JP2017204770A - Household electric appliance system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a household electric appliance system capable of supporting dietary life, health care and the like on the basis of information acquired from an information providing device via radio communication.SOLUTION: A household electric appliance system includes information providing devices (300, 400 and 500) and a household electric appliance (100) for providing a user with beneficial information for life support on the basis of information acquired from the information providing devices (300, 400 and 500) via radio communication.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a home appliance system.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventional home appliance systems include those equipped with a cooking device and a server connected via a network (see, for example, JP-A-2015-185394 (Patent Document 1)). The cooking device includes a wireless communication input / output unit that transmits main body information to a server and a short-range communication input / output unit that communicates with an information communication terminal.

  In the above-mentioned home appliance system, the cause of the abnormality of the heating cooker is analyzed on the server side based on the main body information transmitted from the heating cooker, the notification content corresponding to the analysis result is transmitted to the heating cooker, and heating is performed. The notification content is output from the notification unit of the cooking device so that the cause of the failure can be specified.

  Moreover, the cooking device makes it easy to understand the cause of the failure by transmitting the operating state and the abnormality monitoring data to the information communication terminal via the short-range communication input / output unit.

Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2015-185394

  However, the above-described conventional home appliance system cannot provide useful information for assisting a user's eating habits or health management based on information acquired from a server or an information communication terminal via wireless communication. There is a problem that can not support health care and eating habits.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a home appliance system that can support dietary habits and health management based on information acquired from an information providing device via wireless communication.

In order to solve the above problems, the home appliance system of the present invention is
An information providing device;
A home appliance that provides useful information for life support to a user based on information acquired from the information providing apparatus via wireless communication is provided.

Moreover, in the household electrical appliance system of one embodiment,
Information acquired from the information providing device via the wireless communication includes information on the food purchased by the user or the food to be purchased,
The home appliance provides the user with the useful information related to the food based on the information about the food purchased by the user or the food to be purchased, acquired from the information providing device via the wireless communication.

Moreover, in the household electrical appliance system of one embodiment,
The information providing apparatus is
A POS terminal that transmits information on the purchased food to the home appliance via the wireless communication is included.

Moreover, in the household electrical appliance system of one embodiment,
The information providing apparatus is
The electronic price tag terminal which transmits the information regarding the said purchased foodstuff or the said foodstuff to purchase to the said household appliances via the said wireless communication is included.

Moreover, in the household electrical appliance system of one embodiment,
The information providing apparatus or the home appliance includes a food selection unit for the user to select any of the purchased food or the food to be purchased.
The household electrical appliance provides the user with the useful information based on information on the food selected by the user by the food selection unit among the purchased food or the food to be purchased.

Moreover, in the household electrical appliance system of one embodiment,
The information acquired by the home appliance via the wireless communication from the information providing device includes the user's biological information,
The household electrical appliance provides the user with the useful information based on the biological information acquired from the information providing apparatus via the wireless communication.

Moreover, in the household electrical appliance system of one embodiment,
The information providing apparatus is
A portable information terminal that performs wireless communication with the home appliance is included.

Moreover, in the household electrical appliance system of one embodiment,
Each of the portable information terminal and the home appliance is
A first wireless communication unit that performs near-field wireless communication with each other by bringing the portable information terminal close to the home appliance;
A second wireless communication unit capable of wireless communication with each other without bringing the portable information terminal close to the home appliance;
A communication switching unit that switches between using the first wireless communication unit and using the second wireless communication unit based on information to be transmitted from the information providing apparatus to the home appliance.

  As is clear from the above, according to the present invention, the home appliances provide useful information for life support to the user based on the information acquired from the information providing device via wireless communication. It is possible to realize a home appliance system capable of supporting health management and the like.

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a home electric appliance system according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an external perspective view of the cooking device of the home appliance system. FIG. 3 is a control block diagram of the cooking device. FIG. 4 is a control block diagram of the POS terminal of the home appliance system. FIG. 5 is a control block diagram of the smartphone of the home appliance system. FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the management server of the home appliance system. FIG. 7 is a schematic configuration diagram of a home electric appliance system according to a second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 8 is an external perspective view of the refrigerator-freezer of the home appliance system. FIG. 9 is a control block diagram of the refrigerator-freezer. FIG. 10 is a schematic configuration diagram of a home electric appliance system according to a third embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the electronic price tag terminal of the home appliance system. FIG. 12 is a schematic configuration diagram of a home electric appliance system according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the management server of the home appliance system.

  Hereinafter, the home appliance system of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the illustrated embodiments.

[First Embodiment]
FIG. 1 shows a schematic configuration diagram of a home electric appliance system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the home appliance system according to the first embodiment includes a cooking device 100 as an example of a home appliance, a POS terminal 300 installed in a store, and a smartphone 400 as an example of a portable information terminal. And a management server 500 that communicates with the heating cooker 100 and the smartphone 400 via the Internet network N.

  The smartphone 400 is an example of an information providing device. The management server 500 constitutes a cloud computing system and is an example of an information providing apparatus.

  The heating cooker 100 includes an NFC communication module 120 that performs near field communication with the smartphone 400 and a WiFi communication module 130 that communicates with the management server 500 and the like via the wireless access point 80 and the Internet network N. The Internet network N is an example of a communication network. Note that the WiFi communication module 130 may be directly connected to the Internet network N.

  The NFC communication module 120 is an example of a first wireless communication unit that performs near field radio communication with each other by bringing the smartphone 400 (personal digital assistant) close to the heating cooker 100 (home appliance). It is. Here, the communication area of the NFC communication module 120 is an extremely short distance of about several centimeters to about 1 meter.

  The WiFi communication module 130 is an example of a second wireless communication unit that can wirelessly communicate with each other without bringing the smartphone 400 (personal digital assistant) close to the heating cooker 100 (home appliance).

  The WiFi communication module 130 communicates with an indoor wireless access point 80 by a wireless LAN (local area network). More specifically, the WiFi communication module 130 transmits information to the smartphone 400 or the outdoor management server 500 via the wireless access point 80 using WiFi (registered trademark) which is a wireless LAN standard as an example of a communication standard. Or receive. Note that a communication standard such as Bluetooth (registered trademark) may be used instead of WiFi.

  FIG. 2 shows an external perspective view of the cooking device 100.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the heating cooker 100 includes a rectangular parallelepiped main body casing 1, a heating chamber 2 provided in the main body casing 1 and having an opening 2 a on the front side, and an opening 2 a of the heating chamber 2. And a door 3 for opening and closing.

  An exhaust duct 5 is provided on the upper side and the rear side of the main body casing 1. A dew receptacle 6 is detachably attached to the lower part of the front surface of the main casing 1.

