WO2015161710A1

WO2015161710A1 - Smart stove and culinary program inputting method thereof

Info

Publication number: WO2015161710A1
Application number: PCT/CN2015/072977
Authority: WO
Inventors: 盛建华
Original assignee: 苏州西顿家用自动化有限公司
Priority date: 2014-04-24
Filing date: 2015-02-13
Publication date: 2015-10-29
Also published as: CN103900116A

Abstract

A smart stove and culinary program inputting method thereof; the smart stove comprises a cooking machine, a communication interface and/or a communication module, and a system controller; the communication interface and/or the communication module is/are connected to the system controller; and the system controller controls the cooking machine to cook. The cooking program inputting method of the smart stove is to input a suitable cooking program in real time according to the cooking requirements without pre-storing a cooking program in a system, thus improving cooking efficiency, and facilitating user communication.

Description

Smart stove and its cooking program entry method

Technical field

The invention relates to the field of kitchen automation, in particular to a smart stove and a method for inputting the same.

Background technique

With the rapid development of modern society, a variety of industries have entered the field of automation. The culinary industry, which is closely related to human life, is no exception, so a wide range of automatic cooking equipment has emerged. At present, the automatic cooking equipment is mainly divided into two categories, one is a cooking equipment suitable for a large number of processing in restaurants, canteens, etc. The equipment is highly automated, and the raw materials and the seasonings can be sequentially or staggered, which can basically imitate artificial cooking. Moreover, the operation precision is high and the stability is strong, but the equipment of this type is large in size and high in price, and usually requires several hundred thousand yuan, which is not suitable for home use. The other is an automatic cooking device suitable for home use. The shape of the automatic cooking device is similar to that of a conventional rice cooker or rice cooker. The operation principle is similar to that of a microwave oven. The cooking method of the dishes is controlled by a plurality of different buttons, such as frying. , frying, frying, blasting, simmering, steaming, boiling, etc. At the same time, this type of automatic cooking equipment needs to add all the materials and ingredients to the cooking equipment before cooking begins. The advantage of this type of automatic cooking equipment is that it is easy to operate. It is easy to use, but because various materials and condiments cannot be added sequentially or staggered according to the existing cooking methods, and the cooking control method is limited, it is impossible to carry out targeted cooking for specific materials, so that the taste of the food to be cooked is lacking. Therefore, the existing cooking cooking equipment for household use is limited, and the problem that many food lovers cannot communicate easily becomes an important problem that needs to be solved in the field of kitchen automation.

Summary of the invention

In order to solve the problem that the cooking mode of the existing home-style automatic cooking equipment is limited and many food lovers cannot communicate easily, the present invention provides the following technical solutions:

A smart stove includes a cooking machine and a system controller. The smart stove further includes a communication interface and/or a communication module, that is, the smart stove can be separately installed with a communication interface, or can be separately installed with a communication module, and can also be installed with a communication interface. And the communication module, the communication interface is a communication interface used by wired communication, and the communication module is a communication module used by wireless communication. After preparing the materials and seasonings, start the smart stove, and the system controller of the smart stove controls the cooking machine to cook until the dishes are cooked and put them into the plate. The communication interface and/or the communication module are connected to the system controller for connecting with an external smart device, and the cooking program in the smart device is recorded into the system controller of the smart stove.

The communication interface comprises a serial port, a parallel port, a USB interface or a communication interface of other wired communication, and the communication interface further comprises a transfer interface including a serial port, a parallel port and a USB interface, such as a communication line attached to the mobile phone itself, and the end connected to the mobile phone is arbitrary. The interface of the type is the USB interface, and the interface for communication between the communication line and the smart stove is also referred to as a USB interface; the communication module includes a Bluetooth communication module, an infrared communication module, an NFC communication module or other wireless communication. Communication module.

A smart stove cooking program input method, the smart device storing the cooking program and the system controller are connected through a serial port, a parallel port, a USB interface, a Bluetooth communication module, an infrared communication module, and a communication interface in the NFC communication module, The smart device inputs a cooking program to the system controller until the cooking program is completed, disconnects the smart device from the system controller, and completes the cooking program entry.

The smart device includes a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a computer, a PDA, etc., and the smart device can program the cooking program and/or download the cooking program from the Internet, and then enter the system controller of the smart stove.

At present, the intelligence of mobile phones is already very high, including most of the functions of computers, and the popularity of mobile phones is also very high. Bluetooth has become one of the basic functions of smart phones. Therefore, mobile phones and smart stoves are used. Communication, the cooking program into the system controller of the smart stove, is a relatively simple and commonly used cooking program entry method. In the actual use process, according to the actual situation of the user and personal preference, you can choose to use the serial port, parallel port, USB interface, infrared communication or NFC communication to enter the program to improve the application range of the smart stove.

The cooking program programming system of the smart stove of the invention adopts an open method, is suitable for cooking programs of various types of people, and can be uploaded to the network for other people to download and use. Therefore, people can select the smart device to program according to the specific situation, select the appropriate way to enter the programmed cooking program into the system controller of the smart stove, to achieve the purpose of highly specific smart stove.

