JPH0814575A - Automatic cooking equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make it possible to cook automatically according to a difference in an object of cooking. CONSTITUTION:CDROM 1 stores information on cooking. The information on cooking stored in the CDROM 1 is displayed in a display/input device 7. A user executes operation in accordance with the information displayed in the display/input device 7. Based on load data and temperature data sent from a load sensor 11 and a temperature sensor 13, a computer 5 regulates the amount of heating of heat cooking equipment 9 and makes the display/input device 7 display a prescribed message.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic cooking device for automatically cooking while displaying a cooking method and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional cooking apparatus, there is one that has a temperature sensor and automatically stops heating when hot water boils.

[0003]

However, such a heating and cooking apparatus does not automatically adjust the amount of heating or the like according to the difference in the object to be cooked, simply by stopping the heating when the temperature reaches a predetermined value. Absent.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic cooking device capable of automatically cooking in accordance with the difference in the object to be cooked. .

[0005]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a recording medium storing information on cooking, means for reading information on cooking from the recording medium, and information read on cooking. An automatic cooking device comprising: a means for outputting an image and / or a sound; a heating cooking device; and a control means for controlling the heating cooking device according to the read information on cooking.

[0006]

In the present invention, cooking information is stored in a recording medium, the cooking information is read from the recording medium, and the read cooking information is output in the form of an image and / or a sound, and the read cooking information is output. The cooking device is controlled according to the information.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an automatic cooking device according to an embodiment of the present invention. This automatic cooking device is of a multimedia type and comprises a CDROM reading device 3, a computer 5, a display device / input device 7, a heating cooking device 9 having a load sensor 11 and a temperature sensor 13.

The CDROM reading device 3 reads the information on cooking stored in the CDROM 1. CD ROM
In 1 is recorded information about various cooking. For example, information about a cooking method when making a boiled food, information when boiling water, and the like are recorded. Display / input device 7
Has a touch panel display, CDROM
The information on cooking read from 1 is output as an image or a sound, or the user touches a predetermined position on the display to make a desired input.

The cooking device 9 is for heating a pot or the like with gas or electricity, and the amount of heating is adjusted manually or by an instruction from the computer 5. The heating and cooking device 9 has a load sensor 11 and a temperature sensor 13, and the load sensor 11 measures the weight of a pot or the like placed on the heating and cooking device 9. The temperature sensor 13 measures the temperature during heating. The computer 5 controls each part.

2 and 3 are flowcharts showing the procedure of cooking when this automatic cooking device is used. The left side of this flowchart is displayed as an image on the display device / input device 7 or as a sound. Indicates the message that is output. In this example, the process of boiling water to keep it warm will be described.

For example, the user may use the display / input device 7
By touching a predetermined portion of the menu displayed on the screen with a finger, the process of boiling the water and keeping it warm is selected. When the menu is selected, the computer 5
Reads the program relating to the process of boiling the water from the CDROM 1 by the CDROM reading device 3 and keeping it warm, and displays the message "Please put an empty container" on the display / input device 7 (step 20).
1). When the user places an empty container on the heating and cooking device 9, the weight sensor 11 measures the weight of the empty container (step 202), and the computer 7 stores the weight of the empty container.

Next, a message "please add the required water" is displayed on the display / input device 7 (step 203). When the user puts water in the container and places it on the heating and cooking device 9, the load sensor 11 measures the weight of the container containing the water. The computer 5 calculates the amount of water in the container using this weight and the weight of the empty container that has already been stored (step 204), and, for example, the heating cooking device 9 heats with the strongest heating amount from the calculated amount of water. In this case, the time required for boiling is calculated (step 205), and the time required for boiling is displayed on the display device / input device 7 (step 206). Next, the computer 5 adjusts the heating amount of the heating and cooking device 9 to the maximum and heats it (step 207). At this time, the temperature of the pot or the like is measured by the temperature sensor 13, and based on this temperature, the computer 5 determines whether or not it has boiled (step 208). If it boils, the display / input device 7 will say "Hot water boiled."
Is displayed (step 209), and the computer 5 calculates the heating amount for keeping heat (step 210). In this case, depending on the condition of boiling within 15 seconds, or the condition of always keeping at 90 degrees or more,
The heating amount is calculated from the heat capacity.

The computer 5 adjusts the heating amount of the cooking device 9 and heats it (step 211). On the display device / input device 7, a message "Holding heat" is displayed (step 212). Load sensor 11
Is measuring the weight of the pot containing hot water, and the computer 5 determines whether or not the amount of water has decreased due to evaporation (step 213). If the amount of water has decreased, the message "The amount of water has decreased. Please increase the amount of water." Is displayed (step 214). Hereinafter, the user takes measures such as adding water.

As described above, in this embodiment, the information on cooking is displayed in detail on the display device / input device 7, and the user only needs to perform the work according to this display and the cooking device 9 automatically heats the food. I do. That is, since a cooking guide is provided interactively with the user without using a cooking textbook or the like, the user can easily understand and learn the cooking method.

Although the material processing method and the like are expressed in text in cooking textbooks, it is explained by visually confirming the actual operation by using multimedia. It can be carried out.

In this embodiment, the process of boiling water and keeping it warm has been described, but it can also be used for other dishes such as cooked foods. In this case, since heating and the like for a long time are automated, it is possible to perform a plurality of operations at the same time.

[0017]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, it is possible to automatically perform cooking according to the difference in the object to be cooked.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an automatic cooking device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the automatic cooking device.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the automatic cooking device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ... CDROM 3 ... CDROM reader 5 ... Computer 7 ... Display / input device 9 ... Heating and cooking device 11 ... Load sensor 13 ... Temperature sensor

Front page continuation (72) Inventor Maki Yamauchi 1-1-7-101 Nakaochiai, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo (72) Inventor Masaharu Itagaki 2-1-513, Udagawacho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo (72) Inventor Naoshi Komiya Tokyo 3-28-70-207 Minamisenju, Arakawa-ku, Tokyo (72) Tomoko Sato 1-23-18 Gonta-zaka, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa (72) Tsutomu Uno 1399-7 Sezaki-cho, Soka-shi, Saitama Prefecture 1-144

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A recording medium in which information on cooking is stored, a unit for reading information on cooking from the recording medium, a unit for outputting the read information on cooking by image and / or voice, and a cooking device, An automatic cooking device comprising: control means for controlling the cooking device according to the read information on cooking. 2. The heating and cooking device includes a load sensor and a temperature sensor, and the control means includes load information sent from the load sensor, temperature information sent from the temperature sensor, and the recording medium. The automatic cooking device according to claim 1, wherein the heating amount of the heating cooking device is adjusted based on the information on cooking read from the cooking device. 3. The automatic cooking device according to claim 1, wherein the heating cooking device is of a gas type. 4. The automatic cooking device according to claim 1, wherein the heating and cooking device is of an electric type.