CN109407728B

CN109407728B - Heating platform, appliance and control method of heating platform

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Publication number: CN109407728B
Application number: CN201710702467.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 麻百忠; 雷俊; 王云峰; 卞在银; 张帆; 江德勇; 黄庶锋; 刘文华; 曾露添; 杜放
Original assignee: Foshan Shunde Midea Electrical Heating Appliances Manufacturing Co Ltd
Current assignee: Foshan Shunde Midea Electrical Heating Appliances Manufacturing Co Ltd
Priority date: 2017-08-16
Filing date: 2017-08-16
Publication date: 2021-02-23
Anticipated expiration: 2037-08-16
Also published as: CN109407728A

Abstract

The invention provides a heating platform, an appliance, a control method of the heating platform and a control method of the appliance. The heating stage includes: at least two heating members for paired heating of at least two appliances placed on the heating members; the intelligent cooking system comprises a first platform communication unit, a second platform communication unit and a control unit, wherein the first platform communication unit is used for receiving a first platform control instruction when a plurality of heating parts execute a plurality of different platform cooking processes, one platform cooking process corresponds to one intelligent cooking program, and one platform cooking process is used for controlling the operation of one heating part within a certain time period; the first platform control unit is used for controlling the starting time of the heating components according to the first platform control instruction so as to enable the heating components to complete respective platform cooking processes at the same time. The heating platform provided by the invention can simultaneously finish the platform cooking process of the heating parts, so that the waiting of a user is avoided, the dining time is saved, the loss of nutrients of dishes and the influence on the taste are avoided, and the user experience is improved.

Description

Heating platform, appliance and control method of heating platform

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of cooking appliances, in particular to a heating platform, an appliance, a control method of the heating platform and a control method of the appliance.

Background

At present, in daily life, cooking utensils with rich functions are increasingly popular with users, the cooking utensils comprise an electric rice cooker, an electric pressure cooker, an electric stewpan, a kettle, a wall breaking machine, an electric frying pan, an electric steamer, an electric baking pan, a soybean milk machine, a bread maker, a noodle maker and the like, and the cooking utensils enable daily cooking of the users to be more convenient. In the correlation technique, various cooking utensil are relatively independent, this also leads to various cooking utensil to occupy very big space, make the space in kitchen become crowded, user's experience is reduced, heating block through these cooking utensil splits out, form separated heating platform and utensil, can make the utensil sharing heating platform who realizes different functions, cooking utensil's occupation space has been reduced, make numerous cooking utensil constitute an intelligent cooking system, but when placing a plurality of utensils of waiting to use on the heating platform, the moment that different utensil cooks the end respectively has the difference, the user need wait until all utensils can begin the meal when all cook the end, user experience remains to be promoted.

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention is directed to solving at least one of the problems of the prior art or the related art.

To this end, a first aspect of the invention proposes a heating platform.

A second aspect of the invention proposes an appliance.

A third aspect of the present invention provides a method of controlling a heating stage.

A fourth aspect of the invention proposes a method of controlling an appliance.

In view of this, according to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a heating platform comprising: at least two heating members for paired heating of at least two appliances placed on the heating members; the intelligent cooking system comprises a first platform communication unit, a second platform communication unit and a control unit, wherein the first platform communication unit is used for receiving a first platform control instruction when a plurality of heating parts execute a plurality of different platform cooking processes, one platform cooking process corresponds to one intelligent cooking program, and one platform cooking process is used for controlling the operation of one heating part within a certain time period; the first platform control unit is used for controlling the starting time of the heating components according to the first platform control instruction so as to enable the heating components to complete respective platform cooking processes at the same time.

The heating platform provided by the invention is provided with at least two heating parts, at least two appliances can be placed, the appliances have no self-heating capacity and need to be matched with the heating platform for use, so that the appliances do not need to be provided with a heating device, a plurality of appliances with different cooking functions can share the heating platform, and the occupied space of independent cooking appliances is reduced. When all placed the utensil on a plurality of heater blocks, and when respectively will carry out different platform culinary art processes, its finish time respectively is different, can draw first platform control instruction through coordinated calculation, control the start-up moment of a plurality of heater blocks in view of the above, can make the platform culinary art process of a plurality of heater blocks end simultaneously, avoided the user to wait for, both practiced thrift the dining time, avoided the dish that accomplishes the culinary art earlier and placed the time overlength and cause nutrition loss and influence the taste again, improved user experience.

In addition, according to the heating platform in the above technical solution provided by the present invention, the following additional technical features may also be provided:

in the above technical solution, preferably, the first platform control instruction is issued by a mobile terminal, a server terminal or a home appliance management terminal through calculation when recognizing that the plurality of heating components will execute a plurality of different platform cooking processes.

In the technical scheme, the mobile terminal, the server terminal or the household appliance management terminal is responsible for executing comparative calculation of the completion time of a plurality of platform cooking processes, generating a first platform control instruction according to the calculation result and sending the first platform control instruction to the first platform communication unit of the heating platform. By arranging the calculation process in a third party, a third party terminal with calculation capacity can be fully utilized, the data storage amount and the calculation amount of the heating platform are reduced, and the structure of the heating platform is simplified.

In any of the above technical solutions, preferably, the method further includes: at least one platform input unit, located on and/or remote from the heating platform, for receiving platform cooking instructions of a user, one platform cooking instruction including a targeted heating component and a corresponding platform cooking process; the platform comparison unit is used for comparing the length of the completion time required by the platform cooking processes corresponding to the platform cooking instructions when receiving the different platform cooking instructions, wherein the completion time is equal to the running time of the intelligent cooking program corresponding to the platform cooking processes; and the platform decision unit is used for determining the starting time of the plurality of platform cooking processes and the starting time of the plurality of heating parts according to the completion time of the plurality of platform cooking processes so as to simultaneously finish the plurality of platform cooking processes and generate corresponding first platform control instructions.

In the technical scheme, the platform input unit receives the platform cooking instruction input by the user, so that the completion time of each platform cooking process can be obtained without active identification, and the identification process is reduced. The platform comparison unit compares and calculates the completion time required by the cooking process of each platform, and the starting time of each platform is pushed back by taking the finish process at the same time as a standard, so that a first control instruction can be generated. In addition, the completion time of the platform cooking process is equal to the running time of the corresponding intelligent cooking program, so that the starting time of the platform cooking process is not necessarily equal to the starting time of the heating component, and if the food materials need to be soaked for half an hour and then heated, the starting time of the platform cooking process is half an hour earlier than the starting time of the heating component.

In any of the above technical solutions, preferably, the method further includes: the platform inquiry unit is positioned on the heating platform and/or is arranged away from the heating platform and used for sending inquiry information to inquire whether to execute the first platform control instruction; and the second platform communication unit is used for receiving feedback information aiming at the inquiry information, the feedback information comprises an execution first platform control instruction and an non-execution first platform control instruction, and the first platform control unit is activated when the feedback information is the execution first platform control instruction.

In the technical scheme, after the first platform communication unit receives the first platform control instruction, the first platform inquiry unit sends inquiry information to inform a user of the starting time of the platform cooking process to be adjusted so as to ask for feedback information of the user, and the first platform control instruction is executed only under the condition that the user agrees to execute, so that the operation flexibility is improved, and the user experience is improved.

In any of the above technical solutions, preferably, the method further includes: and the second platform control unit is used for generating a second platform control instruction and simultaneously starting the plurality of heating parts according to the second platform control instruction or determining the starting time of the plurality of heating parts according to the power consumption when the feedback information is that the first platform control instruction is not executed or the feedback information is not received within a preset time length.

In the technical scheme, when the feedback information of the user is that the first platform control instruction is not executed, the second platform control unit generates the second platform control instruction, can directly start to start the plurality of heating parts, and can determine the starting time of the plurality of heating parts after comparing the power consumption of the plurality of heating parts, so that the situation that the plurality of heating parts run at the same time at too high power is avoided, and the safety and the user experience of the heating platform are improved.

In any of the above technical solutions, preferably, the method further includes: and the second platform conversion unit is used for converting the second platform control instructions into a plurality of second appliance control instructions and sending the plurality of second appliance control instructions to corresponding appliances, and the second appliance control instructions are used for controlling the starting time of the corresponding appliances so as to complete the intelligent cooking program by matching with the corresponding heating parts.

In this technical scheme, every platform culinary art process corresponds to an intelligent culinary art procedure, and to accomplish this intelligent culinary art procedure and need the cooperation of heating platform and utensil, thus an intelligent culinary art procedure corresponds to a platform culinary art process and an utensil culinary art process, and the platform culinary art process needs the same with the start moment of utensil culinary art process. When the second platform control instruction is executed, the starting time of the cooking process of the appliance needs to be correspondingly adjusted, and the second platform conversion unit generates the second appliance control instruction according to the starting time, so that the heating platform and the appliance can be ensured to work coordinately.

