JP2000346366A - Microwave oven system, microwave oven, relay device, information-processing device, host computer, and recording medium with recorded homepage information being read by computer - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a useful microwave oven system. SOLUTION: In a house, a microwave oven 1, a relay BOX 3 for communicating with the microwave oven 1, and a personal computer 2 for communicating with the relay BOX 3 are provided, and the personal computer 2 is connected to a host computer 4 for storing homepage information via the internet 5 outside the house. At a homepage storage part 421 of a computer 4, menu data and screen data are stored, where the menu data includes heating control data for heating and cooking a cooking menu by the oven 1 corresponding to each of a plurality of cooking menus and is directly recognized by the oven 1, and the screen data displays information regarding a button being operated for transmitting the menu data to the personal computer 2 via the internet 5 and the cooking menus on a homepage screen, thus heating and cooking a desired cooking menu by controlling the microwave oven 1 according to the heating control data being downloaded to the personal computer 2 for supplying.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a microwave oven system, a microwave oven, a relay device, an information processing device, and a microwave oven capable of controlling a microwave oven in each household in accordance with information supplied from a host computer via a communication line. The present invention relates to a host computer and a computer-readable recording medium on which homepage information is recorded, particularly to a host computer having predetermined homepage information via the Internet and controlling a microwave oven based on information from the host computer. The present invention relates to a microwave oven system, a microwave oven, a relay device, an information processing device, a host computer, and a computer-readable recording medium on which homepage information is recorded.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An apparatus for controlling home appliances in accordance with information provided from an external communication network is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 10-276478. In this gazette, in a home electric appliance control device that controls various home electric appliances including home appliances, each electric home appliance is controlled by a home computer from a host computer on a home page via the Internet, a home electric appliance control server and a remote controller. A technique is shown that captures and performs the function accordingly.

In this publication, the case where the control information is cooking information relating to cooking is also described. However, cooking information desired by a user is obtained from a homepage and supplied to a microwave oven as a home appliance. There is no specific description of how the cooking process is performed in the microwave oven, and it can be said that the feasibility is extremely poor.

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a microwave oven system, a microwave oven, a relay device, an information processing device, a host computer, and a computer-readable recording medium on which home page information is recorded, which is excellent in practical use. It is.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a microwave oven system comprising: an Internet; an information processing apparatus having an output unit for transmitting and receiving information via the Internet; And a host computer connected to the Internet and having an information storage unit for storing homepage information for a homepage.

The home page information includes information on a plurality of food menus, menu data including heating control data for heating and cooking the food menus recognized by the microwave oven in correspondence with each of the plurality of food menus. And information of a transfer instruction button operated to transfer menu data to the information processing apparatus via the Internet. The information other than the menu data in the homepage information is screen information for displaying a homepage screen and outputting the screen to the output unit.

According to the first aspect, the user directly operates the transfer instruction button output on the homepage screen to directly supply heating control data corresponding to a desired cooking menu provided on the homepage to the microwave oven via the Internet. The process of performing the recognition, that is, the process of decoding the heating control data so that it can be recognized by the microwave oven is omitted, and the heating operation can be promptly controlled. Therefore, the desired cooking menu is quickly and automatically cooked in the microwave oven, and is excellent in practicality.

Further, since the menu data recognized by the microwave oven is not data displayed on the homepage screen, menu data which is special data recognized by the microwave oven is displayed on the homepage screen and the screen is displayed. It is also possible to prevent the menu data, which is information unnecessary for the user, from being displayed on the homepage screen, thereby reducing the visibility of necessary information.

[0009] A microwave system according to claim 2 is
In the system according to claim 1, the microwave oven has a display unit, and the supply information includes menu data. And
The menu data is further displayed on the display unit, and includes menu name data, ingredient data, and how-to data indicating the menu name, ingredients, and how to make the corresponding food menu.

[0010] According to the second aspect, the menu name, material data and recipe data of the desired food menu are displayed on the display section of the microwave oven. Therefore, the user can prepare and prepare the ingredients for the cooking menu while checking the menu name, ingredients, and how to make them on the display unit, which is excellent in practicality.

A microwave oven system according to a third aspect is the microwave oven system according to the first or second aspect,
The information processing device and the microwave oven communicate supply information using infrared rays.

According to the third aspect, the microwave oven and the information processing device perform wireless communication using infrared rays. Therefore, the mutual arrangement of the microwave oven and the information processing device only needs to be within a range where infrared rays can reach, and the degree of freedom of arrangement of the microwave oven and the information processing device is increased.

A microwave oven system according to a fourth aspect is the microwave oven system according to the first or second aspect,
The information processing device and the microwave oven transmit supply information using a recording medium.

According to the fourth aspect, the microwave oven and the information processing device communicate using the recording medium. Therefore, there is no restriction on the arrangement of the microwave oven and the information processing apparatus, and the degree of freedom in the arrangement of the microwave oven and the information processing apparatus is increased.

[0015] The microwave oven system according to claim 5 is
The microwave oven system according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a relay device. The relay device has a microwave oven detachably connected to one end and an information processing device connected to the other end, and converts a signal transmitted between the microwave oven and the information processing device.

According to the fifth aspect, the relay device for relaying the communication between the microwave oven and the information processing device is detachably connected to the microwave oven. Therefore, by simply connecting the relay device to the microwave oven when necessary, heating control data corresponding to the desired food menu provided on the Internet homepage can be given to the microwave oven to control the heating operation, and the desired food menu can be heated and cooked. .

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the microwave oven system according to the fifth aspect, the relay device of the microwave oven system includes a menu data storage unit that stores one or more menu data received from the information processing device; Menu name transmitting means for reading only menu name data from each of one or more menu data in the menu data storage unit and transmitting the read menu name data to the microwave oven in response to a request to display menu data on the display unit from the microwave oven. Have.

According to the present invention, the menu names corresponding to all the menu data stored in the menu data storage transmitted from the menu name transmitting means are displayed on the display of the microwave oven in response to the request. .

Therefore, by looking at the menu name displayed on the display unit of the microwave oven, the user can easily know the dish menu stored in the menu data storage unit and cookable by the microwave oven.

In the microwave oven system according to a seventh aspect, the relay device of the microwave oven system according to the sixth aspect is detachably connected to the information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus further includes a specific item display unit that adds a specific item to the homepage screen output to the output unit and displays the specific page when the relay device is connected to the information processing device.

According to the seventh aspect, a specific item is displayed on a homepage screen displayed on the output unit of the information processing apparatus to notify that the relay apparatus is connected to the information processing apparatus.

Therefore, the user can connect the relay apparatus to the information processing apparatus only by looking at the homepage screen and store the menu data in the menu data storage section of the relay apparatus. It can be confirmed that it can be supplied to the range.

The microwave oven system according to claim 8 is the microwave oven system according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the microwave oven has connection notifying means for notifying via a display unit whether or not a relay device is connected. Have more.

According to the present invention, whether or not the relay device is connected to the microwave oven is notified by the connection notifying means via the display unit of the microwave oven.

Therefore, the user can know whether or not the relay device is connected to the microwave oven and the menu data can be received from the relay device only by looking at the display unit of the microwave oven.

A microwave system according to claim 9 is
The connection notifying means in the microwave oven system according to claim 8 includes an information already stored notifying means for notifying whether or not one or more menu information is already stored in the menu data storage section of the relay device.

According to the ninth aspect, the relay device is connected to the microwave oven by the information storage notifying means, and whether or not one or more menu information is already stored in the menu data storage unit is determined via the display unit of the microwave oven. Will be notified. Therefore, the user can know whether the relay device is connected to the microwave oven and the menu data can be received from the relay device only by looking at the display unit of the microwave oven.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the microwave oven system according to any one of the sixth to ninth aspects, the relay device further includes a display unit. Then, information indicating the storage state of the menu information in the menu data storage section is displayed on the display means.

According to the tenth aspect, the storage state of the menu information in the menu data storage section is indicated by the display means of the relay device. Therefore, the user can confirm whether the menu data is stored in the menu data storage unit or the menu name of the desired menu data stored in the menu data storage unit on the display unit of the relay device.

[0030] In the microwave oven system according to the eleventh aspect, the microwave oven in the microwave oven system according to any one of the sixth to tenth aspects is configured such that the microwave oven is operated externally to input a first input unit, and a first input unit. In response to the operation of the input unit and the input of a deletion instruction for instructing the deletion of desired menu data in the menu data storage unit,
First deletion instructing means for instructing the relay device to delete desired menu data. The relay device further includes a first deletion unit that deletes the menu data specified by the first deletion instruction unit from the menu data storage unit.

According to the eleventh aspect, when a delete instruction is input from the first input unit, desired menu data indicated by the delete instruction by the first delete instruction unit and the first delete unit is stored in the menu data storage unit. Removed from.

Therefore, the user can delete unnecessary menu data from the menu data storage section of the relay device only by operating the first input section of the microwave oven and inputting a deletion instruction. Therefore, the user can easily update the contents of the menu data storage unit by storing desired new menu data in the empty area of the menu data storage unit as desired.

[0033] In the microwave oven system according to the twelfth aspect, the relay device in the microwave oven system according to any one of the sixth to eleventh aspects is a second input unit for externally operating and inputting data, and the second input unit. The second section deletes the menu data instructed to be deleted from the menu data storage section in response to the operation of the section and input of a deletion instruction instructing deletion of desired menu data in the menu data storage section. And deleting means.

According to the twelfth aspect, when a deletion instruction is input from the second input section, desired menu data indicated by the deletion instruction is deleted from the menu data storage section by the second deletion section.

Therefore, the user can delete unnecessary menu data from the menu data storage unit of the relay device only by operating the second input unit of the relay device and inputting a deletion instruction. Therefore, the user can easily update the contents of the menu data storage unit by storing desired new menu data in the empty area of the menu data storage unit as desired.

According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, in the microwave oven system according to any one of the sixth to twelfth aspects, the information processing device in the microwave oven system according to any one of the sixth to twelfth is externally operated to input a third input unit, and (3) In response to input of a delete instruction instructing deletion of desired menu data in the menu data storage unit by operating the input unit, instructing the relay device to delete desired menu data. And a deletion instruction means. The relay device further includes a third deletion unit that deletes the menu data specified by the third deletion instruction unit from the menu data storage unit.

According to the thirteenth aspect, when a delete instruction is input from the third input unit, desired menu data indicated by the delete instruction by the third delete instruction unit and the third delete unit is stored in the menu data storage unit. Removed from.

Therefore, the user can use the third information processing device.
By simply operating the input unit and inputting a deletion instruction, unnecessary menu data can be deleted from the menu data storage unit of the relay device. Therefore, the user can easily update the contents of the menu data storage unit by storing desired new menu data in the empty area of the menu data storage unit as desired.

A microwave oven according to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention is the microwave oven according to any one of the eleventh to thirteenth aspects, wherein the first input unit is operated to operate a desired menu in the menu data storage unit. In response to a search instruction inputting a data search,
The information processing apparatus further includes first search instruction means for instructing the relay device to search for desired menu data. A first search unit that searches the menu data storage unit for the menu data specified by the first search instruction unit;
There is further provided first sorting means for sorting one or more menu data such that the menu data retrieved by the first retrieval means is located at the head of the one or more menu data in the menu data storage.

According to the fourteenth aspect, when a search instruction for desired menu data in the menu data storage section is inputted from the first input section of the microwave oven, the first search instruction means, the first search instruction means,
One or more menu data is rearranged in the menu data storage by the search means and the first rearrangement means, and the desired menu data is stored so as to be located at the head of the one or more menu data.

Therefore, the menu data stored in the menu data storage section is arranged so that the user can quickly read out the desired menu data from the menu data storage section and give it to the microwave oven even if the number increases. Therefore, usability is improved.

According to a fifteenth aspect of the present invention, in the information processing apparatus in the microwave oven system according to the thirteenth or fourteenth aspect, the third input unit is operated to store desired menu data in the menu data storage unit. In response to the input of a search instruction for instructing a search, a second instruction for instructing the relay device to search for the desired menu data is provided.
It further has search instruction means. And the relay device is the second
A second search unit for searching the menu data storage unit for menu data designated by the search instruction unit;
And a second rearranging unit for rearranging one or more menu data such that the menu data retrieved by the retrieval unit is located at the head of the one or more menu data in the menu data storage unit.

According to the fifteenth aspect, when an instruction to search for desired data in the menu data storage unit is input from the third input unit of the information processing apparatus, the second search instruction unit, the second search unit, and the second sorting unit Accordingly, one or more menu data is rearranged in the menu data storage unit of the relay device, and the desired menu data is stored so as to be located at the head of the one or more menu data.

Therefore, the menu data stored in the menu data storage section is arranged so that the user can quickly read out the desired menu data from the menu data storage section and give it to the microwave oven even if the number increases. Therefore, usability is improved.

A microwave oven system according to a sixteenth aspect is the relay device in the microwave oven system according to any one of the twelfth to fifteenth aspects, wherein the second input unit is operated to store desired menu data in the menu data storage unit. A third search means for searching the menu data storage unit for desired menu data for which the search has been instructed in response to the input of a search instruction for instructing a search for the menu, and a menu searched by the third search means. A third sorting unit that sorts one or more menu data so that the data is positioned at the head of the one or more menu data in the menu data storage unit;

According to the sixteenth aspect, in the relay device, when a search instruction for desired data in the menu data storage section is input from the second input section, the third search instruction section, the third search section, and the third sorting section. Thus, one or more menu data are rearranged in the menu data storage unit, and the desired menu data is stored so as to be located at the head of the one or more menu data.

Therefore, the menu data stored in the menu data storage section is arranged so that the user can quickly read out the desired menu data from the menu data storage section and give it to the microwave even if the number increases. Therefore, usability is improved.

In the microwave oven system according to the present invention, the heating control data in the microwave oven system according to any one of the first to sixteenth aspects includes at least one model code indicating a model of the microwave oven and at least one model code. And first heating control data for controlling the heating operation of the microwave oven indicated by the model code corresponding to each of the model codes.
The microwave oven further includes a model-specific heating unit that performs a heating operation in accordance with the first heating control data corresponding to the model code indicating the model of the microwave oven in the supplied heating control data.

According to the seventeenth aspect, in the microwave oven, heating for heating cooking is performed according to the first heating control data corresponding to the type of the microwave oven among the one or more first heating control data in the heating control data given. The operation is controlled. Therefore, since the heating operation can be controlled in accordance with the heating control data suitable for the type of microwave oven, the degree of completion of cooking and the time required for cooking can be optimized depending on the type of microwave oven, and the practicability is excellent.

In the microwave oven system according to the eighteenth aspect, the transfer instruction button on the homepage screen is enabled by installing the dedicated program in the information processing device in the microwave oven system according to any one of the first to seventeenth aspects. To work.

A microwave oven according to a nineteenth aspect includes a control unit, a data receiving unit for receiving menu data, a display unit controlled by the control unit, and a heating unit. The menu data corresponds to a desired food menu selected in advance on a homepage screen supplied via the Internet, and includes menu name data, material data, and how-to data indicating the menu name, ingredients, and how to make the desired food menu. This is data that includes display data and heating control data displayed on the display unit and is directly recognized by the control unit. The heating operation of the heating unit is controlled by the control unit according to the heating control data.

According to the nineteenth aspect, the menu data corresponding to the desired cooking menu provided on the homepage is directly recognized by the control unit of the microwave oven, that is, the menu data is decoded so that the control unit can recognize the menu data. Is omitted, and the display operation and the heating operation can be quickly controlled. Therefore, the desired cooking menu provided on the homepage can be cooked quickly and automatically in the microwave oven, and the practicality is excellent.

Further, menu name data, material data, and recipe data indicating the name of the menu, ingredients, and recipe for the desired food menu are displayed on the display unit of the microwave oven. Therefore, the user can confirm the menu name by looking at the content displayed on the display unit, prepare the ingredients, and easily prepare the ingredients for heating and cooking.

According to a twentieth aspect of the present invention, the heating control data in the microwave oven according to the nineteenth aspect includes one or more model codes indicating the type of the microwave oven and one or more model codes. First heating control data for controlling the heating operation of the microwave oven correspondingly indicated by the model code. The heating unit controls the heating operation according to the first heating control data corresponding to the model code indicating the model of the microwave oven in the heating control data.
Has one heating unit.

According to the twentieth aspect, in the microwave oven, heating for heating cooking according to the first heating control data corresponding to the type of the microwave oven among the one or more first heating control data in the heating control data given. The operation is controlled. Therefore, since the heating operation can be controlled in accordance with the heating control data suitable for the type of microwave oven, the degree of completion of cooking and the time required for cooking can be optimized depending on the type of microwave oven, and the practicability is excellent.

The microwave oven according to the twenty-first aspect is the first aspect.
The microwave oven described in 9 or 20 further includes a data receiving unit that receives menu data transferred using infrared rays.

According to the twenty-first aspect, menu data supplied to the microwave oven via the Internet is transferred by wireless communication using infrared rays. Therefore, the arrangement of the microwave oven only needs to be within a range where infrared rays can reach, and the degree of freedom of arrangement of the microwave oven is increased.

The microwave oven according to claim 22 is the same as the microwave oven according to claim 1.
The microwave oven according to 9 or 20, further includes a data receiving unit that receives menu data transferred using a recording medium.

According to the present invention, the menu data supplied via the Internet is transferred to the microwave using a storage medium. Therefore, there is no limitation on how to arrange the microwave oven, and the degree of freedom in the arrangement of the microwave oven is increased.

According to a twenty-third aspect of the present invention, a relay device corresponding to one or more food menus in homepage information from an information processing device connected to one end of the relay device for receiving homepage information via the Internet. Menu data receiving means for receiving menu data for heating and cooking the cooking menu in a microwave oven connected to the other end of the relay device, and one or more menu data received by the menu data receiving means. Menu data storage means, and menu data transmission means for reading menu data specified by the specified data from the menu data storage means and transmitting the menu data to the microwave oven, when designated data designating desired menu data is received from the microwave oven And The menu data is data directly recognized by the microwave oven, and includes heating control data for controlling the heating operation of the microwave oven.

