JP2006288852A - Electric cooker - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electric cooker with user-friendliness with which a food material containing a specified substance such as an allergic-disorder related one can be easily and directly recognized in an ordinary home. <P>SOLUTION: The electric cooker is provided with an operation part 10 for inputting a menu selection, cooking conditions or the like, a two-dimensional bar code reader 13 for reading a piece of information of the food material loaded on a package 12c of a bread mix 12, a display part 11 for displaying the menu or the like input and a food material warning part 14a for warning-displaying the piece of the specified food material information read by the reader 13 on the display part 11. A user can easily recognize the food material containing the specified substance such as the allergic-disorder related one by the electric cooker itself ordinarily used. Thereby the user can prevent the food material containing the specified material not to be taken in from mistakenly using, providing the user with the electric cooker with user-friendliness. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an electric cooker used in general households.

  In recent years, patients with allergic predisposition have increased, and in some cases, intake of allergic substances can be dangerous to the body, so patients must pay close attention to their diet. As a countermeasure, there has been a large-scale system in which foods that become allergic substances are registered in a database and the like so that the registered foods are not mixed during meal menus (for example, see Patent Document 1). ).

FIG. 7 is a network diagram showing the configuration of the system described in Patent Document 1. This system provides a menu for a person with an allergic disease. As shown in FIG. 7, a medical office device 20, a menu management device 21, a patient device (computer) 22, and a patient device (cell phone). 23 or the like.
JP 2003-216738 A

  However, the conventional system using a large-scale network is expensive and cannot be easily used every day in a general home, and is very inconvenient.

  The present invention solves the above-described conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an easy-to-use electric cooker that prevents accidental intake of foods containing specific substances such as allergic substances when cooking. And

  In order to solve the above-described conventional problems, an electric cooker according to the present invention is input with an operation unit for inputting menu selections, cooking conditions, and the like, and an input device for reading information on the foods attached to the food packaging. The display unit that displays the menu and the like, and the food warning unit that displays the specific food information read by the input device as a warning on the display unit. This makes it easy to identify foods that contain certain substances, such as allergic substances, so that you can prevent accidental use of foods that contain certain substances that should not be consumed. Can provide cooker.

  Since the electric cooker of the present invention reads the food information attached to the food packaging and can easily check whether or not a specific substance such as an allergic substance is contained in the electric cooker used normally. , Can prevent accidental ingestion.

  1st invention, the operation part which inputs menu selection, cooking conditions, etc., the input device which reads the information of the said ingredients attached to the packaging of ingredients, the display part which displays the inputted said menus, etc., It has a food warning section that displays a warning on the display of specific food information read by the input device, and the user contains a specific substance such as an allergic substance in the electric cooker that is normally used. Since the ingredients can be easily confirmed, it is possible to prevent erroneous use of the ingredients containing the specific substances that should not be taken, and it is possible to provide an electric cooker that is easy to use.

  In the second invention, in particular, the food warning section of the first invention displays the allergen contained in the specific food, and can prevent the food containing the allergen from being used by mistake. Therefore, it is possible to provide a safe and easy-to-use electric cooker for a large number of patients with allergic diseases that are rapidly increasing.

  In the third invention, in particular, the menu is selected according to the information on the food read by the input device of the first or second invention, and the food prepared according to the predetermined menu is cooked. At that time, the presence of ingredients containing a specific substance is confirmed by the display on the display unit, and the menu is automatically set at the same time as preventing the misuse of ingredients containing that particular substance. It is possible to provide an easy-to-use electric cooker that can save time and prevent menu selection errors.

  In the fourth invention, in particular, the input device according to any one of the first to third inventions is formed by a two-dimensional bar code reader that reads a two-dimensional bar code that is attached to a food material package and includes information about the food material. Thus, when food information is attached to the food packaging, printing is sufficient, and the manufacturing cost can be reduced.

  In particular, the fifth invention is an input device according to any one of the first to third inventions formed by an IC tag reader that reads an IC tag that is attached to a food packaging and includes information on the food. In order to read the information on the food material attached to the package, it is only necessary to bring it close to the IC tag reader in a non-contact manner, so that it is possible to provide an electric cooker that can easily read the food material information.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings, taking an automatic bread maker as one of electric cookers as an example. Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments.

(Embodiment 1)
The automatic bread maker in the 1st Embodiment of this invention is demonstrated using FIGS. FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of an automatic bread maker in the present embodiment. In FIG. 1, a baking chamber 2 for baking bread is provided inside a main body 1 of an automatic bread maker. The baking chamber 2 is provided with a baking die 5 having a heater 3 that is a heating unit for heating the baking chamber 2 and kneading blades 4 for kneading bread dough. The kneading blade 4 is driven by a motor 6, and the baking chamber 2 is provided with a thermistor 7 for detecting the temperature in the baking chamber 2 and a yeast charging device 8 for charging yeast.

