JP2011113787A - Cooking device control terminal, cooking device, and cooking system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cooking system which saves a user's time and effort of cooking by a simple configuration. <P>SOLUTION: A cooking device control terminal is capable of communicating with a cooking device equipped with a communication function and a control function controlling an incorporated cooking function. The cooking device control terminal includes: a receiving means 701 receiving a single cooking method selected from among a plurality of cooking methods from the user; and a cooking device control means 702 controlling the control function of the cooking device 301 according to a preset operation procedure corresponding to the single cooking method received by the receiving means 701 by communicating with the cooking device 301. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a cooking device control terminal, a cooking device, and a cooking system.

  In the cooking procedure, there are cooking device operation procedures such as “warm with strong heat for ○ minutes, then warm with low heat for × minutes”, and adjust the heating power of IH cookers (electromagnetic cookers) each time. Was troublesome. For users who have not been able to memorize the cooking procedure, they have to cook while watching the procedure one by one with a recipe book or the like, and there is an inconvenience that the book becomes an obstacle when the cooking place is small.

  In Patent Document 1, data of a series of cooking procedures performed by a cook is measured, a control program for an automatic cooking system is created based on the measured data, and the cook's cooking process is repeated by a machine to improve the control program. An automatic cooking method is disclosed.

JP-T-2005-504259

  However, in the apparatus disclosed in Patent Document 1, a cook cooking process system for creating a program for measuring a series of actions of a cook and creating a program and realizing the series of actions according to the created program; Each of the operating machine parts that make cooking in accordance with the created program is required, and the entire system becomes heavy.

  This invention is made | formed with respect to such a problem, and it aims at providing the cooking device control terminal, cooking device, and cooking system which can save a user's cooking effort with a simple structure. .

  One aspect of the cooking device control terminal according to the present invention is a cooking device control terminal capable of communicating with a cooking device having a communication function, a cooking function, and a control function for controlling the cooking function, and cooking by a user Control of the cooking apparatus according to operation procedure information indicating an operation procedure of the cooking apparatus corresponding to the cooking method received by the receiving means by communicating with a receiving means for receiving a method selection and the cooking apparatus Cooking device control means for controlling the function.

  In addition, one aspect of the cooking system according to the present invention controls the cooking device control terminal, a wireless communication unit that performs wireless communication with the cooking device control terminal, a cooking unit that performs predetermined cooking, and the cooking unit. And a cooking device having a control means.

  One aspect of the cooking apparatus according to the present invention is selected by a user by communicating with a wireless communication means that communicates with a cooking apparatus control terminal, a cooking means that performs predetermined cooking, and the cooking apparatus control terminal. And a control unit that controls a control function of the cooking device according to operation procedure information indicating an operation procedure of the cooking device corresponding to the cooking method.

  Moreover, one aspect of the control method of the cooking device control terminal according to the present invention is a control of the cooking device control terminal capable of communicating with a cooking device having a communication function, a cooking function, and a control function for controlling the cooking function. Is the method. This control method accepts a selection of a cooking method from a user and communicates with the cooking device to correspond to the cooking method received by the receiving means, according to operation procedure information indicating an operation procedure of the cooking device. The control function of the cooking apparatus is controlled.

  According to the cooking device control terminal according to the present invention, it is possible to save the user's trouble of cooking with a simple configuration.

It is a figure showing the whole cooking system composition concerning an embodiment of the invention. It is a figure which shows the whole structure of the cooking device control terminal which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the cooking system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the cooking system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the cooking system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the cooking system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the cooking apparatus control terminal which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

Embodiment 1
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of a cooking system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The cooking system 30 includes a cooking device 301 and a cooking device control terminal 303.

  The cooking apparatus 301 includes a communication function (wireless communication unit 209) and a control function for controlling the installed cooking function. The cooking apparatus 301 can be configured as, for example, an IH (Induction Heating) cooking heater, a microwave oven, an oven, or a gas stove. In the description, the cooking device 301 will be described as an IH cooking heater that can heat and keep the pan 302 and the like. That is, the cooking device 301 has a function of adjusting the cooking temperature. For example, the cooking device 301 can adjust the heating amount (heating power) of cooking in three stages corresponding to low heat, medium heat, and high heat, respectively. A wireless communication unit 208 that performs wireless communication with the cooking device control terminal 303 is provided around the cooking table on which the cooking function of the cooking device 301 is mounted.

