JP4165552B2 - Cooker - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a cooking device communicates with cookware to be used for controlling each heating unit.

  As heating cookers, there are many heating devices that are equipped with heating means for a range / oven / grill, set each heating means manually and automatically for each heating mode, and execute various cooking menus. While these heating devices can execute various cooking menus, the burden on the user when performing desired cooking increases because there are a large number of setting items and a large number of keys serving as options.

In order to reduce the burden on the user, an electronic device that attaches a non-contact IC tag to a food package or container, reads the optimal conditions for food specified by a food manufacturer from the attached IC tag, and cooks it. A range is presented in US Pat. According to this technology, it is possible to have the microwave oven automatically perform optimum cooking on the food provided by the food manufacturer, and to provide delicious food while reducing the burden on the user. Patent Document 2 discloses a technique for identifying a turntable for a range, a turntable for an oven, and a square plate for a grill to be used during cooking by an optical sensor and setting the heating mode of the range / oven / grill based on the identification result. This technique can also reduce the burden on the user.
JP 2001-317741 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 4-10389

  However, when considering the situation where a microwave oven is used at home, for example, cooking food provided by a food manufacturer, cooking utensils on hand, cooking bakeware, cake molds, turntables and square dishes (Hereinafter, these are collectively referred to as cooking utensils) in most cases, and the types of cooking utensils vary widely in each home.

  In such a situation, the technology of Patent Document 1 can only cook food provided by a food manufacturer, and the technology of Patent Document 2 uses an optical sensor, so that dirt due to protein or moisture is removed. In the cooking chamber, which is likely to occur, erroneous detection is likely to occur due to dirt on the sensor light receiving part. In addition, since the cooking utensil used (whether it is a glass turntable that transmits light or a square dish is set on a shelf, etc.) is determined, each heating means such as a range / oven / grill As for the material and shape of the instrument used when using, the restriction | limiting that the instrument designated beforehand must be used will arise.

  Due to these problems, the conventional technology has not been able to present a sufficient solution to the problem of reducing the burden on the user during cooking at home.

Accordingly, in order to solve the conventional problems, the cooker of the present invention includes a plurality of heating means, and recording the information medium identification information given to the cookware to identify the cookware, from the information medium The communication processing means for acquiring the identification information, the heating control means for controlling the heating of each heating means, and the heating control information indicating which heating means is used among the heating means when using the cooking utensil. And holding means for holding the heating control information written by the heating control means, the heating control means accessing the holding means using the cooking utensil identification information read by the communication processing means as a key, and It acquires heating control information in the use of far, and controls heating select one of said plurality of heating means based on heating control information obtained

  There are many different types of cooking utensils used in each household, but if you look at each household, for example, rice bowls always contain rice and are just “heated”. Gratin dishes are always made with macaroni gratin (because it is a staple dish in the home, etc.), such as “oven 200 ° C. for 25 minutes”.

  For this reason, the history of “how the cooking utensil is always used (what is the heating means, how long is the heating time, etc.)” is kept as a usage history, and when the utensil is used, By calling up the settings from the usage history, it is possible to set the settings in which the cooking utensil is always used without any user input.

  As a result, the present invention makes it possible to easily set the heating means suitable for the intended use of the cooking utensil, to reduce the burden on the user during cooking, and to greatly improve convenience and operability. Demonstrate.

Cooker of the present invention acquires usage history information in which it is used as a pressurizing Netsute stage the cookware from the information medium is applied to cookware, said heating means based on the use history information It is something to control.

  This makes it possible to easily set heating means suitable for the intended use of the cooking utensil. For example, when using the microwave oven at home, any of the heating means such as a range / oven / grill has been previously used. It is possible to call up information such as how and in what order and how many times they are used, so that it is possible to perform the heating control desired by the user with easy operation without re-setting from the beginning each time it is used Become. Thus, according to the present invention, the burden on the user during cooking can be reduced, and both convenience and operability can be improved.