According to the twenty-third aspect, in the relay apparatus, menu data including heating control data corresponding to a desired cooking menu provided on the homepage is received via the Internet and the information processing apparatus and stored in the menu data storage means. Then, the heating control data of the menu data is transmitted to the microwave oven. Then, since the menu data is directly recognized in the microwave oven, that is, the decoding process for making it recognizable is omitted, so that the desired cooking menu provided on the homepage is quickly and automatically cooked in the microwave oven. Excellent in practicality.

The relay device according to claim 24 is the relay device according to claim 23.
The menu data in the relay device described in (1) includes a menu name of a corresponding cooking menu, and the designated data is a menu name. Further, there is further provided an all-menu-name transmitting means for reading out all the menu names included in the menu data in the menu data storing means and transmitting the menu names to the microwave oven.

According to the twenty-fourth aspect, the menu names corresponding to each of the menu data stored in the menu data storage means are all transmitted to the microwave by the all menu name transmission means. Therefore, the user can easily specify the desired menu data by checking the names of all the menus transmitted to the microwave oven, and is excellent in usability.

According to a twenty-fifth aspect of the present invention, in response to the data transfer instruction, the cooking menu is heated and cooked in a microwave oven in response to each of one or more food menus transferred via the Internet. Homepage information receiving means for receiving homepage information including menu data for performing the operation, data supplying means for supplying the menu data received by the homepage information receiving means to the microwave oven, and display means. The homepage information includes a transfer instruction button externally operated to instruct data transfer corresponding to each of one or more food menus, and information on the food menu to be displayed on a display means on a homepage screen. The menu data is data that is directly recognized in the microwave including the heating control data for controlling the heating operation of the microwave.

According to the twenty-fifth aspect, the user only operates the transfer instruction button output on the homepage screen to directly provide heating control data corresponding to a desired cooking menu provided on the homepage to the microwave oven via the Internet. In other words, the process of decoding so that the heating control data can be recognized by the microwave oven is omitted, and the heating operation can be promptly controlled. Therefore, the desired cooking menu is quickly and automatically cooked in the microwave oven, and is excellent in practicality.

In an information processing apparatus according to a twenty-sixth aspect, the data supply means in the information processing apparatus according to the twenty-fifth aspect supplies menu data to a microwave oven using infrared communication.

According to the twenty-sixth aspect, the information processing apparatus performs wireless communication using a microwave oven and infrared rays. Therefore, the mutual arrangement of the microwave oven and the information processing device only needs to be within a range where infrared rays can reach, and the degree of freedom of arrangement of the microwave oven and the information processing device is increased.

In an information processing apparatus according to a twenty-seventh aspect, the data supply means in the information processing apparatus according to the twenty-fifth aspect supplies menu data to a microwave using a storage medium.

According to the twenty-seventh aspect, the information processing apparatus performs communication using the microwave oven and the storage medium. Therefore, there is no restriction on the arrangement of the microwave oven and the information processing apparatus, and the degree of freedom in the arrangement of the microwave oven and the information processing apparatus is increased.

The host computer according to claim 28, for providing, via the Internet, homepage information including menu data for cooking the dish menu in a microwave oven for each of one or more dish menus. Homepage information storage means for storing homepage information; and, in response to a download request to provide the desired menu data to the microwave oven, the desired menu data is sent to the download request source via the Internet. Download means for downloading are provided. And homepage information,
For each of the one or more food menus, a transfer instruction button operated to make a download request and information on the food menu are included. The menu data is data that is directly recognized by the microwave including heating control data for controlling the heating operation of the microwave to heat and cook the corresponding food menu in the microwave. Information other than the menu data in the homepage information is information for configuring the homepage screen.

According to the twenty-eighth aspect, the user only operates the transfer instruction button output on the homepage screen to directly provide heating control data corresponding to a desired cooking menu provided on the homepage to the microwave oven via the Internet. In other words, the process of decoding so that the heating control data can be recognized by the microwave oven is omitted, and the heating operation can be promptly controlled. Therefore, the desired cooking menu is quickly and automatically cooked in the microwave oven, and is excellent in practicality.

Further, menu data recognized by the microwave oven is displayed on the homepage screen, making it difficult to view the screen, and unnecessary information for the user is displayed on the homepage screen, thereby reducing the visibility of necessary information. Is also avoided.

A computer-readable recording medium on which the home page information according to claim 29 is recorded,
The home page information includes heating control data for controlling the heating operation of the microwave oven in order to heat and cook the cooking menu in the microwave corresponding to each of the plurality of food menus, and directly includes the heating control data in the microwave. Menu information, a transfer instruction button operated to transfer the menu data via the Internet to a data requester requesting to provide the menu data to the microwave oven, and information on the cooking menu. . Then, of the homepage information, the information excluding the menu data is screen information constituting the homepage screen.

According to the twenty-ninth aspect, the user only operates the transfer instruction button output on the homepage screen to directly provide the microwave oven with the heating control data corresponding to the desired cooking menu provided on the homepage via the Internet. In other words, the process of decoding so that the heating control data can be recognized by the microwave oven is omitted, and the heating operation can be quickly controlled. Therefore, the desired cooking menu is quickly and automatically cooked in the microwave oven, and is excellent in practicality.

Further, since the menu data is not data constituting the home page screen, menu data which is special data recognized by a microwave oven is displayed on the home page screen, making the screen difficult to see or unnecessary for the user. It is also possible to prevent the menu data, which is information, from being displayed on the homepage screen and to reduce the visibility of required information.

[0076] In the microwave oven system according to claim 30, the information processing apparatus according to claim 1 is portable.
It is configured to be communicatively connected to the Internet via a telephone line.

Therefore, when the user goes out with the information processing device, the user receives the menu data of the desired cooking menu from the homepage information even when going out, and when returning home, this menu data is stored in the home. If given to the microwave oven, the desired cooking menu can be cooked by the microwave oven according to the menu data.

Therefore, the homepage information including the menu data can be obtained anytime and anywhere, and the usability of the microwave system is improved.

In the microwave oven system according to claim 31, the information processing apparatus according to claim 30 is used for connecting a telephone line to the information processing apparatus so that communication is possible and for connecting the microwave oven so that communication is possible. It further has a shared connector portion that is switched and shared.

Accordingly, the information processing apparatus can be connected to the information processing apparatus by switching between the telephone line on the Internet side and the microwave oven by the common connector section, and the information processing apparatus does not need to be provided with a connector section more than necessary.

A microwave oven system according to a thirty-second aspect is characterized in that the information processing apparatus of the system according to the thirty-third aspect includes a range-side connector unit for communicatively connecting the microwave oven to the information processing apparatus, and And an internet-side connector for communicably connecting to the information processing apparatus.

Therefore, the microwave oven and the telephone line can be simultaneously connected to the information processing apparatus by the range side connector unit and the Internet side connector unit. Omitted, it is easy to use.

The microwave oven system according to claim 33 is configured such that the telephone line in the microwave oven system according to claim 31 is connected to the common connector via a portable telephone having a modem function. You.

A microwave oven system according to a thirty-fourth aspect is characterized in that, in the microwave oven system according to the thirty-second aspect, the telephone line is connected via a portable telephone having a modem function.
It is configured to be connected to the Internet side connector unit.

Therefore, even if the information processing apparatus does not have a modem function, the information processing apparatus can be communicably connected to a telephone line on the Internet side by using a portable telephone having a modem function. Thus, the type of information processing apparatus applicable to the microwave oven system can be expanded.

The microwave oven system according to claim 35 is the microwave oven system according to any one of claims 30 to 34, wherein the information processing device and the microwave oven transmit various kinds of information including supply information using infrared rays. connect.

Therefore, since the information processing device and the microwave oven can communicate with each other using infrared rays, wiring work for communication is omitted and usability is improved.

A microwave oven system according to claim 36 is the microwave oven system according to any one of claims 30 to 35, wherein the supply information includes menu data, and the menu data includes a menu of a corresponding cooking menu. And menu name data displayed on the output unit. Then, the information processing apparatus displays a storage unit for storing information including a plurality of menu data received via the Internet, and displays respective menu name data of the plurality of menu data in the storage unit on an output unit. Editing means for editing.

This editing means displays at least one menu name data of a plurality of menu data stored in the storage unit on the output unit, and corresponds to one or more cooking menus desired to be cooked by the microwave oven. A menu name editing unit is provided for extracting and editing menu name data from the displayed plurality of menu name data.

Therefore, the user extracts menu name data of one or more food menus desired to be cooked on the microwave oven side from a plurality of previously downloaded menu name data via the menu name editing means. Can be edited. Therefore, it is possible to easily reflect the user's preference in selecting one or more cooking menus to be heated and cooked in the microwave oven.

[0091] In the microwave oven system according to claim 37, in the microwave oven system according to claim 36, the editing means includes, in an output unit, menu name data corresponding to each of the plurality of menu data stored in the storage unit. Has a menu name classification means for classifying the displayed plurality of menu name data into a plurality of groups while displaying
Menu name data corresponding to one or more cooking menus for which heating cooking is desired in a microwave oven is output to an output unit.
It is configured to be extracted from a desired group among a plurality of groups preliminarily classified by the menu name classification means.

Therefore, menu name data corresponding to one or more food menus desired to be cooked on the microwave oven side is stored in a menu included in a desired group among a plurality of groups preliminarily classified by the menu name classification means. It can be name data. Therefore, the user can easily select the menu name data corresponding to one or more cooking menus desired to be cooked in the microwave.

According to a thirty-eighth aspect of the present invention, in the microwave oven system according to the thirty-sixth or thirty-seventh aspect, the editing means converts desired menu name data among a plurality of menu name data displayed on the output unit. A menu name erasing means for erasing is provided. Then, the menu data corresponding to the menu name data deleted by the menu name deleting unit is deleted from the storage unit.

Therefore, when unnecessary menu data is to be deleted from the storage unit, it is only necessary to delete the corresponding menu name data displayed on the output unit by the menu name erasing means. Department can be used effectively.

A microwave oven system according to a thirty-ninth aspect is the information processing apparatus for a microwave oven system according to any one of the thirty-sixth to thirty-sixth aspects, wherein a request for processing by the editing means and a request for communication with the microwave are made. If they occur at the same time, in order to wait for communication with the microwave,
A screen for communication standby is displayed on the output unit.

Therefore, in a portable information processing apparatus,
Generally, the function for program multiplex processing is not sufficient. Therefore, in the information processing apparatus, when a request for processing by the editing unit and a request for communication with the microwave oven occur at the same time, a screen for communication standby is displayed on the output unit, and communication with the microwave oven is performed. Is made to wait. Therefore, the malfunction of the operation due to the program multiplex processing is prevented, and the reliability of the operation of the microwave oven system is guaranteed.

[0097] In the microwave oven system according to claim 40, in the microwave oven system according to any one of claims 36 to 39, when menu data is stored in the storage section, menu name data is extracted from the menu data. Then, the converted character string data is converted into character string data indicating a character string in a predetermined language, and the converted character string data is given to the menu data as a data name for specifying the menu data.

Therefore, in the information processing apparatus, the desired menu data in the storage unit can be searched based on the data name according to the description of the menu name displayed on the homepage, and the usability for the user is improved. .

A microwave oven system according to claim 41 is the microwave oven system according to any one of claims 30 to 40, wherein the information processing apparatus includes an access start unit and a telephone line disconnection unit. The access start means
In response to a request for receiving one or more menu data corresponding to one or more food menus, a telephone line is connected to the Internet and access to homepage information is started.

The telephone line disconnecting means disconnects the connection between the telephone line and the Internet in response to the completion of the reception of one or more menu data after the access is started by the access starting means.

Therefore, the user only requests reception of one or more menu data via the information processing device,
Thereafter, the access start means and the telephone line disconnecting means connect the telephone line to the Internet to access the homepage information. When the reception of the menu data is completed, the connection between the telephone line and the Internet is cut off.
Therefore, when the user requests the reception of the menu data via the information processing device, the user is released from the work of connecting and disconnecting the telephone line and the Internet, and the usability is improved.

[0102]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below.

(Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a microwave oven system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a block configuration of each unit in FIG.

In FIG. 1, the microwave oven system is provided with an Internet 5 and a host computer 4 connected to the Internet 5 outside the home. A relay device for relaying communication while connecting signals between the personal computer 2 and the microwave oven 1 while converting the signal between the personal computer 2 and the microwave oven 1 and a relay BOX 3 supplied with power from an AC adapter 8 is provided. . In the house, the microwave oven 1 and the relay box 3 are connected via a three-wire cable 9. During this connection, a connector CN at one end of the three-wire cable 9 is connected to an input / output terminal (not shown) of the microwave oven 1 as shown. In the house, the personal computer 2 and the relay BOX 3 are connected via the RS-232C cable 7 to communicate according to the RS-232C.

Information about various homepages accessed via the Internet 5 is registered in the host computer 4 outside the house. The host computer 4 is a processing unit 41 for centrally controlling and managing the host computer 4 itself, and a memory area for storing information including information for constructing a homepage screen (hereinafter referred to as homepage information). Homepage storage 421
, An input unit 43, an output unit 44, and a communication unit 45 for communicatively connecting the Internet 5 and the host computer 4.

In FIG. 2, the microwave oven 1 has a control unit 10A.
And a heating unit 10B. The control unit 10A is the microcomputer 1
0, a memory 11, an LCD (liquid crystal display) panel 13 as a display unit, and L for driving the LCD panel 13.
A CD driver 12, an I / F (abbreviation for interface) 14 including input / output terminals to which the connector CN is connected, an input unit 15 that can be operated externally, and a power supply circuit 16 for supplying power to each unit of the microwave oven 1. Including. Input unit 15 and LC
The touch panel is provided integrally with the D panel 13.

The heating unit 10B performs a heating operation for heating and cooking in accordance with various information including heating data described later stored in the memory 11 under the control of the microcomputer 10. The heating unit 10B includes a sensor unit 60 and a buzzer 6 for the heating operation.
1, a relay 62, a microcomputer 10 via a relay 62, etc.
Motor 63 and heater 6 controlled by
4 and a magnetron 65 for generating microwaves for heating. Here, the heating operation in the heating unit 10B follows a well-known technique, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The personal computer 2 includes a CPU 20, a memory 21 in which information including a dedicated program PRO described later is stored, a display unit 22, an output unit 23, an externally operable input unit 24,
RS-232C port 25 for connecting S-232C cable 7 to CPU 20, modem 6 and CPU 2
And an I / F unit 26 for connecting to the I / F 0.

The relay box 3 includes a microcomputer 30, a flash memory 31, which is a nonvolatile storage element, and an RS-232C.
It includes a transmission / reception unit 32 for connecting the cable 7 and the microcomputer 30, an I / F unit 33 for connecting the three-wire cable 9 and the microcomputer 30, and a power supply circuit 34 for supplying power to each unit.

The communication via the three-wire cable 9 includes a UART (Universal Asynchronous Receiver
nsmitter).

Here, the procedure for cooking in the microwave oven 1 at home using the cooking information disclosed via the Internet 5 in the host computer 4 which is a server of the homepage will be described below.

FIGS. 3, 4 and 5 are views showing examples of a home page screen displayed according to the home page information stored in the home page storage section 421 of the host computer 4 in FIG. FIGS. 3, 4, and 5 show screen examples of a homepage provided by the applicant through the Internet. When the user operates the personal computer 2 to access a corresponding address to the host computer via the Internet 5, the home page screen of FIG. 3 is displayed on the output unit 23 of the personal computer 2, and the home page screen of FIG. When the user clicks the item “microwave oven” indicated by the arrow A with the input unit 24, the home page screen shown in FIG. 4 is displayed next. The homepage screen of FIG. 4 shows a cooking menu for every day of June in a calendar format. Here, as an example, a home page screen having a title of “June menu calendar” is shown. However, when the next screen or the previous screen is designated, for example, a monthly menu calendar for one year is displayed on the home page screen. Indicated by

Next, when the user clicks and designates the food menu indicated by arrow A on the homepage screen of FIG. 4, next, the homepage screen of FIG. 5 is displayed to show the finished state of the specified food menu. Video, material information, how to make, etc. are displayed. Here, only the home page screen example of FIG. 5 is shown, but the home page information for the home page screen of FIG. 4 described above is prepared for each menu for one year, for example, shown on the home page screen of FIG. Homepage storage 421
Is prepared in advance.

When the user looks at the homepage screen of FIG. 5 and designates and clicks the item “Download cooking data” of arrow A, the host computer 4
The data to be displayed to the user via the microwave oven 1 with respect to the cooking menu shown in FIG. 5 via the Internet 5 and the heating data used for cooking using the heating unit 10B of the microwave oven 1 are transmitted to the personal computer 2. Downloaded.

Note that the memory 21 of the personal computer 2 is pre-installed with a dedicated program PRO for enabling a function corresponding to a click on the item indicated by the arrow A.

FIG. 6 is a schematic flowchart of a procedure for creating menu information on a cooking menu when creating a homepage according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram schematically showing the material data created in accordance with the menu information creation procedure of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a diagram schematically showing the creation data created according to the menu information creation procedure of FIG.

The homepage provider prepares homepage information corresponding to the homepage screens of FIGS. 3 to 5 in the host computer 4 using a predetermined program, converts the format as described later, and stores it in the homepage storage unit 421. . The details are well known in the art and will not be described.

Then, menu information is created for each dish menu according to the procedure of FIG. Here, a description will be given by exemplifying the cooking menu “Tofu berg” indicated by the arrow A in FIG.

