U.S. patent application number 16/688007 was filed with the patent office on 2020-03-12 for wok device, programmable controlled intelligent cooking machine and cooking control method thereof.
The applicant listed for this patent is Guang He, Jinbiao Xu. Invention is credited to Guang He, Jinbiao Xu.
Application Number | 20200077834 16/688007 |
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Family ID | 48487443 |
Filed Date | 2020-03-12 |
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United States Patent
Application |
20200077834 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
He; Guang ; et al. |
March 12, 2020 |
Wok Device, Programmable Controlled Intelligent Cooking Machine And
Cooking Control Method Thereof
Abstract
The present invention discloses a wok device for a intelligent
cooking machine, the wok device has a wok, an electromagnetic
heating coil, an electromagnetic heating controlling device, a wok
rotating device and a wok working position controlling device; the
wok rotating device has a rotating sub-controlling system, a motor
and a rotating shaft; the rotating shaft is fixedly connected at
one end to the lower part of the wok and is connected at another
end to the motor, the rotating shaft is rotated under the control
of the motor, thus driving the wok to rotate and realizing
360-degree rotation; the motor is electrically connected with the
rotating sub-controlling system and works under the control of the
rotating sub-controlling system. The present invention further
discloses a programmable controlled intelligent cooking machine and
a cooking control method thereof.
Inventors: |
He; Guang; (Shenzhen,
CN) ; Xu; Jinbiao; (Guangzhou, CN) |
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Applicant: |
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Type |
He; Guang
Xu; Jinbiao |
Shenzhen
Guangzhou |
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CN
CN |
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Family ID: |
48487443 |
Appl. No.: |
16/688007 |
Filed: |
November 19, 2019 |
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14770831 |
Dec 4, 2015 |
10512359 |
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16688007 |
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Current U.S.
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1/1 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A47J 36/32 20130101;
G07F 9/105 20130101; A47J 37/12 20130101; G07F 17/0078 20130101;
H05B 6/129 20130101; G05B 19/0426 20130101; A47J 36/00
20130101 |
International
Class: |
A47J 36/00 20060101
A47J036/00; G05B 19/042 20060101 G05B019/042; G07F 17/00 20060101
G07F017/00; G07F 9/10 20060101 G07F009/10; H05B 6/12 20060101
H05B006/12 |
Foreign Application Data
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Feb 28, 2013 |
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201310064095.9 |
Claims
1. A wok device for an intelligent cooking machine, comprising a
wok, an electromagnetic heating coil, an electromagnetic heating
controlling device, a wok rotating device and a wok working
position controlling device; wherein the wok rotating device, the
wok working position controlling device and the electromagnetic
heating controlling device are connected with a electrical control
device of the intelligent cooking machine respectively, and perform
corresponding operation according to the received control command;
the wok working position controlling device is adapted for securing
the wok and controlling the wok to turn by different rotation
angles, so as to drive the wok to turn to a cooking working
position to perform cooking operation; the cooking working position
is a position with a certain angle to the horizontal plane; the
electromagnetic heating coil winds around the external wall of the
wok and heat the wok under the control of the electromagnetic
heating controlling device; the wok rotating device comprises a
rotating sub-controlling system, a motor and a rotating shaft; the
rotating shaft is fixedly connected at one end to the lower part of
the wok and is connected at another end to the motor, the rotating
shaft is rotated under the control of the motor, thereby driving
the wok to rotate and realizing 360-degree rotation; the motor is
electrically connected with the rotating sub-controlling system and
works under the control of the rotating sub-controlling system, the
rotating sub-controlling system is connected with the electrical
control device so as to receive rotating control command, and send
control signals on the basis of the control commands, thereby
making the wok perform various rotation motions and controlling the
rotation direction and speed of the wok; wherein a plurality of
stirring pieces are arranged on the internal wall of the wok so as
to achieve stir frying effects like tossing the pan when the wok
rotates and cooks.
2. The wok device according to claim 1, further comprising a wok
lid and a wok lid controlling device; wherein the wok lid
controlling device is connected with the electrical control device
of the intelligent cooking machine; the wok lid controlling device
is adapted for pulling or pushing the wok lid according to the
control command of the electrical control device, such that the
opening of the wok, which is turned to face the wok lid by means of
the wok working position controlling device, can be opened or
closed by the wok lid.
3. The wok device according to claim 1, characterized in that: the
wok working position controlling device comprises a working
position sub-controlling system, a motor, a main shaft and a wok
frame; the working position sub-controlling system is connected
with the electrical control device to receive various control
commands; the motor is electrically connected with the working
position sub-controlling system and works under the control of the
working position sub-controlling system, the wok frame is used for
securing the wok and is hold in the housing of the intelligent
cooking machine by the main shaft; the main shaft is connected at
one end to the motor and thus rotates under the control of the
motor, thereby driving the wok frame and the wok to rotate and
realizing 360-degree rotation.
4. The wok device according to claim 3, characterized in that: the
wok working position controlling device further comprises a
position controlling detector, the position controlling detector is
adapted for detecting the rotate angle of the wok frame and the wok
so as to make sure they do rotate to the precise working position,
and for sending the detected data to the working position
sub-controlling system; the working position sub-controlling system
is adapted for sending control commands to the motor to drive the
main shaft to rotate on the basis of various control commands and
data detected by the position controlling detector, and thus drive
the wok frame and the wok to rotate to corresponding working
position to perform corresponding operation.
5. The wok device according to claim 2, characterized in that: the
wok lid controlling device comprises a wok lid sub-controlling
system and a wok lid push-pull component fixedly connected with the
wok lid; the wok lid sub-controlling system is connected with the
electrical control device, so as to receive control command of
opening or closing the wok lid and control the wok lid push-pull
component to pull or push the wok lid, whereby realizing the
opening and closing of the wok lid.
6. The wok device according to claim 5, characterized in that: the
wok lid controlling device is arranged inside of the housing of the
intelligent cooking machine and on the side wall right of the wok,
with the wok lid at a position having a 45-55 degrees angle to the
wok at the original position; the original position is a vertical
position perpendicular to the horizontal plane.
7. The wok device according to claim 1, characterized in that: the
electromagnetic heating controlling device comprises an
electromagnetic sub-controlling system, a wok temperature detector
and a high frequency driving source; the high frequency driving
source is connected with the electromagnetic heating coil, the
electromagnetic sub-controlling system is connected with the
electrical control device, so as to receive heating control command
and control heating time and current intensity of the of the
electromagnetic heating coils according to the data detected by the
wok temperature detector, thereby control the heating time and
heating temperature for the wok.
8. The wok device according to claim 1, characterized in that: the
cylinder body of the wok comprises a hollow cylinder-shaped upper
part and a hemisphere-shaped lower part, wherein the stirring
pieces are arranged on the internal wall of the lower part of the
wok.
9. The wok device according to claim 8, characterized in that: the
electromagnetic heating coils wind around the external wall of the
lower part of the wok into a hemisphere shape.