In addition , in a heating cooker provided with a plurality of heating means, cooking utensil identification information for identifying the cooking utensil is acquired from an information medium provided to the cooking utensil, and the cooking utensil identification information is provided inside or outside as a key. The use history information on the heating control means used by the cooking utensil is acquired from the holding means, and the heating means is controlled based on the use history information.

  This makes it possible to easily set the heating means according to the use application of the cooking utensil while minimizing the amount of information to be recorded on the information medium, thereby reducing the burden on the user during cooking, Both convenience and operability can be improved.

Moreover, the heating control information which is a heating control pattern for controlling a plurality of heating means is connected to the information medium, the holding means inside the heating cooker, or the heating cooker as the use history information It is written in an external holding means.

  As a result, the user can leave the usage history information as to what kind of heating means is used on the heating cooker and how much time and how long the procedure has been cooked. In the case of performing the cooking, it becomes possible to start cooking without performing the setting again at the next use. As a result, the burden on the user during cooking can be reduced and both convenience and operability can be improved.

Further, when the user selects a heating means different from the acquired use history information, this is notified.

  As a result, for example, the microwave heating means for the range is used in a state where the metal cooking utensil that can only be used for the heating means for the oven is put in, and neither the heating means for the oven nor the heating means for the grill is used. For non-heat-resistant cooking utensils, it is possible to prevent the user from performing operations outside the cooking utensil usage rules, such as using heating means for ovens and heating means for grills. Can be prevented.

  In addition to this, for example, the same heat-resistant cake dish is used for cooking in an oven where the baking residue sticks over time during the cooking process, and it is relatively non-burning and relatively beautiful. It is possible to use the same container as a separate application according to each individual's preference, such as using it for a range cooking that can be used for a long time in a state, improving convenience and limiting the application to use It is also possible to extend the useful life of the appliance.

The use history information includes at least one piece of information about the number or time of use of the cooking utensil or the maximum temperature at which the cooking utensil was used, and the durability of the cooking utensil held in the information medium or holding means The life of the cooking utensil or the life of the information medium is detected by acquiring at least one piece of information of the number of times, the service life or the service temperature as service condition information and comparing the use history information with the service condition information. To do.

  As a result, for example, it can be detected how many times since the cooking utensil has been used and how much temperature can be withstood. It is possible to detect deterioration and give a warning before breakage, and prevent injury and malfunction due to breakage.

  In addition, since the number of times of use can be presented to the user, the user can use the cooking utensils evenly. For example, a set of 5 plates for all plates is slightly stained due to the difference in the number of times of use. , It is possible to prevent a dish from being missing, but only two of them are the same as a new article, and five cannot be used as a set, or only the information medium of a frequently used dish cannot be read. it can. In addition, it is possible to urge the user by informing about the container or the like of the material whose useful life will be shortened depending on the temperature, or to indicate how many times it has been used.

Further, in addition to the use history information or the heating control information, the type information of the cooking utensil is read from the information medium or holding means of the cooking utensil, and the cooking recipe information is acquired from the database using the read information as a key.

  This makes it possible to use the same cooking utensils (for example, easy-to-use cooking utensils or favorite utensils that can be cooked in quantities suitable for the family structure) and consider their intended use (range, oven or grill) In addition, a new cooking recipe can be presented to the user, and user convenience can be improved.

Further, what kind of heating control means the cooking utensil is used at this time can be read and written as usage history information by the heating cooker.

Moreover, it is a program for causing a computer to execute at least one means of the heating cooker. According to this configuration, since it is a program, a part or all of the cooking device of the present invention can be easily realized by using a microcomputer or the like. Further, the program can be easily distributed by recording the program on a recording medium or distributing the program using a communication line.

  Hereinafter, embodiments 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 shows a schematic configuration diagram when the present invention is implemented. Here, the cooking device is a microwave oven having a range, an oven, and a grill function. In order to realize each function, a microwave heating means for the range, a heating means for the oven, and a heating means for the grill are mounted. Suppose you are. Each function can be switched by operating a button arranged on the operation panel on the front surface of the microwave oven.

