JP6289264B2 - Home appliances, cooking devices, power command devices, and power control systems - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a home appliance, a heating cooker, a power command device, and a power control system.

In general households, electric power is supplied to a plurality of household appliances in a kitchen (for example, induction heating cookers through a single breaker. In such a thing, the induction heating cooking appliances have a maximum power consumption. Is 4800W (or 5800W), which accounts for a large percentage of household power, so that the breaker will drop (become shut off) due to simultaneous use with other home appliances such as air conditioners (air conditioners). For example, there has been proposed a power supply control device that connects a plurality of home appliances and performs control for supplying power to the home appliances by wired or wireless transmission. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).

Further, in order to use the power command device for health management, a home power command device for collecting resident metabolic data has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

On the other hand, in home appliances such as induction heating cookers, it is monitored whether abnormal phenomena have occurred during the heating operation, abnormal current and voltage are generated in the electrical circuit, or the interior of the housing is abnormally hot It is also proposed that when an abnormal situation occurs, the power source of the heating source is shut off and the contents of the abnormality are displayed to the user by a display means equipped with a liquid crystal display screen. (For example, refer to Patent Document 3).
Further, when the home appliance itself determines that there is a failure, it sends a message including an identifier for identifying the device and an identification symbol indicating the failure to a mail device installed in the home. Send the identifier of the failed home appliance to the information management server, obtain the address of the corresponding maintenance information server, send the above-mentioned faulty home appliance identifier and the identification symbol indicating the failure to this maintenance information server, Corresponding explanation information is acquired, and this is temporarily stored as mail. After that, when the user accesses the mail from a predetermined device having an information reproduction function, for example, a television receiver, the mail device responds to the explanation by the accessing television receiver. A maintenance support system technology for home appliances that allows a user of a home appliance to read explanation information about a failure in the form of an e-mail by reproducing the information has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 4).

JP-A-10-94199 (first page, FIG. 1) JP 2014-75935 A (first page, FIG. 3) JP 2008-249158 A (page 24, FIG. 20) JP-A-10-154181 (first page, FIG. 1)

As described above, the conventional power control system mainly has a function of reducing the total power consumption at the time of simultaneous use with an induction heating cooker and other home appliances, and the movement to install in each home is expanding. However, the conventional power control system does not function effectively when a failure or abnormality occurs in the home appliance. In addition, in induction heating cooking as shown in Patent Documents 2 and 3, even if the user notices the occurrence of an abnormality, the inherent information of the induction heating cooker, the background of the occurrence of the abnormality, the phenomenon, the operating conditions at the time of occurrence of the abnormality (heating It is difficult to accurately understand the driving conditions of the power source (for example, the set thermal power value and the heating target temperature) and convey it to the sales / repair company, etc. There was the actual situation that had a great effort. In particular, built-in (also called built-in) induction heating cookers, dishwashers, and microwave ovens installed in kitchen furniture such as sinks, etc. are pulled out from the kitchen furniture by the user. Since the appearance cannot be observed, it is difficult to confirm product-specific identification information such as the product model number and manufacturing number, and improvements have been desired. Moreover, even if the user can read the explanation information regarding the failure of the heating cooker in the form of e-mail or the like at home by the system as shown in Patent Document 4, the true cause of the failure has been reached. Since the information on the driving conditions of the heating source is necessary, the conventional system cannot be an effective solution, and it is not practical for both the user side and the sales / repairer side. . In addition, there has been no effective proposal for safely restarting home appliances that have been temporarily stopped due to an abnormality.

A first problem of the present invention is that it is possible to easily grasp an abnormality content when an abnormality occurs in a home appliance having a heating source or a power source such as a heating cooker, and an abnormality determination of the home appliance is performed by a power command device. It is intended to secure a means and a storage function for abnormality monitoring information so that users and sales / repair companies can easily check the abnormality related information of the home appliances.
The second problem of the present invention is that when an abnormality is detected and automatically stops and the main power switch is also turned off, when the main power switch is turned on again and used, information automatically stopped due to the occurrence of the abnormality. Is to be recognized by the user and to increase safety when resuming use.

The household electrical appliance which becomes 1st invention is related with the 1st subject,
A first communication unit that receives a power reduction command signal from the power command device;
I / O unit for short-range communication with information communication terminal equipment,
A heating or power source that operates on electrical energy;
A control device for controlling the heating source or the power source;
A storage device that stores information on driving conditions of the heating source or power source and abnormality monitoring data during driving of the heating source or power source,
The control device transmits information related to driving conditions of the heating source or power source and abnormality monitoring data during driving of the heating source or power source to a power command device provided with an abnormality determining means, and the storage device When the information indicating the abnormality determination result is received from the power command device, the heating source or the power source is driven with respect to the information communication terminal device that is in communication with the input / output unit. It is possible to transmit the condition and abnormality monitoring data of the abnormality detecting means.

According to the household electrical appliance of the first aspect of the present invention, the result of determination of the presence or absence of abnormality by the power command device when an abnormality occurs can be received and stored in the storage device. In addition, when information indicating the determination result of abnormality is received, the information communication terminal device can transmit the driving condition of the heating source or the power source and the abnormality monitoring data of the abnormality detection means to the information communication terminal device. Since the contents of the abnormality can be read, the information transferred to the information communication terminal device can be used to confirm the contents of the abnormality and to request repairs and inspections to an appropriate specialist.

The cooking device according to the second invention relates to the first problem,
One or more heating sources operating on electrical energy;
An abnormality detection means for monitoring the presence or absence of abnormality while driving the heating source;
A first communication unit that receives a power reduction command signal from the power command device;
A control device that determines whether or not an abnormality has occurred by receiving the detection output of the abnormality detection means and suppressing the energization amount of the heating source according to the power reduction command signal received via the communication unit;
An operation unit for inputting a driving condition of the heating source;
Informing means for informing the input result of the operation unit and the abnormality occurrence determination result;
Short-range communication input / output unit built in the main body;
A storage device in which information on the driving condition of the heating source and abnormality monitoring data of the abnormality detecting means are recorded in time series during the driving of the heating source;
When the control device receives an abnormality detection output of the abnormality detection means, it transmits information on the driving condition of the heating source and the abnormality monitoring data to a power command device,
Furthermore, when the control device receives an abnormality detection output of the abnormality detection means and determines an abnormality or receives information indicating a determination result of the presence or absence of abnormality from the power command device, the control device restricts driving of the heating source,
The control device displays the abnormality determination result in any case when the abnormality determination is received by receiving the abnormality detection output of the abnormality detection unit and when the information indicating the determination result of abnormality is received from the power command device. Notifying by the notification means, and for the information communication terminal device in which a predetermined short-range wireless communication state has been established via the short-range communication input / output unit, the drive condition and abnormality detection means of the heating source stored in the storage device The abnormality monitoring data can be transmitted.

According to the cooking device of the second aspect of the invention, the abnormality determination result is notified in any case when the abnormality is determined by the cooking device itself or when the information indicating the determination result of abnormality is received from the power command device. In addition, it is possible to transmit the driving condition of the heating source stored in the storage device and the abnormality monitoring data of the abnormality detecting means to the information communication terminal device via the short-range communication input / output unit. The information communication terminal device can be informed of the situation at the time of occurrence of abnormality, and the information communication terminal device can read the driving condition of the heating source and the content of abnormality monitoring data of the abnormality detection means. Using the transferred information, you can confirm the contents of the abnormality and request repairs and inspections to an appropriate specialist.

The power command device according to the third invention relates to the first problem,
A power control unit that emits the power reduction command signal and limits the total amount of power in the home to a plurality of home appliances each having a heating source or a power source and a first communication unit that receives the power reduction command signal When,
An abnormality determination unit that receives abnormality monitoring data for determining whether or not an abnormality has occurred from the home appliance, and outputs information indicating an abnormality determination result;
An abnormality storage means for storing the determination reference data of the determination processing unit, the abnormality monitoring data, and information of an abnormality determination result;
A display panel comprising display means for displaying the operating state of the power control unit;
A control unit for controlling the power control unit, the abnormality determination unit and the display board,
When the abnormality determination process is performed by the abnormality determination unit, the control unit transmits information indicating the determination result to the specific home appliance that has transmitted the abnormality monitoring data.
The control unit includes an input operation unit for displaying the abnormality monitoring data stored in the abnormality storage unit and information indicating the determination result on the display screen of the display panel,
The display board is provided with a short-range communication input / output unit for an information communication terminal device.

According to the power command device of the third aspect of the invention, information on the result of abnormality determination based on abnormality monitoring data transmitted from home appliances such as induction heating cookers is transmitted to the home appliance side, and the abnormality monitoring is performed. Since the data and the information indicating the determination result can be displayed on the display screen of the display panel, the resident of the household, the repair maintenance company, etc. can check the abnormality determination result on this display screen. Furthermore, the information communication terminal equipment side of the resident possesses via the short-range communication input / output unit provided on the display panel, so that the driving conditions such as the heating source and the content of the abnormality monitoring data can be read. Using the information transferred to the terminal device, you can confirm the contents of the abnormality and request repairs and inspections from an appropriate specialist.

A power control system according to a fourth invention relates to the first problem,
A home appliance comprising a first communication unit for wireless communication, an input / output unit for short-range communication, and a heating source or a power source that operates with electric energy;
A power command device that transmits a power reduction command signal to the first communication unit of the home appliance to limit the total power consumption in the home;
An information communication terminal device having a communication unit capable of communicating with the short-range communication input / output unit,
The home appliance has a control device for controlling a heating source or a power source, and an abnormality detection means for detecting an abnormality,
The control device causes the storage device to store the driving condition of the heating source or the power source and the monitoring data from the abnormality detecting means during operation,
The power command device has a function of determining an abnormality of the home appliance based on the drive condition and monitoring data received from the home appliance,
When receiving a determination result that there is an abnormality from the power command device, the household electrical appliance temporarily restricts the driving of the heating source or the power source, and a predetermined distance via the short-range communication input / output unit The drive condition information and abnormality monitoring data stored in the storage device can be transmitted to the information communication terminal device in which the short-range wireless communication state has been established.

According to the power control system of the fourth aspect of the present invention, when the power command device determines abnormality based on abnormality monitoring data of home appliances such as induction heating cookers, the heating source or power source of the home appliance side Driving is limited, and information on the heating source driving conditions and abnormality monitoring data stored in the storage device can be transmitted to a predetermined information communication terminal device. The information communication terminal device can read the driving condition of the heating source and the content of the abnormality monitoring data of the abnormality detection means, and limit the driving of the source. Using the information, you can confirm the contents of the abnormality and request repairs and inspections to an appropriate specialist.

The heating cooker according to the fifth invention relates to the second problem,
A body with a built-in heating source,
An abnormality detection means for monitoring the presence or absence of abnormality of the heating source;
A first communication unit that receives a cooking start permission signal and a power reduction command signal from the power command device;
Heat cooking is started by the cooking start permission signal received via the first communication unit, and the energization amount of the heating source is suppressed according to the power reduction command signal, and the detection output of the abnormality detection means during cooking is performed. A control device that determines whether or not an abnormality has occurred and stops energization of the heating source when an abnormality has occurred;
An operation unit for inputting a driving condition of the heating source;
A display unit for displaying the input result of the operation unit and the abnormality occurrence determination result;
Short-range communication input / output unit built in the main body;
A storage device in which information on the driving conditions of the heating source and abnormality monitoring data of the abnormality detecting means are recorded in time series,
When receiving the abnormality detection output of the abnormality detection means, the control device transmits information on the driving conditions of the heating source and abnormality monitoring data of the abnormality detection means to the power command device, and stops the heating operation.
Further, the control device receives a cooking start permission signal from the power command device when the main power switch is turned on again after restarting automatically when an abnormality occurs and the main power switch is turned off. The cooking operation is started only when the special input for the return operation is performed in the unit.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, when the main power switch is turned on again after restarting automatically when an abnormality occurs and the main power switch is turned off, the user performs a predetermined operation for a return operation at the operation unit. Only when input is being performed, the cooking operation can be started by receiving a cooking start permission signal from the power command device, prompting confirmation of the cooking device that has automatically stopped due to the occurrence of an abnormality, or caution when reusing Can be guided to an action that enhances safety.

The power command device according to the sixth invention relates to the second problem,
In a power command device for controlling a total power amount in a home by individually transmitting a power reduction command signal to a plurality of home appliances including an induction heating cooker having an electric heating source,
A control unit that centrally controls the amount of power supplied to the plurality of home appliances;
A display panel having a display screen for displaying at least one of the electric energy of the plurality of home appliances or the total electric energy in the home;
Abnormality storage means for receiving and storing abnormality monitoring data from the induction heating cooker;
An operation input unit provided on the display panel for arbitrarily reading out the identification information and abnormality monitoring data of the induction heating cooker stored in the storage means,
The control unit causes the display screen to display information that can identify the induction heating cooker that has determined that an abnormality has occurred and stopped the heating operation,
Further, when the control unit receives an operation information signal indicating that the main power switch is turned on after the heating operation is stopped due to the occurrence of an abnormality and the main power switch is turned off, a predetermined input from the operation input unit is received. The power command apparatus characterized in that the cooking start permission signal can be transmitted only when a return operation is performed.

According to the power command device of the sixth aspect of the present invention, it has been found out that a cooking device that has been automatically stopped due to the occurrence of an abnormality and turned off the main power switch, then turned on again and restarted to start using the main power switch. In such a case, the power command device transmits a cooking start permission signal only when the user performs a predetermined input on the cooking device side, so that confirmation of the cooking device automatically stopped due to occurrence of an abnormality is prompted. Alternatively, it is possible to call attention to the operation at the time of reuse and to lead to an operation for improving safety.

The power command device according to the seventh invention relates to the second problem,
In a power command device that controls a plurality of home appliances including an induction heating cooker having an electrical heating source to control the total amount of electricity in the home,
The induction heating cooker includes a first communication unit that receives a cooking start permission signal and a power reduction command signal from the power command device, an abnormality detection unit that monitors whether the heating source is abnormal, and the first A controller that starts cooking by a cooking start permission signal received via a communication unit, and stops the heating operation by the heating source when it is determined that an abnormality has occurred upon receipt of detection information from the abnormality detection means. ,
A control unit for centrally controlling the amount of power supplied to the plurality of home appliances;
A display panel having a display screen for displaying at least one of the electric energy of the plurality of home appliances or the total electric energy in the home;
Storage means for receiving and storing abnormality monitoring data from the induction heating cooker;
An operation input unit that arbitrarily reads out the identification information and abnormality monitoring data of the cooking device stored in the storage unit,
The display panel includes a selection means that can collectively cut off the power supply to the plurality of home appliances and set the answering mode, and can cancel this.
In the scene where the absence mode is set by the selection means and then the absence mode is canceled, the control unit of the power command device includes the identification information and abnormality monitoring data of the induction heating cooker stored in the storage means. Can be displayed on the display screen of the display panel,
Furthermore, when the control unit starts to use the home appliance after canceling the absence mode, the control unit displays the abnormality occurrence device display information so that the display device can identify the home appliance in which the abnormality occurred during use before the absence mode, In addition, the cooking start permission signal can be transmitted on condition that a predetermined input operation is performed in the operation input unit.

According to the seventh aspect of the invention, when the resident returns home and the absence mode is canceled, the power command device reads out the identification information of the cooking device and the abnormality monitoring data and displays them on the display screen of the display panel. In addition, when starting to use the home appliance after canceling the absence mode, the power command device displays the home appliance in which an abnormality occurred during use before canceling the absence mode so that it can be identified on the display screen. If there is a heating cooker that starts to use again after being stopped due to an abnormality on the condition that a predetermined input operation is performed in the operation input unit, the power command device transmits a cooking start permission signal, so that an abnormality has occurred. It is possible to prompt the confirmation of the heating cooker automatically stopped at or to call attention at the start of reuse and to lead to an operation for improving safety.

The power control system according to the eighth invention relates to the first problem and the second problem,
A power command device that individually controls a plurality of home appliances including a heating cooker having an electrical heating source to control the total amount of electricity in the home; and
An information communication terminal device comprising a wireless input / output unit for communicating with the power command device,
The heating cooker includes a first communication unit that receives a cooking start permission signal and a power reduction command signal from the power command device, an abnormality detection unit that monitors whether the heating source is abnormal, and the first communication. When the cooking start permission signal received via the unit starts cooking and receives abnormality monitoring data from the abnormality detecting means and determines that an abnormality has occurred, a control device that stops the heating operation by the heating source, a heating power value, etc. And a storage device that stores the drive information and the detection information in time series,
The power command device includes a control unit that centrally controls the amount of power supplied to the plurality of home appliances, and at least one of the power amount of the plurality of home appliances or the total power amount in the home. A display panel having a display screen to display, storage means for receiving and storing abnormality monitoring data from the cooking device 2, and identification information and abnormality monitoring data for the cooking device stored in the storage means And an operation input unit to read
The display panel includes a selection means that can collectively cut off the power supply to the plurality of home appliances and set the answering mode, and can cancel this.
In a scene where the absence mode is set by the selection means and then the absence mode is canceled, if there is a cooking device in which an abnormality has occurred before the absence mode setting, a display screen is provided so that the cooking device can be identified. On the condition that an abnormal device display information is displayed and a predetermined input operation is performed in the operation input unit, the cooking start permission signal can be transmitted,
The display panel of the power command device has a function of transmitting the identification information and abnormality monitoring data of the cooking device stored in the storage means to the information communication terminal device via the wireless input / output unit. It is characterized by this.

According to the eighth aspect of the invention, when the resident returns home and the absence mode is canceled, the power command device reads out the identification information of the cooking device and the abnormality monitoring data and displays them on the display screen of the display panel. In addition, when starting to use the home appliance after canceling the absence mode, the power command device displays the home appliance in which an abnormality occurred during use before canceling the absence mode so that it can be identified on the display screen. If there is a heating cooker that starts to use again after being stopped due to an abnormality on the condition that a predetermined input operation is performed in the operation input section, the power command device sends a cooking start permission signal to the heating cooker side. Since it transmits, the confirmation of the heating cooker which stopped automatically by the occurrence of abnormality can be promoted, or the attention at the time of re-use can be called, and it can be guided to the operation which improves safety.
Furthermore, since the information communication terminal device can read the identification information and abnormality monitoring data on the display panel of the power command device, the information transferred to the information communication terminal device can be used to check the content of the abnormality. You can request repairs and inspections from an appropriate specialist.

The power command device according to the ninth invention relates to the first problem,
A power control unit that emits the power reduction command signal and limits the total amount of power in the home to a plurality of home appliances each having a heating source or a power source and a first communication unit that receives the power reduction command signal When,
An abnormality determination unit that receives abnormality monitoring data for determining whether or not an abnormality has occurred from the home appliance, and outputs information indicating an abnormality determination result;
An abnormality storage means for storing the determination reference data of the determination processing unit, the abnormality monitoring data, and information of an abnormality determination result;
A display panel comprising display means for displaying the operating state of the power control unit;
A control unit for controlling the power control unit, the abnormality determination unit and the display board,
When the abnormality determination process is performed by the abnormality determination unit, the control unit transmits information indicating the determination result to the specific home appliance that has transmitted the abnormality monitoring data.
The control unit includes an input operation unit for displaying the abnormality monitoring data stored in the abnormality storage unit and information indicating the determination result on the display screen of the display panel,
The display panel includes a short-range communication input / output unit for information communication terminal equipment,
The control unit has a function of determining whether the determination target home appliance is a statutory inspection product, or whether it is a product with a special contract when the abnormality determination unit performs the abnormality determination process,
When an abnormality occurs in the legally inspected product or the product with a special contract, the abnormality information is notified to a specialized information server.

According to the ninth aspect of the invention, in the case of a legally inspected product and within the warranty period for free inspection and repair, etc., the power command device is automatically provided without contacting the user or resident each time. Sends information about the occurrence of an error to the information server. For this reason, it is possible to reduce the burden of handling when an abnormality occurs on the user side and increase the sense of security.

The power command device according to the tenth invention relates to the first problem,
A power control unit that emits the power reduction command signal and limits the total amount of power in the home to a plurality of home appliances each having a heating source or a power source and a first communication unit that receives the power reduction command signal When,
An abnormality determination unit that receives abnormality monitoring data for determining whether or not an abnormality has occurred from the home appliance, and outputs information indicating an abnormality determination result;
An abnormality storage means for storing the determination reference data of the determination processing unit, the abnormality monitoring data, and information of an abnormality determination result;
A display panel comprising display means for displaying the operating state of the power control unit;
A control unit for controlling the power control unit, the abnormality determination unit and the display board,
When the abnormality determination process is performed by the abnormality determination unit, the control unit transmits information indicating the determination result to the specific home appliance that has transmitted the abnormality monitoring data.
The control unit includes an input operation unit for displaying the abnormality monitoring data stored in the abnormality storage unit and information indicating the determination result on the display screen of the display panel,
The display panel includes a short-range communication input / output unit for information communication terminal equipment,
When the abnormality determination process is performed by the abnormality determination unit, the control unit issues a start signal to the TV receiver and transmits display information for displaying the occurrence of the abnormality on the TV receiver. It is what.

According to the power command device of the tenth aspect of the invention, when an abnormality occurs in a household electric appliance other than the TV receiver, the TV receiver notifies the user of the abnormality, and therefore an environment where the household electric appliance can be used with confidence in the home can be constructed.

According to the household electrical appliance of the first invention, when an abnormality occurs, information on the driving condition of the heating source or power source and abnormality monitoring data can be read on the information communication terminal device side, so the information transferred to the information communication terminal device Can be used to request accurate repairs and inspections.
According to the second aspect of the present invention, it is possible to provide a heating cooker that can confirm the content of an abnormality using information transferred to an information communication terminal device and request repair or inspection to an appropriate specialist.
According to the third aspect of the present invention, it is possible to provide a power command device that can check the content of an abnormality using information transferred to an information communication terminal device and request repair or inspection to an appropriate specialist.
According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to provide a power control system capable of checking the content of an abnormality using information transferred to an information communication terminal device and requesting repair or inspection to an appropriate specialist.
According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to provide a cooking device that can be expected to prompt confirmation of the cooking device that is automatically stopped due to the occurrence of abnormality or to call attention when reusing it and to increase the safety. .
According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to provide an electric power command device that can be expected to prompt confirmation of a heating cooker that is automatically stopped due to occurrence of an abnormality, or to call attention at the time of reuse and to enhance safety. According to 7th invention, when predetermined input operation is performed in the operation input part of an electric power command device, a cooking start permission signal is transmitted to a heating cooker, and the confirmation of the heating cooker which stopped automatically by abnormality occurrence is carried out. It is possible to prompt the attention at the time of prompting or re-use, and to lead to an operation that enhances safety.
According to the eighth invention, when a predetermined input operation is performed in the operation input unit of the power command device, the cooking start permission signal is transmitted to the heating cooker, and the confirmation of the heating cooker automatically stopped when an abnormality occurs is confirmed. It is possible to prompt the attention at the time of prompting or re-use, and to lead to an operation that enhances safety. Furthermore, it is possible to provide a power control system that can use the information transferred to the information communication terminal device to confirm the contents of the abnormality and request repairs and inspections from an appropriate specialist.
According to the ninth invention, in the case of a legally inspected product or a product within the warranty period, the power command device automatically notifies the information server of the specialist company outside the home of the occurrence of abnormality, and the user side It is possible to reduce the burden of dealing with abnormalities and increase the sense of security.
According to the tenth aspect of the invention, when an abnormality occurs in the home appliance EE, the TV receiver notifies the user, so that an environment in which the home appliance can be used with confidence in the home can be constructed.

1 is a schematic diagram of one home to which a power control system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention is applied. The conceptual diagram which shows the external communication circuit structure to which the electric power control system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention is connected. The block diagram of the electric power instruction | indication apparatus and household appliances of the electric power control system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a power command device and a TV receiver of a power control system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. The block diagram 2 which shows the structure of the electric power instruction | indication apparatus and TV receiver of the electric power control system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. The block diagram which shows the structure of the electric power control system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. The block diagram which shows the structure of the electric power command apparatus main part of the electric power control system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention in part longitudinal cross-section. The block diagram which shows the structure of the health management process part of the electric power instruction | command apparatus in a power control system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention, and various health management equipment. The block diagram which shows the structure of the health management processing part of the electric power instruction | command apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention, various indoor exercise equipment, a vacuum cleaner, and a mobile telephone terminal. The block diagram which shows the internal structural example of the sphygmomanometer which is one of the health care apparatuses used for Embodiment 1 of this invention. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram 1 of a screen example of a TV receiver and a remote controller of a power control system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. 1 is a schematic diagram 1 of a screen example of a TV receiver of a power control system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. Explanatory drawing which shows the structure of the blood-pressure data acquired by the health management apparatus used for the power control system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention, and incidental data. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram 2 of a screen example of a TV receiver of the power control system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram 3 of a screen example of a TV receiver of the power control system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram 4 of a screen example of a TV receiver of the power control system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a screen example of a TV receiver of the power control system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention and its operation explanatory diagram 1. FIG. 2 is a screen example of the TV receiver of the power control system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention and its operation explanatory diagram 2; The display screen front view 1 of the use limit setting device of the power command device which comprises the core of the power control system of FIGS. Explanatory drawing which shows the object apparatus which reduces the electric power of the electric power command apparatus of the electric power control system of FIGS. 1-18, and the object apparatus which interrupts | blocks the electric power by emergency earthquake bulletin reception. The block diagram which shows the internal structure of the mobile telephone terminal device used for the power control system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. The block diagram which shows the whole structure except the health management apparatus and the exercise | movement measurement apparatus of the electric power control system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. The external view of the household appliances in a kitchen used for the electric power control system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. The external view of the induction heating cooking appliance used for the electric power control system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. The top view of the induction heating cooking appliance of FIG. The block diagram which shows the structure of the control circuit of the induction heating cooking appliance of FIG. The block diagram which shows the structure of the drive circuit of the display means in the induction heating cooking appliance of FIG. 24, and a short-distance communication input / output part. Control step explanatory drawing which shows basic operation | movement of the induction heating cooking appliance of FIG. Control step explanatory drawing 1 which shows the selection process of the cooking menu of the induction heating cooking appliance of FIG. Control step explanatory drawing 2 which shows the selection process of the cooking menu of the induction heating cooking appliance of FIG. The top view 1 which shows the display means in the induction heating cooking appliance of FIG. The top view 2 which shows the display means in the induction heating cooking appliance of FIG. The top view 3 which shows the display means in the induction heating cooking appliance of FIG. The top view 4 which shows the display means in the induction heating cooking appliance of FIG. The top view 5 which shows the display means in the induction heating cooking appliance of FIG. The top view 6 which shows the display means in the induction heating cooking appliance of FIG. The top view 7 which shows the display means in the induction heating cooking appliance of FIG. The top view 8 which shows the display means in the induction heating cooking appliance of FIG. The perspective view of the state which opened the cover body of the electric rice cooker of Embodiment 1 of this invention. The top view of the electric rice cooker cover body of Embodiment 1 of this invention. The enlarged plan view 1 which shows a part of electric rice cooker cover body of Embodiment 1 of this invention. The enlarged plan view 2 which shows a part of electric rice cooker cover body of Embodiment 1 of this invention. The block diagram which shows the control circuit structure of the electric rice cooker used for the electric power control system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. The display screen front view 2 of the use limit setting device of the electric power command apparatus in the electric power control system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. The display screen front view 3 of the use limit setting device of FIG. The display screen front view 4 of the use limit setting device of FIG. The basic process explanatory drawing in the fried food cooking of the induction heating cooking appliance which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. Rice cooking process explanatory drawing of the electric rice cooker which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. Explanatory drawing 1 which shows the electric power control operation | movement of the electric power command apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. Explanatory drawing 2 which shows the electric power control operation | movement of the electric power command apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. Explanatory drawing 1 which shows the relationship between the driving | operation information signal and heating process in the induction heating cooking appliance which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. Explanatory drawing 2 which shows the relationship between the operation information signal from the induction heating cooking appliance, and a heating process. Explanatory drawing 3 which shows the relationship between the driving information signal from the induction heating cooking appliance, and a heating process. Explanatory drawing 4 which shows the relationship between the operation information signal from the heating cooker, and a heating process. FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing a process for changing the reservation time of a home appliance. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a process for changing the reservation time of the home appliance. The table | surface which shows the example of the correspondence of the various reservation conditions of household appliances, and the permission conditions of an environment detection part. Explanatory drawing 1 which shows the control operation | movement of the electric power instruction | command apparatus which concerns on a resident's return and Embodiment 1 of this invention. Explanatory drawing 2 which shows the control operation | movement of the electric power instruction | command apparatus which concerns on a resident's return home and Embodiment 1 of this invention. Explanatory drawing 3 which shows the control operation | movement of the electric power instruction | command apparatus which concerns on a resident's return and Embodiment 1 of this invention. Explanatory drawing 4 which shows the control operation | movement of the electric power instruction | command apparatus which concerns on a resident's return and Embodiment 1 of this invention. The electric power command device of the present invention WHEREIN: The front view which shows the state which displayed the home management menu on the display screen of the use limit setting device. In the electric power command apparatus of this invention, time series explanatory drawing which shows the relationship between the abnormality monitoring data acquisition area of an induction heating cooking appliance, and a heating process. The flowchart figure which shows the operation | movement step which acquires abnormality monitoring data with the mobile telephone terminal device used for the power control system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. FIG. 65 is a front view 1 of the mobile phone terminal of FIG. 64. FIG. 65 is a front view 2 of the mobile phone terminal of FIG. 64. Explanatory drawing which shows the control action of the electric power instruction | command apparatus at the time of abnormality generation | occurrence | production of the induction heating cooking appliance which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. The flowchart figure which shows the control action at the time of abnormality generation | occurrence | production of the induction heating cooking appliance which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. The flowchart figure which shows the control action of the electric power instruction | command apparatus at the time of abnormality generation | occurrence | production of the induction heating cooking appliance which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. The top view of the induction heating cooking appliance to which Embodiment 2 of this invention is applied. The flowchart figure which shows the operation | movement step which acquires abnormality monitoring data with the mobile telephone terminal to which Embodiment 2 of this invention is applied. The flowchart figure which shows the control action at the time of abnormality generation | occurrence | production in the induction heating cooking appliance of FIG. The flowchart figure which shows the control action at the time of abnormality generation | occurrence | production of the induction heating cooking appliance of FIG. The top view 1 of the display screen at the time of abnormality generation | occurrence | production of the induction heating cooking appliance of FIG. The top view 2 of the display screen at the time of abnormality generation | occurrence | production of the induction heating cooking appliance of FIG. FIG. 71 is a flowchart showing a control operation when the induction heating cooker of FIG. 70 is restarted (starts operation) after being stopped due to an abnormality. The flowchart figure which shows the control action of the electric power instruction | command apparatus in case the induction heating cooking appliance of FIG. The front view 1 of the use limit setting device of the electric power command apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 3 of this invention. The front view 2 of the use limit setting device of the electric power command apparatus of FIG. The front view 3 of the use limit setting device of the electric power command apparatus of FIG. Explanatory drawing which shows the control action of the power control system when the induction heating cooking appliance in Embodiment 3 of this invention abnormally occurs. FIG. 79 is a flowchart showing a control operation in the absence mode cancel operation in the power command device of FIG. 78. The electric power command device which concerns on Embodiment 3 of this invention WHEREIN: The front view 1 of the use limit setting device of the scene of absence mode cancellation | release operation. The electric power command device which concerns on Embodiment 3 of this invention WHEREIN: The front view 2 of the use limit setting device of the scene of absence mode cancellation | release operation. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of a power control system according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention. The block diagram 2 which shows the whole structure of the electric power control system of this invention. FIG. 88 is a flowchart showing a control operation between the power command device and the information server information server used in the power control system shown in FIG. The block diagram which shows the structure of the household appliances main body used with the power control system of FIG. 85, a power command device, and an adapter. The division table in charge of abnormality determination processing of the power command device and the induction heating cooker. FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing a control operation of a power command device used in Embodiment 5 of the present invention. FIG. 91 is a flowchart 2 showing a control operation of the power command device of FIG. 90.

Embodiment 1.
1 to 69 relate to the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of one home to which the power control system according to the first embodiment of the present invention is applied. FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing an external communication circuit configuration to which the power control system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention is connected. FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of a power command device and home appliances of the power control system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a block diagram 1 showing the configuration of the power command device and TV receiver of the power control system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a block diagram 2 showing the configuration of the power command device and TV receiver of the power control system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the power control system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a part of the configuration of a main part of the power command device of the power control system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention in a longitudinal section. FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing configurations of a health management processing unit and various health management devices of the power command device in the power control system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the health management processing unit, various indoor exercise equipment, a vacuum cleaner, and a mobile phone terminal of the power command device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration example of a sphygmomanometer that is one of the health care devices used in Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram 1 of a screen example of a TV receiver and a remote control of the power control system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram 1 of a screen example of the TV receiver of the power control system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of blood pressure data and incidental data acquired by the health management device used in the power control system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram 2 of a screen example of the TV receiver of the power control system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram 3 of a screen example of the TV receiver of the power control system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 16 is a schematic diagram 4 of a screen example of the TV receiver of the power control system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 17 is a screen example of the TV receiver of the power control system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention and its operation explanatory diagram 1.
18 is a screen example of the TV receiver of the power control system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention and its operation explanatory diagram 2. FIG. FIG. 19 is a front view 1 of a display screen of a use limit setter of the power command device that constitutes the core of the power control system of FIGS. FIG. 20 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a target device that reduces the power of the power command device of the power control system of FIGS. 1 to 18 and a target device that blocks power due to the reception of the earthquake early warning. FIG. 21 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of a mobile phone terminal used in the power control system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 22 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of the power control system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, excluding health management equipment and exercise measurement equipment. FIG. 23 is an external view of a home appliance in the kitchen used in the power control system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 24 is an external view of an induction heating cooker used in the power control system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. 25 is a plan view of the induction heating cooker of FIG. 26 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a control circuit of the induction heating cooker of FIG. 27 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a display circuit drive circuit and a short-distance communication input / output unit in the induction heating cooker of FIG. FIG. 28 is an explanatory diagram of control steps showing the basic operation of the induction heating cooker of FIG. FIG. 29 is a control step explanatory diagram 1 illustrating a cooking menu selection process of the induction heating cooker of FIG. 24. FIG. 30 is a control step explanatory diagram 2 showing a cooking menu selection step of the induction heating cooker of FIG. 31 is a plan view 1 showing display means in the induction heating cooker of FIG. 32 is a plan view 2 showing display means in the induction heating cooker of FIG. FIG. 33 is a plan view 3 showing display means in the induction heating cooker of FIG. 34 is a plan view 4 showing display means in the induction heating cooker of FIG. 35 is a plan view 5 showing display means in the induction heating cooker of FIG. 36 is a plan view 6 showing display means in the induction heating cooker of FIG. FIG. 37 is a plan view 7 showing display means in the induction heating cooker of FIG. 38 is a plan view 8 showing display means in the induction heating cooker of FIG. 24. FIG. FIG. 39 is a perspective view of the electric rice cooker according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention with the lid opened. FIG. 40 is a plan view of the electric rice cooker lid according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 41 is an enlarged plan view 1 showing a part of the electric rice cooker lid according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 42 is an enlarged plan view 2 showing a part of the electric rice cooker lid according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 43 is a block diagram showing a control circuit configuration of the electric rice cooker used in the power control system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. 44 is a front view 2 of a display screen of a use limit setting device of the power command device in the power control system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. FIG. 45 is a front view 3 of a display screen of the use limit setting device of FIG. 46 is a front view 4 of the display screen of the use limit setting device of FIG. FIG. 47 is a basic process explanatory diagram in deep-fried food cooking of the induction heating cooker according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 48 is a rice cooking process explanatory diagram of the electric rice cooker according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 49 is an explanatory diagram 1 showing a power control operation of the power command apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 50 is an explanatory diagram 2 showing a power control operation of the power command apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 51 is an explanatory diagram 1 showing a relationship between an operation information signal and a heating step in the induction heating cooker according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 52 is an explanatory diagram 2 showing the relationship between the operation information signal from the induction heating cooker and the heating process. FIG. 53 is explanatory drawing 3 which shows the relationship between the operation information signal from the induction heating cooking appliance, and a heating process. 54 is explanatory drawing 4 which shows the relationship between the driving | operation information signal from the heating cooker, and a heating process. FIG. 55 is a flowchart 1 showing a process for changing the reservation time of the home appliance. FIG. 56 is a flowchart 2 showing a process for changing the reservation time of the home appliance. FIG. 57 is a table showing an example of the correspondence between various reservation statuses of home appliances and permission conditions of the environment detection unit. FIG. 58 is an explanatory diagram 1 showing a resident's return home and the control operation of the power command apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 59 is an explanatory diagram 2 showing control operations of the resident returning home and the power command apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 60 is an explanatory diagram showing the control operation of the power command device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention and the return of the resident. FIG. 61 is an explanatory diagram 4 showing the resident's return home and the control operation of the power command apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 62 is a front view showing a state where the home management menu is displayed on the display screen of the use limit setting device in the power command device of the present invention. FIG. 63 is an explanatory diagram showing a relationship between an abnormality monitoring data acquisition section of an induction heating cooker and a heating step in the power command device of the present invention. FIG. 64 is a flowchart showing operation steps for acquiring abnormality monitoring data by the mobile phone terminal used in the power control system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 65 is a front view 1 of the mobile phone terminal of FIG. 66 is a front view 2 of the mobile phone terminal of FIG. 64. FIG. FIG. 67 is an explanatory diagram showing a control operation of the power command device when an abnormality occurs in the induction heating cooker according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 68 is a flowchart showing a control operation when abnormality occurs in the induction heating cooker according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 69 is a flowchart showing a control operation of the power command device when an abnormality occurs in the induction heating cooker according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

“Household appliances” as used in the present invention refers to the main functions (for example, cooking, drying, cooling, heating, etc.) such as the household appliances KP in the kitchen, the electric drying type washing machine, and the air conditioner 7 described later. It is a general term for household electrical appliances that are used in the home, including a heating source or power source (including an electric motor, an electric compressor, and an electric pump) that operates with electric energy. In other words, it refers to home appliances that use a large part of the power consumption of equipment in a heating source such as an electric heater or an electric motor, and the electric motor is like a vacuum (air suction) vacuum cleaner For the purpose of moving the air in the air, for the purpose of rotating the washing tub as in the drum type washing machine, and for the purpose of supplying the refrigerant to the refrigerant circuit as in the air conditioner.
In addition, the heating source and the power source are outside a living space such as a kitchen, a living room, and a bathroom, that is, outdoors, but include a home appliance that has a control unit for operating a power source and an operation unit indoors. For example, it includes one that instructs the power source and the heat source to start and stop energization from an indoor operation unit through wireless communication or a signal cable. INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention is convenient for application to household appliances that are difficult to move and carry, such as household appliances that are fixedly used in a specific place in the home, such as built-in induction heating cookers incorporated in kitchen furniture of a kitchen. However, it can also be applied to household appliances called mobile and portable types, and is not limited to built-in type or fixed type household appliances (in furniture or living space).

In the present invention, “abnormality” of the home appliance EE refers to various power sources / functional components (for example, a motor, a solenoid valve, an electric actuator), and electrical components (for example, a heater, a temperature detection element, a switch, In semiconductor integrated circuits, etc., current and voltage values, temperatures, rotation speeds, vibrations, unpleasant sounds, and other physical phenomena that are not expected during normal use, and measurement values are detected, indicating a sign of a “failure”. Say. The “abnormality” of the induction heating cooker 2 to be described later is, for example, a state in which an abnormally high or low current value is detected in the input side circuit of one inverter circuit 23R, or one (induction induction source). ) A state where it is detected that the heating coil 2RC and the metal pan as the object to be heated are at an abnormally high temperature. In addition, a state in which the display screen 129, which is one of the display means, has been detected to have an abnormally high temperature is one of the abnormalities.

In the present invention, the “abnormality monitoring data” of the home appliance EE refers to information indicating various physical conditions such as temperature, voltage, and current indicating the above-mentioned “abnormality”.

In the present invention, “abnormality determination” of the home appliance EE means that the device determines that it is abnormal based on the “abnormality monitoring data” described above, or the power command device is based on the abnormality monitoring data. It is determined that an abnormality has occurred.

In the present invention, “abnormality” of the health management device 410 and the exercise measuring device 145, which will be described later, is the same as the “abnormality” of the home appliance EE, and various power sources constituting the health management device 410 and the exercise measuring device 145.・ Current value and voltage value, temperature, number of rotations, vibration not expected during normal use for functional parts (eg, motors, solenoid valves, electric actuators), electrical parts (eg, temperature detection elements, switches, semiconductor integrated circuits), etc. A state in which a physical phenomenon such as an unpleasant sound or a measured value is detected and indicates a sign of occurrence of a “failure”.

In the present invention, the “identification information” of the household electrical appliance EE is information unique to the electrical equipment EE, and is important information that is necessary when performing accurate repairs and inspections. For example, specifically, the following is included in the identification information, but is not limited thereto. Note that this definition applies mutatis mutandis to health care devices and exercise measurement devices, but this definition does not apply to individual users who use these devices (individuals can be identified by their name and other personal information).
(1) Home appliance manufacturer name (2) Model name (3) Model number (4) Rated power consumption (5) Date of purchase (In many cases, this is the starting date of the quality assurance period of the manufacturer or distributor. )
(6) Date of start of use (for dishwashers, this is the date of legal inspection)
(7) Quality Guarantee Number The legal inspection of (6) above is based on the “Long-term Product Safety Check System” newly established in the “Consumer Product Safety Act” revised and enforced on April 1, 2009 Refers to inspection. In addition, the “Electrical Appliance and Material Safety Law”, which is separate from this law, has created a long-term product safety labeling system due to the revision of the Ordinance of the Technical Standards. Regarding the above standard use period and aging deterioration, it is obliged to display warnings etc. to encourage consumers to perform appropriate maintenance inspections. Therefore, the “Production Date” and “Elapsed Year” information calculated from the date of manufacture are displayed in the “Identification Information” of the home appliance EE so that it can be used as a reference for the standard usage period. May be included.

In the first embodiment, “environment information” refers to information detected by the environment detection unit 202 described later, and includes the following information that affects the living comfort of a house.
(1) Temperature information (2) Humidity information (3) Dust scattering degree (per unit volume) information (4) Pollen scattering amount information (5) Light quantity (visible light amount) information ・ In other words, information on the brightness of the living space It is.
(6) Noise information: In other words, information on the quietness of the living space.
In the first embodiment, “environmental information” means that various household electrical appliances EE, which will be described later, use the environmental information for efficient operation, effective operation, or environmentally conscious operation of the household electrical appliance EE. This includes the following examples:
(1) When the temperature is high, the heat retaining function of the electric rice cooker is operated continuously at the end of the rice cooking process.
(2) In the case of humidity, a dehumidifier that is one type of home appliance EE is operated. Or start the ventilation fan.
(3) When fine dust that floats in the air is flying, the air cleaner is operated. Or start the ventilation fan.
(4) In the case of pollen scattering amount, the operation of the air cleaner is started.
(5) When the diameter or length is relatively large, and dust or clothes falling on the floor, the self-propelled vacuum cleaner is started.
(6) In the case of light quantity (visible light quantity), the lighting fixture is turned on.
(7) In the case of noise, it is judged that there is no noise and it is a quiet time zone such as midnight, and the operation of the self-propelled vacuum cleaner that generates the operating noise and running noise of the blower motor, the drum for washing and drying Avoid operating the washer / dryer, which generates driving noise from the electric motor that rotates the motor.
In addition, calculating the so-called “discomfort index” based on the relationship between the temperature and the humidity and starting the operation of the air conditioner is included.
Furthermore, in this Embodiment 1, the convenience of a resident improves as follows by using environmental information.
(1) Advice information is given about the use of the home appliance EE to improve the living environment (for example, a ventilation fan or an air cleaner).
(2) You can see the home appliance EE that is currently in operation.
(3) You can see the existence / non-existence of people in remote living spaces.
(4) Uncomfortable living space with high temperature and high humidity.
(5) When using indoor exercise equipment, you can find a living space unsuitable for exercise.
(6) If you set the upper limit of the room temperature in order to issue an alarm from the power command device, you can know that there is a room that exceeds the set value, so know the environment of the remote room Can do.

In the first embodiment, the home electric appliance EE that has a good influence on the air in the living space and can be improved may be referred to as “first specific home electric appliance” (“environment improving apparatus”) SP1. In order to maintain and improve the comfort of the indoor space, an electric heater stove or an air conditioner that generates heat for heating is one type of environmental improvement device. On the other hand, maintaining and improving the comfort of the indoor space is not the original purpose, and the home appliance EE such as an electric heating cooker that gives heat to the indoor space may be referred to as a “second specific home appliance SP2”. .

In the first embodiment, a specific one of the plurality of home appliances EE may be referred to as a “first home appliance”, and another home appliance may be referred to as the “first home appliance” in order to distinguish it from the first home appliance. There are cases where it is called “2 home appliances”.

The “environment improving device” SP1 referred to in the first embodiment refers to a device that has an effect of improving the temperature, humidity, and quality of air in the living space. When the air quality is improved, the content of harmful substances and dust is reduced, and the air becomes clean.

In the first embodiment, the “at-home detection means” includes the following means, but in the following description, all the means are not described in detail, and only representative means are described in detail.
(1) Means for detecting that a resident has come home from an electronic lock installed outside the entrance (entrance) of a house and a personal identification number or biometric information (for example, fingerprint information) input to the electronic lock.
(2) Personal identification information recorded on a resident ID or ID card is directly read into the power command device by magnetic or optical means, or by short-range communication or other communication means. Means for decoding the read information and determining that the person is at home.
(3) The personal identification information recorded in the information terminal device such as a portable telephone held by the resident is directly read into the power command device by short-range communication or other communication means, and the read information is A means of deciphering and determining that the person is at home.
(4) Personal identification information recorded on information terminal devices, such as identification cards and ID cards unique to individuals, is read into specific household electrical appliances, or ID numbers and passwords known only to individuals are A means for determining that the read person is at home by reading the personal identification information or password on the power command device side by reading it into the device or inputting it with an input key.

In the first embodiment, “resident” means a person who lives in one house described later, and includes a parent-child, a brother, a sister, etc. who are related to each other. Visitors staying in the city and others living together. It includes those who borrow one or more living spaces by one or more people. In the first embodiment, an example in which four residents live as a typical family will be described. Resident A is assumed to be a father, Resident B is a mother, Resident C is a child (10 years old), and a resident child (7 years old). In addition, in a scene where home appliances are used, a resident may be referred to as a “user”, and may be referred to as a “person” or “family” if it is not necessary to specify four residents. . A resident whose blood pressure or the like has been measured by a health management device 410 described later is referred to as a “measured person”.

In the first embodiment, “operation information” of the power command device 9 to be described later is information 101 indicating the upper limit total power amount set in one household as shown in FIGS. 44 to 46. , Information 102 indicating the amount of power currently used, information 103 indicating the difference between the total power amount and the amount of power used, and information that specifically identifies the home appliance EE that is controlled by the power command device 9 107, information 108 indicating the usage state of the home appliance EE, information on the amount of power used in each home appliance EE (for example, average power amount per minute), etc., but is not limited thereto. .

In the first embodiment, “home appliance side power limit information” refers to information related to some signal related to the power consumption received by the home appliance from the power command device 9, and includes a power reduction request signal AS2 and a power reduction which will be described later. The transmission of the command signal AS3 includes information related to the command. Such information includes information indicating the reception time of the signal (time in year and month) and the meaning of the signal. For example, the power reduction command signal AS3 at a certain point for the induction heating cooker 2 is information such as “Reception time: Jan. 15, 2014, 17:00 seconds, 2% reduction in instantaneous maximum power consumption”. In addition, when the electric power restriction information on the home appliance side is received on the home appliance, for example, the induction heating cooker 2 side, the storage device 32R of the control device 32 that integrates the control of the induction heating cooker 2 as a whole is time-sequentially. It is stored and will not disappear even if the main power is turned on or off. Considering that the main power supply is turned on and turned off as one time of cooking, it is stored and held at least several times. The excess is automatically erased sequentially.

In the first embodiment, the notifying means for notifying the abnormality occurrence determination result in the induction heating cooker 2 refers to either or both of a display unit (display screen) 129 and a speech synthesizer 28 described later. .

In the first embodiment, the notification means for reporting the abnormality occurrence determination result in the power command device 9 includes a display screen 100A of the display panel 100 described later. The liquid crystal display screen 75D of the TV receiver 75 may also be a notification unit.

FIG. 1 shows an example of one house to which the power control system of the first embodiment is applied. The present invention can be applied to an apartment house such as a condominium instead of such a detached house.
In FIG. 1, HA1 shows the living space of one house. HA2 indicates an adjacent living space partitioned by the living space HA1 and the wall SB. Note that HA is used as a reference when generically referring to living spaces. Although the living space is not shown in FIG. 1, there are “bedroom”, “living room”, “bathroom”, etc., and there are rooms with toilets. There may be other rooms.

All living spaces HA are supplied with, for example, 200V of power from a commercial power source EP of an electric power company outside the house. The electric power is drawn into the house through the watt-hour meter 300. Reference numeral 27 denotes a power line (main trunk line) connected to the 200 V commercial power supply EP via a distribution board (hereinafter referred to as “breaker”) BK. A television receiver (hereinafter referred to as “TV receiver”) 75, an air conditioner 7, a lighting fixture 76, and an electrical appliance for kitchen (hereinafter referred to as “home appliance in the kitchen”) KP are respectively connected to the power lines. It is connected. In FIG. 1, only one TV receiver 75, air conditioner 7, lighting fixture 76, and kitchen appliance KP are shown, but there may be a plurality of them.

9 is an electric power command device to which electric power is supplied through the breaker BK, and is installed in a wall-mounted state where the family can easily approach, such as the wall surface of the living space HA2 (kitchen), or the floor surface It is on the top. In addition, as other household appliances, there are a plurality of dishwashers / dryers 6, automatic laundry clothes dryers (not shown), and other household appliances, which will be described later.

In the description of the first embodiment, hereinafter, the “first home appliance” refers to the home appliance KP in the kitchen excluding the dishwasher 6.

In FIG. 1, SL shows the wall surface which comprises the ceiling of living space HA. Reference numeral 204 denotes a composite sensor (temperature / humidity sensor) that detects the temperature and humidity in the room of the living space HA2, and is a kind of environmental sensor. Reference numeral 205 denotes a temperature / humidity sensor that detects the indoor air temperature and the indoor humidity of the living space HA1, and is a kind of environmental sensor. Reference numeral 206 denotes a temperature sensor installed in an external space of the house (such as the outer surface of the outer wall), which is a kind of environmental sensor.

The temperature sensor and the humidity sensor have a function of transmitting the measured temperature and humidity to the environment detection unit 202 of the power command device 9 to be described later by radio or electric signal. The power source may be a charged battery or the power from the power line 27. In addition, since the power consumption of these sensors is as small as 1 W (watt) to several watts, even when operating with the power from the power line 27, the power command device 9 is not subject to power limitation. Measurement data is continuously transmitted to the power command device 9 at a predetermined timing. Although not shown, in addition to this, as one type of environmental sensor, a pollen sensor that measures the amount of pollen in the air, a noise sensor that detects the magnitude of indoor noise, and the brightness of the room An illuminance sensor that detects the above is provided at an appropriate position in each living space. In addition to the temperature / humidity sensor 205, a temperature sensor or humidity sensor for detecting outdoor temperature and humidity may be provided, and the pollen sensor may be provided not only indoors but also outdoors (for example, the outer wall surface of a house or the outer frame of a window, It may be installed on a veranda or the like. The environment detection unit 202 itself is installed in a place separated from the main body 9A of the power command device 9 or in another living space, but is connected to the main body 9A wirelessly or by wire and is built in the main body 9A. Since the environment detection information is acquired under the control of the control unit 125, it is defined as “a part of the power command device 9” in the first embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1 and FIG. 6, reference numeral 207 denotes a person detection sensor that can detect whether or not a person is present in the living space HA1 by detecting infrared rays that are naturally emitted by the person. Similarly, 208 is a human sensor that can detect whether a human is in the living space HA2 by detecting infrared rays naturally emitted by the human. In addition, you may install such a person detection sensor also in other living space HA. These human detection sensors 207 and 208 have a function of transmitting the result of detecting whether or not there is a person to the human detection unit 203 of the power command device 9 described later by radio or electric signal. Further, the power source may be a battery charged in advance, or may be power supplied by being branched from the power line 27. In addition, since the power consumption of these sensors is as small as about 1 W to several W, even when operating with the power from the power line 27, the power command device 9 is not subject to power restriction, so a predetermined timing is required. Measurement data is continuously transmitted to the power command device 9 (for example, every 10 seconds).

Next, FIG. 1 will be described. 77 is an outdoor antenna connected to a tuner (not shown) of the TV receiver, 99A is a router A connected to the power command device 9, and this router A supplies power to the power command device 9. Connected to an external organization 78A such as a regional earthquake information providing organization that transmits information to the company and the area of the house through a wide area communication circuit network (sometimes referred to as “communication network” or “Internet”) 98 such as the Internet. doing. Reference numeral 99B denotes a router B connected to the TV receiver 75. The router B connects the TV receiver 75 to an external engine 78B via the wide area communication circuit network 98. The external organization 78B is, for example, a broadcasting station that provides a broadcast program, a public organization that provides medical / health information, a private company, or the like, but may be other than these. The two external engines 78A and 78B may be separate or the same engine.

Next, a communication environment outside the home will be described with reference to FIG. The power command device 9 of the first embodiment is connected to the external engine 78A via the router A99A via a network, but a device generally called a home gateway may be used. In this case, the home gateway refers to a device for home use installed between various digital information media such as Internet connection, digital broadcasting, and IP telephone, and terminal devices such as the power command device 9 and home appliances, The power command device 9 and the like are networked and controlled, and information received from communication / broadcast media is transmitted to the power command device 9 and home appliances. A router that lends to a resident (user) of such a family when an IP phone or content distribution service is provided in addition to the Internet connection in an always-on broadband service. "Is often called.

The power command device 9 is connected to the external engine 78A via the wide area communication network 98 in FIG. 1, but actually, as shown in FIG. 2, the wide area communication network 98 includes 98A and 98B. It is configured by two, and accesses an ASP (referred to as “application service provider”) server 89A of the external organization 78A via the relay server 88 and the respective wide area communication networks 98A and 98B. The ASP server 89A is provided with a database 89B, and is configured to store various types of information described later corresponding to a large number of houses.

The ASP server 89A is hereinafter referred to as an “information server”. This information server mainly functions as a control means and information providing means for various home appliances EE, and an organization such as a manufacturer (manufacturer), distributor, repairer, or information service provider of home appliances EE, It is installed alone or jointly by two or more organizations, and provides various services related to home appliances EE to users via communication networks 98A and 98B.

The information server 89A includes a central processing unit 89CP that functions as a host computer of the server, a communication unit 89IF that is a twelfth communication unit that is connected to the communication circuit network 98 to exchange information, and the home appliance. An improvement software (measure program) providing unit 89S that stores EE application software and stores improvement software, and a user identification database ("user information database") that identifies the user of the home appliance EE 89U) and a manufacturer-side information database 89M that stores technical information provided by the manufacturer (manufacturer) of the home appliance EE.

The information server 89A may be a so-called “Web server” (hereinafter referred to as “Web server”). The web server is provided with various information communication terminal devices 87, homes, and the like and has an information communication function in accordance with HTTP (protocol used for exchanging data such as HTML documents and images between the web server and the web browser). Display information of HTML and objects (images, etc.) to the information processing device (client) side software web browser such as the power command device 9 or other personal computer And a server computer on which the service operates. The web browser is also referred to as an “Internet browser” or “WWW browser”, and is a browser provided for use of “World Wide Web”.

  In the user specifying database 89U, information received by so-called user registration from a user such as the home appliance EE such as the heating cooker 2, the health management device 410, or the exercise measuring device 311A is stored in the information server 89A, for example. User-specific information such as login ID and password, setting information such as the network address (MAC address) of the router A99A, specific information such as the network address, type, and model name of the specific home appliance EE (the above-mentioned “identification information” Is included). That is, it has a function of storing user information of each of the home appliances EE in a large number of homes in a searchable state.

The application database 89B includes a control application that can remotely control the power command device 9 or the home appliance EE from the outside of the living space HA, for example, from a remote place such as a resident's work place or a place to go. Software is stored and stored. As a result, the remote control can be realized by accessing the information server 89A from a mobile phone terminal 87, which is one type of information communication terminal device described later, and downloading (reading) the control application software. .

The information server 89A stores “improvement software” that improves the contents of the operation program of the home appliance EE corresponding to a specific model of the home appliance EE, and the power command device 9 performs wide-area communication. When obtained via the circuit network 98, the improvement software is provided from the power command device 9 to the home appliance EE via the input / output unit 124C (second communication unit). The “improving software” here is the same as the “countermeasure software” in the present invention. The improved software is not only created once, but a further improved version-up version may be prepared as necessary.

The mobile phone terminal 87 referred to in the first embodiment is a terminal device that can be easily carried by a user and communicates with a phone call or data (including mail information) indoors, outdoors, or on the go. is there. Devices that can not be called but can download information on the Internet, send e-mails, or send remote control signals are called “portable communication devices”. These “mobile phone terminals” 87 and “portable communication devices” Are collectively called “information communication terminal equipment”. Hereinafter, also in the case of an information communication terminal device, the reference numeral “87” is used.

The “information communication terminal device” according to the first embodiment has a function of causing the input / output unit of each household electrical appliance EE to approach (or contact) about several centimeters and send and receive signals through short-range communication. ing. The short-range communication is an international standard technology for wireless communication known as Near Field Communication (abbreviation: NFC).

In this NFC communication, a so-called wireless tag (NFC tag) is embedded on the home appliance EE side. The NFC tag is connected to an NFC communication control IC (hereinafter referred to as “NFC control circuit”) 321 and this control circuit, and receives power of a predetermined frequency from the outside to receive power for the control circuit. And an microchip memory (hereinafter referred to as “NFC storage unit” 320) connected to the NFC control circuit.

On the other hand, on the information communication terminal device 87 side such as a mobile phone terminal, the data is read from the NFC storage unit 320 which is one of the home appliances EE through the NFC tag (acquisition of status information), Conversely, control data (control command) is sent from the information communication terminal device 87 side to the NFC storage unit 320 of the induction heating cooker 2, and the control device 32 of the induction heating cooker 2 is stored in the NFC storage unit 320. A control operation can be performed according to the control command (an NFC tag of this type may be referred to as an “active tag”). The home appliances EE other than the induction heating cooker 2 have the same configuration. That is, the NFC according to the first embodiment has a function of reading information stored in the internal storage device of the home appliance EE on the information communication terminal device 87 side (an NFC tag having such a function may be referred to as a “simple tag”). In addition, the operation on the home appliance EE side has a function that can be activated by a control command from the information communication terminal device 87. In other words, the information communication terminal device 87 has a function of writing to the NFC storage unit 320 as well as reading various information from the home appliance EE, and has two functions of a reader and a writer.
It is said that the advantage of NFC is that, in general, the format of data that can be exchanged by communication is not limited, and video data, XML data, etc. can be exchanged as well as text data.

The base station 80 of the mobile phone terminal device 87 is connected to the wide area communication network 98B via the relay server 88 and the communication circuit network 98A, and the information server is connected from the mobile phone terminal 87 via the base station 80. It is possible to access 89A and router A99A. That is, the mobile phone terminal 87 owned by the resident of the household is connected to the wide area communication network 98A from the outside like a work facility 79 at a remote place as shown in FIG. Then, it is possible to access the information server 89A, and remotely control the facility 79 away from the home by downloading the application software for controlling the power command device 9 or the electric equipment EE. However, in the first embodiment, direct remote operation from the cellular phone terminal 87 to the electric device EE is not allowed. This is because some household electrical appliances EE generate high heat, such as an electric heating cooker (second specific household electrical appliance SP2), and therefore via a communication circuit used by many people from outside the house. Remote operation is not adopted in consideration of safety, and instead, all operations are performed via the power command device 9. In the house, the mobile phone terminal 87 is limited so that only the TV receiver 75 can be operated. The contents of the remote control will be described in detail later.

