CN209778322U

CN209778322U - Cooking utensil and cooking system

Info

Publication number: CN209778322U
Application number: CN201822240446.8U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 樊杜平; 曹凯; 陈建化
Original assignee: Zhejiang Supor Electrical Appliances Manufacturing Co Ltd
Current assignee: Zhejiang Supor Electrical Appliances Manufacturing Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-12-28
Filing date: 2018-12-28
Publication date: 2019-12-13
Anticipated expiration: 2028-12-28

Abstract

The utility model provides a cooking utensil and culinary art system. The cooking appliance includes: cooking utensil body and switch control module. The cooking appliance body is powered by a first power supply circuit; the switch control module is powered by a second power supply circuit independent of the first power supply circuit, can be networked for communication and enables the first power supply circuit to be disconnected or connected according to a communication instruction. According to the utility model discloses, the user can remote control cut off the power supply to the cooking utensil body to guaranteed that the cooking utensil body is in the outage state when not needing to use, can enough the energy saving, avoided the potential safety hazard again.

Description

Cooking utensil and cooking system

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a cooking utensil field, concretely relates to cooking utensil and culinary art system.

Background

Some of the existing cooking appliances are capable of being networked so that a user can remotely manipulate the cooking appliance. In order to enable a user to remotely control the cooking appliance, the cooking appliance must be kept in a standby state consistently, energy is wasted, and certain potential safety hazards exist when the cooking appliance is kept in a power-on state when no one is at home.

therefore, there is a need for a cooking appliance and a cooking system that at least partially solves the above problems.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In the summary section a series of concepts in a simplified form is introduced, which will be described in further detail in the detailed description section. The inventive content does not imply any attempt to define the essential features and essential features of the claimed solution, nor is it implied to be intended to define the scope of the claimed solution.

To at least partially solve the above problem, according to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a cooking appliance, characterized in that the cooking appliance includes:

A cooking appliance body powered by a first power supply line; and

and the switch control module is powered by a second power supply circuit independent of the first power supply circuit, is configured to be capable of networking for communication, and enables the first power supply circuit to be disconnected or connected according to the communication instruction.

According to the scheme, the user can remotely control to cut off the power supply to the cooking appliance body, so that the cooking appliance body is ensured to be in a power-off state when not required to be used, energy can be saved, and potential safety hazards are avoided.

Preferably, a switch device is arranged in the cooking appliance, and the switch control module enables the first power supply line to be disconnected or connected through the switch device.

preferably, the switch control module comprises an intelligent communication circuit and a switch driving circuit,

the intelligent communication circuit is configured to communicate with the outside world in a networking way, receive or send the communication instruction,

And the switch driving circuit outputs a switch control signal according to the communication instruction, and the switch control signal controls the on-off of the switch device.

according to the scheme, the switch control module can receive the communication instruction and control the switch device according to the communication instruction, so that the control on the first power supply circuit is effectively realized.

Preferably, the first power supply line is characterized by a connection circuit of a heating device of the cooking appliance and a power supply source.

According to the scheme, the cooking appliance can perform cooking operation only when the first power supply line is conducted; when the first power supply line is disconnected, the heating device is in a power-off state, and danger caused by heat generated accidentally is avoided.

preferably, the second power supply line is characterized by a connection circuit of the switch control module and a power supply.

According to the scheme, the switch control module can work when the second power supply line is switched on, so that the first power supply line is controlled.

Preferably, an internet of things communication module is arranged in the cooking appliance, the internet of things communication module is configured to be capable of sending data to the cloud end and/or receiving data from the cloud end,

the switch control module and the Internet of things communication module are integrated in the same chip.

according to this scheme, the user can interact with cooking utensil long-rangely, and switch control module and thing allies oneself with communication module setting can practice thrift the cost, save the total installation space of each components and parts in the cooking utensil in same chip.

preferably, the internet of things communication module is configured to obtain cooking parameters from a cloud end, and the cooking appliance is configured to cook according to the cooking parameters.

According to the scheme, the user can input cooking requirements (such as food material types and cooking methods) remotely, and the cooking appliance receives communication commands remotely and performs cooking.

