JP2015072802A - Cooking appliance - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cooking appliance with high usability, capable of confirming and operating various types of data of a cooking appliance without need for user's operation of the cooking appliance.SOLUTION: The cooking appliance includes: heating means for heating an object to be cooked; operation means for inputting heating conditions of the heating means; communication means for communicating with an external apparatus; and control means for controlling the heating means to perform cooking. It is sufficient if the communication means can transmit information of finished cooking to the external apparatus.

Description

  The present invention relates to a cooking device that communicates with an external device.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is a cooking device such as a rice cooker that receives either a program or data from an information providing device via an external information terminal by communication and controls based on the received information (for example, a patent) Reference 1).

Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2005-242628 (FIG. 2)

  However, conventional cooking devices such as rice cookers have data such as cooking recipes held in advance by cooking devices, cooking recipes acquired from information terminals like background technology, history of cooking operations, and various setting information Since it can be managed only by the cooking appliance main body, when checking these data and information, the user must operate the cooking appliance, and there is a problem that the usability is poor.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and is an easy-to-use cooking device that allows a user to check and operate various data of the cooking device without operating the cooking device. The purpose is to provide.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the cooking device includes a heating unit that heats the food, an operation unit that inputs heating conditions of the heating unit, a communication unit that communicates with an external device, and a heating unit. Control means for controlling the means to perform cooking is provided, and the communication means may be configured to be able to transmit information on the performed cooking to an external device.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, even if a user does not operate a cooking appliance, the cooking appliance which can confirm and operate various data of a cooking appliance can be obtained.

The perspective view of the cooking appliance which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a cooking appliance according to Embodiment 1. The related figure of the cooking appliance which concerns on Embodiment 1, and an external terminal. The figure which shows the operation | movement flow of the cooking appliance A after starting a cooking appliance until it performs automatic cooking. The figure which shows the operation | movement flow of the external terminal B until it transmits data to the cooking appliance A after selecting a recipe with the external terminal B which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. The figure which shows the display means of the cooking appliance which concerns on Embodiment 2. FIG. The figure which shows the external terminal B which displays the cooking data acquired from the cooking appliance A which concerns on Embodiment 3. FIG.

(Embodiment 1)
The first embodiment will be described below with reference to FIG. Embodiment 1 is an embodiment in which the present invention is used for an IH cooking heater.
Referring to FIG. 1, the outer shell of cooking equipment A, which is an IH cooking heater, includes a main body case 10 and a top plate 20 that covers the upper portion of the main body case 10 and places a cooking container such as a pan or a frying pan. The top plate 20 has a periphery made of a metal frame 21 such as stainless steel, and a heat-resistant glass plate 22 is fitted into the opening of the frame 21.

  Further, on the front side of the top plate 20, there is provided an upper surface operation unit 30 for selecting a cooking mode, turning on / off each induction heating coil 40 (40L, 40R) (not shown), setting a timer, and the like. It has been. The upper surface operation unit 30 is located at the opening of the frame 21 and includes a plurality of operation buttons.

Next, an induction heating coil 40 that induction-heats the cooking container and a display unit 50 that displays the state of the cooking appliance A are disposed below the top plate 20.
And the mark which shows the heating part 23 (left heating part 23L, right heating part 23R) is displayed in the position of the upper surface of the top plate 20 facing this induction heating coil 40, respectively. The heating unit 23 is a position where a cooking container such as a pan is placed at the position of the mark during cooking.

Next, the grill door 70 and the front operation unit 80 are located on the front surface of the cooking appliance A.
The grill door 70 is a member that covers an opening of a grill warehouse (not shown) that performs grill cooking, and is integrated with a grill pan on which a grill net on which food is placed is placed. In other words, if the grill door 70 is pulled out, the food can be taken out from the inside of the grill cabinet.

The grill door 70 is formed with a grill window 71 for visually confirming the inside of the grill cabinet and a grill handle 72 used as a handle when taking out the grill pan on which the food is placed. ing.
In addition, a grill heater 73 (not shown) that raises the temperature in the cabinet is provided inside the grill cabinet.

Next, the front operation part 80 adjusts the output of the induction heating coil 40, and the operation dial 81 provided corresponding to each induction heating coil 40 is arrange | positioned.
The front operation unit 80 includes a non-contact communication unit 60 serving as a transmission / reception unit for communicating with an external device, and a front panel 82 facing the non-contact communication unit 60 has a front surface, A communication position mark 60a indicating that the external terminal B is in a position where communication with non-contact communication means is possible by bringing the external terminal B close to each other is displayed.
Note that the external terminal B may be a PC, TV, or the like within the communication range of the non-contact communication means, even if the external terminal B is not brought close to the front operation unit 80.

  Next, referring to FIG. 2, the cooking appliance A configured as described above includes an inverter circuit that supplies high-frequency power to the induction heating coil 40, a grill heater driving circuit that drives the grill heater, and a display unit. A display unit driving circuit for driving 50 and a circuit board (not shown) which is a control means 100 for controlling each circuit are provided.