First, the provider of the homepage operates the input unit 43 of the host computer 4 to create display data, converts the format as described later, and stores it in the homepage storage unit 421.
(T1 in FIG. 6). In detail, the homepage provider creates the ingredient data IDi indicating the ingredients for each cooking menu as shown in FIG. 7, and then creates the recipe data JDi indicating the recipe of FIG. 8, and converts these data into format. Stored in the homepage storage unit 421.

Next, heating data KDi indicating data relating to the control of the heating operation of the microwave oven 1 for heating and cooking the cooking menu is created, converted into a format, and stored in the homepage storage unit 421 (T2 in FIG. 6). . These created data are stored in the homepage storage unit 421 for each dish menu.

The heating data KDi of FIG. 9 is provided corresponding to each of the recipe items H1 to H3 “heating start” of FIG. 8, and the operation mode (range mode or oven mode) of the microwave oven 1 is set. The mode data D1, the output level data D2 indicating the output level (unit: W) of the microwave oven 1 in the operation mode indicated by the mode data D1, the temperature data D3 indicating the set temperature of the heating (unit: ° C.), and the heating. It consists of time data (unit: minute and second) indicating the time required.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing home page information including menu information for each menu created in FIG. It should be noted that the illustrated home page information HMD is information corresponding to the home page screen of FIG. 5, and is displayed on the home page screen to form screen data DS15 and display data DS13 displayed by the microwave oven 1 to constitute the home page screen. And menu information including heating data DS14 for controlling the heating operation of the microwave oven 1.

The screen data DS15 is data constituting a screen displayed to the user on the homepage screen of FIG. 5, and the item “download cooking data” indicated by an arrow A is included in the data DS15 of FIG. Transfer button B
Corresponds to 1.

Therefore, when the user designates and clicks the item "download cooking data" indicated by arrow A in FIG. 5, the transfer button B1 in FIG. 10 is clicked, and the processing section 41 of the host computer 4 displays the corresponding display. The menu information MI including the data DS13 and the heating data DS14 is downloaded to the personal computer 2 via the communication unit 45 and the Internet 5.

The menu information MI shown in FIG. 10 is so-called hidden information that is not visible (not displayed) on the homepage screen displayed on the display unit 22 of the personal computer 2, and is associated with the menu name MN of the corresponding cooking menu and FIG. 9 includes material data IDi created according to the procedure of FIG. 9 and creation data JDi.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a data list obtained by converting the format of the menu information MI shown in FIG.

In the processes T1 and T2 in FIG. 6, the display data DS13 and the heating data DS14 in FIG. 10 are respectively processed by the processing unit 41 of the host computer 4 as shown in FIG. Is converted into data in a recognizable format and stored in the homepage storage unit 42
1 is stored.

When the data of FIG. 11 is downloaded to the personal computer 2 via the Internet 5, the processing unit 4
1 further converts to a specific code. Processing unit 41
When the homepage information HMD is accessed via the Internet 5 (T3 in FIG. 6), it is determined whether or not the transfer button B1 is clicked and a download request is not made (T4 in FIG. 6). The menu information MI corresponding to the homepage information HMD is downloaded to the personal computer 2 (T5).

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing an outline of an operation relating to downloading menu information in the personal computer 2 of FIG. In the figure, the user at home is a personal computer 2
The host computer 4 of the homepage is accessed via the Internet 5 by operating the input unit 24 of the host computer 4 (F1 in FIG. 12). Is transmitted to the personal computer 2 and the homepage screen of FIG.
3 is displayed (F2). When the item “microwave oven” indicated by the arrow A on the homepage screen in FIG. 3 is clicked by the input unit 24, the screen is switched and the homepage screen including the menu group in FIG. 4 is displayed (F3 and F4).

Next, on the homepage screen of FIG.
Is clicked on the input unit 24, the screen is switched, and the food menu screen of "Tofu Berg" shown in FIG. 5 is displayed (F5 and F6).

Next, when the user clicks on the item “download cooking data” indicated by the arrow A in FIG. 5 in the input section 24, the corresponding display and heating data in FIG. The menu information MI including DS13 and DS14 is transmitted to the personal computer 2, and is temporarily stored in the memory 21 (F
8, F9).

A button operated to designate "download cooking information" is provided on each menu screen, so that the cooking information MI including the display data DS13 and the heating data DS14 can be transmitted to the personal computer 2.

By installing the dedicated program PRO from the flexible disk attached to the purchased relay box 3 in the memory 21 of the personal computer 2, the function by operating the transfer button B1 on the homepage screen becomes effective. The dedicated program PRO has a function of automatically specifying the menu information MI to be downloaded and the storage location of the downloaded menu information MI, and having a function of downloading the menu information MI with a single click of the transfer button B1. And a function of transmitting menu information MI once stored in the personal computer 2 to the relay BOX 3.

The installation of the dedicated program PRO in the memory 21 is performed by inserting a flexible disk attached to the relay BOX 3 into a flexible disk driver, and the control program PRO is posted on a homepage and given to the purchaser of the relay BOX 3. Identification number (ID
The number is input via the input unit 24, and the user generally downloads and installs the personal computer 2 on the personal computer 2.

Since a general communication system is required between the personal computer 2 and the microwave oven 1, the RS-232C system standardized for stable bidirectional communication is employed here.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing an outline of the operation of the relay box 3 of FIG. When the request for downloading the menu information MI is generated on the personal computer 2 as described above, a communication request is transmitted from the personal computer 2 to the relay BOX 3, and the personal computer 2 displays the menu information including the display and heating data DS13 and DS14 according to the RS-232C method. The MI is transmitted to the flash memory 3 via the transmission / reception unit 32 of the relay box 3 and the microcomputer 30.
1 (F10 to F12 in FIG. 13). afterwards,
The microcomputer 30 sends a menu information storage completion notification to the microwave oven 1 indicating that the storage of the menu information is completed (F
121).

[0139] The flash memory 31 can store menu information MI about a plurality of food menus.

In response to a request from the microcomputer 10 of the microwave oven 1, the microcomputer 30 of the relay box 3 transmits all menu names MN stored in the flash memory 31 to the microcomputer 10 of the microwave oven 1 via the cable 9 (F
13 and F14).

Thereafter, according to an instruction from the microcomputer 10 of the microwave oven 1, the microcomputer 30 in the relay box 3 corresponds to the specified menu name MN from one or more menu information MI stored in the flash memory 31. The display and the heating data DS13 and DS14 to be transmitted to the microcomputer 10 of the microwave oven 1 (F16).

FIG. 14 is a flowchart outlining the operation of the microwave oven shown in FIG. FIGS. 15A to 15D
FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen on the microwave oven side in the flowchart of FIG. 14. FIG. 16 shows the flash memory 3 on the relay BOX side in the flowchart of FIG.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of stored contents of No. 1;

FIGS. 15A to 15D show examples of display screens of a touch panel in which the input unit 15 and the LCD panel 13 shown in FIG. 2 are integrally formed. Microwave oven 1
Then Internet 5 and personal computer 1 and relay box 3
15B in order to receive and display the menu information MI from the host computer 4 of the homepage via the Internet.
The Internet key 174 indicated by is operated. FIG. 15D shows a menu name display area 175, a material display area 176, and a preparation method display area 177 in which the received menu name MN, material data IDi, and preparation data JDi are displayed, and the received heating. A start key 173 operated to start heating and cooking in the microwave oven 1 according to the data KDi is included.

In the flash memory 31, for example, a maximum of five menu information MI can be stored. In FIG. 16, the five menu information MI received from the host computer 4 of the homepage via the Internet 5 and the personal computer 2 are stored in advance. ing. Each menu information MI includes a menu name MNi (i is 1, 2, 3,...), Material data IDi, preparation data JDi, and heating data KDi.
Consists of

FIG. 15 shows the operation of the microwave oven 1 shown in FIG.
This will be described with reference to FIGS. It is assumed that the contents of FIG. 16 are stored in the flash memory 31 of the relay BOX 3 in advance.

First, when a user operates a power switch (not shown) related to the power supply circuit 16 of the microwave oven 1 to supply power to the microwave oven 1, FIG.
Is displayed on the LCD panel 13 (F161).

Next, the user connects the connector CN of FIG. 1 to an input / output terminal (not shown) of the microwave oven 1 to connect the relay BO.
X3 is connected to the microwave oven 1. At this time, as described above, in response to the one or more menu information MI as shown in FIG. 16 being stored in the flash memory 31, the microcomputer 30 of the relay BOX 3 sends the menu information storage completion notification 100 to the cable 9 Is transmitted to the microcomputer 10 of the microwave oven 1 via the. The microcomputer 10 receives the menu information storage completion notification, and changes the display mode of the Internet key 174 by, for example, reversely displaying the Internet key 174 as shown in FIG. The user responds to the change in the display mode of the Internet key 174,
It is possible to know that the menu information MI has already been stored in the flash memory 31 of the relay box 3 (F1).
63).

The user checks the display mode of the Internet key 174 shown in FIG. 15B indicating that the menu information MI has already been stored in the flash memory 31 of the relay box 3 and operates the Internet key 174. Requests all menu names MN from the microcomputer 30 of the relay box 3 via the cable 9 (F17,
F18).

The microcomputer 30 reads out all the menu names MNi from the flash memory 31 in FIG. 16 in response to the requests for all the menu names MN, and transmits them to the microwave oven 1 via the cable 9. The microcomputer 10 receives all the menu names MNi, and
Display on the LCD panel 13 as shown in FIG.
F20).

Of all the menu names MNi displayed as shown in FIG. 15C, the user operates (touches), for example, the menu “Chinese Okawa” indicated by arrow A.
Is specified, the microcomputer 10 displays the display data DS corresponding to the specified menu name MN3 (“Chinese Okoshi”).
13 and heating data DS14 via cable 9
OX3 is requested (F21 and F22).

The microcomputer 30 of the relay BOX 3 responds to the data request corresponding to the menu name MN3 (“Chinese Okoshi”) from the microwave oven 1 and responds to the menu name MN3 (“Chinese Okoshi”) from the flash memory 31. Since the display data DS13 (the menu name MN3, the material data ID3 and the preparation data JD3) and the heating data KD3 are read and transmitted, the microcomputer 10 of the microwave oven 1 receives the display data DS13 and the heating data KD3 and temporarily stores them in the memory 11. The data is written and stored (F22 and F23).

Then, the microcomputer 10 displays the screen shown in FIG. 15D on the LCD panel 13 in order to prompt the user to input an instruction for starting heating and cooking of the designated menu (F24). When the start key 173 shown in FIG. 15D is operated, heating cooking by the heating unit 10B according to the heating data KDi is started. FIG. 15D shows the menu name MN3 and the material data I in the received display data DS13.
D3 and recipe data JD3 are in the menu name display area 1
75, material display area 176 and method display area 177
Are displayed respectively.

FIG. 17 is a view for explaining how to display a screen related to FIG. 15 (D). The material data IDi and the production data JDi displayed in the material display area 176 and the production display area 177 of FIG. 15 may be composed of a large amount of data and cannot be displayed collectively in the areas 176 and 177. In this case, the display area 17 is set by the user.
Every time 6 or 177 is operated (touched), the display on the LCD display 13 is updated as shown in FIG.
Are divided and sequentially displayed. By displaying the material data IDi and the preparation data JDi on a plurality of screens as shown in FIG. 17, the user can prepare and prepare the materials while updating the screen display.

FIGS. 18A to 18C are diagrams showing examples of display screens on the microwave oven 1 side when menu information is not stored in the flash memory 31 of the relay box 3 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. is there.

In the operation of the microwave oven 1 according to the flowchart of FIG. 14, it is assumed that one or more menu information MI is stored in the flash memory 31 of the relay box 3 in advance. When the connector CN of FIG. 1 is connected to the input / output terminal (not shown) of the microwave oven 1 in a state where the menu information MI is not stored in the menu box 31, the relay box 3 does not transmit the menu information storage completion notification, and FIG. 18), the screen shown in FIG. 18B is displayed on the LCD.
Displayed on panel 13.

In the screen of FIG. 18B, the display mode of the Internet key 174 is not inverted, and it is notified that the menu information MI is not stored in the flash memory 31 of the relay BOX 3 at all.

Next, the user enters the Internet key 174.
Is operated, the screen shown in FIG.
Is displayed to the user, and since the menu information MI is not stored in the flash memory 31 of the relay box 3 at all, a message is displayed to select a food menu from the homepage. After confirming this message, the user performs the above-described operation in FIG.
3 and the processing according to the flowchart of FIG.
The heating cooking in the microwave oven 1 according to the desired menu heating data KDi can be started.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing a procedure for replacing menu information stored in the memory of relay box 3 with other menu information in response to an instruction input from microwave oven 1 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

FIGS. 20A to 20C are diagrams showing changes in the contents of the memory of the relay box 3 according to the flowchart of FIG.

FIGS. 21A to 21F are diagrams showing changes in the display screen of the microwave oven 1 according to the flowchart of FIG.

According to the flowchart of FIG.
The procedure for replacing the menu information stored in the X3 flash memory 31 with other menu information will be described with reference to FIGS.
This will be described with reference to (C) and FIGS. 21 (A) to (F).

It is to be noted that the flash memory 31 shown in FIG.
It is assumed that five menu information MI are stored in advance as shown in FIG.

First, the user operates the microwave oven 1 as described with reference to FIG.
The screens of FIGS. 21A to 21C are switched and displayed on the panel 13 based on the data received from the relay box 3 (F161 to F24 and F30 to F3 in FIG. 19).
2).

On the screen shown in FIG. 21C, the delete key 178 is displayed.
Is shown. When the user operates the delete key 178 on the screen of FIG. 21C (F25), the screen of FIG. 21D is displayed and the menu name MN3 (“Chinese”) displayed in the menu name display area 175 is displayed. An inquiry message as to whether or not to erase the menu information MI of the flash memory 31 corresponding to “OK” is displayed.
When 79 is pressed, the screen of FIG. 21E is displayed (F26). The screen in FIG. 21E is a screen in which the menu name MN3 (“Chinese Okoshi”) is deleted from the screen in FIG. 21B.

Next, the microcomputer 10 of the microwave oven 1 sends a request to delete the menu information MI corresponding to the menu name MN3 (“Chinese Okoshi”) to the microcomputer 30 of the relay BOX 3 via the cable 9. The microcomputer 30 receives the menu information erasure request and, in response, erases the corresponding menu information MI in the flash memory 31 (F2
7, F33).

As a result, the flash memory 31 is
The content of 0 (A) changes to the content of FIG.

Next, the user operates the input section 24 of the personal computer 2 to designate a new dish menu from the homepage, for example, a dish menu whose menu name MN is "potato salad", according to the procedure shown in FIG. (F3
6), the CPU 20 receives the menu information MI corresponding to the new menu from the host computer 4 of the homepage via the Internet 5 and temporarily stores it in the memory 21 (F37). Thereafter, the received menu information MI is transmitted to the relay box 3 via the RS-232C cable 7 (F38).

The microcomputer 30 of the relay box 3 receives the new menu information MI corresponding to the menu name MN (“potato salad”) transmitted from the personal computer 2 and
0 (B) is stored in the empty area. As a result, the content of the flash memory 31 changes from the state shown in FIG. 20B to the state shown in FIG. Note that the microcomputer 30 uses the pointer PNT to specify the menu information MI newly stored in the flash memory 31 and uses the menu information MI.
Process to instruct.

Next, when the microwave oven 1 is operated by the user, the Internet key 174 shown in FIG. 21A is operated (F28). Since the microcomputer 10 recognizes that the menu information MI has been erased by using the erase keys 178 and 179, the Internet key 1
A new menu name is requested to the relay BOX 3 via the cable 9 in response to the operation of 74 (F29). In response to this request, the microcomputer 30 of the relay BOX 3
The menu name MN3 ("potato salad") of the menu information MI indicated by the pointer PNT1 is read and transmitted to the microcomputer 10 of the microwave oven 1 (F35).

The microcomputer 10 of the microwave oven 1 receives the menu name MN3 (“potato salad”), temporarily stores the menu name MN3 in the memory 11, and stores the menu name MN3 including the new menu name MN3 as shown in FIG. Menu name M
Ni is displayed (F29).

In the first embodiment, the menu information MI that can be stored in the flash memory 31 of the relay BOX 3 is set to a maximum of five in order to encourage the user to always download the latest information from the home page. However, the number of stored menu information items is not limited to five.

When the cooking menu introduced on the homepage in the host computer 4 is to be cooked using the heating unit 10B of the microwave oven 1 in the house, various data setting operations for the microwave oven 1 for heating cooking are performed. Is unnecessary, and the convenience for the user is improved.

(Embodiment 2) Next, Embodiment 2 will be described. FIG. 22 is a schematic configuration diagram of a microwave oven system according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. FIG. 23 is a diagram showing a block configuration of the microwave oven 1A and the personal computer 2A of FIG. In FIG. 22, each of the microwave oven 1A and the personal computer 2A has an IrDA (Infrared Dat
In order to perform wireless communication by “a Association”, infrared light receiving / emitting units 66 and 27 are provided. The microwave oven 1A and the personal computer 2A of FIG. 23 are compared with the microwave oven 1 and the personal computer 2 of FIG. 2, respectively. The difference is that the microwave oven 1A is replaced with the I / F unit 14 of FIG. 6
6 is provided with a related IrDAI / F unit 141 and a personal computer 2A.
Is that an IrDAI / F unit 251 related to the infrared light receiving / emitting unit 27 is provided instead of the RS-232C port 25 of FIG. Other configurations of the microwave oven 1A and the personal computer 2A are the same as those of FIG. 2, and the description is omitted.