In any of the above technical solutions, preferably, the method further includes: the platform generating unit is used for generating a cooking function set when the plurality of heating parts execute a plurality of different platform cooking processes, wherein the cooking function set comprises cooking functions corresponding to the plurality of platform cooking processes; the platform storage unit is used for judging whether the cooking function set exists or not when the feedback information is the first platform control instruction, if so, increasing 1 to the number of synchronous execution times corresponding to the cooking function set, and if not, storing the cooking function set and initializing the corresponding number of synchronous execution times to 1; the platform searching unit is used for searching whether a cooking function set exists from the platform storage unit after the cooking function set is generated, if so, the platform judging unit is activated, and if not, the platform inquiring unit is activated; and the platform judging unit is used for judging whether the synchronous execution times of the cooking function set is greater than or equal to the preset times, if so, activating the first platform control unit, and otherwise, activating the platform inquiring unit.

In the technical scheme, the platform generation unit generates a cooking function set formed by cooking functions to be executed by the heating parts, and the platform storage unit increases 1 the synchronous execution times of the corresponding cooking function set after a user agrees to execute a first platform control instruction every time so as to record the use habits of the user. When the platform searching unit confirms that the cooking function set corresponding to the received first platform control instruction exists in the platform storage unit, the platform judging unit judges the synchronous execution times of the platform searching unit, namely whether the agreeing times of the user reaches the preset times or not, and activates the first platform control unit to directly execute the first platform control instruction when the agreeing times of the user reach the preset times, so that self-learning is realized, repeated operation of the user is reduced, and user experience is improved. Only the cooking function is taken as a judgment standard without considering the cooking time, so that the use habit of a user can be sufficiently recorded, the number of records is reduced, the storage pressure is reduced, and the judgment is more flexible.

In any of the above technical solutions, preferably, the method further includes: the first platform conversion unit is used for converting the first platform control instructions into a plurality of first appliance control instructions and sending the plurality of first appliance control instructions to corresponding appliances when the first platform control unit is activated, and the first appliance control instructions are used for controlling the starting time of the corresponding appliances so as to complete the intelligent cooking program by matching with the corresponding heating parts.

In this technical scheme, every platform culinary art process corresponds to an intelligent culinary art procedure, and to accomplish this intelligent culinary art procedure and need the cooperation of heating platform and utensil, thus an intelligent culinary art procedure corresponds to a platform culinary art process and an utensil culinary art process, and the platform culinary art process needs the same with the start moment of utensil culinary art process. When the first platform control instruction is executed, the starting time of the cooking process of the appliance needs to be adjusted correspondingly, so that the first platform conversion unit generates the first appliance control instruction according to the first platform control instruction every time the first platform control unit is activated, and the heating platform and the appliance are ensured to work coordinately.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an appliance comprising: the body is provided with a cooking cavity for cooking food materials, the body is arranged on the heating platform in any technical scheme, and heating parts of the heating platform are used for heating in a matching way; at least one appliance input unit, located on and/or remote from an appliance, for receiving an appliance cooking instruction of a user, one appliance cooking instruction including a targeted appliance and a corresponding appliance cooking process, the appliance cooking process and a platform cooking process of a heating component paired with the appliance corresponding to a same intelligent cooking program, the appliance cooking process for controlling operation of the body within a certain period of time; the appliance communication unit is used for receiving a first appliance control instruction or a second appliance control instruction sent by the heating platform; and the appliance control unit is used for controlling the starting time of the body according to the first appliance control instruction or the second appliance control instruction so as to enable the body and the bodies of other appliances on the heating platform to simultaneously complete respective appliance cooking processes.

The appliance provided by the invention has no self-heating capability and needs to be matched with the heating platform for use, so that the appliance does not need to be provided with a heating device, a plurality of appliances with different cooking functions can share the heating platform, and the occupied space of independent cooking appliances is reduced. When a plurality of appliances are placed on the heating platform together for operation, the first appliance control instruction or the second appliance control instruction is received, and the respective intelligent cooking program can be realized by being matched with the heating platform. Because the required completion time of the utensil culinary art process that different utensils were carried out is often different, through receiving the first utensil control command that obtains through the calculation, can coordinate the start-up moment of a plurality of utensils to make all utensils on the heating platform accomplish respective utensil culinary art process simultaneously, avoided the user to wait for, both practiced thrift the dining time, avoided the dish that accomplishes the culinary art earlier and placed the time overlength and cause nutrition to run off and influence the taste again, improved user experience.

In addition, according to the appliance in the above technical solution provided by the present invention, the following additional technical features may be further provided:

in the above technical solution, preferably, the first appliance control instruction is issued by the heating platform, the mobile terminal, the server terminal or the home appliance management terminal through calculation when recognizing that a plurality of appliances placed on the heating platform will execute a plurality of different appliance cooking processes.

In the technical scheme, the heating platform, the mobile terminal, the server terminal or the household appliance management terminal are responsible for executing comparative calculation of the completion time of cooking processes of different appliances, generating a first appliance control instruction according to the calculation result and sending the first appliance control instruction to each appliance. By arranging the calculation process on a terminal other than the appliances, each appliance itself does not need to be provided with a device and a calculation unit for communicating with other appliances, the data storage amount and the calculation amount of each appliance are reduced, and the structure is simplified.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for controlling a heating platform, which is used for the heating platform according to any one of the above technical solutions, and comprises: receiving a first platform control instruction when a plurality of heating parts are to execute a plurality of different platform cooking processes, wherein one platform cooking process corresponds to one intelligent cooking program and one platform cooking process is used for controlling the operation of one heating part within a certain time period; and controlling the starting time of the heating parts according to the first platform control instruction so that the heating parts can complete the platform cooking process at the same time.

According to the control method of the heating platform, the appliances are placed on the heating parts, and when different platform cooking processes are executed respectively, the completion time of the platform cooking processes is different, the first platform control instruction can be obtained through coordinated calculation, and accordingly the starting time of the heating parts is controlled, the platform cooking processes of the heating parts can be finished simultaneously, user waiting is avoided, dining time is saved, nutrition loss and taste influence caused by overlong placing time of dishes cooked first are avoided, and user experience is improved.

In addition, according to the control method of the heating platform in the above technical solution provided by the present invention, the following additional technical features may also be provided:

In the technical scheme, the mobile terminal, the server terminal or the household appliance management terminal is responsible for executing comparative calculation of the completion time of the cooking processes of the multiple platforms, generating a first platform control instruction according to the calculation result and then sending the first platform control instruction to the heating platform. By arranging the calculation process in a third party, a third party terminal with calculation capacity can be fully utilized, the data storage amount and the calculation amount of the heating platform are reduced, and the structure of the heating platform is simplified.

In any of the above technical solutions, preferably, before performing the operation of receiving the first platform control instruction, the method further includes: receiving platform cooking instructions of a user, one platform cooking instruction comprising a targeted heating component and a corresponding platform cooking process; when a plurality of different platform cooking instructions are received, the length of the completion time required by a plurality of platform cooking processes corresponding to the plurality of platform cooking instructions is compared, and the completion time is equal to the running time of the intelligent cooking program corresponding to the platform cooking processes; and determining the starting time of the plurality of platform cooking processes and the starting time of the plurality of heating parts according to the completion time of the plurality of platform cooking processes so as to simultaneously finish the plurality of platform cooking processes and generate corresponding first platform control instructions.

In the technical scheme, platform cooking instructions input by a user are received, the completion time of each platform cooking process can be obtained, active identification is not needed, and the identification process is reduced. And then, comparing and calculating the completion time required by the cooking process of each platform, and reversing the starting time of each platform by taking the finish process at the same time as a standard to generate a first control instruction. In addition, the completion time of the platform cooking process is equal to the running time of the corresponding intelligent cooking program, so that the starting time of the platform cooking process is not necessarily equal to the starting time of the heating component, and if the food materials need to be soaked for half an hour and then heated, the starting time of the platform cooking process is half an hour earlier than the starting time of the heating component.

In any one of the above technical solutions, preferably, after the operation of receiving the first platform control command is performed, before the operation of controlling the start timings of the plurality of heating components according to the first platform control command is performed, the method further includes: sending out inquiry information to inquire whether to execute a first platform control instruction or not; receiving feedback information aiming at the inquiry information, wherein the feedback information comprises an execution first platform control instruction and an execution-free first platform control instruction; and when the feedback information is the first platform control instruction, executing the operation of controlling the starting time of the heating parts according to the first platform control instruction.

In the technical scheme, the inquiry information is sent after the first platform control instruction is received, so that the user can be informed of adjusting the starting time of the platform cooking process to ask for feedback information of the user, and the first platform control instruction is executed under the condition that the user agrees to execute, thereby improving the operation flexibility and improving the user experience.

In any one of the above technical solutions, preferably, after performing the operation of receiving the feedback information with respect to the inquiry information, the method further includes: and when the feedback information is that the first platform control instruction is not executed or the feedback information is not received within a preset time, generating a second platform control instruction and simultaneously starting the plurality of heating parts according to the second platform control instruction or determining the starting time of the plurality of heating parts according to the power consumption.

