JP2021141931A - Control system for electric instrument and electric instrument - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a control system for an electric instrument allowing for efficiently using a plurality of available electric instruments as needed.SOLUTION: A control system for an electric instrument includes: a plurality of electric instruments, each having a communication unit for executing communication for receiving information from the outside of a housing or transmitting information to the outside of the housing; and a control device for managing and controlling the plurality of electric instruments, which can communicate with the plurality of electric instruments by registering the plurality of electric instruments, and is connected to an external network so as to receive and transmit information on the plurality of electric instruments with an external information instrument. Responding to the plurality of registered electric instruments, the control device controls the plurality of electric instruments on the basis of the information transmitted from the plurality of electric instruments and operation information that is received from the external information instrument and can be executed by the plurality of electric instruments.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present disclosure relates to the control of a plurality of electrical devices.

Conventionally, there is known a cooking device that connects a cooking device, which is an electric device, to a network, acquires cooking information from the outside, and controls cooking (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2003-302055 (page 4, FIG. 3)

In the case of a cooking device that connects to a conventional network and acquires cooking information from the outside, the cooking information acquired via the network is information that can be used for cooking in cooperation with other cooking devices connected to the network. However, it is limited to cooking information performed by one cooking device alone, and there is a problem that cooking cannot be efficiently performed using a plurality of cooking devices.

The present disclosure has been made in order to solve the above problems, and an object of the present disclosure is to provide a control system for electrical equipment capable of efficiently using a plurality of usable electrical equipment as needed. ..

The control system for an electric device according to the present disclosure includes a plurality of electric devices and a plurality of electric devices, each of which has a communication unit for receiving information from the outside of the housing or transmitting information to the outside of the housing. By registering a device, it is possible to communicate with multiple electric devices, and it is possible to receive and transmit information on multiple electric devices to and from an external information device by being connected to an external network. The control device is provided with a control device that manages and controls the information, and the control device executes information transmitted from a plurality of electric devices and a plurality of electric devices received from an external information device according to a plurality of registered electric devices. It controls a plurality of electric devices based on the operation information that can be performed.

According to the present disclosure, a plurality of electric appliances are based on information transmitted from a plurality of electric devices and operation information that can be executed by the plurality of electric devices received from the external information devices according to the plurality of registered electric devices. Since the device is controlled, the user can efficiently use a plurality of electric devices.

It is a schematic block diagram of the home electric appliance control system which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a screen view which shows the registration state of the family information of the home electric appliance control system which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a screen view which shows the screen in the state which the home electric appliance of the home electric appliance control system which concerns on Embodiment 1 is unregistered. It is a screen view of the state in which one kind of home electric appliance of the home electric appliance control system which concerns on Embodiment 1 is registered. It is a screen view of the storage thing registration of a refrigerator. It is a screen view of the state in which the contents of the refrigerating room of the refrigerator are registered. It is a screen view of the state in which the contents of the freezing room and the vegetable room of the refrigerator are registered. It is a screen view of the state in which two kinds of home electric appliances of the home electric appliance control system which concerns on Embodiment 1 are registered. It is a screen view of the state in which three kinds of home electric appliances of the home electric appliance control system which concerns on Embodiment 1 are registered. It is a screen view of the state in which four kinds of home electric appliances of the home electric appliance control system which concerns on Embodiment 1 are registered. It is a figure of an example of the setting screen of the useability of the registered home electric appliance of the home electric appliance control system which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a figure of another example of the setting screen of the useability of the registered home electric appliance of the home electric appliance control system which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a figure of another example of the setting screen of the useability of the registered home electric appliance of the home electric appliance control system which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a figure of another example of the setting screen of the useability of the registered home electric appliance of the home electric appliance control system which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a figure of an example of the screen which displayed the cookable menu of the home electric appliance control system which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a figure of an example of the screen which displayed the cooking field of the home electric appliance control system which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. FIG. 16 is an example of a screen displaying a cookable menu when meat dishes and Japanese dishes are selected in FIG. 16. It is a figure of an example of the screen which displayed the cookable menu when the electric rice cooker shown in FIG. 12 is not used because it is in a heat-retaining state. It is a figure of an example of the screen which displayed the cookable menu when the electric rice cooker shown in FIG. 13 cannot be used. It is a figure of an example of the screen which displayed the cooking procedure when one of the cookable menus shown in FIG. 15 is selected. It is a figure of an example of the screen which displayed the details of the cooking procedure shown in FIG. It is a figure of an example of the screen which displayed the recipe of the cooking procedure shown in FIG. It is a figure of an example of the screen which displayed the cooking procedure when the cookable menu shown in FIG. 18 is selected. It is a schematic block diagram of the home electric appliance control system which concerns on Embodiment 2. FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a state in which home appliances are not registered on the communication terminal screen of the home appliance control system according to the second embodiment. It is a screen view of the state in which four kinds of home electric appliances are registered on the communication terminal screen of the home electric appliance control system which concerns on Embodiment 2. FIG. It is a figure of an example of the setting screen of the useability of the home electric appliance registered in the communication terminal screen of the home electric appliance control system which concerns on Embodiment 2. FIG. It is a figure of an example of the screen which displayed the cookable menu of the home electric appliance control system which concerns on Embodiment 2. FIG. It is a figure of an example of the screen which displayed the cooking procedure when one of the cookable menus shown in FIG. 28 is selected. It is a figure of an example of the screen which displayed the details of the cooking procedure shown in FIG. 29. It is a figure of an example of the screen which displayed the recipe of the cooking procedure shown in FIG. It is a figure of an example of the caution notification screen when it operated by the wrong cooking procedure of the home electric appliance control system which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a figure of an example of the caution notification screen when it operated by the wrong cooking procedure of the home electric appliance control system which concerns on Embodiment 2. FIG.

Embodiment 1
The configuration of the home electric appliance control system according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a home appliance control system according to the first embodiment.

The indoor network 1 shown in FIG. 1 is a home appliance control device 4 that centrally controls a plurality of home appliances arranged in a house and a plurality of home appliances connected to each of the plurality of home appliances so as to be communicable with each other. Consists of. In the embodiment of the present disclosure, a refrigerator 5, an electric rice cooker 6, an electronic oven range 7 which is a high-frequency heating cooker, and an IH cooking heater 8 which is an induction heating cooker are taken as examples of home appliances, and all of them are home appliance control devices. The case where it is connected to 4 or some of these home appliances are connected will be described.

The indoor network referred to here may be any one provided with a plurality of home appliances arranged in a house and a control device for centralized control connected to the plurality of home appliances by communication means. For example, it consists of a plurality of home appliances arranged in a house such as HEMS (Home Energy Management System) and a control device connected to the plurality of home appliances by communication means, and a plurality of home appliances are used according to the power usage status. It may be such that the home appliances are centrally controlled by a control device to control the power used in the home, or it is connected to a plurality of home appliances arranged in the house and the plurality of home appliances by communication means. It may be composed of an AI speaker, and may be such that the home electric appliance is controlled by the voice instruction of the user.

