Cooking device and cooking system

Abstract

To provide a heating cooker and a heating cooking system in which when an unusable numerical value is entered, the setting is performed using a usable numerical value before or after the unusable value, so that a user does not worry about inputting a heating condition and user's convenience is not deteriorated.SOLUTION: A heating cooker system includes a heating cooker including a heating unit and a communication unit that communicates with an external communication device, an external communication device, and a controller. There are provided a first numerical value N1 that can be input and set as a heating condition, and a second numerical value N2 that can be input and set as the next largest value to the first numerical value N1 are provided, and furthermore there are provided a plurality of numerical values between the first numerical value N1 and the second numerical value N2, which can be input, but cannot be set. When the numerical value of a heating condition of the heating unit which is inputted from the external communication device is one of the plurality of numerical values that can be input, but cannot be set, the controller sets the numerical value of the heating condition of the heating unit as the first numerical value N1, and transmits it to the communication unit.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 22

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present disclosure relates to a cooking device and a cooking system capable of receiving setting input of heating conditions from an external communication device. [Background technology]

[0002] 2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, cooking devices that allow setting conditions for cooking to be input from an external communication device are known (see, for example, Patent Document 1). [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] JP 2015-158344 A (page 4, FIG. 15) Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] As with the cooking device described in Patent Document 1, it is possible to input numerical values ​​that are prepared in advance and can be used without any problems, but numerical values ​​that are not prepared for such cooking devices cannot be input.

[0005] Therefore, the setting cannot be completed unless the pre-prepared usable numerical values ​​are accurately entered, but the numerical values ​​that can be set differ depending on the cooking device. For example, if the number after 10 is 20, the user may not understand that this is an unusable number and may try to set it to a number between 10 and 20.

[0006] In such a case, the user may think that the system can be used, but may end up repeatedly entering values ​​that cannot be used, which will result in the setting not being completed, and the user may find the system difficult to use.

[0007] The heating cooker and heating cooking system disclosed herein are intended to solve the above-mentioned problems, and aim to provide a heating cooker and heating cooking system that, when an unusable number is input, allows the user to set a usable number either before or after the unusable number, thereby preventing the user from being confused when inputting heating conditions and thus not impairing user convenience. [Means for solving the problem]

[0008] The cooking system according to the present disclosure includes a heating unit that heats an object to be heated, an operation unit for setting heating conditions of the heating unit; A cooking device including a communication unit that communicates with an external communication device, an external communication device capable of inputting and outputting information for setting heating conditions of the heating unit, and a control unit that controls the cooking device and the external communication device, From the control panel There is a first numerical value N1 that can be input and set, and a second numerical value N2 that is the next larger than the first numerical value N1 that can be input and set. Furthermore, between the first numerical value N1 and the second numerical value N2, From external communication devices There are a number of values ​​that can be input but cannot be set, and the control unit determines that the heating condition value of the heating unit input from the external communication device is one of the multiple values ​​that can be input but cannot be set. The number closest to the first number N1 If so, the heating condition value of the heating unit is set to a first value N1 and transmitted to the communication unit, and the set first value N1 is displayed on the display unit of the cooking device. In this way, when the value is close to the second value N2, the value of the heating condition of the heating unit is set to the second value N2 and transmitted to the communication unit, and the set second value N2 is This is displayed on the display unit of the cooking device. Effect of the Invention

[0009] According to the present disclosure, when there is a first numerical value N1 that can be input and set as the heating condition of the heating section, and a second numerical value N2 that is the next largest after the first numerical value N1 and can be input and set, and further when there are multiple numerical values ​​between the first numerical value N1 and the second numerical value N2 that can be input but cannot be set, the control unit sets the numerical value of the heating condition of the heating section to the first numerical value N1 and transmits it to the communication unit when the numerical value of the heating condition of the heating section input from the external communication device is any of the multiple numerical values ​​that can be input but cannot be set. Therefore, even if the user inputs a heating condition that cannot be set, it is not determined that the heating condition cannot be set, but rather it sets a settable heating condition that is close to the input heating condition, so that an easy-to-use heating cooking system that does not impair the convenience of the user can be provided, without the user being confused about inputting the heating conditions even if the user does not correctly understand the numerical values ​​set for the heating conditions. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0010] [Figure 1] 1 is a schematic diagram showing a heating and cooking system according to a first embodiment of the present disclosure. [Diagram 2] FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing kitchen furniture accommodating a cooking device according to a first embodiment of the present disclosure. [Diagram 3] 1 is a side view showing a cooking device according to a first embodiment of the present disclosure. [Figure 4] FIG. 1 is a top view showing a cooking device according to a first embodiment of the present disclosure. [Diagram 5] 1 is a schematic diagram showing a central operation unit of a cooking device according to a first embodiment of the present disclosure. [Figure 6] 2 is a schematic diagram showing a left display unit, a left heating power display unit, and a left operation unit of the cooking device according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. [Figure 7] 2 is a schematic diagram showing a right display unit, a right heating power display unit, and a right operation unit of the cooking device according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. [Figure 8] FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing a cooking device control unit of the cooking device according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. [Figure 9] 1 is a schematic diagram showing a central operation unit of a cooking device according to a first embodiment of the present disclosure. [Figure 10] 4 is a schematic diagram showing an example of an operating procedure of a central operating unit of the cooking device according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. [Figure 11] 6 is a schematic diagram showing another example of the operating procedure of the central operating unit of the cooking device according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. [Figure 12] 4 is a table showing setting ranges of setting conditions of the heating and cooking system according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. [Figure 13] 4 is a list of setting conditions and initial values ​​of the setting conditions corresponding to heating menus of the heating cooking system according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. [Figure 14] 6 is a table showing setting ranges of setting conditions of other cooking appliances connected to the cooking system according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. [Figure 15] 4 is a first half of a flowchart showing a basic operation of the heat cooking system according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. [Figure 16] 5 is a second half of a flowchart showing the basic operation of the heat cooking system according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. [Figure 17] FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram showing an example of when the cooking device according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure transitions to a standby state through the operation of a menu button, and oven cooking is selected and set through a voice input operation, allowing the setting conditions input by voice to be set. [Figure 18] 10 is a timing chart showing an example of when a voice-input setting condition can be set when oven cooking is selected and set by a voice input operation of the cooking appliance according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. [Figure 19] FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram showing an example of when voice-input setting conditions can be set when oven cooking is selected and set by voice input operation after operating the standby button of the heating cooker according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. [Figure 20] FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a case where voice-input setting conditions can be set when oven cooking is set by voice input operation after oven cooking of the cooking device according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure is selected by manual operation. [Figure 21] FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a case where a voice-input setting condition cannot be set when oven cooking is selected and set by a voice input operation of the cooking device according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. [Figure 22] 10 is a timing chart showing an example of a case where a voice-input setting condition cannot be set when oven cooking is selected and set by a voice input operation of the cooking appliance according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. [Figure 23] A flowchart showing an example of detailed operations from step S7 to step S12 when oven cooking is selected and set and the setting conditions input by voice cannot be set in a flowchart showing the basic operation of the heating cooking system according to embodiment 1 of the present disclosure. [Figure 24] FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram showing another example of a case where a voice-input setting condition cannot be set when oven cooking is selected and set by a voice input operation of the cooking device according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. [Diagram 25] 13 is a timing chart showing another example of a case where a voice-input setting condition cannot be set when oven cooking is selected and set by a voice input operation of the cooking device according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. [Figure 26] A flowchart showing another example of detailed operations from step S7 to step S12 when the setting conditions input by voice cannot be set when oven cooking is selected and set in the flowchart showing the basic operation of the heating cooking system according to embodiment 1 of the present disclosure. [Figure 27] FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a case where a voice-input setting condition cannot be set when oven cooking is selected and set by a voice input operation of the cooking device according to the second embodiment of the present disclosure. [Figure 28] 13 is a timing chart showing an example of a case where a setting condition input by voice cannot be set when oven cooking is selected and set by a voice input operation of the cooking device according to the second embodiment of the present disclosure. [Figure 29]A flowchart showing an example of detailed operations from step S7 to step S12 when the setting conditions input by voice cannot be set when oven cooking is selected and set in a flowchart showing the basic operation of the heating cooking system according to embodiment 2 of the present disclosure. [Diagram 30] FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a case where a voice-input setting condition cannot be set when oven cooking is selected and set by a voice input operation of the cooking device according to the third embodiment of the present disclosure. [Diagram 31] 13 is a timing chart showing an example of a case where a voice-input setting condition cannot be set when oven cooking is selected and set by a voice input operation of the cooking device according to the third embodiment of the present disclosure. [Diagram 32] A flowchart showing an example of detailed operations from step S7 to step S12 when the setting conditions input by voice cannot be set when oven cooking is selected and set in a flowchart showing the basic operation of the heating cooking system according to embodiment 3 of the present disclosure. [Diagram 33] FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a case where a voice-input setting condition cannot be set when oven cooking is selected and set by a voice input operation of the cooking device according to the fourth embodiment of the present disclosure. [Diagram 34] 13 is a timing chart showing an example of a case where a voice-input setting condition cannot be set when oven cooking is selected and set by a voice input operation of the cooking device according to the fourth embodiment of the present disclosure. [Diagram 35] A flowchart showing an example of detailed operations from step S7 to step S12 when the setting conditions input by voice cannot be set when oven cooking is selected and set in a flowchart showing the basic operation of the heating cooking system according to embodiment 4 of the present disclosure. [Diagram 36] FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a case where a voice-input setting condition cannot be set when oven cooking is selected and set by a voice input operation of the cooking device according to the fifth embodiment of the present disclosure. [Figure 37]13 is a timing chart showing an example of a case where a voice-input setting condition cannot be set when oven cooking is selected and set by a voice input operation of the cooking device according to the fifth embodiment of the present disclosure. [Figure 38] FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a case where a voice-input setting condition cannot be set when oven cooking is selected and set by a voice input operation of the cooking device according to the fifth embodiment of the present disclosure. [Figure 39] 13 is a timing chart showing an example of a case where a voice-input setting condition cannot be set when oven cooking is selected and set by a voice input operation of the cooking device according to the fifth embodiment of the present disclosure. [Diagram 40] A flowchart showing an example of detailed operations from step S7 to step S12 when the setting conditions input by voice cannot be set when oven cooking is selected and set in a flowchart showing the basic operation of the heating cooking system according to embodiment 5 of the present disclosure. [Diagram 41] FIG. 23 is a schematic diagram showing an example of when a voice-input setting condition can be set or cannot be set when oven cooking is selected and set by a voice input operation of the cooking device according to the sixth embodiment of the present disclosure. [Diagram 42] 13 is a timing chart showing an example of when voice-input setting conditions can or cannot be set when oven cooking is selected and set by voice input operation of the cooking device according to embodiment 6 of the present disclosure. [Diagram 43] A flowchart showing an example of detailed operations from step S7 to step S12 when oven cooking is selected and set in a flowchart showing the basic operation of the heating cooking system according to embodiment 6 of the present disclosure, and when the setting conditions input by voice are settable or not settable. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0011] Hereinafter, an embodiment of a cooking device and a cooking system according to the present disclosure will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that the present disclosure is not limited to the embodiment described below. In addition, the size relationship of each component in the following drawings, including FIG. 1, may differ from the actual one. In addition, in the following description, terms indicating directions are used as appropriate to facilitate understanding, but these terms are for the purpose of explanation and do not limit the present disclosure. Examples of terms indicating directions include "up", "down", "right", "left", "front" or "rear". Note that the cooking device includes a composite cooking device having multiple types of heating means.

[0012] Embodiment 1 In the present embodiment 1, the "first heating means" HM1 is a heating source for heating an object to be heated on the top plate 3, which will be described later. A representative example of the first heating means HM1 is an induction heating coil. A representative induction heating coil (IH coil) is one in which about 30 thin copper or aluminum wires of about 0.1 mm to 0.3 mm are bundled together, and the bundle is twisted and wound into a spiral shape. Another induction heating coil is one in which about 1000 to 1500 wires of about 0.05 mm are wound together. Another proposal is to configure the induction heating coil as a ring-shaped conductor made of a flat conductive material. Any of these forms corresponds to the "IH coil" which is the main part of the induction heating source 9.

[0013] In the present embodiment 1, the "second heating means" HM2 refers to a heating source for heating an object to be heated housed inside the heating chamber 6 described later. The second heating means HM2 may be a steam generator that supplies high-temperature steam, for example, superheated steam, i.e., a boiler. In the present embodiment 1, a magnetron is used as the microwave heating source, but there is no limitation to the microwave oscillation principle or method, such as a microwave oscillator. In addition, the cooking device 1 may be provided with multiple heating sources.

[0014] In the present embodiment 1, the "third heating means" HM3 is called "third" to indicate the difference from the second heating means HM2, but does not mean superiority or inferiority. In the present embodiment 1, a heat source using a radiant electric heat source, for example, a sheath heater, a mica heater, a carbon heater, a ceramic heater, an infrared heater, or a radiant heater, is used, but a heat source that generates heat in other forms or methods may also be used. The third heating means HM3 refers to one that can cook food in one heating chamber 6.

[0015] A configuration may be used in which a plurality of heating sources having different heating principles are used in combination, such as a heating source composed of an electric heater or the like and a gas burner (burner). An induction heating source 9 may be used as a heating source for heating the heating chamber 6. The heating source may be a steam generator that supplies high-temperature steam, such as superheated steam, i.e., a boiler. The third heating means HM3 may be a heating source that heats the wall surface of the heating chamber 6 from the outside, or may be a heating source that is installed in the internal space of the heating chamber 6 and heats the atmosphere in the internal space to a high temperature. A heat-generating member that becomes hot by induction heating may be placed in the heating chamber 6, and the wall surface of the heating chamber 6 may be heated from the outside by this heat-generating member, or the air inside the heating chamber 6 may be heated.