10. The wok device according to claim 8, characterized in that: the
wok is a stainless iron wok with the entire internal wall coated
with a non-stick material layer having excellent heat
resistance.
11. A programmable controlled intelligent cooking machine,
comprising a housing, a wok device as in claim 2 and an electrical
control device; wherein the wok device is arranged inside of the
housing; the electrical control device is adapted for receiving
preset recipe command and sending corresponding control command
according to the recipe command; the wok rotating device, the wok
working position controlling device, the wok lid controlling
device, the wok lid controlling device and the electromagnetic
heating controlling device are connected with the electrical
control device respectively, and perform corresponding operation
according to the received control command.
12. The programmable controlled intelligent cooking machine
according to claim 11, further comprising an automatic ingredient
feeding device and an automatic accessory ingredient adding device
both arranged inside of the housing; wherein the automatic
ingredient feeding device and the automatic accessory ingredient
adding device are connected with the electrical control device
respectively, and perform corresponding operation according to the
received control command, thereby achieving full-automatic
cooking.
13. The programmable controlled intelligent cooking machine
according to claim 12, characterized in that: the programmable
controlled intelligent cooking machine is adapted for running a
recipe program programmed with any general recipe commands,
interpreting the recipe program according to the command sequence
and executing the corresponding cooking operations according to
each command, thereby achieving full-automatic cooking.
14. The programmable controlled intelligent cooking machine
according to claim 13, characterized in that: the programmable
controlled intelligent cooking machine is a general-purpose
programmable controlled Chinese dish cooking machine, which is
adapted for automatically completing Chinese dish cooking process
according to the recipe program programmed on a basis of vmmda1.0
general recipe commands.
15. The programmable controlled intelligent cooking machine
according to claim 14, characterized in that: the program
specification of the accepted recipe program supports vmmda1.0
general recipe commands of automatic Chinese dish cooking; the
recipe program programmed on a basis of the program specification
runs by pipelined single task; the programmable controlled
intelligent cooking machine is adapted for interpreting the recipe
program according to the command sequence.
16. The programmable controlled intelligent cooking machine
according to claim 13, further comprising a human-computer
interface connected with the electrical control device and/or
comprises a network interface, wherein users may directly input
recipe command via the human-computer interface, or directly call
the recipe program stored in the cooking machine, and/or input
recipe program via the network interface.
17. The programmable controlled intelligent cooking machine
according to claim 13, further comprising an automatic dish
discharging device connected with the electrical control device;
wherein the programmable controlled intelligent cooking machine
sets a uniform dish discharging command, and triggers the dish
discharging command according to the operation of the operator so
as to control the automatic dish discharging device to convey the
dish plate to a best position for dish discharging, and then the
wok working position controlling device is controlled to rotate the
wok to a dish discharging station so as to pour the roasted
vegetables onto the dish plate.
18. The programmable controlled intelligent cooking machine
according to claim 13, further comprising an automatic wok washing
device connected with the electrical control device; wherein the
programmable controlled intelligent cooking machine sets a uniform
wok washing command, and triggers the wok washing command according
to the operation of the operator so as to control the wok working
position controlling device rotate the wok to a wok washing working
position, the automatic wok washing device is controlled to infuse
water, cleaning solution into the wok and stretches out the wok
brush, and the wok rotating device is controlled to rotate the wok
so as to cooperate with the wok brush to wash the internal wall of
the wok, and after the wok is washed, the automatic wok washing
device is controlled to retract the wok brush, and then the wok
working position controlling device is controlled to rotate the wok
to a water draining working position so as to pour the waste water
into the reception basin.
19. A cooking control method of a programmable controlled
intelligent cooking machine as in claim 13, characterized in that
the cooking control method comprising: when the recipe program is
interpreted to execute a rotating command, the wok working position
controlling device is controlled to rotate the wok to a stir-frying
working position, and then the wok lid controlling device is
controlled to push the wok lid so as to close the wok and the wok
rotating device is controlled to correspondingly rotate the wok
according to the rotating command; when the recipe program is
interpreted to execute a heat-adjusting command, the
electromagnetic heating controlling device is controlled to heat
the wok according to heat-adjusting command; when the recipe
program is interpreted to execute a stop-heating command, the
electromagnetic heating controlling device is controlled to stop
heating the wok; when the recipe program is interpreted to execute
a time delay command, the cooking machine is controlled to maintain
the previous state correspond to the time corresponding to the time
delay command; and when the recipe program is interpreted to
execute a pause command, the electromagnetic heating controlling
device is controlled to stop heating the wok, the wok lid
controlling device is controlled to pull back the wok lid so as to
open the wok, the wok rotating device is controlled to stop
rotating the wok, and then the wok working position controlling
device is controlled to rotate the wok to rotate the wok to the
ingredient feeding working position.
20. The cooking control method according to claim 19, further
comprising: when the recipe program is interpreted to execute a
feeding command, the wok lid controlling device is controlled to
pull back the wok lid so as to open the wok, the wok working
position controlling device is controlled to rotate the wok to a
major ingredient feeding working position, and then the automatic
ingredient feeding device is controlled to place the major
ingredient stocked in corresponding compartment of a standard
package box into the wok according to the feeding command; and when
the recipe program is interpreted to execute a seasoning-feeding
command, the wok working position controlling device is controlled
to rotate the wok to a stir-frying working position, and then the
wok lid controlling device is controlled to push the wok lid so as
to close the wok and meanwhile the automatic accessory ingredient
adding device is controlled to pumps an appropriate amount of
corresponding accessory ingredient into the wok according to the
rotating command.
Description
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present application is a Continuation Application of
U.S. application Ser. No. 14/770,831, filed on Dec. 4, 2015, the
contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention relates to the technical field of
intelligent household electrical appliance, more particularly to a
wok device, a programmable controlled intelligent cooking machine
and a cooking control method thereof.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0003] Chinese culinary art is extensive and profound and has a
variety of cooking techniques, which mainly comprise: stir frying,
stewing, deep frying, boiling, steaming, pan frying, grilling, etc.
The essence of various cooking techniques is to cook ever-changing
dishes with various tastes and flavors by changing food match and
controlling heating. Up to now, cooking process involves a lot of
manual labor and relies very much on the cooker's experience and
skills.
[0004] There exists some automated cooking machines, however, they
normally cannot realize fully-automatic operation from feeding raw
ingredients into the wok till pouring the cooked food out of the
wok. More particularly, existing automated cooking machines cannot
automatically pour the cooked food out of the wok or put accessory
ingredients and raw food easily, and thus manual operation is still
required during the cooking process. In addition, existing
automatic operation program only has single function to cook dishes
with same flavor and cannot be popular used.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0005] The present invention aims to provide a wok device, a
programmable controlled intelligent cooking machine and a cooking
control method thereof.
