JP2011158179A - Cooking apparatus and program thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cooking apparatus that automatically opens a door only when a user need. <P>SOLUTION: The cooking apparatus 1 includes: a human body detection means 5; an information reading means 6 that reads an information code 8, which is attached to a cooking container 7; a door opening and closing detection unit 11 that determines whether a door 2 automatically opens based on the human body detection means 5 and the container information obtained from the information code reading means 6, and automatically opens the door 2 only when the user has the cooling container 7 that is needed to opened and closed automatically. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a cooking device such as a microwave oven and a microwave oven, and relates to a user interface technique for improving user operability.

  2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, cooking devices such as microwave ovens and microwave ovens are capable of various cooking such as simultaneous cooking of two different dishes and platter dishes with multifunctionalization and flattening of the interior.

  However, when performing multiple cooking at the same time or cooking with a large container, both hands are obstructed, so the user must open the door and then put the cooking container into operation. It was way.

  Therefore, as means for improving user operability, there has been means for detecting a human body and automatically opening a door of a heating cooker (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  Here, the principle model of the heating cooker described in patent document 1 is shown in FIG. In FIG. 8, the heating cooker 1 includes a door 2, a display unit 3 for displaying a cooking menu, an operation unit 4, and a human body detection means 5.

  The cooking device configured as described above can automatically open and close the door 2 based on the information detected by the human body detection means 5.

JP 2000-249349 A

  However, in the conventional means, since the door is automatically opened and closed only by the information detected by the human body detecting means, there is a problem that the door of the heating cooker may open at an unnecessary time other than cooking, Even when the container is small and the door can be opened with one hand, the door automatically opens, so that there is a problem that extra time and effort are required for the door operation.

  Therefore, the present invention is used when a user has a plurality of cooking containers, a platter cooking container is occupied, that is, when the user really wants to automatically open the door of the heating cooker. The only object is to provide a cooking device that can automatically open the door.

  In order to solve the conventional problems, the present invention provides a human body detection means, an information code reading means for reading an information code attached to a cooking container, a container obtained from the human body detection means and the information code reading means. The cooking device includes a door open / close determining unit that determines whether automatic door opening / closing is necessary based on the information.

The present invention is based on the container information obtained from the human body detecting means and the information code reading means for reading the information code such as the type / size of the cooking device attached to the cooking container. Automatically open / close the door only if the user really wants to open the door of the cooker automatically. Is possible. In addition, since the door can be automatically opened and closed only when necessary, the decrease in the internal temperature is suppressed and the energy saving is improved.

Configuration diagram of the cooking device of the present invention Configuration diagram in Embodiment 1 of the present invention Flowchart in Embodiment 1 of the present invention Configuration diagram in Embodiment 2 to Embodiment 4 of the present invention Flowchart in Embodiment 2 of the present invention Flowchart in Embodiment 3 of the present invention Flowchart in Embodiment 4 of the present invention Configuration diagram of a conventional cooking device

  According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a human body detecting means, an information code reading means for reading an information code attached to a cooking container, and an automatic door door based on the container information obtained from the human body detecting means and the information code reading means. A door open / close determination unit that determines whether opening / closing is necessary, and it is possible to determine whether to automatically open / close the door of the heating cooker according to the size / number of cooking containers. You can only open the door automatically if you really want it to open automatically.

  According to a second aspect of the invention, in particular, in the cooking device of the first aspect of the invention, the automatic detection of the door based on the internal temperature detection means for detecting the internal temperature and the temperature information obtained from the internal temperature detection means. It is equipped with an internal temperature determination unit that determines whether or not the temperature can be opened and closed, and the door can be opened automatically only when the internal temperature is lower than a preset temperature. The door can be opened safely and safely without any accidents.

  The third aspect of the invention relates to a user area determination unit that determines a region where a user exists based on distance information to the user obtained from the human body detection means, particularly in the cooking device of the first or second aspect of the invention. Based on the determination information obtained from the user area determination unit, it is possible to automatically open the door only when the user is near the heating cooker, so that the door does not open carelessly Can open the door automatically, safely.

  In the fourth invention, in particular, in the door open / close determination unit of the cooking device according to any one of the first to third inventions, the internal temperature information obtained from the internal temperature determination unit, and the user area If the internal temperature is higher than the preset temperature based on the determination information obtained from the determination unit, the user can automatically open the door after leaving the cooking device. Even under high conditions, the door can be opened safely and safely without causing accidents such as burns to the user.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in particular, in the heating cooker according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, the presence / absence of a cooking container in the refrigerator is determined based on the container information obtained from the information code reading means. It is equipped with an in-chamber status determination unit that allows the door to automatically close when the user removes the cooking container from the inside of the chamber. It can be closed with.