  On the other hand, the cooking device control terminal 303 can be configured as a mobile communication terminal such as a mobile phone, a PDA, or a remote controller. Hereinafter, the cooking apparatus control terminal 303 will be described as a mobile phone terminal. The cooking device control terminal 303 is configured to be able to communicate with the cooking device 301. Moreover, the cooking apparatus control terminal 303 is provided with the display part 101 and the key input part 102 as a user interface, as shown in FIG. The display unit 101 can be configured by, for example, an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display). The key input unit 102 receives a user's operation for selecting a cooking method by the user, starting / stopping the camera 103, and starting / stopping cooking by the cooking device 301. The camera 103 is installed on the back side of the display unit 101, for example.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the cooking system according to the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, in addition to the display unit 101, the key input unit 102, and the camera 103 described above, the cooking device control terminal 303 includes a control unit 201, a camera dedicated LSI 204, a memory 206, a speaker 207, and a wireless communication unit. 208 is provided. The control unit 201 controls the cooking device control terminal 303 as a whole. The camera dedicated LSI 204 is a dedicated LSI that controls the camera 103. The memory 206 stores the cooking image and the operation procedure information of the cooking device 301 in association with each cooking method. In addition, let the cooking data and the information matched with the operation procedure information of the cooking apparatus be cooking data. For example, the operation procedure method is a series of cooking apparatus control procedures such as heating power and heating time.

  The speaker 207 notifies the user of information such as the start of cooking, the progress of cooking, and the end of cooking by voice or electronic sound. The wireless communication unit 208 communicates with the cooking device 301. For example, the wireless communication unit 208 can be configured as a Felica (registered trademark) IC.

  On the other hand, the cooking apparatus 301 includes a wireless communication unit 209, a control unit 210, a memory 211, and a cooking unit 212. The wireless communication unit 209 communicates with the wireless communication unit 208 of the cooking device control terminal 303. The wireless communication unit 209 can be configured as, for example, a Felica (registered trademark) reader / writer. The control unit 210 controls the entire cooking apparatus 301. The memory 211 stores operation procedure information of the cooking apparatus for automatically cooking, transmitted from the cooking apparatus control terminal 303. The cooking unit 212 heats the cooking device such as the pan 302.

  Next, operation | movement of the cooking system 30 comprised in this way is demonstrated. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the cooking system 30 according to the embodiment of the present invention. First, by operating the key input unit 102 of the cooking device control terminal 303, the user selects a cooking image to be cooked (S401). Here, the cooking image selected by the user is an image stored in advance in the cooking device control terminal 303 as cooking data, and is a photo of cooking cooked by one cooking method. Hereinafter, the cooking image selection process by the user will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 5, first, the user selects whether to make an image captured by the camera 103 or to select a cooking image already stored in the memory 206 of the cooking device control terminal 303 (S501). Here, the cooking image to be photographed by the camera 103 is an image registered in advance as cooking data in the memory 206 of the cooking device control terminal 303.

  When taking a cooking image with the camera 103, the camera is turned on (S502). In step S503, the process waits until the user captures a cooking image using the camera 103 (NO). If the user captures a cooking image using the camera 103 (YES), the captured image is stored in the memory 206 (S504). ). Then, it is confirmed whether the stored image is a cooking image (S505).

  When the stored image is a cooking image (YES in S505), the cooking image is analyzed (S508). Specifically, image matching is performed between a photographed image photographed by the user and a cooking image registered as cooking data stored in the memory 206 in advance. And the operation procedure information matched with the matched cooking image is searched from several cooking data (S509). If it is determined that the captured image is not a cooked image (NO in S505), the process returns to step S501.

  On the other hand, when a desired cooking image is selected from a plurality of cooking images already stored in the cooking apparatus control terminal 303 in step S501, the user operates the key input unit 102 to store the cooking image. A selection of a desired cooking image is received from the plurality of cooking images (S506).

  Next, it is determined whether or not the image selected by the user in step S506 is a cooking image (S507). In step S507, if the image selected by the user is not a cooked image (NO), the process returns to step S506. On the other hand, when the image selected by the user is a cooking image in step S507 (YES), the operation procedure information (heating time, heating power adjustment) of the cooking apparatus 301 associated with the selected cooking image is searched. (S509). And if selection of the cooking method of the user shown to step S501-S509 is complete | finished, it will return to S402 of FIG.

  Subsequently, returning to FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, the user starts cooking and prepares ingredients (S402). Then, a cooking device such as a pan 302 is installed at a predetermined position of the cooking apparatus 301 as shown in FIG. 1 (S403). Then, the cooking device control terminal 303 is installed in the wireless communication unit 209 of the cooking device 301 (S404). Then, the user sets cooking start by operating the key input unit 102 (S405). Thereby, the automatic control process of the cooking apparatus 301 is started (S406).

  Next, the sequence of the automatic control process of the cooking apparatus 301 in step S406 will be described. FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram showing the operation of cooking apparatus 301 according to the embodiment of the present invention. First, the cooking apparatus 301 receives a control command for turning on the power of the cooking apparatus 301 from the cooking apparatus control terminal 303 (S601). The cooking apparatus 301 that has received the power ON command turns the power ON if the power is OFF.