FIG. 3 shows a configuration example of hardware such as a power command device and a health care device to which the power control system of the first embodiment is applied. In FIG. 3, 9 </ b> A is a main body of the power command device 9, and the outer shape is a box shape. This main body 9A stores all the components of the power command device 9 shown in FIG. 22, such as a power control unit 121, a use limit setting device 96, a comparator 92, and a priority setting means 95, which will be described later. . However, the display board 100 of the use limit setting device 96 is configured to be removable from the main body 9A as shown in FIG. 3, and is stored in a recess 9C formed on the front surface of the main body 9A when mounted. ing. Reference numeral 100A denotes a display screen of the display panel 100, and reference numeral 109 denotes a storage device (large-capacity memory) built in the TV receiver 7, such as a DVD, various semiconductor memories, or a hard disk drive (HDD). Further, the display panel 100 has a display unit and an operation unit input 117 in the entire front center portion thereof, and the surface of the display screen 100A forming the display unit is formed of, for example, a touch panel, and displays information. And a function as an operation unit for performing input from the user by touching the screen. On the display screen 100A of the display panel 100, power usage information is displayed.

In FIG. 3, reference numeral 75R denotes a remote controller for operating the TV receiver 75, and reference numeral 410A denotes a blood pressure measuring instrument (hereinafter referred to as “blood pressure monitor”) which is a kind of the health management device 410. 87 is a high-function mobile phone terminal capable of high-speed digital communication with a built-in small microcomputer, which can be called via a communication line as well as a server provided by a communication service provider 78C such as a telephone company. Each can be connected to the information server 89A, can exchange e-mails with others, and can download various videos, music, content, information, and the like. The mobile phone terminal 87 has a built-in pedometer, and the user can count the number of steps by walking with the mobile phone terminal 87. The step count information can be input to the health management processing unit 116 of the power command device 9 via a built-in transmission means such as infrared rays. This will be described in detail later. The mobile phone terminal 87 has an NFC function as described above.

In FIG. 3, reference numeral 118 denotes a confirmation button installed on the front surface of the main body 9 </ b> A of the power command device 9 and above the recess 9 </ b> C. When the confirmation button is pressed while the display panel 100 is detached from the main body 9A, a location confirmation signal is wirelessly transmitted from the main body 9A side, and a receiving circuit (not shown) of the display panel 100 that receives the signal is activated. A specific sound is emitted by an electronic buzzer (not shown), and even if the location of the display panel 100 is unknown in the living space HA, it can be easily found by the confirmation button 118.

In FIG. 3, 119A is an emergency cut-off button. When the emergency cut-off button 119A is pressed, all (in use) other than the router A99A, the router B99B, the power command device 9, the lighting fixture 76, and the TV receiver 75 are used. The power supply of household appliances (including household appliances KP in the kitchen) can be quickly shut off. Therefore, when the display panel 100 is not attached to the main body 9A, it is convenient to know the issue of emergency earthquake information and the like with an electric device such as the TV receiver 75 and immediately turn off the electricity. The display panel 100 itself has a built-in rechargeable battery (not shown). Since the rechargeable battery is provided with a non-contact charging device (not shown) inside the main body 9A corresponding to the recess 9C wall surface of the front surface of the main body 9A of the power command device 9, the display panel 100 is If it is inserted and held in the recess 9C on the front surface of the main body 9A of the power command device 9, charging is automatically performed in that state.

119B is an emergency cut-off button provided on the display screen (display panel) 100 side of the use limit setting device 96, and has the same function as the emergency cut-off button 119A. In addition, it is possible to quickly shut off the power of all household appliances (including the in-kitchen command device KP) other than the TV receiver 75.

4 and 5 are block diagrams showing the internal configuration of the TV receiver 75 and the power command device 9.
The TV receiver 75 includes a ROM (Read Only Memory) 75A, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 75B, an image processing unit 75C, a liquid crystal display screen 75D, a system control unit 75E composed of a microcomputer, and a commercial power supply. A power supply unit 75G connected to the EP via the breaker BK, four input / output function devices 75J, 75K, 75L, and 75M, and power inserted between these input / output function devices and the power supply unit 75G It is composed of a power FET (Field Effect Transistor) 75S and an external network communication device 75N as one type of control semiconductor elements.

The system control unit 75E performs signal processing calculation of each part of the TV receiver and control of the four input / output function devices 75J, 75K, 75L, and 75M in accordance with the control program stored in the ROM 75A and RAM 75B.

The four input / output function devices 75J, 75K, 75L, and 75M will be described.
75J is a tuner device that receives broadcast waves such as ground waves and satellite waves from the outdoor antenna 77. 75K is a video device for video playback / recording.
75L is a LAN connection device that processes information from a LAN-connected device. 75M is a PC connection device to which a personal computer (hereinafter referred to as “personal computer”) is connected. Other types of input / output function devices may be further provided. For example, a card device may be provided in preparation for the case where a card-type memory that is a semiconductor recording medium such as an SD card is used.

As described above, the power FET 75S is inserted between the output terminal of the power supply unit 75G and the power input terminals of the four input / output function devices 75J, 75K, 75L, and 75M. And it is the structure which controls ON / OFF control of power FET75S with the output signal of the system control part 75E. The user can arbitrarily shut off the power sources of the four input / output function devices 75J, 75K, 75L, and 75M. Specifically, a selection switch (not shown) that can individually turn off the power of each of the input / output function devices 75J, 75K, 75L, and 75M is provided in a specific portion of the TV receiver 75, or a so-called liquid crystal display screen 75D is provided with a so-called “switch”. An on-screen switch is provided and can be selected by the remote controller 75R.

The power FET 75S is not interposed between the external network communication device 75N and the power supply unit 75G. In other words, the system control unit 75E controls the external network communication device 75N so that it cannot be arbitrarily cut off by the user's operation, and if the main power of the TV receiver 75 is turned on, the liquid crystal is temporarily Even when the display screen 75D is not driven and no video is displayed, the TV receiver 75 is always connected to the external engine 78B by the external network communication device 75N through the wide area communication network 98 outside the house. Will be. As a result, urgent information from the external organization 78B, for example, request information requesting that the total power consumption of this household be reduced immediately (peak cut) during the daytime in the summer arrives at the TV receiver 75, or emergency When earthquake information arrives from the Japan Meteorological Agency or the regional disaster prevention center or earthquake warning center in charge of the residential area, etc., the residents in the living space HM can quickly know the information. Even when the TV receiver 75 is not being watched, various TV receivers have been proposed that are activated with the information and notify the information when emergency cutoff information is transmitted. Therefore, a specific description is omitted here.

Like the four input / output function devices 75J, 75K, 75L, and 75M described above, dedicated circuits are configured by LSI by applying the latest digital signal processing technology and semiconductor technology for each input / output signal function. Although the TV receiver 75 can be configured at a relatively low cost even though it has high functions, the power consumed by the TV receiver 75 increases because of the large number of LSIs equipped with high functions. There are concerns. Therefore, in the first embodiment, since the user does not always use all of the input / output function devices 75J, 75K, 75L, and 75M mounted on the TV receiver 75, the power is not used. The input / output function devices 75J, 75K, 75L, and 75M that do not need to be supplied can be turned off. That is, since the user can perform ON / OFF control of the power supply of each input / output function device 75J, 75K, 75L, 75M, the user can actively reduce power consumption. In order to perform the power ON / OFF control, the power FET 75S is inserted into the power supply circuits of the input / output function devices 75J, 75K, 75L, and 75M.

Since it is this structure, the power related information of the power command device 9, for example, the total power consumption in the home at that time, information indicating that a power reduction request is received from the outside, etc. When displaying on the TV receiver 7 in the living room where the family gathers, instead of displaying on the display screen unit (display panel) 100, the TV receiver 7 uses a tuner device 75J, a video device 75K, etc. The power supply to the input / output function device may remain off. Therefore, even when the TV receiver 75 is used for power control, there is an advantage that the power consumption of the TV receiver 75 can be minimized.

4 and 5, reference numeral 124 </ b> A denotes an input / output unit (fifth communication unit) that connects the power control device 9 to the PC connection device 75 </ b> M of the TV receiver 75, and 125 denotes a host computer function of the power command device 9. A control unit that centrally controls the power control unit 121 of the power command device 9 (other components such as the comparator 92 and the priority order setting unit 95 shown in FIG. 22) to reduce power consumption for home appliances. Command transmission of request signal AS2 and power reduction command signal AS3.

4 and 5, reference numeral 149 denotes a storage device, which includes two semiconductor memories 95A and 96A to be described later for power control. Information related to the power control unit 121, health management information, and exercise, which will be described later. Management information is stored in separate storage areas with unique addresses. In addition, in the storage device 149, as shown in FIG. 22, abnormality storage means for storing abnormality monitoring data transmitted from the heating cooker 2, data indicating an abnormality determination result of the abnormality determination means 133 described later, and the like. 134 is also incorporated.

The storage device 149 may be various types of RAM (random access memory) or a hard disk. Further, a USB memory, a CD, a DVD, an optical card, or the like may be used, and other types of memory may be used as long as the stored contents are retained even when the power is turned off. In the memory 96A, information on the power upper limit value set for the breaker BK, data on the power upper limit value for limiting the power consumption amount of various home appliances EE, and further, the power upper limit value set for each resident Information such as values is stored.

In FIG. 6, 124B is an input / output unit (third communication unit) that receives communication from the router A99A and transmits information from the power command device 9 to the wide area communication network 98A via the router 99A. . The third communication unit will be described in detail later.

5 and 6, reference numeral 202 denotes an environment detection unit that receives information on temperature and humidity measured by the temperature / humidity sensors 204, 205, and 206. Reference numeral 203 denotes a person detection unit that receives the person detection information of the person detection sensors 207 and 208. Although not shown, in each of the above-described living sections HA1, HA2, a sensor for detecting the degree of dust scattering in the space, a sensor for the amount of pollen scattering, and an illuminance sensor for detecting the amount of light (visible light amount) In addition, a noise sensor is installed, and the environment detection unit 202 receives the detection information of these various environmental sensors. The illuminance sensor is for distinguishing whether the living space is bright or dark. For example, the illuminance sensor is in a bright state when it is determined that there is no person in the living space where the human sensing unit 203 is located. If this is the case, there is a possibility that the resident has forgotten that the luminaire 76 is still on. Therefore, in such a case, the control unit 125 of the power command device 9 assumes that the total power usage at that time is a small amount with a sufficient margin than the upper limit value set by the use limit setting device 96. However, from the viewpoint of eliminating waste of electric energy, the user is advised (through the display panel 100 and the display screen 75D of the TV receiver 75) to turn off the luminaire 76. Thereafter, the control unit 125 of the power command device 9 issues a turn-off command signal to the lighting device (however, it is necessary to connect the lighting device so that the power command device 9 becomes a power reduction target device).

In FIG. 6, reference numeral 10 denotes an at-home detection means (also referred to as an at-home detection unit), which is configured to receive a detection signal from the person detection unit 203 as to whether or not the presence of a person is detected.
In addition, an electric lock 19 is installed outside the entrance (not shown), which is a common entrance / exit of the living space HA, and is based on a personal identification number or biometric information (for example, fingerprint information) input to the electronic lock. The personal authentication means 29 for detecting that the resident has come home is provided. The personal authentication device 29 determines whether the user is a resident based on the password input from the resident, and transmits the determination result to the home detection means 10. The electronic lock and the personal authentication means for electronically locking the entrance door have not been described in detail since many configuration examples have been proposed, but in the first embodiment, each resident A unique password is assigned to each of the four names A to D. For example, all residents are instructed to decide a password according to the rule “two digits after a four-digit (common) number”. The password of the resident A is “123401”, the password of the resident B is “123402”, and the password of the resident A is “123403”. This password is entered with ten input keys (ten keys) installed at the electronic lock of the front door.

In FIG. 6, reference numeral 121 denotes a power control unit that concentrates the power control function of the home appliance EE in the power command device 9, and this internal configuration will be described later with reference to FIG. 22.
59A and 59B are a pair of input / output units that exchange signals between the display panel 100 and the power command apparatus main body 9A.

In FIG. 6, 124 </ b> C is an input / output unit (second communication unit) for performing wireless communication with each of the used power control units 8 </ b> A to 8 </ b> E of the home appliance EE. In addition, each use electric power control means 8A-8E of household appliances EE comprises a 1st communication part.

Reference numeral 140 denotes a clock circuit (hereinafter referred to as a “timer”) also called a real-time clock, which is always supplied with power from a commercial power source or a battery (not shown) and driven for a long period of time. It has become. This may be, for example, a radio timepiece, which informs the current date and the exact time in seconds, and is set to the correct date and time at the manufacturing or installation stage of the power command device 9. Accordingly, various operations (each of start and end) of the power command device 9 can be reserved and set at a predetermined date and time in advance. The “determination reference data for abnormality determination” stored in advance in an abnormality storage means 134 described later is rewritten with the latest information from the information server 89A once a day, for example, at midnight. This is because an automatic update function based on the date and time data of the time measuring unit 140 is included in an operation program in the control unit 125 described later. As a result, the power command device 9 automatically accesses the information server 89A every day at midnight every day, and the latest “abnormality judgment reference data”, “advice information for emergency response”, etc. stored in the manufacturer-side information database 89M. The useful information is acquired and replaced with old data in the abnormality storage means 134, and the operation of always storing the latest information is automatically executed. As described above, automatic updating of various abnormality determination reference data and caution information stored in the abnormality storage means 134 is performed. In addition to the method of updating every predetermined period, for example, it may be executed every time when abnormality monitoring data is received from the induction heating cooker 2. If the abnormality monitoring data is received from the induction heating cooker 2 and the abnormality determination means 133 determines whether or not there is an abnormality, and if it is updated to the latest data, an accurate abnormality determination is always performed based on the latest information. be able to.

Although it has been stated that the “identification information” of the home appliance EE may include information on “the date of manufacture of the product” and “the number of years that have elapsed from the date of manufacture”, Information on the age and number of days of the device is also automatically calculated and can be displayed on the display screen 100A, the display unit 129 of the induction heating cooker 2 and the like in a timely manner. In order to exhibit such an automatic calculation function, it is necessary to input specific information such as the date of manufacture of the home appliance to the power command device 9 when the home appliance EE is installed. Since the power command device 9 has a fourth communication unit 427 described later, it is possible to easily input specific information such as the manufacture date of the home appliance to the power command device 9.

When the resident enters the living space HA after entering the password and then goes out from the entrance, the password detection is not required, but the person detection unit 203 is not allowed to enter for a predetermined time (for example, 30). If the presence of a person cannot be detected from all the living spaces HA over a period of minutes), the home detection means 10 determines that all the residents are out, and all the residents who have entered so far Cancel the password entry record and change the detection information from home to absence. For this reason, when the resident returns home after this, it is necessary to input the password again. In addition, when going out from a front door, if it is made to input into the said personal authentication apparatus that each resident goes out, the detection of a home state will become further accurate. In addition, as described above, in order to omit the input of a password, the biometric information (for example, fingerprint information) is changed to a means for detecting that the resident has returned home, or a unique ID or ID held by the resident. The personal identification information recorded on the card or the like may be directly read into the personal authentication device by magnetic or optical means, but detailed description is omitted.

In FIG. 6, reference numeral 427 denotes a wireless input / output unit for NFC and a wireless input / output unit (fourth communication unit) based on other communication methods. One of them is a wireless input / output unit 427D (see FIG. 19). The wireless input / output unit 427D receives information when a wireless communication unit (also referred to as “wireless input / output unit”, not shown) of the mobile phone terminal 87 approaches a predetermined distance (about 10 centimeters). A communication establishment state in which transmission / reception can be performed is established (beginning of one communication session), and an input / output unit for performing transmission / reception of information is provided. The wireless input / output unit 427D always displays the letters “NFC” near the outer periphery of the operation input unit 117 (of the use limit setting device 96) of the display panel 100 in the power command device 9, and the installation position is clear. (See FIG. 19).

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a part of the configuration of the main part of the power command device 9 of FIGS.
In FIG. 7, 9A is a main body of the power command device 9 described above. Reference numeral 148A denotes two or more protrusions formed in the upper part and the lower part of the recessed part 9C, and 148B denotes recessed parts respectively provided at positions facing the protruding part 148A. The display panel 100 is provided in the recessed part 9C. When inserted into a predetermined position, the projections 148A and the recesses 148B fit together and are held so as not to easily come off the display panel 100. Further, the fact that the convex portion 148A and the concave portion 148B are fitted together means that the control unit 125 is configured by a sensing switch (for example, a combination of a magnet and a switch that senses the magnetic force and outputs a signal) provided in the convex portion 148A and the concave portion 148B. Detected by.

The control unit 125 wirelessly outputs a display signal to be displayed on the display screen of the display panel 100 and a voice command signal for a voice guide device (not shown) built in the display panel 100 to the display panel 100 side. Therefore, even if the display panel 100 is separated from the main body of the power command device 9, the display signal and the voice command signal can be sufficiently reached within the living space HM. Conversely, an input signal is also wirelessly transmitted from the display panel 100 side to the main body side of the power command device 9, and the signal is recognized by the control unit 125. These wireless signals are exchanged through the pair of input / output units 124F (13th communication unit) and 124R (14th communication unit) shown in FIG. As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the main body 9A of the power command apparatus 9 is connected to the area where the house is located from an external organization 78A such as an electric power company through the wide area communication network 98 and the router 99A. Information on power usage, in particular, information on power shortages is provided. That is, the main body 9A of the power command device 9 can automatically receive a power reduction request signal from an electric power company or other public organization.

FIG. 8 and FIG. 9 are block diagrams showing configurations of the health management processing unit 116 and various health management devices 410 of the power command device 9. 8 and 9, reference numeral 126 denotes an operation unit for a user to input various information and commands to the health management processing unit 116. For example, in a case where measurement data of a health care device described later is read, an on-screen switch (same as an “icon” described later) is displayed on the display screen 100A as shown in FIG. 19, and this on-screen switch is selected. By doing so, input operation can be performed. That is, the display screen 100A is used by the user to input various information and commands to the health management processing unit 116, like the operation input unit 117 of the use limit setting device 96 of the power control device 9. it can. The on-screen switch may be replaced with, for example, a capacitance detection type touch-type key that allows the user to input by touching the display screen.

In FIG. 8 and FIG. 9, 127 is a data processing unit for processing measurement data of the health management device 410 to be described later. If there is a measured value greater than a predetermined value, attention information or the like is added, and the measured data is used as a graphic conversion signal such as a table or graph. The ROM 138 stores a processing program such as a measurement data processing format and a calculation program for statistics. In the data processing unit 127, as shown in FIG. 13, the code for specifying the health care device used, the type of measured measurement data (for example, blood pressure), information for specifying the person to be measured, measurement date and time, measurement Information such as values and presence / absence of abnormality is processed into matrix data, temporarily stored in the memory 139, and the measurement data can be transferred and stored in the storage device 149 of the power command device 9. In the data processing unit 127, for example, in the case of blood pressure monitor data, the normal range is defined as 135 to 85 mmHg, and when blood pressure data exceeding this range is provided from the health management device 410 side, This is a method of adding caution information (attention code) to the data as supplementary information, but the user sets a normal range or normal value on the health management device 410 side in the same way, and when it exceeds or below it In this case, some additional information may be attached from the health management device 410 side and transmitted to the data processing unit 127. Since it suffices to unify the data processing methods on the data processing unit 127 and the health care device in advance, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

136 is an input / output unit for the power command apparatus 9 main body 9A, and 137 is an information receiving unit for receiving measurement data of the health care device. In FIG. 8, the health management device is composed of, for example, seven measuring devices, a blood pressure meter 410A, an electrocardiograph 410B, a heart rate meter 410C, a thermometer 410D, a weight meter 410E, a body fat meter 410F, and a urine test device 410G. The following seven pieces of measurement data are measured by the measurement devices 410A to 410G.

410B in FIG. 8 is an electrocardiograph. An electrocardiogram can be used for diagnosis and treatment of heart disease by recording the state of electrical activity of the heart in the form of a graph, and is widely used in daily medical care at medical institutions and the like. This electrocardiograph is also provided with a display unit such as a liquid crystal display unit for displaying the measurement result in a graph.

410C in FIG. 8 is a heart rate meter. Heart rate refers to the number of times the heart beats within a certain time. Usually the number of beats per minute. When the heart pumps blood, a pulse is generated in the artery, and when this number is counted, it may be called a pulse rate or simply a pulse. Since the blood pressure can be measured simultaneously with the sphygmomanometer, in practice, it is often integrated with the sphygmomanometer. This heart rate meter is also provided with a display unit such as a liquid crystal display unit for displaying the measurement results in numbers.

410D in FIG. 8 is a thermometer. This thermometer is also provided with a display unit such as a liquid crystal display unit that displays the measurement results in numbers.
410E is a weight scale. This scale is also provided with a display unit such as a liquid crystal display unit that displays the measurement results in numbers.

410F in FIG. 8 is a body fat scale. This body fat scale is also provided with a display unit such as a liquid crystal display unit for displaying the measurement results in numbers. A body fat meter is a device that measures the proportion of fat in the human body (body fat percentage), and is a device that measures the amount of fat in the body (or the proportion of fat that is converted into body weight). Human body components are available on the market that can easily measure body fat percentage using a measurement method that uses different impedances.In addition, an element that detects body weight is provided on the electrode plate for determining the impedance of the human body. There are also known devices that can be attached and measure their weight simultaneously. In addition, this body fat scale is also provided with a display unit such as a liquid crystal display unit for displaying the measurement results in numbers.

410G in FIG. 8 is a urine test device. In general, urinalysis includes a urinalysis method for examining urine as it is, such as color and specific gravity, and a method for examining components in urine. In the first embodiment, the urine component test is acidic or alkaline. Measure whether or not. This is because it is said that urine can be either acidic or alkaline. In addition, although it is said that the urine of a person who lacks vegetables in the eating habits tends to be acidic, according to the present invention, a housewife who cooks such health care information at home knows through the power command device 9. be able to. In addition, it is convenient that the urine test device 410G is integrated in advance in a toilet bowl, for example. In addition, this urinalysis apparatus is also provided with a display unit such as a liquid crystal display unit that displays the measurement results in numbers.

The health management device 410 may use a measuring device other than the seven measuring devices 410A to 410G. A plurality of devices may be combined to have a composite function. Since the urine test device 410G is attached to the toilet bowl as described above, the user cannot freely carry it like the sphygmomanometer 410A. Therefore, the measurement data is built in the display panel 100 of the power command device 9. A transmitting unit (not shown) for wireless transmission toward the health management processing unit 116 is incorporated. The health management device 410 is also provided with an NFC function like the mobile phone terminal 87, so that the health management processing unit 116 built in the display panel 100 of the power command device 9 can perform measurement data by short-range communication. May be transmitted.

In FIG. 9, the exercise equipment 145 includes an indoor running machine 145A and a running calorie consumption measuring device 145B. The indoor running machine 145A is placed in the living space HM, and is calculated by the product of the time during which the measured person (user) has run and the weight of the measured person. For example, if a person with a weight of 65 kg jogs for 1 hour at a speed of 120 m / min, it is said that about 480 kilocalories are consumed by exercise, so such a calorie consumption calculation program is built-in, and weight data When the person to be measured inputs and exercise begins, calorie consumption is automatically calculated after the exercise ends.

The running calorie consumption measuring device 145B also calculates the calorie consumption of the subject using the same principle as the indoor running machine 145A. In addition, when it has a weight measurement function, even if a to-be-measured person does not input the numerical value of a weight, a calorie can be calculated automatically. The indoor running machine 145A and the running calorie consumption measuring device 145B are each provided with a display unit such as a liquid crystal display unit that displays the calories consumed as a result of the exercise in numbers.

In FIG. 9, reference numeral 312 denotes a (manual) vacuum cleaner. This vacuum cleaner has a movement measuring function in addition to the original dust suction function, and as a result, calories burned can be calculated.

Inside the main body of the cleaner 312, a moving amount measuring meter (not shown) for integrating the moving amount of the cleaner in the front and the moving amount in the rear, the moving distance by the measuring device, and the cleaner A calculation unit (not shown) that calculates calories consumed by exercise based on information on the weight of the main body is incorporated.

The said movement amount meter calculates the calorie consumption accompanying cleaning operation of the user who performs cleaning.

Inside the main body of the vacuum cleaner, there is a function of automatically and wirelessly transmitting the calorie consumption data calculated by the calculation unit to the health management processing unit 116 of the power command device 9.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a sphygmomanometer 410 </ b> A as a representative example of the health management device 410. In FIG. 10, 154 is a blood pressure measurement unit, 155 is a display unit that displays the measured blood pressure with numbers, etc., and 156 is an operation unit that commands the start of blood pressure measurement, etc. An input key (not shown) for inputting identification data for health management of the measurement subject (for example, a three-digit number) is provided. The sphygmomanometer 410A measures a blood pressure of an artery by wrapping a measurement band around a user's wrist or arm or inserting an arm into a measurement tube. A unit 155, an operation unit 156, a memory 157, a control unit 220, a transmission unit 314A, and a reception unit 314B.

The memory 216 is a type of semiconductor memory whose stored contents do not disappear even when the power is turned off. The transmitting unit 314A transmits blood pressure measurement data stored in the memory 216 to the outside by, for example, an infrared signal or a specific low power wireless signal. In addition, the control unit 220 sets the blood pressure data measured by the measurement unit 154 to the memory 216 by setting the health management identification data (code) and the blood pressure measurement date / time data sent from the clock circuit 147 as a set. To record.

Blood pressure refers to systolic and diastolic blood pressures of the heart, which are referred to as systolic blood pressure (or systolic blood pressure) and diastolic blood pressure (or diastolic blood pressure), respectively. The measurement result is displayed as 140 mmHg (millimeter of mercury). The unit “mmHg” may be omitted, and the systolic blood pressure value and the diastolic blood pressure value may be displayed simultaneously and displayed as 140-80. In addition, a display unit 155 such as a liquid crystal display screen that displays the blood pressure measurement results as numbers is provided.

The configuration of the sphygmomanometer 410A has been described as a representative example of the health care device 410. However, the electrocardiograph 410B, the heart rate meter 410C, the thermometer 410D, the weight meter 410E, the body fat meter 410F, and the urine test device 410G are also basic. The configuration is the same. In addition, the measurement data of these various health care devices may be transmitted to the outside through a connection means or a recording card having a good interconnectivity such as a USB code, a USB memory, or an SD card. The display screen 100A shown in FIG. 19 includes an infrared input / output unit 427A, a USB memory input / output instruction unit 427B, and an input / output unit 427C for reading measurement data wirelessly when new data registration of health management measurement data is performed. Since the NFC wireless input / output unit 427D is located on the outer (lower right) portion of the display screen 100A, it is shown that information can be exchanged via these interface means. That is, in a scene where the measurement data of the health management device 410 is read by the health management processing unit 116 inside the power command apparatus 9, the operation input unit 117 described above is brought close to the screen 100A of the display panel 100 for communication. Can do. As described above, if the health management device 410 itself has an NFC communication function, the NFC wireless input / output unit 427 also reads measurement data such as blood pressure values into the health management processing unit 116 via the control unit 125. Can be made.

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of a screen example of the TV receiver 75 and the remote controller. In FIG. 11, when a TV portal site is displayed on the TV receiver 75 and a specific power ON button provided on the remote controller 75R is pressed once, the TV receiver 75 is activated and the system The control unit 75E displays the TV portal site on the liquid crystal display screen 75D. Here, the TV portal site refers to a portal site for the purpose of providing various services mainly for a TV having a function of connecting to the Internet.

As shown in FIG. 11, on the TV portal site, for example, icons (on-screen) surrounded by a substantially rectangular frame such as “news”, “weather forecast”, “traffic information”, “earthquake / tsunami information”, etc. The menu of the portal site by the type input switch) 411 is displayed. As another icon, a special icon 412 displayed as “Health management information”, a special icon 413 displayed as “Electric energy management”, and a special icon 419 displayed as “Home environmental information” Each is displayed. These three special icons may be larger than other ordinary icons and may be displayed in a conspicuous color. Here, the icon is displayed on the display screen and a specific function is selected, and includes a case where the specific function is expressed not only by a figure but also by a character. In addition, as in the example of FIG. 12, the icon also includes an input display section (sometimes referred to as “tab” or “heading”) in which the purpose / function is simply displayed in characters, such as “health management information”. .

Here, as shown in FIG. 11, a specific button (input decision button) on the remote control 75R is directed toward the special icon 413 displayed as “electric energy management” on the liquid crystal display screen 75D of the TV receiver 75. When the button is pressed, as shown in FIG. 11, the remote controller 75R transmits an infrared signal, which is detected by the TV receiver 75 and selects the “electric energy management” screen. A dedicated screen labeled “Electric Energy Management” is displayed. Note that the infrared signal from the remote control is not applied to only a specific icon and an input signal is generated, but it is detected that the remote control has emitted an infrared signal after selecting the specific icon with the remote control. The icon that has been selected is selected. Since such icons themselves are well known, a detailed description of the operating principle is omitted.

On the other hand, when a specific button (input decision button) of the remote controller 75R is pressed toward the special icon 412 on which “health management information” is displayed on the liquid crystal display screen 75D, the liquid crystal display screen 75D shown in FIG. A dedicated screen labeled “Health Management Information” is displayed. Therefore, when the remote controller 75R is further operated, blood pressure measurement data of a certain date and time of the measurement subject is displayed as a kind of health management information 412 as shown in FIG. To improve blood pressure for alerting when the measured subject exceeds the target range set in advance, or when the maximum blood pressure value exceeds 135 mmHg or the minimum blood pressure value falls below 85 mmHg Advice and cautionary statements are displayed simultaneously The caution text and advice may be stored either in advance in the ROM 138 of the health management processing unit 116 or in the case of being stored in advance in the memory 216 on the health management device 410 side. The mobile phone terminal 87 obtains reference information of an external medical professional institution, and transmits information from the mobile phone terminal 87 to the power control device 9 via the wide area network 98A. May be stored in the health management processing unit 116, and the information may be set to be read out whenever necessary.

Further, when the remote controller 75R is operated, as shown in FIG. 13, all the residents who were measured during a specific period (there are two residents other than the two persons A and B to be measured. Measurement results for two persons are displayed on the liquid crystal display screen 75D in a list form. Here, the person A to be measured refers to a resident A described later, and the person B to be measured refers to a resident B described later.

In FIG. 13, LS1 is a column that displays a device code for specifying the health care device 410, LS2 is a column that indicates the type of measurement, and LS3 is a column that specifies the person to be measured. Any format is acceptable as long as the person to be measured can be identified, such as a nickname. LS4 is a column for the date and time when metabolic data is measured by a health care device, and LS5 and LS6 are columns for measured values. Depending on the type of metabolic data, there may be one or more. The LS 7 is a column to which a predetermined symbol is attached in accordance with an abnormal value such that the measurement data exceeds the normal range or when it is in a caution stage close to the abnormal value.

As shown in FIG. 13, when the measurement result is in an abnormal range, attention data with a symbol “E” is shown in the “abnormality presence / absence” column (LS7). In the present invention, information with this symbol is hereinafter referred to as “attention data”. It is also possible to display the measurement data of only a specific subject by operating the remote controller 75R. The health management information 412 means, for example, information shown in the LS1 to LS7 including measurement data.

On the other hand, when a specific button (input decision button) of the remote controller 75R is pressed toward the special icon 419 on which “Home environment information” is displayed on the liquid crystal display screen 75D shown in FIG. 12, the liquid crystal display screen 75D is displayed. Displays a screen dedicated to environmental information as shown in FIG.

17 and 18, various icons 411, 414, 417, and 418 are selected by the remote controller 75R of the TV receiver 75. However, in the house, the cellular phone terminal 87 can be used. . Since it is possible to access the information server 89A from the mobile phone terminal 87 via the base station 80, if the application software for controlling the TV receiver 75 in the information server 89A is downloaded, the residence It can be used to control the TV receiver 75 in the space (house). Further, as described above, in the first embodiment, the remote control of the home appliance EE by the mobile phone terminal 87 from the outside is not possible, but the TV receiver 75 is installed inside the house. Other home electrical appliances EE can be operated. Therefore, the mobile phone terminal 87 can be brought close to (contact with) the input / output unit of each home appliance EE, and information and command signals can be exchanged by near field communication (NFC).

In FIG. 14, 470 is an area for displaying living room environmental information, 471 is an area for displaying kitchen environmental information, 472 is an area for displaying bedroom environmental information, and 473 is an environmental information for bathroom. This area is virtually formed by the system control unit 75E of the TV receiver 75 when the display screen for the environmental information of the house is displayed. Virtual means that the areas are not physically independent, but the image display area of the liquid crystal display screen 75D is divided by the control program of the system control unit 75E. In each display area 470 to 473, the name of the corresponding living space is displayed in characters such as “living room” and “kitchen”.

In FIG. 14, 474 is a temperature / humidity display unit that displays at least one of room temperature and humidity as characters, and 475 is a case where the living space is within the range of room temperature and temperature predetermined by the user. Of the comfort marks that appear, three of the star marks are highest, two are medium comfort, and one is the lowest of the three levels of comfort. Instead of this mark, characters may be displayed. This mark 475 is a kind of information indicating comfort. The comfort level can be changed by the user at any time, and can be freely determined by the resident, for example, in winter and summer, or in accordance with the actual situation in the area where he / she lives. In the initial setting, a default value in a comfortable (3 steps) range is set to an air temperature of 26 ° C. and a humidity of less than 50%.

Reference numeral 476 denotes a caution mark (display information) that is displayed when the temperature and humidity are out of the comfort conditions and are in an uncomfortable state or a state close thereto. One triangular mark means “slightly uncomfortable”, and two triangular marks mean “uncomfortable”. This mark 476 is also a kind of information indicating comfort. In Japan, the discomfort index calculated by temperature and humidity may be used. For example, the discomfort index is 80 at a temperature of 29 ° C. and a humidity of 70%. When this discomfort index exceeds 75, 10% of the population feels uncomfortable, and when it exceeds 80, everyone is said to be uncomfortable. In that case, the discomfort index 75 may be defined and displayed.

If the triangle mark 476 is one, it is “slightly uncomfortable”, and if it is two, it is “uncomfortable mark”. There is a risk of heat stroke even in the room. In particular, looking at the onset of heat stroke, it is known that indoors are overwhelmingly large for both men and women over 65 years old (Reference: “Health Heat Environmental Health Manual” by the Ministry of the Environment of Japan: 2011 Revised in May).

Therefore, the environment detection unit 202 sends a “first alarm” level signal to the control unit 125 when the temperature reaches 29 ° C. and the humidity becomes 70%, and the room temperature is 30 ° C. or higher and the humidity exceeds 75%. In this case, a signal of the “secondary alarm” level is sent to the control unit 125. When the living space where the human detection unit 203 detects the presence of a person such as a resident is issued the “first alarm”, the control unit 125 performs the following “first alarm”. Process to issue.
Countermeasure 1: An alarm is issued on the display screen 100A of the display panel 100 of the power command device 9.
Countermeasure 2: If the TV receiver 75 is being watched, an alarm is displayed on the display screen 75D with characters.

If the temperature does not improve to less than 29 ° C or less than 70% within 5 minutes after issuing the action commands for measures 1 and 2, the person in the living space may not experience the heat. Since it is assumed, in this case, the control unit 125 performs a process for issuing a “secondary alarm” described below.
Measure 3: Forcibly start the air conditioner 2 having the cooling ability (temperature rise suppressing effect) among the environmental improvement devices in the living space (for example, the indoor target temperature at that time is 27 ° C.).

In the first embodiment, the case where the air conditioner 2 is in the living space naturally includes the fact that the device itself is inside the living space. Moreover, although the apparatus itself may exist in the exterior of a living space, the case where the processed air is supplied in a living space is also included. If the air conditioner 2 is not in the living space or if the power cord plug is pulled out of the connection port and it is found that the air conditioner 2 cannot be operated, other environmental improvement devices (described later, for example, ventilators and air Start operation of a purifier.

It is known that convection of room air is effective for preventing heat stroke. Therefore, in the embodiment of the present invention, the resident (eg, resident A or B) outside the living space is notified that the environmental condition is dangerous for health. Specifically, the notification information is transmitted from the input / output unit 124B (third communication unit, see FIG. 6) of the power command device 9 to the outdoor communication circuit network (communication network) 98 via the router 99A. It reaches the mobile phone terminal 87 of the resident B. Resident B operates the air conditioner 7 via the power control device 9 by remote control, but if this is not possible, he / she will be directly resident by contacting a close relative or a care helper dispatch office. It is also possible to visit the space (in this case, the resident B tells the visitor how to unlock the electronic lock at the entrance). That is, if the temperature and humidity do not improve to a state below the first predetermined value within a predetermined time after receiving the second warning signal, the control unit 125 is for a resident outside the living space. Notify that the environmental condition is dangerous. Because of this configuration, even when an elderly person or child unfamiliar with the use of the environmental improvement device is alone in the room, the environment is expected to be monitored by the detection unit 202 and the safety in the indoor living space is expected to be improved. it can.

In addition, the environment detection unit 202 immediately sends a “secondary alarm” to the control unit 125 when the room temperature is 30 ° C. or more and the humidity exceeds 75% regardless of whether or not the “first alarm” has been issued. To the contrary. When the living space where the human detection unit 203 detects the presence of a person such as a resident is issued the “secondary alarm”, the control unit 125 instructs the processing of the above-described countermeasure 3 . The environment detection unit 202 measures and monitors the latest environmental conditions of the living space where the alarm is issued every minute after the measure 3 is instructed.

14 and 15, the environmental improvement device such as the air conditioner 2 that has been forcibly started as described above is used when the environmental condition of the living space becomes a predetermined condition determined by the resident. The control unit 125 issues a command to the use limit setting device 96 to automatically stop the operation of the environmental improvement device. Or, if the operation of the environmental improvement device is continued for 30 minutes, it may be automatically stopped. This is because driving more than necessary is not preferable from the viewpoint of energy saving.

In FIG. 14, reference numeral 477 denotes a temperature / warm display portion that displays heat or cold in the vicinity of the caution mark 476. In FIG. 13, “hot” is displayed in the bedroom and bathroom as the cold / warm display portion.

Reference numeral 478 denotes an absence mark (absence display information) displayed when the person detection unit 203 of the power command apparatus 9 determines that there is no person. In FIG. 14, it can be easily seen from this liquid crystal display screen 75D that there is no one in the bedroom and bathroom.

In FIG. 14, reference numeral 479 denotes a home electric appliance EE having a function of affecting the air in the living space and maintaining and improving comfort, such as an air conditioner 7, an air purifier (not shown), a ventilator ( It is an operation display section of the first specific electric device SP1 indicating the operation status of the “environment improving device” such as (not shown). Although the air cleaner and the ventilation device are not shown, the air cleaner is generally installed in a box-shaped main body having an air inlet and an air outlet, and inside the main body. An electric blower (electric fan) that sucks indoor air and discharges it from the exhaust port, and a dust removal filter installed so as to cross the ventilation path from the intake port to the exhaust port. Equipped with a function to release negative ions to air passing through the ventilation path, or to release mold ions, which are made from water particles and are said to be effective in controlling mold fungi, allele substances, and odors Is more preferable. The ventilator is typically a hooded ventilator installed at a position directly above the induction heating cooker 2 of the kitchen.

Reference numeral 480 denotes an exercise caution mark (exercise caution display information) for displaying whether the living space is highly comfortable and suitable for indoor exercise. This mark may be displayed in the display areas 470 to 474 of all living spaces, but at least a health measuring device that transmits information to the health management processing unit 116 of the power command apparatus 9 wirelessly or by wire in the living space, for example, When there is the indoor motion measurement device 311A, 311B, the exercise attention mark 480 is displayed in the display area of the living space where the device is located. In this case, since the electric vacuum cleaner 312 that also serves as an exercise measuring device is an object, FIG. 14 shows that it is not appropriate to operate the electric vacuum cleaner 312 in the bedroom.

The configuration of the display screen 75A of the TV receiver 75 shown in FIGS. 12 to 16, that is, the information to be displayed and the arrangement thereof are also displayed on the display screen 100A of the display panel 100 in the same manner. However, compared with the effective display area of the liquid crystal display screen 75D having a screen size of 20 to 60 inches, the display screen 100A having a screen size of 10 to 15 inches is narrower than a fraction, so the same contents are the same. It is not displayed in size. Naturally, although the size of the displayed character is reduced, the temperature / humidity display unit 474, the comfort mark 475, the caution mark 476, the exercise caution mark 480, the later-described fluctuation display unit 483, the inappropriate environment display unit 484, pollen scattering Both the quantity display unit 485 and the operation display unit 482 are displayed. As a result, the same information can be confirmed in the kitchen and the living room so as not to cause a difference in displayed information between the liquid crystal display screen 75D of the TV receiver 75 and the display screen 100A of the display panel 100. . The display of these various types of information on the display screen 100A is executed by the display control program of the control unit 125.

FIG. 15 is a modified example of the screen configuration of the environment information shown in FIG.
In FIG. 15, a characteristic configuration is that icons 481 </ b> A to 481 </ b> D for viewing detailed information are provided for each display area 470 to 473. Further, in addition to the operation display unit 479 of the first specific home appliance SP1, the second specific home appliance SP2 that may adversely affect the heat of the air in the living space and heat it up. For example, an operation display unit 482 indicating the operation status of the electric rice cooker 3 is provided.

In FIG. 15, reference numeral 483 denotes a fluctuation display unit indicating that the temperature or humidity has changed (increased or lowered) by a predetermined change rate. For example, when the temperature rises by 1 ° C. or more in 2 minutes or falls, “rising” or “falling” is displayed.

In FIG. 15, reference numeral 484 denotes an inappropriate environment display unit indicating that the physical environment is not suitable for the health of the resident and can be improved by the operation of the first specific home appliance SP1, that is, the environmental improvement device. . FIG. 15 shows a case where there is a predetermined number or more of dusts having a predetermined diameter or more contained in 1 liter of air. For example, if the bedding is moved or struck after waking up, the dust temporarily rises and stays in the air. Symbols appear. This unsuitable environment display part 485 is also a kind of information indicating the comfort of a specific living space.

In FIG. 15, reference numeral 485 denotes a pollen scattering amount display portion for displaying whether or not the amount of pollen scattered in the air outside the house is large. It is also useful information. In addition, since the basic data of the pollen scattering amount display section is provided by the Japan Meteorological Agency, other meteorological agencies, TV broadcasting stations, etc., in addition to the information of the pollen sensor described above, or instead of providing the pollen sensor Information from those external organizations may be used. Such external information is acquired by the power control device 9 or the TV receiver 75 from the external engines 78A and 78B.

Next, when the remote controller 75R is further operated in the state of the display screen of FIG. 15 to select, for example, the icon 481B, the screen configuration is switched as shown in FIG.
In FIG. 16, 486 is a display unit indicating whether a ventilation fan (not shown) installed in the kitchen is in operation, and 487 is a refrigeration operation mode of an electric refrigerator (not shown) also installed in the kitchen. This is an operation intensity display section that indicates whether the setting is in one of three levels of “strong”, “medium”, and “weak”. Since it is already well known that the operating intensity greatly affects the power consumption of the refrigerator, detailed description thereof is omitted.

As shown in FIG. 16, the display area 471 for the kitchen is automatically expanded to the maximum extent. Such enlarged display is a result of the display form of the liquid crystal display unit 75D being changed by the control program of the system control unit 75E. Reference numeral 488 denotes a blank space secured around the right side of the display area 471. Here, an icon 490 for selecting viewing of the living room environment information, an icon 491 for selecting viewing of the bedroom environment information, and Icons 492 for selecting to view bathroom environment information are respectively displayed. If one of these icons is selected, the living room, bedroom, and bathroom environment information is also displayed in detail on the liquid crystal display screen 75D. be able to.

In FIG. 16, reference numeral 489 denotes an advice section that displays advice information. Here, advice information on whether or not the home appliances, particularly the first specific home appliance SP1 can be operated, and the operation conditions thereof are the current status of the living space. Since it is displayed in characters according to, it is possible to expect the effect that the environment of the living space can be managed more appropriately. FIG. 16 shows an example in which the operation of a ventilation fan is recommended as advice for improving the situation where the humidity of the kitchen is rising. In other words, the ventilation fan, which is one of the environmental improvement devices, recommends the purification of the air in the kitchen.

The basic data of these advices is stored in a storage device 149 that is a storage unit of the management processing unit 116. Further, since the same data is stored in the storage device (large capacity memory) 109 of the TV receiver 75, when the environment information is viewed on the TV receiver 75, the system control unit 75E extracts the information from the storage device 109. Sent to the liquid crystal display screen 75D for display. At this time, since the control unit 125 of the power command apparatus 9 collects the operation information of the various home appliances EE in real time, the information from the control unit is used for displaying the liquid crystal display screen 75D. .

On the other hand, when the environmental information is viewed on the liquid crystal display panel 100 of the power command device 9, the control unit 125 extracts the information from the storage device 149 and sends it to the liquid crystal display panel 100 for display. In addition, since the control part 125 of the electric power instruction | command apparatus 9 collects the information of the driving state of various household appliances EE in real time collectively, the information from this control part is utilized for the display of the liquid crystal display screen 100A. .

As shown in FIG. 11, when the “earthquake / tsunami information” icon 411 is displayed on the TV portal site and when a general television program is being viewed, the “earthquake / tsunami information” is suddenly displayed. ”Icon 411 is displayed, when the icon is selected with the remote controller 75R, as shown in FIG. 17, a special icon 414“ Emergency emergency shutdown ”and a special icon 415“ Emergency earthquake / tsunami information reception ”are displayed. Is displayed. In this case, when the “electrical emergency shut-off” icon 414 is selected, an emergency shut-off command is transmitted from the TV receiver 75 to the power command device 9 even if the user does not go to the location of the main body 9A of the power command device 9, and several seconds. Within a predetermined range, the power supply of various home appliances EE is cut off. Similarly, the power supply will be cut off within a few seconds even for the “dedicated electrical equipment” described later.

In addition, as described above, in this electrical emergency shut-off, the power cut-off of the lighting fixtures 76 such as the corridors, rooms, bathtubs, etc., which are evacuation passages, the TV receiver 75, the power command device 9, the router A99A, and the router B99B Not done. In addition, the two special icons 414 and 415 may be displayed in a conspicuous color and larger than the other normal icons, like the special icons 412, 413 and 419.

FIG. 18 is a front view of a liquid crystal display screen 75D when a general television program is viewed on the TV receiver 75. As shown in FIG. 18, a special icon 418 “electric energy management” is always displayed in the lower right corner of the liquid crystal display screen even during viewing of a general program. This display can be erased by the user.

In FIG. 12, FIG. 14, FIG. 15, FIG. 16, FIG. 18, reference numeral 417 denotes an icon for switching to a dedicated screen for health management information, which is shown in a tab shape. As described above, reference numeral 418 denotes an icon for switching to a dedicated screen for electric energy management, which is indicated by a rectangular frame shape.
In FIG. 16, reference numeral 232 denotes an icon for returning to the initial screen of the TV portal site shown in FIG.

FIG. 19 is a view of the display screen 100 </ b> A of the display panel 100 in the power command device 9 and its peripheral portion as viewed from the front. In the scene of FIG. 19, reference numeral 420 denotes an information key. When the user touches it, the power reduction information, health-related information, and health management that are helpful to the user in that scene are effectively promoted. Information is displayed on the display screen 100A each time. In that case, in order to secure a display area, measurement data such as the sphygmomanometer 410A is not displayed.

Reference numeral 421 denotes a help mode key. When the user touches the key, information useful for the user's input operation is displayed in the scene, and correct information is displayed by a voice guide device (not shown) provided separately. The operation method is notified by voice. For example, even when blood pressure data is displayed, this key is displayed in the surrounding area. When this key is pressed, how to read the blood pressure data, explanation of the normal range, etc. are displayed in schematic diagrams and characters. 100A.

In FIG. 19, reference numeral 427D denotes the above-described NFC wireless input / output unit. 427A is an input / output unit for infrared communication. Reference numeral 427B denotes an input / output unit capable of inputting / outputting information via a USB code, and a USB code connector is inserted into a connection port (not shown). 427C is an input / output unit for wireless communication. Information can be written into the storage device 149 of the power command device 9 from the information processing device such as a personal computer or the information communication terminal device 87 via these three input / output units. Conversely, information can be extracted. The three input / output units 427A to 427C and the wireless input / output unit 427D for NFC may be collectively referred to as a “fourth communication unit” 427 in some cases. When writing information, first, when a finger is touched on the three input / output units 427A to 427C, two selection keys for writing and reading are displayed on the display screen 100A. Then, when only the write selection key is touched, the control unit 125 detects this and prepares for writing. Thereafter, the communication unit (for example, infrared communication unit) of an appropriate information communication terminal device 87 is connected to the input / output. A transmission operation may be performed toward the unit 427A. The same applies to the wireless input / output unit 427D for NFC. When the information communication terminal device 87 reads the information, the wireless input / output unit 427D can be read close to a wireless input / output unit 182 (see FIG. 21) described later to read the information when a predetermined communication state is established.

When the icon 417 in FIG. 14, FIG. 16 and FIG. 18 is selected to display the health management screen, and the icon “not registered” is selected, new data registration is performed as shown in FIG. Icon (input key) 426 and an icon (input key) 425 for reading and displaying existing measurement data are displayed.

Therefore, when the newly registered icon 426 is selected, for example, the blood pressure monitor 410A is brought close to the display panel 100 and the transmission button on the blood pressure monitor 410A is pressed, the measurement data stored in the memory 216 of the blood pressure monitor 410A is displayed. The data is transferred from the receiving unit 129 of the health management processing unit 116 to the RAM 139 and stored therein. As described above, the measurement data of these various health devices can be read by the health management processing unit 116 by any of infrared transmission, USB memory, and wireless transmission as shown in FIG. In addition, measurement data of various health management devices 410 can be read into the health management processing unit 116 via the wireless input / output unit 427 for NFC. A connection port (not shown) for inserting a USB memory is provided on the front surface or side surface of the main body 9A of the power command device 9.

When the measurement data is sent from the health management device 410, the health management processing unit 116 transmits the entire data to the power command device 9 each time. In this case, if the measurement result is in the abnormal range, the health management processing unit 116 shows the data (for example, the highest blood pressure value) that is abnormal, the person to be measured, the measurement date and time (an example is shown in FIG. 13). ) When transmitting the entire data to the power command apparatus 9, a special code (hereinafter referred to as “abnormal value code”) is added and transmitted to the power command apparatus 9. As a result, the “attention data” is not erased in the middle, but is stored thereafter. The abnormal value code varies depending on the type of the health management device 410, and a single health management device 410, for example, a blood pressure monitor 410A, attaches different codes to both the maximum blood pressure value and the minimum blood pressure value. Depending on the measurement target of the health care device 410, a plurality of them are prepared.

The health management processing unit 116 sends the measurement data and the abnormal value code to the system control unit 75E via the PC connection device 75M, and finally the storage device (large capacity memory) 109 of the TV receiver 75. (See FIG. 5). The large-capacity memory has a storage capacity of, for example, several tens of gigabytes so that it can sufficiently store data for at least one year even if 10 or more pieces of measured health management data are transmitted every day. The large-capacity memory also stores the recorded video / audio of the broadcast program received by the TV receiver 75, but the information from the TV receiver 75 side and the information from the health management processing unit 116 are clearly shown. They are stored separately, and both can be recorded and updated independently or deleted. The storage device 109 (mass memory) is composed of two parts that can be physically separated, the first part is video information from the TV receiver 75 side, and the second part is health management. Information from the processing unit 116 may be stored. In this way, when repairing or replacing the first and second parts, the influence on the other can be minimized, which is convenient.

Next, the electric power control system of the household appliances EE including the induction heating cooker 2 and the electric rice cooker 3 will be described. First, the system kitchen (a sink) 1 used in one kitchen shown in FIG. 23 will be mainly described.

The housing 1A constituting the outer shell of the system kitchen (also referred to as “sink stand” or “kitchen furniture”) 1 is configured by incorporating five home appliances described below. That is, as home appliances in the kitchen, induction heating cooker 2 having two left and right heating ports (first heating port 2L and second heating port 2R), electric jar rice cooker 3, and grill cooking device (electric A fish roast 4), a microwave oven (hereinafter referred to as "microwave oven") 5 with an electric heater, and a dishwasher 6 are provided. The above-mentioned “home appliance in kitchen” KP is a general term for a plurality of home appliances 3, 4, and 5 in the kitchen. Moreover, the electric jar rice cooker 3 may be simply called "rice cooker" below. Although the grill cooker 4 may be constituted independently, in this Embodiment 1, it is integrated in the induction heating cooker 2 and combined induction heating using electric heating and induction heating method together. It is comprised as one heating part of a cooking device. Therefore, when the main power circuit of the induction heating cooker 2 is cut off, the power supply to the grill cooker 4 is also cut off at the same time. Here, other appliances in the kitchen such as a refrigerator and a ventilation fan are not described.

The “electricity rate classification information by time zone” referred to in the first embodiment of the present invention will be described, but before that, an actual example of the domestic electricity rate system will be described.
As of January 1, 2014, TEPCO's personal (household) electricity tariff system sets the unit price for power consumption in two seasons and three time zones. As a result, the unit price varies depending on the season and time zone. It is recommended that the price can be reduced.
Here, “seasonal charges” are divided into “summer season” and “other season”. “Summer season” is July 1 to September 30 every year, and “other season” is October every year. From 1st to June 30th of the following year.
On the other hand, the “charge by time zone” system divided into three time zones is divided into the following time zones.
"Daytime": Every day from 10am to 5pm. The unit price of electricity per kWh (including tax) is 37.56 yen for the “summer season” and 30.77 yen for the “other season”.
“Morning and evening time”: two times, from 7 am to 10 am every day and from 5 pm to 11 pm every day. The unit price of electricity per kWh (including tax) is 25.20 yen.
“Night time”: Every day from 11pm to 7am the next morning. The unit price of electricity per kWh (including tax) is 11.82 yen.
In other words, when looking at the unit price of electricity, nighttime is the cheapest, followed by morning and nighttime. It can be seen that the highest is daytime.
“Electricity rate classification information by time zone” as referred to in the first embodiment is information of the “rate by time zone” system as described above, and one type thereof is the power per 1 kWh as described above. It is a volume charge unit price. As another type, there is information that “night time is the cheapest, then morning and night time is cheapest. The highest is daytime”. In other words, for example, in the above electricity rate system, the information that “the day is the cheapest in the day from 11:00 pm to 7:00 am the next morning” is the electricity rate classification information by time zone. . The electricity price per hour is not necessarily shown specifically, and it is a user whether it is a cheaper time zone or a higher time zone than a certain standard (for example, a daytime fee). Information that can be easily determined.

In addition, in the induction heating cooker 2 described in the first embodiment, the user sets the start time when the heating means is energized, but the energization end time may not be set. May not be set. However, in the induction heating cooker 2 described in the first embodiment,
(1) The maximum continuous heating time is automatically set to 60 minutes, and the heating operation is automatically terminated after 60 minutes unless a specific operation is performed during cooking. If you set the time, you have set the time zone.
(2) Some cooking menus for induction heating (for example, “fried food”, “boiled”, “boiled”, “boiled water”, etc.) that empirically end in less than 15-30 minutes (for example, “boiled water”) However, there are some that continue to heat for more than 1 hour, and there are various types of power to be used, so the power value used is 500 W or more and cooking that is expected to continue heating for 30 minutes or more When a menu (hereinafter referred to as “specific menu”) is selected in advance and the specific menu is executed, the above-described information on electricity charges by time zone is displayed.
The reason for the configuration as described above is that, in the case of a cooking menu that uses a small amount of power for a short time, even if information on electricity charges by time zone is displayed each time, the frequency at which it is actually used This is because there is little and the significance of displaying is small. As a result, it is possible to expect the advantage that the control program of the cooking device is simplified and the user's operation is not complicated. As the specific menu, “boiled”, “boiled”, and “cooked rice” are selected, but the present invention is not limited to this.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a home air conditioner, which may be installed in the kitchen in which the above-described home appliance KP in the kitchen is installed. This will be explained with an example. Note that the number of air conditioners is not limited to one, and each air conditioner is installed in a plurality of rooms, and there may be a total of several units. However, in the following description, only one unit will be described. The air conditioner incorporates power usage control means 8E of the power command device 9. As a result, information such as the required power, the cooking status of each cooking device, and the permitted power for use is transmitted to and from the power command device 9. The electric power of the harmony machine 7 is controlled.

Also, the air conditioner 7, the dishwasher 6 and the electric heater supply hot air to dry the clothes while forcibly rotating (electric type) (the dryer and the washing machine are integrated). Or a clothes dryer (both not shown) is referred to as a “second home appliance” in the following description. Each of them has a motor unit (power source) that consumes electric energy, can be turned on and off independently of each other, and receives a power reduction command from a power command device 9 described later. . Note that the “second home appliance” includes a device that includes a motor that consumes power and a heating unit that consumes electric energy, and generates warm air by the heating unit. For example, in the above-described washing and drying machine, a breathable bowl-shaped container (also referred to as “drum”) that stores clothes that have been washed and not yet dried, and a motor unit (power source) that rotationally drives the container, In general, an electric heater (heating source) serving as a heat source for hot air supplied to the container is provided. There is also a method of recovering heat in the air to a hot air by a heat pump method equipped with an electric compressor (power source).

The kitchen appliance KP in the kitchen is connected to an AC 200V power supply EP through one breaker BK. The household appliances 1 to 3 and 5 in the kitchen and the power command device 9 are connected in a relationship of transmitting and receiving infrared or radio signals, and each power use control means 8A of the household appliances 1 to 3 and 5 in the kitchen is used. , 8B, 8C, 8D and the power command device 9 transmit information such as required power, cooking status of each cooker and use permission power, etc., and each use within the use power permitted by the power command device 9 Electric power control means 8A-8D controls the electric power of each household appliances 1-3 in a kitchen. In the first embodiment, the power control means 8A to 8D use a frequency band called a 2.4 GHz ISM band defined by "International Standard IEEE 802.11b" whose center frequency band is one of wireless LAN related standards. Is to be used. In addition, in this induction heating cooking appliance 100, the actual use center frequency is set to 2.412 GHz (2512 MHz)-2.472 GHz.

There are other appliances in the kitchen, such as oven toasters, tabletop hot plates, and water heaters (electric pots), all of which have a maximum rated power of about 1000 W. Is not shown. In addition, you may make it connect between each household appliances 1-3, 5 in a kitchen, and the said electric power instruction | command apparatus 9 with the signal wire | line which served as the electric power line using the electric power line conveyance technique, and may be made to control.

(Induction heating cooker 2)
As shown in FIGS. 24 and 25, the induction heating cooker 2 is a so-called two-port built-in induction heating cooker having two induction heating units that can operate independently from each other on the right side of the front side. The operation panel 13 includes an operation button 11A of the main power switch 11, the first heating port 2L on the left side, and the second heating port 2R on the right side, and dials 12L and 12R for power adjustment, respectively. The user turns on the power switch 11 and operates the power adjustment dials 12L and 12R according to the cooking situation to perform cooking. That is, the power adjustment dials 12L and 12R can perform heating power adjustment at the time of induction heating in the first heating port 2L and the second heating port 2R independently of each other. In addition, the rated power consumption (maximum power consumption) of this induction heating cooking appliance 2 is 5800W. Moreover, in the built-in induction heating cooker, unlike the stationary induction heating cooker, the power cord drawn from the induction heating cooker 2 is connected to the outlet (power connection port) connected to the power line 27. The power plug is installed by a professional installer so that a user in a general household cannot easily attach and detach, so commercial power (for example, 200 V) is always supplied until immediately before the power switch 11. Is in the situation.

The top of the first heating port 2L and the second heating port 2R is covered with a top plate 14 formed of a heat-resistant tempered glass plate, and the first heating port 2L and the second heating port 2R are formed in a space below the top plate. An annular heating means (induction heating coils 2LC, 2RC) serving as a heating source for the second heating port 2R is installed.

2C is a box-shaped main body case that constitutes the outline of the main body 2A of the induction heating cooker 2. The top plate 14 is covered with a frame-shaped metal frame 15 and the frame of the main body case 2C is covered with this frame. It is fixed to the upper surface.

A central display unit 16 such as a liquid crystal display substrate as a display means for displaying various cooking condition setting values, alarms and abnormality information is provided on the front surface of the upper surface of the main body 2A, and similarly, a heating power value during induction heating. The left display panel 17L and the right display panel 17R having a liquid crystal display substrate for displaying the heat level (strong, medium, weak, etc.), the heating time of the left heating port 2L, and the oil temperature during cooking oil by using liquid crystal characters The left display portion 18L for displaying the light emitting diode (light emitting body), the right display portion 18R for displaying the heating time of the right heating port 2L and the oil temperature during oil cooking, and the start of the heating operation are performed. An upper surface operation unit 26 is provided.

