Cooking appliance, and cooking control method and device thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10743702-B2
Application number	US-201515579937-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 24, 2015
Priority date	Jun 5, 2015
Publication date	Aug 18, 2020
Grant date	Aug 18, 2020

Abstract

A cooking control method of a cooking appliance comprises the following steps: acquiring a rice species identifier of rice to be cooked (S1); receiving cooking preference information of a user (S2); acquiring a corresponding rice species type according to the rice species identifier (S3); acquiring a corresponding cooking curve according to the cooking preference information and the rice species type (S4); and controlling the cooking appliance according to the cooking curve (S5). The cooking control method controls a cooking process according to user preference and the rice species type, thus greatly improving a cooking effect of the cooking appliance, and improving use satisfaction of the user. Also disclosed are a cooking appliance and cooking control device thereof.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cooking control method of a cooking utensil, comprising:
acquiring a rice species identifier of rice to be cooked;
receiving cooking preference information of a user;
acquiring a rice species type corresponding to the rice species identifier;
acquiring a cooking curve corresponding to the cooking preference information and the rice species type; and
controlling the cooking utensil based on the cooking curve;
wherein the rice species identifier is obtained by at least one of following methods: scanning a two-dimensional code in a rice bag by a mobile terminal of the user, or acquiring from an e-commerce purchase record of the user, or inputting the rice species identifier on the mobile terminal by the user;
wherein the cooking preference information of the user includes one or more of texture information, viscosity information or flavor information selected by the user;
wherein acquiring the rice species type corresponding to the rice species identifier further comprises:
sending a data request for acquiring the rice species type corresponding to the rice species identifier to a cloud server, and acquiring the rice species type corresponding to the rice species identifier from the cloud server;
wherein the cloud server stores a correspondence between the rice species identifier and the rice species type.

2. The cooking control method of the cooking utensil according to claim 1 , wherein
the cooking curve comprises at least one cooking stage, with each cooking stage having an individual control parameter, and
controlling the cooking utensil based on the cooking curve comprises:
controlling the cooking utensil to cook rice to be cooked in the at least one cooking stage based on the individual control parameter corresponding to the at least one cooking stage, respectively.

3. The cooking control method of the cooking utensil according to claim 2 , wherein
the rice species type comprises long grain rice and short grain rice,
the at least one cooking stage comprises a water absorption stage, and
a control parameter corresponding to the water absorption stage comprises a water absorption temperature and/or duration, wherein
the water absorption temperature of the long grain rice in the water absorption stage is lower than that of the short grain rice in the water absorption stage; and/or
the duration of the long grain rice for the water absorption stage is less than that of the short grain rice in the water absorption stage.

4. The cooking control method of the cooking utensil according to claim 3 , wherein
the water absorption temperature of the long grain rice in the water absorption stage is equal to or less than 50° C.; and the water absorption temperature of the short grain rice in the water absorption stage is between 40° C. and 65° C.; and/or
the duration of the long grain rice for the water absorption stage is equal to or less than 10 min; and the duration of the short grain rice for the water absorption stage is between 2 min and 30 min.

5. The cooking control method of the cooking utensil according to claim 3 , wherein
the rice species type comprises long grain rice and short grain rice,
the at least one cooking stage comprises a heating stage, and
a control parameter corresponding to the heating stage comprises a heating mode and heating power,
wherein
acquiring a cooking curve corresponding to the cooking preference information and the rice species type comprises:
setting the heating mode of the heating stage as continuous heating and the heating power of the heating stage as full power in a case that the rice species type is the long grain rice;
setting the heating mode and the heating power of the heating stage based on an amount of the rice to be cooked in a case that the rice species type is the short grain rice.

6. The cooking control method of the cooking utensil according to claim 5 , wherein controlling the cooking utensil based on the cooking curve comprises:
controlling the cooking utensil to enter a boiling stage after the heating stage is completed.

7. The cooking control method of the cooking utensil according to claim 1 , wherein acquiring the cooking curve corresponding to the cooking preference information and the rice species type further comprises:
acquiring the cooking curve from a cooking program database on a cloud server based on the cooking preference information of the user and the rice species type;
wherein the cooking program database stores a plurality of cooking curves corresponding to the cooking preference information of different users and different rice species types.

8. The cooking control method of the cooking utensil according to claim 1 , wherein the cooking utensil comprises a rice cooker, an induction cooker or an electric pressure cooker.

9. The cooking control method of the cooking utensil according to claim 1 , further comprising:
acquiring cooking status parameter in real time during cooking;
sending the cooking status parameter to the cloud server in real time for storage and analysis;
sending, by the cloud server, the cooking status parameter to the cooking utensil; and
adjusting the cooking curve according to the cooking status parameter sent back from the cloud server.

Assignees

• Foshan Shunde Midea Electrical Heating Appliances Mfg Co Ltd
• Midea Group Co Ltd
• Midea Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Li Nanjun

Classifications

• A47J27/088

  adapted to high-frequency heating · CPC title

• A47J27/086

  with built-in heating means (adaptations of automatic switches for the heating means A47J27/62) · CPC title

• A47J27/0802 Primary

  Control mechanisms for pressure-cookers · CPC title

• A47J27/004 Primary

  with integral electrical heating means (drinking cups with integral heating means A47J36/2466) · CPC title

• A47J27/00

  Cooking-vessels (A47J29/00 - A47J33/00 take precedence) · CPC title