Further, the communication means may be any one capable of exchanging control signals. Therefore, the method is not limited to a specific method, and may be wired or wireless, or may be something like power line communication called PLC (Power Line Communication).

The home appliance control device 4 is communicably connected to the home appliance management server 3 which is an external information device via the external network 2. The home appliance management server 3 receives information on the home appliances connected to the home appliance control device 4 and manages the home appliances. Further, the home appliance management server 3 includes a database 9.

The database 9 stores information on home appliances connected to the home appliance control device 4, and controls information adapted to the home appliances connected to the home appliance control device 4 from the information on the already stored home appliances. Is transmitted to the home appliance control device 4 in response to the request of the home appliance control device 4. The interaction between the home appliance control device 4 and the home appliance management server 3 will be described in detail later.

The external network 2 is a communication network such as the Internet, and the home appliance control device 4 exchanges information with the home appliance management server 3 via the external network 2. The home appliance management server 3 is not limited to a specific fixed server, but may be a cloud server or the like.

The home appliance management server 3 provides various service information related to the refrigerator 5, the electric rice cooker 6, the microwave oven 7, the IH cooking heater 8, etc. connected to the home appliance control device 4 in the indoor network 1 via the external network 2. It is intended to be provided to the user.

The home appliance management server 3 includes a database 9, for example, recipe information and information on cooking procedures are stored in the database 9, and are selected and provided from the database 9.

Next, with reference to FIGS. 2 to 19, information registration, device registration, recipe information acquisition, and the like will be described. FIG. 2 is a screen view showing a registration state of family information of the home electric appliance control system according to the first embodiment. Reference numeral 40 denotes a display unit of the home appliance control device 4. 41 is displayed when registering the family structure or the like on the family information registration screen.

Reference numeral 41 denotes a family information registration button, and when operated, an input button (not shown) is displayed, and the number of adult men, the number of adult women, and the like can be registered. This family information can be stored and registered in the home appliance control device 4, but can also be registered in the database 9 of the home appliance management server 3 via the external network 2 by operating the family information transmission button 41b.
Although it is managed as an adult male and female here, it may be managed individually based on information such as age and medical history.

FIG. 3 is a screen view showing a screen in which the home electric appliance of the home electric appliance control system according to the first embodiment is not registered. Reference numeral 42 denotes a device information registration screen, which is displayed when registering information on a home electric appliance. As will be described later, 42a is a connected device information read button for reading information on home appliances that are in a state of being connectable to the home appliance control device 4 in the indoor network 1 and are not registered.

42b is a device information registration button for adding and registering device information that is not registered only by reading, and device information can be registered in the home appliance control device 4. 42c is a device information transmission button for transmitting the registered home appliance information to the external home appliance management server 3, and the home appliance information registered in the home appliance control device 4 is sent to the external home appliance management server 3. Is also registered.

42d, 42e, 42f, and 42g are registered device display areas for displaying connected and registered home appliances. 42h is an information display area for displaying information on home appliances and the like. As shown in FIG. 3, nothing is displayed when the home electric appliance is not registered.

FIG. 4 is a screen view of a state in which one type of home electric appliance of the home electric appliance control system according to the first embodiment is registered. Here, the refrigerator 5 is taken as an example as one type of home electric appliance. As shown in FIG. 3, when the connected device information read button 42a is operated from the situation where the home appliance is not registered, if there is a home appliance that is communicably connected to the home appliance control device 4, the information of the home appliance is displayed. The name of the read and registered home electric appliance is displayed in any of the read and registered device display areas 42d, 42e, 42f, and 42g.

Since FIG. 4 shows an example in which the refrigerator 5 is registered as one type of home electric appliance as described above, the refrigerator 5 is displayed as the home electric appliance registered in the registered device display area 42d. Then, if there is readable information about the refrigerator 5, it is displayed in the information display area 42h. When there is no readable information, information such as the capacity of the refrigerator 5 and the type of the storage room for food can be stored and registered later by operating the device information registration button 42b. The storage and registration destination of the information may be a storage means of the home appliance control device 4 (not shown), or the device information transmission button 42c may be operated to transmit the information to the home appliance management server 3 for storage and registration.

Further, the home electric appliance control device 4 or the home electric appliance management server 3 of the present disclosure can also register information on the contained items. As shown in FIG. 4, when it is displayed that there is no registration information of the contents of the refrigerator 5, the information can be registered. The registered device display area 42d indicating that the refrigerator 5 is registered also has a function as an input button. When the registered device display area 42d is operated with the refrigerator 5 displayed, the device information of the refrigerator 5 and the registration information of the contents shown in FIG. 4 are displayed in the information display area 42h. As shown in FIG. 4, when there is no registration information of the contents of the refrigerator 5, when the registration device display area 42d is further operated, the refrigerator contents registration screen 43 shown in FIG. 5 is displayed. FIG. 5 is a screen view of the storage item registration of the refrigerator.

Operable buttons such as the contents information input button 43a are displayed on the screen of the refrigerator contents registration screen 43, and when the contents information input button 43a is operated, the contents of the refrigerator 5 can be registered. Become. Regarding the registration of the contents, for example, the registered refrigerator 5 has a function of automatically reading the contents with a built-in camera or the like (not shown) and transmitting the information to the outside. If there is, the information about the contents from the refrigerator 5 can be obtained by operating the automatic input button 43b after operating the contents information input button 43a.

Further, if the registered refrigerator 5 does not have the above-mentioned function of automatically reading the contents and transmitting the contents to the outside, the contents can be manually input by operating the contents information input button 43a and then the manual input button 43c. You can register at. As shown in FIG. 4, it is displayed that the refrigerator 5 includes each storage room of a refrigerator room, a freezer room, a vegetable room, a chilled room, and an ice making room. Displays a refrigerator room selection button 43d, a freezer room selection button 43e, a vegetable room selection button 43f, and a chilled room selection button 43g for selecting each storage room as a storage destination of the stored items. The freezer room stores things that are stored at 10 to 0 degrees Celsius, for example, the refrigerator room stores things that are stored at -18 degrees Celsius or less, the chilled room stores things that are not frozen at around 0 degrees Celsius, and the vegetable room. Is a storage room for vegetables so that the freshness can be maintained to some extent. Since the ice-making chamber does not store anything other than the produced ice, the button for selecting the ice-making chamber is unnecessary and is not displayed.

Regarding the registration of the contents of the refrigerator 5, for example, when registering the contents stored in the refrigerating room, pressing the refrigerating room selection button 43d enables input of the contents from an input screen (not shown). The input registration information of the contents of the refrigerating room is displayed in the information display area 42h as shown in FIG. FIG. 6 is a screen view of a state in which the contents of the refrigerator compartment are registered.

When the registration information of the refrigerator 5 cannot be displayed in the information display area 42h at one time and becomes a plurality of pages, the page feed button 421 is displayed in the registered device display area 42d. The next page is displayed in the information display area 42h shown in. FIG. 7 is a screen view of a state in which the contents of the freezing room and the vegetable room of the refrigerator are registered.

