JP2003214626A - Cooking heater system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a user to easily recognize a cooking heater to be used in a structure in which a terminal device can control two or more cookers. <P>SOLUTION: A home terminal checks the number of cooking heaters of the same kind which are indispensable for execution of cooking and laid in cookable states (A1), and displays a transmission button and black circle marks corresponding to the number on a display panel (A3 and A4). When the transmission button is pressed (A5), cooking data is transmitted to all the cooking heaters (A6). When the cooking is started in any one of the cooking heaters (A7), the clear of the cooking data is instructed to the other cooking heaters (A8). The cooking heaters receive the cooking data (B1-B5), start the cooking (B8) when a start key is pressed (B7), and transmit the fact of the start to the home terminal (B9). When the clear instruction is received (B6), the cooking heaters clear the cooking data received before (B12). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a heating cooker system capable of controlling a plurality of heating cookers from a terminal device.

[0002]

In recent years, a system for centrally controlling a plurality of cooking appliances in a house or a store from a terminal device has been developed. For example, JP 2000-3
The cooking appliance network system disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 10424 uses a handy terminal to perform simultaneous broadcast communication with a plurality of microwave ovens, which are cooking appliances, to rewrite a cooking sequence stored in each microwave oven. The handy terminal is connected to the management computer and downloads information from the management computer.

In this cooking equipment network system,
For example, when there is a change in the sales menu at a convenience store, the cooking sequence is simultaneously rewritten for multiple microwave ovens installed in the store, so it is not necessary for the user to identify multiple microwave ovens. Absent.
However, when a user selectively controls a plurality of heating cookers using a terminal device, it is necessary to correctly recognize each heating cooker.

Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a heating cooker system in which a user can easily recognize the heating cooker to be controlled in a structure in which the terminal device can control a plurality of heating cookers. is there.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, a heating cooker system according to claim 1 has a heating cooker having a communication means, and a heating cooker having a display means and a communication means by communication. And a terminal device capable of controlling a plurality of terminals, and the terminal device is configured to recognize the cooking device to be controlled within a communicable range and switch the screen display of the display means based on the recognized content. It is characterized by being.

According to this configuration, the terminal device communicates with each of the plurality of heating cookers using the communication means of each other, and transmits and receives cooking data and the like. The user
Each heating cooker can be selectively controlled using this terminal device. In this case, the terminal device switches the screen display of the display means based on the recognized contents of the heating cooker to be controlled, for example, the number and type of heating cookers, the configuration such as whether or not heating is being cooked, and the operating state ( Since not only the display switching of the entire screen but also a part of the display switching is included), the user can correctly recognize the configuration contents of the heating cooker through the screen display, and the heating cooker to be used for cooking can be Selection becomes easy. Moreover, since a plurality of heating cookers are often installed in a house or a store, it is possible to prevent erroneous control of unnecessary heating cookers.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the heating cooker system according to the first aspect, when the heating cookers to be controlled are made of the same type, the terminal device serves as a display means. The screen display is performed according to the number of heating cookers capable of performing heating cooking. With this configuration, the user can correctly recognize the number of heating cookers capable of performing heating cooking through the display mode and display contents of the screen of the terminal device, and based on the recognition result, the heating cookers can be recognized. It becomes easy to select and set the cooking procedure (setup).

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the heating cooker system according to the first aspect, wherein the terminal device is a display means.
It is configured to perform screen display according to the type of heating cooker that is the control target. According to this configuration, the user can correctly recognize the type of heating cooker that can be controlled from the terminal device through the display mode and display contents of the screen of the terminal device, and based on the recognition result, each cooking It facilitates the selection of the appropriate type of cooker.

A heating cooker system according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is the heating cooker system according to any one of the first to third aspects, wherein the terminal device determines that the plurality of heating cookers can perform the cooking. If the cooking data of heating cooking is sent to all the heating cookers judged to be feasible, and if it is judged that the heating cooking is started by one of the heating cookers in response to this, the cooking data is cooked to the other heating cookers. It is configured to send a cancel data command. According to this configuration, when the cooked food previously cooked remains in the heating cooker, there is no need to again send the cooking data to another heating cooker.

A heating cooker system according to a fifth aspect of the present invention is the heating cooker system according to any one of the first to third aspects, wherein the terminal device determines that the plurality of heating cookers can perform the cooking. The display means is configured to display a selection screen for selecting a heating cooker to which cooking data of heating cooking is transmitted from among the executable heating cookers. According to this configuration, the user can easily select the heating cooker to be used for cooking by operating the terminal device according to the selection screen.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the heating cooker system according to the fifth aspect, wherein the terminal device is a display means.
Since it is configured to display cooking information according to the selected type of heating cooker, the user can obtain cooking information corresponding to the type of heating cooker, for example, cooking time and cooking method, and perform cooking. Convenience to proceed will increase.