  A microwave oven 10 in FIG. 1 includes a cooking chamber 11 for cooking, and when cooking, a cooking utensil 12 is set in accordance with the cooking purpose. At this time, depending on the cooking application and the characteristics of the food item 13 (liquid, strong, solid, etc.), heat-resistant glass dish, enameled iron tray, square dish, net, cake mold, heat-resistant ball, pottery Or the like is adopted as the cooking utensil 12.

  An IC tag 14 is affixed in advance as a non-contact information medium to the bottom surface of these cooking utensils. When the cooking utensil 12 is used for the IC tag 14, which heating function is used among a range, an oven, and a grill. The heating control information is recorded. This heating control information may be recorded in the manufacturing process of the cooking utensil 12, or may be set by the user after purchasing the utensil. In addition, the IC tag can be manufactured by being embedded in a device in advance, or can be attached by the user after purchasing the device.

  A reading / writing device 15 is installed on the bottom surface of the cooking chamber. When the cooking utensil 12 is set, the reading / writing device 15 emits a radio wave for reading to the IC tag 14 and is recorded on the IC tag 14. Read the heating control information. Based on the read heating control information, the microwave oven 10 selects an appropriate function from the functions of its own range, oven, and grill, and calculates a heating control pattern. The result is displayed on the display panel 16 in front of the microwave oven, and the user who confirms the display contents presses the start button in the operation panel 17 to start the heating control.

  The IC tag 14 used here converts electromagnetic waves irradiated from the reading / writing device 15 into current by antenna resonance or coil induction and uses it as a power source, and stores information stored in advance. It is a non-contact information medium that transmits to the reading / writing device 15 or performs an operation according to a command superimposed on an electromagnetic wave. This technology is currently being used in the distribution field and the like, and since a tag having a sufficiently small size with respect to the size of the container has been developed, it is one of the technologies that can be expected to be applied to the present invention. In addition, non-contact type information media can detect the entire cooking chamber area without causing read errors due to poor contact compared to contact type media. It is also desirable to apply to the present invention from the advantage that it can be used without doing so.

Here, the information to be read is the heating control information. However, from the IC tag 14, an identification ID that is information for specifying the cooking utensil 12 is acquired, and the identification ID is used as a key to identify the cooking device 10. Use history information (including heating control information) held inside may be acquired, or similar use history information (including heating control information) may be acquired from a server arranged on the network. I do not care.

  Here, heating control information was mainly used as usage history information, but not only heating control information, but also type information of cooking utensils used (whether it was a dish, a ball, or a mug), and cooking was performed. It is also possible to retain cooking amount information such as the amount as usage history information. Further, user information held in an IC tag or a server on a network may be used together as usage history information.

  When the cooking amount information is used together with the heating control information, the type information of the cooking utensils not only sets the menu used so far, but also uses another cooking course that uses the same cooking utensil. It is possible to search from a server or the like to obtain and display, or to adjust the heating control information according to the amount of cooking. In addition, when the user information is used together with the heating control information, the course used for each user can be displayed, so that appropriate information can be acquired and displayed for each user. .

  FIG. 2 shows an internal configuration diagram of the heating cooker 10 shown in FIG.

  The cooking device 10 of the present invention includes a communication processing means 20 (reading / writing device 15 in FIG. 1) that communicates with an IC tag attached to an appliance, a microwave heating means 21 for a range, a heating means 22 for an oven, and a grill. Heating means 23, and heating control means 24 that controls each of the heating means 21 to 23 according to the heating control information read by the communication processing means 20.

Here, it is assumed that the information read by the communication processing means 20 is identification information for specifying the appliance. The heating control unit 24 accesses the holding unit 27 using the identification information as a key, and acquires the use history information so far. The use heating control information obtained by the history information cooking time and cooking based on (under Netsute stage to be used for cooking, which pressurized Netsute stages how much information is controlled by the output / time / timing) and The cooking information display means 25 (display panel 16 in FIG. 1) for presenting the method to the user and the external input means 26 (operation panel 17 in FIG. 1) for the user to input are provided. After confirming the displayed contents, the external input means 26 such as a start button arranged on the operation panel is operated to start cooking.

