JP2002310432A - Cooking system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To timely obtain desired information concerning cooking desired by a user in a cooking support system for automatically cooking in a cooker. SOLUTION: A cooking system includes a cooking support apparatus, which apparatus can obtain cooking menu information through a communication line from a service center 9 for supplying communication cooking information from a cooking support apparatus 8 as a request of a user, and which can obtain the automated cooking information corresponding to a cooking menu selected and determined by the foregoing information and a cooker 10 for automatically cooking on the basis of the automated cooking information. Accordingly, a user can obtain more cooking information at need. Further, since upon the service center supplying cooking information the user must operate confirmation means, a fee-charging supply mode of the service is ensured.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to automatic cooking information for automatically cooking a cooking menu corresponding to a selected and determined cooking menu while easily obtaining a cooking menu from a service center that supplies cooking information via a communication line. More particularly, the present invention relates to a cooking support system using a heating cooker.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, lifestyles, especially eating habits, have been greatly changed with the increase of aging and single households. Therefore, it is a major issue how to support a simple and rich dietary life socially.

A conventional cooking device of this type is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-26.
The one described in Japanese Patent No. 444 was generally used. As shown in FIG. 3, the heating cooker includes an electronic system notebook 1 for creating a cooking program, an IC card 2 for storing the data, and a heating cooker 3 to which the IC card 2 can be attached. By mounting the IC card 2 storing the above-mentioned cooking contents in the microwave oven 3, cooking can be performed based on a cooking program created in advance.

In Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-296931, as shown in FIG. 4, a personal computer 4 for preparing cooking information, an information transmitting means 6 for transmitting this information to a heater main body 5, and And a heating means 7 for heating and cooking the cooking information based on the heating information.

In Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 8-96035,
There has been proposed a system in which menu information determined by input means for inputting menu information on dishes or ingredients is transmitted to a service center via an information line, and menu ordering can be performed at the same time.

[0006]

However, in the above-described conventional configuration, limited cooking information created in advance by the cooking assistance device or cooking information edited by an individual is transmitted to the cooking device. There was a problem that other desired cooking information could not be obtained in a timely manner.

[0007] In addition, the cooking information itself has been provided free of charge.

[0008]

According to the present invention, in order to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, a cooking support apparatus is connected to a service center via a communication line so that a user can freely obtain cooking information from the service center. At the same time, the cooking information is easily transmitted to the heating cooker so that automatic cooking can be performed.

According to the above invention, the user is connected to the service center via the communication line (for example, a telephone line) from the cooking support apparatus, and can receive necessary information when the user needs it. The cooking information can be automatically cooked by the transmission means.

The menu information is supplied from a service center via an information line, and the menu information can be renewed at any time.

Further, when the service center supplies the cooking information, the pay center can be provided by operating the confirmation means.

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A heating cooking system according to the present invention comprises a requesting means for requesting a cooking service, a transmitting section for outputting a signal from the requesting means to a communication line, and a content corresponding to the request from a service center. A receiving unit that receives the menu information sent via the communication line, a notifying unit that notifies and displays the menu information, a search unit that searches the menu information, and a determination unit that determines the menu information from the search unit, The menu information determined by the determination means is transmitted to the service center via the transmission means and the communication line, and automatic cooking information for performing automatic cooking corresponding to the determined menu information is transmitted from the service center to the communication line and the communication line. A cooking assistance system comprising: a storage unit that stores the data via the reception unit; and a transmission unit that transmits the content of the storage unit to the cooking device. A location and a decryption unit for reading the contents of the transmission unit, and a cooking device that includes a cooking controller for controlling on the basis of the decryption unit.

[0013] A request from the user is sent from the cooking support device to a service center via a communication line (for example, a telephone line), and the service center can return information corresponding to the request to the user. The cooking information is sent to a microwave oven to enable automatic cooking.

When the user needs the necessary information, the user can obtain more cooking information from the outside, thereby realizing a rich dietary life.

[0015] Further, since the service center supplies the cooking information, the user is required to operate the confirmation means. The determination means of the heating cooking system of the present invention has a voice sensing unit for detecting voice of a specific speaker.