[0006] In order to achieve the above goal, the present invention
provides a wok device for an intelligent cooking machine, the wok
device comprises a wok, an electromagnetic heating coil, an
electromagnetic heating controlling device, a wok rotating device
and a wok working position controlling device; the wok rotating
device, the wok working position controlling device and the
electromagnetic heating controlling device are connected with a
electrical control device of the intelligent cooking machine
respectively, and perform corresponding operation according to the
received control command; the wok working position controlling
device is adapted for securing the wok and controlling the wok to
turn by different rotation angles, so as to drive the wok to turn
to a cooking working position to perform cooking operation; the
cooking working position is a position with a certain angle to the
horizontal plane; the electromagnetic heating coil winds around the
external wall of the wok and heat the wok under the control of the
electromagnetic heating controlling device; the wok rotating device
comprises a rotating sub-controlling system, a motor and a rotating
shaft; the rotating shaft is fixedly connected at one end to the
lower part of the wok and is connected at another end to the motor,
the rotating shaft is rotated under the control of the motor,
thereby driving the wok to rotate and realizing 360-degree
rotation; the motor is electrically connected with the rotating
sub-controlling system and works under the control of the rotating
sub-controlling system, the rotating sub-controlling system is
connected with the electrical control device so as to receive
rotating control command, and send control signals on the basis of
the control commands, thereby making the wok perform various
rotation motions and controlling the rotation direction and speed
of the wok; wherein a plurality of stirring pieces are arranged on
the internal wall of the wok so as to achieve stir frying effects
like tossing the pan when the wok rotates and cooks.
[0007] Preferably, the wok device further comprises a wok lid and a
wok lid controlling device, the wok lid controlling device is
connected with the electrical control device of the intelligent
cooking machine; wherein the wok lid controlling device is adapted
for pulling or pushing the wok lid according to the control command
of the electrical control device, such that the opening of the wok,
which is turned to face the wok lid by means of the wok working
position controlling device, can be opened or closed by the wok
lid.
[0008] Preferably, the wok working position controlling device
comprises a working position sub-controlling system, a motor, a
main shaft and a wok frame; wherein the working position
sub-controlling system is connected with the electrical control
device to receive various control commands; the motor is
electrically connected with the working position sub-controlling
system and works under the control of the working position
sub-controlling system, the wok frame is used for securing the wok
and is hold in the housing of the intelligent cooking machine by
the main shaft, wherein the main shaft is connected at one end to
the motor and thus rotates under the control of the motor, thereby
driving the wok frame and the wok to rotate and realizing
360-degree rotation.
[0009] Preferably, the wok working position controlling device
further comprises a position controlling detector, the position
controlling detector is adapted for detecting the rotate angle of
the wok frame and the wok so as to make sure they do rotate to the
precise working position, and for sending the detected data to the
working position sub-controlling system; the working position
sub-controlling system is adapted for sending control commands to
the motor to drive the main shaft to rotate on the basis of various
control commands and data detected by the position controlling
detector, and thus drive the wok frame and the wok to rotate to
corresponding working position to perform corresponding
operation.
[0010] Preferably, the wok lid controlling device comprises a wok
lid sub-controlling system and a wok lid push-pull component
fixedly connected with the wok lid, wherein the wok lid
sub-controlling system is connected with the electrical control
device, so as to receive control command of opening or closing the
wok lid and control the wok lid push-pull component to pull or push
the wok lid, whereby realizing the opening and closing of the wok
lid.
[0011] Preferably, the wok lid controlling device is arranged
inside of the housing of the intelligent cooking machine and on the
side wall right of the wok, with the wok lid at a position having a
45-55 degrees angle to the wok at the original position; wherein
the original position is a vertical position perpendicular to the
horizontal plane.
[0012] Preferably, the electromagnetic heating controlling device
comprises an electromagnetic sub-controlling system, a wok
temperature detector and a high frequency driving source, wherein
the high frequency driving source is connected with the
electromagnetic heating coil, the electromagnetic sub-controlling
system is connected with the electrical control device, so as to
receive heating control command and control heating time and
current intensity of the of the electromagnetic heating coils
according to the data detected by the wok temperature detector,
thereby control the heating time and heating temperature for the
wok.
[0013] Preferably, the cylinder body of the wok comprises a hollow
cylinder-shaped upper part and a hemisphere-shaped lower part,
wherein the stirring pieces are arranged on the internal wall of
the lower part of the wok.
[0014] Preferably, the electromagnetic heating coils wind around
the external wall of the lower part of the wok into a hemisphere
shape.
[0015] Preferably, the wok is a stainless iron wok with the entire
internal wall coated with a non-stick material layer having
excellent heat resistance.
[0016] In order to achieve the above goal, the present invention
provides a programmable controlled intelligent cooking machine, the
programmable controlled intelligent cooking machine comprises a
housing, a wok device as described in any embodiment and an
electrical control device, the wok device is arranged inside of the
housing; the electrical control device is adapted for receiving
preset recipe command and sending corresponding control command
according to the recipe command; the wok rotating device, the wok
working position controlling device, the wok lid controlling
device, the wok lid controlling device and the electromagnetic
heating controlling device are connected with the electrical
control device respectively, and perform corresponding operation
according to the received control command.
[0017] Preferably, the programmable controlled intelligent cooking
machine further comprises an automatic ingredient feeding device
and an automatic accessory ingredient adding device both arranged
inside of the housing; wherein the automatic ingredient feeding
device and the automatic accessory ingredient adding device are
connected with the electrical control device respectively, and
perform corresponding operation according to the received control
command, thereby achieving full-automatic cooking.
[0018] Preferably, the programmable controlled intelligent cooking
machine is adapted for running a recipe program programmed with any
general recipe commands, interpreting the recipe program according
to the command sequence and executing the corresponding cooking
operations according to each command, thereby achieving
full-automatic cooking.
[0019] Preferably, the programmable controlled intelligent cooking
machine is a general-purpose programmable controlled Chinese dish
cooking machine, which is adapted for automatically completing
Chinese dish cooking process according to the recipe program
programmed on a basis of vmmda1.0 general recipe commands.
[0020] Preferably, the program specification of the accepted recipe
program supports vmmda1.0 general recipe commands of automatic
Chinese dish cooking; the recipe program programmed on a basis of
the program specification runs by pipelined single task; wherein
the programmable controlled intelligent cooking machine is adapted
for interpreting the recipe program according to the command
sequence.
[0021] Preferably, the programmable controlled intelligent cooking
machine further comprises a human-computer interface connected with
the electrical control device and/or comprises a network interface,
wherein users may directly input recipe command via the
human-computer interface, or directly call the recipe program
stored in the cooking machine, and/or input recipe program via the
network interface.
[0022] Preferably, the programmable controlled intelligent cooking
machine further comprises an automatic dish discharging device
connected with the electrical control device, and the programmable
controlled intelligent cooking machine sets a uniform dish
discharging command, and triggers the dish discharging command
according to the operation of the operator so as to control the
automatic dish discharging device to convey the dish plate to a
best position for dish discharging, and then the wok working
position controlling device is controlled to rotate the wok to a
dish discharging station so as to pour the roasted vegetables onto
the dish plate.