  At this time, the user can readjust the cooking method and cooking time displayed on the cooking information display means 25 from the external input means 26 according to the user's preference.

  Here, the external input means 26 adjusts various settings such as “higher finish”, “weaker finish”, “temperature +”, “temperature−”, “time +”, “time−”, and “cooking course selection”. Assume that buttons and keys are arranged. Further, depending on the user's preference such as “I like the hot finish” or “I like the finish that is slimy”, the user's preference coefficient can be set to the value calculated by the heating control means 24 from the external input means 26. The cooking time can be customized for each user, for example, by setting the cooking time to 0.8 times or 1.2 times the normal calculation time.

  The cooking method here may be a heating mode at the time of cooking, such as “warm and strong”, “warm and weak”, and “warm and warm”, such as “microwave oven”, “one oven”, “oven 2” It may be a cooking function such as “dan”, “grill”, “toaster”, etc., or may be a cooking course such as “range 1 minute oven 5 minutes: gratin entrusted course”. Further, it may be provided with external input means 24 for designating the cooked food such as “rice”, “miso soup”, “boiled food”, etc., and the heating control pattern calculated by the heating control means 24 may be adjusted according to the designation. .

When the heating control pattern for controlling the heating means is adjusted by these processes,
The determined new heating control pattern is written in the holding means 27 at an appropriate timing such as after the start button is pressed or cooking is completed.

  Here, there are two types of writing methods, “overwrite” and “append”. If it is the former, the cooking utensil can always be used for a unique purpose, so if an appropriately adjusted value is written, the user can cook by simply pressing the start button. It becomes possible. Moreover, if it is the latter, since it is possible to memorize | store the heating control information used as usage history information of a cooking utensil in the utensil, the same cooking utensil can have a some use use.

  In addition, if the heating control information is stored including the output, time, purpose, etc., for example, the oven has a plate with a preheat of 200 degrees 30 minutes for cookies and a 180 degrees 45 degrees for cake. It is possible to leave a history of “with preheating”, “fermentation 40 degrees 30 minutes oven 200 degrees 20 minutes for baking”, “gratin range 500 W 10 minutes oven 250 degrees 15 minutes without preheating”, etc. When performing, heating control setting can be completed only by selecting from use history information.

  In the present embodiment, the use history information / heating control information is held and written by the holding means provided inside the cooking device, but the information is held in an information medium attached to the cooking utensil. However, writing may be performed. Alternatively, writing may be performed by holding in an external holding unit connected to the heating cooker 10 such as a server on the network. When it is held in an information medium, it needs a memory capacity sufficient to hold such information, but when it is held in a heating cooker or outside holding means, the information medium to be affixed to a cooking utensil Since it is only necessary to have an individual identification ID, a large amount of memory is not required for the information medium, and a large amount of usage history information and detailed heating control information are retained using the storage medium of the heating cooker or the storage medium of the server It is possible to provide a lot of information to the user.

  FIG. 3 shows a sequence diagram during cooking.

  For example, the cooking utensil 12 will be described as a square dish, taking as an example the case of baking a cake using the oven function. Since the oven function is used when baking the cake, the IC tag attached to the square dish contains information “oven” as the heating control information. In addition, in this embodiment, the information “cake course”, “180 degrees”, “45 minutes”, “with preheating”, “pound cake type”, “one” is also stored as heating control information. To do.

  In order to cook the cake, the user first sets a square dish in the cooking chamber 11. The microwave oven 10 (S0) that has read the data from the IC tag by the communication means 20 determines from the read information that the cooking is set for the “oven” course by the heating control means 24. At this time, the usage period information is acquired from the information held as the usage history information, and it is determined whether or not the cooking utensil (in this case, a square dish) is within the service life (S1). This usage period information is given as “1 ○ month ○ day X hour XX minute: range warming 5 minutes”, a time stamp is added to the heating control information, and the difference between the initial date and the current date may be taken. The usage date and time may be acquired separately. Compare the usage period with the information of “Estimated life expectancy of cooking utensils” separately held, and if it is (Usage period) <(Estimated life expectancy of cooking utensils), determine that it is within the useful life and proceed to the next process .