When the device information of the refrigerator 5 displayed in the information display area 42h is displayed on the next page, the page back button 422 for returning to the previous page is displayed in the registered device display area 42d. When 422 is operated, the previous page shown in FIG. 6 is displayed. The page forward button 421 and the page return button 422 have been described in a form in which the device information displayed in the information display area 42h is displayed when the device information is displayed on a plurality of pages. It may be displayed from the beginning. If there is no device information on a plurality of pages, the page forward button 421 or the page return button 422 cannot be operated.

Next, a state in which two types of home appliances are connected will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a screen view of a state in which two types of home appliances of the home appliance control system according to the first embodiment are registered. Here, as an example, a registration example of an electric rice cooker 6 that is additionally registered in addition to the refrigerator 5 that has already been registered as two types of home electric appliances is taken as an example.

When the connected device information read button 42a is operated from the situation where the refrigerator 5 is registered as shown in FIGS. 4 to 7, the home appliance that is communicably connected to the home appliance control device 4 after the refrigerator 5 is registered. If there is, the information of the home electric appliance is read, and the name of the home electric appliance read and registered is displayed in any of the registered device display areas 42e, 42f, and 42g. Here, the information of the electric rice cooker 6 is read, and the electric rice cooker 6 is displayed as a home electric appliance registered in the registered device display area 42e. Then, if there is readable information about the electric rice cooker 6, it is displayed in the information display area 42h.

When there is no readable information, the maximum amount of rice cooked by the electric rice cooker 6, the heating method (here, it is displayed as IH indicating induction heating), and the maximum power consumption are operated by operating the device information registration button 42b. Information such as can be stored and registered later. The storage and registration destination of the information may be a storage means of the home appliance control device 4 (not shown), or the device information transmission button 42c may be operated to transmit the information to the home appliance management server 3 for storage and registration.

Next, a state in which three types of home appliances are connected will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 9 is a screen view of a state in which three types of home appliances of the home appliance control system according to the first embodiment are registered. Here, as an example, a registration example of an electronic oven range 7 which is additionally registered in addition to the refrigerator 5 and the electric rice cooker 6 which have already been registered as three types of home electric appliances is taken as an example.

As shown in FIG. 8, when the refrigerator 5 and the electric rice cooker 6 are registered, when the connected device information read button 42a is operated, the refrigerator 5 and the electric rice cooker 6 are registered and then communicate with the home appliance control device 4. If there is a home appliance that can be connected, the information of the home appliance is read, and the name of the home appliance read and registered is displayed in any of the registered device display areas 42f and 42g. Here, the information of the microwave oven 7 is read, and the microwave oven 7 is displayed as a home electric appliance registered in the registered device display area 42f. Then, if there is readable information about the microwave oven 7, it is displayed in the information display area 42h.

If there is no readable information, the device information registration button 42b can be used to store and register information such as the maximum output of the microwave oven 7, the capacity, functions, and maximum power consumption of the microwave oven 7 later. can. The storage and registration destination of the information may be a storage means of the home appliance control device 4 (not shown), or the device information transmission button 42c may be operated to transmit the information to the home appliance management server 3 for storage and registration.

Next, a state in which four types of home appliances are connected will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 10 is a screen view of a state in which four types of home appliances of the home appliance control system according to the first embodiment are registered. Here, an example of registration of the IH cooking heater 8, which is an induction heating cooker that is additionally registered in addition to the already registered refrigerator 5, electric rice cooker 6, and microwave oven 7, is taken as an example of four types of home appliances. ..

As shown in FIG. 9, when the refrigerator 5, the electric rice cooker 6, and the microwave oven 7 are registered, when the connection device information reading button 42a is operated, the refrigerator 5, the electric rice cooker 6, and the microwave oven 7 are registered. If there is a home appliance that is communicably connected to the home appliance control device 4 after it is done, the information of the home appliance is read, and the name of the home appliance that is read and registered is displayed in the registered device display area 42g. .. Here, the information of the IH cooking heater 8 is read, and the IH cooking heater 8 is displayed as a home electric appliance registered in the registered device display area 42f. Then, if there is readable information about the IH cooking heater 8, it is displayed in the information display area 42h.

When there is no readable information, information such as the maximum heating power of the plurality of heating units of the IH cooking heater 8 and the maximum heating power of the kitchen can be stored and registered later by operating the device information registration button 42b. The storage and registration destination of the information may be a storage means of the home appliance control device 4 (not shown), or the device information transmission button 42c may be operated to transmit the information to the home appliance management server 3 for storage and registration.

Although the case of registering one by one is described here as an example, two electric devices or three electric devices may be registered together, and the registration method can be appropriately selected. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, when the connected device information read button 42a is operated from the situation where the home electric appliance is not registered, the refrigerator 5, the electric rice cooker 6, and the electronic oven which are communicably connected to the home electric appliance control device 4 are operated. When there are a range 7 and an IH cooking heater 8, the information of the refrigerator 5, the electric rice cooker 6, the electronic oven range 7 and the IH cooking heater 8 is read, and the electric rice cookers 6 and 42f are in the refrigerator 5 and 42e in the registered device display area 42d. The IH cooking heater 8 may be displayed on the microwave oven 7, 42 g.

The device information registered in the home appliance control device 4 can be transmitted to the home appliance management server 3 by pressing the device information transmission button 42c shown in FIG. 10 or the like. The device information registered in the home appliance control device 4 can be managed by either the home appliance control device 4 and the home appliance management server 3, or both.

The home appliance control device 4 can receive a recipe and a cooking procedure of a cooking menu that can be cooked from the device information registered by the recipe procedure reception button 42j shown in FIG. 10 or the like from the home appliance management server 3. Data on cooking menu recipes and cooking procedures are stored in the database 9 of the home appliance management server 3.

When the home appliance control device 4 is provided with a function for selecting recipes for cooking menus and cooking procedure data according to the registered devices, the home appliance control device 4 side stores the database 9 of the home appliance management server 3. From the accumulated data, select a cooking menu that can be cooked according to the registered equipment, and receive the recipe and procedure together.

When the home appliance management server 3 is provided with a function for selecting the cooking menu recipe and cooking procedure data according to the registered device, the data stored in the database 9 on the home appliance management server 3 side is used. , The recipe of the cooking menu that can be cooked according to the registered device is selected and transmitted together with the procedure, and the home appliance control device 4 receives it.

As described above, regardless of whether the recipe of the cooking menu is selected on the home appliance control device 4 side or the home appliance management server 3 side, the recipe procedure reception button 42j can receive the recipe and the cooking procedure of the cooking menu. ..

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the data of the recipe of the cooking menu and the cooking procedure is received according to the registered device, but the registered device may not be used or may not be used. Conceivable. In such a case, it is possible to set whether or not the registered device can be used.

Recipe procedure When the receive button 42j is operated, first, as shown in FIG. 11, the use / non-use buttons of 423a, 424a, 425a, 426a regarding the use / non-use setting on the device information registration screen 42, and the use / non-use of 423b, 424b, 425b, 426b. A button is displayed. FIG. 11 is a diagram of an example of a setting screen for setting whether or not to use the registered home electric appliance of the home electric appliance control system according to the first embodiment.