[0023] Preferably, the programmable controlled intelligent cooking
machine further comprises an automatic wok washing device connected
with the electrical control device, and the programmable controlled
intelligent cooking machine sets a uniform wok washing command, and
triggers the wok washing command according to the operation of the
operator so as to control the wok working position controlling
device rotate the wok to a wok washing working position, wherein
the automatic wok washing device is controlled to infuse water,
cleaning solution into the wok and stretches out the wok brush, and
the wok rotating device is controlled to rotate the wok so as to
cooperate with the wok brush to wash the internal wall of the wok,
and after the wok is washed, the automatic wok washing device is
controlled to retract the wok brush, and then the wok working
position controlling device is controlled to rotate the wok to a
water draining working position so as to pour the waste water into
the reception basin.
[0024] In order to achieve the above goal, the present invention
provides a cooking control method of the programmable controlled
intelligent cooking machine as described in any embodiment, wherein
the cooking control method comprises the following steps:
[0025] when the recipe program is interpreted to execute a rotating
command, the wok working position controlling device is controlled
to rotate the wok to a stir-frying working position, and then the
wok lid controlling device is controlled to push the wok lid so as
to close the wok and the wok rotating device is controlled to
correspondingly rotate the wok according to the rotating
command;
[0026] when the recipe program is interpreted to execute a
heat-adjusting command, the electromagnetic heating controlling
device is controlled to heat the wok according to heat-adjusting
command;
[0027] when the recipe program is interpreted to execute a
stop-heating command, the electromagnetic heating controlling
device is controlled to stop heating the wok;
[0028] when the recipe program is interpreted to execute a time
delay command, the cooking machine is controlled to maintain the
previous state correspond to the time corresponding to the time
delay command; and when the recipe program is interpreted to
execute a pause command, the electromagnetic heating controlling
device is controlled to stop heating the wok, the wok lid
controlling device is controlled to pull back the wok lid so as to
open the wok, the wok rotating device is controlled to stop
rotating the wok, and then the wok working position controlling
device is controlled to rotate the wok to rotate the wok to the
ingredient feeding working position.
[0029] Preferably, the cooking control method further
comprises:
[0030] when the recipe program is interpreted to execute a feeding
command, the wok lid controlling device is controlled to pull back
the wok lid so as to open the wok, the wok working position
controlling device is controlled to rotate the wok to a major
ingredient feeding working position, and then the automatic
ingredient feeding device is controlled to place the major
ingredient stocked in corresponding compartment of a standard
package box into the wok according to the feeding command; and when
the recipe program is interpreted to execute a seasoning-feeding
command, the wok working position controlling device is controlled
to rotate the wok to a stir-frying working position, and then the
wok lid controlling device is controlled to push the wok lid so as
to close the wok and meanwhile the automatic accessory ingredient
adding device is controlled to pumps an appropriate amount of
corresponding accessory ingredient into the wok according to the
rotating command.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0031] FIG. 1 is a system composition block diagram of a
programmable controlled intelligent cooking machine according to an
embodiment of the present invention;
[0032] FIG. 2 is a structure diagram of a programmable controlled
intelligent cooking machine according to an embodiment of the
present invention;
[0033] FIG. 3 is another structure diagram of the programmable
controlled intelligent cooking machine shown in FIG. 2;
[0034] FIG. 4 is a composition block diagram of a wok working
position controlling device of the programmable controlled
intelligent cooking machine shown in FIG. 1;
[0035] FIG. 5 is a composition block diagram of a wok rotating
device of the programmable controlled intelligent cooking machine
shown in FIG. 1;
[0036] FIG. 6 is a composition block diagram of an electromagnetic
heating controlling device of the programmable controlled
intelligent cooking machine shown in FIG. 1;
[0037] FIG. 7 is a composition block diagram of an automatic
ingredient feeding device of the programmable controlled
intelligent cooking machine shown in FIG. 1;
[0038] FIG. 8 is a structural schematic drawing of a major
ingredient standard package with four compartments employed by a
programmable controlled intelligent cooking machine according to an
embodiment of the present invention;
[0039] FIG. 9 is a composition block diagram of a wok lid
controlling device of the programmable controlled intelligent
cooking machine shown in FIG. 1;
[0040] FIG. 10 is a composition block diagram of an automatic
accessory ingredient adding device of the programmable controlled
intelligent cooking machine shown in FIG. 1;
[0041] FIG. 11 is a composition block diagram of an automatic dish
discharging device of the programmable controlled intelligent
cooking machine shown in FIG. 1;
[0042] FIG. 12 is a composition block diagram of an automatic wok
washing device of the programmable controlled intelligent cooking
machine shown in FIG. 1;
[0043] FIG. 13 is an exemplary graph of a multimedia man-machine
interface of a programmable controlled intelligent cooking machine
according to an embodiment of the present invention;
[0044] FIG. 14-19 show the working process of a programmable
controlled intelligent cooking machine according to an embodiment
of the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF ILLUSTRATED EMBODIMENTS
[0045] The technical solutions of the embodiments according to the
present invention are clearly and fully described as below with
reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the
present invention. Apparently, the embodiments to be described are
merely a part rather than all of the embodiments of the present
invention. All other embodiments obtained by persons with ordinary
skills in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention
without creative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of
the present invention.
[0046] Referring to FIG. 1, it is a system composition block
diagram of a programmable controlled intelligent cooking machine
according to an embodiment of the present invention. The entire
system comprises: a rotatable stir-frying core device 1 consisting
of a wok and electromagnetic heating coils, a wok rotating device
2, a wok working position controlling device 3, a wok lid
controlling device 4, an electromagnetic heating controlling device
5, an automatic ingredient feeding device 6, an automatic accessory
ingredient adding device 7, an automatic dish discharging device 8,
an automatic wok washing device 9 and an electrical control device
10, wherein the electrical control device 10 is used for receiving
a preset recipe program and sending an according control command on
the basis of the recipe program, the wok rotating device 2, the wok
working position controlling device 3, the wok lid controlling
device 4, the electromagnetic heating controlling device 5, the
automatic ingredient feeding device 6, the automatic accessory
ingredient adding device 7, the automatic dish discharging device 8
and the automatic wok washing device 9 are connected to the
electrical control device 10 respectively, and perform respective
operations according to the received control commands, thereby
realizing full-automatic cooking. In the present embodiment, the
system also comprises a multimedia man-machine interface 101
connected with the electrical control device and a network
interface 102. Users may program recipe programs by themselves by
the multimedia man-machine interface 101, or directly call a large
number of recipe programs of Chinese dishes stored in the machine,
or input external general recipe programs via the network interface
102.