  This “estimated service life of cooking utensils” is such that the service life when used in general usage is obtained by, for example, inquiring the product number of the cooking utensil from the server, or the cooking utensil material (glass or The cooking device itself may calculate from ceramics, aluminum, etc.).

  In addition, when used in general usage along with the acquired usage history information, the warning will be given according to the expected service life of the cooking utensil, but if the general usage is set to 50 ° C, use it at 60 ° C. If the service life can be calculated more accurately by reducing the useful life by 1 year each time it is done, and if there is a risk of damage to the cooking utensil, in S7, the service life will be exceeded. A message informing the user of the life of the cooking utensil such as “Be careful of damage due to deterioration” can be presented to the user.

  Of course, the lifetime of the cooking utensil may be calculated based on the number of times of use and the maximum temperature of use, not on the usage time or period, or may be obtained by inquiring a server or the like. In addition, by this process, it is possible to determine not only the cooking utensils but also the lifetime of the IC tag.

  If the service life check (S1) is Yes, the oven function informs the interior after heating up to 180 degrees, and when one pound cake mold is inserted, cooking is performed at 180 degrees for 45 minutes and finished. A heating control pattern is set in the oven heating means 22 (S2).

  Then, “Cake course (one pound cake type): 45 minutes at 180 degrees (with preheating)” is displayed on the cooking information display means 25 to the user (S3). When “start button press” by the user who has confirmed the content is detected by the external input means 26, the set heating control is started (S6).

  Here, before the start button is pressed, if the user thinks that “I bake one pound cake last time, but this time I ’ll bake two,” use the setting button to change “one” to “two”. change. The microwave oven that has been changed has been changed from 45 minutes to 50 minutes in accordance with “two”, and “The oven function is used to warn the interior to 180 degrees, and two pound cake molds are informed. When it is inserted, cooking is completed at 180 degrees for 50 minutes "and the heating control pattern is reset (S4).

  And after receiving the user's confirmation (the start button was pushed), the setting has been changed, so the oven tag, “cake course”, “180 degrees”, “50 minutes”, “with preheating” ”,“ Pound cake type ”, and“ Two ”. By adding, the next time the user can select the setting for baking “one pound cake” and the setting for baking “two pound cakes” when a square dish is inserted.

  In addition, when resetting the heating control pattern in S4, if the "range" function is set for the square pan that has been used for the oven, the heating means has been changed. An error is informed that “means are different” (S7), and in order to prompt confirmation, “was used as an oven last time but can be used in a microwave oven” is displayed (S8). At this time, in a cooking utensil that cannot be used in a range such as a metal dish, data such as “oven” is stored in the IC tag in the rewrite prohibition mode, and when an error is detected (S7), safety is ensured. Therefore, it is desirable to skip S8 and finish cooking (S9).

  However, this treatment is not essential as long as safety is ensured (when using a product that can withstand all heating means such as a heat-resistant glass cooking utensil). Such containers are often used in a plurality of patterns (for example, a heat-resistant glass platter is used for baking pie in an oven, warming pizza in a microwave oven, etc.). In that case, not only the previous heating control pattern may be displayed, but the heating control patterns used in the past may be arranged in order of use frequency, and the heating control pattern may be selected from them.

  As described above, when baking a cake, the user can set the baking only with the basic actions of “put a square plate”, “check the display (or select one pattern)”, and “press the start button”. You can start preheating.

  Here, the “square plate” is defined as a cooking utensil for the oven, but a pound cake mold with an IC tag is also used to insert the cake mold in the middle to bake the cake. Judge whether “pound cake mold” has been put into “one” or if two conditions of “oven square plate” and “pound cake mold” are met, heat the preset “cake course” Control of setting as a control pattern is also conceivable.

  The cooking utensils used may be conditioned by a plurality of combinations, and the present invention is not particularly limited in this embodiment with respect to the procedure for generating the heating control pattern from the read heating control information. Thus, it is also possible to readjust the heating control pattern in the middle by detecting “how much” “how much” is inserted during cooking.

