JP2003263531A - Cooking system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To remove the necessity of a large-capacity memory and a high data- processing capability from cooking equipments. <P>SOLUTION: Control data is transmitted from cooking control computers 1A and 1B in cooking centers A and B to the cooking equipment. Based on the control data, the cooking equipment conduct automatic cooking. In such a cooking system, the cooking control computers 1A and 1B create operational schedules for the cooking centers, and transmit the control data required for one action to the cooking equipment involved when scheduled for the equipment to start cooking based on the output of a clocking means and the operational schedules. The equipment execute one cooking based on the control data received from the cooking control computers. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cooking system in a cooking center for supplying food to hospitals, restaurant chains and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, for meals for inpatients in a hospital, it is necessary to prepare a variety of menus according to the medical condition of each patient. Conventionally, however, each hospital has a kitchen where Cooked and served, or
I had to ask an outside food supply company to provide cooking.

However, as described above, it is inefficient and inefficient to perform cooking for each hospital because of facility and human resources. Therefore, in order to solve the problem, for example, as shown in Japanese Patent No. 2644187 (A47B 31/02), the following feeding system has been proposed.

That is, meals for patients at a plurality of hospitals are cooked at a cooking center, subjected to cook chill processing, and then packed together with tableware. The packed dishes are stored in a cool wagon or a serving cart, placed on a refrigerating vehicle for delivery, and delivered to each hospital.

In this case, the cooking center is equipped with various cooking equipment such as a brazing pan, a steam oven, and a kettle, and these are used to cook various menus. Cooking is done after accepting orders for menus and quantities from each hospital in advance. Then, while procuring the necessary ingredients for the received order, a work procedure manual for various cooking appliances of the day is prepared.

[0006] On the day, the worker puts the food in and out of various cooking appliances and turns on and off the various cooking appliances to cook, cools, and packs with the tableware based on the work procedure manual. . The packed dishes are stored in a catering cart or the like, placed on a refrigerating vehicle for delivery, and delivered to each hospital.

[0007] However, in the cooking center in such a lunch system, it is necessary to prepare a work procedure manual in response to the received order, which is very time-consuming, and based on the prepared work procedure manual. Therefore, the work becomes complicated because it is necessary to put the food in and out of the various cooking appliances and operate the various cooking appliances. Therefore, it is necessary for the worker to be skilled in the work, and a temporary worker such as a part-time worker cannot deal with it, and a rise in labor cost cannot be avoided.

[0008] Therefore, the present applicant has previously filed Japanese Patent Application No. 2001-26284.
As 6 the following cooking system was proposed. That is, in the cooking system, the cooking control computer
An order is received from the outside via a communication means, an operation schedule is created based on the received order, and control data is transmitted to various cooking appliances based on the operation schedule. Each cooking appliance that has received it cooks based on the received control data. At that time, each cooking appliance displays the following work content on the display of each cooking appliance based on the received control data.

In this way, it is not necessary to prepare a work procedure manual, the work is simplified, the worker does not necessarily need to be skilled in the work, and a temporary worker such as a part-time worker can handle it. .

[0010]

However, in such a cooking system, in a cooking appliance that repeats cooking many times, the data amount of the control data received from the cooking control computer becomes large and the large amount of control data is retained. There is a problem that the memory is required. Further, there is also a problem that the time is managed in each cooking device, and when the predetermined time comes, cooking is performed under a predetermined condition, so that each cooking device requires a high data processing capability. .

An object of the present invention is to solve such a problem, that is, to eliminate the need for a large-capacity memory or high-level data processing capability for each cooking appliance.

[0012]

In order to solve the above problems, the cooking system according to claim 1 is a cooking system capable of automatic cooking based on control data, and cooking control capable of communicating with the various cooking devices. A cooking system comprising a computer, wherein the cooking control computer includes various kinds of cooking equipment based on timing means, operation schedule management means for managing the operation schedule of the cooking center, and the output of the timing means and the operation schedule. Control data transmitting means for transmitting control data for one operation required for the corresponding cooking appliance at the scheduled cooking start time of, and the various cooking appliances receiving control data for receiving control data from the cooking control computer. And a cooking means for performing cooking based on the control data received by the receiving means. That. This eliminates the need for a large-capacity memory or sophisticated data processing capability for each cooking appliance.