[0047] Referring to FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the structure of the
programmable controlled intelligent cooking machine according to
the present invention is described in detail as below. Thereinto,
it can be understood that FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 are structure diagrams
of same embodiment, only different in viewing angle. The
programmable controlled intelligent cooking machine comprises a
housing 100, a wok 11 accommodated inside of the housing 100,
electromagnetic heating coils 12, a wok rotating device 2, a wok
working position controlling device 3, a wok lid 41 and a wok lid
controlling device 4, an electromagnetic heating controlling device
5, an automatic ingredient feeding device 6, an automatic accessory
ingredient adding device 7, an automatic dish discharging device 8,
an automatic wok washing device 9 and an electrical control device
10.
[0048] Thereinto, the wok 11 is positioned centrally in the
interior of the housing 100. The cylinder body of the wok 11
comprises a hollow cylinder-shaped upper part and a
hemisphere-shaped lower part. Furthermore, a plurality of stirring
pieces (not shown in figures) are arranged on the internal wall of
the lower part of the wok 11 so as to achieve stir frying effects
like tossing the pan when the wok 11 rotates and cooks. The wok 11
is a stainless iron wok with the entire internal wall coated with a
non-stick material layer having excellent heat resistance. The
electromagnetic heating coils 12 wind around the external wall of
the lower part of the wok 11 into a hemisphere shape and heat the
wok 11 under the control of the electromagnetic heating controlling
device 5. Due to the electromagnetic heating, a three-dimensional
surround hemisphere heating temperature field which heats quickly
and has high thermal efficiency is formed in the wok 11. The formed
heating temperature field has a similar effect as traditional
blowing-type cook-stoves heating wok, it greatly meets the
requirement of heating control in Chinese culinary art and is
energy-efficient.
[0049] Referring to FIG. 4, the wok working position controlling
device 3 comprises a working position sub-controlling system 301, a
position controlling detector 302, a motor 303, a main shaft 304
and a wok frame 305 which is used for securing the wok 11 and is
hold in the housing 100 by the main shaft 304, wherein the main
shaft 304 is connected at one end to the motor 303 and thus rotates
under the control of the motor 303, thereby driving the wok frame
305 and the wok 11 to rotate and realizing 360-degree rotation. The
motor 303 is electrically connected with the working position
sub-controlling system 301 and works under the control of the
working position sub-controlling system 301. The position
controlling detector 302 is used for detecting the rotate angle of
the wok frame 305 and the wok 11 so as to make sure they do rotate
to the precise working position, and for sending the detected data
to the working position sub-controlling system 301. The working
position sub-controlling system 301 is connected with the
electrical control device 10 to receive various control commands
and send control commands to the motor 303 on the basis of the
various control commands and the detected data received from the
position controlling detector 302, so as to drive the main shaft
304 to rotate and make the wok frame 305 and the wok 11 rotate to
corresponding working positions to perform corresponding
operations. All operations, except for dish discharging operation,
will be performed only after the wok 11 has rotated to
corresponding working positions.
[0050] In the present embodiment, five working positions are
provided, i.e. a major ingredient feeding working position, an
accessory ingredient adding (cooking) working position, a dish
discharging working position, a wok washing working position and a
waste water draining working position. The wok frame 305 is capable
of driving the wok 11 to rotate to each working position, and
making the wok 11 face towards each corresponding device so as to
perform corresponding automatic cooking operations such as
ingredient feeding, cooking (accessory ingredient adding), dish
discharging, wok washing, waste water draining, etc. For example,
when the working position sub-controlling system 301 receives an
accessory ingredient adding command or a rotating control command,
the wok 11 is rotated to an accessory ingredient adding (cooking)
working position (which is preferably a position with a 45-degree
angle to the original position) in a clockwise direction, so as to
make the wok face towards the wok lid 41 and the wok lid
controlling device 4; when the working position sub-controlling
system 301 receives a major ingredient feeding control command, the
wok 11 is rotated to an ingredient feeding working position (which
is vertical position, namely, the original position), so as to make
the wok face towards the automatic ingredient feeding device 6;
when the working position sub-controlling system 301 receives a
dish discharging control command, the wok 11 is rotated to a dish
discharging working position (which is preferably a position with a
135-degree angle to the original position) in a clockwise
direction, so as to make the wok face towards the automatic dish
discharging device 8; when the working position sub-controlling
system 301 receives a wok washing control command, the wok 11 is
rotated to a wok washing working position (which is preferably a
position with a 45-degree angle to the original position) in an
anti-clockwise direction, so as to make the wok face towards the
automatic wok washing device 9, and when receiving a waste water
draining control command after the wok washing is finished, the wok
is further rotated to a waste water draining working position
(which is preferably a position with a 135-degree angle to the
original position) in an anti-clockwise direction, so as to make
the wok face towards a reception basin.
[0051] Referring to FIG. 5, the wok rotating device 2 comprises a
rotating sub-controlling system 201, a motor 202 and a rotating
shaft 203, wherein the rotating shaft 203 is fixedly connected at
one end to the lower part of the wok 11 and is connected at another
end to the motor 202, the rotating shaft 203 is rotated under the
control of the motor 202, thereby driving the wok 11 to rotate and
realizing 360-degree rotation. The motor 203 is electrically
connected with the rotating sub-controlling system 20 and works
under the control of the rotating sub-controlling system 20. The
rotating sub-controlling system 201 is connected to the electrical
control device 10 so as to receive rotating control commands and
send control signals on the basis of the control commands, thereby
making the wok 11 perform various rotation motions and controlling
the rotation direction and speed of the wok 11. The stir-frying
function of the present embodiment realizes various stir frying
effects in the way of rotation motions combination control, which
is similar to a roller rotating and stirring. Various effects like
saute-stirring and stir-frying can be realized by combining various
rotation modes including high-speed rotation, low-speed rotation,
clockwise rotation and anti-clockwise rotation. By cooperatively
using stirring pieces arranged in the wok 11 and controlling the
rotating angle of the wok 11, the stir frying effect like tossing
the pan can be realized.
[0052] Referring to FIG. 6, the electromagnetic heating controlling
device 5 comprises an electromagnetic sub-controlling system 501, a
wok temperature detector 502 and a high frequency driving source
503, the wok temperature detector 502 is used for detecting the
temperature of the wok body and sending the detected data to the
electromagnetic sub-controlling system 501. The high frequency
driving source 503 is connected to the electromagnetic heating
coils 12 so as to generate current for the electromagnetic heating
coils 12. The electromagnetic sub-controlling system 501 is
connected to the electrical control device 11 so as to receive
turn-on, turn-off and heating control commands, control it to open,
close, turn-on or turn down the high frequency driving source 503
on the basis of the detected data of the wok temperature detector
502, so that heating time and current intensity of the
electromagnetic heating coils 12 can be controlled and thus heating
time and heating temperature for the wok 11 can be controlled. In
the present embodiment, the function of precise heating control
required by Chinese culinary art is realized by controlling heating
temperature and heating time. The heating temperature is controlled
by adjusting the current intensity of the electromagnetic heating
coils 12 and making the wok temperature stable in the range of
controlling value. Since the electromagnetic heating does not have
time-lag, heating control performed in this way is much more
sensitive than that performed in other ways such as traditional
open fires and resistance generating and conducting. When further
cooperatively employing precise control of heating time, the
function of heating control required by Chinese culinary art can be
fully realized. It can be understood that, the electromagnetic
heating controlling device 5 of the present embodiment may be
fixedly mounted on the wok frame 305.