In the technical scheme, when the feedback information of the user is not the first platform control instruction, the second platform control instruction is generated, the two heating parts can be started directly, and the starting time of the two heating parts can be determined after the power consumption of the two heating parts is compared, so that the situation that the two heating parts run at the same time and have overhigh power is avoided, the safety is improved, and the user experience is improved.

In any one of the above technical solutions, preferably, after performing an operation of generating a second platform control instruction and simultaneously starting the plurality of heating components according to the second platform control instruction or determining start timings of the plurality of heating components according to power consumption, the method further includes: and converting the second platform control instruction into a plurality of second appliance control instructions, and sending the plurality of second appliance control instructions to the corresponding appliances, wherein the second appliance control instructions are used for controlling the starting time of the corresponding appliances so as to complete the intelligent cooking program by matching with the corresponding heating parts.

In this technical scheme, every platform culinary art process corresponds to an intelligent culinary art procedure, and to accomplish this intelligent culinary art procedure and need the cooperation of heating platform and utensil, thus an intelligent culinary art procedure corresponds to a platform culinary art process and an utensil culinary art process, and the platform culinary art process needs the same with the start moment of utensil culinary art process. When the second platform control instruction is executed, the starting time of the cooking process of the appliance needs to be correspondingly adjusted, and the second appliance control instruction is generated according to the starting time, so that the heating platform and the appliance can be ensured to work coordinately.

In any of the above technical solutions, preferably, after the operation of receiving the first platform control instruction is performed and before the operation of issuing the query information is performed, the method further includes: generating a cooking function set, wherein the cooking function set comprises cooking functions corresponding to a plurality of platform cooking processes; after the operation of receiving the feedback information for the query information is performed, the method further comprises the following steps: when the feedback information is the instruction for executing the first platform control, judging whether the cooking function set exists or not, if so, increasing 1 to the number of synchronous execution times corresponding to the cooking function set, and if not, storing the cooking function set and initializing the corresponding number of synchronous execution times to 1; after the operation of generating the cooking function set is executed and before the operation of sending out the inquiry information is executed, the method further comprises the following steps: searching whether a cooking function set exists in a platform storage unit of the heating platform, if so, judging whether the synchronous execution times of the cooking function set is greater than or equal to the preset times, and if not, executing the operation of sending out inquiry information; and when the synchronous execution times of the cooking function set are greater than or equal to the preset times, executing the operation of controlling the starting time of the heating parts according to the first platform control instruction, and when the synchronous execution times of the cooking function set are less than the preset times, executing the operation of sending out inquiry information.

In the technical scheme, a cooking function set consisting of cooking functions to be executed by a plurality of heating parts is generated, and the synchronous execution times of the corresponding cooking function set are increased by 1 after a user agrees to execute a first platform control instruction every time, so that the use habit of the user is recorded. When the cooking function set corresponding to the received first platform control instruction is confirmed to be stored, the synchronous execution times of the cooking function set are judged, namely whether the agreement times of the user reaches the preset times or not is judged, and the first platform control instruction is directly executed when the agreement times of the user reaches the preset times, so that self-learning is realized, repeated operation of the user is reduced, and user experience is improved. Only the cooking function is taken as a judgment standard without considering the cooking time, so that the use habit of a user can be sufficiently recorded, the number of records is reduced, the storage pressure is reduced, and the judgment is more flexible.

In any one of the above technical solutions, preferably, after the operation of controlling the start timings of the plurality of heating components according to the first platform control instruction is performed, the method further includes: the first platform control instruction is converted into a plurality of first appliance control instructions, the first appliance control instructions are sent to corresponding appliances, and the first appliance control instructions are used for controlling the starting time of the corresponding appliances so as to complete the intelligent cooking program by matching with the corresponding heating parts.

In this technical scheme, every platform culinary art process corresponds to an intelligent culinary art procedure, and to accomplish this intelligent culinary art procedure and need the cooperation of heating platform and utensil, thus an intelligent culinary art procedure corresponds to a platform culinary art process and an utensil culinary art process, and the platform culinary art process needs the same with the start moment of utensil culinary art process. When the first platform control instruction is executed, the starting time of the cooking process of the appliance needs to be adjusted correspondingly, so that the first appliance control instruction is generated according to the first platform control instruction when the first platform control instruction is executed, and the coordinated work of the heating platform and the appliance is ensured.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for controlling an appliance, the method being used for the appliance according to any of the above technical solutions, wherein the body of the appliance is placed on a heating platform for heating, the heating platform comprises at least one heating component, and the method comprises: receiving an appliance cooking instruction of a user, wherein one appliance cooking instruction comprises a specific appliance and a corresponding appliance cooking process, the appliance cooking process and a platform cooking process of a heating part matched with the appliance correspond to the same intelligent cooking program, and the appliance cooking process is used for controlling the operation of the body within a certain time period; receiving a first appliance control instruction or a second appliance control instruction sent by a heating platform; and controlling the starting time of the body according to the first appliance control instruction or the second appliance control instruction so as to enable the body and the bodies of other appliances on the heating platform to simultaneously complete respective appliance cooking processes.

According to the control method of the appliance provided by the invention, when the current appliance and other appliances are placed on the heating platform to operate together, the respective intelligent cooking program can be realized by receiving the first appliance control instruction or the second appliance control instruction and matching with the heating platform. Because the required completion time of the utensil culinary art process that different utensils were carried out is often different, through receiving the first utensil control command that obtains through the calculation, can coordinate the start-up moment of each utensil to make all utensils on the heating platform accomplish respective utensil culinary art process simultaneously, avoided the user to wait for, both practiced thrift the dining time, avoided the dish that accomplishes the culinary art earlier and placed the time overlength and cause nutrition loss and influence the taste again, improved user experience.

In addition, according to the method for controlling an appliance in the above-mentioned technical solution provided by the present invention, the following additional technical features may be further provided:

In the technical scheme, the heating platform, the mobile terminal, the server terminal or the household appliance management terminal are responsible for executing comparative calculation of the completion time of cooking processes of different appliances, generating a first appliance control instruction according to a calculation result and sending the first appliance control instruction to the appliances. By arranging the calculation process on a terminal outside the appliance, the appliance itself does not need to be provided with a device and a calculation unit for communicating with other appliances, the data storage amount and the calculation amount of the appliance are reduced, and the structure of the appliance is simplified.

Additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.

Drawings

The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

FIG. 1 shows a schematic block diagram of a heating platform according to a first embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 2 shows a schematic block diagram of a heating platform according to a second embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 3 shows a schematic block diagram of a heating platform according to a third embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 4 shows a schematic block diagram of a heating platform according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 shows a schematic block diagram of a heating platform according to a fifth embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 6 shows a schematic block diagram of a heating platform according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 shows a schematic block diagram of an appliance according to an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 8 shows a schematic flow chart of a control method of a heating stage according to a first embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 9 is a schematic flow chart diagram illustrating a method of controlling a heating stage according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 10 shows a schematic flow diagram of a control method of a heating platform according to a third embodiment of the invention;

fig. 11 shows a schematic flow diagram of a control method of a heating platform according to a fourth embodiment of the invention;

fig. 12 shows a schematic flow chart of a control method of a heating stage according to a fifth embodiment of the invention;

fig. 13 shows a schematic flow chart of a control method of a heating platform according to a sixth embodiment of the invention;

fig. 14 shows a schematic flow diagram of a method of controlling an appliance according to an embodiment of the invention;

fig. 15 shows a schematic configuration diagram of a cooking system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 16 is a schematic structural view showing a cooking system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

In order that the above objects, features and advantages of the present invention can be more clearly understood, a more particular description of the invention will be rendered by reference to the appended drawings. It should be noted that the embodiments and features of the embodiments of the present application may be combined with each other without conflict.

In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention, however, the present invention may be practiced in other ways than those specifically described herein, and therefore the scope of the present invention is not limited by the specific embodiments disclosed below.

A heating platform, an appliance, a method of controlling a heating platform, and a method of controlling an appliance according to some embodiments of the present invention are described below with reference to fig. 1-16.

Embodiments of a first aspect of the invention provide a heated platen.

Fig. 1 shows a schematic block diagram of a heating platform according to a first embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 1, a heating platform 100 includes:

a first heating member 102 and a second heating member 104 for heating a first appliance and a second appliance placed on the first heating member 102 and the second heating member 104 in a paired manner, respectively;

a first platform communication unit 104, configured to receive a first platform control instruction when the first heating component 102 and the second heating component 104 are to execute different platform cooking processes, where one platform cooking process corresponds to one intelligent cooking program, and one platform cooking process is used to control operation of one heating component within a certain time period;

a first platform control unit 106, configured to control the start timings of the first heating component 102 and the second heating component 104 according to the first platform control instruction, so that the first heating component 102 and the second heating component 104 simultaneously complete respective platform cooking processes.