The various cooking appliances of the cooking system according to the second aspect of the invention are provided with a cooking start means for instructing the start of cooking, and the fact that the cooking start means is instructed and the control data are received. It is characterized in that cooking is started on the condition. By doing so, it is possible to manage the cooking start of each cooking device so that it does not come earlier than the scheduled cooking start time determined by the operation schedule.

[0014]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of the present invention. Here, a case where there are two cooking centers in a certain area will be described. The cooking centers A and B have brazing pans 2A and 2B, steam ovens 3A and 3B, kettles 4A and 4B, and a fryer 5, respectively.
A, 5B, blast chillers 6A, 6B, tumble chillers 7A, 7B, defrosting chambers 8A, 8B, etc. are provided and cooking of various dishes is carried out.

Each cooking appliance is connected to the cooking control computer 1A, 1B by a communication line, and there may be a case where a plurality of cooking appliances of the same type are provided. The cooking control computers 1A and 1B hold a cooking control data table as shown in FIG. 3, for example, and each cooking appliance receives the control data extracted from the cooking control data table from the cooking control computers 1A and 1B. The cooking is controlled.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a control system in the cooking center. Each of the cooking appliances, such as the brazing pan 2A, the steam oven 3A, ..., Has a brazing pan control unit 20, a steam oven control unit 30, ...
・ The cooking control circuit 2 is provided by these control units.
Cooking is controlled by controlling a cooking means such as a heater via 2, 32, ....

At this time, the control data received from the cooking control computer 1A is stored in the memories 21, 31, ... And the control is performed based on the control data. Also,
Each cooking device such as the brazing pan 2A and the steam oven 3A is provided with start buttons 24 and 34 for starting cooking and indicators 26 and 36 for displaying data, which are input control circuits 23 and 33, respectively. Display control circuit 25, 3
Are connected to the brazing pan control unit 20, the steam oven control unit 30 ,.

The management computer 10 of the food supply company
Cooking control computers 1A and 1B of the cooking centers A and B, the hospital 11, and the employee cafeteria 1 via the communication line 15.
3, connected to a user computer such as the restaurant chain 14 Then, reservation orders from the hospital 11, employee cafeteria 13, restaurant chain 14, etc.
Accepted via 5. For example, a pre-order from the hospital 11 is made from the user computer 12.

At this time, which cooking center is in charge of cooking of the hospital 11, employee cafeteria 13, and restaurant chain 14 is determined in advance in consideration of the distance from the cooking center, etc. When an order is accepted, the cooking control computer 1 of the cooking center, for example, the cooking center A, which is in charge of the food of the orderer.
Send the contents of the order to A. Cooking control computer 1A
Then, when the contents of the order are received from the management computer 10, the operation schedule management means retrieves the cooking control data of all the menus included in the order from the cooking control data table of FIG. 3, and uses each cooking appliance based on them. The time is calculated and, for example, an operation schedule of each cooking appliance as shown in FIG. 4 is created.

In that case, the operation schedule is created in the order in which the orders are received, and in the process, it is judged whether or not the contents of the received order can be incorporated into the operation schedule. Do not accept orders. By doing so, it is possible to determine whether or not the order can be dealt with at the stage of accepting the order, and it is possible to prevent the excessive order from being accepted.

The cooking control computers 1A and 1B have internal clocking means for constantly checking the time, and when the cooking start time of each cooking equipment of the operation schedule comes, it is necessary for the corresponding cooking equipment. The control data for one operation is transmitted. For example, in the case of the operation schedule shown in FIG. 4, at the cooking center A, when the cooking start time of the brazing pan 2A is 13:00, the cooking control computer 1A causes the brazing pan 2A to control data for one operation, that is, , Send data indicating the working time, cooking start time, cooking temperature, and heating time.

When the brazing pan 2A receives the control data for one operation from the cooking control computer 1A, it stores it in the memory 31 and waits for the start button 24 to be pressed. Further, the next work content and cooking start time are displayed on the display device 26 according to the received control data.
According to the display, the worker puts the food material on the brazing pan 2A and presses the start button 24. When the start button 24 is pressed, the brazing pan control unit 20 executes the cooking at the cooking temperature indicated by the control data received via the cooking control circuit 32 for the time indicated by the control data.

