CN110916480B

CN110916480B - Intelligent theme cooking system and cooking method

Info

Publication number: CN110916480B
Application number: CN201911324917.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 宋德超; 邱园; 陆愿基; 潘思宇; 陈志豪
Original assignee: Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai; Zhuhai Lianyun Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai; Zhuhai Lianyun Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-12-20
Filing date: 2019-12-20
Publication date: 2021-06-15
Anticipated expiration: 2039-12-20
Also published as: CN110916480A

Abstract

The application provides an intelligence theme culinary art system and culinary art method, and this intelligence theme culinary art system includes: a cooking bench; a display module disposed on a surface of the cooktop to play pictures in different theme modes; the image acquisition module is used for acquiring images of food materials in a pot on the cooking bench; the cloud server is used for receiving the food material images sent by the image acquisition module so as to determine a target theme mode of the display module; and the control module is used for controlling the display module to switch to the target theme mode according to the theme mode information sent by the cloud server. Through this intelligent theme culinary art system, can be based on the kind of culinary art edible material and intelligent switching display device's broadcast theme mode, arouse user's culinary art delight, help improving the taste of culinary art edible material.

Description

Intelligent theme cooking system and cooking method

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of smart home technology and internet of things, in particular to an intelligent subject cooking system and a cooking method based on the cooking system.

Background

The technical development of the internet of things endows everything with intelligence, kitchens closely related to human life are more and more intelligent, and at present, the research on intelligent kitchens is very hot, but most of the research is devoted to researching and designing intelligent refrigerators, intelligent cabinets and the like, and the design specially aiming at cooking ranges is less. When people cook food materials, people almost daily make an intersection with a cooking bench which is an important component of a kitchen, and on one hand, a layer of single ceramic tiles is usually paved on the surface of the traditional cooking bench; on the other hand, people often lack entertainment atmosphere when cooking food materials, resulting in low pleasure when cooking, which indirectly causes lack of mouthfeel of the cooked food materials.

Therefore, there is a need to develop a new cooking system, which can have an entertainment function and can effectively arouse the interest of the cook.

Disclosure of Invention

To solve the problems in the prior art, the application provides an intelligent theme cooking system and a cooking method based on the intelligent theme cooking system, which are used for moving the interest of a user in cooking by switching the types of food materials cooked in a cooking bench in different theme modes and improving the user experience.

In a first aspect, the present application provides an intelligent subject cooking system, comprising: a cooking bench; a display module disposed on a surface of the cooktop to play pictures in different theme modes; the image acquisition module is used for acquiring images of food materials in a pot on the cooking bench; the cloud server is used for receiving the food material images sent by the image acquisition module so as to determine a target theme mode of the display module; and the control module is used for controlling the display module to switch to the target theme mode according to the theme mode information sent by the cloud server. Through this intelligent theme culinary art system, can be based on the kind of culinary art edible material and the play theme mode of intelligence switching display module, the culinary art of arousing the user arouses, helps improving the taste of culinary art edible material.

In an embodiment of the first aspect, the image acquisition module comprises a first WiFi element, via which the image acquisition module transmits the food material image to the cloud server; the control module comprises a second WiFi element, and the control module receives the theme mode information sent by the cloud server through the second WiFi element.

In one embodiment of the first aspect, the cloud server comprises: the receiving unit is used for receiving the food material images sent by the image acquisition module; a storage unit for storing a plurality of food material images and a plurality of theme modes of the display module; and a calculating unit for determining a target theme mode for the display module among the plurality of theme modes according to the food material image.

In one embodiment of the first aspect, a transparent or translucent protective layer is disposed over the display module. Through this embodiment, can make this top of a kitchen range have certain intensity to display module to the surface plays the guard action to external impact and oil smoke.

In one embodiment of the first aspect, the protective layer is made of a polymeric material.

In one embodiment of the first aspect, the display module is an LED or OLED display screen.

In one embodiment of the first aspect, the image acquisition module is an infrared camera and/or a digital video camera.

In one embodiment of the first aspect, the display module covers more than two thirds of the surface area of the cooktop. By the embodiment, the picture played by the display module can be obviously seen by the user, and the user experience is further enhanced.

In one embodiment of the first aspect, the smart subject cooking system further comprises a power module for powering the display module.