In a sixth aspect of the present invention, in particular, in the door open / close determination unit of the heating cooker according to any one of the first to fifth aspects of the present invention, the presence / absence information of the cooking container obtained from the internal state determination unit, and the user Based on the determination information obtained from the area determination unit, the user can automatically close the door after taking the cooking container out of the cooking chamber and then the user can leave the heating cooker. The door can be automatically closed safely without any accidents.

  In the seventh invention, in particular, as a configuration for causing all or any one of the first to sixth inventions to function, the computer is made to function as all or part of the invention. All or part of the invention can be easily realized.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments.

(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 show the block diagram of the heating cooker in the first embodiment of the present invention.

  1 and 2, the cooking device 1 includes a door 2, a display unit 3 that displays a cooking menu, an operation unit 4 that sets the operation of the cooking menu / cooking device 1, and the front of the cooking device 1. A human body detecting means 5 such as an infrared sensor / ranging sensor for determining whether or not a user is present, an information code reading means 6 for reading an information code 8 attached to the cooking container 7, and controlling the opening / closing of the door 2 Door control means 9 for controlling, control section 10 for outputting control instructions to the door control means 9 and display contents on the display section 3, containers obtained from the human body detection means 5 and the information code reading means 6 Based on the information, it includes a door open / close determining unit 11 that determines whether automatic door opening / closing is necessary. Here, the information code 8 is an information code including the type / size information of the cooking container 7 and may be in the form of a QR code, a barcode, an IC tag, etc. It is assumed that the reading information can be read in a non-contact manner. In addition, it is assumed that information code information of information code 8 that needs to automatically open the door 2 is set in the door opening / closing determination unit 11 in advance.

  About the cooking-by-heating machine comprised as mentioned above, the operation | movement and an effect | action are demonstrated using the flowchart of FIG.

  First, in the human body detection means 5 of the heating cooker 1, it is determined whether or not a user exists before the heating cooker 1 (step 1). If there is a user, the information code reading is performed via the control unit 10. An instruction to start reading the information code 8 attached to the cooking container 7 is transmitted to the means 6 (step 2). The information code reading means 6 reads the information of the information code 8 and transmits the obtained container information to the control unit 10 (step 3). The door open / close determination unit 11 receives the container information from the control unit 10 and compares it with information code information set in advance, and when the container information matches the information code information, or there are a plurality of the container information. In this case, it is determined that the container needs to be opened automatically (step 4), and an instruction to automatically open the door 2 is transmitted to the door control means 9 (step 5).

  As described above, in the present embodiment, it is possible to determine whether or not automatic door opening / closing is necessary depending on the cooking container. Therefore, when there are a plurality of container information received from the information code reading means 6 The door can be automatically opened and closed only when the user wants to open the cooking-cooker door automatically, such as a large-sized cooking container with both hands. In addition, since the door can be automatically opened and closed only when necessary, the decrease in the internal temperature is suppressed and the energy saving performance is improved.

In the present embodiment, the information code 8 attached to the cooking container 7 and the information code information preset in the door opening / closing determination unit 11 are arbitrarily set / changed by the user via the external setting means. It is good also as a possible structure.

(Embodiment 2)
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 4, the heating cooker 1 is obtained from the internal temperature detection means 12 such as a temperature sensor for detecting the internal temperature and the internal temperature detection means 12 with respect to FIG. 2 showing the first embodiment. On the basis of the distance information between the internal temperature determination unit 13 that determines whether or not the door can be automatically opened and closed based on the temperature information, and the user's distance information obtained from the human body detection means 5, Based on the container information obtained from the information code reading means 6, the user area determination unit 14 that determines the existing area, and the in-compartment status determination unit 15 that determines the presence or absence of the cooking container 7 in the storage. . In the second embodiment, the internal temperature detection means 12 and the internal temperature determination unit 13 are provided as compared with the first embodiment. Here, it is assumed that an internal temperature level for determining whether the internal temperature is possible even when the door 2 is automatically opened is set in the internal temperature determination unit 13 in advance.

  About the cooking-by-heating machine comprised as mentioned above, the operation | movement / effect | action is demonstrated below using the flowchart of FIG.