[0016] (System Configuration) FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a cooking system 1a according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. The cooking system 1a includes a cooking device 1, an external communication device 200 (hereinafter, sometimes referred to as the first communication device 200) such as a smartphone having a function of wirelessly communicating with the cooking device 1, and a control device 100. The control device 100 manages communication and information from a cloud server 300 (hereinafter, sometimes referred to as the second communication device 300), and performs data conversion for notifying the cloud server 300 of voice input from a user. The external communication device 200 also includes a voice input unit 211 (not shown) for inputting the voice of the user and a voice output unit 212 (not shown) for outputting voice. The external communication device 200 is, for example, an information processing terminal device, and may be a tablet terminal device with a communication function or a smart speaker other than a smartphone.

[0017] The external communication device 200 and the recipe information providing server 301 are connected by a network 202 such as an Internet line. Here, the recipe information providing server 301 includes a recipe providing site. The recipe providing site includes a recipe database 302. The recipe information providing server 301 and the cooking appliance 1 are connected by a network 203 such as an Internet line. A wireless router (not shown) may be interposed between the external communication device 200 and the cloud server 300. Similarly, a wireless router (not shown) may be interposed between the cooking appliance 1 and the cloud server 300. The recipe information providing server 301 also includes heating setting data for the cooking appliance 1, and records heating conditions that can be set from the external communication device 200 to the cooking appliance 1, which will be described later. The settable heating conditions are data such as the heating menu and setting condition list in FIG. 13.

[0018] The cooking system 1a can transmit cooking condition data CD3 corresponding to a recipe created by a user in the external communication device 200 to the recipe information providing server 301, temporarily store the data in the recipe database 302, and provide the data to the cooker 1. That is, when the external communication device 200 is in a location such as an outside location far away from the house in which the cooker 1 is installed, the cooking condition data CD3 of the external communication device 200 can be stored in the recipe information providing server 301, which is highly convenient.

[0019] The cooking appliance 1 downloads cooking condition data CD4 corresponding to a specific recipe stored in the recipe information providing server 301 via the network 203 between the cooking appliance 1 and the recipe information providing server 301.

[0020] The user performs an operation to register identification information such as the model name of the cooking appliance 1 as an initial setting. This registration allows the user to acquire cooking condition data corresponding to the specifications of the cooking appliance 1, such as the heating capacity of each of the heating means HM1 to HM3, from the recipe information providing server 301. The cloud server 300 has a cloud control unit 303 that controls communication using the network 203 and manages access by the cooking appliance 1 and the external communication device 200 to the recipe information providing server 301.

[0021] FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a kitchen furniture 600 in which the cooking device 1 according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure is housed, and FIG. 3 is a side view showing the cooking device 1 according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the cooking device 1 has a first heating means HM1, a second heating means HM2, and a third heating means HM3 as a heating section HM. The first heating means HM1 is disposed below the top plate 3 covering the upper surface of the cooking device 1. The second heating means HM2 supplies microwaves to the inside of the heating chamber 6 formed inside the cooking device 1. The third heating means HM3 is located inside or outside the heating chamber 6 and heats it by increasing the temperature of the internal space of the heating chamber 6.

[0022] The cooking device 1 is a built-in type IH cooking heater that is incorporated into kitchen furniture 600 equipped with a cooking counter on top, i.e., kitchen furniture, and is used by being incorporated therein. The cooking device 1 has a main body 2 and a top plate 3 installed on the main body 2. The top plate 3 is exposed on the kitchen countertop that constitutes the top surface of the kitchen furniture 600. The top plate 3 is composed of, for example, a heat-resistant glass plate and a metal frame attached to the periphery of the glass plate. On the upper surface of the top plate 3, three heating ports 4 are provided: a left heating port 4L, a right heating port 4R, and a central heating port 4C.

[0023] The left heating port 4L, the right heating port 4R, and the center heating port 4C indicate areas where a metal cooking container such as a pot or a frying pan is placed. The metal cooking container is also called the "heated object" in relation to the first heating means HM1. Guide marks (not shown) that serve as guides for placing the heated object are printed on the upper surface of the top plate 3 for the left heating port 4L, the right heating port 4R, and the center heating port 4C.

[0024] An exhaust port cover 5 is provided on the rear side of the top plate 3. The exhaust port cover 5 is made of a punched metal or a lattice-shaped metal member with numerous small through holes, and has good ventilation throughout and low airflow resistance. Exhaust air released from inside the cooking device 1 passes through the exhaust port cover 5 and goes out of the cooking device 1. A heating door, which is a door 7 that opens and closes the front of the heating chamber 6 arranged inside the main body 2, is provided on the front of the cooking device 1. The door 7 is provided with a handle 8 for opening and closing.

[0025] As shown in FIG. 3, an induction heating coil (hereinafter referred to as "left IH coil 9L") is provided below the left heating port 4L as a left induction heating means. Similarly, an induction heating coil (hereinafter referred to as "right IH coil 9R") is provided below the right heating port 4R as a right induction heating means, and an induction heating coil (hereinafter referred to as "center IH coil 9C") is provided below the center heating port 4C as a center induction heating means. The left IH coil 9L, right IH coil 9R, and center IH coil 9C are circular heating coils formed by winding thin conductors such as copper wire or aluminum wire, and generate a high-frequency magnetic field when a high-frequency current is supplied. As a result, the objects to be heated, which are cooking vessels arranged on the left heating port 4L, right heating port 4R, and center heating port 4C, are induction heated.

[0026] The heating means including the left IH coil 9L, right IH coil 9R, and center IH coil 9C and a driving circuit (not shown) which is a high-frequency power supply circuit such as an inverter circuit that drives them, may be referred to as the induction heating source 9 or first heating means HM1. In the following description, the first heating means HM1 will be used unless there is a particular contradiction. A temperature sensor group 30 (see FIG. 8) consisting of a plurality of temperature sensors is mounted near the left IH coil 9L, right IH coil 9R, and center IH coil 9C to detect the temperature of the top plate 3 or the object to be heated. One temperature sensor (not shown) constitutes one sensor in the temperature sensor group 30.

[0027] The heating chamber 6 is provided inside the main body 2 below the left IH coil 9L, the right IH coil 9R, and the center IH coil 9C. The heating chamber 6 is surrounded by metal walls such as stainless steel, and is a space for heating the food and ingredients contained in the heating chamber 6. The food is placed in a heat-resistant plastic container and placed in the heating chamber 6, or placed on a porcelain or heat-resistant glass plate. In this case, the plate or container may be called a "heated container." Note that since the container is not induction-heated by the left IH coil 9L, the right IH coil 9R, and the center IH coil 9C, even if it is placed on the heating port 4 of the top plate 3, it is not called an "object to be heated" by the left IH coil 9L, the right IH coil 9R, and the center IH coil 9C.

[0028] An opening is formed in the front of the heating chamber 6 for putting in and taking out the food to be cooked. The opening in the front of the heating chamber 6 is covered by a door 7 which can be opened and closed freely. The door 7 is supported by the main body 2 so as to be rotatable via a hinge (not shown) and an arm (not shown). This allows the door 7 to open forward to a horizontal position with its lower end portion as a fulcrum, i.e., the center of rotation. The door 7 may be pulled forward integrally with a support member (not shown) that supports the container to be heated from below by a slide rail (not shown). The support member refers to a structure such as a shelf, for example.

[0029] The door 7 is provided with an opening / closing detector 10 for detecting whether the door 7 is open or closed. The opening / closing detector 10 is, for example, a microswitch or an infrared sensor. A microwave oscillator 11 for heating the food contained in the heating chamber 6 is provided behind the heating chamber 6. The microwave oscillator 11 is composed of, for example, a magnetron, and performs range heating to heat the food placed in the heating chamber 6 by irradiating microwaves into the heating chamber 6. The heating means including the microwave oscillator 11 and a drive circuit (not shown) which is a high-frequency power supply circuit such as an inverter circuit for driving the microwave oscillator 11 may be referred to as a second heating means HM2.

[0030] The heating chamber 6 is provided with an upper radiant heat heating means 12a and a lower radiant heat heating means 12b for heating the food from above and below. The upper radiant heat heating means 12a is disposed on the outer or inner ceiling wall surface of the heating chamber 6, and the lower radiant heat heating means 12b is disposed on the inner or outer wall surface of the heating chamber 6, and both are sheath heaters. Other types of radiant heat heating means, for example, mica heaters or carbon heaters, may be installed outside the heating chamber 6. FIG. 3 shows an example in which the upper radiant heat heating means 12a and the lower radiant heat heating means 12b are both installed in close contact with the outer wall surface of the heating chamber 6.

[0031] The heating means including the upper radiant heat heating means 12a, the lower radiant heat heating means 12b, and a drive circuit (not shown) that is a high-frequency power supply circuit such as an inverter circuit that drives them may be referred to as the third heating means HM3. Note that the upper radiant heat heating means 12a and the lower radiant heat heating means 12b may be collectively referred to as the "radiant heat heating means", in which case the reference number 12 is used.

[0032] Heating chamber 6 is also provided with infrared sensor 13, which is a non-contact temperature sensor, to detect the temperature of the food inside heating chamber 6 in a non-contact manner. The temperature range detected by infrared sensor 13 is set to, for example, -20°C to 100°C. This allows the degree of heating of the food to be detected accurately in real time, for example in 1°C increments. Infrared sensor 13 also constitutes one sensor in the temperature sensor group 30 (see FIG. 8).

[0033] The heating chamber 6 is also provided with a contact-type temperature sensor, for example, a thermistor sensor 14, which is an interior temperature sensor that detects the atmospheric temperature inside the heating chamber 6 or the wall temperature of the heating chamber 6. The thermistor sensor 14 has the characteristic of detecting temperature by capturing a change in temperature as a change in electrical resistance, and therefore the upper limit of the temperature that can be detected is approximately 250°C. The thermistor sensor 14 also constitutes one sensor in the temperature sensor group 30 (see FIG. 8). The thermistor sensor 14 may be installed in two locations, near the bottom surface and near the ceiling surface of the heating chamber 6, as shown in FIG. 3.

[0034] Fig. 4 is a top view showing the cooking device 1 according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Fig. 4, a left operation unit 15L, a central operation unit 15M, and a right operation unit 15R are provided on the front side of the upper surface of the top plate 3 of the cooking device 1. These may be collectively referred to as "operation units" or "input operation units", in which case the reference numeral 15 is used. A left heating power display unit 17L, a central display unit 16M, a right heating power display unit 17R, and a left display unit 16L and a right display unit 16R are provided on the rear side, which is the back side of the left operation unit 15L, the central operation unit 15M, and the right operation unit 15R.

[0035] The left display unit 16L, the center display unit 16M, and the right display unit 16R may be collectively referred to as the "display unit", in which case the reference number 16 is used. The center display unit 16M has a horizontally long liquid crystal display screen. The left heating power display unit 17L and the right heating power display unit 17R display the heating power level using light-emitting elements (such as LEDs) and do not have a display screen.

[0036] In addition, an operation button 20A for the main power switch 20 is provided adjacent to the right operation unit 15R. The main power switch 20 turns the main power of the cooking appliance 1 ON or OFF. The button that is pressed during the ON / OFF operation is the operation button 20A. When the main power of the cooking appliance 1 is OFF, pressing the operation button 20A for, for example, several seconds turns the main power ON. When the main power of the cooking appliance 1 is ON, pressing the operation button 20A for, for example, several seconds turns the main power OFF.

[0037] The central display unit 16M displays information and warnings about the entire cooking device 1, and is composed of a liquid crystal display. The display screen of the central display unit 16M displays the selection result of the induction heating means (first heating means) HM1, the microwave heating means (second heating means) HM2, or the radiant heat heating means (third heating means) HM3. Furthermore, the display screen of the central display unit 16M displays the operating state of each heating means, caution information for cooking with each heating means, or warning information. The central display unit 16M is a single liquid crystal display in terms of hardware, but has three display areas: a first display area 22 on the left, a second display area 23 in the center of the left and right, and a third display area 24 on the right, and each display area can display different information (see FIG. 5).

[0038] In addition, the three display areas 22 to 24 may be appropriately linked to become one large display area depending on the display scene, and may display one purpose. In the following, the first display area 22 may be abbreviated to the first area 22, the second display area 23 may be abbreviated to the second area 23, and the third display area 24 may be abbreviated to the third area 24. The central operation unit 15M is mainly for inputting operations related to cooking in the heating chamber 6 and cooking by the central heating port 4C. As shown in FIG. 5, the central operation unit 15M has nine input buttons 151M, 152M, 153M, 154M, 155M, 156M, 157M, 158M, and 159M. The nine input buttons 151M to 159M are capacitive touch buttons. In addition, individual light emitting units 21M are provided near the input buttons 151M to 159M, respectively. The input buttons 159M used for function setting are intended to enable the user to set various operations, displays, and the like of the entire cooking appliance 1 as desired.

[0039] When the input button 159M for setting a function is pressed, the cooking device control unit 40 described later switches to a "function mode" and displays a "function setting menu" such as the one shown below on the display screen of the central display unit 16M. (1) Child lock setting (setting to disable operation of various input buttons). (2) Set the ventilation fan linkage mode. (3) Cleaning guide setting (setting of automatic notification function for when to clean heating chamber 6 and exhaust port cover 5). (4) Peak cut setting (select maximum power consumption from one of four levels: 5700W, 5000W, 4800W, or 4000W). (5) Audio guide audio settings. (6) Audio guide volume settings. (7) Settings to prevent food, cooking utensils, etc. from being forgotten to be removed from the heating chamber 6 (whether or not an alarm is required on the audio notification unit 50 and central display unit 16M). (8) HEMS registration settings (settings related to the power usage restriction function of the home power control device). Various settings as described above can be changed by operating the central operation unit 15M.

[0040] Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a central operation unit 15M of the cooking device 1 according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Fig. 5, the central operation unit 15M of the input operation unit 15 is composed of individual light emitting units 21M and a group of input buttons. The individual light emitting units 21M emit light when the input function of each input button is enabled, and continue to emit light until the input function is disabled. In the central operation unit 15M, an input button 157M for setting a function is disposed adjacent to the left of the input button 153M.