A heating cooker system according to a seventh aspect is the heating cooker system according to the fifth or sixth aspect, wherein when the terminal device is displaying the selection screen, the heating cooker selected according to the selection screen and the actual heating. Since the confirmation means capable of confirming the correspondence with the cooking device is provided, the user can select the heating cooking device to be used more easily and without error while corresponding to the display on the selection screen.

A heating cooker system according to an eighth aspect of the present invention is the heating cooker system according to the seventh aspect, wherein the heating cooker includes notifying means and is configured to notify in response to selection by the terminal device. Therefore, the user can more surely select the heating cooker to be used based on the notification from the heating cooker as a clue.

In the heating cooker system according to the ninth aspect, since the terminal device is configured to send cooking data corresponding to the type to each heating cooker, each heating cooker is suitable for each. Optimal cooking can be performed according to the heating pattern (heating output, heating time, etc.).

The heating cooker system according to claim 10 is
Since the terminal device and the heating cooker are configured to perform wireless communication via the communication means, the terminal device can remotely control the heating cooker, and the operability for the user is improved. In addition, there is no problem with harness processing and the installation is improved.

[0016]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION (First Embodiment) A first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 shows a schematic electrical configuration of the heating cooker system. In the house, an in-house network 2 is built around a home terminal 1 (corresponding to a terminal device) having a home server function. To this in-house network 2, heating cookers, such as microwave ovens 3 and 4, an electromagnetic cooker 5, a cooking heater 6, and a rice cooker 7 placed in the house are connected by wireless means such as Bluetooth.

The home terminal 1 wirelessly communicates with these heating cookers via the in-house network 2,
You can send cooking data (heating pattern code, heating control code), emergency operation command (emergency operation code), automatic failure diagnosis command (instruction code), etc. to the heating cooker, and the operating condition information and misuse from the heating cooker. Information (misuse code), failure information (error code), etc. can be received. Further, the home terminal 1 is connected to the Internet 8 to access various servers and send and receive mail. Although not directly related to the present invention, a refrigerator,
Home appliances (not shown) such as air conditioners and washing machines can also be connected.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the home terminal 1. The home terminal 1 has a rectangular panel shape, and a touch panel type display panel 9 (corresponding to display means) having a liquid crystal screen on the front surface thereof, and a key type power switch 10.
a, a switch 10b labeled "home", and a switch 10c labeled "mail". The user can input or select desired items by touching the screen of the display panel 9. The switch 10b is for displaying the top screen of housework (see FIG. 7A) on the display panel 9, and the switch 10c is for connecting to the Internet 8 to send and receive mail.

The home terminal 1 can be attached to a predetermined position on the front surface of the refrigerator door by a magnet or mechanical connection, and power is supplied from the refrigerator side in the attached state. In this power feeding state, the battery can be used regardless of the charging state of the built-in battery, and the built-in battery is charged. Further, when the refrigerator is detached, it can be used by supplying power from the built-in battery.

As shown in FIG. 2, the home terminal 1 has substantially the same electrical configuration as a personal computer, and includes a CPU and a RO.
The main component is a control circuit 11 including a microcomputer having M, RAM, and various peripheral circuits. A control program, which will be described later, is stored in the ROM. The control circuit 11 includes the display panel 9, a touch sensor 12 attached to the display panel 9, an operation unit 10 including the switches 10a to 10c, an audio output unit 13 including a speaker, and an audio input unit 14 including a microphone. A storage unit 15 including an external memory and a hard disk is connected.

The voice output unit 13 is for guiding the user of the operation procedure and for notifying the user of misuse or failure of the heating cooker. When used in combination with the voice input unit 14, recipe search and cooking are performed. It is possible to perform a voice data operation, instead of a manual operation, such as a cooking data distribution command to the bowl. In addition, the storage unit 15 is configured to store cooking information such as recipes, user preferences, health status, and family structure.

Further, the home terminal 1 has a communication circuit 16 (corresponding to communication means) for performing Bluetooth communication with the heating cooker via the in-house network 2 as described above, and the Internet 8. An external network communication unit 17 for connection is connected. The cooking information providing server 18 connected to the Internet 8 distributes the cooking information accumulated in the cooking information database 19. Here, the cooking information refers to a recipe, that is, material information and cooking procedure information of a cooking menu, calorie / nutrient information of a cooking menu, season information, area information, and the like.

4 and 5 respectively show a microwave oven 3
FIG. 3 is a front view and an electrical configuration diagram of the microwave oven 4 (similarly). In FIG. 4, the main body 20 of the microwave oven 3 is
It has a rectangular box shape that is long in the lateral direction, and a door 21 for opening and closing a front opening of the cooking chamber is provided on the front surface of the main body 20 so as to be vertically rotatable and an operation panel 22 is provided. There is. The operation panel 22 includes a display panel 23 having a liquid crystal screen, key type switches 24a to 24e having respective indications of "range", "oven", "auto", "start" and "cancel", and cooking time. A dial switch 24f for setting is provided.

