JP3960329B2 - Cooker and its program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a cooking device for cooking by heating and a program thereof.

In preparation for the era when wireless IC tags containing information such as contents and cooking methods are affixed to food containers and packages, the microwave oven reads the information on the wireless IC tags and cooks food under optimal conditions. Has been devised (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 2001-317741 A

  However, the wireless IC tag is made of a substance containing metal, and there is also a wireless IC tag that operates in response to the electromagnetic wave frequency of 2.45 GHz used in a heating cooker such as a microwave oven. When a strong electromagnetic wave for cooking is irradiated, the wireless IC tag may be destroyed. Although the destruction of the disposable wireless IC tag is not necessarily a problem, the container to which the wireless IC tag is attached is also destroyed at the time of destruction, and the outflow of food in the container or the mixing of foreign substances into the food occurs. It is also possible. Therefore, it is most reliable and safe to remove the wireless IC tag from which information has been read from the container immediately before heating.

Therefore, in order to solve the above-described problem, the heating cooker of the present invention includes a reading unit, reads data from a wireless IC tag attached to food, and the wireless IC tag exists in the heating cooker. Has notified that the wireless tag should be removed in order to prevent destruction of the wireless tag by electromagnetic waves .

  The heating cooker of the present invention has a reading means, reads data from a wireless IC tag attached to food, and if a wireless IC tag is present, warns the user or heats even if the heating switch is pressed. Since cooking is not performed, it is possible to fundamentally solve the trouble of cooking without knowing that the wireless IC tag is attached, destroying the wireless IC tag, and at the same time ruining food.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a reading device in the heating cooker, in order to prevent the destruction of the wireless tag by electromagnetic waves when reading the data of the wireless IC tag before performing the cooking and detecting the presence of the wireless IC tag. Informs the user to remove the wireless tag . Thereby, even if it tries to heat with attaching a wireless IC tag accidentally, a cooking device itself can judge it and can prevent destruction of a wireless IC tag and the trouble of the food accompanying it beforehand.

  In a second aspect of the invention, in particular, in the heating cooker of the first aspect of the invention, the heating cooker is provided with a turntable, and the data of the wireless IC tag is read while rotating the turntable before cooking. This improves the detection establishment of the wireless IC tag and makes it possible to discover the wireless IC tag more reliably.

  In a third aspect of the invention, particularly in the heating cooker of the first invention, reading means are provided on both sides of the inner side surface of the heating cooker and on the ceiling, respectively, to detect the presence of the wireless IC tag. This improves the detection establishment of the wireless IC tag and makes it possible to discover the wireless IC tag more reliably.

  According to the fourth invention, particularly in the heating cooker according to the first invention, the read data of the wireless IC tag is analyzed to notify which food container the wireless IC tag is attached. Thereby, since the container to which the wireless IC tag is attached can be specified, the wireless IC tag can be removed more easily.

5th invention equips a heating cooker with a reading means, a heating cooker has a reading means, and when the lid | cover and door of the said heating cooker are open, or immediately after the said lid | cover and door are closed. Then, when the reader is operated to read data of the wireless IC tag and the presence of the wireless IC tag is detected, a notification is given to remove the wireless tag by electromagnetic waves in order to prevent destruction of the wireless tag . As a result, since the presence of the wireless IC tag is known at an early stage before heating, it is possible to take action when the food is put into the heating cooker, and the operability is improved.

A sixth invention is a program for causing a computer to execute at least one function in the cooking device of the first to fifth inventions, and includes an electric circuit including a CPU, a RAM, a ROM, a storage device, an I / O, and the like. Part or all of the present invention can be easily realized as a program by cooperating hardware resources such as an information device and a computer. Also, by distributing the program on a recording medium or using a communication line, program distribution can be realized very easily compared to other means.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments.

(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of the heating cooker according to the first embodiment.

  The cooking device 1 includes a reading unit 2 that reads data of the wireless IC tag, a processing unit 3 that processes the data, and a heating cooking control unit 4 that controls the cooking function according to the determination result obtained from the processing unit 3. It has. A wireless IC tag 11 is affixed to the food container 10 placed in the heating cooker 1. The reading means 2 reads the data of the wireless IC tag 11 and the read data is processed by the processing means 3. .

  The wireless IC tag 11 may have data including information on whether or not the food in the food container 10 can be cooked with a heating cooker, or information on the manufacturer, model number, material, and topcoat of the food. Sometimes it has as data.

  Such information can be read by the reading means 2. Data read from the wireless IC tag 11 is processed by the processing means 3. These pieces of information are useful for cooking, but the data once read is processed in the processing means, and the wireless IC tag 11 is a useless long product at the time of cooking and is preferably removed. .

  In addition, a turntable (not shown) for rotating the food container 10 on the heating cooker 1 is provided, and when the wireless IC tag 11 is read, the turntable is rotated to be behind the food containers 10. Data may be read from the wireless IC tag 11 that cannot be read.

  Alternatively, one reading unit 2 is not necessarily installed near the lid or door. Rather, in order to make it easy to read the data of the wireless IC tag 11 which is behind the food containers 10 and is difficult to read out, the reading means 2 is installed on both sides of the inner side of the heating cooker 1 and on the ceiling, respectively, in various directions. May read data from the wireless IC tag 11.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of an operation sequence of the heating cooker according to the first embodiment.