  First, in the human body detection means 5 of the heating cooker 1, it is determined whether or not a user exists before the heating cooker 1 (step 1), and if there is a user, information is transmitted via the control unit 10. An instruction to start reading the information code 8 attached to the cooking container 7 is transmitted to the code reading means 6 (step 2). The information code reading means 6 reads the information of the information code 8 and transmits the obtained container information to the control unit 10 (step 3). Next, the internal temperature detection means 12 detects the internal temperature, and transmits the detected internal temperature information to the control unit 10 (step 4). The internal temperature determination unit 13 compares the internal temperature information received from the internal temperature detection means 12 with a preset internal temperature level, and the internal temperature information received from the internal temperature detection means 12. Is lower than the preset internal temperature level (step 5), the door open / close determining unit 11 is notified that the temperature may open the door (step 6). The door opening / closing determination unit 11 needs to automatically open the door 2 based on the container information received from the information code reading unit 6 and the determination result of the internal temperature received from the internal temperature determination unit 13. If the temperature is such that the door may be opened (step 7), an instruction to automatically open the door 2 is transmitted to the door control means 9 (step 8).

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the door can be automatically opened only when the internal temperature is lower than the preset temperature, and therefore the door is automatically opened when the internal temperature is high. And the door can be opened safely and safely without causing accidents such as burns to the user.

  In the present embodiment, the internal temperature level preset in the internal temperature determination unit 13 may be arbitrarily set / changed by the user via the external setting means. When the temperature is high and the door cannot be opened automatically, a configuration for notifying the fact via the display unit 3 may be adopted.

(Embodiment 3)
Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The third embodiment is different from the second embodiment in that it includes a user area determination unit 14 that determines a region where the user exists based on distance information with the user obtained from the human body detection unit 5. And Here, it is assumed that area information that needs to be opened automatically by the user area determination unit 14 is set in advance, and the area information is classified according to the distance from the heating cooker 1. It shall be set in the form.

  The operation and action of the cooking device configured as described above will be described below using the flowchart of FIG.

  First, in the human body detection means 5 of the heating cooker 1, it is determined whether or not a user exists before the heating cooker 1 (step 1), and if there is a user, information is transmitted via the control unit 10. An instruction to start reading the information code 8 attached to the cooking container 7 is transmitted to the code reading means 6 (step 2). The information code reading means 6 reads the information of the information code 8 and transmits the obtained container information to the control unit 10 (step 3). Next, in the user area determination unit 14, distance information with the current user is acquired again from the human body detection means 5, and a region where the user exists is determined from the acquired distance information (step 4), and the determined user The area information is compared with the preset area information, and if the user area information is included in the area information (step 5), the door opening / closing determination unit 11 is notified that the door may be opened ( Step 6). The door open / close determination unit 11 is a container that needs to automatically open the door 2 based on the container information received from the information code reading unit 6 and the determination result of the area information received from the user area determination unit 14. If there is a user in an area where the door 2 can be opened (step 7), an instruction to automatically open the door 2 is transmitted to the door control means 9 (step 8).

As described above, in the present embodiment, the door can be automatically opened only when the user is near the heating cooker. Therefore, the door is automatically opened without inadvertently opening the door. Can be opened.
For example, when the user moves in front of the heating cooker 1 with the cooking container 7 that needs to automatically open the door 2 of the heating cooker 1, the user area determination unit 14 allows the user to Since it is possible to determine whether it is stopped in front of 1, approaching or away based on distance information with the user, the cooking container 7 is held away from the heating cooker 1. In this case or when moving across, the automatic opening / closing of the door 2 can be safely controlled without automatically opening the door 2.

  In the present embodiment, the region information preset in the user area determination unit 14 may be configured to be arbitrarily set / changed by the user via an external setting unit, and the human body detection unit 5 is good also as a structure which is installed in the heating cooker 1 so that a wide range can be determined, and hold | maintains the said area | region information according to an installation location.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the internal temperature information obtained from the internal temperature determination unit 13 and the user area so that the door can be opened safely and automatically even when the internal temperature is high. Based on the determination result of the area information obtained from the determination unit 14, when the internal temperature is higher than the preset temperature, the user leaves the preset distance from the cooking device 1 (preset The door may be opened automatically (after the area information is removed).

(Embodiment 4)
Next, a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In the fourth embodiment, in contrast to the third embodiment, an in-chamber situation determination unit 15 that determines the presence or absence of a cooking container 7 in the box based on the container information obtained from the information code reading means 6 is provided. The configuration is as follows.
About the cooking-by-heating machine comprised as mentioned above, the operation | movement and an effect | action are demonstrated using the flowchart of FIG.

