CN114668281A

CN114668281A - Control method of cooking appliance, cooking appliance and computer storage medium

Info

Publication number: CN114668281A
Application number: CN202011552278.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李泽涌; 陈建化
Original assignee: Zhejiang Supor Electrical Appliances Manufacturing Co Ltd
Current assignee: Zhejiang Supor Electrical Appliances Manufacturing Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-12-24
Filing date: 2020-12-24
Publication date: 2022-06-28

Abstract

The embodiment of the application discloses a control method of a cooking appliance, the cooking appliance and a computer storage medium. The cooking method comprises the following steps: judging whether the user is in a leaving state; controlling the cooking appliance to enter an away mode when it is determined that the user is in an away state; wherein the exit mode comprises: selectively turning off at least part of the functions of the cooking appliance based on the current operating state of the cooking appliance. Therefore, after the user leaves, the cooking appliance is controlled to enter the leaving mode, partial functions which are not used currently are selectively closed according to the current working state of the cooking appliance, so that electric energy is saved, the temperature rise of the working module is reduced, potential safety hazards are reduced, and device faults caused by long-time opening of the working module are avoided.

Description

Control method of cooking appliance, cooking appliance and computer storage medium

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of home appliances, and more particularly, to a method for controlling a cooking appliance, and a computer storage medium.

Background

Cooking appliances have been one of the household appliances indispensable at present. A user can perform various cooking operations such as cooking, cooking soup, stewing, and the like using the cooking appliance. Because the automation and intellectualization degree of the existing cooking appliance is high, relatively more electric devices, working modules and the like are configured, the devices and the modules can work in a standby state, the consumed current is relatively large (up to dozens of milliamperes), for example, the current consumed by a display module is relatively large, and the current is usually up to hundreds of milliamperes. Even if the user is not around the cooking appliance or even at home, the user only needs to leave after setting the reservation function, a plurality of modules in the cooking appliance are still opened for a long time, electric energy waste is caused, and the temperature rise of devices and the temperature rise of the modules can be increased due to the long-time opening, so that the potential safety hazard of the cooking appliance is increased.

Disclosure of Invention

A series of concepts in a simplified form are introduced in the content section of the application, which is described in further detail in the detailed description section. The content of the present application does not imply an attempt to define key features and essential features of the claimed solution, nor an attempt to determine the scope of protection of the claimed solution.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a control method of a cooking appliance, including:

judging whether the user is in a leaving state;

controlling the cooking appliance to enter an exit mode when it is determined that the user is in an exit state;

wherein the exit mode comprises: selectively turning off at least part of the functions of the cooking appliance based on the current operating state of the cooking appliance.

Therefore, after the fact that the user leaves is determined, the cooking appliance can be controlled to enter the leaving mode, so that part of functions which are not used currently are selectively closed according to the current working state of the cooking appliance, electric energy is saved, the temperature rise of the working module is reduced, potential safety hazards are reduced, and device faults caused by long-time opening of the working module are avoided.

In some embodiments, selectively turning off at least some functions of the cooking appliance based on the current operating state of the cooking appliance includes:

if the cooking appliance is in a non-working state, at least one of a sensor function, an interaction function, a heating function and an internal clock function of the cooking appliance is turned off, and an external clock function is kept turned on; and/or

If the cooking appliance is in a reserved waiting state, turning off a sensor function and/or an interaction function of the cooking appliance before cooking, and turning off the interaction function of the cooking appliance during cooking and turning on the sensor function; and/or

And if the cooking appliance is in the cooking process, closing the interactive function of the cooking appliance.

It can be seen that the function that does not use at present is closed according to cooking utensil's different operating condition, can further reduce cooking utensil's consumption under the circumstances that guarantees not influence cooking utensil's normal work, practices thrift the electric energy, and the suggestion security reduces the fault rate of device.