  After reading information about food from the wireless IC tag 11, it is desirable to remove it from the heating cooker 1 in order to avoid side effects associated with the destruction of the wireless IC tag 11. It is monitored whether or not cooking is started in S21, and when the user gives an instruction to start, data is read from the wireless IC tag 11 of the food container 10 placed in the cooking device 1 in S22. At this time, it is determined whether or not the wireless IC tag 11 can be read (S23). If even one wireless IC tag 11 can be read, cooking is prohibited (S24). Conversely, if no wireless IC tag 11 can be read, it is determined that there is no wireless IC tag 11 and cooking is started (S25).

  At this time, the read data of the wireless IC tag 11 is analyzed, and the processing means 3 processes what kind or kind of food container 10 is attached with the wireless IC tag 11, for example, voice, You may alert | report by displaying on a display etc.

(Embodiment 2)
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of the heating cooker according to the second embodiment.

  The heating cooker 1 includes a reading unit 2 that reads data of the wireless IC tag 11, a processing unit 3 that processes the data, and an alarm notification unit 5 that notifies an alarm based on the determination result to call attention. ing.

  Hereinafter, when the wireless IC tag 11 is detected in the same manner as in the first embodiment, the alarm notification means 5 notifies the user. The notification from the notification means 5 may use any or all of light, sound, vibration, voice guidance, and pictures and characters by the display means.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of an operation sequence of the heating cooker according to the second embodiment.

  In S31, it is monitored whether the door and lid of the heating cooker 1 are open, and data is always read from the wireless IC tag 11 when the door is opened (S32). If at least one wireless IC tag 11 can be read in S33, a warning is given in S34 that cooking is impossible. If no wireless IC tag 11 has been read, the processing from S31 is repeated.

  Alternatively, the alarm notification means 5 may notify the wireless IC tag 11 so that the wireless IC tag 11 is quickly removed when the data of the wireless IC tag 11 is read and the data has been read.

  Further, the read data of the wireless IC tag 11 is analyzed to determine what kind of food container 10 the wireless IC tag 11 is, and notification that the wireless IC tag 11 of the food container 10 should be removed. May be performed from the alarm notification means 5.

  Here, the reading means 2 is operated when the lid or door of the heating cooker 1 is open, but immediately after the lid or door is closed, the reading device 2 is operated to read the data of the wireless IC tag 11. When the presence of the wireless IC tag 11 is detected, a warning may be issued or notified from the alarm notification means 5.

  In addition, the means described in the present embodiment cooperates hardware resources such as a CPU (or microcomputer), RAM, ROM, storage / recording device, electrical / information device including I / O, a computer, a server, and the like. You may implement with the form of a program. In the form of a program, new functions can be easily distributed / updated and installed by recording them on a recording medium such as magnetic media or optical media, or distributing them using a communication line such as the Internet.

  In this embodiment, only a very limited application is used as an example. However, this technique is applicable to general household electrical appliances and is effective in any case.

As described above, the cooking device according to the present invention includes reading means, reads data from a wireless IC tag attached to a food container, detects the presence of the wireless IC tag, and destroys the wireless tag by electromagnetic waves. To prevent the wireless tag from being removed .

  In addition, this invention can be utilized not only for a cooking device but for a heater. In addition, the heater using electromagnetic waves has been described. Besides, the wireless IC tag is not heated by the heater itself so that the wireless IC tag without heat resistance is not cooked. Trouble can be prevented.

The figure which shows an example of a structure of the heating cooker of this Embodiment 1. The figure which shows an example of the operation | movement sequence of the heating cooker of this Embodiment 1. The figure which shows an example of a structure of the heating cooker of this Embodiment 2. The figure which shows an example of the operation | movement sequence of the heating cooker of this Embodiment 2.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Heating cooker 2 Reading means 3 Processing means 4 Heating cooking control means 5 Alarm notification means 10 Food container 11 Wireless IC tag

Claims (6)

In order to prevent the wireless tag from being destroyed by the electromagnetic wave when the cooker is provided with a reading unit, and the data of the wireless IC tag is read before the cooking by the electromagnetic wave is performed and the presence of the wireless IC tag is detected. A cooking device characterized by informing the user to remove . The cooking device according to claim 1, wherein the cooking device comprises a turntable, and reads the data of the wireless IC tag while rotating the turntable before cooking. 2. The cooking device according to claim 1, wherein reading devices are provided on both sides of the inner side surface of the cooking device and on the ceiling to detect the presence of the wireless IC tag. 2. The cooking device according to claim 1, wherein the read data of the wireless IC tag is analyzed to notify which food container is attached with the wireless IC tag. The heating cooker is equipped with reading means, and when the lid or door of the cooking device is open or immediately after the lid or door is closed, the reading device is operated to read the data of the wireless IC tag, When the presence of a wireless IC tag is detected, a heating cooker that notifies the user to remove the wireless tag in order to prevent destruction of the wireless tag by electromagnetic waves . The program for making a computer perform at least 1 function in the cooking-by-heating machine in any one of Claims 1-5 .

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