[0041] In the present embodiment 1, an input mode in which the cooking appliance 1 is controlled by a user pressing (including light contact) with a fingertip or the like is called a "touch input mode" TM. For this reason, various input buttons 151M-159M, 151R-155R, and 151L-155L, which will be described later, may be called a "touch input mode selection unit" TMC. Note that not only touch input buttons that utilize capacitance changes, but also input buttons that use push-button type mechanical switches are a type of touch input mode selection unit TMC.

[0042] Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram showing the left display unit 16L, the left heating power display unit 17L, and the left operation unit 15L of the cooking device 1 according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Fig. 6, the left display unit 16L displays information related to cooking at the left heating port 4L, and is configured, for example, with a liquid crystal display. The left display unit 16L displays the set time of timer cooking for an object to be heated placed on the left heating port 4L, the elapsed time since the start of the heating operation at the left heating port 4L, or the remaining time until the timer set time ends, etc.

[0043] When preheat cooking is selected for the left heating port 4L, the left display unit 16L displays the default temperature, which is an automatically set temperature, or the current temperature, etc. The default temperature, which is an automatically set temperature, refers to the target temperature of the bottom surface of an object to be heated, for example, a metal pan, when it is heated at the left heating port 4L. The default temperature can be arbitrarily changed by the user within a certain range.

[0044] The left heating power display unit 17L is composed of multiple LEDs, which are light-emitting elements arranged in a horizontal line, and displays the heating power of the left heating port 4L in multiple stages. The left heating power display unit 17L expresses the heating power by switching the lighting state of the multiple LEDs, for example, between on, off, or blinking, or by switching the lighting color. This allows the user to be informed of the heating power in an intuitive and easy-to-understand manner.

[0045] The left operation unit 15L is used to input operations related to cooking at the left heating port 4L. As shown in Fig. 6, the left operation unit 15L has five input buttons 151L, 152L, 153L, 154L, and 155L. The input buttons 151L, 152L, 153L, 154L, and 155L are touch switches that are capacitive touch sensors that can input information by utilizing a change in capacitance when the user lightly touches the buttons with a finger or the like.

[0046] Individual light-emitting units 21L are provided corresponding to the input buttons 151L, 152L, 153L, 154L, and 155L. The individual light-emitting units 21L are composed of LEDs, which are a plurality of light-emitting elements, and emit light in response to the operation of the input buttons 151L, 152L, 153L, 154L, and 155L. Note that the two adjacent input buttons 154L and 155L share one individual light-emitting unit 21L because they perform the same type of function, that is, increasing and decreasing the flame power.

[0047] The input button 151L is a button that is pressed when selecting timer cooking for the left heating port 4L. Timer cooking is a cooking method in which the user sets the cooking time and performs the heating operation only for the set time. The input button 152L is a button that is pressed when selecting a control menu to be implemented for the left heating port 4L. Each time the input button 152L is pressed, one of multiple control menus can be selected. The "control menu" referred to here is, for example, boiling water, stewing, and deep frying (automatic cooking). The operating time, heat, or operating pattern of the left heating port 4L differs for each control menu.

[0048] The control menu for using the left heating port 4L and the right heating port 4R by operating the left operation unit 15L or the right operation unit 15R without operating the central operation unit 15M is the control menu for the "single cooking mode" KM1, which is entirely induction heating. The "single cooking mode" KM1 will be described later. The input button 153L is a button that is pressed to start or stop cooking in the left heating port 4L. That is, pressing the input button 153L drives the left IH coil 9L disposed below the left heating port 4L. When the input button 153L is pressed again while the left IH coil 9L is being driven, the drive of the left IH coil 9L is stopped and the induction heating operation is immediately stopped.

[0049] Input buttons 154L and 155L are buttons that are pressed when specifying the heat power during heating cooking at the left heating port 4L. Pressing input button 154L on the left decreases the heat power by one level. Conversely, pressing input button 155L on the right increases the heat power by one level. Note that there are nine heat power levels for induction heating cooking at the left heating port 4L, ranging from the minimum rated heat power (heat power level 1: 150W) to the maximum rated heat power (heat power level 9: 3200W).

[0050] Fig. 7 is a schematic diagram showing the right display unit 16R, the right heating power display unit 17R, and the right operation unit 15R of the cooking device 1 according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Fig. 7, the right display unit 16R displays information related to cooking in the right heating port 4R, and is composed of, for example, a liquid crystal display.

[0051] The information related to cooking in the right heating port 4R displayed on the right display section 16R is the same as the information related to cooking in the left heating port 4L. The right heating power display section 17R is composed of multiple LEDs, which are light-emitting elements, and displays the heating power of the right heating port 4R in multiple stages. Like the left heating power display section 17L, the right heating power display section 17R indicates the heating power by switching the lighting state of the multiple LEDs, which are light-emitting elements, for example, between on, off, or blinking, or by switching the lighting color.

[0052] The right operation unit 15R is used to input operations related to cooking at the right heating port 4R. As shown in Fig. 7, the right operation unit 15R has five input buttons 151R, 152R, 153R, 154R, and 155R. The input buttons 151R, 152R, 153R, 154R, and 155R are capacitive touch buttons that can input information by utilizing a change in capacitance when the user lightly touches the buttons with a finger or the like. Individual light-emitting units 21R are provided corresponding to the input buttons 151R, 152R, 153R, 154R, and 155R, respectively.

[0053] The individual light-emitting units 21R are LEDs that are light-emitting elements, and the individual light-emitting units 21R corresponding to the input buttons 151R, 152R, 153R, 154R, and 155R are illuminated in response to the operation of the input buttons 151R, 152R, 153R, 154R, and 155R. However, the two adjacent input buttons 154R and 155R share one individual light-emitting unit 21R because they perform the same type of function of increasing and decreasing the flame power.

[0054] The input button 151R is a button that is pressed when selecting timer cooking in the right heating port 4R. The input button 152R is a button that is pressed when selecting a control menu to be performed in the right heating port 4R. The input button 153R is a button that is pressed to start or stop cooking in the right heating port 4R. The input buttons 154R and 155R are buttons that are pressed when specifying the heat power during cooking in the right heating port 4R. Pressing the left input button 154R decreases the heat power by one step. Conversely, pressing the right input button 155R increases the heat power by one step. The heat power during induction cooking in the right heating port 4R has nine steps, from a rated minimum heat power (heat power level 1) of 150W to a rated maximum heat power (heat power level 9) of 3200W.

[0055] Fig. 8 is a functional block diagram showing a cooking device control unit 40 of the cooking device 1 according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Fig. 8, the cooking device 1 includes a cooking device control unit 40 that performs integrated control of the entire cooking device 1.

[0056] The cooking device control unit 40 is an electronic circuit board on which electronic components such as a control circuit that controls the operation of each unit constituting the cooking device 1 are mounted. The cooking device control unit 40 controls the driving of the left IH coil 9L, the right IH coil 9R, and the center IH coil 9C (not shown) based on the operation of the left operation unit 15L and the right operation unit 15R and the temperature of the object to be heated on the top plate 3.

[0057] The cooking device control unit 40 controls the following operations based on the operation of the central operation unit 15M, the temperature of the object to be heated on the top plate 3, the detection result of the infrared sensor 13, and the detection result of the thermistor sensor 14. For example, the operations include driving the central IH coil 9C, the microwave oscillator 11, the upper radiant heat heating means 12a, and the lower radiant heat heating means 12b.

[0058] Cooker control unit 40 also controls the display of left display unit 16L, right display unit 16R, left heating power display unit 17L, and right heating power display unit 17R based on the operation of left operation unit 15L and right operation unit 15R. Cooker control unit 40 also controls the display of central display unit 16M based on the open signal from open / close detection unit 10 and the operation of left operation unit 15L, right operation unit 15R, and central operation unit 15M.

[0059] The cooking device control unit 40 has a storage device 41 that stores data such as various programs and parameters used to control the cooking device 1, and data of the display screens displayed on the display units 16L, 16R, 16M, 17L, and 17R. The data of the various programs and parameters is collectively referred to as "control data." The data of the display screens displayed on the display units 16L, 16R, 16M, 17L, and 17R is collectively referred to as "display condition data."

[0060] Furthermore, the cooking device control unit 40 activates the audio notification unit 50 as necessary to inform the user of the operating status of the cooking device 1 by audio. As described above, the left operation unit 15L, the right operation unit 15R and the central operation unit 15M may be referred to as the operation unit 15. The operation unit 15 has a button for transitioning to a standby state in which the operation unit 15 accepts input of the first heating condition and the second heating condition from the external communication device 200 described later.

[0061] In the first embodiment of the present disclosure, the button that transitions to the standby state is, for example, input buttons 153M and 154M, which are menu buttons for selecting a menu, as shown in FIG. 9 described below, and the standby state is transitioned by the first operation of input buttons 153M and 154M after the power is turned ON.

[0062] The cooking device control unit 40 stores data in a certain format, which is information such as various programs and parameters used for cooking control by the heating control unit 43, in the cooking condition data storage unit 42 of the storage device 41. This data is the cooking condition data CD mentioned above. The "cooking condition data" and "display condition data" can be acquired by the cooking device 1 for each cooking menu from the external communication device 200 such as a communication terminal.

[0063] The cooking condition data storage unit 42 stores “cooking condition data” and “display condition data”. The cooking condition data storage unit 42 may be a section, i.e., an area, of the storage device 41, or may be configured as a separate unit from the storage device 41 in terms of hardware.

[0064] The heating control unit 43 performs integrated control of the overall heating operation of the cooking appliance 1, and is mainly composed of a microcomputer. The data acquisition unit 53 acquires "cooking condition data" from the external communication device 200 or the cloud server 300 via the communication unit 51. The data acquisition unit 53 may also acquire "display condition data" from the external communication device 200 or the cloud server 300 via the communication unit 51. The communication unit 51 communicates wirelessly with the outside, and has a function of wirelessly communicating with the external communication device 200 or the cloud server 300 as shown in FIG. 1.

[0065] Power supply circuit 57 supplies constant voltage power to cooking device control unit 40. Main power switch 20 is inserted into power supply circuit 57 and is a switch for the main power supply.

[0066] Fig. 9 is a schematic diagram showing a central operation unit 15M of the cooking device 1 according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Fig. 9, menu buttons 153M and 154M have a function of descending and ascending a menu selection. Furthermore, heat buttons 155M and 156M have a function of descending and ascending a heat selection. Furthermore, time buttons 157M and 158M have a function of descending and ascending a time selection.

[0067] Fig. 10 is a schematic diagram showing an example of an operation procedure of the central operation unit 15M of the cooking device 1 according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Fig. 10(a), when the power is ON, "Power is ON" is displayed on the central display unit 16M. Then, as shown in Fig. 10(b), when the menu button 153M or 154M is pressed, the device goes into standby mode as an initial menu selection, and the heating menu and setting range are displayed on the central display unit 16M.

[0068] When menu button 153M or 154M is pressed to select "fillet," fillet and the corresponding setting range are displayed in central display section 16M as shown in Fig. 10(c). When heat button 155M or 156M is pressed to select "medium-strong," fillet and medium-strong are displayed in central display section 16M as shown in Fig. 10(d). Then, when start button 151M is pressed, cooking begins.

[0069] Fig. 11 is a schematic diagram showing a manual operation procedure of the central operation unit 15M of the cooking device 1 according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Fig. 11(a), the device goes into standby mode as an initial menu selection, and the heating menu and setting range are displayed on the central display unit 16M. When the menu button 153M or 154M is pressed to select "manual range", as shown in Fig. 11(b), the central display unit 16M displays manual range and a setting range corresponding to manual range.

[0070] When heat button 155M or 156M is pressed to select "200 W," central display section 16M displays "microwave manual" and "200 W" as shown in Fig. 11(c). When time button 157M or 158M is pressed to select "5 minutes 00 seconds," central display section 16M displays "microwave manual," "200 W," and "5 minutes 00 seconds" as shown in Fig. 11(d). Then, when start button 151M is pressed, cooking begins.

[0071] FIG. 12 is a table showing the setting ranges of the setting conditions of the cooking system 1a according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 12, there are heating menus, setting conditions, and setting ranges as examples of the modes of the cooking device 1. The heating menu includes "warming", "manual microwave", "pre-boil leafy vegetables", "pre-boil root vegetables", "thaw meat", "grilled whole meat", "fillet", "grill", and "oven". The setting condition for "warming" is temperature, and the setting range is 0°C to 90°C in 5°C increments. The setting condition for "manual microwave" is power and time, and the setting range is 100W: 10 seconds to 60 minutes, 200W: 10 seconds to 60 minutes, and 500W: 10 seconds to 15 minutes. In addition, 10 seconds to 5 minutes: 10 second increments, 5 minutes to 10 minutes: 30 second increments, and 10 minutes to 60 minutes: 1 minute increments.

[0072] The setting conditions for "parboiling leafy vegetables", "parboiling root vegetables", "thawing meat", "grilling whole meat", and "fillets" are heat levels, with setting ranges of low, slightly low, normal, slightly high, and high. The setting conditions for "grill" are time, which is 10 seconds to 30 minutes. Note that 10 seconds to 5 minutes: 10 second increments, 5 minutes to 10 minutes: 30 second increments, 10 minutes to 60 minutes: 1 minute increments, and 60 minutes to 120 minutes: 5 minute increments. The setting conditions for "oven" are temperature and time. The setting ranges for temperature are 30°C, 40°C, and 80°C to 250°C: 10°C increments, and the setting range for time is 10 seconds to 120 minutes. Note that 10 seconds to 5 minutes: 10 second increments, 5 minutes to 10 minutes: 30 second increments, 10 minutes to 60 minutes: 1 minute increments, and 60 minutes to 120 minutes: 5 minute increments.

[0073] The heating menu, setting conditions, and setting ranges are not limited to those described above, and other heating menus, setting conditions, and setting ranges may be used.

