of the microwave oven 6 by looking at the display on the display unit 6c.

When the cooking procedure has proceeded as described above and the final cooking procedure has been completed, the control circuit 10 proceeds to step G8.
Is determined as "YES", and the cooking support operation based on the composite time table is ended.

Thus, the necessary cooking procedure is displayed on the display panel 9 together with the photograph at an appropriate timing in accordance with the progress of the cooking, and the voice guidance is performed by the speaker 9b. Since the home terminal 1 performs cooking support so as to shift to the cooking procedure, even a person who is not used to cooking can proceed with cooking according to the set time by proceeding with cooking while watching the display panel 9. Cooking can be completed.

[0125] Note that, since the cooking work varies among individuals, as described above, even if a delay occurs with the progress of the composite time table, "next" is performed every time each cooking procedure is completed.
By performing the above operation, the control circuit 10 recognizes the end timing of the cooking procedure, and accordingly, for example, as shown in FIG. 27, the composite time table is appropriately modified, so that it is possible to flexibly respond. In addition to this, it is possible to notify the family or the like of the expected end time with less deviation.

During the execution of the cooking, the part where the display of the composite time table is being executed is displayed by a cursor, the characters of the contents of the cooking procedure are highlighted or blinked so as to be easily understood. By displaying it, it is possible to display it in a manner that is easy for the user to understand.

At the time of displaying each cooking procedure, the control circuit 10 of the home terminal 1 also outputs the display of the cooking procedure and the display of various kinds of information to the display unit 8c of the heat retaining pot 8,
Thus, when the user leaves the kitchen and moves to the dining room or the like, or when the user waits in the dining room in a state where the time until the next cooking procedure is available, the state in which the heating pot 8 is arranged in the dining room. As a result, the display 8c is displayed on the home terminal 1
Can be viewed as a monitor in place of the display panel 9.

The speaker 9b outputs a notification signal by the control circuit 10 by detecting on the home terminal 1 side that an abnormality or a failure has occurred in a cooking appliance or the like, even when the cooking procedure is not performed or cooking is not performed. Alarm operation.

[Summary] As a result, when the cooking is started, the control circuit 10 of the home terminal 1 displays the cooking procedure together with the photograph on the display panel 9 at an appropriate timing according to the composite time table. The cooking support by the home terminal 1 is performed without relying on it, and even an unfamiliar person can easily manage a plurality of cooking menus.

Further, even if the cooking procedure takes time on the way and takes time, the composite time table is appropriately reviewed and corrected, so that the expected finish time can be accurately grasped and the cooking can be reliably advanced. Will be able to do it.

When there is cooking equipment required as the cooking progresses, the control circuit 10 accurately transmits the operation program to the microwave oven 6, the cooking heater 7 or the heating oven 8 at the timing of use. Therefore, at the time of use, the operation can be immediately performed by a driving program suitable for cooking of the cooking menu, and usability can be improved. Also, during a period when it is not the time to use, when the user wants to use it for another cooking, the restriction is not imposed, so that the usability is excellent.

(7)-[Description of Setting and Operation of My Program] Next, the setting and operation of the above “My program” will be briefly described with reference to FIGS. 43 to 48. This is, for example, a “customization” function of the rice cooking operation by the warming pot 8, so that a program setting according to the user's preference can be performed. “My” in FIG.
On the display screen of “Program (customization)”, functions that can be customized are listed by item. For example, "Rice course by rice brand", "Calendar rice",
"Taste of my home", "Healthy course" and "Other courses".

When one of the items is selected on the display screen by the user, the control circuit 10 of the home terminal 1
Move to the setting screen of each course. When the “rice brand-specific course” is selected, the control circuit 10 displays an order receiving screen of “rice brand-specific rice cooking control program” shown in FIG. 44. Here, for example, "Koshihikari course", "Sasashiki course", "Akitakomachi course", "Hitmebore course", "Kirara 997 course", and the like can be selected. Button is provided.

When the user operates the purchase button, the control circuit 10 can access the program providing server through the Internet 3 and download the program online. Even if the item is not displayed as a representative item, the user can purchase the corresponding program if there is a corresponding program by writing its name in the brand input box in the lower column. When the program is downloaded, it is set to be debited by credit or the like instead.

When the item “calendar cooking” is selected, the control circuit 10 shifts to the display screen of FIG. Here, the course is for implementing a standard rice menu by designating the birthday or anniversary of the user's family. This is, for example, to set the rice cooking program in detail according to the temperature, water temperature, rice quality, etc. that changes according to the season, and fill in the entry part of the setting screen as shown in the figure For example, a recipe for a menu corresponding to a mobile phone or the like is automatically transmitted on the corresponding day.