The upper surface operation unit 26 is for inputting a driving condition of the induction heating cooker 2, and the “driving condition” here is, for example, an induction heating coil 2LC of the first heating port 2L described later. It is a condition that determines the heating capacity and heating power, such as the high-frequency current value applied to. Such physical conditions such as the supply time and frequency of the high-frequency current are also a kind of driving conditions. In other words, this is a condition for driving two inverter drive circuits 33L and 33R and a grill heater drive circuit 34 described later.

In the vicinity of the lower surface of the top plate 14, the central display unit 16, the right display panel 17R, the left display panel 17L, the left display unit 18L, and the right display unit 18R are installed.

The display operation of the central display unit 16, the left display panel 17L, the right display panel 17R, the left display unit 18L, and the right display unit 18R is controlled by a display unit driving circuit 35 shown in FIG.

Next, the display unit driving circuit 35 will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 27, only the central display unit 16 is shown as the display means, but the left display panel 17L, the right display panel 17R, the left display unit 18L, and the right display unit 18R are also respectively displayed in the central display unit 16. It is controlled in the same way.

In the first embodiment, the central display unit 16 is commonly used for all heating sources, and is also called an integrated display unit. All the heating sources are the first and second heating ports 2L and 2R, and a plurality of radiant electric heaters, for example, a sheathed heater 34H, installed in the grill chamber 22 of the grill cooker 4.

The display screen 129 constituting the central display unit 16 is a known dot matrix type liquid crystal display screen. In addition, a high-definition screen (QVGA with a resolution of 320 × 240 pixels or 640 × 480 dots, equivalent to VGA capable of displaying 16 colors) can be realized, and a large number of characters can be displayed even when characters are displayed. Can do. The liquid crystal display screen is not limited to a single layer but may be a screen that displays two or more layers in order to increase display information. Further, it may be composed of STN (SUPER TWISTED NEMATIC) liquid crystal using a simple matrix driving method.

In the first embodiment, the display area of the display screen 129 is a rectangle having a size of about 40 mm (or about 80 mm) in the vertical direction (front and rear direction) and about 100 mm (or about 120 mm) in the horizontal direction.

In FIG. 27, reference numeral 35 denotes a display unit driving circuit. The display unit driving circuit is connected to the control device 32.
The display unit drive circuit 35 includes a display memory 35A, a display controller 35B, an interface 35C, a power source 35D, a common driver 35E, and a segment driver 35F.

The display unit driving circuit 35 operates with power from the power source 35D, and acquires display image information from the built-in memory 32R of the control device 32 through the interface 35C.
The display memory 35A stores image information acquired from the control device 32.
The display controller 35B reads the image information stored in the display memory 35A, and continuously drives the common driver 35E and the segment driver 35F based on this image information. The common driver 35E and the segment driver 35F drive the liquid crystal by applying a voltage to mutually intersecting electrodes provided corresponding to the respective pixels of the display screen 129. In this way, the display unit drive circuit 35 displays the image information stored in the display memory 35A on the display screen 129 whenever necessary. Further, display image information and light emission drive current are also supplied to the right display panel 17R, the left display panel 17L, the left display unit 18L, and the right display unit 18R. Note that the information displayed on the display screen 129 by the display controller 35B also includes text data that has been documented so that the type and cause of the abnormality can be understood as will be described later.

For example, after one of the two induction heating means (induction heating coils 2LC or 2RC) is urgently stopped by the control device 32 due to the occurrence of an abnormality, the display unit drive circuit 35 displays the occurrence of the abnormality according to a command from the control device 32. However, at that time, the control device 32 analyzes the content of the abnormality from the detection output of the abnormality detection means ES, and the cause corresponding to the type of abnormality (for example, the abnormally high temperature state of the top plate 14 or the voltage abnormality of the inverter circuit 33R). As can be seen, information classified in advance is displayed on the central display unit 16, and the text (text data) that is the basis of such display is stored in advance in the display memory 35A. In the first embodiment, when there is an abnormality determination, the control device 32 urgently stops driving the left heating coil 2LC (for example, when the driving induction heating means is the left heating coil 2LC). Although the supplied power is set to zero, a method of continuing driving at the rated minimum power (for example, the power value is 200 W) may be used.

In FIG. 27, reference numeral 321 denotes an NFC communication control IC (NFC control circuit) that constitutes a part of an NFC tag arranged at a predetermined position (two NFC input / output units 401L and 401R shown in FIG. 25). It is. Reference numeral 322 denotes an antenna which is connected to the NFC control circuit 321 and generates inductive power to be a power source for the NFC control circuit 321 when receiving a radio signal having a predetermined frequency from the outside. Reference numeral 320 denotes a microchip memory (same as the above-mentioned “NFC storage unit”) connected to the NFC control circuit 321. Note that the antenna 322, the NFC control circuit 321 and the NFC storage unit 320 are provided for each of the two NFC input / output units 401L and 401R, respectively. For example, the first heating port 2L The monitoring information of the abnormality related to the heating port 2L generated during the heating cooking of can not be acquired by the mobile phone terminal 87 unless it passes through the left NFC input / output unit 401L. However, the above-described identification information can be obtained from either the left or right NFC input / output unit 401. Such acquisition of identification information is possible not only when an abnormality occurs but also during operation stop or immediately after operation start, but will be described in detail later.

Reference numeral 323 denotes a light emitting diode element (LED) installed so as to surround the vicinity of the part of the antenna 322 constituting the two NFC input / output units 401L and 401R. Since the LED 322 is illuminated from below so as to surround the vicinity of the portion 322, the user can easily recognize the antenna 322 portion. Such an LED 323 is operated by the control device 32 of the display unit driving circuit 35. Since the mobile phone terminal 87 having a near field communication (NFC) function is displayed on the display unit in synchronism with the display that detailed information on the abnormality and information on how to deal with it can be obtained. Lights at a predetermined timing by the drive circuit 35. Specifically, the lighting timing is the first time point of the “abnormality notification section ET3” in FIG. It should be noted that the timing of disappearance is the end of the abnormality occurrence notification section ET3, that is, until the main power is turned off, but the LED may be automatically turned off after a certain period of time has elapsed since lighting.

In FIG. 31 to be described later, when a resident other than the resident registered in the power command device 9 tries to use the induction heating cooker 2, the display information PU with the characters “unusable” is displayed in the display memory 35A. When the control device 32 receives a predetermined signal from the power command device 9, the display controller 35B displays the display PU on the display screen 129 in response to a command from the control device 32. . Further, when the help mode key 111 described later is operated, the correct view and operation method of the display screen 129 is displayed when the entire display screen 129 is displayed in a schematic diagram and characters, and power reduction is forcibly performed. The reduction display section 36C (see FIG. 35) or the like indicating that this is displayed on the display screen 129 by the same processing as the display information PU of “unusable”.

The display unit driving circuit 35 is configured by a dedicated microcomputer different from the microcomputer configuring the control device 32, but may be configured by the same microcomputer.

(Basic operation of induction heating cooker 2)
Next, the basic operation of induction heating of the induction heating cooker 2 according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

The flowchart shown in FIG. 28 shows basic operation steps of the induction heating cooker 2. In FIG. 28, the user touches the operation button 11A of the main power switch 11 to turn on the power (ST1). Then, power is applied to the control device 32, and the control device 32 obtains temperature information from the temperature detection circuit 150 and self-checks whether or not the main part of the cooker has an abnormally high temperature (ST2). . Further, self-inspection of whether or not abnormal current is flowing by an ammeter or a voltmeter installed on the primary side and the secondary side of the inverter circuits 33L and 33R that supply high-frequency current to the two induction heating coils 2LC and 2RC, respectively. A check is also made.

The “abnormality detection means” ES in the first embodiment is an electric sensor (not shown) such as an ammeter or a voltmeter installed on the primary side and the secondary side of the temperature detection circuit 150 and the inverter circuits 33L and 33R, respectively. ). As will be described later, in order to detect the temperature of the heated object N on the top plate 14, the temperature of the top plate 14, the atmospheric temperature inside the grill 22, the inverter circuits 33L and 33R, the central display unit 16, and the like. Although the temperature sensors (not shown) are arranged, the detected temperatures of these temperature sensors are also transmitted to the temperature detection circuit 150. Therefore, these temperature sensors are also the “abnormality detection means” in the first embodiment. Part of it.

When no abnormality is found, the control device 32 activates the display unit driving circuit 35 such as the central display unit 16 and the central display unit 16 has no abnormality, so that cooking can be started, and at the same time, the voice synthesis device. 38, the same content as the content displayed on the central display unit 16 is notified by voice (ST3). In addition, when there is specific attention information (for example, the maximum blood pressure value exceeds the upper limit value) in the health management information, a display unit such as the central display unit 16 may be used. As shown, the dedicated attention information lamp 430 is turned on to notify the user. In FIG. 26, the lamp 430 is not shown.

When the specific attention data is added to the health management information, that is, within a certain period from the time when the attention data is transferred from the health management processing unit 116 to the power command device 9, the induction heating cooker 2 Whenever the main power is turned on, the dedicated attention information lamp 430 is turned on to notify the user as described above. As a result, it can be expected that the presence of the data requiring attention can be reliably communicated to the measurer. For example, when the blood pressure is measured on the previous day and the maximum blood pressure exceeds the upper limit, the dedicated attention information lamp 430 is turned on for 7 days from that day to notify the user that there is data requiring attention. However, the alerting period may be set appropriately long or short by the user. The caution information lamp 430 includes a push button type switch and a light source such as a light emitting diode (LED) that illuminates the push button portion of the switch from below. When the button part is pressed by the user, the central display part 16 shows an outline of the attention information. For example, it is displayed that the measurement result of the person A to be measured having a maximum blood pressure value exceeding 140 mmHg continues for two days last night and yesterday. This display automatically disappears within a certain time (for example, within 10 seconds), and the process proceeds to the next step ST4.

Thereafter, the central display unit 16 displays characters that prompt the user to operate so that the heated object N such as a metal pan is placed on the heating ports 2L, 2R that the user wants to use (ST4).

In this state, the first display information 210 </ b> A described above appears on the display screen of the central display unit 16, and the word “power reduction target” is displayed. Indicates that the target device may receive a signal.
Here, when the user presses the on / off button 81c in the left heating port operation unit 81, the left first heating port 2L is selected.

If the ON / OFF button 82c on the right side is pressed, the second heating port 2R on the right side is selected (ST6). Therefore, the process proceeds to a step (ST7) of selecting an induction heating menu. For example, if the fried food button 81a is pressed thereafter, fried food cooking is selected, and if the 3 kW button 81b is pressed, the water heating can be performed with the maximum heating power (3 kW).

On the other hand, when the start / stop button 83b in the center is pressed, the grill cooker 4 is selected (ST5). That is, the cooking using the heating source of electric radiant heat is selected. After selecting cooking using a heating source of electric radiant heat, the process proceeds to a step (ST9A, ST9B, ST9C) for selecting any one of roaster cooking, grill cooking, and oven cooking.

Further, when the user rotates the power adjustment dial 12 </ b> L of the left heating port installed in the front operation unit 42 of the main body 2 </ b> A, the rotation operation signal is transmitted to the control device 32. The control device 32 adjusts the output of the inverter circuit 33L based on the received rotation operation signal, and adjusts the heating power of induction heating by the induction heating coil 2LC of the first heating port 2L being used. At that time, the control device 32 displays the strength of the heating power on the display unit 17L for the left heating port 2L, for example, by directly displaying the heating power value.

Then, the user can end the induction heating operation by pressing the on / off button 81c again after the end of cooking. If the start / stop button 83b is pressed, the heating operation by the electric radiant heat of the grill cooker 4 can be terminated.

Further, when the object to be heated N is installed above the second heating port 2R by the user, similarly, the heating means (induction) installed in the main body case 2C below the second heating port 2R. Induction heating can be performed by the heating coil 2RC). At this time, the operation of the on / off button 82c and the power adjustment dial 12R by the user, and the display operation of the display unit 17L, the operation of the on / off button 81c and the power adjustment dial 12L described above, The display operation is the same as that of the left display panel 17L for the first heating port 2L.

An ammeter or a voltmeter installed on the primary side and the secondary side of the inverter circuits 33L and 33R after high frequency current is supplied to the two induction heating coils 2LC and 2RC and induction heating is started in earnest. Thus, it is monitored whether or not an abnormal current is flowing. Further, even after power is supplied to the electric heater (seeds heater) 34H and electric radiant heat cooking is started, it is monitored whether an abnormal current or an abnormal voltage is generated in the drive circuit 34. In other words, the control device 32 monitors the presence or absence of an electrical abnormal state in both induction heating and electric radiant heat cooking. Further, the control device 32 obtains temperature information from the temperature detection circuit 150 and monitors whether or not the main part of the cooking device has an abnormally high temperature. Details of these abnormality monitoring will be described later.

The flowchart shown in FIG. 29 shows basic operation steps when performing induction heating cooking. In FIG. 29, ST7 is a step of selecting an induction heating menu, as described in FIG.
In induction cooking, a cooking menu is first selected. As described above, there are a plurality of cooking menus such as “fried food”, “boiled”, “boiled”, and “boiled water”. Here, when the cooking menu is selected, predetermined activation information is transmitted to the power control device 9 described later, and the power command device 9 is in a stage where induction heating cooking is started by the heating cooker 2. (ST10). Then, the induction heating cooker 2 acquires information on the electricity bill for each time zone from the power command device 9 (ST11), and stores the information in an internal memory. Note that such electricity charges by time zone are not changed every day, so they may be obtained every few days, and the information stored in the built-in memory may be used each time for several days. good.
Next, the induction heating cooker 2 displays the information on the electricity bill for each time zone on the display screen of the central display unit 16, and the voice synthesizer 38 described later notifies the next operation method by voice. Specifically, if there is no change in the time during which the cooking device is used, the voice is guided so as to press a start key 212 described later (ST12).

Next, if there is no change in the use time zone in the induction heating cooker 2, then it is checked whether there has been a setting cancel operation (ST15). If there is no cancel input operation, the step of starting the induction heating operation (ST16). Proceed to When the usage time zone is changed, information on the new usage time zone is transmitted to the power control apparatus 9 (ST14). Then, the electricity bill information corresponding to the changed usage time zone is displayed on the display screen of the central display unit 16. In the step (ST10), for example, in the case of “boiled” cooking, a predetermined standard time is transmitted to the power control device 9 such as 45 minutes, but the user uses both the use start time and the end time. When, for example, a specific time zone (30 minutes) is set, the time zone information scheduled to be used is transmitted to the power control device 9 in the step (ST14).

The flowchart shown in FIG. 30 shows basic operation steps when performing induction heating cooking. In FIG. 30, ST20 is the first step of selecting an induction heating menu and is the same as the selection step ST7 described in FIG. As described above, when the “specific menu” such as “boiled” or “boiled” is selected, the information on the electricity charges by time zone is displayed on the display screen of the central display unit 16 (ST22). Next, the heating start time or heating end time is set (ST23), and if thermal power or temperature is required (ST24), they are set (ST24), and information on the electricity charges by time zone applied to the time zone to be used is displayed. Confirmation is finally made (ST25), and if it is OK, the cooking condition is confirmed by pressing the start key 212, and the induction heating operation is started (ST26).

On the other hand, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 30, when the non-specific menu is executed, the information on the electricity charges by time period described above is not displayed, and specifically, thermal power and temperature are required. In such a case, these are set (ST28), and if that is OK, the cooking conditions are determined by pressing the start key 212, and the induction heating operation is started (ST29). Note that the induction heating end time may be reserved before the induction heating operation is started. This is generally called timer cooking. If a timer is set (for example, 15 minutes) before cooking is started, the above 15 minutes are subtracted from the induction heating start time, and induction heating is automatically terminated when 15 minutes have elapsed. .

FIGS. 31 to 37 show display examples of the display screen 129.
When the operation button 11A of the main power switch is pressed, the screen shown in FIG. 31 is displayed first. That is, the left induction heating selection key 128N1L, the right induction heating selection key 128N1R, the grill cooking selection key 128N2, and the oven cooking selection key 128N3 are simultaneously displayed for induction heating and selection of a cooking menu by the grill 22 ( Displayed in the list state). Oven cooking means cooking by raising the atmospheric temperature inside the grill 22 to a predetermined temperature. An example is baking a cake. Thereafter, the induction heating selection key 128N1R is pressed to switch to induction heating, and the grill cooking selection key 128N2 is switched to a grill cooking menu screen. Instead of pressing the left induction heating selection key 128N1R, the fried food button 81a or the 3 kW button 81b of the left heating port operation unit 81 may be pressed.

In FIG. 31, the four keys 128N1 (L, R) and 128N2 to N3 employ contact-type input keys whose capacitance changes when the user touches a finger or the like. An effective input signal to the control device 32 is generated by lightly touching the upper surface of the glass top plate 14 covering the upper surface of the display screen 129 at a position corresponding to the surface. It is different from the icons 411 to 413 shown in FIG. When two keys 128N1L and 128N1R are indicated, 128N1 is used as a code.

That is, characters or figures indicating the key input function are not displayed by printing or engraving on the surface of the top plate 21 constituting the parts (zones) of the various input keys 128N1 to 128N3. The display screen 129 below the screen is configured to display a character or a figure indicating the key input function for each operation scene of the input keys, and when the display screen 129 is touched, the display screen 129 is at the touched position. The key is selected.

Reference numeral 36A denotes a menu selection display section, and reference numeral 36B denotes a display section that informs the user that the menu selection is prompted. Since these menu selection display part 36A and display part 36B do not have an input key function, no input is made to the control device 32 even if these display parts are touched.

Reference numeral 111 denotes a help mode key. When the user touches the help mode key, information that is helpful for the user's operation in that scene is displayed, and correct information is displayed by the voice synthesizer 38 (see FIG. 26) provided separately. The operation method is notified by voice. When this key is pressed many times, how to view and operate this display screen 129 is displayed on the entire display screen 129 with a schematic diagram and characters. 112 is an information key, and each time it is touched, information on the heated object N to be used, cooking method, points to be careful about cooking well, etc. are displayed in detail on the display screen 129. As shown in FIG. 35, 36C is a reduction display unit that indicates in text on the display screen 129 that power reduction has been forcibly performed.

In FIG. 31, 210 </ b> A is first display information indicating that the induction heating cooker 2 is a target device that may receive a power reduction request signal. In the example of FIG. 31, the display screen 129 has a rectangular shape. In the frame, "Power reduction target" is displayed with white letters etc., but this display is displayed immediately after selecting "Hot water" which is a kind of non-specific menu, and displayed before selecting "Hot water" It has not been. Thereafter, when the electric power is actually reduced during execution of the “water heating”, the display information becomes third display information 210C to be described later, and “currently reducing power” may be displayed. In any case, when the user views the first display information 210A, the induction heating cooker can know that there is a possibility that the power may be forcibly reduced.

In FIG. 31, when a resident other than a resident registered in the power command apparatus 9 as a “dedicated user” to be described later tries to use the induction heating cooker 2, the PU is displayed first as “use” The display information is “impossible”. This display is displayed in the starting step (ST2) of the display means such as the display screen 129 of FIG. When the use restriction display by the “dedicated user” appears, the operation step shown in FIG. 28 does not proceed thereafter. That is, when the use restriction display appears, the input is invalid even if the user touches any of the four keys 128N1 (L, R) and 128N2 to N3 shown on the display screen 129 ( It is not recognized as an input signal by the energizing device 32). However, like the resident C in the operation explanatory diagram of FIG. 61 to be described later, when requesting permission from the dedicated user (resident B) to let him / her use this induction heating cooker 2, A “permission application key” (not shown) for selecting whether or not to request such permission may be displayed on the display screen 129. When such a “permission application key” (not shown) is operated by a resident who is not a dedicated user, a specific signal is transmitted from the induction heating cooker 2 to the power command device 9, and the power command device 9 sends a mobile phone. Inquiry information is transmitted to the external wide area network 98 to which the terminal 87 is connected.

FIG. 32 shows a display example of the display screen 129 immediately before starting “boiling water” in the induction heating cooker 2. Reference numeral 210B denotes second display information for indicating a state in which a predetermined power reduction request signal AS2 is received from the outside during execution of this water heating. In the example of FIG. 32, the first display information 210A displayed on the display screen 129 as shown in FIG. 31 disappears, and instead, “While receiving power reduction request” is displayed at the same position with white letters. 2 indicates that the display information 210B is displayed.

In FIG. 32, 211R is an input key formed on the glass top plate 14 covering the upper surface of the display screen 129. When this key is pressed, it returns to the display state of the display screen 129 of FIG. 211N is also an input key. When this part is touched, the display state shown in FIG. 33 is reached.

In FIG. 33, reference numeral 212 denotes an input key (also referred to as “start key”) formed on the glass top plate 14 that covers the upper surface of the display screen 129. Touching this key leads to the first heating port 2L. Cooking is started. FIG. 34 shows a display state of the display screen 129 after the water heating operation is started. 211S is an input key for stopping (water heating operation).

The various input keys 211R, 211N, 211S, 212 employ contact-type input keys whose capacitance changes when the user touches a finger or the like, and the user is in a position corresponding to the key surface. An effective input signal to the control device 32 is generated by lightly touching the upper surface of the glass top plate 14 covering the upper surface of the display screen 129. That is, on the surface of the top plate 14 constituting the portions (areas) of the various input keys 211R, 211N, 211S, 212, no characters or figures indicating the key input function are displayed by printing or engraving. However, the display screen 129 below these keys is configured to display characters and figures indicating the key input function for each operation scene of the input keys.

In FIG. 35, 210C actually receives a predetermined power reduction request signal from the outside of the induction heating cooker 2 during the operation in which the induction heating cooking menu of “boiling water” is executed in the induction heating cooker 2. Third display information indicating that power is reduced. In the example of FIG. 35, first display information 210A (see FIG. 31) or second display displayed on the display screen 129. The information 210B (see FIG. 32 and FIG. 33) disappears, and instead “Power reduction” is displayed in white letters at the same position.

In FIG. 36, 210D is fourth display information indicating that power reduction is avoided. After the first display information 210A disappears, “power priority” and white characters are displayed at almost the same position. Is displayed. When the user views the fourth display information 210D, the induction heating cooker knows that the amount of electric power is maintained without being forcibly reduced during the current cooking. be able to. That is, since this induction heating cooker has a “priority cooking menu execution time zone” as a priority heating process to be described later, the fourth display information 210D “power priority” is displayed in that time zone. Appears on the right side of the screen 129. In FIG. 36, the cooking menu “boiled” is being implemented.

In FIGS. 32 to 34, 128A2 is a key for selecting a “water heater” operation displayed on the display screen 129, 128A3 is a key for selecting a “boil” operation, 128B1 is a key for selecting a “preheat” operation, and 128B3 is A key for selecting a “boiled” operation and 128C2 are keys for selecting a “fried food” operation. These five keys employ contact-type input keys whose capacitance changes when the user touches a finger, etc., and lightly touch the upper surface of the glass top plate 14 covering the upper surface of the display screen 129. Thus, an effective input signal to the control device 32 is generated. In other words, the five keys 128A2, 128A3, 128B1, 128B3, and 128C2 are arranged on the lower surface of the top plate 14 directly above the character indicating the key input function such as “water heater” at a predetermined position on the display screen 129. The input electrode is formed of a transparent electrode or the like that is bonded or vapor-deposited. If a character indicating a key input function such as “water heater” is not displayed at a predetermined position on the display screen 129 corresponding to the five keys, the input function of the key is disabled. Even if the user touches the part, no input operation can be performed. As shown in FIGS. 35 and 36, the input keys 128A2 and 128A3 of the selected cooking menu remain displayed even after the heating operation is started, but at this time, these keys are touched again. However, the control device 32 controls the display screen so that the display screen does not inadvertently change to another screen.

Next, display examples of information on electricity charges by time zone and information on hours of use of the induction heating cooker will be described with reference to FIGS.
In FIG. 36, reference numeral 215 denotes a heating start time display unit that appears on the display screen 129 of the central display unit 16 when the cooking menu is selected with the boil. At this time, the control device 32 reads and displays the current time from a clock circuit 240 described later. Reference numeral 216 denotes a time display unit for displaying the time to start cooking with a boil. Unless the user changes the time, the time at that point is selected and displayed. This control time is also displayed on the display screen 129 by the control device 32 based on information from the clock circuit 240 described later. Reference numeral 217 denotes display information on the electricity rate classification by time zone. In the example of FIG. 36, the display unit 218M that the applied electricity rate is moderate until 23:00, and the display unit 218L that the applied electricity rate is cheap (low) after 23:00. Two are displayed.

The triangular mark 219 indicates where the electricity rate classification is applied when the current use starts. In the example of FIG. 36, the current mark is 22:50, so Although it is close to “Night time”, it has not entered the night time yet, so the electricity charge unit price (including tax) per kWh is relatively high (23.13 yen), but “Morning time” is applied at 23:00. It can be intuitively understood that the unit price of electricity per kWh (including tax) will be cheaper (9.17 yen). The unit price of electricity per 1 kWh may be displayed, but if the amount of power actually used is not accurate, there is a risk of misunderstanding. In the first embodiment, “high”, “ Three levels of “medium” and “low” are displayed.

In FIG. 36, 211R is a return key to be touched when returning to the previous display screen, 230 is a key for delaying (shifting backward) the heating time by 1 minute, and 231 is the heating time by 30 minutes. A key to delay (shift backward).

These two keys are also electrostatic touch sensitive input keys formed on the glass top plate 14 covering the display screen 129. Characters indicating key functions (shift by 1 minute, shift by 30 minutes) are displayed on the display screen. In FIG. 36, for example, when the heating start time (22:50) is desired to be 23:00, the key 230 may be touched 10 times. Next, when the key 211N is touched, the display is switched to the display shown in FIG. 37, and when it is desired to confirm the cooking conditions and start the heating operation, the start key 212 may be touched. When returning to the screen of FIG. 36, the key 211R may be touched.

In FIG. 24, the upper surface rear portion of the main body 2A discharges smoke generated from the intake 20 for taking air into the grill chamber 22 of the grill cooker 4 to be described later, and the food to be cooked in the grill chamber 22. An exhaust port 21 for this purpose is formed. The air inlet 20 takes in indoor air into the internal space of the main body 2A with a blower (not shown), and a part of the air taken in is used for cooling the induction heating coils 2LC and 2RC. The cooled air is discharged from the exhaust port 21 into the room. Further, as shown in FIG. 25, a control device 32 that controls the overall operation of the induction heating cooker 2 is provided in the internal space of the main body 2A.

(Configuration of grill cooker 4)
Next, the configuration of the grill cooker 4 will be described with reference to FIGS. 24 and 25.

A grill cooker 4 is housed inside the lower left side of the main body 2 </ b> A of the induction heating cooker 2. The grill cooker 4 includes at least a grill door 28 that can be opened and closed on the left side of the front surface of the main body 2A, and a grill cabinet 22 that is a cooking space in which the front opening is freely opened and closed by the grill door 28, The tray 23 is placed on the bottom of the grill cabinet 22, and the grill net 24 is placed on the saucer 23. The grill door 28 is provided with a handle 28 </ b> A for a user to put a hand to open and close the grill door.

Further, the grill chamber 22 and the exhaust port 21 communicate with each other, and the air taken in from the intake port 20 together with the smoke generated from the cooking object 25 is exhausted to the outside through the exhaust port 21 from the grill chamber 22. A duct (not shown) is connected to the rear of the grill warehouse 22.

(Configuration of the upper surface operation unit 26)
Next, the configuration of the upper surface operation unit 26 will be described with reference to FIG.
In the plan view of the induction heating cooker 2 shown in FIG. 25, the upper surface operation unit 26 is arranged in a band shape in the lateral direction on the front side of the upper surface of the induction heating cooker 2. That is, it is arranged at a position immediately before the front side of the frame-shaped metal frame 15 on the nearer side than the front end of the top plate 14.

In FIG. 25, the upper surface operation unit 26 includes, from the left side, a left first heating port operation unit 81 for operating the heating operation of the left heating port 2L, and a grill cabinet operation unit for operating the grill heating operation. 83 and a right heating port operation section 82 for operating the heating operation of the second heating port 2R on the right side. A pair of the caution information lamps 430 is provided on the upper surface operation unit 26.

Two NFC input / output units 401L and 401R are provided. The NFC input / output unit 401R on the right side is for reading the abnormality monitoring data of the second heating port 2R on the right side, and the NFC input / output unit 401L on the left side is the first heating port 2L on the left side. It is for reading the abnormal monitoring data. Identification information common to the induction heating cooker 2 can be read by either of the left and right NFC input / output units 401L and 401R.

The left NFC input / output unit 401L may be referred to as “tenth communication unit” and the right NFC input / output unit 401R may be referred to as “eleventh communication unit”. It is called “Communication Department”.

As described above, these NFC input / output units 401L and 401R are configured to be illuminated from below by the light-emitting diode elements (LEDs) 323 shown in FIG. The LEDs are lit at appropriate timing by the circuit 35. However, if an abnormality occurs at least in the electric circuit or electrical component related to the first heating port 2L, the left input / output unit 401L is illuminated and the second heating is performed. When an abnormality occurs in the electrical circuit or electrical component related to the mouth 2R, the right input / output unit 401R is illuminated by the right LED 323, so that the user can display information indicating the abnormality content by the mobile phone terminal 87. It can be read accurately. In FIG. 25, the NFC input / output units 401 and 401R have a frame indicated by a broken line, but this schematically shows the position of the NFC antenna 322, and the size of the antenna 322 is: 25 is actually different from that shown in FIG. 25, and since the NFC antenna cannot be directly visually observed on the upper surface operation unit 26, the NFC input / output unit can be used even when the light emitting diode element (LED) is not lit. In order to understand the positions of the antennas 401L and 401R, on the surface of a translucent structural plate (not shown) constituting the outer shell of the upper surface operation unit 26, an NFC input / output unit 401L, The position of the 401R antenna is shown.

The left heating port operation unit 81 includes a deep-fried food button 81a, a 3 kW button 81b, and an on / off button 81c. The right heating port operation unit 82 includes a deep-fried food button 82a, a 3 kW button 82b, and an on / off button 82c. The grill operation unit 83 includes a grill menu button 83a, a start / stop button 83b, a left arrow button 83c, a right arrow button 83d, a time minus button 83e, and a time plus button 83f.

The start / stop button 83b is provided with a start / stop button LED84. Further, the left arrow button 83c and the right arrow button 83d are provided with an arrow button LED 85. The time minus button 83e and the time plus button 83f are provided with a time button LED 86.

Details of the function of each button and each LED will be described later.
Note that the types and arrangement of the buttons constituting the upper surface operation unit 26 shown in FIG. 25 are merely examples, and are not limited thereto.

(Control part of induction heating cooker 2)
In FIG. 26, 27 is a power line connected to a commercial power supply EP of 200V via a breaker BK, 11 is a main power switch that is opened and closed by a user, and 31 is supplied with electric energy via this main power switch. A power supply circuit 32 is a control device mainly composed of a microcomputer to which a predetermined constant pressure current is supplied from the power supply circuit. The microcomputer is composed of four parts: an input unit, an output unit, a storage unit, and a CPU (calculation control unit). In the storage unit, energization control programs corresponding to various cooking menus are stored in advance ( Stored). In addition to the microcomputer storage unit (ROM, RAM), a large-capacity storage device 32R for recording abnormality monitoring information is incorporated.

As described above, the controller 32 monitors the presence or absence of an electrical abnormality in both induction heating and electric radiant heat cooking. Furthermore, the control device 32 obtains temperature information from the temperature detection circuit 150 that constitutes a part of the abnormality detection means ES, and monitors whether or not the main part of the cooker has an abnormally high temperature. For example, the display screen 129 of the central display unit 16 is composed of a liquid crystal display substrate, but is relatively weak against heat, and is monitored through the temperature detection circuit 150 so as not to exceed a predetermined temperature (for example, 60 ° C.). When the temperature exceeds the predetermined temperature, the abnormal preliminary state is determined by the control device 32 (only when the temperature is in the range of 60 ° C. to 65 ° C.). In this abnormal preliminary state, the heating operation is not immediately stopped, and is improved by increasing the blowing capacity of the electric blower (cooling fan) that cools the internal space of the main body case 2C). However, when the temperature exceeds 65 ° C., an abnormal state is determined by the control device 32, and the heating operation is immediately stopped. Therefore, for example, power supply to a driving inverter circuit 33L (described later) is shut off.

And the abnormality monitoring data of the main part (temperature of the above-mentioned center display part 16 as an example) of the induction heating cooking appliance in the period from an abnormal preliminary state to an emergency stop at least is stored in the storage part 32R of the control device 32. They are stored sequentially in time series. The abnormality monitoring data stored in the storage unit 32R starts to be acquired from the time when the main power switch 11 is turned on, and reflects the history of electrical and physical changes until cooking is stopped. Therefore, the cooking menu selected afterwards (described later, “boiled water”, “boiled”, “fried food”, etc.) and information on the heating power of induction heating are also recorded in time series. If an emergency stop occurs due to an abnormal condition on the way, the abnormality monitoring data is stored in the storage device 32R until that point.

Moreover, in this Embodiment 1, in order to monitor the operation | movement of the induction heating cooking appliance 2 over a wider range, and to acquire data, it monitors from the time before an abnormal preliminary state. Specifically, as will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 63, monitoring data for a period from when the main power is turned on until induction cooking is stopped urgently (referred to as “abnormality monitoring data acquisition section ET1” in FIG. 63). The control device 32 can acquire the information. In order to reduce the total amount of monitoring data, the control device 32 does not acquire the monitoring data from the operation information signal L1, but the operation information signal (heating cooking start notice signal) L4 for starting the heating operation or the heating cooking start permission signal. You may start from the time KS arrives.

33L is an inverter circuit for supplying a high-frequency current to the left induction heating coil 2LC. The induction heating coil 2LC is connected in a known resonance circuit to which a resonance capacitor or the like is connected.

33R is an inverter circuit for supplying a high frequency current to the right heating means (induction heating coil 2RC). The heating means (induction heating coil 2RC) is connected in a known resonance circuit to which a resonance capacitor or the like is connected.

The two inverter circuits 33L and 33R are driven independently from each other by the control device 32.

Reference numeral 34 denotes a drive circuit for driving a plurality of radiant electric heaters, for example, sheathed heaters 34H, installed in the grill cabinet 22 of the grill cooker 4. The sheathed heater 34H is horizontally installed, for example, near the ceiling and the bottom of the inside of the grill cabinet 22, and is configured to heat the grill net 24 from above and below.

37 is discharged from the grill warehouse 22 by heating an inlet portion of an exhaust duct (not shown) from the grill warehouse 22 to the exhaust outlet 21 or a catalyst (not shown) installed in the middle thereof. This is a catalyst heater for promoting the action of removing smoke, and promotes the redox action by heating a catalyst (not shown).

Reference numeral 38 denotes a speech synthesizer that synthesizes electronically created speech, which informs the user of operation guidance, notification of occurrence of an abnormality, etc. from the speaker 39 each time.

Reference numeral 150 denotes a temperature detection circuit. This temperature detection circuit includes the temperature of the heated object N on the top plate 14 heated by the induction heating coils 2LC and 2RC, the temperature of the top plate 14, the ambient temperature inside the grill box 22, and the inverter circuits 33L and 33R. The temperature detection information is received from a plurality of temperature sensors (not shown) for detecting the central display unit 16 and the like, and the temperature detection result is sent to the control device 32. The temperature sensor (not shown) may be either a non-contact type such as an infrared sensor or a contact type such as a thermistor, and these are used alone or in combination.

41 is a steam supply device for supplying high-temperature steam to the inside of the grill warehouse 22, and steam cooking can be performed in the grill warehouse 22 by the high-temperature steam. Reference numeral 42 denotes a front operation unit provided on the operation panel 13 and includes an operation button 11A of the main power switch 11 and two dials 12L and 12R for power adjustment.

Reference numeral 240 denotes a clock circuit also called a real time clock, which is supplied from a dedicated power source (built-in battery) BT1 different from the power circuit 31 connected to the main power switch 11 described later, and is driven for a long period of time. It has come to be. This may be, for example, a radio-controlled timepiece. If there is always a request from the control device 32, the current date and the accurate time are notified in seconds, and the correct date and time are set in the manufacturing stage of the induction heating cooker. . Therefore, even if the main power of the induction heating cooker 2 is turned off and then turned on again, the time information of the clock circuit is not affected and the latest correct time is always transmitted to the control device 32. For this reason, the abnormality monitoring information recorded in the storage device 32R of the control device 32 is always recorded and saved at the same time. Accordingly, the occurrence time information described above is added to the abnormality monitoring data read out by the mobile phone terminal 87 from the NFC input / output units 401L and 401R. Thereby, when data is analyzed later, the time passage can be accurately grasped.

Reference numeral 241 denotes a vibration sensing device that detects a shake at the time of occurrence of an earthquake. When a predetermined seismic intensity (acceleration) is detected, a vibration detection signal is sent to the control device 32, and the control device 32 receives the signal to generate an earthquake. The power supply of all the heating means in use is instantaneously cut off. This emergency shut-off information is also instantly transmitted to the power command device 9 to be described later, and when there are other home appliances in operation (particularly those having a built-in electric heat source), the power command device 9 The power supply for these home appliances will be cut off at once.

Next, oil cooking by the induction heating cooker 2 shown in FIGS. 24 and 25 will be described. Oil cooking is fried food cooking to make tempura and croquettes. In addition, this fried food cooking is not selected as an above-mentioned specific cooking menu.
The user places an oil pan containing cooking oil in the left heating port 2L. Then, when the user presses the ON / OFF button 81c arranged on the upper surface operation unit 26, the heating operation of the oil pan is started in the same manner as the above-described induction heating operation. Next, the user depresses the fried food button 81a a predetermined number of times to input and store the amount of oil put in the oil pan into the control device 32. Then, the target oil temperature is set by rotating the left power adjustment dial 12L. At this time, the set amount of oil and the oil temperature may be displayed as numbers on the left display unit 18L, for example. Then, after the oil cooking is completed, the user can end the oil cooking by pressing the on / off button 81c again. In the fried food cooking, the heating power is adjusted by the control device 32 so that the temperature automatically rises to the target oil temperature as described above. This is called “automatic fried food” in the cooking menu. It is also possible to cook fried food while manually adjusting the heating power, which is called “manual fried food”. In the following description, unless otherwise specified, fried food cooking refers to this “automatic fried food”.

Moreover, also when an oil pan is installed in the 2nd heating port 2R on the right side by a user, induction heating of an oil pan can be implemented similarly. At that time, regarding the operation of the on / off button 82c, the deep-fried food button 82a and the right power adjustment dial 12R by the user, and the display operation of the right display portion 18R, the above-mentioned on / off button 81c, the deep-fried food button 81a and This is the same as the operation of the power adjustment dial 12L on the left side and the display operation of the left display unit 18L.

At the start of fried food cooking, the first display information 210 </ b> A described above appears on the display screen of the central display unit 16, and the characters “Power reduction target” are displayed.

  Next, an energization control pattern in fried food cooking will be described. In addition, although demonstrated below in the case of the 1st heating port 2L, the 2nd heating port 2R on the right side is performed with the same control pattern.

When the user selects a cooking menu for (automatic) fried food cooking, the control device 32 sequentially executes a preheating process, a fried food cooking process, and a heating power up process, as shown in FIG. Further, the fourth display information 210D appears on the display screen of the central display unit 16, and the characters “power priority” are displayed. For this reason, during the fried food cooking, the user can recognize that the cooking device secures power preferentially even when receiving a power reduction request signal described later.

In the preheating process, when the target oil temperature set by the user is 180 ° C., the inverter circuit 33L is started to drive at a predetermined heating power value (maximum 1500 W) in the preheating process, and the oil temperature is rapidly set to room temperature (for example, 20 ℃) to the target temperature T1 of 180 ℃.

Since this temperature rise is monitored in real time by the temperature detection circuit 150, when the temperature detection circuit 150 detects that the target temperature T1 (first temperature) has reached 180 ° C., the control device 32. Tries to maintain the target temperature as it is by adjusting the induction heating amount, that is, the inverter output (the operation of automatically adjusting the high-frequency heating power to approach the target temperature based on such temperature detection information is described below. "Temperature feedback control").

In addition, when the process of “temperature feedback control” is entered, on the display screen of the central display unit 16, the characters “power reduction target” by the first display information 210A disappear, and instead the fourth display information 210D. Appears and the text “Power priority” is displayed. For this reason, if the user views the display screen 129, it is easy for the “fried food cooking process”, which is an important fried food cooking, to perform an operation for preferentially securing power even when receiving a power reduction request signal described later. Can be recognized.

In addition, a voice guide such as “Oil temperature has reached an appropriate temperature. Please insert ingredients” is given to the user via the voice synthesizer 38.

When the user puts ingredients such as croquettes that have been frozen into the oil, the oil is rapidly cooled by the cold ingredients from the point of introduction, so the temperature drops rapidly as shown in FIG. However, since the temperature detection circuit 150 monitors the movement of such a temperature drop, the thermal power of the inverter circuit 33L is immediately increased to a predetermined thermal power 1500W or 1800W and driven, so that the temperature of the oil rises again (temperature Feedback control). In this way, when the target temperature T1 is reached again (or after a predetermined time has elapsed), the frying process is shifted to the heating-up process.

47, the oil temperature is maintained between 225 ° C. of the second temperature T2 higher than the target temperature T1 and 230 ° C. of the upper limit temperature (third temperature) T3 higher than this. Thus, the control device 32 controls the inverter circuit 33L. As shown in FIG. 47, the thermal power value is intermittently driven at about 900W. The process after the third temperature T3 is reached is called a “fried food finishing process”, which is an important process for finishing the fried food. If you do not cook with enough heating power in such a heating power up process, you will not be able to fry well. In addition, since the fried food process is not restricted within a predetermined time, if the user presses the on / off button 81c, all fried food cooking is finished.

As shown in FIG. 47, in the cooking menu for (automatic) fried food cooking, the fried food cooking process to the heating-up process are defined as "execution time zone of the priority cooking menu". Electric power is not reduced by operations and commands. That is, the control device 32 of the induction heating cooker 2 always knows whether the cooking menu being executed is in the “execution time zone of the priority cooking menu”, and if it is in the execution time zone, , It has a function to notify the outside to that effect. In addition, on the display screen of the central display unit 16, the third display information 210 </ b> C continues to display the characters “power priority”, and the control device 32 automatically performs an operation of preferentially securing power. I understand.

Next, the hot water heating operation will be described. This “hot water” menu is not selected as the specific cooking menu as described above.
The user places a heated pot N such as a pot filled with water or a kettle on the first heating port (left heating port) 2L. Then, when the user presses the on / off button 81c installed on the upper surface operation unit 26, the heating operation is started in the same manner as the above-described induction heating operation. Next, the user sets the heating time by pressing the 3 kW button 81b a predetermined number of times. At this time, the set heating time may be displayed on the left display unit 18L, for example. Then, after the heating operation starts, the heating operation automatically ends after the set heating time has elapsed.

In addition, when the user places a heated object N such as a pot filled with water or a kettle in the second heating port 2R on the right side, induction heating can be similarly performed. At this time, regarding the operation of the on / off button 82c and the 3kW button 82b by the user and the display operation of the right display unit 18R, the above-described operation of the on / off button 81c and the 3kW button 81b and the left display unit 18L. This is the same as the display operation.

(Heating operation in the grill cooker 4 of the induction cooker 2)
Next, with reference to FIGS. 24 to 26, the cooking operation in the grill box 22 of the cooking device 2 according to the first embodiment will be described.

First, the user grasps the handle 28 </ b> A of the grill door 28 and pulls it forward, and pulls the tray 23 and the grill net 24 from the inside of the grill cabinet 22 to the outside. Next, the user places an object to be cooked 25 such as fish on the drawn grill net 24. Next, the user again grips the handle 28 </ b> A and pushes it into the back side of the grill box 22 of the main body 2 </ b> A, pulls the tray 23 and the grill net 24 into the grill box 22, and closes the grill door 28. Then, the user selects a grill menu such as “appearance”, “grill”, and “oven” by pressing the grill menu button 83a disposed on the upper surface operation unit 26 a predetermined number of times.

Next, the grill heating operation in the case where the grill menu of “appearance grilling” is selected by the user will be described.

The user sets the color to be cooked 25 by pressing the left arrow button 83c and the right arrow button 83d a predetermined number of times. The operation color setting operation signal is transmitted to the control device 32, and the control device 32 causes the central display unit 16 to display the set operation color based on the setting operation signal. Then, when the user presses the start / stop button 83b, the grill heating operation of the “appearance grilling” menu is performed. Specifically, a pressing operation signal of the start / stop button 83b by the user is transmitted to the control device 32. Upon receiving the pressing operation signal, the control device 32 is based on the printing color setting operation signal received earlier. Then, the cooking time of the cooking object 25 is calculated. Next, the control device 32 causes the heater drive circuit 34 (see FIG. 26) to energize the heater 34H installed in the grill cabinet 22, and the cooked food is set to the set baked color by the heater. 25 is heated. Then, the control device 32 ends the heating operation after the calculated cooking time has elapsed after starting the heating operation.

Next, the grill heating operation when the grill menu of “grill” is selected by the user will be described.

The user sets the heating power of the heating operation for the object 25 by pressing the left arrow button 83c and the right arrow button 83d a predetermined number of times. This heating power setting operation signal is transmitted to the control device 32, and the control device 32 displays the set heating power on the central display unit 16 based on the setting operation signal.

Next, the user sets the heating time for the object to be cooked 25 by pressing the time minus button 83e and the time plus button 83f a predetermined number of times. The heating time setting operation signal is transmitted to the control device 32, and the control device 32 causes the central display unit 16 to display the set heating time based on the setting operation signal. Then, when the user presses the start / stop button 83b, the grill heating operation of the “grill” menu is performed. Specifically, a pressing operation signal of the start / stop button 83b by the user is transmitted to the control device 32. Upon receiving the pressing operation signal, the control device 32 causes the heater drive circuit 34 to enter the grill box 22. The installed heater 34H is energized, and the cooking object 25 is heated by the heater. Then, the control device 32 ends the heating operation after the set heating time has elapsed after starting the heating operation.

Next, the grill heating operation when the grill menu of “oven” is selected by the user will be described.

The user sets the heating temperature of the heating operation for the object to be cooked 25 by pressing the left arrow button 83c and the right arrow button 83d a predetermined number of times. The heating temperature setting operation signal is transmitted to the control device 32, and the control device 32 causes the central display unit 16 to display the set heating temperature based on the setting operation signal.

Next, the user sets the heating time for the object to be cooked 25 by pressing the time minus button 83e and the time plus button 83f a predetermined number of times. The heating time setting operation signal is transmitted to the control device 32, and the control device 32 causes the central display unit 16 to display the set heating time based on the setting operation signal. Then, when the user presses the start / stop button 83b, the grill heating operation of the “oven” menu is performed. Specifically, a pressing operation signal for the start / stop button 83b by the user is transmitted to the control device 32, and when the control device 32 receives the pressing operation signal, the heater driving circuit 34 receives the signal in the grill box 22. The heater 34H installed in is energized, and the cooking object 25 is heated by the heater 34H under the set heating temperature. Then, the control device 32 ends the heating operation after the set heating time has elapsed after starting the heating operation. In this “oven” grill menu, the control device 32 automatically controls the heating power of the heater 34H so that the internal atmosphere temperature of the grill cabinet 22 becomes the heating temperature set by the user (temperature feedback control). .

(Configuration of rice cooker 3)
As shown in FIGS. 22, 23, 39, 40, 41, and 42, the rice cooker 3 in the first embodiment includes a box-shaped rice cooker body case 41, a lid 42, and steam treatment. The apparatus 50 is comprised. On the surface of the lid 42 or the main body case 41, there is an operation unit 43 that is operated by the user. The operation unit has a rice cooking start button 44. As is well known, the rice cooking start button 44 is provided. It is a cooker that starts cooking rice automatically when it is pressed, cooks it in a boiling process through a water absorption process, and cooks rice. In addition, after cooking rice, the rice is kept at a predetermined temperature (for example, 70 ° C.) by a heat retaining heater (not shown) for a certain time (for example, 7 hours). Since the rice cooker 3 can be carried freely by the user, it can also be used in places other than the system kitchen 1.

The main body case 41 of the rice cooker 3 has a vertically long rectangular or square plan shape. Inside the main body case 41 is a planar circular magnetic metal inner pot 40 having an open upper surface, and a side edge of the rear portion of the main body case 41 so as to close the upper surface opening of the inner pot so as to be freely opened and closed. The lid body 42 supported by a hinge mechanism and a heating means 45 for heating the inner pot 40 are provided. As this heating means, an induction heating type heater is used, and an induction heating coil having a stranded wire structure formed by bundling a large number of thin copper wires having a wire diameter of about several tens of microns is an actual heating body. It becomes. The heating coil is installed so as to face the outer bottom surface of the inner pot 40 with a close contact or a small gap in a wide range.

Inside the lid body 42, an annular rubber lid sealing material is provided to prevent vapor from leaking between the upper surface of the inner pot 40 and the lid body 42 when the lid body 42 is closed. A circular inner lid 46 made of a heat conductive metal is detachably fixed. A part of the inner lid 46 is formed with a steam generation port 47 for discharging steam generated in the inner pot 40 to the outside.

A liquid crystal display unit 49 (see FIGS. 40 to 42) is accommodated in the lid 42 so as to face the upper surface thereof. On the display screen of the liquid crystal display unit, various condition setting information before the start of rice cooking, information on the rice cooking process being executed, and the like are displayed as characters, symbols, illustrations, and the like. In addition, relevant information (including the purpose of paying attention to abnormal use and the purpose of notifying the occurrence of abnormal operation status) that is useful for the operating state of the heating means 45 and rice cooking is also displayed on the display screen of the liquid crystal display unit 49 as appropriate. The

In FIG. 40, 54A is the 6th display information which displays that it is in the state which is performing the "high fire" process in the "rice cooking process" mentioned later, and is displayed as "it is boiling" by a character. . 54C is the seventh display information. Like the above-described fourth display information 210D, since there is a problem with inadvertent power reduction, the power is preferentially secured (high heat heating in the rice cooking process). This is to show that In addition, like the 1st display information 210A of the induction heating cooking appliance 2, the 5th display information 54B (not shown) which shows that electric power may be reduced, and also the 3rd display information 210C Similarly, the eighth display information 54 </ b> D (not shown) indicating that the power has been reduced may be displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 49.

43 is an operation part of the rice cooker as shown in FIG. 40, a “rice cooking start button” 44 for starting a rice cooking operation or confirming a reservation, and a mode for keeping the cooked rice at a predetermined temperature. "Insulation key" 55B to start, "Menu key" 55C to select various cooking menus such as regular rice, rice porridge and cooked rice, select the type of rice to be cooked such as white rice and brown rice and enter "O “Rice Key” 55D, “Voice Navigation Key” 55E, which informs the state of rice cooker 3 and the next necessary operation by voice, adjusts the volume for notification, and turns voice mode on and off. "Reservation key" 55F to perform, "Cancel / Cancel key" 55G to cancel or turn off various input operations and modes, "Normal", "Kakame" of how to cook (Cooking), "Okayu" different from normal cooking rice Each can be selected to "cook with the key" 55H, are respectively provided. Each of these keys is either a mechanical switch that closes the built-in electrical contact when pressed by the user and generates an input signal, or a capacitive touch switch of the induction heating cooker 2 described above. They may be used in combination.

Reference numeral 56 denotes a power saving switch that can reduce power consumption by a predetermined amount by being pressed once. For example, if this power saving switch is pressed during the preheating process, the power consumption can be reduced for the first few minutes, but the time required for the preheating process is increased accordingly, so there is a notice on the display screen of the liquid crystal display unit 49. Even if the voice guidance (navigation) key 55E is not pressed each time, guidance such as “the power saving mode has been selected. The preheating process time is extended for several minutes” is performed.

Reference numeral 48 denotes a steam duct having one end connected to the steam generation port 47 and a steam discharge port 53 formed at the end portion, and is installed so as to penetrate the lid body 42.

The steam treatment device 50 includes a water tank (not shown) having an open upper surface capable of storing water for performing a process of condensing steam discharged from the steam generation port 47, and an upper surface opening of the water tank. And a tank lid 51 that can be freely opened and closed.

A steam inlet 52 is provided in the tank lid 51 at a position corresponding to the steam outlet 53. A communication pipe (described later) communicating with the introduction port is provided below the introduction port. In the state where the lid 42 is closed, the upper surface opening of the inner pot 40 is sealed by the inner lid 46, and the steam inlet 52 comes into close contact with the steam outlet 49.

The communication pipe (not shown) has an upper end fixed to the lower surface of the tank lid 51 and is installed vertically so that most of it is submerged in water in a water tank (not shown). The relationship between the vertical length and the size (height) of the water tank so that the lower end of the communication pipe is located at a fixed depth (H) position from the surface of the water stored in the water tank Has been taken into account. Thereby, the vapor | steam discharge | released from the lower end opening of the said communicating pipe fully contacts the water in a water tank, and is made to return to water.

Therefore, the constant depth position (H) is set so that all of the steam generated from the steam generating port 47 can be condensed even when the heating means 45 is energized with the maximum heating power. Is determined from the speed at which the steam bubbles blow up into the water and the speed at which the steam cools and returns to the water when it exits into the water from the lower end opening of the communication pipe. The term “steam” as used herein refers to steam that is generated inside the inner pot 40 in the “rice cooking process” and “murmuring process”, which will be described later, and is guided to the communication pipe. In this embodiment, “water absorption” All the steam from the “process” to the “thermal insulation process” can be recovered. In this embodiment, the heat insulation process is up to 7 hours after the end of the “smoothing process”, but the length of this time can be changed as appropriate.

When the lid 42 is closed, the seal material of the steam outlet 53 at the end of the steam duct 48 comes into close contact with the steam inlet 52 of the tank lid 51, and the lid 42 The high-temperature steam passing through the inside is surely communicated to the inside of the communication pipe of the water tank (not shown) without communicating with the outside on the way.

When the reservation key 55F for setting the reserved rice cooking function is pressed, the operation changes to a reservation setting operation unit as shown in FIG.
This rice cooker is one of the 1st electric equipments which set the completion time of rice cooking operation. That is, the rice cooking operation end time (end reservation time A) can be set with this rice cooker.

As shown in FIG. 41, 250 and 251 are a pair of screens displayed on the upper surface of the lid 42 on the left side of the liquid crystal display unit 49 at the time of reservation of the end time of the rice cooking operation (hereinafter referred to as “reserved rice cooking”). It is a time setting key and an electrostatic touch switch. When the input function is valid, the key outline and the triangular figure are raised by the light of the light emitting diode provided below the switch and can be visually checked. One key 250 is for delaying time, and the other key 251 is for moving time backward.

The up-arrow mark 219 indicates which part of the electricity rate category is applied when the current use is started, similarly to those shown in FIGS. In this vicinity, the word “present” is displayed together (on the screen of the liquid crystal display unit 49). Reference numeral 253 denotes a rice cooking completion time display mark displayed at a position after a predetermined time with the mark 219 as a base point, and the characters “cooking completion” are displayed on the screen of the liquid crystal display unit 49 in the vicinity thereof. When rice cooking is started at the current mark 219, the rice cooking completion time display mark 253 is displayed at a position after about 40 minutes. However, this is a case where 3 go rice is cooked, and the time changes depending on the amount of cooked rice. Reference numeral 254 denotes a time display at the boundary where the electricity rate classification changes. In other words, from 17:00 to 23:00, the “morning and evening hours” fee is applied as described above, and after 23:00, the next morning is 7:00 “night time” and the “low fee”. The user can easily understand the time display and the electricity rate classification information 218M. In addition, it is possible to set a reserved cooked rice up to 10 hours later.

When one key 250 of the pair of time setting keys 250, 251 is touched, for example, the rice cooking start time can be delayed by 30 minutes, and the mark 253 moves to the right as shown in FIG. To do. Reference numeral 253A denotes a time display corresponding to the position of the mark. For example, when the time display 253A at 10 pm (22:00) is currently displayed, if the key 250 is touched several times, the rice cooking completion time can be delayed by 30 minutes by 30 minutes, and the time display of 6:00 am If it moves to the place where it comes out, although the rice cooking start time is not clear, the reservation which finishes cooking by the time (6 am) which a user asks can be performed. 55K is a key for confirming a reservation, and is formed by switching the input function to “reservation confirmation” at the same position as the reservation key 55F. After the reservation is confirmed (at the completion time of the rice cooking operation), the key 55K is continuously lit until the completion of rice cooking (because it is illuminated by the light of the light emitting diode installed below).

Next, the control means 60 of the rice cooker 3 is demonstrated centering on FIG.
The control means 60 includes a power supply unit 61 and a control unit 62. The control unit 62 is configured around one or more microcomputers. The microcomputer is composed of four parts: an input part, an output part, a storage part, and a CPU (arithmetic control part). DC power is supplied through the power source part 61, and the heating means 45 and the liquid crystal display part. 49 plays a central role.

In the control unit 62, as an operating condition of the heating means 45, a correlation table between the temperature of the bottom surface of the inner pot 40 and the temperature of cooked rice, each rice cooking menu (selection of white rice, no washing rice, “normal” for cooking, ”And“ Okayu ”, which is different from normal cooking rice, are stored. Furthermore, a control program for sequentially executing the four steps of “preheating step”, “rice cooking step”, “spotting step”, and “heat retention step” is stored as a step of cooking rice. In addition, there is an energization condition as one of the “operating conditions” referred to here, and the energization condition means an electrical and physical condition of the heating unit 45, and the energization time, the energization amount, and the energization pattern of the heating unit 45. (Continuous energization, intermittent energization, energization rate, etc.) is a general term.

In FIG. 43, a temperature detecting means 63 is pressed against the bottom surface of the inner hook 40 from below by a compression spring or the like, detects the temperature of the bottom surface of the inner hook 40 and outputs a detection signal thereof, and uses a thermistor type temperature sensor. ing. Reference numeral 43 denotes an operation unit provided at the front upper portion of the lid body 42 of the main body 1. As shown in FIG. 40, a plurality of the press-type keys 55D and 55H formed on the surface of the lid body 42 are provided. By operating, the operating condition of the heating means 45 can be set. Further, the above-described operation unit 43 (operation unit 43 in FIG. 40) is disposed in front of the liquid crystal display unit 49. The rice cooking start button 44 is provided at an obliquely right front position of the liquid crystal display unit 49.

In FIG. 43, 65 is a time measuring means (clock circuit) constituted by a timer or the like, and a time signal output from the time measuring means is input to the control unit 62, and the current time and installation time information are given to the liquid crystal display unit 49. Is output on the display screen of the liquid crystal display unit 49. In addition, even if this time measuring means pulls out the power cord of a rice cooker, it operates for a long time with the battery incorporated in the rice cooker. It is also possible to have a function of obtaining time information from the outside like a radio timepiece during operation and making a self-correction so that there is no deviation in the current time.

In FIG. 43, reference numeral 66 denotes a water level sensor for detecting the amount of water stored in the water tank based on the water level. The water level of the water tank is grasped by light, weight or other physical conditions. It is provided in a portion facing the water tank in the front part of the bottom plate 67 or installed on the upper surface of the front part of the bottom plate 67 on which the water tank is placed.

  In FIG. 43, 68 is a water temperature sensor that detects the temperature of the water stored in the water tank, and is opposed to the water tank in the front portion of the main body case 41 so as to detect the water temperature through the side wall of the water tank. 39 or provided on the upper surface of the front portion of the bottom plate 67 on which the water tank is placed as shown in FIG.

Next, although the rice cooking operation | movement of the rice cooker 3 is demonstrated, not the reservation rice cooking but the case where a user starts rice cooking immediately is demonstrated.
As shown in FIG. 48, the rice cooker according to the first embodiment has a control program in the control unit 62 so as to sequentially execute the four steps of the preheating step, the rice cooking step, the unevenness step, and the heat retention step. .

First, the tank lid 51 of the water tank removed from the main body case 41 is removed, and water is poured into the water tank from the outside. Then, a predetermined amount of rice and water is put into the inner pot 40 and the rice cooking start button 44 on the upper surface of the lid 42 of the main body case 41 is pressed to start cooking. Thereby, the heating means 45 is heated and cooked rice. At this first stage, since it is still a water absorption process, fifth display information 54B (not shown) indicating that there is a possibility that electric power may be reduced is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 49. Thereby, a user understands that it is a household appliance in which electric power reduction operation | movement is performed by the command from the outside in the first step which uses this rice cooker.