In FIG. 11, the backgrounds of the available buttons of 423a, 424a, 425a, and 426a are displayed in white to indicate that the usable buttons are selected, and the used / disabled buttons of 423b, 424b, 425b, and 426b are the backgrounds. Is displayed in gray, indicating that use / non-use is not selected. That is, since all the registered devices can be used, a cookable menu is selected according to the situation, and the recipe and cooking procedure of the selected cookable menu are received.

In the example shown in FIG. 11, since the refrigerator 5 can also be used, the information on the contents of the refrigerator 5 is also included in the selection of the menu that can be cooked. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 15, the contents of the refrigerator 5 can be cooked with priority. The menu is displayed. FIG. 15 is a diagram of an example of a screen displaying a cookable menu of the home electric appliance control system according to the first embodiment.

44 in FIG. 15 is a cooking menu display screen. 441 to 444 are menu display areas, and cooking menus that can be prepared by using the contents of the refrigerator 5 and the electric rice cooker 6, the microwave oven 7, and the IH cooking heater 8 are selected and displayed. If there are other cooking menus selected under the same conditions, operating the page feed button 445 advances to the next page, and other cooking menus (not shown) are displayed.

The menu display areas 441 to 444 are also operation buttons. For example, when trying to cook with the cooking menu displayed in the menu display area 441, when the menu display area 441 is operated, cooking is performed as shown in FIG. Procedure is displayed. FIG. 20 is an example of a screen displaying a cooking procedure when one of the cookable menus shown in FIG. 15 is selected.

Reference numeral 45 denotes a cooking procedure display screen, and 451 to 453 are cooking procedure display areas, and the cooking procedure of the selected cooking menu is displayed. When a cooking menu using multiple devices, here an electric rice cooker 6, an electronic oven range 7 and an IH cooking heater 8, is selected, the operation of the electric rice cooker 6, the electronic oven range 7 and the IH cooking heater 8 is managed by home appliances. It is managed by the server 3, and information on the operation of the electric rice cooker 6, the electronic oven range 7, and the IH cooking heater 8 is transmitted to the home appliance control device 4, and is transmitted from the home appliance control device 4 to the home appliance management server 3. Then, the home appliance management server 3 determines whether the operation procedure is correct based on the received information on the operation performed by each device, and transmits the result to the home appliance control device 4. FIG. The equipment cannot be operated unless the electric rice cooker 6, the electronic oven range 7, and the IH cooking heater 8 shown in the cooking procedure shown in the above are used in the order shown.

Further, the electric rice cooker 6, the microwave oven 7, the IH cooking heater 8, and the home appliance control device 4 each include voice or display notification means. As described above, the operation procedure is managed by the home appliance management server 3 which is an external information device, and the information on the operation performed by each device such as the electric rice cooker 6, the electronic oven range 7, and the IH cooking heater 8 is controlled by the home appliance. It is transmitted to the home appliance management server 3 via the device 4 and the external network 2, and the home appliance management server 3 determines whether the operation procedure is correct based on the received information on the operation performed by each device, and determines the result. It is transmitted to the home electric appliance control device 4.

In the home appliance control device 4, the result of the determination sent from the home appliance management server 3 is confirmed, and if it is correct, the operation contents are confirmed for each device such as the electric rice cooker 6, the microwave oven 7, and the IH cooking heater 8. It is reflected, and if it is not correct, the operation content is not reflected and a notification to that effect is given.

Therefore, when the user tries to operate a device that does not follow the procedure, the home appliance management server 3 that manages the operation procedure sends a notification means of the device operated by the incorrect operation procedure and the home appliance control device 4. If it is a voice notification means, it is notified by voice that the device currently being operated is not the device to be operated, that the device with the correct operation procedure is operated, and the like, and the notification means by display, for example, a home appliance control device. If it is 4, the caution display (notification) screen 470 of the home appliance control device display unit 40 is displayed as shown in FIG. 32 (a), and if the wrong crisis is the IH cooking heater 8, IH as shown in FIG. 32 (b). On the caution display (notification) screen 82 of the display unit 81 of the cooking heater (induction heating cooker), it is written or written about that the device currently being operated is not the device to be operated, that the device with the correct operation procedure is operated, and the like. It is notified by displaying a figure.

Therefore, instead of performing the procedure of cooking rice with the electric rice cooker 6 displayed in the cooking procedure display area 451, the procedure proceeds to the procedure of making omelet and miso soup with the IH cooking heater 8 displayed in the cooking procedure display area 453. It is not possible. In that case, by operating the button 471 that returns to the procedure shown in FIG. 32 (a), the cooking procedure shown in FIG. 20 can be returned.

The cooking procedure display areas 451 to 453 are also operation buttons. For example, when the cooking procedure display area 451 displayed as cooking rice with the electric rice cooker 6 is operated, detailed cooking procedures are shown as shown in FIG. Is displayed. FIG. 21 is an example of a screen displaying the details of the cooking procedure shown in FIG. 20.

I explained in the previous stage that the latter procedure cannot be done first, but on the cooking procedure screen shown in FIG. 20, the procedure for cooking rice with the electric rice cooker 6 displayed in the cooking procedure display area 451 has been completed. Without it, the cooking procedure display area 452 cannot be used to make fried rice in the microwave oven 7, and the detailed cooking procedure cannot be displayed.

451a to 451c are detailed cooking procedure display areas, and detailed procedures for cooking rice with the electric rice cooker 6 displayed in the cooking procedure display area 451 are displayed. Sharpening rice in the detailed cooking procedure display area 451a, putting the rice and water sharpened in the detailed cooking procedure display area 451b into the inner pot and setting it in the electric rice cooker 6, detailed cooking procedure display area 451c The rice cooker button is operated to start cooking rice in order, so that even if an inexperienced user operates the rice, the operation will not be a problem.

When the rice cooking button (not shown) of the electric rice cooker 6 is operated according to the procedure shown in FIG. 21 and the rice cooking is started, the microwave oven 7 displayed in the next procedure can be used. When the page return button 456 shown in FIG. 21 is operated, the screen returns to the cooking procedure screen shown in FIG. , The detailed cooking procedure and recipe are displayed as shown in FIG. In addition, the recipe reflects the number of people based on the family information registered in advance. FIG. 22 is an example of a screen displaying the recipe of the cooking procedure shown in FIG. 20.

452a to 452c are detailed cooking procedure display areas, and recipes are also displayed as needed. Cutting chicken thighs in the detailed cooking procedure display area 452a, seasoning the chicken thighs cut in the detailed cooking procedure display area 452b, recipes such as seasonings necessary for seasoning, detailed cooking procedure display Arrange on the cooking plate in area 452c and operate the oven button to start cooking fried food in order, so that the user can cook without looking at the instructions etc. If you proceed according to the procedure, you will be able to complete all cooking procedures and equipment operations.