Here, the "range" switch 24a is for performing high frequency heating by the magnetron 25 (see FIG. 5), and the "oven" switch 24b is for performing oven cooking by the heater 26 (see FIG. 5). It is for doing. The "auto" switch 24c is for executing automatic cooking according to a prepared cooking menu. The "start" switch 24d is used to instruct the start of cooking, and the "cancel" switch 24e is used.
Is an instruction to clear the set contents or stop cooking.

As shown in FIG. 5, this microwave oven 3 has a C
The control circuit 27 mainly includes a microcomputer including a PU, a ROM, a RAM, and various peripheral circuits. A heating and cooking control program, which will be described later, is stored in the ROM. The control circuit 27 includes, in addition to the display panel 23, the operation unit 24 including the switches 24a to 24f, the magnetron 25, and the heater 26, the audio output unit 28 including a speaker and the storage unit 2 including a memory.
9. A communication circuit 30 for communicating with the home terminal 1 by Bluetooth via the in-house network 2
(Corresponding to communication means) and the like are connected. Storage unit 29
Stores a plurality of types of heating pattern data identified by the heating pattern code.

Next, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 6, two microwave ovens 3 and 4 are placed in the house, and a book for selecting a cooking menu in which use of the microwave ovens 3 or 4 is essential. The operation of the embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
It will be explained with reference also to.

FIG. 7 shows changes in the screen display of the display panel 9 when the user operates the home terminal 1 to cook using the microwave oven 3 or 4. This Figure 7
In (a), a top screen related to housework is displayed. When a part of the display panel 9 labeled "Cooking" is touch-operated ("Cooking" button is pressed), "Today's recommended menu" shown in (b) is displayed. Is displayed. Home terminal 1
Has a recipe search function, connects to the cooking information providing server 18 via the Internet 8 and searches for recipes stored in the cooking information database 19. In this case, the material, season / month, user's health condition, taste, region, etc. can be set as the search condition.

Here, for example, when "1. Soup pot" is pressed and selected, the display panel 9 displays the information about the ingredients and amounts shown in (c), and "Next" is displayed in the lower right part of the screen. The button is displayed. The user can prepare the necessary materials according to this screen. And
When the "Next" button is pressed, the information about the cooking procedure (how to make) shown in (d) is displayed on the display panel 9, and the "Send" button and the device status are displayed in the lower right part of the screen. .

The device status display indicates the number of cookable units for the two microwave ovens 3 and 4 which are heating cookers necessary for the cooking. That is, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 6 (a), when two units can be cooked, two ● marks are lit, and as shown in FIG. 6 (b), when one unit is cooking and only one unit is capable of cooking. There is one ●
The mark lights up. Further, when both of them are being cooked, the mark ● does not light up as shown in FIG. The user can recognize the currently available microwave oven by checking the device status display. When the "home" button is pressed while the screens shown in FIGS. 7B to 7D are displayed, the top screen shown in FIG. 7A is displayed on the display panel 9.

FIG. 1 is a flowchart (a) of a control program in which the control circuit 11 of the home terminal 1 starts execution when the above-mentioned "next" button is pressed, and the microwave ovens 3 and 4 in the unused state. 6 is a flowchart (b) of a heating and cooking control program executed by the control circuit 27 of FIG.

First, the processing performed by the control circuit 11 of the home terminal 1 will be described. When the "Next" button is pressed,
The control circuit 11 displays information on how to prepare the selected cooking menu on the display panel 9 and recognizes that a microwave oven is required to perform the cooking. Therefore, the control circuit 11 confirms the number of microwave ovens capable of cooking based on the operation state information transmitted from the microwave ovens 3 and 4 through the in-house network 2 (step A1).

The operating state information means the microwave ovens 3, 4
Indicates the operating state of the standby state, the heating state, the cooking end state, and the door open state. Here, the standby state is a state in which cooking is not executed and cooking can be executed immediately, and the heating state is a state in which heating cooking is executed. The heating state includes the range cooking / oven cooking, the remaining time until the end of cooking, the set temperature and the current temperature of the object to be heated, and the like.

In the control circuit 11, the number of cookable units is 0.
If not (step A2), and if it is determined to be 0 (“NO”), the process proceeds to step A1 and then the step is continued until one of the microwave ovens 3 and 4 becomes ready for cooking. Repeat A1 and A2.
On the other hand, when it is determined that the number of dishes that can be cooked is not 0 (“YES”), the process proceeds to step A3, the “send” button is displayed on the display panel 9, and then the process proceeds to step A4 to perform cooking. Display the ● mark for each possible number.

Thereafter, the control circuit 11 determines whether or not the "send" button has been pressed (step A5), and when it determines that the "send" button has not been pressed ("NO"), proceeds to step A1. On the other hand, the "Send" button was pressed ("YE
S "), the cooking data is transmitted to the microwave ovens 3 and 4 capable of executing cooking through the in-house network 2 (step A6). The cooking data transmitted is a heating pattern code or a heating control code.