In some embodiments, the method further comprises:

if the cooking appliance is in the cooking process or if the cooking appliance is in a reserved waiting state, after the cooking process is finished, sending a first message to the user to indicate that the cooking process is finished.

Therefore, after the cooking appliance enters the leaving mode, the interaction function is turned off, and in order to avoid delaying the user for dining, the user can be informed that cooking is finished in time by sending a message to the user, so that the user experience is further improved.

In some embodiments, the method further comprises:

detecting a user's operation to generate an activation signal;

based on the activation signal, all functions of the cooking appliance are restored.

It can be seen that, after the cooking appliance enters the leaving mode, when the user actively operates the cooking appliance, it indicates that the user does not leave, and once the operation of the user is detected, an activation signal can be generated to activate the cooking appliance to work, thereby ensuring that the normal work of the cooking appliance is not affected.

In some embodiments, the method further comprises:

and when the user is determined to be in the leaving state, sending a prompt message to the user to prompt the user whether to start the leaving mode.

In some embodiments, the controlling the cooking appliance to enter an exit mode comprises:

receiving an indication of an open away mode of the user;

controlling the cooking appliance to enter the exit mode based on the indication.

Therefore, the prompt message is sent to the user, and the user selects whether to start the leaving mode, so that the state of the user can be more accurately known, and the phenomenon that the normal work of the cooking appliance is influenced due to the fact that the user mistakenly operates to enter the leaving mode is avoided.

In some embodiments, determining whether the user is in a away state comprises:

detecting whether the user operates a key of the cooking appliance within a first preset time period; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

and detecting whether the user appears in a second preset time period through a human body detection device arranged on the cooking appliance.

Therefore, whether the user leaves can be judged in one or more modes, so that the condition of the user can be judged more accurately, the cooking utensil can be controlled more accurately, and the probability of mistakenly entering a leaving mode is reduced.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a cooking appliance, including:

the user detection module is used for judging whether the user is in a leaving state or not;

the control module is used for controlling the cooking appliance to enter an exit mode when the user is determined to be in an exit state;

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a cooking appliance, including a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored in the memory and running on the processor, where the processor implements the steps of the method according to the first aspect or any embodiment when executing the computer program.

In a fourth aspect, a computer storage medium is provided, on which a computer program is stored, which, when being executed by a processor, carries out the steps of the method of the first aspect or any of the embodiments.

Therefore, the cooking appliance can be controlled to enter the leaving mode by judging whether the user leaves and after the user leaves, and part of functions which are not used currently are selectively closed according to the current working state of the cooking appliance, so that the electric energy is saved, the temperature rise of the working module is reduced, the potential safety hazard is reduced, and the device fault caused by long-time opening of the working module is avoided.

Drawings

The foregoing and other objects, features and advantages of the application will be apparent from the following more particular description of embodiments of the application, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings. The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the embodiments of the application and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the application and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the application and not to limit the application. In the drawings, like reference numbers generally represent like parts or steps.

Fig. 1 is a schematic flow chart of a control method of a cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is an example of a control method of a cooking appliance of an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 3 is a schematic block diagram of a cooking appliance of an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is another schematic block diagram of a cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present application more apparent, exemplary embodiments of the present application will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be understood that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present application and not all embodiments of the present application, and that the present application is not limited by the example embodiments described herein. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments of the present application described in the present application without inventive step, shall fall within the scope of protection of the present application.

The embodiment of the application can be applied to cooking appliances, such as electric cookers, electric pressure cookers, cooking machines, soybean milk makers, electric stewpots or other electric heating appliances.

Taking an electric cooker as an example, the cooking appliance may include a cooker body and a cover. The cooker body can be provided with an inner pot containing part in a cylindrical shape (or other shapes), and the inner pot can be freely put into or taken out of the inner pot containing part so as to be convenient for cleaning the inner pot. The inner pot is generally made of a metal material and has a circular opening on an upper surface for containing a material to be heated, such as rice, soup, etc. For example, the inner pot may comprise a body of revolution formed by the pot walls with an upper opening and an inner cavity. The capacity of the inner pot is usually below 6L, for example, the capacity of the inner pot can be 2L or 4L.