After the system controller establishes a connection with the smart device through the communication interface, the system controller first erases the cooking program stored in the system controller, and then the smart device inputs the cooking program to the system controller until the cooking program is completed. This method saves the cooking program entered into the smart stove for a long time until the previous cooking program is erased before the new cooking program is entered.

In addition to the system controller cooking program storage method of the smart stove in the previous paragraph, it can also be set to use the cooking program entered by the system controller once, the system controller automatically erases the cooking program before the next cooking operation. Whether you are using the same cooking program or a different cooking program, you need to enter the cooking program to start the cooking program. This can avoid misuse, that is, after replacing the new cooking materials and seasonings, new cooking program must be entered, avoiding forgetting the cooking program entry, directly starting the smart stove, and continuing to cook according to the previous cooking program. The waste of materials and resources ensures a high degree of matching between the cooking process and the corresponding materials.

In addition to the system controller cooking program storage method described in the previous two paragraphs, it is also possible to set the cooking program entered by the system controller to be unused within a predetermined time range, and the system controller automatically erases the cooking program. Before the cooking operation, the cooking program needs to be entered in order to start the smart cooker for automatic cooking. Here, the predetermined period of time including the entry of the cooking program, such as 10 minutes, 20 minutes, 30 minutes, 45 minutes, 1 hour, 2 hours, etc., is not used within the predetermined time range, and the system is not used during this time, then the system The controller erases the cooking program; or after the cooking program is entered, and after one or more uses, when the cooking program is no longer used, the system controller erases after the predetermined period of time is not used for the cooking program. The cooking program.

The invention has the following advantages:

1. The system controller of the smart stove of the invention does not need to store a large number of cooking programs, and can automatically input the required cooking program into the system controller of the smart stove by means of communication, thereby realizing automatic cooking of the smart stove and realizing cooking liberalization. At any time, you can cook dishes that suit your taste according to your own conditions, no longer subject to the original storage procedures of automatic cooking equipment;

2. The cooking program programming system of the smart stove of the invention is open type, basically all the people can prepare the cooking program, and can be uploaded to the network for others to download and use, thereby realizing the interaction of the majority of food lovers, so that It can provide tens of thousands of cooking programs for users of smart stoves, greatly enriching the space for users to choose cooking programs, and because the cooking process is carried out by the system controller according to the same cooking program, different people use the same cooking The quality of the dishes cooked in the program is the same, ensuring the consistency and stability of the same dish quality for multiple cooking or different people cooking;

3. The smart stove and cooking program input method of the invention realizes differentiated cooking for different materials, achieves precise and precise control in heating intensity, heating time, adding materials, etc., and improves the taste and quality of the dishes, and greatly improves the taste. Cooking effect and professionalism of the smart stove;

4. The program of the smart stove of the present invention can adopt two storage methods:

1), the cooking program entered into the system controller is always stored in the system controller, until the new cooking program is written, the previous cooking program will be erased, avoiding the need to repeatedly enter the cooking program for multiple cooking of the same food. Trouble, also ensures the stability of a single cooking program without re-entering the cooking program;

2), the cooking program entered into the system controller has not been used, used after one time or after using it for a predetermined period of time, the system controller automatically erases the cooking program before the next cooking It is necessary to enter a new cooking program to start, so as to avoid forgetting to record new cooking procedures, and the cooking process and the prepared materials and seasonings do not match;

5. The method for inputting the smart stove and the cooking program of the present invention is networked by the cooking program, and provides a basis for a series of related services such as ordering of food ingredients, side dishes, food delivery, cooking programming and sales, and promoting the height of the cooking industry. Professional development.

6. The price of the smart stove of the invention is low, and it is much cheaper than the automatic cooking equipment that is hundreds of thousands of yuan in the market, and is suitable for the use of the family, and is more suitable for the development of kitchen automation.

DRAWINGS

Figure 1 is a diagram of a smart stove system of the present invention.

detailed description

The process examples are described in detail below to make the advantages and features of the present invention more readily understood by those skilled in the art, so that the scope of the present invention is more clearly defined.

As shown in the figure of the smart stove system of the present invention, a smart stove includes a cooking machine and a system controller, and the smart stove further includes a communication interface and/or a communication module, and the system controller of the smart stove controls the cooking machine for cooking. The communication interface and/or communication module is connected to the system controller.

The communication interface of the smart stove includes a serial port, a parallel port, and a USB interface, and the communication module includes a Bluetooth communication module, an infrared communication module, and an NFC communication module. The following describes the entry method of the smart cooker and its cooking program of the present invention by using different communication interfaces as an embodiment.

