JP2022147143A - Cooking system and application program - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a cooking system capable of enhancing convenience related to required operation, in a case of performing the required operation related to automatic cooking, etc. using an external terminal for a cooker having a high-temperature control operation disabled state.SOLUTION: A cooker 2 of a cooking system 1 transmits first information to an external terminal 30 when a temperature detection value of a temperature sensor 6x corresponding to a heating unit 3x (x=a or b or c or d) is higher than a first threshold temperature TH1. The external terminal 30 notifies a user in response to the reception of the first information.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates to a cooking system and an application program used therein.

Conventionally, as seen in Patent Document 1, for example, when performing automatic cooking on a grill of a heating cooker, when the temperature of the grill chamber is higher than a predetermined temperature, automatic cooking is started from that high temperature state. In this case, there is a risk that the cooking may not be properly performed, so there is known a heating cooker that prohibits the acceptance of automatic cooking settings so that automatic cooking can be performed after the temperature of the grill chamber has decreased. there is

In addition, conventionally, as seen in Patent Document 2, for example, a setting operation related to automatic cooking on a stove or a grill is performed with a mobile information terminal such as a smartphone, and the setting information is transmitted from the mobile information terminal to the heating cooker. A system has been proposed in which a cooking device that receives the setting information can automatically cook according to the setting information.

JP 2015-164494 A JP 2015-158344 A

By the way, as seen in Patent Document 1, when the temperature around a heating unit such as a grill chamber or the temperature of the object to be cooked by the heating unit is high, the automatic heating unit in the heating unit As seen in Patent Document 2, the heating cooker enters a state in which acceptance of settings for executing a predetermined type of operation such as cooking is prohibited (hereinafter sometimes referred to as a high temperature control operation impossible state). The inventors of the present invention have found that the following inconveniences occur when a mobile information terminal is used to automatically cook food.

That is, in the system seen in Patent Document 2, the setting operation related to automatic cooking on the portable information terminal is an operation that can be performed regardless of the state of the heat cooker, and the operation can be performed at a place away from the heat cooker. Therefore, even if the heating cooker is in the high-temperature control-disabled state, the user is likely to set automatic cooking on the mobile information terminal without noticing it.

In this case, after the user completes the automatic cooking setting operation on the portable information terminal, the user moves to the vicinity of the heating cooker in order to start the operation of the heating unit of the heating cooker. It may not recognize that the settings were not accepted. In that case, even if the user starts the operation of the heating unit, the automatic cooking desired by the user is not executed.

In addition, even if the user can recognize that the automatic cooking setting has not been accepted by the notification output of the heating cooker, etc., after the high temperature control operation disabled state of the heating cooker is canceled, The setting operation for automatic cooking must be performed again using the operation unit of the heating cooker or the personal digital assistant.

In addition, since the manner in which the temperature around the heating unit and the object to be cooked changes depending on environmental conditions, etc., it is difficult for the user to predict when the high temperature control operation disable state of the heating cooker will be released. As a result, the user tends to repeat the automatic cooking setting operation many times.

In this way, when the heating cooker is in the high-temperature control operation disabled state, when setting operation of a predetermined type of operation such as automatic cooking is performed by an external terminal such as a personal digital assistant, the setting operation is time-consuming. It may take. Moreover, power consumption tends to increase due to useless communication between the heating cooker and the external terminal.

The present invention has been made in view of this background. An object of the present invention is to provide a heat cooking system capable of enhancing convenience related to.

In order to achieve the above object, the cooking system of the present invention comprises a heating unit for heating an object to be cooked, a temperature sensor for detecting the temperature of the object to be cooked or the temperature around the heating unit, and the heating unit. a heating cooker having a control device having a function of controlling the operation of the heating unit; and instruction information configured to be able to communicate with the heating cooker and allowing the user to perform a predetermined type of operation of the heating unit. Provided in an external terminal configured to be able to execute a driving instruction operation, which is an input operation, and an external device capable of communicating with the external terminal or the external terminal and the cooking device, and executed by the external terminal A heating cooking system comprising a control data transmission unit that transmits control data for the heating unit corresponding to the operation instruction operation to the heating cooker,
When the control data is received, the control device controls the operation of the heating unit based on the control data if the temperature detected by the temperature sensor is lower than a predetermined first threshold temperature. and when the control data is received, the temperature detected by the temperature sensor is higher than the first threshold temperature is configured to be in a high temperature control operation disabled state, which is a state in which the start of operation control of the heating unit based on the control data is prohibited,
When the temperature detection value is higher than the first threshold temperature, the heating cooker outputs first information indicating that the temperature is higher than the first threshold temperature, or that the control device is in the high temperature control operation disabled state. It is configured to have an information transmission processing unit that transmits to an external terminal,
The external terminal is characterized by comprising a notification processing unit that, when receiving the first information, notifies the user according to the first information (first invention).

According to the first invention, when the temperature detected by the temperature sensor is higher than the first threshold temperature, the first information is transmitted from the heating cooker to the external terminal, and the first information is sent to the external terminal. This notification is sent from the external terminal to the user. As a result, the user cannot perform a predetermined type of operation in the heating portion of the heating cooker because the temperature detection value is high (in other words, the control device is in a high temperature control operation disabled state). can recognize

As a result, it is possible to prevent a situation in which a user wastefully repeats a required operation including an operation instruction operation related to a predetermined type of operation of the heating unit when the control device is in a state in which the control device cannot operate at high temperature. becomes possible. Therefore, according to the first invention, when performing necessary operations related to operation such as automatic cooking using an external terminal for a heating cooker having a high temperature control operation impossible state, convenience related to the operation is improved. can be enhanced.

In the first aspect of the invention, when the control data is received, if the temperature detected by the temperature sensor is higher than the first threshold temperature, then the temperature detected by the temperature sensor is The high-temperature control operation disabled state is entered in a period until the temperature drops to a predetermined second threshold temperature or lower, which is the first threshold temperature or lower, and the controlled operation enabled state is entered after the period elapses. Further, the information display processing unit, when the detected temperature value has decreased to a temperature equal to or lower than the second threshold temperature after the transmission of the first information, notifies that fact or the high temperature of the control device. Second information indicating that the time control operation disabled state has been canceled is transmitted to the external terminal, and the notification processing unit further receives the second information when receiving the second information. It is preferable to be configured to notify the user according to the information (second invention).

According to this, when the temperature detected by the temperature sensor is a temperature higher than the first threshold temperature, and then the temperature detected decreases to a temperature equal to or lower than the second threshold temperature, the second information is the heating. The second information is transmitted from the cooker to the external terminal, and the external terminal notifies the user according to the second information. As a result, the user is notified that the temperature detection value has decreased and the heating unit of the heating cooker is ready to start a predetermined type of operation (in other words, the high temperature control operation disabled state of the control device is canceled). ) can be recognized.

Thereby, the user can start the predetermined type of operation after the heating section can appropriately perform the predetermined type of operation. Moreover, it is possible to effectively prevent the user from performing unnecessary operations related to the predetermined type of operation in the heating unit before the external terminal is notified in accordance with the second information. Therefore, it is possible to effectively improve the convenience when performing a predetermined type of operation in the heating unit using the external terminal.

In the second aspect of the invention, when the temperature detection value is higher than the first threshold temperature, the control data transmission unit then reduces the temperature detection value to a temperature equal to or lower than the second threshold temperature. During the period until the transmission of the control data to the heating cooker is prohibited, the prohibition of the transmission of the control data to the heating cooker is lifted after the period elapses. (third invention).

According to this, the control data is not transmitted from the control data transmission unit to the heating cooker during the above period (the period during which the control device is in the high temperature control operation disabled state). It is possible to reduce power consumption associated with useless transmission of control data from the data transmission unit to the heating cooker.

In the third aspect of the invention, the heating cooker includes a plurality of the heating units, and the external terminal provides the operation instruction operation by the user, the first information and the control data transmitting unit prohibits transmission of the control data for each of the plurality of heating units; and It can be configured so that it can be released (fourth invention).

According to this, for each of the plurality of heating units, the operation instruction operation by the user, the notification corresponding to the first information and the second information, and the transmission of the control data from the control data transmission unit to the heating cooker. Since prohibition and cancellation can be performed, it is possible to enhance the convenience when performing a predetermined type of operation in one of the heating units of the heating cooker.

In the third or fourth invention, when the external terminal or the external device executes the driving instruction operation, the detected temperature value is higher than the first threshold temperature. a driving instruction indicating the content of the driving instruction operation executed by the external terminal until the control data transmission unit executes transmission of the control data after the prohibition of transmission of the control data is lifted; It may be configured to store and hold operation information or the control data corresponding to the driving instruction operation (fifth invention).