In FIG. 48, in the preheating step H1, the heating means 45 starts energization with a continuous energization pattern so that it initially becomes a strong heating power, but it is detected that the temperature inside the inner pot 40 has reached a predetermined temperature (55 ° C.). When the means 63 detects it, this information is input to the control unit 62, the energization amount is suppressed so as to maintain 55 ° C., and the energization becomes intermittent, so that almost no steam is generated, and the steam treatment in the water tank. (Condensate treatment) is not performed. This state of maintaining at 55 ° C. is continued for a certain time. The time measuring means 65 measures the elapsed time from the time when the temperature reaches 55 ° C., and this time measurement signal is input to the control unit 62 to control the end time of the preheating process.

Next, when entering the rice cooking process H2, in the first strong fire process H2A, the heating power of the heating means 45 becomes strong, the water temperature in the inner pot 40 gradually rises, and the water in the inner pot 40 reaches boiling. When the boiling becomes intense and the amount of steam increases, the pressure in the inner pot 40 rises from the atmospheric pressure, and the steam generated in the inner pot 40 is pushed out by the pressure and from the steam generating port 47 to the lid 42. It enters a sealed space constituted by an internal steam duct 48. Thereafter, steam is ejected from the steam duct 48 to a water tank serving as a steam treatment device. That is, the rice cooking process H2 is comprised from two, the high fire process H2A heated by the maximum heat power, for example, 1300W, and the subsequent low fire process H2B.

When entering the rice cooking step, the fifth display information 54B (not shown) disappears from the liquid crystal display unit 49, and the seventh display information 54C is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 49 instead. Thereby, the user knows that the power is preferentially secured and the rice cooking operation is performed. In addition, you may alert | report the same meaning with an audio | voice by navigation means, such as a speech synthesizer. The fifth display information 54B (not shown), the sixth display information 54A, the seventh display information 54C, or the ninth display information 54E (not shown) indicating that a power reduction request is received. May be displayed with a display object such as a “light emitting button” in the vicinity of the periphery of the liquid crystal display unit 49, and not displayed in the liquid crystal display unit 49.

Then, the steam that has flowed into the water tank serving as the steam treatment device is ejected into the water from the lower end opening of the communication pipe (not shown), where it comes into contact with the water in the water tank and the heat is taken away by the water. Condensate and return to water.

By treating the steam in this way, the steam generated from the inner pot 40 is prevented from leaking to the outside, and the steam during cooking is directly released into the indoor space, thereby preventing an increase in unpleasant humidity. It becomes possible.

And from the time in the middle of the rice cooking process (this is realized by the control unit 62 seeing the elapsed time from the time when the boiling state is reached), the heating power of the heating means 45 becomes the low heat process H2B. At the end, the water inside the inner pot 40 that has been vaporized and released is reduced, and the internal temperature of the inner pot 40 suddenly rises from about 100 degrees to about 130 ° C. Then, since the temperature detection means 63 detects such a rapid temperature rise and inputs temperature detection information to the control unit 62, the control unit 62 determines that rice cooking is complete.

Further, the seventh display information 54C displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 49 disappears when the low heat process H2B is entered. In the low-fire process or the preheating process, when a power reduction request signal is received from the power control device 9, ninth display information 54E (not shown) for displaying the fact is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 49. Is displayed.

Then, from this stage, the steaming process H3 is entered, and as rice cooking proceeds, the amount of steam generated gradually decreases with time, and when cooking is completed, the inner pot 40 cools and the pressure decreases. As a result, although the pressure inside the steam duct 48 is reduced, a communication pipe (not shown) that is below the tank lid 51 and is mostly submerged in water in a water tank (not shown). ) Has a check valve (not shown), and external air is sucked from the check valve, and the pressure in the inner hook 40 returns to a state close to the original atmospheric pressure. It is possible to prevent the water inside from being sucked up to the lid body 42 and flowing to the lid body 42 side.

The amount of steam generated during cooking varies depending on the combination of the type of rice (white rice, non-washed rice, etc.), how to cook (hardness, stickiness), and the menu (normal rice cooking and rice porridge). However, steam processing is performed in the process until the cooking menu is finished, and the water capacity in the water tank is such that the water temperature in the water tank after cooking is not burned, for example, 55 ° C or less. Is set.

After the completion of rice cooking, the process proceeds to a heat retaining step H4, and the temperature of the inner pot 40 is maintained at a predetermined temperature, for example, 70 ° C. by a heat retaining heater (not shown) provided separately from the heating means 45.

As described above, since steam is mainly generated in the rice cooking process H2 and the unevenness process H3, in the first embodiment of the present invention, the amount of steam released in these processes is confirmed by calculation, experiment, etc. Set the water level and water level. Even if there is a sufficient amount of water, if the steam is spouted into the water at a shallow position in the water, the steam rises in the form of bubbles and is released from the water surface to the atmosphere without sufficient contact between the steam and water. I understood that it would end up. Therefore, in the first embodiment, the control unit 62 determines whether or not the amount of water in the water tank is sufficient from the detection information of the water level sensor 66 by the water level sensor 66 before starting the first water absorption process of the rice cooking process. ing.

Furthermore, since it has a water temperature sensor 68 that detects the temperature of the water stored in the tank, the controller 62 determines whether the temperature of the water in the water tank is higher than a predetermined temperature by the output of the water temperature sensor. Can be judged. If it is abnormally high, the control unit 62 does not execute the operation of starting the energization of the heating means 45, and therefore does not even execute the preheating step.

Furthermore, once the rice cooking process has been started, the water temperature of the water tank is set to be within a predetermined temperature range until the completion of rice cooking. Even when the water temperature in the water tank becomes higher than a predetermined temperature, the water temperature sensor can detect the water temperature. The control program of the control unit 62 is set so as to change the current-carrying condition of 45 and execute the operation of weakening the substantial heating power. However, this degree of thermal power suppression is performed within a range that does not hinder the original rice cooking operation and cooking. As a means for weakening the thermal power, an appropriate means such as reducing the amount of supplied power itself or lowering the energization rate may be used. In the first embodiment, when the water temperature is 35 ° C. or lower at the start of rice cooking, the rice cooking operation is started, and when it exceeds 35 ° C., the rice cooking operation is not started. This considers that the temperature of the water temperature of the water tank does not become an abnormally high temperature region at the end of cooking rice.

In the rice cooker, the first strong fire process H2A of the rice cooking process H2 has the greatest influence on the rice cooking performance. So, in this rice cooker 3, the control part 62 has designated this high fire process H2A as the "execution time zone of a priority cooking menu." In other words, it is always known whether or not the cooking menu being executed is in the “execution time zone of the priority cooking menu”, and if it is in the execution time zone, this is indicated through the power control means 8B. 9 has a function to notify. This prevents inadvertent power reduction. In addition, when the high-fire process H2A is entered, the seventh display information 54C is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 49, and the user knows that power is preferentially secured and the rice cooking operation is performed.
In addition, although the rice cooker of this Embodiment 1 was a thing of the type which collect | recovers the vapor | steam which generate | occur | produces during rice cooking with the said steam processing apparatus 50, it does not include such a steam processing apparatus 50, and during rice cooking. It may be of a type that releases steam into the indoor space.

(Microwave oven 5)
In FIG. 23, the microwave oven (the microwave oven with the electric heater) 5 includes, for example, a metal heating chamber (not shown) into which a radio wave having a frequency of 2450 megahertz (MHz) is introduced, and an electronic housing the heating chamber. It is comprised from the range main body case (not shown) and the door 70 which seals the taking-out port of the said heating chamber so that opening and closing is possible. Reference numeral 70A denotes a handle of the door 70.

On the right front surface of the main body case of the microwave oven 5 is an operation unit 71 operated by a user. The operation unit includes a power switch 72, a start button 73, and a heating time setting dial (for timer setting). 74. When the heating time is set with the heating time setting dial 74 and the start button 73 is pressed, the cooker completes cooking by outputting the set power for the set time. The temperature of the object to be heated placed in the heating chamber is detected by a thermal element (not shown) such as an infrared sensor. When the temperature of the object to be heated rises to the target temperature, the radio wave oscillation source is automatically driven. It may be configured to stop.

(Dishwasher 6)
A basic configuration of the dishwasher according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described.

In FIG. 23, the dishwasher 6 is composed of a main body (not shown) that forms an outline and a cleaning unit (not shown) that is housed inside the main body.

The main body has a box shape, and has a front door 167 integrally connected to a front wall of a cleaning tank (not shown) on the front surface, and a cover that covers the outside of various functional parts on the outside of the cleaning tank. (Not shown).

On the front upper part of the front door 167, there are provided a handle 167C that a user puts on when pulling out a washing tank (not shown) from the main body, and an operation unit 179 that performs various operations of the dishwasher 6. . This type of dishwasher / dryer 6 has a configuration in which hot water whose pressure is increased is sprayed toward the tableware by a pump driven by an electric motor (power source) to wash the tableware. In addition, after washing, water and hot water in the washing tub are discharged, and air in the washing tub is heated by an electric heater to promote drying of the tableware. Therefore, the electric heater serves as a heating source.

(Air conditioner 7)
A basic configuration of the air conditioner according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described.
Although the air conditioner 7 may be installed in the kitchen in which the above-mentioned home appliance KP in the kitchen is installed, in the first embodiment, it is installed in another room (for example, a living room). The air conditioner incorporates power usage control means 8E of the power command device 9. As a result, information such as the required power, the cooking status of each cooking device, and the permitted power for use is transmitted to and from the power command device 9. The electric power of the harmony machine 7 is controlled. The air conditioner 7 includes an indoor unit (not shown) installed in the room, an outdoor unit (not shown), and a refrigerant that connects the indoor unit and the outdoor unit in a closed loop shape. A circuit (pipe line) and a motor (not shown) serving as a compression drive source for circulating the refrigerant in the refrigerant circuit are provided. In this air conditioner 7, a mode selection switch (not shown) and an operation unit (not shown) and a remote controller (not shown) are provided so that at least four operation modes of cooling, heating, dehumidification, and ventilation can be selected. )).

The air conditioner 7 is set with a current capacity so as to ensure a rated cooling capacity at the maximum load. In a load situation less than the maximum load, the upper limit value of the operating current of the electric compressor (not shown) is lowered according to the load situation.

As one method for detecting the air conditioning load, an outdoor air temperature sensor (not shown) is provided, and the load status is determined based on the outdoor air temperature detected by the sensor. Thus, for example, during cooling, when the outdoor temperature is low, that is, when the operation load is low, the cooling capacity according to the load is achieved from the viewpoint of room temperature stability and energy saving, so power consumption is reduced. You can drive with less. The outdoor air temperature sensor may use information from the environment sensor (outdoor air temperature sensor) 206 shown in FIG.

Moreover, temperature detection information is supplied by an indoor temperature detection means (not shown), and the load status is determined based on the detected indoor temperature. As a result, for example, during cooling, when the room temperature is low, or when the cooling target temperature is low in addition to the low room temperature, that is, when the operation load is low, the stability of the room temperature and energy saving are reduced. From the point of view, the cooling capacity according to the load is obtained, so that it is possible to operate with less power consumption. That is, since most of the power consumption of this type of air conditioner 7 is generally consumed by the electric compressor, the power consumption is reduced if the operating speed of the electric compressor is reduced.

The air conditioner 7 is one of the first electric devices that can set the operation start time using a built-in timer (not shown). For example, the operation start time (start reserved time of the cooling operation) A) can be set by the user. For this reason, cooling can be automatically started while the resident is away.

Furthermore, since this air conditioner 7 is one of the first electrical devices that can set the operation end time using a built-in timer (not shown), for example, the operation end time of the cooling operation (end reservation) The user can set the time A). For this reason, when the resident starts cooling while at home and then the resident is out, the cooling operation can be automatically stopped when the end reservation time is reached.

(Internal configuration of mobile phone terminal 87)
In FIG. 21, a mobile phone terminal 87, which is one of information communication terminal devices, includes a display unit 180 having a liquid crystal display screen 180A and an operation input unit (operation unit) 181 having a plurality of input keys operated by a user. A wireless interface unit (sixth communication unit) 182, an attitude detection unit 183, a control unit 184 with a built-in microcomputer, and a plurality of types of synthesized voices according to operation scenes, and if necessary And a notification unit 193 with a built-in small vibrator that vibrates the cellular phone terminal 87. When this vibrator emits sound (sounds), it can be vibrated in synchronism with it, so that even with the situation where the display unit 180 alone cannot reliably convey the operation status etc., the sound and vibration It can be expected to make up for it.

The sixth communication unit 182 includes two input / output units, one of which is a wireless interface unit 182A that performs predetermined communication with the wide area communication network (communication network) 98. One is the short-range wireless communication input / output unit 427 of the power command device 9 and the short-range wireless communication input / output units 401L and 401R of the induction heating cooker 2 (see FIG. 27). This is a wireless interface unit 182B that performs short-range wireless communication. In some cases, the wireless interface unit 182A is referred to as a “seventh communication unit”, and the wireless interface unit 182B is referred to as an “eighth communication unit”.

Although not shown, the display unit 180, the operation unit 181, the wireless input / output unit 182, the attitude sensor 183, the control unit 184, and the notification unit 193 are connected to each other through a signal circuit. The posture detection unit 183 includes a gyro sensor, detects a posture when the user tilts the mobile phone terminal 87 (in the left / right / front / rear direction), and sends a signal indicating the posture to the control unit 184. Output to.

The control unit 184 is roughly provided with a central processing unit (CPU) 185 and a storage unit 186 formed mainly with semiconductor storage elements. The CPU 185 executes processing of the entire mobile phone terminal 87 in accordance with the control program stored in the ROM and RAM unit 187 in the storage unit 186. Data read out from the ROM / RAM 187 unit or stored in the process of executing the process is stored in the ROM / RAM 187 unit.

The storage unit 186 includes an application processing unit 188 that can store application software for the home appliance EE (at least the induction heating cooker 2 in the first embodiment). The application processing unit 188 also stores application software for the display panel 100 of the power command device 9. The software of the application software unit 188 may be installed from the outside of the mobile phone terminal 87 or may be stored in the storage unit 186 from the time of shipment of the mobile phone terminal 87.

The mobile phone terminal 87 can download desired application software from the information server 89A via a communication line and store it in the application software unit 188 of the storage unit 186. .

  The CPU 185 executes processing in accordance with the application / software unit 188, thereby realizing functions of a predetermined reception processing unit 189, transmission processing unit 190, communication establishment unit 191, display control unit 192, and selection confirmation unit 193. Is done. The operation of each part will be described later.

(Power command device 9)
The power command device 9 which is the center of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG. FIG. 22 illustrates a correspondence relationship between the internal configuration of the power control unit 121 illustrated in FIG. 6 and the home appliance EE.

The power command device 9 is configured to transmit information on the use power control means 8A, 8B, 8C, and 8D of the home appliance KP in the kitchen and the cooking status and use permission power of each home appliance. And each power use control means 8A-8D controls the electric power of each household appliances KP in a kitchen within the power consumption which the electric power instruction | command apparatus 9 permitted. In addition, each power use control means 8A, 8B, 8C, 8D may be incorporated in the home appliance KP in the kitchen, or may be attached to the power circuit section of the home appliance KP in the kitchen in an adapter form. In the first embodiment, as described above, all are incorporated in one box-shaped main body 9A constituting the outline of the power command device 9. The power use control means 8A to 8D are supplied with power from a dedicated power supply (built-in battery) BT2 different from the power supply circuit 31 connected to the main power switch 11 described later, and are driven for a long time. It has become. Although it may be driven by a power source branched from the power circuit 31 connected to the main power switch 11, it is necessary to prevent the power supply from being affected even after an automatic stop when an abnormality occurs, which will be described later. . This is because a signal is exchanged with the power command device 9 by wireless communication even after an emergency stop due to occurrence of an abnormality.

As described above, the power of the air conditioner 7 and the dishwasher 6 is also collectively controlled by the power command device 9. The “adapter” refers to a control device provided between each home appliance and its power source. For example, the “adapter” referred to in the first embodiment is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-139835, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2011-205821, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2011-109792, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2011-61999, and Japanese Patent Application No. 2011-24327. An adapter as shown, which has a power plug and a connection port, to which the power supply side of an electrical device whose current is to be controlled is connected to the connection port. When the power command signal is received by the adapter by wireless or wired communication means, the power supply of the home appliance to be controlled is restricted or cut off. In this way, an adapter is connected to an existing home appliance, a power command signal is sent from the power command device 9 to the adapter, and the adapter controls the home appliance according to the signal. By interposing a component called an adapter formed separately between the power command device 9 and the power command device 9, an advantage that the power command device 9 can centrally control power can be obtained.

The power control unit 121 of the power command device 9 includes power usage control means 8A to 8E, the required power adder 91, the comparator 92, the required power excess amount determination means 93, and the used power reduction width determination means. 94, a priority setting means 95, a control unit 125 for controlling the health management processing unit 116 and the use limit setting unit 96, a second communication unit 124C, a power detector 313, an induction heating cooker 2, an abnormality determination unit 133 that determines whether or not an abnormality has occurred, a storage unit 134 for various abnormality-related data for the abnormality determination unit, an operation input unit 117 of the display panel 100, and a wide area communication circuit via the router 99 </ b> A. And an input / output unit (third communication unit) 124B connected to a network (communication network).

The power control unit 121 of the power command device 9 includes required power from each of the used power control means 8A to 8D of the home appliance KP in the kitchen and the air conditioner 7, and required power from the used power control means 8E of the air conditioner 7. The required power adder 91 is provided.

Further, the power control unit 121 compares the total power added by the required power adder 91 with the first upper limit capacity (for example, 8000 W) of the breaker BK, and the total power based on the comparison result of the comparator 92. When the total power is 8000 W or less, the output is not output, and when the total power exceeds 8000 W, the required power excess amount determination means 93 that outputs the excess amount is provided.

If there is no output from the required power excess amount determining means 93 (that is, the excess amount is 0), the used power reduction width determining means 94 uses the same usable power as the required power for the used power control means of each household appliance KP in the kitchen. It returns to 8A-8D and the electric power consumption control means 8E of the air conditioner 7, respectively. If there is an output of an excess amount, a reduction range of power consumption for each household appliance KP and the air conditioner 7 is determined in accordance with the excess amount of the total power and a predetermined priority order. It returns to the power usage control means 8A-8E of the apparatus KP and the air conditioner 7.

The priority order setting means 95 reads the “priority order” registered in advance in the built-in semiconductor nonvolatile memory 95A, and transmits “priority order” information for power reduction to the power consumption reduction width determination means 94.
The control unit 125 controls the entire operation of the power control unit 121 in an integrated manner, and also controls the health management processing unit 116.

The abnormality storage means 134 relates to an appropriate response corresponding to various abnormality determination reference data and abnormality contents required when the abnormality determination means 133 performs a determination operation as to whether the induction heating cooker 2 is abnormal. Advice and caution information are stored, and the stored contents are appropriately updated according to commands from the control unit 125. That is, useful information such as the latest abnormality determination reference data (of the induction heating cooker 2) from the information server 89A provided via the third communication unit 124B is appropriately added / updated.

In FIG. 22, the power control unit 121 of the power command apparatus 9 shows only the abnormality determination unit 133 dedicated to the induction heating cooker 2 that is one of the home appliances EE. Correspondingly, means corresponding to the abnormality determination means 133 and the abnormality storage means 134 may be provided. In order to simplify the explanation, in FIG. 22, the abnormal power command device 9 does not specifically show abnormality determination processing means for the exercise measuring device 145 or the health care device 410, but the abnormality determination Means corresponding to the means 133 and the abnormality storage means 134 are provided, and a function for determining an abnormal state is provided.

  The health management device 410 may be of a battery type, but even if it is driven by the commercial power supply EP, the power command device 9 does not limit or cut off the power consumption. is there.

300 in FIGS. 1 and 3 is a watt hour meter in which AC 200V power from a power company is supplied through a single-phase three-wire power line 301 (see FIG. 22). The power line 301 is composed of a first phase, a second phase, and a third phase, and current clamps 302 are inserted in the first phase and the second phase, respectively, and the power source side of the breaker BK The current value is detected on the upstream side. The current clamp 302 is installed between the watt-hour meter 300 and the breaker BK.

Reference numeral 313 denotes a power detector that calculates power consumption from the current from the current clamp 302, and this output is input to the comparator 92 of the power command device 9.

Reference numeral 315 denotes a movable (that is, portable) small-sized home appliance other than the kitchen appliance KP, the air conditioner 7 and the dishwasher 6 used in the home. For example, a hair dryer, an electric iron, an electric vacuum cleaner, etc., which consumes electric energy by a heater or a motor having a built-in capacity of about 1000 W, does not have self-power limiting means such as the above-described power use control means 8A to 8E. Is. In FIG. 22, “unregistered device” is displayed because the device cannot register the rated maximum power information or name in the power command device 9. Only one unregistered device is used, and a plurality of devices may be used at the same time. Since the unregistered device 315 is not a control target device whose power amount is directly decreased or increased by the power command device 9, the power supplied via the breaker BK is used as it is. The health management device 410 described above is also a kind of “unregistered device”. When using oxygen inhalers and other electrical medical devices for home medical care and nursing care, make them “unregistered devices” to prevent the power amount from being restricted unexpectedly.

The power consumption reduction width determination means 94 is not to exceed the capacity (8000 W) of the breaker BK and to the power consumption control means 8A to 8E of the kitchen appliance KP and the air conditioner 7 having a low “priority”. In order to reduce the electric power used, the reduction range of the electric power used for each home appliance KP in the kitchen and the air conditioner 7 where the electric power is requested is determined. In addition, the rated capacity (for example, 8000 W as described above) set from the beginning in the breaker BK itself may be referred to as “first upper limit capacity”.

The “priority” is given priority over household appliances KP in the kitchen that require power for maintaining cooking performance and cooking workability within the first upper limit capacity (8000 W) of the limited breaker BK. It is an order for supply, and it is registered in advance so that the rank is lower for household appliances in the kitchen that have less influence on the user even if power is reduced. Priorities for securing electric power are determined in the order of the appliance 3, the induction heating cooker 2, and the microwave oven 5, thereby preventing the workability of the user from being impaired. However, in the process of determining the priority, in the kitchen appliance KP having the “priority cooking menu execution time zone”, the “priority cooking menu execution time zone” is actually performed. Until the execution time period elapses, the power command device 9 does not reduce the power of the household appliance KP in the kitchen.

Note that display information such as the fourth display information 210D and the sixth display information 54C indicating that power reduction is avoided may be individually provided in all the “first home appliances”. Similarly, the first display information 210 </ b> A and the fourth display information 54 </ b> A indicating that the device is a power reduction target device may be provided in all “first home appliances”. Furthermore, the “second home appliance” including the air conditioner 7 also includes display information indicating that the device is a power reduction target device and display information indicating that power is actually being reduced. It may be provided. Furthermore, display means corresponding to the second display information 210 </ b> B indicating that a power reduction request has been received may be provided in the first home appliance or the second home appliance other than the induction heating cooker 2. The air conditioner 7 is preferably provided so as to be visible on the surface of an indoor unit (not shown), or provided on a display screen of an indoor remote controller that controls the indoor unit (a screen on which a room temperature and an operation mode name are displayed).

In a single home appliance KP in the kitchen, there are a plurality of heating means (heating ports), one of which is in the "execution time zone of the priority cooking menu" and actually cooking is being performed. , When not in the “priority cooking menu execution time zone”, power is maintained for the heating means in the “priority cooking menu execution time zone”, and the electric power of the other heating means is to be reduced. .

In the “second home appliances”, the priority for securing the power is determined in the order of the air conditioner 7 and the dishwasher 6 in this order, which impairs the workability of the user. Is prevented

Although the air conditioner 7 is not installed in the kitchen, the power is cut off through the same breaker BK, so the rice cooker 3 of the “first home appliance”, the induction heating cooker The order is set lower than 2. And the priority is set higher than the said dishwasher 6 which is the classification of the same 2nd household appliances. The “second home appliance” includes a clothes washer / dryer, but in order to simplify the description, a detailed description thereof will be omitted below.

Reference numeral 96 denotes a power usage limit setting device that instructs to change the total power value as a comparison reference of the comparator 92 to a specified power value. In this case, the user arbitrarily sets a second upper limit capacity smaller than 8000 W. For example, one power value of 7500 W, 7000 W, and 6500 W can be selected. In FIG. 22, the specified power value is described as “specified capacity”. This designated capacity may be referred to as a “second capacity”. The specified capacity corresponds to the “second upper limit capacity” (for example, 7500 W) in the present invention, but in the present invention, it is essential that the user can recognize the absolute value of the “second capacity”. is not. For example, a desired ratio of “second upper limit capacity” to “first upper limit capacity”, such as “equivalent to 98%” (in other words, 2% reduction) of the rated capacity (first upper limit capacity). It may be set to.

Reference numeral 99A denotes the router A described with reference to FIG. As a result, the power command device 9 is connected to the server of the power company outside the house or other external organization 78A. For this reason, when power tightness information or the like is transmitted from, for example, a public office or a local power company, the information is displayed on the display panel 100 of the use limit setting device 96. The use limit setter 96 and its display screen 100A will be described in detail later. There are at least two types of power tightness information: a command for forcibly reducing the power used by each household and a command at a request level for requesting that the power consumption be reduced arbitrarily rather than forcibly. The communication unit 97 also has a transmission function for transmitting information on the power command device 9 side to the external wide area communication network or the like. Accordingly, the resident of this household can access the wide area communication network 98 outside the house by using the mobile phone terminal 87 or other information communication terminal equipment, and can know the power usage state of this household. An upper limit value of power can be input from the outside to the use limit setting device 96.

44 and 45 show details of the display screen 100A of the use limit setting device 96. FIG. In these figures, 101 is the maximum allowable power information indicating the value of the rated capacity (first upper limit capacity: 8000 W) of the breaker BK that is allowed to be used in the home, and 102 is the home power currently used. It is the present electric power display information which shows the electric power consumption with a number. Reference numeral 103 denotes power margin value display information indicating a margin between the maximum allowable power value and the currently used power value. As shown in FIG. 44, in addition to the method of directly indicating the margin value as a number such as “600 W”, for example, the degree of margin can be expressed in characters such as “large margin” and “small margin”. The method shown may be used.

Reference numeral 104 denotes a power reduction request notification unit that turns on the lamp when power tightness information or the like is received from the wide area communication network 98 via the router 99A and the third communication unit 124B. Reference numeral 105 denotes display information of the current time. These are display information indicating the setting keys of the use limit setting device 96 that instructs to change the total power value as a comparison reference of the comparator 92 to the specified power value and the contents of the setting keys. In the state of FIGS. 44 and 45, only the 8000 W key is displayed in white letters, so the power usage limit is 8000 W, which is the same as the default capacity of the breaker BK. As shown in FIG. 44, there are a total of four setting keys, which include a setting key 106A for 8000W, a setting key 106B for 7500W, a key 106C for 7000W, and a key 106D for 6500W.

These setting keys are configured by touch-type keys such as a capacitance type, and only when they can be input by touching, characters (e.g., 6500 W) indicating the outline of the keys and part of the functions can be visually observed. Is displayed. In other words, in a state where input is not possible, the input key itself is not displayed or displayed so thin that it cannot be almost visually confirmed. Actually, a capacitance type input key is formed on a glass plate covering the surface of the display screen 100A, and when a key at a predetermined position is touched, an input signal corresponding to the key is used as a use limit setting device 96. Given to.

Reference numeral 107 denotes use state display information for displaying household electrical appliances EE controlled by the power command device 9, and the names 107A of the induction heating cooker 2 and the names 107B of the rice cooker 3 are listed. Is displayed. In the usage state display information 107, the device displayed on the left side has a higher priority in terms of securing power. Reference numeral 108 denotes a use display unit that lights up when power is used, that is, when it is currently used. In FIG. 44, it turns out that the induction heating cooking appliance 2, the rice cooker 3, the air conditioner 7, and the lighting fixture are used. The numerical value displayed in the vicinity of the usage display information 108 is the amount of power used, and for example, the average power value in the past one minute is displayed every minute. In addition, when the priority of household electrical appliances EE is set, the screen display configuration may be such that the names of the set household electrical appliances are displayed from left to right in the order of highest priority. Then, the user can immediately recognize home appliances with high priority.

112H is an information key having a function similar to that of the information key 112 of the induction heating cooker 2. When the user touches the information key 112H, the display screen displays power-related information that is helpful to the user in that scene, and information such as a cooking method for efficiently using power and a temperature setting method for the air conditioner. Each time it is displayed in 100A. In that case, in order to secure a display area, the display information 105 of the current time and the power margin value display information 103 are not displayed. When the display screen 100A displays the occurrence or failure of the home appliance EE such as the induction heating cooker 2, the exercise measuring device 145, or the health management device 410, the information key 112H is displayed. When the button is pressed, the failure and abnormality contents relating to the specific induction heating cooker 2, the exercise measuring device 145, the health management device 410, etc. are detailed from the abnormality occurrence and failure information database stored in the abnormality storage means 134. Displayed in characters.

111H is a help mode key having a function similar to the help mode key 111 of the induction heating cooker 2, and when the user touches it, information that is helpful for the user's operation in that scene is displayed, A voice guide device (not shown) provided separately notifies the correct operation method by voice. When this key is pressed many times, how to view the display screen 100A, how to set the usage limit, and the like are displayed on the entire display screen 100A with a schematic diagram and characters. It should be noted that the help mode key 111 is pressed when the occurrence or failure of the home appliance EE such as the induction heating cooker 2, the exercise measuring device 145, or the health care device 410 is displayed on the display screen 100A. From the “handling method, improvement advice related information database” in the case of an abnormality or failure accumulated in the abnormality storage means 134, the specific induction cooking device 2, exercise measuring device 145, health management device 410 Appropriate usage method and usage environment, and precautions for restarting operation are displayed in detail. In addition, for example, if there is an induction heating cooker 2 or other home appliances that have been urgently stopped due to abnormality detection, precautions, confirmation items, and special input operations for safely starting the operation again can be entered in the operation input section. It is explained that the user can restart the cooking device etc. by performing the operation at 117.

On the other hand, at the first stage when the main power switch 11 of the induction heating cooker 2 is turned on and the display screen 129 is activated, that is, when the heating source to be used and the cooking menu are not selected, the help mode key 111 is set. When operated, guidance on the basic usage of the induction heating cooker 2 appears on the display screen 129. In this case, if the user sets in advance, at the stage when the help mode key 111 is operated, the induction heating cooker 2 sends the latest data (in the abnormality recording means 134) to the power command device 9 ( The information server 89A automatically obtained and stored) is requested. For example, if no malfunction occurred during the previous use, but an incorrect operation was performed, for example, when the operation key for increasing power consumption and heating power and the operation key for decreasing heating power were pressed simultaneously When such an improper history remains in the storage device 32R of the control device 32 of the induction heating cooker 2, it is displayed on the display screen 129 from the control device 32 that the improper operation has been performed. However, even if the storage device 32R of the control device 32 of the induction heating cooker 2 does not remain (including the case where the user has set not to leave the operation history), the improper operation as described above is information. It is pointed out from the server 89A side. For example, the same improper operation is accumulated (counted) by the control device 32 during one cooking period (the main power switch 11 is turned on, cooked, and finally turned off once). It is recorded in the storage device 32R.

Inappropriate operations are also transmitted to the power command device 9 each time, and the “handling method / improvement advice related information database” in the case of abnormality occurrence or failure in the abnormality storage means 134 is accumulated. Therefore, when the same improper operation is performed twice, a warning or the like is immediately indicated to the user from the control device 32 or the power command device 9 when the improper operation is performed twice. In addition, if there is a case where some trouble has occurred due to the same operation being performed at another home at that time, such a case is also shown and information to call attention not to perform inappropriate operation Is provided from the information server 89A. Therefore, the user of each household can expect the action which automatically avoids the trouble occurrence of the induction heating cooker 2 without making an inquiry to the manufacturer each time.

FIG. 45 shows the state of the screen that appears first when the user touches the name 107B of the induction heating cooker 2 in the state of FIG. As shown in FIG. 45, it can be seen that the induction heating cooker 2 is currently performing the stew heating operation, and the estimated time to end use is 12:50. That is, it turns out that cooking continues for 15 minutes from the present time. 113S is use start time display information, and 113E is end prediction time display information.

Thus, on the display screen 100A of the use limit setting device 96, the outline of the state of the home appliances used on this display screen can be understood without going to the installation location of each home appliance.

FIG. 46 shows a state of the screen that appears automatically after a predetermined time, for example, 10 seconds after switching to the screen of FIG. As shown in FIG. 46, the induction heating cooker 2 is currently performing the stew heating operation, and it can be seen that the marks 114 and 115 indicating the degree of progress are displayed and the current stage is still in the middle. As the cooking progresses, the marks 114 sequentially increase to the right side, and finally, the marks 114 are all lined up to the left end position of the predicted end time display information 113.

In FIG. 45, reference numeral 57 denotes a home management menu selection key, which is provided on the display screen 100 A of the use limit setting device 96. The home management menu selection key is a portion that is touched when the user switches the display screen, like the icon 419 serving as a screen selection input unit for the home environment information. When this home management menu selection key is touched, the current home or absence status of all the residents is switched to a dedicated display screen shown in a list (see FIG. 62). Therefore, it is possible to know the home status of the entire family in front of this display screen.

In FIG. 62, 58A is a selection key for switching to the input screen of the resident who is at home. When this key is touched, for each resident, the home or absence status is corrected, the time when he / she is away in advance, and the schedule for returning home. The screen changes to an input screen for inputting the time, absence period (month and day), and the like. 58B is a selection key for switching to an input screen for setting a home electric appliance (for example, a rice cooker) in which the resident can reserve an operation start time and end in advance, or setting a resident's dedicated electric device. Then, for each resident, the screen is switched to an input screen in which the resident's reserved electric device or dedicated electric device can be designated and input.

In FIG. 62, 59A is a family name column in which names and nicknames for identifying the entire family are displayed, and 59B is a home status display column for displaying whether or not each resident is currently at home using symbols or characters. In the example of FIG. 62, “○” is displayed when the user is at home, and “Δ” is displayed when the user is absent. 59C is a scheduled return home time display field for displaying the scheduled return time for each resident, and 59D is for each resident so that a home appliance with a reserved time (operation start time or operation end time) can be specified. This is a reserved equipment display field for displaying dedicated electrical equipment with characters, symbols, illustrations, and the like. According to these configurations, it is possible to easily check the staying home status and the scheduled time of returning home on the display screen 100 </ b> A of the power command device 9.

In FIG. 62, 59E is a dedicated device display field for displaying a dedicated home appliance with characters, symbols, illustrations, etc. so that when there is a dedicated home appliance set for each resident, the home appliance can be specified. 59F is a power value display field for displaying the power usage value and the upper limit power value of the dedicated home appliance used for each resident. The power here is not the instantaneous maximum power but may be, for example, an average power value for one minute. Further, only the resident A or the resident B can set the upper limit power amount for each resident on a separate input screen. In addition, household appliances that can be used by various residents, such as kitchen lighting fixtures, living appliances, and living room air conditioners, are common appliances. No one of the residents A to B uses the power consumption amount of the resident. If the resident A designates the air conditioner in the bedroom of the resident A as a dedicated home appliance, when the resident A uses the air conditioner, the upper limit electric energy (2500 W) of the resident A is It is applied and cannot be used in excess of 2500 W (limited by the power command device 9 so as not to exceed the upper limit power amount). The control unit 125 totals the monthly electric energy (kWh) of the dedicated home appliance for each resident, and the result is displayed on the display screen 75D of the TV receiver or the display screen 100A of the power command device 9 in a timely manner. It can be displayed with graphics. According to these configurations, there is an effect that it is possible to easily know the presence or absence of a dedicated electrical device and the power consumption value for each resident.

The feature of the first embodiment is that, regardless of whether or not the first upper limit capacity (8000 W) of the breaker BK is exceeded, the user voluntarily sees the display screen 100A of the use limit setting device 96 and It is a point that a restriction can be provided so as to reduce the power consumption collectively.

In other words, the user can select a power limit value from a plurality at any time. For example, when power tightness information or the like is received from the wide area communication network 98, the lamp of the power reduction request notification unit 104 is turned on, so that it can be set spontaneously by seeing this. Alternatively, the user can set an upper limit value of the amount of power used by the power usage limit setting unit 96 at any time when he / she thinks about power reduction based on information from another information source. For example, as described above, one power value among 7500 W, 7000 W, and 6500 W can be selected (the “second upper limit capacity” can be arbitrarily set).

For this reason, the second upper limit capacity can be arbitrarily set even in a state where there is a considerable margin up to the first upper limit capacity (for example, 8000 W) of the breaker BK. For example, an upper limit value can be set voluntarily at 7500 W, and the power command device 9 can automatically suppress the amount of power used by household electrical appliances so as not to exceed the upper limit value. The signal received from the wide area communication network 98 is automatically selected, and in the case of a specific signal, the power command device 9 automatically reduces the power consumption so as to cut the used power by 5%. When the operation is started or the capacity of the breaker BK is 8000 W, the upper limit value may be changed to a capacity determined as one level lower than that, for example, 7500 W, and the power use restriction operation may be performed. .

The operation of the power control system for an electrical device according to the first embodiment having the above configuration will be described with reference to FIG. First, it is assumed that several types of home appliances EE as the home appliance KP in the kitchen are in a state of starting operation by a user's operation. Specifically, kitchen appliances KP in the kitchen other than the rice cooker 3 and the induction heating cooker 2 have started to operate first, then the rice cooker 3 is started to be used, and then the induction heating cooker 2 is used. Assume that it is started.

In the state immediately before the induction heating cooker 2 starts heating, the power command device 9 has already received information on power required for starting a predetermined operation, for example, operation from each household appliance KP in the kitchen, Further, since the required power request information is also received from the induction heating cooker 2, the power command device 9 tabulates the power values requested from the home appliances KP in each kitchen by the requested power adder 91, and tabulates them. The calculated total power is compared with the breaker capacity (for example, 8000 W) by the comparator 92, and the comparison result is output to the required power excess amount determination means 93.

The required power excess amount determination means 93 does not output if the total power is within 8000 W (= the excess amount is 0), and if the total power is 8000 W or more, the excess amount is output to the power consumption reduction width determination means 94. The If there is no output from the required power excess amount determining means 93, the used power reduction width determining means 94 returns the same usable power as the required power to the used power control means 8A to 8D of each household appliance KP in the kitchen, If there is an output of the excess amount, a reduction range of power consumption for each household appliance KP in the kitchen is determined according to the excess amount of the total power and the priority set by the priority setting means 95, and each of the electrical devices in the kitchen is determined. To the used power control means 8A to 8D.

The first point in time when the power command device 9 receives a power request from each household electrical appliance KP is the time when the main power supply of any household electrical appliance KP is turned on or when an operation start command is issued. For example, after a plug at the tip of the power cord of the rice cooker 3 is inserted into a power supply port (so-called outlet or receptacle), when there is a predetermined operation (for example, pressing a rice cooker key), the rice cooker A rated maximum power of 3 is required. In the built-in induction heating cooker 3, when the main power switch is pushed and the main power is turned on, the heating port is selected and the heating power is set (or the heating power setting is confirmed at the latest and the heating operation is started). At the time. In addition, the induction heating cooker 2 may automatically set a specific heating power such as 1000 W as a default value (initial setting value) when the heating port is first selected. In addition to the heating power of 1000 W, electric power (for example, 1050 W) including operation power of the internal electrical components of the induction heating cooker 2 (for example, the rated maximum power of the cooling fan motor) is supplied to the power command device 9. It becomes required power. If there is no response from the power command device 9 to the result of transmitting the required power, the operation with the required power is not started. This is because energization to the individual home appliances KP in the kitchen is restricted by the power usage control means 8A to 8D.

In other words, the power usage control means 8A to 8D control the individual power of each household appliance KP in the kitchen within the power usage permitted by the power command device 9, and there is a power usage reduction command from the power command device 9. In accordance with this, the electric power used is reduced, and the electric power of each household appliance KP in the kitchen is controlled within the reduced electric power used. Note that the power command device 9 does not instruct the total power amount for the plurality of home appliances KP in the kitchen, but sets the upper limit power amount for each of the electrical devices KP in the kitchen in consideration of the total power amount in advance. Adopt the method to allow. For this reason, for example, a specific power upper limit value is commanded to the induction heating cooker 2 such as 4000 W with respect to the required power of 4800 W.

Similarly, when the air conditioner 7 is used, the power usage control means 8E transmits a power request signal to the power command device 9, and as a result, the power command device 9 uses a power consumption reduction command. If there is, the power consumption of the air conditioner 7 is reduced accordingly. The same applies to the dishwasher 6.

Thus, in the electric power control system for the electric appliances according to the first embodiment, the total electric power required from the used electric power control means 8A to 8D of the household appliances KP in each kitchen does not exceed the capacity of the breaker BK. Since the power command device 9 determines the reduction range of the power used for each household electrical appliance KP according to a predetermined priority order and instructs the used power control means 8A to 8D for each household electrical appliance. It can be controlled so that the power used does not exceed the breaker capacity. And unlike the case where electric power limitation is carried out mechanically as in the prior art, it can be preferentially supplied to household appliances KP in the kitchen that require electric power for maintaining cooking performance and cooking workability.

Moreover, since the electric power instruction | command apparatus 9 is instruct | indicated to reduce the electric power used to the household appliances KP in a kitchen with a low priority, cooking performance and cooking workability | operativity can be maintained.

As described above, priority is given to the household appliances KP in the kitchen. As described above, priority is given to securing electric power in the order of the rice cooker 3, the induction heating cooker 2, and the microwave oven 5, so that the household appliances in the kitchen that have less influence on the user even if the power is reduced are ranked lower. The degree is fixed. In other words, when the power is reduced, the microwave oven 5, the induction heating cooker 2, and the rice cooker 3 are arranged in this order. However, according to the priorities of these home appliances, when the amount of power reduction cannot be ensured by the microwave oven 5 alone, among the specific home appliances KP in the kitchen having the “priority cooking menu execution time zone” described above. Thus, the induction heating cooker 2 becomes a target for power reduction. However, even in this case, until the “priority cooking menu execution time zone” elapses, the electric power of the heating source for executing the priority cooking menu of the home appliance KP in the kitchen is exceptionally limited. The power command device 9 is not reduced. In this case, a power reduction command is issued to the rice cooker 3 having the next priority. In addition, when the air conditioner 7 and the dishwasher are used, the said tableware dryer 6 becomes an electric power reduction object before the induction heating cooking appliance 2. FIG. If the dishwasher 6 alone is insufficient, the air conditioner 7 can be a target for reducing power.

Here, as a result of totaling the power request results from the home appliances KP in the kitchen by the required power adder 91, the total power does not exceed the breaker capacity (for example, 8000 W), the power reduction command is not issued. A case will be described in which the user voluntarily decreases the power usage upper limit value by looking at the display screen 100A of the power usage limit setting device 96 from the state where it was a case. That is, a case where the user sets the “second upper limit capacity” will be described.

In this case, as shown in FIG. 49, the power control device 9 determines in the first step 1 (hereinafter, “step” is abbreviated as “S”) that a command to reduce the total power is given from the outside (S1).
Then, the new upper limit value (for example, 7000 W) and the power request result from each home appliance KP in the kitchen are compared by the comparator 92 (S2). It is determined by the reduction width determining means 94 (S3).

Then, a power reduction command is issued to the household appliance KP in use. In response to this command, the induction heating cooker 2 that has started cooking before the time of the step S1 reduces power consumption. When the power reduction width is 1000 W, the induction heating cooker 2 has a total power consumption of 4200 W. For example, the first heating port 2L has a single heating power of 3000 W, and the second heating port 2R has a single heating power. Is 1000 W of thermal power, and each of the hot water menus (one of the non-priority cooking menus) is executed, the power consumption is reduced to 3200 W by lowering the thermal power to a total of 3000 W (S4). Here, 200 W is assumed to be power consumption of an electric component such as a built-in blower. Thereafter, the induction heating cooker 2 notifies the power command device 9 that the power used has been reduced by 1000 W.

In the power command device 9, the result of summing up the power request results from the home appliances KP in the kitchen again (S 5), when the total power request value is small and there is a margin that exceeds the power reduction width 1000 W, for example, In contrast to the above new upper limit value (7000 W), if the total power requirement at that time does not exceed 5900 W, there will be a margin of 1100 W, so the power consumption of the induction heating cooker 2 previously reduced can be reduced. Propose (inform) the induction heating cooker 2 to return to the original level in advance. In the induction heating cooker 2, when the operation is not particularly performed to raise the heating power within a predetermined time from the notification, the heating power is not automatically restored from the viewpoint of safety, but when the user performs an operation for agreeing to return, for example, When the operation for raising the thermal power is performed, the original (total) thermal power of 4000 W is restored (S6). In order to omit the operation to increase the heating power in this case, a key called “return” is provided on the upper surface operation unit 26 of the induction heating cooker 2, and if this is pressed once, if there is a margin in power, the original heating power level is restored. You may make it return easily.

Temporarily, in the single induction heating cooker 2, the first heating port 2 </ b> L is performing “fried food” cooking, and is in a “priority cooking menu execution time zone” that consumes a maximum power of 1800 W, When the second heating port 2R is performing “water boiling” (non-priority cooking menu) that consumes power of 2000 W at the maximum, when the power reduction width commanded from the power command device 9 is 1000 W, The second heating port 2R of the hot water heater is an object of power reduction, and the operation of reducing the power consumption of the induction heating cooker 2 by 1000 W by lowering the heating power of the hot water heater.

In addition, in the case of FIG. 49, when the induction heating cooker 2 is not used, the power consumption by the induction heating cooker 2 cannot be reduced, so the rice cooker 3 is subject to power reduction according to the priority, When the power reduction width is determined by the power consumption reduction width determination means 94 (S3), as shown in FIG. 49, when the rice cooker 3 is in the “execution time zone of the priority cooking menu”, the rice cooker 3 Not subject to power reduction.

In addition, there are other relatively small electric heaters that use the same breaker BK in the kitchen, such as electric pots, hot plates, oven toasters, etc., which use about 1000 W for about 10-60 minutes, Since there is also an electric refrigerator, even when the induction heating cooker 2 is used at 4000 W in the kitchen as described above, for example, the setting (setting the second upper limit capacity) to reduce the total power to 7000 W is used. When a person performs the use limit setting device 96, the power used by the induction heating cooker 2 may be limited as described above.

Next, a case where a command to lower the total power amount is issued from the power command device 9 in the case where one air conditioner 7, induction heating cooker 2, and rice cooker 3 are used at the same time will be described.
In FIG. 50, as a result of totaling the power request results from the home appliances KP in the kitchen and the air conditioner 7 by the required power adder 91, the total power does not exceed the breaker capacity (for example, 8000 W). However, a case will be described in which the user voluntarily lowers the power usage upper limit value by looking at the display screen 100 of the usage limit setting device 96.

In this case, as shown in FIG. 50, the power command device 9 determines in the first step 1 that the command for reducing the total power is given from the outside (S1).

Then, the new upper limit value (second upper limit capacity; for example, 7000 W) is compared with the electric power request results from each home appliance KP and the air conditioner 7 in the kitchen (S2), and the upper limit value is exceeded. If so, the power reduction width is determined by the power consumption reduction width determining means 94 (S3).

And according to a priority, the electric power reduction command is issued to the air conditioner 7 in use. In response to this command, the air conditioner 7 reduces power consumption (S4). When the power reduction width is 300 W, the air conditioner 7 changes the air conditioning target temperature from 26 ° C. to 28 ° C., so that the air conditioner 7 consumes the most electric power. The rotation speed of the machine (not shown) is reduced, and the operation is changed to energy saving operation with reduced power consumption. Note that, based on the correlation between the target temperature and the current indoor temperature, the amount of power used when the rotational speed of the electric compressor is reduced is obtained in advance through experiments and the data is stored on the air conditioner 7 side. Therefore, the operating condition of the electric compressor (not shown) for the power reduction operation is instantly determined according to the power reduction request from the power command device 9.

If the air conditioner 7 is not used, neither the rice cooker 2 nor the induction heating cooker 2 is immediately subject to power reduction. This is because the rice cooker 3 is performing a high heat process (boiling process) H2A, and the induction heating cooker 2 is performing fried food cooking, both of which are in the “priority cooking menu execution time zone”. Because.

After that, the air conditioner 7 notifies the power command device 9 that the power used has been reduced by 300 W. After that, the power command device 9 sums up the power request results from the home appliances KP and the air conditioner 7 in each kitchen again (S5). In some cases, for example, if the total power requirement at that time does not exceed 6500W with respect to the above new upper limit value (7000W), there will be a margin of 500W, so air conditioning that has been reduced by 300W previously The air conditioner 7 is proposed (notified) in advance to return the power used by the machine 7 to the original level. The air conditioner 7 returns to the operation of automatically lowering the target temperature to 26 ° C. within a predetermined time from the notification (S6). As shown in FIG. 50, when the air conditioner 7 performs an operation for reducing the power consumption and performs an operation for increasing the power, immediately after that, the air conditioner 7 transmits information on the power consumption to the power command device 9. .

As described above, the operation information (execution of cooking menu, setting of thermal power, etc.) is transmitted to the power command device 9 as needed in all the processes from turning on the power to turning off the power of each home appliance KP in the kitchen. In the air conditioner 7 as well, since the operation information (execution of the cooling / heating operation menu, setting of the target temperature, etc.) is transmitted to the power command device 9 at any time in the entire process from power-on to power-off, It is possible to always grasp the power usage status of a plurality of home appliances EE. This will be described in detail below.

FIG. 54 shows the induction heating cooker 2 as a representative example, and operation information (execution of cooking menu, setting of thermal power, etc.) is always required in the power command device in all processes from power-on to power-off of the cooker. 9 is a time table showing the situation being transmitted to 9. In the other kitchen appliances KP and the air conditioner 7 as well, the operation information is transmitted to the power command device 9 as needed. Note that such operation information is also used as information for abnormality monitoring by the control device 32 as described above. That is, the control device 32 adds time information (seconds) that indicates the generation timing of time or the like to the operation information when transmitting the operation information to the power command device 9, and a storage unit built in the control device 32. The data are sequentially stored in 32R. As the time information, the time information of the clock circuit 240 is used.

In FIG. 51, L1 to L7 are operation information signals transmitted from the induction heating cooker 2 to the power command device 9. L1 is a signal indicating that the main power is turned on (ON), L2 is information on selecting the heating port, and in FIG. 54, the first heating port 2L is selected. L3 is information on selecting a cooking menu, and indicates a case where “fried food” is selected from various cooking menus such as boiling, stewing, and deep-fried food cooking. In addition, although the induction heating cooker 2 acquires the electricity rate information classified by time zone as described above, this acquisition does not need to be performed every time the main power source is turned on to the induction heating cooker 2. In addition, as shown in FIG. 51, in the case of “fried food” that is not a specific menu, the hourly electricity rate information is not notified to the user. However, if it is acquired, the timing is between the signals L3 and L4 in FIG. The induction heating cooker 2 transmits a signal for requesting information to the power command device 9, analyzes the signal transmitted from the power command device 9, and acquires the electricity rate information for each time zone.

L4 is one of the operation information signals, and indicates start notice information (also referred to as “start request signal”) indicating that the inverter circuit 33L is actually driven and induction heating operation is to be started. L5 shows the information that the fried food process was started. As described above, the fried food cooking process to the heating-up process are defined as “priority cooking menu execution time zone”, and power is not reduced by external operations or commands during this execution time zone. I have to. That is, whether or not this induction heating cooker 2 is actually in the “execution time zone of the priority cooking menu” is determined by whether or not it is after this information L5 (however, the next information L6 has not been received). The L6 indicates information that the drive of the inverter circuit 33L is actually stopped and the induction heating operation is finished. L7 is information indicating main power supply cutoff (OFF). Each of these pieces of information L1 to L7 includes the current time up to the second unit. In addition, although there is also a response signal from the power command device 9 side to each operation information signal, detailed description is omitted.

In FIG. 51, KS is a “cooking start permission signal” transmitted from the power command device 9 within a short time (usually within several seconds) from the start notice information (also referred to as “start request signal”) L4. is there. As long as this signal does not reach the induction heating cooker 2, the induction heating cooker 2 does not start the actual cooking operation (the display function such as the display screen 129 is not affected by the presence or absence of this signal KS). ). Note that, as an exception, the control device 32 is notified even when a predetermined time (for example, 5 seconds) elapses after it is notified from the power command device 9 that the start notice information (“start request signal” L4 has been received). When the cooking start permission signal KS does not reach, it may be considered that the signal KS does not reach due to a communication failure or the like, and may be changed to a special control program for starting cooking. Is transmitted twice at short intervals, and only when the cooking start permission signal KS does not reach even after the second transmission, it is considered that the signal KS does not reach due to communication failure, etc. , Increase safety and reliability.

As is clear from FIG. 51, in all the processes from power-on to power-off of the induction heating cooker 2, the signal L1 to KS and in the time zone excluding the “execution time zone of the priority cooking menu” It is possible to respond to the power reduction operation in accordance with the power reduction request from the power command device 9. Between the signals L1 to KS, there is a stage where the cooking menu is not fixed, and there is a possibility that “fried food” cooking may be selected immediately after this, so the preliminary period is designated without performing power reduction. However, since the heating operation is not substantially started during this period of L1 to KS and the power used is small, the period of L1 to KS may be set as the power reduction target period. I can't expect it.

Therefore, for example, as described above, in the “hot water boiling” process that is not defined in the “priority cooking menu execution time zone”, the power can be reduced at any time according to the power reduction request. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 51, in the process of executing “hot water boiling” as a cooking menu, it is possible to reduce power at any time even if the heating operation is started.

FIG. 53 is a time table showing a state in which a cooking menu having another “priority cooking menu execution time zone” is being executed. FIG. 53 shows an example in which a cooking menu called “preheating” is executed in the induction heating cooker 2. The information L3 is information for selecting a cooking menu, and in this case, “preheating” is selected from various cooking menus. As described above, L4 indicates the cooking start notice information when the inverter circuit 33L is actually driven and the induction heating operation is started. “Preheating” requires a maximum of about 1500 W of thermal power, but is not a specific menu.

L5 indicates information that the temperature detection circuit (temperature detection device) 150 detects the preheating temperature (for example, 160 ° C.) set by the user during the temperature of the object to be heated N, for example, the frying pan. When this preheating temperature is detected, the inverter circuit 33L performs an operation in which the heating power is automatically adjusted by the control device 32 and the preheating temperature is maintained.

The “priority cooking menu execution time zone” is started from the time of the signal L5. Therefore, in this execution time zone, power is not reduced by an operation or command from the outside. If the firepower is unexpectedly dropped during this “priority cooking menu execution period”, the preheating temperature cannot be maintained, and the user starts cooking (eg, fried egg) on the assumption that the desired temperature is reached. In this case, when the temperature of the frying pan is, for example, 140 ° C., there is a possibility that the temperature is low and cooking cannot be performed.

L6 indicates information that the drive of the inverter circuit 33L is actually stopped and the induction heating operation is finished. L7 is a signal indicating main power supply cutoff (OFF).

As is clear from FIG. 53, in all the processes from turning on the power of the induction heating cooker 2 to turning off the power, in the time zone excluding the “execution time zone of the priority cooking menu” between the signals L1 to L4, It is possible to respond to the power reduction operation in accordance with the power reduction request from the power command device 9. Between the signals L1 to L4, the cooking menu is not finalized, and “automatic stew” cooking may be selected immediately after this, so it is designated as a preliminary period without performing power reduction. . However, since the heating operation is not substantially started during this period of L1 to L4 and the power used is small, the period of L1 to L4 may be set as the power reduction target period. I can't expect it.

Although not described in detail, in the power control system of the first embodiment, the power command device 9 gives the highest priority to the required power of the rice cooker 3, and the required power of the rice cooker 3 is increased. Since it is ensured with the highest priority, even if the capacity of the breaker BK is likely to exceed 8000 W or the upper limit power capacity specified by the user (for example, 7000 W), the boiling process You can cook delicious rice without power saving.

On the other hand, when the power is reduced during the washing process, the dishwasher 6 reduces the rotational force of the motor that drives the washing pump (not shown) and greatly reduces the ability to supply water and hot water. The water flow sprayed from a spray nozzle (not shown) that sprays water toward the tableware becomes weak, and dirt such as rice grains is difficult to be removed. Therefore, in the first embodiment, since the electric power is maintained so as not to fall below the amount of electric power required for the washing process, the time zone of the washing process is the “priority cooking menu” in the induction heating cooker 2 and the rice cooker 3. It corresponds to an “execution time zone” and is not subject to a power reduction request from the power command device 9. Accordingly, during this washing process, a jet water flow from a washing nozzle (not shown) can be secured, and the dirt removal performance is not impaired. However, since the priority of securing electric power is lower than that of the induction heating cooker 2 or the rice cooker 3, the electric power reduction request in a situation where the capacity of the breaker BK is exceeded is to be met. In addition, the power consumption of an electric heater (not shown) that raises the temperature of the cleaning water is as large as about 800 W, and when this power is reduced, the time until the temperature of the cleaning liquid is increased is affected, Since the cleaning effect itself has no significant influence, it is set in advance in the control unit of the dishwasher 6 so as not to correspond to the “priority cooking menu execution time period” referred to in the induction heating cooker 2 or the rice cooker 3. ing.

In addition, when the power is reduced, the cleaning process is temporarily stopped, so that power is restored again by the stop, and even if the cleaning process is started, the temperature of the cleaning water for cleaning is lowered. Heating time is required to raise the temperature of the cleaning liquid to a predetermined temperature, and the total operation time is extended. Therefore, when the washing process is stopped, the display unit (not shown) of the dishwasher 6 displays that the washing is temporarily stopped, and even if the washing is started, the predetermined washing is completed. Specifically, the user is notified that the required time is extended by indicating the time.

In addition, since it is necessary to extend the operation such as cooking time by the amount of power reduction outside the “priority cooking menu execution time zone”, for example, the induction cooking device 2 extends the set cooking time according to the power reduction amount. At the same time, the user is notified. In addition, since the power command device 9 has grasped the progress of the heating process by the signals L1 to L4 and the like before the power reduction, it is possible to erroneously determine the end point of the heating operation and to increase the amount of power by mistake. There is no.

FIG. 54 is an explanatory diagram illustrating, in a time series, operations that allow home appliances such as the induction heating cooker 2 to know on the home appliance side whether or not the power command device 9 is a power adjustment target. In FIG. 54, L1 to L7 are operation information signals transmitted from the induction heating cooker 2 to the power command device 9 as described above. The LM is a signal for inquiring whether the health management information is on the power command apparatus 9 side.

AS <b> 1 is a target device registration signal sent from the power command device 9 to the induction heating cooker 2 when receiving the operation information signal L <b> 1 from the induction heating cooker 2. Since the operation information signal L1 includes a device code that identifies the induction heating cooker 2, the power command device 9 transmits the target device registration signal AS1 only to the induction heating cooker 2.

In the target device registration signal AS1, the induction heating cooker 2 is electrically connected to the power command device 9, and the amount of power supplied in response to the power command signal from the power command device 9 may be reduced. It is a signal indicating that it is a device.

The target device registration signal AS1 issued from the power command device 9 is received by the power consumption control means 8A of the induction heating cooker 2, and this is received by the display unit drive circuit 35 shown in FIG. The interface unit 35C is entered. Then, it is determined by the display controller 35B that the target device registration signal AS1 has arrived, and the characters “power reduction target” as shown in FIG. 31 are displayed on the display screen 129 of the central display unit 16 as the first display information 210A. Displayed. Since the main power is turned on before the target device registration signal AS1 arrives, the display unit drive circuit 35 is activated by the energization control circuit 32, and the display screen is necessary as shown in FIG. Information is displayed first. For this reason, as shown in FIG. 25, when a dedicated attention information lamp 430 that also serves as a display command switch is lit, if this is pressed, the health care data in the power command device 9 is included. In particular, the attention data is read out to the induction heating cooker 2 side, and is notified to the user by using the activated display screen by the display controller 35B. Even after the LM signal generation time shown in FIG. 54, the attention data can be displayed on the display screen 129 by pressing the attention information lamp 430.