Further, the upper surface operation unit 30, the front operation unit 80, the non-contact communication unit 60, and a speaker 90 that reproduces sound are also connected to the control unit 100.
The control means is composed of a microcomputer, a DSP, a microprocessor, and the like, and is installed with a storage unit 101 for storing cooking history and information and data received from the outside, and a timer unit 102 for calculating time.

Here, the non-contact communication means 60 has an antenna for transmitting / receiving data to / from the external terminal B.
In addition, the external terminal B is configured to perform wireless communication with the non-contact communication means 60 by installing a terminal antenna for transmission and reception inside, and to transmit and receive data, and corresponds to cooking equipment. A terminal that can be connected to the Internet, such as a dedicated terminal, a mobile phone, or a multi-function information terminal (for example, a so-called smartphone or tablet terminal) may be used.

In the external terminal B, a dedicated application for handling data received from the non-contact communication means 60 is incorporated.
The cooking appliance A configured as described above performs wireless communication with the external terminal B and operates as follows. In the present embodiment, an example will be described in which communication is performed by short-range wireless communication performed by bringing the external terminal B close to the communication position mark 60a.

Referring to FIG. 3, which is a relationship diagram between the cooking device A and the external terminal B, the external terminal B can transmit and receive information to and from the cooking device A by wireless communication as described above. It can be confirmed by the installed display means.
In the external terminal B, an application for managing information such as a recipe to be transmitted / received during communication with the cooking device A is installed, and a recipe corresponding to the cooking device A can be confirmed.

In addition, if the external terminal B can be connected to the Internet, a recipe corresponding to the cooking device A can be acquired from the Internet.
The recipe information managed by the external terminal B can be transmitted to the cooking appliance A by wireless communication, and the control means 100 of the cooking appliance A drives the heating means based on the thermal power and the heating time that are the acquired recipe information. Control the time and output and perform automatic cooking. The acquired recipe information is stored in the storage unit 101.

  Next, FIG. 4 which shows the operation | movement flow of the cooking appliance A after starting a cooking appliance until it performs automatic cooking, and the external terminal until it transmits data to the cooking appliance A after selecting a recipe with the external terminal B With reference to FIG. 5 which shows the operation | movement flow of B, the case where the grilling of a sword fish is cooked with the grill warehouse of the cooking appliance A is demonstrated.

Referring to FIG. 4, first, the cooking appliance A is turned on (S11), and the sword fish to be cooked is put in the grill to enable cooking.
Next, the cooking device A starts a cooking data reception mode in which cooking data can be received from the outside (S12). By activating the cooking data reception mode, the non-contact communication means 60 can communicate, and the cooking device A can acquire data from the external terminal B. That is, the acquired data can be stored in the storage unit 101.
The transition to the cooking data reception mode may be performed by providing a reception mode transition switch in the upper surface operation unit 30 in advance and the user may operate this switch, or when the cooking appliance A is turned on. May always be able to receive cooking data from the outside.

Next, referring to FIG. 5, the external terminal B is operated, an application for managing recipe information and cooking data is activated (S1), and a recipe information transmission mode is activated from the function list of the application (S2).
Next, salted grilled sword fish is selected from a list of cooking menus managed by the application (S3).
Next, the number of sword fish to be cooked is selected from the application screen (S4).
Next, from the application screen, the sword fish color is selected (S5).

As described above, when the setting of cooking data is completed from the application started on the external terminal B, the cooking data set on the display means of the external terminal B is displayed (S6), and the set cooking data is transmitted to the cooking appliance A. A screen for selecting whether or not to perform is displayed (S7).
The user presses the OK button (not shown) when transmitting the displayed cooking data to the cooking device A, and presses the NO button (not shown) when setting the cooking data again. When the OK button is pressed, the set cooking data is transmitted to the cooking appliance A from the installed terminal antenna (S8). If the NO button is pressed, the screen returns to the application function list (S2).

  Here, if you use a portable smartphone or tablet terminal for cooking settings, you can select recipes while checking the ingredients in the refrigerator before cooking and make cooking settings while preparing for cooking .

Next, referring to FIG. 4, the control means 100 of the cooking appliance A performs cooking settings such as the heating power (heating output) and time of the grill heater 73 based on the cooking data received from the external terminal B, and the display unit 50. The cooking data set in step S13 is displayed (S13), the fact that the cooking operation can be started is notified, and the user is prompted to start cooking (S14).

If the cooking data is set, the grill heater 73 starts heating according to the cooking data when the user presses the heating start key provided on the upper surface operation unit 30 (S15).
If it is desired to change the set cooking data, when the reset key is pressed in S14, the process proceeds to S12, the cooking setting is made again from the external terminal B, and the data is transmitted to the cooking device A. Alternatively, the user may operate the cooking device A to change cooking data.

As described above, by using the external terminal B, a recipe to be cooked is selected from recipes corresponding to each cooking appliance, and the cooking data is transmitted to the cooking appliance and set so that various heating means can be appropriately used. The heating power and heating time can be set and cooking failures can be reduced. In addition, the user can efficiently select the cooking menu by registering the favorite cooking menu in the application on the information terminal B. , Cooking time can be shortened.
Further, if the external terminal B is configured to be connectable to the Internet, the cooking menu managed by the application can be easily updated.