[0053] Referring to FIG. 7, the automatic ingredient feeding device
6 is arranged right above the wok 11, the housing 100 is arranged
on the side wall with an ingredient chamber opening corresponding
to the automatic ingredient feeding device 6, so as to enable the
user to feed the major ingredient into the automatic ingredient
feeding device 6. In the present embodiment, the ingredients are
stocked in a four-compartment standard package box 61 (referring to
FIG. 8) and particularly are stocked respectively in individual
compartments (compartment A, compartment B, compartment C,
compartment D) of one package, wherein various major ingredients
and accessory ingredients are selected for various dishes.
Furthermore, an electronic tag 611 (two-dimension codes, IC card,
RFID, etc.) is attached to the bottom of each standard package box
61. The recommended recipe programs of the standard package, or
various information, such as production, storage, delivery, selling
information of major ingredients and so on, may be obtained by
reading and writing (for example reading by means of the multimedia
man-machine interface 11) the information of the electronic tag for
common automatic cooking machines to use. According to the control
program of the automatic cooking machine, the automatic ingredient
feeding device 6 provides major ingredients and accessory
ingredients stocked in respective compartments at a predetermined
time in a predetermined sequence, wherein the combinations of
feeding sequence for each Chinese dish may have up to 24
changes.
[0054] The Chinese dish recipe of major ingredients and accessory
ingredients, which is a part of Chinese culinary art, usually
consists of one to three major ingredients and several accessory
ingredients. For example, the dish "fried sliced cabbage" uses
cabbage as a major ingredient, and uses chili, garlic and so on as
accessory ingredients. The dish "Sliced Meat with Dry Tofu and
Green Pepper" uses shredded green pepper, shredded meat, and dry
tofu as the major ingredients, and uses garlic and red pepper as
accessory ingredients. The major ingredients and accessory
ingredients of a Chinese dish are respectively placed in respective
compartments of one package, depending on whether these major
ingredients and accessory ingredients can be put into the wok at
the same time. The major ingredients and accessory ingredients
which can be put into the wok at the same time may be stocked in
one compartment. If the major ingredients and accessory ingredients
of a certain Chinese dish are placed in a package with four
standard compartments, it means the major ingredients and accessory
ingredients can be put into the wok in four groups at four
different stages at most, thus it has 24 feeding sequence
combinations at most (abcd, abdc, acbd, acdb, adbc, adcb, bacd,
badc, bdac, bdca, bcad, bcda, cabd, cadb, cbad, cbda, cdab, cdba,
dabc, dacb, dbac, dbca, dcab, dcba). Generally, it is enough to
meet the requirement of Chinese culinary art for most dishes.
Moreover, a standard package with more compartments, such as six
compartments or eight compartments, may meet the requirement of
more complicated cooking technique and meet the feeding requirement
of high grade commercial automated cooking machines.
[0055] The key point for realizing industrialization of the
automated Chinese dish cooking machines is that, the major
ingredients and accessory ingredients of a certain Chinese dish are
selected according to various cooking requirements, stocked in a
standard package and particularly stocked respectively in
individual compartments of one package. Thus, a complete industrial
chain, including the specialized production of agricultural
products in the upstream, pre-treating (cleaning and cutting etc.)
on the spot, packaging at the consumption place, delivery, and
consumption of the automated cooking machine, can thus be
established. It brings a new life style, which is different from
the traditional style buying primary agricultural products in
markets and producing large quantity of living rubbish. On the
other hand, due to the use of standard package, the production of
the agricultural products may realize intensification, large-scale,
standardized and industrialization production, which provides a
back tracking mechanism for food safety guarantee. In addition,
Internet of Things technology, such as two-dimension codes, IC
card, RFID and so on, may be applied to the standard package of
major ingredients and accessory ingredients and preset in the
package, so as to facilitate the identification of recommended
recipe program and other agricultural products information for
general automated cooking machines.
[0056] Referring to FIG. 7, the automatic ingredient feeding device
6 comprises an ingredient feeding sub-controlling system 601, an
ingredient receiving component 602, a releasing component 603 and
an ingredient feeding guide groove 604. In the present embodiment,
the ingredient receiving component 602 is an openable
four-compartment ingredient-dropping chamber, which is arranged
corresponding to the four-compartment standard package box 61 with
openings face to face and one to one correspondence. When the
automatic ingredient feeding device 6 is rotated 180 degrees
overall by a turnover mechanism, the major ingredients and
accessory ingredients originally stocked in the standard package
box fall into the ingredient-dropping chamber under gravity. The
releasing component 603 is used for actuating the bottom door of
the double-door openable four-compartment ingredient-dropping
chamber. When double-door of the chamber are opened, the major
ingredients and accessory ingredients fall into the wok 11 right
below it along the feeding guide groove 604 under gravity. The
ingredient receiving component 602 and the releasing component 603
are connected with the feeding sub-controlling system 601 and are
controlled by it. The feeding sub-controlling system 601 is
connected with the electrical control device 10, so as to receive
major ingredient feeding control commands and control the releasing
of the major ingredients and accessory ingredients stocked in
respective compartments to the wok 11 at a predetermined time in a
predetermined sequence on the basis of the control commands.
[0057] Referring to FIG. 9, the wok lid controlling device 4
comprises a wok lid sub-controlling system 401 and a wok lid
push-pull component 402 fixedly connected with the wok lid 41,
wherein the wok lid sub-controlling system 401 is connected with
the electrical control device 10, so as to receive the control
commands of opening or closing the wok lid and control the wok lid
push-pull component 402 to pull or push the wok lid, thereby
realizing the opening and closing of the wok lid 41. In the present
embodiment, the wok lid controlling device 4 is arranged inside of
the housing 100 and particularly on the side wall right of the wok
11, with the wok lid at a position having a 45-55 degrees angle to
the wok 11.
[0058] Referring to FIG. 10, the automatic accessory ingredient
adding device 7 comprises an ingredient adding sub-controlling
system 701, an accessory ingredient pumping component 702 and an
accessory ingredient conduction pipe 703. In the present
embodiment, the wok lid 41 is provided with an opening for
connecting the accessory ingredient conduction pipe 703. The
ingredient adding sub-controlling system 701 is connected with the
electrical control device 10 so as to receive the control commands
of adding accessory ingredients. The accessory ingredient pumping
component 702 is connected with a plurality of accessory ingredient
storage devices (standard liquid package for accessory ingredients)
which store various liquid accessory ingredients. An appropriate
amount of the corresponding accessory ingredient is pumped out and
added into the wok 11 via the accessory ingredient conduction pipe
703 under the control of the ingredient adding sub-controlling
system 701. The program control releasing of the accessory
ingredients (seasonings) is realized by standard liquid package and
the pumping device. All accessory ingredients (seasonings) are
packaged by liquid package, prepared as common ingredients (cooking
oil, liquid salt, soy sauce, vinegar, cooking wine, liquid sugar,
spicy sauce, soup stock, sesame oil, etc.), and stocked in
individual containers. The automatic accessory ingredient adding
device 7 pumps and releases a predetermined amount of accessory
ingredients at a predetermined time in a predetermined sequence
according to the preset recipe program. In the present embodiment,
the automatic accessory ingredient adding device 7 is arranged
inside of the housing 100 and particularly on the side wall back of
the wok 11.
