JP2019053950A - Heating cooking system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cooking system having improved usability of a cooking cooker for transmitting and receiving to and from a communication terminal. SOLUTION: An induction cooking cooker 100 provided with a heating means for heating a pot or the like, a communication means 114 provided in the induction cooking cooker 100, and an induction cooking cooker 100 using a communication terminal 120. The communication terminal 120 and the induction cooking cooker 100 are automatically connected to each other when they are within a communicable range, and the communication terminal 120 has application software for controlling the induction cooking cooker 100. Then, the application software has a step of displaying recipe information related to cooking, a step of transmitting the recipe information to the induction cooking cooker 100, and a predetermined time after the induction heating cooker 100 finishes cooking. A step of disconnecting the automatic connection with the induction cooker 100 was provided. [Selection diagram] Fig. 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a cooking system.

  As a technique for performing wireless communication with a cooking device using a communication terminal, there is a technique described in Patent Document 1, for example.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a technique in which a cooking device is provided with a communication unit that wirelessly transmits and receives data to and from a communication terminal, and information on cooking performed using the communication unit is transmitted to the communication terminal. ing.

Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2015-72802

  In the technique described in Patent Document 1, since transmission / reception is performed between the heating cooker and the communication terminal, the connection state is maintained when the communication terminal is not operated to disconnect the connection state with the heating cooker. Is done. For this reason, even if another user tries to connect to the cooking device using another communication terminal, the connection may not be possible.

  Other users have a risk of recognizing that the communication terminal in use is out of order because the communication terminal used by the user cannot be connected to the cooking device. Thus, the thing of patent document 1 was inconvenient.

  Then, the objective of this invention is providing the heat cooking system which solved the said subject and improved the usability of the heat cooking appliance which transmits / receives with a communication terminal.

  In order to achieve the above object, a feature of the present invention is that a heating cooker provided with a heating means for heating a pan or the like, a communication means provided in the heating cooker, and a communication terminal using the communication terminal In a cooking system that wirelessly communicates with a cooking device, the communication terminal and the cooking device are automatically connected when they are in a communicable range, and the communication terminal controls the cooking device. Having application software, the application software displaying recipe information about cooking, sending the recipe information to the cooking device, and after the cooking device starts cooking according to the recipe information, A step of displaying a cooking state on the communication terminal; and after a predetermined time has elapsed since the heating cooker finished cooking, In that it comprises a step of cutting the automatic connection.

  Moreover, the feature of the present invention is that the cooking device provided with heating means for heating a pan or the like, the communication means provided in the cooking device, and the cooking device using a communication terminal. In a heating and cooking system that performs wireless communication between the communication terminal and the heating cooker are automatically connected when they are in a range where they can communicate with each other, and the communication terminal has application software for controlling the heating cooker The application software includes a step of displaying recipe information relating to cooking, a step of transmitting the recipe information to the heating cooker, and after the heating cooker has started cooking according to the recipe information, the cooking state is communicated to the communication software. A step of displaying on the terminal, and after a predetermined time has elapsed since the communication terminal has exceeded the communicable range with the cooking device and communication has been disconnected, In that it comprises the step of cutting the automatic connection to the serial cooker.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the heat cooking system which improved the usability of the heat cooking appliance which transmits / receives with a communication terminal can be provided.

1 is an external perspective view of a cooking system according to a first embodiment of the present invention. It is a control block diagram of the heating cooking system which concerns on 1st Example of this invention. It is a sequence diagram which shows the relationship between the user, communication terminal, and induction heating cooking appliance which concern on 1st Example of this invention. It is the display screen of the communication terminal which displayed an example of the recipe selection screen. It is the display screen of the communication terminal which displayed an example of the recipe. It is a display screen of the communication terminal which displayed the use condition of the induction heating cooking appliance. It is a display screen of the communication terminal which displayed the cooking end of the induction heating cooking appliance. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement which turns OFF the automatic connection of the communication terminal and induction heating cooking appliance which concern on 1st Example of this invention. It is a display screen of the communication terminal which displayed the state by which the communication connection with the induction heating cooking appliance was cut | disconnected. It is a sequence diagram which shows the relationship between the user who concerns on 2nd Example of this invention, a communication terminal, and an induction heating cooking appliance. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement which turns OFF the automatic connection of the communication terminal and induction heating cooking appliance which concern on 2nd Example of this invention.