In one embodiment of the first aspect, the control module is disposed on the cooktop.

In a second aspect, the present application further provides a method of cooking using the intelligent subject cooking system of the first aspect and its embodiments, comprising: the image acquisition module acquires an image of food materials being cooked in a pot of the cooking bench and sends the image to the cloud server; the cloud server determines a target theme mode for the display module according to the food material image and sends the target theme mode to the control module; and the control module controls the display module on the cooking bench to switch to the target theme mode.

In an embodiment of the second aspect, the determining, by the cloud server, the target theme mode for the display module according to the food material image includes: receiving a target food material image sent by the image acquisition module; comparing the target food material image with the food material image stored in the storage unit at the previous moment to determine the type of the newly added food material; and determining the target theme mode according to the food material types.

Compared with the prior art, the intelligent theme cooking system and the intelligent theme cooking method have the advantages that the playing theme mode of the display module is intelligently switched through the change based on the cooking food materials, so that the display module can be well adapted to the current cooking environment, the kitchen color is given, the brand-new interesting cooking experience is brought to a user, the surrounding environment and the cooking process are integrated, the user is given the fun of cooking, and the improvement of the taste of cooked dishes is indirectly facilitated.

The features mentioned above can be combined in various suitable ways or replaced by equivalent features as long as the object of the invention is achieved.

Drawings

The invention will be described in more detail hereinafter on the basis of embodiments and with reference to the accompanying drawings. Wherein:

FIG. 1 shows a schematic diagram of a smart subject cooking system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 shows a schematic flow diagram of a cooking method according to an embodiment of the invention.

List of reference numerals:

100-intelligent theme cooking system;

110-a cooking bench;

111-a cooktop body;

112-a display module;

120-an acquisition module;

130-a cloud server;

140-control module.

In the drawings, like parts are provided with like reference numerals. The drawings are not to scale.

Detailed Description

The invention will be further explained with reference to the drawings.

As shown in fig. 1, the smart subject cooking system 100 provided herein may include a cooktop 110, an image acquisition module 120, a cloud server 130, and a control module 140. This top of a kitchen range 110 can include top of a kitchen range main part 111 and display module 112, wherein, the top of a kitchen range main part 111 of this application can be the ordinary top of a kitchen range that the market can sell, can place at least one pan on it in order to cook and eat the material, simultaneously, the region outside the region of placing the pan of the upper surface of top of a kitchen range main part 111 is provided with display module 112, this display module 112 can be according to the change of the edible material kind of cooking and the picture of the different themes of intelligent play to adapt to current culinary art environment, improve user's experience.

Here, the term "theme mode" includes color information, which may include various colors (e.g., red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet), and pattern information, which includes short videos, blinking lights, screen saver animations, wallpaper patterns, and the like. The matching of different color information and pattern information forms various theme modes.

Fig. 2 illustrates a method 200 of cooking using the intelligent subject cooking system 100 provided herein. The cooking method 200 of the present application will be described in detail with reference to fig. 1 and 2. As shown in fig. 2, the cooking method 200 includes:

s210, the image collecting module 120 collects an image of food material being cooked in a pot of the cooking bench 110, and sends the image to the cloud server 130;

s220, the cloud server 130 determines a target theme mode for the display module 112 according to the food material image, and sends the target theme mode to the control module 140; and

s230, the control module 140 controls the display module 112 on the cooktop 110 to switch to the target theme mode.

The user can add various edible materials to the pan at the in-process of culinary art meal, for example red pepper, green vegetables, white radish and meat etc. in this application, different edible material types can correspond different culinary art environment, can correspond the color of scarlet and add the theme mode of scintillation light pattern if red pepper, and green vegetables can correspond the theme mode of green color note screen protection animation, etc..

In S210, the image capturing module 120 may capture an image of the food material in the pot in real time, so as to ensure that the requirement for changing the cooking environment can be sensed at the first time when the food material is added. Here, the image capturing module 120 may be various forms of video cameras or still cameras, each capable of capturing images of a plurality of food materials cooked in the pot. Preferably, the image capturing module 120 is an infrared camera and/or a digital camera.

This image acquisition module 120 can be positioned to can be just to or the image of food material in the slope acquireing pan, therefore can set up in any suitable position, for example on the lampblack absorber of pan top or be close to on the wall of pan.