The control circuit 11 determines whether or not cooking has started in the microwave oven 3 or 4 based on the operation state information sent from the microwave oven that started cooking (here, the microwave oven 3) to the home terminal 1. (Step A
7). When the control circuit 11 determines that cooking has started (“YES”) in step A7, the control circuit 11 transmits a clear signal of the previously transmitted cooking data to the other microwave ovens 4 that have not started cooking, and performs processing. To finish. When the control circuit 11 recognizes that the cooking has been completed, the control circuit 11 displays a message to that effect on the display panel 9 and outputs a notification sound from the audio output unit 13.

Next, microwave ovens 3 and 4 capable of cooking
The processing performed by the control circuit 27 will be described. The control circuit 27 of the microwave ovens 3 and 4 transmits the operation state information to the home terminal 1 through the in-house network 2 and
The data transmitted from the home terminal 1 can be received. The control circuit 27 determines whether or not there is received data (step B1), and when it determines that there is received data ("YES"), starts receiving the transmitted cooking data (step B2). During reception, the character "in communication" is displayed on the display panel 23 (step B3). FIG. 9 shows changes in the display contents of the display panel 23 of the microwave ovens 3 and 4, and when the process of the step B3 is executed, the screen displays shown in (1b) and (2b) are displayed.

The control circuit 27 determines whether or not the cooking data has been received in step B4, and repeatedly executes this step B4 until the reception is completed. And
When the control circuit 27 determines that the reception has been completed (“YES”), it displays the characters “communication completed” on the display panel 23 (step B5). At this time, the display panels 23 of the microwave ovens 3 and 4 display the screens shown in (1c) and (2c) of FIG. 9, respectively.

Thereafter, the control circuit 27 determines whether or not the clear signal is received until the clear signal is transmitted from the home terminal 1 or the "start" switch 24d is pressed (step B6). And the process of determining whether or not the switch 24d has been pressed (step B7) are repeatedly executed. Here, the switch 24 in the microwave oven 3
When d is pressed, the control circuit 27 of the microwave oven 3 proceeds to step B8 to start execution of cooking and transmits operation state information indicating the heating state to the home terminal 1 (step B9). The control circuit 11 of the home terminal 1 can recognize that the microwave oven 3 has started the heating and cooking because the operation state information of the microwave oven 3 has changed from the standby state to the heated state.

When the cooking data is the heating pattern code, the control circuit 27 of the microwave oven 3 reads the heating pattern data corresponding to the heating pattern code from the storage unit 29 and executes the heating cooking according to the heating pattern. When the cooking data is the heating control code, the control circuit 27 executes the heating cooking according to the heating means, the set temperature, and the heating time instructed by the heating control code.

At this time, the display panel 23 of the microwave oven 3
Becomes the screen display shown in (1d) of FIG. Then, the control circuit 27 of the microwave oven 3 determines whether or not the cooking is finished (step B10), and when it is determined that the cooking is finished (“YES”), the operation state indicating the cooking end state to the home terminal 1 The information is transmitted, the process proceeds to step B11, the character "Cooking complete" is displayed on the display panel 23, and the process ends. At this time, the display panel 23 of the microwave oven 3 becomes the screen display shown in (1e) of FIG. The control circuit 11 of the home terminal 1 can recognize that the microwave oven 3 has finished cooking by the fact that the operation state information of the microwave oven 3 has changed from the heating state to the cooking end state.

On the other hand, a clear signal is transmitted from the home terminal 1 to the microwave oven 4 for which the "start" switch 24d has not been pressed. When the control circuit 27 of the microwave oven 4 determines in step B6 that the clear signal has been received from the home terminal 1 (“YES”), the process moves to step B12 to clear the previously received cooking data, and further to step B13. After the shift, the display contents of the display panel 9 are cleared and the process ends. At this time, the display panel of the microwave oven 4 becomes the screen display shown in (2d) and (2e) of FIG.
The cooking data can be cleared also by pressing the "cancel" switch 24e of the microwave ovens 3 and 4. Alternatively, the cooking data may be cleared by operating the home terminal 1.

As described above, in the heating cooker system of the present embodiment, the home terminal 1 and a plurality of heating cookers are connected by the in-house network 2, and the user operates the home terminal 1 by operating the home terminal 1. Each heating cooker can be controlled remotely. Then, the home terminal 1 recognizes whether or not the heating cooker necessary for cooking is in a state in which cooking can be performed, and a plurality of heating cookers of the same type (two microwave ovens 3 and 4 in this embodiment are used). In some cases, the display panel 9 displays a device status indicating the number of devices.

By referring to the device status display, the user can confirm the configuration contents and operation state of the heating cooker that can start the execution of cooking, and can easily select the heating cooker that can be used for cooking. . Further, since the number of heating cookers that can immediately perform cooking is known, setting and changing of the cooking procedure (setup) can be facilitated, effective use of the heating cookers can be achieved, and cooking time can be shortened.

The home terminal 1 transmits cooking data to all the heating cookers necessary for the selected cooking and capable of executing the cooking, and in response to this, the heating cooking is started by any of the heating cookers. If it is done, a cooking data clear command is sent to the other heating cookers, so if, for example, you notice that the cooked food previously cooked remained in the heating cooker after sending the cooking data, another You can save the trouble of sending cooking data to the heating cooker.