[0059] Referring to FIG. 11, the automatic dish discharging device
8 comprises a dish discharging sub-controlling system 801, a tray
802, a tray conveying component 803 and a dish discharging
component 804. In the present embodiment, the automatic dish
discharging device 8 is arranged below the wok 11 and on the right
of it. The housing 100 is provided with a dish plate opening on the
right wall at the position opposite to the automatic dish
discharging device 8, so as to enable the user to put the dish
plate on the tray 801. The tray 801 is used for carrying the dish
plate, and the tray conveying component 803 is used for conveying
the tray 802 to a best position for dish discharging (right below
and close to the wok 11) or a best position for dish taking (dish
plate opening). The dish discharging component 804 is used for
discharging the fried dish in the wok 11 into the dish plate. In
the present embodiment, the dish discharging is realized by the wok
working position controlling device 3, without the need of extra
dish discharging component 804. The dish discharging
sub-controlling system 801 is connected with the electrical control
device 10 so as to receive dish discharging control command and
control the tray conveying component and the dish discharging
component to perform dish discharging operation.
[0060] Referring to FIG. 12, the automatic wok washing device 9
comprises a wok washing sub-controlling system 901, a water
infusing component 902, a cleaning solution infusing component 903,
a wok brush stretching and retracting component 904, a rotatable
wok washing component 905 and a waste water draining component 906.
The wok washing sub-controlling system 901 is connected with the
electrical control device 10 so as to receive wok washing control
command and control the water infusing component 902, the cleaning
solution infusing component 903, the wok brush stretching and
retracting component 904, the rotatable wok washing component 905
and the waste water draining component 906 to perform wok washing
operation. In the present embodiment, the wok washing and the waste
water draining are realized by the rotating device 2 and the wok
working position controlling device 3, without the need of extra
rotatable wok washing component 905 or waste water draining
component 906. In the present embodiment, the wok is actively
washed by infusing water and cleaning solution into the wok and
rotating the wok brush and the wok cooperatively. Since the wok 11
is coated with a non-stick material layer on the internal wall, it
provides best cleaning effect. In addition, in the present
embodiment, the automatic wok washing device 9 is arranged inside
of the housing 100 and particularly on the side wall left of the
wok 11, and the reception basin is arranged below the wok 11 and on
the left of it.
[0061] In the present embodiment, the multimedia man-machine
interface 11 is arranged on a certain external wall of the housing
100. FIG. 101 shows an embodiment of the multimedia man-machine
interface 101, comprising five regions: relevant parameter viewing
area of recipe program conformance statement, listing and viewing
area of recipe program executable command sequence, management
operating area of recipe program, listing and viewing area of
recipe program and management functional area of recipe program
such as outputting XML document and so on. The multimedia
man-machine interface 101 interacts with the user by multimedia,
such as image, text, video and audio, and displays the status,
running process, operating tips, etc. of the automated cooking
machines. Users may program recipe programs by themselves by the
multimedia man-machine interface 101, or directly call a large
number of recipe programs of Chinese dishes stored in the machine,
or input external general recipe programs via the network interface
102.
[0062] The intelligent cooking machine of the present invention is
a general-purpose programmable controlled Chinese dish cooking
machine, which is particularly capable of automatically completing
Chinese dish cooking process according to the recipe program
programmed on the basis of vmmda1.0 general recipe commands.
[0063] That is, the program specification of the accepted recipe
program supports vmmda1.0 general recipe commands of automatic
Chinese dish cooking, which includes nine commands: F1 ingredient
feeding command, F2 heat-adjusting command, F3 stop-heating
command, F4 rotating command, F5 time delay command, F6
seasoning-feeding command, F7 open-lid command, F8 dish discharging
command, F9 pause command. The recipe program programmed on the
basis of the program specification runs by pipelined single task.
The automated cooking machine of the present invention interprets
and executes the recipe program according to the command
sequence.
[0064] The general recipe program specification can be written in
XML `1.0` and encoded in gb2312 for better data exchange and
information sharing across platforms. So besides the programmable
controlled intelligent cooking machine of the present invention,
the recipe program can also be applied to a virtual cooking
machine, cloud services, Internet of Things terminal, and so
on.
[0065] The recipe program includes two parts, conformance statement
and executable command sequence.
[0066] The conformance statement mainly includes: recipe program
version, recipe number, recipe name, creator, creation date, major
ingredient packaging version and major ingredient name.
[0067] The executable command sequence consists of vmmda1.0 general
recipe commands of automatic Chinese dish cooking. As illustrated
in Table 1 below, the basic syntax is as follows: index command;
comment (may be omitted). Each line permits one command only.
Generally, the whole executable command sequence should not be over
5000 lines.
TABLE-US-00001 TABLE 1 Index Command Comment 1 F2( ),1;
Heat-adjusting command, parameter: 1(low)-10(high) 2 F5( ),30;
Time-delay command, parameter: seconds 3 F6A( ),70; Seasoning
A(oil) feeding command, parameter: mL
[0068] The programmable controlled intelligent cooking machine of
the present invention executes each command according to the index
sequence. The index can be omitted, and then the programmable
controlled intelligent cooking machine executes each command from
the top to the bottom. In the following example, the command
sequences in Table 2 (a), Table 2 (b) and Table 2 (c) have the same
function of executable command sequence.
TABLE-US-00002 TABLE 2 (a) 1 F2( ),1; Heat-adjusting command,
parameter: 1(low)-10(high) 2 F5( ),30; Time-delay command,
parameter: seconds 3 F6A( ),70; Seasoning A(oil) feeding command,
parameter: mL
TABLE-US-00003 TABLE 2 (b) F2( ), 1 F5( ), 30 F6A( ), 70
TABLE-US-00004 TABLE 2 (c) 2 F5( ), 30 1 F2( ), 1 3 F6A( ), 70
[0069] All text editors may be used for writing the general recipe
program. The recipe program may be written in XML `1.0` and encoded
in gb2312. The root element is "cooking_machine_recipe", the
sub-elements include "ingredient_package" and "recipe_command".