  The door 3 is attached to the front side of the main casing 1 so as to be rotatable about the lower side as an axis. A transparent outer glass 7 having heat resistance is provided on the front surface of the door 3 (the surface opposite to the heating chamber 2). The door 3 has a handle 8 positioned above the outer glass 7 and an operation panel 9 provided on the right side of the outer glass 7.

  The operation panel 9 includes a color liquid crystal display unit 10, a cancel key 12 that is pressed when heating is stopped halfway, and a start key 13 that is pressed when heating is started. An NFC communication antenna unit 14 is disposed on the upper portion of the operation panel 9.

  A control block diagram of the cooking device 100 is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the control device 110 of the cooking device 100 is connected to an NFC communication module 120, a WiFi communication module 130, an operation panel 9, a speaker 20, a heater 30, a magnetron 40, a door sensor 50, and the like. In addition, the control device 110 operates the NFC communication module 120, the WiFi communication module 130, and the operation based on signals from the operation panel 9, a humidity sensor (not shown), an internal temperature sensor (not shown), the door sensor 50, and the like. The color liquid crystal display unit 10, the speaker 20, the heater 30, the magnetron 40, etc. of the panel 9 are controlled.

  The control device 110 includes a microcomputer, an input / output circuit, and the like, and includes a communication control unit 110a that controls the NFC communication module 120 and the WiFi communication module 130, and communication that switches between the NFC communication module 120 and the WiFi communication module 130. It has the switching part 110b and the cooking menu proposal part 110c which suggests a recommended cooking menu (a recipe is included) to a user.

  FIG. 4 shows a control block diagram of the POS terminal 300. As shown in FIG. 4, the control device 310 of the POS terminal 300 is connected to an NFC communication module 320, a server communication module 330, a display operation unit 340, a code scanner 350, a card reader 360, a receipt printer 370, and the like. The control device 310 controls the NFC communication module 320, the server communication module 330, the display operation unit 340, the receipt printer 370, and the like based on signals from the display operation unit 340, the code scanner 350, the card reader 360, and the like.

  The control device 310 includes a microcomputer, an input / output circuit, and the like, and a settlement processing unit 310a that performs settlement processing based on signals from the display operation unit 340, the code scanner 350, the card reader 360, and the like, and an NFC communication module 320, a communication control unit 310b for controlling the server communication module 330.

  FIG. 5 shows a control block diagram of the smartphone 400. As shown in FIG. 4, the control device 410 of the smartphone 400 is connected with an NFC communication module 420, a WiFi communication module 430, a mobile phone wireless communication module 440, a display operation unit 450, a speaker 460, a microphone 470, and the like. Further, the control device 410 controls the NFC communication module 420, the WiFi communication module 430, the mobile phone wireless communication module 440, the display operation unit 450, the speaker 460, and the like based on signals from the display operation unit 450, the microphone 470, and the like. .

  The control device 410 includes a microcomputer and an input / output circuit, and controls communication control for controlling the NFC communication module 420, the WiFi communication module 430, and the mobile phone wireless communication module 440 based on a signal from the display operation unit 450 or the like. Unit 410a, communication switching unit 410b for switching between NFC communication module 420 and server communication module 430, and an ingredient selection unit 410c for the user to select an arbitrary ingredient among purchased ingredients (or ingredients to be purchased) Have

  In the household electrical appliance system having the above-described configuration, information related to ingredients purchased by the user at the store is acquired from the store POS terminal 300 to the smartphone 400 via wireless communication. Specifically, by holding the smartphone 400 over a communication antenna unit (not shown) of the NFC communication module 320 of the POS terminal 300, information such as the name of the food, the amount, and the price are transmitted as near-field wireless communication ( In this embodiment, the NFC communication module 420 of the smartphone 400 takes in via NFC). Here, a food material management application for managing purchased foods and the like is downloaded in advance to the smartphone 400, and information on the food taken in by the NFC communication module 420 is managed by this food material management application.

  Then, after the user who has finished shopping, the smartphone 400 is held over the NFC communication antenna unit 14 (shown in FIG. 2) of the cooking device 100, so that information on the ingredients (information on the ingredients name, quantity, price, etc.) Is obtained by the heating cooker 100. At this time, the information regarding the foodstuff is transferred from the NFC communication module 420 of the smartphone 400 to the NFC communication module 120 of the heating cooker 100 via wireless communication (NFC in this embodiment).

  And based on the information regarding the acquired foodstuff, the heating cooker 100 uses the color liquid crystal display part as the recommended cooking menu etc. which used the purchased foodstuff from the cooking menu proposal part 110c as useful information for life support. 10, or output sound through the speaker 20.

  The recommended cooking menu provided from the cooking device 100 may be selected from a plurality of cooking menus (including recipes) registered in the cooking device 100, or the management server 500. Selected from a plurality of cooking menus (including recipes) registered in the cooking menu management unit 500b (shown in FIG. 6) and downloaded to the cooking device 100 via the Internet N. Also good.

  This makes it possible for users who have purchased seasonal ingredients to be sold in the store or service items of the day without purchasing the ingredients necessary for the cooking menu that was considered in advance. The recipe can be provided from the cooking device 100.

  Thus, according to the household electrical appliance system having the above-described configuration, information on the purchased ingredients (food name, quantity, price) acquired by NFC wireless communication from the POS terminal 300 (information providing apparatus) via the smartphone 400 (information providing apparatus). Etc.), the cooking device 100 (home appliance) provides the user with useful information (recommended cooking menu recipe using purchased ingredients) for life support. This makes it possible to support the user's diet.

  In addition, as information on purchased ingredients acquired from the POS terminal 300 (information providing apparatus) of the store, the smartphone 400 (information providing apparatus) acquires information such as the ingredients name, quantity, and price via NFC wireless communication, By transferring from the smartphone 400 to the cooking device 100 via NFC wireless communication, it is possible to provide the user with a recommended cooking menu recipe using purchased ingredients from the cooking device 100 with a simple operation. .

  In addition, when a user purchases ingredients at a store, information on the purchased ingredients (information such as ingredient name, quantity, price, etc.) from the POS terminal 300 (information providing apparatus) that has been processed is sent to the smartphone 400 (via NFC wireless communication). Since the information providing apparatus) obtains, it is possible to easily obtain information on the ingredients when purchasing the ingredients.