[0074] Fig. 13 is a list of setting conditions corresponding to heating menus of the heating cooking system 1a according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure and initial values ​​of the setting conditions. As shown in Fig. 13, an initial value is set for each setting condition of the heating menu. The initial value may be the value used last time for the target heating menu. Types of notification of setting conditions include "Please enter temperature", "Please enter power", "Please enter heat level", "Please enter heat power", and "Please enter time".

[0075] Fig. 14 is a table showing the setting ranges of the setting conditions of other cooking appliances connected to the cooking system 1a according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. In the cooking system according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure, it is possible to input settings for cooking appliances with different setting conditions. Fig. 14 shows an example.

[0076] As shown in Fig. 14, there are heating menus, setting conditions, and setting ranges as examples of modes of other cooking devices. The heating menu includes "manual range," "grill," and "oven." The setting conditions for "manual range" are power and time, and the setting ranges are 200W: 10 seconds to 60 minutes, 500W: 10 seconds to 15 minutes, and 800W: 10 seconds to 15 minutes. In addition, 10 seconds to 5 minutes: 10 second increments, 5 minutes to 10 minutes: 30 second increments, and 10 minutes to 60 minutes: 1 minute increments.

[0077] The setting conditions for "grill" are time, which is 10 seconds to 30 minutes. Note that 10 seconds to 5 minutes: 10 second increments, 5 minutes to 10 minutes: 30 second increments, 10 minutes to 60 minutes: 1 minute increments, and 60 minutes to 100 minutes: 5 minute increments. The setting conditions for "oven" are temperature and time. The temperature setting ranges are 30°C, 40°C, and 80°C to 250°C: 10°C increments, and the time setting ranges are 10 seconds to 120 minutes. Note that 10 seconds to 5 minutes: 10 second increments, 5 minutes to 10 minutes: 30 second increments, 10 minutes to 60 minutes: 1 minute increments, and 60 minutes to 100 minutes: 5 minute increments.

[0078] (Control, Operation) Next, the function of the cloud control unit 303 will be described in detail. Depending on the heating menu, it may be necessary to input multiple setting conditions. In the following description, the heating menu is the first heating condition, the setting condition (1) is the second heating condition, and the setting condition (2) is the third heating condition.

[0079] When the cloud control unit 303 receives a notification that the user has performed a specific operation to put the cooking appliance 1 into a standby state for voice input, the cloud control unit 303 first notifies the external communication device 200 of a notification of input guidance for the first heating conditions, which are a heating menu. After receiving input information for the first heating conditions from the external communication device 200, the cloud control unit 303 notifies of a notification of input guidance for the second heating conditions. The processing of the cloud control unit 303 may be performed by the cooking appliance control unit 40 or the control device 100.

[0080] The first heating condition of the cooking device 1 is a heating menu indicating the type of heating, and as described above, includes "warm", "manual microwave", "pre-boil leafy vegetables", "pre-boil root vegetables", "thaw meat", "grilled whole meat", "fillet", "grill" and "oven". The second and third heating conditions are each one of heat, power, temperature, time and heat level.

[0081] Fig. 15 is the first half of a flowchart showing the basic operation of the cooking system according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure, and Fig. 16 is the second half of the flowchart showing the basic operation of the cooking system according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. Fig. 17 is a schematic diagram showing an example when oven cooking is selected by a voice input operation of the cooking device according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure, and Fig. 18 is a timing chart showing an example when oven cooking is selected by a voice input operation of the cooking device according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0082] First, as shown in Fig. 15, it is determined whether the main power switch 20 is ON or not, depending on whether the operation button 20A (see Figs. 4 and 7) of the cooking appliance 1 has been operated (step S1). If it is determined that the operation button 20A has been operated, turning on the main power switch 20 and the power is ON, the cooking appliance 1 enters an operation standby state (step S2). At this time, the fact that the power is ON is displayed in text on the central display unit 16M of the cooking appliance 1, as shown in Fig. 10(a).

[0083] After entering the operation waiting state (step S2), in step S3, it is determined whether or not the standby state has been entered, depending on whether or not the menu button 153M or 154M shown in Fig. 17(a) has been operated. If it is determined in step S3 that the standby state has been entered, the device enters a state in which voice input from the external communication device 200 can be received (step S4).

[0084] The operation at this time will be explained with reference to Figures 17 and 18 (timing charts). When the user manually presses and operates menu button 153M or 154M ((A1) of Figure 18), a heating menu, in this example "oven" is displayed on the grill section of cooking device 1, but is not limited to this and some other heating menu is displayed and the device goes into standby mode. Note that the operation referred to here includes both manual operation by the user and voice input operation by the user.

[0085] To switch to standby mode, menu button 153M or 154M is operated, and at the time when menu button 153M or 154M is operated, a preset heating menu, which is the first heating condition, is displayed in first display area 22, and the second and third heating conditions are displayed in second display area 23 and third display area 24, respectively.

[0086] Although an example in which the standby state is established depending on whether menu button 153M or 154M is operated has been described here, as shown in Fig. 19(a), a standby button 160 may be provided in addition to menu button 153M or 154M, and the standby state may be established by operating standby button 160. In this case, preset default heating menus and heating conditions may or may not be displayed, and can be selected as appropriate.

[0087] The cooking appliance 1 that has entered the standby state transmits information indicating that it has entered the standby state from the communication unit 51 (see FIG. 8) to the second communication device (cloud server) 300 ((A2) in FIG. 18). The second communication device (cloud server) 300 uses the cloud control unit 303 to make an assessment of the received information, and transmits information for issuing a notification urging the user to enter a heating menu from the recipe information providing server 301 to the first communication device (external communication device) 200 ((A3) in FIG. 18). The information for issuing a notification urging the user to enter a heating menu may be the voice data itself to be notified, or may be a signal that can be converted into a voice to be notified.

[0088] The first communication device (external communication device) 200 that receives the information for issuing a notification urging the input of a heating menu is, in this example, a smart speaker with a built-in control device 100 capable of inputting and outputting voice, and the control device 100 controls the first communication device (external communication device) 200 to issue a notification by voice ((A4) in FIG. 18) urging the user to input, such as "Please select a heating menu and set the heating conditions," or "What heating menu would you like? What are the heating conditions?" (step S5 in FIG. 15). Note that, in this example, the first communication device (external communication device) 200 is a smart speaker capable of inputting and outputting voice, but is not limited to this, and may be a mobile terminal such as a smartphone capable of inputting and outputting voice.

[0089] Prompted by the audio notification, the user inputs "oven" by voice, which is the heating menu (in this example, "oven" is set as the heating menu) that is the first heating condition, into the first communication device (external communication device) 200. Note that, in this example, the heating menu that is the first heating condition is also input by voice, but since manual operation from the input operation unit 15 of the heating cooker 1 can also be accepted even when the state is such that audio operation input can be accepted, audio operation input and manual operation input can be used together, so that the heating menu that is the first heating condition may be selected and set by manually operating the menu button 153M or 154M, as shown in FIG. 20(b).

[0090] Following the heating menu, which is the first heating condition, the second heating condition (in this example, "temperature") "90°C" and the third heating condition (in this example, "time") "15 minutes" are input by voice (A5 in Figure 18).

[0091] The first to third heating conditions, "oven," "90°C," and "15 minutes," input into the first communication device (external communication device) 200 are transmitted to the second communication device (cloud server) 300 either as voice information or converted into a signal (A6 in Figure 18).

[0092] The second communication device (cloud server) 300 analyzes the voice information or signal received by the cloud control unit 303 (step S6 in FIG. 15), and first determines whether the first heating condition is a cooking menu that can be set (step S7 in FIG. 15). If the cooking menu cannot be set, the received setting conditions are cleared (step S8 in FIG. 15), and the first communication device (external communication device) 200 is notified (step S9 in FIG. 15) that the setting cannot be accepted, and the process returns to step S5. The determination of whether the setting can be performed here is made by the cloud control unit 303 of the second communication device (cloud server) 300, but is not limited thereto, and may be made by the control device 100 of the first communication device (external communication device) 200.

[0093] If it is determined in step 7 that the first heating condition is a settable cooking menu, the process proceeds to step 10, where it is determined whether the second heating condition and the third heating condition are settable heating conditions that do not require correction, or heating conditions that cannot be set but require correction (step S10 in FIG. 16). Correction here refers to changing the heating conditions input by voice to settable heating conditions when the heating conditions cannot be set. How the correction is performed will be explained later.

[0094] If the heating conditions input by voice do not require correction, that is, are settable heating conditions, the second communication device (cloud server) 300 transmits information on the heating conditions settable in the cooker 1 to the communication unit 51 (see FIG. 8) of the cooker 1 ((A8) in FIG. 18). The cooker 1 acquires the information on the settable heating conditions received by the communication unit 51 using the data acquisition unit 53, and sets the information as the heating conditions for the cooking control performed by the heating control unit 43 (step S11 in FIG. 16).

[0095] In this example, the second communication device (cloud server) 300 determines whether the heating conditions input by voice into the first communication device (external communication device) 200 are conditions that can be set in the heating cooker 1, and transmits the conditions that can be set in the heating cooker 1 to the heating cooker 1. However, this is not limited to this, and the determination as to whether the conditions are conditions that can be set in the heating cooker 1 may be made by the control device 100 of the first communication device (external communication device) 200, or by the heating cooker control unit 40 of the heating cooker 1.

[0096] When the heating cooker control unit 40 of the heating cooker 1 sets the configurable conditions received by the communication unit 51 (see Figure 8) and acquired by the data acquisition unit 53, the set heating conditions are displayed on the central display unit 16M of the heating cooker 1 as shown in Figure 17 (c).In detail, the first display area 22 displays the heating menu, which is the first heating condition, the second display area 23 displays the temperature, which is the second heating condition, and the third display area 24 displays the time, which is the third heating condition.

[0097] Information on the heating conditions for which setting has been completed is transmitted from the communication unit 51 of the cooking appliance 1 to the second communication device (cloud server) 300 ((A9) of FIG. 18). The second communication device (cloud server) 300, which has received the information on the heating conditions for which setting has been completed, transmits to the first communication device (external communication device) 200 ((A10) of FIG. 18) a message indicating that setting of the heating conditions has been completed, and the first communication device (external communication device) 200, which has received the message indicating that setting of the heating conditions has been completed, notifies the user by voice ((A11) of FIG. 18) that setting has been completed (step S13 of FIG. 16).

[0098] Examples of the voice notification here include "The heating settings are complete, please press the start button," and "The heating settings are complete with oven, temperature 90°C, and cooking time 15 minutes, please press the start button if there are no mistakes," making it easier for the user to use by including content encouraging the next operation. When the user operates the start button 151M (step S14 in FIG. 16), heating of the cooking device 1 begins with "cooking menu oven," "temperature 90°C," and "cooking time 15 minutes" (step S15 in FIG. 16).

[0099] In this way, if the heating conditions input by the user by voice are settable heating conditions, they can be set as is and heating can be performed, resulting in a heating cooker and system that does not impair user convenience.

[0100] Next, in step S10, when the second communication device (cloud server) 300 determines that the heating conditions received by the loud control unit 303 are heating conditions that cannot be set and need to be corrected, the process proceeds to step S12, where the unsettable heating conditions are corrected to settable heating conditions. This operation will be described with reference to Fig. 21 to Fig. 23. Fig. 21 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a case where voice-inputted setting conditions cannot be set when oven cooking is selected and set by a voice input operation of the cooking device according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. Fig. 22 is a timing chart showing an example of a case where voice-inputted setting conditions cannot be set when oven cooking is selected and set by a voice input operation of the cooking device according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. Fig. 23 is a flowchart showing an example of detailed operations from step S7 to step S12 when voice-inputted setting conditions cannot be set when oven cooking is selected and set in a flowchart showing the basic operation of the cooking system according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0101] As shown in FIG. 23, when it is determined in step 7 that the first heating condition is a settable cooking menu, the process proceeds to step 10, where it is determined whether the second heating condition and the third heating condition are settable heating conditions that do not require correction, or non-settable heating conditions that require correction (step S10 in FIG. 23).

[0102] If the heating conditions input by voice require correction, i.e., are heating conditions that cannot be set, the cloud control unit 303 of the second communication device (cloud server) 300 corrects them to heating conditions that can be set ((A7) in FIG. 22, step S12 in FIG. 23).

[0103] The correction conditions in the cooking system and cooker according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure are determined so that when a voice input of a numerical value n1 to nn that is between the settable numerical values ​​N1 and N2 and is larger than N1 and smaller than N2 and cannot be set, the cloud control unit 303 of the second communication device (cloud server) 300 corrects the numerical value to the smaller settable numerical value N1. Note that this condition is reflected even when a cooking device with a different setting range as shown in Fig. 12 and Fig. 14 is connected to the cooking system.

[0104] Regarding the temperature, which is the second heating condition, if the settable temperature N1 is, for example, 80° C., the next highest settable temperature N2 is 90° C. Between the settable temperatures 80° C. (N1) and 90° C. (N2), there are temperatures n1 to n9 that cannot be set, although voice input from the first communication device (external communication device) 200 is possible. n1 to n9 are values ​​that are greater than N1 and smaller than N2, for example, n1=81° C., n2=82° C., n3=83° C., n4=84° C., n5=85° C., n6=86° C., n7=87° C., n8=88° C., and n9=89° C.

[0105] Therefore, when any of the temperatures n1=81°C, n2=82°C, n3=83°C, n4=84°C, n5=85°C, n6=86°C, n7=87°C, n8=88°C, and n9=89°C is input by voice, it is corrected to a settable temperature of 80°C (N1). For example, in this example, as shown in Figure 21(b) and (A5) of Figure 22, a temperature of 86°C, which is the second heating condition, is input by voice, so it is corrected to a temperature of 90°C, which is the second heating condition that can be set.

[0106] Similarly, for the third heating condition, time, if the settable time N1 is, for example, 14 minutes, the next largest settable time N2 is 15 minutes. Between the settable times 14 minutes (N1) and 15 minutes (N2), there are times n1 to n5 that cannot be set, although voice input from the first communication device (external communication device) 200 is possible. n1 to n5 are numerical values ​​that are greater than N1 and smaller than N2, for example, n1=14 minutes 10 seconds, n2=14 minutes 20 seconds, n3=14 minutes 30 seconds, n4=14 minutes 40 seconds, and n5=14 minutes 50 seconds.