First, when cooking is completed in the heating cooker 1 (step 1), an instruction to start reading the information of the information code 8 attached to the cooking container 7 is transmitted to the information code reading means 6 via the control unit 10 (step 1). 2). The information code reading means 6 reads the information of the information code 8 of the cooking container 7 taken out from the inside, and transmits the obtained container information to the control unit 10 (step 3). The in-chamber status determination unit 15 compares the container information received from the information code reading means 6 with the container information read before cooking, and determines that all the container information read before cooking has been taken out from the inside of the box. When this is done (step 4), the door open / close determining unit 11 is notified that there is no cooking container 7 in the box (step 5), and the door open / close determining unit 11 instructs the door control means 9 to automatically close the door 2. Is transmitted (step 6).
As described above, in the present embodiment, when the user takes out the cooking container from the inside, the door can be automatically closed. Therefore, when there are a plurality of container information received from the information code reading means 6 or The door can be automatically closed only when the user wants to automatically close the cooking-cooker door, such as a platter cooking container that the user always holds with both hands.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the timing for transmitting an instruction to automatically close the door 2 from the door opening / closing determination unit 11 to the door control means 9 is set in advance so that the door can be safely and automatically closed. It is good also as composition which transmits after the lapse of time passed, and based on the judgment result of the field information obtained from user area judgment part 14, after a user leaves the preset distance from cooking-by-heating machine 1, it is a door. It is good also as a structure which closes automatically.

  Furthermore, in this Embodiment, it is good also as a structure which installs a weight sensor in a store | warehouse | chamber, and detects that there is no cooking container in the store | warehouse | chamber in the said warehouse status determination part 15 in combination with the said information code reading means 6. Shall.

(Embodiment 5)
Next, a fifth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In the present embodiment, the computer includes a display unit 3, an operation unit 4, a human body detection unit 5, an information code reading unit 6, a door control unit 9, a control unit 10, a door opening / closing determination unit 11, and a warehouse. All or part of the computer is configured as a program for causing the internal temperature detection means 12, the internal temperature determination unit 13, the user area determination unit 14, and the internal situation determination unit 15 to function as all or part of the internal temperature detection unit 12. It is to function as.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, all or part of the present invention can be easily realized using a general-purpose computer or a server.

  As described above, the method of reading the container information and automatically opening and closing the door according to the present invention can improve the operability of the user even in home appliances other than the heating cooker.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Heating cooker main body 2 Door 3 Display part 4 Operation part 5 Human body detection means 6 Information code reading means 7 Cooking container 8 Information code 9 Door control means 10 Control part 11 Door opening / closing determination part 12 Chamber temperature detection means 13 Chamber temperature Determining unit 14 User area determining unit 15 Internal situation determining unit

Claims (7)

Based on the human body detection means, the information code reading means for reading the information code attached to the cooking container, and the container information obtained from the human body detection means and the information code reading means, it is determined whether automatic door opening / closing is necessary. A cooking device that includes a door open / close determination unit for determining and automatically opening the door when the user needs it. An internal temperature detection means for detecting the internal temperature, and an internal temperature determination unit for determining whether the door is capable of automatic opening and closing based on the temperature information obtained from the internal temperature detection means. The cooking device according to claim 1, further comprising: automatically opening the door when the inside temperature is lower than a preset temperature. A user area determination unit that determines a region where the user exists based on distance information with the user obtained from the human body detection means, and the user heats based on the determination information obtained from the user area determination unit The cooking device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the door is automatically opened only when the device is near the cooking device. In the door open / close determination unit, the internal temperature is higher than a preset temperature based on the internal temperature information obtained from the internal temperature determination unit and the determination information obtained from the user area determination unit. In the case, the cooking device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the user automatically opens the door after leaving the cooking device. An in-chamber state determination unit that determines whether or not there is a cooking container in the storage based on the container information obtained from the information code reading means, and the door is automatically closed when the user takes out the cooking container from the storage. The heating cooker of any one of 1-4. In the door opening / closing determination unit, after the user takes out the cooking container from the interior based on the information on the presence / absence of the cooking container obtained from the interior state determination unit and the determination information obtained from the user area determination unit The cooking device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the door is automatically closed after the user leaves the cooking device. The program for functioning a computer as all or one part of the heating cooker of any one of Claims 1-6.