In the first embodiment, the relay box 3
Although the microwave oven 1 and the personal computer 2 are communicatively connected to each other by using a cable via the cable, in the second embodiment, infrared rays are used instead of communication using a cable as shown in FIGS. Since the conventional communication, for example, wireless communication using IrDA is performed, the trouble of cable wiring is omitted in the microwave oven system, and the system can be easily laid.

(Embodiment 3) Next, Embodiment 3 will be described. FIG. 24 is a schematic configuration diagram of a microwave oven system according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention. FIG. 25 is a diagram showing a block configuration of the microwave oven 1B and the personal computer 2B of FIG.

In FIG. 24, the microwave oven 1B and the personal computer 2
B is a card slot interface into which a RAM card 80 for transferring data between the two is inserted via a card-shaped RAM (hereinafter referred to as a RAM card 80). And 28
Is provided.

The difference between the microwave oven 1B and the personal computer 2B in FIG. 25 and the microwave oven 1 and the personal computer 2 in FIG. 2 is that the microwave oven 1B is different from the I / O in FIG.
A RAM card I / F unit 142 for accessing the data of the RAM card 80 inserted from the RAM card slot 67 under the control of the microcomputer 10 instead of the F unit 14 is provided. RS-232C port 25
RA inserted from RAM card slot 28 instead of
The point is that a RAM card I / F unit 252 for accessing data of the M card 80 under the control of the microcomputer 30 is provided. Other configurations of the microwave oven 1B and the personal computer 2B are the same as those of FIG. 2, and the description is omitted.

In the first embodiment, the relay box 3
The microwave oven 1 and the personal computer 2 are connected to each other by communication via a cable, but in the third embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 24 and 25, instead of communication using a cable, a RAM card is used. Since the data transfer using 80 is performed, the relay BOX 3 is omitted, the trouble of cable wiring in the microwave oven system is omitted, and the system can be laid easily.

(Fourth Embodiment) Next, a fourth embodiment will be described. FIG. 26 is a schematic configuration diagram of a microwave oven system according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention. FIG. 27 is a diagram showing a block configuration of the microwave oven 1, the relay box 3C, and the personal computer 2C in FIG.

In the system of FIG. 26, a cable 7 is used instead of the RS-232C cable 7 in the system of FIG.
C is provided. The cable 7C is a cable for an interface for communication connection between the relay BOX 3C and the personal computer 2C, and the interface is a USB (Univ.
ersal Serial Bus) or a parallel interface. Other configurations of the system in FIG. 6 are the same as those in FIG.

In FIG. 27, the relay BOX 3C has an I / F section 32C instead of the transmission / reception section 32 of FIG.
Has an I / F unit 25C instead of the RS-232C port 25 of FIG. Other configurations of the relay BOX 3C and the personal computer 2C are the same as those of FIG.

Each of the I / F unit 32C and the I / F unit 25C is connected between the cable 7C and the microcomputer 30 and between the cable 7C and the CPU 20 in accordance with the USB interface or the parallel interface according to the interface applied to the cable 7C. Are connected for communication.

In the fourth embodiment, data transfer is performed between the relay BOX 3C and the personal computer 2C according to the USB or the parallel interface. Therefore, a comparison is made with the case where data transfer is performed according to the RS-232C as in the first embodiment. Thus, data can be transferred at high speed.

Also, as shown in FIG.
In a case where another device (not shown) is connected to the RS-232C port 25 of C via the cable 7 and the RS-232C port 25 cannot be used, the fourth embodiment is used.
The system configuration is particularly effective.

(Fifth Embodiment) Next, a fifth embodiment will be described.

In the fifth embodiment, the time required for transmitting the menu name MNi from the relay box 3 of FIG. 1 to the microwave oven 1 is reduced, and the menu name MNi received on the microwave oven 1 side is stored. The data structure of the menu information MI that can reduce the required memory capacity is shown. The configuration of the microwave oven system and the configuration of each unit applied to the fifth embodiment are the same as those shown in FIGS.

FIG. 28 is a diagram showing a configuration example of menu information MI according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 28, menu information MI includes a plurality of addresses AD and data contents DC indicating contents of data stored in an area indicated by the addresses AD corresponding to each of the addresses AD.
And the capacity CA of the data content DC. The capacity CA is indicated by a maximum value.

The menu information MI includes a data DC1 including a data code, a final address, and an extension code indicated by the data content DC in FIG. 28, a start address DC2 of an area for storing a menu name MNI and heating data KDi, and a screen page. The display data DS13 includes the start / end address DC3 of the address information, the menu name MNi, the heating data KDi, the screen page address information DC4, the material data IDi, and the making data JDi.

As shown in the figure, the first 23 bytes of the menu information MI have fixed length data DC1 to DC1.
Data after the menu name MNi including DC3 is configured in a variable length format. Therefore, the menu information MI has a different capacity depending on the cooking menu. Here, each menu information MI has a capacity of a maximum of 2048 bytes.

As described in the first embodiment, when the Internet key 174 is operated, only the menu name MNi (32 bytes) is read from the menu information MI of the flash memory 31 in FIG. 28, the time required for data transmission and the required memory capacity of the microwave oven 1 are reduced to 1/64, compared to transmitting all the menu information MI (2048 bytes) of FIG. 28 per menu. .

Embodiment 6 Next, Embodiment 6 will be described. FIG. 29 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a microwave oven system according to Embodiment 6 of the present invention. FIG.
9, a microwave oven 1D is provided in place of the microwave oven 1 of FIG. 29 is the same as that of FIG. 2 and the description is omitted.

[0192] The microwave oven 1D of FIG. 29 includes a control unit 11D. The control unit 11D is the memory 11 of the control unit 10A of FIG.
And includes a memory 111. In the memory 111, a model code MD for specifying the model of the microwave oven 1D is stored in advance.

FIGS. 30A and 30B are diagrams showing the structure of menu information and heating data according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 31 is a flowchart for describing the operation of microwave oven 1D according to Embodiment 6 of the present invention, including the operation of communicating with relay box 3.

The menu information MI1 shown in FIG.
8 menu data MI data DC1 heating data KDi
, Includes data DC11 and heating data KD1i. Other contents of the menu information MI1 are the same as those in FIG.

Data DC11 is a model for specifying a model of a microwave oven applicable to the microwave system of the present embodiment and capable of operating in accordance with menu information MI1, instead of the extension code of data DC1. Including code.

FIG. 30B shows the configuration of heating data KD1i. Regarding the performance of the heating unit 10B of the microwave oven 1D, the maximum output of the microwave by the magnetron 65 and the operation of the heater 64 differ depending on the model of the microwave oven 1D. Therefore, the heating data K optimized for that model
If D1i is not used, the finish of cooking is not good or the cooking time is long. Therefore, in the sixth embodiment, it is determined whether or not the heating data KD1i received by the microcomputer 10 of the microwave oven 1D is usable data using the model code MD.

The heating data KD1i includes a plurality of types of model codes MD1 applicable to the microwave oven system, and data DD for controlling the heating operation in the heating unit 10B corresponding to each of the model codes MD1.

Next, the microwave oven 1D will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. It is assumed that the model code MD of the microwave oven 1D is “01”.

First, when the Internet key 174 is operated on the microwave oven 1D side (T12), data indicating a key input is transmitted from the microcomputer 10 to the microcomputer 30 of the relay BOX3.
(T13). The microcomputer 30 of the relay box 3
Receives this data (T14), reads the menu name MNi from the menu information MI1 in the flash memory 31 (T15), and transmits it to the microcomputer 10 (T16).
The microcomputer 10 receiving this data displays all the received menu names MNi (T17, T18).
Now, assume that, for example, a plurality of menu names MNi are transferred and displayed.

The user can select a plurality of displayed menu names MN
When one of i is selected, for example, "shrimp salad" (T19), the microcomputer 10 transmits that the key is input (T20). The microcomputer 3 on the relay box 3 side
0 receives this information (T21) and selects the menu name MNi
Is heating and display data KD corresponding to "shrimp salad"
1i and DS13 are read from the menu information MI1 and transmitted (T22, T23).

The microcomputer 10 of the microwave oven 1D receives the data transmitted from the microcomputer 30 (T24), and selects the heating data corresponding to the model code MD (“01”) of the microwave oven 1D from the received heating data KD1i. (T25). If there is no heating data DD corresponding to the model code MD ("01"), it is displayed that the cooking is not possible in the microwave oven 1D (T26). On the other hand, if there is the corresponding heating data DD, the heating data DD
The data is set in the control unit 11D on the microwave oven 1D side as data for controlling the heating operation of 0B.

Therefore, it is possible to execute the heating cooking using the heating data optimized for the type of the microwave oven 1D.

(Seventh Embodiment) Next, a seventh embodiment will be described.

FIGS. 32 to 34 are diagrams showing screen display examples for describing Embodiment 7 of the present invention. FIG.
Is a flow chart for explaining the operation in relay box 3 and personal computer 2 according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention.

In the seventh embodiment, the system configuration shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is applied, and the relay box 3 is detachably connected to the personal computer 2. If connected, PC 2
The information that is not normally displayed is displayed on the homepage screen displayed on the PC, so that the personal computer 2 and the relay BOX are displayed.
3 is notified that data can be transferred between the relay box 3 and the personal computer 2, and information is provided only to the user who connects the relay box 3 to the personal computer 2.

This operation will be specifically described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. FIG. 32 shows the relay B to the personal computer 2.
FIG. 33 is an example of a menu screen displayed on the personal computer 2 when the BOX 3 is not connected, and FIG. 33 is an example of a menu screen displayed on the personal computer 2 when the relay BOX 3 is connected to the personal computer 2.

When the personal computer 2 accesses the host computer 4 of the homepage to display the homepage screen, the personal computer 2 sends the connection confirmation data ID1 for confirming the connection to the relay box 3 via the RS-232C cable 7. The transmission (T12) waits for a response from the microcomputer 30 of the relay box 3. The microcomputer 30 of the relay box 3 receives the connection confirmation data ID1 from the personal computer 2 (T1
3) Transmit the connection confirmation data ID2 indicating that the connection has been confirmed (T14). Then, the personal computer 2 confirms that the relay BOX 3 is connected in response to the reception of the connection confirmation data ID 2 (YES in T15). A dedicated menu screen is displayed (T16).

The dedicated menu screen shown in FIG. 33 indicates that data can be transferred from the personal computer 2 to the relay BOX 3 and, at the same time, adds valid information to the user who uses the relay BOX 3 It is. Relay B
A menu screen shown in FIG. 32 is displayed for a user who does not connect the BOX 3 to the personal computer 2, so that the relay BOX 3
33 can be prevented from being confused by a user who is not connected to the personal computer 2.

A button B2 operated to designate "download cooking data" and a button operated to provide effective information only to a user who connects the relay BOX 3 to the personal computer 2 in FIG. B3 is displayed. When the user clicks the button B3, FIG.
4 is displayed. FIG. 34 shows an example of information provided only to the user who connects the relay box 3 to the personal computer 2.

(Eighth Embodiment) Next, an eighth embodiment will be described.

FIG. 36 is a flow chart for explaining the operation between relay box 3 and microwave oven 1 according to the eighth embodiment of the present invention.

FIGS. 37A to 37C are diagrams showing examples of the screen displayed on the microwave oven 1 side in the flowchart of FIG.

In the eighth embodiment, the system configuration shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 and the configuration of each part are applied, and only when relay box 3 is connected to microwave oven 1, LCD panel 13 of microwave oven 1 A screen for notifying that the relay box 3 is connected to the microwave oven 1 is displayed.
The operation for this will be described with reference to the flowchart in FIG. The screen example of FIG. 37A shows what is displayed when the relay box 3 is connected to the microwave oven 1, and the screen example of FIG.
3 is displayed when the menu information MI is not stored in the flash memory 31 of the relay BOX 3, and the screen example in FIG. 37C shows that the relay BOX 3 is connected to the microwave oven 1. This shows what is displayed when the menu information MI is stored in the flash memory 31.

First, the microcomputer 10 on the microwave oven 1 side
When the power is turned on, the relay BO is periodically (for example, every one second).
The connection confirmation data ID3 for confirming the connection to X3 is transmitted (T12), and the relay BOX is transmitted.
Wait for a response from the microcomputer 30 of No. 3. The microcomputer 30 receives the connection confirmation data ID3 (T13), and accordingly, the connection confirmation data I indicating that the relay BOX 3 is connected.
D4 is transmitted (T14). By receiving the connection confirmation data ID4, the microcomputer 10 on the microwave oven 1 confirms that the relay BOX 3 is connected to the microwave oven 1 (T15), and the LCD panel 13 displays FIG. ) Is displayed (T16). When it is confirmed that the relay box 3 is not connected to the microwave oven 1, the screen of FIG. 37A is displayed. FIG.
The Internet key 174 is not displayed on the screen of FIG.

On the screen of FIG. 37B, since the display mode of the Internet key 174 is not inverted, the relay B
It is notified that the menu information MI is not stored in the flash memory 31 of the OX3. On the screen of FIG. 37C, the display mode of the Internet key 174 is inverted, so that the menu information MI is stored in the flash memory 31.
Is stored.

The screens shown in FIGS. 37A to 37C indicate whether or not relay box 3 is connected to microwave oven 1 depending on whether or not Internet key 174 is displayed. Whether or not data can be transferred from the relay BOX 3 to the microcomputer 10 on the side of the microwave oven 1 is notified based on whether or not the Internet key 174 is displayed in reverse with the list. And that the communication between the two is operating normally.

(Embodiment 9) Next, Embodiment 9 will be described.

FIG. 38 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of relay box 3 and microwave oven 1 according to Embodiment 9 of the present invention. In the ninth embodiment, the system configuration and the configuration of each unit shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 are applied.

In Embodiment 9, the microwave oven 1 shown in FIG.
Only when the relay box 3 is connected to the side, a menu selection screen for menu selection based on one or more menu information MI is displayed on the microwave oven 1 side as shown in FIG. 15C. The details will be described with reference to the flowchart in FIG. It is assumed that one or more menu information items MI are stored in the flash memory 31 of the relay box 3 in advance.

First, when the microcomputer 10 on the microwave oven 1 side is turned on, the relay box is periodically (eg, every one second).
The connection confirmation data ID3 is transmitted to confirm whether or not 3 is connected (T12), and the microcomputer 30 of the relay BOX 3 waits for a response. The microcomputer 30 of the relay BOX 3 receives the connection confirmation data ID3 from the microcomputer 10 of the microwave oven 1 (T13), and stores the connection confirmation data ID4 indicating that the relay BOX 3 is connected to the microwave oven 1 and the flash memory 31. The menu name MNi read from one or more menu information MI already stored is transmitted to the microwave oven 1 (T14).

The microcomputer 10 of the microwave oven 1 confirms that the relay box 3 is connected to the microwave oven 1 by receiving the connection confirmation data ID4 (T15), and at least one menu name MNi received at the same time. , A menu selection screen as shown in FIG. 15C is displayed (T16).

By displaying the menu selection screen in this embodiment, it is possible to transmit data relating to menu information MI from relay box 3 to microcomputer 10 on microwave oven 1 side. 1, the communication between the two operates normally, and the menu name MNi stored in the flash memory 31 of the relay box 3 can be confirmed.

(Tenth Embodiment) Next, a tenth embodiment will be described. FIG. 39 is a flowchart for illustrating the operation of relay box 3 and microwave oven 1 according to Embodiment 10 of the present invention. In the tenth embodiment, the system configuration and the configuration of each unit shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 are applied.

In the tenth embodiment, if the relay BOX 3 is connected to the microwave oven 1 in FIG. 2 and one or more menu information MI is stored in the flash memory 31 of the relay BOX 3, A menu selection screen shown in FIG. 15C is displayed on the microwave oven 1 side. This will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart in FIG.

First, the microcomputer 10 on the microwave oven 1 side
When the power is turned on, connection confirmation data ID3 for confirming whether or not the relay box 3 is connected is transmitted periodically (for example, every one second) (T12), and a response from the microcomputer 30 of the relay box 3 is waited. The microcomputer 30 receives the connection confirmation data ID3 (T13), and the connection confirmation data I indicating that the relay BOX 3 is connected to the microwave oven 1.
D4 and the menu name MNi read from one or more menu information MI already stored in the flash memory 31 are transmitted to the microwave oven 1 (T14). The microcomputer 10 of the microwave oven 1 confirms that the relay BOX 3 is connected by receiving the connection confirmation data ID4 (T15), and based on one or more menu names MNi received at the same time. The menu selection screen of FIG. 15C is displayed (T16, T17).

By displaying the menu selection screen in the present embodiment, it is possible to transmit data related to menu information MI from relay box 3 to microcomputer 10 on microwave oven 1 side. 1, the communication between the two operates normally, and the menu name MNi stored in the flash memory 31 of the relay box 3 can be confirmed.

(Embodiment 11) Next, Embodiment 11
Will be described.

FIG. 40 is a diagram showing a configuration of a microwave oven system according to Embodiment 11 of the present invention. FIG. 41 is a diagram showing the configuration of each unit in FIG.

The difference between the system configuration of the eleventh embodiment of FIG. 40 and that of FIG. 1 is that the relay BO shown in FIG.
LED (Light Em for X3F to externally display data)
It is an abbreviation for itting diode) or additionally provided with a display 35 composed of an LCD. Other configurations are the same as those of FIG.

The difference between the configuration of each unit in FIG. 41 and the configuration in FIG. 2 is that the relay box 3E in FIG.
And a display device 36 related to the display 35 is additionally provided. Other configurations are the same as those in FIG.

In this embodiment, since the system is configured as shown in FIGS. 40 and 41, the relay box 3E is displayed using the display 35 and the display device 36 of the relay box 3E.
Is turned on, the storage state of the menu information MI in the flash memory 31 or the operation state of the relay box 3 is displayed under the control of the microcomputer 30. The displayed operating state is, for example, a state in which communication with the microwave oven 1 is in progress, or a state in which communication with the personal computer 2 is in progress.