According to this, after the prohibition of the transmission of the control data is lifted, the control corresponding to the driving instruction operation indicated by the previously stored driving instruction operation information is performed without requiring the user to perform the driving instruction operation again. Since the data for use or the data for control previously stored and held can be transmitted from the control data transmission unit to the heating cooking, the convenience of the operation by the user when performing a predetermined type of operation in the heating unit is further improved. can be enhanced.

In the fifth aspect of the invention, the control data transmission unit transmits the control data corresponding to the driving instruction operation indicated by the stored driving instruction operation information, or the storage It can be configured to automatically transmit the held control data to the cooking device (sixth invention).

According to this, after the inhibition of transmission of the control data is canceled, the control data corresponding to the driving instruction operation indicated by the previously stored driving instruction operation information or the previously stored control data is automatically transmitted. Specifically, since the data is transmitted from the control data transmission unit to the heating cooking, it is possible to further enhance the convenience of the operation by the user when performing the predetermined type of operation in the heating unit.

In the second aspect of the invention, when the heating cooker receives the control data from the control data transmission unit in a state in which the temperature detection value is higher than the first threshold temperature, the temperature detection value is After the temperature has decreased to the second threshold temperature or less, the data may be stored until the control device executes the operation control of the heating unit based on the control data (seventh invention).

According to this, after the temperature detection value has decreased to a temperature equal to or lower than the second threshold temperature (after the high temperature control operation impossible state of the control device is canceled), the control device for the heating cooker Without requiring the data transmission unit to transmit the control data to the cooking device again (and furthermore, without requiring the user to perform the operation instruction operation again on the external terminal), Since the predetermined type of operation of the heating unit can be executed based on the stored control data, it is possible to further enhance the convenience of the operation by the user when performing the predetermined type of operation of the heating unit.

The second aspect of the invention may further include a repeater for relaying communication between the cooking device and the control data transmission unit. In this case, when the repeater receives the control data from the control data transmitting unit in a state in which the detected temperature value is higher than the first threshold temperature, the detected temperature value is higher than the second threshold temperature. After the temperature drops below the temperature, the control data may be stored and held until a transmission request signal requesting transmission of the control data is received from the heating cooker (eighth invention).

According to this, after the temperature detection value has decreased to a temperature equal to or lower than the second threshold temperature (after the high temperature control operation impossible state of the control device is canceled), the control device for the heating cooker The control data previously stored and held by the repeater without requiring the data transmitting unit to transmit the control data again (and furthermore, without requiring the user to perform the driving instruction operation again on the external terminal). can be acquired from the repeater, and the predetermined type of operation of the heating unit can be performed based on the control data, so that the convenience of the operation by the user when performing the predetermined type of operation of the heating unit can be further enhanced. can be done.

In the first to eighth inventions, the external terminal determines whether the temperature detection value is higher than the first threshold temperature. After transmitting a request signal to the heating cooker, the control device is configured to be in a state in which the operation instruction operation by the user can be accepted, and the control device detects the temperature when receiving the temperature determination request signal. It is configured to perform a process of determining whether or not the value is a temperature higher than the first threshold temperature, and to transmit the first information to the external terminal when the determination result is affirmative. It is also possible to adopt the aspect of being present (ninth invention).

According to this, the temperature determination process is executed in the heating cooker at the timing when the user tries to perform the operation instruction operation on the external terminal, and the first information is transmitted from the heating cooker to the external terminal according to the determination result. Therefore, it is possible to notify the user from the external terminal according to the first information at a suitable timing. Moreover, since the transmission of the first information from the cooking device to the external terminal can be kept to a necessary minimum, power consumption associated with the transmission of the first information can be suppressed.

In the above-described first to ninth inventions, it is possible to employ a mode in which the control data transmission section is provided in the external terminal (tenth invention).
According to this, it is possible to construct the cooking system with a simple configuration by reducing the number of constituent elements of the cooking system.

In the above first to ninth inventions, the external device is an external server that can communicate with the cooking device and the external terminal via an external network, and the control data transmission unit is provided in the external server. It is also possible to adopt the aspect that it is held (the eleventh invention).
According to this, since it is not necessary to transmit the control data from the external terminal to the cooking device, the power consumption of the external terminal can be suppressed.

Further, an application program of the present invention is an application program installed in the external terminal of the cooking system according to any one of the first to eleventh inventions,
The external terminal receives the driving instruction operation, performs the control data transmission unit processing, or requests the external device to execute the control data transmission unit processing provided in the external device. and a function of executing the processing as the notification processing unit (a twelfth aspect of the invention).
According to this, by installing the application program in general-purpose terminals such as smartphones, tablet terminals, feature phones, and personal computers, these terminals can be used as external terminals of the cooking system. As a result, it becomes possible to construct a low-cost heating and cooking system.

The figure which shows the whole structure of the heat cooking system in 1st - 5th embodiment. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the functional configuration of the heating cooker and the external terminal shown in FIG. 1; 4 is a flow chart showing processing of the control device of the heating cooker in the first to fourth embodiments; 4 is a flowchart showing processing of the control unit of the external terminal according to the first embodiment; 5A to 5C are diagrams showing display examples on an external terminal. 6A to 6C are diagrams showing display examples on an external terminal. 9 is a flowchart showing processing of a control unit of an external terminal according to the second embodiment; 10 is a flowchart showing processing of a control unit of an external terminal according to the third embodiment; 14 is a flowchart showing processing of a control unit of an external terminal according to the fourth embodiment; The flowchart which shows the process of the control apparatus of the heating cooker in 5th Embodiment. 14 is a flowchart showing processing of a control unit of an external terminal according to the fifth embodiment; The figure which shows the whole structure of the heat cooking system in 6th Embodiment. The figure which shows the whole structure of the heat cooking system in 7th Embodiment.

[First embodiment]
A first embodiment of the invention is described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 6C. With reference to FIGS. 1 and 2 , a cooking system 1 of this embodiment includes a cooking device 2 and an external terminal 30 . The heating cooker 2 is, for example, a gas stove in this embodiment, and includes a plurality of (for example, four) burners 3a, 3b, 3c, and 3d as heating units for heating the food to be cooked.

Among these burners 3a to 3d, burners 3a, 3b, and 3c are stove burners and are arranged on the upper surface of the heating cooker 2. FIG. In the heating cooker 2 of the illustrated example, for example, burners 3a, 3b, and 3c are arranged respectively on the left front portion, the right front portion, and the rear center portion of the upper surface thereof. Trivets 4a, 4b, 4c for placing cooking containers are installed around the burners 3a, 3b, 3c, respectively.

Further, temperature sensors 6a, 6b and 6c are respectively arranged at the central portions of the burners 3a, 3b and 3c. These temperature sensors 6a, 6b, 6c are arranged so as to come into contact with the bottom surface of the cooking vessel when the cooking vessel is placed on the trivets 4a, 4b, 4c corresponding to the burners 3a, 3b, 3c, respectively. The temperature of the cooking vessel can be detected as the temperature of the food contained in the cooking vessel.

The burner 3d is a grill burner, and although detailed illustration is omitted, it is arranged inside the grill chamber 5 formed in the housing of the heating cooker 2 so as to be openable and closable on the front surface of the heating cooker 2. . A temperature sensor 6d capable of detecting the temperature inside the grill chamber 5 corresponding to the temperature around the burner 3d is arranged inside the grill chamber 5 (or an exhaust passage (not shown) communicating with the grill chamber 5). there is

On the front of the heating cooker 2, there are a power switch 10 for turning on/off the power of the heating cooker 2, and for igniting, extinguishing, and adjusting the thermal power of the burners 3a, 3b, 3c, and 3d. operation buttons 11a, 11b, 11c, and 11d are provided. In this case, for example, by pressing the operation buttons 11a to 11d, the corresponding burners 3a to 3d are ignited or extinguished, and by rotating the operation buttons 11a to 11d, the corresponding burners are turned on. 3a-3d thermal power adjustments are made. The operation unit for igniting and extinguishing each of the burners 3a to 3d and the operation unit for adjusting the thermal power may be separate operation units. Moreover, various forms can be adopted for the operation forms of these operation units.

On the front surface of the heating cooker 2, a push-open stove operating section 12 and a grill operating section 14 are further provided. In this case, when the stove operation portion 12 is pushed, the stove operation portion 12 is opened to expose the stove operation panel 13 so as to be operable. The operating panel 13 for the stove includes operating panels 13a, 13b and 13c for the burners 3a, 3b and 3c, respectively.

Further, when the grill operation portion 14 is pushed, the grill operation portion 14 is opened to expose the grill operation panel 15 so as to be operable. In addition, each of the operation panels 13 and 15 may be provided in a state of being exposed to the outer surface portion (front surface, upper surface, or the like) of the heating cooker 2 .

The operation panel 13 for the stove is used for operations related to operation control of each of the burners 3a, 3b, and 3c (for example, setting operation related to automatic cooking operation such as water boiling operation or rice cooking operation, timer time setting operation during timer operation, heating temperature setting operation, etc.). setting operation, etc.), and is configured to display various information regarding the operation of each of the burners 3a, 3b, and 3c. This also applies to the operation panel 15 for grill.

