JP2005332003A - Cooking management system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent the predicted amount of power usage from exceeding contracted electric energy, and to enable the predicted amount of the usage of gas and water to be also displayed. <P>SOLUTION: At a cooking center 1, a cooking control computer 2 capable of communicating with each kind of cooking equipment capable of cooking automatically manages the operation schedule of each kind of cooking equipment by an operation schedule managing means, and transmits control data to the cooking equipment concerned at the cooking start scheduled time of each kind of cooking equipment based on the operation schedule. And the cooking control computer 2 retains a table for indicating the amount of electric power usage, or the like for retaining the amount of usage of electric power, gas, and water per unit time for every cooking condition for every cooking equipment, displays the predicted change in time in the amount of usage of electric power, gas, and water in the entire cooking center on a screen based on the table for indicating the amount of usage of electric power, or the like and the operation schedule. By monitoring the screen, the operation schedule is adjusted, thus preventing the predicted amount of usage of electric power from exceeding the contracted electric energy. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a cooking management system capable of managing the amount of power, gas, water, and the like used in a cooking center that supplies food to hospitals, restaurant chains, and the like.

  For example, in-patient meals at hospitals need to prepare a variety of menus according to the medical condition of each patient. Efficient. Therefore, after preparing meals for patients in multiple hospitals at the cooking center, applying cook chill processing, they are packed together with tableware, and these packed dishes are stored in a cool wagon or serving cart, etc. A cooking system that is mounted on a car and delivered to each hospital has been developed (for example, Patent Document 1).

  In that case, the cooking center is equipped with various cooking devices such as steam convection, brazing pan, and kettle, and cooking of various menus is performed using them. Cooking is performed in advance after receiving orders for menus and quantities from each hospital. In addition to procuring ingredients necessary for the accepted order, work procedures for various cooking devices for the day are created, and a cooking control computer creates an operation schedule based on the accepted order.

  On that day, the worker pre-processes the ingredients and puts the ingredients in and out of the various cooking appliances based on the work procedure manual, and the cooking control computer installs the various cooking appliances based on the created operation schedule. Send control data. Each cooking appliance that has received it performs each cooking based on the received control data. Cooked food is cooled and then packed with dishes. These packed dishes are stored in a distribution cart or the like and placed on a delivery refrigerator-freezer for delivery to each hospital. In this way, it becomes possible to efficiently supply food to a hospital or the like.

By the way, in a place where a large number of devices that require a large amount of power, such as the above-mentioned cooking center, are operated, a contract power amount is set with an electric power company, and equipment is operated within that range. ing. And if you use more than the contracted power, you will pay a penalty. In order to avoid this, if the contract power is set large, the basic power charge becomes high. Therefore, it is necessary to reduce the energy cost by operating the equipment so as not to exceed the contract power while keeping the contract power low. As a technique for preventing the power consumption of such facilities from exceeding contract power, conventionally, for example, as shown in Patent Documents 2 and 3, it is predicted that the power usage will exceed contract power. In such a case, the operation of the equipment is stopped in order of increasing priority.
JP 2003-263531 A (G06F 17/60) JP 7-274394 A (H02J 3/00) Japanese Patent No. 3499675 (H02J 3/00)

  However, when the techniques as shown in Patent Documents 2 and 3 are applied to the conventional cooking system, cooking needs to proceed while using a plurality of cooking appliances in combination. If one of them is stopped, there is a problem that the whole cooking plan is disturbed, and the delivery of the food may not be in time by the scheduled time.

  In view of such a problem, the present invention makes it possible to display the predicted power usage amount while adjusting the operation schedule of the cooking appliance, enabling the setting of an optimal operation schedule and avoiding the operation stop of the cooking appliance. However, it is intended not to exceed the contracted power consumption.

  Further, it is an object to be able to display a predicted gas usage amount and a predicted water usage amount in addition to the predicted power usage amount while adjusting the operation schedule of the cooking appliance.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the cooking management system according to claim 1, wherein the various cooking appliances in the cooking center are configured by a cooking control computer capable of communicating with various cooking appliances capable of automatic cooking based on control data. A cooking management system for managing the operation of the cooking control computer, wherein the cooking control computer uses an operation schedule management means for managing an operation schedule of the various cooking appliances, and uses electric power per unit time for each cooking appliance and for each cooking condition. A power usage amount table for holding the amount, and a power predicted usage amount display means for displaying a time change prediction of the power usage amount of the entire cooking center on the screen based on the power usage amount table and the operation schedule. It is characterized by that.

  In addition, the cooking management system according to claim 2 includes a gas usage amount table that holds a fuel gas usage amount per unit time for each cooking device and for each cooking condition, the gas usage amount table, and the operation schedule. And a gas predicted usage amount display means for displaying on the screen a time change prediction of the gas usage amount of the entire cooking center.

  In addition, the cooking management system according to claim 3 includes a water usage table that holds water usage per unit time for each cooking device and for each cooking condition, the water usage table, and the operation schedule. On the basis of this, the present invention is characterized by comprising water predicted usage amount display means for displaying on the screen a predicted time change of the water usage amount of the entire cooking center.

  The cooking management system of the present invention has the following effects.

  That is, the cooking management system according to claim 1 is a cooking control computer that manages the operation schedule of various cooking appliances, holds the power consumption per unit time for each cooking appliance and for each cooking condition, Based on the power consumption table and the operation schedule, the time change prediction of the power consumption of the entire cooking center is displayed on the screen. As a result, it is possible to display the predicted power consumption while adjusting the operation schedule of the cooking appliance, enabling the setting of the optimal operation schedule, so that the contracted electric energy is not exceeded while avoiding the shutdown of the cooking appliance can do.

