JP6632934B2 - Cooking device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a heating cooking device that executes a heating cooking operation according to a cooking recipe.

  Conventionally, heating is performed by performing communication between a communication terminal such as a smartphone and a heating cooker, receiving cooking condition data corresponding to a cooking recipe selected by the communication terminal from the communication terminal, and performing automatic heating cooking. A cooking device has been proposed (for example, see Patent Document 1).

  Patent Document 1 discloses, in a gas stove having a plurality of heating units (three burners B and one grill G), a plurality of items (cooked spinach, miso soup, cooked rice, grilled fish) of a plurality of items selected by a cooking menu. A configuration is described in which a cooking schedule is generated so as to be completed at substantially the same time. Then, the gas stove uses a plurality of heating units to execute the heating cooking operation of a plurality of types of items in parallel according to the cooking schedule generated in this manner.

JP 2014-163541 A

  As described above, when the cooking schedule is generated so that the heating and cooking operations of a plurality of items are completed at the same time, and the heating and cooking operations by the plurality of heating units are performed in parallel, the preparation of the ingredients by the user is performed. , Etc., the progress of the heating cooking operation of each item may deviate from the cooking schedule. In this case, there is an inconvenience that the timing of completing the heating and cooking operation of a plurality of items is shifted, thereby lowering the quality of the completed dish.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a background, and provides a heating and cooking apparatus that suppresses a shift in the timing of completing each heating and cooking operation when the heating and cooking operations of a plurality of items are performed in parallel. The purpose is to:

The cooking device of the present invention,
A plurality of heating units for heating the object to be cooked,
A heating cooking apparatus comprising: a control unit that executes a parallel heating operation in which the heating operations of the plurality of items are performed in parallel by the different heating units according to a cooking schedule that ends the heating cooking of the plurality of items at the same timing. At
In accordance with an operation by a user, a heating start instruction unit for instructing start of a heating operation by each of the heating units,
In the parallel heating operation, the control unit starts the heating operation of each item in response to an instruction from the heating start instruction unit, and monitors a remaining time until the heating operation of each item is completed. Then, a remaining time difference reducing process for reducing a difference in remaining time until the heating and cooking operation of each item is completed is performed.

  According to the present invention, in the parallel heating operation performed by the control unit, the heating operation of each item is started in response to the operation of the heating start instruction unit by the user. For this reason, the timing at which the heating operation of each item is started may be deviated from the timing set in advance by the cooking schedule due to a factor such as a delay in the preparation of the ingredients by the user. The timing of completing the heating operation also shifts.

  Therefore, the control unit monitors the remaining time of the cooking operation of each item, and executes a remaining time difference reduction process of reducing the difference in the remaining time of the cooking operation of each item. Thereby, it is possible to suppress the timing of completing the heating and cooking operation of each item from being shifted.

  Further, the control unit is characterized in that, as the remaining time difference decreasing process, a process of extending the execution time of the heating and cooking operation of the item having the shortest remaining time is performed.

  According to this configuration, by performing the process of extending the execution time of the heating and cooking operation of the item with the shortest remaining time, it is possible to suppress a shift in the timing of completing the heating and cooking operation of each item.

  Further, the control unit, when extending the execution time of the heating cooking operation of the item having the shortest remaining time by the remaining time difference reduction process, the heating unit of the heating unit used in the heating cooking operation to extend the execution time The heating power is set to a level necessary to maintain the temperature of the object to be cooked within a predetermined temperature range.

  According to this configuration, the object to be cooked can be suppressed from being excessively heated, and the remaining time difference reduction processing can be executed.

  Further, the plurality of items include an item suitable for heat insulation by heating and an item unsuitable for heating, and in the cooking schedule, the heating and cooking operation of an item not suitable for heat insulation by heating is an item suitable for heat insulation by heating. Is set so as to be completed after the heating cooking operation.

  According to this configuration, the remaining time is set in advance in the cooking schedule so that the heating and cooking operation of the item that is not suitable for keeping the heat by heating is completed after the heating and cooking operation of the item that is suitable to keep the heat by heating. In the time difference reduction processing, the heating and cooking operation suitable for keeping warm by heating can be set as a target for extending the execution time. Thereby, it is possible to reduce the influence on cooking by extending the execution time of the heating cooking operation, and to perform good cooking.