The image capturing module 120 may be connected to the network through a built-in first WiFi element (not shown in fig. 1) via a routing device, i.e., communicate with the cloud server 130. The image capturing module 120 may then transmit the captured food material image to the cloud server 130 through the first WiFi element.

In S220, the cloud server 130 determines a target theme mode for the display module 112 according to the food material image, and sends the target theme mode to the control module 140. Specifically, the cloud server 130 may include a receiving unit, a storage unit, and a computing unit, where the storage unit is configured to store a plurality of different theme modes for the display module 112, the receiving unit is configured to receive the food material images sent by the image acquisition module 120, and the computing unit determines a target theme mode for the display module according to the food material images received by the receiving unit from the plurality of theme modes stored in the storage unit, that is, the display module needs to play a corresponding picture in the target theme mode to adapt to the current cooking environment corresponding to the added food material.

Here, the calculation unit may determine the target topic pattern according to a relevant image recognition algorithm, which may be a Region-based convolutional neural network (RCNN), Fast-RCNN, or Fast-RCNN based on deep learning.

In one embodiment, a first mapping relationship of theme patterns corresponding to collocation of different food materials is stored in a storage unit. The image recognition algorithms can recognize various food materials in the image, and determine a corresponding theme mode, namely a target theme mode, according to collocation of the food materials.

In another preferred embodiment, a second mapping relationship of the theme patterns corresponding to the single types of different food materials is stored in the storage unit. The calculation unit compares the food material image at the current moment with the food material image at the previous moment by using the image recognition algorithm, and determines a single food material type added at the current moment compared with the previous moment, if a user adds red peppers to the pot at the current moment, namely the red peppers are added at the previous moment, a theme mode corresponding to the red peppers is determined from a second mapping relation stored in the storage unit, for example, a theme mode of adding the color of the red peppers and the flashing light patterns, namely a target theme mode.

The control module 140 of the present application is internally provided with a second WiFi element (not shown in fig. 1), and the control module may connect to the network through the second WiFi element, that is, the cloud server 130 can be communicatively connected with the control module 140 of the smart subject cooking system 100, so that the cloud server 130 sends the determined subject pattern information with the target subject pattern to the control module 140. It should be appreciated that in the smart theme cooking system 100, the control module 140 may be disposed at any location in the kitchen, preferably on the lower surface of the cooktop body 111, for the purpose of saving space.

In S230, the control module 140 receives the theme mode information transmitted by the cloud server 130 and controls the display module 112 on the cooktop 110 to switch to the target theme mode. The display module 112 is disposed on the cooking bench main body 111 of the present application, and the display module 112 can play pictures in different theme modes under the control of the control module 140, so as to give colors to the kitchen, excellently adapt to the current cooking environment, and effectively arouse the user's cooking pleasure. For example, when the target theme mode is the theme mode corresponding to the red pepper, the display module 112 may play a blinking pattern of a scarlet color, so that the cooktop 110 becomes the scarlet color, and the color may also change as the cooking proceeds by adding different food materials, which greatly improves the enthusiasm of the user for cooking compared to laying a monotonous color tile in the prior art.

Optionally, the control module 140 is a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC).

Preferably, the display module 112 may be an LED liquid crystal display or an OLED liquid crystal display, which may be powered by an external power source.

The display module 112 may be disposed on the surface of the cooktop body 111 in various forms, such as being placed, fixedly attached, or laid thereon. Preferably, the display module 112 is tiled on the upper surface of the cooking bench main body 111 to achieve a blending effect, so that on one hand, the aesthetic effect can be improved, and on the other hand, the display module can be seen by a user more prominently and intuitively, thereby improving the user experience.

Most preferably, the display module 112 covers more than two-thirds of the surface area of the cooktop body 111 on the upper surface of the cooktop body, i.e., the display module 112 is substantially entirely tiled on the upper surface of the cooktop body 111. In this way, the picture played by the display module 112 can be made to be prominently seen by the user, further enhancing the user experience.

It should be understood herein that the display module 112 is covered by a solid transparent material so that the cooking hob 110 has an acceptable strength to resist external impacts (e.g. impacts caused by sudden falls of cookware or bowls). The surface of the cooking bench 110 must have a certain load-bearing capacity due to the fact that more or less objects such as cookware, tableware and the like need to be placed on the surface, so that the cooking bench is firm and not easy to deform, and the purpose of the surface is not to influence the light-emitting effect of the display on the premise of protecting the LED liquid crystal display device.