Preferably, the cooking appliance further comprises:

A movable member configured to be movable within the cooking appliance body;

a detection device provided within the cooking appliance body, the detection device configured to detect whether the movable member reaches a predetermined position;

A control device configured to control the cooking appliance,

Wherein the control means is configured to control the movable member to stop according to a detection result of the detection means.

According to the present aspect, controlling the movable member to stop based on the result detected by the detection means, rather than relying on pre-calculation, can enable the detection means to stop accurately at a predetermined position.

Preferably, the cooking appliance is adapted to cook foodstuff enclosed in a capsule, the movable member comprising a capsule mounting member for placing the capsule, a cutting member for cutting the capsule and a rice-dropping member for dropping foodstuff within the capsule into a cooking chamber of the cooking appliance.

according to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a cooking system, comprising:

The cooking appliance according to any one of the above aspects; and

A mobile terminal;

The mobile terminal is configured to directly or indirectly communicate with the switch control module, and the switch control module cuts off the first power supply line or recovers the first power supply line according to the received communication instruction.

According to the scheme, the user can remotely control to cut off the power supply to the cooking appliance body, so that the cooking appliance body is in a power-off state when the cooking appliance is not required to be used, energy can be saved, and potential safety hazards are avoided.

Drawings

The following drawings of the embodiments of the present invention are provided as a part of the present invention for understanding the present invention. There are shown in the drawings, embodiments and descriptions thereof, which are used to explain the principles of the invention. In the drawings, there is shown in the drawings,

Fig. 1 is a schematic block diagram of a cooking device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention; and

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a cooking process of the cooking appliance.

Detailed Description

In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a more thorough understanding of the present invention. It will be apparent, however, to one skilled in the art, that embodiments of the invention may be practiced without one or more of these specific details. In other instances, well-known features have not been described in order to avoid obscuring embodiments of the present invention.

in the following description, a detailed structure will be presented for a thorough understanding of embodiments of the invention. It is apparent that the implementation of the embodiments of the present invention is not limited to the specific details familiar to those skilled in the art.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a cooking appliance and a cooking system are provided. The cooking utensil of the utility model can be an electric cooker, an electric pressure cooker, an electric stewpan, etc.

The cooking utensil comprises a cooking utensil body, and the cooking utensil body comprises a pot body and a cover body. The inner pot is arranged in the cooker body. The cover body can cover the cooker body. Like this, can constitute the culinary art chamber between lid and interior pot, the culinary art chamber has inclosed culinary art environment when the culinary art, can improve culinary art efficiency. The outer shells of the pot body and the cover body can be made of materials such as synthetic resin, so that the temperature of the outer shell is not affected by the high temperature in the cooking operation inside the cooking appliance, and the user is prevented from being scalded.

In the present embodiment, a control device is provided in the cooking appliance. The control device may have a temperature adjustment function and/or a time adjustment function to adjust the operating state of the cooking appliance to accommodate the cooking of different food materials. The control device can be arranged on the cooker body or the cover body, and can also be arranged at other positions of the cooking utensil.

An interaction device is also provided at the surface of the cooking appliance, the interaction device being configured to communicate with the control device and comprising keys and a display screen.

The utility model discloses a cooking utensil is particularly suitable for the edible material of culinary art encapsulation in the capsule. In particular, the capsule comprises a packaging layer formed as a packaging structure having a receiving cavity. Food materials such as rice, beans, etc. may be stored in the receiving cavity. Preferably, the food materials stored in the containing cavity can be cleaned in advance and other processing steps, so that the food materials are kept sanitary, the cleaning process before cooking is omitted, and vitamins and the like can be added into the food materials to balance the nutrition of the food materials. Furthermore, the outer package of the capsule can be provided with a two-dimensional code which contains various information such as the types of food materials.

the cooking appliance comprises a capsule mounting means and a piercing means. The capsule mounting means may be a capsule mounting plate. The capsule is connected to the cooking appliance by a capsule mounting plate. Wherein, one or more capsules can be arranged on the capsule mounting plate, a plurality of capsules can be arranged, surrounded or arranged in other suitable forms, and the technical personnel in the field can design according to the actual situation. The puncture device is used for puncturing the capsule, and after the capsule is punctured and packaged by the puncture device, the rice in the capsule falls into the cooking cavity.