  Embodiments according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The present invention is not limited to the following examples, and includes various modifications and applications within the scope of the technical concept of the present invention.

  FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a cooking system according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a control block diagram of the cooking system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

  In addition, although an Example of an induction heating cooker is demonstrated as an example of a heating cooker in a present Example, it can apply also to heating cookers, such as a gas cooker and an electric heater.

  In FIG. 1, a top plate 102 made of a material having high heat resistance, for example, crystallized glass, is placed on the upper surface of the main body 101 of the induction heating cooker 100. An end portion around the top plate 102 is covered with a top plate frame 103. A sealing material is filled between the top plate 102 and the top plate frame 103, whereby the top plate frame 103 is fixed to the top plate 102. Even if liquid spills on the top plate 102, the sealing material prevents water from entering the main body 101, thereby realizing a watertight structure.

  The top plate frame 103 is also fixed to the main body 101, and when the main body 101 is incorporated into the system kitchen 115, the main body 101 is suspended from the top plate frame 103 and installed.

  On the upper surface of the top plate 102, pan position display portions 104, 105, and 106 are provided to display the place where the object to be heated such as a pan is placed.

  Heating coils 201, 202, and 203 (FIG. 2) are provided in the main body 101 below the pan position display units 104, 105, and 106. A high frequency current is applied to the heating coils 201, 202, and 203 as heating means to generate a high frequency magnetic field, and an object to be heated such as a pan placed on the top plate 102 is induction heated.

  The grill heating means 107 is provided below the heating coils 201, 202, and 203 on the left side or right side (left side in this embodiment) of the main body 101. The grill heating means 107 is constituted by a rectangular box, and has heating means such as a sheathed heater 204 for heating an object to be heated provided therein.

  The rear frame portion of the top plate frame 103 is provided with an air intake portion 108 that opens, and sucks in air that cools the inverter circuits 205, 206, 207, the heater control circuit 208, the heating coils 201, 202, 203, and the like. .

  In addition, the rear frame portion of the top plate frame 103 is provided with an open exhaust portion 109. The inverter circuit 205, 206, 207, the heater control circuit 208, the heating coils 201, 202, 203, etc. The smoke exhausted from the grill heating means 107 is exhausted. The intake section 108 and the exhaust section 109 have a configuration in which liquid spilled on the top plate 102 does not enter the inverter circuit 205 or the like inside the main body 101 even if the liquid falls from the opening into the intake section 108 or the exhaust section 109. It has become.

  An openable / retractable front operation unit 110 is provided on the front side of the main body 101 on the left or right side (right side in the present embodiment) of the main body 101. The front operation unit 110 mainly operates the grill heating unit 107 and is provided next to the grill heating unit 107.

  Further, when the front operation unit 110 is closed, the locking device (not shown) is released by pushing the upper part to the main body 101 side, and the upper part of the front operation unit 110 is slowly rotated to the front side by a spring. When it is closed, the upper part is pushed toward the main body 101 to be housed in the main body 101 and held by a lock device. FIG. 1 shows a state where the front operation unit 110 is open.

  The front operation key 110a of the front operation unit 110 performs operations such as turning on / off the power to the sheath heater of the grill heating means 107, and the contents operated by the front operation key 110a are easily understood by the user on the front display unit 110b. Is displayed.

  Above the front operation unit 110, a power off / on switch 111 for turning on / off the main power of the induction heating cooker 100 and a communication unit 114 described later are provided.