The cover body is connected to the cooker body in an openable and closable manner and is used for covering the cooker body. The lid can include upper cover and removable lid, and removable lid sets up between the upper cover and a kind of deep pot body to be connected with upper cover detachably, in order to wash removable lid at any time conveniently.

The cooking appliance may comprise control means for effecting cooking control of the cooking appliance. For example, the Control device may be a Micro Control Unit (MCU). The cooking appliance may further comprise heating means for heating the inner pot.

In addition, the cooker body can also comprise a power panel, and a display panel (also called a panel) can be arranged on the cooker body. Wherein the power panel can be used for supplying power for a control device, a display panel and the like.

Optionally, the cooking appliance may include an internet of things module for enabling communication with other devices. Illustratively, the internet of things module can adopt the modes of Bluetooth, wireless fidelity (Wifi), cellular communication and the like. The cooking appliance may communicate with a mobile terminal and/or a cloud server, etc. via the internet of things module.

It should be noted that although a partial structure of the cooking appliance is schematically described at this time, these lists are merely exemplary and cannot be regarded as a structural limitation of the cooking appliance of the embodiment of the present application.

Even if a user leaves a cooking appliance or even is not at home, for example, the user leaves the home after setting a long-time reservation cooking function, a display module on the cooking appliance is still lightened for a long time, and interaction modules such as a voice prompt and a key and various sensors are also in an on state. At this time, since the user leaves or is not at home, and the cooking appliance does not need to be cooked, turning on the display module and the sensor is not significant for the user, and the power consumption of the modules for displaying and the like is up to several watts, which causes electric energy waste. Moreover, the display module is turned on for a long time, so that the temperature rise of key elements in the power module of the cooking appliance and the temperature rise of devices such as the display module are increased, potential safety hazards are increased to a certain extent, and even some key devices (such as a switching power supply chip) in the power module are damaged, so that the cooking appliance cannot be electrified, and the after-sales maintenance rate of the cooking appliance is increased; and starting modules such as various sensors for a long time can cause the sensors to be prone to faults.

In view of the above, the present application provides a control method of a cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present application, which will be described below with reference to fig. 1. Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 shows a schematic flow chart of a control method of a cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 1, the method 100 is performed by a cooking appliance and includes:

s110, judging whether the user is in a leaving state;

s120, when the user is determined to be in a leaving state, controlling the cooking appliance to enter a leaving mode;

The cooking appliance is controlled to enter the leaving mode by judging whether the user leaves and after the user leaves, and part of functions which are not used currently are selectively closed according to the current working state of the cooking appliance, so that the electric energy is saved, the temperature rise of the working module is reduced, the potential safety hazard is reduced, and the device fault caused by long-time opening of the working module is avoided.

In some embodiments, the food material to be cooked may be cereal. Further, the grains include rice. Wherein the rice may comprise different varieties.

Optionally, in S110, determining whether the user is in the away state may include:

In some embodiments, detecting whether the user operates a key of the cooking appliance within a first preset time period may include:

when detecting that the user does not operate the key, accumulating the time length of the non-operation;

and judging whether the non-operation time length is greater than or equal to the first preset time period or not.

In some embodiments, detecting whether the user operates a key of the cooking appliance within a first preset time period may further include:

and when the fact that the user operates the key is detected, clearing the duration of the non-operation.

In some embodiments, determining that the user is in the away state may include: the non-operation time period is greater than or equal to the first preset time period.

In some embodiments, detecting whether the user is present within a second preset time period by a human body detection device provided to the cooking appliance may include:

when the human body detection device does not detect the user, accumulating the leaving time length;

and judging whether the leaving time length is greater than or equal to the second preset time period or not.