After that, an operation information signal L4 for starting the induction heating operation (for the advance notice) is sent to the power command device 9 via the power use control means 8A, and a heating cooking start permission signal KS is transmitted. After the circuit 33L is driven, a request signal (notice signal) AS2 for lowering the total amount of power of all household electrical appliances connected to the power command device 9 is delivered from the power command device 9 to the induction heating cooker 2. In this case, the display unit drive circuit 35 changes the display content of the central display unit 16. When the request signal is received, the central display unit 16 of the induction heating cooker 2 deletes the first display information 210A in order to inform the user that the power is desired to be lowered, and the second display is displayed in that portion. Display information 210B is displayed. For example, a message such as “There is a request for power reduction” or “A request for power reduction” is displayed in white letters.

Here, the power reduction request signal AS2 is a signal urged by the power command device 9 to promptly reduce the power, and if the total power does not decrease within a predetermined time from this signal, the power is forcibly supplied. Lower. Therefore, the power reduction command signal AS3 is issued to the power usage command means 8A within a predetermined time (for example, within several seconds to 10 seconds) after the power reduction request signal AS2 is issued. One of the home appliances voluntarily lowers the power within a predetermined time, and the user has set the total power to be lowered to, for example, 7000 W by the use limit setting device 96, so that sufficient marginal power is secured. In this case, the request signal AS2 may be withdrawn, and the power consumption of other home appliances may be maintained as it is. Even if the request signal AS2 is withdrawn, all the electric devices that have received the target device registration signal AS1 before that time will display the word “power reduction target” again by the first display information 210A. The state continues.

When the power reduction command signal AS3 is issued, the display unit drive circuit 35 changes the display content of the central display unit 16 and displays third display information 210C such as “power reduction” on the display screen 129. (See FIG. 35).

As shown in FIG. 54, a period from when the power reduction request signal AS2 for reducing the total power amount is received until the power reduction operation is actually executed is referred to as a “grace period” TS. This grace period is set in consideration of the minimum time required to execute the electric power reduction operation expected from the user of the home appliance. The grace period may be displayed at intervals of 1 second, for example. For example, the remaining time such as 10 seconds, 9 seconds, and 8 seconds may be displayed in the display screen 129 in a countdown format. Further, a graphic such as a bar graph may be displayed, and the user may visually appeal to the user that the grace period is approaching the end by shortening it every second.

Moreover, in the above description, although the above-mentioned 1st display information 210A and 2nd display information 210B showed the example displayed on the center display part 16 of the induction heating cooking appliance 2, it was made to display on another part. Also good. Moreover, you may display on the display part intrinsic | native to other household appliances EE, such as the rice cooker 3, similarly.

As is apparent from the above description, in the first embodiment, for example, in the induction heating cooker 2, in all steps from turning on the power to turning off the power, except for the “priority cooking menu execution time zone”, Since it is possible to respond to the power reduction operation in accordance with the power reduction request from the power command device 9, the characters “ “Power reduction target” is displayed in the display screen 129 of the central display unit 16 as the first display information 210A. Further, when the power reduction request is received, the second display information 210B is displayed on the display screen. When the power is actually reduced, the third display information 210C is displayed on the display screen 129.

Further, in the “priority cooking menu execution time zone”, the fourth display information 210 </ b> D displays that power saving is avoided even if there is a command from the outside of the induction heating cooker 2. For this reason, the user can know the influence of the power restriction command on the cooking device used by viewing the first to fourth display information. In other words, for example, the target appliance registration signal AS1 is received by the induction heating cooker 2, and initially, as shown in FIG. 31, the character “power reduction target” is displayed as the first display information 210A in the central display unit 16. Is displayed on the display screen 129. When the induction heating cooker 2 starts cooking with boil and performs the heating operation of the “priority cooking menu execution time zone”, the power reduction is performed in this time zone. Even if the request signal AS2 reaches the induction heating cooker 2, it is not displayed on the display screen 129, and is not notified by any other audio guide. Therefore, it does not induce the user's operation of striking and reducing the firepower in the process.

In addition, if the heating operation of the “priority cooking menu execution time zone” is in operation, “There is a request to reduce power consumption, but since it has entered an important cooking process, it automatically maintains power. It may be used in combination with a voice guide to further deepen the understanding of the user, as in the case where the current process is finished and the power may be reduced. Of course, such guide content may be displayed on the display screen 129 by characters.

In the above description, it has been described that the electricity rate classification information for each time zone and the time information when the heating means is energized are displayed at the same time. This means that the time information is displayed at the same time over a certain time so that the user can compare the time information. It does not mean that the display starts.

Next, when changing the reservation time of the “operation start time (start reservation time A)” of the first home appliance, which is one of the features of the first embodiment, and the “operation end time” of the first home appliance Two cases will be described in the case of changing the reservation time of (end reservation time A).
FIG. 58 is a flowchart showing the operation of the control unit 125 of the power command device 9. The basic operation program (information processing program) shown in the flowchart is stored in a semiconductor memory (ROM) inside a microcomputer (not shown) constituting the control unit 125 of the power command device 9.

For example, resident B (user B) makes a rice cooking reservation in advance for the rice cooker 3, and a case where 20:00 (8:00 pm) is reserved as the “operation end time” will be described as an example. .
If the resident B goes out after making a rice cooking reservation and changes the expected time of returning from the remote facility 79 as shown in FIG. Information on (expected) time is transmitted from the mobile phone terminal 87 and reaches the power command device 9 via the wide area communication network (communication network) 98. Specifically, it reaches the control unit 125 via the input / output unit 124B (step 1. Hereinafter, “step” is described as “SU”).

Then, the control part 125 of the electric power instruction | command apparatus 9 pinpoints the household appliances EE with the reservation time (operation | movement start time and operation | movement end time) which were acquired beforehand from each household appliance EE, the reservation time and said return home The scheduled times are compared (SU2).

In the comparison result, it is determined whether or not there is a deviation of 30 minutes or more (SU3). A change command is issued to match the (expected) time (SU4). Therefore, in the case of the rice cooker 3 described above, the rice cooking completion reservation time is changed to 22:00.

Note that the reason why the deviation of 30 minutes or more is set as the threshold value here is that there is a possibility that an unreasonable operation may be performed on the home appliance side if a change in time shorter than this is dealt with each time. For example, as mentioned above, the rice cooker takes about 30 minutes from the start of rice cooking to the end of the boiling process, so it is planned to return home even if the "operation end time" is increased by 20 minutes by abruptly returning home time by about 20 minutes. Cooking rice cannot be completed before the time. If there is no deviation of 30 minutes or more in the comparison result of SU3, SU4 is skipped and no reservation time change command is issued.

FIG. 56 is a flowchart showing an actual operation of the control unit 125 of the power command device 9. A basic operation program (information processing program) shown in the flowchart is stored in a semiconductor memory (ROM) inside a microcomputer (not shown) constituting the control unit 125.

For example, resident B (user B) makes a rice cooking reservation in advance for the rice cooker 3, and a case where 20:00 (8:00 pm) is reserved as the “operation end time” will be described as an example. .
When the resident B goes out after making a rice cooking reservation and changes the estimated time to return home at the mobile phone terminal 87 to 22:00 as described above, information on the scheduled return time (predicted time) is the control of the power command device 9. It reaches the part 125 (SU1).

Then, the control part 125 of the electric power instruction | command apparatus 9 pinpoints the household appliances EE with the reservation time (operation | movement start time and operation | movement end time) which were acquired beforehand from each household appliance EE, the reservation time and said return home The scheduled times are compared (SU2). Specifically, if only the rice cooker 3 is set with reserved rice, the reservation time of the rice cooker 3 (operation end time in the case of a rice cooker) is 20:00, and the scheduled return time 22: 00 is compared (SU2).

In the comparison result, it is determined whether or not there is a deviation of 30 minutes or more (SU3). If there is a deviation of 30 minutes or more, the reservation time for the rice cooker 3 is set to the return home. Before issuing the change command so as to match the scheduled (predicted) time of 22:00, the electricity rate unit price applied at the time after the change is compared with the electricity rate unit price applied at the time before the change (SU4). In this comparison, an index of “cheap” or “high” may be prepared based on the unit price of each time zone instead of the electricity rate itself, and the comparison may be made using the index.

If the comparison result shows that the unit price of the charge increases (economically unfavorable), the control unit 125 carries the information on the scheduled return time (estimated) time (22:00) of the sender's mobile phone. The telephone terminal 87 is notified that it is an unfavorable time zone on the electricity bill. For example, “Since the return time will be delayed, the rice cooker reservation time will be reduced accordingly, but the electricity bill will rise from“ low ”to“ medium ”” (SU6) Then, the mobile phone terminal 87 is made to receive the mail. The resident B may see the e-mail and send a new scheduled time for returning home.

In the case of the rice cooker 3 described above, the rice cooking completion reservation time is changed from 20:00 to 22:00. It is neither disadvantageous nor advantageous in terms of price.

Next, when an electric device having a reserved time (operation start time or operation end time) is changed to a scheduled return time, a determination is made as to whether or not the “driving avoidance time zone” set for a specific home appliance is entered. Performed (SU7). The “driving avoidance time zone” here means, for example, in the case of the self-propelled electric vacuum cleaner (also referred to as “cleaning robot”, not shown) from 10:00 (22:00) to 6:00 the next morning Say between. This is because the user (resident) can individually set the target home appliance and time zone in the power command device 9, but in the case of the self-propelled vacuum cleaner, the operation sound of the blower motor is driven by the operation. This is because, in the case of a housing complex, there is a concern that the residents in an adjacent room may be disturbed by noise.

In the case of the rice cooker 3 described above, since the “driving avoidance time zone” is not set, the determination step (SU7) is YES, and the process proceeds to the next step SU8. This SU8 is a step in which it is determined whether or not the target electrical device is compatible with various environmental conditions when it is operated at the time after the change. For example, in the case of the rice cooker 3, as shown in FIG. 60, based on the information of the environment detection unit 202, the control unit 125 determines that the room temperature is 2 ° C. to 35 ° C. as “conforming”. That is, as in the example shown in FIG. 57, if the temperature of the kitchen is 4 ° C. at the stage of the rice cooking start time (for example, 21:20), the rice cooking operation is started from 21:20 ( Initially, the water absorption process starts at 21:20). If the temperature is 0 ° C., it is assumed that the water in the steam recovery device of the rice cooker is frozen and the generated steam cannot be recovered. Therefore, whether or not to start rice cooking is determined in such a temperature range.

As shown in FIG. 57, normally, after completion of rice cooking, the process automatically shifts to the heat retaining process, and the heat retaining operation is continued for a maximum of 7 hours. In the rice cooker 3, the transition to the heat retaining process is performed. It can be selected before the start, and if the heat insulation process is stopped, the electricity consumption is reduced by the amount of electricity supplied by the heat insulation heater. However, if the room temperature is high, the cooked rice may be spoiled. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 60, based on the information of the environment detection unit 202, the control unit 125 may have a room temperature of 2 ° C to 23 ° C. It is judged as “conforming”. In other words, for example, if the room temperature of the kitchen at the time when the boiling process is finished and before the warming process is started is 30 ° C., the warming operation will not be stopped automatically even if the “warming off” mode is selected. It becomes operation | movement which transfers to a heat retention process.

56 in FIG. 56 is a process of determining “applicability of environmental conditions” that determines whether or not the reservation time should be changed from the room temperature of the living space where various home appliances are installed and other environmental conditions. The “permission condition” that is the basis of this determination is set by the control unit 125 of the power command device 9 and stored in the storage device 149 in advance.

SU10 in FIG. 56 is a correction possibility check process. Here, for example, when the air conditioner 7 does not meet environmental conditions (for example, when the room temperature is too low for cooling), the process shifts to energy-saving control that increases the target indoor temperature or decreases the cooling capacity. Therefore, it is determined whether or not such operating conditions (heating amount, motor output, cooling capacity, etc.) can be corrected. And when a correction process is possible, a correction process is performed (SU10) and the operation condition change command is issued from the control unit 125 of the power command device 9 to the related home appliance (in this case, the air conditioner 7).

When it is determined in step SU8 that the environmental condition is met, and after the change processing SU10 to energy saving control is performed, the reservation time (operation start time or operation end time) change processing is performed. Specifically, an instruction to change the operation start time or the operation end time is issued from the control unit 125 of the power command device 9 to the related home appliance (SU11), and the electric device starts the operation or Processing to change the end time is performed. In the case of the rice cooker 2, the reservation content is rewritten so that rice cooking is completed at 22:00.

56 in FIG. 56 is a process of determining “applicability of environmental conditions” that determines whether or not the reservation time should be changed based on the room temperature of the living space where the home appliance is installed and other environmental conditions. The “permission condition” that is the basis of this determination is set by the control unit 125 of the power command device 9 and stored in the storage device 149 in advance.

On the other hand, if the reservation time (operation start time or operation end time) is changed, the reservation time cannot be permitted in the case of driving in the driving avoidance time zone. Answer processing SU12 is performed. Actually, information clearly indicating the reason for non-permission is transmitted from the control unit 125 of the power command device 9, and the transmitted information is transmitted to the mobile phone terminal 87 through the wide area communication network (communication network) 98. Will reach. Therefore, a resident who intends to use the self-propelled vacuum cleaner 320 is already close to midnight on his / her home time, and starts operation of the self-propelled vacuum cleaner (not shown) from the viewpoint of noise prevention. Can be understood from the information from the power command device 9.

Further, when the process SU8 for determining whether or not “environmental condition conformance” is determined to be “nonconformity” and the correction process SU10 is also impossible, the process proceeds to the same step SU12 and the information indicating the reason for disapproval is sent to the power command device. 9 transmits and a series of processing is completed. In the non-permitted answer processing SU12, various answer contents can be considered depending on the type of electrical equipment and environmental conditions. These answers are pre-patterned and stored in the storage device 149, and appropriate answers The contents are selected and transmitted by the control unit 125 each time. For example, when the reason is the driving avoidance time zone, the answer may be concise, such as “prohibit driving because it is a midnight time zone” or “cannot drive because the room temperature is low”. The purpose of transmitting such reasons for disapproval is to avoid misunderstandings of residents (users). In other words, if the home appliance reservation time (operation start time or operation end time) cannot be automatically changed due to the notification of the return home time, this will be notified, so the resident (user) will be in the stage before returning home. Knowing that a disapproval notice has come, you can predict the operating status of home appliances. In some cases, it is known that a notice of disapproval has been received, which leads to an action to change the reservation content of the electric device by speeding up the return time.

If the above-described steps also result in the reservation time being changed, the control unit 125 sets the reservation time (operation start time or operation end time) acquired in advance for the target home appliance. A command to change to the scheduled return home time that has been notified is issued (SU10 in FIG. 56).

58 to 61 are diagrams for explaining a configuration related to the household power command apparatus according to the first invention and the power control system thereof.
The electric power command device 9 shown in FIGS. 58 to 61 includes a home detection means 10 for detecting the resident's home, and a specific home appliance dedicated to the resident B (hereinafter “dedicated” A dedicated person information storage unit (storage device 149) that stores dedicated person information that associates information specifying the resident B with the information specifying the resident B, and limits the individual power consumption of each of the household electric appliances EE A power usage limit setting means 96, and a control unit 125 for instructing whether or not the home appliance can be driven,
When the control unit 125 receives a signal requesting permission for use from the dedicated home appliance, the dedicated control unit 125 uses the dedicated person information stored in the dedicated person information storage unit and the resident information detected by the at-home detection unit. It is determined whether the person B and the resident B returning home are the same, and if they are the same, a signal for permitting the start of operation of the dedicated home appliance (for example, the induction heating cooker 2) is issued.

The examples in FIGS. 58 to 61 are based on the assumption that all of the residents A, B, C, and D are out. As described above, the resident A is the father, the resident B is the mother, the resident C is the child (10 years old), and the resident child (7 years old). It is assumed that the resident B carries the mobile phone terminal 87 when going out. Further, the kitchen has an electric pot (not shown), and this is also configured such that the amount of power consumption is limited by the power control device 9 as in the induction heating cooker 2 (also in FIG. 22 the electric pot). Is not shown).

FIG. 58 will be described under the above preconditions. FIG. 61 shows a situation where the resident B first comes home. Various processes executed by the power command device 9 are indicated by reference numerals S61 to S67. 58 to 61, arrows indicate that various notifications, commands, and the like have been issued. 58 and 61, the notification and command timings are labeled as M1, M2, M3,... In the order of occurrence.

First, when the resident B first comes home and performs an unlocking operation with an electronic lock at the entrance (such as password entry or biometric authentication), an unlocking operation signal is sent from the entrance electronic lock 19 to the personal authentication device 29 ( M1), a signal indicating the result of determination as to whether or not the person is a resident B is input to the at-home detection unit 10. Then, the home detection unit 10 sends a resident B return signal to the control unit 125 and updates the home resident information in the storage device 149 (in this case, only the resident B stays home from the absence state). (S61).

Then, when the living space is dark among the preset shared electric devices, the control unit 125 turns on the illumination on the outside and inside of the entrance so that the resident B can proceed to the room with peace of mind. Whether the living space is dark may be detected by the environment detection unit 202, but the control unit 125 may automatically instruct lighting according to the return time.

Next, if resident B goes to the kitchen and wants to use an electric pot (not shown) having a rated maximum power of 1000 W, for example, a common household appliance, When the power cord is connected, first, an operation start permission signal is issued from the electric pot (M2), and the control unit 125 of the power command device 9 determines whether or not to permit the application. This determination is made in the process (S62) of FIG. In that process, a process for determining the excess amount of power by the required power excess amount determination means 93 is performed. If the total power consumption is sufficient, an operation start permission command signal is transmitted to the shared home appliance side (M3). In this case, the upper limit power value is set to 1000W. Thereafter, in response to this, operation start information is received from the home appliance (electric pot) side, and the maximum power value is transmitted to the control unit 125 of the power command device 9 (M4). Therefore, the control unit 125 of the power command apparatus 9 updates the power consumption amount of the shared household appliances to 900 W obtained by adding the consumption amount of the electric pot from the lighting fixture (50 W) (S63).

Next, after the use of the electric pot is finished (at this time, the amount of electric power used by the shared household appliances is returned to only 50 W in total), the resident B is registered in advance as a dedicated household appliance. If the resident B first touches the operation button 11A of the main power switch 11 and turns on the power as described with reference to FIGS. 26 and 28, if there is no abnormality, The control device 32 activates the display means such as the central display unit 16, and at the same time, the induction heating cooker 2 makes an operation permission application to the power command device 9 (M5). That is, as described in FIG. 51, since the induction heating cooker 2 transmits the operation information signal L1 first, the first operation information signal L1 is a signal indicating main power-on (ON).

Then, the control part 125 of the electric power instruction | command apparatus 9 judges whether the application is permitted. This determination is made in the processes (S63) and (S64) of FIG. In the process (S63), since the induction heating cooker 2 is a dedicated home appliance, the control unit 125 checks the use authority of the resident B from the pre-stored data, and the resident B may have the use right. When it is understood, the process proceeds to the next process S64, and a process of determining the excess amount of power by the required power excess amount determination means 93 is performed as in the above-described process (S62). If there is a margin in the total power consumption, an operation start permission command signal is transmitted to the dedicated home appliance (in this case, induction heating cooker 2). In this case, the induction heating cooker 2 has a maximum power consumption of 3000 W, and since the upper limit power value permitted as the maximum power consumption by the resident B is 3000 W, the upper limit value is 3000 W and the operation is permitted. Is transmitted (M6).

Thereafter, when the resident B actually starts using the induction heating cooker 2 with the power consumption set to 2000 W, the information about 2000 W is sent to the power command device 9 (M7), and the required power excess amount determination means thereafter. 93. Then, when the resident B stops using the induction heating cooker 2, an operation end notification signal is sent from the induction heating cooker 2 side to the power command device 9 (M8). Therefore, the control unit 125 updates the power usage information of the dedicated home appliance related to the resident B (from 2000 W to 0 W), and writes this information in the storage device 149.

Next, the case where the resident C (child) returns home while the resident B is returning home will be described with reference to FIG.
First, when a resident C (child) performs an unlocking operation with an electronic lock at the entrance (such as password input or biometric authentication), a signal of a personal authentication determination result is input to the home detection unit 10 as in the case of resident B. Then, the home detection unit 10 sends a return signal of the resident C to the control unit 125 (M9), and updates the home information in the storage device 149. In this case, the changing process is such that only the two residents B and C are at home from the state of only the returnee B (S68).

When the resident C tries to use some kind of shared home appliance (for example, lighting equipment), a signal for an operation start permission application is issued from the home appliance (M10), and the control unit 125 of the power command device 9 applies the application. Determine whether to allow. This determination is made in the process (S69) of FIG. In that process, a process for determining the excess amount of power by the required power excess amount determination means 93 is performed. If the total power consumption is sufficient, an operation start permission command signal is immediately transmitted to the shared home appliance (M11). In this case, the upper limit power value is set to 300 W which is the rated maximum power of the lighting fixture. Thereafter, lighting information arrives from the home appliance (lighting fixture) side in response to this, and the fact that the power consumption value is 250 W is transmitted to the control unit 125 of the power command device 9 (M12). Therefore, the control unit 125 of the power command device 9 updates the total power amount of the common home appliances to 300 W (lighting 250W + lighting 50W) to which the power consumption (50W) of the lighting fixture is added (S70).

Next, when the resident C intends to use the induction heating cooker 2 in which the name of the resident B is registered in advance as a dedicated home appliance, the resident C explained with reference to FIGS. 26 and 28. When the user first touches the operation button 11A of the main power switch 11 to turn on the power, if there is no abnormality, the control device 32 activates the display means such as the central display unit 16, but at the same time, The induction heating cooker 2 makes an operation permission application to the power command apparatus 9 (M13).

Then, the control part 125 of the electric power instruction | command apparatus 9 judges whether the application is permitted. This determination is made in step S71 of FIG. In the process S71, since the induction heating cooker 2 is a dedicated home appliance, the control unit 125 collates the use authority of both the home person B and the home person C who are currently at home from the pre-stored data, and the residence If it is found that the user B has the right to use, the process of determining the excess amount of power by the required power excess amount determination means 93 (S72) is performed as in the above-described process S69, and the total power usage amount exceeds a predetermined value (S72). For example, if there is a margin, 1000W), an operation start permission command signal is transmitted to the dedicated home appliance (in this case, induction heating cooker 2) with the marginal power (1000W) as the upper limit (M14). In this case, since the maximum amount of power that can be used by the resident B is 3000 W as described above, only the use of 3000 W or less is permitted at most. In this example, since it has been found that the total power consumption has a margin of 2500 W, the control unit 125 sets an upper limit power value to 2500 W and issues an operation permission signal to the induction heating cooker 2.

After that, the resident B (or resident C under the supervision of the resident B) actually uses the induction heating cooker 2 with a power consumption of 2000 W based on the contents of cooking and the amount of cooked food. When started, the information of 2000 W is sent to the power command device 9 (M15), and this information is used in the required power excess amount determination means 93 thereafter. When the resident B stops using the induction heating cooker 2, an operation end notification signal is sent to the power command device 9 from the induction heating cooker 2 side. Then, the control part 125 updates the electric power usage information of the dedicated household electrical appliance regarding the resident B (from 0W to 2000W), and writes this information in the memory | storage device 149 (S73). If the thermal power is lowered halfway (for example, 1000 W), the information is immediately sent to the power command device 9 and used in the determination process of the required power excess amount determination means 93.

Next, the case where the resident C (child) returns home while the resident B has not returned home will be described with reference to FIG. 60 and 61, reference numerals M20 to M31 are used, but the reference M20 does not mean that the series of operations of the reference signs M1 to M15 is continuous.
First, when a resident C (child) performs an unlocking operation with an electronic lock at the entrance (such as password input or biometric authentication), a signal of a personal authentication determination result is input to the home detection unit 10 as in the case of resident B. Then, the home detection unit 10 sends a return signal of the resident C to the control unit 125 (M20), and updates the home resident information in the storage device 149 (in this case, the resident C (S80).

When the living space is dark among the preset household electrical appliances, the control unit 125 turns on the illumination on the outside and inside of the entrance so that the resident C can proceed to the room with peace of mind. Whether the living space is dark may be detected by the environment detection unit 202, but the control unit 125 may automatically instruct lighting according to the return time. The resident C is assumed to have returned home during a bright day, and no lighting equipment is lit. In the following description, it is assumed that the common lighting fixture is first turned on and the power consumption is 200 W.

Next, when the resident C goes to the kitchen and wants to use an electric pot (not shown) which is a common household appliance, for example, when operating the operation part of the pot or connecting the power cord, An operation start permission application signal is issued from the electric pot (M21), and the control unit 125 of the power command device 9 determines whether or not to permit the application (S81). In the process (S81), a process for determining the excess amount of power by the required power excess amount determination means 93 is performed. If there is a surplus in the total power consumption, an operation start permission command signal is transmitted to the shared home appliance side (M22). In this case, the upper limit power value is set to 1000W. Thereafter, in response to this, operation start information arrives from the home appliance (electric pot) side (M23), and the maximum power value at that time is transmitted to the control unit 125 of the power command device 9 as it is. Therefore, the control unit 125 of the power command apparatus 9 updates the power consumption amount of the shared household appliances to 1050 W obtained by adding the consumption amount of the electric pot from the lighting fixture 250 W (S 82).

Next, while the electric pot is being used, the resident C wants to use the induction heating cooker 2 which is a home appliance dedicated to the resident B in the kitchen, and touches the operation button 11A of the main power switch 11. When the power is turned on, if there is no abnormality, the control device 32 activates the display means such as the central display panel 16. At the same time, the induction heating cooker 2 makes an operation permission application to the power command device 9. (M24).

Then, the control part 125 of the electric power instruction | command apparatus 9 judges whether the application is permitted. This determination is made in the process of FIG. 60 (S83). In the process (S83), since the induction heating cooker 2 is a dedicated home appliance, the control unit 125 collates the use authority of the currently-staying home C from the stored data in advance, and the residence that is not home. If it is found that the person B has the right to use, the process proceeds to the next process 84, and the fact that the application for permission to use the resident C is denied is written and recorded in the storage device 149 (S84). Then, a command signal of “not permitted” for starting operation is transmitted to the dedicated home appliance (in this case, induction heating cooker 2) (S85). Upon receiving this signal, the induction heating cooker 2 displays the reason for such disapproval on the display screen 129. This display may be an error code, but it is preferable to display it in a simple manner so that the user (in this case, resident C) can easily understand. Of course, the speech synthesizer 38 may notify the user.

When receiving the non-permission notification (M25) in response to the transmission process (S85) of “non-permission” at the start of operation, the control unit 125 of the power command device 9 is displayed on the display screen 129 of the induction heating cooker 2. When displaying the reason for disapproval, if you need permission application for Resident B, advise you to press one or more specific input keys or buttons at the same time on the induction heating cooker 2, for example, specific operation When the control unit 125 of the power command apparatus 9 detects that such an operation has been performed, or immediately after or simultaneously with the “non-permission” transmission process (S85), B is inquired about the following two points: whether or not the above-described non-permission processing has been performed and whether or not to accept the use permission application from the resident C (M26).

Such an inquiry is transmitted from the input / output unit 124B of the power command device 9 to the outdoor wide area communication network (communication network) 98 via the router 99A, and reaches the cellular phone terminal 87 of the resident B. When the resident B looks at the contents of the inquiry e-mail sent from the power command device 9 and makes a reply that the dedicated user can be changed temporarily to the resident C In (M27), in the power command device 9, the record of the dedicated user in the storage device 149 is temporarily rewritten, and the use authority to the resident C is displayed on the display screen 100A of the use limit setting device 96. The grant is notified (S86).

Therefore, when the resident C waiting for the arrival of the permission signal for changing the use authority makes an application for starting the use of the induction heating cooker 2 again (M28), the control unit 125 of the power command device 9 applies the application. It is determined whether or not to permit (S87). In the process (S87), a process for determining the excess amount of power by the required power excess amount determination means 93 is performed. If there is a margin (for example, 2500 W) in the total power consumption, an operation start permission command signal is transmitted to the induction heating cooker 2 side. However, in this case, since the upper limit electric power value of the resident C is 2000 W (the total electric power value of electrical equipment that can be used at one time is 2000 W or less), the use of the surplus electric energy (2500 W) is Without permitting, the control unit 125 of the power command device 9 transmits to the induction heating cooker 2 that the maximum power value (2000 W) set for the resident C is “upper limit” (M29). Thereafter, when the resident C actually starts using the induction heating cooker 2 with a power consumption of 2000 W, the information of 2000 W is sent to the power command device 9 (M30). 93 is used in the determination process. And the electric power usage information of the electric equipment only for the resident B who has not returned home is updated from 0W to 2000W (S88). Although it is the resident B who has not yet returned home, since the use is permitted, it is counted as the electric energy of the resident B.

When the resident C finishes cooking using the induction heating cooker 2 and stops using it, an operation end notification signal is sent from the induction heating cooker 2 side to the power command device 9 (M31). Then, the control part 125 updates the electric power usage information of the dedicated household appliance regarding the resident B (from 2000W to 0W), and writes this information in the memory | storage device 149 (S89). And the control part 125 performs automatically the process which returns the exclusive user regarding the induction heating cooking appliance 2 which is exclusive household appliances to the resident B again (S90), and writes such a process in the memory | storage device 149 (S91). ).

Next, acquisition / recording of abnormality monitoring data of home appliances, which is a central part of the present invention, will be described.
63 is a time-series explanatory diagram showing the relationship between the operation information from the induction heating cooker 2, the heating process, and abnormality monitoring data. FIG. 64 is an induction heating by the power command device 9 and the mobile phone terminal 87. It is a flowchart figure which shows the operation | movement which acquires abnormality monitoring data and identification data from the cooking appliance. The basic operation program (information processing program) of the mobile phone terminal 87 shown in this flowchart is stored in the storage unit 186 of the mobile phone terminal 87.

The induction heating cooker 2 will be described below assuming that cooking is performed using only the first heating port 2L and cooking is not performed using the second heating port 2R or other heating sources.
When induction heating is performed at the first heating port 2L, as explained in the flowchart of FIG. 54, the user first closes the main power switch 11 (turns it on), and the inverter circuit 33L is actually driven, When the user commands the start of the induction heating operation (presses the start key 212 in FIG. 33), an operation information signal (heating cooking start notice signal) L4 is transmitted to the power command device 9. In response to this, an operation start permission signal KS is transmitted from the power command device 9 and the induction heating operation is started.

Thereafter, when any abnormality occurs, the abnormality detection means ES detects the abnormality occurrence. For example, when the temperature of the top plate 14 or the central display unit 16 (display screen 129) becomes an abnormally high temperature, depending on the temperature, it is initially determined as an abnormal preliminary state, and thereafter, the controller 32 is in an abnormal state. Is determined by
That is, the section ET2 for determining whether or not there is an abnormality by the control device 32 after the occurrence of the abnormality is necessary, but if the control device 32 determines that the state is abnormal from the electrical data or temperature data from the abnormality detection means ES. Immediately, an instruction to urgently stop the induction heating operation is issued to the inverter circuit 33L. And the signal L6E which shows the emergency stop of such an induction heating source is transmitted to the electric power instruction | command apparatus 9. FIG. This transmission is performed by the same means as the signals L1 to L4.

The “emergency stop” in the first embodiment is to shut off the power supply to the heating drive source such as the inverter circuit 33L, and to stop the function of the control device 32 itself having a central function to give a control command. is not. In addition, when the power supply to the heating drive source such as the inverter circuit 33L or the grill heater drive circuit 34 is cut off, various parts of the induction heating cooker 2 may already be at a high temperature, so the cooking operation is being performed. In addition, a cooling fan (not shown) that cools the internal space of the main body case 2C is delayed by a predetermined time from the time when the power supply to the heating drive sources such as the inverter circuit 33L and the grill heater drive circuit 34 is cut off. Is automatically stopped. That is, the cooling operation is performed for several minutes or 10 minutes so that the temperature of the main body case 2C and the top plate 14 is lowered to a predetermined temperature. Such temperature detection is performed by the temperature detection circuit 150 described above.

After the induction heating cooker 2 issues a command to urgently stop the above-described induction heating operation, the induction heating cooker 2 obtains continuously in the past (in the “abnormality monitoring data acquisition section ET1” shown in FIG. 63) immediately by the abnormality detection means ES. In this case, “continuous” does not mean that it is completely continuous, and the capacity (data amount) of abnormality monitoring data is made as small as possible and stored. In order to ensure that the storage capacity of the unit 32R is sufficiently large compared to the abnormality monitoring data, for example, the acquisition timing of the abnormality monitoring data related to temperature may be set every few seconds or about every 10 seconds. For example, in the case of cooking by heating at 3 kW), the object N to be heated is rapidly heated. Therefore, if the monitoring timing is shortened, monitoring accuracy and safety are improved.

Immediately after the induction heating coil 2LC that has been energized until the occurrence of the abnormality has been urgently stopped, the display memory 35A can display the type of abnormality determined by the control device 32 so that the abnormality can be displayed on the central display unit 16 or the like. Information and information that can be used to estimate the cause are temporarily stored. And the display part drive circuit 35 displays the information which shows the kind of abnormality content, an estimated cause, etc. on the center display part 16 by the instruction | command of the control apparatus 32. FIG. Such guidance text (text data) is stored in advance in the display memory 35A, based on a correspondence table (data table) that defines the type of abnormality content, the probable cause, and the correspondence relationship. A fixed sentence displayed by the control device 32 is retrieved, extracted, and displayed. Further, the display unit drive circuit 35 can provide detailed information on the content of the abnormality and a countermeasure for the problem by bringing an information communication terminal device such as a mobile phone terminal 87 having a near field communication (NFC) function close to the NFC input / output unit 401. Display that information such as can be obtained. A correspondence table (data table) for displaying these typical display sentences is also stored in the display memory 35A in advance.

Two NFC input / output units 401L and 401R, which will be described later, are configured to be illuminated from below by light emitting diode elements (LEDs) 323 (see FIG. 27). The LEDs 323 are driven by the control unit 32 to display units. Since it is designed to cooperate with the operation of the circuit 35, it is synchronized with a display indicating that detailed information on abnormal contents and countermeasures can be obtained on a mobile phone terminal 87 having a near field communication (NFC) function. Then, the display unit driving circuit 35 turns on the light at a predetermined timing. Specifically, the lighting timing is the first time point of the “abnormality notification section ET3” in FIG. It should be noted that the timing of disappearance is the end of the abnormality occurrence notification section ET3, that is, until the main power is turned off, but the LED may be automatically turned off after a certain period of time has elapsed since lighting.

In FIG. 63, LE1 is a command signal for the power command device 9 to request the abnormal heating cooker 2 to provide abnormality monitoring data. LE2 is a command signal for the induction heating cooker 2 to respond to the command signal LE1. It is a sending signal of abnormality monitoring data to be transmitted to the command device 9.

Next, based on FIG. 64, the operation | movement in which the mobile telephone terminal 87 acquires abnormality monitoring data from the induction heating cooking appliance 2 is demonstrated.
FIG. 64 shows processing steps of the mobile phone terminal 87. A control program for executing the steps shown here is stored in the central processing unit (CPU) 185 from the beginning. In the description of FIG. 64, the symbol “SV” indicates a processing step. In addition, in the induction heating cooker 2, since an abnormality occurred while cooking with only the first heating port 2 </ b> L, the display content (for example, “abnormality detected” is displayed on the central display unit 16 by the user. As a result, the following explanation was made assuming that the details of the abnormality were confirmed by looking at the explanation of “The information can be obtained by bringing a mobile phone with an NFC function close to the NFC display unit”. Do

The cellular phone terminal 87 that has been activated first is brought close to the NFC input / output unit 401L (see FIG. 25) of the induction heating cooker 2. Then, the cellular phone terminal 87 starts processing by activating the application software unit 188 stored in the storage unit 186.
In SV1, the communication establishing unit 191 of the mobile phone terminal 87 monitors that an NFC communication session is established between the mobile phone terminal 87 and the induction heating cooker 2. NFC communication is short-range wireless communication using radio waves in the 13.56 MHz band.
When the user brings the cellular phone terminal 87 close to and close to the NFC input / output unit 401L of the upper surface operation unit 26 of the induction heating cooker 2 (for example, up to 5 cm), the communication establishment unit 191 establishes an NFC communication session. To do.

When the NFC communication session is established, the communication establishment unit 191 determines YES in SV1, and proceeds to SV2. In SV2, the transmission processing unit 190 transmits information for requesting provision of abnormality monitoring data and identification information of the induction heating cooker 2 to the induction heating cooker 2 using the NFC communication session established in SV1. (SV2). This request information is temporarily stored in the NFC storage unit 320 shown in FIG.

Subsequently, in SV3, the mobile phone terminal 87 uses a NFC communication session established in SV1 to display a dedicated display screen for selecting information that the user desires to display from the induction heating cooker 2. Information to be displayed on the display unit 180 of the mobile phone terminal 87 is received. This information is described as “information for display menu” in FIG. The “display menu” here refers to at least the following three information groups as shown in FIG.
(1) Identification information (product identification information)
(2) Abnormal content information (detailed information explaining the abnormal content)
(3) Advice information (information explaining how to use the product correctly and how to deal with abnormalities)

When the display menu information is received, the reception processing unit 189 confirms the received content, and in SV4, the control unit 184 causes the mobile phone terminal 87 to ring. As a result, the user is notified that reception (here, reception of display menu information) has been completed. Immediately after this, the mobile phone terminal 87 transmits the MAC address to the induction heating cooker 2 using the NFC communication session established in SV1. By receiving this MAC address on the induction heating cooker 2 side, the induction heating cooker 2 side uses it for identification of the communication device in order to ensure continuity and relevance in subsequent communications.

By the notification at the time of the SV4, the user knows that the mobile phone terminal 87 may be kept away from the induction heating cooker 2. Even if this is not known, at step SV6, the display unit 180 of the mobile phone terminal 87 completes the reception of the display menu information, and the communication is temporarily suspended so that the communication is temporarily suspended. Therefore, unnecessary confusion of the user is avoided. The screen processing of the display unit 180 is executed by the display control unit 192.

The cellular phone terminal 87 can be moved away from the induction heating cooker 2 and moved closer to the user's hand so that the display unit 180 can be easily seen, and subsequent operations can be performed. Thereby, if the distance between the mobile phone terminal 87 and the induction heating cooker mobile terminal 10 becomes larger than the distance that radio waves reach each other, the NFC communication session established in S1 is interrupted (SV7). If the process up to this point is defined as the first NFC communication session, it can be said that the stage of SV7 is the completion of the first NFC communication session.

If the NFC communication session remains uninterrupted in SV7 as described above at SV7, the process returns to SV6 and the user is advised to temporarily interrupt NFC communication.

Next, in SV8, the control unit 184 rings the mobile phone terminal 87. As a result, the user is notified that NFC has been interrupted.
The display control unit 192 generates a selection screen as shown in FIG. 65 using the text data included in the display menu information received in SV3 (SV9). In other words, the content that the user first confirms on the display unit 180 of the mobile phone terminal 87 is to select only one of the three types of information desired to be displayed as shown in FIG. It is. Since there are a plurality of methods for selecting the type of information in this SV9, it will be described in detail in the description of FIG. 65 and FIG.

In SV9, for example, when “abnormal content information display” is selected, before inputting the selection result to the induction heating cooker 2, it is necessary to establish an NFC communication session. Therefore, as described above, the user brings the mobile phone terminal 87 close to the NFC input / output unit 401L of the upper surface operation unit 26 of the induction heating cooker 2, and the communication establishment unit 191 confirms the establishment of the NFC communication session. In this case, the communication establishment unit 191 determines YES in SV10 and proceeds to SV11.

Thereafter, the mobile phone terminal 87 transmits the MAC address to the induction heating cooker 2 again using the NFC communication session established in SV11. When the induction heating cooker 2 side receives this MAC address again, the induction heating cooker 2 confirms the relevance of communication with the previous time. At the same time, the mobile phone terminal 87 transmits a display command “display abnormal content information” selected in SV9 to the induction heating cooker 2 (SV11).

Subsequently, in SV12, the mobile phone terminal 87 receives information on “abnormal content” designated by the user to be displayed from the induction heating cooker 2, using the NFC communication session established in SV10.

When the information regarding the abnormal content is received, the reception processing unit 189 confirms the received content, and in SV13, the control unit 184 causes the mobile phone terminal 87 to ring. Thereby, it is notified that the reception of the information designated by the user (reception of “abnormal content information” in this case) has ended.
Thereafter, the control unit 184 displays on the display unit 180 that the NFC communication session is to be disconnected, and the NFC communication session is automatically cut off and a series of processing is performed unless the user inputs a new operation within a predetermined time. Exit. The "abnormal content information" including the abnormality monitoring data and identification information received by the user is stored in the storage unit 186 of the mobile phone terminal 87, so that the user can read the content again at a later date and display it. 180 can be displayed. Further, the “abnormal content information” can be transmitted to the sales company of the induction heating cooker 2 or the server of the repair company via the wide-area communication network using the communication function of the mobile phone terminal 87, or the mobile phone. The terminal device 87 can be brought to a place such as a repair shop, and the contents of the abnormality monitoring data can be shown at the shop. In such a case, since the identification information of the induction heating cooker 2 is also recorded, accurate identification information can be transmitted to a repairer or the like.

The abnormality monitoring data in the induction heating cooker 2 includes the above-described operation information signals L1 to L7 and KS, the target device registration signal AS1, a request signal (notice signal) AS2 for lowering the total power amount of the home appliance, and a power reduction command signal AS3. It is desirable to include. These signals are included in the monitoring data, and the measurement timing of data (for example, temperature and voltage value) indicating an actual abnormality, the transmission timing of the operation information signals L1 to L7, the operation start permission signal KS, and the power reduction command signal, for example. This is because the cause analysis after the occurrence of an abnormality is facilitated by temporally associating the AS3 reception timing and the like. The abnormality determination operation of the power command device 9 will be described later.

When the display instruction “abnormal content information display” is transmitted to the induction heating cooker 2 in the SV 11 by the mobile phone terminal 87, the display instruction is temporarily recorded in the storage unit 320 of the induction heating cooker 2 and displayed. In response to the command, the NFC control circuit 321 issues a data transmission command to transmit the abnormality monitoring data stored in the storage device 32R of the control device 32 to the NFC control circuit 321 side (abnormality management). In response to this, the control device 32 of the induction heating cooker 2 that has been monitoring the data transmission command of the NFC control circuit 321 operates in response to the transmission command of the NFC control circuit 321. That is, as described above, the control data (control command called data transmission command) is sent from the mobile phone terminal 87 (information communication terminal equipment) side to the NFC storage unit 320 of the induction heating cooker 2, and the induction heating cooker Two control devices 32 (having a “host computer” function) perform control operations in accordance with the control commands stored in the NFC storage unit 320.

Next, based on FIG. 65 and FIG. 66, the display content of the display unit 180 when the mobile phone terminal 87 acquires the abnormality monitoring data from the induction heating cooker 2 will be described.
FIG. 65 shows the display contents of the display unit 180 of the mobile phone terminal 87. The display content of the display unit 180 shown here is at the stage of step SV9 in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 65, the display unit 180 generates a screen that asks the user to select one of the three types of information desired to be displayed.
In FIG. 65, reference numeral 195 denotes character information notifying the occurrence of an abnormality, reference numeral 196 denotes operation guidance information for prompting the user to select the type of information to be displayed, and reference information 197A indicates “product identification information display”. Reference numeral 197B is selection information displayed as “abnormal content information display”, and reference numeral 197C is selection information displayed as “advice information display”.

In the display screen of FIG. 65, for example, when “abnormal content information display” is selected, there are two methods.
First method:
Using the selection keys (touch type or push button type) in the four directions provided in the operation input unit 181, for example, in order to sequentially select the selection items downward, the downward direction selection selection key 194 </ b> B may be pressed. If the character information 197A is highlighted with highlighting or the like so that the item “product identification information display” is initially selected, the above-described down direction designation selection key 194B can be pressed once. The item “abnormal content information display” is selected, and the character information 197B is highlighted and highlighted. If the down direction designation selection key 194B is pressed once, the item "advice information display" displayed further below is selected, and the character information 197C is highlighted and displayed. If the down direction designation selection key 194B is pressed once more, the item "Product identification information display" is selected from the beginning, and the character information 197A of "Product identification information display" is highlighted by highlighting or the like. Display. Thereafter, if the downward direction designation selection key 194B is pressed in this way, the selection items are cycled. Similarly, an upper direction designation selection key 194A, a right direction designation selection key 194C, and a left direction designation selection key 194D are also provided in the operation input unit 181. To confirm the selection, a confirmation key (touch type or push button type) 200 at the center of the operation input unit 181 may be pressed. When the enter key 200 is pressed, the process of SV9 shown in FIG. 64 ends.

Second method:
“Product identification information display” is an operation in which the mobile phone terminal 87 is tilted horizontally from the stage where the mobile phone terminal 87 is leveled without using the four direction selection keys 194A to 194D provided on the operation input unit 181. To “advice information display” can be selected. As described above, since the mobile phone terminal 87 includes the posture detection unit 183, the posture (more specifically, the rotation angle) when the user tilts the mobile phone terminal 87 is detected. Then, a signal indicating the posture is output to the control unit 184. Accordingly, for example, in order to perform the same operation as pressing the down direction designation selection key 194B once, the mobile phone terminal 87 is inclined so that the display unit 180 is at the top and the down direction designation selection key 194B is at the bottom. Just do it. Then, the confirmation key 200 may be pressed when a desired item is selected. When the enter key 200 is pressed, the process of SV9 shown in FIG. 64 ends.

Next, FIG. 66 will be described.
FIG. 66 shows a scene in which abnormality monitoring data is displayed from the induction heating cooker 2 by the mobile phone terminal 87. In FIG. 66, 198 is character information indicating the content of the abnormality, 199A is character information indicating the location of the abnormality, and 199B is character information indicating the cause of the abnormality. Reference numeral 201 denotes selection information for requesting the user to determine whether or not to display information on a request destination for repair or inspection regarding an abnormality of the product (the induction heating cooker 2). When the item 201 is selected to obtain more detailed information, the right direction designation selection key 194C may be pressed once. Although not shown in FIG. 66, when the induction heating cooker 2 is sold, character information such as a contact address and a telephone number written by the manufacturer in the NFC storage unit 320 is displayed on the display unit 180. Can be displayed.

The above-mentioned “identification information” is information unique to the induction heating cooker 2 and is important information necessary for performing an appropriate repair or inspection, and is recorded in the NFC storage unit 320. It is desirable to store the “identification information” in the storage device 32R of the control device 32. Alternatively, it may be stored in duplicate on both sides. For example, the manufacturing date, product (serial) number, warranty card number, etc., whose identification information is determined at the manufacturing stage of the factory, are stored in the storage device 32R, and the date of sale, the name of the seller, etc. are determined at the time of product sales. As for the information, the store or the installer may write the information later through the NFC input / output units 401L and 401R.

In the first embodiment described above, there is an information server 89A that can provide various services related to home appliances EE such as the induction heating cooker 2 to the user via the communication networks 98A and 98B. Since the database 89B of the ASP server 89A is provided with a database for user identification for identifying a user and an application database for storing application software for determining control operations of various home appliances EE. If the application software for control is downloaded (read) from the mobile phone terminal 87 to the ASP server 89A, not only the induction heating cooker 2 but also other home appliances EE can be remote from outside the house (outing Remote control from the first)

Further, the household appliances KP and the air conditioner 7 in the kitchen such as the induction heating cooker 2 communicate with the second communication unit 124C in the main body 9A of the power command device 9 by using a wireless signal. Therefore, the abnormality monitoring data and identification information from the induction heating cooker 2 are transmitted to the main body 9A side of the power command device 9 using the wireless communication, and sent to the abnormality determination means 133 to indicate whether there is an abnormality. It is used for judgment. Finally, it can be automatically stored in the abnormality storage means 134 in the storage device 149 in the main body 9A. According to this, when the capacity of the abnormality monitoring data from the induction heating cooker 2 is large and there is a concern that it takes time to move the data in short-range wireless communication (NFC) via the mobile phone terminal 87. In addition, the abnormality monitoring data can be quickly taken out from the induction heating cooker 2. The abnormality monitoring data and the abnormality determination result stored in the abnormality storage unit 134 in the storage device 149 can be displayed on the display screen 100A of the display panel 100 by an operation from the operation input unit 117. Therefore, even when the user does not have an appropriate mobile phone terminal 87 or other information communication terminal device at hand, the user can check the content of the abnormality, the probable cause, and other advice using the display panel 100.

As described with reference to FIG. 19, the operation input unit 117 in the main body 9 </ b> A of the power command device 9 has an input / output unit (fourth communication unit) 427 that can extract information by infrared or wireless communication. An operator, a specialized repair inspector, and the like can read abnormality monitoring data and information indicating an abnormality determination result with a personal computer, an information communication terminal device, or the like via the fourth communication unit 427 of the operation input unit 117. it can. In this case, the identification information of the induction heating cooker 2 can also be read as a set.

After the identification information transmitted from the induction heating cooker 2 is also transmitted to the main body 9A side of the power command device 9, it is automatically set in the abnormality storage means 134 of the storage device 149 as a set with abnormality monitoring data and information indicating the abnormality determination result. Stored. In order to make a set, they are stored in the abnormality storage means 134 at least in order of abnormality determination date and time (that is, in time series). In this way, even if the induction heating cooker 2 is purchased several years ago, and the user has no physical documents or materials such as an instruction manual or warranty card, the user can guide the induction heating cooker 2. Even when an abnormality occurs in the heating cooker 2, the contents and identification information of the abnormality are confirmed (in order of the date and time of occurrence of the abnormality), and even when a repair or inspection is requested from a dealer or a manufacturer, the induction heating cooker 2 is accurately related. The factual relationship can be communicated, and it is possible to take an appropriate action at an early stage, and convenience is improved not only for the user but also for the store and manufacturer. Note that the identification information of the home appliances EE such as the induction heating cooker 2 does not always change unlike the abnormality monitoring data, so it may be stored in the storage device 149 only once. Therefore, it is not always necessary to acquire identification information every time an abnormality occurs, but it is desirable to provide identification information from the heating cooker side when an abnormality occurs in order to reduce the labor to search among old records. .

In the above description, the case of the induction heating cooker 2 is specifically described as a heating cooker for detecting an abnormality, but the present invention can be applied to other heating cookers such as a rice cooker and a microwave oven. Effects can be obtained.

Next, the abnormality determination process (of the induction heating cooker 2) in the power command device 9 which is a central part of the present invention will be described.
67 is an explanatory diagram showing mutual signal transmission and processing steps of the induction heating cooker 2, the power command device 9, and the information communication terminal device (in this embodiment 1, a mobile phone terminal) 87, FIG. 68 is a flowchart showing an operation including transmission / reception of abnormality monitoring data of the induction heating cooker 2. The basic operation program (information processing program) shown in the flowchart is stored in the storage device 32R of the control device 32. FIG. 69 is a flowchart showing an abnormality determination operation of the induction heating cooker 2 on the power command device 9 side. The basic operation program (information processing program) shown in the flowchart is stored in a storage device inside the control unit 125.

Next, assuming that the operation of the induction heating cooker 2 has started, the operation of the induction heating cooker 2, the power command device 9, and the mobile phone terminal 87 will be described with reference to FIG.
The control unit 125 of the power command device 9 always confirms the latest operation information signals L1 to L7 that have arrived from the induction heating cooker 2, or transmits an inquiry signal to the induction heating cooker 2 side to answer this. By obtaining the operation information signal transmitted from the induction heating cooker 2 in the form and analyzing it, the latest operation status of the induction heating cooker 2 and its operation conditions, for example, the induction actually performed The operation of grasping the heating power value (power consumption value) of the heating is executed.
Therefore, at a certain stage (M40 in FIG. 68), an abnormality occurs in the induction heating cooker 2, and the self-control function of the induction heating cooker 2 performs data acquisition, abnormality determination, emergency stop processing, etc. In the case where the error is made, the induction heating cooker 2 transmits a specific signal indicating the occurrence of abnormality to the power command device 9 (M41). Accordingly, the control unit 125 of the power command apparatus 9 receives the abnormality monitoring data received via the second communication unit 124C and sends the content of the abnormality monitoring data to the abnormality determination unit 133.

The abnormality determination unit 133 classifies the obtained abnormality monitoring data according to a predetermined rule (stored in the abnormality storage unit 134), determines whether or not there is a match with the abnormality determination reference data, organizes the data, and generates an abnormality occurrence time. The data (this may be the time received from the induction heating cooker 2) is stored in the abnormality storage means 134 (S101) (at the time of M41A).

Next, the control part 125 transmits the determination result of the abnormality determination means 133 to the 1st communication part 8A of the induction heating cooking appliance 2 via the 2nd communication part 124C (time of M41B).

Next, when the abnormality determination unit 133 determines that “abnormality has occurred”, the control unit 125 uses the mail transmission function to provide a mobile phone terminal 75 with an NFC function that exists inside or outside the house. A predetermined standard mail is transmitted to (the one registered in step S100) (M42).

Next, a resident who knows that an abnormality has occurred in the induction heating cooker 2 by e-mail from the power command device 9 (a resident who owns the mobile phone terminal 75 registered in step S100) is in or around the house. In the case of being in an outdoor garden or the like, the resident can confirm the content of the occurrence of abnormality by the mobile phone terminal 75. Also, other residents who do not hold the mobile phone terminal 75 can check the occurrence of an abnormality by reading and displaying the abnormality monitoring data on the display panel 100 of the power command device 9. Specifically, when a resident who has a mobile phone terminal 75 registered in advance approaches the mobile phone terminal 75 to a predetermined location (the ninth communication unit) 401L of the induction heating cooker 2, A communication session is established between the mobile phone terminal 75 and the induction heating cooker 2.
For this reason, the electric power instruction | command apparatus 9 gives the read command of abnormality monitoring data with respect to the induction heating cooking appliance 2 (S102). In response to this, the induction heating cooker 2 collates the identification information from the mobile phone terminal 75 (S103). As a result of the collation, if it is determined that the mobile phone terminal 75 is a predetermined registered, the induction heating cooker 2 detects abnormality monitoring data temporarily stored in the recording device 32R for the mobile phone terminal 75. Is read and transmitted (S104).

Next, the cellular phone terminal 75 stores the received abnormality monitoring data in a predetermined area of the storage unit 186 (see FIG. 21) (S105).

Next, the flowchart shown in FIG. 68 will be described.
FIG. 68 shows basic operation steps of the induction heating cooker 2. As described in FIG. 28, the user touches the operation button 11A of the main power switch 11 to turn on the power (ST101). Then, power is applied to the control device 32, and the control device 32 obtains temperature information from the temperature detection circuit 150 and self-checks whether or not the main part of the cooker has an abnormally high temperature (ST102). . Further, self-inspection of whether or not abnormal current is flowing by an ammeter or a voltmeter installed on the primary side and the secondary side of the inverter circuits 33L and 33R that supply high-frequency current to the two induction heating coils 2LC and 2RC, respectively. A check is also made. Up to this point, the operation is the same as that described with reference to FIG.

In step ST102, the control device 32 transmits an operation information signal L1 to the power command device 9. In response to this, the power command device 9 transmits a reception confirmation signal of the signal to the induction heating cooker 2. If there is no response, it is determined that the communication function is faulty. The function check of the second communication unit 124C is performed by a series of processes such as signal transmission and confirmation signal reception. Note that the function check is also performed on the third communication unit 124B and the fourth communication unit 124A at this initial stage.

Next, when the control device 32 determines that there is no problem as a result of the function check of the second communication unit 124C (ST103), the display units 16, 18L, 18R such as the display screen 129 are activated (ST104). . Next, it is determined whether or not there has actually been an instruction to start cooking (ST105). When it is determined that there is a cooking start command, the process proceeds to step ST106, and the heating operation is started.

The abnormality detection means ES monitors whether or not an abnormality has occurred during the heating operation (ST107), information such as voltage and temperature obtained from a predetermined detection portion, and a thermal power value set and executed by the user ( (Power consumption value) and the like are sequentially stored in the storage device 32R at predetermined time intervals. If peculiar data that seems to be abnormal is detected, the power supply to the heating source is immediately stopped in the next step ST108. The thermal power value set and executed by the user may be maintained at a constant value during the cooking period, but may change (regularly or irregularly). Induction heating cooking is roughly divided into manual cooking and automatic cooking. In the case of automatic cooking, on the control device 32 side of the induction heating cooker 2, the elapsed time from the start of cooking and the time according to the progress of cooking. In many cases, the thermal power value is automatically changed according to the temperature of the object to be heated (such as a metal pan), so that the thermal power value sequentially stored in the storage device 32R (that is, one of the driving conditions of the heating source) Reflects the firepower value that changes over time. Therefore, the recording timing of the recording device 32R may be either a fixed time interval or a timing at which the thermal power value changes.

In response to the determination of “abnormality occurrence” by the control device 32, the control device sequentially stores the abnormality monitoring data (changes in voltage, temperature, etc.) in time series in the storage device 32 R until the occurrence of the abnormality. ) And information indicating the progress of changes in driving conditions such as the thermal power value (power consumption value) set and executed by the user as a set, the second communication unit 124C of the power command device 9 (ST109).

The control device 32 analyzes the abnormality monitoring data accumulated sequentially in time series in the storage device 32R, and determines the presence or absence of abnormality (ST110). On the other hand, when the abnormality monitoring data is transmitted to the abnormality determination means 133 of the power command device 9, the control device 32 does not give a final determination result, but until the power command device 9 receives the determination result of presence / absence of abnormality ( Hereinafter, it is referred to as “abnormality determination waiting period” (usually about several seconds), and the abnormality determination result is received (ST115).

If the control device 32 determines whether or not there is an abnormality, the process proceeds to step ST111. If the determination result is “abnormal”, the process proceeds to the next step ST112. In step ST110, if the result of the determination made by the control device 32 is “no abnormality”, the process returns to the standby state step (ST105) for starting cooking.

When the control device 32 receives the determination result from the abnormality determination means 133 of the power command device 9 (ST115), the process proceeds to step ST111, and when the determination result is “abnormal”, the process proceeds to the next step ST112. . In step ST110, if the result of the determination made by the control device 32 is “no abnormality”, the process returns to the standby state step (ST105) for starting cooking.

Further, if the determination result is “abnormal”, the control device 32 proceeds from step ST111 to step ST112 and displays the occurrence of the abnormality on the display screen 129. At the same time, the voice synthesizer 38 informs by voice that the cooking has been urgently stopped due to the occurrence of an abnormality.

Further, the control device 32 turns on the light emitting diode element (LED) 323 shown in FIG. 27 (it may be blinking instead of continuous lighting), and the position of the input / output unit 401L for near field communication (NFC) is determined by the user. Emphasize for easy visual recognition.

As described above, the control device 32 gives the NFC control circuit 321 permission to read the abnormality monitoring data (ST113). Thereafter, when the mobile phone terminal 87 is brought close to a predetermined short distance and the communication state is established, the short-range communication between the sixth communication unit 182 and the ninth communication unit 401 of the mobile phone terminal 87 is performed. Thus, the abnormality monitoring data stored in the storage device 32R is read out to the mobile phone terminal 87 side and stored in the storage unit 186 of the mobile phone terminal 87. Thereafter, the main power switch 11 is automatically turned off (ST114). In addition, in this flowchart figure, although the step which can stop a heating cooking operation | movement at arbitrary timings is not described, naturally cooking can be stopped at arbitrary timings. For example, the stop input key 211S shown in FIG. 38 may be pressed. When the menu “timer cut cooking” is selected, the cooking is automatically ended when the set cooking time has elapsed. In that case, in order to resume cooking, an operation for starting cooking is required again (heating cooking start notice signal L4 needs to be transmitted to power command device 9 and it is necessary to receive heating cooking start permission signal KS).

Next, the flowchart shown in FIG. 69 will be described.
FIG. 69 shows basic operation steps of the control unit 125 and the abnormality determination means 133 when the abnormality monitoring data of the induction heating cooker 2 is received.

In FIG. 69, when abnormality monitoring data is transmitted from the induction heating cooker 2, the abnormality monitoring data is sent from the second communication unit 124C to the abnormality storage means 134 (ST201). Then, the abnormality monitoring data is stored in the storage means (ST202).

The abnormality determination means 133 collates whether the acquired abnormality monitoring data matches the abnormality determination reference data (ST203), and determines whether they match (ST204). If it is determined that there is an abnormality as a result of the determination (ST205), a countermeasure message corresponding to the determination result is extracted from the database of the abnormality storage means 134, and the countermeasure message and the determination result are set as a set. The second communication unit 124C transmits the induction heating cooker 2 (ST206).