  An upper surface operation unit 112 is provided on the front side of the top plate 102, and includes an upper surface operation key 112a for adjusting the output of each of the heating coils 201, 202, and 203. Further, on the front side of the top plate 102, an upper surface display unit 113 for displaying the contents operated by the upper surface operation key 112a is provided.

  The induction heating cooker 100 of a present Example is provided with the communication function which performs wireless communication with the communication terminals 120, such as a smart phone and a tablet. In this embodiment, as a communication method between the communication terminal 120 and the induction heating cooker 100, a short-range wireless communication standard for performing wireless communication at a distance of about several meters to several tens of meters such as Bluetooth (registered trademark) is used. The communication terminal 120 performs wireless communication with the wireless router 130 using a wireless LAN such as WiFi (registered trademark).

  The wireless LAN is connected to a network 140 such as the Internet. The communication terminal 120 accesses the server 150 via the wireless LAN and the network 140, and downloads and installs application software related to cooking of the induction heating cooker 100 from the server 150.

  A commercial power supply 210 is input to the induction heating cooker 100. The filter unit 211 equipped with the filter circuit suppresses noise generated from the inverter circuit and prevents the noise from leaking to the commercial power supply 210.

  The control means 212 configured with a microcomputer inputs operation signals from the front operation unit 110 and the upper operation unit 112 and outputs display signals to the front display unit 110b and the upper display unit 113.

  Further, the control means 212 outputs a control signal to the heater control circuit 208 to control the energization of the sheathed heater 204, or outputs a control signal to the inverter circuits 205, 206, 207 to the heating coils 201, 202, 203. Control the power supplied.

  Also connected to the control means 212 are a communication means 114 that communicates with the communication terminal 120, and an informing unit 213 that informs the user by music or voice of how to use the device, the end of cooking, or the like.

  The communication terminal 120 includes a communication unit 121 that performs wireless communication with the wireless router 130, a communication unit 122 that performs wireless communication with the communication unit 114 of the induction heating cooker 100, and an operation / display that performs a Dutch operation on the display screen. A unit 123; a notification unit 124 that informs the user of how to use the device, the end of cooking, and the like by music or voice; and a recording unit 125 that stores application software and the like.

Next, the operation of the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 3 is a sequence diagram showing the relationship between the user, the communication terminal, and the induction heating cooker according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a display screen of the communication terminal that displays an example of the recipe selection screen. FIG. 5 is a display screen of a communication terminal displaying an example of a recipe. FIG. 6 is a display screen of the communication terminal displaying the usage status of the induction heating cooker. FIG. 7 is a display screen of the communication terminal displaying the end of cooking in the induction heating cooker.

  Application software downloaded from the server 150 (hereinafter referred to as an application) is installed in the communication terminal 120 of this embodiment.

  In this embodiment, mutual authentication is performed when the communication terminal 120 and the induction heating cooker 100 are wirelessly connected. Once the mutual authentication is performed, the setting is completed, and when the mutual authentication is completed, the communication terminal 120 and the induction heating cooker 100 are automatically connected when they are within a communicable range.

  In the automatic connection, after communication between the communication terminal 120 and the induction heating cooker 100 is connected, the communication terminal 120 and the induction heating cooker 100 exceed the communicable range between the communication terminal 120 and the induction heating cooker 100. Even after the communication connection is disconnected, the communication terminal 120 and the induction heating cooker 100 are automatically and wirelessly connected even when the communication terminal 120 and the induction heating cooker 100 are within the communicable range again. The

  In FIG. 3, the user operates the communication terminal 120 to activate the installed application (step 301: step of activating the application), and search and browse the recipe. When searching and browsing the recipe, a screen as shown in FIG. 4 is displayed on the operation / display unit 123 of the communication terminal. The operation / display unit 123 displays contents such as “cooking meat”, “cooking seafood”, and “cooking vegetables”. For example, touching the screen for “cooking meat” displays a list of meat dishes. Displayed, select an arbitrary recipe from the list and display it.