In addition to the above configuration, the heating cooker 2 further includes a control device 20 having a function of controlling the operation of the entire heating cooker 2, as shown in FIG. The control device 20 is composed of one or more electronic circuit units including a processor such as a microcomputer, a memory, an interface circuit, a communication device, and the like.

The control device 20 includes detection signals from a plurality of sensors (including the temperature sensors 6a to 6d) mounted on the heating cooker 2, operation buttons 11a to 11d and operation panels 13 and 15. A signal is input. The control device 20 controls the operation of each burner 3a to 3d (more specifically, the operation control related to ignition, extinguishing, and thermal power adjustment) as a function realized by the installed hardware configuration and program (software configuration). and a function to control the display of the operation panels 13 and 15 .

More specifically, the operation control of each burner 3a to 3d is performed through the operation control of an on-off valve and a thermal power adjustment valve provided in a fuel supply passage (not shown) corresponding to each burner 3a to 3d, and an ignition device (not shown). done.

Further, the control device 20 can communicate with the external terminal 30 using a wireless communication method such as Bluetooth (registered trademark) or Wi-Fi (registered trademark). Further, the control device 20 includes a function as an information transmission processing section 20a in the present invention.

The external terminal 30 is configured by, for example, a smart phone, a tablet terminal, a feature phone, or a personal computer used by the user of the heating cooker 2. As shown in FIG. , a sounding unit 32 composed of a speaker or the like, an operation unit 33 composed of a plurality of operation switches or the like, and a control unit 34 that controls the operation of the external terminal 30 . Note that the operation unit 33 may include touch switches displayed on the display unit 31 or an audio input unit such as a microphone.

The control unit 34 is composed of one or more electronic circuit units including a processor such as a microcomputer, a memory, an interface circuit, a communication device, etc., and receives operation signals from the operation unit 33 . A predetermined application program (hereinafter referred to as a cooking application) relating to cooking using the heating cooker 2 is pre-installed in the control unit 34 .

The control unit 34 has functions realized by the installed programs (including cooking applications), such as a function to control the display of the display unit 31, a function to control the operation of the sound generator 32, a function to control the operation of the external terminal 30, and others. It has a function to control communication with other devices.

In this case, the external terminal 30 is set in advance for connection with the control device 20 of the heating cooker 2 so that it can wirelessly communicate with the control device 20 of the heating cooker 2 while the cooking application is activated. is done. Furthermore, the external terminal 30 can communicate with the external server 40 via the external network NW (shown in FIG. 1), which is a wide area network such as the Internet, while the cooking application is running. .

The external server 40 is, for example, a server operated by the manufacturer of the heat cooker 2 or a contractor of the manufacturer, and stores a database of recipe information regarding each of a plurality of automatic cooking menus that can be executed by the heat cooker 2. Possess. The recipe information includes control data for each burner 3a to 3d (heat power change pattern, combustion operation time, etc. for each burner 3a to 3d) for each type of automatic cooking that can be executed by each burner 3a to 3d. It includes automatic cooking data composed of specified control data) and the like. The automatic cooking data includes not only data for controlling the burners 3a to 3d, but also notification information such as guidance information to be appropriately output by the heating cooker 2 during execution of automatic cooking, and data defining the output timing thereof. obtain.

Then, the external terminal 30 that has started up the cooking application performs a function realized by the control processing of the control unit 34 based on the cooking application according to the user's operation of the external terminal 30 (operation on the operation unit 33). a function of acquiring a list of automatic cooking menus from the external server 40 and displaying the list on the display unit 31; A function of transmitting automatic cooking data included in the information to the control device 20 of the heating cooker 2 and instructing the control device 20 to perform automatic cooking based on the automatic cooking data; It has a function of notifying the user according to the first information and the second information.

Supplementally, in the present embodiment, the operation related to automatic cooking (automatic cooking operation) executable by each of the burners 3a to 3d corresponds to the predetermined type of operation in the present invention. In addition, the control unit 34 of the external terminal 30 that has started the cooking application functions as a control data transmission unit 34a by a function of transmitting automatic cooking data including control data for each of the burners 3a to 3d to the heating cooker 2. It includes a function as a notification processing unit 34b by a function of notifying a user according to first information and second information, which will be described later.

Next, the operation of the cooking system 1 for automatic cooking using the external terminal 30 will be described. In the following description, the temperature (temperature detection value) detected by each of the temperature sensors 6a to 6d is referred to as sensor temperature.

In the heating cooker 2, the control device 20 executes the process shown in the flow chart of FIG. Hereinafter, any one of the burners 3a to 3d will be referred to as burner 3x (x=a or b or c or d), and the temperature sensor and operation button corresponding to burner 3x will be temperature sensor 6x and operation It is written as button 11x.

In STEP 1, the control device 20 acquires the sensor temperature of the temperature sensor 6x corresponding to the burner 3x, and if the sensor temperature is equal to or lower than a predetermined first threshold temperature TH1 that is predetermined corresponding to the burner 3x. determine whether there is When the sensor temperature of the temperature sensor 6x is higher than the first threshold temperature TH1, the first threshold temperature TH1 is set to the value of the burner under execution of the automatic cooking when automatic cooking executable by the burner 3x is started. From the viewpoint that the magnitude of the heating power of 3x, the timing of its change, the extinguishing timing of the burner 3x, etc. may become inappropriate, and there is a risk that appropriate automatic cooking will not be performed, each of the burners 3a to 3d It is a preset threshold temperature.

Note that the determination process (temperature determination process) in STEP 1 may be executed by the control device 20 immediately after the communication connection between the heating cooker 2 and the external terminal 30 is established, for example. The control device 20 may execute this in response to a request from the external terminal 30 (in response to reception of a signal transmitted from the external terminal 30 to request execution of the temperature determination process in STEP 1).

If the determination result in STEP 1 is affirmative (if sensor temperature ≤ TH1), control device 20 performs the process of determining whether or not automatic cooking data has been received from external terminal 30 in STEP 2. Run until the result is positive.

Then, when the control device 20 receives the automatic cooking data and the determination result in STEP 2 becomes affirmative, in STEP 3, the processing for determining whether or not the burner 3x has been ignited by the operation button 11x is determined. Run until the result is positive.

Then, when the burner 3x is ignited by the operation button 11x and the determination result in STEP3 becomes affirmative, the control device 20 performs processing for igniting the burner 3x (starting fuel supply to the burner 3x) in STEP4. and driving an ignition device (not shown) to start the combustion operation of the burner 3x.

Next, in STEP5, the control device 20 controls the combustion operation of the burner 3x based on the control data included in the received automatic cooking data, thereby starting automatic cooking with the burner 3x. In this case, since the automatic cooking by the burner 3x is started in a state where the sensor temperature of the temperature sensor 6x corresponding to the burner 3x is equal to or lower than the first threshold temperature TH1, the automatic cooking can be executed appropriately.

In STEP 3, if the burner 3x is not ignited for a predetermined time or longer, it is assumed that the user has canceled the execution of automatic cooking by the burner 3x (automatic cooking based on the received automatic cooking data). , the control device 20 may automatically cancel the execution of the automatic cooking.

On the other hand, if the determination result in STEP 1 is negative (when the sensor temperature > TH1), the control device 20 in STEP 6 indicates that automatic cooking is disabled, which is a state in which execution of automatic cooking by the burner 3x is prohibited. Set the state to ON (enabled state). In this automatic cooking disabled state, even if the controller 20 receives automatic cooking data from the external terminal 30, the heating cooker 2 does not accept the automatic cooking data, and performs automatic cooking based on the automatic cooking data with the burner 3x. It is kept in a state of never running. The automatic cooking disabled state corresponds to the high temperature control operation disabled state in the present invention.

Further, in STEP7, the control device 20 externally transmits the first information indicating that the sensor temperature of the temperature sensor 6x is higher than the first threshold temperature TH1 (or that the burner 3x is in an automatic cooking disabled state). Send to terminal 30 . In other words, the first information is that the sensor temperature of the temperature sensor 6x is higher than the first threshold temperature TH1, so automatic cooking cannot be executed by the burner 3x (execution of automatic cooking is prohibited). This is information indicating that it is in a state.

Next, in STEP 8, the control device 20 determines whether or not the sensor temperature of the temperature sensor 6x has decreased to a predetermined second threshold temperature TH2 or lower, which is lower than the first threshold temperature by a predetermined amount. The judgment process is executed until the judgment result becomes affirmative. The second threshold temperature TH2 is not limited to a temperature lower than the first threshold temperature TH1, and may be the same temperature as the first threshold temperature TH1.

Then, when the determination result in STEP8 is affirmative (when the sensor temperature ≤ TH2), in STEP9, the control device 20 turns OFF (disabled state) the automatic cooking disabling state regarding the burner 3x. . As a result, the control device 20 enters a state in which automatic cooking data transmitted from the external terminal 30 can be received (a state in which automatic cooking can be performed by the burners 3x based on the automatic cooking data).

Further, in STEP 10, the control device 20 transmits second information indicating that the sensor temperature of the temperature sensor 6x has decreased to a temperature equal to or lower than the second threshold temperature TH2 (or that the automatic cooking disabled state has been canceled) to the external terminal 30. After that, the processing from STEP 2 described above is executed. In other words, the second information is that the automatic cooking execution disabled state is canceled when the sensor temperature of the temperature sensor 6x drops to a temperature equal to or lower than the second threshold temperature TH2, and the automatic cooking execution disabled state transmitted from the external terminal 30 This information indicates that the burner 3x is ready to perform automatic cooking based on the cooking data.

The processing by the control device 20 of the heating cooker 2 is executed as described above. In this embodiment, the processing of STEPs 7 and 10 corresponds to the processing by the information transmission processing section 20a.
Since the processing of the control device 20 is executed as described above, if the sensor temperature of the temperature sensor 6x is equal to or lower than the first threshold temperature TH1 after the communication connection is established between the heating cooker 2 and the external terminal 30, The heating cooker 2 can perform automatic cooking with the burner 3 x according to automatic cooking data received from the external terminal 30 .

On the other hand, when the sensor temperature of the temperature sensor 6x is higher than the first threshold temperature TH1, the heating cooker 2 is automatically The cooking disabled state is maintained, and execution of automatic cooking by the burner 3x in accordance with automatic cooking data received from the external terminal 30 is prohibited. After the period has passed, the cooker 2 is ready to perform automatic cooking with the burner 3x in accordance with the automatic cooking data received from the external terminal 30. FIG.

Moreover, in the external terminal 30, the control unit 34 executes the processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. In STEP 20, the control unit 34 successively executes the process of determining whether or not the user has performed the selection operation of the desired automatic cooking (selection operation on the external terminal 30) until the determination result becomes affirmative.

Specifically, the selection operation is performed by selecting a desired automatic cooking menu from a list of a plurality of automatic cooking menus acquired from the external server 40 by operating the operation unit 33 of the external terminal 30 on which the user has started the cooking application. is an operation to select and confirm. In this embodiment, this selection operation is an operation corresponding to the driving instruction operation in the present invention. When the automatic cooking menu desired by the user is automatic cooking that can be executed by each of the stove burners 3a to 3c of the heating cooker 2, the selection operation includes the stove on which the automatic cooking is to be executed. It may further include an operation for selecting a burner (3a or 3b or 3c).

When the determination result in STEP 20 becomes affirmative due to the completion of the automatic cooking selection operation by the user, the control unit 34 controls the selected burner 3x for automatic cooking among the burners 3a to 3d of the heating cooker 2. , the processing from STEP 21 is executed. In STEP 21, the control unit 34 determines whether or not the first information has been received from the heating cooker 2 for the target burner 3x.

For example, after establishing a communication connection between the external terminal 30 and the heating cooker 2, when the operation mode for performing automatic cooking selection operation is activated in the external terminal 30 according to the user's operation, etc., the target A signal requesting the control device 20 of the heating cooker 2 to perform processing (temperature determination processing) to determine whether the sensor temperature of the temperature sensor 6x corresponding to the burner 3x is equal to or lower than the first threshold temperature TH1, The controller 34 may transmit from the external terminal 30 to the heating cooker 2 . After the request, the external terminal 30 may enter a state of accepting the selection operation by the user.

If the determination result in STEP 21 is negative (if the external terminal 30 has not received the first information about the burner 3x), in other words, the sensor temperature of the temperature sensor 6x corresponding to the burner 3x is the first threshold temperature. If the temperature is equal to or lower than TH1, the control unit 34 performs an automatic cooking data transmission operation (request to transmit automatic cooking data to the control device 20 of the heat cooker 2) for the burner 3x in STEP22. operation) has been performed by the user on the external terminal 30 until the result of the determination becomes affirmative.

Then, when the user executes the transmission operation of the automatic cooking data on the external terminal 30 and the determination result in STEP 22 becomes affirmative, the control unit 34, in STEP 23, transmits the data from the external server 40 regarding the automatic cooking to be executed by the burner 3x. The acquired automatic cooking data is transmitted to the control device 20 of the heating cooker 2 .

On the other hand, if the determination result in STEP 21 is affirmative (if the external terminal 30 receives the first information about the burner 3x), in other words, the sensor temperature of the temperature sensor 6x corresponding to the burner 3x is the first threshold temperature If the temperature is higher than TH1, the control unit 34, in STEP24, indicates that the burner 3x of the heating cooker 2 is in the automatic cooking disabled state (more specifically, the sensor temperature corresponding to the burner 3x is high). Therefore, the external terminal 30 notifies the user that automatic cooking cannot be performed by the burner 3x. This notification can be performed, for example, by displaying notification information on the display unit 31 of the external terminal 30 or by outputting voice information from the sound generating unit 32 of the external terminal 30 . This notification allows the user to recognize that automatic cooking with the burner 3x cannot be executed at present.

Furthermore, in STEP 25, the control unit 34 executes a process (the same determination process as in STEP 22) for determining whether or not the user has executed the automatic cooking data transmission operation for the target burner 3x on the external terminal 30, If the determination result is affirmative, in STEP 26, the automatic cooking data acquired from the external server 40 regarding the automatic cooking to be executed by the burner 3x is transmitted to the controller 20 of the heating cooker 2. However, in this case, since the burner 3x of the heating cooker 2 is in the automatic cooking disable state, the transmitted automatic cooking data is not accepted by the controller 20 of the heating cooker 2 (the burner 3x based on the automatic cooking data (Auto cooking is not performed in ).

If the determination result in STEP 25 is negative, or after executing the processing in STEP 26, the control unit 34 further determines in STEP 27 whether or not the second information regarding the target burner 3x has been received, If the judgment result is negative, the processing from STEP 25 is repeated.

Then, when the external terminal 30 receives the second information transmitted from the control device 20 of the heating cooker 2 and the determination result in STEP 27 becomes affirmative, the control unit 34 causes the target burner 3x in STEP 28 to A process of notifying the user from the external terminal 30 that the automatic cooking enabled state (a state in which automatic cooking can be executed) is entered is executed. This notification can be performed by, for example, displaying notification information on the display unit 31 of the external terminal 30 or outputting voice information from the sound generating unit 32 of the external terminal 30, as in the notification in STEP24. With this notification, the user can recognize that automatic cooking by the burner 3x is possible.

Next, in STEP 29, the control unit 34 performs a process (the same determination process as in STEP 20) for determining whether or not the selection operation of the automatic cooking desired by the user (selection operation at the external terminal 30) has been performed. Run until positive.

In this case, when the user who received the notification in STEP 28 performs selection operation of automatic cooking with the burner 3x again, the determination result in STEP 29 becomes affirmative. Then, when the determination result in STEP 29 becomes affirmative, the control section 34 executes the processing from STEP 22 described above.

The processing by the control unit 34 of the external terminal 30 is executed as described above. In this embodiment, the processing of STEPs 23 and 26 corresponds to the processing by the control data transmission section 34a, and the processing of STEPs 24 and 28 corresponds to the processing by the notification processing section 34b.

Here, with reference to FIGS. 5A to 5C and FIGS. 6A to 6C, a more specific example of the automatic cooking setting operation, notification of the automatic cooking disabled state, and the like will be described.
5A and 6A illustrate display screens of the display unit 31 of the external terminal 30 immediately before the user completes the desired automatic cooking selection operation. In the illustrated example, the display unit 31 of the external terminal 30 displays, for example, the name of one cooking menu selected by the user, an example of a completed image of the food to be cooked, and an explanation of the cooking menu, and also displays "automatic cooking Start button is displayed.

In this case, if the cooking menu displayed on the display unit 31 is an automatic cooking menu (for example, a cooking menu for grilling) that can be executed only by a specific burner among the burners 3a to 3d of the heating cooker 2. When the user touches the "automatic cooking start" button, the cooking menu is determined as the automatic cooking desired by the user (the control unit 34 recognizes the completion of the automatic cooking selection operation).

On the other hand, if the cooking menu displayed on the display unit 31 is an automatic cooking menu that can be executed by a plurality of burners (stove burners 3a to 3c) out of the burners 3a to 3d of the heating cooker 2, When the user touches the "automatic cooking start" button, the operation for selecting automatic cooking is not completed, and the control unit 34, as illustrated in FIG. 5B or FIG. ) is displayed on the display unit 31 of the external terminal 30 .

In FIG. 5B or FIG. 6B, the display unit 31 displays an image that schematically shows the arrangement of the stove burners 3a to 3c in the heating cooker 2 and a guide to select the stove to which the automatic cooking data is to be sent. text is displayed. The “destination stove” means the target stove burner for executing automatic cooking among the stove burners 3a to 3c.

Here, the display screen illustrated in FIG. 5B is an example of the display screen when the first information is not received for any of the stove burners 3a, 3b, and 3c. In this case, when the user touches an image portion corresponding to any one of the burners 3a to 3c in the image schematically showing the arrangement of the stove burners 3a to 3c, The control unit 34 recognizes that the burner corresponding to the image portion on which the touch operation has been performed has been selected as the "destination stove" (burner to be automatically cooked) complete). When the cooking menu for grilling is selected, the burner 3d may be selected in the same manner as the burners 3a to 3c after the "automatic cooking start" button is touch-operated.

In this case, a touch operation on the image portion corresponding to the stove burner selected by the user also serves as an operation for transmitting automatic cooking data regarding the selected automatic cooking. transmits the automatic cooking data to the control device 20 of the heating cooker 2 (performs the processing of STEP 23).

Furthermore, the control unit 34 causes the display unit 31 of the external terminal 30 to display a screen as illustrated in FIG. 5C in response to the touch operation. The display screen illustrated in FIG. 5C is an example when the user touches the image portion corresponding to the stove burner 3c at the rear of the heating cooker 2, for example, on the display screen illustrated in FIG. 5B.

In this case, on the display screen illustrated in FIG. 5C, the preparation for starting automatic cooking is ready, the cooking utensil (cooking container) is placed on the trivet 4c corresponding to the rear stove (burner 3c), and the rear stove (burner 3c) is turned on. and an image indicating that the operation button 11c corresponding to the burner 3c should be pressed. Note that the display screen illustrated in FIG. 5C also displays a "cancel automatic cooking" button, and by touching this button, it is possible to cancel the execution of automatic cooking.

The display screen illustrated in FIG. 6B is an example of the display screen when the first information is received for the burner 3c among the stove burners 3a, 3b, and 3c. In this case, of the image schematically showing the arrangement of the stove burners 3a to 3c, the image portion corresponding to the burner 3c for which the first information has been received is displayed in a predetermined color (eg, gray). Then, when the user attempts to select, for example, the burner 3c as a target burner for automatic cooking, and performs a touch operation on an image portion of a predetermined color corresponding to the burner 3c, the control unit 34 controls the image portion touched by the touch operation. has been selected as the "stove of transmission destination" (burner to be automatically cooked) (and thus the operation of selecting automatic cooking is completed).

However, in this case, since the first information about the burner 3c has been received by the external terminal 30, the determination result in STEP 21 is affirmative. Therefore, when the image portion corresponding to the burner 3c on the display screen of FIG. 6B is touch-operated, the control unit 34 displays the display screen illustrated in FIG. Let In this example, since the temperature of the rear stove (the sensor temperature of the temperature sensor 6c) is high, it is notified that the stove (burner 3c) should be selected again as the target burner for automatic cooking after waiting until it cools down. Information (text information) is displayed on the display section 31 . Note that, on the display screen illustrated in FIG. 6C, a "cancel automatic cooking" button is also displayed as in the display screen of FIG. 5C.

In this case, the touch operation on the display screen in FIG. 6B also serves as an operation to transmit automatic cooking data related to the selected automatic cooking, similar to the touch operation in FIG. 5B. In response, the control unit 34 transmits the automatic cooking data to the control device 20 of the heating cooker 2 (performs the processing of STEP 26). However, the automatic cooking data is not accepted by the control device 20 of the heating cooker 2 (automatic cooking by the burner 3c based on the automatic cooking data is not executed).

Although not shown, when the external terminal 30 receives the second information about the burner 3c from the cooker 2 after outputting the notification information as described above on the display screen of FIG. (Burner 3c) is displayed on the display unit 31, or output from the sound generation unit 32 as voice information to the effect that automatic cooking by the burner 3c can be started.

Supplementally, in the above example described with reference to FIGS. The transmission operation of the cooking data may be an operation separate from each other.

For example, instead of displaying the text information illustrated in FIGS. 5B, 5C, 6B, and 6C on the display unit 31, or in addition to displaying the text information, voice information having the same content as the text information may be output from the sound generator 32 of the external terminal 30 .

Further, when the cooking menu selected on the display screen of FIG. 5A or 6A is an automatic cooking menu that can be executed only by specific burners among the burners 3a to 3d, " The touch operation of the "automatic cooking start" button may be an operation that serves not only as an operation for confirming the selection of automatic cooking, but also as an operation for transmitting automatic cooking data. However, in this case, the operation of confirming selection of automatic cooking and the operation of transmitting automatic cooking data may be separate operations.

Further, the automatic cooking selection operation, the burner selection operation, or the automatic cooking data transmission operation may be performed by a voice input operation to the external terminal 30 .

According to the heat cooking system 1 of the first embodiment described above, when the user attempts to start desired automatic cooking in the heat cooker 2 using the external terminal 30, the burner 3x for automatic cooking is The first information is transmitted from the heating cooker 2 to the external terminal 30 when the sensor temperature of the corresponding temperature sensor 6x is higher than the first threshold temperature TH1 corresponding to the burner 3x. Then, in response to the reception of the first information, the external terminal 30 outputs notification information indicating that the target burner 3x is in the automatic cooking disabled state to the user. Even if the user is away from the cooker 2, he/she can recognize that the target burner 3x cannot perform automatic cooking.

After that, when the sensor temperature of the temperature sensor 6x corresponding to the target burner 3x decreases to a temperature equal to or lower than the second threshold temperature TH2 corresponding to the burner 3x, the second information is transmitted from the heating cooker 2 to the external terminal 30. sent to. Then, in response to the reception of the second information, the external terminal 30 outputs notification information to the user indicating that the target burner 3x is ready for automatic cooking. Even if the user is away from the heating cooker 2, he/she can recognize that the target burner 3x can now perform automatic cooking. By igniting the target burner 3x in the heating cooker 2, desired automatic cooking can be started by the burner 3x.

Also, the period from when the notification corresponding to the first information is performed by the external terminal 30 until when the notification corresponding to the second information is performed by the external terminal 30 (in other words, the period corresponding to the burner 3x to be automatically cooked) During the period until the sensor temperature of the temperature sensor 6x decreases from the temperature higher than the first threshold temperature TH1 to the temperature equal to or lower than the second threshold temperature TH1, the user performs useless operations for automatic cooking on the external terminal 30. In addition, repeated transmission of automatic cooking data not accepted by the heating cooker 2 from the external terminal 30 to the heating cooker 2 is prevented. As a result, power consumption associated with transmission and reception between the external terminal 30 and the heating cooker 2 can be suppressed.

[Second embodiment]
Next, a second embodiment of the invention will be described with reference to FIG. It should be noted that this embodiment differs from the first embodiment only in part of the processing of the external terminal 30 . Therefore, the description of the same items as in the first embodiment is omitted.

In this embodiment, the control unit 34 of the external terminal 30 executes the process shown in the flowchart of FIG. 7 in a state where the communication connection with the control device 20 of the heating cooker 2 is established. In this case, the processing of each of STEP30-33 is the same as the processing of each of STEP20-23 of the first embodiment.

On the other hand, if the determination result in STEP 31 is affirmative (if the external terminal 30 receives the first information about the burner 3x for automatic cooking), in other words, the sensor temperature of the temperature sensor 6x corresponding to the burner 3x is higher than the first threshold temperature TH1, the control unit 34, in STEP34, prohibits transmission of automatic cooking data from the external terminal 30 to the heating cooker 2. Set the state to ON (enabled state). In this transmission disabled state, the external terminal 30 is maintained in a state in which it does not transmit the automatic cooking data even if the transmission of the automatic cooking data is performed.

Next, in STEP 35, the control unit 34 executes a process of notifying the user from the external terminal 30 of information indicating that the external terminal 30 is in a state in which transmission of automatic cooking data relating to the burner targeted for automatic cooking is disabled. This notification can be performed, for example, by displaying notification information on the display unit 31 of the external terminal 30 or by outputting voice information from the sound generating unit 32 of the external terminal 30 .

For example, when the user touches the image portion corresponding to the burner 3c on the display screen of FIG. Notification information indicating that the automatic cooking data for the rear stove cannot be transmitted or that the automatic cooking data for the rear stove should be transmitted after the temperature of the rear stove is lowered is displayed on the display unit 31, or is pronounced as voice information. Then, in this case, the automatic cooking data is not transmitted to the control device 20 of the heating cooker 2. Note that the notification information output from the external terminal 30 in STEP35 is similar to that in STEP24 of the first embodiment. The notification information may have the same contents as the notification information output in .

Next, in STEP 36, the control unit 34 repeats the process of determining whether or not the second information about the target burner 3x has been received until the determination result becomes affirmative. Then, when the external terminal 30 receives the second information transmitted from the control device 20 of the heating cooker 2 and the determination result in STEP36 becomes affirmative, the control unit 34 transmits automatic cooking data in STEP37. The disabled state is turned OFF (disabled state). As a result, the external terminal 30 becomes ready to transmit the automatic cooking data.

Next, in STEP 38, the control unit 34 informs the user from the external terminal 30 that the external terminal 30 is ready to transmit automatic cooking data because the sensor temperature of the temperature sensor 6x corresponding to the target burner 3x has decreased. Execute the notification process. This notification can be performed, for example, by displaying notification information on the display unit 31 of the external terminal 30 or by outputting voice information from the sound generating unit 32 of the external terminal 30 . The notification information output from the external terminal 30 in STEP38 may be notification information having the same content as the notification information output in STEP28 of the first embodiment.

Next, in STEP39, the control unit 34 performs a process (the same determination process as in STEP30) for determining whether or not the user has performed a selection operation for the automatic cooking desired by the user (selection operation at the external terminal 30). Run until positive.

In this case, when the user who has received the notification in STEP38 again performs the automatic cooking selection operation with the burner 3x, the determination result in STEP39 becomes affirmative. Then, when the determination result of STEP39 becomes affirmative, the control unit 34 executes the processing from STEP32 described above.
In this embodiment, the processing of the control unit 34 of the external terminal 30 is executed as described above. In this embodiment, the processing of STEP 33 corresponds to the processing of the control data transmission section 34a, and the processing of STEPs 35 and 38 corresponds to the processing of the notification processing section 34b.

The heat cooking system of the second embodiment described above can also achieve the same effects as the first embodiment. In the present embodiment, after the notification corresponding to the first information is performed by the external terminal 30, the period until the notification corresponding to the second information is performed by the external terminal 30 (in other words, the target of automatic cooking is During the period until the sensor temperature of the temperature sensor 6x corresponding to the burner 3x decreases from a temperature higher than the first threshold temperature TH1 to a temperature equal to or lower than the second threshold temperature), the automatic transfer from the external terminal 30 to the heating cooker 2 Since cooking data is not transmitted, power consumption of the external terminal 30 associated with the transmission can be reduced.

[Third Embodiment]
A third embodiment of the present invention will now be described with reference to FIG. It should be noted that this embodiment differs from the first embodiment or the second embodiment only in part of the processing of the external terminal 30 . Therefore, the description of the same matters as those of the first embodiment or the second embodiment will be omitted.

In this embodiment, the control unit 34 of the external terminal 30 executes the process shown in the flowchart of FIG. In this case, the processing of STEPs 40 to 43 is the same as the processing of STEPs 20 to 23 of the first embodiment.

If the determination result in STEP 41 is affirmative (if the external terminal 30 receives the first information about the burner 3x for automatic cooking), in other words, the sensor temperature of the temperature sensor 6x corresponding to the burner 3x is higher than the first threshold temperature TH1, the control unit 34 performs the same processing in STEPs 44 and 45 as in STEPs 34 and 35 of the second embodiment. That is, in STEP 44, the control unit 34 turns on the transmission disabling state (effective state), and in STEP 45, the external terminal 30 provides information to the effect that the transmission of automatic cooking data related to the burner for automatic cooking is disabled. is notified from the external terminal 30 to the user.

Further in this embodiment, in STEP 46, the control section 34 stores and holds automatic cooking data relating to automatic cooking selected by the user for the target burner 3x.

Next, in STEP 47, the control unit 34 repeats the process of determining whether or not the second information about the target burner 3x has been received until the determination result becomes affirmative. Then, when the external terminal 30 receives the second information transmitted from the control device 20 of the heating cooker 2 and the determination result in STEP 47 becomes affirmative, the control unit 34, in STEP 48, to OFF (disabled state). As a result, the controller 34 is ready to transmit the automatic cooking data to the controller 20 of the cooker 2 .

Further, in STEP 49, the control unit 34 informs the user from the external terminal 30 that the external terminal 30 is ready to transmit automatic cooking data because the sensor temperature of the temperature sensor 6x corresponding to the target burner 3x has decreased. Execute the notification process. This notification is performed in the same manner as in STEP38 of the second embodiment.

After that, the control unit 34 executes the processing from STEP42. As a result, when the user executes the transmission operation of the automatic cooking data for the target burner 3x on the external terminal 30, the automatic cooking data stored in STEP 46 is transmitted from the external terminal 30 to the control device 20 of the heating cooker 2. be done.
In this embodiment, the processing of the control unit 34 of the external terminal 30 is executed as described above. In this embodiment, the processing of STEP 43 corresponds to the processing of the control data transmission section 34a, and the processing of STEPs 45 and 49 corresponds to the processing of the notification processing section 34b.

The heat cooking system of the third embodiment described above can achieve the same effects as those of the first and second embodiments. Then, in the present embodiment, when the sensor temperature of the temperature sensor 6x corresponding to the burner 3x to be automatically cooked is higher than the first threshold temperature TH1, the automatic cooking data related to automatic cooking selected by the user is detected by the sensor. After the temperature drops to a temperature equal to or lower than the second threshold temperature TH2 and the external terminal 30 receives the second information (after the notification in STEP 43), the user simply performs a transmission operation to start cooking. It is sent to the control device 20 of the device 2 . For this reason, the user can omit the operation of selecting the automatic cooking again on the external terminal 30, and the convenience can be improved.

In STEP 46, instead of storing and holding the automatic cooking data corresponding to the automatic cooking selected by the user, the selected type of automatic cooking (automatic cooking menu) may be stored and held. In this case, the type of automatic cooking corresponds to the driving instruction operation information in the present invention. After that, in STEP 43 , the control unit 34 may acquire automatic cooking data corresponding to the stored automatic cooking type from the external server 40 and transmit the data to the heating cooker 2 .

[Fourth embodiment]
A fourth embodiment of the present invention will now be described with reference to FIG. It should be noted that this embodiment differs from the third embodiment only in part of the processing of the external terminal 30 . Therefore, the description of the same items as in the third embodiment will be omitted.

In this embodiment, the control unit 34 of the external terminal 30 executes the processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. In this case, the processing of STEPs 50 to 58 is the same as the processing of STEPs 40 to 48 of the third embodiment.

On the other hand, in the present embodiment, the control unit 34 of the external terminal 30 turns off the automatic cooking data transmission disable state (disabled state) in STEP 58, and then, in STEP 59, the automatic cooking stored in STEP 56 for the target burner 3x. The data is automatically transmitted to the controller 20 of the cooking device 2. Then, in STEP 60, the controller 34 notifies the user from the external terminal 30 that the transmission of the automatic cooking data to the heating cooker 2 has been completed because the sensor temperature of the temperature sensor 6x corresponding to the target burner 3x has decreased. Execute the notification process. This notification can be performed, for example, by displaying notification information on the display unit 31 of the external terminal 30 or by outputting voice information from the sound generating unit 32 of the external terminal 30 . In this case, the same content as in FIG. 5C described above may be notified.

In this embodiment, the processing of the control unit 34 of the external terminal 30 is executed as described above. In this embodiment, the processing of STEPs 53 and 59 corresponds to the processing of the control data transmitting section 34a, and the processing of STEPs 55 and 60 corresponds to the processing of the notification processing section 34b.

The cooking system of the fourth embodiment described above can achieve the same effects as those of the first and second embodiments. Then, in the present embodiment, when the sensor temperature of the temperature sensor 6x corresponding to the burner 3x to be automatically cooked is higher than the first threshold temperature TH1, the automatic cooking data related to automatic cooking selected by the user is detected by the sensor. After the temperature drops below the second threshold temperature TH2 and the external terminal 30 receives the second information, the second information is automatically sent to the control device 20 of the heating cooker 2 without the user performing a sending operation. Therefore, convenience can be further improved.

In STEP 56, instead of storing and holding the automatic cooking data corresponding to the automatic cooking selected by the user, the selected type of automatic cooking (automatic cooking menu) may be stored and held. In this case, the type of automatic cooking corresponds to the driving instruction operation information in the present invention. After that, in STEP 59 , the control unit 34 may acquire automatic cooking data corresponding to the stored automatic cooking type from the external server 40 and transmit the data to the heating cooker 2 .

[Fifth embodiment]
Next, a fifth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 10 and 11. FIG. In addition, this embodiment differs from the first embodiment in the processing of the control device 20 of the heating cooker 2 and the processing of the external terminal 30 . Therefore, the description of the same items as in the first embodiment is omitted.

In the present embodiment, the controller 20 of the heating cooker 2 and the controller 34 of the external terminal 30 perform the processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. 10 and the flowchart of FIG. and each of the processes shown.

First, the processing on the external terminal 30 side will be described with reference to FIG. 11. The processing in STEP90-94 is the same as the processing in STEP20-24 of the first embodiment. In the present embodiment, in STEP 95 following STEP 94, the process of determining whether or not the user has executed the transmission operation of the automatic cooking data for the target burner 3x at the external terminal 30 is performed if the determination result is affirmative. repeat until

Then, when the automatic cooking data transmission operation is performed and the determination result in STEP95 becomes affirmative, the control unit 34, in STEP96, transmits the automatic cooking data acquired from the external server 40 regarding the automatic cooking to be executed by the burner 3x. to the control device 20 of the heating cooker 2.

Next, in STEP 97, the control unit 34 repeats the process of determining whether or not the second information about the target burner 3x has been received until the determination result becomes affirmative. Then, in STEP98, the external terminal 30 notifies the user that the target burner 3x is in an automatic cooking enabled state (a state in which automatic cooking can be executed). This notification is performed in the same manner as STEP 28 in the first embodiment. At this time, notification information having the same content as the display information illustrated in FIG. 5C may be output from the external terminal 30 .

In this embodiment, the processing of the control unit 34 of the external terminal 30 is executed as described above. In this embodiment, the processing of STEPs 93 and 96 corresponds to the processing of the control data transmitting section 34a, and the processing of STEPs 94 and 98 corresponds to the processing of the notification processing section 34b.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the automatic cooking data related to automatic cooking selected by the user is obtained regardless of whether or not the external terminal 30 receives the first information (the temperature sensor 6x corresponding to the target burner 3x Regardless of whether or not the sensor temperature is higher than the first threshold temperature TH1, the information is transmitted from the external terminal 30 to the control device 20 of the heating cooker 2 according to the transmission operation by the user.

Next, processing of the control device 20 of the heating cooker 2 will be described with reference to FIG. In STEP 70, control device 20 repeats the process of determining whether or not automatic cooking data has been received from external terminal 30 until the determination result becomes affirmative.

Here, when automatic cooking data transmission operation is performed after automatic cooking is selected on the external terminal 30, the automatic cooking data is transmitted from the external terminal 30 to the control device 20 of the heating cooker 2 as described above. Accordingly, the determination result of STEP70 becomes affirmative.

When the determination result in STEP 70 becomes affirmative, the control device 20 stores and holds the received automatic cooking data in STEP 71, and starts timing by a timer that measures the elapsed time after receiving the automatic cooking data. .

Next, in STEP 72, the control device 20 acquires the sensor temperature of the temperature sensor 6x corresponding to the burner 3x to be automatically cooked, and the sensor temperature is equal to or lower than the first threshold temperature TH1 corresponding to the burner 3x. Determine whether or not

Then, if the determination result in STEP72 is affirmative (if the sensor temperature ≤ TH1), in STEP73, the control device 20 causes the measured value of the timer that started timekeeping in STEP71 to continue for a predetermined time. It is determined whether or not the time is less than or equal to ta. For example, 180 seconds can be adopted as the predetermined time ta.

Then, if the determination result in STEP73 is affirmative (when the measured value of the timer ≤ ta), the control device 20 further performs the ignition operation for the target burner 3x (when the operation button 11x is operated) in STEP74. If the result of determination in STEP74 is negative, the process from STEP73 is repeated.

Here, if the determination result in STEP 72 is affirmative, the external terminal 30 does not receive the first information (and thus the notification in STEP 94 is not performed by the external terminal 30), so the automatic cooking data is transmitted. The user who performed the operation generally tries to start automatic cooking with the target burner 3x relatively quickly. Therefore, in this case, normally, the burner 3x in question is ignited before the counted value of the timer reaches the predetermined time ta, and the determination result in STEP74 becomes affirmative. In this case, in STEP 75, the control device 20 executes a process of igniting the burner 3x (starting fuel supply to the burner 3x and driving an ignition device (not shown)) to start the combustion operation of the burner 3x. let it start.

Further, in STEP76, the control device 20 starts controlling the combustion operation of the burner 3x based on the control data included in the automatic cooking data stored in STEP71, thereby starting automatic cooking with the burner 3x. Let In this case, since the automatic cooking by the burner 3x is started in a state where the sensor temperature of the temperature sensor 6x corresponding to the burner 3x is equal to or lower than the first threshold temperature TH1, the automatic cooking can be executed appropriately.

Further, if the time value of the timer exceeds the predetermined time ta without igniting the burner 3x, the determination result in STEP73 becomes negative. In this case, it can be considered that the user has canceled the automatic cooking with the burner 3x.

Therefore, in STEP 77, the control device 20 determines whether or not heating units (burners) other than the burner 3x are in operation. When the operation is stopped), in STEP78, the power of the heating cooker 2 is turned off, and in STEP79, the automatic cooking data stored in STEP71 is erased.

Further, when the determination result of STEP 77 is affirmative (when one or more burners other than the burner 3x are in combustion operation), the control device 20 turns off the power of the heating cooker 2. Without doing so, in STEP79, the automatic cooking data stored in STEP71 is erased.

Further, when the determination result of STEP72 is negative (when the sensor temperature of the temperature sensor 6x corresponding to the target burner 3x is higher than the first threshold temperature TH1), the control device 20 executes the processing from STEP80. do. In this case, the processing of STEP80-84 is the same as the processing of STEP6-10 in the first embodiment. Therefore, the process of transmitting the first information and the second information to the external terminal 30 is sequentially executed. Further, until the sensor temperature of the temperature sensor 6x corresponding to the target burner 3x drops to a temperature equal to or lower than the second threshold temperature TH2, the target burner 3x is disabled for automatic cooking.

After transmitting the second information to the external terminal 30 in STEP84, the control device 20 determines in STEP85 whether or not the target burner 3x has been ignited (ignited by the operation button 11x). is repeated until the judgment result becomes affirmative.

Here, if the determination result in STEP 72 is negative, the target burner 3x is in the automatic cooking disabled state until the sensor temperature of the temperature sensor 6x corresponding to the target burner 3x drops to a temperature equal to or lower than the second threshold temperature TH2. Therefore, even if the second information is transmitted to the external terminal 30, the user may not be able to approach the heating cooker 2 immediately due to other business or the like, or may be in a state where the external terminal 30 cannot be checked immediately. in some cases.

Therefore, in the present embodiment, the control device 20 repeats the process of determining whether or not the target burner 3x has been ignited in STEP85 regardless of the time value of the timer. Then, when the determination result in STEP85 becomes affirmative, the control device 20 ignites the target burner 3x (STEP86) and starts automatic cooking in the same way as when the determination result in STEP74 becomes affirmative. (STEP87).
In this embodiment, the processing of the controller 20 of the heating cooker 2 is executed as described above. In this embodiment, the processing of STEPs 81 and 84 corresponds to the processing of the information transmission processing section 20a.

The heat cooking system of the fifth embodiment described above can achieve the same effects as those of the first and second embodiments. In the present embodiment, automatic cooking data related to automatic cooking selected by the user is transmitted to the heating cooker 2 regardless of the sensor temperature of the temperature sensor 6x corresponding to the burner 3x to be automatically cooked. Since the information is stored in the control device 20 of the cooker 2, the user operates the external terminal 30 after the sensor temperature drops to a temperature equal to or lower than the second threshold temperature TH2 and the external terminal 30 receives the second information. Automatic cooking in the heating cooker 2 can be started without needing to perform Therefore, convenience can be further improved.

[Sixth Embodiment]
A sixth embodiment of the present invention will now be described with reference to FIG. It should be noted that this embodiment differs from the fifth embodiment only in a part of the configuration and processing of the cooking system 1 . Therefore, the description of the same items as in the fifth embodiment is omitted.

Referring to FIG. 12 , cooking system 1 of the present embodiment includes repeater 50 that relays communication between cooker 2 and external terminal 30 . The repeater 50 is, for example, a communication device incorporated in a home network built in a house where the heating cooker 2 is installed. remote control), a router, or the like. Note that the communication path between the repeater 50 and the cooking device 2 or the communication path between the repeater 50 and the external terminal 30 is not limited to wireless, and may include a wired communication path.

Then, in this embodiment, the external terminal 30 executes the same process as the flowchart of FIG. 11 described in the fifth embodiment. However, in this case, the automatic cooking data transmitted from the external terminal 30 in STEP 93 or 96 is temporarily stored and held in a storage unit (not shown) in the repeater 50 . Then, the repeater 50 notifies the controller 20 of the heating cooker 2 of information indicating that the automatic cooking data has been received. After that, the repeater 50 stores and retains the stored automatic cooking data until it receives a signal indicating a transmission request from the control device 20 of the heating cooker 2 .

The control device 20 of the heating cooker 2 executes the same process as the flowchart of FIG. 10 . However, the control device 20 of the heat cooker 2 does not store the automatic cooking data in STEP71, and requests transmission of the automatic cooking data to the repeater 50 when the determination result in STEP72 is affirmative. Automatic cooking data is acquired from the repeater 50. Further, if the determination result in STEP 72 is negative, the controller 20 subsequently requests transmission of the automatic cooking data from the repeater 50 when the determination result in STEP 82 becomes affirmative. is obtained from the repeater 50 . This embodiment is the same as the fifth embodiment except for the matters described above.
Also in this embodiment described above, the same effects as those of the fifth embodiment can be obtained.