The heating platform 100 provided by the invention is provided with the first heating part 102 and the second heating part 104, different appliances can be placed, the appliances have no self-heating capacity and need to be matched with the heating platform 100 for use, so that a heating device is not needed to be arranged on the appliances, two appliances with different cooking functions can share the heating platform 100, and the occupied space of an independent cooking appliance is reduced. When the appliances are placed on the first heating part 102 and the second heating part 104, and different platform cooking processes are executed respectively, the completion time is different, a first platform control instruction can be obtained through coordinated calculation, the starting time of the first heating part 102 and the second heating part 104 is controlled accordingly, the platform cooking processes of the first heating part 102 and the second heating part 104 can be finished simultaneously, the user waiting is avoided, the dining time is saved, the problem that nutrition loss and taste influence are caused due to the fact that the dish placement time for cooking is too long is solved, and the user experience is improved. In particular, different platform cooking processes may perform different cooking functions, such as cooking and cooking soup, and may also perform the same cooking function, but for different durations, such as stew 1 hour and stew 2 hours. Specifically, the first platform control unit 106 includes two first platform control sub-units, which are respectively disposed in one-to-one correspondence with the first heating member 102 and the second heating member 104, and are used for respectively controlling the first heating member 102 and the second heating member 104.

Although the description has been given by taking two heating parts as an example, it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that the number of heating parts can be increased as long as the structure allows, and the platform cooking process of all the heating parts can be finished at the same time.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the first platform control instructions are preferably calculated by the mobile terminal, server terminal or appliance management terminal upon recognizing that the first heating component 102 and the second heating component 104 will perform two different platform cooking processes.

In this embodiment, the mobile terminal, the server terminal, or the household appliance management terminal is responsible for performing the comparison and calculation of the completion time of the cooking processes of the two platforms, generating a first platform control instruction according to the calculation result, and sending the first platform control instruction to the first platform communication unit 104 of the heating platform. By arranging the calculation process in a third party, a third party terminal with calculation capacity can be fully utilized, the data storage amount and the calculation amount of the heating platform are reduced, and the structure of the heating platform is simplified.

Fig. 2 shows a schematic block diagram of a heating platform according to a second embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 2, the heating platform 200 includes:

first and second heating members 202 and 204 for heating a first and second appliance placed on the first and second heating members 202 and 204, respectively;

a platform input unit 206, configured to receive platform cooking instructions of a user, where a platform cooking instruction includes a specific heating component and a corresponding platform cooking process, and one platform cooking process corresponds to an intelligent cooking program and is used to control operation of a heating component within a certain time period;

the platform comparison unit 208 is configured to compare the lengths of the completion times required by the two platform cooking processes corresponding to the two platform cooking instructions when the two different platform cooking instructions are received, where the completion time is equal to the operation time of the intelligent cooking program corresponding to the platform cooking process;

a platform decision unit 210, configured to determine starting times of the two platform cooking processes and starting times of the first heating component 202 and the second heating component 204 according to the completion times of the two platform cooking processes, so that the two platform cooking processes are simultaneously ended, and generate a corresponding first platform control instruction.

A first platform communication unit 212 for receiving a first platform control instruction;

a first platform control unit 214, configured to control the start timings of the first heating component 202 and the second heating component 204 according to the first platform control instruction, so that the first heating component 202 and the second heating component 204 simultaneously complete their respective platform cooking processes.

In this embodiment, the platform input unit 206 receives the platform cooking instruction input by the user, and the completion time of each platform cooking process can be obtained without active identification, thereby reducing the identification process. The platform comparing unit 208 compares and calculates the completion time required by the cooking process of each platform, and pushes down the starting time of each platform by taking the ending process of the same time as a standard, so as to generate a first control instruction. The platform input unit is located on the heating platform and/or is arranged far away from the heating platform, and can be arranged on appliances, mobile terminals, household appliance management terminals and other household appliances when being arranged far away from the heating platform. In addition, the completion time of the platform cooking process is equal to the running time of the corresponding intelligent cooking program, so that the starting time of the platform cooking process is not necessarily equal to the starting time of the heating component, and if the food materials need to be soaked for half an hour and then heated, the starting time of the platform cooking process is half an hour earlier than the starting time of the heating component.

Fig. 3 shows a schematic block diagram of a heating platform according to a third embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 3, a heating platform 300 includes:

first and second heating members 302 and 304 for heating a first and second appliance placed on the first and second heating members 302 and 304, respectively, in a paired manner;

a first platform communication unit 306, configured to receive a first platform control instruction when the first heating component 302 and the second heating component 304 are to execute different platform cooking processes, where one platform cooking process corresponds to one intelligent cooking program, and one platform cooking process is used to control operation of one heating component within a certain time period;

a platform inquiry unit 308 for issuing inquiry information to inquire whether to execute the first platform control instruction;

a second platform communication unit 310, configured to receive feedback information for the query information, where the feedback information includes an instruction to execute the first platform control and an instruction not to execute the first platform control, and activate the first platform control unit 312 when the feedback information is the instruction to execute the first platform control;

the first platform control unit 312 is configured to control the start timings of the first heating member 302 and the second heating member 304 according to the first platform control command, so that the first heating member 302 and the second heating member 304 simultaneously complete the respective platform cooking processes.

In this embodiment, after the first platform communication unit 306 receives the first platform control instruction, the first platform inquiry unit 308 sends inquiry information to notify the user that the starting time of the platform cooking process is to be adjusted, so as to solicit feedback information of the user, and the first platform control instruction is executed only when the user agrees to execute, so that the operation flexibility is improved, and the user experience is improved. The platform inquiry unit is positioned on the heating platform and/or is arranged far away from the heating platform, and can be arranged on appliances, mobile terminals, household appliance management terminals and other household appliances when being arranged far away from the heating platform.

Fig. 4 shows a schematic block diagram of a heating platform according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 4, the heating platform 400 includes:

a first heating member 402 and a second heating member 404 for heating a first appliance and a second appliance placed on the first heating member 402 and the second heating member 404 in a paired manner, respectively;

a first platform communication unit 406, configured to receive a first platform control instruction when the first heating component 402 and the second heating component 404 are to execute different platform cooking processes, where one platform cooking process corresponds to one intelligent cooking program, and one platform cooking process is used to control operation of one heating component within a certain time period;

a platform inquiry unit 408 for issuing inquiry information to inquire whether to execute the first platform control instruction;

a second platform communication unit 410, configured to receive feedback information for the query information, where the feedback information includes an instruction to execute the first platform control and an instruction not to execute the first platform control, activate the first platform control unit 412 when the feedback information is the instruction to execute the first platform control, and activate the second platform control unit 414 when the feedback information is the instruction not to execute the first platform control or the feedback information is not received within a preset time period;

a first platform control unit 412, configured to control the start timings of the first heating component 402 and the second heating component 404 according to a first platform control instruction, so that the first heating component 402 and the second heating component 404 simultaneously complete respective platform cooking processes;

a second stage control unit 414, configured to generate a second stage control instruction and start the first heating member 402 and the second heating member 404 simultaneously according to the second stage control instruction, or determine start timings of the first heating member 402 and the second heating member 404 according to power consumption.

In this embodiment, when the feedback information of the user is that the first platform control instruction is not executed, the second platform control unit 414 generates the second platform control instruction, and may directly start to start the first heating component 402 and the second heating component 404, or determine the start time of the first heating component 402 and the second heating component 404 after comparing the power consumption of the first heating component 402 and the second heating component 404, so as to avoid the situation that the operating power of the first heating component 402 and the operating power of the second heating component 404 are too high at the same time, improve the safety of the heating platform 400, and improve the user experience.

Fig. 5 shows a schematic block diagram of a heating platform according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 5, a heating platform 500 includes:

first and second heating members 502 and 504 for heating a first and second appliance placed on first and second heating members 502 and 504, respectively, in a paired manner;

a first platform communication unit 506, configured to receive a first platform control instruction when the first heating component 502 and the second heating component 504 are to execute different platform cooking processes, where one platform cooking process corresponds to one intelligent cooking program, and one platform cooking process is used to control operation of one heating component within a certain time period;

a platform inquiry unit 508 for issuing inquiry information to inquire whether to execute the first platform control instruction;

a second platform communication unit 510, configured to receive feedback information for the query information, where the feedback information includes an instruction to execute the first platform control and an instruction not to execute the first platform control, activate the first platform control unit 512 when the feedback information is the instruction to execute the first platform control, and activate the second platform control unit 514 when the feedback information is the instruction not to execute the first platform control or the feedback information is not received within a preset time period;

a first platform control unit 512, configured to control the start timings of the first heating component 502 and the second heating component 504 according to a first platform control instruction, so that the first heating component 502 and the second heating component 504 simultaneously complete respective platform cooking processes;

a second stage control unit 514 for generating a second stage control instruction and simultaneously activating the first heating member 502 and the second heating member 504 according to the second stage control instruction, or determining activation timings of the first heating member 502 and the second heating member 504 according to power consumption;

second platform converting unit 516 is configured to convert the second platform control instruction into two second appliance control instructions for the first appliance and the second appliance, and send the two second appliance control instructions to the first appliance and the second appliance, respectively, where the second appliance control instruction is used to control the start time of the first appliance and the start time of the second appliance, so as to complete respective intelligent cooking programs in cooperation with first heating component 502 and second heating component 504.