  The power cord 9 supplies power to the main body 1. In addition, the main body 1 includes an operation unit 10 for inputting cooking conditions such as selection of a cooking menu and starting cooking, and a selected menu. In addition to displaying various information such as the completion time and the like, the display unit 11 composed of a liquid crystal and the like, and the material information of the bread mix 12 in which the ingredients of the bread as the ingredients are preliminarily weighed and mixed are recorded and The heater 3, the motor 6, and the yeast thrower upon receiving signals from the two-dimensional barcode reader 13, which is an input device for optically reading the two-dimensional barcode 12 a printed on the package 12 c, the thermistor 7, and the operation unit 10. 8. A microcomputer 14 for controlling the display unit 11 in accordance with a cooking method for various types of bread is provided.

  Further, in the microcomputer 14, there is provided a food material warning unit 14 a that blinks and displays a food material containing allergic substances on the display unit 11 based on the food material information read by the two-dimensional barcode reader 13.

  FIG. 2 is a detailed view of the operation unit 10 and the display unit 11 in the present embodiment. In the operation unit 10, a menu key 10a for selecting a menu to be cooked, a current time and a completion time by timer cooking are set. Hour key 10b, minute key 10c, reservation key 10d for enabling timer cooking to be set, cut key 10e for canceling information such as cooking and menus set by the user, cooking of the menu selected by menu key 10a A start key 10f for starting is provided. On the display unit 11, the microcomputer 14 displays on the display unit 11 that, for example, the current time is 19:00 as a clock function while the bread making function of the automatic bread maker is stopped. Yes.

  The operation and action of the automatic bread maker configured as described above will be described below.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the display unit 11 when the food warning unit 14a operates in the present embodiment. In the state where the bread making function as shown in FIG. 2 is stopped, the barcode pattern of the two-dimensional barcode 12a attached to the package 12c of the bread mix 12 as a cooking material is correctly applied to the two-dimensional barcode reader 13. When held over, the food warning unit 14 a reads the food information of the bread mix 12 from the two-dimensional barcode 12 a through the two-dimensional barcode reader 13.

  FIG. 4 is a detailed view of the two-dimensional barcode 12a in the present embodiment. In the two-dimensional barcode 12a, the product to which the two-dimensional barcode 12a is attached is a bread mix in which ingredients for bread are pre-weighed and mixed, and the ingredients are flour, vegetable oil, nonfat dry milk, salt It is configured, and it is recorded by white and black printed patterns that wheat is contained in wheat flour and milk is contained in skim milk as the allergy target material. As shown in FIG. 3, the display unit 11 blinks to indicate that wheat is contained in the flour as the allergy target material and milk is contained in the skim milk powder.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the two-dimensional barcode reader 13 serving as an input device that reads the two-dimensional barcode 12a representing the information on the ingredients attached to the package 12c containing the ingredients, and the menu An electric cooker that is usually used by providing a display unit 11 composed of liquid crystal for displaying various information such as, and a food warning unit 14a for flashing and displaying the allergy target material read by the barcode reader 13 on the display unit 11 As such, it can be easily confirmed whether or not the allergen is contained in the food material to be used, so that it is possible to reliably prevent a patient with an allergic constitution from inadvertently ingesting the allergen material.

(Embodiment 2)
FIG. 5 is a plan view of the display unit 11 when the food warning unit 14a of the automatic bread maker according to the second embodiment of the present invention operates. Note that the same portions as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted.

  In the present embodiment, the menu is automatically selected according to the information on the ingredients read by the two-dimensional barcode reader 13.

  Specifically, when the bread making function of FIG. 2 is stopped, when the two-dimensional barcode 12a attached to the bread mix 12 as a cooking material is held over the two-dimensional barcode reader 13, the ingredients The warning unit 14a reads the ingredient information of the bread bread mix 12 from the two-dimensional barcode 12a through the two-dimensional barcode reader 13, and the ingredient warning part 14a converts the ingredient information of the bread bread mix 12 into flour as an allergy target material. Wheat displays blinking on the display unit 11 as shown in FIG. 5 to the effect that milk is contained in skim milk powder.

  Simultaneously with the blinking display on the display unit 11, the menu key 10a in the operation unit 10 is operated to select a bread menu corresponding to the ingredients information of the loaded bread mix 12a as a menu to be cooked by the automatic bread maker. As shown in FIG. 5, the display unit 11 displays that “bread bread” has been selected as a menu, and the final time of the bread bread menu is 4 hours 30 minutes, which is the cooking time of the bread bread menu at 19:00, which is the current time. 23:30 with plus is displayed. In this state, when the start key 10f is turned on, the cooking of bread is started.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the two-dimensional barcode reader 13 serving as an input device that reads the two-dimensional barcode 12a representing the information on the food attached to the food packaging 12c, and the barcode reader 13 are provided. The read allergy target material is displayed blinking on the display unit 11, and the food warning unit 14a for setting the cooking menu corresponding to the read food is provided, so that the food prepared according to the predetermined menu is cooked. When confirming the presence of allergic ingredients by displaying on the display unit 11, the allergic ingredients are prevented from being used by mistake, and the menu is automatically set without the user selecting a menu. This saves the user time and prevents menu selection errors.

  In the above embodiment, the bread mix 12 in which ingredients for bread are previously metered and mixed is used as the food. However, mixed food for each menu such as other French bread mix and soft bread mix may also be used. The effect is the same.