[0107] Therefore, when any of the times n1=14 minutes 10 seconds, n2=14 minutes 20 seconds, n3=14 minutes 30 seconds, n4=14 minutes 40 seconds, or n5=14 minutes 50 seconds is input by voice, it is corrected to the settable time of 14 minutes (N1). For example, in this example, as shown in Figure 27(b) and (A5) of Figure 28, the time of 14 minutes 40 seconds, which is the third heating condition, is input by voice, so it is corrected to the third settable heating condition time of 14 minutes.

[0108] The corrected second heating condition, a temperature of 80°C, and the third heating condition, a time of 14 minutes, are transmitted (A8 in FIG. 22) from the second communication device (cloud server) 300 to the communication unit 51 (see FIG. 8) of the cooking appliance 1, and as shown in FIG. 21(c), the first display area 22 of the central display unit 16M of the cooking appliance 1 displays the heating menu "Oven", which is the first heating condition, the second display area 23 displays the corrected temperature of "80°C", which is the second heating condition, and the third display area 24 displays the corrected time of "14 minutes", which is the third heating condition, thereby completing the setting.

[0109] When the setting is completed, information on the heating conditions for which the setting has been completed is transmitted from the communication unit 51 of the cooking appliance 1 to the second communication device (cloud server) 300 ((A9) of FIG. 22). The second communication device (cloud server) 300, which has received the information on the heating conditions for which the setting has been completed, transmits to the first communication device (external communication device) 200 ((A10) of FIG. 22), a message indicating that the setting of the heating conditions has been completed. The first communication device (external communication device) 200, which has received the message indicating that the setting of the heating conditions has been completed, notifies the user by voice ((A11) of FIG. 22) that the setting has been completed (step S13 of FIG. 16).

[0110] An example of the voice notification here is "The oven has been set to 80°C and the cooking time to 14 minutes. The temperature and cooking time could not be set, so they have been corrected to what can be set. If you are happy with these settings, please press the start button." By notifying the user that the settings could not be set with the heating conditions they entered, so that corrections have been made, it becomes easier for the user to understand. Also, if the corrected settings are acceptable, the notification prompts the user to perform the next operation, making it easier for the user to use.

[0111] After the settings are complete, as shown in FIG. 21(c), when the user operates start button 151M ((A12) in FIG. 22, step S14 in FIG. 16), heating of cooking device 1 starts with “cooking menu: oven,” “temperature: 80°C,” and “cooking time: 14 minutes” (step S15 in FIG. 16).

[0112] Up to this point, the case where the second and third heating conditions input by voice are both heating conditions that need correction, that is, cannot be set, has been described. However, even if one of the second and third heating conditions is a heating condition that cannot be set, the heating condition that cannot be set is corrected to a heating condition that can be set. An example of the operation in this case will be described with reference to Figs. 24 to 26. Fig. 24 is a schematic diagram showing another example of a case where the voice-inputted setting condition cannot be set when oven cooking is selected and set by the voice input operation of the cooking device according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. Fig. 25 is a timing chart showing another example of a case where the voice-inputted setting condition cannot be set when oven cooking is selected and set by the voice input operation of the cooking device according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. Fig. 26 is a flowchart showing another example of the detailed operation of steps S7 to S12 when the voice-inputted setting condition cannot be set when oven cooking is selected and set in the flowchart showing the basic operation of the cooking system according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0113] As shown in FIG. 26, when it is determined in step 7 that the first heating condition is a settable cooking menu, the process proceeds to step 10, where it is determined whether the second heating condition and the third heating condition are settable heating conditions that do not require correction, or non-settable heating conditions that require correction (step S10 in FIG. 26).

[0114] If either the second heating condition or the third heating condition input by voice is a heating condition that requires correction, i.e., is not settable, the cloud control unit 303 of the second communication device (cloud server) 300 corrects it to a settable heating condition ((A7) in FIG. 25, step S12 in FIG. 26).

[0115] Regarding the second heating condition, temperature, if the temperature input by voice is 80°C as shown in (A5) of Figure 25 and (b) of Figure 24, this is a settable value and so will be set as 80°C without any correction.

[0116] As described above, the correction conditions in the heating and cooking system and heating cooker according to embodiment 1 of the present disclosure are determined so that when a voice input of a number n1 to nn that is between the settable numbers N1 and N2 and that can be input by voice but cannot be set is received, the cloud control unit 303 of the second communication device (cloud server) 300 corrects the number to the smaller settable number N1.

[0117] Regarding the third heating condition, time, if the settable time N1 is, for example, 14 minutes, the next largest settable time N2 is 15 minutes. Between the settable times 14 minutes (N1) and 15 minutes (N2), there are times n1 to n5 that cannot be set, although voice input from the first communication device (external communication device) 200 is possible. n1 to n5 are numerical values ​​that are greater than N1 and smaller than N2, for example, n1=14 minutes 10 seconds, n2=14 minutes 20 seconds, n3=14 minutes 30 seconds, n4=14 minutes 40 seconds, and n5=14 minutes 50 seconds.

[0118] Therefore, when any of the following times is input by voice: n1=14 minutes 10 seconds, n2=14 minutes 20 seconds, n3=14 minutes 30 seconds, n4=14 minutes 40 seconds, n5=14 minutes 50 seconds, it is corrected to the settable time of 14 minutes (N1). Here, as shown in (A5) of Fig. 25 and Fig. 24(b), the time input by voice was n4=14 minutes 40 seconds, which cannot be set, so it is corrected to the settable time of 14 minutes (N1).

[0119] The uncorrected second heating condition, a temperature of 80°C, and the corrected third heating condition, a time of 14 minutes, are transmitted (A8 in FIG. 25) from the second communication device (cloud server) 300 to the communication unit 51 (see FIG. 8) of the cooking appliance 1, and as shown in FIG. 24(c), the first heating condition, the heating menu "Oven", the uncorrected temperature of "80°C" is displayed in the first display area 22 of the central display unit 16M of the cooking appliance 1, the second display area 23, the corrected time of "14 minutes" is displayed in the third display area 24, and the setting is completed.

[0120] When the setting is completed, information on the heating conditions for which the setting has been completed is transmitted from the communication unit 51 of the cooking appliance 1 to the second communication device (cloud server) 300 ((A9) of FIG. 25). The second communication device (cloud server) 300, which has received the information on the heating conditions for which the setting has been completed, transmits to the first communication device (external communication device) 200 ((A10) of FIG. 25), a message that the setting of the heating conditions has been completed. The first communication device (external communication device) 200, which has received the message that the setting of the heating conditions has been completed, notifies the user by voice ((A11) of FIG. 25) that the setting has been completed (step S13 of FIG. 16).

[0121] An example of the voice notification here is "Oven, temperature 80°C, cooking time 14 minutes heating settings completed. The cooking time was not possible, so it has been corrected to a time that can be set. If this setting is OK, please press the start button." By notifying the user that the setting could not be set with the heating conditions entered by the user and corrections have been made, the user can easily understand. Also, if the corrected content is OK, the notification prompts the user to perform the next operation, making it easy for the user to use.

[0122] After the settings are complete, as shown in FIG. 24(c), when the user operates start button 151M ((A12) in FIG. 25, step S14 in FIG. 16), heating of cooking device 1 starts with “cooking menu: oven,” “temperature: 80°C,” and “cooking time: 14 minutes” (step S15 in FIG. 16).

[0123] As described above, in the heating cooking system and heating cooker of embodiment 1 of the present disclosure, even if a user inputs heating conditions by voice that cannot be set, the input is not rejected, but is corrected and set to heating conditions that can be set, thereby providing a heating cooking system and heating cooker that is easy to use and does not cause inconvenience to the user.

[0124] In addition, there is a settable value N1 and the next largest settable value N2 for the heating conditions, and when any value between N1 and N2 is input by voice, the smaller settable value N1 is corrected, preventing overheating beyond the user's intention and preventing poor cooking. Furthermore, safety is ensured because the food is not heated beyond the user's intention.

[0125] In the first embodiment of the present disclosure, the numerical correction is performed by the cloud control unit 303 of the second communication device (cloud server) 300, but this is not limited to this, and the numerical correction may be performed by the control device 100 of the external communication device (first communication device) 200 or the cooking appliance control unit 40 of the cooking appliance 1.

[0126] Embodiment 2 The second embodiment of the present disclosure differs from the first embodiment of the present disclosure in the conditions for correction when the heating conditions input by voice are heating conditions that need correction, that is, heating conditions that cannot be set, and are corrected to settable heating conditions. In the second embodiment of the present disclosure, the same reference numerals are used to designate parts common to the first embodiment of the present disclosure, and a description thereof will be omitted, and the differences from the first embodiment of the present disclosure will be mainly described with reference to Figs. 27 to 29.

[0127] FIG. 27 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a case where voice-input setting conditions cannot be set when oven cooking is selected and set by voice input operation of the heating cooker according to embodiment 2 of the present disclosure. FIG. 28 is a timing chart showing an example of a case where voice-input setting conditions cannot be set when oven cooking is selected and set by voice input operation of the heating cooker according to embodiment 2 of the present disclosure. FIG. 29 is a flowchart showing an example of detailed operations of steps S7 to S12 when voice-input setting conditions cannot be set when oven cooking is selected and set in the flowchart showing the basic operation of the heating cooking system according to embodiment 2 of the present disclosure.

[0128] As shown in FIG. 29, when it is determined in step 7 that the first heating condition is a settable cooking menu, the process proceeds to step 10, where it is determined whether the second heating condition and the third heating condition are settable heating conditions that do not require correction, or non-settable heating conditions that require correction (step S10 in FIG. 29).

[0129] If the heating conditions input by voice require correction, i.e., are heating conditions that cannot be set, the cloud control unit 303 of the second communication device (cloud server) 300 corrects them to heating conditions that can be set ((A7) in FIG. 28, step S12 in FIG. 29).

[0130] The correction conditions in the heating cooking system and heating cooker according to embodiment 2 of the present disclosure are determined so that when a number n1 to nn is input by voice, which is between the settable numbers N1 and N2 and is larger than N1 and smaller than N2, but cannot be set, the cloud control unit 303 of the second communication device (cloud server) 300 corrects the number to the larger settable number N2.

[0131] Regarding the temperature, which is the second heating condition, if the settable temperature N1 is, for example, 80° C., the next highest settable temperature N2 is 90° C. Between the settable temperatures 80° C. (N1) and 90° C. (N2), there are temperatures n1 to n9 that cannot be set, although voice input from the first communication device (external communication device) 200 is possible. n1 to n9 are values ​​that are greater than N1 and smaller than N2, for example, n1=81° C., n2=82° C., n3=83° C., n4=84° C., n5=85° C., n6=86° C., n7=87° C., n8=88° C., and n9=89° C.

[0132] Therefore, when any of the temperatures n1=81°C, n2=82°C, n3=83°C, n4=84°C, n5=85°C, n6=86°C, n7=87°C, n8=88°C, and n9=89°C is input by voice, it is corrected to a settable temperature of 90°C (N2). For example, in this example, as shown in Figure 27(b) and (A5) of Figure 28, a temperature of 86°C, which is the second heating condition, is input by voice, so it is corrected to a temperature of 90°C, which is the second heating condition that can be set.

[0133] Similarly, for the third heating condition, time, if the settable time N1 is, for example, 14 minutes, the next largest settable time N2 is 15 minutes. Between the settable times 14 minutes (N1) and 15 minutes (N2), there are times n1 to n5 that cannot be set, although voice input from the first communication device (external communication device) 200 is possible. n1 to n5 are numerical values ​​that are greater than N1 and smaller than N2, for example, n1=14 minutes 10 seconds, n2=14 minutes 20 seconds, n3=14 minutes 30 seconds, n4=14 minutes 40 seconds, and n5=14 minutes 50 seconds.

[0134] Therefore, when any of the times n1=14 minutes 10 seconds, n2=14 minutes 20 seconds, n3=14 minutes 30 seconds, n4=14 minutes 40 seconds, or n5=14 minutes 50 seconds is input by voice, it is corrected to the settable time of 15 minutes (N2). For example, in this example, as shown in Figure 27(b) and (A5) of Figure 28, the time of 14 minutes 40 seconds, which is the third heating condition, is input by voice, so it is corrected to the third settable heating condition time of 15 minutes.

[0135] The corrected second heating condition, a temperature of 90°C, and the third heating condition, a time of 15 minutes, are transmitted (A8 in FIG. 28) from the second communication device (cloud server) 300 to the communication unit 51 (see FIG. 8) of the cooking appliance 1, and as shown in FIG. 27(c), the first heating condition, the heating menu "Oven", the second heating condition, the corrected temperature of "90°C", and the third heating condition, the corrected time of "15 minutes", are displayed in the third display area 24, thereby completing the setting.

[0136] When the setting is completed, information on the heating conditions for which the setting has been completed is transmitted from the communication unit 51 of the cooking appliance 1 to the second communication device (cloud server) 300 ((A9) of FIG. 28). The second communication device (cloud server) 300, which has received the information on the heating conditions for which the setting has been completed, transmits to the first communication device (external communication device) 200 ((A10) of FIG. 28), a message that the setting of the heating conditions has been completed. The first communication device (external communication device) 200, which has received the message that the setting of the heating conditions has been completed, notifies the user by voice ((A11) of FIG. 28) that the setting has been completed (step S13 of FIG. 16).

[0137] An example of the voice notification here is "The oven has been set to 90°C and the cooking time to 15 minutes. The temperature and cooking time could not be set, so they have been corrected to what can be set. If you are happy with these settings, please press the start button." By notifying the user that the settings could not be set with the heating conditions they entered, so that corrections have been made, it becomes easier for the user to understand. Also, if the corrected settings are acceptable, the notification prompts the user to perform the next operation, making it easier for the user to use.