For the method of inputting the smart cooking program, the following examples are exemplified:

Example 1:

The communication interface of the smart stove is the serial port. The smart device is a computer, the cooking program is edited in the computer or the cooking program is downloaded on the network, and the system controller of the computer and the smart stove is connected through the serial port, and the cooking program is input from the computer to the system controller of the smart stove, and the input is entered. When finished, disconnect the computer from the system controller and complete the cooking program entry. After preparing the materials and seasonings and placing them in the designated position of the smart stove, start the smart stove, and the cooking machine automatically executes the cooking program according to the instructions of the system controller until the cooking work is completed.

The cooking program in the system controller of the smart stove of the embodiment is stored in the system controller for a long time until a new cooking program is entered, and when the computer controller establishes the connection again, the system controller erases the stored cooking program, and then The new cooking program is entered into the system controller and stored.

It can also be set to: when the cooking program in the system controller is not used, after one use or after repeated use, the system controller erases the cooking program when it is not used within a predetermined time. The predetermined time can be set to any length of time such as 0 minutes, 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes, 20 minutes, 30 minutes, 45 minutes, 1 hour, 2 hours, etc., if the same time is made again within the predetermined time Dishes or use the same cooking program. After preparing the materials and seasonings, start the smart cooker for automatic cooking without having to enter the cooking program again. If the predetermined time is exceeded, the system controller of the smart stove will erase the cooking program. At this time, whether it is the same dish before cooking or a new dish, it is necessary to re-enter the cooking program to ensure cooking. The matching of the program with the prepared materials and seasonings ensures the safe and stable operation of the smart stove.

Example 2:

The communication interface is a parallel port, and the rest is the same as Embodiment 1.

Example 3:

The communication interface is a USB interface, and the rest is the same as Embodiment 1.

Example 4:

The communication interface is a Bluetooth communication module, and the rest is the same as Embodiment 1.

Example 5:

The communication interface is an infrared communication module, and the rest is the same as in the first embodiment.

Example 6

The communication interface is an NFC communication module, and the rest is the same as Embodiment 1.

Example 7

The communication interface is a serial communication port and a communication block is a Bluetooth communication module. When the cooking program is entered, one of the serial port or the Bluetooth communication module is selected for connection, and the rest is the same as the first embodiment.

Example 8

The communication interface is the serial port and the communication module is an infrared communication module. When the cooking program is entered, one of the serial port or the infrared communication module is selected for connection, and the rest is the same as the first embodiment.

Example 9

The communication interface is a serial port and the communication module is an NFC communication module. When the cooking program is entered, one of the serial port or the NFC communication module is selected for connection, and the rest is the same as the first embodiment.

Example 10:

The communication interface is a USB interface and the communication module is an infrared communication module. When the cooking program is entered, one of the USB interface or the infrared communication module is selected for connection, and the rest is the same as Embodiment 1.

Example 11

The communication interface is a USB interface and the communication module is a Bluetooth communication module. When the cooking program is entered, one of the USB interface or the Bluetooth communication module is selected for connection, and the rest is the same as Embodiment 1.

Example 12

The communication interface is a USB interface and the communication module is an NFC communication module. When the cooking program is entered, one of the USB interface or the NFC communication module is selected for connection, and the rest is the same as Embodiment 1.

The smart device in the above embodiment is replaced with a smart device such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a PDA, etc., and the cooking program can also be entered into the system controller of the automatic cooking device.

The above is only a part of the specific embodiments of the present invention, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can think of it without creative work within the technical scope disclosed by the present invention. Variations or substitutions are intended to be covered by the scope of the invention. Therefore, the scope of the invention should be determined by the scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A smart stove, characterized in that: the smart cooker comprises a cooking machine and a system controller, the smart stove further comprises a communication interface and/or a communication module, and the system controller controls the cooking device to perform cooking, A communication interface and/or a communication module is coupled to the system controller.

2. The smart stove according to claim 1, wherein the communication interface comprises a serial port, a parallel port, and a USB interface, and the communication module comprises a Bluetooth communication module, an infrared communication module, and an NFC communication module.

3. A method for inputting a smart cooker cooking program according to claim 1, wherein: the smart device storing the cooking program and the system controller are connected through a communication interface or a communication module, and the smart device is Enter the cooking program in the system controller until the entry is completed.

4. The method for entering a smart cooking program according to claim 3, wherein the smart device comprises a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a computer, a PDA, and the smart device can program a cooking program and/or download a cooking program from the Internet.

5. The method for entering a smart cooker cooking program according to claim 3 or 4, wherein after the system controller establishes a connection with the smart device through a communication interface, the system controller first erases and stores the control in the system The cooking program in the device then the smart device enters the cooking program into the system controller until the cooking program entry is completed.

6. The method for entering a smart cooking program according to claim 3 or 4, wherein after the cooking program in the system controller is used once, the system controller automatically erases the cooking program for the next cooking. Before the operation, the cooking program needs to be re-entered to start the cooking program.

7. The method for entering a smart cooker cooking program according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the cooking program entered by the system controller is not used within a predetermined time range, and the system controller automatically wipes the cooking program In addition, before the next cooking operation, the cooking program needs to be entered in order to start the smart cooker for automatic cooking.