JPH07102095B2 - Cooking menu creation device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial field of application] The present invention is applied to an automatic cooking machine that automatically cooks various menus, and determines the distribution of seasonings, heating temperature, stirring speed, etc., which are indispensable during cooking. The present invention relates to a cooking menu creation device that obtains various cooking information for control.

[Prior Art] For example, a large number of predetermined menus are cooked at school lunches, in-house dining halls, etc., but the cooks are responsible for the distribution of seasonings, cooking temperature, and stirring speed during cooking. It is usually done by hand, and the method of adjustment was dependent on the distance and intuition.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, such manual cooking alone causes variations in the taste of cooked foods, and it is not possible to always cook foods with consistent tastes, and quality is not guaranteed. Not only will there be individual differences in the adjustment of heating and stirring, stirring, etc.,
It cannot be said that it is a very efficient cooking method because it takes time to prepare carelessly and it takes a lot of time to prepare a large amount of dishes.

Therefore, in order to solve the above problems and to perform efficient cooking, automation of cooking is required, but how to obtain information on distribution of seasonings, heating temperature, and adjustment of stirring speed? The problem arises.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and an object thereof is to set and evaluate control conditions such as distribution of seasonings during cooking, heating temperature, and stirring speed in order to automate cooking. The present invention is to provide a cooking menu creation device capable of efficiently and simply performing a series of operations for creating a card for each cooking menu by determining the optimum control condition.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the cooking menu creation device according to the present invention includes a storage unit that stores cooking information of a predetermined menu in advance, and each cooking-related item based on the set cooking information. A cooking control means for controlling the drive system, a cooking information processing means for correcting each item of the cooking information based on the cooking result by the cooking control means, and a final cooking information corrected by the cooking information means as a card. And a storage card writing device for storing the storage card in the storage device.

[Operation] The cooking control means controls each drive system based on cooking information preset corresponding to a predetermined menu to start cooking. The cooking information processing means corrects each item of cooking information based on the cooking result, controls each drive system based on the corrected cooking information, and restarts the cooking operation. The final cooking information obtained by repeating the cooking operation is stored in the card-shaped storage means by the storage card writing device.

[Embodiment] FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the cooking menu creating apparatus according to the present invention.

The cooking menu creation device according to this embodiment is applied to an automatic cooker that automatically cooks various menus, and includes a control device 1 as cooking control means, a processing device 2 as cooking information processing means, and peripheral devices. It is roughly configured with 3.

The control device 1 cooks according to the conditions set in the processing device 2 which will be described in detail later and the cooking information of the IC card as the storage means 4, and its outer shape has a casing structure as shown in FIG. On the right side and the lower side of the front surface of the casing 1a, there are arranged key groups forming the setting means 5. A display as a display unit 6 is provided on the left side of the center of the front surface of the housing 1a. Further, a card insertion slot 7 into which the IC card as the storage means 4 is inserted is provided at a position on the right side of the casing 1a, which is juxtaposed with the key group 5a forming the setting means 5.

The IC card as the memory means 4 is a cooking process showing a process of controlling the ingredients and seasonings per person corresponding to one menu that has been tested in advance, and also the seasoning of the seasonings, the heating temperature, and the stirring speed. Information is stored.

In the display forming the display means 6, the storage means 4
When the IC card is inserted, the display based on the stored information in the storage means 4 is performed. That is, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, two patterns are displayed on the screen. As the screen, a cooking table in which the distribution of ingredients and seasonings per person is displayed numerically is displayed. The distribution of fees is displayed in a bar graph according to the number of people. The screen also displays the seasoning control timing, heating temperature and stirring speed control process.

Here, the shaded portion on the screen indicates the portion where cooking is finished, and the portion where cooking is finished and other portions are color-coded, for example, and it is possible to easily visually see how far cooking is currently proceeding. , The whole flow of cooking can be grasped.

The setting means 5 refers to the screen displayed on the display means 6 to perform various settings related to cooking. When the setting key 5aa is pressed, the setting card 5 is displayed as a screen with the IC card as the storage means 4 inserted. UP based on the cooking table displayed on the means 6
Use / DOWN key 5ab to specify the seasoning and increase / decrease it. Increase / decrease key 5a
c, and the screen of the display means 6,
A screen designation key 5ab for designating any of the above, a material input key 5ae for indicating whether or not a material has been input, and a start key 5af / stop key 5ag for designating the start / stop of cooking.

Further, the setting means 5 is provided with a manual key 5b. For example, during cooking, by pushing the manual key 5ba and operating the respective keys 5bb, the heating temperature (low heat, low,
You can adjust the settings for medium, strong, fire extinguishing) and stirring speed (0, 20, 30 cm / s).

Here, the command for controlling the operation of the storage unit 4, the setting unit 5, and the display unit 6 described above is performed based on the command signal output from the control unit 8.

The drive means 9 controls the seasoning machine 10, the electric heater 11 and the stirrer 12 respectively by contact signals of a relay or the like to cook the menu stored in the storage means 4 based on a command from the control means 8 in the control device 1. The drive is controlled.