On the other hand, when the determination result of the abnormality determination unit 133 is “abnormal”, the control unit 125 displays the determination result and the handling message on the display screen 100A of the display panel 100 (ST206). In other words, even if a resident who is not a user of the induction heating cooker 2 who does not directly look at the display means 129 of the induction heating cooker 2 can see the abnormality occurrence notification displayed on the display screen 100A, the induction heating cooking is performed. The occurrence of an abnormality in the vessel 2 can be known. Note that a predetermined signal may be transmitted from the control unit 125 via the fifth communication unit 124A so as to activate the TV receiver 75, and the occurrence of an abnormality may be notified using the liquid crystal screen 75. .

Thereafter, the control unit 125 sets the abnormality monitoring data, the driving condition of the induction heating cooker 2 and the data indicating the abnormality determination result, and further stores the abnormality data in a form corresponding to the date / time data from the time measuring unit 140. The storage operation is performed in a predetermined storage area of the means 134 (ST207).
In step ST204, when it is determined that the abnormality monitoring data and the abnormality determination reference data match with each other and it is determined that there is no abnormality (ST208), such a determination result is an induction heating cooker. 2 (ST209).

The health management device 410 according to the first embodiment measures a human body metabolic data (measurement data obtained by measuring a living body) and acquires measurement data, and temporarily stores measurement data acquired by the measurement unit. Memory 157, a transmission unit 314 for transmitting the measurement data stored in the memory to the outside, an operation unit 156 for instructing the measurement operation and the transmission operation, and the measurement data stored in the memory are read and displayed. A device-side display unit 155, and a control unit 220 for processing the measurement data,
The transmission unit 314 transmits the measurement data because it is displayed on the display panel 100 of the power command device 9 that individually controls the power of a plurality of electrical devices in the home and limits the total power consumption in the home. Is.

According to the health management device 410, information related to health management can be displayed on the display panel 100 of the power command device 9 using the measurement data transmitted to the power command device 9, so that one device can perform electrical energy management. Health management can be planned.

In the household power control system according to the first embodiment, the power command device 9 that individually controls the power of a plurality of household electrical appliances EE in the home to limit the total power amount in the home, and the power command device A display panel 100 connected via wired or wireless communication and a liquid crystal display screen 75D of the TV receiver 75 is displayed. The power command device 9 includes metabolic data (measured by the health management device 410). A health management processing unit 116 for processing (health management information), and the display panel 100 includes operation information of the power command device 9 and metabolic data (biological data) processed by the health management processing unit 116. The display is switched according to the user's operation. In addition, on the liquid crystal display screen 75D of the TV receiver 75, the measurement data (health management information) measured by the health management device 410 and the operation information of the power command device 9 are switched according to the operation of the user. Is

Therefore, according to the household power control system of the first embodiment, information related to health management can be displayed using the information transmission system of one power commanding device 9, so that energy saving awareness can be improved. It can be expected to improve health management awareness.

The household power command apparatus according to the first embodiment receives operation information from the household electrical appliance in order to individually control power consumption for a plurality of household electrical appliances EE and limit the total power consumption in the household. A use limit setter 96 that transmits a power control signal to the device, a health management processing unit 116 that receives human body measurement data from the health management device 410, and a control that controls the health management processing unit and the use limit setter. Unit 125, environment detection unit 202 that collects environmental data such as room temperature, power usage information, measurement data information received from the health management device received by the health management processing unit 116, and environment detection unit 202 It is the structure provided with the display board 100 which each displays the acquired environmental data.

According to this household power command device, the total power consumption of a plurality of household electrical appliances can be managed centrally, and the measurement result of blood pressure and other measurement data and the environmental data of the living space are also displayed from the health management device. Therefore, it is expected to improve the energy conservation awareness and health management awareness, and to create a comfortable living space.

The household power control apparatus in the first embodiment receives operation information from a plurality of home appliances EE and uses a limit setting device 96 that transmits a power control signal to each of the home appliances EE. A health management processing unit 116 that receives measurement data, an environment detection unit 202 that receives environmental data measured from an environmental sensor that measures a physical environment of a living space where the home appliance 410 is installed, the environment detection unit, A control unit 125 that controls the health management processing unit 116 and the use limit setting unit 96; and a display unit 100 that displays the power usage information, environmental data, and human body measurement data, respectively. It is provided.

According to this power command device, electric energy management and health management can be executed. Moreover, since environmental data such as room temperature and humidity can be displayed and confirmed, the environment of the living space can be confirmed in real time, and a healthy living space can be provided. Furthermore, since the status of the living space where the health care device 410 is used can be confirmed by the display panel 100 as the display means of the power command device 9 without going to the living space (room), convenience is improved.
In addition, the display panel 100 of the power command device 9 indicates the usage environment of home appliances that may affect room air such as the induction heating cooker 2, the air conditioner 7, and the air purifier (not shown). I can know.

Moreover, this household electric power instruction | command apparatus is the electric power consumption with respect to specific electric equipment SP1 provided with at least any one of an air conditioning function or an air purification function, and other electric equipment (home appliance EE, specific household appliance SP2). In order to control individually, the use limit setting device 96 which receives operation information from the specific home appliance SP1 and other home appliances and transmits a power control signal to the home appliance group consisting of the specific electrical device SP1 and other electrical devices. A health management processing unit 116 that receives human body measurement data from the health management device 410, an environment detection unit 202 that receives environmental data from an environmental sensor that measures the physical environment of the living space, the environment detection unit 202, A control unit 125 for controlling the health management processing unit 116 and the use limit setting device 96; power consumption information of the home appliance; And display panel 100 as display means for displaying each of the information of the measurement data, and the display panel 100 is for setting an upper limit of electric energy for the specific electrical device SP1 and other electrical devices. The control unit 125 has a function as an input operation unit, and is in a living space (for example, a kitchen) different from the installation space (for example, a bedroom) of the specific home appliance SP1, and the input operation unit The operation information and environmental data of the specific home appliance SP1 can be remotely displayed by operation.

According to this, since information related to health management can be displayed on the display panel 100 of one power command device 9, it can be expected to improve energy conservation awareness and health management awareness.
In addition, since the user can check environmental data such as room temperature, humidity, and dust scattering on the display panel 100, the environment of the living space can be checked in real time, and a healthy living space can be provided.
Furthermore, since the status of the living space (for example, living room or bedroom) where the health care device is used can be confirmed centrally by the display panel 100 of the power command device 9 without going to the individual living space (room), Convenience is improved.

Furthermore, since it is possible to remotely control the start of operation of specific home appliances SP1 (air conditioner 7 and air purifier) and the setting of the conditions without going to a specific living space, one family member may have influenza, etc. If you become a victim of a disease that infects other family members, improve the air quality (generic name for air temperature, humidity, cleanliness, etc.) from another room (eg kitchen), and more You can remotely adjust to a comfortable space and watch over the family.

In addition, one of the plurality of home appliances EE is a heating cooker such as the induction heating cooker 2, and the central display unit 16 of the heating cooker includes the metabolic data after turning on the main power. Since it was displayed that there is a person to be measured for data requiring attention (eg high blood pressure, uric acid), the cooking method, seasoning, etc. were devised before taking into consideration the family with the data requiring attention. Cooking can be promoted and contribute to health promotion.

In addition, the display panel 100 of the power command device 9 can also read the metabolic data (measurement data) of the family and specify the data requiring attention (eg, hypertension value, uric acid level) and the person to be measured. Health precautions (such as high blood pressure) can be confirmed, and ingenuity to reduce, for example, the salt concentration can be encouraged in cooking methods and seasoning.

Note that measurement data (health management information) measured by each health measurement device 410 may be once transferred to the mobile phone terminal 87 and the data may be transferred to the health management processing unit 116. Alternatively, data measured outside the home may be brought into the home by the mobile phone terminal 87 and transferred to the health management processing unit 116. Both are modifications of bringing data into the health management processing unit 116.

The power command device 9 shown in the first embodiment controls the amount of power used for the first home appliance and the second home appliance in the home individually to limit the total power in the home. . Specifically, an environment detection unit 202 that receives environmental information measured from an environmental sensor that measures the physical environment of the living space in which the first and second home appliances are installed, and a return home from the resident While receiving time (including expected return time) information, the control unit 125 that processes the information from the environment detection unit and the information of the return time, power usage information, environmental information from the environment detection unit, And a display panel 100 for displaying each of
The first home appliance (e.g., rice cooker 3) has a function that allows the start of operation to be reserved by inputting the operation end time by a resident's direct operation,
The said control part 125 is the said operation | movement end time (for example, rice cooker 3) of the 1st household appliances (for example, rice cooker 3) by which the scheduled return time shown in the communication information received from the said resident | operator was reserved. If it is earlier than the scheduled end time A), the control unit 125 determines a command to change the operation end time of the first home appliance to a time earlier than the scheduled return time by a predetermined time (end scheduled time B). When the above condition is satisfied, the data is output to the first home appliance.

According to the first embodiment, environment-related information can be displayed in addition to power information, so that it is expected to improve energy saving awareness and environmental awareness.
In addition, since environmental data such as room temperature, humidity, and dust scattering can be displayed and confirmed, the environment of the living space can be confirmed in real time and a healthy living space can be provided.
Furthermore, since the status of the living space can be confirmed by the display panel 100 of the power command device 9 without going to the living space (room), convenience is improved.

Furthermore, the operation end time of the first home appliance (such as the rice cooker 3) reserved and set by inputting the operation end time is changed by communication information indicating a scheduled return time from the resident, and the resident Can start and end before they return home.
Further, the use environment of such first home appliance can be known on the display panel 100 of the power command device 9.

Furthermore, unless the conditions determined by the control unit 125 are satisfied, the operation end time (end reservation time A) of the first home appliance is changed by remote control and the operation is not started, so the first home appliance (for example, rice cooking) It is possible to avoid the operation that consumes unnecessary electric energy of the device 3), to perform the operation in consideration of other home appliances and the surrounding environment without impairing the original function of the first home appliance.

The household power control apparatus shown in the first embodiment is
A power command device 9 that individually controls power consumption for the first home appliance and the second home appliance in the home to limit the total power consumption in the home, and the first and second home appliances An environment detection unit 202 that receives environment information measured from an environment sensor that measures the physical environment of the installed living space, and information on a scheduled return time (including expected return time) from the resident, and the environment A control unit 125 for processing information from the detection unit and information on the return time, a display panel 100 for displaying power usage information and environmental information from the environment detection unit, respectively.
The first home appliance (e.g., rice cooker 3) has a function that allows the start of operation to be reserved by inputting the operation end time by a resident's direct operation,
The control unit 125 is configured such that the scheduled return time indicated in the communication information received from the resident is greater than the operation end time (end reservation time A) of the first home appliance in which the operation end time is reserved. In the case of early, when the environmental condition defined by the control unit 125 is changed, the command to change the operation end time of the first home appliance to a time (end reservation time B) that is earlier than the scheduled return time by a predetermined time , Output to the first home appliance.

According to this embodiment, since the operation end time of the first home appliance can be changed in accordance with the scheduled return time from the resident, the convenience for the user is improved.

In addition, the household power control system shown in the first embodiment includes a breaker BK that performs an electric circuit breaking operation when the first upper limit capacity is exceeded, a first household electrical appliance that is supplied with electric power through the breaker, and Physics of a living space in which the second home appliance, the power command device 9 that controls the total power consumption of the first home appliance and the second home appliance, and the first and second home appliances are installed An environment detection unit 202 that receives environment information from an environment sensor that measures the physical environment, and information about power and display means (TV receiver 75, display panel 100) for displaying the environment information,
The power command device 9 can be set to a second upper limit capacity whose power upper limit value is smaller than the first upper limit capacity by the user,
Has a function that can be reserved,
The power command device 9 includes an input / output 124B that receives information of a scheduled return time from outside the house via a communication line, and a control that permits the start of operation of the first home appliance when the operation start time is reached. Part 125,
The control unit 125 compares the scheduled return time indicated in the communication information received from the resident with the operation start time of the first home appliance for which the operation start time is reserved, and the two times Is greater than a predetermined distance, the operation start time of the first home appliance is returned to the home when a predetermined environmental condition determined by the control unit based on the environmental information about the first home appliance is satisfied. It instructs to execute an operation that matches the scheduled time.

According to the first embodiment, environment-related information can be displayed in addition to power information, so that it is expected to improve energy saving awareness and environmental awareness. That is, for example, environmental data such as room temperature, humidity, and dust scattering can be displayed and confirmed, so that the environment of the living space can be confirmed in real time and a healthy living space can be provided.

Furthermore, since the status of the living space can be confirmed on the display panel 100 of the power command device 9 or the liquid crystal display screen 75D of the TV receiver 75 without going to the living space (room), convenience is improved.

Furthermore, the operation end time of the first home appliance (such as a rice cooker) reserved by inputting the operation end time is changed by communication information indicating the scheduled return time from the resident, The operation can be started and ended before returning home.
In addition, the usage environment of the first home appliance can be known from the display panel 100 of the power command device or the liquid crystal display screen 75D of the TV receiver 75.

Furthermore, unless the condition defined by the control unit 125 is satisfied, the operation end time (end reservation time A) or the operation start time (start reservation time A) of the first home appliance is not changed by remote operation. It is possible to avoid the operation that consumes unnecessary electric energy of the home appliance, and to perform the operation in consideration of other home appliances and the surrounding environment without impairing the original function of the first home appliance.

(Summary of Embodiment 1)
As described above, the induction heating cooker 2 that is one of the household electrical appliances to which the first invention shown in the first embodiment is applied is the first communication unit 8A that receives the power reduction command signal from the power command device 9. And an input / output unit 401 for short-distance communication with the information communication terminal device 87, and includes heating sources 2LC and 2RC that operate with electric energy to perform the main function, and a control device 32 that controls the heating sources 2LC and 2RC. In addition, the control device 32 is provided with an abnormality determination unit 133 that determines abnormality by receiving information that changes with time on the driving condition of the heating source and abnormality monitoring data during driving of the heating source. The information is transmitted to the command device 9 and stored in the storage device 32R. When the information indicating the determination result of abnormality is received from the power command device 9, the communication state with the input / output unit 401 is confirmed. To the information communication terminal device 87 that is configured to allow transmission of abnormality monitoring data of driving conditions and abnormality detection means of the heating source.

For this reason, according to the induction heating cooker to which the first invention is applied, the result of the presence / absence of the abnormality determined by the abnormality determination means 133 of the power command device 9 is received when the abnormality occurs, and is stored in the storage device 32R. When the information indicating the determination result that there is an abnormality is received, the driving condition of the heating source and the abnormality monitoring of the abnormality detecting unit are monitored with respect to the information communication terminal device 87 that is in communication with the input / output unit 401. Since data can be transmitted and the contents of the abnormality can be read on the information communication terminal device 87 side, it is possible to request accurate repair or inspection using the information transferred to the information communication terminal device.

An induction heating cooker 2 that is one of the household electrical appliances to which the second invention shown in the first embodiment is applied,
Heating sources 2LC, 2RC that operate on electrical energy;
An abnormality detection means ES for monitoring the presence or absence of abnormality while driving the heating source;
A first communication unit 8A that receives a power reduction command signal from the power command device 9;
A control device 32 that determines whether or not an abnormality has occurred by suppressing the energization amount of the heating source in accordance with the power reduction command signal received via the communication unit and receiving a detection output of the abnormality detection unit;
An operation unit 26 for inputting driving conditions of the heating source;
A notifying means (display unit 129, speech synthesizer 28) for notifying the input result of the operation unit and the abnormality occurrence determination result;
A near field communication input / output unit 401 built in the main body;
A storage device 32R in which information on the driving condition of the heating source (reflecting a change in the time axis) and abnormality monitoring data of the abnormality detecting means are recorded in time series during the driving of the heating source;
When the control device 32 receives an abnormality detection output of the abnormality detection means, the control device 32 transmits information on the driving condition of the heating source and the abnormality monitoring data to the power command device 9,
Further, the control device 32 restricts the driving of the heating source when the abnormality is detected by receiving the abnormality detection output of the abnormality detection unit or when the information indicating the determination result of the abnormality is received from the power command device. Forcibly change to stop or drive at minimum power)
The control device 32 outputs an abnormality determination result in any case of receiving an abnormality detection output from the abnormality detection means and receiving information indicating an abnormality determination result from the power command device. For the information communication terminal device 87 that has been informed by the notification means and has established a predetermined short-range wireless communication state via the short-range communication input / output unit 401, the driving condition of the heating source stored in the storage device 32R And the abnormality monitoring data of the abnormality detecting means can be transmitted.

For this reason, according to the induction heating cooker 2 to which the second invention is applied, either when the abnormality is determined by the induction heating cooker itself or when the information indicating the determination result of abnormality is received from the power command device. Even in this case, the abnormality determination result is notified by the notification means, and the information communication terminal device 87 in which a predetermined short-range wireless communication state is established via the short-range communication input / output unit 401 is stored in the storage device 32R. Since the stored driving conditions of the heating source and abnormality monitoring data of the abnormality detecting means can be transmitted, the situation at the time of occurrence of abnormality can be surely notified to the user, and the information communication terminal device 87 side can perform the heating. Since the drive condition of the source and the contents of the abnormality monitoring data of the abnormality detecting means can be read, it is possible to request an accurate repair or inspection using the information transferred to the information communication terminal device.

The power command device to which the third invention shown in the first embodiment is applied is as follows:
The power reduction command signal is issued to a plurality of home appliances EE each having a heating source or a power source and first communication units 8A to 8E that receive the power reduction command signal, thereby limiting the total amount of power in the home. Power control unit 121 to perform,
An abnormality determination unit 133 that receives abnormality monitoring data for determining whether or not an abnormality has occurred from the home appliance EE, and outputs information indicating an abnormality determination result;
An abnormality storage means 134 for storing the determination reference data of the determination processing unit 133, the abnormality monitoring data, and information of the abnormality determination result;
A display panel 100 having display means 100A for displaying the operating state of the power control unit 121;
The power control unit, the abnormality determination unit 133, and a control unit 125 for controlling the display panel 100,
When the abnormality determination unit 133 performs abnormality determination processing, the control unit 125 transmits information indicating the determination result to the specific home appliance EE that has transmitted the abnormality monitoring data.
The control unit 125 includes an input operation unit 117 for displaying the abnormality monitoring data stored in the abnormality storage unit 134 and information indicating the determination result on the display screen 100A of the display panel 100,
The display panel 100 includes a short-range communication input / output unit 427 for the information communication terminal device 87.

For this reason, according to the power command device to which the third invention is applied, information on the result of the abnormality determination based on the abnormality monitoring data transmitted from the home appliance such as the induction heating cooker is transmitted to the home appliance side. Thus, the abnormality monitoring data and the information indicating the determination result can be displayed on the display screen 100A of the display panel 100. On this display screen, the resident of the household, the repair maintenance company, etc. Can be confirmed. Furthermore, since the information communication terminal device 87 side possessed by the resident through the short-range communication input / output unit 427 provided on the display panel, the driving conditions such as the heating source and the content of the abnormality monitoring data can be read. Using the information transferred to the information communication terminal device, it is possible to request an accurate repair or inspection.

The power control system to which the fourth invention shown in the first embodiment is applied is as follows.
A home appliance EE including a first communication unit 8A for wireless communication, an input / output unit 401 for short-range communication, and a heating source or a power source that operates by electric energy;
A power command device 9 that transmits a power reduction command signal to the first communication unit 8A of the home appliance to limit the total power consumption in the home;
An information communication terminal device 87 having a communication unit 182B capable of communicating with the short-range communication input / output unit 401,
The home appliance EE includes a control device 32 that controls a heating source or a power source, and an abnormality detection means ES that detects an abnormality,
The control device 32 stores the driving condition of the heating source or power source and the monitoring data from the abnormality detecting means ES during operation in the storage device 32R,
The power command device 9 has a function of determining an abnormality of the home appliance EE based on the drive condition and monitoring data received from the home appliance,
When the home appliance EE receives the determination result that there is an abnormality from the power command device, the drive of the heating source or the power source is limited (forcibly changed to drive stop or drive at the minimum power value), In addition, for the information communication terminal device 87 in which a predetermined short-range wireless communication state has been established via the short-range communication input / output unit 401, the drive condition information and abnormality monitoring data stored in the storage device 32R Can be transmitted.

For this reason, according to the power control system to which the fourth invention is applied, when the power command device determines an abnormality based on the abnormality monitoring data of the home appliance such as the induction heating cooker, the heating on the home appliance side The information on the heating source driving condition and the abnormality monitoring data stored in the storage device 32R are transmitted to the information communication terminal device 87 that restricts the driving of the power source or the power source and establishes a predetermined short-range wireless communication state. Therefore, when an abnormality occurs, priority is given to ensuring safety by limiting the driving of the heating source or power source, and on the information communication terminal device 87 side, the driving condition of the heating source and the abnormality detecting means are abnormal. Since the contents of the monitoring data can be read, accurate repair and inspection can be requested using the information transferred to the information communication terminal device.

In the first embodiment described above, an example is shown in which one breaker BK is installed in one household. However, the breaker BK includes a main breaker that controls the total power of the entire house, and a plurality of sub-breakers. The first sub-breaker may control an air conditioner, the second sub-breaker may control a washing / drying machine, and the third sub-breaker may control an electric heating device (such as a rice cooker) for kitchen cooking. . According to this, the main breaker BK centrally shuts off the power sources of the plurality of sub-breakers. Thus, even if the power supply system is branched into a plurality of parts, there is no problem in implementing the present invention. Further, in that case, the power command device 9 may monitor the current flowing through each branch system so that the rated capacity of the sub-breaker is not exceeded.

In the first embodiment, the vibration-sensing device 241 that detects a shake when an earthquake occurs is installed inside the built-in induction heating cooker 2. The reason for this is that the built-in type induction heating cooker 2 is fixed in a horizontal state inside kitchen furniture such as a sink, and is less susceptible to the vibration of the floor when the family is traveling. This is because earthquake vibration can be detected. However, the vibration-sensing device 241 may be provided inside the main body 9A of the power command device 9 installed in a fixed state on the wall of the kitchen, instead of being installed inside the built-in induction heating cooker 2. . Or when it is a 2-story house, you may each install in two places, the furniture etc. in the room on the 2nd floor, and the induction heating cooking appliance 2 in the kitchen on the 1st floor.

In the description of the first embodiment, a switch (input means) that is input by a pressing operation such as the on / off button 81c, or a contact type in which the electrostatic capacitance changes like the first selection unit 128A. There are various input means such as an input key or a method of inputting (selecting) a selection mark, frame, arrow, etc. appearing on the display screen by operating (using) the remote controller 75R, such as special icons 412 and 417. However, these may be combined as appropriate, and other types of input means, for example, a voice input method in which the voice emitted by the user is analyzed on the home appliance side and the command content is automatically recognized to become an effective input May be adopted.

In the description of the first embodiment, the power command device 9 has the use limit setting device 96, but this use limit setting device 96 is installed as an independent structure inside the main body 9A of the power command device 9. The configuration is not limited. For example, the software for executing the basic operation of the use limit setting device 96 may be incorporated in a semiconductor memory device mounted on the same circuit mounting board as the other parts of the software. Further, a part of the storage device 149 is constituted by an information server installed in a remote place outside the living space, and the information server and the power command device 9 exchange information via a communication network. You may comprise by a system. For example, the storage of the message content described in the third embodiment may be recorded on such an external information server.

Further, a basic screen configuration for electrical energy management on the liquid crystal display screen 75D of the TV receiver 75, and a basic screen configuration for displaying electrical energy management information, health management information, etc. on the display panel 100 of the power command device 9 are shown. The same design may be used. In this way, even if there is a difference between an icon and a touch-type input (switch) or the like, there is little inconvenience when a user views information, operates a screen, or performs an input command operation. Become. In other words, it becomes one familiar screen, a familiar screen.

As described in the first embodiment, the communication establishment unit 191 of the mobile phone terminal 87 monitors that an NFC communication session is established between the mobile phone terminal 87 and the induction heating cooker 2. Therefore, the user can connect the mobile phone terminal 87 to the NFC input / output unit of the induction heating cooker 2 even during the period when the main power of the induction heating cooker 2 is turned off or the cooking is finished or temporarily stopped. When approaching 401L, an NFC communication session can be established at any time. That is, before using the induction heating cooker 2, the identification information for specifying the induction heating cooker and data can be read and displayed at the time of the previous abnormality. In order to realize this, even when the induction heating cooker 2 is urgent due to the occurrence of an abnormality, even when the user finishes normal use and stops, the abnormality monitoring information recorded in the storage unit 32R is: Unless it operates in particular, it is desirable to store it on the induction heating cooker 2 side a predetermined number of times or a predetermined number of days. As for the abnormality monitoring data, there is also a method of transferring data from the storage device 32R to the NFC storage unit 320 automatically (for example, when an abnormality occurs) at least the previous usage or the previous day usage. In this way, it is possible to identify the information communication terminal device such as the mobile phone terminal 87 established with the short-range wireless communication unit 401 and the predetermined short-range wireless communication state from the stage before supplying power to the induction heating source. Information and abnormality monitoring data can be provided, and convenience is further improved.

Further, in the first embodiment, the “power reduction request signal” AS2 issued from the power command device 9 is a signal that the power command device 9 prompts the user to promptly lower the power, and within a predetermined time from this signal. Although it has been described that the “power reduction command signal” AS3 is issued in order to forcibly reduce the power when the total amount of power does not decrease, the two signals may not be different. In other words, even if the signal itself is the same, it is only necessary to be able to determine whether or not it is a power reduction or a power reduction command for the home appliance EE on the side where the amount of power is limited. Therefore, for example, when the home appliance EE receives the power reduction request signal AS2 and then receives the power reduction request signal AS3 again within a predetermined time, it is determined that the home appliance has been forced to perform the power reduction operation by the later signal. And may be operated. Further, in order to more reliably transmit and receive a signal between the power command device 9 and the home appliance EE, and to perform a reliable operation command and notification, for example, the power reduction request signal AS2 and the power reduction command signal AS3 are each several seconds to 1 second. It is also possible to carry out an internal process of transmitting a plurality of times within the following short time and determining that the signal is a single signal even if it is received a plurality of times within one second. In this way, a reliable control operation can be expected even if the communication state deteriorates instantaneously.

Further, in the first embodiment, as described with reference to FIG. 51, every time there is an operation variation such as turning on the main power source or starting cooking from the induction heating cooker 2 side where the power consumption is limited by the power command device 9. In response to the operation information signals L1 to L7 being transmitted, the power command device 9 grasps the power-on of the induction heating cooker 2, the selection of the cooking menu, the progress of the cooking process, etc. You may issue the signal which inquires about a driving | running condition from the instruction | command apparatus 9 side at a fixed time interval. For example, a command for obtaining information such as required power and cooking status may be issued from the power command device 9 side to the used power control means 8A at intervals of several seconds to 30 seconds.

In the first embodiment, the home appliance EE cannot be directly remote-controlled by the mobile phone terminal 87 from the outside or the like, but other home appliances other than the TV receiver 75 inside the house. EE can be operated. Therefore, the mobile phone terminal 87 can be brought close to (contact with) the input / output unit of each home appliance EE, and information and command signals can be exchanged by near field communication (NFC).

Moreover, in Embodiment 1, the power usage control means 8A of the induction heating cooker 2 that receives various command signals from the power command device 9 is the power supply circuit 31 connected to the main power switch 11 as described in FIG. Power was supplied from another dedicated power source (built-in battery) BT2. For this reason, after the main power switch 11 of the induction heating cooker 2 is turned off, a signal can be exchanged with the control device 32, so that when the abnormality occurs, the heating operation is urgently stopped due to the occurrence of the abnormality. Even after the power switch 11 is turned off, it is possible to issue some operation information signal indicating whether or not the induction heating cooker 2 is operated in response to a request from the power command device 9. However, the dedicated power supply BT2 as described above may not be provided, and the power supply for the used power control means 8A may be cut off simultaneously when the main power switch 11 is opened. If comprised in this way, when the signal which inquires the driving | running state from the electric power instruction | command apparatus 9 will be transmitted with respect to the electric power control means 8A, no response signal can be output on the electric power control means 8A side. Therefore, the power command device 9 determines that the induction heating cooker 2 is stopped. That is, based on the fact that there is no response signal in this way, the power command device 9 may detect the stopped state of the induction heating cooker 2 from a remote location.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
70 to 77 show a power command device and an induction heating cooker of a power control system according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention, and relate to embodiments of the fifth invention and the sixth invention. .
FIG. 70 is a plan view of an induction heating cooker to which Embodiment 2 of the present invention is applied. FIG. 71 is a flowchart showing operation steps for acquiring abnormality monitoring data by the mobile phone terminal to which the second embodiment of the present invention is applied. 72 is a flowchart showing a control operation when an abnormality occurs in the induction heating cooker of FIG. 70. FIG. FIG. 73 is a flowchart showing a control operation when an abnormality occurs in the induction heating cooker of FIG. 74 is a plan view 1 of a display screen when an abnormality occurs in the induction heating cooker of FIG. 75 is a plan view 2 of a display screen when an abnormality occurs in the induction heating cooker of FIG. FIG. 76 is a flowchart showing a control operation when the induction cooking device of FIG. 70 is restarted (starts operation) after being stopped due to an abnormality. FIG. 77 is a flowchart showing the control operation of the power command device when the induction heating cooker of FIG. 70 is restarted (starts operation) after being stopped due to an abnormality.

The processing steps SV21 to SV27 shown in FIGS. 71 and 72 are not continuous with the processing step SV14 shown in FIG. 64 of the first embodiment. Further, in the induction heating cooker 2, the following explanation is based on the assumption that an abnormality has occurred in the first heating port 2 </ b> L while cooking is being performed simultaneously in both the first heating port 2 </ b> L and the second heating port 2 </ b> R. To do. The internal configuration of the mobile phone terminal 87 is the same as that shown in FIG. The same parts as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals.

As shown in FIG. 70, the induction heating cooker 2 is a so-called built-in induction heating cooker having two induction heating units that can operate independently from each other. From the left side, the upper surface operation unit 26 operates the first heating port operation unit 81 for operating the heating operation of the left first heating port 2L and the heating operation of the second heating port 2R on the right side. A right heating port operation unit 82 is provided. An NFC input / output unit 401 (a ninth communication unit) is provided at the center of the upper surface operation unit 26. The NFC input / output unit 401 is for reading the abnormality monitoring data of the second heating port 2R on the right side, and is for reading the abnormality monitoring data of the first heating port 2L on the left side at the same time. . 401A indicates that the character “TOUCH” is illuminated at a predetermined timing from below the upper surface operation unit 26 in order to indicate the installation position of the NFC input / output unit 401, and is a part that can perform near field communication. It is guidance display information.

Because of the above configuration, at the stage where an abnormality has occurred in the first heating port 2L, the abnormality detection means ES acquires abnormality monitoring data, and the control device 32 performs abnormality determination based on the data. When the abnormality is determined, the control device 32 controls the display unit driving circuit 35 to display the occurrence of abnormality on the display screen 129 of the central display unit 16.

Therefore, the user pays attention to the existence of the NFC input / output unit 401 indicated by light by the guidance display information 401A, and brings the mobile phone terminal 87 close to this portion. Then, the cellular phone terminal 87 starts processing by activating the application software unit 188.
Since the communication establishment unit 191 of the mobile phone terminal 87 monitors that an NFC communication session is established between the mobile phone terminal 87 and the induction heating cooker 2, the mobile phone terminal 87 is turned on for NFC. Near the output unit 401 (the ninth communication unit), the communication establishment unit 191 establishes an NFC communication session.

As shown in FIG. 71, when the NFC communication session is established, the communication establishment unit 191 determines YES in SV21 and proceeds to SV22. In SV2, the transmission processing unit 190 transmits information for requesting provision of abnormality monitoring data of the induction heating cooker 2 to the induction heating cooker 2 using the NFC communication session established in SV21 (SV22). . At the same time, the MAC address information is also transmitted to the induction heating cooker 2 side. As described above, the setting for requesting provision of abnormality monitoring data is set in advance on the mobile phone terminal 87 side.

Subsequently, in SV23, the mobile phone terminal 87 receives the abnormality monitoring data requested by the user from the induction heating cooker 2 using the NFC communication session established in SV21.

When the abnormality monitoring data is received, the reception processing unit 189 confirms the received content, and in SV24, the control unit 184 causes the mobile phone terminal 87 to ring. As a result, the user is informed that the reception (here, the abnormality monitoring data has been received) has been completed. Immediately after this, the display control unit 192 of the mobile phone terminal 87 executes screen processing of the display unit 180. As a result, the abnormality monitoring data is displayed in a predetermined format (SV25).

Subsequently, in SV26, the display unit 180 of the mobile phone terminal 87 displays that the reception of the abnormality monitoring data is completed and the communication is automatically completed. This is executed by the display control unit 192.

At the stage of the SV25, the user may move the mobile phone terminal 87 away from the induction heating cooker 2 and move the display unit 180 close to his / her hand so that the display unit 180 is easy to see, and the NFC communication session may have ended. However, the mobile phone terminal 87 automatically interrupts the NFC communication session established in SV21 (SV26). The abnormality monitoring data displayed on the display unit 180 is continuously stored in the storage unit 186 unless deleted by the user.

  As described above, in the second embodiment, the user can display the cellular phone terminal 87 only by approaching or contacting the predetermined position (the NFC input / output unit 401) of the induction heating cooker 2 only once. The information regarding the “abnormal content” of the induction heating cooker 2 that designates can be received.

In the second embodiment, for example, the first heating port 2L is set to a predetermined heating power (for example, 2000 W) and is operating, and the second heating port 2R is also operated with another predetermined heating power (for example, for example). 2200W), when the electric power consumption of the induction heating cooker 2 as a whole reaches 4600W (two-port simultaneous use situation), the power command device 9 temporarily introduces the induction heating cooker. 2 has issued a command to the power usage control means 8A so as to reduce the total power consumption to, for example, 4000 W, but the command is caused by any cause (for example, indoor communication state is temporarily deteriorated or used A situation in which the power control means 8A is not transmitted to the control device 32 due to a functional failure, abnormality, or failure), or the power reduction command signal issued by the control device 32 to the two inverter circuits 33L and 33R is incomplete, and the first heating When the heating power of 2L or the second heating port 2R, that is, the power consumption does not decrease accurately, the control device 32 determines whether there is an abnormality in the first heating port 2L or the second heating port 2R. Rather than specifying, priority is given to the process of determining that the command to reduce the total power amount for the induction heating cooker 2 from the power command device 9 is not executed, and there is a possibility that the induction heating cooker 2 as a whole is abnormal. Therefore, the occurrence of an abnormality is promptly displayed on the display screen 129 of the central display unit 16, and the power supply to both the first heating port 2L and the second heating port 2R is shut off to make an emergency stop.

As described above, the second embodiment has an advantage that the operation until confirmation of the abnormality monitoring data is simplified as compared with the first embodiment. In addition, since the NFC input / output unit 401 of the induction heating cooker 2 that always contacts or approaches the mobile phone terminal 87 is one, the user may be confused about the position of the NFC input / output unit 401 or misunderstood. There is no fear of doing it.

As described above, when the provision of abnormality monitoring data of the induction heating cooker 2 is requested in step SV22, the mobile phone terminal 87 sends the MAC address serving as its identification information to the induction heating cooker 2. Since the mobile phone terminal 87 is again brought close to the NFC input / output unit 401 and the NFC communication session is established, the induction heating cooker 2 checks the same mobile phone by checking the MAC address. It can be seen from the terminal device 87 that this is the second request for providing abnormality monitoring data. Therefore, on the induction heating cooker 2 side, a part of the second abnormality monitoring data may be omitted, or a message that the previous abnormality monitoring data has been transmitted may be sent to the mobile phone terminal 87. .

Next, the flowchart shown in FIG. 72 will be described.
FIG. 72 shows the basic operation steps of the induction heating cooker 2 as in FIG. In this embodiment, after detecting the occurrence of abnormality in the induction heating cooker 2, the timing for emergency stop of cooking is different from that in the first embodiment.

As described in FIG. 28, the user touches the operation button 11A of the main power switch 11 to turn on the power (ST301). Then, power is applied to the control device 32, and the control device 32 obtains temperature information from the temperature detection circuit 150 and self-checks whether or not the main part of the cooker has an abnormally high temperature (ST302). . Further, self-inspection of whether or not abnormal current is flowing by an ammeter or a voltmeter installed on the primary side and the secondary side of the inverter circuits 33L and 33R that supply high-frequency current to the two induction heating coils 2LC and 2RC, respectively. A check is also made.

In step ST <b> 302, the control device 32 transmits an operation information signal L <b> 1 to the power command device 9. In response to this, the power command device 9 transmits a reception confirmation signal of the signal to the induction heating cooker 2. If there is no response, it is determined that the communication function is faulty. The function check of the second communication unit 124C is performed by a series of processes such as signal transmission and confirmation signal reception. Note that the function check is also performed on the third communication unit 124B and the fourth communication unit 124A at this initial stage.

Next, when the control device 32 determines that there is no problem as a result of the function check of the second communication unit 124C (ST303), the display means such as the (center) display screen 129 is activated (ST304). Next, it is determined whether or not there has actually been an instruction to start cooking (ST305). When it is determined that there is a cooking start command, the process proceeds to step ST306, and the heating operation is started.

The abnormality detection means ES monitors whether or not an abnormality has occurred during the heating operation (ST307), information such as voltage and temperature obtained from a predetermined detection portion, and a thermal power value set and executed by the user ( (Power consumption value) and the like are sequentially stored in the storage device 32R at predetermined time intervals. If unusual data that seems to be abnormal is detected, the power supply to the heating source is not immediately stopped, but the abnormality monitoring data (voltage) accumulated in the storage device 32R in time series until the abnormality occurs. And information on driving conditions such as a thermal power value (power consumption value) set and executed by the user and transmitted to the second communication unit 124C of the power command device 9 as a set. (ST308).

The control device 32 is on standby for an abnormality determination waiting period (several seconds) until the abnormality determination means 133 of the power command apparatus 9 receives a detailed abnormality determination result, and during this period, the operation of the induction heating cooker 2 is performed. The condition, for example, the thermal power value is not changed. Actually, the control device 32 ignores input signals based on operations by the upper surface operation unit 26 and the three power adjustment dials 12L and 12R on the front surface of the main body 2A. For this reason, the abnormality determination waiting period is completely prohibited except that the main power switch is turned off by pressing the operation button 11A of the main power switch (ST309).

  Control device 32 receives the abnormality determination result from power command device 9 (ST309). When the determination result received by the control device 32 is “no abnormality” (ST311), the process returns to the abnormality detection step (ST307) of the heating cooking being performed. However, if the determination result is “abnormal”, the process proceeds from step ST311 to the next step ST312 and immediately stops the power supply to the heating source.

The control device 32 controls the display screen 129 to display the occurrence of abnormality. At the same time, the voice synthesizer 38 informs by voice that the cooking has been urgently stopped due to the occurrence of an abnormality (ST313).

Furthermore, the control device 32 turns on the light emitting diode element (LED) 323 shown in FIG. 27 (it may be blinking instead of continuous lighting), and the position of the input / output unit 401 for near field communication (NFC) is determined by the user. Emphasize so that it can be easily visually recognized (ST313).

As described above, the control device 32 gives the NFC control circuit 321 permission to read the abnormality monitoring data (ST314). Thereafter, when the mobile phone terminal 87 is brought close to a predetermined short distance and the communication state is established, the short-range communication between the sixth communication unit 182 and the ninth communication unit 401 of the mobile phone terminal 87 is performed. Thus, the abnormality monitoring data stored in the storage device 32R is read out to the mobile phone terminal 87 side and stored in the storage unit 186 of the mobile phone terminal 87. Thereafter, the main power switch 11 is automatically turned off (ST315).

In the induction heating cooker 2 of the second embodiment, the operation program as shown in FIG. 72 is performed until the detailed abnormality determination result is received by the abnormality determination means 133 of the power command device 9. This is because the idea is to continue cooking without stopping cooking. In the induction heating cooker 2, there is a case where the heating power, the target heating temperature, the heating time, etc. are set up in detail before starting the cooking, and then cooking is started, and if there is an unintentional stop in the middle of cooking, Since it is necessary to reset the drive conditions again, the idea is to continue cooking until the power command device 9 determines that an abnormality has occurred. Specifically, it will be described later.

When the control device 32 receives the detection output of the abnormality detection means ES and determines that an abnormality has occurred, the cooking is continued as it is, but the heating power is forcibly reduced to the minimum value, and the abnormality determination means 133 of the power command device 9 is determined. When the detailed determination result “not abnormal” is received, the original heating power may be forcibly restored, and the cooking program may be executed under the driving conditions initially set.

Next, FIG. 73 will be described. FIG. 73 is an explanatory diagram showing a relationship between an abnormality monitoring data acquisition section of an induction heating cooker, a heating process, thermal power, and the like in the power command device of the present invention. FIG. 73 is a view corresponding to FIG. 63 in the first embodiment, and FIG. 73 shows in detail the process from the time when induction heating cooking is started until the main power switch is turned off. .

As shown in FIG. 73, in the second embodiment, the control device 32 of the induction heating cooker 2 changes the heating power value even if the operation unit 26 is operated by the user during the abnormality determination waiting period. In addition, it is configured to not accept any start of heating with a new heating source (see step ST309 in FIG. 72). Since the process of step ST309 is canceled when the main power switch is turned off once, a normal input operation can be performed when the next reuse is started.

In addition, the power command device 9 also receives the abnormality monitoring data and the information indicating the driving condition from the induction heating cooker 2 and returns the abnormality determination result (hereinafter referred to as “abnormality determination required period”). Does not transmit the power reduction request signal AS2 and the power reduction command signal AS3 to the induction heating cooker 2 at all. As described with reference to FIG. 68 in the first embodiment, the induction heating cooker 2 “abnormality determination waiting period from when the abnormality monitoring data is transmitted until the determination result of the presence or absence of abnormality of the power command apparatus 9 is received. However, since the communication time on the communication between the power command device 9 and the induction heating cooker 2 is negligibly small in the living space HA, the abnormality determination waiting period and the abnormality determination required period Are substantially the same.

Thus, in the second embodiment, both the control device 32 of the induction heating cooker 2 and the control unit 125 of the power command device 9 are inductive during the “abnormality determination waiting period” or “abnormality determination required period”. The operation state of the heating cooker 2 (the heating power value in FIG. 74) is not changed so that the induction heating cooker 2 does not change unexpectedly. In other words, in the “abnormality indeterminate period” during which the induction heating cooker 2 receives the result determined as an abnormal state by the power command device 9 in consideration of the case where the power command device 9 determines the abnormal state, Due to an operating condition command such as inadvertently increasing the thermal power value, the high frequency power supply circuit component of the induction heating source does not progress or develop a failure or become serious.

A specific configuration will be described below with reference to FIG.
FIG. 73 is a view corresponding to FIG. 63 in the first embodiment, and FIG. 73 shows in detail the process from the time when induction heating cooking is started until the main power switch is turned off. .

The induction heating cooker 2 will be described below assuming that cooking is performed using only the first heating port 2L and cooking is not performed using the second heating port 2R or other heating sources.
When the user sets the heating power for the first heating port 2L to 1000 W and starts induction heating (see the start key 212 in FIG. 33), the second communication unit 124C is instructed by the control device 32. Therefore, an operation information signal (heating cooking start notice signal) L4 indicating the start of the induction heating operation is transmitted to the power command device 9. In response to this, an operation start permission signal KS is transmitted from the power command device 9 and the induction heating operation is started.

As long as the total electric energy in the home does not exceed the second upper limit capacity (for example, 4000 W) set by the resident by the use limit setting device 96 in the power control unit 121, the power command device 9 The cooking start permission signal KS is transmitted at the required power value (1000 W) of the cooking start notice signal L4.

Thereafter, when a thermal power increase request signal LU indicating that the user has increased the thermal power to 1500 W is transmitted to the power command device 9, the required power of the thermal power increase request signal LU unless the second upper limit capacity is exceeded. A heating power change permission signal KU at a value (1500 W) is transmitted.

Thereafter, when any abnormality occurs, the abnormality monitoring means ES detects abnormality monitoring data. For example, when the temperature of the top plate 14 or the central display unit 16 (display screen 129) becomes an abnormally high temperature, depending on the temperature, it is initially determined as an abnormal preliminary state, and thereafter, the controller 32 is in an abnormal state. Is determined by
In order to determine whether or not an abnormality is detected by the control device 32, an interval ET2 for determining whether or not there is an abnormality by the control device 32 after detecting the abnormality monitoring data is necessary. However, if the control device 32 does not determine whether or not there is an abnormality, the control device 32 transmits abnormality monitoring data such as electrical data and temperature data from the abnormality detection means ES to the power command device 9 as it is (command signal QX1). .

When the power monitoring device 9 receives the abnormality monitoring data, the abnormality determining unit 133 determines whether there is an abnormality, and transmits the abnormality determination result to the induction heating cooker 2 (transmission instruction signal QX1). In response to this signal, the induction heating cooker 2 issues a confirmation signal QX2 indicating that information indicating the result of the abnormality determination has been received.

The control device 32 urgently stops the power supply to the induction heating source (2LC) that is being heated and transmits a signal L6E indicating the emergency stop to the power command device 9. This transmission is performed by the same means as the signal L4. Therefore, at the stage of this signal L6E, the heating power used for cooking changes from (upper limit) 1500W to 0W, and the non-energized state to the heating source 2LC is maintained until the operation information signal L7 of the main power switch OFF is issued. Is done. ET3 is an “abnormality notification section” in the induction heating cooker 2 as described in FIG. If the power designation device 9 does not determine whether there is an abnormality in the induction heating cooker 2 but determines in the power generation device 9, a transmission command in which the abnormality determination result is transmitted to the induction heating cooker 2 at the beginning of the abnormality occurrence notification section. It is delayed until the transmission time of the signal QX1 or the transmission time of the confirmation signal QX2 generated by the induction heating cooker 2 in response to the signal. Note that the ET 5 continues to operate the electric blower (electric fan) (not shown) because the top plate 14 and the like of the induction heating cooker 2 may be hot even when the energization to the heating source 2LC is stopped. This is a cooling period provided for the control device 32 to automatically turn off the main power switch after the temperature falls to a predetermined temperature.

74 and 75 are both plan views showing the display means (display screen) 129 of the induction heating cooker according to the second embodiment. FIG. 74 shows an abnormality detection by the abnormality occurrence detection means ES during the boiling operation. The output is sent to the control device 32, and when the control device 32 is carrying out the abnormality determination on the display screen, the state in which the hot water is urgently stopped and the operation is stopped is shown. 36C is a dedicated display area that appears from the start stage of the abnormality occurrence determination process (step ST308 in FIG. 72) in order to display the abnormality occurrence. 210E is 5th display information which provides information with respect to the user of the induction heating cooking appliance 2, like 4th display information 210D of Embodiment 1 (FIG. 36), In this display information, It shows that the input operation of the induction heating cooker 2 (by the upper surface operation unit 26 or the like) is prohibited. The display information 210E also appears on the display screen 129 at the same time as the display area 36C (the information is displayed until the display screen 129 is stopped by the control device 32). Even after the main power switch is turned off and the main power is turned on again and the display screen 129 is activated, the display information 210E and the display area 36C are not displayed unless they are again in the abnormality determination processing stage. .

In FIG. 75, after several seconds from the stage of FIG. 74, during the hot water operation, the abnormality detection means ES sends the abnormality detection output to the control device 32, and the control device 32 displays “abnormality occurrence” as an abnormality determination result on the display screen 129. Is displayed, indicating that the water heater has stopped and the operation is stopped.

In the display screen 129 shown in FIG. 75, it is indicated by characters that the result is determined by the power command device 9 as to whether or not there is an abnormality. Is not indispensable information, it is possible to simply notify only the information “abnormality occurred and emergency stop”. However, for a specialized maintenance / inspection company or manufacturer, the abnormality monitoring data and information indicating the driving conditions are valuable for analyzing the cause of the occurrence of the abnormality, and the information is used as a mobile phone terminal equipped with the NFC wireless input / output unit 182B. It is very convenient that it can be read by the device 87 and other information communication terminal devices (smartphones, tablet terminals, etc.).

Next, the flowchart shown in FIG. 76 will be described.
FIG. 76 is a flowchart showing processing (operation) steps of the control device 32 when the induction heating cooker stopped due to the occurrence of abnormality is started again. The reason for providing such a processing step is that, when the induction heating cooker in which an abnormality has occurred is started again, the user is alerted and safety is enhanced. Note that the processing step (ST400) in FIG. 76 is not a continuation of the processing step (ST315) in FIG.

As described in FIG. 28, the user touches the operation button 11A of the main power switch 11 to turn on the power (ST400). Then, power is applied to the control device 32, and the control device 32 obtains temperature information from the temperature detection circuit 150 and self-checks whether the main part of the cooker is at an abnormally high temperature. Further, self-inspection of whether or not abnormal current is flowing by an ammeter or a voltmeter installed on the primary side and the secondary side of the inverter circuits 33L and 33R that supply high-frequency current to the two induction heating coils 2LC and 2RC, respectively. A check is also made. Up to this point, the operation is the same as that described with reference to FIG.

Then, control device 32 transmits operation information signal L1 to power command device 9 (ST401). In response to this, the power command device 9 transmits a reception confirmation signal of the signal to the induction heating cooker 2. If there is no response, it is determined that the communication function is faulty. The function check of the second communication unit 124C is performed by a series of processes such as signal transmission and confirmation signal reception. Note that the function check is also performed on the third communication unit 124B and the fourth communication unit 124A at this initial stage.

Next, as a result of the function check of the second communication unit 124C, when the control device 32 determines that there is no problem (also ST401), the control device 32 has caused an abnormality in the previous cooking and stopped urgently. Check for facts. Specifically, the latest one of the abnormality occurrence data recorded in the storage device 32R is confirmed (ST402). If an abnormality has occurred on the same day, or if an abnormality has occurred on the night of the previous day, display means such as the (center) display screen 129 can be activated from the content of the abnormality, and there is no problem. (ST403). For example, in the previous cooking, if there is an abnormality in the data indicating the temperature and display function of the display screen 129 and the emergency stop occurs, the display screen 129 itself may be damaged, and the display screen does not start. It becomes a judgment. When it is determined that there is a functional safety concern on starting the display means and the display cannot be performed, the voice synthesizer 38 notifies the user (planned) or the resident to that effect for a certain period of time. After that, the main power supply is forcibly turned off, and a prohibition process is performed so that cooking cannot be performed (ST412).

Next, the control device 32 activates display means such as the (center) display screen 129. Then, on the display screen 129, the content of the previous abnormality occurrence is displayed (ST405). For example, it is indicated by letters that the temperature of the top plate 14 is abnormally high and the cooking is forcibly stopped. Here, some of the causes of such abnormalities are illustrated. For example, it is displayed that there is a case where a pan or a foreign object is placed on the intake port 20 and the intake performance is reduced (ST404). In this case, the identification information of the induction heating cooker 2 is not essential. This is because usually only one induction heating cooker 2 is used in one household. However, the identification information may be displayed simultaneously.

Then, in step ST405, a “caution” that avoids the use state such as the previous cause of abnormality and a display that prompts the user to “confirm” the warning are displayed. In addition to this display, the voice synthesizer 38 may notify the user (planned) to that effect.

Next, the user is prompted to perform a display screen 129 or a special input operation. For example, pressing two specific input keys of the upper surface operation unit 26 at the same time, or pressing three input keys in order, and the like are input operations that are not possible in a normal cooking scene. For example, when the user presses the left arrow button 83c and the right arrow button 83d shown in FIG. 25 at the same time is a confirmation action of the user, the display screen 129 is displayed. It is displayed that such special input is essential (ST406).

Next, control device 32 checks whether or not there is a special input (ST407). If there is no input, the process returns to step ST405, but there is no special input within a certain time (for example, within 3 minutes) after displaying the special input operation on the (center) display screen 129. Therefore, the main power switch is forcibly turned off.

Next, the control device 32 performs a display prompting the user to select a heating means on the display screen 129 (ST408), and then determines whether or not the heating means has been selected and the cooking start switch has been pressed (ST409). ) If both of them are YES, a cooking start notice signal (operation information signal) L4 is transmitted to the power command device 9 (ST410), and a cooking start permission signal KS is received from the power command device 9 ( ST411) For example, high frequency power is applied to the inverter circuit 33R, and induction heating cooking is started (ST412).

In step ST407, instead of performing a special input, an information communication terminal device such as the mobile phone terminal 87 registered in the induction heating cooker 2 in advance is brought close to the ninth communication unit 401, and the communication state is changed. It may be established. This is because the communication record that the owner of the specific information communication terminal device (the resident of this household) has approved can be performed.

Next, the flowchart shown in FIG. 77 will be described.
FIG. 77 is a flowchart showing processing (operation) steps of the control unit 125 of the power command device 9 when the induction heating cooker stopped due to occurrence of abnormality is started again. The reason for providing such a processing step is that, when the induction heating cooker in which an abnormality has occurred is started again, the user is alerted and safety is enhanced.

First, when the operation information signal L1 indicating immediately after the main power supply is turned on is received from the induction heating cooker 2 (ST500), the control unit 125 checks whether or not there is a fact that an emergency has occurred and an emergency stop has occurred in the previous heating cooking. To do. Specifically, the latest one of the abnormality occurrence data recorded in the abnormality storage means 134 is confirmed (ST501). And if an abnormality has occurred on the same day, or if an abnormality has occurred on the night of the previous day, it is determined from the content of the abnormality whether the induction heating cooker 2 is permitted to use and there is no problem. (ST502). For example, in the previous cooking, when the data indicating the temperature and input voltage of the inverter circuit 33R is abnormal and the emergency stop is performed, the important power switching means itself constituting the inverter circuit 33R is damaged or deteriorated in function. Since there is a possibility, it will be judged not to be used. If there is no problem in the cooking operation and there is no functional safety concern for starting the display means, the process proceeds to step ST503, and the previous abnormality occurrence content is displayed.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step ST502 that cooking by heating is not possible, the user (planned) is notified by the voice synthesizer and the display screen 100A not to cook by heating (ST509).

Next, control section 125 displays the content of the previous occurrence of abnormality on display screen 100A (ST503). For example, it is indicated by letters that the temperature of the top plate 14 is abnormally high and the cooking is forcibly stopped. Here, some of the causes of such abnormalities are illustrated. For example, it is displayed that there is a case where a pan or a foreign object is placed on the intake port 20 and the intake performance is reduced (ST503).

In the next step ST504, a precaution to avoid the use situation such as the previous cause of abnormality and a display for prompting the user to confirm the precaution are displayed. In addition to this display, the user may be notified by a speech synthesizer.

Next, the user is prompted to perform a special input operation on the display screen 100A. For example, pressing two specific input keys of the operation input unit 117 at the same time, or pressing three input keys in order, and the like are input operations that cannot be performed by normal power amount setting. Then, it is displayed that such special input is indispensable for using the induction heating cooker 2 (ST505).
Then, in the next step ST506, it is checked whether or not there is a special input, and if it has been input, it waits for the heating cooking start notice signal L4 to arrive in the next step ST507.
If there is no input, the process returns to step ST504, but within a certain time (for example, within 3 minutes) after displaying the special input operation on the display screen 100A of the display panel 100, the operation input unit 117 If there is no special input, it is considered that there is no intention to start cooking, and the processing step in FIG. 76 is forcibly terminated.

When it is determined that the cooking start notice signal L4 is received from the induction heating cooker 2 (YES in step ST507), a cooking start permission signal KS is transmitted to the induction heating cooker 2 (ST508). In Step ST501, when the control unit 125 determines that there is no fact that an emergency has occurred and an emergency stop has occurred, the process proceeds to Step ST507.

As is apparent from the above description, the induction heating cooker 2 according to the second embodiment performing the operation of the flowchart shown in FIG. 76 has the following characteristic configuration to which the fifth invention is applied. .
That is, a main body 2A with a built-in heating source,
An abnormality detection means ES for monitoring the presence or absence of abnormality of the heating source;
A first communication unit 8A that receives the cooking start permission signal KS and the power reduction command signal from the power command device 9;
The cooking is started by the cooking start permission signal KS received via the first communication unit, the energization amount of the heating source is suppressed according to the power reduction command signal, and the abnormality detection means detects during the cooking. A controller 32 that determines whether or not an abnormality has occurred upon receipt of an output, and stops energization of the heating source if an abnormality has occurred;
An operation unit 26 for inputting driving conditions of the heating source;
A display unit 129 for displaying the input result of the operation unit and the abnormality occurrence determination result;
A near field communication input / output unit 401 built in the main body;
A storage device 32R in which information on the driving conditions of the heating source and abnormality monitoring data of the abnormality detecting means are recorded in time series,
When receiving the abnormality detection output of the abnormality detection unit, the control device 32 transmits information on the driving condition of the heating source and abnormality monitoring data of the abnormality detection unit to the power command device 9 and stops the heating operation. ,
Further, the control device 32 receives the cooking start permission signal KS from the power command device 9 when the main power switch is turned on again after restarting automatically after the abnormality is automatically stopped and the main power switch is turned off. In addition, the cooking operation can be started only when a special input for the return operation is performed by the operation unit 26.

That is, the return operation of the induction heating cooker 2 according to the second embodiment is displayed on the display screen 129 after displaying information on the automatic stop due to the occurrence of abnormality on the display screen 129 (step ST406). ) Is executed by the operation unit 26 (ST407).

Therefore, the induction heating cooker 2 according to the second embodiment can be started and used by a person who intends to use it or an occupant with certainty of the occurrence of an abnormality in the induction heating cooker 2 and the start of use is a problem. If the induction heating cooker 2 determines that there is a safety measure that prevents the start of use, safety is further improved.

As is apparent from the above description, power command device 9 in the second embodiment that performs the operation of the flowchart shown in FIG. 77 has the following characteristic configuration to which the sixth invention is applied.
That is, in the power command device 9 that controls the total power consumption in the home by individually transmitting a power reduction command signal to a plurality of home appliances EE including the induction heating cooker 2 having an electrical heating source,
A control unit 125 that centrally controls the amount of power supplied to the plurality of home appliances, and a display screen 100A that displays at least one of the power amount of the plurality of home appliances or the total amount of power in the home. Display panel 100, abnormality storage means 134 for receiving and storing abnormality monitoring data from the induction heating cooker 2, and identification information and abnormality monitoring data for the induction heating cooker stored in the storage means 134 are arbitrarily selected. And an operation input unit 117 provided on the display board for reading
The control unit 125 causes the display screen 100A to display information that can identify the induction heating cooker that has determined that an abnormality has occurred and stopped the heating operation,
Further, when the control unit 125 receives the operation information signal L1 indicating that the main power switch is turned on for the induction heating cooker whose heating operation is stopped due to the occurrence of an abnormality and the main power switch is turned off, the operation input unit 117 The cooking start permission signal KS can be transmitted only when a return operation (special input operation, including a case where information is input by the information communication terminal device 87 being established) is performed. is there.

That is, when receiving the cooking start notice signal (operation information signal) L1 from the induction heating cooker 2, the control unit 125 of the power command device 9 determines whether the cooking operation is possible (ST502). If it is determined that cooking is possible, the fact that an abnormality has occurred is displayed on the display screen 129 (ST503), and then a return operation is performed on the operation unit 26 (including the case where the communication state is established by the information communication terminal device 87) ( Only when ST506) is performed, the heating operation is started when the cooking start permission signal KS is received from the power command device 9.

Therefore, the power command device 9 according to the second embodiment can allow the person who is scheduled to use or the resident to recognize the occurrence of abnormality in the induction heating cooker 2 and permit the start of use, and the start of use is a problem. If the power command device 9 determines that there is a safety measure, the safety has been improved so that the use cannot be started.

Embodiment 3 FIG.
78 to 84 show the third embodiment of the present invention and relate to the seventh embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 78 is a front view 1 of a use limit setting device for a power command apparatus according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention. 79 is a front view 2 of a use limit setter of the power command device of FIG. 78. FIG. 80 is a front view 3 of a use limit setter of the power command device of FIG. 78. FIG. FIG. 81 is an explanatory diagram showing a control operation of the power control system when an abnormality occurs in the induction heating cooker according to the third embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 82 is a flowchart showing a control operation in the absence mode cancellation operation in the power command device of FIG. 78. FIG. 83 is a front view 1 of a use limit setter in the scene of the absence mode release operation in the power command apparatus according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention. FIG. 84 is a front view 2 of the use limit setting device for the absence mode cancellation operation in the power command apparatus according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention. The same parts as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals. The induction heating cooker 2, rice cooker 3, microwave oven 5, dishwasher 6 and air conditioner 7 are all the same as those in the first embodiment. The same applies to the health management processing unit 116, the environment detection unit 202, the human detection unit 203, and the various health management devices 410.