The block diagram of the heating cooking system using the heating cooking device of this invention. The block diagram of the gas stove and smart phone shown in FIG. Explanatory drawing which showed the setting procedure of the cooking conditions with a smart phone. And the timing chart of the heating cooking operation according to the curry recipe. FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a display of a display unit, an output of voice guidance, and a display of a smartphone when performing a heating operation according to a curry recipe.

  An example of an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

[1. Configuration of heating cooking device]
Referring to FIG. 1, the heating cooking device of the present embodiment is a gas stove 1, and the gas stove 1 has a function of performing wireless communication with a smartphone 50 by Bluetooth (registered trademark) or the like.

  The smartphone 50 performs wireless communication 82 using WiFi (registered trademark) with the wireless router 70 and accesses the server 90 via the wireless router 70 and a network 80 such as the Internet.

  The server 90 is provided with a recipe DB (database) 91 in which data of various cooking recipes is stored. The smartphone 50 accesses a recipe providing site operated by the server 90 and reads various recipe data from the recipe DB 91. To get (download).

  The gas stove 1 includes a left stove 10a, a right stove 10b, a rear stove 10c, and a grill 20 as a heating unit. Each of the stoves 10a, 10b, 10c is provided with a temperature sensor 15a, 15b, 15c for detecting the temperature of the bottom of the cooking vessel placed on the placement section (Gotoku) 16a, 16b, 16c.

  On the front surface of the gas stove 1, an operation button 11a for the left stove for performing ignition / extinguishing of the left stove 10a and changing the heating power, an operation button 11b for the right stove for performing the ignition / extinguishing and the heating power change of the right stove 10b, A rear stove operation button 11c for performing ignition / extinguishing and changing the heating power of the stove 10c, and a grill operation button 21 for performing ignition / extinguishing and changing the heating power of the grill 20 are provided. The operation button 11a for the left stove, the operation button 11b for the right stove, the operation button 11c for the rear stove, and the operation button 21 for the grille are heating start instructions for instructing the start of the operation of the heating unit according to the operation of the user of the present invention. Part.

  Further, a push-open stove operating unit 12 and a grill operating unit 22 are provided on the front surface of the gas stove 1. When the user P pushes the stove operating unit 12, the stove operating unit 12 is opened to operate the stove. Panel 13 appears. The hob operation panel 13 includes a left hob operating unit 13a for the left hob 10a, a right hob operating unit 13b for the right hob 10b, and a rear hob operating unit 13c for the rear hob 10c. Similarly, when the user P pushes and operates the grill operation unit 22, the grill operation unit 22 opens and the grill operation panel 23 appears.

  In addition, a display panel 14 is provided on the top plate of the gas stove 1 for displaying information on the heating and cooking operation by the gas stove 1 and displaying instructions to the user.

  The gas stove 1 has a function of receiving cooking condition data corresponding to the recipe selected by the smartphone 50 from the smartphone 50 and performing automatic heating cooking based on the cooking condition data. In order to use this function, the user P accesses a recipe selection site and installs a recipe selection application (hereinafter, referred to as a recipe selection application) on the smartphone 50.

  When installing the recipe selection application, the user P performs an operation of registering the model name of the gas stove 1 as an initial setting. By this registration, cooking condition data corresponding to the specifications of the gas stove 1 (such as the heating capacity of the stoves 10a, 10b, 10c, and the grill 20) can be obtained from the recipe selection site.

  Further, the user P performs pairing between the smartphone 50 and the gas stove 1 by using the recipe selection application, and establishes the wireless communication 81 between the smartphone 50 and the gas stove 1.

[2. Configuration of Gas Stove 1 and Smartphone 50]
Next, with reference to FIG. 2, the gas stove 1 is provided with a stove controller 30 that controls the overall operation of the gas stove 1, a speaker 26, and a communication circuit 27.

  The stove controller 30 is an electronic circuit unit including a CPU, a memory, various interface circuits, and the like. The cooking condition data holding unit 31 and the stove It functions as the selection unit 32 and the control unit 33.