Next, when the item "Taste of my home" is selected, the control circuit 10 shifts to the display screen of FIG. This is an input screen that enables a user to set a cooking method according to his / her preference when cooking rice. The items that can be set are, for example, “hardness”, “stickiness”, “sweetness”, and “burnt” of freshly cooked items, each of which can be set in five stages.

When the item “healthy course” is selected, the control circuit 10 shifts to the display screen of FIG. This is a display screen on which a variety of rice cooking courses such as a “brown rice course”, a “divided three-minute course”, and the like can be selectively set in addition to a normal rice cooking course as a rice cooking program. When "Add" is selected,
As described above, the control circuit 10 accesses the program providing server and downloads the corresponding rice cooking program. Also in this case, by downloading, the price is separately paid by a method such as credit.

[0138] Finally, when "addition of other rice cooking course" is selected, the control circuit 10 shifts to the display screen of FIG. For example, as a rice cooking program, for example, a "sushi sushi course", a "cooking course", a "cooking rice course" or a "germ rice course" can be selected. When the "add" button is operated, the user can download the file in the same manner.

As described above, by setting the “My program”, it is possible to select a desired course from a variety of rice cooking courses, and it is possible to provide fine-grained support for rice types and family preferences. To provide “rice”.

(8)-[Other Embodiments] The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, but can be modified or expanded as follows. In the above embodiment, the case where the refrigerator 2 and the food stocker 5 are used as the food storage is described. However, a system using only the refrigerator 2 or a system using only the food stocker 5 may be used. The present invention can also be applied to a food storage for storing food in a warm state.

By accessing various other servers through the Internet 3 using the home terminal 1, more useful information can be obtained and displayed. For example, detailed information can be obtained by accessing a designated server regarding food information.

[0142]

As described above, according to the cooking support system of the present invention, the following effects can be obtained. That is, according to the first aspect of the present invention, as the cooking progresses in accordance with the cooking program, the control means displays the fact on the display means at the timing of using the cooking appliance, and receives an input of the start of cooking by the operating means. Therefore, the user simply proceeds with the cooking according to the cooking procedure presented by the cooking assistance device, and does not need to perform any troublesome setting work or setup, and can easily and quickly proceed with the cooking program. And the operating state of the cooking appliance can be confirmed by the display means.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the user can recognize the cooking procedure according to the cooking program by looking at the cooking assistance device, and can use the above-mentioned cooking equipment at the same time as the use timing. Since the operation input for starting cooking can also be performed by the cooking assistance device, it is not necessary to go to the location of the cooking appliance each time and check the cooking assistance device. You will be able to recognize.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the confirmation can be made on the cooking appliance side, when the operation such as setting the food is performed on the cooking appliance, the operation input is performed by looking at the display means at that timing. In addition, even when the user is away from the cooking appliance, it can be confirmed by looking at the display means of the cooking assistance device, and the cooking procedure can be performed more reliably.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the cooking assistance device is provided integrally with the cooking appliance, if the main cooking appliance or the like has the function of the cooking assistance device, the cooking assistance device is separately provided. A space for disposing the support device is not required, and since it is provided for frequently used cooking equipment, various confirmations can be made at the disposition position of the cooking equipment at the time of use, so that the usability is improved.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, for example, by using a cooking device provided with the display means at a remote position, even if the cooking device is used, the usage state of other cooking devices and Since the use timing can be monitored and confirmed, the cooking program can be reliably advanced without oversight.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the progress of cooking by the cooking appliance can be actually photographed by the imaging unit provided in the cooking appliance and displayed on the display unit. Since it is possible to check and proceed with the progress of cooking while actually watching it, the cooking program can be proceeded with a sense of security for the user.

According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, when the cooking program and the use conditions of the cooking appliance are updated in the progress of the cooking program by the cooking assistance device, the communication function of the information communication device is used from the outside. Since the latest information can be obtained and rewritten, the entire system can always be used in an optimal state as an open system.

According to the eighth aspect of the present invention, the user is prompted to proceed with the cooking program by the sound generation device,
Since the state of occurrence of the malfunction can be notified, the information can be surely recognized even when the cooking procedure that cannot be released is performed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an electrical block diagram showing the configuration of the entire system.

FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing a schematic configuration of a system.

FIG. 3 is an electrical configuration diagram showing a relationship between a control circuit of the home terminal and a cooking appliance.

FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram showing the principle of an inference engine.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a cooking menu inference program using only ingredients in stock.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of a cooking menu inference program when adding ingredients (part 1).

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a cooking menu inference program when adding ingredients (part 2).

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a priority setting routine program.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart of a program of an additional foodstuff designation input routine.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart of a display routine program.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart of a food ordering routine program.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart of an order processing routine program.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart of a support program after the start of cooking.

FIG. 14 is a menu display screen.

FIG. 15 is a display screen of a recommended cooking menu.