As described above, since the operation status of the relay box 3E and the information on the menu information MI stored in the flash memory 31 are displayed on the relay box 3E, the relay box can be connected to the microwave oven 1 or the personal computer 2 without connecting the relay box. The operation state of the BOX 3 and the menu information MI stored in the flash memory 31 can be confirmed.

(Twelfth Embodiment) Next, a twelfth embodiment will be described.

FIG. 42 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of relay box and microwave oven 1 according to Embodiment 12 of the present invention. FIG. 43 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed on the microwave oven 1 side in the flowchart of FIG. FIG. 43 is an example of a menu selection screen displayed on the microwave oven 1 side, and shows a list of menu names MNi and a delete key 180. When the delete key 180 is operated externally, the flash memory 31 of the relay box 3
Is deleted. In the present embodiment, the system configuration and the configuration of each unit shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 are applied.

In the twelfth embodiment, the menu name MNi indicated by the menu information MI stored in the flash memory 31 of the relay box 3 is checked and the flash memory 31
The deletion of all the menu information MI is performed by operating the input unit 15 on the microwave oven 1 side. This will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart in FIG.

First, the microcomputer 10 of the microwave oven 1 periodically (for example, every one second) when the power is turned on is turned on.
The connection confirmation data ID3 is transmitted to X3 (T12), and the microcomputer 30 of the relay box 3 waits for a response. Relay BOX3
Microcomputer 30 receives the connection confirmation data ID3 (T
13) Connection confirmation data ID 4 and flash memory 31
Of one or more menu names MNi read from one or more menu information MI stored in T1 (T1).
4).

The microcomputer 10 on the microwave oven 1 side
Receives data ID4 transmitted from OX3 and relays BO
It is confirmed that X3 is connected (T15), and at the same time, the menu selection screen of FIG. 43 is displayed using the received menu name MNi (T16). Here, when the user operates the delete key 180 in FIG. 43, the delete key data ID5 indicating that the delete key 180 has been operated is displayed in the relay BO.
X3 is transmitted to the microcomputer 30 (T18). The microcomputer 30 receives the deletion key data ID5 (T19) and deletes all the menu information MI in the flash memory 31 (T20).

Normally, the relay BOX 3 is connected to the microwave oven 1 main body.
The screen display and menu information MI related to the menu information MI stored in the flash memory 31 on the microwave oven 1 side without providing a display device or a key input device in the main body.
Can be deleted.

(Thirteenth Embodiment) Next, a thirteenth embodiment will be described.

FIG. 44 is a configuration diagram of a microwave oven system according to Embodiment 13 of the present invention, and FIG.
4 is a configuration diagram of each unit. The difference between the configuration shown in FIGS. 44 and 45 and the configuration shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is that
The relay box 3F is provided instead of the relay box 3. The relay BOX 3F is provided in addition to the structure of the relay BOX 3 so that the display 35, its associated display device 36, and the key operation unit 37 and its associated key input device 38 are controlled by the microcomputer 30. Here, the display 35 and the key operation unit 37 are provided separately,
It may be provided as an integrated touch panel.

FIG. 46 is a flowchart showing the operation of the relay BOX and the personal computer according to Embodiment 13 of the present invention. In the present embodiment, the content confirmation and deletion of the menu information MI stored in the flash memory 31 of the relay box 3F are performed by the personal computer 2 or the relay box 3F.
This is performed on the F side. This will be described with reference to the flowchart in FIG.

First, the personal computer 2 connects to the relay box 3F in accordance with RS-232C, and a connection confirmation data ID for confirming that the relay box 3F is connected to the personal computer 2.
6 (T13) and waits for a response from the microcomputer 30 of the relay BOX 3F. The microcomputer 30 receives the connection confirmation data ID6 from the personal computer 2 (T14), and transmits the connection confirmation data ID7 indicating that it is connected to the personal computer 2 (T15).

When the personal computer 2 receives the connection confirmation data ID 7 and confirms the connection of the relay BOX 3F (T1
6) For example, the menu selection screen of FIG. 15C is displayed (T17). When a delete key for deleting data in the input unit 24 of the personal computer 2 is operated (T1).
8), delete instruction data ID8 for instructing deletion of menu information MI is transmitted (T19).

The microcomputer 30 of the relay BOX 3F receives the deletion instruction data ID 8 (T20) and
1 is deleted (T2).
1).

Note that the menu information MI may be confirmed and deleted from the flash memory 31 using the display device 36 and the key input device 38 provided in the relay BOX 3F. Further, the operation state of the relay BOX 3F may be displayed on the display device 36.

As described above, the operating state of the relay BOX 3F alone and the menu information MI stored in the flash memory 31 are displayed on the display device 36 of the relay BOX 3F or the personal computer 2.
Can be confirmed using the output unit 23 of FIG. Then, according to the confirmation result, the deletion of the menu information MI stored in the flash memory 31 is performed by the key input device 3 of the relay BOX 3F.
8. It is possible to delete the menu information MI in the flash memory 31 without connecting the relay box 3F to the microwave oven 1 by giving an instruction with a key operation of the input unit 24 of the personal computer 2.

(Embodiment 14) Embodiment 14
Will be described. FIG. 47 shows Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the relay box 3 and the microwave oven 1 in the fourth embodiment. The system configuration of this embodiment and the configuration of each unit are the same as those shown in FIGS.

In the present embodiment, the operation of searching and rearranging the menu information MI stored in the flash memory 31 of the relay box 3 can be performed through the input unit 15 of the microwave oven 1. This will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart in FIG.

First, the microcomputer 10 on the microwave oven 1 side
Relay B periodically (for example, every second) when the power is turned on
The connection confirmation data ID3 is transmitted to OX3 (T1
2) Wait for a response from the microcomputer 30 of the relay box 3. The microcomputer 30 receives the connection confirmation data ID3 (T13).
The connection confirmation data ID4 and the menu name MNi read from one or more menu information MI stored in the flash memory 31 are transmitted (T14).

The microcomputer 10 of the microwave oven 1 receives the connection confirmation data ID 4 and confirms the connection of the relay BOX 3 (T 15). Based on the menu name MNi received together with the connection confirmation data ID 4, for example, as shown in FIG. A menu selection screen as shown in (C) is displayed (T16).
Here, when the search key of the input section 15 is operated and a keyword for searching the menu information MI in the flash memory 31 is input (T17), the search data ID9 indicating the input of the search key and the search keyword is transmitted to the relay BOX3. (T18). The microcomputer 30 of the relay box 3 receives the search data ID9 (T19), searches the menu information MI stored in the flash memory 31 using the keyword in the received search data ID9 (T20), and obtains the menu information obtained as a result of the search. Menu information M so that MI is located at the top of flash memory 31
I is rearranged (T21).

When the menu information MI stored in the flash memory 31 of the relay box 3 increases, the menu selection screen of the microwave oven 1 cannot be constituted by one screen, so that the screen must be switched. In this regard, as the number of items of menu information MI stored in the flash memory 31 increases, the screen switching operation becomes more troublesome for the user.
However, according to the present embodiment, since the relay BOX 3 is normally connected to the microwave oven 1 main body, the flash memory 31 is operated by a key operation on the microwave oven 1 side without providing a display device or a key input device on the relay BOX 3 main body. Can be searched and sorted. Therefore, even when the menu selection screen includes a plurality of screens, the desired menu information MI can be displayed on the first menu selection screen, and the trouble of the screen switching operation is eliminated.

(Embodiment 15) Next, Embodiment 15
Will be described.

FIG. 48 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the relay BOX and the personal computer according to the fifteenth embodiment of the present invention. In the present embodiment, the same system configuration and the configuration of each unit as shown in FIGS. 44 and 45 are applied.

In this embodiment, the operation for searching and sorting the menu information MI stored in the relay BOX 3F and the flash memory 31 is performed by the personal computer 2 or the relay BOX.
It can be done on 3F. This will be described with reference to the flowchart in FIG. First, the personal computer 2 transmits the connection confirmation data ID6 to the relay BOX 3F according to the RS-232C (T13), and waits for a response from the microcomputer 30 of the relay BOX 3F. The microcomputer 30 uses the connection confirmation data I
D6 is received (T14), and the connection confirmation data ID 7 is transmitted (T15). PC is connection confirmation data ID7
Is received and the connection of the relay BOX 3F to the personal computer 2 is confirmed (T16), for example, a menu selection screen shown in FIG. 15C is displayed.

Next, the user operates the input unit 2 of the personal computer 2.
When a search key for instructing a search for menu information in the flash memory 31 and a keyword for the search are input through the control unit 4, a search key ID and a search data ID10 indicating the search keyword are transmitted to the microcomputer 30 of the relay BOX 3F. (T19).

The microcomputer 30 of the relay BOX 3F receives the search data ID 10 (T20),
The menu information MI stored in No. 1 is searched based on the received search keyword (T21), and the menu information MI obtained as a result of the search is rearranged so as to be located at the head of the memory 31 (T22).

The search and rearrangement of the menu information MI may be performed by the display device 36 and the key input device 38 provided in the relay BOX 3F.

When the menu information MI stored in the flash memory 31 of the relay BOX 3F increases, the menu selection screen displayed on the microwave oven 1 cannot be composed of one screen. Since the screen switching operation is required by configuring, the more the menu information MI stored in the flash memory 31, the more troublesome the screen switching operation for the user.

Therefore, in the present embodiment, the relay BOX3
The operation state of the F alone and information on the menu information MI stored in the flash memory 31 are displayed using the display device 36 of the relay BOX 3F or the display device of the output unit 23 of the personal computer 2. Further, the search and rearrangement of the menu information MI stored in the flash memory 31 are performed by the relay BOX 3F.
By using the key input device 38 or the key of the input unit 24 of the personal computer 2 and relaying it to the microwave oven 1
The trouble of the upper screen switching operation is eliminated without connecting the 3F.

(Embodiment 16) Next, Embodiment 16
Will be described.

In the present embodiment, information received from the Internet via a portable information processing terminal device (hereinafter referred to as mobile) is supplied to a microwave oven. That is,
With this mobile, the roles of a personal computer and a relay box are realized.

FIGS. 49A and 49B are schematic structural diagrams of a microwave oven system according to Embodiment 16 of the present invention. FIG. 50 is a diagram illustrating a block configuration of a microwave oven and a mobile according to the present embodiment.

In FIGS. 49A and 49B, the microwave oven system is provided with the Internet 5 and a host computer 4 connected to the Internet 5 outside the home. Also, the user side receives digital information for communication-connecting the microwave 1G provided in the kitchen at home, the mobile 2G connected to the microwave 1G, and the Internet 5 and the mobile 2G via the telephone line TEN. It has a portable telephone 8G that can transmit and receive. It should be noted that ISDN (abbreviation for Integrated Services Digital Communication Network) may be used as a line for connecting the mobile 2G and the Internet 5.

[0264] In the kitchen at home, the microwave oven 1G and the mobile 2G are connected via a dedicated cable 99. At the time of connection between the microwave oven 1G and the mobile 2G, as shown in FIG.
N1 and the 16-pole terminal connector CN2 are connected to input / output terminals (not shown) of the microwave oven 1G and the mobile 2G, respectively.

Here, the Internet 5 and the mobile 2
A mobile phone 8G having a modem function capable of connecting the mobile 2G to the telephone line TEN to connect the G is used, but not limited to this. For example, when a mobile 2G has a built-in modem in advance, the same function can be obtained by directly connecting the telephone line TEN to the modem.

[0266] Information on various homepages accessed via the Internet 5 is registered in the host computer 4 outside the house. The host computer 4 has a processing unit 41 for centrally controlling and managing the host computer 4 itself, and a homepage storage unit 421 which is a memory area for storing information including homepage information for composing a homepage screen. Memory 42,
A communication unit 45 for communicatively connecting the input unit 43, the output unit 44, and the Internet 5 to the host computer 4;
including.

In FIG. 50, the microwave oven 1G is the control unit 1.
0G and the heating unit 10B. The control unit 10G includes a microcomputer 10, a memory 11, an LCD (liquid crystal display) panel 13 serving as a display unit, an LCD driver 12 for driving the LCD panel 13, and an I / F (interface) including an input / output terminal to which a connector CN1 is connected. Abbreviation) part 145,
It includes an input unit 15 that can be operated externally and a power supply circuit 16 for supplying current to each unit of the microwave oven 1G. The input unit 15 and the LCD panel 13 are provided integrally, and constitute a touch panel on the operation surface of the microwave oven 1G.

The heating unit 10B performs a heating operation for heating and cooking in accordance with various information including heating data described later stored in the memory 11 under the control of the microcomputer 10. The heating unit 10B includes a sensor unit 60 and a buzzer 6 for the heating operation.
1, a turntable motor 63 controlled by the microcomputer 10 via a relay 62, a heater 64, and a magnetron 65 for generating a microwave for heating. Here, the heating operation in heating section 10B follows a well-known technique, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The mobile 2G includes a CPU 20, a memory 21 for storing information including a program PRO1 downloaded from the host computer 4 as described later,
A display unit 22, an output unit 23, an input unit 24 including an externally operable pen, a dedicated cable 99, and a portable telephone 8G
Of the portable telephone 8G and the microwave oven 1G and C
Serial port 2 for communication with PU 20
5G included.

FIG. 51 is a diagram conceptually showing functional blocks of software in the microwave oven system according to each embodiment of the present invention. Mobile 2G is generally inferior in memory capacity and processing speed as compared with a personal computer, and therefore cannot execute a large-scale program or a plurality of programs at the same time. That is, in the mobile 2G, a program (browser 101) that accesses the Internet 5 and downloads the menu information MI to the mobile 2G, edits the name of the downloaded menu, and stores the menu information MI of the stored cooking menu.
Cannot be executed at the same time as the program (Internet cooking system 100) that transmits the information to the microwave oven 1G. That is, it is necessary to execute the program while switching between the browser 101 and the Internet cooking system 100 on the mobile 2G side.

In designing the mobile 2G, the basic system including the OS (operating system) of the mobile 2G and the browser 101 is used as it is, and the development of the system can be shortened by minimizing the program development required. Development costs can be reduced.

Even if the specifications of the OS or the browser 101 are changed, the contents of the change can be absorbed in the basic system of the mobile 2G, and therefore, the dedicated program PRO1 developed for the microwave oven system is changed. Can be used without.

In FIG. 51, when the Internet 5 is accessed by the Internet cooking system 100 including the mobile 2G and the microwave oven 1G, the browser 101 of the mobile 2G is activated. When the browser 101 is activated, it automatically connects to a provider (not shown) via the telephone line TEN,
The Internet 5 is accessed via this provider, a predetermined homepage is accessed, and the mobile 2G is set to be able to access the predetermined homepage. That is, the operation of the program in FIG.
Internet Cooking System 1 at Timing # 1
00, the browser 101 is switched to the Internet cooking system 100 at timing # 2.

FIGS. 52A and 52B are flowcharts showing a procedure for accessing a home page from a mobile in FIG. 49A. FIGS. 53A to 53C are diagrams showing examples of screens displayed in the processing of FIGS. 52A and 52B. Referring to FIGS. 49 to 53, a procedure for accessing the homepage "smart cooking" will be described.

When the user uses this system for the first time, the portable telephone 8G is connected to the serial port 25G of the mobile 2G via the cable 990, the mobile 2G is turned on, and the homepage “Smart Cooking” is displayed. Upon access, the screen of FIG. 53C is displayed on the display unit 22 of the mobile 2G (S1 in FIG. 52A).
And S2). Here, the displayed screen is a screen for accessing the content of the homepage “smart cooking” in the homepage storage unit 421 of the host computer 4.

[0276] The homepage "smart cooking" stores menu information MI and special program information of a cooking menu that can be heated and cooked in the microwave oven 1G.

When the microwave oven system is used for the first time, the user clicks “Program” indicated by arrow A on the screen of FIG. 53C (YES in S3).
Various programs for the microwave system are downloaded from the host computer 4 to the mobile 2G. These various programs are, for example, a program for sending the menu information MI downloaded from the homepage storage unit 421 to the microwave oven 1G, or a program for editing the cooking menu. When these various dedicated programs are downloaded from the host computer 4 to the mobile 2G, they are stored as the program PRO1 in the memory 21 of the mobile 2G (S4).

When the microwave system is used for the second time after the program PRO1 is downloaded and stored in the mobile 2G, as shown in FIG. 52 (B), after turning on the power of the mobile 2G, FIG. The screen of (A) is displayed on the display unit 22 (S5). Here, when the user clicks the “i-cooking” of the arrow in FIG. 53 (A), the Internet cooking system 100 is activated and switches to the screen of FIG. 53 (B) (S6, S)
7). Here, when the user clicks the "Connect to the Internet" of the arrow in FIG. 53B, the browser 101 is started at timing # 1 in FIG. 51, and is automatically sent to a provider (not shown) via the mobile phone 8G. After the communication connection, the homepage “Smart Cooking” in the homepage storage unit 421 of the host computer 4 is automatically accessed (S8, S9). When this access is completed, the display section 22 of the mobile 2G is displayed as shown in FIG.
The "Smart Cooking" screen of (C) is displayed (S10).

[0279] Thereafter, the information of the cooking menu is searched. There are various search methods. Here, a case of searching for “menu of this month” will be described.

FIG. 54 is a processing flowchart for retrieving dish menu information on the host computer side and loading it on the mobile device according to the sixteenth embodiment of the present invention. FIGS. 55 to 57 are diagrams illustrating examples of display screens in the process of FIG. 54.