In this embodiment, each platform cooking process corresponds to an intelligent cooking program, and the matching of the heating platform and the appliance is required to complete the intelligent cooking program, so that one intelligent cooking program corresponds to one platform cooking process and one appliance cooking process, and the starting time of the platform cooking process and the starting time of the appliance cooking process are required to be the same. When executing the second platform control command, the start time of the cooking process of the appliance needs to be adjusted accordingly, and the second platform conversion unit 516 generates the second appliance control command accordingly, so that the heating platform and the appliance can be ensured to work cooperatively.

Fig. 6 shows a schematic block diagram of a heating platform according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 6, a heating platform 600 includes:

first and second heating members 602 and 604 for heating a first and second appliance placed on the first and second heating members 602 and 604 in a paired manner, respectively;

a first platform communication unit 606, configured to receive a first platform control instruction when the first heating component 602 and the second heating component 604 are to execute different platform cooking processes, where one platform cooking process corresponds to one intelligent cooking program, and one platform cooking process is used to control operation of one heating component within a certain time period;

a platform generating unit 608, configured to generate a cooking function set, where the cooking function set includes cooking functions corresponding to two different platform cooking processes;

a platform searching unit 610, configured to search whether a cooking function set exists from a platform storage unit 620 after a cooking function set is generated, if so, activate a platform determining unit 612, and if not, activate a platform querying unit 614;

a platform determining unit 612, configured to determine whether the number of times of performing the synchronization of the cooking function set is greater than or equal to a preset number of times, if yes, activate a first platform control unit 618, and if no, activate a platform querying unit 614;

a platform inquiry unit 614, configured to issue inquiry information to inquire whether to execute the first platform control instruction;

a second platform communication unit 616, configured to receive feedback information for the query information, where the feedback information includes an instruction to execute the first platform control and an instruction not to execute the first platform control, and when the feedback information is the instruction to execute the first platform control, activate the first platform control unit 618 and the platform storage unit 622;

a first platform control unit 618 for controlling the starting time of the first heating component 602 and the second heating component 604 according to the first platform control instruction, so that the first heating component 602 and the second heating component 604 simultaneously complete the respective platform cooking processes;

a first platform switching unit 620, configured to, when the first platform control unit 618 is activated, switch the first platform control instruction into two first appliance control instructions for the first appliance and the second appliance, and send the two first appliance control instructions to the first appliance and the second appliance, where the first appliance control instructions are used to control the start timings of the first appliance and the second appliance, so as to complete respective intelligent cooking programs in cooperation with the first heating component 602 and the second heating component 604;

the platform storage unit 622 is configured to determine whether the cooking function set already exists, increase the number of times of synchronous execution corresponding to the cooking function set by 1 if the cooking function set already exists, and store the cooking function set and initialize the corresponding number of times of synchronous execution to 1 if the cooking function set does not exist.

In this embodiment, platform generating unit 606 generates a cooking function set composed of cooking functions to be executed by first heating component 602 and second heating component 604, and platform storing unit 622 increases the number of synchronous executions of the corresponding cooking function set by 1 each time the user agrees to execute the first platform control instruction, so as to record the usage habits of the user. When the platform searching unit 610 determines that the cooking function set corresponding to the received first platform control instruction already exists in the platform storage unit 622, the platform determining unit 612 determines the number of times of synchronous execution thereof, that is, whether the number of times of agreement of the user reaches a preset number of times, and activates the first platform control unit 618 to directly execute the first platform control instruction when the number of times of agreement reaches the preset number of times, thereby implementing self-learning, reducing repeated operations of the user, and improving user experience. Only the cooking function is taken as a judgment standard without considering the cooking time, so that the use habit of a user can be sufficiently recorded, the number of records is reduced, the storage pressure is reduced, and the judgment is more flexible. Specifically, the preset number of times may be set by the user, and is preferably 3 times. Further, the platform storage unit 622 does not store the cooking function set when the feedback information is not to execute the first platform control instruction. Further, a platform prompting unit is included for sending a prompting message after the platform determining unit 612 activates the first platform control unit 618, so as to prompt the user to control the first heating component 602 and the second heating component 604 according to the first platform control instruction.

In this embodiment, each platform cooking process corresponds to an intelligent cooking program, and the matching of the heating platform and the appliance is required to complete the intelligent cooking program, so that one intelligent cooking program corresponds to one platform cooking process and one appliance cooking process, and the starting time of the platform cooking process and the starting time of the appliance cooking process are required to be the same. When the first platform control command is executed, the starting time of the cooking process of the appliance needs to be adjusted accordingly, so that each time the first platform control unit 618 is activated, the first platform switching unit 620 generates the first appliance control command according to the first platform control command, thereby ensuring that the heating platform and the appliance work cooperatively.

Embodiments of a second aspect of the invention provide an appliance.

Fig. 7 shows a schematic block diagram of an appliance according to a first embodiment of the invention, as shown in fig. 7, the appliance 700 comprising:

a body 702, wherein the body 702 is provided with a cooking cavity for cooking food materials, and the body 702 is arranged on a heating platform and is heated by a heating component of the heating platform in a matching way;

an appliance input unit 704, configured to receive an appliance cooking instruction of a user, where an appliance cooking instruction includes a specific appliance and a corresponding appliance cooking process, the appliance cooking process and a platform cooking process of a heating component paired with the appliance correspond to a same intelligent cooking program, and the appliance cooking process is used to control operation of the main body in a certain time period;

an appliance communication unit 706 for receiving a first appliance control command or a second appliance control command from the heating platform;

an appliance control unit 708, configured to control the starting time of the body 702 according to the first appliance control instruction or the second appliance control instruction, and when the first appliance control instruction is executed, the body 702 and the bodies of other appliances on the heating platform complete their respective appliance cooking processes at the same time.

The appliance 700 provided by the invention has no self-heating capability and needs to be matched with a heating platform for use, so that the appliance 700 does not need to be provided with a heating device any more, a plurality of appliances with different cooking functions can share the heating platform, and the occupied space of independent cooking appliances is reduced. When the appliance 700 is placed on the heating platform together with other appliances for operation, the appliance can cooperate with the heating platform to implement respective intelligent cooking programs by receiving the first appliance control command or the second appliance control command. Because the required completion time of the utensil culinary art process that different utensils were executed often is different, through receiving the first utensil control command that obtains through the calculation, can coordinate the start-up moment of utensil 700 and other utensils to make all utensils on the heating platform accomplish respective utensil culinary art process simultaneously, avoided the user to wait for, both practiced thrift the time of having dinner, avoided the dish that accomplishes the culinary art earlier to place the time overlength again and cause nutrition to run off and influence the taste, improved user experience. In particular, different appliance cooking courses may perform different cooking functions, such as cooking and cooking soup, and may also perform the same cooking function, but for different durations, such as stew 1 hour and stew 2 hours. The appliance input unit is located on the appliance and/or is arranged far away from the appliance, and when the appliance input unit is arranged far away from the appliance, the appliance input unit can be arranged on a heating platform, a mobile terminal, a household appliance management terminal and other household appliances. Specifically, when the platform input unit of utensil input unit and heating platform set up on same object, utensil input unit and platform input unit are integrated integratively, when the user will realize a certain culinary art function or when carrying out a certain intelligent culinary art procedure, only need carry out once input, input unit can send matched with platform culinary art instruction and utensil culinary art instruction to heating platform and utensil respectively, in order to realize this function, user operation has been reduced, and platform culinary art instruction and utensil culinary art instruction through this sending have time synchronism, the control conflict that the time difference caused has been avoided, the safety in utilization of product has been improved.

In one embodiment of the present invention, preferably, the first appliance control instruction is calculated by the heating platform, the mobile terminal, the server terminal or the household appliance management terminal when recognizing that a plurality of appliances placed on the heating platform will perform a plurality of different appliance cooking processes.

In this embodiment, the heating platform, the mobile terminal, the server terminal or the household appliance management terminal is responsible for performing comparison and calculation of the completion time of cooking processes of different appliances, and generates a first appliance control command according to the calculation result, and then sends the first appliance control command to the appliance 700 and other appliances. By providing the calculation process on the terminal other than the appliance 700 and the other appliances, each appliance itself does not need to be provided with a device and a calculation unit for communicating with the other appliances, the data storage amount and the calculation amount of each appliance are reduced, and the structure thereof is simplified.

Embodiments of the third aspect of the present invention provide a control method for a heating platform, which is used for the heating platform according to any one of the above embodiments.

Fig. 8 is a schematic flowchart illustrating a control method of a heating stage according to a first embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 8, the control method of the heating stage includes:

step S102, when two heating parts execute two different platform cooking processes, receiving a first platform control instruction, wherein one platform cooking process corresponds to an intelligent cooking program, and the other platform cooking process is used for controlling the operation of one heating part within a certain time period;

and step S104, controlling the starting time of the two heating parts according to the first platform control instruction so as to enable the two heating parts to simultaneously complete respective platform cooking processes.