In some embodiments, detecting whether the user is present within a second preset time period by a human body detection device provided to the cooking appliance may further include:

and when the human body detection device detects the user, clearing the leaving time length.

In some embodiments, the human body detecting means may include a human body sensor (e.g., an infrared sensor) for detecting whether or not a target in a temperature range of a human body is present in a preset area around the cooking appliance; if so, the user may be deemed detected, and if not, the user may be deemed not detected. Or an image sensor (e.g., a camera) for acquiring image data of a preset area around the cooking appliance and detecting whether a person appears in the image data; furthermore, whether the user appears can be judged through a corresponding face recognition algorithm.

In some embodiments, determining that the user is in the away state may include: the leaving time is greater than or equal to the second preset time period.

In some embodiments, the first preset period of time and/or the second preset period of time range includes 5-50 minutes.

In some embodiments, when the non-operation time period is less than the first preset time period and/or the leaving time period is less than the second preset time period, continuing to detect the user operation and whether the user appears, so as to accumulate the non-operation time period and/or the leaving time period.

In some embodiments, the above-described detection key operation and human body detection device may detect user's combination to determine whether the user leaves. For example, when the non-operation duration is greater than or equal to the first preset time period and the leaving duration is greater than or equal to the second preset time period, it is determined that the user is in a leaving state. Therefore, the judgment can be carried out in combination with various modes, so that the accuracy of detecting whether the user leaves home is improved.

It is appreciated that prior to S110, as shown in fig. 1, the cooking procedure may be initiated by any means known in the art. After the cooking appliance is powered on, the user finishes preparation, and the cooking program is started by selecting the function and the food material taste through the interaction module.

In some embodiments, a user may manually add food material to the inner pot and select a desired cooking function, such as soup, porridge, etc., to initiate a cooking program.

In some embodiments, the food material can be added into the inner pot by the adding device of the cooking appliance, and the cooking program is started according to the cooking instruction of the user.

Wherein a user can directly operate on a display panel of the cooking appliance to start a cooking program. Alternatively, the user may enter cooking instructions on a mobile terminal interconnected with the cooking appliance to implement a remote control to initiate the cooking program.

It is understood that initiating a cooking program may refer to starting cooking according to a predefined cooking profile, and that the cooking profile defines the variation of power over time. The cooking program may comprise a number of different phases: a water absorption stage; a rapid heating-up stage; maintaining a boiling stage; and (5) stewing.

In some embodiments, the method further comprises:

receiving an indication of an open away mode of the user;

Specifically, after determining that the user is in the away state, the user may be informed that the cooking appliance detects that the user leaves by sending a prompt message to a terminal (such as a smart phone or a smart wearable device) of the user or an APP on the terminal, and then ask whether the user starts a leaving mode. If the user agrees to open the leaving mode, corresponding operation can be performed through the terminal, and an instruction of opening the leaving mode is sent to the cooking appliance; after the cooking appliance receives the indication, the cooking appliance is controlled to enter an exit mode. Therefore, the prompt message is sent to the user, and the user selects whether to start the leaving mode, so that the state of the user can be accurately known, and the phenomenon that the normal work of the cooking appliance is influenced due to the fact that the user mistakenly operates to enter the leaving mode is avoided.

Optionally, in S120, selectively turning off at least part of the functions of the cooking appliance based on the current operating state of the cooking appliance includes:

When the cooking appliance is not used for cooking at present, the cooking appliance can be controlled to enter deep dormancy because the cooking appliance does not need to work, at the moment, the control module can enter a state with very low power consumption, meanwhile, the interactive modules such as a display module, a voice prompt module and a key and various sensors (such as a flow sensor, a water level sensor and an optical coupler) are all closed, the program stops running, the CPU clock stops, but the external equipment clock continues running, and therefore the system power consumption is effectively reduced.

If the cooking appliance is currently in the cooking process and the user leaves, the interactive module such as the display module, the sound prompt module and the like can be closed.