  On the stove controller 30, the detection signals of the temperature sensors 15a, 15b, 15c and the operation of the operation buttons (the left stove operation button 11a, the right stove operation button 11b, the rear stove operation button 11c, and the grill operation button 21) are provided. A signal, an operation signal of an operation panel (the stove operation panel 13, the grill operation panel 23), and a signal received by the communication circuit 27 are input.

  Further, according to the control signal output from the stove controller 30, the display of the left stove 10a, the right stove 10b, the rear stove 10c, the grill 20, the operation panel (the stove operation panel 13, the grill operation panel 23), the sound from the speaker 26 ( Output of voice guidance, buzzer sound, and the like, display on the display panel 14, and transmission of signals by the communication circuit 27 are controlled.

  The smartphone 50 includes a smartphone controller 60 that controls the overall operation of the smartphone 50. The smartphone controller 60 is an electronic circuit unit including a CPU, a memory, various interface circuits, and the like, and executes a control program for the smartphone 50 stored in the memory by the CPU, so that the cooking condition data acquisition unit 61, It functions as a recipe selection unit 62 and a cooking condition data transmission unit 63.

  Further, the smartphone 50 has a touch panel 51 on which various screens are displayed while being touch-operated by the user P, a speaker 52 for outputting sounds and the like, and communication for performing communication between the gas stove 1 and the server 90. A circuit 53 is provided.

  A touch operation signal on the touch panel 51 and a signal received by the communication circuit 53 are input to the smartphone controller 60. The control signal transmitted from the smartphone controller 60 controls the screen display on the touch panel 51 and the transmission of the signal by the communication circuit 53.

[3. Smartphone recipe and stove selection process]
Next, with reference to FIG. 3, a description will be given of a cooking recipe and an operation of selecting a stove used for cooking in the smartphone 50. Here, a case where the user P selects the curry recipe will be described as an example. In addition, in the cooking of curry, heating cooking of three items of "curry roux", "rice", and "tonkatsu" is executed.

  Therefore, the user P operates the smartphone 50 according to the procedure shown in FIG. 3, and selects a heating unit (any of the left stove 10 a, the right stove 10 b, the rear stove 10 c, and the grill 20) used for heating and cooking each item. Or).

  When the user P selects the curry recipe, a recipe selection screen 51a indicating the curry ingredients and the cooking procedure is displayed on the touch panel 51 of the smartphone 50. Then, when the user performs an operation of confirming the recipe, a selection screen 51b of a heating unit to be used in heating the curry roux is displayed on the touch panel 51. In the selection screen 51b, since only the left hob 10a and the right hob 10b can be selected, the corresponding display 55a for the left hob 10a, the corresponding display 55b for the right hob 10b, the corresponding display 55c for the rear hob 10c, and the corresponding display for the grill 20. Of the 56, the corresponding display 55a of the left hob 10a and the corresponding display 55b of the right hob 10b are highlighted (shaded display).

  When the user P selects one of the left cooker 10a and the right cooker 10b, the display on the touch panel 51 is switched to a selection screen 51c for a heating unit used for cooking (cooking) rice. In the selection screen 51c, since only the rear stove 10c can be selected, the corresponding display 55c of the rear stove 10c is highlighted.

  When the user P selects the rear stove 10c, the display on the touch panel 51 switches to a selection screen 51d of a heating unit used for heating cooking of tonkatsu (non-fried tonkatsu). Since only the grill 20 can be selected on the selection screen 51d, the corresponding display 56 of the grill 20 is highlighted.

  When the user P selects the grill 20 as the heating unit used for cooking the tonkatsu, the selection process of the heating unit ends. Then, the smartphone 50 transmits the cooking condition data including the recipe data of the curry and the data indicating the heating unit used for the heating and cooking of each item (curry roux, rice, tonkatsu) to the gas stove 1 and transmits the recipe data transmission screen. 51e is displayed on the touch panel 51.

[4. Processing of parallel cooking operation by gas stove]
The cooking condition data holding unit 31 of the gas stove 1 holds the cooking condition data received from the smartphone 50 in a memory.