  When a recipe is selected, recipe information as shown in FIG. 5 is displayed on the screen on the operation / display unit 123 of the communication terminal 120 (step 302: step of displaying recipe information). The operation / display unit 123 displays cooking images, ingredients necessary for cooking, and how to make them. In order to proceed with cooking using this recipe, the power OFF / ON switch 111 of the induction heating cooker 100 is pressed to turn on the power (step 303).

  After the power is turned on, the user presses the recipe transmission 123 a displayed on the operation / display unit 123 of the communication terminal 120. When the recipe transmission 123a is pressed, automatic connection with the induction heating cooker 100 is turned on (step 304, step of starting automatic connection), and a scanning operation for searching for connected devices is executed (step 305, scanning connected devices). Step).

  When the connection between the communication terminal 120 and the induction heating cooker 100 is established after scanning (step 306, automatic connection completion step), the communication terminal 120 transmits recipe information to the induction heating cooker 100 (step 307). Step to transmit to induction heating cooker 100). When the induction heating cooker 100 receives the recipe information, menus such as heating / discharging / cooking time are set (step 308: setting the cooking menu). When the menu is set, the induction heating cooker 100 transmits information on the standby state to the communication terminal 120 (step 309: step of transmitting the standby state to the communication terminal 120).

  The user who has confirmed the information from the induction heating cooker 100 with the communication terminal 120 presses the start button of the induction heating cooker 100. When the start button is pressed, the heating means is energized and cooking is started (step 310: starting cooking). When cooking is started, the cooking state is transmitted to communication terminal 120 (step 311: the step of transmitting the cooking state to communication terminal 120).

  As shown in FIG. 6, the communication terminal 120 displays a state such as the heating means being used and the remaining time until cooking is completed (step 312: step of displaying the cooking state). For example, when the right heating means (right IH) is used, the ring indicating the right IH shines, indicating that it is in use. In addition, the remaining time until cooking is completed is displayed. Since the communication terminal 120 and the induction heating cooker 100 are communicating with each other, the remaining time is displayed in real time. The user can check the remaining time even at a place away from the induction heating cooker 100 by carrying the communication terminal 120.

  When the scheduled cooking time is reached, the induction heating cooker 100 stops energization of the heating means and ends cooking (step 313: step of finishing cooking). The induction heating cooker 100 transmits the state where cooking is finished to the communication terminal 120 (step 314: step of sending cooking end to the communication terminal 120).

  The communication terminal 120 informs that the notification unit 124 has ended by voice or music, and displays the cooking end state as shown in FIG. 7 (step 315: step of displaying the cooking end state). In response to this, the user presses the power off / on switch 111 of the induction heating cooker 100 to turn off the power (step 316: step of cutting off the power).

  In the state where the power source of the induction heating cooker 100 is turned off, the automatic connection of the communication terminal 120 is kept on. Unless the user operates the communication terminal 120 to turn off the automatic connection, the automatic connection is kept on. In such a state, even if another user tries to set the menu using another communication terminal, since the automatic connection of the communication terminal 120 of the previous user is in the ON state, the other user The problem that the communication terminal cannot be connected occurs.

Means for solving this problem will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an operation of turning off automatic connection between the communication terminal and the induction heating cooker according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 9 is a display screen of a communication terminal displaying a state where the connection state with the induction heating cooker is disconnected.

  After the induction heating cooker 100 is turned off, the communication terminal 120 performs a scanning operation (FIG. 3).

  In FIG. 8, upon receipt of cooking end and cooking end display (step 315), the communication terminal 120 starts a timer and counts whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed from the end of cooking (step 318 step of counting the elapse of a predetermined time). . If the predetermined time has not elapsed, the process proceeds to No, and the process of step 318 is repeated. When the predetermined time from the end of cooking is reached, the process proceeds to Yes, and the automatic connection with the induction heating cooker 100 is turned off (step 319, the step of disconnecting the automatic connection). When the automatic connection is turned off, a screen as shown in FIG. 9 is displayed on the operation / display unit 123 of the communication terminal, and the user grasps that the automatic connection with the induction heating cooker 100 has been disconnected. Can do.