According to the control method of the heating platform, the appliances are placed on the two heating parts, when different platform cooking processes are executed respectively, the completion time of the two platform cooking processes is different, the first platform control instruction can be obtained through coordinated calculation, the starting time of the two heating parts is controlled, the platform cooking processes of the two heating parts can be finished simultaneously, the waiting of a user is avoided, the dining time is saved, the phenomenon that nutrition is lost and the taste is affected due to the fact that dishes which are cooked in advance are placed for too long time is avoided, and the user experience is improved. In particular, different platform cooking processes may perform different cooking functions, such as cooking and cooking soup, and may also perform the same cooking function, but for different durations, such as stew 1 hour and stew 2 hours.

In one embodiment of the present invention, preferably, the first platform control instruction is calculated by the mobile terminal, the server terminal or the household appliance management terminal when recognizing that the two heating components will execute two different platform cooking processes.

In the embodiment, the mobile terminal, the server terminal or the household appliance management terminal is responsible for performing comparative calculation of the completion time of the cooking processes of the two platforms, generating a first platform control instruction according to the calculation result, and sending the first platform control instruction to the heating platform. By arranging the calculation process in a third party, a third party terminal with calculation capacity can be fully utilized, the data storage amount and the calculation amount of the heating platform are reduced, and the structure of the heating platform is simplified.

Fig. 9 is a schematic flowchart illustrating a control method of a heating stage according to a second embodiment of the present invention, which includes, as shown in fig. 9:

step S202, platform cooking instructions of a user are received, one platform cooking instruction comprises a specific heating component and a corresponding platform cooking process, one platform cooking process corresponds to one intelligent cooking program, and one platform cooking process is used for controlling the operation of one heating component within a certain time period;

step S204, when a plurality of different platform cooking instructions are received, the length of the completion time required by a plurality of platform cooking processes corresponding to the plurality of platform cooking instructions is compared, and the completion time is equal to the running time of the intelligent cooking program corresponding to the platform cooking processes;

step S206, determining the starting time of the plurality of platform cooking processes and the starting time of the plurality of heating parts according to the finishing time of the two platform cooking processes so as to simultaneously finish the plurality of platform cooking processes and generate corresponding first platform control instructions;

step S208, receiving a first platform control instruction;

step S210, controlling the starting time of the two heating components according to the first platform control instruction, so that the two heating components simultaneously complete the platform cooking processes.

In the embodiment, platform cooking instructions input by a user are received, the completion time of each platform cooking process can be obtained, active identification is not needed, and the identification process is reduced. And then, comparing and calculating the completion time required by the cooking process of each platform, and reversing the starting time of each platform by taking the finish process at the same time as a standard to generate a first control instruction. In addition, the completion time of the platform cooking process is equal to the running time of the corresponding intelligent cooking program, so that the starting time of the platform cooking process is not necessarily equal to the starting time of the heating component, and if the food materials need to be soaked for half an hour and then heated, the starting time of the platform cooking process is half an hour earlier than the starting time of the heating component.

Fig. 10 is a schematic flowchart illustrating a control method of a heating stage according to a third embodiment of the present invention, which includes, as shown in fig. 10:

step S302, when two heating parts execute two different platform cooking processes, a first platform control instruction is received, one platform cooking process corresponds to an intelligent cooking program, and the other platform cooking process is used for controlling the operation of one heating part within a certain time period;

step S304, sending out inquiry information to inquire whether to execute a first platform control instruction;

step S306, receiving feedback information aiming at the inquiry information, wherein the feedback information comprises an execution first platform control instruction and an non-execution first platform control instruction, and turning to step S308 when the feedback information is the execution first platform control instruction;

and step S308, controlling the starting time of the two heating parts according to the first platform control instruction so as to enable the two heating parts to simultaneously complete respective platform cooking processes.

In the embodiment, the inquiry information is sent after the first platform control instruction is received, so that the user can be informed of adjusting the starting time of the platform cooking process to ask for feedback information of the user, and the first platform control instruction is executed under the condition that the user agrees to execute, thereby improving the operation flexibility and improving the user experience.

Fig. 11 is a schematic flowchart showing a control method of a heating stage according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention, which includes, as shown in fig. 11:

step S402, when two heating parts execute two different platform cooking processes, receiving a first platform control instruction, wherein one platform cooking process corresponds to an intelligent cooking program, and one platform cooking process is used for controlling the operation of one heating part within a certain time period;

step S404, sending out inquiry information to inquire whether to execute a first platform control instruction;

step S406, receiving feedback information aiming at the inquiry information, wherein the feedback information comprises an execution first platform control instruction and an non-execution first platform control instruction, when the feedback information is the execution first platform control instruction, turning to step S408, and when the feedback information is the non-execution first platform control instruction or the feedback information is not received within a preset time length, turning to step S410;

step S408, controlling the starting time of the two heating parts according to the first platform control instruction so as to enable the two heating parts to simultaneously complete respective platform cooking processes;

step S410, generating a second platform control command, and simultaneously starting the two heating components according to the second platform control command or determining the starting time of the two heating components according to the power consumption.

In this embodiment, when the feedback information of the user is that the first platform control instruction is not executed, the second platform control instruction is generated, the two heating components can be started directly, and the starting time of the two heating components can be determined after the power consumption of the two heating components is compared, so that the situation that the two heating components run at the same time at too high power is avoided, the safety is improved, and the user experience is improved.

Fig. 12 is a schematic flowchart showing a control method of a heating stage according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention, which includes, as shown in fig. 12:

step S502, when two heating parts execute two different platform cooking processes, receiving a first platform control instruction, wherein one platform cooking process corresponds to one intelligent cooking program, and one platform cooking process is used for controlling the operation of one heating part within a certain time period;

step S504, sending out inquiry information to inquire whether to execute a first platform control instruction;

step S506, receiving feedback information aiming at the inquiry information, wherein the feedback information comprises an execution first platform control instruction and an execution-free first platform control instruction, when the feedback information is the execution first platform control instruction, turning to step S508, and when the feedback information is the execution-free first platform control instruction or the feedback information is not received within a preset time length, turning to step S510;

step S508, controlling the starting time of the two heating parts according to the first platform control instruction, so that the two heating parts can simultaneously complete respective platform cooking processes;

step S510, generating a second platform control instruction, and simultaneously starting the two heating components according to the second platform control instruction or determining the starting time of the two heating components according to the power consumption;

and step S512, converting the second platform control instruction into a plurality of second appliance control instructions, and sending the plurality of second appliance control instructions to corresponding appliances, wherein the second appliance control instructions are used for controlling the starting time of the corresponding appliances so as to complete the intelligent cooking program by matching with the corresponding heating parts.

In this embodiment, each platform cooking process corresponds to an intelligent cooking program, and the matching of the heating platform and the appliance is required to complete the intelligent cooking program, so that one intelligent cooking program corresponds to one platform cooking process and one appliance cooking process, and the starting time of the platform cooking process and the starting time of the appliance cooking process are required to be the same. When the second platform control instruction is executed, the starting time of the cooking process of the appliance needs to be correspondingly adjusted, and the second appliance control instruction is generated according to the starting time, so that the heating platform and the appliance can be ensured to work coordinately.

Fig. 13 is a schematic flowchart showing a control method of a heating stage according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention, which includes, as shown in fig. 13:

step S602, when two heating parts are to execute two different platform cooking processes, receiving a first platform control instruction, wherein one platform cooking process corresponds to one intelligent cooking program, and one platform cooking process is used for controlling the operation of one heating part within a certain time period;

step S604, generating a cooking function set, wherein the cooking function set comprises cooking functions corresponding to two different platform cooking processes;

step S606, after a cooking function set is generated, searching whether the cooking function set is stored or not, if yes, turning to step S608, and if not, turning to step S610;

step S608, determining whether the number of times of synchronous execution of the cooking function set is greater than or equal to a preset number of times, if so, turning to step S614, and if not, turning to step S610;

step S610, sending out inquiry information to inquire whether to execute a first platform control instruction;

step S612, receiving feedback information for the query information, where the feedback information includes an instruction for executing the first platform control and an instruction for not executing the first platform control, and when the feedback information is the instruction for executing the first platform control, going to step S614, and when the feedback information is the instruction for not executing the first platform control or the feedback information is not received within a preset time, going to step S624;

step S614, controlling the starting time of the two heating parts according to the first platform control instruction so as to enable the two heating parts to simultaneously complete respective platform cooking processes;

step S616, converting the first platform control instruction into two first appliance control instructions aiming at the two appliances, and sending the two first appliance control instructions to the first appliance and the second appliance, wherein the first appliance control instructions are used for controlling the starting time of the first appliance and the starting time of the second appliance so as to complete respective intelligent cooking programs by matching with the two heating parts;

step S618, determining whether the cooking function set already exists, if yes, going to step S620, and if not, going to step S622;

step S620, increasing 1 to the synchronous execution times corresponding to the cooking function set;

step S622 of storing the cooking function set and initializing the corresponding number of synchronous executions to 1;

step S624, generating a second platform control instruction, and simultaneously starting the two heating components according to the second platform control instruction, or determining the starting time of the two heating components according to the power consumption;

step S626, the second platform control instruction is converted into two second appliance control instructions for the two appliances, and the two second appliance control instructions are respectively sent to the two appliances, and the second appliance control instructions are used for controlling the starting time of the two appliances so as to complete respective intelligent cooking programs by matching with the two heating parts.