[0138] After the settings are complete, as shown in FIG. 27(c), when the user operates start button 151M ((A12) in FIG. 28, step S14 in FIG. 16), heating of cooking device 1 starts with “cooking menu: oven,” “temperature: 90°C,” and “cooking time: 15 minutes” (step S15 in FIG. 16).

[0139] As described above, in the heating cooking system and heating cooker of embodiment 2 of the present disclosure, even if the user inputs heating conditions by voice that cannot be set, the input is not rejected, but is corrected and set to heating conditions that can be set, thereby providing a heating cooking system and heating cooker that is easy to use and does not cause inconvenience to the user.

[0140] In addition, there is a settable value N1 for the heating conditions and the next largest settable value N2, and when a value greater than N1 and smaller than N2 is input by voice, the value is corrected to the larger of the settable values, N2, thereby preventing undercooking compared to the user's intention and preventing poor cooking.

[0141] In the second embodiment of the present disclosure, similarly to the first embodiment of the present disclosure, the second communication device (cloud server) 300 determines whether the heating conditions input by voice to the first communication device (external communication device) 200 are conditions that can be set in the heating cooker 1, and transmits the conditions that can be set in the heating cooker 1 to the heating cooker 1; however, this is not limited to this, and the determination as to whether the conditions are conditions that can be set in the heating cooker 1 may be made by the control device 100 of the first communication device (external communication device) 200, or by the heating cooker control unit 40 of the heating cooker 1.

[0142] Furthermore, in the second embodiment of the present disclosure, similar to the first embodiment of the present disclosure, the numerical correction is performed by the cloud control unit 303 of the second communication device (cloud server) 300, but this is not limited to this, and the numerical correction may be performed by the control device 100 of the external communication device (first communication device) 200 or the cooking appliance control unit 40 of the cooking appliance 1.

[0143] Embodiment 3 The third embodiment of the present disclosure differs from the first and second embodiments of the present disclosure in the conditions for correction when voice-input heating conditions require correction, that is, heating conditions that cannot be set, and the correction conditions are corrected to settable heating conditions. In the third embodiment of the present disclosure, the same reference numerals are used to designate parts common to the first and second embodiments of the present disclosure, and descriptions thereof are omitted, and differences from the first and second embodiments of the present disclosure will be mainly described with reference to Figs. 30 to 32.

[0144] FIG. 30 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a case where voice-input setting conditions cannot be set when oven cooking is selected and set by voice input operation of a cooking device according to embodiment 3 of the present disclosure. FIG. 31 is a timing chart showing an example of a case where voice-input setting conditions cannot be set when oven cooking is selected and set by voice input operation of a cooking device according to embodiment 3 of the present disclosure. FIG. 32 is a flowchart showing an example of detailed operation of steps S7 to S12 when voice-input setting conditions cannot be set when oven cooking is selected and set in a flowchart showing the basic operation of a cooking system according to embodiment 3 of the present disclosure.

[0145] As shown in FIG. 32, when it is determined in step 7 that the first heating condition is a settable cooking menu, the process proceeds to step 10, where it is determined whether the second heating condition and the third heating condition are settable heating conditions that do not require correction, or non-settable heating conditions that require correction (step S10 in FIG. 32).

[0146] If the heating conditions input by voice require correction, i.e., are heating conditions that cannot be set, the cloud control unit 303 of the second communication device (cloud server) 300 corrects them to heating conditions that can be set ((A7) in FIG. 31, step S12 in FIG. 32).

[0147] The correction conditions in the heating cooking system and heating cooker according to embodiment 3 of the present disclosure are determined so that when an intermediate value between N1 and N2 is input by voice, out of the numbers n1 to nn that are between the settable numbers N1 and N2 and are greater than N1 and less than N2, but cannot be set, the cloud control unit 303 of the second communication device (cloud server) 300 corrects the value to the smaller settable number N1.

[0148] Regarding the temperature, which is the second heating condition, if the settable temperature N1 is, for example, 80° C., the next highest settable temperature N2 is 90° C. Between the settable temperatures 80° C. (N1) and 90° C. (N2), there are temperatures n1 to n9 that cannot be set, although voice input from the first communication device (external communication device) 200 is possible. For example, n1 to n9 are n1=81° C., n2=82° C., n3=83° C., n4=84° C., n5=85° C., n6=86° C., n7=87° C., n8=88° C., and n9=89° C., and n5=85° C. is the intermediate value (intermediate value) between N1 and N2.

[0149] Therefore, when n5=85°C is input by voice, it is corrected to a settable temperature of 80°C (N1). For example, in this example, as shown in Figure 30(b) and (A5) of Figure 31, the second heating condition, temperature 85°C, is input by voice, so it is corrected to a second settable heating condition, temperature 80°C.

[0150] Similarly, for the third heating condition, time, if the settable time N1 is, for example, 14 minutes, the next largest settable time N2 is 15 minutes. Between the settable times 14 minutes (N1) and 15 minutes (N2), there are times n1 to n5 that can be input by voice from the first communication device (external communication device) 200 but cannot be set. For example, n1 to n5 are n1=14 minutes 10 seconds, n2=14 minutes 20 seconds, n3=14 minutes 30 seconds, n4=14 minutes 40 seconds, and n5=14 minutes 50 seconds, and n3=14 minutes 30 seconds is the intermediate value (intermediate value) between N1 and N2.

[0151] Therefore, when n3=14 minutes 30 seconds is input by voice, it is corrected to the settable time of 14 minutes (N1). For example, in this example, as shown in Figure 30(b) and (A5) of Figure 31, the third heating condition, time 14 minutes 30 seconds, is input by voice, so it is corrected to the third settable heating condition, time 14 minutes.

[0152] The corrected second heating condition, a temperature of 80°C, and the third heating condition, a time of 14 minutes, are transmitted (A8 in FIG. 31) from the second communication device (cloud server) 300 to the communication unit 51 (see FIG. 8) of the cooking appliance 1, and as shown in FIG. 30(c), the first heating condition, the heating menu "Oven", is displayed in the first display area 22 of the central display unit 16M of the cooking appliance 1, the corrected second heating condition, temperature of "80°C", is displayed in the second display area 23, and the corrected third heating condition, time of "14 minutes", is displayed in the third display area 24, thereby completing the setting.

[0153] When the setting is completed, information on the heating conditions for which the setting has been completed is transmitted from the communication unit 51 of the cooking appliance 1 to the second communication device (cloud server) 300 ((A9) of FIG. 31). The second communication device (cloud server) 300, which has received the information on the heating conditions for which the setting has been completed, transmits to the first communication device (external communication device) 200 ((A10) of FIG. 31), a message that the setting of the heating conditions has been completed. The first communication device (external communication device) 200, which has received the message that the setting of the heating conditions has been completed, notifies the user by voice ((A11) of FIG. 31) that the setting has been completed (step S13 of FIG. 16).

[0154] An example of the voice notification here is "The oven has been set to 80°C and the cooking time to 14 minutes. The temperature and cooking time could not be set, so they have been corrected to what can be set. If you are happy with these settings, please press the start button." By notifying the user that the settings could not be set with the heating conditions they entered, so that corrections have been made, it becomes easier for the user to understand. Also, if the corrected settings are acceptable, the notification prompts the user to perform the next operation, making it easier for the user to use.

[0155] After the settings are complete, as shown in FIG. 30(c), when the user operates start button 151M ((A12) in FIG. 31, step S14 in FIG. 16), heating of cooking device 1 begins with “cooking menu: oven,” “temperature: 80°C,” and “cooking time: 14 minutes” (step S15 in FIG. 16).

[0156] As described above, in the heating cooking system and heating cooker of the third embodiment of the present disclosure, even if the user inputs heating conditions by voice that cannot be set, the input is not rejected, but is corrected and set to heating conditions that can be set, thereby providing a heating cooking system and heating cooker that is easy to use and does not cause inconvenience to the user.

[0157] In addition, when there is a settable value N1 and the next largest settable value N2, and a value between N1 and N2 (intermediate value) that is greater than N1 and smaller than N2 is input by voice, the smaller settable value N1 is corrected, preventing overheating beyond the user's intention and preventing poor cooking. Furthermore, safety is ensured because the food is not heated beyond the user's intention.

[0158] In the third embodiment of the present disclosure, similarly to the first and second embodiments of the present disclosure, the second communication device (cloud server) 300 determines whether the heating conditions input by voice to the first communication device (external communication device) 200 are conditions that can be set in the heating cooker 1, and transmits the conditions that can be set in the heating cooker 1 to the heating cooker 1; however, this is not limited to this, and the determination as to whether the conditions are conditions that can be set in the heating cooker 1 may be made by the control device 100 of the first communication device (external communication device) 200, or by the heating cooker control unit 40 of the heating cooker 1.

[0159] Furthermore, in the third embodiment of the present disclosure, similar to the first and second embodiments of the present disclosure, the numerical correction is performed by the cloud control unit 303 of the second communication device (cloud server) 300, but this is not limited to this, and the numerical correction may be performed by the control device 100 of the external communication device (first communication device) 200 or the cooking appliance control unit 40 of the cooking appliance 1.

[0160] Embodiment 4 The fourth embodiment of the present disclosure differs from the first to third embodiments of the present disclosure in the conditions for correction when the heating conditions input by voice are heating conditions that need correction, that is, heating conditions that cannot be set, and are corrected to settable heating conditions. In the fourth embodiment of the present disclosure, the same reference numerals are used to designate parts common to the first to third embodiments of the present disclosure, and a description is omitted, and the differences from the first to third embodiments of the present disclosure will be mainly described with reference to Figs. 33 to 35.

[0161] FIG. 33 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a case where voice-input setting conditions cannot be set when oven cooking is selected and set by voice input operation of a cooking device according to embodiment 4 of the present disclosure. FIG. 34 is a timing chart showing an example of a case where voice-input setting conditions cannot be set when oven cooking is selected and set by voice input operation of a cooking device according to embodiment 4 of the present disclosure. FIG. 35 is a flowchart showing an example of detailed operation of steps S7 to S12 when voice-input setting conditions cannot be set when oven cooking is selected and set in a flowchart showing the basic operation of a cooking system according to embodiment 4 of the present disclosure.

[0162] As shown in FIG. 33, when it is determined in step 7 that the first heating condition is a settable cooking menu, the process proceeds to step 10, where it is determined whether the second heating condition and the third heating condition are settable heating conditions that do not require correction, or non-settable heating conditions that require correction (step S10 in FIG. 35).

[0163] If the heating conditions input by voice require correction, i.e., are heating conditions that cannot be set, the cloud control unit 303 of the second communication device (cloud server) 300 corrects them to heating conditions that can be set ((A7) in FIG. 34, step S12 in FIG. 35).

[0164] The correction conditions in the heating cooking system and heating cooker according to embodiment 4 of the present disclosure are determined so that when an intermediate value between N1 and N2 is input by voice, out of the numbers n1 to nn that are between the settable numbers N1 and N2 and are greater than N1 and less than N2, but cannot be set, the cloud control unit 303 of the second communication device (cloud server) 300 corrects the value to the larger settable number N2.

[0165] Regarding the temperature, which is the second heating condition, if the settable temperature N1 is, for example, 80° C., the next highest settable temperature N2 is 90° C. Between the settable temperatures 80° C. (N1) and 90° C. (N2), there are temperatures n1 to n9 that cannot be set, although voice input from the first communication device (external communication device) 200 is possible. For example, n1 to n9 are n1=81° C., n2=82° C., n3=83° C., n4=84° C., n5=85° C., n6=86° C., n7=87° C., n8=88° C., and n9=89° C., and n5=85° C. is the intermediate value (intermediate value) between N1 and N2.

[0166] Therefore, when n5=85°C is input by voice, it is corrected to a settable temperature of 90°C (N2). For example, in this example, as shown in Figure 33(b) and (A5) of Figure 34, the second heating condition, temperature 85°C, is input by voice, so it is corrected to a second settable heating condition, temperature 90°C.

[0167] Similarly, for the third heating condition, time, if the settable time N1 is, for example, 14 minutes, the next largest settable time N2 is 15 minutes. Between the settable times 14 minutes (N1) and 15 minutes (N2), there are times n1 to n5 that can be input by voice from the first communication device (external communication device) 200 but cannot be set. For example, n1 to n5 are n1=14 minutes 10 seconds, n2=14 minutes 20 seconds, n3=14 minutes 30 seconds, n4=14 minutes 40 seconds, and n5=14 minutes 50 seconds, and n3=14 minutes 30 seconds is the intermediate value (intermediate value) between N1 and N2.

[0168] Therefore, when n3=14 minutes 30 seconds is input by voice, it is corrected to the settable time of 15 minutes (N2). For example, in this example, as shown in Figure 33(b) and (A5) of Figure 32, the third heating condition time of 14 minutes 30 seconds is input by voice, so it is corrected to the third settable heating condition time of 15 minutes.

[0169] The corrected second heating condition, a temperature of 90°C, and the third heating condition, a time of 15 minutes, are transmitted (A8 in FIG. 34) from the second communication device (cloud server) 300 to the communication unit 51 (see FIG. 8) of the cooking appliance 1, and as shown in FIG. 33(c), the first heating condition, heating menu "Oven", is displayed in the first display area 22 of the central display unit 16M of the cooking appliance 1, the corrected second heating condition, temperature of "90°C", is displayed in the second display area 23, and the corrected third heating condition, time of "15 minutes", is displayed in the third display area 24, thereby completing the setting.

[0170] When the setting is completed, information on the heating conditions for which the setting has been completed is transmitted from the communication unit 51 of the cooking appliance 1 to the second communication device (cloud server) 300 ((A9) of FIG. 34). The second communication device (cloud server) 300, which has received the information on the heating conditions for which the setting has been completed, transmits to the first communication device (external communication device) 200 ((A10) of FIG. 34), a message indicating that the setting of the heating conditions has been completed. The first communication device (external communication device) 200, which has received the message indicating that the setting of the heating conditions has been completed, notifies the user by voice ((A11) of FIG. 34) that the setting has been completed (step S13 of FIG. 16).