The utility model discloses a cooking utensil has still included the on-off control module, and the on-off control module is preferably installed at cooking utensil originally internally. The switch control module and the cooking utensil body are powered by different circuits, specifically, the cooking utensil body is powered by a first power supply circuit, the switch control module is powered by a second power supply circuit, and the second power supply circuit is independent of the first power supply circuit. Specifically, the first power supply line is characterized as a connection line between a heating device of the cooking appliance and a power supply, and the second power supply line is characterized as a connection line between the switch control module and the power supply.

it should be noted that the switch control module described herein may actually be a device with a solid structure, which may be a PCB board, a circuit assembly, a sub-circuit board mounted on a general control board, etc. That is, the switch control module may be understood as a switch control device. In particular, the switch control module may be mounted in the pot body or in the lid body of the cooking appliance body, for example, between the removable lid and the inner lid of the lid body, or on a control device of the pot body.

further, the switch control module can be networked for communication, specifically receives a communication instruction from the cloud, and controls the first power supply circuit to be disconnected or connected according to the communication instruction.

Preferably, a switching device is provided within the cooking appliance, which may be, for example, an electromagnetic relay. The switch control module may turn off or on the first power supply line through the electromagnetic relay. It can be understood that if the first power supply circuit is conducted and the cooking utensil body is in the closed state, certain power consumption and certain potential safety hazard still exist. When the switch control module cuts off the first power supply circuit, the cooking utensil body is in a power-off state instead of a closed state, so that electric energy can be saved to a greater extent, and potential safety hazards are avoided as far as possible.

preferably, the switch control module comprises an intelligent communication circuit and a switch driving circuit. The intelligent communication circuit can be in networking communication with the outside (such as a cloud) so as to receive or send a communication instruction. The switch driving circuit can output a switch control signal according to the communication instruction, and the switch control signal is used for controlling the on or off of the switch device. It is understood that the first power supply line is turned on when the switching device is closed; the first power supply line is disconnected when the switching device is disconnected.

Preferably, the cooking appliance bodies are also capable of being networked. Different from traditional cooking utensil with wireless network's mode networking, the utility model discloses a cooking utensil is configured to communicate with telecommunications carrier's base station to realize the networking. The utility model discloses a culinary art system has still included the cloud platform, and the cloud platform is for forming the storage module on third party high in the clouds storage platform, and its inside can be stored with the various data relevant with the culinary art, also can be used as the information transmission medium in the middle of cooking utensil and the mobile terminal (will be described in detail below). And the cooking appliances are networked by communicating with the base station of the telecom operator, so that the information stored in the cloud platform can be acquired and sent to the cloud platform. Preferably, the cloud platform is configured to convert the data acquired from the cooking appliance into a JSON mode and transmit the converted data to the terminal server.

Preferably, the utility model discloses a cooking system still includes mobile terminal (for example remote controller or install the app on the cell-phone), and mobile terminal is provided with terminal server, and terminal server has functions such as information transmission, processing, calculation, matching, and mobile terminal can communicate through terminal server and cloud platform and configure to can be at cloud platform storage information and/or read information.

Specifically, cooking utensil has included thing allies oneself with communication module, thing allies oneself with communication module and base station communication in order to realize the networking to acquire the cooking parameter of storage at the cloud platform. Correspondingly, a device for cooking is arranged in the base station, the device comprises an acquisition module and a sending module, the acquisition module acquires cooking parameters from the cloud platform, and the sending module sends the cooking parameters to the cloud platform. In the embodiment, the internet of things communication module and the switch control module are integrated in the same chip, so that the production and the manufacture can be facilitated, and the total installation space of each component in the cooking space can be saved.