If the cooking appliance is in the reserved waiting state at present, the display, sound prompt and other interaction modules can be turned off before cooking starts, and meanwhile, all sensors are turned off; when cooking begins, the individual sensors are turned on again.

It can be seen that the functions not used at present are closed according to different working states of the cooking appliance, so that the power consumption of the cooking appliance can be further reduced under the condition that the normal work of the cooking appliance is not influenced, the electric energy is saved, the safety is prompted, and the failure rate of devices is reduced.

In the above embodiment, the method further comprises:

The cooking appliance entering the leaving mode closes the interaction function, so that the user can be informed that cooking is finished in time by sending a message to the user in order to avoid delaying the user eating, and user experience is further improved.

In some embodiments, the method further comprises:

detecting a user's operation to generate an activation signal;

In some embodiments, detecting operation by a user to generate an activation signal includes:

generating the activation signal when detecting that a user operates a key of the cooking appliance; or the like, or a combination thereof,

generating the reset signal when the reset operation of the cooking appliance by the user is detected; or

The activation signal is generated upon receiving an indication from the user's terminal to exit the away mode.

Specifically, the user may operate a key on the cooking appliance to select a function to be completed by the cooking appliance, or exit the leaving mode by operating the terminal, when detecting that the user operates the key of the cooking appliance or receives an instruction from the terminal of the user to exit the leaving mode, the control module generates the activation signal (e.g., generates an interrupt), and after detecting the activation signal (or the interrupt), the control module controls the cooking appliance to exit the leaving mode. Further, the cooking appliance is controlled to exit the leaving mode while being switched to the normal use mode. When the reset operation of the cooking appliance by the user is detected, namely a low level (namely a reset signal) is detected on the reset pin of the control device, the cooking appliance can also be controlled to exit the leaving mode.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 2, fig. 2 illustrates an example of a control method of a cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 2, the method includes:

firstly, powering on a cooking appliance;

then, the interactive modules of display, sound and the like operate according to a normal use mode;

then, the non-operation time t1 for which the user does not operate the key module of the cooking appliance is accumulated;

then, whether the non-operation time period t1 is greater than or equal to the preset time period t2 (which can be 5-50 minutes) is judged;

then, if the non-operation time period t1 is less than the preset time period t2, continuing to accumulate the non-operation time period t1 when the user does not operate the key module of the cooking appliance; if the non-operation time duration t1 is greater than or equal to the preset time duration t2, determining that the user is in a leaving state, sending a prompt message to the user to prompt the user whether to start a leaving mode;

then, upon receiving the user's indication to turn on an away mode, a control module controls the cooking appliance to enter the away mode;

then, judging whether the cooking appliance is in the cooking process, and if the cooking appliance is in the cooking process, closing the interactive function of the cooking appliance; collecting temperature data of the bottom and the top of the cooking utensil, and heating food in the cooking utensil by adopting proper heating parameters (such as heating firepower and heating time) to normally complete corresponding cooking functions; and when the cooking is finished, sending a first message to the terminal of the user or the APP on the terminal to remind the user that the cooking process is finished. And if the cooking appliance is not in the cooking process, judging whether the cooking appliance is in the reservation waiting state or not.

Then, if the cooking appliance is in a reservation waiting state, before cooking starts, turning off the display, sound prompt and other interaction modules, and turning off all the sensors at the same time; continuously judging whether the cooking function is started, if not, keeping to close the display, sound prompt and other interaction modules, and if the cooking function is started, opening each sensor to normally finish the corresponding cooking function; and when the cooking is finished, sending a first message to the terminal of the user or the APP on the terminal to remind the user that the cooking process is finished.

Then, if the cooking appliance is not in the reservation waiting state, it is indicated that the cooking appliance is in the non-working state at this time, the cooking appliance can be controlled to enter a deep sleep state, at this time, the control module can enter a state with very low power consumption, and simultaneously, the interactive modules such as the display module, the voice prompt module, the key-press module and the like, and all sensors (such as a flow sensor, a water level sensor, an optical coupler and the like) are turned off, the program stops running, the CPU clock stops, but the external device clock continues running, so that the system power consumption is effectively reduced.