(Second Embodiment) Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The heating cooker system of the present embodiment has the same electrical configuration as that of the first embodiment, but the method of selecting the heating cooker used for cooking and the method of distributing the heating data to the heating cooker are different. ing.

FIG. 11 shows a screen display of the display panel 9 when the cooking menu is selected on the home terminal 1. When the “Next” button is pressed while the information on the ingredients and the amount shown in FIG. 7 (c) is displayed on the display panel 9, the information on the cooking procedure (how to make) shown in FIG. 11 (a) is displayed. , "Send" button is displayed at the bottom right of the screen.

When the "send" button is clicked here, FIG.
As shown in (b), a selection screen for selecting the microwave ovens 3 and 4 capable of performing cooking is displayed by the sub-screen. This selection screen shows the heating cooker required for the cooking.
Delete the "range 1" button, "range 2" button, and selection screen for selecting the microwave ovens 3 and 4 (a)
It includes a "Cancel" button for returning to the screen display and a "Enter" button for transmitting cooking data to the selected microwave oven 3 or 4. When the "range 1" button or the "range 2" button is pressed, the display color of the button changes, and the sound output unit 28 of the microwave oven on the selected side outputs a beep sound. This confirmation operation is performed by the confirmation means including the control circuit 11 of the home terminal 1, the control circuit 27 of the microwave ovens 3 and 4, the display panel 23, and the audio output unit 28.

FIG. 10 shows the configuration of FIG. 1 described in the first embodiment.
It is a flowchart corresponding to. In FIG. 10, the same processing steps as those shown in FIG. 1 are designated by the same step numbers, and different processing steps will be mainly described here.

First, the processing performed by the control circuit 11 of the home terminal 1 will be described. When the "Next" button is pressed,
The control circuit 11 displays the screen shown in FIG. 11A on the display panel 9. Step A after execution of steps A1 to A3
When it is determined that the "send" button is pressed in 5 ("YES"), the selection screen shown in FIG. 11B is displayed on the display panel 9 (step A21). In this case, the number of "range" buttons equal to the number of microwave ovens capable of cooking is displayed.

The control circuit 11 judges whether or not the "range" button is pressed until one of the "range" buttons is pressed or the "enter" button is pressed (step A22) and ". The process of determining whether or not the “OK” button has been pressed (step A23) is repeatedly executed. Here, for example, when the "range 1" button is pressed, the control circuit 11 shifts to step A25 and transmits a response command to the selected microwave oven (here, microwave oven 3) through the in-house network 2. , Step A22 again
Move to. Then, when the "OK" button is pressed, cooking data is transmitted only to the microwave oven 3 selected by the button (step A24), and the process ends.

Next, the microwave ovens 3 and 4 capable of performing cooking
The processing performed by the control circuit 27 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 12 shows changes in the display contents of the display panels 23 of the microwave ovens 3 and 4 when the microwave oven 3 is selected on the home terminal 1 and cooking data is transmitted.

The control circuit 27 of the microwave ovens 3 and 4 determines whether or not the response signal transmitted from the home terminal 1 has been received (step B21). Here, if it is determined that the message has been received (“YES”), the display panel 23 is displayed as shown in FIG.
The response mark shown in (1a) is displayed and a notification sound is output (steps B22 and B23), and then the process proceeds to step B21 again. In step B21, “N
If it is determined to be "O", the process proceeds to step B1.

In the case of the present embodiment, since the cooking data is transmitted only to the microwave oven 3 selected by the home terminal 1, the control circuit 27 of the microwave oven 3 proceeds to the processing after step B2, but the microwave oven The control circuit 27 of No. 4 continues to execute steps B21 and B1 repeatedly. as a result,
On the display panel 23 of the microwave oven 3, (1b) to FIG.
The screen shown in (1e) is displayed, and nothing is displayed on the display panel 23 of the microwave oven 4 as shown in (2b) to (2e) of FIG. The process of step B9 is added for the home terminal 1 side to recognize and display that the cooking has started.

As described above, the home terminal 1 of the present embodiment recognizes whether or not the heating cooker required for cooking is ready to perform cooking, and the plurality of heating cookers of the same type (book In the embodiment, when there are two microwave ovens 3 and 4, the selection screen is displayed on the display panel 9 so that either one can be selected. Therefore, the user operates the home terminal 1 according to the selection screen,
The cooking device used for cooking can be easily selected. In addition, in this selection operation, since the response mark is displayed on the display panel of the selected cooking device and the notification sound is output, the user can use the display and the notification sound as clues. It is possible to select without error while checking the cooking device to be cooked.

(Third Embodiment) Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 13 to 17. The heating cooker system according to the present embodiment has the same electrical configuration as that of the first embodiment, and the microwave oven 3 and the electromagnetic cooker 5 are in a state in which cooking can be performed, and different types of heating are performed. The case where a menu that can be cooked by using either the microwave oven 3 which is a cooker or the electromagnetic cooker 5 is selected is shown.

