JPH06327414A - Apparatus for indicating cooking procedure - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable the display of an image showing the indication transmitted from a cooking procedure indicator while enjoying the image of TV broadcast, etc., during cooking. CONSTITUTION:An image showing the direction of a cooking procedure and an image of TV or AV equipment 4 are made to be switchable or integrally displayable on a display face of a procedure displaying part 2 by a control signal for AV equipment transmitted from a signal transmitter 37.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cooking procedure indicator for assisting a cooking procedure when cooking in a kitchen.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When cooking a food, when it is not known how to cook it, it is customary to look at a guidebook or the like. However, when doing while looking at the guidebook, it is necessary to spread the book such as the guidebook on the cooking table, which is an obstacle to cooking and it is difficult to immediately check the next step during cooking. there were. There was also a problem that each person had to manage time.

Therefore, the applicant of the present application has filed Japanese Patent Application No. 4-426.
No. 1 has a procedure display section for displaying cooking procedure and a timer section for measuring time, and reads out cooking procedure data corresponding to each dish selected in the input section from the cooking procedure storage section, and reads out the read cooking procedure data. Based on the above, the cooking procedure indicator is proposed to display the cooking procedure on the procedure display section and to instruct the procedure and manage the time according to the progress of cooking.

[0004]

In the cooking procedure indicator described above, when the timer unit is activated, it is possible to measure the time and display a clock for notifying the lapse of time. However, while setting a timer and waiting for the set time to pass, you can watch ordinary TV broadcasts,
If you switch the display of the TV used as the procedure display unit from the external input side to the TV tuner side or AV equipment side in order to enjoy the video of the AV equipment such as video and laser disc, the cooking procedure indicator will be displayed. However, there was a problem that the image could not be displayed and that it could not be notified even after the set time had elapsed.

Further, when displaying a cooking method image or the like as a moving image on the procedure display section, a sufficient number of colors can be obtained if the number of frames that can be displayed per second is reduced by a low-speed CPU or if the memory capacity is small. There was a problem that it was not possible to obtain a natural moving image display.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a video showing the contents of instructions from a cooking procedure indicator while at the same time enjoying a video such as a television broadcast during cooking. The object is to provide a cooking procedure indicator capable of displaying. Also, for other purposes,
An object is to provide a cooking procedure indicator that enables a natural moving image display regardless of the performance of hardware.

[0007]

According to the present invention, there is provided a procedure display section for displaying a cooking procedure, an input section for selecting and inputting a type of dish, instruction contents of a cooking procedure for each dish, and timing for issuing an instruction. The cooking procedure storage unit that stores cooking procedure data, the timer unit that measures time, and the cooking procedure data of the dish selected by the input unit are read from the cooking procedure storage unit, and based on the read cooking procedure data. A cooking procedure indicator including a control section for displaying the instruction content of the cooking procedure on the procedure display section, and performing the instruction of the procedure and time management according to the progress of cooking, which is a signal for controlling AV equipment. It is characterized in that a transmission unit is added and the display on the procedure display unit is controlled by a control signal from the AV device control signal transmission unit.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the cooking procedure indicator according to the first aspect, an AV device such as a VTR or LD is connected to the procedure display section, and the AV device control signal transmission section is used. It is possible to display the video from the AV device on the procedure display section by the control signal.

Further, in claim 3, a procedure display section for displaying a cooking procedure, an input section for selecting and inputting a type of dish, instruction content of a cooking procedure for each dish, and timing for issuing an instruction. The cooking procedure storage unit that stores cooking procedure data, the timer unit that measures time, and the cooking procedure data of the dish selected by the input unit are read from the cooking procedure storage unit, and based on the read cooking procedure data. A cooking procedure indicator including a control unit for displaying the instruction content of the cooking procedure on the procedure display unit, and performing the instruction of the procedure and the time management according to the progress of cooking, which is the instruction of the cooking procedure. It is characterized in that a video synthesizing unit for synthesizing the video showing the content and another video is added, and the synthesized video is displayed on the procedure display unit.

[0010]

According to the cooking procedure indicator of claims 1 and 2, the AV
In response to a control signal from the device control signal transmission unit, the display screen on the procedure display unit is switched between a video image showing the instruction content of the cooking procedure and a video image from a television broadcast or AV device,
It is designed so that it can be combined and displayed.

Further, in the cooking procedure indicator of the third aspect, the video synthesizing section displays the video showing the instruction content of the cooking procedure and the video input from the TV broadcast or video signal input section received by the TV broadcast receiving section. The images are combined and the combined image is displayed on the procedure display unit.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a schematic configuration diagram of a cooking procedure indicator according to the present embodiment. The cooking procedure indicator of the present embodiment has an input unit 1, a procedure display unit 2 and a control device 3, and the control device 3 uses the AV equipment control signal line L to perform the procedure display unit 2.
A control signal is output to.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the control device 3 in detail. The input unit 1 gives instructions to the control device 3, and is composed of a mouse, a keyboard, etc., and is operated by the user.