Next, an example in which some of the registered devices cannot be used will be described with reference to FIGS. 12 to 14, 16 to 19, and 23. FIG. 12 is a diagram of another example of the setting screen for whether or not the registered home electric appliance of the home electric appliance control system according to the first embodiment can be used, and FIG. 13 is the registered home electric appliance of the home electric appliance control system according to the first embodiment. Another example of the device availability setting screen, FIG. 14 is a diagram of another example of the registered home appliance control screen of the home appliance control system according to the first embodiment, and FIG. 16 is the implementation. FIG. 17 is a diagram of an example of a screen displaying the cooking field of the home electric appliance control system according to the first embodiment, FIG. 17 is a diagram of an example of a screen displaying a cookable menu when meat cooking Japanese food is selected in FIG. FIG. 12 is an example of a screen displaying a cookable menu when the electric rice cooker shown in FIG. 12 is not used because it is in a heat-retaining state, and FIG. 19 is a screen displaying a cookable menu when the electric rice cooker shown in FIG. 13 cannot be used. FIG. 23 is an example of a screen showing a cooking procedure when the cookable menu shown in FIG. 18 is selected.

(Example of not using refrigerator 5)
When the recipe procedure receive button 42j shown in FIG. 10 or the like is operated, first, as shown in FIG. 11, the usable buttons 423a, 424a, 425a, 426a regarding the availability setting on the device information registration screen 42, 423b, 424b, 425b, Each use / disapproval button of 426b is displayed.

If you want to obtain a cooking menu that does not use the contents of the refrigerator 5, operate the use / disable button of 423b as shown in FIG. 12 to deny the use of the refrigerator 5, and the background of the enable button of 423a is gray. Is displayed, and the background of the use / non-use button of 423b is displayed in white to indicate that use / non-use is selected. When the recipe procedure reception button 42j is operated again in this state, as shown in FIG. 16, the rough fields of cooking that do not use the contents of the refrigerator 5 are displayed in the cooking field display areas of 461 to 464.

The cooking field display areas 461 to 464 are also operation buttons. For example, when the cooking field display area 461 in which the meat dish Japanese food is displayed is operated, the cooking menu of the meat dish Japanese food is displayed as shown in FIG. Will be done. 441 to 444 shown in FIG. 17 are menu display areas, and cooking menus that can be prepared using the electric rice cooker 6, the microwave oven 7, and the IH cooking heater 8 are selected and displayed regardless of the contents of the refrigerator 5. There is.

If there are other cooking menus selected under the same conditions, operating the page feed button 445 advances to the next page, and other cooking menus (not shown) are displayed. Subsequent procedures and operations are the same as when using the contents of the refrigerator 5, and even in this case, an unfamiliar user does not have any trouble in the operation.

(Example of not using the electric rice cooker 6)
When the recipe procedure receive button 42j shown in FIG. 10 or the like is operated, first, as shown in FIG. 11, the usable buttons 423a, 424a, 425a, 426a regarding the availability setting on the device information registration screen 42, 423b, 424b, 425b, Each use / disapproval button of 426b is displayed.

If you want to get the cooking menu while the electric rice cooker 6 is keeping the rice warm, operate the use / not use button of 424b as shown in FIG. 13 to deny the use of the electric rice cooker 6 and use 424a. The background of the enable button is displayed in gray, and the background of the use / disapproval button of 424b is displayed in white to indicate that the use / disapproval is selected. When the recipe procedure reception button 42j is operated again in this state, as shown in FIG. 18, the electric rice cooker 6 is not used, but the cooking menu when there is rice being kept warm is displayed.

441 to 444 shown in FIG. 18 are menu display areas, which are cooking menus for eating rice while the electric rice cooker 6 is keeping the rice warm. A cooking menu that can be prepared using the IH cooking heater 8 is selected and displayed.

If there are other cooking menus selected under the same conditions, operating the page feed button 445 advances to the next page, and other cooking menus (not shown) are displayed. Subsequent procedures and operations are the same as when using the electric rice cooker 6, and even in this case, an inexperienced user does not have trouble in operation.

The menu display areas 441 to 444 are also operation buttons. For example, when trying to cook with the cooking menu displayed in the menu display area 441, when the menu display area 441 is operated, cooking is performed as shown in FIG. Procedure is displayed.

451 to 452 are cooking procedure display areas, and the cooking procedure of the selected cooking menu is displayed. In this example, since the electric rice cooker 6 is keeping the rice warm, the difference from the case of using the electric rice cooker 6 shown in FIG. 20 is that the procedure for cooking the rice is not displayed. Since the rice is already in a state, only the procedure of the cooking menu using the microwave oven 7 and the IH cooking heater 8, that is, the cooking menu for making side dishes is displayed.

When the cooking menu using the microwave oven 7 and the IH cooking heater 8 is selected, the operation of the microwave oven 7 and the IH cooking heater 8 is controlled by the home appliance control device 4, and is displayed in the cooking procedure shown in FIG. 23. The equipment cannot be operated unless the microwave oven 7 and the IH cooking heater 8 are used in the displayed order.

Although not shown, the microwave oven 7 and the IH cooking heater 8 are each provided with voice or display notification means, and if an attempt is made to operate a device that does not follow the procedure, the device cannot be operated if it is a voice notification means. It emits a voice saying that it should operate the correct device, and if it is a notification means by display, it is a device that cannot be operated and that it should be operated the correct device. conduct.

For example, instead of making the komatsuna soup in the microwave oven 7 displayed in the cooking procedure display area 451, the IH cooking heater 8 displayed in the cooking procedure display area 452 is used to make pork ginger and miso soup. You cannot proceed to the procedure. Since the following procedure is the same as when using the electric rice cooker 6, the description here is omitted.

(Another example of not using the electric rice cooker 6)
When the recipe procedure receive button 42j shown in FIG. 10 or the like is operated, first, as shown in FIG. 11, the usable buttons 423a, 424a, 425a, 426a regarding the availability setting on the device information registration screen 42, 423b, 424b, 425b, Each use / disapproval button of 426b is displayed.

If you want to get a cooking menu that does not use the electric rice cooker 6, operate the use / disable button of 424b as shown in FIG. 14 to deny the use of the electric rice cooker 6, and the background of the enable button of 424a will be displayed. It is displayed in gray, and the background of the use / non-use button of 424b is displayed in white to indicate that use / non-use is selected. The case described here is different from the above-mentioned case in that the electric rice cooker 6 is not keeping the rice warm and the electric rice cooker 6 is not used.

When the recipe procedure reception button 42j is operated again in this state, as shown in FIG. 19, the cooking menu when the electric rice cooker 6 is not used is displayed. In other words, it is a cooking menu other than cooked rice, and in FIG. 19, in the menu display area of 441 to 444, spaghetti meat sauce, yakisoba, kiritanpo pot, gratin, etc. The cooking menu is selected and displayed.

If there are other cooking menus selected under the same conditions, operating the page feed button 445 advances to the next page, and other cooking menus (not shown) are displayed. Subsequent procedures and operations are the same as when using the electric rice cooker 6, and even in this case, an inexperienced user does not have trouble in operation.

The menu display areas of 441 to 444 are also operation buttons. For example, when trying to cook with the cooking menu displayed in the menu display area 441, the menu display area of any of the menu display areas 441 to 444 is operated. Then, although not shown, the cooking procedure of each cooking menu is displayed.

As described above, when there is a refrigerator 5, an electric rice cooker 6, an electronic oven range 7, and an IH cooking heater 8 communicatively connected to the home appliance control device 4, the refrigerator 5, the electric rice cooker 6, and the electronic oven range 7 are used. The information of the IH cooking heater 8 is read, and the cooking menu recipe and cooking procedure data stored in the database 9 of the home appliance management server 3 are obtained by the home appliance control device 4 according to the devices that can be connected and used. Since the connected devices are controlled, even an inexperienced user can efficiently use a plurality of electric devices without any trouble in operation, and the convenience of the user is improved.

Embodiment 2
The home appliance control system according to the second embodiment of the present disclosure is partially different from the home appliance control system according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. Therefore, the description of the same configuration as the home appliance control system according to the first embodiment may be omitted. Hereinafter, the configuration of the home appliance control system according to the second embodiment, which is different from the home appliance control system according to the first embodiment, will be described with reference to FIGS. 24 to 27. FIG. 24 is a schematic configuration diagram of the home electric appliance control system according to the second embodiment, FIG. 25 is a diagram showing a state in which the home electric appliance is not registered on the communication terminal screen of the home electric appliance control system according to the second embodiment, and FIG. 26 is an embodiment. A screen view of a state in which four types of home appliances are registered on the communication terminal screen of the home appliance control system according to the second embodiment, FIG. 27 is a home appliance registered on the communication terminal screen of the home appliance control system according to the second embodiment. FIG. 28 is a diagram of an example of a screen for setting whether or not the device can be used, FIG. 28 is a diagram of an example of a screen displaying a cookable menu of the home appliance control system according to the second embodiment, and FIG. 29 is a diagram of 1 of the cookable menu shown in FIG. FIG. 30 is a diagram of an example of a screen displaying the cooking procedure when one is selected, and FIG. 30 is a diagram of an example of a screen displaying the details of the cooking procedure shown in FIG. 29.

The mobile communication terminal 10 shown in FIG. 24 is communicably connected to the home appliance management server 3 and the home appliance control device 4 via the external network 2. It is desirable that the connection form is wireless communication. The mobile communication terminal 10 may be a dedicated terminal or a smartphone in which application software is installed to enable communication. Since the functions of the home appliance management server 3 and the home appliance control device 4 are the same as those in the first embodiment, the description thereof is omitted here.

Reference numeral 540 of the mobile communication terminal 10 shown in FIG. 25 is a communication terminal display unit, and 542 is a device information registration screen, which is displayed when information of a home electric appliance is registered on the mobile communication terminal 10. As will be described later, 542a is a connected device information read button for reading information on home appliances that are in a state of being connectable to the home appliance control device 4 in the indoor network 1 and are not registered.

542b is a device information registration button for adding and registering device information that is not registered only by reading, and device information can be registered in the home appliance control device 4. 542c is a device information transmission button for transmitting the registered home appliance information to the external home appliance management server 3, and the home appliance information registered in the home appliance control device 4 is sent to the external home appliance management server 3. Is also registered.

542d, 542e, 542f, and 542g are registered device display areas for displaying connected and registered home appliances. 542h is an information display area for displaying information on home appliances and the like. As shown in FIG. 25, nothing is displayed when the home electric appliance is not registered.

As shown in FIG. 25, when the connected device information read button 542a is operated from the situation where the home electric appliance is not registered, the refrigerator 5, the electric rice cooker 6, and the electronic oven range 7 which are communicably connected to the home electric appliance control device 4 are operated. When there is an IH cooking heater 8, the information of the refrigerator 5, the electric rice cooker 6, the electronic oven range 7, and the IH cooking heater 8 is read, and as shown in FIG. 26, the electric rice cooker is in the refrigerator 5 and 42e in the registered device display area 42d. The electronic oven range 7 is displayed on 6 and 42f, and the IH cooking heater 8 is displayed on 42 g.

Then, if there is readable information about the refrigerator 5, the electric rice cooker 6, the microwave oven 7, and the IH cooking heater 8, the information display area 542h is displayed. Here, as an example, readable information regarding the IH cooking heater 8 is displayed in the information display area 542h.

If there is no readable information, the device information registration button 542b can be operated to provide information such as the capacity of the oven 5, the type of storage room for food, etc., the maximum amount of rice cooked by the electric rice cooker 6, the heating method, and the maximum consumption. Information such as power, maximum output of the electronic oven range 7, information such as capacity, function, maximum power consumption in the refrigerator, maximum thermal power of multiple heating parts of the IH cooking heater 8, maximum thermal power of the cooker, etc. It can be memorized and registered from. The storage and registration destination of the information may be a storage means of the home appliance control device 4 (not shown), or the device information transmission button 542c may be operated to transmit the information to the home appliance management server 3 for storage and registration.

The device information registered in the home appliance control device 4 can be transmitted to the home appliance management server 3 by pressing the device information transmission button 542c shown in FIG. 25 or the like. The device information registered in the home appliance control device 4 can be managed by either the home appliance control device 4 and the home appliance management server 3, or both.

The home appliance control device 4 can receive a recipe and a cooking procedure of a cooking menu that can be cooked from the device information registered by the recipe procedure reception button 542j shown in FIG. 26 or the like from the home appliance management server 3. Data on cooking menu recipes and cooking procedures are stored in the database 9 of the home appliance management server 3.

When the home appliance control device 4 is provided with a function for selecting recipes for cooking menus and cooking procedure data according to the registered devices, the home appliance control device 4 side stores the database 9 of the home appliance management server 3. From the accumulated data, select a cooking menu that can be cooked according to the registered equipment, and receive the recipe and procedure together.

When the home appliance management server 3 is provided with a function for selecting the cooking menu recipe and cooking procedure data according to the registered device, the data stored in the database 9 on the home appliance management server 3 side is used. , The recipe of the cooking menu that can be cooked according to the registered device is selected and transmitted together with the procedure, and the home appliance control device 4 receives it.

As described above, regardless of whether the recipe of the cooking menu is selected on the home appliance control device 4 side or the home appliance management server 3 side, the recipe of the cooking menu and the cooking procedure can be received by the recipe procedure reception button 542j. ..

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the data of the recipe of the cooking menu and the cooking procedure is received according to the registered device, but the registered device may not be used or may not be used. Conceivable. In such a case, it is possible to set whether or not the registered device can be used.

Recipe procedure When the receive button 542j is operated, first, as shown in FIG. 27, the use / non-use buttons of 543a, 544a, 545a, 546a, and the use / non-use of 543b, 544b, 545b, 546b related to the availability setting on the device information registration screen 42. A button is displayed.

In FIG. 27, the backgrounds of the available buttons of 543a, 544a, 545a, and 546a are displayed in white to indicate that the usable buttons are selected, and the disabled buttons of 543b, 544b, 545b, and 546b are the backgrounds. Is displayed in gray, indicating that use / non-use is not selected. That is, since all the registered devices can be used, a cookable menu is selected according to the situation, and the recipe and cooking procedure of the selected cookable menu are received.

In the example shown in FIG. 27, since the refrigerator 5 can also be used, the information on the contents of the refrigerator 5 is also taken into consideration in the selection of the cookable menu. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 28, the contents of the refrigerator 5 can be cooked with priority. The menu is displayed.

555 in FIG. 28 is a cooking menu display screen. 555a to 555d are menu display areas, and cooking menus that can be prepared by using the contents of the refrigerator 5 and the electric rice cooker 6, the microwave oven 7, and the IH cooking heater 8 are selected and displayed. If there is another cooking menu selected under the same conditions, the page feed button 556 is operated to advance to the next page, and other cooking menus (not shown) are displayed.

The menu display areas of 555a to 555d are also operation buttons. For example, when trying to cook with the cooking menu displayed in the menu display area 555a, when the menu display area 555a is operated, cooking is performed as shown in FIG. Procedure is displayed.

Reference numeral 557 is a cooking procedure display screen, and 561 to 563 are cooking procedure display areas, and the cooking procedure of the selected cooking menu is displayed. When a cooking menu using multiple devices, here an electric rice cooker 6, an electronic oven range 7 and an IH cooking heater 8, is selected, the operation of the electric rice cooker 6, the electronic oven range 7 and the IH cooking heater 8 is managed by home appliances. It is managed by the server 3, and information on the operation of the electric rice cooker 6, the electronic oven range 7, and the IH cooking heater 8 is transmitted to the home appliance control device 4, and is transmitted from the home appliance control device 4 to the home appliance management server 3. Then, the home appliance management server 3 determines whether the operation procedure is correct based on the received information on the operation performed by each device, and transmits the result to the home appliance control device 4. FIG. 29. The equipment cannot be operated unless the electric rice cooker 6, the electronic oven range 7, and the IH cooking heater 8 shown in the cooking procedure shown in the above are used in the order shown.

Further, the electric rice cooker 6, the microwave oven 7, the IH cooking heater 8, the home appliance control device 4, and the mobile communication terminal 10 are each provided with a notification means by voice or display. As described above, the operation procedure is managed by the home appliance management server 3 which is an external information device, and the information on the operation performed by each device such as the electric rice cooker 6, the electronic oven range 7, and the IH cooking heater 8 is controlled by the home appliance. It is transmitted to the home appliance management server 3 via the device 4 and the external network 2, and the home appliance management server 3 determines whether the operation procedure is correct based on the received information on the operation performed by each device, and determines the result. It is transmitted to the home electric appliance control device 4.

In the home appliance control device 4, the result of the determination sent from the home appliance management server 3 is confirmed, and if it is correct, the operation contents are confirmed for each device such as the electric rice cooker 6, the microwave oven 7, and the IH cooking heater 8. It is reflected, and if it is not correct, the operation content is not reflected and a notification to that effect is given. The notification is also performed on the mobile communication terminal 10.

Therefore, when the user tries to operate a device that does not follow the procedure, the device operated by the incorrect operation procedure, the home appliance control device 4, and the mobile communication terminal 10 are transmitted from the home appliance management server 3 that manages the operation procedure. If the notification means is by voice, the notification means by voice is notified that the device currently being operated is not the device to be operated, that the device with the correct operation procedure is operated, and the like. For example, as shown in FIG. 33 (a) for the home appliance control device 4, as shown in FIG. 33 (b) when the wrong crisis is the IH cooking heater 8, and in FIG. 33 (c) for the mobile communication terminal 10. ), It is notified by displaying characters or figures that the device currently being operated is not the device to be operated, that the device with the correct operation procedure is operated, and the like.

Therefore, instead of performing the procedure of cooking rice with the electric rice cooker 6 displayed in the cooking procedure display area 561, the procedure proceeds to the procedure of making omelet and miso soup with the IH cooking heater 8 displayed in the cooking procedure display area 563. It is not possible. In that case, by operating the button 471 that returns to the procedure shown in FIG. 33 (a) in the home appliance control device 4, the cooking procedure shown in FIG. 20 can be returned, and in FIG. 33 (c) in the mobile communication terminal 10. By operating the button 571 to return to the procedure shown, it is possible to return to the cooking procedure shown in FIG. 29.

At this time, if the button 471 that returns to the procedure of the home appliance control device 4 is operated, the mobile communication terminal 10 may return to the cooking procedure shown in FIG. 29 without operating the button 571 that returns to the procedure. When the button 571 that returns to the procedure of the mobile communication terminal 10 is operated, the home appliance control device 4 can return to the cooking procedure shown in FIG. 20 without operating the button 471 that returns to the procedure. It has become like.

Explaining with an example of using the mobile communication terminal 10, the cooking procedure display area of 561 to 563 is also an operation button. For example, the cooking procedure display area 561 displayed when cooking rice with the electric rice cooker 6 is displayed. When operated, a detailed cooking procedure is displayed as shown in FIG.

Although it was explained in the previous stage that the latter procedure cannot be performed first, on the cooking procedure screen shown in FIG. 29, the procedure for cooking rice with the electric rice cooker 6 displayed in the cooking procedure display area 561 has been completed. Without it, it is not possible to operate the cooking procedure display area 562 to make fried rice in the microwave oven 7, and the detailed cooking procedure cannot be displayed.

561a to 561c are detailed cooking procedure display areas, and detailed procedures for cooking rice with the electric rice cooker 6 displayed in the cooking procedure display area 561 are displayed. Sharpening rice in the detailed cooking procedure display area 561a, putting the rice and water sharpened in the detailed cooking procedure display area 561b into the inner pot and setting it in the electric rice cooker 6, detailed cooking procedure display area 561c The rice cooker button is operated to start cooking rice in order, so that even if an inexperienced user operates the rice, the operation will not be a problem.

When the rice cooking button (not shown) of the electric rice cooker 6 is operated according to the procedure shown in FIG. 30 and the rice cooking is started, the microwave oven 7 displayed in the next procedure can be used. When the page return button 559 shown in FIG. 30 is operated, the screen returns to the cooking procedure screen shown in FIG. 29, and when the cooking procedure display area 562 in which fried chicken (fried chicken) is displayed in the microwave oven 7 is operated, , The detailed cooking procedure and recipe are displayed as shown in FIG. In addition, the recipe reflects the number of people based on the family information registered in advance.

451a to 451c are detailed cooking procedure display areas, and recipes are also displayed as needed. Detailed cooking procedure display area 562a for cutting chicken thighs, detailed cooking procedure display area 562b for seasoning chicken thighs and recipes such as seasonings required for seasoning, detailed cooking procedure display Arrange on the cooking plate in area 562c and operate the oven button to start cooking fried food in order, so that the user can cook without looking at the instructions etc. If you proceed according to the procedure, you will be able to complete all cooking procedures and equipment operations.