FIG. 16 is a preference setting input screen (part 1).

FIG. 17 is a preference setting input screen (part 2)

FIG. 18: Priority setting input screen

FIG. 19 is a display screen of a recommended cooking menu for side dishes, soups and rice.

FIG. 20 is a display screen of a shopping memo.

FIG. 21 is a display screen of a shopping list

FIG. 22: Display screen of bargain information

FIG. 23 is a display screen of a composite timetable.

FIG. 24: Timetable option setting input screen

FIG. 25 is a display screen of a composite timetable of option setting (part 1).

FIG. 26 is a display screen of a composite timetable for setting options (part 2).

FIG. 27 is a display screen when a composite timetable of option setting is modified.

FIG. 28 is a composite timetable display screen in the case of individual setting of option setting.

FIG. 29: Spare rib (main dish) recipe display screen

FIG. 30: Recipe display screen of Japanese-style salad (side dish) with radish and oil fried

FIG. 31: Recipe display screen of corn soup (soup)

FIG. 32: Recipe display screen of white rice (Koshihikari) (rice)

FIG. 33 is a detailed display screen showing how to make a spare rib (part 1).

FIG. 34 is a detailed display screen showing how to make a spare rib (part 2).

FIG. 35 is a display screen (part 1) of a microwave oven during cooking of spare ribs.

FIG. 36 is a display screen (part 2) of the microwave oven during the heating of the spare ribs.

FIG. 37 is a display screen of a microwave oven immediately after completion of heating and cooking of spare ribs.

FIG. 38: Detailed display screen of how to make white rice (Koshihikari)

FIG. 39: Detail display screen of how to make stir-fried cabbage and pork (part 1)

FIG. 40: Detail display screen of how to make stir-fried cabbage and pork vegetables (part 2)

Fig. 41: Detail display screen of how to make stir-fried cabbage and pork vegetables (part 3)

FIG. 42: Detail display screen of how to make stir-fried cabbage and pork vegetables (part 4)

FIG. 43: My program setting top display screen

FIG. 44: Order reception display screen of rice cooking control program by rice brand

FIG. 45 is a display screen of a calendar rice cooking setting input reception

FIG. 46 is a display screen for accepting a setting input of home taste.

FIG. 47 is a display screen for inputting additional settings for a healthy course

FIG. 48: Display screen for setting input of other rice cooking courses

[Explanation of symbols]

1 is a home terminal (cooking menu information providing device, food purchase information display device, cooking information providing device, cooking support device), 2
Is a refrigerator (food storage), 3 is an internet (communication line), 4 is a home network, 5 is a food stocker (food storage), 6 is a microwave oven (cooking equipment), 7 is a cooking heater (cooking equipment), 8 Is an insulated pot (cooking equipment), 9 is a display panel, 9a is an input unit (order input unit), 10 is a control circuit (information input unit, food ordering unit), 11 is a storage unit, 12 is a communication interface,
3 is an external communication network, 14 is a cooking menu providing server (cooking menu information distribution device), 15 is a cooking menu database, 16 is an inference engine, 17 is a bargain information providing server (foodstuff information providing source), and 18 is a foodstuff order reception. A server 19 is a health condition information providing server.

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Claims (8)

[Claims] A cooking support device for presenting a cooking procedure according to a cooking program; one or more cooking devices provided with electric cooking means; and communication between the cooking support device and the cooking device. Communication means for performing; control means for controlling the cooking appliance in accordance with a cooking procedure presented by the cooking assistance device; operating means for a user to operate the cooking appliance; operating state of the cooking appliance And a display unit for displaying a message indicating that it is time to use the cooking appliance on the display unit at a timing when the cooking appliance is used, and an operation for starting cooking by the operation unit. A cooking support system that controls so as to receive an input. 2. The cooking support system according to claim 1, wherein the display means and the operation means are provided integrally with the cooking support device. 3. The cooking assistance system according to claim 1, wherein the display means and the operation means are provided integrally with both the cooking assistance device and the cooking appliance. 4. The cooking support system according to claim 1, wherein the cooking support device is provided integrally with one or a plurality of the cooking appliances. 5. The cooking support system according to claim 1, wherein the display means is provided in the cooking support device and the cooking device not provided with the cooking support device. 6. The cooking support system according to claim 1, wherein the cooking device includes an imaging unit, and displays an image related to cooking taken by the imaging unit on the display unit. A cooking support system characterized by the following. 7. The cooking support system according to claim 1, wherein the cooking support device is provided integrally with an information communication device that functions as the communication unit. Cooking support system. 8. The cooking assistance system according to claim 1, wherein the cooking assistance device includes a sound generation device, and guides the cooking device according to the progress of the cooking operation and provides a guidance when a malfunction occurs. A cooking support system configured to perform notification.