  In addition, the cooking management system according to claim 2 includes a gas usage amount table that holds a fuel gas usage amount per unit time for each cooking device and for each cooking condition, the gas usage amount table, and the operation schedule. Based on the above, the time change prediction of the gas usage of the entire cooking center is displayed on the screen, so the predicted gas usage is displayed in addition to the power usage prediction while adjusting the cooking equipment operation schedule. it can.

  In addition, the cooking management system according to claim 3 includes a water usage table that holds water usage per unit time for each cooking device and for each cooking condition, the water usage table, and the operation schedule. Based on the above, since the time change prediction of the water usage of the entire cooking center is displayed on the screen, the predicted water usage can be displayed in addition to the power usage prediction while adjusting the operation schedule of the cooking appliance. .

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is an example of a system configuration diagram of the present invention. The cooking center 1 is equipped with cooking equipment such as steam convection 3, brazing pan 4, kettle 5, fryer 6, range 7, rice cooker 8, blast chiller 9, and hot storage 10 etc., and cooking of various dishes by them. Do.

  Each cooking device is connected to the cooking control computer 2 via a communication line, and a plurality of the same type may be provided. The cooking control computer 2 holds, for example, a cooking control data table as shown in FIG. 2, and each cooking device receives the control data extracted from the cooking control data table from the cooking control computer 2 and stores the memory (see FIG. (Not shown) and cooking is controlled based on the control data.

  The cooking control computer 2 has an operation schedule management means for managing operation schedules of various cooking appliances. When an order is received from the outside, the cooking control data of all menus included in the order is obtained by the operation schedule management means. It takes out from the cooking control data table of FIG. 2, calculates the usage time of each cooking appliance based on them, and creates the operation schedule of each cooking appliance as shown in the lower part of FIG.

  Moreover, the cooking control computer 2 holds the amount of power, gas, water, etc. required per unit time for each cooking appliance as shown in FIG. And the energy etc. usage amount table are calculated, and the energy etc. predicted usage amount is calculated. Then, as shown in FIG. 4, the predicted use amount of power, gas, water, etc. is displayed in correspondence with the operation schedule of the cooking appliance.

  The operation schedule can be adjusted back and forth for each cooking appliance by a mouse operation or the like while being displayed on the screen, and the result is directly reflected on the predicted power usage and displayed on the screen. Then, looking at the display screen, if there is a risk that the power consumption of the cooking center 1 as a whole exceeds the contracted power amount, while watching the display screen, the cooking equipment operation schedule is set for each cooking equipment unit and the cooking The completion time is adjusted back and forth in a range that is in time for the delivery time so that the amount of power used falls within the contracted power amount, and that is the final cooking appliance operation schedule.

  At that time, for cooking appliances that use gas as fuel, the gas usage of the cooking center 1 as a whole is also displayed with reference to the amount of gas used. For cooking appliances that use water, see the usage of water. And the amount of water used by the entire cooking center 1 is also displayed. By doing so, the use prediction of gas and water can be grasped in advance, and if it is provided to the gas or water supplier, the supply side can easily make a supply plan.

  The cooking control computer 2 has an internal timekeeping means that constantly checks the time. When the cooking start time of the various cooking appliances in the operation schedule of the day is reached, one operation required for the corresponding cooking appliance is performed. Send control data for minutes. For example, in the case of the operation schedule shown in FIG. 4, in the cooking center 1, when the cooking start time of the brazing pan 4 is 9:10, the cooking control computer 2 controls the brazing pan 4 for one operation. Data, that is, data indicating work contents, cooking start time, cooking temperature, and heating time is transmitted.

  When the brazing pan 4 receives the control data for one operation from the cooking control computer 2, it stores it in the memory and displays the work content and the cooking start time on the display screen (not shown) of the brazing pan 4. The worker is instructed to put the designated food on the brazing pan 4 and press the start button. When the start button is pressed, cooking is performed at the cooking temperature indicated by the control data for the time indicated by the control data. Thereafter, cooking is similarly performed on each cooking device.

  After cooking in this way and rapidly cooling with a blast chiller 9, it is stored refrigerated. After cooking in this manner, the cooled food is stored in a food cart and delivered to a hospital or the like with a delivery refrigerator-freezer.

It is an example of the system block diagram of this invention. It is a figure which shows a cooking control data table. It is an example of usage-amount tables, such as energy. It is an example of a predicted usage amount display screen such as an operation schedule and energy.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Cooking center 2 ... Cooking control computer 3 ... Steam convection 4 ... Brazing pan 5 ... Kettle 6 ... Flyer 7 ... Range

Claims (3)

A cooking management system that manages the operation of the various cooking appliances in the cooking center by a cooking control computer that can communicate with various cooking appliances capable of automatic cooking based on control data,
The cooking control computer includes an operation schedule management means for managing operation schedules of the various cooking appliances, a power usage amount table for holding power usage per unit time for each cooking appliance and for each cooking condition, and the power A cooking management system comprising: a predicted power usage display means for displaying a temporal change prediction of the power usage of the entire cooking center based on a usage table and the operation schedule. Based on the gas usage table that holds the fuel gas usage per unit time for each cooking appliance and for each cooking condition, and the gas usage of the entire cooking center based on the gas usage table and the operation schedule The cooking management system according to claim 1, further comprising a gas predicted usage amount display means for displaying a time change prediction on a screen. Based on the water usage table that holds the water usage per unit time for each cooking device and for each cooking condition, and the water usage time of the entire cooking center based on the water usage table and the operation schedule The cooking management system according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising water predicted usage amount display means for displaying a change prediction on a screen.

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