[0171] An example of the voice notification here is "The oven has been set to 90°C and the cooking time to 15 minutes. The temperature and cooking time could not be set, so they have been corrected to what can be set. If you are happy with these settings, please press the start button." By notifying the user that the settings could not be set with the heating conditions they entered, so that corrections have been made, it becomes easier for the user to understand. Also, if the corrected settings are acceptable, the notification prompts the user to perform the next operation, making it easier for the user to use.

[0172] After the settings are complete, as shown in FIG. 33(c), when the user operates start button 151M ((A12) in FIG. 34, step S14 in FIG. 16), heating of cooking device 1 begins with “cooking menu: oven,” “temperature: 90°C,” and “cooking time: 15 minutes” (step S15 in FIG. 16).

[0173] As described above, in the heating cooking system and heating cooker of embodiment 4 of the present disclosure, even if a user inputs heating conditions by voice that cannot be set, the input is not rejected, but is corrected and set to heating conditions that can be set, thereby providing a heating cooking system and heating cooker that is easy to use and does not cause inconvenience to the user.

[0174] In addition, there is a settable value N1 for the heating conditions and the next largest settable value N2. When a value between N1 and N2 (an intermediate value) that is greater than N1 and smaller than N2 is input by voice, the value is corrected to the larger of the settable values, N2, thereby preventing undercooking compared to the user's intention and preventing poor cooking.

[0175] In the fourth embodiment of the present disclosure, similarly to the first to third embodiments of the present disclosure, the second communication device (cloud server) 300 determines whether the heating conditions input by voice to the first communication device (external communication device) 200 are conditions that can be set in the heating cooker 1, and transmits the conditions that can be set in the heating cooker 1 to the heating cooker 1; however, this is not limited to this, and the determination as to whether the conditions are conditions that can be set in the heating cooker 1 may be made by the control device 100 of the first communication device (external communication device) 200, or by the heating cooker control unit 40 of the heating cooker 1.

[0176] Furthermore, in the fourth embodiment of the present disclosure, similar to the first to third embodiments of the present disclosure, the numerical correction is performed by the cloud control unit 303 of the second communication device (cloud server) 300, but this is not limited to this, and the numerical correction may be performed by the control device 100 of the external communication device (first communication device) 200 or the cooking appliance control unit 40 of the cooking appliance 1.

[0177] Embodiment 5. The fifth embodiment of the present disclosure differs from the first to fourth embodiments of the present disclosure in the conditions for correction when the heating conditions input by voice are heating conditions that need correction, that is, heating conditions that cannot be set, and are corrected to settable heating conditions. In the fifth embodiment of the present disclosure, the same reference numerals are used to designate parts common to the first to fourth embodiments of the present disclosure, and a description is omitted, and the differences from the first to fourth embodiments of the present disclosure will be mainly described with reference to Figures 36 to 40.

[0178] FIG. 36 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a case where voice-input setting conditions cannot be set when oven cooking is selected and set by voice input operation of a cooking device according to embodiment 5 of the present disclosure. FIG. 37 is a timing chart showing an example of a case where voice-input setting conditions cannot be set when oven cooking is selected and set by voice input operation of a cooking device according to embodiment 5 of the present disclosure. FIG. 38 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a case where voice-input setting conditions cannot be set when oven cooking is selected and set by voice input operation of a cooking device according to embodiment 5 of the present disclosure. FIG. 39 is a timing chart showing an example of a case where voice-input setting conditions cannot be set when oven cooking is selected and set by voice input operation of a cooking device according to embodiment 5 of the present disclosure. FIG. 40 is a flowchart showing an example of detailed operations from steps S7 to S12 when voice-input setting conditions cannot be set when oven cooking is selected and set in a flowchart showing the basic operation of a cooking system according to embodiment 5 of the present disclosure.

[0179] As shown in FIG. 40, when it is determined in step 7 that the first heating condition is a settable cooking menu, the process proceeds to step 10, where it is determined whether the second heating condition and the third heating condition are settable heating conditions that do not require correction, or non-settable heating conditions that require correction (step S10 in FIG. 32).

[0180] If the heating conditions input by voice require correction, i.e., are heating conditions that cannot be set, the cloud control unit 303 of the second communications device (cloud server) 300 corrects them to heating conditions that can be set (Figures 37, (A7) in Figure 39, and step S12 in Figure 40).

[0181] The conditions for correction in the cooking system and cooking appliance according to embodiment 5 of the present disclosure are determined so that when a numerical value n1 to nn between the settable numerical values ​​N1 and N2 that is greater than N1 and less than N2 and cannot be set and that is smaller than the midpoint between N1 and N2 and closer to N1 (closer to N1) is input by voice, the cloud control unit 303 of the second communication device (cloud server) 300 corrects the numerical value to the smaller settable numerical value N1, and when a numerical value larger than the midpoint between N1 and N2 and closer to N2 (closer to N2) is input by voice, the cloud control unit 303 of the second communication device (cloud server) 300 corrects the numerical value to the larger settable numerical value N2.

[0182] Regarding the temperature, which is the second heating condition, if the settable temperature N1 is, for example, 80° C., the next highest settable temperature N2 is 90° C. Between the settable temperatures 80° C. (N1) and 90° C. (N2), there are temperatures n1 to n9 at which voice input from the first communication device (external communication device) 200 is possible but which cannot be set.

[0183] For example, n1 to n9 are n1 = 81°C, n2 = 82°C, n3 = 83°C, n4 = 84°C, n5 = 85°C, n6 = 86°C, n7 = 87°C, n8 = 88°C, n9 = 89°C, where n5 = 85°C is the midpoint between N1 and N2 (median value), n1 = 81°C, n2 = 82°C, n3 = 83°C, n4 = 84°C are smaller than the midpoint between N1 and N2 and closer to N1 (closer to N1), and n6 = 86°C, n7 = 87°C, n8 = 88°C, n9 = 89°C are larger than the midpoint between N1 and N2 and closer to N2 (closer to N2).

[0184] Therefore, when any of the values ​​n1=81°C, n2=82°C, n3=83°C, or n4=84°C, which are smaller than the midpoint between N1 and N2 and closer to N1 (closer to N1), is input by voice, the temperature is corrected to the settable temperature of 80°C (N1). For example, in this example, as shown in Figure 36(b) and (A5) of Figure 37, the second heating condition, a temperature of 84°C, is input by voice, so the temperature is corrected to the second settable heating condition, a temperature of 80°C.

[0185] Furthermore, when any of the values ​​n6=86°C, n7=87°C, n8=88°C, or n9=89°C, which are greater than the midpoint between N1 and N2 and closer to N2 (leaning toward N2), is input by voice, the temperature is corrected to a settable temperature of 90°C (N2). For example, in this example, as shown in Figure 38(b) and (A5) of Figure 39, the second heating condition, a temperature of 86°C, is input by voice, so the temperature is corrected to a second settable heating condition, a temperature of 90°C.

[0186] Similarly, for the third heating condition, time, if the settable time N1 is, for example, 14 minutes, the next largest settable time N2 is 15 minutes. Between the settable times 14 minutes (N1) and 15 minutes (N2), there are times n1 to n5 that can be input by voice from the first communication device (external communication device) 200 but cannot be set. For example, n1 to n5 are n1 = 14 minutes 10 seconds, n2 = 14 minutes 20 seconds, n3 = 14 minutes 30 seconds, n4 = 14 minutes 40 seconds, and n5 = 14 minutes 50 seconds. n3 = 14 minutes 30 seconds is the midpoint between N1 and N2 (median value), n1 = 14 minutes 10 seconds and n2 = 14 minutes 20 seconds are smaller than the midpoint between N1 and N2 and closer to N1 (closer to N1), and n4 = 14 minutes 40 seconds and n5 = 14 minutes 50 seconds are larger than the midpoint between N1 and N2 and closer to N2 (closer to N2).

[0187] Therefore, when either n1=14 minutes 10 seconds or n2=14 minutes 20 seconds, which is a value smaller than the midpoint between N1 and N2 and closer to N1 (closer to N1), is input by voice, the time is corrected to the settable time of 14 minutes (N1). For example, in this example, as shown in Figure 36(b) and (A5) of Figure 37, the time of 14 minutes 20 seconds, which is the third heating condition, is input by voice, so the time is corrected to the third settable heating condition of 14 minutes.

[0188] Furthermore, when either n4=14 minutes 40 seconds or n5=14 minutes 50 seconds, which is a numerical value that is greater than the midpoint between N1 and N2 and closer to N2 (leaning toward N2), is input by voice, the time is corrected to the settable time of 15 minutes (N2). For example, in this example, as shown in Figure 38(b) and (A5) of Figure 39, the time of 14 minutes 40 seconds, which is the second heating condition, is input by voice, so the time is corrected to the second settable heating condition of 15 minutes.

[0189] The corrected second heating condition, a temperature of 80°C or 90°C, and the third heating condition, a time of 14 minutes or 15 minutes, are transmitted from the second communication device (cloud server) 300 to the communication unit 51 (see Figure 8) of the cooking appliance 1 (Figure 37 or (A8) of Figure 39), and as shown in Figure 36(c) or Figure 38(c), the first heating condition, heating menu "Oven", the second heating condition, the corrected temperature of "80°C" or "90°C", the second display area 23, and the third heating condition, the corrected time of "14 minutes" or "15 minutes", are displayed in the third display area 24, thereby completing the setting.

[0190] When the setting is completed, information on the heating conditions for which the setting has been completed is transmitted from the communication unit 51 of the cooking appliance 1 to the second communication device (cloud server) 300 (FIG. 37 or (A9) in FIG. 39). The second communication device (cloud server) 300, which has received the information on the heating conditions for which the setting has been completed, transmits to the first communication device (external communication device) 200 (FIG. 37 or (A10) in FIG. 39), a message indicating that the setting of the heating conditions has been completed. The first communication device (external communication device) 200, which has received the message indicating that the setting of the heating conditions has been completed, notifies the user by voice (FIG. 37 or (A11) in FIG. 39) that the setting has been completed (step S13 in FIG. 16).

[0191] Examples of voice notifications here include "The oven has been set to 80°C and the cooking time to 14 minutes. The temperature and cooking time were not settable, so they have been corrected to what can be set. If you are happy with these settings, please press the start button," or "The oven has been set to 90°C and the cooking time to 15 minutes. The temperature and cooking time were not settable, so they have been corrected to what can be set. If you are happy with these settings, please press the start button." By notifying the user that the settings could not be set with the heating conditions entered by the user and corrections have been made, the user can easily understand. Also, if the corrected settings are acceptable, the notification prompts the user to perform the next operation, making it easy for the user to use.

[0192] After the settings are complete, as shown in Figure 36(c) or Figure 38(c), when the user operates start button 151M (Figure 37 or Figure 39 (A12), step S14 in Figure 16), heating of the cooking device 1 begins with "cooking menu: oven", "temperature: 80°C", and "cooking time: 14 minutes", or with "cooking menu: oven", "temperature: 90°C", and "cooking time: 15 minutes" (step S15 in Figure 16).

[0193] As described above, even if the user inputs heating conditions by voice that cannot be set, the input is not rejected, but is corrected and set to heating conditions that can be set, thereby providing a heating cooking system and a heating cooker that are easy to use and do not cause inconvenience to the user.

[0194] In addition, voice input of numbers n1 to nn between N1 and N2, which are settable values ​​for heating conditions, is possible but cannot be set. When a number smaller than the midpoint between N1 and N2 and closer to N1 (closer to N1) is input by voice, it is corrected to the smaller settable value N1, and when a number larger than the midpoint between N1 and N2 and closer to N2 (closer to N2) is input by voice, it is corrected to the larger settable value N2, so that heating can be performed under heating conditions closer to the heating conditions intended by the user, and the user can cook without dissatisfaction.

[0195] In the fifth embodiment of the present disclosure, similarly to the first to fourth embodiments of the present disclosure, the second communication device (cloud server) 300 determines whether the heating conditions input by voice to the first communication device (external communication device) 200 are conditions that can be set in the heating cooker 1, and transmits the conditions that can be set in the heating cooker 1 to the heating cooker 1; however, this is not limited to this, and the determination as to whether the conditions are conditions that can be set in the heating cooker 1 may be made by the control device 100 of the first communication device (external communication device) 200, or by the heating cooker control unit 40 of the heating cooker 1.

[0196] Furthermore, in the fifth embodiment of the present disclosure, similar to the first to fourth embodiments of the present disclosure, the numerical correction is performed by the cloud control unit 303 of the second communication device (cloud server) 300, but this is not limited to this, and the numerical correction may be performed by the control device 100 of the external communication device (first communication device) 200 or the cooking appliance control unit 40 of the cooking appliance 1.

[0197] Embodiment 6 The sixth embodiment of the present disclosure differs from the first to fifth embodiments of the present disclosure in that when the heating conditions input by voice are heating conditions that require correction, that is, heating conditions that cannot be set, they are corrected to settable heating conditions, and in that the intermediate values ​​of N1 and N2 that can be set by manual input operation cannot be set, but can be set by voice input. In the sixth embodiment of the present disclosure, the same reference numerals are used to designate parts common to the first to fifth embodiments of the present disclosure, and the differences from the first to fifth embodiments of the present disclosure will be mainly described with reference to Figures 42 to 43.

[0198] FIG. 41 is a schematic diagram showing an example of when voice-input setting conditions can or cannot be set when oven cooking is selected and set by voice input operation of a cooking device according to embodiment 6 of the present disclosure. FIG. 42 is a timing chart showing an example of when voice-input setting conditions can or cannot be set when oven cooking is selected and set by voice input operation of a cooking device according to embodiment 6 of the present disclosure. FIG. 43 is a flowchart showing an example of detailed operation of steps S7 to S12 when voice-input setting conditions can or cannot be set when oven cooking is selected and set in a flowchart showing the basic operation of a cooking system according to embodiment 6 of the present disclosure.