In this way, the memory 31 need only store the control data for one operation, so that a large-capacity memory becomes unnecessary, and the brazing pan control unit 20 is not required.
Does not require a high level of data processing ability because it only reads and executes control data for one operation.

Blast chiller 6 cooked in this way
After being rapidly cooled at A, it is stored refrigerated. Then, at 13:30, which is the cooking start time of the steam oven 3A, the cooking control computer 1A transmits control data for one operation to the steam oven 3A this time, and in the steam oven 3A, similarly. Do the cooking. Furthermore, the second cooking start time of the brazing bread 2A is 13: 4.
At 0 minutes, the cooking control computer 1A transmits the control data for the next one operation to the brazing pan 2A,
Cooking is similarly performed in the brazing pan 2A. And cooking in steam oven 3A and brazing pan 2A
The second cooking is completed at 14:15 at the same time, and those cookings are simultaneously cooled by the blast chiller 6A after cooking.

Further, various cooking appliances such as the brazing pan 2A and the steam oven 3A start cooking on the condition that the start button 24 is pressed and the control data is received. That is, before receiving the control data from the cooking control computer 1A, even if the start button 2
Cooking is not started even if 4 is pressed.

As a result, it is possible to manage so that the cooking start of each cooking device does not come earlier than the scheduled cooking start time determined by the operation schedule. As a result, when the next cooling process is performed together, such as the cooking in the steam oven 3A and the second cooking in the brazing pan 2A, only one of the dishes is completed quickly and the other is cooked quickly. It is possible to prevent waiting for the completion of cooking, the temperature of the cooking gradually lowering, and being put in an undesired state for hygiene.

After cooking in this way, the cooled dishes are stored in the serving carts 9A, 9B, and then the cooking control computers 1A, 1B provide the heating control data used for heating them to the serving carts 9A, 9B. Write in. After that, the serving carts 9A and 9B were moved to the hospital 11, employee cafeteria 1
3. Deliver to the restaurant chain 14 etc. by a refrigerating vehicle for delivery.

At the hospital 11 etc., when the serving carts 9A, 9B are sent, they are moved to the serving room and the serving carts 9A, 9B are sent.
Set the power cable of. As a result, the serving cart 9
In A and 9B, heating is started based on the heating control data, and heating is performed for a predetermined time.

[0029]

Since the present invention is constructed as described above, it has the following effects. That is, in the cooking system according to claim 1, the cooking control computer transmits the control data for one operation required for the corresponding cooking appliance at the scheduled cooking start time of the various cooking appliances, and the various cooking appliances receive it. Since cooking is performed based on the control data, a large-capacity memory or sophisticated data processing capability is not required for each cooking appliance.

Further, since the various cooking appliances of the cooking system according to the second aspect start cooking on the condition that there is a start command for the cooking start means and that the control data is received, It is possible to manage the cooking start of each cooking device so as not to be earlier than the scheduled cooking start time determined by the operation schedule.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a control system in the cooking center.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a cooking control data table.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an operation schedule of each cooking appliance.

[Explanation of symbols]

1A, 1B ... Cooking control computer 9A, 9B ... Serving cart 10 ... Management computer 12 ... User computer 15 ... communication line

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Katsuya Kobayashi             2-5-3 Keihan Hondori, Moriguchi City, Osaka Prefecture             Within Yo Denki Co., Ltd.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A cooking system comprising various cooking appliances capable of automatic cooking based on control data and a cooking control computer capable of communicating with the various cooking appliances, wherein the cooking control computer comprises a clocking means and the cooking. Based on the operation schedule management means for managing the operation schedule of the center and the output of the clocking means and the operation schedule, the control data for one operation required for the corresponding cooking equipment at the scheduled cooking start time of each cooking equipment. The various cooking equipment includes control data transmitting means for transmitting, control data receiving means for receiving control data from the cooking control computer, and cooking means for performing cooking based on the control data received by the receiving means. Cooking system characterized by having. 2. The various cooking devices include cooking start means for instructing the start of cooking, and start cooking on the condition that there is a start instruction for the cooking start means and that the control data is received. The cooking system according to claim 1, wherein: