JP2023093488A - Control system of electric device and electric device - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a control system of an electric device capable of efficiently using a plurality of usable electric devices as needed.SOLUTION: A control system of an electric device includes: a plurality of electric devices including devices, each of which has a communication part and can cook; and a control device that can communicate with the plurality of electric devices by registering the plurality of electric devices, can perform reception and transmission of information, and manages and controls the plurality of electric devices. On the basis of information transmitted from the plurality of electric devices and operation information that can be executed on the plurality of electric devices received from an external information device, the control device receives a cooking menu item and cooking procedures that use the plurality of registered electric devices according to the plurality of registered electric devices. The procedures are managed by the external information device, and it is determined whether or not the executed cooking procedures for the cooking menu item are in accordance with the selected cooking procedures for the cooking menu item. The result of the determination is transmitted to the control device.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present disclosure relates to control of multiple electrical devices.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been known a cooking appliance which is an electric appliance and which is connected to a network, acquires cooking information from the outside, and controls cooking (see, for example, Patent Literature 1).

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-302055 (page 4, FIG. 3)

In the case of conventional cooking appliances that connect to a network and acquire cooking information from the outside, the cooking information acquired via the network is not information that can be used to cook in cooperation with other cooking appliances that are connected to the network. However, there is a problem that the cooking information is limited to one cooking appliance alone, and it is impossible to efficiently cook using a plurality of cooking appliances.

The present disclosure has been made to solve the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide a control system for electrical equipment that can efficiently use a plurality of available electrical equipment as needed. .

A control system for an electrical appliance according to the present disclosure includes a plurality of electrical appliances including appliances capable of cooking, each having a communication unit for performing communication for receiving information from the outside of the housing or transmitting information to the outside of the housing. By registering a device and multiple electrical devices, it becomes possible to communicate with multiple electrical devices, and it is possible to receive and transmit information on multiple electrical devices between external information devices. a control device for controlling, wherein the control device receives information transmitted from the plurality of electrical devices and information on operations that can be performed by the plurality of electrical devices received from the external information device according to the plurality of registered electrical devices. A cooking menu and cooking procedure using a plurality of registered electric appliances are received from an external information device, the procedure is managed by the external information device, and the cooking procedure of the executed cooking menu is selected based on It judges whether or not the cooking procedure of the cooking menu is followed, and transmits the judgment result to the control device.

According to the present disclosure, according to a plurality of registered electric devices, based on the information transmitted from the plurality of electric devices and the information on the operations that can be performed by the plurality of electric devices received from the external information device, the registered A cooking menu and a cooking procedure using a plurality of electric devices are received from an external information device, the procedures are managed by the external information device, and the cooking procedure of the executed cooking menu is selected. Since it is judged whether or not it is in accordance with the above and the judgment result is transmitted to the control device, the user can efficiently use a plurality of electric devices.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a home appliance control system according to Embodiment 1; FIG. 4 is a screen diagram showing a registration state of family information in the home appliance control system according to Embodiment 1. FIG. FIG. 4 is a screen diagram showing a screen in a state where a home appliance is unregistered in the home appliance control system according to Embodiment 1; FIG. 4 is a screen diagram showing a state in which one type of home appliance is registered in the home appliance control system according to Embodiment 1; It is a screen figure of the storage item registration of a refrigerator. FIG. 10 is a screen diagram showing a state in which contents in a refrigerating compartment of a refrigerator are registered; It is a screen figure in the state where the content of the freezer compartment of a refrigerator and the vegetable compartment is registered. FIG. 2 is a screen diagram showing a state in which two types of home appliances are registered in the home appliance control system according to Embodiment 1; 4 is a screen diagram showing a state in which three types of home appliances are registered in the home appliance control system according to Embodiment 1. FIG. 4 is a screen diagram showing a state in which four types of home appliances are registered in the home appliance control system according to Embodiment 1. FIG. FIG. 10 is a diagram of an example of a setting screen for setting whether or not a registered home appliance can be used in the home appliance control system according to Embodiment 1; FIG. 10 is a diagram of another example of a setting screen for setting whether or not a registered home appliance can be used in the home appliance control system according to Embodiment 1; FIG. 10 is a diagram of another example of a setting screen for setting whether or not a registered home appliance can be used in the home appliance control system according to Embodiment 1; FIG. 10 is a diagram of another example of a setting screen for setting whether or not a registered home appliance can be used in the home appliance control system according to Embodiment 1; FIG. 4 is a diagram of an example of a screen displaying a menu that can be cooked in the home appliance control system according to Embodiment 1; FIG. 10 is a diagram of an example of a screen displaying cooking fields of the home appliance control system according to Embodiment 1; FIG. 17 is a diagram of an example of a screen displaying a menu that can be cooked when Japanese meat dishes are selected in FIG. 16; FIG. 13 is a diagram of an example of a screen displaying a menu that can be cooked when the electric rice cooker shown in FIG. 12 is not used because it is kept warm. FIG. 14 is a diagram of an example of a screen displaying a menu that can be cooked when the electric rice cooker shown in FIG. 13 cannot be used; FIG. 16 is a diagram of an example of a screen displaying a cooking procedure when one of the cookable menus shown in FIG. 15 is selected; 21 is a diagram of an example of a screen displaying details of the cooking procedure shown in FIG. 20. FIG. 21 is a diagram of an example of a screen displaying a recipe of the cooking procedure shown in FIG. 20; FIG. FIG. 19 is a diagram of an example of a screen displaying a cooking procedure when the cooking menu shown in FIG. 18 is selected; 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of a home appliance control system according to Embodiment 2; FIG. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a state in which a home appliance is not registered on the communication terminal screen of the home appliance control system according to Embodiment 2; FIG. 11 is a screen diagram showing a state in which four types of home appliances are registered on the communication terminal screen of the home appliance control system according to Embodiment 2; FIG. 11 is a diagram of an example of a setting screen for setting whether or not a home appliance can be used, which is registered on the communication terminal screen of the home appliance control system according to Embodiment 2; FIG. 10 is a diagram of an example of a screen displaying a menu that can be cooked in the home appliance control system according to Embodiment 2; FIG. 29 is a diagram of an example of a screen displaying a cooking procedure when one of the cookable menus shown in FIG. 28 is selected; 30 is a diagram of an example of a screen displaying details of the cooking procedure shown in FIG. 29. FIG. FIG. 30 is a diagram of an example of a screen displaying a recipe of the cooking procedure shown in FIG. 29; FIG. 10 is a diagram of an example of a warning screen when the home appliance control system according to Embodiment 1 is operated in a wrong cooking procedure; FIG. 10 is a diagram of an example of a warning screen when the home appliance control system according to the second embodiment is operated in the wrong cooking procedure;

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

The indoor network 1 shown in FIG. 1 includes a plurality of home appliances placed in a house, and a home appliance control device 4 that centrally controls the plurality of home appliances that are communicably connected to the plurality of home appliances. consists of In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the refrigerator 5, the electric rice cooker 6, the microwave oven range 7 that is a high-frequency heating cooker, and the IH cooking heater 8 that is an induction heating cooker are examples of home appliances, and all of these are home appliance control devices. 4, or some of these home appliances are connected.

Note that the indoor network referred to here may include a plurality of home appliances placed in a house and a control device for centralized control connected to the plurality of home appliances by means of communication means. For example, it consists of a plurality of home appliances such as HEMS (Home Energy Management System) arranged in a house, and a control device connected to the plurality of home appliances by communication means, and a plurality of control devices according to the power usage status. A control device may centrally control home appliances to control power used in the home, or a plurality of home appliances placed in a home may be connected to the plurality of home appliances by communication means. It may be composed of an AI speaker, and the home appliance may be controlled by the user's voice instruction.

Further, the communication means may be any means as long as it can exchange control signals. Therefore, the method is not limited to a specific method, and may be wired or wireless, or may be a power line communication called PLC (Power Line Communication).

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

The database 9 accumulates information on home appliances connected to the home appliance control device 4, and controls information adapted to the home appliances connected to the home appliance control device 4 based on already accumulated information on home appliances. is transmitted to the home appliance control device 4 in response to a request from the home appliance control device 4 . Exchanges between the home appliance control device 4 and the home appliance management server 3 will be described later in detail.

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

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

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

Next, referring to FIGS. 2 to 19, registration of information, registration of devices, acquisition of recipe information, etc. will be described. FIG. 2 is a screen diagram showing a registration state of family information in the home appliance control system according to the first embodiment. 40 is a display unit of the home electric appliance control device 4 . 41 is displayed when registering the family structure and the like on the family information registration screen.

Reference numeral 41a denotes a family information registration button. When this button is operated, input buttons (not shown) are displayed, and the number of adult males, the number of adult females, etc. can be registered. Although this family information can be stored and registered in the home appliance control device 4, it can also be registered in the database 9 of the home appliance management server 3 via the external network 2 by operating the family information transmission button 41b.
In this case, the individuals are managed as adult males and females, but they may be individually managed according to information such as age and medical history.

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

42b is a device information registration button for adding and registering device information that cannot be registered just by reading, and device information can be registered in the home appliance control device 4. FIG. Reference numeral 42c denotes a device information transmission button for transmitting the registered home appliance information to the external home appliance management server 3. The home appliance information registered in the home appliance control device 4 is transmitted to the external home appliance management server 3. is also registered.

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

FIG. 4 is a screen diagram showing a state in which one type of home appliance is registered in the home appliance control system according to the first embodiment. Here, a refrigerator 5 is taken as an example of one type of home appliance. As shown in FIG. 3, when the connected device information read button 42a is operated in a state in which no home appliance is registered, if there is a home appliance communicably connected to the home appliance control device 4, the information of the home appliance is displayed. The name of the home appliance read and registered is displayed in one of the registered device display areas 42d, 42e, 42f, and 42g.

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

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

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

Also, if the registered refrigerator 5 does not have the function of automatically reading contents and transmitting to the outside as described above, after operating the contents information input button 43a, by operating the manual input button 43c, You can register at As shown in FIG. 4, it is displayed that the refrigerator 5 has storage compartments such as a refrigerator compartment, a freezer compartment, a vegetable compartment, a chilled compartment, and an ice-making compartment. , a refrigerator compartment selection button 43d, a freezer compartment selection button 43e, a vegetable compartment selection button 43f, and a chilled compartment selection button 43g for selecting each storage compartment as a storage destination of contents are displayed. For example, the freezer compartment stores items to be stored between 10 degrees and 0 degrees, the refrigerator compartment stores items to be stored at -18 degrees or below, the chilled compartment stores items to be stored at around 0 degrees without freezing, and the vegetable compartment. is a containment room for storing vegetables so that they can be kept fresh to some extent. In addition, since the ice making chamber does not store anything other than manufactured ice, the button for selecting the ice making chamber is unnecessary and is not displayed.

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

If the registration information of the refrigerator 5 cannot be displayed once in the information display area 42h and becomes a plurality of pages, a page forward button 421 is displayed in the registered device display area 42d. The next page is displayed in the information display area 42h shown in . FIG. 7 is a screen view showing a state in which items stored in a freezer compartment and a vegetable compartment of a refrigerator are registered.

When the device information of the refrigerator 5 displayed in the information display area 42h is displayed on the next page, the page return button 422 for returning to the previous page is displayed in the registered device display area 42d. Actuating 422 displays the previous page shown in FIG. Note that the page forward button 421 and the page backward button 422 have been described as being displayed when the device information displayed in the information display area 42h has a plurality of pages. may be displayed from the beginning. If there are not a plurality of pages of device information, the page forward button 421 or the page backward button 422 cannot be operated.

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

When the connected device information read button 42a is operated in a state where the refrigerator 5 is registered as shown in FIGS. If there is, the information of the home appliance is read, and the name of the read and registered home appliance is displayed in one of the registered device display areas 42e, 42f, and 42g. Here, information on the electric rice cooker 6 is read and the electric rice cooker 6 is displayed as a home appliance registered in the registered appliance display area 42e. If there is readable information about the electric rice cooker 6, it is displayed in the information display area 42h.

If there is no information that can be read, by operating the device information registration button 42b, the maximum rice cooking amount of the electric rice cooker 6, the heating method (indicated here as IH indicating induction heating), and the maximum power consumption. Such information can be stored and registered later. The information may be stored and registered in the storage means of the home appliance control device 4 (not shown), or the information may be sent to the home appliance management server 3 by operating the device information transmission button 42c and stored and registered.

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

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

If there is no information that can be read, by operating the device information registration button 42b, information such as the maximum output of the microwave oven 7, internal capacity, functions, maximum power consumption, etc. can be stored and registered later. can. The information may be stored and registered in the storage means of the home appliance control device 4 (not shown), or the information may be sent to the home appliance management server 3 by operating the device information transmission button 42c and stored and registered.

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

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

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

Here, the case of registering one by one has been described as an example, but two electric devices or three electric devices may be collectively registered, and the method of registration can be appropriately selected. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, when the connected device information read button 42a is operated in a state where no home appliances are registered, the refrigerator 5, the electric rice cooker 6, and the microwave oven which are communicably connected to the home appliance control device 4 are displayed. When there is a microwave oven 7 and an IH cooking heater 8, the information of the refrigerator 5, the electric rice cooker 6, the microwave oven range 7, and the IH cooking heater 8 is read, and the refrigerators 5 and 42e are displayed in the registered equipment display area 42d, and the electric rice cookers 6 and 42f are displayed. The IH cooking heater 8 may be displayed on the microwave oven range 7, 42g.

Information on the devices registered in the home appliance control device 4 can be sent to the home appliance management server 3 by means of a device information transmission button 42c shown in FIG. 10 and the like. Information on devices registered in the home appliance control device 4 can be managed by either the home appliance control device 4 or the home appliance management server 3, or both.

The home appliance control device 4 can receive from the home appliance management server 3 the recipes and cooking procedures of cooking menus that can be cooked based on the information of the appliances registered by the recipe procedure reception button 42j shown in FIG. The database 9 of the home appliance management server 3 stores recipes of cooking menus and data of cooking procedures.

If the home appliance control device 4 is provided with a function of selecting recipes for cooking menus and cooking procedure data in accordance with registered devices, the home appliance control device 4 side stores data in the database 9 of the home appliance management server 3. A cooking menu that can be cooked according to the registered equipment is selected from the accumulated data, and the recipe and the procedure are received together.

If the home appliance management server 3 is provided with a function of selecting recipes for cooking menus and cooking procedure data in accordance with registered appliances, the home appliance management server 3 can select data stored in the database 9. , a recipe of a cooking menu that can be cooked according to the registered appliance is selected and transmitted together with the procedure, and the home appliance control device 4 receives it.

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

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, it is configured to receive recipes of cooking menus and cooking procedure data according to registered equipment, but there are cases where the registered equipment cannot be used or is not used. Conceivable. In such a case, it is possible to set whether or not the registered device can be used.

When the recipe procedure reception button 42j is operated, first, as shown in FIG. A button appears. FIG. 11 is a diagram of an example of a setting screen for determining whether or not a registered home appliance can be used in the home appliance control system according to the first embodiment.

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

In the example shown in FIG. 11, since the refrigerator 5 can also be used, the contents information of the refrigerator 5 is also taken into consideration in the selection of the menu that can be cooked, so as shown in FIG. A menu is displayed. FIG. 15 is a diagram of an example of a screen displaying a menu that can be cooked in the home appliance control system according to Embodiment 1. FIG.

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

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

45 is a cooking procedure display screen, and 451 to 453 are cooking procedure display areas, in which the cooking procedure of the selected cooking menu is displayed. When a cooking menu using a plurality of appliances, here an electric rice cooker 6, a microwave oven 7, and an IH cooking heater 8, is selected, the operations of the electric rice cooker 6, the microwave oven 7, and the IH cooking heater 8 are controlled by home appliance management. Managed by the server 3, information on the operation of the electric rice cooker 6, the microwave oven 7, and the IH cooking heater 8 is transmitted to the home appliance control device 4, and then transmitted from the home appliance control device 4 to the home appliance management server 3. Then, the home appliance management server 3 determines whether or not the operation procedure is correct based on the received information about the operation performed in each appliance, and transmits the result to the home appliance control device 4, as shown in FIG. The electric rice cooker 6, the microwave oven 7, and the IH cooking heater 8 displayed in the cooking procedure shown in FIG.

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

The home appliance control device 4 confirms the result of the determination sent from the home appliance management server 3, and if the operation contents are correct for each appliance such as the electric rice cooker 6, the microwave oven range 7, and the IH cooking heater 8, is sent. Reflect it, and if it is not correct, do not reflect the content of the operation and notify that effect.

Therefore, when the user tries to operate a device that does not comply with the procedure, the home appliance management server 3 that manages the operation procedure informs the device that has been operated in the incorrect operation procedure and the home appliance control device 4, In the case of voice notification means, it is possible to notify by voice that the device currently being operated is not the device to be operated, that the device is to be operated according to the correct operation procedure, etc., and display notification means, such as a home appliance control device. If it is 4, the warning display (notification) screen 470 of the home appliance control device display unit 40 is displayed as shown in FIG. 32(a). On the warning display (notification) screen 82 of the display unit 81 of the cooking heater (induction heating cooker), there are characters or Notification is made by displaying a graphic.

Therefore, without performing the procedure of cooking rice with the electric rice cooker 6 displayed in the cooking procedure display area 451, the process proceeds to the procedure of making fried eggs and miso soup with the IH cooking heater 8 displayed in the cooking procedure display area 453. It is not possible. In that case, by operating the return to procedure button 471 shown in FIG. 32(a), it is possible to return to the cooking procedure shown in FIG.

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

Although it was explained in the previous paragraph that the latter procedure cannot be performed first, in the cooking procedure screen shown in FIG. If not, the cooking procedure display area 452 for cooking fried chicken (fried chicken) in the microwave oven 7 cannot be operated, and detailed cooking procedures cannot be displayed.

451a to 451c are detailed cooking procedure display areas, and detailed procedures for cooking rice with the electric rice cooker 6 displayed in the cooking procedure display area 451 are displayed. The rice is washed in the detailed cooking procedure display area 451a, the rice and water washed in the detailed cooking procedure display area 451b are placed in the inner pot and set in the electric rice cooker 6, the detailed cooking procedure display area 451c. to start rice cooking by operating the rice cooking button, so that even an inexperienced user can operate without trouble.

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

452a to 452c are detailed cooking procedure display areas, and recipes are also displayed as necessary. Cutting the chicken thigh in the detailed cooking procedure display area 452a, seasoning the cut chicken thigh in the detailed cooking procedure display area 452b, recipes such as seasonings necessary for seasoning, and detailed cooking procedure display Arrange them on the cooking plate in the area 452c, and operate the oven button to start cooking the fried chicken. If you follow the instructions, you will be able to complete all cooking procedures and equipment operations.

Next, an example in which some of the registered devices cannot be used will be described with reference to FIGS. 12 to 14, 16 to 19, and 23. FIG. FIG. 12 is a diagram of another example of a setting screen for setting whether or not to use registered home appliances in the home appliance control system according to the first embodiment, and FIG. 13 shows registered home appliances in the home appliance control system according to the first embodiment. FIG. 14 is a view of another example of a setting screen for setting whether or not to use a device, FIG. 14 is a view of another example of a setting screen for setting whether or not to use a registered home appliance in the home appliance control system according to Embodiment 1, and FIG. FIG. 17 is a diagram of an example of a screen displaying cooking fields of the home appliance control system according to form 1, FIG. A view of an example of a screen displaying a cooking menu when the electric rice cooker shown in FIG. 12 is not used because it is kept warm, and FIG. 19 is a screen displaying a cooking menu when the electric rice cooker shown in FIG. 13 cannot be used. FIG. 23 is an example of a screen displaying a cooking procedure when the cooking menu shown in FIG. 18 is selected.

(Example where refrigerator 5 is not used)
When the recipe procedure reception button 42j shown in FIG. 10 and the like is operated, first, as shown in FIG. Each use/disable button at 426b is displayed.

When it is desired to obtain a cooking menu that does not use the contents of the refrigerator 5, the user operates the use/disable button 423b to disable the use of the refrigerator 5 as shown in FIG. , and the background of the use/disable button 423b is displayed in white to indicate that use/disable is selected. In this state, when the recipe procedure reception button 42j is operated again, rough fields of cooking that do not use the contents of the refrigerator 5 are displayed in the cooking field display areas 461 to 464, as shown in FIG.

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

If there are other cooking menus selected under the same conditions, operating the page forward button 445 advances to the next page, and other cooking menus (not shown) are displayed. The subsequent steps and operations are the same as in the case of using the contents of the refrigerator 5, and even in this case an inexperienced user will not have trouble with the operation.

(Example without using the electric rice cooker 6)
When the recipe procedure reception button 42j shown in FIG. 10 and the like is operated, first, as shown in FIG. Each use/disable button at 426b is displayed.

If you want to obtain a cooking menu while the electric rice cooker 6 is keeping rice warm, as shown in FIG. The background of the enable button is displayed in gray, and the background of the use/disable button 424b is displayed in white to indicate that use/disable is selected. In this state, when the recipe procedure reception button 42j is operated again, a cooking menu is displayed as shown in FIG.

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

If there are other cooking menus selected under the same conditions, operating the page forward button 445 advances to the next page, and other cooking menus (not shown) are displayed. The subsequent steps and operations are the same as in the case of using the electric rice cooker 6, and even in this case an inexperienced user will not have trouble with the operation.

The menu display areas 441 to 444 also serve as operation buttons. For example, when trying to cook with the cooking menu displayed in the menu display area 441, operating the menu display area 441 causes the cooking menu to be displayed as shown in FIG. procedure is displayed.

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

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

Although not shown, the microwave oven range 7 and the IH cooking heater 8 each have a notification means by voice or display, and if an attempt is made to operate a device that does not follow the procedure, the device cannot be operated if the notification means is by voice. and to operate the correct equipment, and if it is a notification means by display, display in letters or figures that the equipment cannot be operated and to operate the correct equipment. conduct.

For example, without performing the procedure of making boiled Japanese mustard spinach in the microwave oven 7 displayed in the cooking procedure display area 451, the IH cooking heater 8 displayed in the cooking procedure display area 452 is used to cook ginger pork and miso soup. I cannot proceed with the procedure. Since the following procedure is the same as the case of using the electric rice cooker 6, the explanation here is omitted.

(Another example without using the electric rice cooker 6)
When the recipe procedure reception button 42j shown in FIG. 10 and the like is operated, first, as shown in FIG. Each use/disable button at 426b is displayed.

If you want to obtain a cooking menu that does not use the electric rice cooker 6, operate the use/disable button 424b to disable the use of the electric rice cooker 6 as shown in FIG. It is displayed in gray, and the background of the use/disable button 424b is displayed in white to indicate that use/disable is selected. The example described here is a case in which the electric rice cooker 6 is not used and the rice is not being kept warm, unlike the case described above.

In this state, when the recipe procedure reception button 42j is operated again, the cooking menu for when the electric rice cooker 6 is not used is displayed as shown in FIG. In other words, it is a cooking menu other than cooked rice. In FIG. 19, the menu display areas 441 to 444 include items such as spaghetti meat sauce, yakisoba, kiritanpo hot pot, and gratin that can be cooked using the microwave oven 7 and the IH cooking heater 8. A cooking menu is selected and displayed.

If there are other cooking menus selected under the same conditions, operating the page forward button 445 advances to the next page, and other cooking menus (not shown) are displayed. The subsequent steps and operations are the same as in the case of using the electric rice cooker 6, and even in this case an inexperienced user will not have trouble with the operation.

The menu display areas 441 to 444 also serve as operation buttons. For example, when cooking with the cooking menu displayed in the menu display area 441, one of the menu display areas 441 to 444 is operated. Then, although not shown, the cooking procedure for each cooking menu is displayed.

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

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

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

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

A device information registration button 542b is used to add and register device information that cannot be registered by simply reading it, and device information can be registered in the home appliance control device 4. FIG. A device information transmission button 542c is used to transmit the registered home appliance information to the external home appliance management server 3. The home appliance information registered in the home appliance control device 4 is transmitted to the external home appliance management server 3. is also registered.

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

As shown in FIG. 25, when the connected device information read button 542a is operated in a state where no home appliances are registered, the refrigerator 5, the electric rice cooker 6, and the microwave oven 7 which are communicably connected to the home appliance control device 4 are displayed. and IH cooking heater 8, the information of refrigerator 5, electric rice cooker 6, microwave oven range 7, and IH cooking heater 8 is read, and as shown in FIG. IH cooking heater 8 is displayed at 6 and 42f and microwave oven 7 and 42g.

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

If there is no information that can be read, by operating the device information registration button 542b, information such as the capacity of the refrigerator 5, the type of storage room for food, etc., the maximum rice cooking amount of the electric rice cooker 6, the heating method, the maximum consumption, etc. Information such as power, maximum output of microwave oven 7, capacity, function, maximum power consumption, maximum heat power of multiple heating units of IH cooking heater 8, maximum heat power of cooking chamber, etc. can be stored and registered from The information may be stored and registered in the storage means of the home appliance control device 4 (not shown), or the information may be sent to the home appliance management server 3 by operating the device information transmission button 542c to be stored and registered.

Information about the devices registered in the home appliance control device 4 can be sent to the home appliance management server 3 by means of a device information transmission button 542c shown in FIG. 25 and the like. Information on devices registered in the home appliance control device 4 can be managed by either the home appliance control device 4 or the home appliance management server 3, or both.

The home appliance control device 4 can receive from the home appliance management server 3 recipes of cooking menus that can be cooked and cooking procedures based on the information of the appliances registered by the recipe procedure reception button 542j shown in FIG. The database 9 of the home appliance management server 3 stores recipes of cooking menus and data of cooking procedures.

If the home appliance control device 4 is provided with a function of selecting recipes for cooking menus and cooking procedure data in accordance with registered devices, the home appliance control device 4 side stores data in the database 9 of the home appliance management server 3. A cooking menu that can be cooked according to the registered equipment is selected from the accumulated data, and the recipe and the procedure are received together.

If the home appliance management server 3 is provided with a function of selecting recipes for cooking menus and cooking procedure data in accordance with registered appliances, the home appliance management server 3 can select data stored in the database 9. , a recipe of a cooking menu that can be cooked according to the registered appliance is selected and transmitted together with the procedure, and the home appliance control device 4 receives it.

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

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, it is configured to receive recipes of cooking menus and cooking procedure data according to registered equipment, but there are cases where the registered equipment cannot be used or is not used. Conceivable. In such a case, it is possible to set whether or not the registered device can be used.

When the recipe procedure reception button 542j is operated, first, as shown in FIG. A button appears.

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

In the example shown in FIG. 27, since the refrigerator 5 can also be used, the contents information of the refrigerator 5 is also taken into consideration in the selection of the menu that can be cooked, so as shown in FIG. A menu is displayed.

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

The menu display areas 555a to 555d also serve as operation buttons. For example, when trying to cook with the cooking menu displayed in the menu display area 555a, operating the menu display area 555a will cause the cooking to be performed as shown in FIG. procedure is displayed.

A cooking procedure display screen 557 and cooking procedure display areas 561 to 563 display the cooking procedure of the selected cooking menu. When a cooking menu using a plurality of appliances, here an electric rice cooker 6, a microwave oven 7, and an IH cooking heater 8, is selected, the operations of the electric rice cooker 6, the microwave oven 7, and the IH cooking heater 8 are controlled by home appliance management. Managed by the server 3, information on the operation of the electric rice cooker 6, the microwave oven 7, and the IH cooking heater 8 is transmitted to the home appliance control device 4, and then transmitted from the home appliance control device 4 to the home appliance management server 3. Then, the home appliance management server 3 determines whether or not the operation procedure is correct based on the received information about the operation performed in each device, and transmits the result to the home appliance control device 4, as shown in FIG. The electric rice cooker 6, the microwave oven 7, and the IH cooking heater 8 displayed in the cooking procedure shown in FIG.

Also, the electric rice cooker 6, the microwave oven 7, the IH cooking heater 8, the home appliance control device 4, and the portable communication terminal 10 each have a notification means by voice or display. As described above, the operation procedure is managed by the home appliance management server 3, which is an external information device. It is transmitted to the home appliance management server 3 via the device 4 and the external network 2, and the home appliance management server 3 determines whether the operation procedure is correct based on the received information about the operation performed by each device, and the result is displayed. It is transmitted to the home appliance control device 4 .

The home appliance control device 4 confirms the result of the determination sent from the home appliance management server 3, and if the operation contents are correct for each appliance such as the electric rice cooker 6, the microwave oven range 7, and the IH cooking heater 8, is sent. Reflect it, and if it is not correct, do not reflect the content of the operation and notify that effect. The notification is also performed by the mobile communication terminal 10 .

Therefore, when the user tries to operate a device that does not comply with the procedure, the home appliance management server 3 that manages the operation procedure notifies the device, the home appliance control device 4 and the mobile communication terminal 10 that have been operated with the incorrect operation procedure. If the notification means is audio notification means, it is made to notify by sound that the device currently being operated is not the device to be operated, that the device is operated with the correct operation procedure, etc., and the notification means by display, For example, as shown in FIG. 33(a) for the home appliance control device 4, as shown in FIG. 33(b) for the IH cooking heater 8, as shown in FIG. ), the fact that the device being operated now is not the device to be operated, that the device that follows the correct operation procedure is to be operated, etc., is notified by displaying characters or graphics.

Therefore, without performing the procedure of cooking rice with the electric rice cooker 6 displayed in the cooking procedure display area 561, the procedure of making tamagoyaki and miso soup with the IH cooking heater 8 displayed in the cooking procedure display area 563 is performed. It is not possible. In that case, when the home appliance control device 4 operates the return to procedure button 471 shown in FIG. 33(a), the cooking procedure shown in FIG. By operating the return to procedure button 571, it is possible to return to the cooking procedure shown in FIG.

At this time, if the return to procedure button 471 of the home appliance control device 4 is operated, the mobile communication terminal 10 can return to the cooking procedure shown in FIG. 29 without operating the return to procedure button 571 in conjunction with this. When the return-to-procedure button 571 of the mobile communication terminal 10 is operated, the home appliance control device 4 can return to the cooking procedure shown in FIG. It's like

Using the mobile communication terminal 10 as an example, the cooking procedure display areas 561 to 563 also serve as operation buttons. When operated, a detailed cooking procedure is displayed as shown in FIG.

Although it was explained in the previous section that the latter procedure cannot be performed first, in the cooking procedure screen shown in FIG. If not, the cooking procedure display area 562 for cooking fried chicken (fried chicken) in the microwave oven 7 cannot be operated, and detailed cooking procedures cannot be displayed.

561a to 561c are detailed cooking procedure display areas, and detailed procedures for cooking rice with the electric rice cooker 6 displayed in the cooking procedure display area 561 are displayed. The rice is washed in the detailed cooking procedure display area 561a, the rice and water washed in the detailed cooking procedure display area 561b are placed in the inner pot and set in the electric rice cooker 6, and the detailed cooking procedure display area 561c is set. to start rice cooking by operating the rice cooking button, so that even an inexperienced user can operate without trouble.

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

451a to 451c are detailed cooking procedure display areas, and recipes are also displayed as necessary. Cutting the chicken thigh in the detailed cooking procedure display area 562a, seasoning the cut chicken thigh in the detailed cooking procedure display area 562b, recipes such as seasonings necessary for seasoning, and detailed cooking procedure display Arrange them on the cooking plate in the area 562c, and operate the oven button to start cooking the fried chicken. If you follow the instructions, you will be able to complete all cooking procedures and equipment operations.

As described above, in the second embodiment of the present disclosure, when there are the refrigerator 5, the electric rice cooker 6, the microwave oven 7, the IH cooking heater 8, and the communication terminal 10 that are communicably connected to the home appliance control device 4, Information on the refrigerator 5, the electric rice cooker 6, the microwave oven 7, and the IH cooking heater 8 can be read into the home appliance control device 4 by the mobile communication terminal 10, and stored in the database 9 of the home appliance management server 3 by the mobile communication terminal 10. The household appliance control device 4 can obtain stored recipes of cooking menus and cooking procedure data in accordance with the equipment that can be connected and used, and the appliance connected by the mobile communication terminal 10 can be controlled by the household appliance control device. 4, as in the first embodiment of the present disclosure, even an inexperienced user can efficiently use a plurality of electric devices without being troubled by the operation, which is convenient for the user. improve sexuality.