FIG. 14 is a top view of the electromagnetic cooker 5.
A top plate 32 having a substantially square shape on the upper surface of the main body 31
And key type switches 33a, 33 having respective indications of "power supply", downward arrowhead, upward arrowhead, and "start / stop".
b, 33c, 33d (operation unit) and a display panel 34 (display unit) having a liquid crystal screen are provided. The switches 33b and 33c are for gradually lowering and increasing the heating output, respectively. Top plate 32
A temperature sensor (not shown) is fixed to the lower surface of the in close contact. In addition, a control board including a control circuit for controlling cooking and a communication circuit for communicating with the home terminal 1 via Bluetooth via the in-house network 2 is provided in the main body 31, and the top plate 32 is provided. An IH coil for induction heating is fixed below the above.

FIG. 15 shows a communication mode of this embodiment, in which the home terminal 1 transmits cooking data via the in-house network 2 to the microwave oven 3 or the electromagnetic cooker 5 which is ready for cooking. Is supposed to do.

FIG. 16 shows a screen display of the display panel 9 when a cooking menu which can be cooked using either the microwave oven 3 or the electromagnetic cooker 5 is selected in the home terminal 1. When the "Next" button is pressed while the information on the material and amount shown in FIG. 7C is displayed on the display panel 9, the screen is displayed. The cooking procedure (how to make) displayed here is for a microwave oven, and a "send" button and an "IH" button are displayed in the lower right part of the screen. When the "send" button is pressed here, cooking data is transmitted from the home terminal 1 to the microwave oven 3 capable of performing cooking, and when the "IH" button is pressed, cooking data is transmitted from the home terminal 1 to the electromagnetic cooker 5 capable of performing cooking. Sent.

FIG. 13 shows the configuration of FIG. 1 described in the first embodiment.
It is a flowchart corresponding to. In FIG. 13, the same process steps as those shown in FIG. 1 are designated by the same step numbers, and different process steps will be mainly described here.

First, the processing performed by the control circuit 11 of the home terminal 1 will be described. When the "Next" button is pressed,
The control circuit 11 displays the cooking procedure for the microwave oven on the display panel 9, and based on the operating state information transmitted from the microwave oven 3 and the electromagnetic cooker 5 through the in-house network 2, the cookable cooking operation can be performed. The type and number of vessels are confirmed (step A31). The operation state information includes information indicating the type of heating cooker.

When the control circuit 11 determines in step A2 that the number of cookable foods is not 0 ("YES"), the control circuit 11 moves to step A3 and displays a "send" button on the display panel 9. Then, it is determined whether or not there is a heating cooker (here, an electromagnetic cooker 5) capable of performing cooking other than a microwave oven (step A32), and the display panel 9 is displayed only when it is determined to be (“YES”). The button (“IH” button in this embodiment) of the cooking device is displayed (step A)
33).

After that, the control circuit 11 judges whether the "send" button or the "IH" button has been pressed (step A34). Here, it is not pressed (“NO”)
If it is determined that the button has been pressed (“YES”), the process proceeds to step A35. In step A35, the control circuit 11 tells the microwave oven 3 "range 500W after heating for 2 minutes 2 when the" send "button is pressed.
The microwave oven cooking data for "00W 20 minutes heating" is transmitted, and when the button is the "IH" button, the electromagnetic cooker 5 cooking data is transmitted.

Next, the processing performed by the control circuit 27 of the microwave oven 3 capable of performing cooking and the control circuit of the electromagnetic cooker 5 will be described. The control circuit 27 of the microwave oven 3 and the control circuit of the electromagnetic cooker 5 perform almost the same processing as the processing shown in FIG. 1B described in the first embodiment. However, since the clear signal is not transmitted from the home terminal 1, the reception of the clear signal is judged B6, B12, and B12.
13 and the processing of step B9 of transmitting the cooking start to the home terminal 1 are not executed. In addition, when it is desired to display on the home terminal 1 side that the cooking has been started, the process of step B9 may be executed.

FIG. 17A shows a change in the display content of the display panel 23 when the cooking data is transmitted from the home terminal 1 to the microwave oven 3. In this case, nothing is displayed on the display panel 34 of the electromagnetic cooker 5. On the other hand, FIG. 17B shows a change in the display content of the display panel 34 when the cooking data is transmitted from the home terminal 1 to the electromagnetic cooker 5. In this case, microwave oven 3
Nothing is displayed on the display panel 23.

As described above, in the home terminal 1 of the present embodiment, when there are a plurality of types of heating cookers that can be used for cooking, whether or not each type of heating cooker is ready for cooking is determined. A button for recognizing and selecting the type of the cooking device which is ready for cooking is displayed on the display panel 9 so that any one type can be selected. Therefore, the user can easily recognize whether or not each type of heating cooker is in a usable state by the display of the button, and by operating the button, the cooking data is transmitted to the desired heating cooker and the cooking is performed. Can start. Moreover, since the home terminal 1 transmits the cooking data having the heating command content corresponding to the selected heating cooker, the heating cooker can perform the optimum cooking.