Further, the cooking appliance is capable of cooking according to cooking parameters stored in the cooking appliance or stored on the cloud platform. Specifically, the cloud platform may store therein cooking parameters, and the cooking parameters may include cooking-related variables such as a cooking mode, a food material type, an amount of water, an amount of food material, and a cooking time. The cooking appliance is configured to obtain cooking parameters from the cloud platform and cook according to the cooking parameters.

or local cooking parameters are stored in the cooking appliance, the cooking appliance can cook according to the local cooking parameters, and meanwhile, the cooking appliance can be set to acquire updated data in the cloud platform when networking is performed, so that the local cooking parameters can be synchronized with the cloud end, and preferably, in this case, the cooking appliance can be set to be updated in a networking state in real time, periodically (for example, once a day or once a week) or when a user inputs a communication instruction to request updating.

more preferably, the cooking parameters stored in the cloud platform may be generated according to the use requirements of the user. A portion of the cooking process is described below with reference to fig. 2. Before the cooking operation starts, the second power supply circuit is in a conducting state, and the switch control module is in a power-on state and can be networked. The user sends the communication instruction that starts the cooking utensil body through mobile terminal, and intelligent communication circuit among the on-off control module receives the communication instruction, and the on-off drive circuit among the on-off control module is closed according to communication instruction control switching device, thereby switching device closure first power supply line is switched on. The cooking utensil body is in the power-on state at this moment.

Next, the user may enter a cooking request (e.g., a desired food material, a cooking method, etc.) through the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal (specifically, a control board in the mobile terminal) sends data including the cooking request to the terminal server, and the terminal server performs signal processing and calculation and matches a cooking parameter matching the user's requirement. For example, if the user selects pearl rice as the food material, the terminal server may match "rice crust rice" as the most suitable cooking method for pearl rice, and the generated cooking parameters include cooking information "the cooking method is rice crust rice production".

Subsequently, the terminal server stores the generated cooking parameters into the cloud platform. The cooking appliances are networked by communicating with the base station so that cooking parameters within the cloud platform can be read, and the cooking appliances then cook with reference to the cooking parameters.

After cooking is finished, a user sends a communication instruction for closing the cooking appliance body through the mobile terminal, the intelligent communication circuit of the switch control module receives the communication instruction, and the switch driving circuit enables the switch device to be disconnected according to the communication instruction, so that the first power supply circuit is disconnected. At this time, the cooking appliance body is in a power-off state.

Preferably, during the cooking process, the cooking appliance may be configured to send data (i.e., state parameters) including the cooking state to the cloud platform, and the terminal server may read the data in real time and feed the cooking state back to the user, so that the user may remotely know the cooking state of the cooking appliance. Preferably, the frequency of sending data to the cloud platform by the cooking appliance may be set to be sent in real time or at fixed time intervals, for example, the cooking appliance may send data to the cloud platform every Δ t time.

Preferably, a local memory module is arranged in the cooking appliance and is used for storing local cooking parameters. When the user inputs a cooking requirement, the cooking system cooks according to the steps, and finally stores the cooking parameters generated by the terminal server into the local memory module. If the user does not input a cooking request, the cooking system may be configured to enable the cooking appliance to automatically read the cooking parameters stored in the local memory module for cooking.

preferably, the cooking appliance body communicates with the base station through an NB-IOT communication module.

in order to further achieve a better cooking result, the cooking appliance is further provided with an identification device for identifying the food material in the capsule. For example, the identification device may be a two-dimensional code scanner, and scans a two-dimensional code on the capsule through the two-dimensional code scanner, so as to identify the food material in the capsule, and the cooking appliance can correspondingly read the cooking parameter matched with the food material according to the identification result, and cook according to the cooking parameter.

Preferably, a battery is further provided in the cooking appliance, the battery being configured to be charged when the cooking appliance is powered on by an external power source and to supply power in the cooking appliance when the cooking appliance is powered off by the external power source. The cooking appliance can be switched between a sleep mode (for example, entering the sleep mode in a power-off state) and a start mode (for example, entering the start mode when the power is turned on), the control device records cooking parameters when the cooking appliance enters the sleep mode, and controls the cooking appliance to continue to work before the sleep according to the cooking parameters after the cooking appliance enters the start mode again, and the control device is powered by the battery when the cooking appliance is in the sleep mode.