The procedure display unit 2 is composed of a CRT, a television or the like, and displays instruction contents such as menus and cooking procedures.

The control device 3 has a cooking procedure storage unit 31, a memory unit 32, a timer unit 33, a screen creation unit 34, an output signal conversion unit 35, a control unit 36 and an AV device control signal transmission unit 37. . The cooking procedure storage unit 31 stores instruction content of cooking procedures of each dish and cooking procedure data including timing of issuing the instructions. The memory unit 32 is a memory that is readable and writable and capable of holding stored data, and can hold data input from the input unit 1 and data changed based on the input data. The data of the amount of the material changed according to the number of people can be stored when the data of is input. Timer unit 33
Is for measuring elapsed time. Screen creation unit 3
Reference numeral 4 is for creating a signal corresponding to the screen displayed on the procedure display unit 2. The output signal conversion unit 35 converts an analog RGB signal into a video signal according to the form of the procedure display unit 2, and allows a commercially available television to be used as the procedure display unit 2.

The control unit 36 controls the above-mentioned units and processes data. For example, in order to inform the progress of cooking time, the control unit 36 measures the time measured by the timer unit 33.
Control such as displaying the procedure display unit 2 with a title such as a cooking name or a work name is performed.

The AV device control signal transmitting section 37 is for transmitting a control signal for controlling an AV apparatus such as a television or a VTR according to the control signal from the control section 36. For example, a procedure display section. When a commercially available TV is used as 2, the display screen of the procedure display unit 2 may be a screen in which a TV broadcast screen and a screen showing the instruction content of the cooking procedure from the control device 3 are combined, or both screens may be combined. A control signal for switching between is output to the procedure display unit 2.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flow chart shown in FIG. If a commercially available television is used as the procedure display unit 2 and a general television broadcast is being watched while cooking using the cooking procedure indicator of the present embodiment, it is displayed on the procedure display unit 2. If you have the information to
The screen is created by the screen creating unit 34, and A
A request signal for generating a child screen is sent from the V device control signal transmission unit 36 to the procedure display unit 2, and the procedure display unit 2 uses a screen display function called picture-in-picture as shown in FIG. , Timer information from the cooking procedure indicator is displayed on a part of a normal TV broadcast. When the on-screen display function of displaying a character string on the screen is used as the screen display function, the processing is performed based on the flowchart shown in FIG. 5, and the display of the timer information as shown in FIG. 6 is performed. It is possible.

The timer information need not always be displayed, and may be displayed every few minutes or only when the set time is reached.

Further, a cooking procedure according to the present invention is added to a system in which an AV device 4 such as a VTR or LD is added, and normally, a video / audio signal is displayed on the procedure display unit 2 by a video / audio signal from the AV device 4. When the indicator is applied, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the AV device control signal line L is connected from the control device 3 to the procedure display unit 2 and the AV device 4, and the control device 3 causes the AV device 4 to operate. The video / audio output from the procedure to the procedure display unit 2 is controlled. According to the present embodiment, in the middle of displaying the cooking procedure, the screen is switched to that of the AV equipment 4 and a moving image showing a concrete example of the cooking procedure is displayed on the procedure display unit 2.
It is possible to display in.

The operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flow chart shown in FIG. First, in the AV device 4, for example, information of a moving image showing a basic operation such as “square cutting” and “ginkgo cutting” is set in advance. Then, when the term indicating the basic operation is displayed on the procedure display unit 2 while using the cooking procedure indicator, for example, as shown in FIG.
If the user wants to know the operation of "chopping", when the operation of requesting the display of a moving image is performed by the input unit 1, the control unit 36 instructs the AV device control signal transmission unit 37 to display the reproduction command and the procedure display of the AV device 4. Request to generate the input switching command of section 2. AV device control signal transmitter 37
Then, a reproduction request (which may include a cue request) is issued to the AV device 4 which reproduces the moving image, and at the same time, the procedure display unit 2
Request to switch to the display on the device side that plays the video. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 10A, basic terms indicating how to cut a material are displayed, and if there is a term to know a specific operation, the term (for example,
When "choose" is selected, a screen showing a specific operation as shown in FIG. 10B is displayed, and when a moving image is requested, the screen is switched and the screen shown in FIG.
As shown in (c), a moving image showing the actual operation of "chopping" is displayed.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing an embodiment in which the composite screen is displayed without adding the AV device control signal transmitting section 37. In this embodiment, a television broadcast receiving section 39 for receiving a television broadcast from a television antenna and a video synthesizing section 38 for synthesizing the television broadcast and the screen display signal created by the screen creating section 34 are added.

The operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Now, when trying to display information such as the remaining time of the timer on the procedure display unit 2 while watching a television broadcast, when the timer is operating, the input unit 1 of the cooking procedure indicator is
When the operation for requesting the reception of the television broadcast is performed in, the control unit 36 requests the screen generation unit 34 to generate only the timer screen, and the television image received by the television broadcast reception unit 39 and the screen generation unit 34. Video to video synthesizer 3
8, and the procedure display unit 2 displays the remaining amount of the timer on the screen of the television broadcast as shown in FIG.

Also in this embodiment, the timer information does not always have to be displayed, and may be every few minutes.
It may be displayed only when the set time is reached.

Further, as shown in FIG. 13, if a video signal input section 40 is provided instead of the television broadcast receiving section 39, a composite display of the video image and the remaining amount of the timer becomes possible.

According to the present embodiment, for example, while the timer is operating, it is possible to check the remaining time of the timer while enjoying television broadcasting and video images.

[0027]

As described above, according to the cooking procedure indicator of the present invention, the control signal from the AV device control signal transmitting section causes the display screen on the procedure display section to indicate the instruction content of the cooking procedure. Since it is possible to switch between video and video from TV broadcasting or AV equipment, and to perform composite display, it is possible to simultaneously display the video of the cooking procedure indicator while enjoying the video of TV broadcasting etc. during cooking. As a result, it is possible to provide a cooking procedure indicator that allows the user to check the remaining time of the timer while enjoying the television broadcast while the timer is operating.

Further, it is possible to connect an AV device such as a VTR or LD to the procedure display unit and display a video from the AV device on the procedure display unit by a control signal from the AV device control signal transmission unit. Therefore, it was possible to provide a cooking procedure indicator that enables natural video display regardless of the hardware performance.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a cooking procedure indicator of one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing in detail the control device of the above.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation of the same.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a display screen according to the above.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing another screen display method according to the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display screen according to the above.

FIG. 7 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a cooking procedure indicator of another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing in detail the control device of the above.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the same operation.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a display screen according to the above.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a cooking procedure indicator of another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing an operation of the above.

FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing a cooking procedure indicator of another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Input Section 2 Procedure Display Section 3 Control Device 4 AV Equipment 31 Cooking Procedure Storage Section 32 Memory Section 33 Timer Section 34 Screen Creation Section 35 Output Signal Conversion Section 36 Control Section 37 AV Equipment Control Signal Transmission Section

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Kiyotaka Takehara, 1048 Kadoma, Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture, Matsushita Electric Works Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor, Katsuhiko Kimura, 1048, Kadoma, Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture 72) Inventor, Ryo Ito 1048, Kadoma, Kadoma City, Osaka Prefecture Matsushita Electric Works Co., Ltd.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A procedure display section for displaying a cooking procedure, an input section for selecting and inputting the type of cooking, and cooking procedure data including cooking instruction content for each dish and timing of issuing the instruction are stored. The cooking procedure storage unit, the timer unit for measuring time, and the cooking procedure data of the dish selected by the input unit are read from the cooking procedure storage unit, and the instruction contents of the cooking procedure are displayed based on the read cooking procedure data. A cooking procedure indicator including a control unit to be displayed on the unit, for performing a procedure instruction and time management according to a cooking progress situation, and adding an AV device control signal transmitting unit to the AV device. A cooking procedure indicator, wherein display on a procedure display section is controlled by a control signal from a control signal transmitting section. 2. An AV device such as a VTR or LD can be connected to the procedure display unit, and a video signal from the AV device can be displayed on the procedure display unit by a control signal from the AV device control signal transmission unit. The cooking procedure indicator according to claim 1. 3. A procedure display section for displaying a cooking procedure, an input section for selecting and inputting the type of cooking, and cooking procedure data including cooking instruction content for each dish and timing for issuing the instruction are stored. The cooking procedure storage unit, the timer unit for measuring time, and the cooking procedure data of the dish selected by the input unit are read from the cooking procedure storage unit, and the instruction contents of the cooking procedure are displayed based on the read cooking procedure data. A cooking procedure indicator including a control section to be displayed on the section, and performing a procedure instruction and a time management according to a cooking progress situation, which is an image showing the instruction content of the cooking procedure and another image. A cooking procedure indicator, characterized in that a video synthesizing section for synthesizing and is added, and the synthesized video is displayed on the procedure display section.