(Fourth Embodiment) Next, a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 18 and 19. In the present embodiment, as in the case of the above-described third embodiment, a menu that can be cooked using any of the microwave oven 3 and the electromagnetic cooker 5, which are different types of heating cookers, is selected, The screen display of the home terminal 1 is different from that of the third embodiment. The electric configuration of the heating cooker system is the same as that of the above-described embodiments.

FIG. 19 shows a screen display of the display panel 9 when the cooking menu is selected on the home terminal 1. When the "Next" button is pressed while the information on the ingredients and amounts shown in FIG. 7 (c) is displayed on the display panel 9, information on the cooking procedure (how to make) using the microwave oven shown in FIG. 19 (a). Is displayed, each button of “range”, “IH”, and “transmission” is displayed in the lower right part of the screen, and only the “range” button is highlighted to indicate the selected state. However, it is assumed that the microwave oven 3 and the electromagnetic cooker 5 are both ready to perform cooking.

Here, when the "IH" button is pressed, FIG.
As shown in (b), information on the cooking procedure (how to make) using the electromagnetic cooker 5 is displayed, and "range" is displayed.
Instead of the button, the “IH” button is highlighted to indicate the selected state. Then, when the “send” button is pressed, cooking data is transmitted from the home terminal 1 to the selected heating cooker.

FIG. 18 is a flow chart of a control program that the control circuit 11 of the home terminal 1 starts executing when the "Next" button is pressed. In this FIG.
The same process steps as those shown in FIGS. 1 and 13 are designated by the same step numbers, and different process steps will be mainly described here.

When the "Next" button is pressed, the control circuit 1
After performing steps A31 to A3, the display panel 9 non-invertedly displays the button (“IH” button indicating the electromagnetic cooker 5 in the present embodiment) of the cooker of a type other than the microwave oven capable of cooking. (Step A41), and then the "range" button indicating the microwave oven 3 capable of cooking is highlighted (Step A42). Further, the display panel 9 displays information on the cooking procedure using the microwave oven (step A43). That is, the microwave oven 3 is set as the initial setting.
Is selected.

After that, the control circuit 11 performs step A4.
It is determined whether or not the heating cooker button (“IH” button), the “range” button, and the “send” button are pressed at 4, A45, and A46, respectively. Step A4
The cooker button was pressed in 4 ("YES")
If it is determined that the "cook" button is highlighted, the "range" button is returned to the non-inverted display (step A48). And step A
At 50, after the information about the cooking procedure using the selected heating cooker (electromagnetic cooker 5) is displayed on the display panel 9, the process proceeds to step A44. Also, step A45
If it is determined that the "range" button has been pressed ("YES"), the process proceeds to step A41.

When the "send" button is pressed, the control circuit 1
1 determines "YES" in step A46, and transmits cooking data to the heating cooker (microwave oven 3 or electromagnetic cooker 5) selected at that time (step A47).
The process ends. The processing performed by the control circuit 27 of the microwave oven 3 capable of executing cooking and the control circuit of the electromagnetic cooker 5 is the same as the processing shown in FIG. 13B described in the third embodiment.

As described above, in the home terminal 1 of this embodiment, when there are a plurality of types of heating cookers that can be used for cooking, the display panel 9 indicates the type of heating cooker that is ready for cooking. Since a button for selecting is displayed and one of the types can be selected,
The same effect as that of the third embodiment can be obtained. Further, since the cooking procedure using the selected heating cooker is displayed on the display panel 9, the user can obtain cooking information such as cooking time and cooking method according to the type of heating cooker, and proceed with cooking. The convenience above is improved.

(Other Embodiments) The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above and shown in the drawings, but can be expanded or modified as follows. The device status display in the first embodiment may use display marks such as characters, figures, and symbols registered in advance by the user instead of the ● mark. Further, in order to identify not only the number of heat cookers that can be used but also each heat cooker that can be used, identification information of each heat cooker, for example, characters such as “A”, “B”, ... Or “refrigerator Installation locations such as “side”, “on wagon”, ... May be displayed together. further,
The display panel 9 may display not only the heating cooker required for the cooking but also all the cooking cookers managed by the home terminal 1 that are ready to perform cooking. In this case, the display color, the display mark, the display position and the like of the display of the heating cooker necessary for the cooking and the display of the other heating cookers may be different.

In the second embodiment, one of the cooking devices (microwave ovens 3 and 4) of the same type that can perform cooking is selected and the cooking data is transmitted. It is also possible to select the ones at the same time and transmit the cooking data at the same time. Further, as the button display of the heating cooker displayed on the child screen, it is possible to use the easily selected one selected by the user as described above.