Then, when the operation of the user on the key of the cooking appliance is detected, the activation signal is generated (for example, an interrupt is generated), and after the control module detects the activation signal (or the interrupt), the cooking appliance is controlled to exit from the leaving mode and is switched to the normal use mode.

Referring to fig. 3, fig. 3 shows a schematic block diagram of a cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 3, the cooking appliance includes a power module, an internet of things module, a rice variety identification module, a rice bin rice amount identification module, a water tank water amount identification module, a flow detection module, a position detection module, an automatic rice adding module, a control module, a storage module, an automatic water adding module, an interaction module, a heating module, and a temperature measurement module.

Alternatively, the power module may be used to convert an input ac power into a dc power to supply power to a power consumption device such as a display module of the cooking appliance.

Optionally, the internet of things module may be used to establish a connection between the control module of the cooking appliance and a smart terminal device (e.g., a mobile phone, a tablet computer, etc.) of the user, so as to transmit data therebetween.

Optionally, the rice type identification module may be disposed in the cooking appliance, and may be configured to be responsible for identifying information such as rice types of the pre-packaged rice.

Optionally, the rice bin rice amount identification module can be used for identifying the rice amount in the current rice bin.

Alternatively, the tank water amount identification module may be used to identify the amount of water in the current tank. Further, it may be composed of a water level sensor for converting the water level into water amount information by measuring the water level of the water tank.

Optionally, the flow detection module may be configured to automatically detect the amount of water added to the inner pot during an automatic water adding process, and is mainly composed of a flow sensor.

Optionally, the position detection module may be configured to detect a current movement position of a structural component driven by the stepping motor in the automatic rice adding module, and is composed of more than 1 optocoupler.

Optionally, the automatic rice adding module can be used for controlling the stepping motor to drive the structural component by the control module, so that the rice is automatically added (conveyed) into the inner pot from the rice bin.

Alternatively, the control module, for example, may be an MCU, a central processing unit, or the like, and is used for controlling the heating device to implement the cooking program. The storage device may be used to store a program of instructions executed by the control device, and may also be used to store various cooking parameters and the like in the embodiments of the present application. The heating device can heat through a coil and the like under the control of the control device based on the data collected by the top temperature sensor and the bottom temperature sensor.

Optionally, the storage module may be used to store some important parameters related to cooking, such as rice type, rice amount, user feedback data, etc.

Alternatively, an automatic water adding module may be used to automatically add water from the water tank to the inner pot, such as a water pump, under the control of the control module.

Alternatively, the interaction module may include a key module, an indication module, and the like. The key module can be a physical key or a virtual key, so that the input of a user to the cooking appliance can be acquired, and functions, rice types, taste, cooking time and the like can be set. The indication module may be used to implement interaction between the cooking appliance and the user, such as providing a display interface, an audio indication, and the like, to present the cooking state, the cooking time, and the like to the user.

Alternatively, the heating module may be used to heat food material in a cooking cavity (i.e. inner pot) of a cooking appliance to cook.

Optionally, the thermometry module may include a top temperature sensor and/or a bottom temperature sensor. Wherein, temperature measuring device can real-time detection cooking utensil inside top and bottom temperature give controlling means in step.

In some embodiments, the top temperature sensor may be disposed in the upper lid or at a position of the upper portion of the pot body near the upper lid.

In some embodiments, the bottom temperature sensor may be disposed below (in the middle or not in the middle) the inner pot receiving portion such that when the inner pot is placed in the inner pot receiving portion of the pot body, the bottom temperature sensor may sense the temperature of the bottom wall or the bottom of the side wall of the inner pot, e.g., the bottom temperature sensor may be in direct or indirect contact with the bottom wall or the side wall.