  Now, the predetermined time is set to an arbitrary time such as 30 minutes or 60 minutes, for example. When the automatic connection is turned off immediately after cooking is completed, when the user uses the induction heating cooker 100 again, the communication terminal 120 must be connected again, which is inconvenient. If the predetermined time is set to 90 minutes, for example, there arises a problem that communication terminals of other users cannot be connected. For this reason, the predetermined time is preferably about 30 minutes and at most about 60 minutes. In the application of the present embodiment, a setting menu is provided, and a predetermined time can be set and changed by the user from the setting menu of the application.

  According to the first embodiment of the present invention, even if the user forgets to turn off the automatic connection of the communication terminal 120, the automatic connection is turned off after a predetermined time has elapsed after cooking. It is possible to avoid the problem that the terminal cannot be connected and provide a user-friendly cooking system.

  Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 10 is a sequence diagram showing the relationship between the user, the communication terminal, and the induction heating cooker according to the second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing an operation of turning off automatic connection between the communication terminal and the induction heating cooker according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

  In FIG. 10, steps 401 to 411 are the same as steps 301 to 311 of the first embodiment, and thus description thereof is omitted.

  In FIG. 10, the communication terminal 120 displays a state such as the heating means being used and the remaining time until cooking is completed as shown in FIG. 6 (step 412 step of displaying the cooking state). For example, when the right heating means (right IH) is used, the ring indicating the right IH shines, indicating that it is in use. In addition, the remaining time until cooking is completed is displayed. Since the communication terminal 120 and the induction heating cooker 100 are communicating with each other, the remaining time is displayed in real time. The user can check the remaining time even at a place away from the induction heating cooker 100 by carrying the communication terminal 120.

  However, when the communication range between the communication terminal 120 and the induction heating cooker 100 is exceeded, communication between the communication terminal 120 and the induction heating cooker 100 is disconnected. If the communication terminal 120 continues to be left in a place that exceeds the communicable range, the communication terminal 120 communicates with the induction heating cooker 100 after the battery of the communication terminal 120 is unnecessarily consumed or after a long time has elapsed since cooking is completed. When entering the possible range, there was a risk of unnecessary connection.

  In order to solve this problem, in the second embodiment, the automatic connection is turned off after a predetermined time elapses after the communication is disconnected.

  In FIG. 11, when it is detected that the connection between the communication terminal 120 and the induction heating cooker 100 is disconnected after the start of cooking (step 413, a step of detecting disconnection between the communication terminal 120 and the induction heating cooker 100). The communication terminal 120 starts a timer and counts whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed since the communication disconnection (step 414, a step of counting the elapse of the predetermined time). If predetermined time has not passed, it will progress to No and it will be judged whether the communication terminal 120 and the induction heating cooking appliance 100 were reconnected (step 415 step which judges the possibility of reconnection).

  When the communication terminal 120 and the induction heating cooker 100 are reconnected, the process proceeds to Yes, and communication is performed between the communication terminal 120 and the induction heating cooker 100. When the communication terminal 120 and the induction heating cooker 100 are not reconnected, it progresses to No and performs step 414.

  In step 414, when the predetermined time from the communication disconnection is reached, the process proceeds to Yes, and the automatic connection with the induction heating cooker 100 is turned off (step 416 the automatic connection between the communication terminal 120 and the induction heating cooker 100 is disconnected. Step). When the automatic connection is turned off, a screen as shown in FIG. 9 is displayed on the operation / display unit 123 of the communication terminal 120, and the user grasps that the automatic connection with the induction heating cooker 100 has been disconnected. be able to.

  Regardless of whether the communication terminal 120 is connected or not, when the scheduled cooking time is reached, the induction heating cooker 100 stops energizing the heating means and finishes cooking (step 417: step of finishing cooking). . When cooking is finished, the notification unit 213 of the induction heating cooker 100 informs that it is finished by voice or music. In response to this, the user presses the power off / on switch 111 of the induction heating cooker 100 to turn off the power (step 418, step of cutting off the power).