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A seventh embodiment of the present invention will now be described with reference to FIG. It should be noted that this embodiment differs from any one of the first to fifth embodiments described above only in a partial configuration and processing of the cooking system 1. FIG. Therefore, the description of the same matters as any of the first to fifth embodiments will be omitted.

Referring to FIG. 13, in the cooking system 1 of the present embodiment, the cooker 2 includes not only an external terminal 30 but also an external server 40, a router (not shown) (or a home network including the router), an external It is possible to communicate via the network NW. The communication path between the heating cooker 2 and the external network NW is not limited to wireless, and may include a wired communication path.

In this embodiment, the external server 40 corresponds to an external device in the present invention, and has a function of transmitting automatic cooking data to the heating cooker 2 in response to a request from the external terminal 30 (control data transmission function as the portion 40a).

Then, in this embodiment, the external terminal 30 executes the same processing as in any one of the first to fifth embodiments described above. However, in this embodiment, for example, in STEPs 23 and 26 of the processing of the flowchart of FIG. 4 according to the first embodiment, or in STEP 33 of the processing of the flowchart of FIG. 7 according to the second embodiment, Alternatively, in STEP 43 of the processing of the flowchart of FIG. 8 according to the third embodiment, or in STEPs 53 and 59 of the processing of the flowchart of FIG. 9 according to the fourth embodiment, or the fifth embodiment. In STEPs 93 and 96 of the processing of the flowchart of FIG. 11 according to the embodiment, the external terminal 30 transmits a signal indicating a transmission request for automatic cooking data (automatic cooking data relating to automatic cooking selected by the user) to the external server 40. do. In response to this, the external server 40 transmits the automatic cooking data to the heating cooker 2 by functioning as the control data transmitting section 40a.

In this case, in STEP 46 of the processing of the flowchart of FIG. 8 or STEP 56 of the processing of the flowchart of FIG. 9, the external terminal 30 stores information indicating the type of automatic cooking selected by the user. you should keep it.

This embodiment is the same as any one of the first to fifth embodiments except for the matters described above. Also in this embodiment, the same effects as in the first to fifth embodiments can be obtained. When a repeater is interposed in the communication path between the heating cooker 2 and the external server 40, the repeater is caused to temporarily store and hold the automatic cooking data as in the sixth embodiment. good too. Thereby, a heat cooking system similar to that of the sixth embodiment can be constructed.

In the first to seventh embodiments described above, the gas stove was exemplified as the heating cooker 2, but the heating cooker in the present invention is not limited to the gas stove, for example, an IH cooking heater or an electric heater. It may be a heating cooker provided as a unit, an oven, or a toaster.

Further, in the first to seventh embodiments, the case where the first information and the second information are sequentially transmitted from the heating cooker 2 to the external terminal 30 was illustrated, but the transmission of the second information to the external terminal 30 It is also possible to omit it. Even in this case, the user can recognize that the heating cooker 2 is in the automatic cooking disabled state because the external terminal notifies the user according to the first information. As a result, even though the heating cooker 2 is in the automatic cooking disabled state, the user may perform useless operations related to automatic cooking on the external terminal 30 without noticing it, or may perform a useless operation for starting automatic cooking. It is possible to prevent the operation from being performed in the heating cooker 2. - 特許庁

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Cooking system, 2... Heat cooker, 3a-3d... Burner (heating part), 6a-6d... Temperature sensor, 20... Control device, 20a... Information transmission processing part, 30... External terminal, 34a, 40a... Control data transmission unit 34b...Notification processing unit 40...External server (external device).

Claims (12)

A heating cooker having a heating part for heating an object to be cooked, a temperature sensor for detecting the temperature of the object to be cooked or the temperature around the heating part, and a control device having a function of controlling the operation of the heating part and an external device configured to be capable of communicating with the heating cooker and capable of executing an operation instruction operation, which is an operation of inputting instruction information for a user to execute a predetermined type of operation of the heating unit A terminal, an external terminal, or an external device that can communicate with the external terminal and the heating cooker, and the data for controlling the heating unit corresponding to the operation instruction operation executed by the external terminal is transmitted to the heating device. A heating cooking system comprising a control data transmission unit that transmits to the cooker,
When the control data is received, the control device controls the operation of the heating unit based on the control data if the temperature detected by the temperature sensor is lower than a predetermined first threshold temperature. and when the control data is received, the temperature detected by the temperature sensor is higher than the first threshold temperature is configured to be in a high temperature control operation disabled state, which is a state in which the start of operation control of the heating unit based on the control data is prohibited,
When the temperature detection value is higher than the first threshold temperature, the heating cooker outputs first information indicating that the temperature is higher than the first threshold temperature, or that the control device is in the high temperature control operation disabled state. It is configured to have an information transmission processing unit that transmits to an external terminal,
The heat cooking system, wherein the external terminal is configured to have a notification processing unit that notifies a user according to the first information when the first information is received. In the heat cooking system according to claim 1,
When the control data is received, if the temperature detected by the temperature sensor is higher than the first threshold temperature, then the temperature detected value is equal to or lower than the first threshold temperature. The high-temperature control operable state is entered in the period until the temperature drops to a predetermined second threshold temperature or less, and the control operable state is entered after the period elapses,
Further, the information display processing unit is configured to, when the detected temperature value has decreased to a temperature equal to or lower than the second threshold temperature after the transmission of the first information, to that effect or to the high-temperature control operation impossible state of the control device. is configured to transmit second information indicating that the is canceled to the external terminal,
The heat cooking system, wherein the notification processing unit is further configured to notify the user according to the second information when each of the second information is received. In the heat cooking system according to claim 2,
When the temperature detection value is a temperature higher than the first threshold temperature, the control data transmission unit, in a period until the temperature detection value decreases to a temperature equal to or lower than the second threshold temperature, Transmission of the control data to the heating cooker is prohibited, and after the period elapses, transmission of the control data to the heating cooker is released. A heating cooking system characterized by comprising: In the heat cooking system according to claim 3,
The heating cooker includes a plurality of the heating units, and the external terminal receives the operation instruction operation by the user, the first information, and the second information for each of the plurality of heating units. The control data transmission unit can prohibit and cancel the transmission of the control data for each of the plurality of heating units. A cooking system characterized by being configured as follows. In the heat cooking system according to claim 3 or 4,
In the external terminal or the external device, if the temperature detection value is higher than the first threshold temperature when the driving instruction operation is executed in the external terminal, the control data transmission unit , driving instruction operation information indicating the content of the driving instruction operation executed by the external terminal until the transmission of the control data is executed after the prohibition of the transmission of the control data is lifted, or corresponding to the driving instruction operation; A heating cooking system characterized by being configured to store and hold said control data. In the heat cooking system according to claim 5,
The control data transmission unit transmits the control data corresponding to the driving instruction operation indicated by the stored driving instruction operation information or the stored control data after releasing the prohibition of transmission of the control data. A cooking system characterized by being configured to automatically transmit to the cooking device. In the heat cooking system according to claim 2,
When the control data is received from the control data transmission unit in a state in which the temperature detection value is higher than the first threshold temperature, the heating cooker subsequently detects that the temperature detection value is equal to or lower than the second threshold temperature. after the temperature has dropped to 100° C., the temperature is stored until the control device executes operation control of the heating unit based on the control data. In the heat cooking system according to claim 2,
A repeater that relays communication between the cooking device and the control data transmission unit is further provided, and the repeater is configured to perform the control when the detected temperature value is higher than the first threshold temperature. is a signal requesting transmission of the control data from the heating cooker when the control data is received from the control data transmission unit and after the detected temperature value drops to the second threshold temperature or less. A cooking system, wherein the control data is stored until a transmission request signal is received. In the heat cooking system according to any one of claims 1 to 8,
The external terminal transmits a temperature determination request signal, which is a signal requesting the cooking device to determine whether the detected temperature value is higher than the first threshold temperature, to the cooking device. After that, it is configured to be in a state in which the driving instruction operation by the user can be accepted,
When receiving the temperature determination request signal, the control device determines whether or not the detected temperature value is higher than the first threshold temperature, and the determination result is affirmative. A cooking system characterized by being configured to transmit the first information to the external terminal when the first information is transmitted. In the heat cooking system according to any one of claims 1 to 9,
The cooking system, wherein the control data transmission unit is provided in the external terminal. In the heat cooking system according to any one of claims 1 to 9,
wherein the external device is an external server capable of communicating with the cooking device and the external terminal via an external network, and the control data transmission unit is provided in the external server; system. An application program implemented in the external terminal of the cooking system according to any one of claims 1 to 11,
The external terminal receives the driving instruction operation, performs the control data transmission unit processing, or requests the external device to execute the control data transmission unit processing provided in the external device. and the processing as the notification processing unit.

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