  Moreover, based on the information regarding the foodstuff which the user selected by the food selection part 410c of the smart phone 400 among the purchased foodstuffs, the heating cooker 100 (home appliance) provides a user with useful information for life support. Thus, the heating cooker 100 (home appliance) does not provide a recipe for a recommended cooking menu using all of the purchased ingredients, but recommended cooking using the selected ingredients of the purchased ingredients. Menu recipes can be provided to users, improving convenience. For example, it is effective when it is desired to use only a part of the food purchased on that day on the day of purchase.

  In addition, in this 1st Embodiment, although arbitrary foodstuffs were selected by the foodstuff selection part 410c of the smart phone 400, the heating cooker 100 may be provided with a foodstuff selection part, and may select foodstuffs.

  In addition, by using the smartphone 400 (portable information terminal) as an information providing device, it is possible to use NFC short-range wireless communication mounted on the smartphone 400, and by bringing the smartphone 400 close to the POS terminal 300, food information can be obtained. Can be easily obtained.

  Furthermore, by using the smartphone 400 as a portable information terminal, it is possible to easily manage food information by a dedicated application, and convenience is improved.

  Moreover, according to the said 1st Embodiment, when the data amount of the information which is going to transmit to the heating cooker 100 (home appliance) from the smart phone 400 (personal digital assistant) is small, NFC communication module 420 (slow communication speed) While using the first wireless communication unit) and the NFC communication module 120 (first wireless communication unit), the communication speed is high when the amount of data to be transmitted from the smartphone 400 to the cooking device 100 is large. The WiFi communication module 430 (second wireless communication unit) and the WiFi communication module 130 (second wireless communication unit) are used. At this time, in the smart phone 400, the NFC communication module 420 and the WiFi communication module 430 are switched by the communication switching unit 410b, and in the heating cooker 100, the NFC communication module 120 and the WiFi communication module 130 are switched by the communication switching unit 110b.

  Thereby, compared with the case where only one of the NFC communication module having a low communication speed or the WiFi communication module having a high communication speed is provided, the NFC communication modules 120, 420 and the WiFi communication module 130, By switching 430 appropriately, efficient wireless communication is possible. In particular, when the amount of information data is small, NFC communication is advantageous because the connection is completed simply by holding the smartphone 400 over the heating cooker 100, compared to WiFi communication, which requires a complicated connection protocol and takes time.

  Here, the switching of the NFC communication module 120 and the WiFi communication module 130 of the cooking device 100 and the switching of the NFC communication module 420 and the WiFi communication module 430 of the smartphone 400 are performed by the NFC communication antenna unit of the cooking device 100 of the smartphone 400. 14, the determination may be made automatically on the smartphone 400 side, or the selection screen may be displayed on the smartphone 400 and switched by the user himself / herself.

  In the first embodiment, the home appliance system using the POS terminal 300 and the smartphone 400 as the information providing device has been described. However, the management server 500 may be used as the information providing device.

  FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the management server 500. As shown in FIG. 6, the management server 500 includes a communication unit 500a that performs communication via the Internet network N, a cooking menu management unit 500b, and a food material management unit 500c.

  The management server 500 performs communication via the Internet network N by the communication unit 500a. Moreover, the management server 500 communicates with the heating cooker 100 via the internet network N and indoor wireless LAN by the communication part 500a.

  In addition, the cooking menu management unit 500b manages information on cooking menus that can be executed by the heating cooker 100, and the cooking menu information (recipe, etc.) according to a request from the heating cooker 100 or the like. Download to 100 side.

  In addition, when the user purchases the food at the store, the food management unit 500c acquires information about the purchased food (such as the name of the food, the amount, and the price) from the smartphone 400 and manages the information. The food material management unit 500c is used when the smartphone 400 does not manage purchased food materials.

  For example, the POS terminal 300 has a function of communicating with the management server 500 via the Internet network N. When a user purchases food at a store, information (food name, quantity, price, etc.) of the food purchased by the user is received from the POS terminal 300 via the Internet N by the communication unit 500a of the management server 500. It is managed by the food material management unit 500c. When the POS terminal 300 does not have a function of communicating with the management server 500, information on purchased ingredients from the POS terminal 300 obtained from the smartphone 400 is transmitted from the smartphone 400 via the Internet N to the management server 500. Send to.

  Then, information (purchased name, quantity, price, etc.) of the purchased ingredients managed by the ingredient management unit 500c of the management server 500 is sent from the management server 500 via the Internet network N by the heating cooker 100 (home appliance). The cooking device 100 provides the user with useful information (recipe for a recommended cooking menu using purchased ingredients) for life support based on the acquired information on the purchased ingredients.

  At this time, based on the information on the purchased ingredients managed by the ingredient management unit 500c of the management server 500, the cooking menu management unit 500b transmits the recipe of the recommended cooking menu using the purchased ingredients to the heating cooker 100, and A recipe for a recommended cooking menu may be provided from the heating cooker 100 to the user.

  Alternatively, when the management server 500 is used as an information providing device and the smartphone 400 does not manage purchased ingredients and the like, information on the purchased ingredients obtained from the POS terminal 300 obtained from the smartphone 400 is transmitted from the smartphone 400 to the Internet network. N is transmitted to the management server 500, and the information on the purchased purchased ingredients is managed by the ingredient management unit 500c. Then, based on the information on the purchased ingredients managed by the ingredients management unit 500c, the recipe of the recommended cooking menu using the purchased ingredients (beneficial information for life support) is transmitted to the smartphone 400. Next, by holding the smartphone 400 over the NFC communication antenna unit 14 (shown in FIG. 2) of the heating cooker 100, the heating cooker 100 acquires a recipe for a recommended cooking menu using purchased ingredients. The recipe of the recommended cooking menu is provided from the heating cooker 100 to the user.

  In the first embodiment, the home appliance system including the management server 500 has been described. However, the present invention may be applied to a home appliance system having a configuration that does not include the management server. In this case, the wireless access point 80 and the WiFi communication module of the heating cooker 100 may not be provided.

  Moreover, in the said 1st Embodiment, although the purchase foodstuff etc. were managed by the foodstuff management application downloaded beforehand to the smart phone 400, the smart phone 400 is connected to the communication antenna part (not shown) of the NFC communication module 320 of the POS terminal 300. The information on the ingredients (information on the ingredients name, quantity, price, etc.) may be automatically registered in the household account book application of the smartphone 400 by holding it over. With this household account book application, the household account book can be managed and the purchased ingredients may be managed.

  In addition, by feeding back the recipe (used ingredients and quantity) of the cooking menu executed by the heating cooker 100 to the smartphone 400 equipped with such a household account book application via wireless communication, It is possible to calculate food expenses.

[Second Embodiment]
FIG. 7 shows a schematic configuration diagram of a home electric appliance system according to the second embodiment of the present invention. The home appliance system of the second embodiment has the same configuration as the home appliance system of the first embodiment except for the refrigerator 200, and the same reference numerals are assigned to the same components.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the home appliance system according to the second embodiment includes a cooking device 100 as an example of a home appliance, a freezer refrigerator 200 as an example of a home appliance, and a POS terminal 300 installed in a store or the like. And a smart phone 400 as an example of a portable information terminal, and a management server 500 that communicates with the heating cooker 100 and the smart phone 400 via the Internet N.

  FIG. 8 shows an external perspective view of the refrigerator-freezer 200 of the home appliance system. As shown in FIG. 8, the refrigerator-freezer 200 is provided with a housing 201 and a refrigerator room, an ice making room, an upper freezer room, a lower freezer room, and a vegetable room provided in the housing 201 and having an opening on the front side (see FIG. 8). (Not shown), left door 202 and right door 203 for opening and closing the refrigerator compartment, ice making case 206 housed in the ice making room, upper freezing case 207 housed in the upper freezing room, and housed in the lower freezing room A lower freezing case 208 and a vegetable case 209 housed in a vegetable room are provided.

  The refrigerator-freezer 200 has a display operation unit 204 and an NFC communication antenna unit 205 disposed below the right door 203. The display operation unit 204 uses a touch panel type liquid crystal display device.

  FIG. 9 shows a control block diagram of the refrigerator-freezer 200. As shown in FIG. 9, the control device 210 of the refrigerator / freezer 200 is connected to an NFC communication module 220, a WiFi communication module 230, a display operation unit 204, a speaker 240, a door sensor 250, and the like. Further, the control device 210 controls the NFC communication module 220, the WiFi communication module 230, the display operation unit 204, the speaker 240, and the like based on signals from the display operation unit 204, the door sensor 250, and the like.

  The control device 210 includes a microcomputer and an input / output circuit. The communication control unit 210a controls the NFC communication module 220 and the WiFi communication module 230 based on a signal from the display operation unit 204, and the NFC communication module. 220, the communication switching part 210b which switches the WiFi communication module 230, and the foodstuff management part 210c.

  In the household appliance system of the second embodiment, the same operation as that of the household appliance system of the first embodiment is performed except for the refrigerator-freezer 200. Therefore, in this 2nd Embodiment, the point regarding the refrigerator-freezer 200 is demonstrated below.

  In the home appliance system configured as described above, when a user purchases food at a store, the smartphone 400 is held over the communication antenna unit (not shown) of the NFC communication module 320 of the POS terminal 300 to obtain information on the purchased food (food name) , Information such as quantity and price) is acquired by the smartphone 400. At this time, information regarding the purchased ingredients is transferred from the POS terminal 300 to the smartphone 400 via NFC wireless communication. Here, a food material management application for managing purchased foods and the like is downloaded in advance to the smartphone 400, and information on the food taken in by the NFC communication module 420 is managed by this food material management application.

  Then, after the user who has finished shopping, the smartphone 400 is held over the NFC communication antenna unit 205 (shown in FIG. 8) of the refrigerator / freezer 200, so that information on the ingredients (information on the ingredients name, quantity, price, etc.) can be obtained. The data is transferred from the NFC communication module 420 of the smartphone 400 to the NFC communication module 220 of the refrigerator / freezer 200 via NFC wireless communication.

  And the foodstuff management part 210c of the refrigerator-freezer 200 judges the foodstuff which should be accommodated in the refrigerator-freezer 200 based on the acquired information, and manages the foodstuff accommodated in the refrigerator-freezer 200. FIG. Here, the food material management unit 210c displays the stock status of the food material stored in the refrigerator-freezer 200 as useful information for life support on the display operation unit 204, or outputs a sound through the speaker 240.

  The refrigerator-freezer 200 manages the ingredients based on the ingredient name, quantity, date of receipt, and the like of the ingredients contained therein. Moreover, you may make it set and manage the expiration date from a warehousing date using the standard best-before period set beforehand according to the kind of accommodated foodstuff. Furthermore, the refrigerator-freezer 200 acquires the name of the ingredients used and the quantity used included in the recipe of the cooking menu executed in the heating cooker 100 by the wireless LAN via the WiFi communication module 230 and the wireless access point 80, and is executed. Based on the recipe of the cooking menu, the used ingredients may be estimated and the stock in the refrigerator 200 may be changed.

  In the above-described home appliance system, foods stored in the refrigerator-freezer 200 are managed, but for the foods stored from the refrigerator-freezer 200, the user changes the stock of the food by operating the display operation unit 204. . In addition, the recipe information of the cooking menu executed in the heating cooker 100 is received by the refrigerator 200 by the wireless LAN via the wireless access point 80, and the ingredients based on the recipe information of the executed cooking menu are received. You may make it change the stock of foodstuff by the management part 210c.

  The home appliance system of the second embodiment has the same effects as the home appliance system of the first embodiment.

  In addition, based on the information (purchased ingredients name, amount, price, etc.) of purchased ingredients acquired by NFC wireless communication from the POS terminal 300 (information providing apparatus) via the smartphone 400 (information providing apparatus), the refrigerator-freezer 200 (home appliance) ) Provides useful information (such as food stock status) for life support to the user, it is possible to support the user's diet.

  In addition, the smartphone 400 (information providing device) obtains information such as the name, amount, and price of the food purchased by the user from the POS terminal 300 (information providing device) of the store via NFC wireless communication. Then, by transferring the information from the smart phone 400 to the refrigerator / freezer 200 (home appliance) via NFC wireless communication, it becomes possible to provide the user with the stock status of the food material from the refrigerator / freezer 200 as useful information. In addition, you may transfer the information regarding a foodstuff from the smart phone 400 to the refrigerator-freezer 200 via WiFi (trademark) communication.

  Moreover, based on the information regarding the foodstuffs which the user selected by the foodstuff selection part 410c of the smart phone 400 among purchased foodstuffs, the useful information for life support is provided to a user with the refrigerator-freezer 200 (home appliance). Thereby, the refrigerator-freezer 200 does not store all the purchased ingredients, but when only some of the purchased ingredients are stored in the refrigerator-freezer 200, the user selects some of the purchased ingredients. As a result, it becomes possible to manage appropriate foods, and convenience is improved.

  In the first embodiment, an arbitrary food material is selected by the food material selection unit 410c of the smartphone 400. However, even if the refrigerator / freezer 200 includes the food material selection unit and uses the display operation unit 204 to select the food material. Good.

  Further, according to the second embodiment, when the data amount of information to be transmitted from the smartphone 400 (portable information terminal) to the refrigerator / freezer 200 (home appliance) is small, the NFC communication module 420 (the first communication speed is low). 1 wireless communication unit) and NFC communication module 220 (first wireless communication unit). On the other hand, when the amount of information to be transmitted from the smartphone 400 to the refrigerator / freezer 200 is large, the WiFi communication module 430 (second wireless communication unit) and the WiFi communication module 230 (second wireless communication unit) having a high communication speed are used. Is used. At this time, in the smart phone 400, the NFC communication module 420 and the WiFi communication module 430 are switched by the communication switching unit 410b, and in the refrigerator / freezer 200, the NFC communication module 220 and the WiFi communication module 230 are switched by the communication switching unit 210b.

  Thereby, compared with the case where only one of the NFC communication module having a low communication speed or the WiFi communication module having a high communication speed is provided, the NFC communication modules 220, 420 and the WiFi communication module 230, By switching 430 appropriately, efficient wireless communication is possible.

  In the second embodiment, the home appliance system using the POS terminal 300 and the smartphone 400 as the information providing device has been described. However, the management server 500 may be used as the information providing device.

  In this case, for example, the POS terminal 300 has a function of communicating with the management server 500 via the Internet network N. When a user purchases food at a store, information (food name, quantity, price, etc.) of the food purchased by the user is received from the POS terminal 300 via the Internet N by the communication unit 500a of the management server 500. It is managed by the food material management unit 500c. When the POS terminal 300 does not have a function of communicating with the management server 500, information on purchased ingredients from the POS terminal 300 obtained from the smartphone 400 is transmitted from the smartphone 400 via the Internet N to the management server 500. Send to.

  Then, information (purchased name, quantity, price, etc.) of the purchased ingredients managed by the ingredient management unit 500c of the management server 500 is acquired from the management server 500 via the Internet network N by the refrigerator / freezer 200 (home appliance). Based on the information on the purchased food, the refrigerator-freezer 200 provides the user with useful information (such as the stock status of the food) for life support.

[Third Embodiment]
FIG. 10 shows a schematic configuration diagram of a home electric appliance system according to a third embodiment of the present invention. The home appliance system according to the third embodiment has the same configuration as that of the home appliance system according to the first embodiment except that an electronic price tag terminal 600 is provided instead of the POS terminal 300. Are given the same reference numbers.

  As shown in FIG. 10, the home appliance system of the third embodiment includes a cooking device 100 as an example of a home appliance and a plurality of electronic price tag terminals 600 as an example of a food information providing terminal installed in a store or the like. And a smart phone 400 as an example of a portable information terminal, and a management server 500 that communicates with the heating cooker 100 and the smart phone 400 via the Internet N.

  The electronic price tag terminal 600 is installed beside a product (including food) displayed in a store, and indicates a product name, a price, and the like to the user.

  FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the electronic price tag terminal 600 of the home appliance system. As shown in FIG. 11, the electronic price tag terminal 600 includes a display unit 600 a that displays the name and price of ingredients, an NFC communication unit 600 b, a communication control unit 600 c that controls the NFC communication unit 600 b, and a name and price of ingredients. And a storage unit 600d for storing such information.

  The NFC communication unit 600b of the electronic price tag terminal 600 communicates with an ingredient information management terminal (not shown) that rewrites information of the electronic price tag terminal 600 and the smartphone 400 via NFC wireless communication. The food material information management terminal is connected to the product management server, and the information of each electronic price tag terminal 600 is downloaded.

  According to the home appliance system configured as described above, information on ingredients to be purchased (name of ingredients, quantity, price) acquired from the electronic price tag terminal 600 (information providing apparatus) via NFC wireless communication via the smartphone 400 (information providing apparatus). The cooking device 100 (home appliance) provides useful information (recommended cooking menu recipes using ingredients to be purchased) to the user based on the recipe. This makes it possible to support the user's diet. Note that the smartphone 400 may acquire information on purchased ingredients from the electronic price tag terminal 600 without being limited to information on ingredients to be purchased.

  Here, the recipe in the information on the ingredients acquired from the electronic price tag terminal 600 is a recipe for a cooking menu suitable for the ingredients.

  When the smartphone 400 is held over a communication antenna unit (not shown) of the electronic price tag terminal 600, information such as the name of the food, quantity, price, and recipe is acquired from the electronic price tag terminal 600 via NFC wireless communication. .

  Then, it tries to purchase from the heating cooker 100 by transferring information such as the above-mentioned ingredients name, quantity, price, recipe, etc. from the smartphone 400 to the heating cooker 100 (home appliance) via NFC wireless communication. Providing users with useful information related to ingredients (such as recipes for recommended cooking menus using ingredients).

  Or, if the home appliance is a refrigerator, treat the ingredients that you want to purchase that need to be refrigerated or frozen as if they are stored in the refrigerator (or refrigerator-freezer). May be provided to the user and used for food management.

  In addition, as information on the food to be purchased from the electronic price tag terminal 600 (information providing device), information such as the name of the food, quantity, price, recipe, etc. is transmitted to the smartphone 400 (portable information terminal) via NFC wireless communication. After acquisition, the data is transmitted from the smartphone 400 to the cooking device 100 (home appliance) via wireless communication. Thereby, for example, the information regarding foodstuffs can be easily acquired and browsed by the smartphone 400 while looking at the food near the electronic price tag terminal 600 installed in the store. In addition, even after returning home, it is possible to browse information about ingredients with the smartphone 400, and it is not necessary for the user to examine recipes suitable for the ingredients, and it is not necessary to write down information about ingredients at the sales floor.

  In the home appliance system of the third embodiment, the information on the ingredients provided from the electronic price tag terminal 600 (information providing apparatus) includes, in addition to the ingredient name, quantity, price, and recipe, the origin of the ingredients, the producer, and the ingredients. Includes all data related to ingredients such as name origin.

  Moreover, the household appliance system of the said 3rd Embodiment manages foodstuffs based on the information of the foodstuff provided from the electronic price tag terminal 600 (information provision apparatus) similarly to the household appliance system of 2nd Embodiment. A freezer refrigerator 200 that can be used may be provided.

  In the home appliance system of the third embodiment, the home appliance system using the electronic price tag terminal 600 as the information providing device has been described. However, the information providing device is not limited to this, and the food price tag or the food packaging itself is used. An attached IC tag or the like may be used.

[Fourth Embodiment]
FIG. 12: has shown schematic structure figure of the household appliances system of 4th Embodiment of this invention. The home appliance system according to the fourth embodiment is the home appliance according to the first embodiment except that the body composition meter 700 and the activity meter 800 are provided instead of the POS terminal 300 and the operation of the management server 1000 is different. It has the same configuration as the system, and the same reference numerals are assigned to the same components.

  The body composition meter 700 measures body weight, body fat, muscle mass, bone mass, and the like as biological information.

  The activity meter measures calorie consumption, number of steps, body temperature, blood pressure, age, heart rate, blood flow, and the like as biological information. This activity meter may be a smartphone app (pedometer) or a portable device (such as a wristwatch) that measures calories burned, steps taken, heart rate, etc. It may be a thing.

  In the home appliance system according to the fourth embodiment, the body composition meter 700 (information providing device) transmits biometric information representing at least one of body weight, body fat, muscle mass, and bone mass via NFC wireless communication to a smartphone. 400 (personal digital assistant) acquires. In addition, biometric information representing at least one of calorie consumption, number of steps, body temperature, blood pressure, age, heart rate, blood flow, and the like from the activity meter 800 (information providing device) is transmitted to the smartphone 400 (via NFC wireless communication). Mobile information terminal).

  Here, the body composition meter 700, the activity meter 800, and the smartphone 400 that acquires biological information from the body composition meter 700 and the activity meter 800 are included in the information providing device.

  Thus, at least one of biometric information representing at least one of the body weight, body fat, muscle mass and bone mass, calorie consumption, number of steps, body temperature, blood pressure, age, heart rate, blood flow rate, etc. Is transferred from the smartphone 400 to the heating cooker 100 (home appliance) via NFC wireless communication, thereby providing useful information for life support from the heating cooker 100 to the user.

  For example, a recommended cooking menu recipe using biological information acquired from the body composition meter 700 or the activity meter 800 can be provided to the user by display or voice as useful information. Specifically, if the user's weight and body fat obtained from the body composition meter 700 are above the standard value, a low-calorie cooking menu is recommended, or if the bone mass is low, a cooking menu with good calcium absorption Or recommend.

  Here, the biological information may be biological information other than body weight, body fat, muscle mass, bone mass, calorie consumption, number of steps, body temperature, blood pressure, age, heart rate, and blood flow.

  According to the household electrical appliance system configured as described above, biological information (weight, body fat, muscle mass, bone mass, etc.) obtained by NFC wireless communication from the body composition meter 700 (information providing apparatus) via the smartphone 400 (information providing apparatus) ) Or biometric information (calorie consumption, number of steps, body temperature, blood pressure, age, heart rate, blood flow, etc.) acquired by NFC wireless communication from the activity meter 800 (information providing device) via the smartphone 400 (information providing device) ), The cooking device 100 (home appliance) provides the user with useful information (recipe for a recommended cooking menu good for health) for life support. This makes it possible to support user health management.

  In the fourth embodiment, the home appliance system using the body composition meter 700, the activity meter 800, and the smartphone 400 as the information providing device has been described. However, the body composition meter 700 has a WiFi communication function, and the body composition meter The biometric information (weight, body fat, muscle mass, bone mass, etc.) from 700 may be acquired by the heating cooker 100 (home appliance) via WiFi wireless LAN. Similarly, the activity meter 800 has a WiFi communication function, and the biometric information (calorie consumption, number of steps, body temperature, blood pressure, age, heart rate, blood flow rate, etc.) from the activity meter 800 is transmitted via a wireless LAN by WiFi. You may make it acquire with the heating cooker 100 (home appliance).

  Moreover, although the said 4th Embodiment demonstrated the household appliance system using the body composition meter 700, the activity meter 800, and the smart phone 400 as an information provision apparatus, the body composition meter 700 (or activity amount meter 800) and management server 1000 may be used as the information providing apparatus.

  FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the management server 1000 of the home appliance system. As shown in FIG. 13, the management server 1000 includes a communication unit 1000a that performs communication via the Internet N, a cooking menu management unit 1000b, a biological information management unit 1000c, and a health support unit 1000d.

  The management server 1000 performs communication via the Internet network N by the communication unit 1000a. In addition, the management server 1000 communicates with the heating cooker 100 via the Internet network N and the indoor wireless LAN by the communication unit 1000a.

  The cooking menu management unit 1000b manages information on cooking menus that can be executed by the heating cooker 100, and the cooking menu information (recipe, etc.) according to a request from the heating cooker 100 or the like. Download to 100 side.

  In addition, the biological information management unit 1000c manages the biological information from the body composition meter 700 or the activity meter 800 as time series data for each user and each item.

  The health support unit 1000d recommends the cooking menu information that can be executed by the cooking device 100 managed by the cooking menu management unit 1000b based on the biological information managed by the biological information management unit 1000c. The recipe of the cooking menu is transmitted as useful information to the heating cooker 100 via the Internet network N and the indoor wireless LAN. The health support unit 1000d may transmit not only a recommended cooking menu recipe but also health advice as useful information to the heating cooker 100.

  For example, it is assumed that the body composition meter 700 (or activity meter 800) has a function of communicating with the management server 1000 via the Internet network N. When the user measures the weight, the user's biological information (weight, body fat, muscle mass, bone mass, etc.) is received from the body composition meter 700 via the Internet N at the communication unit 1000a of the management server 1000. Managed by the biological information management unit 1000c. In addition, when the body composition meter 700 does not have a function of communicating with the management server 1000, information on purchased ingredients from the body composition meter 700 obtained by the smartphone 400 is managed from the smartphone 400 via the Internet network N. Send to server 1000.

  Thus, the biometric information (weight, body fat, muscle mass, bone mass, etc.) managed by the biometric information management unit 1000c of the management server 1000 is transmitted from the management server 1000 via the Internet N to the cooking device 100 (home appliances). The cooking device 100 provides the user with useful information (recipe for a recommended cooking menu that is good for health) based on the biological information.

  At this time, based on the biometric information managed by the biometric information management unit 1000c of the management server 1000, the cooking menu management unit 1000b sends an appropriate recommended cooking menu recipe (beneficial information for life support) to the heating cooker 100. The recipe of the recommended cooking menu with good health may be provided to the user from the cooking device 100.

  In the fourth embodiment, the home appliance system including the management server 1000 has been described. However, the present invention may be applied to a home appliance system having a configuration that does not include the management server. In this case, the wireless access point 80 and the WiFi communication module of the heating cooker 100 may not be provided.

  In the first to fourth embodiments, the home appliance system provided with the smartphone 400 as the portable information terminal has been described. However, the portable information terminal is not limited to this, but a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) or mobile It may be a PC (personal computer) or the like.

  Moreover, although the said 1st-4th embodiment demonstrated the household appliance system which provides useful information based on the information acquired via the wireless communication from the information provision apparatus, you may acquire via a wired communication. .

  Although specific embodiments of the present invention have been described, the present invention is not limited to the first to fourth embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the present invention. For example, what combined suitably the content described in the said 1st-4th embodiment is good also as one Embodiment of this invention.

  The present invention and the embodiment are summarized as follows.

The home appliance system of this invention is
Information providing device 300,400,500,600,700,800,
Home appliances 100 and 200 that provide users with useful information for life support based on information acquired from the information providing devices 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, and 800 via wireless communication It is characterized by.

  According to the above configuration, the home appliances 100 and 200 provide the user with useful information for life support based on the information acquired from the information providing devices 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, and 800 via wireless communication. To do. Here, useful information for life support includes recommended cooking menu recipes using purchased ingredients and / or recommended cooking menu recipes and health advice based on biological information such as weight and body fat percentage, etc. It is. This makes it possible to support the user's diet and health management.

Moreover, in the household electrical appliance system of one embodiment,
The information acquired from the information providing apparatus 300, 400, 500, 600 via the wireless communication includes information on the food purchased by the user or the food to be purchased,
The home appliances 100 and 200 are related to the food based on the information about the food purchased by the user or the food to be purchased, which is acquired from the information providing devices 300, 400, 500, and 600 via the wireless communication. Provide useful information to users.

  According to the above-described embodiment, for example, the food purchased by the user acquired through wireless communication from the information providing devices 300, 400, 500, 600 such as the POS (Point Of Sales) terminal 300 and the electronic price tag terminal 600 of the store, or The portable information terminal 400 (for example, a smartphone) acquires information on the ingredients to be purchased (information about the names, quantities, prices, etc.) via near-field wireless communication (for example, NFC (Near field radio communication)). . Here, the POS terminal 300, the electronic price tag terminal 600, and the portable information terminal 400 that obtains information on foodstuffs from the POS terminal 300 or the electronic price tag terminal 600 are included in the information providing apparatus.

  Then, by transferring the information about the food purchased by the user or the food to be purchased from the portable information terminal 400 to the home appliances 100 and 200 via wireless communication (for example, NFC or WiFi (registered trademark)), Useful information related to food materials is provided to the user from the home appliances 100 and 200.

  For example, when the home appliance is the heating cooker 100, it is possible to provide a user with a recipe of a recommended cooking menu using purchased ingredients (or ingredients to be purchased) as useful information.

  Or when the said household appliances are the refrigerator or the freezer refrigerator 200, the foodstuff which needs refrigeration and freezing among the purchased foodstuffs is handled as what is stored in a refrigerator compartment or a freezer compartment, and the storage condition of ingredients, etc. is beneficial It can be provided to users as information and used for food management.

Moreover, in the household electrical appliance system of one embodiment,
The information providing devices 300, 400, 500, 600 are
It includes a POS terminal 300 that transmits information on the purchased food to the home appliances 100 and 200 via the wireless communication.

  According to the above-described embodiment, when the user purchases the food at the store, information such as the name of the food, the amount, and the price is used as information related to the food purchased by the user from the POS terminal 300. ) Through the portable information terminal 400 (for example, a smartphone). Thereby, the information regarding a foodstuff can be easily acquired at the time of the purchase of a foodstuff.

Moreover, in the household electrical appliance system of one embodiment,
The information providing devices 300, 400, 500, 600 are
The electronic price tag terminal 600 which transmits the information regarding the said purchased foodstuff or the said foodstuff to be purchased to the said household appliances 100,200 via the said wireless communication is included.

  According to the above-described embodiment, information such as the name of the ingredient, the amount, and the price is obtained as information about the purchased ingredient (or the ingredient to be purchased) from the electronic price tag terminal 600 that is the information providing device 300, 400, 500, 600. After acquiring to the portable information terminal 400 (for example, a smart phone) via near field type wireless communication (for example, NFC), it transmits to the household appliances 100 and 200 from the portable information terminal 400 via wireless communication. Thereby, for example, it is possible to easily obtain information on food ingredients while looking at the electronic price tag terminal 600 installed in the store.

Moreover, in the household electrical appliance system of one embodiment,
The information providing device 300, 400, 500, 600 or the household electrical appliance 100, 200 includes a food selection unit 410c for the user to select any of the purchased food or the food to be purchased. Have
The home appliances 100 and 200 provide the user with the useful information based on information on the food selected by the food selection unit 410c among the purchased food or the food to be purchased.

  According to the above embodiment, based on the information on the ingredients selected by the user by the ingredient selection unit 410c among the purchased ingredients (or ingredients to be purchased), the home appliances 100 and 200 provide useful information for life support. To users. Thereby, for example, when the household appliances 100 and 200 are heating cookers, a recommended cooking menu recipe using all purchased ingredients is not provided, but selected from the purchased ingredients. Users can be provided with recommended cooking menu recipes using fresh ingredients.

Moreover, in the household electrical appliance system of one embodiment,
The information acquired by the home appliance 100, 200 from the information providing device 400, 500, 700, 800 via the wireless communication includes the biological information of the user,
The home appliances 100 and 200 provide the user with the useful information based on the biological information acquired from the information providing devices 400, 500, 700, and 800 via the wireless communication.

  Here, the biological information includes weight, body fat, muscle mass, bone mass, calorie consumption, number of steps, body temperature, blood pressure, age, heart rate, blood flow, and the like.

  According to the embodiment, for example, the user's biological information is transmitted from the information providing devices 700 and 800 such as a body composition meter and an activity meter to the portable information terminal 400 (for example, NFC) via near field wireless communication (for example, NFC). Smartphone). Here, the body composition meter, the activity meter, and the portable information terminal 400 that acquires biological information from the body composition meter and the activity meter are included in the information providing apparatus.

  Then, by transferring the information from the portable information terminal 400 to the home appliances 100 and 200 via wireless communication (for example, NFC or WiFi), the home appliances 100 and 200 provide the user with useful information for life support.

  For example, when the home appliance is the heating cooker 100, it is possible to provide a user with a recommended cooking menu recipe using biological information from a body composition meter, an activity meter, or the like as useful information. Specifically, if the body weight or body fat is above the reference value, a low-calorie cooking menu is recommended, or if the bone mass is low, a cooking menu with good calcium absorption is recommended.

Moreover, in the household electrical appliance system of one embodiment,
The information providing apparatus 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800
A portable information terminal 400 that performs wireless communication with the home appliances 100 and 200 is included.

