JP2007334721A - Network household appliance - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a network household appliance which operates depending on the seasons by being interlocked with a household electric appliance having season information on the date. <P>SOLUTION: In the network household appliance comprising household appliances having season information on the date and having the mutually communicable communication function, season information on the date from the household appliance is obtained by using the communication function, the internal data of a product preset according to the season information is selected based on the season information, and executed. Even in the household appliances having no season information on the date among a plurality of household appliances, season information on the date is received, and the internal data of the product preset according to the season information is selected based on the season information, and executed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to network home appliances, and more specifically, obtains seasonal information related to the date from a home appliance (eg, DVD, video, radio clock, personal computer, mobile phone, etc.) having seasonal information related to the date. It relates to network home appliances that allow the internal data of products to be changed and calculated.

  Household electrical products (hereinafter referred to as home appliances) include electric rice cookers, electric water heaters, hot plates, personal computers, and the like. Conventionally, these home appliances are individually controlled and operated. Yes.

  By the way, in recent years, microprocessors have been mounted on many home appliances, and their multifunctionalization has been advanced. In addition, with the progress of communication technology centered on personal computers (hereinafter referred to as personal computers), it is also becoming practical to exchange data by connecting personal computers and home appliances to each other. For example, in household appliances for cooking with relatively high functions such as a microwave oven, application of computer communication technology such as obtaining a recipe via such a network has been proposed, and some products have been put to practical use. .

  Under such circumstances, home appliances are also considered to be networked at home. For example, an electric rice cooker having communication means and an electric water heater having communication means communicate with each other by communication. Connected, the electric water heater acquires information on whether or not the electric rice cooker is in a rice cooking operation by communication, and when the electric rice cooker is in a rice cooking operation, the water heater operation is in an inactive state. What was comprised is proposed (refer patent document 1).

  When configured as described above, during the rice cooking operation by the electric rice cooker, the water heater operation of the electric water heater is deactivated, and the power consumption load can be automatically reduced, which is extremely convenient. is there.

JP 2002-28077 A.

  However, the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 relates to a network home appliance constituted by an electric rice cooker and an electric water heater, and during the rice cooking operation by the electric rice cooker, the water heater operation of the electric water heater. Is intended to automatically reduce the power consumption load by being inactive, and does not control home appliances in a coordinated manner according to the season.

  This invention is made | formed in view of said point, It aims at making the driving | operation corresponding to a season possible by making it cooperate with the household appliances which have the season information regarding a date.

  In this invention, as a 1st means for solving the said subject, in the network household appliance which consists of a household appliance with the communication function which has the season information regarding a month and day, and was able to communicate, it is related with the month and day from the said household appliance. Season information is obtained by using a communication function, and internal data of a product set in advance according to the season information can be selected and executed based on the season information.

  By configuring as described above, even among household appliances that do not have seasonal information about the month and day among a plurality of household appliances, the seasonal information about the month and day is received, and based on the seasonal information The internal data of the product set in advance according to the season information is selected and executed. Therefore, even with home appliances that do not have season information related to the date, effective operation control corresponding to the season information related to the date can be performed.

  In the present invention, as a second means for solving the above-mentioned problem, in the network home appliance provided with the above-mentioned first means, the determination of the season information relating to the month and day is performed, and the season relating to the month and day connected to the network is determined. Of the electrical products that provide information, it can be determined only when the season information on the month and day of at least two models is the same. In such a case, the season information on the month and day connected to the network is displayed. Of the electrical products to be provided, the seasonal information regarding the date can be determined only when the seasonal information regarding the month and date of at least two models is the same, and more accurate seasonal information can be obtained. Note that seasonal correction is not performed when the data of two or more models do not match.

  In the present invention, as a third means for solving the above-described problem, in the network home appliance provided with the second means, when a plurality of types of seasonal information related to the month and day are mixed, the most seasonal information The season information related to the month and day can be determined, and in such a case, the season information related to the month and date is determined with the most seasonal information, and more accurate seasonal information can be obtained.

  In the invention of the present application, as a fourth means for solving the above-mentioned problem, there are a plurality of information sources that emit seasonal information about the month and day in the network home appliance provided with the first, second, or third means. However, if there are a plurality of information sources that are the same information and there is an information source outside the same information, a function for correcting the product outside the same information can be added. If there are multiple information sources that emit seasonal information, of which there are multiple identical sources and there are non-identical information sources, products outside the same information can be corrected, and the wrong information source Can be automatically corrected.

  According to the first means of the present invention, in a network home appliance comprising a home appliance having a communication function capable of communicating with each other and having season information relating to the month and day, the communication function is provided for the season information relating to the month and day from the home appliance. The internal data of the product that is obtained by using and is set in advance according to the season information based on the season information, and configured to be executed, among the plurality of home appliances, Even for home appliances that do not have seasonal information, receive seasonal information on the date of the month, and based on the seasonal information, the internal data of the product set in advance according to the seasonal information is selected, Since it is executed, there is an effect that it is possible to perform effective operation control corresponding to the season information related to the month and day even for home appliances that do not have the season information related to the date.