In the third and fourth embodiments, when there are a plurality of heating cookers of the same type, as in the first embodiment, cooking can be executed among the selected types of heating cookers. It is also possible to transmit cooking data to an object (for example, microwave ovens 3 and 4) and to transmit a clear signal from the home terminal 1 to another heating cooker when cooking is started in one of the heating cookers. good. Further, the number of usable cookers may be displayed adjacent to the button on the display panel 9. Furthermore, in the fourth embodiment, a response mark may be displayed on the display panel of the selected heating cooker, and a notification sound may be output together with the response mark.

In each of the embodiments, the device status display and the selection screen are displayed on the display panel 9 of the home terminal 1 so as to be superimposed on the screen showing the cooking procedure, but both screens may be displayed as separate screens. The home terminal 1 and each cooking device may be configured to perform wired communication instead of wireless communication. In each embodiment, the case where the cooking menu using the microwave ovens 3 and 4 or the electromagnetic cooker 5 is selected has been described, but the cooking menu using the heating cooker such as the cooking heater 6 and the rice cooker 7 is selected. The same applies to the case. The heating cooker system built in the house has been described as an example, but the same can be applied to a place where a plurality of heating cookers are installed, such as a convenience store, a kitchen in a restaurant, and a cooking room in a school.

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As is clear from the above description, the heating cooker system of the present invention can control a plurality of heating cookers by means of the heating cooker having the communication means and the display means and the communication means. Since the terminal device is configured to recognize the heating cooker to be controlled within the communicable range and switch the screen display of the display unit based on the recognized content, The user can correctly recognize the configuration contents and operating state of the heating cooker through the screen display, and it becomes easy to select the heating cooker to be used for cooking. Moreover, since a plurality of heating cookers are often installed in a house or a store, it is possible to prevent erroneous control of unnecessary heating cookers.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of the present invention, and is a flowchart of a control program executed by each control circuit of a home terminal and a cooking device.

FIG. 2 is a schematic electrical configuration diagram of a heating cooker system.

FIG. 3 is a front view of a home terminal

FIG. 4 is a front view of the microwave oven.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a microwave oven.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a communication mode between a home terminal and a cooking device.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing transition of screens displayed on the display panel of the home terminal.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a screen displayed on the display panel of the home terminal when there is no usable cooking device.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing transition of screens displayed on the display panel of the heating cooker.

FIG. 10 is a view corresponding to FIG. 1 showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a view equivalent to FIG. 7.

FIG. 12 is a view corresponding to FIG. 9.

FIG. 13 is a view corresponding to FIG. 1 showing a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a top view of the electromagnetic cooker.

FIG. 15 is a view corresponding to FIG.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a screen displayed on the display panel of the home terminal.

FIG. 17 is a view equivalent to FIG. 9.

FIG. 18 is a flow chart of a control program executed by the control circuit of the home terminal according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 19 is a view equivalent to FIG. 7.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 is a home terminal (terminal device), 3 is a microwave oven (heating cooker), 5 is an electromagnetic cooker 5 (heating cooker), 6 is a cooking heater (heating cooker), 7 is a rice cooker (heating cooker) ), 9 is a display panel (display means), 16 is a communication circuit (communication means), and 30 is a communication circuit (communication means).

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Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A heating cooker having a communication means, and a terminal device having a display means and a communication means capable of controlling a plurality of the heating cookers by communication, the terminal device being in a communicable range. A heating cooker system characterized in that it is configured to recognize a heating cooker to be controlled therein and switch the screen display of the display means based on the recognized contents. 2. When the heating cookers to be controlled are made of the same type, the terminal device displays on the display means the number of heating cookers capable of performing heating. The cooking device system according to claim 1, wherein the cooking device system is configured to perform a screen display. 3. The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the display device is configured to display a screen according to the type of the heating cooker to be controlled. Heating cooker system. 4. When the terminal device determines that the heating cooking can be executed by a plurality of heating cookers, the terminal device transmits the cooking data of the heating cooking to all the heating cookers determined to be executable, In response to this, when it is determined that the heating cooking is started in one of the heating cookers, a command for canceling the cooking data is transmitted to the other heating cookers. Item 4. A heating cooker system according to any one of items 1 to 3. 5. The terminal device, when determining that the heating cooking can be performed by a plurality of heating cooking devices, displays the cooking data of the heating cooking from the executable heating cooking devices on the display means. The heating cooker system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the heating cooker system is configured to display a selection screen for selecting a heating cooker to be transmitted. 6. The cooking device according to claim 5, wherein the terminal device is configured to display cooking information according to the type of the cooking device selected on the display means. system. 7. When the terminal device is displaying the selection screen, the terminal device is provided with confirmation means capable of confirming the correspondence between the heating cooker selected according to the selection screen and the actual heating cooker. The cooking device system according to claim 5 or 6, characterized in that. 8. The heating cooker comprises notifying means and is configured to notify in response to being selected by the terminal device.
The cooker system described. 9. The cooked food according to claim 1, wherein the terminal device is configured to send cooking data corresponding to the type to each cooker. Vessel system. 10. The terminal device and the heating cooker,
The heating cooker system according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein wireless communication is performed via the communication unit.