  Then, the control unit 33 performs the heating cooking operation of the curry roux, the heating cooking operation of the rice, and the heating cooking operation of the tonkatsu according to the timing chart shown in FIG. 4 so that the completion timing of each heating cooking operation is the same. A parallel heating cooking operation that is performed in parallel is performed.

  When receiving the recipe data from the smartphone 50 at t1 in FIG. 4, the control unit 33 performs a notification to prompt the start of the heating and cooking of the curry roux. As shown in FIG. 5, this notification displays a support screen 14a for prompting the ignition of the right stove 10b on the display panel 14, and provides the voice guidance 26a of "Please ignite the pan on the right stove" to the speaker 26. This is done by outputting from

  Then, when the user P places the pot containing the ingredients on the goto 16b of the right hob 10b and performs the ignition operation of the right hob 10b with the right hob operation button 11b, the control unit 33 sets the right The cooking process of the curry roux is started by performing the ignition processing of the stove 10b.

  The control unit 33 first executes the heating cooking operation in the “stir-fry cooking mode”. In the “stir-fry cooking mode”, the temperature detected by the temperature sensor 15b is allowed to be relatively high. Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the control unit 33 outputs the voice guidance 26b of "Please cook while stirring the ingredients" from the speaker 26, and indicates the remaining time of the heating cooking in the "stir-fry cooking mode". The support screen 14b is displayed on the display panel 14.

  Further, the control unit 33 transmits monitor data indicating the execution status of the heating and cooking operation of the curry roux to the smartphone 50, and the smartphone 50 that has received the monitor data transmits the monitor data during cooking by the right stove 10b as illustrated in FIG. Is displayed on the touch panel 51. The support screen 51f displays the description of the cooking tips, the remaining time until the heating of the curry roux is completed, and the like.

  Next, the control unit 33 determines that the rice cooker containing the ingredients (rice + water) is to be ignited on the rear stove 10c at the start timing of the heating cooking (cooking) of rice (t3 in FIG. 4). Gives prompting information. This notification, as shown in FIG. 5, displays on the display panel 14 a support screen 14c for prompting the ignition of the rear stove 10c, and provides a voice guidance 26c for "Please ignite the rice cooker on the rear stove". This is performed by outputting from the speaker 26.

  At time t3, when the user P places the rice cooker on the stove 16c of the rear stove 10c and performs the ignition operation of the rear stove 10c with the rear stove operation button 11c, the control unit 33 causes the rear stove 10 to operate. The ignition processing of 10c is performed, and the heating and cooking operation in the “rice cooking mode” is started. In the "cooking mode", the heating power of the rear stove 10c is adjusted according to a preset heating condition according to the temperature detected by the temperature sensor 15c.

  Here, from the point in time at which the control unit 33 notifies the rice cooker containing the ingredients (rice + water) to be ignited in the rear stove 10c at t3, the user P starts the ignition operation of the rear stove 10c at t4. The time T1 until the cooking is performed varies depending on the preparation state of the cooking by the user P. Then, the timing at which the rice cooking operation is completed changes according to the time T1. Therefore, the control unit 33 executes a remaining time difference reduction process for matching the completion timing of each heating cooking operation (heating cooking operation of curry roux, rice and tonkatsu) as described later.

  The control unit 33 displays, on the display panel 14, a support screen 14d indicating the remaining time of the heating operation in the “stir-fry cooking mode” and the remaining time of the heating operation in the “cooking mode”, as shown in FIG. indicate.

  Furthermore, the control unit 33 transmits monitor data indicating the execution status of the cooking and cooking of the curry roux to the smartphone 50, and the smart phone 50 that has received this monitor data, as shown in FIG. Is displayed on the touch panel 51. The support screen 51g that indicates that cooking of rice and cooking of rice cooked by the stove 10c is being executed, the remaining time until each cooking is completed, and the like.

  Next, the control unit 33 outputs the signal from the speaker 26 at t5 when the conditions for terminating the heating cooking in the “stir-fry mode” (set according to the execution time of the heating cooking, the change in the temperature detected by the temperature sensor 15b, and the like) are satisfied. It outputs voice guidance saying "Please add water to the pan on the right stove and cook." The user P adds water to the pot and starts the stew cooking in accordance with the voice guidance.