It is understood that fig. 3 is only an illustration of a cooking appliance, and the cooking appliance may include more or less functional modules, for example, may further include a charging device, etc. This is not limited by the present application.

Embodiments of the present application also provide a cooking appliance, including a memory and a processor, as shown in fig. 4, where the memory stores a computer program for execution by the processor, and when the computer program is executed by the processor, the steps of the method described in conjunction with any one of fig. 1 to 2 can be implemented.

Wherein the memory and the processor may be connected by a bus, and the cooking appliance may have other components and structures as desired, such as described in connection with fig. 3.

The processor may be a Central Processing Unit (CPU), a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), or other form of processing unit having data processing capabilities and/or instruction execution capabilities, and may control other components in the system to perform desired functions. The processor is used for executing the corresponding steps of the cooking method according to the embodiment of the application. For example, a processor may include one or more embedded processors, processor cores, microprocessors, logic circuits, hardware Finite State Machines (FSMs), Digital Signal Processors (DSPs), or a combination thereof.

The memory is used to store various types of data to support the operation of the method of cooking. For example, may comprise one or more computer program products that may include various forms of computer-readable storage media. The memory may be volatile memory or nonvolatile memory, or may include both volatile and nonvolatile memory. The non-volatile Memory may be a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Programmable ROM (PROM), an Erasable PROM (EPROM), an Electrically Erasable PROM (EEPROM), or a flash Memory. Volatile Memory can be Random Access Memory (RAM), which acts as external cache Memory. By way of example, but not limitation, many forms of RAM are available, such as Static random access memory (Static RAM, SRAM), Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), Synchronous Dynamic random access memory (Synchronous DRAM, SDRAM), Double Data Rate Synchronous Dynamic random access memory (DDR SDRAM), Enhanced Synchronous SDRAM (ESDRAM), Synchronous Link DRAM (SLDRAM), and Direct bus RAM (DR RAM).

In one embodiment, the computer program in the memory when executed by the processor performs the steps of: judging whether the user is in a leaving state; controlling the cooking appliance to enter an exit mode when it is determined that the user is in an exit state; wherein the exit mode comprises: selectively turning off at least part of the functions of the cooking appliance based on the current operating state of the cooking appliance.

Furthermore, according to an embodiment of the present application, there is also provided a storage medium on which program instructions are stored, which when executed by a computer or a processor are used for executing the corresponding steps of the method of cooking as shown in any one of fig. 1 to 2 of the embodiment of the present application. The storage medium may include, for example, a memory card of a smart phone, a storage component of a tablet computer, a hard disk of a personal computer, a read-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), a portable compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM), a USB memory, or any combination of the above storage media. The computer-readable storage medium may be any combination of one or more computer-readable storage media.

In one embodiment, the program instructions, when executed by a computer or a processor, may implement the functional modules in the cooking appliance as shown in fig. 3 according to the embodiment of the present application, and/or may perform the method of cooking as shown in any one of fig. 1 to 2 according to the embodiment of the present application, including: judging whether the user is in a leaving state or not; controlling the cooking appliance to enter an exit mode when it is determined that the user is in an exit state; wherein the exit mode comprises: selectively turning off at least part of the functions of the cooking appliance based on the current operating state of the cooking appliance.

In addition, the embodiment of the application also provides a computer program code, which can be executed by a processor, and when the code is executed by the processor, whether the user is in the leaving state or not can be judged; controlling the cooking appliance to enter an away mode when it is determined that the user is in an away state; wherein the exit mode comprises: selectively turning off at least part of the functions of the cooking appliance based on the current operating state of the cooking appliance.

Although the illustrative embodiments have been described herein with reference to the accompanying drawings, it is to be understood that the above-described illustrative embodiments are only exemplary, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present application thereto. Various changes and modifications may be effected therein by one of ordinary skill in the pertinent art without departing from the scope or spirit of the present application. All such changes and modifications are intended to be included within the scope of the present application as claimed in the appended claims.