First, FIG. 53 of the display section 22 of the mobile 2G.
On the screen of “Smart Cooking” in (C), when the “menu of this month” of arrow B is clicked by the user operating the input unit 24 (S15 in FIG. 54), for example, FIG.
As described above, a list of food menus suitable for October is displayed (S16). Next, since a dish menu desired by the user, for example, “Chinese-style stewed meat with rioritori meat” indicated by an arrow in FIG. 55 is clicked (S1).
7) As shown in FIG. 56, the information based on the menu information MI of "Satomototori Meat of Chinese Style" is displayed on the display unit 22 of the mobile 2G (S18).

Looking at the contents displayed on the display unit 22, if the user requests the menu information MI, the user clicks the illustration of “download cooking data” indicated by the arrow on the screen of FIG. 56. Then, the menu information MI of the desired cooking menu of the homepage "smart cooking" of the host computer 4 is successively downloaded to the memory 21 of the mobile 2 via the Internet 5 and the portable telephone 8 (loop processing of S17 to S21). ). When the download of the menu information MI for each of all desired cooking menus is completed (YES in S21), the browser 101 terminates the access processing of the homepage “smart cooking” and then terminates the Internet communication.

When the Internet communication is completed, the processing switches from the browser 101 to the Internet cooking system 100 at timing # 2 in FIG. 51, and the screen shown in FIG. 57 is displayed on the display unit 22 by the Internet cooking system 100. (S22).

FIG. 58 is a flowchart showing a procedure for transmitting the menu information MI downloaded to the mobile 2G of FIG. 49 to the microwave oven 1G and storing it. FIGS. 59 and 60 are diagrams illustrating examples of screens displayed on the mobile 2G during communication between the microwave oven 1G and the mobile 2G in the processing of FIG. 58.

[0285] The menu information MI of the food menu downloaded from the host computer 4 to the memory 21 of the mobile 2G as described above is thereafter stored in the mobile 2G.
Is transmitted to the microwave oven 1G and stored in the memory 11. Thereby, the microwave oven 1G is set to a state in which cooking in accordance with the menu information MI is possible. When transmitting the menu information MI from the mobile 2G to the microwave oven 1G, as shown in FIG. 49 (B), the cable 990 on the portable telephone 8G side is disconnected from the serial port 25G of the mobile 2G, and A dedicated cable 99 for the microwave oven 1G is connected to the port 25G. The subsequent specific procedure will be described below.

Since the screen shown in FIG. 57 is displayed on the mobile 2G, when the user clicks the “menu list display” of the arrow in FIG. 57, for example, a menu editing for editing the name of the cooking menu shown in FIG. 59 is performed. A screen is displayed (S25, S26). Assuming that the menu names MNi that can be stored in the memory 11 of the microwave oven 1G correspond to five menus, the menu editing screen of FIG. 59 shows that each of the menu information MI downloaded and stored in the memory 21 of the mobile 2G is displayed. From the display area 90 of the “storage menu list” in which the menu names MNi of the corresponding dishes are displayed in a list, five desired menu names MNi are sent to the display area 91 of the “range transfer menu” on the right side of the screen and displayed.

In the display area 91, menu names MNi for five menus that can be stored in the memory 11 of the microwave oven 1G are displayed. When the menu name MNi to be stored in the memory 11 of the microwave oven 1G is determined (S27), the button 74 of “Go to communication screen” in FIG. 59 is clicked (S2).
8). As a result, the display screen of the mobile 2G is switched to the screen of FIG. 60, and a state of waiting for a communication request from the microwave oven 1G is set (S29).

On the other hand, when the power of the microwave oven 1G is turned on and the mobile 2G is connected via the dedicated cable 99 (S40, S41), the user operates the LCD panel 13 and the input unit 15 provided on the front of the microwave oven 1G. Since the user presses the "i" key (not shown) of the operation unit consisting of, a communication request is made to the mobile 2G (S42). afterwards,
In the microwave oven 1G, the five menu names MNi selected from the mobile 2G on the screen of FIG. 59 and displayed in the display area 91 are received, and the five received menu names MNi are displayed on the LCD panel 13 as a list. (S
30, S43).

Thereafter, the user presses the menu name MNi of the desired cooking menu, for example, “Eggplant Damage” from the list of menu names MNi displayed on the LCD panel 13 (S44). , The menu information MI of the desired cooking menu is stored in the mobile 2G
And receive it (S45, S31). Then, the received menu information MI is stored in the memory 1 of the microwave oven 1G.
1 (S46). Thereby, the microwave oven 1
G is in a state in which a desired cooking menu can be automatically heated and cooked according to the menu information MI received from the mobile 2G.

In FIG. 49, it is assumed that a mobile phone 8G capable of communicating digital information is connected to the mobile 2G via a dedicated cable 990.
(Abbreviation of Personal handy phone System) Even if it is connected to a PHS telephone via a dedicated connection cable, the same processing as described above can be performed.

(Embodiment 17) Next, Embodiment 17
Will be described.

In Embodiment 16, the serial port 25G of the mobile 2G is shared by the cable 990 for connecting the portable telephone 8G and the dedicated cable 99 for connecting the microwave oven 1G. A switching operation for connecting to the serial port 25G is required. Therefore, the seventeenth embodiment is configured so that the system can be operated while the PHS telephone and the dedicated cable 99 are simultaneously connected to the mobile.

FIG. 61 is a diagram showing a state in which the PHS telephone and the dedicated cable on the microwave oven side are simultaneously connected to the mobile according to the seventeenth embodiment. FIG. 61 shows that the PHS telephone 8A and the microwave oven 1G are simultaneously connected to the mobile 2H via the dedicated cable 99 for use. FIG. 62 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the microwave oven and the mobile in FIG. 61. In FIG. 62, the configuration of the microwave oven 1G is the same as that of FIG.
The difference between the configuration of the mobile 2G and the configuration of the mobile 2G shown in FIG. 50 is that a slot 26H for connecting the PHS telephone 8A to the mobile 2H is additionally provided, and a dedicated cable is used instead of the serial port 25G. The point is that a serial port 25H to which only 99 is connected is provided. Other configurations of the mobile 2H are similar to those of the mobile 2G.

The PHS telephone 8A has a built-in terminal (not shown) for directly connecting to the slot 26H of the mobile 2H. PHS is attached to this slot 26H.
By directly connecting the telephone 8A, communication between the two is achieved.

The operation in the structure of FIG. 61 is the same as that described in the sixteenth embodiment. The invention is not limited to the PHS telephone 8A, but may be any portable telephone capable of transmitting and receiving digital information via the Internet 5.

(Embodiment 18) Embodiment 18
Will be described.

FIGS. 63A and 63B show Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
8 Mobile and Microwave in IrDA (Infrared
It is a figure which shows the state which communicates by Data Association). FIG. 64 is a diagram showing a configuration of the microwave oven and the mobile in FIG. 63 (B). The difference between the configuration of FIG. 64 and that of FIG. 50 is that the microwave oven 1I of FIG. 64 includes an IrDA circuit 14I for IrDA communication instead of the I / F unit 145 of FIG. IrDA I / F section 25I for communication and cable 990
And a serial port 26I for connecting the same. Other configurations are the same as those in FIG.

In the eighteenth embodiment, communication between the microwave oven 1I and the mobile 2I is performed by infrared rays. Since infrared communication has a narrow directivity, I
The infrared receiving / emitting unit 7I shown in FIG. 63 driven by the rDAI / F unit 25I needs to be close to the front of the infrared receiving / emitting unit 6I shown in FIG. 63 provided on the front surface of the microwave oven 1I. The infrared light receiving / emitting section 6I is driven by the IrDA circuit 14I to receive and emit infrared light. According to the present embodiment, the labor for connecting the dedicated cable 99 to the mobile 2I can be omitted. Note that it is also possible to use a PHS telephone 8A instead of the portable telephone 8G, in which case a simpler system configuration is provided.

(Embodiment 19) Next, Embodiment 19
Will be described.

FIGS. 65A and 65B show Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
9 is a diagram showing an example of a screen display for editing in transfer of cooking menu information from a mobile phone to a microwave oven by No. 9; FIG. FIGS. 66A and 66B are diagrams showing another example of the screen display for editing in the transfer of the cooking menu information from the mobile to the microwave according to the nineteenth embodiment.

Here, the menu information MI obtained by accessing the homepage “smart cooking” by using any of the mobiles 2G to 2I regardless of the limitation of the capacity of the memory 11 of the microwave ovens 1G to 1I is stored in the memory 21. Can receive up to the full capacity. Further, a liquid crystal display panel of, for example, about 240 × 320 dots is mounted on the mobiles 2G to 2I as the display unit 22, and the menu downloaded to the mobiles 2G to 2I can be freely edited on the display screen. The state of the editing is shown in FIG.
(A) and (B). Here, processing between the mobile 2G and the microwave oven 1G will be described to simplify the description.

Each menu name MNi of the menu information MNi downloaded to the mobile 2G via the Internet 5 is shown in the “storage menu list” in FIG. 65 (A).
Is displayed in the display area 90. In the display area 90, all the menu information MI downloaded from the homepage “Smart Cooking” to the memory 21 of the mobile 2G are displayed.
Is the menu name MNi for each of.

Since the number of menu names MNi that can be displayed at one time is limited due to the limitation of the display area 90,
By pressing a cursor 92 (△, ▽) in the display area 90 with a pen, a menu name M for each of all the menu information MI stored in the memory 21 of the mobile 2G is displayed.
You can scroll through Ni. On the other hand, the microwave oven 1G is displayed in the display area 91 of “Range transfer menu”.
All menu names MNi that are stored in the memory 11 and can be displayed on the LCD panel 13, for example, menu names MNi for five menus are displayed. Therefore, on the mobile 2G side, it is necessary to select in advance five menus that can be stored in the memory 11 of the microwave oven 1G.

The menu name MNi to be transmitted from the mobile 2G to the microwave oven 1G is first selected from the display area 90 of FIG. For example, if the user wants to send the menu name MNi “steak salad” to the microwave oven 1G, he presses “steak salad” in the display area 90 with the pen of the input unit 24. At this time, if the state can be registered in the display area 91, that is, the menu name MN displayed in the display area 91
If i is less than five, the display of “steak salad” in the display area 90 is reversed.

Next, when the “Send →” button 71 is pressed with a pen, as shown in FIG.
Is disappeared, and “steak salad” is displayed in the “range transfer MENU” in the display area 91. In this manner, the menu name MNi can be sent from the display area 90 to the display area 91 until five menu names MNi are displayed in the display area 91. Also, if the “← Return” button 72 is pressed with a pen,
The reverse operation can be performed in the same manner.

On the other hand, if five menu names MNi have already been displayed in the display area 91, no more new menu names MNi can be sent to the display area 91. In this case, an unnecessary menu name MNi is searched from the menu names MNi displayed in the display area 91, and
Need to be removed. As an example of this method, a method of removing the menu name MNi “steak salad” is shown in FIG.
(A) and (B) show.

First, when the menu name MNi “steak salad” in the display area 91 of FIG. 66A is pressed and selected with a pen, the selected “steak salad” is highlighted.

Next, when the “← Return” button 72 is pressed with a pen, the display of “steak salad” in the display area 91 disappears, and the display of “steak salad” appears in the display area 90. As a result, in the display area 91, the menu name MN
There is one free area for displaying i. Therefore, a new menu name MNi can be sent from the display area 90 to this empty area by the method shown in FIGS. 65 (A) and (B).

(Embodiment 20) Next, Embodiment 20 will be described.
Will be described.

FIGS. 67A and 67B show Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a screen display when deleting food menu data from the mobile memory according to “0”. Here, for simplicity, the processing between the mobile 2G and the microwave oven 1G will be described.
The same applies to the processing between H, 2I and microwave ovens 1H, 1I.

[0311] Unnecessary food menu menu information M in the memory 21 is used for organizing the food menu data stored in the memory 21 of the mobile 2G or for storing other programs and data in the memory 21.
I need to be deleted. Menu information MI in this case
Will be described with reference to FIGS. 67A and 67B, where the menu information MI of the menu name MNi “steak salad” is removed.

When the menu name MNi “steak salad” to be deleted from the display area 90 of FIG. 67A is pressed with a pen, the display of “steak salad” is highlighted.
The user presses a “delete” button 73 with a pen. Thereby, the display of “steak salad” is deleted from the display area 90 as shown in FIG. 67 (B).

When the menu name MNi to be deleted is present in the display area 91, the unnecessary menu name MNi is displayed by using the “← return” button 72 in the manner described in the nineteenth embodiment.
Ni may be returned from the display area 91 to the display area 90, and then a deletion procedure using the “delete” button 73 described above may be performed.

[0314] By the above-described series of deletion procedures, the menu information MI downloaded from the display area 90 to the memory 21 corresponding to the menu name MNi deleted is deleted. Provided.

Embodiment 21 Next, Embodiment 21 will be described.
Will be described.

In the mobile 2G, when a request for menu name editing processing and a communication request from the microwave oven 1G occur at the same time, in order to prevent malfunctions due to program multiplex processing, in the present embodiment, the mobile 2G is used. A screen for communication standby is displayed. FIGS. 68 (A) and (B) and FIGS. 69 (A) and (B) show Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed for communication standby by No. 1;

[0317] Here, for simplicity of explanation, processing between the mobile 2G and the microwave oven 1G will be described, but the mobile 2H, 2I and the microwave oven 1H, 1I
The same applies to the processing between.

When the editing operation of the menu name MNi shown in FIG. 59 is completed and the “to communication screen” button 74 is pressed with a pen, a communication standby screen shown in FIG. 60 is displayed. Here, the display of this screen is held until a communication request is received from the microwave oven 1G. In this screen, mobile 2G
A message is displayed that prompts the user to remove the portable telephone 8G used to access the Internet 5 and connect the microwave oven 1G using the dedicated cable 99.

When the screen of FIG. 60 is displayed on the mobile 2G, the user presses the Internet key “i” (not shown) of the input unit 15 of the microwave oven 1G to switch from the microwave oven 1G to the mobile 2G. Up to 5 menu names M to be displayed in microwave 1G
Ni is required. Mobile 2G that received this request
Transmits up to five menu names MNi displayed in the display area 91 of FIG. 59 to the microwave oven 1G. The display screen of the mobile 2G is switched to the screen of FIG. 68 (A), and the display screen of the microwave oven 1G is switched to the screen of FIG. 68 (B).

Next, the user selects the desired menu name MNi, MNi, on the screen shown in FIG.
For example, when you press "Eelina Damage", mobile 2G
Is switched to the screen shown in FIG. 69 (A), and the microwave oven 1G requests the menu information MI of “eel eggplant” from the mobile 2G.

In mobile 2G, microwave 1G
In response to the request for the menu information MI from, the menu information MI of “eel eggplant” is read from the memory 11 and transmitted to the microwave oven 1G. This menu information M
The microwave oven 1G receiving I displays the screen of FIG. 69 (B) based on the received menu information MI. FIG.
On the screen of (B), based on the display data DS13 of the received menu information MI, the material data IDi of “eel eggplant” and the preparation data IDi indicating the procedure of preparation such as preparation are shown. Thereafter, the cooking operation in the microwave oven 1G is performed based on the received heating data DS14 of the menu information MI.

(Embodiment 22) Next, Embodiment 22
Will be described.

FIGS. 70 (A) and (B) are diagrams illustrating an example of menu information MI downloaded to a mobile device and a file name given thereto according to Embodiment 22 of the present invention. FIG. 71 is a processing flowchart according to Embodiment 22 of the present invention. Note that, here, processing between the mobile 2G and the microwave oven 1G will be described for simplicity, but the processing between the mobiles 2H and 2I and the microwave ovens 1H and 1I can be similarly applied.

[0324] The mobile 2G has a selling point of small size, light weight and low price, so that it is inferior in memory capacity and processing speed as compared with a general personal computer. Therefore, in the memory 21 of the mobile 2G, data is not stored in a hierarchical manner, and all data downloaded to the memory 21 are stored at the same level. At this time, the procedure shown in Embodiment 16 is used.
When trying to download menu information MI of a certain cooking menu from the Internet 5 to the mobile 2G,
If data having the same name as the name of the menu information MI already exists in the memory 21 of the mobile 2G, the data of the menu information MI is temporarily stored in a memory such as a personal computer.
It is not possible to take measures such as storing in another hierarchy. For this reason,
In the mobile 2G, when the menu information MI is generally downloaded to the memory 21, the menu information M
The download date is automatically given to I as a name.

FIG. 70 (A) shows an example of menu information MI. Here, it is the menu information MI about the cooking menu “sardine sesame”. The menu information MI includes an extension code 81 indicating information on the format number and the address at the end of the data, address information 82, title data 83 for displaying the menu name MNi of the dish menu on the microwave 1G side, heating data 84, and control. Data 85 is included.

The address information 82 includes title data 83
, The address of the heating data 84, and the start and end addresses of the control and heating data 85 and 84.

The heating data 84 includes the number of heating stages, heating information, heating mode, and power code heating time (minute, second).
Including data.

The heating data 84 and the control data 85 correspond to the heating data DS14 for controlling the operation for heating and cooking in the heating section 10B of the microwave oven 1.

The display data 86 is the LCD of the microwave oven 1G.
The display data DS is data displayed on the panel 13.
13 corresponds.

With reference to FIGS. 70 (A) and (B) and FIG. 71, processing in the mobile 2G will be described.

The file name of the menu information MI in FIG. 70A is “k” on the homepage “Smart Cooking”.
s970922. srf ”. Next, after the menu information MI is downloaded to the mobile device 2, the file name is“ 990 ”as shown in FIG. 70 (B).
913AA. Since the file name is changed to “srf”, the user does not know what menu information MI this menu is based on by simply referencing the file name. Also, the file name “ks970922.
Even if the user looks at "srf", the user does not know what the cooking menu is.