[0199] As shown in FIG. 43, when it is determined in step 7 that the first heating condition is a settable cooking menu, the process proceeds to step 10, where it is determined whether the second heating condition and the third heating condition are settable heating conditions that do not require correction, or non-settable heating conditions that require correction (step S10 in FIG. 43).

[0200] If the heating conditions input by voice require correction, i.e., are heating conditions that cannot be set, the cloud control unit 303 of the second communication device (cloud server) 300 corrects them to heating conditions that can be set ((A7) in FIG. 42, step S12 in FIG. 43).

[0201] The conditions for correction in the cooking system and cooking appliance according to the sixth embodiment of the present disclosure are determined so that when N1 and N2, which are numerical values ​​that can be set by manual operation input and voice input, and an intermediate value Nm between N1 and N2, which cannot be set by manual operation input but can be set by voice input, are input, the value is set according to the voice input; when a numerical value n1 to n1m (referred to as a numerical value closer to N1) that is between N1 and the intermediate value and is larger than N1 and smaller than Nm and close to N1, which is possible but cannot be set, is input by voice input, the cloud control unit 303 of the second communication device (cloud server) 300 corrects the value to the smaller numerical value N1 that can be set; and when a numerical value n2m to nn (referred to as a numerical value closer to N2) that is between the intermediate value and N2 and is larger than Nm and smaller than N2, which is possible but cannot be set, is input by voice input, the cloud control unit 303 of the second communication device (cloud server) 300 corrects the value to the larger numerical value N2 that can be set.

[0202] Regarding the second heating condition, temperature, if the temperature N1 that can be set by manual operation input and voice input is, for example, 80° C., the next highest temperature N2 that can be set by manual operation input and voice input is 90° C. As described above, between the temperatures 80° C. (N1) and 90° C. (N2) that can be set by manual operation input and voice input, there is an intermediate value Nm between N1 and N2 that cannot be set by manual operation input but can be set by voice input, for example Nm=85° C.

[0203] In addition, voice input between N1 and the intermediate value Nm is possible, but cannot be set. The values ​​n1 to n1m that are greater than N1 and smaller than the intermediate value Nm and close to N1 (referred to as values ​​closer to N1) are, for example, 81°C, 82°C, 83°C, or 84°C.

[0204] Furthermore, voice input between the intermediate values ​​Nm and N2 is possible, but cannot be set. The values ​​n2m to nn that are greater than the intermediate value Nm and smaller than N2 and are close to N2 (referred to as values ​​closer to N2) are, for example, 86°C, 87°C, 88°C, or 89°C.

[0205] Therefore, as shown in step S12 of FIG. 43, voice input between N1 and the intermediate value Nm is possible, but when any of the values ​​n1 to n1m (referred to as values ​​closer to N1) that are greater than N1 and smaller than the intermediate value Nm, which cannot be set, such as 81°C, 82°C, 83°C, or 84°C, is input by voice, it is corrected to the settable temperature of 80°C (N1).

[0206] In addition, voice input between the intermediate values ​​Nm and N2 is possible, but when any of the values ​​n2m to nn (values ​​closer to N2), which are greater than the intermediate value Nm but smaller than N2 and cannot be set, are input as voice input, the temperature is corrected to the settable temperature 90°C (N2).

[0207] Similarly, for the third heating condition, time, if the time N1 that can be set by manual operation input and voice input is, for example, 14 minutes, then the next largest time N2 that can be set by manual operation input and voice input is 15 minutes. As described above, between the times 14 minutes (N1) and 15 minutes (N2) that can be set by manual operation input and voice input, there is an intermediate value Nm between N1 and N2 that cannot be set by manual operation input but can be set by voice input, for example Nm = 14 minutes 30 seconds.

[0208] In addition, voice input between N1 and the intermediate value Nm is possible, but cannot be set. Values ​​n1 to n1m that are greater than N1 and smaller than the intermediate value Nm and close to N1 (called values ​​closer to N1) are, for example, either 14 minutes 10 seconds or 14 minutes 20 seconds.

[0209] Furthermore, voice input between the intermediate values ​​Nm and N2 is possible, but cannot be set. The values ​​n2m to nn that are greater than the intermediate value Nm and smaller than N2 and are close to N2 (referred to as values ​​closer to N2) are, for example, either 14 minutes 40 seconds or 14 minutes 50 seconds.

[0210] Therefore, as shown in step S12 of FIG. 43, voice input between N1 and the intermediate value Nm is possible, but when any of the numbers n1 to n1m (numbers closer to N1), 14 minutes 10 seconds, and 14 minutes 20 seconds that are larger than the unsettable N1 and smaller than the intermediate value Nm and close to N1 are input, the time is corrected to the settable time of 14 minutes (N1).

[0211] In addition, voice input between the intermediate values ​​Nm and N2 is possible, but when a value between n2m and nn (called a value closer to N2), which is greater than the unsettable intermediate value Nm but smaller than N2, or 14 minutes 40 seconds or 14 minutes 50 seconds, is input by voice, it is corrected to the settable time of 15 minutes (N2).

[0212] As mentioned above, the intermediate value Nm cannot be set by manual operation input, but can be set by voice input. For example, when the heat button 156M shown in Fig. 41(b) is operated (manually) with a finger, the temperature that can be set for the second heating condition, temperature, is 90°C after 80°C, and when the time button 158M is operated (manually) with a finger for the third heating condition, time, the time that can be set for the third heating condition, time, is 15 minutes after 14 minutes.

[0213] However, when using voice input, the temperature, which is the second heating condition, can be set to 80°C, followed by the intermediate value of 85°C, and then 90°C; and the time, which is the third heating condition, can be set to 14 minutes, followed by the intermediate value of 14 minutes 30 seconds, and then 15 minutes.

[0214] Therefore, if the second heating condition input by voice is the intermediate value of 85°C and the third heating condition is the intermediate value of 14 minutes 30 seconds, the cloud control unit 303 of the second communications device (cloud server) 300 determines that correction is not necessary ((A7) in Figure 42, step S12 in Figure 43).

[0215] Then, the second heating condition of 85°C, which is an uncorrected temperature, and the third heating condition of 14 minutes 30 seconds, which is an uncorrected time, are transmitted (A8 in Figure 42) from the second communication device (cloud server) 300 to the communication unit 51 (see Figure 8) of the cooking appliance 1, and as shown in Figure 41(c), the first display area 22 of the central display unit 16M of the cooking appliance 1 displays the heating menu "Oven", which is the first heating condition, the second display area 23 displays the voice-input intermediate value "85°C", which is the second heating condition, and the third display area 24 displays the voice-input intermediate value "14 minutes 30 seconds", which is the third heating condition, and the setting is completed.

[0216] When the setting is completed, information on the heating conditions for which the setting has been completed is transmitted from the communication unit 51 of the cooking appliance 1 to the second communication device (cloud server) 300 ((A9) of FIG. 42). The second communication device (cloud server) 300, which has received the information on the heating conditions for which the setting has been completed, transmits to the first communication device (external communication device) 200 ((A10) of FIG. 42) a message that the setting of the heating conditions has been completed, and the first communication device (external communication device) 200, which has received the message that the setting of the heating conditions has been completed, notifies the user by voice ((A11) of FIG. 42) that the setting has been completed (step S13 of FIG. 16).

[0217] An example of the voice notification here is "The oven has been set to 85°C and the cooking time to 14 minutes and 30 seconds. If you are happy with the settings, press the start button." This notifies the user that the heating conditions have been set exactly as they were input by voice, allowing the user to confirm the settings. In addition, the notification is given to encourage the user to perform the next operation, making it easy for the user to use.

[0218] After the settings are complete, as shown in FIG. 41(c), when the user operates start button 151M ((A12) in FIG. 42, step S14 in FIG. 16), heating by cooking device 1 begins with “cooking menu: oven,” “temperature: 85°C,” and “cooking time: 14 minutes 30 seconds” (step S15 in FIG. 16).

[0219] As described above, even if the user inputs heating conditions by voice that cannot be set, the input is not rejected, but is corrected to a settable heating condition and set, and intermediate values ​​that cannot be set by manual operation can be set by voice input, so that a heating cooking system and heating cooker that are easy to use and do not cause inconvenience to the user can be provided.

[0220] In addition, since intermediate values ​​that cannot be set by manual operation can be set by voice input, heating can be performed under the heating conditions intended by the user, allowing the user to cook without dissatisfaction.

[0221] In the sixth embodiment of the present disclosure, similarly to the first to fifth embodiments of the present disclosure, the second communication device (cloud server) 300 determines whether the heating conditions input by voice to the first communication device (external communication device) 200 are conditions that can be set in the heating cooker 1, and transmits the conditions that can be set in the heating cooker 1 to the heating cooker 1; however, this is not limited to this, and the determination as to whether the conditions are conditions that can be set in the heating cooker 1 may be made by the control device 100 of the first communication device (external communication device) 200, or by the heating cooker control unit 40 of the heating cooker 1.

[0222] Furthermore, in the sixth embodiment of the present disclosure, similar to the first to fifth embodiments of the present disclosure, the numerical correction is performed by the cloud control unit 303 of the second communication device (cloud server) 300, but this is not limited to this, and the numerical correction may be performed by the control device 100 of the external communication device (first communication device) 200 or the cooking appliance control unit 40 of the cooking appliance 1. [Explanation of symbols]

[0223] 1 Cooking device, 1a Cooking system, 2 Main body, 3 Top plate, 4 Heating port, 4C Central heating port, 4L Left heating port, 4R Right heating port, 5 Exhaust port cover, 6 Heating chamber, 7 Door, 8 Handle, 9 Induction heating coil, Induction heating source, 9C Central IH coil, 9L Left IH coil, 9R Right IH coil, 10 Opening / closing detection unit, 11 Microwave transmitter, 12 Radiant heat heating means, 12a Upper radiant heat heating means, 12b Lower radiant heat heating means, 13 Infrared sensor, 14 Thermistor sensor, 15 Input operation unit, 15L Left operation unit, 15M Central operation unit, 15R Right operation unit, 16 Display unit, 16L Left display unit, 16M Central display unit, 16R Right display unit, 17 Heating power display unit, 17L Left heating power display unit, 17R Right heat display unit, 20 Main power switch, 20A Operation buttons, 21M, 21L, 21R Individual light-emitting units, 22 First display area, 23 Second display area, 24 Third display area, 30 Temperature sensor group, 40 Heating cooker control unit, 41 Storage device, 42 Cooking condition data storage unit, 43 Heating control unit, 50 Voice notification unit, 51 Communication unit, 53 Data acquisition unit, 57 Power supply circuit, 100 Control device, 151L, 152L, 153L, 154L, 155L Input button, 151M Start button, 152M Cancel button, 153M Menu button, 154M Menu button, 155M Heat button, 156M Heat button, 157M Time button, 158M Time button, 159M Input button, 151R, 152R, 153R, 154R, 155R Input button, 160 Standby button, 200 External communication device (first communication device), 202 Network, 203 Network, 300 Cloud server (second communication device), 301 Recipe information providing server, 302 Recipe database, 303 Cloud control unit, CD3 Cooking condition data, CD4 Cooking condition data, 600 Kitchen furniture, HM Heating unit, HM1 First heating means, HM2 Second heating means, HM3 Third heating means.

Claims

1. A heating unit that heats the object to be heated; An operation unit for setting heating conditions of the heating unit; A cooking device including a communication unit that communicates with an external communication device; The external communication device is capable of inputting and outputting information for setting heating conditions of the heating unit; A control unit that controls the cooking device and the external communication device, a first numerical value N1 that can be input and set from the operation unit as heating conditions of the heating unit, and a second numerical value N2 that can be input and set and is the next largest after the first numerical value N1, and further, between the first numerical value N1 and the second numerical value N2, there are a plurality of numerical values ​​that can be input but cannot be set from the external communication device, When the numerical value of the heating condition of the heating unit input from the external communication device is a numerical value close to the first numerical value N1 among the multiple numerical values ​​that can be input but cannot be set, the control unit sets the numerical value of the heating condition of the heating unit to the first numerical value N1 and transmits it to the communication unit, and displays the set first numerical value N1 on the display unit of the heating cooker, and when the numerical value is a numerical value close to the second numerical value N2, the control unit sets the numerical value of the heating condition of the heating unit to the second numerical value N2 and transmits it to the communication unit, and displays the set second numerical value N2 on the display unit of the heating cooker.

2. A heating unit that heats the object to be heated; An operation unit for setting heating conditions of the heating unit; A communication unit that communicates with an external communication device that is an external communication device capable of inputting and outputting information for setting heating conditions of the heating unit; A control unit that controls the heating unit and the communication unit, the control unit is capable of controlling the heating unit based on setting information of heating conditions of the heating unit received by the communication unit from the external communication device, As heating conditions of the heating unit, there are a first numerical value N1 which can be input and set from the operation unit, and a second numerical value N2 which is the next largest after the first numerical value N1 and can be input and set. Furthermore, between the first numerical value N1 and the second numerical value N2, there are a plurality of numerical values ​​which can be input from the external communication device but cannot be set from the operation unit, and an intermediate value Nm between the first numerical value N1 and the second numerical value N2 which cannot be input and set from the operation unit but can be input and set from the external communication device, When the value of the heating condition of the heating unit input from the external communication device is a value that is between the first value N1 and the intermediate value Nm, is larger than the first value N1 that can be input by voice but cannot be set, is smaller than the intermediate value Nm, and is close to the first value N1, the control unit sets the value of the heating condition of the heating unit to the first value N1, When the value of the heating condition of the heating unit input from the external communication device is a value that is larger than the intermediate value Nm that is between the intermediate value Nm and the second numerical value N2 and that is not settable by voice input but is smaller than the second numerical value N2 and is close to the second numerical value N2, the value of the heating condition of the heating unit is set to the second numerical value N2, When the numerical value of the heating condition of the heating section input from the external communication device is the intermediate value Nm between the first numerical value N1 and the second numerical value N2, which cannot be input and set from the operation unit but can be input and set from the external communication device, the heating cooker sets the numerical value of the heating condition of the heating section to the intermediate value Nm.

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