  Now, the predetermined time is set to an arbitrary time such as 30 minutes or 60 minutes, for example. When the automatic connection is turned off immediately after the communication is disconnected, when the user uses the induction heating cooker 100 again, the communication terminal 120 must be connected again, which is inconvenient. If the predetermined time is set to 90 minutes, for example, the battery of the communication terminal 120 may be consumed unnecessarily. The predetermined time is preferably about 30 minutes and at most about 60 minutes. In the application of the present embodiment, a setting menu is provided, and a predetermined time can be set and changed by the user from the setting menu of the application.

  According to the second embodiment of the present invention, even if the user forgets to turn off the automatic connection of the communication terminal 120, the automatic connection is turned off after a predetermined time elapses after the communication is disconnected. It is possible to avoid the problem of consuming the battery and provide a user-friendly cooking system.

  In the second embodiment, the connection between the communication terminal 120 and the induction heating cooker 100 has been disconnected after the start of cooking. However, the series of operations described above may be performed before the start of cooking, or after the end of cooking. May be.

  As described above, according to each embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to provide a cooking system that improves the usability of a cooking device that performs transmission and reception with a communication terminal.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to the Example mentioned above, Various modifications are included. The above-described embodiments have been described in detail for easy understanding of the present invention, and are not necessarily limited to those having all the configurations described.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Induction heating cooker 101 Main body 102 Top plate 104 Pan position display part 105 Pan position display part 106 Pan position display part 107 Grill heating means 108 Intake part 109 Exhaust part 110 Front operation part 110a Front operation key 110b Front display part 111 Power off / ON switch 112 Upper surface operation unit 112a Upper surface operation key 113 Upper surface display unit 114 Communication unit 115 System kitchen 120 Communication terminal 121 Communication unit 122 Communication unit 123 Operation / display unit 123a Recipe transmission 124 Notification unit 125 Recording unit 130 Wireless router 140 Network 150 Server 201 Heating coil 202 Heating coil 203 Heating coil 204 Seed heater 205 Inverter circuit 206 Inverter circuit 207 Inverter circuit 208 Heater control circuit 210 Commercial power supply 211 Filter hand 212 control unit 213 informing unit

Claims (5)

In a heating cooking system that performs wireless communication between the heating cooking device provided with heating means for heating a pan or the like, communication means provided in the heating cooking device, and the heating cooking device using a communication terminal,
The communication terminal and the cooking device are automatically connected when they are in a range where they can communicate with each other,
The communication terminal has application software for controlling the cooking device,
The application software includes a step of displaying recipe information relating to cooking, a step of transmitting the recipe information to the heating cooker, and after the heating cooker starts cooking according to the recipe information, a cooking state is displayed in the communication terminal. And a step of disconnecting automatic connection with the heating cooker after a predetermined time has elapsed after the cooking of the heating cooker has finished cooking. In a heating cooking system that performs wireless communication between the heating cooking device provided with heating means for heating a pan or the like, communication means provided in the heating cooking device, and the heating cooking device using a communication terminal,
The communication terminal and the cooking device are automatically connected when they are in a range where they can communicate with each other,
The communication terminal has application software for controlling the cooking device,
The application software includes a step of displaying recipe information relating to cooking, a step of transmitting the recipe information to the heating cooker, and after the heating cooker starts cooking according to the recipe information, a cooking state is displayed in the communication terminal. And a step of disconnecting the automatic connection with the heating cooker after a predetermined time has elapsed since the communication terminal exceeded the communicable range with the heating cooker and the communication was disconnected. A cooking system characterized by. In claim 1 or 2,
A cooking system comprising a step of displaying a cooking end state after the cooking device has finished cooking. In claim 1 or 2,
The cooking system according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined time can be changed to an arbitrary time. In claim 1 or 2,
The heating and cooking system, wherein the wireless communication for connecting the communication terminal and the cooking device is a short-range wireless communication standard.

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