1 indoor network, 2 external network, 3 home appliance management server (external information device), 4 home appliance control device, 5 refrigerator, 6 electric rice cooker, 7 microwave oven (high frequency heating cooker), 8 IH cooking heater (induction heating cooker), 9 database, 10 mobile communication terminal, 40 home appliance control device display unit, 41 family information registration screen, 41a family information registration button, 41b family information transmission button, 42 device information registration screen, 42a connected device information read button 42b Device information registration button 42c Device information transmission button 42d Registered device display area 42e Registered device display area 42f Registered device display area 42g Registered device display area 42h Information display area 42j Recipe procedure reception button 42k Use Availability setting information transmission button 43 Refrigerator contents registration screen 43a Contents information input button 43b Automatic input button 43c Manual input button 43d Refrigerator compartment selection button 43e Freezer compartment selection button 43f Vegetable compartment selection button 43g Chilled Room selection button 44 Cooking menu display screen 45 Cooking procedure display screen 46 Cooking field display screen 81 IH cooking heater (induction heating cooker) display 82 Warning display (notification) screen 421 Page forward button 422 Page Return button 423a Enable button 423b Disable button 424a Enable button 424b Disable button 425a Enable button 425b Disable button 426a Enable button 426b Disable button 441 Menu display area 442 Menu Display area 443 Menu display area 444 Menu display area 445 Page forward button 451 Cooking procedure display area 451a Detailed cooking procedure display area 451b Detailed cooking procedure display area 451c Detailed cooking procedure display area 452 Cooking Procedure display area 452a Detailed cooking procedure display area 452b Detailed cooking procedure display area 452c Detailed cooking procedure display area 453 Cooking procedure display area 455 Page forward button 456 Page backward button 461 Cooking field display area 462 Cooking field display area 463 Cooking field display area 464 Cooking field display area 465 Page forward button 470 Warning display (notification) screen 471 Return to procedure button 540 Communication terminal display unit 542 Equipment information registration screen 542a Connected device information read button 542b Device information registration button 542c Device information transmission button 542d Registered device display area 542e Registered device display area 542f Registered device display area 542g Registered device display area 542h Information display area 543a Usable button 543b use/disable button 544a use/disable button 544b use/disable button 545a use/disable button 545b use/disable button 546a use/disable button 546b use/disable button 555 cooking menu display screen 542j recipe procedure reception button 555a Menu display area, 555b Menu display area, 555c Menu display area, 555d Menu display area, 556 Page forward button, 557 Cooking procedure display screen, 558 Page forward button, 559 Page backward button, 561 Cooking procedure display area, 561a Detailed cooking Procedure display area 561b Detailed cooking procedure display area 561c Detailed cooking procedure display area 562 Cooking procedure display area 563 Cooking procedure display area 570 Caution display (notification) screen 571 Return to procedure button.

Claims (4)

a plurality of electric devices including a device capable of cooking, each having a communication unit for performing communication for receiving information from outside the housing or transmitting information to the outside of the housing;
By registering the plurality of electrical devices, it is possible to communicate with the plurality of electrical devices, and to manage the plurality of electrical devices, which can receive and transmit information on the plurality of electrical devices to and from an external information device. , and a controller for controlling
The control device, according to the plurality of registered electrical devices, based on information transmitted from the plurality of electrical devices and information on operations executable by the plurality of electrical devices received from the external information device, A cooking menu and a cooking procedure using the plurality of registered electric devices are received from the external information device, the procedure is managed by the external information device, and the cooking procedure of the executed cooking menu is selected. A control system for electrical equipment that determines whether or not the cooking procedure of the cooking menu is followed, and transmits the determination result to the control device. The control device is capable of communicating with a mobile communication terminal,
The mobile communication terminal comprises display means,
When the cooking procedure is different from the cooking procedure received from the external information device, the correct cooking procedure is displayed on the display means of the portable communication terminal, and the cooking procedure is different from the cooking procedure. 2. The electrical equipment control system according to claim 1, wherein a display prompting the user to follow the correct procedure is displayed. The plurality of electrical devices includes electrical devices having display means,
When cooking is performed in a procedure different from the cooking procedure received from the external information device, the display means of the electric device having the display means operated in the different procedure displays a procedure different from the cooking procedure. 2. The control system for cooking appliances according to claim 1, wherein a display prompting the correct procedure is displayed. 4. An electric appliance that can be registered with the electric appliance control system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, and includes an electric rice cooker, an induction heating cooker, and a high frequency heating cooker.

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