  In addition, by using a distance sensor or a contact sensor that uses infrared rays or light, etc., it is possible to detect where the square dish is currently set, such as lower / middle / upper. Oven upper / lower stage 180 degrees 50 minutes After 20 minutes elapse, it is possible to add a control of “upper / lower stage change notification” and to adjust to a more appropriate heating control pattern.

  Here, the case where only the oven function is used when baking the cake has been described as an example, but control combining the range function, the oven function, and the grill function is also possible. For example, thawing the frozen ingredients in the range, and using the oven function to sufficiently burn the surface, and finally scorching the surface. “Gratin course: 500W 10 minutes for the oven + 10 minutes for the oven 250 degrees without preheating + 3 minutes for the grill” For example, it may be stored in the IC tag of the bakeware as heating control information.

  Also, if the heating control is interrupted in the middle, and the record is also written as heating control information, interrupting work such as cooking rice in a bowl during the “gratin course” oven process (such as using the range function) Even if the information about “because of the range” is stored in the IC tag affixed to the tea bowl to be used), the microwave oven 10 can use heating means for the oven simply by replacing the square dish with the tea bowl. It is possible to switch from the heating means to the heating means for the range. When the interruption work is completed, the tea bowl and the square dish are replaced, and the cooking can be resumed from the oven process (○ minutes have elapsed) in the middle of the gratin course. This can be done without requiring special operations or setting changes.

(Embodiment 2)
In FIG. 4, the system block diagram at the time of downloading a cooking recipe using usage log information is shown. The same reference numerals are assigned to those already described, and description thereof is omitted.

  When the user 32 uses the heating cooker 10, it is assumed that the use history information is accumulated in the server 31 as described in FIG. 2 of the first embodiment (FIG. 4 (1)). The server 31 holds a plurality of cooking recipes as a database, and the heating cooker 10 detects the start of use of the user 32 (S0 in FIG. 3) or detects some input from the external input means 26. In the case, or periodically, the server 31 is accessed, and the cooking means 12A, the heating means, the heating control pattern, the heating time, etc. stored as the use history information of the cooking utensil 12A are stored as keys from the accumulated cooking recipes. The cooking recipe that matches the conditions is acquired from the server 31 and displayed on the cooking information display means 25 ((2) in FIG. 4).

  When displaying, in consideration of usage history information of other homes (equipment usage areas) 33A to 33D, a plurality of cooking recipes are rearranged in the most frequently selected (popular) order under the same conditions. It is also possible to present it.

  Taking the case where the pound cake mold A is used as the cooking utensil 12 as an example, the case where the cooking menu is acquired from the usage history information will be described with reference to FIG.

  When the cooking utensil 12 always has an oven 200 ° C. and 40 minutes as baking history information for baking a cake, the heating cooker 12 uses “pound cake type”, “oven”, “ “200 ° C.” and “40 minutes” can be used.

  At this time, if “pound cake type”, “oven”, “200 ° C.”, and “40 minutes” are adopted as keys, “raisins cake” that matches all keys is acquired and displayed.

  If a “pound cake type” or “oven” is adopted, “rolling rolls” and “spinach and egg healthy quiche” that match these two keys are acquired and displayed.

  Similarly, “pound cake type”, “oven”, “200 ° C” can be used as keys for “shrimp and scallop seafood gratin”, “oven” and “40 minutes” can be used for “yakiimo” as keys. is there.

  In addition, when there are a plurality of cooking menus that match the conditions, it is possible to obtain and display the cooking menus in descending order of the number of acquisitions among the homes 33A to 33D.

  The user can acquire other cake recipes, bread, quiche, gratin, and potato recipes, and can perform various types of cooking with a pound cake type that has only been baked.

  In FIG. 4, the network server 31 group is used to provide the cooking recipe, but the cooking recipe database may be held in the storage area of the main body of the cooking device 10, but there are many variations. In view of the need to keep the information updated and to constantly update to new information, it is more effective to manage by the server as shown in this embodiment, and the user downloads the data each time or collectively.