  As in the second means of the present invention, in the network home appliance having the first means, the determination of the season information related to the month and day is performed among the electrical products that provide the season information related to the date connected to the network. It is also possible to confirm only when the season information on the month and day of at least two models is the same, and in such a configuration, at least of the electrical products that provide the season information about the month and day connected to the network. Only when the season information regarding the date of two or more models is the same, the season information regarding the date can be determined, and more accurate season information can be obtained. Note that seasonal correction is not performed when the data of two or more models do not match.

  As in the third means of the present invention, in the network home appliance provided with the second means, when a plurality of types of season information related to the month and day are mixed, the season information related to the month and date is stored with the most seasonal information. In this case, the seasonal information regarding the date is determined with the most seasonal information, and more accurate seasonal information can be obtained.

  As in the fourth means of the present invention, in the network home appliance provided with the first, second, or third means, there are a plurality of information sources that emit seasonal information about the month and day, and among them, the same information is plural If there is an information source that exists outside the same information, a function for correcting the product outside the same information can be added. In such a configuration, there are a plurality of information sources that issue seasonal information about the date. If there is more than one of the same information and there is an information source outside the same information, the product outside the same information can be corrected, and the wrong information source can be automatically corrected. It becomes possible.

  Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  FIG. 1 shows the configuration of a network home appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  This network home appliance is composed of a rice cooker 1, an electric pot 2, a hot plate 3, a television 4 and a personal computer 5 as a home server, and each device (ie, rice cooker 1, electric pot 2, hot plate 3, The television 4 and the personal computer 5) are respectively provided with communication interfaces 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 that function as communication functions capable of mutual communication. Reference numeral 11 denotes a mobile phone, and an instruction signal and a reply signal are exchanged with the personal computer 5.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, in the rice cooker 1, signals from the operation switch 12, the temperature sensor 13, the room temperature sensor 14, and the communication interface 6 are input to the control unit 15, and the control unit 15 Control signals are output to the work coil 16 and the communication interface 6 which are heating means. In the electric pot 2, signals from the operation switch 17, the temperature sensor 18, the room temperature sensor 19 and the communication interface 7 are transmitted to the control unit. 20, the control unit 20 outputs control signals to the electric heater 21 and the communication interface 7 as heating means. In the hot plate 3, the operation switch 22, the temperature sensor 23, and the communication interface 8 are used. Is input to the control unit 24, and the control unit 24 The control signal is output to the electric heater 25 and the communication interface 8 as heating means. In the television 4, the signals from the operation switch 26, the clock device 27 having the date data, and the communication interface 9 are transmitted to the control unit. The control unit 28 outputs a control signal to the liquid crystal panel 29 and the communication interface 9. In the personal computer 5, the operation switch 30, the clock device 31 having date data, and the communication interface 10 are output. Is input to the control unit 32, and a control signal is output from the control unit 32 to the cathode ray tube 33 and the communication interface 10.

  Next, with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 3, the heat retention control in the rice cooker 1 will be described in detail.

  In step S1, the date is confirmed. The confirmation of the date will be described in detail later. The date determined in step S1 in step S2 and step S3 is “November to February” (that is, cold season) or “March to June” (that is, warm season) or “July to October. A determination is made as to whether or not it is a hot season.

  If an affirmative determination is made in step S2, it is determined that it is a cold season, the set heat retention temperature is set to 74 ° C. in step S4, a negative determination is made in step S2, and an affirmative determination in step S3 is warm. If it is determined that it is a season, the set temperature is set to 72 ° C. in step S5, and if a negative determination is made in step S3, it is determined that the season is hot, and the set temperature is set to 70 ° C. in step S6. . That is, the set warm temperature is changed according to the season.

  In step S7, a season menu corresponding to the season determined in steps S2 and S3 (ie, cold season, warm season, hot season) is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit.

For example, April ... bamboo shoot rice,
September ... Chestnut rice
In October, matsutake mushroom rice. Recipes for side dishes using seasonal ingredients may be displayed. In this way, it is possible to easily propose a timely menu related to the season.

  In step S8, the room temperature is determined based on the temperature information from the room temperature sensor 14. In step S9 and step S10, it is determined whether the room temperature is “0 ° C. or lower”, “0 ° C. to 20 ° C.”, or “20 ° C. or higher”.

  If an affirmative determination is made in step S9, the set heat insulation temperature is increased by 1 ° C. in step S11, the heat insulation control is started in step S13, a negative determination is made in step S9, and an affirmative determination is made in step S10. If the set heat retention temperature is not changed and the heat retention control is started in step S13 and a negative determination is made in step S10, the set heat retention temperature is lowered by 1 ° C., and the heat retention control is started in step S13.

  As described above, because the seasonal information related to the date was received, the internal data of the product that was set in advance according to the seasonal information was selected and executed. Even with home appliances that do not have seasonal information about the day, it is possible to perform effective heat retention control corresponding to the seasonal information about the date. In addition, since the correction is performed based on the temperature information from the room temperature sensor, more accurate heat retention control can be performed.