In this embodiment, a cooking function set composed of cooking functions to be performed by the two heating components is generated, and the number of times of synchronous execution of the corresponding cooking function set is increased by 1 each time the user agrees to execute the first platform control instruction, so as to record the usage habit of the user. When the cooking function set corresponding to the received first platform control instruction is confirmed to be stored, the synchronous execution times of the cooking function set are judged, namely whether the agreement times of the user reaches the preset times or not is judged, and the first platform control instruction is directly executed when the agreement times of the user reaches the preset times, so that self-learning is realized, repeated operation of the user is reduced, and user experience is improved. Only the cooking function is taken as a judgment standard without considering the cooking time, so that the use habit of a user can be sufficiently recorded, the number of records is reduced, the storage pressure is reduced, and the judgment is more flexible. Specifically, the preset number of times may be set by the user, and is preferably 3 times. Further, when the feedback information is that the first platform control instruction is not executed, the cooking function set is not stored. Furthermore, prompt information can be sent after the execution of the first platform control instruction is confirmed, so that a user is prompted to control the two heating parts according to the first platform control instruction.

In this embodiment, each platform cooking process corresponds to an intelligent cooking program, and the matching of the heating platform and the appliance is required to complete the intelligent cooking program, so that one intelligent cooking program corresponds to one platform cooking process and one appliance cooking process, and the starting time of the platform cooking process and the starting time of the appliance cooking process are required to be the same. When the first platform control instruction is executed, the starting time of the cooking process of the appliance needs to be adjusted correspondingly, so that the first appliance control instruction is generated according to the first platform control instruction when the first platform control instruction is executed, and the coordinated work of the heating platform and the appliance is ensured.

An embodiment of a fourth aspect of the present invention provides a control method for an appliance as in any of the above embodiments, wherein the body of the appliance is placed on a heating platform for heating, and the heating platform comprises two heating parts.

Fig. 14 shows a schematic flowchart of a control method of an appliance according to a first embodiment of the present invention, which includes, as shown in fig. 14:

step S702, receiving an appliance cooking instruction of a user, wherein one appliance cooking instruction comprises a specific appliance and a corresponding appliance cooking process, the appliance cooking process and a platform cooking process of a heating part matched with the appliance correspond to the same intelligent cooking program, and the appliance cooking process is used for controlling the operation of the body within a certain time period;

step S704, receiving a first appliance control instruction or a second appliance control instruction sent by the heating platform;

step S706, controlling the starting time of the body according to the first appliance control instruction or the second appliance control instruction, and when the first appliance control instruction is executed, the body and the bodies of other appliances on the heating platform simultaneously complete respective appliance cooking processes.

According to the control method of the appliance provided by the invention, when the current appliance and other appliances are placed on the heating platform to operate together, the respective intelligent cooking program can be realized by receiving the first appliance control instruction or the second appliance control instruction and matching with the heating platform. Because the required completion time of the utensil culinary art process that different utensils were carried out is often different, through receiving the first utensil control command that obtains through the calculation, can coordinate the start-up moment of each utensil to make all utensils on the heating platform accomplish respective utensil culinary art process simultaneously, avoided the user to wait for, both practiced thrift the dining time, avoided the dish that accomplishes the culinary art earlier and placed the time overlength and cause nutrition loss and influence the taste again, improved user experience. In particular, different appliance cooking courses may perform different cooking functions, such as cooking and cooking soup, and may also perform the same cooking function, but for different durations, such as stew 1 hour and stew 2 hours.

In this embodiment, the heating platform, the mobile terminal, the server terminal or the household appliance management terminal is responsible for performing comparative calculation of the completion time of cooking processes of different appliances, and generates a first appliance control instruction according to the calculation result, and then sends the first appliance control instruction to the appliance. By arranging the calculation process on a terminal outside the appliance, the appliance itself does not need to be provided with a device and a calculation unit for communicating with other appliances, the data storage amount and the calculation amount of the appliance are reduced, and the structure of the appliance is simplified.

Fig. 15 is a schematic structural view illustrating a cooking system according to a first embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 15, the cooking system 10 includes:

a mobile terminal 102 provided with a first input unit and a mobile terminal control system;

a home appliance management terminal 104 provided with a second input unit and a home appliance management terminal system;

a server terminal 106 provided with a server terminal system;

an electric stewpan 108 provided with a third input unit, an electric stewpan control unit 1082, the electric stewpan control unit 1082 controlling the electric stewpan 108;

the electric cooker 110 is provided with a fourth input device and an electric cooker control unit 1102, and the electric cooker control unit 1102 controls the electric cooker 110;

a heating stage 112 provided with a fifth input device, a first heating member 1122, a second heating member 1124, a first stage control unit 1126, a second stage control unit 1128, the first and second stage control units 1126 and 1128 controlling the first and second heating members 1122 and 1124, respectively.

Wherein the electric stewpan 108 is placed on the first heating member 1122, the electric rice cooker 110 is placed on the second heating member 1124, and the user inputs a stew command for the electric stew 108 and the first heating member 1122 for 1 hour from any one of the first input device, the second input device, the third input device, the fourth input device, and the fifth input device, and the rice cooking instruction for the electric cooker 110 and the second heating part 1124, the corresponding input means splits the stew 1 hour instruction into a stew 1 hour platform instruction and a stew 1 hour instrument instruction, splits the rice cooking instruction into a rice cooking platform instruction and a rice cooking instrument instruction, and sends a stew 1 hour platform command and a cook platform command to the heating platform 112, a stew 1 hour utensil command to the electric stewpan 108, and a cook utensil command to the electric rice cooker 110, which respectively correspond to the respective cooking processes.

The heating platform 112 calculates the completion time of stewing 1 hour and cooking for 1 hour and half an hour respectively according to the received stewing 1 hour platform command and cooking platform command, and then it is concluded that the cooking process of the second heating member 1124 and the electric cooker 110 should be started after the cooking process of the first heating member 1122 and the electric cooker 108 is operated for half an hour, and thus the first platform control command and the first appliance control command are generated.

The first platform control instruction and the first appliance control instruction may also be obtained by automatically recognizing a cooking process and calculating a cooking completion time by the mobile terminal 102, the home appliance management terminal 104, or the server terminal 106.

The heating platform 112, the mobile terminal 102, the home appliance management terminal 104 or the server terminal 106 determines that the soup stewing and rice cooking are simultaneously completed, determines whether the number of times of agreement of the user exceeds 2 times, that is, 3 times or more, if yes, directly executes a first platform control instruction and a first appliance control instruction, so that the first platform control unit 1126 and the second platform control unit 1128 respectively control the first heating part 1122 and the second heating part 1124 according to the first platform control instruction, the electric stewpot control unit 1082 and the electric cooker control unit 1102 control the electric stewpot 108 and the electric cooker 110 according to the first appliance control instruction, and if less than 3 times, firstly sends out inquiry information to ask for the agreement of the user.

Fig. 16 is a schematic structural view illustrating a cooking system according to a second embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 16, the cooking system 20 includes:

a mobile terminal 202 provided with a first input unit and a mobile terminal control system;

a home appliance management terminal 204 provided with a second input unit and a home appliance management terminal system;

a server terminal 206 provided with a server terminal system;

the electric stewpan 208 is provided with a third input unit and an electric stewpan control unit 2082, and the electric stewpan control unit 2082 controls the electric stewpan 208;

an electric cooker 210 provided with a fourth input device and an electric cooker control unit 2102, wherein the electric cooker control unit 2102 controls the electric cooker 210;

and a heating stage 212 provided with a fifth input device, a first heating member 2122, a second heating member 2124, and a stage control unit 2126, the stage control unit 2126 controlling the first heating member 2122 and the second heating member 2124.