  The control unit 33 switches from the “stir-fry mode” to the “simmering mode” and continues the cooking operation of the curry roux. In the “simmering mode”, the control unit 33 controls the heating power of the right stove 10b such that the temperature detected by the temperature sensor 15b is maintained within a predetermined range.

  At the subsequent t6, the control unit 33 issues a notification for prompting the ignition of the grill 20 in order to start the heating cooking operation of the non-fried tonkatsu. This notification is performed by displaying on the display panel 14 a support screen 14e for prompting the ignition of the grill 20 and outputting from the speaker 26 a voice guidance saying "Please put the tonkatsu in the grill and ignite."

  The control unit 33 determines the time t6 according to the time t4 at which the cooking operation of the rice is started and the time t5 at which the cooking operation in the stew mode is started. It is set to coincide with the timing when the heating and cooking operation of rice is completed.

  In response to the notification prompting the ignition of the grill 20, the user P puts the tonkatsu into the storage compartment 20a of the grill 20 and operates the grill operation button 21. At t7, the control unit 33 performs the ignition processing of the grill 20. Start heating cooking in "non-fly mode". In the “non-fly mode”, the control unit 33 controls the grill burner (provided in the storage 20a) so that the temperature detected by a temperature sensor (not shown) provided in the storage 20a is maintained within a predetermined temperature range. (Not shown) is controlled.

  Here, from the point in time when the control unit 33 issues a notification prompting the ignition of the grill 20 to start the non-fried tonkatsu heating cooking operation at t6, the time from when the user P performs the ignition operation of the grill 20 at t7. The time T2 changes depending on the preparation state of the cooking by the user P. Then, the timing at which the heating and cooking operation of the non-fried tonkatsu is completed changes according to the time T2. Therefore, the control unit 33 executes a remaining time difference reduction process for matching the completion timing of each heating cooking operation (heating cooking operation of curry roux, rice and tonkatsu) as described later.

  In this way, the control unit 33 monitors the remaining time (estimated time) until each heating and cooking operation is completed while the heating and cooking operations of curry roux, rice, and tonkatsu are being performed in parallel. Then, when the difference in the remaining time until each heating and cooking operation is completed is equal to or longer than the predetermined time, a process for reducing the difference in the remaining time (remaining time difference reduction process) is executed.

  In addition, of the curry roux, rice, and pork cutlet included in the parallel cooking operation of curry, rice and pork cutlet are cooked by adding the heat retention time because the heating cooking execution time and heating pattern are determined in advance. Not suitable for extending the execution time. On the other hand, since it is not necessary to accurately manage the curry roasting time, it is suitable to extend the execution time of the heating cooking operation by adding the heat retention time.

  Therefore, the cooking schedule is set so that the cooking operation of rice and tonkatsu is completed after the cooking operation of curry roux. Then, as shown in FIG. 4, as shown in FIG. 4, the cooking time of the curry roux is completed at the time when the cooking operation of the rice and the tonkatsu is completed by extending the execution time of the stew by adding the warming period t8 to t9. Can be matched. During the warming period t8 to t9, the control unit 33 controls the heating power of the right cooker 10b (corresponding to the heating power of the present invention) so that the temperature detected by the temperature sensor 15b falls within a temperature range necessary for keeping the food to be cooked. Adjust the level.

  Subsequently, the control unit 33 outputs, at t9, voice guidance from the speaker 26 stating "Please add seasoning and cook while stirring". In accordance with the voice guidance, the user P puts a seasoning (solid curry roux, etc.) into a cooking container placed on the gotoku 16b of the right stove 10b, and cooks while stirring the ingredients in the pan.

  While performing the cooking operation of curry roux, rice, and tonkatsu, the control unit 33 displays the support screen 14f indicating the remaining time of each heating cooking operation on the display panel 14 and displays the execution status of each heating cooking. The transmitted monitor data is transmitted to the smartphone 50. The smartphone 50 that has received the monitor data displays on the touch panel 51 a support screen 51h indicating the execution status of each heating and cooking operation.

  At time t10 when the cooking operation of curry roux, rice and tonkatsu is completed, the control unit 33 displays a support screen 14g indicating that the cooking operation of curry roux, rice and tonkatsu has been completed, as shown in FIG. In addition to the display on the panel 14, the voice guidance that “cooking, cooking, and tonkatsu are completed” is output from the speaker 26.