  According to the above-described embodiment, by using the portable information terminal 400 as an information providing device, for example, using the NFC short-range wireless communication mounted on the smartphone 400 that is a portable information terminal, the POS terminal 300 or the electronic Food information can be easily obtained by bringing the smartphone 400 close to the price tag terminal 600 or the like, and biological information can be easily obtained by bringing the smartphone 400 close to the body composition meter 700 or the activity meter 800 or the like. .

  Furthermore, by using a programmable device such as the smartphone 400 as a portable information terminal, it is possible to easily manage food information and biological information using a dedicated application.

Moreover, in the household electrical appliance system of one embodiment,
Each of the portable information terminal 400 and the home appliances 100 and 200
A first wireless communication unit 120, 220, 420 for performing near-field wireless communication with each other by bringing the portable information terminal 400 close to the home appliances 100, 200;
A second wireless communication unit 130, 230, 430 capable of wireless communication with each other without bringing the portable information terminal 400 close to the home appliances 100, 200;
Based on the information to be transmitted from the information providing apparatus 400 to the home appliances 100, 200, the first wireless communication unit 120, 220, 420 is used or the second wireless communication unit 130, 230, 430 is used. Communication switching units 110b, 210b, and 410b that switch whether to use.

  According to the embodiment, based on the information to be transmitted from the information providing apparatus 400 to the home appliances 100 and 200, the mobile information terminal 400 is brought close to the home appliances 100 and 200 to perform near-field wireless communication with each other. First wireless communication units 120, 220, 420 (for example, NFC) to be used, or second wireless communication units 130, 230 capable of wireless communication with each other without bringing portable information terminal 400 close to home appliances 100, 200 , 430 (for example, WiFi) is switched by the communication switching unit 110b, 210b, 410b. Accordingly, for example, when the data amount of information to be transmitted from the information providing apparatus 400 to the home appliance 100 or 200 is small, the first wireless communication unit 120, 220, or 420 having a low communication speed is used while the information is transmitted. When the amount of information to be transmitted from the providing device 400 to the home appliances 100 and 200 is large, the second wireless communication units 130, 230, and 430 having a high communication speed can be used.

  As a result, compared with the case where only one of the first wireless communication units 120, 220, 420 having a low communication speed or the second wireless communication units 130, 230, 430 having a high communication speed is provided, the data amount of the information is determined. Thus, efficient wireless communication is possible by appropriately switching the first wireless communication units 120, 220, and 420 and the second wireless communication units 130, 230, and 430.

  The home appliance system is not limited to the first to fourth embodiments described above, but is applied to a cooking device including a wireless communication device such as WiFi and a sound device such as a speaker and a microphone from a store such as a supermarket via a management server. If the user visits the store based on the distributed advertisement information and purchases the product for the advertisement, the product price is reduced and the product is purchased. You may make it charge with respect to a supermarket from the manufacturer of a heating cooker from the track record.

  In this case, in order to identify the user who purchases by looking at the advertisement in the store, the identification number (or QR code (registered trademark), etc.) is displayed at the same time as the advertisement information distributed to the cooking device. Present at the time of purchase at the store.

  In addition, as another home appliance system, the mother downloads the recipe registered in the cooking device to the child's smartphone (personal digital assistant) via NFC wireless communication, and while watching the recipe downloaded to the smartphone, the mother You may make it the child cook the recipe which made.

  Moreover, while downloading the recipe registered into the heating cooker to a smart phone (personal digital assistant) via NFC wireless communication, a shopping list of necessary ingredients may be created. This makes it possible to order foodstuffs from the shopping list of necessary foodstuffs via the Internet.

  Alternatively, a recipe may be uploaded from a smartphone (portable information terminal) to a cooking device (home appliance) in the following form, for example.

(i) Search for recommended recipes using supermarket ingredients on your smartphone and upload the recipes to the cooking device.
(ii) Modify cooking recipes (quantity, heating, time, etc.) on your smartphone and upload them to your cooking device to perform your own cooking.
(iii) Upload an anniversary recipe (schedule and cooking menu) such as a standard dish for a birthday to a heating cooker.
(iv) Evaluate the recipe on the cooking menu (delicious, not good, more, less, etc.) and upload to the cooking device.

  Thereby, the convenience about the cooking menu using the said heating cooker improves.

  Also, as other home appliance systems, advertisements of recommended ingredients from super management systems are distributed to smartphones (personal digital assistants), and recipes for recommended cooking menus are created on smartphones that receive advertisements. When the recommended cooking menu recipe is uploaded to the heating cooker (home appliance), it may be fed back to the supermarket management system. Furthermore, when the recommended cooking menu is actually cooked in the heating cooker, the fact may be fed back to the super management system. As a result, the supermarket can optimally purchase recommended foods that have been advertised.

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Claims (8)

An information providing device;
A home appliance system comprising: a home appliance that provides useful information for life support to a user based on information acquired from the information providing apparatus via wireless communication. In the household electrical appliance system of Claim 1,
Information acquired from the information providing device via the wireless communication includes information on the food purchased by the user or the food to be purchased,
The household electrical appliance provides the user with the useful information related to the food based on information about the food purchased by the user or information about the food to be purchased, acquired from the information providing device via the wireless communication. A featured home appliance system. The household electrical appliance system according to claim 2,
The information providing apparatus is
A home appliance system comprising a POS terminal that transmits information on the purchased food to the home appliance via the wireless communication. The household electrical appliance system according to claim 2,
The information providing apparatus is
A home appliance system comprising: an electronic price tag terminal that transmits information about the purchased food or the food to be purchased to the home appliance via the wireless communication. In the household electrical appliance system as described in any one of Claim 2 to 4,
The information providing apparatus or the home appliance includes a food selection unit for the user to select any of the purchased food or the food to be purchased.
The home electric appliance provides the user with the useful information based on information about the food selected by the food selection unit from the purchased food or the food to be purchased. Equipment system. In the household electrical appliance system as described in any one of Claim 1-5,
The information acquired by the home appliance via the wireless communication from the information providing device includes the user's biological information,
The home electric appliance system provides the beneficial information to a user based on the biological information acquired from the information providing device via the wireless communication. In the household electrical appliance system as described in any one of Claim 1-6,
The information providing apparatus is
A home appliance system comprising a portable information terminal that performs wireless communication with the home appliance. The household electrical appliance system according to claim 7,
Each of the portable information terminal and the home appliance is
A first wireless communication unit that performs near-field wireless communication with each other by bringing the portable information terminal close to the home appliance;
A second wireless communication unit capable of wireless communication with each other without bringing the portable information terminal close to the home appliance;
A communication switching unit that switches between using the first wireless communication unit and using the second wireless communication unit based on information to be transmitted from the information providing device to the home appliance. Home appliance system.

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