Thus, by storing the heating control information for each cooking utensil as a use history and controlling the heating means based on the use history information, the user can use the same “cooking” without being aware of the heating means such as “range” and “oven”. in the operation of pressing the start button "to put the instrument, as well or baked cake, or can bake gratin or warm rice (the opening and closing state of the door of the governor physical room instead of the start button as a trigger Is).

  You can also use the same two cooking utensils by using the "range" and "oven" (for example, using a heat-resistant glass pound cake mold for making a jelly using a range and for making a cake using an oven) This can be easily achieved by simply setting the cooking utensil in the cooking chamber.

As described above, in this embodiment by writing a usage history information in which it is used as a pressurizing Netsute stage cookware time the grant information medium to the cookware, the one cookware On the other hand, since a plurality of heating means can be set, it is not necessary to prepare a plurality of cooking utensils for all uses, and it is possible to improve the convenience for the user.

  In addition, by controlling the heating means suitable for the appliance based on the information obtained by communicating with the information medium connected to the appliance to be used, the cooking utensil is not limited to the material and shape. It is easy to identify with high accuracy, and it is possible to set the heating means according to the usage of the cooking utensil while reducing the burden on the user, so that the operability is improved and the convenience is further improved. You can expect.

  In addition, the previously used heating control information can be acquired and set from the usage history information, so it is possible to perform the heating control desired by the user with easy operation without re-setting from scratch. It becomes.

  In addition, for notification of non-heat-resistant cooking utensils that use microwave heating means for a range with a metal utensil put in, when a setting different from the recorded heating control information is made In addition, it is possible to prevent the user from operating the cooking utensil outside the specified regulations, such as using the heating means for the oven and the heating means for the grill, and it is possible to prevent damage to the utensils and occurrence of disasters. .

  And by obtaining a cooking recipe from the stored usage history information, it is possible to provide a new cooking recipe to the user, improving the convenience for the user, expanding the range of content distribution, and creating new demand It becomes possible.

  In addition, when a program for causing a computer to execute at least one means in the present system is used, a part or all of the system of the present invention can be easily realized using a microcomputer or a personal computer. Also, the program can be easily distributed by recording on a recording medium or using a communication line.

  As described above, the heating cooker and the program according to the present invention enable communication with an information medium, and a device such as an IC tag as an information medium is attached to an appliance. It can be used for all kinds of tableware, cooking utensils, containers, packaging, etc., and is not limited to microwave ovens, ovens, grills, but applied to products such as electromagnetic cookers, stoves, rice cookers, electric pots, etc. Is possible.

  In addition, the container can be used other than cooking, and in that case, the container is not limited to a cooking utensil and may be a container that wraps a heated object.

  In addition, a new field can be developed as a content distribution business.

Configuration outline diagram of heating cooker according to the first embodiment The internal block diagram of the heating cooker of this Embodiment 1. Sequence diagram of the first embodiment System configuration diagram of the second embodiment The figure which shows the example of a search menu of this Embodiment 2.

Explanation of symbols

10 Microwave oven (heating cooker)
12 Cookware 13 Cooked food 14 IC tag (non-contact IC tag, information medium)
Microwave heating means for 21 range (under Netsute stage)
22 oven heating means (pressurizing Netsute stage)
23 grill heating means (pressurizing Netsute stage)
24 Heating control means 27 Holding means 31 Network server (database)

Claims (2)

A plurality of heating means, the information medium is applied to record identification information for identifying the cookware cookware, and communication processing means for acquiring the identification information from the information medium, the heating of the heating control of the respective heating means Control means, and holding means for writing the heating control information as to which heating means was used among the heating means when using the cooking utensil by the heating control means and holding the heating control information, The heating control means accesses the holding means using the cooking utensil identification information read by the communication processing means as a key , obtains heating control information in the previous use of the cooking utensil, and based on the obtained heating control information. A heating cooker that selects and controls heating from among the plurality of heating means . The heating cooker according to claim 1, wherein when the user selects a heating means different from the acquired heating control information, the fact is notified .