The technical scheme of the invention is described in detail in the above with reference to the attached drawings, and the invention provides a cooking appliance interaction scheme. Or when the mobile terminal control system or the server terminal system recognizes that a plurality of cooking processes are executed, the mobile terminal control system or the server terminal system adjusts the starting time of the cooking processes to simultaneously finish the plurality of cooking processes. When the cooking progress start time is to be adjusted, the user is notified, and the execution is started with the user's confirmation. When the user-determined number of times reaches a preset number for a similar cooking process, such as involving the same cooking function, the system executes by default while notifying the user.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes may be made by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A heated platen, comprising:

at least two heating members for paired heating of at least two appliances placed on the heating members;

a first platform communication unit, configured to receive a first platform control instruction when a plurality of heating components are to execute a plurality of different platform cooking processes, where one platform cooking process corresponds to one intelligent cooking program and one platform cooking process is used to control operation of one heating component within a certain time period;

the first platform control unit is used for controlling the starting time of the heating parts according to the first platform control instruction so as to enable the heating parts to simultaneously complete the platform cooking processes;

the first platform control instruction is sent by a mobile terminal, a server terminal or a household appliance management terminal through calculation when a plurality of heating parts are identified to execute a plurality of different platform cooking processes;

further comprising:

the platform inquiry unit is positioned on the heating platform and/or is arranged away from the heating platform and used for sending inquiry information to inquire whether to execute the first platform control instruction;

the second platform communication unit is used for receiving feedback information aiming at the inquiry information, the feedback information comprises an instruction for executing the first platform control and an instruction for not executing the first platform control, and when the feedback information is the instruction for executing the first platform control, the first platform control unit is activated;

and the second platform control unit is used for generating a second platform control instruction and simultaneously starting the heating parts according to the second platform control instruction or determining the starting time of the heating parts according to the power consumption when the feedback information is that the first platform control instruction is not executed or the feedback information is not received within a preset time length.

2. The heated platen of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one platform input unit located on and/or remote from the heating platform for receiving platform cooking instructions from a user, one of the platform cooking instructions including a targeted heating component and a corresponding platform cooking process;

the platform comparison unit is used for comparing the length of the completion time required by the platform cooking processes corresponding to the platform cooking instructions when receiving the different platform cooking instructions, wherein the completion time is equal to the running time of the intelligent cooking program corresponding to the platform cooking processes;

and the platform decision unit is used for determining the starting time of the platform cooking processes and the starting time of the heating parts according to the completion time of the platform cooking processes so as to simultaneously finish the platform cooking processes and generate corresponding first platform control instructions.

3. The heated platen of claim 1, further comprising:

and the second platform conversion unit is used for converting the second platform control instructions into a plurality of second appliance control instructions and sending the plurality of second appliance control instructions to the corresponding appliances, and the second appliance control instructions are used for controlling the starting time of the corresponding appliances so as to complete the intelligent cooking program by matching with the corresponding heating parts.

4. The heated platen of claim 1, further comprising:

the platform generating unit is used for generating a cooking function set when the heating parts execute a plurality of different platform cooking processes, wherein the cooking function set comprises cooking functions corresponding to the platform cooking processes;

a platform storage unit, configured to, when the feedback information is to execute the first platform control instruction, determine whether the cooking function set already exists, if yes, increase the number of synchronous executions corresponding to the cooking function set by 1, and if not, store the cooking function set and initialize the corresponding number of synchronous executions to 1;

the platform searching unit is used for searching whether the cooking function set exists from the platform storage unit after the cooking function set is generated, if so, the platform judging unit is activated, and if not, the platform inquiring unit is activated;

the platform judging unit is used for judging whether the synchronous execution times of the cooking function set are larger than or equal to preset times, if so, the first platform control unit is activated, and if not, the platform inquiring unit is activated.

5. The heated platen of claim 4, further comprising:

the first platform conversion unit is used for converting the first platform control instruction into a plurality of first appliance control instructions when the first platform control unit is activated, and sending the first appliance control instructions to the corresponding appliances, and the first appliance control instructions are used for controlling the starting time of the corresponding appliances so as to complete the intelligent cooking program by matching with the corresponding heating parts.

6. An appliance, comprising:

a body having a cooking cavity for cooking a food material, the body being placed on a heating platform according to any one of claims 1 to 5, heated in pairs by heating elements of the heating platform;

at least one appliance input unit located on and/or remote from the appliance for receiving appliance cooking instructions of a user, one of the appliance cooking instructions comprising a targeted appliance and a corresponding appliance cooking process, the appliance cooking process and a platform cooking process of the heating component paired with the appliance corresponding to a same intelligent cooking program, the appliance cooking process for controlling operation of the body over a period of time;

the appliance communication unit is used for receiving a first appliance control instruction or a second appliance control instruction sent by the heating platform;

an appliance control unit, configured to control a start time of the body according to the first appliance control instruction or the second appliance control instruction, where when the first appliance control instruction is executed, the body and the bodies of other appliances on the heating platform complete their respective appliance cooking processes at the same time;

the first appliance control instruction is sent by the heating platform, the mobile terminal, the server terminal or the household appliance management terminal through calculation when the heating platform, the mobile terminal, the server terminal or the household appliance management terminal identifies that a plurality of appliances placed on the heating platform will execute a plurality of different appliance cooking processes.

7. A control method of a heating stage for the heating stage according to any one of claims 1 to 5, comprising:

receiving a first platform control instruction when a plurality of heating parts of the heating platform execute a plurality of different platform cooking processes, wherein one platform cooking process corresponds to an intelligent cooking program and is used for controlling the operation of one heating part within a certain time period;

controlling the starting time of the heating parts according to the first platform control instruction so as to enable the heating parts to simultaneously complete the platform cooking process;

after the operation of receiving the first platform control instruction is executed, before the operation of controlling the start timings of the plurality of heating components according to the first platform control instruction is executed, the method further includes:

sending out inquiry information to inquire whether to execute the first platform control instruction;

receiving feedback information aiming at the inquiry information, wherein the feedback information comprises the execution of the first platform control instruction and the non-execution of the first platform control instruction;

when the feedback information is the first platform control instruction, executing the operation of controlling the starting time of the heating parts according to the first platform control instruction;

after performing the operation of receiving the feedback information for the query information, further comprising:

when the feedback information is that the first platform control instruction is not executed or the feedback information is not received within a preset time, generating a second platform control instruction and simultaneously starting the heating parts according to the second platform control instruction or determining the starting time of the heating parts according to power consumption.

8. The method of claim 7,

before performing the operation of receiving the first platform control instruction, the method further comprises:

receiving platform cooking instructions of a user, one of the platform cooking instructions comprising the heating component for and the corresponding platform cooking process;

when a plurality of different platform cooking instructions are received, the length of the completion time required by a plurality of platform cooking processes corresponding to the plurality of platform cooking instructions is compared, and the completion time is equal to the running time of the intelligent cooking program corresponding to the platform cooking processes;

determining starting time of the plurality of platform cooking processes and starting time of the plurality of heating components according to the completion time of the plurality of platform cooking processes, so that the plurality of platform cooking processes are simultaneously finished, and generating corresponding first platform control instructions.

9. The method of claim 7,

after the operation of generating a second platform control instruction and simultaneously activating a plurality of heating components according to the second platform control instruction or determining the activation timings of the plurality of heating components according to power consumption is performed, the method further includes:

and converting the second platform control instruction into a plurality of second appliance control instructions, and sending the plurality of second appliance control instructions to the corresponding appliances, wherein the second appliance control instructions are used for controlling the starting time of the corresponding appliances so as to complete the intelligent cooking program by matching with the corresponding heating parts.

10. The method of claim 7,

after the operation of receiving the first platform control instruction is executed and before the operation of sending out the inquiry information is executed, the method further comprises the following steps:

generating a cooking function set, wherein the cooking function set comprises cooking functions corresponding to a plurality of platform cooking processes;

when the feedback information is the first platform control instruction, judging whether the cooking function set exists or not, if so, increasing 1 to the number of synchronous execution times corresponding to the cooking function set, and if not, storing the cooking function set and initializing the corresponding number of synchronous execution times to 1;

after the operation of generating the cooking function set is executed and before the operation of sending out the inquiry information is executed, the method further comprises the following steps:

searching whether the cooking function set exists in a platform storage unit of the heating platform, if so, judging whether the synchronous execution times of the cooking function set are greater than or equal to preset times, and if not, executing the operation of sending out inquiry information;

when the synchronous execution times of the cooking function set are larger than or equal to the preset times, executing the operation of controlling the starting time of the heating components according to the first platform control instruction, and when the synchronous execution times of the cooking function set are smaller than the preset times, executing the operation of sending out inquiry information.

11. The method of claim 10,

after the operation of controlling the start timings of the plurality of heating components according to the first platform control instruction is performed, the method further includes:

and converting the first platform control instruction into a plurality of first appliance control instructions, and sending the first appliance control instructions to the corresponding appliances, wherein the first appliance control instructions are used for controlling the corresponding starting time of the appliances so as to complete the intelligent cooking program by matching with the corresponding heating parts.

12. A control method for an appliance according to claim 6, wherein the appliance body is placed on a heating platform for heating, and the heating platform comprises at least one heating component, and the method comprises the following steps:

receiving appliance cooking instructions of a user, wherein one appliance cooking instruction comprises the specific appliance and a corresponding appliance cooking process, the appliance cooking process and a platform cooking process of the heating component matched with the appliance correspond to the same intelligent cooking program, and the appliance cooking process is used for controlling the operation of the body within a certain time period;

receiving a first appliance control command or a second appliance control command sent by the heating platform;

controlling the starting time of the body according to the first appliance control instruction or the second appliance control instruction, and when the first appliance control instruction is executed, the body and the bodies of other appliances on the heating platform simultaneously complete respective appliance cooking processes;