Therefore, the CPU 20 of the mobile 2G performs the following processing. First, when the menu information MI is downloaded (S50 in FIG. 71), the title data 83 corresponding to the menu name MNi is selected from the menu information MI.
Is extracted and converted into character string data of a Japanese character string as shown in FIG. 71 (B) (S51, S52). Then, the character string data is given to the menu information MI as a file name, and the menu information MI is stored in the memory 21 (S53).

Thus, for example, menu name M displayed as “sardine sardine” on the home page
Ni is displayed as it is on the display screen of the display unit 22 on the mobile 2G side with the menu name of the Japanese character string as it is. Thereby, the user can receive the menu information MI of the same cooking menu as the one selected on the homepage by the mobile 2.
It can be easily confirmed that the data is stored in the G memory 21.

Embodiment 23 Next, Embodiment 23 will be described.
Will be described.

In the present embodiment, the menu information MI of a plurality of food menus downloaded to the mobile 2G from the Internet 5 is classified into a plurality of food menu groups according to the user's preference, and the menu information MI is classified into each of the food menu groups. A method is shown in which a classification name for specifying a dish menu group is given, and as a result, a desired dish menu is easily extracted.

FIGS. 72A to 72D are diagrams showing examples of display screens on the display unit of the mobile device according to the twenty-third embodiment of the present invention. FIGS. 73 (A) to 73 (D) are diagrams showing examples of screens on which each class name according to the present embodiment and a menu name MNi registered corresponding thereto are displayed. FIG. 74 is a diagram showing the correspondence between the category names and the menu names in the mobile memory according to the twenty-third embodiment.

Here, for simplicity, the processing between mobile 2G and microwave oven 1G will be described, but mobile 2H, 2I and microwave oven 1H, 1I will be described.
The same applies to the processing between.

FIG. 72A shows an example of the display screen after the menu name MNi has been edited in the procedure described above. In FIG. 72 (A), a menu area MNi for each of all menu information MI downloaded from the Internet 5 is displayed in a display area 90, and a maximum of 5 that can be transmitted to the microwave oven 1G is displayed in a display area 91. One menu name MNi is displayed.

In the display area 90, the user presses the cursor 92 with a pen to take out a desired cooking menu,
You will search while sliding the screen up and down. Therefore, when the number of food menus registered in the memory 21 increases, it is very troublesome to find a desired menu name. Therefore, in FIG. 72A, a display area 200 of the classification name is shown in relation to the display area 91.

In the category name display area 200, “Category-1”
△ ▽ ”is displayed. At this time, every time the cursor (▽) 20R in the display area 200 is pressed, the classification name display area 20R is displayed.
0, as shown in FIG. 72 (B), “Category-2
△ ▽ ”,“ Category-3 △ ▽ ”,“ Category-4 △ ▽ ”,
The display is switched and displayed in the order of “classification-5 Δ ▽”.

In FIG. 72B, for the sake of explanation,
Although “Category-1 △ ▽” to “Category-5 △ ▽” are displayed at the same time, actually, “Category-1 Δ ▽” to “Category-
5} ”is displayed.

Now, the classification name display area 20 shown in FIG.
When changing “Category-1 △ ▽” of “0” to “Hospitality”, pressing “Category-1” in the display area 200 with a pen causes
The screen is switched to a screen as shown in FIG. 72 (C) for inputting a classification name in characters, and becomes a screen in which characters for specifying the classification name can be input.

The character input method of the classification name on the screen shown in FIG. 72 (C) is performed using the unique function itself of the mobile 2G. In FIG. 72C, “Omotenashi” is written in the character area 201 with a pen. When the writing of the characters of the category name is completed and the “adopt” button 202 is pressed with a pen, the screen switches to FIG. 72 (D), and the registration of the category name is completed. In the screen of FIG. 72 (D), the display content of the display area 200 of the category name related to the display area 91 is “Class-1”.
It can be seen that “▽” has been updated to “hospitality”.

Next, in order to register the menu name MNi in correspondence with the registered category name, the category name “hospitality” is displayed in the display area 200 on the screen of FIG. By operating, a desired menu name MNi is selected from the display area 90, and the “Send →” button 71 is pressed with a pen. This completes the registration of the menu name MNi desired by the user in the display area 91, that is, in correspondence with the classification name “hospitality”.

FIGS. 73 (A) to 73 (D) show screen examples showing a state in which a desired menu name MNi is registered for each classification name in the above-described procedure.

According to the present embodiment, a plurality of menu names MNi downloaded to mobile 2G are classified by assigning a classification name in advance, so that a cooking menu that is frequently cooked or a desired cooking menu can be easily taken out. .

[0347] Specifically, if a frequently used food menu is registered in advance by category, a desired menu name MNi is displayed in the display area 91 just by switching the category name, and the operability is greatly improved. . For example, following the menu name MNi “Western style squid rice” of the arrow in FIG.
Even if you want to cook the menu name MNi "Pork appetizer style" of the arrow (B), the cursor 20R is displayed on the mobile 2G side.
Is pressed once with a pen and the classification name in the display area 200 is switched from "hospitality" to "daddy's favorite". In the microwave oven 1G, the menu information MI of "pork appetizer style" is displayed.
Can be called.

Even if the microwave oven 1G can receive only the menu information MI of the five cooking menus, the actual number of the cooking menus that can be called by the microwave oven 1G can be changed by changing the classification name. It can be expanded to the number of food menus that can be stored on the side. Therefore, a microwave oven system that is very convenient for the user can be obtained.

FIG. 74 shows the correspondence between the menu name MNi and the classification name in the memory 21. In the figure,
The memory 21 includes an area 300 in which category name data GMi indicating a category name is stored, and an area 400 in which all downloaded menu information MI are stored. As illustrated, the menu information MI includes a menu name MNi.
Is included. By a series of operations of the above classification, the area 3
The classification data GMi of 00 and five corresponding menu names MNi in the area 400 are connected by a pointer (indicated by an arrow in the figure) to form a list.

Since the list structure as described above is employed, it is possible to easily read the menu name MNi corresponding to the classification name data GMi, and to easily change the correspondence between the classification name data GMi and the menu name MNi. .

(Twenty-fourth Embodiment) Next, a twenty-fourth embodiment will be described.
Will be described.

In the present embodiment, menu information MI of a cooking menu to be transmitted to microwave oven 1G and cooked by heating is selected from menu information MI of a plurality of cooking menus downloaded from Internet 5 to mobile 2G. At this time, a check box is used.

Although the processing between the mobile 2G and the microwave oven 1G will be described here for the sake of simplicity, the mobile 2H and 2I and the microwave oven 1H and 1I will be described.
The same applies to the processing between.

FIGS. 75 (A) to (C) are diagrams showing an example of a screen display for selecting a menu name to be transferred to the microwave oven side in the mobile according to Embodiment 24 of the present invention.

FIG. 75A shows an example of a display screen on the mobile 2G after downloading a plurality of menu information MI from the Internet 5 to the mobile 2G. In the figure, a screen displays a plurality of menu information MI downloaded from the Internet 5 to the mobile 2G.
, A display area 94 in which five menu names MNi to be transferred from the mobile 2G to the microwave oven 1G are displayed, and buttons 76 and 77. Here, since the menu name MNi is not displayed at all in the display area 94, the mobile 2
Data cannot be transferred from G to microwave oven 1G.

In the display area 93, check boxes are displayed corresponding to the display area 93A in which all menu names MNi downloaded to the mobile 2G are displayed and the menu name MNi displayed in the display area 93B. And a display area 93B. In the display area 93A, a cursor 92 operated to scroll and display a plurality of menu names MNi is displayed.

Here, for example, when it is desired to transmit the menu information MI of the menu name MNi “Evaginae Damage” in the display area 93A to the microwave oven 1G, the menu name MNi of FIG. The check box is pressed with the pen of the input unit 24. At this time, a check mark “∨” is displayed in the check box, and the menu name MNi “Unaginasame” is displayed in the display area 94. When the same check box is pressed again with the pen, the check mark “∨” is erased, and the display of the menu name MNi “Unaginasame” in the display area 94 is also erased.

In this manner, when the menu name MNi of a cooking menu desired to be heated and cooked on the microwave oven 1G side is successively selected, the screen shown in FIG. 75 (C) is displayed. Although not shown here, at the timing of screen display switching,
In the display area 93 </ b> A, the menu names MNi in which the corresponding check boxes are provided with check marks “∨” can be rearranged so as to be located continuously from the top.

Then, when the button 76 for transmitting all the menu names MNi displayed in the display area 94 of the screen to the microwave oven 1G is pressed with a pen, the above-described communication standby screen is displayed. The subsequent steps are the same as described above.
Omitted.

FIGS. 76 (A)-(C) and FIGS. 77 (A) and (B) show display screens when desired menu information MI is deleted from memory 21 of mobile 2G in the twenty-fourth embodiment. It is a figure showing an example. When the desired menu information MI is deleted from the memory 21 of the mobile 2G, a button 77 for instructing deletion of the menu information MI from the memory 21 is displayed on the screen of FIG.
When pressed with the pen of the input unit 24, the screen switches to FIG.

Here, for example, if it is desired to delete the menu information MI of the menu name MNi “Toro soup” from the memory 21 of the mobile 2G, the menu name MNi “Toro soup” in the display area 93A is pressed and selected. As a result, the menu name MNi “Toro soup” is displayed in FIG.
The delete key 78 is displayed together with the comment in reverse video as shown in FIG. 6 (B).

When the delete key 78 is pressed with a pen, the screen shown in FIG.
6 (C). On the screen shown in FIG. 76 (C), the menu name MNi “Tororo soup” which is selected and highlighted is displayed.
Is displayed in the area 95 asking whether or not to delete the menu information MI. Here, the user presses the button 79 for instructing execution of the deletion of the area 95 with the pen, so that the corresponding menu information MI is deleted from the memory 21.
When the deletion is completed, the screen switches to FIG. 77 (A), and a message indicating the completion of the deletion is notified in area 95.

Here, if button 791 is pressed with a pen to indicate that the deletion has been completed, the screen shown in FIG.
The display is switched to (B), and the display of the menu name MNi “Toro soup” is deleted in the display areas 93 and 94. In the display area 93, the menu names MNi are moved up by one step and displayed so as to fill the empty area (the display area of the menu name MNi “Toro soup”) created by this deletion.

As described above, by using the check box, the menu name MNi to be transmitted to the microwave oven 1G is displayed.
Can be easily selected.

(Twenty-Fifth Embodiment) Next, a twenty-fifth embodiment will be described.
Will be described.

In this embodiment, the menu names MNi of all the menu information MI downloaded from the Internet 5 to the mobile 2G are simultaneously displayed on the screen, and the desired menu name MNi is changed from the displayed menu names MNi. The menu name MNi to be transferred from the mobile 2G to the microwave oven 1G can be selected simply by pressing and selecting with the pen of the input unit 24.

FIGS. 78 (A) and (B) are views showing an example of a screen display for selecting a menu name to be transferred to the microwave oven 1G on the mobile 2G side in the twenty-fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 78A shows an example of a display screen on the mobile 2G after downloading a plurality of menu information MI from the Internet 5 to the mobile 2G.

Although the processing between the mobile 2G and the microwave oven 1G will be described here for simplicity, the same applies to the processing between the mobiles 2H and 2I and the microwave ovens 1H and 1I. it can.

Here, it is assumed that the number of menu information MI that can be stored in memory 21 of mobile 2G is limited to 30. FIG. 78 shows a state where 27 pieces of menu information MI are stored in the memory 21 of the mobile 2G.
It is shown by (A). In the screen of FIG. 78A, an area 96 and buttons 76 and 771 are displayed. Area 96 contains all downloaded menu names M
Ni is displayed at the same time. When the menu name MNi to be transmitted to the microwave oven 1G is selected by pressing with the pen of the input unit 24 from all the menu names MNi displayed in the area 96, the selected menu name MNi is displayed in reverse video. The screen changes to ()).

Here, when the button 76 is pressed with a pen in order to transmit the selected menu name MNi to the microwave oven 1G, the above-described communication standby screen is displayed. Subsequent processing is the same as that described above and will not be described.

FIGS. 79A to 79D show Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen displayed when desired menu information MI is deleted from a plurality of menu information MI downloaded to the mobile 2G in FIG.

When the desired menu information MI is deleted from the memory 21, the button 771 shown in FIG. 78 (B) is pressed with a pen, and the screen is switched to the screen shown in FIG. 79 (A). Fig. 79
(A) has a region 96 and buttons 76 and 77 on the surface.
2 is displayed. Button 772 is a menu information MI
Pressed to cancel the deletion process.

When menu information MI is to be deleted from memory 21, menu information M to be deleted is stored in area 96.
Selection of the menu name MNi corresponding to I can be performed irrespective of the presence or absence of reverse display.

For example, when deleting the menu name MNi “Western style squid rice” indicated by the arrow in the figure, the menu name MN
When i “Western style squid rice” is selected by pressing with a pen, the screen is switched to FIG. 79 (B). Here, an area 97 is displayed, and in the area 97, an inquiry message as to whether or not to delete the menu information MI corresponding to the selected menu name MNi is displayed. When the user confirms this message and presses the button 773 with a pen to instruct execution of deletion, the menu information MI of the menu name MNi “Western style squid rice” is deleted from the memory 21. At this time, the screen is switched to FIG. The user sees this message and presses the button 773 indicating that the completion of the deletion has been confirmed with the pen, so that the screen switches to FIG. 79 (D). On this screen, the menu name MN
It can be seen that the display of i "Western style squid rice" is deleted.

In the present embodiment, since the menu names MNi of all the menu information MI stored in the memory 21 of the mobile 2G can be simultaneously checked on the same screen, it is necessary to search for the desired menu name MNi while scrolling the screen. There is no. Further, the menu name MNi corresponding to the menu information MI to be transmitted to the microwave oven 1G can be selected and deselected only by pressing the menu name MNi with a pen, which is excellent in usability. The same applies to the case where the menu information MI is deleted from the memory 21 of the mobile 2G, which is excellent in usability.

The embodiment disclosed this time is to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is defined by the terms of the claims, rather than the description above, and is intended to include any modifications within the scope and meaning equivalent to the terms of the claims.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a microwave oven system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a block configuration of each unit in FIG. 1;

3 is a diagram showing an example of a homepage screen displayed according to homepage information stored in a homepage storage unit of the host computer in FIG.

4 is a diagram showing an example of a homepage screen displayed according to homepage information stored in a homepage storage section of the host computer in FIG.

5 is a diagram showing an example of a homepage screen displayed according to homepage information stored in a homepage storage section of the host computer in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a schematic flowchart of a menu information creation procedure for each dish menu when creating a homepage according to the embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a diagram schematically showing material data created according to the procedure for creating menu information in FIG. 6;

8 is a diagram schematically showing creation data created in accordance with the menu information creation procedure of FIG. 6;

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing heating data relating to heating control of the microwave oven according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing home page information including menu information for each menu created in FIG.

11 is a diagram showing a data list obtained by format-converting the menu information shown in FIG.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing an outline of an operation related to downloading menu information in the personal computer of FIG. 1;

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing an outline of the operation of the relay box of FIG. 1;

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing an outline of the operation of the microwave oven of FIG. 1;

15A to 15D are diagrams illustrating examples of a display screen on the microwave oven side in the flowchart of FIG.

FIG. 16 shows a relay BO in the flowchart of FIG.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the contents of a flash memory on the X side.

FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating a method of displaying a screen related to FIG.

FIGS. 18A to 18C are diagrams showing examples of display screens on the microwave oven side when menu information is not stored in the flash memory of the relay box according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing a procedure for replacing menu information stored in the memory of the relay box with another menu information in response to an instruction input from the microwave oven according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

20A to 20C are diagrams showing changes in the contents of the memory of the relay box according to the flowchart of FIG.

FIGS. 21A to 21F are diagrams showing changes in the display screen in the microwave oven according to the flowchart of FIG. 19;

FIG. 22 is a schematic configuration diagram of a microwave oven system according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.

23 is a diagram showing a block configuration of the microwave oven and the personal computer of FIG.

FIG. 24 is a schematic configuration diagram of a microwave oven system according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention.

25 is a diagram showing a block configuration of the microwave oven and the personal computer of FIG. 24.

FIG. 26 is a schematic configuration diagram of a microwave oven system according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention.

FIG. 27 is a diagram showing a block configuration of a microwave oven, a relay box, and a personal computer of FIG. 26;

FIG. 28 is a diagram showing a configuration example of menu information according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 29 is a diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a microwave oven system according to Embodiment 6 of the present invention.

FIGS. 30A and 30B show Embodiment 6 of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of menu information and heating data in FIG.

FIG. 31 is a flowchart for describing the operation of the microwave oven according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention, including the operation of communicating with the relay BOX.

FIG. 32 is a diagram showing a screen display example for describing Embodiment 7 of the present invention.

FIG. 33 is a diagram showing a screen display example for describing Embodiment 7 of the present invention.

FIG. 34 is a diagram showing a screen display example for describing Embodiment 7 of the present invention.

FIG. 35 is a flowchart for explaining operations in a relay box and a personal computer according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 36 is a diagram illustrating a relay BO according to an eighth embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a flowchart for explaining operations of X and a microwave oven.

FIGS. 37 (A) to (C) are diagrams showing examples of screens displayed on the microwave side in the flowchart of FIG. 36.

FIG. 38 is a diagram illustrating a relay BO according to Embodiment 9 of the present invention.
6 is a flowchart for explaining operations of X and a microwave oven.

FIG. 39 shows relay B according to the tenth embodiment of the present invention.
It is a flowchart for demonstrating operation | movement of OX and a microwave oven.

FIG. 40 is a diagram showing a configuration of a microwave oven system according to Embodiment 11 of the present invention.

FIG. 41 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of each unit in FIG. 40;

FIG. 42 shows relay B according to the twelfth embodiment of the present invention.
It is a flowchart for demonstrating operation | movement of OX and a microwave oven.