[Other embodiments]
In the above embodiment, and in response to the cooking recipe of curry, the case where the parallel heating cooking operation is executed according to the cooking schedule of performing the heating cooking operation of three items (curry roux, rice, and tonkatsu) in parallel, The present invention can be applied to a cooking recipe in which a cooking schedule in which heating cooking operations of at least two items are performed in parallel is set.

  In the above-described embodiment, in the cooking schedule, of the three items (curry roux, rice, and tonkatsu), the heating and cooking operation of the curry roux suitable for keeping the heat is earlier than the heating and cooking operation of the rice and tonkatsu that are not suitable for keeping the heat. However, the effect of the present invention can be obtained even when such setting is not performed.

  In the above-described embodiment, as the remaining time difference reduction processing of the present invention, the execution time of the heating and cooking operation of the curry roux with the shortest remaining time until the completion of the heating and cooking operation (the execution time of the heating and cooking operation in the “simmering mode”) Although the extension process is performed, the time when the heating and cooking operation of each item is completed by another process may be matched. For example, for the heating cooking operation having the longest remaining time until the heating cooking operation is completed, a process of increasing the heating power of the heating unit and shortening the execution time of the heating cooking operation may be performed.

  In the above-described embodiment, the heating unit to be used with the cooking recipe is selected by the smartphone 50 (communication terminal). However, the heating unit to be used with the cooking recipe may be selected by operating the operation panels 13 and 23 of the gas stove 1. In this case, the cooking condition data is held in the memory of the stove controller 30.

  In the above embodiment, the gas stove 1 is shown as the heating cooking device of the present invention. However, if it is a heating cooking device that includes a plurality of heating units and performs automatic heating cooking, it is applicable to another type of heating cooking device such as an IH cooking heater. The present invention is also applicable to this.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Gas stove (heating cooking device), 10a ... Left stove, 10b ... Right stove, 10c ... Rear stove, 11a ... Left stove operation button, 11b ... Right stove operation button, 11c ... Rear stove operation button, 12 ... Stove operation unit, 13 Stove operation panel, 14 Display panel, 20 Grill, 20a Storage unit (of grill), 21 Grill operation buttons, 22 Grill operation unit, 23 Grill operation panel, 30 Stove Controller, 31: Cooking condition data holding unit, 32: Stove selection unit, 33: Control unit, 50: Smartphone, 51: Touch panel, 60: Smartphone controller, 61: Cooking condition data acquisition unit, 62: Recipe selection unit, 63 ... Cooking condition data transmission unit, 90 ... server, 91 ... recipe DB (database).

Claims (4)

A plurality of heating units for heating the object to be cooked,
A heating cooking apparatus comprising: a control unit that executes a parallel heating operation in which the heating operations of the plurality of items are performed in parallel by the different heating units according to a cooking schedule that ends the heating cooking of the plurality of items at the same timing. At
In accordance with an operation by a user, a heating start instruction unit for instructing start of a heating operation by each of the heating units,
In the parallel heating operation, the control unit starts the heating operation of each item in response to an instruction from the heating start instruction unit, and monitors a remaining time until the heating operation of each item is completed. And a remaining time difference decreasing process for reducing a difference in remaining time until the heating and cooking operation of each item is completed. The cooking device according to claim 1,
The heating cooking device, wherein the control unit performs, as the remaining time difference reducing process, a process of extending the execution time of the heating cooking operation of the item having the shortest remaining time. The cooking device according to claim 2,
The control unit, when extending the execution time of the heating and cooking operation of the item with the shortest remaining time by the remaining time difference reduction process, increases the heating power of the heating unit used in the heating and cooking operation to extend the execution time. Is set to a level necessary to maintain the temperature of the object to be cooked within a predetermined temperature range. The cooking device according to claim 3,
The plurality of items include an item that is not suitable for heat retention by heating and an item that is not suitable for heating. In the cooking schedule, the heating and cooking operation of the item that is not suitable for heat retention by heating includes heating the item that is suitable for heat retention by heating. A heating cooking device set to be completed after a cooking operation.