In a preferred embodiment, a protective layer (not shown in fig. 1) may be further disposed above the display module to further prevent external impact. The material of the protective layer is required to be transparent or translucent, smooth, robust, not prone to deformation, not to deteriorate the quality of the display module 112 (LED liquid crystal), e.g. it may be made of a polymer material.

The intelligent subject cooking system and method provided by the application switch the playing subject mode of the display module 112 intelligently through the change based on the cooking food material, so that the intelligent subject cooking system and method can better adapt to the current cooking environment, simultaneously give kitchen colors, bring brand new interesting cooking experience to a user, blend the surrounding environment with the cooking process, give the user the fun of cooking, and indirectly contribute to improving the taste of cooked dishes.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "upper", "lower", "bottom", "top", "front", "rear", "inner", "outer", "left", "right", and the like, indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, are only for convenience in describing the present invention and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed in a particular orientation, and be operated, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

Although the invention herein has been described with reference to particular embodiments, it is to be understood that these embodiments are merely illustrative of the principles and applications of the present invention. It is therefore to be understood that numerous modifications may be made to the illustrative embodiments and that other arrangements may be devised without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claims. It should be understood that features described in different dependent claims and herein may be combined in ways different from those described in the original claims. It is also to be understood that features described in connection with individual embodiments may be used in other described embodiments.

Claims

1. An intelligent themed cooking system comprising:

a cooking bench;

a display module disposed on a surface of the cooking bench to play a picture in different theme modes according to a change in a kind of a cooked food material; the theme mode comprises color information and pattern information, wherein the color information and the pattern information are associated with food materials;

the image acquisition module is used for acquiring images of food materials in a pot on the cooking bench;

the cloud server is used for receiving the food material images sent by the image acquisition module so as to determine a target theme mode of the display module; and

the control module is used for controlling the display module to switch to the target theme mode according to the theme mode information sent by the cloud server;

the cloud server includes:

the receiving unit is used for receiving the food material images sent by the image acquisition module;

a storage unit for storing a plurality of food material images and a plurality of theme modes of the display module; and

a calculating unit, configured to determine a target theme mode for the display module among the plurality of theme modes according to the food material image;

the calculation unit compares the food material image at the current moment with the food material image at the previous moment by using an image recognition algorithm, determines a single food material type added at the current moment compared with the previous moment, and determines the target theme mode according to the single food material type.

2. The smart theme cooking system of claim 1, wherein the image capture module comprises a first WiFi element, the image capture module sending the food material image to the cloud server via the first WiFi element;

the control module comprises a second WiFi element, and the control module receives the theme mode information sent by the cloud server through the second WiFi element.

3. The intelligent theme cooking system of claim 1, wherein a transparent or translucent protective layer is disposed over the display module.

4. The intelligent theme cooking system of claim 3, wherein the protective layer is made of a polymeric material.

5. The intelligent subject cooking system of claim 1, wherein the display module is an LED or OLED display screen.

6. The intelligent subject cooking system of claim 1, wherein the image capture module is an infrared camera and/or a digital camera.

7. The intelligent theme cooking system of claim 1, wherein the display module has a coverage area that exceeds two-thirds of the surface area of the cooktop.

8. The intelligent subject cooking system of claim 1, further comprising a power module for powering the display module.

9. The intelligent theme cooking system of claim 1, wherein the control module is disposed on the cooktop.

10. A cooking method based on the intelligent subject cooking system of any one of claims 1 to 9, comprising:

the image acquisition module acquires an image of food materials being cooked in a pot of the cooking bench and sends the image to the cloud server;

the cloud server determines a target theme mode for the display module according to the food material image and sends the target theme mode to the control module; and

the control module controls the display module on the cooking bench to switch to the target theme mode.

11. The cooking method of claim 10, wherein the cloud server determines a target theme mode for the display module from the food material image, comprising:

receiving a target food material image sent by the image acquisition module;

comparing the target food material image with the food material image stored in the storage unit at the previous moment to determine the type of the newly added food material; and

and determining the target theme mode according to the food material types.