  In addition, the same effect can be obtained even if the two-dimensional barcode 12a is attached to the packaging of each ingredient such as wheat flour and skim milk powder instead of a mixed ingredient such as bread mix, and the two-dimensional barcode reader 13 reads and confirms it. It is.

  In the above embodiment, the allergy target material is recorded in advance on the two-dimensional barcode 12a. However, only information on materials such as flour, vegetable oil, nonfat dry milk, and salt is recorded on the two-dimensional barcode 12a. In addition, the effect is the same even when the food warning unit 14a searches for the allergy target material from the list and displays the warning.

(Embodiment 3)
FIG. 6 is an overall configuration diagram of an automatic bread maker according to the third embodiment of the present invention. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected about the same part as the said embodiment, and the description is abbreviate | omitted.

  In this embodiment, an IC tag 12b for recording the material information is attached to the package 12c of the bread bread mix 12 in which the ingredients of bread bread, which are ingredients, are previously weighed and mixed and prepared, and the bread making function is stopped. When the IC tag 12b attached to the bread bread mix 12 approaches, an IC tag reader 15 serving as an input device for reading information recorded on the IC tag 12b by radio waves is provided.

  In the microcomputer 14, there is provided a food warning unit 14 a that blinks and displays a food containing allergic substances on the display unit 11 based on the food information read by the IC tag reader 15. The information recorded on the IC tag 12b in the present embodiment is the same as that stored in the two-dimensional barcode 12a in the first embodiment, and the operation of the food warning unit 14a is the same as that in the first embodiment. Since it is the same, description is abbreviate | omitted.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the IC tag 12b which is attached to the food packaging 12c and represents the information on the food, the food warning unit 14a, the IC tag reader 15 which is an input device for reading the IC tag 12b, By providing the food warning unit 14a for flashing and displaying the allergy target foods read by the IC tag reader 15 on the display unit 11, the food information can be read by radio waves. Since it can be easily confirmed whether or not an allergen is contained in the food with the electric cooker itself, it is possible to prevent a patient with an allergic constitution from inadvertently taking the food of the allergen.

  In the above-described embodiment, a bread mix in which ingredients for bread are measured and mixed in advance is used as a food. However, an IC tag reader is provided with an IC tag 12b on the packaging of each food such as wheat flour and skim milk powder. Even if it is the structure which confirms reading by 15, the effect is the same.

  In the present embodiment, the allergy target material is recorded in advance on the IC tag 12b, but only information on materials such as flour, vegetable oil, skim milk powder, and salt is recorded in the IC tag 12b. The effect is the same even if the food warning unit 14a searches for the allergy target material from the list and displays a warning.

  In addition, in the said embodiment, although the automatic bread machine was used as an example of an electric cooker, the effect is the same even if it uses an electric cooker using several foodstuffs, such as another range and a rice cooker.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the allergic substance was used as a specific substance in the foodstuff which the food warning part 14a warns, for example, salt, potassium, phosphorus etc. so that it may respond to the patient of a kidney disease. Even if it corresponds to the specific substance which should not be ingested with a meal, there exists an effect similar to this Embodiment.

  Further, in the above embodiment, the display unit 11 composed of liquid crystal is used for the food warning unit 14a to warn of allergic substances, but it is possible to use other devices and means capable of warning other than sound and voice warnings. The effect is the same.

  As described above, the electric cooker according to the present invention can be seen at a glance among the ingredients used for each menu, including the specific substances, and is applicable to all electric cookers using different ingredients for each menu. it can.

Whole block diagram of automatic bread maker in Embodiment 1 of the present invention Plan view of the operation unit and display unit in the automatic bread machine Plan view of the display unit during operation of the food warning unit in the automatic bread maker Detailed view of 2D barcode in the automatic bread machine The top view of the display part at the time of operation | movement of the food warning part of the automatic bread maker in Embodiment 2 of this invention Whole block diagram of automatic bread maker in Embodiment 3 of the present invention Network diagram showing the structure of a system that provides menus for people with allergic diseases

Explanation of symbols

10 Operation part 10a Menu key 11 Display part 12 Bread bread mix (foodstuff)
12a 2D barcode 12b IC tag 12c Packaging 13 2D barcode reader (input device)
14 Microcomputer 14a Food Warning Section 15 IC Tag Reader (Input Device)

Claims (5)

An operation unit for inputting menu selections, cooking conditions, etc., an input device for reading information on the ingredients attached to the packaging of the ingredients, a display unit for displaying the input menus, etc., and a specification read by the input device An electric cooker having an ingredient warning unit for displaying the ingredient information on the display unit as a warning. The electric cooker according to claim 1, wherein an allergen contained in the specific food is displayed in the food warning unit. The electric cooker according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a menu is selected in accordance with information on the ingredients read by the input device. The electric cooker according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the input device is formed by a two-dimensional bar code reader that reads a two-dimensional bar code that is attached to food packaging and includes information on the food. The electric cooker according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the input device is formed by an IC tag reader that reads an IC tag that is attached to a package of food and includes information on the food.