In the description provided herein, numerous specific details are set forth. However, it is understood that embodiments of the application may be practiced without these specific details. In some instances, well-known methods, structures and techniques have not been shown in detail in order not to obscure an understanding of this description.

Similarly, it should be appreciated that in the description of exemplary embodiments of the present application, various features of the present application are sometimes grouped together in a single embodiment, figure, or description thereof for the purpose of streamlining the application and aiding in the understanding of one or more of the various application aspects. However, the method of the present application should not be construed to reflect the intent: this application is intended to cover such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice in the art to which this invention pertains. Rather, as the following claims reflect, inventive aspects lie in less than all features of a single disclosed embodiment. Thus, the claims following the detailed description are hereby expressly incorporated into this detailed description, with each claim standing on its own as a separate embodiment of this application.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that all of the features disclosed in this specification (including any accompanying claims, abstract and drawings), and all of the processes or elements of any method or apparatus so disclosed, may be combined in any combination, except combinations where such features are mutually exclusive. Each feature disclosed in this specification (including any accompanying claims, abstract and drawings) may be replaced by alternative features serving the same, equivalent or similar purpose, unless expressly stated otherwise.

Moreover, those skilled in the art will appreciate that while some embodiments described herein include some features included in other embodiments, but not others, the combination of features of different embodiments is meant to be within the scope of the application and form a different embodiment. For example, in the claims, any of the claimed embodiments may be used in any combination.

The various component embodiments of the present application may be implemented in hardware, or in software modules running on one or more processors, or in a combination thereof. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that a microprocessor or Digital Signal Processor (DSP) may be used in practice to implement some or all of the functions of some of the modules in the item analysis apparatus according to embodiments of the present application. The present application may also be embodied as apparatus programs (e.g., computer programs and computer program products) for performing a portion or all of the methods described herein. Such programs implementing the present application may be stored on a computer readable medium or may be in the form of one or more signals. Such a signal may be downloaded from an internet website or provided on a carrier signal or in any other form.

It should be noted that the above-mentioned embodiments illustrate rather than limit the application, and that those skilled in the art will be able to design alternative embodiments without departing from the scope of the appended claims. In the claims, any reference signs placed between parentheses shall not be construed as limiting the claim. The word "comprising" does not exclude the presence of elements or steps not listed in a claim. The word "a" or "an" preceding an element does not exclude the presence of a plurality of such elements. The application may be implemented by means of hardware comprising several distinct elements, and by means of a suitably programmed computer. In the unit claims enumerating several means, several of these means may be embodied by one and the same item of hardware. The usage of the words first, second and third, etcetera do not indicate any ordering. These words may be interpreted as names.

The above description is only for the specific embodiments of the present application or the description thereof, and the protection scope of the present application is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily conceive of the changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present application, and shall be covered by the protection scope of the present application. The protection scope of the present application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A method of controlling a cooking appliance, comprising:

judging whether the user is in a leaving state;

controlling the cooking appliance to enter an away mode when it is determined that the user is in an away state;

2. The method of claim 1, wherein selectively turning off at least some functions of the cooking appliance based on the current operating state of the cooking appliance comprises:

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

if the cooking appliance is in a cooking process or if the cooking appliance is in a reservation waiting state, transmitting a first message to the user to indicate that the cooking process is finished after the cooking process is finished.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

detecting a user's operation to generate an activation signal;

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the controlling the cooking appliance to enter an exit mode comprises:

receiving an indication of an open-away mode of the user;

7. The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether the user is in a away state comprises:

8. A cooking appliance, comprising:

9. Cooking appliance comprising a memory, a processor and a computer program stored on the memory and running on the processor, characterized in that the steps of the method according to any of claims 1 to 7 are implemented when the computer program is executed by the processor.

10. A computer storage medium on which a computer program is stored, which computer program, when being executed by a processor, carries out the steps of the method of any one of claims 1 to 7.