In the present embodiment, the IH cooking heater has been described as an example of the cooking appliance. The invention is applicable.

(Embodiment 2)
Next, Embodiment 2 will be described with reference to FIG. 6 which is a diagram showing display means of a cooking appliance. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected about the same structure as Embodiment 1, and description is abbreviate | omitted.
In cooking equipment A, in order to send cooking data to the external terminal B after finishing cooking in the grill cabinet (salt grilling of sword fish), first, an application installed in the external terminal B is started, Terminal B is in a state in which data from cooking appliance A can be received.

Next, the cooking device A is operated, and the transmission mode for transmitting the executed cooking data to the external terminal B is selected.
In this transmission mode, a function button (not shown) provided on the upper surface operation unit 30 may be pressed to display a function list, and a transmission mode may be selected from the function list. A mode button may be provided so that the mode can be shifted directly to the transmission mode.

When the transmission mode is selected, the display shown in FIG. This display is a screen for selecting cooking data of the heating means to be transmitted in the transmission mode.
In the present embodiment, since cooking data using the grill is transmitted, “grill” is selected. The display of the selected heat source as shown in FIG. 6 may make the heat source selected by the user easy to understand by changing the color or the like. After selecting the heating source, press the send button to send the data.

When the external terminal B receives the cooking data transmitted from the cooking device A, the external terminal B displays that the data has been received on the display screen, and confirms the received data when the user presses the data confirmation button. be able to.
As described above, by checking the cooking data after cooking, if the finished dish is overbaked or not enough, the heating power and cooking time can be checked from the cooking data, and the next cooking It can be used as a reference for improvement.

  In particular, the cooking data can be transferred to the external terminal B and managed, so that the cooking data can be confirmed at a place away from the cooking device. Further, if the external terminal B can be connected to an external network such as the Internet, it is easy to transmit cooking data acquired from the cooking device to the network or to acquire related data from the network based on the cooking data. .

(Embodiment 3)
Next, Embodiment 3 will be described with reference to FIG. 7 which shows an external terminal B that displays cooking data acquired from the cooking appliance A. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected about the same structure as Embodiment 1 and Embodiment 2, and description is abbreviate | omitted.
First, when cooking data executed by the cooking device A at the external terminal B is acquired, the cooking data is registered in the external terminal B. And the registered cooking data can be displayed by starting the application which manages the cooking data of the external terminal B. FIG.

What is shown in FIG. 7 is cooking data that has been executed before and acquired from the cooking device A, and is cooking data for four fish of grilled sword fish. On the display part of the external terminal B, the quantity (four fish) of cooked food (autumn fish), thermal power (thermal power 3), cooking time (18 minutes), and total electric power (0.40 kWh) are displayed. Yes.

Here, the activated application is configured to be able to change cooking data by a user's operation.
For example, a case of grilled sword fish will be described as an example. When cooking is performed so that the baked color becomes darker than the previous baking, the past displayed on the display unit of the external terminal B is displayed. While looking at the contents of the cooking data, the cooking data is changed by increasing the heating power or extending the cooking time.

The cooking data changed in this way may be overwritten on the cooking data originally registered in the external terminal B, or may be registered as other cooking data.
Then, by transmitting the newly changed cooking data to the cooking device A, the cooking device A can perform heating cooking based on the newly acquired modified cooking data.
As described above, the user can adjust the heating power and cooking time of the cooking process based on the result of cooking so far, and the user can reproduce his / her favorite finish at any time by registering his / her favorite recipe Can do.

In each of the above-described embodiments, the data communication method between the cooking appliance A and the external terminal B has been described in the form of performing communication at close distances like NFC (Near Field Communication). A form in which devices communicate with each other separately, such as Fi (registered trademark) or Bluetooth (registered trademark), may be used.

A IH cooking heater, B reading terminal, 10 body case, 20 top plate, 23 heating unit, 30 upper surface operation unit, 40 induction heating coil, 50 display unit, 60 non-contact communication means, 60a communication position mark, 70 grill door, 71 Grill window, 72 grill handle, 73 grill heater, 80 front operation unit, 81 operation dial, 82 front panel.

Claims (4)

Heating means for heating the cooked food,
Operating means for inputting heating conditions of the heating means;
A communication means for communicating with an external device;
Control means for controlling the heating means to execute cooking,
The said communication means can transmit the information of the performed heat cooking with respect to an external apparatus, The cooking apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned. The communication means obtains cooking information by communicating with an external device,
The cooking device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit controls the heating unit based on the acquired cooking information to perform cooking. The cooking information can be changed in an external device,
The communication means obtains information about the changed cooking by communicating with an external device,
The cooking device according to claim 1, wherein the control means controls the heating means based on the acquired changed cooking information to perform cooking.   The cooking apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the cooking information includes a heating time or heating power at the time of cooking.

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