As described above, in the second embodiment of the present disclosure, when there are a refrigerator 5, an electric rice cooker 6, an electronic oven range 7, an IH cooking heater 8, and a communication terminal 10 communicably connected to the home appliance control device 4. The information of the refrigerator 5, the electric rice cooker 6, the electronic oven range 7, and the IH cooking heater 8 can be read into the home appliance control device 4 by the mobile communication terminal 10, and the database 9 of the home appliance management server 3 can be read by the mobile communication terminal 10. The stored cooking menu recipes and cooking procedure data can be obtained from the home appliance control device 4 according to the devices that can be connected and used, and the devices connected by the mobile communication terminal 10 can be obtained from the home appliance control device. Since it can be controlled by 4, even an inexperienced user can efficiently use a plurality of electric appliances without any trouble in operation as in the first embodiment of the present disclosure, which is convenient for the user. Improves sex.

1 Indoor network, 2 External network, 3 Home appliance management server (external information device), 4 Home appliance control device, 5 Refrigerator, 6 Electric rice cooker, 7 Electronic oven range (high frequency heating cooker), 8 IH cooking heater (Inductive heating) Cookware), 9 database, 10 mobile communication terminal, 40 home appliance control device display, 41 family information registration screen, 41a family information registration button, 41b family information transmission button, 42 device information registration screen, 42a connected device information read button , 42b device information registration button, 42c device information transmission button, 42d registered device display area, 42e registered device display area, 42f registered device display area, 42g registered device display area, 42h information display area, 42j recipe procedure receive button, 42k use Yes / No setting information transmission button, 43 refrigerator contents registration screen, 43a contents information input button, 43b automatic input button, 43c manual input button, 43d refrigerating room selection button, 43e freezing room selection button, 43f vegetable room selection button, 43g chilled Room selection button, 44 cooking menu display screen, 45 cooking procedure display screen, 46 cooking field display screen, 81 IH cooking heater (inductive heating cooker) display, 82 caution display (notification) screen, 421 page feed button, 422 pages Return button, 423a enable button, 423b use / disable button, 424a enable / disable button, 424b use / disable button, 425a enable / disable button, 425b use / disable button, 426a use / disable button, 426b use / disable button, 441 menu display area, 442 menu. Display area, 443 Menu display area, 444 Menu display area, 445 Page feed button, 451 Cooking procedure display area, 451a Detailed cooking procedure display area, 451b Detailed cooking procedure display area, 451c Detailed cooking procedure display area, 452 Cooking Procedure display area, 452a detailed cooking procedure display area, 452b detailed cooking procedure display area, 452c detailed cooking procedure display area, 453 cooking procedure display area, 455 page forward button, 456 page back button, 461 cooking field display area, 462 Cooking field display area, 463 Cooking Field display area, 464 Cooking field display area, 465 page feed button, 470 Attention display (notification) screen, 471 Return to procedure button, 540 Communication terminal display, 542 device information registration screen, 542a Connected device information read button, 542b device Information registration button, 542c device information transmission button, 542d registered device display area, 542e registered device display area, 542f registered device display area, 542g registered device display area, 542h information display area, 543a enable button, 543b use / not button, 544a Available button, 544b Usability button, 545a Usability button, 545b Usability button, 546a Usability button, 546b Usability button, 555 Cooking menu display screen, 542j Recipe procedure reception button, 555a Menu display area, 555b Menu display area , 555c menu display area, 555d menu display area, 556 page feed button, 557 cooking procedure display screen, 558 page feed button, 559 page back button, 561 cooking procedure display area, 561a detailed cooking procedure display area, 561b detailed cooking Procedure display area, 561c Detailed cooking procedure display area, 562 cooking procedure display area, 563 cooking procedure display area, 570 caution display (notification) screen, 571 button to return to procedure.

Claims (11)

Multiple electrical devices, each of which has a communication unit that receives information from the outside of the housing or communicates to transmit information to the outside of the housing.
By registering the plurality of electric devices, it is possible to communicate with the plurality of electric devices, and the information of the plurality of electric devices can be received and transmitted to and from the external information device by being connected to an external network. A control device that manages and controls the plurality of electric devices.
The control device is based on the information transmitted from the plurality of electric devices and the operation information that can be executed by the plurality of electric devices received from the external information device according to the registered plurality of electric devices. An electric device control system that controls the plurality of electric devices. The plurality of electric devices registered in the control device include a plurality of cooking devices and a refrigerator.
Information on the contents of the refrigerator can be registered in the control device.
The control device transmits information on the contents of the refrigerator to the external information device, and based on the information on the contents of the refrigerator, a cooking menu and a cooking execution procedure using the plurality of registered cooking devices. The control system for an electric device according to claim 1, wherein the device is received from the external information device. The plurality of cooking devices include an electric rice cooker, an induction cooking device, and a high-frequency cooking device, and when each cooking device receives an operation, the received operation information is transmitted to the control device, and the control device receives the operation information. Is the control system for an electric device according to claim 2, wherein the received operation information is transmitted to the external information device. The electric rice cooker, the induction heating cooker, the high-frequency heating cooker, and the refrigerator registered in the control device can be set to be usable in the control device, and the electric rice cooker excluding the refrigerator can be set. 3 When there is a device for use or non-use among the induction cooker and the high-frequency cooker, the cooking menu using the usable device and the cooking execution procedure are received from the external information device. Control system for electrical equipment as described in. The control device can communicate with the mobile communication terminal, registration of the plurality of cooking devices and setting of availability can be executed from the mobile communication terminal, and execution of the cooking acquired by the control device from the external information device. The electric device control system according to claim 4, wherein the procedure can be displayed on the mobile communication terminal. The execution procedure is managed by the external information device, determines whether the execution procedure of cooking of the executed cooking menu conforms to the execution procedure of cooking of the selected cooking menu, and transmits the determination result to the control device. The control system for an electric device according to any one of claims 2 to 5. The plurality of cooking devices include cooking devices provided with notification means.
When cooking is executed by an execution procedure different from the execution procedure of the cooking received from the external information device, the cooking device operated by the different execution procedure among the plurality of cooking devices does not accept the operation and uses a different execution procedure. The control system for an electric device according to claim 6, wherein the notifying means of the cooking device including the operated notifying means notifies that the notifying means is an execution procedure different from the cooking execution procedure. The mobile communication terminal is provided with a notification means.
When cooking is executed by an execution procedure different from the execution procedure of the cooking received from the external information device, the cooking device operated by the different execution procedure among the plurality of cooking devices does not accept the operation and the mobile communication terminal. The control system for electrical equipment according to claim 6, which notifies the display means of the above that the execution procedure is different from the cooking execution procedure. The control system for an electric device according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the notification means is a display means, and characters or figures are displayed on the display means to notify the display means. The control system for an electric device according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the notification means is a voice output means, and the voice output means is used to notify by voice. An electric device including an electric rice cooker, an induction heating cooker, a high-frequency heating cooker, and a refrigerator, which can be registered in the control system for the electric device according to claims 1 to 10.

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