43 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed on the microwave oven side in the flowchart of FIG. 42.

FIG. 44 is a configuration diagram of a microwave oven system according to Embodiment 13 of the present invention.

FIG. 45 is a configuration diagram of each unit in FIG. 44.

FIG. 46 is a diagram illustrating a relay B according to Embodiment 13 of the present invention;
It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of OX and a personal computer.

FIG. 47 Relay B in Embodiment 14 of the present invention
It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of OX and a microwave oven.

FIG. 48 shows relay B according to Embodiment 15 of the present invention.
6 is a flowchart for explaining operations of the OX and the personal computer.

FIGS. 49A and 49B are schematic configuration diagrams of a microwave oven system according to Embodiment 16 of the present invention.

FIG. 50 is a diagram illustrating a block configuration of a microwave oven and a mobile according to a sixteenth embodiment.

FIG. 51 is a diagram conceptually showing functional blocks of software in the microwave oven system according to each embodiment of the present invention.

FIGS. 52 (A) and (B) are flowcharts showing an access procedure from mobile to homepage in FIG. 49 (A).

53 (A) to (C) show FIGS. 52 (A) and (B).
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed in the processing of FIG.

FIG. 54 is a processing flowchart for retrieving dish menu information on the host computer side and loading the dish menu information on the mobile device according to Embodiment 16 of the present invention;

FIG. 55 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen in the processing of FIG. 54.

FIG. 56 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen in the process of FIG. 54.

FIG. 57 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen in the processing of FIG. 54.

FIG. 58 is a flowchart showing a procedure for transmitting menu information downloaded to the mobile device shown in FIG. 49 to the microwave oven and storing the menu information.

59 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed on the mobile at the time of communication between the microwave and the mobile in the processing of FIG. 58.

60 is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed on the mobile at the time of communication between the microwave and the mobile in the processing of FIG. 58.

FIG. 61 is a diagram showing a state in which a PHS telephone and a dedicated cable on the microwave oven side are simultaneously connected to the mobile according to Embodiment 17 of the present invention.

FIG. 62 is a diagram showing a block configuration of the microwave oven and the mobile in FIG. 61.

FIGS. 63 (A) and (B) are diagrams showing a state in which a mobile device and a microwave oven communicate with each other by IrDA according to Embodiment 18 of the present invention.

FIG. 64 is a diagram showing a block configuration of the microwave oven and the mobile in FIG. 63 (B).

FIGS. 65A and 65B show Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
9 is a diagram showing an example of a screen display for editing in transfer of cooking menu information from a mobile phone to a microwave oven by No. 9; FIG.

FIGS. 66A and 66B are diagrams showing another example of a screen display for editing in transfer of menu information from a mobile phone to a microwave oven according to Embodiment 19 of the present invention.

67 (A) and (B) are diagrams showing screen display examples when cooking menu data is deleted from the memory of the mobile device according to Embodiment 20 of the present invention.

FIGS. 68 (A) and (B) are diagrams showing examples of screens displayed for communication standby according to Embodiment 21 of the present invention.

FIGS. 69 (A) and (B) are diagrams showing examples of screens displayed for communication standby according to Embodiment 21 of the present invention.

FIGS. 70A and 70B are diagrams illustrating an example of menu information downloaded to a mobile device and a file name given thereto according to a twenty-second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 71 is a processing flowchart according to Embodiment 22 of the present invention.

FIGS. 72A to 72D are diagrams illustrating examples of display screens on a display unit of a mobile device according to Embodiment 23 of the present invention.

73 (A) to 73 (D) are diagrams showing screen examples in which each classification name according to the twenty-third embodiment and a menu name registered corresponding thereto are displayed.

FIG. 74 is a diagram showing a correspondence between a category name and a menu name in a mobile memory according to the twenty-third embodiment.

FIG. 75 is a diagram showing an example of a screen display for selecting a menu name to be transferred to the microwave oven side in the mobile according to the twenty-fourth embodiment.

FIGS. 76 (A) to 76 (C) are diagrams showing examples of display screens in the case where desired menu information is deleted from the memory of the mobile device in the twenty-fourth embodiment.

FIGS. 77 (A) and (B) are diagrams showing examples of display screens in the case where desired menu information is deleted from the memory of the mobile device in the twenty-fourth embodiment.

FIGS. 78 (A) and (B) are diagrams showing an example of a screen display for selecting a menu name to be transferred to a microwave oven side in a mobile according to Embodiment 25 of the present invention.

FIGS. 79A to 79D are diagrams showing examples of screens displayed when desired menu information is deleted from a plurality of menu information downloaded to a mobile device according to the twenty-fifth embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1,1A, 1B, 1C, 1G, IH, 1I microwave oven, 2,2A, 2B, 2C personal computer, 2G, 2H, 2
I Mobile, 3, 3C, 3E, 3F Relay BOX, 4
Host computer, 5 Internet, 8G portable telephone, 8APHS telephone, 31 flash memory, 81 extension code, 82 address information, 83 title data, 84 heating data, 85 control data,
86 display data, 90, 91, 200 display area, 1
00 Internet Cooking System, 101 Browser, 102 Smart Cooking, 99,990
Cable, 174 Internet key, 421 homepage storage, MI menu information, HMD homepage information, B1 transfer button, DS13 display data, DS14 heating data, DS15 screen data, M
Ni menu name, GMi classification name, IDi material data, JDi making data, KDi, KD1i heating data, MD model code, DD data. In the drawings, the same reference numerals indicate the same or corresponding parts.

Claims (41)

[Claims] 1. An information processing apparatus having an Internet, an output unit for transmitting and receiving information via the Internet, and heating control data in supply information supplied from the Internet via the information processing apparatus. A microwave oven that performs a heating operation according to the following, and a host computer that is connected to the Internet and has an information storage unit that stores homepage information for a homepage, wherein the homepage information includes information on a plurality of cooking menus. Menu data including the heating control data for heating and cooking the dish menu that is recognized by the microwave oven in correspondence with each of the plurality of dish menus; and Of the transfer instruction button operated to transfer to the information processing device It contains the broadcast, information except the menu data of the home page information is screen information for output to the output unit in the home page screen, microwave system. 2. The microwave oven has a display unit, the supply information includes the menu data, and the menu data is further displayed on the display unit,
The microwave oven system according to claim 1, further comprising menu name data, material data, and recipe data indicating a menu name, ingredients, and recipe for the corresponding food menu. 3. The microwave oven system according to claim 1, wherein the information processing device and the microwave oven communicate the supply information using infrared rays. 4. The microwave oven system according to claim 1, wherein the information processing device and the microwave oven transmit the supply information using a recording medium. 5. The microwave oven is detachably connected to one end and the information processing device is connected to the other end to convert a signal transmitted between the microwave oven and the information processing device. The microwave oven system according to claim 1, further comprising a relay device. 6. The relay device, comprising: a menu data storage unit that stores one or more of the menu data received from the information processing device; and a request to display the menu data from the microwave on the display unit. 6. A menu name transmitting unit according to claim 5, further comprising: a menu name transmitting unit that reads only the menu name data from each of the one or more menu data in the menu data storage unit and transmits the read menu name data to the microwave oven in response to the menu data storage unit. Microwave oven system. 7. The relay device is detachably connected to the information processing device, and the information processing device outputs the information to the output unit when the relay device is connected to the information processing device. 7. The microwave oven system according to claim 6, further comprising a specific item display means for adding and displaying a specific item on a homepage screen. 8. The microwave oven system according to claim 6, wherein the microwave oven further includes a connection notifying unit that notifies, via the display unit, whether or not the relay device is connected. 9. The connection notifying unit includes an information storage notifying unit for notifying whether or not one or more of the menu data has already been stored in the menu data storage unit of the relay device. The microwave oven system according to claim 1. 10. The relay device further includes a display unit, and the display unit displays information indicating a storage state of the menu data in the menu data storage unit.
The microwave oven system according to claim 6. 11. A first input unit for inputting data by operating the microwave oven externally, and deleting the desired menu data in the menu data storage unit by operating the first input unit. A first deletion instructing unit that instructs the relay device to delete the desired menu data in response to the input of the deletion instruction to be instructed; The microwave oven system according to any one of claims 6 to 10, further comprising a first deletion unit that deletes the menu data specified by the unit from the menu data storage unit. 12. The relay device, wherein the relay device is externally operated to input data, and the second input unit is operated to delete desired menu data from the menu data storage unit. 12. A second deletion unit that deletes menu data for which deletion has been instructed from the menu data storage unit in response to input of a deletion instruction for instructing.
The microwave oven system according to any one of the above. 13. The information processing apparatus is externally operated to input data by a third input unit, and the third input unit is operated to delete desired menu data in the menu data storage unit. And a third deletion instructing unit that instructs the relay device to delete menu data in response to the input of a deletion instruction instructing the relay device, wherein the relay device is instructed by the third deletion instruction unit. The microwave oven system according to any one of claims 6 to 12, further comprising a third deletion unit that deletes the desired menu data from the menu data storage unit. 14. The microwave oven according to claim 1, wherein the first input unit is operated to input a search instruction for searching for the desired menu data in the menu data storage unit. A first search instruction unit that instructs the relay device to search for the desired menu data, wherein the relay device searches the menu data storage unit for the menu data specified by the first search instruction unit; A first search unit; and a second unit that rearranges one or more of the menu data such that the menu data searched by the first search unit is located at the head of the one or more menu data in the menu data storage unit. 14. The microwave oven system according to claim 11, further comprising one sorting means. 15. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the third input unit is operated to input a search instruction to search for the desired menu data in the menu data storage unit. A second search instruction unit that instructs the relay device to search for the desired menu data; the relay device searches the menu data storage unit for menu data specified by the second search instruction unit; A second search unit that rearranges one or more of the menu data so that the menu data retrieved by the second search unit is located at the beginning of the one or more menu data in the menu data storage unit 15. The microwave oven system according to claim 13, further comprising a second sorting unit. 16. The relay device according to claim 1, wherein the second input unit is operated to input a search instruction for instructing a search for the desired menu data in the menu data storage unit. A third search unit for searching the menu data storage unit for the desired menu data designated by the user, and the menu data searched for by the third search unit is one or more of the menus stored in the menu data storage unit. The microwave system according to any one of claims 12 to 15, further comprising a third sorting unit that sorts one or more of the menu data so as to be located at the head of the data. 17. The heating control data includes: one or more model codes indicating a model of the microwave oven;
First heating control data for controlling the heating operation of the microwave oven indicated by the model code corresponding to each of the one or more model codes, wherein the microwave oven supplies the heating. 17. The microwave oven system according to claim 1, further comprising a model-specific heating unit that performs a heating operation according to the first heating control data corresponding to the model code indicating the model of the microwave oven in the control data. 18. The microwave oven system according to claim 1, wherein the transfer instruction button on the homepage screen functions effectively when a dedicated program is installed in the information processing apparatus. 19. A control unit, and menu name data, material data, and preparation method corresponding to a desired food menu selected in advance on a homepage screen supplied via the Internet and indicating a menu name, a material, and a preparation method of the desired food menu. A data receiving unit that receives menu data directly recognized by the control unit, including a display data and a heating control data displayed on the display unit including data, a display unit controlled by the control unit, A heating unit, wherein a heating operation is controlled by the control unit according to the heating control data. 20. The heating control data includes: at least one model code indicating a model of the microwave oven;
First heating control data for controlling the heating operation of the microwave oven indicated by the model code corresponding to each of the one or more model codes, the heating unit includes: 20. The microwave oven according to claim 19, further comprising a first heating unit for controlling the heating operation according to the first heating control data corresponding to the model code indicating the model of the microwave oven. 21. The microwave oven according to claim 19, further comprising a data receiving unit that receives the menu data transferred using infrared rays. 22. The microwave oven according to claim 19, further comprising a data receiving unit that receives the menu data transferred using a recording medium. 23. A relay device, wherein the relay device corresponds to one or more cooking menus in the homepage information from an information processing device connected to one end of the relay device and receiving homepage information via the Internet. Menu data receiving means for receiving menu data for heating and cooking the cooking menu in a microwave oven connected to the other end of the relay device; and one or more of the menus received by the menu data receiving means Menu data storage means for storing data; and when receiving specified data specifying the desired menu data from the microwave oven, read out the menu data specified by the specified data from the menu data storage means. Menu data transmitting means for transmitting to the microwave oven; Data is data that is recognized directly in the microwave oven includes a heating control data for controlling the heating operation of the microwave oven, the relay device. 24. The menu data includes a menu name of the corresponding cooking menu, the designated data is the menu name, and the menu name included in the menu data in the menu data storage means. 24. The relay device according to claim 23, further comprising an all-menu-name transmitting unit that reads out all the menu items and transmits the menu name to the microwave oven. 25. A home page including menu data for heating a cooking menu in a microwave oven corresponding to each of one or more cooking menus transferred via the Internet in response to a data transfer instruction. Homepage information receiving means for receiving information; data supplying means for supplying the menu data received by the homepage information receiving means to the microwave oven; and display means. A transfer instruction button externally operated to instruct the data transfer corresponding to each of the one or more food menus, and screen data for displaying information about the food menu on a homepage screen and displaying the information on the display means are further included. The menu data controls a heating operation of the microwave oven. A data recognized directly in the microwave oven includes a heating control data for the information processing apparatus. 26. The information processing apparatus according to claim 25, wherein the data supply unit supplies the menu data to the microwave using infrared communication. 27. The information processing apparatus according to claim 25, wherein the data supply unit supplies the menu data to the microwave using a storage medium. 28. Homepage information in which homepage information is stored for providing, via the Internet, homepage information including menu data for cooking the cooking menu in a microwave oven for each of one or more cooking menus. Storage means; download means for downloading the desired menu data to the download request source via the Internet in response to a download request to provide the desired menu data to the microwave oven The homepage information includes a transfer instruction button operated for requesting the download and information about the food menu corresponding to each of one or more food menus, and the menu data includes: Corresponding cooking menu Is data directly recognized by the microwave oven, including heating control data for controlling the heating operation of the microwave oven for cooking by heating in the microwave oven, and excluding the menu data in the homepage information. Information is information for composing the homepage screen.
Host computer. 29. Heating control data for controlling the heating operation of the microwave oven for heating and cooking the food menu in the microwave oven corresponding to each of the plurality of food menus, and directly using the microwave oven. A homepage screen including menu data recognized by the user, a transfer instruction button operated to transfer via the Internet to a data request source to provide the menu data to the microwave oven, and information on the cooking menu. A computer-readable recording medium on which home page information including screen information is recorded. 30. The microwave oven system according to claim 1, wherein said information processing apparatus is portable and is communicatively connected to said Internet via a telephone line. 31. The information processing apparatus is shared by switching between the telephone line to be communicable with the information processing apparatus and the microwave oven to be communicatively connected to the information processing apparatus. The microwave oven system according to claim 30, further comprising a common connector unit. 32. An information processing apparatus, comprising: a range-side connector unit for communicatively connecting the microwave oven to the information processing apparatus; and an Internet for communicatively connecting the telephone line to the information processing apparatus. The microwave oven system according to claim 30, further comprising a side connector unit. 33. The microwave oven system according to claim 31, wherein the telephone line is communicably connected to the common connector via a portable telephone having a modem function. 34. The telephone line according to claim 3, wherein the telephone line is communicably connected to the Internet-side connector via a portable telephone having a modem function.
3. The microwave oven system according to 2. 35. The microwave oven system according to claim 30, wherein the information processing device and the microwave oven communicate various kinds of information including the supply information using infrared rays. 36. The supply information includes the menu data, the menu data indicates a menu name of the corresponding food menu, and includes menu name data displayed on the output unit. An information processing device, a storage unit for storing information including the plurality of menu data received via the Internet, and the output of the menu name data of each of the plurality of menu data in the storage unit An editing unit for editing while displaying the menu name data on the output unit, wherein the editing unit displays the menu name data corresponding to each of the plurality of menu data stored in the storage unit. The menu name data corresponding to one or more of the cooking menus for which heating cooking is desired in the microwave oven, The microwave oven system according to any one of claims 30 to 35, further comprising a menu name editing unit that extracts and edits the menu name data from a plurality of displayed menu name data. 37. The editing unit, wherein the output unit displays the menu name data corresponding to each of the plurality of menu data stored in the storage unit while displaying the plurality of menu name data displayed. The menu name data corresponding to one or more of the cooking menus desired to be cooked in the microwave is provided in the output unit. 37. The microwave oven system according to claim 36, wherein the microwave oven system is extracted from a desired group among the plurality of groups classified in advance by the following. 38. The menu name erasing means, further comprising: a menu name erasing means for erasing a desired menu name data among a plurality of menu name data displayed on the output unit. 38. The electronic device according to claim 36, wherein the menu data corresponding to the menu name data is deleted from the storage unit in response to the deletion of the desired menu name data. Range system. 39. In the information processing apparatus, when a request for processing by the editing unit and a request for communication with the microwave oven occur simultaneously, the output is performed so as to wait for communication with the microwave oven. 39. The microwave oven system according to claim 36, wherein a screen for communication standby is displayed in the unit. 40. When the menu data is stored in the storage unit, extracting the menu name data from the menu data, converting the menu name data into character string data indicating a character string in a predetermined language,
The microwave oven system according to any one of claims 36 to 39, wherein the character string data obtained by the conversion is added to the menu data as a data name for specifying the menu data. . 41. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information processing device is configured to store one or more food menus corresponding to one or more of the plurality of food menus.
An access start unit that connects the telephone line to the Internet and starts accessing the homepage information in response to a request for receiving one or more of the menu data; 41. The apparatus according to claim 30, further comprising a telephone line disconnecting unit that disconnects the connection between the telephone line and the Internet in response to completion of reception of one or more of the menu data after the start of access. The microwave oven system as described.