The power command device 9 according to the third embodiment includes a home detection means for detecting the home of the resident, a control unit for commanding whether or not to drive various home appliances to be controlled, and the resident in the living space. An absence state input means that can input to the control unit that there is no absence state, and when the control unit sets the absence state for all residents by the absence state input means, the resident in advance When all the home appliances that have been defined (excluding exceptional home appliances) are maintained in an absence mode in which operation is not started, and then the home detector detects the return of a resident, the control unit detects the absence mode. It is one feature to cancel.

In addition, in the power command device 9 of the third embodiment, the operation information from the home appliance EE that is a power control target is monitored, and the home appliance in which an abnormality has occurred, particularly an induction heating cooker that generates high heat, etc. The main feature is that the situation can be recognized on the power command device 9 side.

Furthermore, in the third embodiment, the configuration of the front part of the use limit setting device 96 of the power command device 9 is changed, and the display screen 100A is placed below the display screen 100A of the display panel 100 at the front part. Five push button type or touch type selection keys (operation units) 493, 495, 496, 158, 502 serving as an input unit of a screen selection switch (not shown) for switching between are arranged in a horizontal row.

In the following description, it is assumed that the selection keys 493, 495, 496, 158, 502 are known touch type selection keys such as a capacitance type.
One key (operation unit) 493 has the same function as the special icon 417 (for selecting health management information) described in the first embodiment. The selection key 494 has the same function as the special icon 418 (for electric energy management) described in the first embodiment. The selection key 495 has a function of the special icon 419 (for home environment management) described in the first embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 78, when it is desired to view the power amount management and health management information, any one of the three selectable keys 493, 494, and 495 in the vicinity of the lower end of the display panel 100 of the power command device 9 is pressed. Press it. For example, when the selection key 494 is pressed from the display state of FIG. 78, the screen can be switched to a dedicated screen for health management. In this state, if the selection key 493 is pressed, as shown in FIG. 78 again, a display screen for power consumption management that can confirm the power consumption of each home appliance EE and the current total power consumption of this household. You can switch to
Reference numeral 158 denotes a touch-type selection key similar to the selection-type keys 493, 494, and 495, and 502 denotes a touch-type selection key.

As described above, the five selection keys (operation units) 158, 493, 494, 495, and 502 are not provided inside the display panel 100, but provided outside the display panel (the lower front part of the outer surface of the display panel). There is an advantage that 100 effective display areas can be expanded and new display items can be added. The two selection keys 158 and 502 will be described in detail later. A selection key 503, which will be described later, is also a touch-type selection key, like the five selection keys (operation units) 158, 493, 494, 495, and 502.

As shown in FIG. 78, in the display screen 100A of the display panel 100, there is provided a use state display information area 107 for displaying home electric appliances controlled by the power command device 9. . In the use state display information area 107, information 107B indicating the name of the induction heating cooker 2, information 107A indicating the name of the rice cooker 3, and the like are displayed in a list format.

In the use state display information area 107, there is an advice area 500 for displaying power saving check points and other home appliance EE abnormalities, breakdowns, safety information, and the like. In the advice area 500, the environment detection unit 202 detects that there is no person and the lighting fixture is lit in a room (for example, a bedroom), and transmits the detection result to the control unit 125. Thus, the control unit 125 searches for a corresponding item in accordance with a predetermined power saving check program, and when there is a corresponding point in the program, from the corresponding result (possibly using electricity unnecessarily) , You may be advised by letters to prompt the user to check. In addition, as shown in FIG. 78, characters indicating that there is a home appliance EE (for example, induction heating cooker 2) that is abnormally stopped due to an abnormality is displayed.

In the use state display information area 107, when an abnormality occurs in the induction heating cooker 2 and it is forcibly stopped, the information 107B part indicating the name is clearly the information indicating the name of the other home appliance. In FIG. 76, the information 107B indicating the name is enclosed and the rectangular portion is highlighted in red so that it can be identified.

In the advice area 500, the measurement result of the environment detection unit 202 is always used for effective use of electric power and suppression of useless use. It is also used to notify the occurrence of an abnormality in the home appliance EE. Note that. The advice area 500 does not always have a certain area, and when advice is not required, information on other purposes is displayed in this area, and the display screen 100A having a limited area is effectively used. Like to do.

In FIG. 78, a selection key (operation unit) 158 is used to select a home mode in which the optimal living environment is set for a scene where the resident is home. A selection key 502 for switching to the absence mode is arranged near the right side of the selection key 158.
When the selection key 502 is pressed, a predetermined absence mode setting command is given to the control unit 125. Therefore, this selection key is hereinafter referred to as “absence mode selection means”. When the selection key (operation unit) 158 is pressed, a setting command for a predetermined home mode is given to the control unit 125. Therefore, this selection key is hereinafter referred to as “home mode selection means”.

The absence mode selection means 159 will be described. This key is useful when all the residents go out, for example, when the whole family goes out for shopping or travel.

When the absence mode selection means 502 is pressed from the state of FIG. 78, the control unit 125 of the power command device 9 operates as shown in FIG. 79 and the display content of the display screen 100A changes. Since the registration work of the mobile phone terminal 75 is necessary for the power command device 9 before, it will be described first.

Regardless of whether the number of mobile phone terminals 75 with NFC function used in the home is one or two, the first mobile phone terminal 75 is used to identify the power command device 9. By making the telephone terminal 75 approach a predetermined part of the display panel 100 of the power command device 9 and performing communication, identification information (MAC address, family name of a dedicated person, (Including a telephone number and the like) is read by the power command device 9 and stored in a predetermined storage area of the storage device 149 by the control unit 125. This state is step S100 shown in FIG. It is only necessary to read the identification information of the mobile phone terminal 75 into the power command device 9 and register it once. Unless the user performs an input operation for deregistration, the storage device of the power command device 9 Since information is permanently stored in 149, there is no need to set again when the absence mode selection unit 502 is pressed.

Next, it will be further described with reference to FIG. 81 on the assumption that the induction heating cooker 2 has been started in the home appliance EE.
The control unit 125 of the power command device 9 always checks the latest driving information signal (see the driving information signals L1 to L7 shown in the first embodiment) that has arrived from each electric device EE, or each home appliance. Send the inquiry signal to the side, obtain the driving information signal from each home appliance EE in the form of answering this, and analyze it to grasp the latest operating status and operating conditions of various home appliances EE You are performing an action.
Therefore, at a certain stage (M40 in FIG. 70), an abnormality occurs in the induction heating cooker 2, and the self-control function of the induction heating cooker 2 performs processing such as acquisition of abnormality occurrence, abnormality determination, and emergency stop. In the case where the error is made, the induction heating cooker 2 transmits a specific signal indicating the occurrence of abnormality to the power command device 9 (M41). As a result, the control unit 125 of the power command device 9 receives wireless transmission (in this case, not NFC transmission, but may be transmitted by power line carrier communication), and the content of the abnormality monitoring data is determined according to a predetermined rule. Classify, discriminate, organize data, and store the abnormality occurrence time data (this may be the time received from the induction heating cooker 2) in the abnormality storage means 134 constituting a part of the storage device 149 (S101). ).

In addition, the control unit 125 of the power command device 9 uses a mail transmission function to set a predetermined standard in the mobile phone terminal 87 with the NFC function (registered in step S100) existing inside or outside the house. The mail is transmitted (M42). In addition, although not shown in figure, the control part 125 of the electric power instruction | command apparatus 9 transmits the response signal that abnormality monitoring data was received with respect to the induction heating cooking appliance 2. FIG.

Next, a resident who knows that an abnormality has occurred in the induction heating cooker 2 by e-mail from the power command device 9 (a resident who owns the cellular phone terminal 87 registered in step S100) is in or around the house. When the user is in an outdoor garden or the like, the resident can confirm the content of the occurrence of abnormality by the mobile phone terminal 87. Also, other residents who do not hold the mobile phone terminal 87 can check the occurrence of an abnormality by reading and displaying the abnormality monitoring data on the display panel 100 of the power command device 9. Specifically, when a resident who has a mobile phone terminal 87 registered in advance brings the mobile phone terminal 87 close to a predetermined location of the induction heating cooker 2, the mobile phone terminal 87 and the mobile phone terminal 87 are guided. A communication session is established with the heating cooker 2.

For this reason, the electric power instruction | command apparatus 9 gives the read command of abnormality monitoring data with respect to the induction heating cooking appliance 2 (S102). In response to this, the induction heating cooker 2 collates the identification information from the mobile phone terminal 87 (S103). As a result of the collation, when it is determined that the mobile phone terminal 87 is a predetermined registered one, the abnormality monitoring data temporarily stored in the recording device 32R is read and transmitted to the mobile phone terminal 87. (S104).

Next, the power command apparatus 9 stores the received abnormality monitoring data in a predetermined area of the abnormality storage unit 134 (S105).
Next, a case where a resident tries to set an absence mode for going out will be described.
In FIG. 79, when the absence mode selection unit 502 is pressed, the control unit 125 of the power command device 9 starts to operate according to a predetermined control program in order to set the absence mode (S106). And the control part 125 acquired abnormality monitoring data from the various household appliances (this induction heating cooker 2 in this Embodiment 3) in the memory | storage device 149 (the registered predetermined | prescribed mobile telephone terminal 87). It is checked whether there is a record (S107).

And if there is a record that acquired abnormality monitoring data, it means that abnormality has occurred in any of the home appliances EE, so check the latest situation before turning off the whole house and going out Therefore, the control unit 125 of the power command device 9 guides the current status confirmation signal from the power command device 9 as well as the command signal for reducing the total power amount to the home appliance EE (such as the induction heating cooker 2). It emits to the heating cooker 2 (M43).

Next, a notification signal (response signal) indicating that the operation has already been stopped is issued from the induction heating cooker 2 side (M44). Thereby, it can be seen that the induction heating cooker 2 has already stopped at the latest time point on the power command device 9 side. In other words, even when the absence mode selection means 502 is pressed when a considerable time has elapsed since the induction cooker 2 was automatically stopped due to an abnormality, in order to increase safety, the point in time again The operation of the induction heating cooker 2 is checked.

Next, the control unit 125 of the power command device 9 receives the notification signal (response signal) and completes the setting of the absence mode at the stage when the induction heating cooker 2 can be confirmed to stop, and a predetermined time has elapsed. Later (for example, 10 minutes later), a “collective power OFF operation” is started to simultaneously shut off the power supplies of the household electrical appliances EE in the house (S108). In addition, lighting appliances that are preferably turned on when the resident goes out, such as lighting in front of the entrance, do not shut off the power to all the home appliances EE at the same time. good. In other words, in the third embodiment, the control unit 125 of the power command device 9 is an exceptional household electrical appliance set by the resident in advance, that is, a household electrical appliance that should be continuously operated even when going out. Shut off the power supply to other household appliances except for electric refrigerators, sea heaters for tropical aquarium fish, and lighting appliances for lighting. In some cases, only a small amount of power is supplied in a so-called standby mode).

Next, the control unit 125 checks whether or not a resident is left in the living space by the human detection unit 203 having a human sensor, and when detecting a reaction that a person is present, the main body 9A of the power command device 9 is detected. An alarm is issued by a speaker (not shown) incorporated in the. For example, when a large pet (animal) goes out in a room, the human detection unit 203 may mistakenly detect the pet as a resident, and in such a case, such a pet is not erroneously detected. To perform input operations such as changing the sensitivity of a specific human sensor. The time required from when the absence mode selection key 502 is pressed to when the alarm is issued is preferably within 1 minute. This is because if the alarm timing is late, it is assumed that all the residents have gone outside at the time of the alarm, and the alarm is not noticed.

Next, when the presence of the resident is not detected by the human detection unit 203 and the control unit 125 confirms that the electronic lock at the entrance has been completed by a signal from the home detection unit 10 (at time M45), A part of the data in the storage device 149 storing the management database is changed, and all the residents are instructed to change the data from “at home” to “absent”. At this time, the control unit 125 enters the “absence mode” (same as the “household monitoring mode”) (S109).

In this “absence mode”, the control unit 125 maintains the interruption of the power supply of various home appliances or accepts the minimum power supply (so-called standby state), but the original function of the various home appliances. Maintain the forced hold state that does not accept the start input of full-scale operation to demonstrate (heating and air conditioning).

When the absence mode is entered, the control unit 125 issues an operation command for the monitoring mode to the environment detection unit 202 during execution of the absence mode so as to monitor whether there is an abnormality in the living space. Reference numeral 202 denotes measurement and monitoring of the temperature and humidity of the living space and recording operation of the measurement data at predetermined time intervals (for example, every few minutes). Note that the environment measurement data may be temporarily stored in the internal memory of the environment detection unit 202 for a certain amount of information, and then the stored data may be automatically transferred to the storage device 149.

On the other hand, when the control unit 125 of the power command device 9 confirms that the electronic lock at the entrance has been unlocked by a signal from the home detection unit 10 and the person detection unit 203 detects the presence of a person, The control unit 125 determines that the resident has come home, partially cancels the “absence mode”, and turns on the entrance lighting and the like. When the resident touches the “home mode selection means” 158 on the front of the display panel 100, the home mode is completely restored, so that each household electrical appliance EE can be used (however, all Residents cannot use all home appliances, and dedicated home appliances can only be used by certain residents).

Next, the selection key 502 and the usage state display information area 107 when the “absence mode” is set will be described.
In the home mode state (that is, before switching to the absence mode), the push button type key (operation unit) 158 clearly displays the key outline and the key name as shown in FIG. On the other hand, the absence mode selection means 502 is displayed in an inconspicuous state on the surface of the display panel 100 as shown in FIG. Although the outline indicating the operation part of the selection key is thin, characters indicating the function of “absence mode selection” are clearly displayed.

Next, when the absence mode selection means 502 is touched from this state, as shown in FIG. 79, a selection key 503 on which characters indicating a function of “collective power OFF” are displayed for the first time.
The user can confirm that the induction heating cooker 2 is abnormal in the use state display information area 107 in the state of FIG. 78 by displaying the abnormality display information 500A, but the display screen 100A is further in the state of FIG. Since the display of the abnormality display information 500A is continued even at the stage of switching to, there is little possibility that the user (resident) will overlook.

Reference numeral 501 denotes abnormality occurrence device display information of each home appliance EE, and reference numeral 501A denotes abnormality occurrence device display information displayed immediately above the name display portion of the induction heating cooker 2. The name display part of the induction heating cooker 2 described above is displayed in red in the advice area 500 so that the abnormality occurrence device (induction heating cooker 2 in the examples of FIGS. 78 and 79) can be identified. The abnormality display information 500A is also a kind of abnormality occurrence device display information. In other words, the “abnormal device display information” referred to in the third embodiment can identify home appliances in which an abnormality has occurred (which may include exercise measuring devices and health care devices) by visual information such as characters and graphics. One or more pieces of information.

In the example of FIG. 79, in order to indicate that an abnormality has occurred in the induction heating cooker 2, abnormality occurrence device display information 501A is displayed immediately above the name display portion of the induction heating cooker 2.
Therefore, the user can check the state of the induction heating cooker 2 by directly visiting the site. As a result of the actual confirmation, if it is confirmed that the induction heating cooker 2 is surely stopped, the user touches the selection key 503 (hereinafter referred to as “collective power OFF key”).

Next, on the display screen 100A of the display panel 100, the information 107B indicating the name of the induction heating cooker 2 disappears as shown in FIG. Accordingly, when the absence mode selection unit 502 is next touched in this state, the collective power OFF key display changes lightly. Instead, the text “absence mode confirmation” is displayed on the operation unit of the absence mode selection unit 502. Since it changes to a clearly displayed form, the user can easily understand that the setting of the absence mode has been completed. Here, the information 107B indicating the name of the induction heating cooker 2 is deleted when the information 107B is displayed when the collective power supply is set to OFF. This is because there is a concern that it may be misunderstood that the power supply of the induction heating cooker 2 can be cut off unconditionally by remote control at the stage of “batch power OFF key” or “confirm absence mode”.

In addition, at the stage where the state of the display screen 100A of the display panel 100 is the state shown in FIG. 78 or FIG. The mobile phone terminal 87 may display that abnormality monitoring data has been read and recorded. As described above, since identification identification information is stored in the power command device 9 for each mobile phone terminal 87, information regarding who in the family has read the abnormality monitoring data may be displayed.

Next, the flowchart shown in FIG. 81 and the front view of the main part of the display panel 100 of the power command device shown in FIG. 83 will be described. In addition, when the induction heating cooker 2 was used before switching to the outing mode, that is, before the resident was out (that is, at home immediately before that), an abnormality occurred and was automatically stopped. The following explanation is based on the assumption that there is a fact.
FIG. 82 is a flowchart showing processing (operation) steps of the control unit 125 of the power command device 9 when the resident starts to use the induction cooking device that has been stopped due to an abnormality before returning home. FIG. The reason for providing such a processing step is that, when the induction heating cooker in which an abnormality has occurred is started again, the user is alerted and safety is enhanced.

First, an electric lock 19 is installed outside the entrance (not shown), which is the entrance of the living space HA, and the resident is based on the personal identification number and biometric information (for example, fingerprint information) input to the electronic lock. Since the personal authentication means 29 for detecting that the user has returned home is provided, when all or one resident returns home and inputs a predetermined password or the like to the personal authentication means 29, personal authentication is performed, and the control unit 125 Instructs the unlocking of the electronic door lock 19 (ST600).

When the control unit 125 of the power command device 9 confirms that the electronic lock at the entrance has been unlocked by a signal from the home detection unit 10 and the person detection unit 203 detects the presence of a person, the control unit 125 determines that the resident has come home, partially cancels the “absence mode” (ST601), and the resident who has come home touches the “home mode selection means” 158 in front of the outer surface of the display panel 100. Then, since it completely returns to the home mode, it becomes possible to use each household electrical appliance EE.

When the resident who has returned home touches the home mode selection means 158, the display on the display screen 100A of the display panel 100 is immediately switched, and the screen is switched to a screen for requesting confirmation from the resident whether or not confirmation of the state of the home appliance EE is desired. Then, if the resident who has returned from the screen selects the confirmation request, step ST602 is YES, and the process proceeds to step ST603, where the power command device 9 displays the state of all home appliances EE that manage the amount of power. become. A configuration example of the screen in this case is shown in FIG. Note that step ST602 may be omitted, and the process may automatically proceed to step ST603.

In FIG. 83, reference numeral 501A is abnormality occurrence device display information displayed immediately above the name display portion of the induction heating cooker 2, and in the example of FIG. 83, the induction heating cooker 2 indicates that an abnormality has occurred. Show. In FIG. 83, identification information (for example, model name, model number, etc.) of the induction heating cooker 2 is not displayed, but only one induction heating cooker 2 is used in this home. Since the induction heating cooker 2 in which an abnormality or failure has occurred can be easily identified without displaying the identification information, the display is omitted. Although the user omits the display of the identification information, the initial setting displays at least one of the model name and the model number. When the first transmission of the abnormality monitoring data is received, the control unit 125 records it in the abnormality storage unit 134, and the user operates the display screen 100A or the input operation unit 117 to perform detailed identification. Data can be displayed at any time.

In FIG. 82, when the user wants to start using some household electrical appliance EE and touches the name display section 107B of induction heating cooker 2, step ST604 becomes YES, and the process proceeds to step ST605.

In FIG. 82, in step ST605, control unit 125 checks whether there is a fact that an emergency stop has occurred due to an abnormality occurring in the previous cooking. Specifically, the latest one of the abnormality occurrence data recorded in the abnormality storage unit 134 is confirmed. If an abnormality has occurred (before returning to the home mode), the severity and importance of the abnormality are determined from the content of the abnormality to determine whether or not there is any problem with permission to use the induction heating cooker 2. To do.

If there is no problem in the cooking operation and there is no functional or safety concern for starting the heating source, the previous abnormality occurrence content is displayed in the advice area 500 of the display screen 100A (or the display screen). The entire screen may be switched to a dedicated display screen showing only the abnormal contents of the induction heating cooker 2). However, if it is determined that the abnormal content is serious and unsuitable for use, at this stage, for example, “It is determined that the device has failed in view of the abnormal content that occurred during the previous use. A message such as “Please request repair” is displayed in the advice area 500 and the display returns to the display screen in the step ST603.

On the other hand, when the previous abnormality occurrence content of the induction heating cooker 2 is displayed in the advice area 500 of the display screen 100A at step ST605, as shown in FIG. The result of analysis by the abnormality determination means 133, precautions for preventing recurrence, etc. are displayed in the advice area 500, and confirmation of the display content is required. In addition to this display, the user may be notified by a speech synthesizer.
When the resident confirms and agrees, the user touches the consent key 504 on which “agreement” is displayed. If it is desired to return to the previous screen (shown in FIG. 81), the return key 505 may be touched.

When the consent key 504 is touched, the process proceeds to the next step ST606.
Next, the user is prompted to perform a special input operation on the display screen 100A. For example, pressing two specific input keys of the operation input unit 117 at the same time, or pressing three input keys in order, and the like are input operations that cannot be performed by normal power amount setting. And it is displayed that such special input is essential in order to use induction heating cooking appliance 2 (ST606).

Next, control section 125 checks whether or not there is a special input (ST607). If there is no input, the process returns to step ST605. However, within a predetermined time (for example, within 3 minutes) after displaying the special input operation on the display screen 100A of the display panel 100, the operation input unit 117 If there is no special input, it is considered that there is no intention to start cooking, and the processing step is forcibly terminated. In step ST607, instead of performing a special input, an information communication terminal device such as a mobile phone terminal 87 registered in advance in the power command device 9 may be brought closer to the fourth communication unit 427. . This is because it is possible to input a communication record indicating that the owner of the specific information communication terminal device (resident in this household) has returned home and has approved it.

Next, control unit 125 waits for the arrival of a cooking start notice signal (operation information signal) L4 from induction heating cooker 2 (ST608). When it is determined that the cooking start notice signal L4 is received from the induction heating cooker 2 (YES in step ST608), a cooking start permission signal KS is transmitted toward the induction heating cooker 2 (ST609). If “NO” in steps ST602 and ST604, the process proceeds to another display menu screen. For example, in order to confirm the difference between the second upper limit capacity (for example, 4000 W) of the breaker BK and the total value of the current power consumption by the operation input unit 117 of the operation panel 100, as shown in FIG. You may proceed to a selection screen that switches to the display screen.

As described above, according to the third embodiment, it is possible to switch to the absence mode by the absence mode selection means 502, which is automatically canceled when returning home. During absence, the power supply is kept off except for exceptional household appliances (for example, ornamental fish air supply pumps and their fluorescent lamps), or minimal power is supplied but no operation start input is accepted. The forced hold state is maintained. This eliminates the troublesome operation of turning off the main circuit by operating the handle of the breaker BK when going out. After that, when at least one resident returns home, the absence mode is automatically canceled, so the resident who has returned home can immediately use the desired home appliance (except for the other home appliances of other residents). it can.

Furthermore, the electric power command device 9 side indicates that an electrical device in which an abnormality has occurred (particularly a heating device such as induction heating in which the heating unit is exposed to the outside of the housing) has become abnormal for some reason. I can know. Further, since such an abnormal device is displayed on the operation unit (display panel 100) for setting the absence mode, the state of the device can be confirmed just in case before going out. High safety.

Even in the induction heating cooker 2 according to the third embodiment, when energization of the heating source is stopped when an abnormality occurs, the occurrence of the abnormality is notified on the display unit 16 and the mobile phone terminal 87 side is heated by short-range wireless communication. Source drive conditions and abnormality monitoring information can be read. Therefore, accurate repair and inspection can be requested using the abnormality monitoring information transferred to the mobile phone terminal 87.

The power command system shown in the third embodiment has the structure of the seventh invention.
That is, in the power command device 9 that individually controls a plurality of home appliances EE including the induction heating cooker 2 having an electric heating source to control the total electric energy in the home,
The induction heating cooker 2 includes a first communication unit 8A that receives a cooking start permission signal KS and a power reduction command signal from the power command device 9, and an abnormality detection means ES that monitors whether the heating source is abnormal. Control that starts cooking by the cooking start permission signal KS received via the first communication unit, and stops the heating operation by the heating source when it is determined that an abnormality has occurred based on the detection information of the abnormality detecting means. An apparatus,
A control unit 125 that centrally controls the amount of power supplied to the plurality of home appliances;
A display panel 100 having a display screen 100A for displaying at least one of the electric energy of the plurality of home appliances or the total electric energy in the home;
Storage means 134 for receiving and storing abnormality monitoring data from the induction heating cooker 2;
An operation input unit 117 that arbitrarily reads out identification information and abnormality monitoring data of the cooking device stored in the storage unit 134;
The display panel 100 includes a selection means (selection key) 503 that can collectively cut off the power supply to the plurality of home appliances EE and set it to the absence mode, and can cancel this.
In the scene where the absence mode is set by the selection unit 503 and then the absence mode is canceled, the control unit 125 of the power command device 9 includes the identification information of the induction heating cooker stored in the storage unit 134. The abnormality monitoring data is read out and displayed on the display screen 100A of the display panel 100,
Further, when the control unit 125 starts using the home appliance EE after canceling the absence mode, the abnormality occurrence device display information 501 can be specified on the display screen 100A so that the home appliance in which an abnormality has occurred during use before the absence mode is cancelled. And the cooking start permission signal KS is transmitted on the condition that a special input operation (including a case where the communication state is established by the information communication terminal device 87 and information is exchanged) is performed in the operation input unit 117. It is a configuration that enables it.

That is, as shown in FIG. 82, when the absence mode is set by the selection unit 503 and then the absence mode is canceled, the control unit 125 of the power command device 9 is stored in the storage unit 134. The identification information and abnormality monitoring data of the induction heating cooker 2 are read out and used for the display screen 100A. For example, when starting to use the induction heating cooker 2 determined to be the occurrence of the abnormality, on the display screen 100A, a name that identifies a home appliance as an induction heating cooker, and abnormality occurrence device display information 501A (Character information “last occurrence of abnormality”) is displayed in correspondence with each other. Thereby, a resident or a user can easily recognize that an abnormality has occurred during use before canceling the absence mode. Also, the abnormality display information 500A displayed in the advice area 500 of FIG. 78 is one piece of abnormality occurrence device display information.

Furthermore, when the induction heating cooker 2 in which the previous abnormality has occurred is used again, a special input operation (the communication state is established by the information communication terminal device 87) in the operation input unit 117 in the display panel 100 of the power command device 9 is used. The predetermined cooking start permission signal KS is transmitted from the power command device 9 only when the information is transferred).

Since it is the above configuration, for example, there is a fact that the induction heating cooker 2 abnormally occurred one week ago and an emergency stop occurred, and then the whole family went out for a trip (the outing mode setting at that time) One week later, when the absence mode is canceled by the selection means 503 and the induction heating cooker 2 is used again, the user or the resident may have already forgotten the previous occurrence of abnormality. In the configuration of the present invention, the presence / absence of abnormality of the home appliance EE can be known from the abnormality occurrence device display information 501A as described with reference to FIG. 83, and the display screen 100A as illustrated in FIG. When the use of the induction heating cooker 2 is started, precautions are displayed in the advice area 500 and the power command device 9 is used unless a special input operation (pressing the consent key 504 shown in FIG. 84) is performed. Predetermined cooking start permission signal KS against the induction heating cooker 2 is not transmitted.

Therefore, according to the power command apparatus shown in the third embodiment, identification information and abnormality occurrence information of the induction heating cooker 2 can be stored, and the induction heating cooker can be used by the user as necessary. 2 identification information and abnormality monitoring information can be read out on the display screen 100A of the power designation device 9 and confirmed on the display screen 100A. Therefore, accurate repair and inspection can be requested using the identification information and abnormality monitoring information stored in the power command device 9, and the information stored for long-term use of the induction heating cooker 2 can be used effectively.

Furthermore, it can be known from the power command apparatus 9 side that the induction heating cooker 2 and other home appliances have become abnormal for some reason. Further, in the operation unit (display panel 100) for setting the absence mode, such an abnormality is displayed on the display screen 100A. Therefore, before going out, check the state of the corresponding device just in case. Because it can, it will be highly safe.

The power control system shown in the third embodiment has the configuration of the eighth invention.
That is, a power command device 9 that individually controls a plurality of home appliances EE including a heating cooker 2 having an electrical heating source to control the total amount of power in the home,
An information communication terminal device 87 including a wireless input / output unit 182 communicating with the power command device 9
The heating cooker includes a first communication unit 8A that receives a cooking start permission signal KS and a power reduction command signal from the power command device 9, an abnormality detection unit ES that monitors whether the heating source is abnormal, A control device that starts cooking by a cooking start permission signal KS received via the first communication unit and stops the heating operation by the heating source when it is determined that an abnormality has occurred upon receipt of abnormality monitoring data from the abnormality detecting means. And a storage device 32R that stores drive information such as a thermal power value and the detection information in time series,
The power command device 9 includes a control unit 125 that centrally controls the amount of power supplied to the plurality of home appliances, and at least one of the power amount of the plurality of home appliances or the total amount of power in the home. Display panel 100 having a display screen 100A for displaying one side, storage means 134 for receiving and storing abnormality monitoring data from heating cooker 2, and identification information for heating cooker stored in storage means 134 An operation input unit 117 for arbitrarily reading abnormality monitoring data,
The display panel 100 includes a selection means (selection key) 503 that can collectively cut off the power supply to the plurality of home appliances EE and set it to the absence mode, and can cancel this.
In a scene where the absence mode is set by the selection means 503 and then the absence mode is canceled, the abnormal device display information 501A is displayed on the display screen 100A at the time of use before the cancellation of the absence mode, and the operation input unit On the condition that a special input operation (including the case where the communication state is established by the information communication terminal device 87 and the information is exchanged) is performed at 117, the cooking start permission signal KS can be transmitted,
The display panel 100 of the power command device 9 transmits the identification information and abnormality monitoring data of the cooking device stored in the storage means 134 to the information communication terminal device 87 via the wireless input / output unit 182. This is a configuration with a function to

For this reason, in the third embodiment, when the absence mode selection unit 502 is set, the control panel 100 can collectively shut off the power of a plurality of home appliances EE (collective power OFF), and in the past Since it is possible to grasp the home electric appliance in which an abnormality has occurred, this leads to an operation for confirming the status of the target home electric appliance each time, and an effect of improving safety in an actual home can be expected.

Furthermore, according to the power control system shown in the third embodiment, on the information communication terminal device 87 side such as a smartphone or a tablet, the identification information and driving conditions of the heating cooker and other household appliances, abnormality monitoring data, etc. Since detailed contents can be read, it is possible to request an accurate repair or inspection using the abnormality-related information on the home appliance side transferred to the information communication terminal device 87.

Embodiment 4 FIG.
85 to 89 relate to Embodiment 4 of the present invention, and FIG. 85 is a block diagram 1 showing the overall configuration of the power control system of the present invention. FIG. 86 is a block diagram 2 showing the overall configuration of the power control system of the present invention. 87 is a flowchart showing a control operation of the power command device and the information server information server used in the power control system shown in FIG. 85, and FIG. 88 is a home electric appliance main body used in the power control system of FIG. And the block diagram which shows the structure of a power command device and the adapter for communication, FIG. 89 is a charge division table of the abnormality determination process of a power command device and an induction heating cooking appliance. The same parts as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals. Moreover, the said household appliance EE is the same as that of Embodiment 1 except the communication adapter part mentioned later. The same applies to the health management processing unit 116, the environment detection unit 202, the human detection unit 203, and the various health management devices 410.

The fourth feature of the fourth embodiment is that the abnormality determination performed by the power command device 9 and the abnormality determination in the information server 89A are linked. As a second feature, a communication adapter provided for each home appliance has a function of handling communication between the home appliance EE such as the induction heating cooker 2 and the power command device 9. . The adapter may be built in and sold in the main body of the home appliance EE such as the induction heating cooker 2 from the beginning, but even if it is not built in the home appliance at the initial sales stage, After the EE is installed in the home, it may be additionally installed by a specialist.

In the fourth embodiment, the eighth invention is implemented. In the following description, a representative of the home appliance EE will select the induction heating cooker 2 and explain the operation of this cooker.

510A is a communication adapter (equipped with a communication function) corresponding to the power consumption control means 8A referred to in the first embodiment. This adapter includes an input / output unit (fifteenth communication means) 511A wirelessly connected to an input / output unit (second communication unit) 124C of the power command device 9, and a control unit 511C that controls the communication adapter 510A itself. And a program storage unit 511M for storing a control program and control data for performing the energization control of the induction heating cooker 2 to be controlled by the communication adapter 510, and the control device 32 of the induction heating cooker 2 are predetermined. And an input / output unit (interface unit) 511B connected by a signal cable. In addition, although the same communication adapter is individually installed also in other household appliances EE, detailed description is abbreviate | omitted.

The communication adapter 510A is used by being fixed to the inside or outside wall surface of the main body 2A of the induction heating cooker 2. Other home appliances EE also have communication adapters, but when they are collectively referred to, reference numeral 510 is used. In many cases, the communication adapter 510 having basically the same specifications is used for each home appliance EE. That is, a communication adapter is prepared as a common communication component. As a result, there is an advantage that the cost can be greatly reduced as compared with the case where the communication adapter for each household electrical appliance is designed as a dedicated part corresponding only to the individual household electrical appliance.

The communication adapter 510 uses a frequency band called a 2.4 GHz ISM band defined in “International Standard IEEE 802.11b”, which is one of the widely used wireless LAN related standards formulated by IEEE. To do. In the fourth embodiment, the actual use center frequency is set to 2.412 GHz (2512 MHz) to 2.472 GHz.

The communication adapter 510 may be directly connected to the power line (main trunk line) 27 separately from the home appliance EE such as the induction heating cooker 2 and obtain power from the power line. It is also possible to use a method in which power is obtained by branching from the middle and connecting with connecting means such as a connector. In the case where the power source 27 is directly connected, even if the main power supply of the home appliance EE is cut off, the power is always supplied to the communication adapter 510A. Therefore, the main power supply is cut off while the home appliance EE is in operation. Communication with the power command device 9 can be executed at any time during the period.

Since a plurality of the adapters 510 are used in one home, each adapter 510 is given an identification number (adapter ID) unique to each adapter, and is viewed from the power command device 9 side. Only the specific adapter 510 of the other party can be identified.

In FIG. 78, 510B is a communication adapter that can directly exchange information with the control unit 125 of the power command device 9 in the rice cooker 3.

There are two air conditioners 7, and a communication adapter 510E1 that can directly exchange information with the control unit 125 of the power command device 9 is installed in the vicinity of the first air conditioner 7NA installed in the living room. . The other air conditioner 7NB is called a second air conditioner and is installed in the bedroom. In the vicinity of the second air conditioner 7NB, the control unit 125 of the power command device 9 and the information directly Is installed a communication adapter 510E2.

There are also two TV receivers 75. In the vicinity of the first TV receiver 75NA installed in the living room, a communication adapter 510T1 that can directly exchange information with the control unit 125 of the power command device 9 is installed. Yes. The other TV receiver 75NB is called a second TV receiver and is installed in the bedroom. In the vicinity of the TV receiver 75NB, information is directly exchanged with the controller 125 of the power command device 9. A communication adapter 510T2 that can be used is installed.

The home appliances EE other than those shown in FIG. 78 are each provided with a communication adapter (not shown) having the same configuration as that of the communication adapter 510A.

The adapter 510 is directly fixed to a case (box) that is the main body outline of each home appliance EE, or connected to such a main body with a signal cable or the like, and is installed inside or near the main body for use. It has become so.

The health management processing unit 116, the environment detection unit 202, the human detection unit 203, the health management device 410, and the exercise measurement device 145 are the same as those in the first embodiment. 410T is a communication adapter for the health care device 410, and 145T is also a communication adapter for the exercise measuring device 145, which has the same function as the communication adapter 510, and has a wireless communication function with the power command device 9. There is.

In FIG. 85, 89A is an information server similar to the information server 89A of the first embodiment, and this information server 89A is configured by a web server.

In this fourth embodiment, when the control device 32 determines that an abnormality has occurred in the induction heating cooker 2, the induction heating operation is immediately stopped, and the signal L6E indicating the emergency stop of the heating source is The abnormality monitoring data transmitted from the communication adapter 510A to the power command device 9 and then continuously acquired by the abnormality detection means ES in the past (refer to “abnormality monitoring data acquisition section ET1” shown in FIG. 63) While being stored in the storage device 32 </ b> R of the induction heating cooker 2, it is transmitted from the communication adapter 510 </ b> A to the power command device 9.

In addition to abnormality monitoring data such as voltage and temperature, the transmission data includes the above-described operation information signals L1 to L7, target device registration signal AS1, a request signal (notice signal) AS2 for reducing the total power consumption of home appliances, and power reduction A command signal AS3 and a heating start permission signal KS are included. Therefore, data such as measurement timing of data indicating actual abnormality (for example, temperature or voltage value), transmission timing of operation information signals L1 to L7, reception timing of power reduction command signal AS3, and the like are included. .

The information server 89A of the professional information support center for providing specialized information (for various electrical appliances) is connected to each household electrical appliance EE using a communication network 98, and the household electrical appliance EE is in its own operating state. Is transmitted to the server 89X via the communication adapter 510 and the power command device 9 by signals such as the operation information signals L1 to L7.

Information (hereinafter referred to as “support information”) transmitted from the information server 89A of the professional information support center to the power command device 9 is related to a response or recovery after an abnormality of the home appliance EE or an emergency automatic stop (user) Useful information (including instructions and explanations on special operation methods for restoration of home appliances EE), analysis results of causes of abnormalities in home appliances EE, and prevention of recurrence and repair / inspection requests (use Useful information). Similarly, various support information such as a correct usage method, an input operation method, a method of identifying an abnormality or a failure, and a coping method regarding the exercise measuring device 145 and the health management device 410 are also provided.

The communication network 98 is an arbitrary communication network capable of bidirectional communication. This communication network may be, for example, the Internet, a wired communication network, or a satellite communication network. Also, different communication networks may be used for the transmission path from the home to the information server 89A (referred to as “uplink communication path”) and conversely the transmission path from the information server 89A to the home (referred to as “downlink communication path”). .

Reference numeral 87 denotes an information communication terminal device such as the high-function mobile phone terminal described in the first embodiment. It may be used for either “uplink communication path” or “downlink communication path” described above. For example, the induction heating cooker 2 transmits a signal indicating its own operation state, abnormality monitoring information, and the like to the power command device 9 through the adapter 510A, and the power command device 9 indicates the operation state of the home appliance EE. The signal may be converted into a signal suitable for high-speed communication and transmitted to the information communication terminal device 87, and the information communication terminal device 87 may notify the information server 89A of the operation state of the induction heating cooker 2 via the communication network 98. . Alternatively, the power command device 9 may notify the information server 89A of the operation state of the induction heating cooker 2 via the communication network 98 without interposing the information communication terminal device 87.

The information server 89A includes a central processing unit 89CP that functions as a host computer for the specialized information support center.
Furthermore, the information server 89A includes an input device 89P, a display device 89D, a communication unit 89IF, a manufacturer-side information database 89M, a user information database 89U, and applications of various home appliances such as the induction heating cooker 2. A countermeasure program providing unit 89S storing software.

As will be described later, the central processing unit 89CP performs processing such as updating the user information database 89U and creating specialized information.
The input device 89P is an input device that is operated by a professional engineer or other person in charge at the specialized information support center. By operating this input device 89P, a user information database 89U and a manufacturer side information database 89M described later are constructed and updated. Give instructions.

The “manufacturer” referred to in the fourth embodiment is a trader who designs or manufactures the above-described home appliance EE, or a trader who has technical knowledge under the commission of the trader. Also included are designs, manufacturers and distributors of the health management device 410 and the exercise measuring device 145. Sports professional organizations and consultants who provide exercise training programs to exercise effectively using the exercise measuring device 145 are also included as needed. In addition, the contractor here does not need to be one company. For example, the manufacturer of the household electrical appliance EE may be different, such as Company X and Company Y, and the manufacturer of the health management device 410 may be Company Z. In the case of accurately responding to such different types of devices, the input device 89P separately installs an input terminal dedicated to the home appliance EE and an input terminal dedicated to the motion measuring device 145, and these input terminals It is desirable to assign an engineer with specialized knowledge of electricity and a person in charge who is familiar with exercise physiology and human body function. These input terminals may not be installed in one facility, but may be partly distributed in another facility or place connected via the communication network 98. However, it is desirable that the input device 89P and the display device 89D are a set. This is because the user can work while visually recognizing various information displayed on the display device 89D.

The display device 89D displays various data on the display screen according to the control of the central processing unit 89CP.
The communication unit 89IF is a reception unit and a transmission unit that serve as an interface with the communication network 98.

In the manufacturer side information database 89M, technical information on the home appliance EE is stored in advance for each model / model number. Further, technical information of the health management device 410 and the exercise measuring device 145 is stored in advance for each model / model number. In the case of home appliances EE whose detailed specifications have been changed by the production number, specification changes and history by production number are also accumulated.

The “technical information” referred to in the fourth embodiment includes, for example, rated usage conditions of household electrical appliances EE (for example, electrical conditions such as rated power consumption and voltage, environmental conditions such as an allowable range of indoor air temperature to be used, etc.) ), Specifications, main specifications, main equipment, optional parts and functions, operation state transitions, display contents in each operation state, processing to be taken in each operation state, and restrictions for safe and proper use Various data such as conditions and precautions for use are included. The technical information of the manufacturer information database is provided by the manufacturer described above, and includes some know-how unique to the manufacturer, for example, a life test and weather resistance data at the time of manufacturing the home appliance EE.

The user information database 89U stores user information on the home appliance EE. Here, the user information refers to information obtained by converting the operating state of the home appliance EE received from the home appliance EE into an arbitrary format that is useful for creating provided information in the professional information support center. The user information includes, for example, a list of home appliances EE owned by each household, a living space used by the home appliance EE and its floor area, a volume of the living space, a past report history from the user, etc. Is included. The user information database 89U is updated at any time to reflect the driving state received from the home appliance EE, and is constructed as a database that can be searched by the input device 89P or the central processing unit 89CP. In addition, user information of the health management device 410 and the exercise measuring device 145 is stored in advance for each model / model number. Further, the user information includes various home appliances as information related to power control among information on the total power amount upper limit value of one household set in the breaker BK and information stored in the storage device 149 of the power command device 9. Information on the second upper limit capacity set by the resident in order to limit the power consumption of the device EE is stored.

A unique identifier (hereinafter referred to as “user ID”) is assigned to each user of the home appliance EE in advance. The user ID is recorded inside the home appliance at an appropriate timing such as when the home appliance EE is sold or when the installation work is completed. For example, in the case of the built-in induction heating cooker 2, when installation work is completed in the kitchen furniture of the kitchen, it is recorded in the storage device 32R in the control circuit 32 by the construction contractor or the manufacturer. As for the health management device 410 and the exercise measuring device 145, a unique identifier is assigned in advance to each device, like the user ID of the home appliance EE, so that the user can be identified. . These identifiers are recorded inside each device when the device is manufactured.

Each home appliance EE is assigned a unique identifier (hereinafter referred to as a home appliance ID) for each device in advance. The home appliance ID is recorded inside the home appliance when the home appliance EE is manufactured. For example, in the case of the induction heating cooker 2, when the installation work is completed in the kitchen furniture of the kitchen, it is recorded in the storage device 32R in the control circuit 32 by the construction contractor or the manufacturer. The health management device 410 is also assigned with a unique identifier (hereinafter referred to as “health device ID”) for each device. The health device ID is recorded in the health management device when the health management device 410 is manufactured. Similarly, with respect to the exercise measuring device 145, a unique identifier (hereinafter referred to as “exercise device ID”) is assigned in advance to each device. The exercise device ID is recorded in the exercise measurement device when the exercise measurement device 145 is manufactured.

As described in the first embodiment, each home appliance EE transmits operation information signals L1 to L7 indicating the operation state of the home appliance EE to the power command device 9 at a predetermined timing. Note that the power command device 9 may sequentially transmit the operation information signals L1 to L7 to the information server 89A via the communication network 98 when the operation information signals L1 to L7 are received.

The timing and frequency at which each home appliance EE transmits a driving information signal indicating a driving situation may be arbitrary. For example, each home appliance EE may periodically transmit a driving information signal at a frequency of about once every 10 seconds to 30 seconds while power is supplied. However, when a situation that seems to be abnormal occurs in the home appliance EE, the home appliance EE itself immediately performs an abnormality determination process. For example, in the induction heating cooker 2, the control device 32 determines whether or not there is an abnormality, and if it is determined that there is an abnormality, a signal indicating an emergency stop of the induction heating source is issued to the inverter circuits 33L and 33R, etc. Cut off high frequency power. In addition, an operation information signal L6E is transmitted to the power command device 9.

In the abnormality determination process, during the cooking operation, the user repeatedly presses the operation key that has nothing to do with the continuation or termination of the cooking operation, or a command inconsistent between the operation start and the operation stop. This includes a state where the operation keys and operation buttons are simultaneously pressed. These are identified as an example of improper operation by the control device 32 and transmitted to the power command device 9 as a special operation state signal L8 different from the above-described operation information signals L1 to L7. In the case of this operation state signal L8, the induction heating source is not urgently stopped. Even in the case of other household appliances such as the rice cooker 3 and the air conditioner 7, the operation does not stop.

When a signal L6E indicating an emergency stop of the induction heating source is transmitted to the power command device 9, the power command device 9 provides abnormality monitoring data to the home appliance (in this case, the induction heating cooker 2). A command signal LE1 to be obtained (see FIG. 64 of the first embodiment) is issued. Then, the induction heating cooker 2 transmits the monitoring data continuously acquired in the “abnormality monitoring data acquisition section ET1” to the power command device 9 (data transmission signal LE2). At this time, various command information that the induction heating cooker 2 has received from the power command device 9 is also transmitted simultaneously. That is, the “home appliance side power limit information” is also transmitted to the power command device 9. Thereby, the influence from the outside in induction heating cooking appliance 2 can be analyzed more correctly in information server 89A.

Then, an operation information signal indicating that the main power supply is turned off is transmitted to the power command device 9. The power command device 9 may transmit the received contents of these signals to the information server 89A as they are when the signals L6E, LE1, LE2, and L7 (see FIG. 63 of the first embodiment) are received. However, in this Embodiment 4, the reception fact of the signal of all the processes is transmitted collectively in a time series from the time of receiving the first driving information signal L1 to the reception of L7. In this case, the signals L6E, LE1, LE2, and L7 are also included. For this reason, in this power command device 9, each operation information signal is temporarily stored and accumulated in a predetermined area of the abnormal storage device 134 that constitutes a part of the storage device 149, and collectively. A method of transmitting to the information server 89A at a time is adopted.

If the signal L6E indicating the emergency stop of the induction heating source is not transmitted to the power command device 9, the signals LE1 and LE2 are not output thereafter, so that nothing is transmitted to the information server 89A. The information processing load on the communication network 98 and the information server 89A is reduced. That is, the power command device 9 does not transmit any operation information signal or environment information for a series of cooking that has received the operation information signal L7 of the main power switch OFF as usual without any abnormality. However, as will be described later, when the user identifies an operation key that has been pressed many times with an induction heating cooker that has nothing to do with the continuation or end of the cooking operation, such a situation May be transmitted to the power command device 9 as a special operation state signal L8 and transmitted to the information server 89A as it is. In such a case, during the induction heating cooking or before the start of cooking, the information server 89A provides a correct operation method, for example, a procedure such as a setting method for the thermal power and a setting method for the reserved time, as a kind of support information.

The operation information (including abnormality monitoring data of the induction heating cooker 2) transmitted from the power command device 9 is sent from the communication unit 89IF to the central processing unit 89CP as abnormal operation information of the induction heating cooker 2. The central processing unit 89CP receives the received operation information of the induction heating cooker 2, the technical information related to the induction heating cooker 2 stored in the manufacturer-side information database 89M, and the usage information stored in the user information database 89U. Based on the person information, a specialized investigation / analysis process for abnormal operation of the induction heating cooker 2 is automatically performed, and further support information is created.

For example, in the case of the emergency stop of the induction heating cooker 2 this time, the bottom surface of the metal pan, which is the object to be heated, is deformed, the initial flat bottom surface state is lost, and the top plate 14 is lifted excessively from the top surface. It is presumed that the thermal power from the induction heating coil 2LC is not sufficiently entered, and the top plate 14 is in a high temperature state even after an emergency stop, so that it is not touched for at least 10 minutes, etc. Create support information.

As described above, it is assumed that the manufacturer side support information includes processing to be performed in each abnormality occurrence state of the home appliance EE, and the user information includes list information of home appliances EE owned by each home. In this case, the central processing unit 89CP having received the usage status information first searches the user information database 89U using the user ID and the home appliance ID as search keys, and the home appliance EE is installed in the home. Make sure.

Next, the central processing unit 89CP searches the manufacturer side information database 89M using the home appliance ID and the operation state of the device as search keys, and obtains a process to be taken in that state. As processing to be taken at this time, there are, for example, processing for returning the home appliance EE to a predetermined normal state, processing for calling an operator in charge of the information server 89A, and the like.

The central processing unit 89CP can create support information for the user of the home appliance EE through such a database search process. The central processing unit 89CP can also create support information using an artificial intelligence technique.

Thereafter, the communication unit 89IF transmits the support information to the power command apparatus 9 via the communication network 98 in order to transmit the created support information to the induction heating cooker 2 in which the problem has occurred. The transmitted support information is received by the control unit 125 via the second communication means 134 of the power command device 9 and recorded in the storage device 149, while being transmitted to the induction heating cooker 2 inside the home. And in the applicable induction heating cooking appliance 3, the control apparatus 32 receives assistance information via the 1st communication means 511A.

Since the power command device 9 does not transmit information corresponding to the operation information signal L6E to the information server 89A when the operation information signal L6E is received from the induction heating cooker 2, the main power source of the induction heating cooker 2 is not transmitted. Although the support information from the information server 89A has not arrived before the signal is turned OFF, when the signal L6E is received, the information corresponding to the signal is transmitted to the information server 89A as it is. When the support information is requested, the support information can be obtained before the main power switch is turned off.
In such a case, support information can be displayed on the display unit (center display unit) 16 of the induction heating cooker 2 that still maintains the display function. The contents of the support information can be notified to the user by voice by the voice synthesizer 38.

On the other hand, central processing unit 89CP updates user information database 89U using the operation information (including abnormality monitoring data of induction heating cooker 2) transmitted from power command device 9. Furthermore, the received driving information is classified and arranged, and the user information database 89U is updated based on this. For example, the central processing unit 89CP determines the induction from the material determination information of the metal pan used when the induction heating cooker 2 becomes abnormal and the thermal power information (input voltage, input power, etc.) being executed. The abnormal cooking state that is likely to occur in the cooking device 2 is obtained, and this is stored in the user information database 89U as user information. The user information database 89U is updated as needed based on the received driving information information, and the support information is obtained using the updated user information database 89U, thereby providing better support information.

Next, the flowchart shown in FIG. 87 will be described.
FIG. 87 shows basic operation steps of the power command device 9 and the information server 89A when an abnormality is detected in the home appliance EE such as the induction heating cooker 2 to be monitored.

In FIG. 87, when the abnormal detection means ES built in the home electric appliance EE detects unusual data that seems to have caused some abnormality during the heating operation by the heating source or the rotation operation by the electric motor, the electric home appliance EE side The abnormality monitoring data is sent to the second communication unit 124C of the power command device 9 via the.

When the power command device 9 receives such abnormality monitoring data (SX1), the power command device 9 commands the “minimum capacity operation” to the home appliance EE that has immediately transmitted the abnormality monitoring data. (SX2). The “minimum capacity operation” here refers to an operation at 300 W if the induction heating cooker 2 has a rated maximum (heating) capacity of 3000 W and a minimum capacity of 300 W, for example. In other words, for example, a state in which power is supplied to a heating source with a heating capacity of 2000 W is forcibly lowered to 300 W, and changes such as increasing the heating capacity from that state are forbidden at all. Good, cooking is not an emergency stop.
In the case where the main electric energy source is not a heating source but a household appliance equipped with a power source such as an electric motor, the “minimum capacity operation” means the capacity of the refrigerant supply compressor driven by the power source, This means energy-saving operation that minimizes the number of rotations of the motor that rotates the washing tub of the drum type washing machine.

In the fourth embodiment, the operations of the control device 32 of the induction heating cooker 2 and the power command device 9 in the abnormality determination waiting period and the abnormality determination required period are different from those in the first embodiment. That is, the control device 32 of the induction heating cooker 2 transmits an operation information signal that the thermal power is urgently lowered to the power command device 9, but the power command device 9 refuses any notice of the thermal power reduction. Instead, it automatically transmits only the reception confirmation of the signal. Alternatively, when such abnormality monitoring data is transmitted, both the control device 32 of the induction heating cooker 2 and the control unit 125 of the power command device 9 mutually share an operation information signal, a power reduction request signal AS2, and a power reduction command signal. Based on the rule that signals such as AS3 are not transmitted, the control device 32 can quickly execute the heating power lowering operation.

Next, the control unit 125 of the power command apparatus 9 sends the abnormal data sent from the abnormality detection means ES to the abnormal storage means 134 together with the drive data (for example, thermal power, set temperature value, etc.) at that time. (SX3).

Next, the control unit 125 of the power command apparatus 9 checks whether or not the unique data from the abnormality detection means ES is the same as the data determined in the past. In addition, it is also compared with determination criterion data that can be determined to be abnormal in advance. Further, it is also compared with the data type determined in the past (SX4). For example, in the past, the output voltage and input voltage data of the inverter circuit 33R have been determined, but the fact that the temperature of the top plate 14 and the temperature of the (center) display screen 129 have been determined to be abnormal is stored. If the data cannot be confirmed, it is determined that it is not within the “past abnormality determination range” (SX5).

Next, in step SX5, the control unit 125 of the power command device 9 matches the data that is in the past abnormality determination range and determined as “abnormal” in the past abnormality determination reference data. The detailed judgment is made by comparing with the inherent judgment standard data. Here, the “determination reference data” is, for example, the allowable temperature of the inverter circuit 33L as described above, and is determined by the thermal power and the room temperature. For example, the temperature is 50 ° C. at a room temperature of 20 ° C. and a heating power of 2000 W. However, since there is no function for detecting the room temperature on the induction heating cooker 2 side, the reference value of the air temperature is used only for the abnormality determination on the power command device 9 side, so that the comparison table corresponding to the temperature is used. have. If this room temperature data is received, the information server 89A also uses it for abnormality determination.

If it is determined that an abnormality has occurred as a result of the collation in step SX5, the process proceeds to the next step (SX6).
In the next step (SX6), the abnormality notification information used at the time of past abnormality determination is extracted from the abnormality storage means 134, and this information and information indicating the determination result of abnormality are used as the second information of the power command device 9. To the communication unit 124C.

Next, the control unit 125 of the power command device 9 receives the determination that “abnormality has occurred” and urgently stops the home appliance EE that is in the “minimum capacity operation” (cuts off the power supply to the heating source and the power source). (SX7).

Next, the control unit 125 of the power command apparatus 9 commands the home appliances to permit reading of the abnormality monitoring data. Therefore, for example, when the home appliance EE is the induction heating cooker 2, as described in the first embodiment, the control device 32 gives an abnormal data read permission command to the NFC control circuit 321 (SX8). . Then, when the information communication terminal device 87 such as a mobile phone terminal is brought close to a predetermined short distance of the home appliance and the communication state is established, the sixth communication unit 182 and the ninth communication of the information communication terminal device 87 are established. The abnormality monitoring data accumulated in the storage device 32R of the home appliance EE, the information indicating the driving condition, and the device identification data for specifying the induction heating cooker by the short-range communication with the unit 401 are the information communication terminal device 87. Are collectively read out and stored in the storage unit 186 of the mobile phone terminal 87.

Thereafter, the control unit 125 of the power command device 9 sets the data indicating the drive condition and the abnormality determination result of the electric device EE so as to correspond to the abnormality monitoring data that has already been temporarily stored, and further includes a time measuring unit. The date and time data from 140 are also made to correspond to each other and stored in a predetermined storage area of the abnormality storage means 134. Then, the control unit 125 of the power command device 9 instructs the home appliance to turn off the main power switch 11 (SX9).

On the other hand, if “NO” is determined in step SX5, the information server 89A is in charge of detailed abnormality determination processing.
Then, the power command device 9 waits for about a few seconds and maintains the “minimum capacity operation” until receiving a detailed abnormality determination result based on the latest abnormality determination reference data by the information server 89A.

In FIG. 87, steps SX10 to SX16 show the abnormality determination processing by the information server 89A. First, when the information server 89A receives the transmission of the abnormality monitoring data from the power command device 9 (SX10), the identification data transmitted from the information server 89A is analyzed to identify the target device of the abnormality monitoring data (SX11). . Then, identification data such as the detailed model name, model number, and manufacturing number of the home appliance EE is determined and stored in the user information database 89U (SX12).

Next, the information server 89A extracts the latest abnormality determination reference data to be compared from the manufacturer-side information database, and performs processing such as comparison with the abnormality monitoring data and data processing (SX13).

Next, the information server 89A performs a determination process in step SX14 to determine whether there is an abnormality.
If the result of the determination is “abnormal”, the determination result is transmitted to the power command device 9 (SX15).

In the power command device 9, the abnormality determination result from the information server 89A arrives at the stage of step (SX6). In this case, the information server 89A side provides relevant information appropriate for the content of the abnormality determination, for example, information for preventing recurrence. Are transmitted to the home appliance EE. The information provided at this time is stored in the abnormality storage means 134 of the power command apparatus 9 and added to the past determination history so that it can be handled as a “past abnormality determination range” at the next abnormality determination. To do.

Next, the information server 89A sets the data (including data indicating the driving condition and abnormality determination result of the electric equipment EE) used for the series of determination processing results so far, and the date / time data of the determination processing is also associated. Then, it is stored in the user information database 89U (SX16), and the series of operations is completed.

It should be noted that “no abnormality” is received from the information server 89A in a state in which the home appliance EE is maintained in the “minimum capacity operation” state until the power command device 9 receives the detailed abnormality determination result by the information server 89A. Is received in step SX6, the power command device 9 instructs the home appliance 2 to return to the state before the “minimum capacity operation” state and start driving. In this case, on the home appliance EE side, when the display screen 129 or the voice synthesizer 38 gives a notification such as “There was a concern about the occurrence of an abnormality, but there is no abnormality, so it automatically returns to the original driving conditions”. This can prevent the user from being confused.

As is clear from the above description, in the fourth embodiment, the abnormality determination performed in the power command apparatus 9 and the abnormality determination in the information server 89A are linked, so the power instruction apparatus 9 has determined an abnormality in the past. If it is the content, it can be quickly determined in the home. Even if the public line (wide area communication circuit network) from the home to the information server requires time for communication due to a communication failure or the like, the power command device 9 uses the latest abnormality determination standard data by the information server 89A to provide details. Until the judgment result of the presence / absence of abnormalities is received, the home appliance EE is maintained in the “minimum capacity operation” state, so that it is possible to reduce the seriousness of the abnormal state, and even if it is not abnormal, the original drive It is possible to quickly return to operation under conditions.

While the user information stored in the user information database 89U is not sufficient, particularly in the initial stage, other home appliances (in the case of the above-described new model induction heating cooker 2 are induction heating cookers). The central processing unit 89CP is mainly stored in the manufacturer-side information database 89M during the state in which the type / typical information obtained in the old model. Create support information by referring to the technical information. In this case, the specialized information support center displays the abnormal operation information of the received home appliance EE on the display device 89D, and the engineer or the operation person as described above provides the prescribed support information using the input device 89P. Or it may be modified as appropriate.

FIG. 89 is a division table in charge of abnormality determination processing for the power command device 9 and the induction heating cooker 2 in the fourth embodiment. As shown in FIG. 89, in the fourth embodiment, the induction heating cooker is used. In step 2, all abnormality determinations are basically performed. That is, when waiting for the abnormality determination result in the power command apparatus 9 from the induction heating cooker 2, an “abnormality determination waiting period” is required until the determination result of the presence or absence of abnormality in the power command apparatus 9 is received. This is because there is a concern that the response processing when an abnormality has occurred may be delayed because the communication state between the power command device 9 and the power command device 9 is also affected.