  When the power is on or when the power is turned on, the cooking apparatus 301 transmits to the cooking apparatus control terminal 303 that the power is turned on to the cooking apparatus control terminal 303 (S601). . When the power ON fails, the cooking device 301 transmits an error signal to the cooking device control terminal 303 (S602). The cooking device control terminal 303 that has received the error signal notifies the user that there is an abnormality in the cooking device 301 through the display unit 101 or the speaker 207.

  The cooking device control terminal 303 waits for confirmation of power ON from the cooking device 301, and transmits data related to the operation procedure of the cooking device 301 corresponding to the cooking data searched in S509 when the power is turned ON (S603). Here, the operating procedure information includes heating power adjustment and heating time. After receiving the data regarding the operation procedure, the cooking device 301 notifies the cooking device control terminal 303 that the reception of the operation procedure information is completed when the reception is completed (S604). Then, the user triggers the start of cooking from the cooking device control terminal 303 (S605). Thereby, the control part 210 of the cooking apparatus 301 controls automatically the heating time and heating power adjustment of the cooking part 212 according to the received operation procedure information.

  For example, when adding seasonings during cooking by the cooking unit 212 depending on the cooking content, the cooking device 301 transmits the elapsed time since the start of heating to the cooking device control terminal 303 as the cooking progress. (S607). The cooking apparatus control terminal 303 that has received the notification notifies the user to add the seasoning by voice through the speaker 207, for example. When cooking is completed by the cooking device 301, a signal notifying completion of cooking is transmitted to the cooking device control terminal 303 (S608). Receiving this, the cooking device control terminal 303 notifies the user of the end of cooking by voice through the speaker 207.

  As described above, in the cooking device control terminal 303 according to the present embodiment, (1) a recipe book in which cooking images corresponding to cooking data captured in the cooking device control terminal 303 in advance by camera shooting are posted, or a blog You can use the camera function of the mobile phone to capture the cooking images posted on the website etc., or (2) if there is a cooking image taken in the past, just select that image and automatically adjust the heating time and heating power of the cooking device In addition, it is possible to reduce the load during cooking by the user.

  In addition, the structure of the cooking device control terminal 303 is not restricted to the block diagram shown by FIG. As shown in FIG. 7, the cooking device control terminal 303 communicates with the receiving device 701 that accepts selection of one cooking method from a plurality of cooking methods from the user, and the receiving device 701 by communicating with the cooking device 301. And a cooking device control means 702 for controlling the control function of the cooking device 301 in accordance with a preset operation procedure corresponding to the one cooking method accepted by. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, the reception unit 701 corresponds to the key input unit 102, and the cooking apparatus control unit 702 corresponds to the control unit 201.

  Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be changed as appropriate without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

  For example, the cooking image can be configured not only to be stored in advance in the memory 206 in the cooking device control terminal 303 but also to data on the Internet. When configured in this way, the cooking device control terminal 303 downloads the operation procedure information of the cooking device 301 associated with the cooking image selected by the user from the Internet, and transmits it to the cooking device 301. .

  Moreover, you may comprise so that the operation procedure information matched with the some cooking method may be previously registered into the memory 211 of the cooking apparatus 301. FIG. Thus, when cooking data is preserve | saved at the cooking apparatus 301, the identification information which identifies cooking data, a cooking image, a cooking name, etc. are matched with the cooking apparatus control terminal 303, and are memorize | stored in the memory 206 previously. And when a user selects a cooking image and a cooking name with the cooking device control terminal 303, identification information of the cooking method corresponding to the selected cooking image and cooking name is sent from the cooking device control terminal 303 to the cooking device 301. Just send it. Thereby, the cooking apparatus 301 should just control the cooking part 212 according to the operation procedure information matched with the received identification information of the cooking method.

  Moreover, it is also possible to provide a gravitational sensor in the cooking apparatus 301 so that the cooking time is adjusted from the weight of the cooking object such as the pan 302. Further, the cooking apparatus 301 is provided with a sensor for detecting the baking color, concentration, etc. of the cooking object, and is provided with an operation procedure correcting means for correcting the operation procedure information according to the detected baking color, concentration, etc. of the cooked food. May be. Note that the operation procedure correcting means may be provided in the cooking device control terminal 303 or may be provided in the cooking device 301.

  In the above description, the user has selected one cooking method by selecting a cooking image (a photo of cooking), but by selecting a cooking name, a cooking illustration, etc. in addition to the cooking image, One cooking method may be selected.