Such an arrangement can enable the cooking appliance to be restored to the previous cooking state after the occurrence of a sudden power failure, avoiding the trouble of the cooking operation from the beginning.

Also preferably, parts of the capsule mounting means, the cutting means and the rice-dropping means within the cooking appliance may be provided as movable parts that are movable within the cooking appliance. The cooking appliance may be provided with a detection means (e.g. a photosensor) to detect whether the movable member has reached a predetermined position, and the control means controls the movable member to stop moving when it is detected that the movable member has reached the predetermined position. Such an arrangement ensures that the movable member is stopped accurately at the desired position in actual operation.

in addition, in order to ensure that the signals are not intercepted or monitored in the transmission process, a hardware encryption chip is arranged in the cooking appliance, after the control device generates data to be stored in a cloud platform, the data is encrypted by the hardware encryption chip, and then the encrypted data is transmitted out by the cooking appliance. Such an arrangement ensures secure transmission of data, while avoiding the risk of data being intercepted or monitored.

Also preferably, the cooking appliance is also able to communicate with a telecom operator base station through an internet of things communication module, thereby enabling positioning of the cooking appliance. The arrangement can enable a user to control the plurality of cooking appliances located at different positions through one mobile terminal, and the user can accurately see the specific positions of the cooking appliances on the mobile terminal, so that the cooking appliances can be effectively distinguished.

The utility model discloses a cooking utensil and culinary art system, user can remote control cut off the power supply to the cooking utensil body to guaranteed that the cooking utensil body is in the outage state when not needing to use, can enough the energy saving, avoided the potential safety hazard again.

unless defined otherwise, technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. Terms such as "disposed" and the like, as used herein, may refer to one element being directly attached to another element or one element being attached to another element through intervening elements. Features described herein in one embodiment may be applied to another embodiment, either alone or in combination with other features, unless the feature is otherwise inapplicable or otherwise stated in the other embodiment.

The present invention has been described in terms of the above embodiments, but it is to be understood that the above embodiments are for purposes of illustration and description only and are not intended to limit the invention to the described embodiments. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that many more modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teaching and are intended to be included within the scope of the invention.

Claims

1. A cooking appliance, characterized in that it comprises:

A cooking appliance body powered by a first power supply line; and

The switch control module is powered by a second power supply circuit independent of the first power supply circuit, can be networked for communication and enables the first power supply circuit to be disconnected or connected according to a communication instruction.

2. The cooking appliance according to claim 1, wherein a switching device is provided in the cooking appliance, and the switching control module disconnects or connects the first power supply line through the switching device.

3. The cooking appliance of claim 2, wherein the switch control module comprises a smart communication circuit and a switch drive circuit,

4. The cooking appliance of claim 1, wherein the first power line is characterized as a connection between a heating device of the cooking appliance and a power supply.

5. The cooking appliance of claim 1, wherein the second power line is characterized by a connection of the switch control module to a power supply.

6. The cooking appliance of claim 1, wherein an Internet of things communication module is disposed within the cooking appliance, the Internet of things communication module configured to be capable of sending and/or receiving data to/from a cloud,

7. The cooking appliance of claim 6, wherein the internet of things communication module is configured to obtain cooking parameters from a cloud and the cooking appliance is configured to cook according to the cooking parameters.

8. The cooking appliance of claim 1, further comprising:

A movable member configured to be movable within the cooking appliance body;

A control device configured to control the cooking appliance,

9. the cooking appliance of claim 8, wherein the cooking appliance is adapted to cook food material enclosed in a capsule, and the movable member comprises a capsule mounting member for placing the capsule, a cutting member for cutting the capsule, and a rice-dropping member for dropping food material within the capsule into a cooking cavity of the cooking appliance.

10. a cooking system, comprising:

The cooking appliance of any one of claims 1-9; and

A mobile terminal;