The speaker recognition section responds only to the voice of a specific user and can supply cooking information from the service center, so that security and operability can be improved.

[0017]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

(Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of a heating and cooking system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing the contents of the configuration. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 8 denotes a cooking / cooking support device for selecting a desired menu from cooking menus obtained by requesting a cooking service and obtaining automatic cooking information of a corresponding cooking menu. 9
Is a service center that is connected to the cooking assistance device via a communication line and supplies cooking information based on a user request. Reference numeral 10 reads and decodes the automatic cooking information of the cooking support apparatus, and can automatically cook based on this information.

Referring to FIG. 2, the cooking support device 8 will be described first. When the user operates the request means 11 for requesting a cooking service, a signal is output from the transmission section 12 which outputs a signal from the request means to the communication line, and the information is transmitted to the service center 9 via the communication line. You. The service center 9 returns the menu information corresponding to the request information from the service center 9 to the receiving unit 13 via the communication line. This menu information is notified and displayed by the notifying unit 14. The user searches this menu information for a desired menu by the search means 15,
The deciding means 16 for deciding the menu is operated. The menu information determined by operating the determination means 16 is transmitted to the service center 9 via the transmission means 12 and the communication line.
Send to In the service center, the automatic cooking information for performing the automatic cooking corresponding to the determined menu information is stored in the storage unit 17 via the communication line and the receiving unit 13. The contents of the storage unit are transmitted from the transmission unit 18 to the cooking device 10. The transmission means can be constituted by a medium such as a wired, wireless, or memory means.

Next, the heating cooker 10 will be described. Decryption unit 19 for reading the coded contents of the transmission unit
And a cooking control unit 20 that controls the microwave based on the decoding unit 19.

Further, as means for determining the menu information sent from the service center, there is provided a voice recognition unit 21 that can recognize only a specific speaker so that the voice can be determined.

Next, the operation and operation will be described. A user's request is sent from the cooking support device to a service center via a communication line (for example, a telephone line), and the service center sends information corresponding to the request to the cooking support device. , And the cooking information is sent from the cooking support device to the microwave oven to enable automatic cooking.

[0023]

As described above, the heating and cooking system of the present invention sends a user's request from the cooking support device to a service center via a communication line (for example, a telephone line), and the service center responds to the request. Information can be returned to the user, and the cooking information is sent to the heating cooker so that automatic cooking can be performed, so that when the user needs it, more necessary cooking information can be obtained.

[0024] Further, since the service center is configured to allow the user to operate the confirmation means when supplying the cooking information, the service can be paid for.

Further, the means for determining the cooking menu has a voice detecting unit for detecting the voice of a specific speaker, and the speaker recognizing unit responds only to the voice of a specific user, and transmits the cooking information to the service center. Because it can be supplied from
Security and operability can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a configuration of a heating cooking system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing the configuration of the heating cooking system;

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of a conventional heating cooker.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of a conventional heating and cooking system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 8 cooking support device 9 service center 10 heating cooker 11 requesting unit 12 transmitting unit 13 receiving unit 14 reporting unit 15 searching unit 16 determining unit 17 storing unit 18 transmitting unit 19 decoding unit 20 cooking control unit 21 voice recognition unit

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A requesting means for requesting a cooking information service, a transmitting unit for outputting a signal from the requesting means to a communication line, and cooking corresponding to the request transmitted from the service center via the communication line. A receiving unit that receives the menu information, a notifying unit that notifies and displays the cooking menu information, a search unit that searches for the cooking menu information, a determination unit that determines the cooking menu from the search unit, and a determination unit that is determined by the determination unit. The cooking menu is transmitted to the service center via the transmission unit and the communication line, and automatic cooking information for performing automatic cooking corresponding to the determined cooking menu is transmitted from the service center via the communication line and the reception unit. A cooking support device comprising: a storage unit for storing; a transmission unit for transmitting the content of the storage unit to the cooking device; and A heating cooking system comprising a cooking unit having a decoding unit for reading the contents and a cooking control unit for controlling based on the decoding unit. 2. The cooking system according to claim 1, wherein the determination means includes a voice recognition unit that recognizes a voice of a specific speaker.