  In the above description, the cooking device control terminal 303 controls the cooking device 301 according to the operation procedure of the cooking device 301 corresponding to one cooking method. However, a plurality of cooking devices 303 are used as one cooking device control terminal 303. Thus, the cooking function of each device can be controlled. Specifically, two or more IH cooking heaters can be controlled by one cooking device control terminal 301, or different types of cooking devices such as an IH cooking heater and a microwave oven are controlled by one cooking device control terminal. You can also.

  In the above description, one cooking method is selected based on one cooking image selected by the user. For example, one cooking image is configured as a set menu including a plurality of cookings, and the user has 1 By selecting one cooking image, a plurality of cooking methods included therein may be selected. When comprised in this way, what is necessary is just to comprise so that 1 or 2 or more cooking apparatuses may be controlled by a cooking apparatus control terminal about each cooking method.

30 Cooking System 101 Display Unit 102 Key Input Unit 103 Camera 204 Camera-Dedicated LSI
201 control unit 206 memory 207 speaker 208 wireless communication unit 209 wireless communication unit 210 control unit 211 memory 212 cooking unit 301 cooking device 302 pot 303 cooking device control terminal 701 receiving unit 702 cooking device control unit

Claims (14)

A cooking device control terminal capable of communicating with a cooking device having a communication function, a cooking function, and a control function for controlling the cooking function,
Accepting means for accepting selection of a cooking method from the user;
Cooking apparatus control means for controlling a control function of the cooking apparatus according to operation procedure information indicating an operation procedure of the cooking apparatus corresponding to the cooking method received by the receiving means by communicating with the cooking apparatus; , A cooking device control terminal.   The cooking apparatus control terminal according to claim 1, further comprising a storage unit that holds the operation procedure information associated with the identification information of the cooking method. Comprising an operation procedure acquisition means for acquiring the operation procedure information associated with the cooking method via the Internet;
The accepting means accepts selection of the cooking method registered on the Internet from a user,
The cooking device control terminal according to claim 2, wherein the cooking device control means controls the control function of the cooking device according to the operation procedure acquired by the operation procedure acquisition means. The cooking apparatus includes a storage unit that holds the operation procedure information associated with identification information of the cooking method.
According to the operation procedure information held in the storage unit of the cooking device, the cooking device control means transmits the identification information corresponding to the cooking method received by the receiving means to the cooking device. The cooking device control terminal according to claim 1, wherein the cooking function of the cooking device is controlled. Comprising an operation procedure acquisition means for acquiring the operation procedure information associated with the one cooking method via the Internet;
The accepting means accepts selection of the cooking method registered on the Internet from a user,
The cooking device control terminal according to claim 4, wherein the cooking device control means transmits the operation procedure information acquired by the operation procedure acquisition means to the cooking device. A display unit for displaying characters and / or images;
The said reception means receives the selection of the one cooking image, cooking illustration, or cooking name by a user from the cooking image, cooking illustration, or cooking name displayed on the said display part, Any one of Claims 1 thru | or 5 The cooking device control terminal according to Item.   The cooking device control terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising a speaker that notifies a user of cooking progress or a cooking procedure according to cooking progress information received from the cooking device.   The cooking device control terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the cooking device control terminal is a mobile phone terminal. A cooking device control terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 8,
A cooking system comprising: a wireless communication unit that performs wireless communication with the cooking device control terminal; a cooking unit that performs predetermined cooking; and a control unit that controls the cooking unit. The cooking apparatus comprises a measuring means for measuring data relating to a cooking object,
10. At least one of the cooking device control terminal and the cooking device includes an operation procedure correction unit that changes the operation procedure information according to data of the cooking target measured by the measurement unit. Cooking system. Wireless communication means for communicating with the cooking device control terminal;
Cooking means for performing predetermined cooking;
A controller that controls a control function of the cooking apparatus according to operation procedure information indicating an operation procedure of the cooking apparatus corresponding to a cooking method selected by a user by communicating with the cooking apparatus control terminal. Cooking equipment. A measuring means for measuring data relating to the cooking object;
The cooking apparatus according to claim 11, further comprising an operation procedure correction unit that changes the operation procedure information according to the data of the cooking target measured by the measurement unit. A control method of a cooking device control terminal capable of communicating with a cooking device having a communication function, a cooking function, and a control function for controlling the cooking function,
Accept selection of cooking method from user,
A cooking device control terminal that controls a control function of the cooking device according to operation procedure information indicating an operation procedure of the cooking device corresponding to the cooking method received by the receiving means by communicating with the cooking device. Control method. A cooking system control method comprising: a cooking device having a communication function, a cooking function, and a control function for controlling the cooking function; and a cooking device control terminal capable of communicating with the cooking device,
Accept the selection of the cooking method from the user via the cooking device control terminal,
A cooking system for controlling a control function of the cooking device according to operation procedure information indicating an operation procedure of the cooking device corresponding to the accepted cooking method by the cooking device control terminal communicating with the cooking device. Control method.

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