  Next, the heat retention control of the electric pot 2 will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  In step S1, the date is confirmed. The confirmation of the date will be described in detail later. The date determined in step S1 in step S2 and step S3 is “November to February” (that is, cold season) or “March to June” (that is, warm season) or “July to October. A determination is made as to whether or not it is a hot season.

  If an affirmative determination is made in step S2, it is determined that it is a cold season, the set heat retention temperature is set to 98 ° C. in step S4, a negative determination is made in step S2 and an affirmative determination is made in step S3, it is warm. If it is determined that it is a season, the set heat retention temperature is set to 97 ° C. in step S5, and if a negative determination is made in step S3, it is determined that it is a hot season, and the set heat retention temperature is set to 95 ° C. in step S6. . That is, the set warm temperature is changed according to the season.

  In step S7, the room temperature is determined based on the temperature information from the room temperature sensor 19. In step S8 and step S9, it is determined whether the room temperature is “0 ° C. or lower”, “0 ° C. to 20 ° C.”, or “20 ° C. or higher”.

  If an affirmative determination is made in step S8, the set heat retention temperature is increased by 1 ° C. in step S10, the heat insulation control is started in step S12, a negative determination is made in step S8, and an affirmative determination is made in step S9. If the set heat retention temperature is not changed and the heat retention control is started in step S12 and a negative determination is made in step S9, the heat retention control is started in step S12.

  As described above, because the seasonal information related to the date was received, the internal data of the product that was set in advance according to the seasonal information was selected and executed. Even with home appliances that do not have seasonal information about the day, it is possible to perform effective heat retention control corresponding to the seasonal information about the date. In addition, since the correction is performed based on the temperature information from the room temperature sensor, more accurate heat retention control can be performed.

  Next, referring to the flowchart shown in FIG.

  In step S1, the date data A from the device A (for example, the television 4) is obtained, and in step S2, the date data B from the device B (for example, the personal computer 5) is obtained. In step S3, the date data A and B are compared, and it is determined whether or not A = B. Here, if it is determined that A ≠ B, the process returns to step S1 and starts again from the beginning. If it is determined that A = B, the process proceeds to step S4, and the difference T from the self data is calculated. Next, in step S5, it is determined whether TA> α (α = constant = 1 minute). If the determination is affirmative, the process proceeds to step S6, and the self data is updated to A. If a negative determination is made, nothing is performed and the data update is terminated.

  In this way, among the electrical products that provide seasonal information related to the date connected to the network, the seasonal information related to the date is determined only when the seasonal information related to the date of at least two models is the same. And more accurate seasonal information can be obtained. Note that seasonal correction is not performed when the data of two or more models do not match. In addition, correction can be performed when an error is detected within an error range of at least 1 minute, in which a plurality of matched time data and the time displayed by the product may affect the timer control.

  In addition, when multiple types of seasonal information related to the date are mixed, it is possible to determine the seasonal information related to the date with the most seasonal information. The season information regarding the date will be confirmed, and more accurate season information can be obtained. In addition, when there are a plurality of information sources that generate seasonal information about the year and month, and there are a plurality of information sources that are the same information and there are information sources that are outside the same information, a function for correcting the product outside the same information is added. In such a configuration, when there are a plurality of information sources that emit seasonal information regarding the date, and there are a plurality of the same information and an information source outside the same information, the same information The outside product can be corrected, and the wrong information source can be automatically corrected.

  By the way, it is desirable to obtain the season information every predetermined time (or day), and when the season information cannot be obtained, it is desirable to perform cooking using data set in advance. Also, when abnormal information exceeding the predetermined value (last year's data) is obtained, it is desirable to cook with the data set in advance. Even if the seasonal information is obtained, it is desirable to apply after completion of the current operation when heating is in progress.

  The invention of the present application is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and it is needless to say that the design can be appropriately changed without departing from the gist of the invention.

It is a block diagram of the network household appliance concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram of the network household appliance concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the content of the heat retention control of the rice cooker in the network household appliance concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the content of the heat retention control of the electric pot in the network household appliance concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the content of the update of the date data in the network household appliance concerning embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1 is a network appliance (rice cooker)
2 is network home appliance (electric pot)
3 is network (hot plate)
4 is network home appliance (TV)
5 is network home appliance (PC)
6, 7, 8, 9, 10 are communication interfaces 14, 19 are room temperature sensors

Claims (4)

Network home appliances having home appliances having a communication function capable of communicating with each other and having season information related to the month and day, obtaining the season information related to the date from the home appliance using the communication function, and obtaining the season information A network home appliance characterized by being configured to select and execute internal data of a product that has been set in advance according to the seasonal information. 2. The determination of the season information related to the month and day is made only when the season information related to the month and date of at least two or more models is the same among the electrical products providing the season information related to the date connected to the network. The network home appliance described. The network home appliance according to claim 2, wherein when a plurality of types of season information related to the month and day are mixed, the seasonal information related to the month and date is determined with the most seasonal information. When there are a plurality of information sources that issue seasonal information related to the month and day, and there are a plurality of information sources that are the same information and there are information sources that are outside the same information, a function for correcting the product outside the same information is added. The network home appliance according to any one of claims 1, 2, and 3.

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