Cooking assistance device, cooking assistance method, and cooking assistance system

• US 9,844,103 B2
• Filed: 08/26/2014
• Issued: 12/12/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Hirukawa, Keiko, Okura, Ataru, Doi, Misuzu
• Primary Examiner(s): Paschall, Mark
• Application Number:
  US14/916,225
• Publication Number:
  US 20160219655A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,204 Days
• Field of Search: 219483, 219506, 219497, 219702, 219704, 219716, 219720
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 1/0261 of food
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 6/062 for cooking plates or the like
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 6/668 Microwave heating devices connected to a telecommunication network
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 6/687 for cooking

Abstract

Provided is a cooking assistance device for providing information that assists cooking using a cooking appliance based on a measurement result of power consumption of the cooking appliance. The cooking assistance device includes a storage unit that stores information that relates to power consumption in cooking, an acquisition unit that acquires a measurement value that relates to power consumption of the cooking appliance, and an output unit that outputs the measurement value and the information that relates to power consumption in cooking.

Claims

1. A cooking assistance device for providing information, the information assisting cooking using a cooking appliance based on a measurement result of power consumption of the cooking appliance, comprising:

a storage unit storing information related to power consumption in cooking;

an acquisition unit acquiring a measurement value related to power consumption of the cooking appliance;

an output unit outputting the measurement value, the information related to power consumption in cooking, and recipe information; and

a measurement device, the measurement device measuring power consumption of the cooking appliance;

wherein the information related to power consumption in cooking is associated with the recipe information;

wherein the measurement value is a value relating to power consumption of the cooking appliance in a period corresponding to the recipe information;

wherein the recipe information includes cooking information on a plurality of procedures;

wherein the information related to power consumption in cooking includes a value, the value relating to power consumption relates to cooking corresponding to at least one procedure among the plurality of procedures; and

wherein the measurement value relates to at least one of the plurality of procedures.

2. The cooking assistance device according to claim 1,

wherein the information related to power consumption in cooking includes a value, the value relates to power consumption by each of the two or more cooking devices, the two or more cooking devices relate to cooking corresponding to the recipe information, and

the acquisition unit acquires a value, the value relates to the power consumption by each of the two or more cooking devices as the measurement value.

3. The cooking assistance device according to claim 1, further comprising:

an input unit receiving input of information, the information specifying recipe information; and

a control unit storing in the storage unit, the measurement value acquired by the acquisition unit, and the recipe information input to the input unit, while associating the measurement value and the recipe information with each other.

4. A cooking assistance method executed by a cooking assistance device for providing information, the information assisting cooking using a cooking appliance based on a measurement result of power consumption of the cooking appliance, the cooking assistance device including a storage unit, an output unit, and a measurement device, the storage unit storing information related to power consumption in cooking, the measurement device measuring power consumption of the cooking appliance, the method comprising the steps of:

acquiring a measurement value related to the power consumption of the cooking appliance; and

outputting the measurement value, the information related to power consumption in cooking, and recipe information by the output unit;

wherein the recipe information includes a first procedure and a second procedure, the second procedure is a subsequent procedure to the first procedure; and

the output unit outputs the second procedure in the recipe information after the first procedure is determined to be completed in the cooking appliance based on comparison between the measurement value and the information related to power consumption in cooking.

5. A cooking assistance device for providing information, the information assisting cooking using a cooking appliance based on a measurement result of power consumption of the cooking appliance, comprising:

a storing unit storing information related to power consumption in cooking;

an acquisition unit acquiring a measurement value related to power consumption of the cooking appliance;

an output unit outputting recipe information; and

a measurement device, the measurement device measuring power consumption of the cooking appliance;

wherein the recipe information includes a first procedure and a second procedure, the second procedure is a subsequent procedure to the first procedure, and

the output unit outputs the second procedure in the recipe information after it is determined that the first procedure is completed in the cooking appliance based on comparison between the measurement value and the information related to power consumption in cooking.

6. A cooking assistance system for providing information, the information assisting cooking using a cooking appliance based on a measurement result of power consumption of the cooking appliance, comprising:

a server;

an output device; and

a measurement device measuring power consumption of the cooking appliance,

wherein the measurement device includes

a measurement unit measuring a value related to power consumption of the cooking appliance, and

a first transmission unit transmitting a measurement result by the measurement unit to the server, and

wherein the server includes

a storage unit storing information related to power consumption in cooking,

an acquisition unit acquiring a measurement value related to power consumption of the cooking appliance from the measurement result;

an output unit outputting recipe information; and

a second transmission unit transmitting data for outputting the measurement value and the information related to power consumption in cooking to the output device;

wherein the recipe information includes a first procedure and a second procedure, the second procedure is a subsequent procedure to the first procedure; and

the output unit outputs the second procedure in the recipe information after the first procedure is determined to be completed in the cooking appliance based on comparison between the measurement value and the information related to power consumption in cooking.