However, as shown in FIG. 89, “temperature of main body case 2A internal space” of case number 2, “temperature of top plate 14” of case number 4, and “cooling fan (electric fan) of main body” of case number 7 Regarding the abnormality of the “motor current and temperature” and the “communication adapter 510 </ b> A” of case number 8, accurate abnormality determination may not be possible only by measuring the temperature and current inside the induction heating cooker 2. For example, as described above, in the case of “temperature of the internal space of the main body case 2A” of the case number 2, the external air introduced into the main body case 2A, that is, the temperature of the kitchen is also related. For example, in synchronization with the start of operation of the induction heating cooker 2, normally, the ventilator installed above is automatically started, but if the ventilator is not operated for some reason, The temperature gradually rises and the temperature of the cooling air introduced into the main body 2A rises. Alternatively, steam generated during cooking is sucked. However, even in such a case, after the abnormality determination of the induction heating cooker 2, in the power command device 9, the room temperature and humidity of the kitchen through the environment detection unit 202 and the operation status of other home appliances are also managed in the power amount. Since it is grasped as a part, it is possible to acquire a wider range of information and determine whether there is an abnormality.

The control unit 125 of the power command device 9 uses the information from the time measuring unit 140 that transmits accurate time information to access the manufacturer information database 89M once a day, for example, at midnight, and specify The technical information (especially the criterion data) of the home appliance EE is automatically acquired. When an abnormality determination request is made from the power command apparatus 9, such latest technical information is acquired, and the acquired technical information is accumulated in the abnormality storage unit 134 (replaced by old data). deep).

As is apparent from the above description of the fourth embodiment, the fourth embodiment discloses a power control system having the following configuration.
That is, the power control system of the fourth embodiment is
A home appliance EE including a first communication unit 8A for wireless communication, an input / output unit 401 for short-range communication, and a heating source or a power source that operates by electric energy;
A power command device 9 that transmits a power reduction command signal to the first communication unit 8A of the home appliance to limit the total power consumption in the home;
Information server 89A that receives home appliance abnormality monitoring data from the power command device 9 and performs abnormality determination;
An environment detection unit 202 that acquires environmental information of the installation space of the home appliance,
The home appliance EE includes a control device 32 that controls a heating source or a power source, and an abnormality detection means ES that detects an abnormality,
The control device 32 stores the driving condition of the heating source or power source and the monitoring data from the abnormality detecting means ES during operation in the storage device 32R,
The power command device 9 has a function of determining an abnormality of the household electrical appliance EE based on the driving condition and abnormality monitoring data received from the household electrical appliance,
When the home appliance EE receives a determination result that there is an abnormality from the power command device, the drive of the heating source or power source is limited,
When the power command device 9 performs an abnormality determination on the home appliance EE, the power instruction device 9 performs the abnormality determination using the environmental information of the installation space of the home appliance acquired from the environment detection unit 202, and the determination result is the abnormality monitoring data. Is transmitted to the first communication unit 8A of the home electric appliance that has transmitted.

Since it is an electric power control system provided with an above-described structure, according to this Embodiment 4, after the abnormality determination of household appliances itself, such as induction heating cooking appliance 2, in electric power command device 9 which performs those electric power control Further, more accurate comprehensive abnormality diagnosis can be performed using room temperature, humidity, and other environmental information through the environment detection unit 202 regarding the installation space of the home appliance.

Embodiment 5. FIG.
90 to 91 relate to the fifth embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 90 is a flowchart showing the control operation of the power command device of the present invention. FIGS. 1 and 91 are the control operation of the power command device. FIG. The same parts as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals. The home appliance EE is the same as that of the first embodiment. The same applies to the health management processing unit 116, the environment detection unit 202, the human detection unit 203, and the various health management devices 410.

The fifth embodiment relates to a power command device according to the ninth and tenth aspects of the invention.

In the fifth embodiment, there is a first feature in which abnormality determination performed by the power command device 9 and abnormality determination in the information server 89A are linked. In this aspect, it can be said to be an improved version of the fourth embodiment.

The flowchart shown in FIG. 90 will be described.
FIG. 90 shows the power command device 9 at the stage of registering related information such as a maintenance check time when the home appliance, for example, the induction heating cooker 2 or the like is brought into the home and used for the first time. The operation steps of the control unit 125 are shown.

In FIG. 90, the power command device 9 first brings the home appliance EE, for example, the induction heating cooker 2 into the home and turns on the main power switch 11, and then the operation information signal L <b> 1 emitted from the induction heating cooker 2. (SX100).
Various identification information is transmitted from the induction heating cooker 2 continuously with the operation information signal L1. Among them, the induction heating cooker 2 is a device having a legal inspection period according to the “Long-term product safety inspection system” of the “Consumer Product Safety Act” as described in the first embodiment. It also contains information on how. Incidentally, if the home appliance EE is a dishwasher 6 (described in the first embodiment) incorporated in the kitchen furniture of the kitchen, a code indicating that it is a designated device of the legal inspection system is included in the identification information. The “user ID” and “home appliance ID” described in the fourth embodiment are also transmitted from the induction heating cooker 2 and recorded in the storage device 149 of the power command device 9 (SX101).

The control unit 125 of the power command device 9 analyzes the various identification information transmitted from the induction heating cooker 2 and determines whether the device has a legal inspection period (hereinafter referred to as “legal inspection product”). (SX102).

In step SX102, since induction heating cooker 2 is not a legal inspection product, the determination is “NO”, and the flow proceeds to step SX106. If the dishwasher 6 is used, “YES” is determined, and the process proceeds to next Step SX103.

In step SX103, information at the time when the main power switch of the dishwasher 6 is turned on is automatically read into the storage device 149. This regards the point of time when the operation information signal L1 transmitted from the dishwasher 6 is received as “the start of use”, and this information is displayed on the display screen 100A together with the name of the dishwasher 6. Then, the resident of the household is asked to confirm whether or not the displayed start of use (for example, May 1, 2014) is acceptable, and if correction is necessary, correction by the operation input unit 117 is performed. Ask. In fact, the built-in type dishwasher 6 described above is installed by specialists such as installers and equipment sales companies, and therefore, information indicating legally inspected products is not included in the identification information. In this case, identification information indicating that the installation contractor is a legal inspection product can be added at the stage of step ST703. In addition, if there is a free warranty period setting, the contractor can also input the information and service conditions such as a paid warranty period in this step (SX103).

When the operation input unit 117 inputs that the confirmation and input in step SX103 are completed, the control unit 125 displays on the display screen 100A that the dishwasher 6 has been registered as a legal inspection device (SX102). Subsequently, the display screen 100A displays a free warranty period and a paid warranty period condition (annual fee etc.) (these are based on the input information of the installation contractor etc.) (SX105).

Next, the process proceeds to step SX106. In this step, regardless of whether the device is a legal inspection device, such a recommended character is displayed on the display screen 100A in order to encourage the resident to register the maintenance inspection and the replacement period of the consumable parts. For example, in the dishwasher 6 which is a legal inspection device, it is recommended that the manufacturer of the dishwasher 6 and a maintenance / inspection specialist should check when five years have passed since the start of use. Further, for example, in the induction heating cooker 2, cleaning and inspection of the grill cabinet 22 and the grill door 28 are recommended.

If the resident or the specialist trader adds some maintenance inspection items by the operation input unit 117 in step 107 after seeing the display in step 106, the process proceeds to the next step SX108 and the resident's request is displayed on the display screen. Ask for confirmation if it is on the street. If there is no objection to registration, if a predetermined input operation is performed, “YES” is determined in the step SX109, and the process proceeds to the next step SX110. On the other hand, if the user does not agree with the registration, the process returns to step SX107.

In step SX110, a signal of the target device registration notification AS1 is transmitted to the home appliances (the dishwasher 6 and the induction heating cooker 2) that have transmitted the operation information signal L1 first, and a series of registration operations is performed. Finish. Note that the signal of the target device registration notification AS1 is the same as that described in the first embodiment, but is a signal generated only when the home appliance EE is used for the first time.

Next, the flowchart shown in FIG. 91 will be described.
FIG. 91 shows basic operation steps of the control unit 125 and the abnormality determination unit 133 when the abnormality monitoring data of the home appliance EE is received.

91, since steps ST701 to ST707 are the same as steps ST201 to ST207 in FIG. 69, the reference numerals in FIG. 69 are also shown.
In FIG. 91, when the power command device 9 receives transmission of abnormality monitoring data from the home appliance EE such as the induction heating cooker 2, the abnormality monitoring data is sent from the second communication unit 124 </ b> C to the abnormality storage unit 134. (ST701). Then, the abnormality monitoring data is stored in the storage means (ST702).

Abnormality determination means 133 collates the acquired abnormality monitoring data with the abnormality determination reference data (ST703), and determines whether they match (ST704). If it is determined that there is an abnormality as a result of the determination (ST705), a countermeasure message corresponding to the determination result is extracted from the database of the abnormality storage means 134, and the countermeasure message and the determination result are set as a set. The second communication unit 124C transmits to the home appliance EE2 (ST706).

On the other hand, when the determination result of abnormality determination means 133 is “abnormal”, control unit 125 displays the determination result and the handling message on display screen 100A of display panel 100 (ST706). In other words, even if a resident who is not a user of the induction heating cooker 2 who does not directly look at the display means 129 of the induction heating cooker 2 can see the abnormality occurrence notification displayed on the display screen 100A, the induction heating cooking is performed. The occurrence of an abnormality in the vessel 2 can be known. Note that a predetermined signal may be transmitted from the control unit 125 via the fifth communication unit 124A so as to activate the TV receiver 75, and the occurrence of an abnormality may be notified using the liquid crystal screen 75. .

Thereafter, the control unit 125 sets the abnormality monitoring data, the driving condition of the induction heating cooker 2 and the data indicating the abnormality determination result, and further stores the abnormality data in a form corresponding to the date / time data from the time measuring unit 140. The storage operation is performed in a predetermined storage area of the means 134 (ST707).
In step ST204, when it is determined that the abnormality monitoring data and the abnormality determination reference data match with each other and it is determined that there is no abnormality (ST708), such a determination result is an induction heating cooker. 2 (ST709).

On the other hand, when the power command apparatus 9 determines in step ST705 that there is an abnormality, the control unit 125 performs an emergency stop of the heating source or the power source on the home appliance EE that has transmitted the abnormality monitoring data. Command (ST710).

In next step ST711, it is determined whether or not the home electric appliance EE in which an abnormality has occurred is a “statutory inspection product”. Since this determination is already stored as one of identification data in the storage device 149 by the registration procedure of the legal inspection product shown in FIG. 90, the control unit 125 uses the storage data of the storage device 149 to It can be judged whether it falls under the legal inspection product.

If “YES” in this step ST710, the process proceeds to a step ST714. Step 714 performs an operation of transmitting identification data and abnormality monitoring data of the home appliance EE in which an abnormality has occurred to the user information database (see Embodiment 4, FIG. 85) of the information server 89A. .

As in the information server 89A shown in the fourth embodiment, when the central processing unit 89CP receives the identification information and abnormality monitoring data of the home appliance in which an abnormality has occurred, the central processing unit 89CP stores the home appliance in the manufacturer-side information database 89M. The latest abnormality determination reference data in the related technical information is collated, and the abnormality occurrence fact is also added to the user information stored in the user information database 89U. If the product is a legally inspected product, the information server 89A is used as information that alerts the installer of the information server 89A (home appliance manufacturer, maintenance / inspection contractor, home appliance sales company, etc.) and prompts the user to check.

In the next step ST712, if the same abnormality occurs twice or more in the same home electric appliance EE, the process proceeds to step ST714 in the same manner.

In addition, even if it is the first abnormality content, it is determined whether it is a case that occurred within the warranty period specified by the home appliance manufacturer or sales company (ST713), and the abnormality occurred within the warranty period. In that case, the process proceeds to step ST714.

In other words, in the case of legally inspected products, if the same abnormality occurs more than once, or if it is within the warranty period for free inspection repair, etc., the user or resident will automatically The power command device 9 accesses the information server 89A. For this reason, it is possible to reduce the burden of handling when an abnormality occurs on the user side and increase the sense of security. In addition, in the past, when an abnormality occurred, the user searched for a warranty at the time of purchase, etc., and it took time to check the warranty contents, such as whether it was within the free warranty period, Such a confirmation is more difficult when a considerable amount of time elapses from the purchase time, but in the fifth embodiment, such labor can be greatly reduced. It is to be noted that by operating the operation input unit 117 of the display panel 100, whether or not each home appliance has a privilege or a special contract such as free inspection repair on the display screen 100A (whether the home appliance EE is used or not used). But you can check at any time.

Further, in the fifth embodiment, step ST715 is provided for the purpose of widely notifying residents of the occurrence of abnormality in the home appliance EE. In this step, when the TV receiver 75 is not viewed, an activation signal for the TV receiver 75 is sent from the input / output unit ((fifth communication unit) 124A to the system control unit 75E of the TV receiver 75. And activates the liquid crystal display screen 75D, and if it is already activated, displays character information in the form of superimpose on the display screen, or as in the picture-in-picture method. The fact that the above steps ST710 to ST714 are displayed in characters etc., for example, “Since the dishwasher 6 has detected an abnormality, the cleaning operation has been stopped urgently. "Send the error information to the service center. Please wait for the contact from the service center without starting use." Since the information about the content of the abnormality that has occurred is temporarily stored in the storage device 149 in the step ST707, the control unit 125 extracts the stored information and displays it for the TV receiver 75. Send it as information.

In the fifth embodiment, when an abnormality occurs in the home appliance EE as described above, even if the user moves to a place away from the front of the home appliance EE, the TV receiver 75 notifies the user. You can use home appliances with confidence in your home.

Note that the steps ST711 to ST714 may be set (optionally) so that the user can select whether or not to function immediately when an abnormality occurs. Even in this case, at the stage of step ST710, the heating operation of the household electrical appliance EE, the rotational movement by the power source, etc. have already stopped, and safety is ensured.

As is clear from the above description of the fifth embodiment, the ninth invention having the following configuration is disclosed in the fifth embodiment.
That is, the power command device of the fifth embodiment is
The power reduction command signal is issued to a plurality of home appliances EE each having a heating source or a power source and first communication units 8A to 8E that receive the power reduction command signal, thereby limiting the total amount of power in the home. Power control unit 121 to perform,
An abnormality determination unit 133 that receives abnormality monitoring data for determining whether or not an abnormality has occurred from the home appliance EE, and outputs information indicating an abnormality determination result;
An abnormality storage means 134 for storing the determination reference data of the determination processing unit 133, the abnormality monitoring data, and information of the abnormality determination result;
A display panel 100 having display means 100A for displaying the operating state of the power control unit 121;
The power control unit, the abnormality determination unit 133, and a control unit 125 for controlling the display panel 100,
When the abnormality determination unit 133 performs abnormality determination processing, the control unit 125 transmits information indicating the determination result to the specific home appliance EE that has transmitted the abnormality monitoring data.
The control unit 125 includes an input operation unit 117 for displaying the abnormality monitoring data stored in the abnormality storage unit 134 and information indicating the determination result on the display screen 100A of the display panel 100,
The display panel 100 includes a short-range communication input / output unit 427 for the information communication terminal device 87,
When the abnormality determination unit 133 performs an abnormality determination process, the control unit 125 determines whether the determination target home appliance is a statutory inspection product, or is a product with some privilege such as free inspection or free replacement. A function for determining whether or not (steps ST711 and ST713)
When an abnormality occurs in the statutory inspection product or the product with a privilege, the abnormality occurrence information is notified to a specialized information server.

According to the power command device of this embodiment, information on the result of abnormality determination based on abnormality monitoring data transmitted from home appliances such as induction heating cookers is transmitted to the home appliance side, and the abnormality monitoring data And the information indicating the determination result can be displayed on the display screen of the display panel, so that the resident of the household, the repair maintenance company, etc. can check the abnormality determination result on this display screen. Furthermore, the information communication terminal equipment side of the resident possesses via the short-range communication input / output unit provided on the display panel, so that the driving conditions such as the heating source and the content of the abnormality monitoring data can be read. Using the information transferred to the terminal device, you can confirm the contents of the abnormality and request repairs and inspections from an appropriate specialist.
Further, in the case of a legally inspected product, if an abnormality occurs in a product with a special warranty or special guarantee, the power command device 9 automatically enters the information server 89A without the user or resident contacting each time. Can be expected to reduce the burden of dealing with abnormalities on the user side and increase the sense of security. For example, if it is a home appliance EE that can receive maintenance and inspection free of charge for three years from the time of installation or purchase, if an abnormality occurs in two and a half years, contact the dealer or manufacturer at that point for free As mentioned above, if the system can send abnormality information to the information server promptly when an abnormality occurs, the mental burden on the user can be reduced.

Furthermore, a tenth invention having the following configuration is disclosed in the power command device of the fifth embodiment.
That is, the power command device 9 according to the tenth invention is
The power reduction command signal is issued to a plurality of home appliances EE each having a heating source or a power source and first communication units 8A to 8E that receive the power reduction command signal, thereby limiting the total amount of power in the home. Power control unit 121 to perform,
An abnormality determination unit 133 that receives abnormality monitoring data for determining whether or not an abnormality has occurred from the home appliance EE, and outputs information indicating an abnormality determination result;
An abnormality storage means 134 for storing the determination reference data of the determination processing unit 133, the abnormality monitoring data, and information of the abnormality determination result;
A display panel 100 having display means 100A for displaying the operating state of the power control unit 121;
The power control unit, the abnormality determination unit 133, and a control unit 125 for controlling the display panel 100,
When the abnormality determination unit 133 performs abnormality determination processing, the control unit 125 transmits information indicating the determination result to the specific home appliance EE that has transmitted the abnormality monitoring data.
The control unit 125 includes an input operation unit 117 for displaying the abnormality monitoring data stored in the abnormality storage unit 134 and information indicating the determination result on the display screen 100A of the display panel 100,
The display panel 100 includes a short-range communication input / output unit 427 for the information communication terminal device 87,
When the abnormality determination unit 133 performs abnormality determination processing, the control unit 125 issues an activation signal to the TV receiver 75 and transmits display information for causing the TV receiver 75 to display the abnormality occurrence. It is characterized by doing.

According to the power command device of this embodiment, when an abnormality occurs in the home electric appliances EE other than the TV receiver 75, the TV receiver 75 notifies the user, so that an environment in which the home electric appliance can be used with confidence in the home is constructed. it can.

Although the detailed description of the abnormality monitoring data has been omitted in the five embodiments described above, the abnormality monitoring data referred to in the present invention is a constant level (for example, voltage value) that is determined to be abnormal. However, the present invention is not limited to the case of recording the value and the time point (time) in excess of the value. In addition, the induction heating cooking time for one time is about 30 to 40 minutes at the longest, but the control device 32 details the abnormality monitoring data over the entire area of the induction heating cooking time (the measurement timing is short, If it is acquired and accumulated), the amount of information increases accordingly, and it takes time to transmit to the mobile phone terminal 87 by NFC (near field communication), and the information storage capability of the mobile phone terminal 87 There is a concern that it will exceed. Therefore, instead of setting a level (eg, a voltage value) determined to be abnormal to a constant value, for example, it is set to a constant width, and fluctuations within that width are ignored, and only when the width is exceeded. Then, it may be improved so that the accumulated amount of abnormality monitoring data is reduced by adopting a method of determining it as abnormal.

In addition, the abnormality referred to in the present invention is not limited to the case where an abnormal current or voltage is generated in the electric circuit. This includes the case where the command is not correctly received on the electrical equipment side. That is, although the predetermined command signal is transmitted from the power command device 9 side, the response signals (the operation information signals L1 to L7 shown in FIG. 54 are examples) are not output from the home appliance EE within the predetermined time. The case is also determined to be abnormal. That is, for example, the induction heating cooker 2 receives a predetermined command signal from the power command device 9 side, but does not output a predetermined response signal within a predetermined time (for example, several seconds) from that point. Even when the control device 32 itself detects this, it is determined that there is an abnormality. Note that such an abnormal situation without a response signal is also detected by the control unit 125 of the power command device 9, so that the control unit 125 displays an abnormality via the display panel 100 or displays the abnormality on the TV receiver 75. Some notification is performed by issuing a notification signal.

Further, in the first embodiment of the present invention, the “identification information” of the household electrical appliance EE includes information that can be used for the inspection by the “long-term use product safety inspection system” of the “Consumer Product Safety Act”. However, as in the example of the induction heating cooker 2, there is a function for notifying the current date and the accurate time in seconds. For example, the number of days elapsed since the main power was first turned on The controller 32 may always calculate the number of years since the start of use, the number of months, and the like on the central display unit 16 or the like at an appropriate timing. For example, you may make it alert | report the period after the start of use at intervals, such as at the time of the first use start of every day, once a month, or once a year. Of course, when an abnormality occurs, such information on the period of use (years, etc.) is also useful information for the inspection / repair company, so the abnormality monitoring data is transferred from the NFC input / output unit 401 to the mobile phone. You may transmit to the terminal device 87, or the induction heating cooking appliance 2 may transmit to the electric power command apparatus 9 by direct wireless communication. When transmitted to the power command device 9, such information such as the period of use (years) is stored in the storage device 149 for a long time, and is controlled when new information arrives from the induction heating cooker 2. The unit 125 may perform update recording.

Furthermore, the following can be considered as another embodiment.
In addition to the application database for controlling the induction heating cooker 2, the information server 89A of the external engine 78A reduces the occurrence of abnormalities for specific induction heating cookers 2 by specific model model or serial number. An improved version (update) of control application software is stored (hereinafter, this software is referred to as “improved software”). Moreover, the control apparatus 32 of the induction heating cooking appliance 2 is provided with the function to rewrite a part of built-in control program, when a specific signal arrives from the outside.

On the other hand, in the storage device 149 of the power command device 9, “environment information” of each living space where various home appliances EE (including the induction heating cooker 2) registered as power control target devices are installed. It is stored in the series. For example, at least three pieces of information on the room temperature, humidity, and dust scattering degree that are supposed to affect the normal operation of the home appliance EE are automatically stored in the storage device 149 for 10 days. Is stored and saved. In addition, the date and time information of energization start and stop of various home appliances EE (including induction heating cooker 2) registered as power control target devices is automatically stored for 10 days in seconds.

Because of the above configuration, when abnormality monitoring data is transmitted from the induction heating cooker 2 to the power command device 9 by wireless communication on a certain day, the data is temporarily stored in the storage device 149. Similarly, the abnormality monitoring data read into the power command device 9 via the NFC input / output unit 401 of the induction heating cooker 2 via the mobile phone terminal 87 is also temporarily stored in the storage device 149. .

Therefore, each time the abnormality monitoring data is received from the outside, the control unit 125 of the power command apparatus 9 performs data processing for arranging the environmental information stored in the storage device 149 and the abnormality monitoring data in time series. And stored in the storage device 149.
Therefore, the abnormality monitoring data associated with such environmental information is read out by the mobile phone terminal 87 and transmitted to the ASP server 98A via the wide area communication network to request a detailed abnormality analysis. Can do. Also, “improved software / software” recommended by the ASP is downloaded by the mobile phone terminal 87, and the improved software / ware is downloaded to the control device 32 of the induction heating cooker 2 via the NFC input / output unit 401. Measures can be implemented so that no abnormalities occur. The abnormality monitoring data associated with the environmental information stored in the storage device 149 of the power command device 9 is transmitted from the power command device 9 itself to the external engine 78A such as the information server 89A via the router 99A. You may do it.

According to such a configuration, when the abnormality monitoring data of the induction heating cooker 2 is analyzed by the external engine 78A side such as the manufacturer or a specialized repair engine, the abnormality monitoring data of the induction heating cooker 2 is generated. External factors can be analyzed, and more accurate analysis of abnormal contents and countermeasures can be implemented. For example, the induction heating cooker 2 detects an abnormally high temperature automatically because the kitchen in which the induction heating cooker 2 is installed is operated in a situation exceeding a predetermined upper limit temperature (for example, 45 ° C.) for some reason. If it stops, it can be inferred that an abnormality was caused by an external environmental factor. Further, since the control unit 125 of the power command device 9 stores the operation / stop data of the electrical equipment EE together with the environment information for a certain period (for example, 10 days as described above), the control of the power command device 9 is controlled. By giving a read command to the unit 125, it becomes possible to collate with the operation / stop data of such an electric device EE. Such data may be displayed on the display panel 100 or the TV receiver 75.

In the above-described first to fourth embodiments, one type of abnormality of the household electrical appliance is used. However, it is also possible to include an abnormality that is actually caused by an internal electric circuit of the household electrical appliance itself. In that case, you may classify | categorize into multiple according to the risk degree and seriousness which affect a user or household appliances. For example, two types of “emergency” and “warning” may be defined. The operation of the induction heating cooker 2 in that case is as follows. Note that this may be widely applied to other heating devices such as the electric rice cooker 3 and home appliances EE such as the air conditioner 7.
(1) “Emergency”: An abnormality in induction heating cooker 2 is likely to occur, is highly dangerous, and immediately stops operation. For example, when cooking oil at high heating power, the cooking oil temperature in the heated object, which is estimated from the detected temperature on the bottom surface of the heated object (such as a pan), rises abnormally quickly. When there is a concern (the main cause is that the user has accidentally started using the oil amount to be less than the prescribed amount).
(2) “Warning situation”: A situation where there is a possibility of adversely affecting the function and life of the electric circuit and display means when left as it is for a long time. For example, the situation where the top plate 14 of the induction heating cooker 2 is at an abnormally high temperature corresponds to this. For example, this occurs when something is placed on the air inlet 20 and air permeability is impaired.
Thus, when classified into two, in the case of an “emergency situation”, there is no cause in the circuit or structure itself of the induction heating cooker 2, but the control device 32 determines that it is abnormal from the viewpoint of safety priority. , Emergency stop the heating operation. In the case of a “warning situation”, a warning is displayed by the central display unit 16 or the like, or a warning sound is output by the voice notification means 39, but the heating operation does not stop urgently and the temperature rise continues further. The heating operation is stopped for the first time. Note that even if the user has started cooking with the correct method of use, and the pan is judged to be suitable, the bottom of the pan may be deformed during the long-term use, leading to an abnormal heating condition. When the edible oil temperature rises abnormally early, the control device 32 has a function of forcibly lowering the heating power of induction heating and preventing an excessive temperature rise. Abnormal rise does not necessarily have to be defined as an “emergency”.

In the first to fifth embodiments, the determination and provision of information at the time of “abnormality” of the home appliance EE have been described. However, the system of the present invention may also be applied at the time of “failure”. In that case, for the user of the household electrical appliance diagnosed as a failure from the power command device 9 or the external information server 89A, the information server can specify the contact information of a specialist for repairing the failure, It is desirable to provide information related to precautions so as not to forcibly operate a malfunctioning home appliance, as well as preparation items for a repair request. In addition, the information may be temporarily stored in the storage device 149 in the power command device 9 so that the user and other family members can confirm the information thereafter. In this way, the various types of information from the information server 89A can be displayed on the display screen 100A of the display panel or the liquid crystal display screen 75D of the TV receiver 75.
In addition, for the “abnormality” and “failure” of the health management device 410 and the exercise measuring device 145, the user of these devices can receive abnormality and failure determination and provide useful information. The system may be applied.

In the first to fifth embodiments, the information on the driving condition of the heating source or the power source and the number of times of transmission of the abnormality monitoring data to the power command device 9 and the mode have not been described. However, the present invention is not limited to the case where the drive condition information and the abnormality monitoring data are transmitted as a set at a time interval. What is necessary is just to make it a suitable form and frequency (time interval) suitably according to the relationship of the communication capability between the induction heating cooking appliance 2 and the electric power instruction | command apparatus 9. FIG. For example, immediately after the start of cooking, the identification data of the induction heating cooker 2 and the information on the driving conditions are transmitted as a set, and after a few seconds, the identification data of the induction heating cooker 2 and the abnormality monitoring data are transmitted as a set. You can also use the method. Even with the same heat cooking, cooking with high thermal power or cooking edible oil, such as tempura, etc., may cause a large temperature change or fire, so the temperature of the heated object such as a cooking pan may be detected. Similarly, it is desirable to devise so as to increase the frequency of acquisition of abnormality monitoring data and detect temperature changes in a short time.

In the above description, the induction heating cooker 2 has been described as a representative home appliance having a heating source of electric energy, but the present invention can also be applied to other home appliances. For example, the dishwasher 6 shown in FIG. 23 is composed of a main body (not shown) that forms an outer shell and a cleaning unit (not shown) housed inside the main body, but has a front door 167. The front door 167 is provided with a handle 167C on which a user draws a washing tank (not shown) from the main body and an operation unit 179 for performing various operations of the dishwasher 6 at the upper front of the front door 167. It was. Therefore, the short-range wireless communication unit (9th communication unit) 401, the NFC storage unit 320, the NFC storage circuit 321, and the antenna 322 described above (on the home appliance side) are preferably provided in the operation unit 179. Moreover, in the rice cooker 3, it is good to similarly provide the short distance radio | wireless communication part (9th communication part) 401, the NFC memory | storage part 320, the NFC memory circuit 321, and the antenna 322 in the operation part 43 of the cover body 42. FIG.

The “home appliance” as used in the present invention is a heating source or a power source that operates with electric energy in order to perform its main function, such as a household appliance KP in the kitchen, an electric drying type washing machine, and an air conditioner 7 described later. Can be widely applied to home appliances equipped with a heating source or power source outside the living space HA, i.e., a control unit for operating a power source by a user, an operation unit, etc. Is connected to the indoor operation unit or remote control (remote operation unit), the short-range wireless communication unit (9th communication unit) 401 (the home appliance side) 401, the NFC storage unit 320, the NFC storage circuit 321, and the antenna. 322 may be provided. In this way, when the home appliance EE has an abnormality or failure, the user can easily acquire the occurrence state or information of the abnormality or failure from the indoor side by the information communication terminal device 87 via the communication unit.

If the present invention is applied, when the home appliance is automatically stopped due to the occurrence of an abnormality, even if there is no instruction manual or writing instrument at hand, the user can use the heating source or power source until the user stops due to the abnormality. Driving condition and abnormality monitoring data of the abnormality detecting means can be accurately acquired by a mobile phone terminal or the like. Therefore, if you use the contents of the acquired abnormality monitoring data (for example, send it from a mobile phone terminal to a repair specialist or bring it with you), you will not carry the home appliance and request repair or inspection from the dealer or manufacturer. Even if you do it, you can accurately communicate the facts about home appliances and enable a quick and reliable response at the repair and inspection side, which is convenient not only for users but also for sales organizations and home appliance manufacturers (manufacturers) Will improve. That is, when an abnormality occurs, a particularly practical effect can be expected by using it for a non-portable home appliance that cannot be easily carried by the user.

The embodiment disclosed this time should be considered as illustrative in all points and not restrictive. The substantial 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.

The power control system according to the present invention can be widely used not only in homes but also in shops or small factories where commercial appliances are installed.

AS1 Target device registration signal AS2 Power reduction request signal AS3 Power reduction command signal BK Breaker EE Home appliance EP AC 200V power supply (commercial power supply)
ES Anomaly detection means FL Floor H1 Preheating process H2 Rice cooking process H2A High fire process (execution time zone of priority cooking menu)
H2B Low fire process H3 Murase process H4 Thermal insulation process HA Residential space KC Refrigerant circuit KP Kitchen appliance KS Heating cooking start permission signals L1 to L7 Operation information signal T1 Target temperature T2 Second temperature T3 Third temperature SL Ceiling SW Wall SP1 First specific electrical equipment (air conditioner, etc.)
SP2 Second specific electrical equipment (electric jar rice cooker, microwave oven, etc.)
1 System kitchen (kitchen furniture)
1A housing 2 induction heating cooker 2A main body 2C main body case 2L first heating port 2R second heating port 2LC induction heating coil 2RC induction heating coil 3 electric jar rice cooker 4 grill cooker 5 microwave oven 6 dishwasher 7 Air conditioners 8A to 8E Electric power control means (first communication unit)
9 Power command device 9A Power command device body 9C Recess 10 Home detection means (home detection unit)
11 Main power switch 11A Main power switch operation button 12L Power adjustment dial 12R Power adjustment dial 13 Operation panel 14 Top plate 15 Metal frame 16 Display section (central display section)
17L Left display panel 17R Right display panel 18L Left display unit 18R Right display unit 19 Entrance electronic lock 20 Intake port 21 Exhaust port 22 Grill box 23 Dish 24 Grill net 25 Cooked object 26 Upper surface operation unit 27 Power line (main line)
28 Grill door 28A Handle 29 Personal authentication means 30 Control device 30 Power supply line 31 Power supply circuit 32 Control device 32R Storage device 33L Inverter circuit 33R Inverter circuit 34 Drive circuit 34H Electric heater (seeds heater)
35 Display unit drive circuit 36A Menu selection display unit 36B Display unit 37 Catalyst heater 38 Speech synthesizer 39 Speaker 40 Inner pot 41 Rice cooker body case 42 Cover body 43 Operation unit 44 Rice cooking start button 45 Heating means 46 Inner lid 47 Steam generating port 48 steam duct 49 liquid crystal display section 50 steam processing device 51 tank lid 52 steam inlet 53 steam outlet 54A sixth display information 54C seventh display information 56 power saving switch 57 home management menu selection key 58A display screen selection key 58B display Screen selection key 58C Message setting selection key 59A Family name field 59B Home status display field 59C Scheduled home time display field 59D Reserved device display field 59E Dedicated device display field 59F Electric energy display field 60 Control means 61 Power supply unit 62 Control unit 63 Temperature detection Means 64 Operating means 65 Timekeeping means 66 Water level sensor 67 Bottom plate 68 Water temperature sensor 69A Message registration command key 69B Message playback command key 69C Individual display unit / resident selection key 69D Display unit 69E Sound collection unit 69F Numeric input key (ten key)
69G Cancel key 69H Input confirmation key 69L Date selection key 69M Date selection key 69N Date selection key 69K Input command key 69T Time display section 70 Door 70A Door handle 71 Operation section 72 Power switch 73 Start button 74 Heating time setting dial 75 TV Receiver 75A ROM
75B RAM
75C Image processing unit 75D Liquid crystal display screen 75E System control unit 75G Power supply unit 75J Input / output function device 75K Input / output function device 75L Input / output function device 75M Input / output function device 75N External network communication device 75R Remote control 75S Power FET
76 Lighting equipment 77 Outdoor antenna 78A External engine 78B External engine 78C Communication service provider 79 Facility 80 Base station 81 Left heating port operation part 81a Fried food button 81b 3kW button 81c On / off button 82 Right heating port operation part 82a Fried food button 82b 3kW button 82c ON / OFF button 83a Grill menu button 83b Start / stop button 83e Time minus button 83f Time plus button 84 Start / stop button LED
85 Arrow button LED
86 hour button LED
87 Mobile phone terminal 88 Relay server 89A Information server (ASP server)
89IF communication unit (12th communication means)
89M Manufacturer side information database 89U User identification database (user information database)
89S Improvement Software (Countermeasure Program) Providing Unit 90 Blowing Zero Detection Device 91 Required Power Adder 92 Comparator 93 Required Power Excess Amount Determination Meaning 94 Used Electric Power Reduction Range Determination Means 95 Priority Order Setting Means 95A Semiconductor Memory 96 Usage Limit Setter 96A Semiconductor memory 97 Communication means 98 Wide area communication network (communication network)
99A Router A
99B Router B
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Display panel 100A Display screen 101 Maximum permissible power indicator 102 Current use power display part 103 Power margin value display part 104 Power reduction request notification part 105 Current time display part 106 Setting key and display part 106A of the power use limit setter 96 ~ 106D Selection key 107 Usage status display section 107A to 107B Name display section 108 Usage display section 109 Storage device (large capacity memory)
111 Help mode key 111H Help mode key 112 Information key 112H Information key 113E End predicted time display information 113S Use start time display information 114 Mark 115 Mark 116 Health management processing unit 117 Operation input unit 118 Confirm button 119 Emergency cut-off button 120 key 121 power control unit 122 third heating port 123 electric heating means 124A input / output unit (fifth communication unit)
124B input / output unit (third communication unit)
124C I / O unit (second communication unit)
124F input / output unit (13th communication unit)
124R input / output unit (fourteenth communication unit)
125 control unit 126 operation unit 127 data processing unit 128A first selection unit 128B second selection unit 128C third selection unit 128N1L left induction heating unit selection key 128N1R right induction heating unit selection key 129 display screen 130 Top panel part 131 Case part 132L Left operation part 132M Central operation part 132R Right operation part 135 Current detection part 136 Input / output part 137 Information reception part 138 Memory (ROM)
139 Memory (RAM)
140 Timekeeping section (clock circuit)
145 Movement measuring device 145A Indoor running machine 145B Travel calorie consumption meter 146 Vacuum cleaner 147 Clock circuit 148A Convex part 148B Concave part 149 Storage device 150 Temperature detection circuit 152 Space 153 Space 154 Measuring part 155 Display part 156 Operation part 157 Memory 158 Push button Expression key (operation unit)
159 Answering key 167 Front door 167C Handle 179 Operation unit 180 Display unit 180A Display screen 181 Operation unit 182 Wireless interface (sixth communication unit)
182A Wireless interface (seventh communication unit)
182B wireless interface (eighth communication unit)
183 Attitude detection unit 184 Control unit 185 Central processing unit (CPU)
186 Storage unit 187 ROM, RAM unit 188 Application software unit 189 Reception processing unit 190 Transmission processing unit 191 Communication establishment unit 192 Display control unit 193 Selection confirmation unit 194A to 194D Selection key 195 Character information 196 Operation guidance information 197A Selection information 197B Selection Information 197C Selection information 198 Character information 199A Character information 199B Character information 200 Confirmation key 201 Selection information 202 Environment detection unit 203 Person detection unit 204 Environment sensor (room temperature sensor)
205 Environmental sensor (room temperature sensor)
206 Environmental sensor (outdoor air temperature sensor)
210 Display Unit 210A First Display Information 210B Second Display Information 210C Third Display Information 210D Fourth Display Information 211N Input Key 211R Input Key 211S Stop Input Key 212 Start Key 214 Measurement Unit 215 Operation Unit 216 Memory 217 Display information of electricity rate classification by time zone 218H Electricity rate category information 218L Electricity rate category information 218M Electricity rate category information 219 Mark 220 Sphygmomanometer control unit 224 Indoor temperature detection means 225 Indoor control unit 226 Power supply unit 227 Operation unit 228 Display Section 230 Time shift key 231 Time shift key 240 Clock circuit 241 Vibration sensing device 250 Time setting key 251 Time setting key 253 Rice cooking completion time display mark 254 Time display 300 Energy meter 301 Power line 302 Current clamp 311A Motion measurement device 3 1B movement measurement device 312 cleaner 320 NFC storage unit 321 NFC control circuit 322 antenna 323 light-emitting diode (LED)
401 Near field communication (NFC) input / output unit (9th communication unit)
401L Near Field Communication (NFC) Input / Output Unit (Tenth Communication Unit)
401R Near Field Communication (NFC) Input / Output Unit (Eleventh Communication Unit)
410 health management device 410A blood pressure monitor 410B electrocardiograph 410C heart rate meter 410D thermometer 410E weight scale 410F body fat meter 410G urinalysis device 411 icon 412 special icon 413 special icon 414 special icon 417 special icon 417 icon (for selecting health care information) )
418 icon (for electrical energy management)
419 icon (for home environmental information)
420 Information Key 421 Help Mode Key 424 Wireless Input / Output Unit 425 Icon 426 Icon (Input Key)
427 Wireless input / output unit (fourth communication unit)
430 Attention information lamp 440 also serving as a display command switch Health management information selection key 441 Health management information display area 450 Preference information selection key 451 Preference information display area 460 Preference recipe selection key 460A Recipe selection key 460B Recipe selection key 460C Recipe selection Key 460D Recipe selection key 460E Recipe selection key 470 Display area 471 Display area 472 Display area 473 Display area 474 Temperature / humidity display section 475 Comfortable mark 476 Caution mark 477 Cold / warm display section 478 Absence mark 479 Operation display of the first specific electric device Part 480 Exercise caution mark 481 Icon 482 Operation display part 483 of second specific electric device Fluctuation display part 484 Unsuitable environment display part 485 Pollen scattering amount display part 486 Ventilation fan operation display part 487 Operation intensity display part 488 Unit 489 advice unit 490 icon 491 icon 492 icon 500 advice area 500A abnormality display information 501 abnormality occurrence device display information 501A abnormality occurrence device display information 502 selection key 503 selection key 504 agreement key 510 adapter 510A adapter 511A input / output unit (first Communication means)
511B Input / output unit (interface unit)
511C Control unit 511M Program storage unit.

Claims (44)

A first communication unit that receives a power reduction command signal from the power command device;
I / O unit for short-range communication with information communication terminal equipment,
A heating or power source that operates on electrical energy;
A control device for controlling the heating source or the power source;
A storage device that stores information on driving conditions of the heating source or power source and abnormality monitoring data during driving of the heating source or power source,
The control device transmits information related to driving conditions of the heating source or power source and abnormality monitoring data during driving of the heating source or power source to a power command device provided with an abnormality determining means, and the storage device When the information indicating the determination result that there is an abnormality is received from the power command device, the driving condition and abnormality of the heating source for the information communication terminal device that has established the communication state with the input / output unit A home electric appliance characterized by enabling transmission of abnormality monitoring data of detection means. The heating source is an induction heating coil disposed below the installation position of the object to be heated,
An inverter circuit for supplying high-frequency power to the induction heating coil, and an abnormality detection means for detecting an abnormality of the inverter circuit;
The household appliance according to claim 1, wherein the control device acquires abnormality monitoring data based on a detection output of the abnormality detection unit. The home appliance is a heating cooker,
The cooking device includes a main body with a built-in heating source, an input unit for a user to input operating conditions, and a display unit for displaying an input result of the input unit,
The control device, when receiving the information indicating the abnormality determination result transmitted from the power command device, cuts off the power supply to the heating source and displays the occurrence of the abnormality on the display unit. The home electric appliance according to claim 1. One or more heating sources operating on electrical energy;
An abnormality detection means for monitoring the presence or absence of abnormality while driving the heating source;
A first communication unit that receives a power reduction command signal from the power command device;
A control device that suppresses the energization amount of the heating source according to the power reduction command signal received via the first communication unit and determines whether or not an abnormality has occurred by receiving a detection output of the abnormality detection unit;
An operation unit for inputting a driving condition of the heating source;
Informing means for informing the input result of the operation unit and the abnormality occurrence determination result;
An input / output unit for near field communication built in the cooking device body,
A storage device in which information on the driving condition of the heating source and abnormality monitoring data of the abnormality detecting means are recorded in time series during the driving of the heating source;
When the control device receives an abnormality detection output of the abnormality detection means, it transmits information on the driving condition of the heating source and the abnormality monitoring data to a power command device,
Furthermore, when the control device receives an abnormality detection output of the abnormality detection means and determines an abnormality or receives information indicating a determination result of the presence or absence of abnormality from the power command device, the control device restricts driving of the heating source,
The control device displays the abnormality determination result in any case when the abnormality determination is received by receiving the abnormality detection output of the abnormality detection unit and when the information indicating the determination result of abnormality is received from the power command device. Notifying by the notification means, and for the information communication terminal device in which a predetermined short-range wireless communication state has been established via the short-range communication input / output unit, the drive condition and abnormality detection means of the heating source stored in the storage device A cooking device characterized by enabling transmission of abnormal monitoring data. The operation unit of the cooking device is provided with a help mode key for issuing a command signal for requesting provision of information to be used for the operation according to a user's operation stage. Cooking cooker. The notification means has a display screen,
The cooking device according to claim 5, wherein the help mode key is a touch-type key displayed when an input function is valid on a display screen. The heating cooker is an induction heating cooker capable of heating a metal cooking utensil to be cooked,
5. An information key for issuing a command signal for requesting provision of cooking-related information such as information on the cooking utensil to be used, cooking method, precautions for cooking, and the like is provided on the operation unit. The heating cooker described in 1. The notification means has a display screen,
The cooking device according to claim 7, wherein the information key is a touch-type key displayed on the display screen when an input function is valid. A power control unit that emits the power reduction command signal and limits the total amount of power in the home to a plurality of home appliances each having a heating source or a power source and a first communication unit that receives the power reduction command signal When,
An abnormality determination unit that receives abnormality monitoring data for determining whether or not an abnormality has occurred from the home appliance, and outputs information indicating an abnormality determination result;
An abnormality storage means for storing information on the determination reference data of the abnormality determination means, the abnormality monitoring data, and the abnormality determination result;
A display panel comprising display means for displaying the operating state of the power control unit;
A control unit for controlling the power control unit, the abnormality determination unit and the display board,
When the abnormality determination process is performed by the abnormality determination unit, the control unit transmits information indicating the determination result to the specific home appliance that has transmitted the abnormality monitoring data.
The control unit includes an input operation unit for displaying the abnormality monitoring data stored in the abnormality storage unit and information indicating the determination result on the display screen of the display panel,
The power command apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display panel includes a short-range communication input / output unit for an information communication terminal device. The power command apparatus, according to claim 9, characterized in that the output unit for reading the abnormality monitoring data stored in the abnormality storage hands stage optionally provided on the operation input unit of the display panel Power command device. The display panel of the power command device has an operation input unit of a usage limit setter that sets an upper limit of the electric energy of the home appliance, and the operation input unit sets the electric energy according to the operation stage of the user. The power command device according to claim 9, further comprising an information key that issues a command signal for requesting provision of at least one of precautions and useful information when performing the operation input. The display panel of the power command device has an operation input unit for a usage limit setter that sets an upper limit of the amount of electric power for home appliances. In this operation input unit, the user performs an input operation for setting the amount of electric power. The power command device according to claim 9, further comprising a help mode key that issues a command signal for requesting provision of information that is helpful for the operation. The power command device further includes a timer unit for automatically calculating the date and time for the user to set an update time related to the determination information of the abnormality determination unit,
The power command apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the operation of causing the control unit to receive update information related to the criterion information of the abnormality determination unit from the outside is based on date and time information from the time measuring unit. The power command device according to claim 9, wherein the power command device does not transmit a power command signal serving as a command to change the amount of power to a target home appliance during the abnormality determination required period. When the control unit of the power command device performs an abnormality determination process by the abnormality determination unit, whether the determination-target home appliance is a statutory inspection product, or a product with some privilege such as a free inspection or a free replacement The power command device according to claim 9, wherein the power command device has a function of determining whether or not. A home appliance comprising a first communication unit for wireless communication, an input / output unit for short-range communication, and a heating source or a power source that operates with electric energy;
A power command device that transmits a power reduction command signal to the first communication unit of the home appliance to limit the total power consumption in the home;
An information communication terminal device having a communication unit capable of communicating with the short-range communication input / output unit,
The home appliance has a control device for controlling a heating source or a power source, and an abnormality detection means for detecting an abnormality,
The control device causes the storage device to store the driving condition of the heating source or the power source and the monitoring data from the abnormality detecting means during operation,
The power command device has a function of determining an abnormality of the home appliance based on the drive condition and monitoring data received from the home appliance,
When receiving a determination result that there is an abnormality from the power command device, the household electrical appliance temporarily restricts the driving of the heating source or the power source, and a predetermined distance via the short-range communication input / output unit A power control system capable of transmitting information on the driving condition and abnormality monitoring data stored in the storage device to the information communication terminal device in which a short-range wireless communication state has been established. The power command device includes a display panel having display means for displaying information on at least one of the total electric energy of the household and the electric energy of the home appliance, and an abnormality storage means for storing abnormality monitoring data. The power control system according to claim 16. The power command device includes a display panel provided with a display means for displaying information on at least one of the total electric energy of the home and the electric energy of the home appliance, and an abnormality storage means for storing abnormality monitoring data. Prepared,
The power control system according to claim 16, wherein an input / output unit for arbitrarily reading out the abnormality monitoring data stored in the abnormality storage means is provided in the operation input unit of the display panel. The power command device includes a display panel provided with a display means for displaying information on at least one of the total electric energy of the home and the electric energy of the home appliance, and an abnormality storage means for storing abnormality monitoring data. Prepared,
The display panel has an operation input unit of a usage limit setting device for setting an upper limit of the electric energy of the home appliance, and an operation input for setting the electric energy is input to the operation input unit according to the operation stage of the user. The power control system according to claim 16, further comprising an information key for issuing a command signal for requesting provision of useful information and points to be noted when performing the operation. The power command device includes a display panel provided with a display means for displaying information on at least one of the total electric energy of the home and the electric energy of the home appliance, and an abnormality storage means for storing abnormality monitoring data. Prepared,
The display panel has an operation input unit of a use limit setter that sets an upper limit of electric energy of the home appliance, and in this operation input unit, a user performs an input operation for setting electric energy, The power control system according to claim 16, further comprising a help mode key for issuing a command signal for requesting provision of information to be used for the operation. The power control system according to claim 16, wherein the power command device does not transmit a power command signal serving as a command to change the amount of power to a target home appliance during the abnormality determination period. For the power command device, further comprising an environment detection unit for acquiring environmental information of the installation space of the home appliances to be monitored for abnormality,
When determining the abnormality of the home appliance based on the drive condition received from the home appliance and the monitoring data, the power command device uses the environmental information of the installation space of the home appliance acquired from the environment detection unit. The power control system according to claim 16, wherein abnormality determination is performed. When the power command device determines an abnormality of the home appliance, it automatically determines whether the target home appliance is a legally inspected product or whether it is a product with some privilege such as free inspection or replacement. The power control system according to claim 16, further comprising a determination step for determining. A body with a built-in heating source,
An abnormality detection means for monitoring the presence or absence of abnormality of the heating source;
A first communication unit that receives a cooking start permission signal and a power reduction command signal from the power command device;
Heat cooking is started by the cooking start permission signal received via the first communication unit, and the energization amount of the heating source is suppressed according to the power reduction command signal, and the detection output of the abnormality detection means during cooking is performed. A control device that determines whether or not an abnormality has occurred and stops energization of the heating source when an abnormality has occurred;
An operation unit for inputting a driving condition of the heating source;
A display unit for displaying the input result of the operation unit and the abnormality occurrence determination result;
Short-range communication input / output unit built in the main body;
A storage device in which information on the driving conditions of the heating source and abnormality monitoring data of the abnormality detecting means are recorded in time series,
When receiving the abnormality detection output of the abnormality detection means, the control device transmits information on the driving conditions of the heating source and abnormality monitoring data of the abnormality detection means to the power command device, and stops the heating operation.
Further, the control device receives a cooking start permission signal from the power command device when the main power switch is turned on again after restarting automatically when an abnormality occurs and the main power switch is turned off. The cooking device is characterized in that the cooking operation is started only when a special input for the return operation is performed in the unit. The heating source is an induction heating coil disposed below the installation position of the object to be heated,
An inverter circuit for supplying high-frequency power to the induction heating coil, and an abnormality detection means for detecting an abnormality of the inverter circuit;
The cooking device according to claim 24, wherein the control device acquires abnormality monitoring data based on a detection output of the abnormality detection means. The control device, when receiving the information indicating the abnormality determination result transmitted from the power command device, cuts off the power supply to the heating source and displays the occurrence of the abnormality on the display unit. The cooking device according to claim 24. In a power command device for controlling a total power amount in a home by individually transmitting a power reduction command signal to a plurality of home appliances including an induction heating cooker having an electric heating source,
A control unit that centrally controls the amount of power supplied to the plurality of home appliances;
A display panel having a display screen for displaying at least one of the electric energy of the plurality of home appliances or the total electric energy in the home;
Abnormality storage means for receiving and storing abnormality monitoring data from the induction heating cooker;
An operation input unit provided on the display panel for arbitrarily reading out the identification information and abnormality monitoring data of the induction heating cooker stored in the abnormality storage means,
The control unit causes the display screen to display information that can identify the induction heating cooker that has determined that an abnormality has occurred and stopped the heating operation,
Further, when the control unit receives an operation information signal indicating that the main power switch is turned on after the heating operation is stopped due to the occurrence of an abnormality and the main power switch is turned off, a predetermined input from the operation input unit is received. only when the return operation is performed, power command and wherein the enabling sending a tone management start permission signal. 28. The power command apparatus according to claim 27, wherein the operation input unit of the display panel is provided with an input / output unit for arbitrarily reading out the abnormality monitoring data stored in the abnormality storage means. The display panel has an operation input unit for setting an upper limit of electric energy of home appliances, and in this operation input unit, points to be noted when performing an operation input for electric energy setting according to the operation stage of the user 28. The power command apparatus according to claim 27, further comprising an information key that issues a command signal for requesting provision of useful information. The front Symbol Table示盤, an operation input unit for setting the amount of power limit home appliances, this operation input unit, the scene for a user to input operation for power amount setting, in the operation The power command apparatus according to claim 27, further comprising a help mode key for issuing a command signal for requesting provision of information for reference. The power command device further includes a timer unit for automatically calculating the date and time for the user to set an update time related to the determination information of the abnormality determination unit,
28. The power command apparatus according to claim 27, wherein the operation of causing the control unit to receive update information related to the criterion information of the abnormality determination unit from the outside is based on date and time information from the timer unit. 28. The power command apparatus according to claim 27, wherein the control unit does not transmit a power command signal serving as a command to change the amount of power to a target home appliance during the abnormality determination required period. In a power command device that controls a plurality of home appliances including an induction heating cooker having an electrical heating source to control the total amount of electricity in the home,
The induction heating cooker includes a first communication unit that receives a cooking start permission signal and a power reduction command signal from the power command device, an abnormality detection unit that monitors whether the heating source is abnormal, and the first A controller that starts cooking by a cooking start permission signal received via a communication unit, and stops the heating operation by the heating source when it is determined that an abnormality has occurred upon receipt of detection information from the abnormality detection means. ,
A control unit for centrally controlling the amount of power supplied to the plurality of home appliances;
A display panel having a display screen for displaying at least one of the electric energy of the plurality of home appliances or the total electric energy in the home;
Storage means for receiving and storing abnormality monitoring data from the induction heating cooker;
An operation input unit that arbitrarily reads out the identification information and abnormality monitoring data of the induction heating cooker stored in the storage means,
The display panel includes a selection means that can collectively cut off the power supply to the plurality of home appliances and set the answering mode, and can cancel this.
In the scene where the absence mode is set by the selection means and then the absence mode is canceled, the control unit of the power command device includes the identification information and abnormality monitoring data of the induction heating cooker stored in the storage means. Can be displayed on the display screen of the display panel,
Furthermore, when the control unit starts to use the home appliance after canceling the absence mode, the control unit displays the abnormality occurrence device display information so that the display device can identify the home appliance in which the abnormality occurred during use before the absence mode, The power command apparatus is characterized in that the cooking start permission signal can be transmitted on condition that a predetermined input operation is performed in the operation input unit. 34. The power according to claim 33, wherein the power command device comprises abnormality determination means for determining abnormality using abnormality monitoring data, and abnormality storage means for storing the abnormality monitoring data. Command device. 35. The power command apparatus according to claim 34 , wherein an input / output unit for arbitrarily reading out the abnormality monitoring data stored in the abnormality storage means is provided on the display panel of the power command apparatus. The display panel has an operation input unit for setting an upper limit of electric energy of home appliances, and in this operation input unit, points to be noted when performing an operation input for electric energy setting according to the operation stage of the user 34. The power command apparatus according to claim 33, further comprising an information key that issues a command signal for requesting provision of at least one of useful information. The display panel has an operation input unit for setting an upper limit of the amount of electric power of the home appliance, and this operation input unit is referred to the operation when the user performs an input operation for setting the electric energy. 34. The power command apparatus according to claim 33, further comprising a help mode key for issuing a command signal for requesting provision of information. For the power command device, further comprising an environment detection unit for acquiring environmental information of the installation space of the home appliances to be monitored for abnormality,
The power command apparatus, when determining the abnormality of the home appliance on the basis of the driving dynamic condition received from the home appliance and monitoring data, using the environmental information of the installation space of home appliances obtained from the environment detection unit The power command apparatus according to claim 33, wherein abnormality determination is performed. A power command device that individually controls a plurality of home appliances including a heating cooker having an electrical heating source to control the total amount of electricity in the home; and
An information communication terminal device comprising a wireless input / output unit for communicating with the power command device,
The heating cooker includes a first communication unit that receives a cooking start permission signal and a power reduction command signal from the power command device, an abnormality detection unit that monitors whether the heating source is abnormal, and the first communication. When the cooking is started by the cooking start permission signal received via the unit, and the abnormality monitoring data of the abnormality detecting means is received and it is determined that an abnormality has occurred, the control device that stops the heating operation by the heating source, and the heating power value A storage device that stores drive information such as the abnormality monitoring data in time series, and
The power command device includes a control unit that centrally controls the amount of power supplied to the plurality of home appliances, and at least one of the power amount of the plurality of home appliances or the total power amount in the home. A display panel having a display screen to display; abnormality storage means for receiving and storing abnormality monitoring data from the heating cooker; identification information and abnormality monitoring data of the heating cooker stored in the abnormality storage means; An operation input unit that reads arbitrarily,
The display panel includes a selection means that can collectively cut off the power supply to the plurality of home appliances and set the answering mode, and can cancel this.
In a scene where the absence mode is set by the selection means and then the absence mode is canceled, if there is a cooking device in which an abnormality has occurred before the absence mode setting, a display screen is provided so that the cooking device can be identified. On the condition that an abnormal device display information is displayed and a predetermined input operation is performed in the operation input unit, the cooking start permission signal can be transmitted,
The display panel of the power command device has a function of transmitting the identification information and abnormality monitoring data of the cooking device stored in the abnormality storage means to the information communication terminal device via the wireless input / output unit. A power control system characterized by that. The display panel has an operation input unit for setting an upper limit of electric energy of home appliances, and in this operation input unit, points to be noted when performing an operation input for electric energy setting according to the operation stage of the user 40. The power control system according to claim 39, further comprising an information key for issuing a command signal for requesting provision of useful information. The display panel has an operation input unit for setting an upper limit of the amount of electric power of the home appliance, and this operation input unit is referred to the operation when the user performs an input operation for setting the electric energy. 40. The power control system according to claim 39, further comprising a help mode key for issuing a command signal for requesting provision of information. An environment detection unit that acquires environmental information related to the installation space of the home appliance that is the target of abnormality monitoring of the power command device;
The power command apparatus, when determining the abnormality of the home appliance on the basis of the driving dynamic condition received from the home appliance and monitoring data, using the environmental information of the installation space of home appliances obtained from the environment detection unit The power control system according to claim 39, wherein abnormality determination is performed. A power control unit that emits the power reduction command signal and limits the total amount of power in the home to a plurality of home appliances each having a heating source or a power source and a first communication unit that receives the power reduction command signal When,
An abnormality determination unit that receives abnormality monitoring data for determining whether or not an abnormality has occurred from the home appliance, and outputs information indicating an abnormality determination result;
An abnormality storage means for storing information on the determination reference data of the abnormality determination means, the abnormality monitoring data, and the abnormality determination result;
A display panel comprising display means for displaying the operating state of the power control unit;
A control unit for controlling the power control unit, the abnormality determination unit and the display board,
When the abnormality determination process is performed by the abnormality determination unit, the control unit transmits information indicating the determination result to the specific home appliance that has transmitted the abnormality monitoring data.
The control unit includes an input operation unit for displaying the abnormality monitoring data stored in the abnormality storage unit and information indicating the determination result on the display screen of the display panel,
The display panel includes a short-range communication input / output unit for information communication terminal equipment,
The control unit has a function of determining whether the determination target home appliance is a statutory inspection product or a product with a special contract related to maintenance inspection when the abnormality determination unit performs an abnormality determination process. Have
A power command apparatus characterized in that, when an abnormality occurs in the statutory inspection product or the product with a special contract, the abnormality information is notified to a specialized information server. A power control unit that emits the power reduction command signal and limits the total amount of power in the home to a plurality of home appliances each having a heating source or a power source and a first communication unit that receives the power reduction command signal And abnormality determination means for receiving abnormality monitoring data for determining whether or not an abnormality has occurred from the home appliance, and outputting information indicating an abnormality determination result;
An abnormality storage means for storing information on the determination reference data of the abnormality determination means, the abnormality monitoring data, and the abnormality determination result;
A display panel comprising display means for displaying the operating state of the power control unit;
A control unit for controlling the power control unit, the abnormality determination unit and the display board,
When the abnormality determination process is performed by the abnormality determination unit, the control unit transmits information indicating the determination result to the specific home appliance that has transmitted the abnormality monitoring data.
The control unit includes an input operation unit for displaying the abnormality monitoring data stored in the abnormality storage unit and information indicating the determination result on the display screen of the display panel,
The display panel includes a short-range communication input / output unit for information communication terminal equipment,
When the abnormality determination process is performed by the abnormality determination unit, the control unit issues a start signal to the TV receiver and transmits display information for displaying the occurrence of the abnormality on the TV receiver. Power command device.

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