Next, the operation of the test cooking by the above-mentioned control device will be described based on the flow chart shown in FIG.

First, the power is turned on (ST1), and the IC as the storage means 4
When the card is inserted (ST2), a cooking table on the screen is displayed on the screen of the display as the display means 6 (ST3). In this state, when changing the distribution of the seasoning (ST4), the cursor 13 is moved by the UP / DOWN key 5ab in the setting means 5 to specify the desired seasoning, and the increase / decrease key 5ac is used while watching the display screen. Set the amount (ST5). When this setting is completed and the start key 5af is pressed (ST6), the display screen of the display means 6 displays a display showing the progress of cooking on the screen (ST7) and cooking is started (ST8) and stored. Based on the information about cooking stored in the IC card, which is the means 4, the opening / closing valve of the seasoning charging machine 10, the heating temperature of the electric heating 11, and the stirrer 12 are driven through the driving means 9.
The rotation speed of is automatically controlled (ST9). In addition,
During cooking, as for the ingredients, the opening and closing of the ingredient feeder (not shown) is controlled by the manual operation according to the progress of cooking while observing the display screen of the display means 6 and the ingredients are introduced. If the manual key 5b is pressed during cooking and turned on (ST1
0), heating temperature and stirring speed are controlled manually (ST11). This operation is performed until the mode is switched to automatic mode (ST12). When the test cooking is completed by the above operation (ST13), each drive system is stopped.

The processing device 2 sets the desired cooking information on the basis of the IC card as the storage means 4 mounted on the control device 1, and prepares the cooking information based on the result of the test cooking performed according to this setting. Each item is corrected. That is, the processing device 2 is provided with a key group which replaces the setting means 5 of the control device 1 described above, and sets each parameter such as the switching time of the heating temperature and the stirring speed, the ratio of the seasoning, and the menu. Cooking program setting list (3rd
A table equivalent to that shown in the figure), a result table of the cooking test, and a progress list of the cooking test (a table equivalent to that shown in FIG. 4) are displayed, and the results of each result by the printer (external peripheral device 3) are displayed. Each result is printed and externally stored in a floppy disk or the like. At this time, the initial cooking information initially set is written by a memory card writing device which is an external peripheral device 3, for example.

Next, the operation of the entire apparatus including the processing apparatus 2 will be described based on the flow chart shown in FIG.

First, the initial basic cooking information is stored in the IC card as the storage means 4 (ST14). Next, when the card as the storage means 4 is attached to the card insertion slot 13 of the control device 1 (ST15), the cooking table as a screen is displayed (ST1).
6). At this time, if the setting is changed, the setting of the change is performed based on the setting input from the processing device 2. Next, the progress of cooking on the screen is displayed (ST17), and if there is a change in the content of the display item, the same setting change as the screen is made. In this state, test cooking (operations ST1 to ST13 shown in FIG. 5) by the control device 1 is started (ST18). And
As a result of this test cooking, if there is a change in the content of each item of cooking information used for setting, etc. (ST19), it is corrected by key operation (ST20). This correction ends (ST21)
Alternatively, if the cooking information is not changed, the final cooking information at this time is stored in the card as the storage means 4 by the storage card writing device as the peripheral device 4 of the processing device 2 (ST22). This card is used by being attached to the control device 1.

Further, in this device, in order to improve the reliability of the cooking information of the card as the above-mentioned storage means 4, the control device again performs the test cooking as shown in FIG. 6 by the cooking information of this card.

That is, as a result of performing the test cooking, if it is determined that the test cooking needs to be performed again (ST23), the operations of ST19 to ST21 are repeated.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, the cooking menu creation apparatus according to the present invention can change and set various kinds of information related to cooking stored in the card-shaped storage means based on the result of the test cooking. A cooking menu card that allows you to grasp the optimal conditions for controlling the distribution of seasonings during cooking, heating temperature, stirring speed, etc., and to cook each menu efficiently and easily within a prescribed time without individual differences. Can be created.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a cooking menu creation device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an outer shape of a control device in the device, and FIG. 3 is cooking of a display portion in the control device of the device. The figure which shows the display state of a menu, FIG. 4 is a figure which shows the display state of the cooking process progress of the display part in the control apparatus of the same apparatus, FIG. 5 is the flowchart figure for operating the control apparatus of the same apparatus, FIG. 6 is a flow chart for explaining a series of operations of the apparatus. 1 ... control device, 2 ... processing device, 4 ... storage means (IC
Card), 5 ... setting means, 6 ... display means, 6 ... control means, 9 ... drive means.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A card-shaped storage means for storing cooking information of a predetermined menu in advance, a cooking control means for controlling each drive system related to cooking based on the storage means and the set cooking information, and the cooking. A cooking information processing unit that corrects each item of the cooking information based on the cooking result by the control unit; and a storage card writing device that writes the final cooking information corrected by the cooking information unit into a card-shaped storage unit. A cooking menu creation device characterized by being provided.