[0070] The root element "cooking_machine_recipe" has attributes as
follows: recipe program version, recipe number, recipe name,
creator and creation date. For example:
<cooking_machine_recipe version=`vmmda 1.0`
recipe_number=`xjb0001` recipe_name=`fried sliced cabbage`
creator=`xjb` date=`03/07/12`>
[0071] The sub-element "ingredient package" is a null element with
attributes as follows: version, compartment-A ingredient,
compartment-B ingredient, compartment-C ingredient, compartment-D
ingredient. For example:
<ingredient_package version=`vmmda 1.0`
compartment-A_ingredient=`cabbage`
compartment-B_ingredient=`cabbage`
compartment-C_ingredient=`accessory ingredient`
compartment-D_ingredient=` `></ingredient_package>
[0072] The sub-element "recipe_command" has attributes as follows:
step, command code, parameter. The value of the sub-element "recipe
command" is the comment. For example:
<recipe_command step=`2` command_code=`F2(3)`
parameter=`3`>heat-adjusting command, parameter 1 (low)-10
(high)</recipe_command>
[0073] The complete format of the recipe program is shown as
follows:
<?xml version=`1.0` encoding=`gb2312`?>
<cooking_machine_recipe version=`vmmda 1.0`
recipe_number=`xjb0001` recipe_name=`fried sliced cabbage`
creator=`xjb` date=`03/07/12`> <ingredient_package
version=`vmmda 1.0` compartment_A_ingredient=`cabbage`
compartment_B_ingredient=`cabbage`
compartment_C_ingredient=`accessory ingredient`
compartment_D_ingredient=` `></ingredient_package>
<recipe_command step=`1` command_code=`F4(3)`
parameter=`3`>rotating command, parameter 1 (slow)-8
(fast)</recipe_command> <recipe_command step=`2`
command_code=`F2(3)` parameter=`3`>heat-adjusting command,
parameter 1(low)-10 (high)</recipe_command>
</cooking_machine_recipe>
[0074] As an example, a recipe program for cooking fried sliced
cabbage is given as below.
<?xml version=`1.0` encoding=`gb2312`?>
<cooking_machine_recipe version=`vmmda 1.0`
recipe_number=`xjb0001` recipe_name=`fried sliced cabbage`
estimated_time=`437` creator=`xjb` date=`03/07/12`>
<ingredient_package version=`vmmda 1.0`
compartment_A_ingredient=`cabbage`
compartment_B_ingredient=`cabbage`
compartment_C_ingredient=`cabbage`
compartment_D_ingredient=`accessory ingredient (garlics,
etc.)`></ingredient_package> <recipe_command step=`1`
command_code=`F4( )` parameter=`3`>rotating command, parameter
1(slow)-8(fast)</recipe_command> <recipe_command step=`2`
command_code=`F2( )` parameter=`1`>heat-adjusting command,
parameter 1 (low)-10 (high)</recipe_command>
<recipe_command step=`3` command_code=`F6A( )`
parameter=`40`>seasoning-A(oil)-feeding command, parameter is
mL</recipe_command> <recipe_command step=`4`
command_code=`F3` parameter=`0`>stop-heating command, no
parameter</recipe_command> <recipe_command step=`5`
command_code=`F1D` parameter=`0`>ingredient-feeding command, put
ingredient D into the wok, no parameter</recipe_command>
<recipe_command step=`6` command_code=`F4( )`
parameter=`3`>rotating command, parameter 1 (slow)-8
(fast)</recipe_command> <recipe_command step=`7`
command_code=`F2( )` parameter=`2`>heat-adjusting command,
parameter 1 (low)-10 (high)</recipe_command>
<recipe_command step=`8` command_code=`F5( )`
parameter=`20`>time-delay command, parameter is the
seconds</recipe_command> <recipe_command step=`9`
command_code=`F3` parameter=`3`>stop-heating command, no
parameter</recipe_command> <recipe_command step=`10`
command_code=`F1A` parameter=`0`>ingredient-feeding command, put
ingredient A into the wok, no parameter</recipe_command>
<recipe_command step=`11` command_code=`F1B`
parameter=`0`>ingredient-feeding command, put ingredient B into
the wok, no parameter</recipe_command> <recipe_command
step=`12` command_code=`F1C` parameter=`0`>ingredient-feeding
command, put ingredient C into the wok, no
parameter</recipe_command> <recipe_command step=`13`
command_code=`F4( )` parameter=`5`>rotating command, parameter 1
(slow)-8 (fast)</recipe_command> <recipe_command step=`14`
command_code=`F2( )` parameter=`2`>heat-adjusting command,
parameter 1 (low)-10 (high)</recipe_command>
<recipe_command step=`15` command_code=`F5( )`
parameter=`100`>time-delay command, parameter is the
seconds</recipe_command> <recipe_command step=`16`
command_code=`F6C( )` parameter=`50`>seasoning-C(soy
sauce)_feeding command, parameter is mL</recipe_command>
<recipe_command step=`17` command_code=`F6D( )`
parameter=`20`>seasoning-D(vinegar)_feeding command, parameter
is mL</recipe_command> <recipe_command step=`18`
command_code=`F6G( )` parameter=`10`>seasoning-G(sesame
oil)_feeding command, parameter is mL</recipe_command>
<recipe_command step=`19` command_code=`F5( )`
parameter=`100`>time-delay command, parameter is the
seconds</recipe_command> <recipe_command step=`20`
command_code=`F3` parameter=`0`>stop-heating command, no
parameter</recipe_command> <recipe_command step=`21`
command_code=`F5( )` parameter=`100`>time-delay command,
parameter is the seconds</recipe_command> <recipe_command
step=`22` command_code=`F9` parameter=`0`>halt command, no
parameter</recipe_command>
</cooking_machine_recipe>
[0075] The recipe program programmed with vmmda 1.0 general recipe
command has function features as follows:
[0076] (1) It realizes precise heating control required by Chinese
culinary art;
[0077] (2) It realizes precise control of ingredient (major
ingredients and accessory ingredients, seasoning, etc.) feeding
required by Chinese culinary art, feeding major ingredients and
accessory ingredients at a predetermined time in a predetermined
sequence, and feeding a predetermined amount of seasoning at a
predetermined time in a predetermined sequence;
[0078] (3) It realizes the control of rotatably stir-frying
ingredients required by Chinese culinary art.
[0079] All automated cooking machines supporting vmmda 1.0 general
recipe command may realize various cooking operations according to
the recipe program, thereby realizing full-automatic cooking.
[0080] In addition, it is possible to create a recipe program
library (recipe program database) for multiple Chinese culinary
arts by vmmda 1.0 general recipe command. Not only standard recipe
programs for various Chinese dishes, but also recipe programs for
one Chinese dish with various flavors, may be programmed
[0081] It can be understood that, except for automatically
processing Chinese dish cooking according to the recipe program
programmed by the vmmda 1.0 general recipe command, the
programmable controlled intelligent cooking machine of the present
invention also accepts the recipe programs programmed by other
general recipe commands
[0082] It can be understood that, when editing recipe programs, the
user only needs to consider the cooking process (ends till the dish
is finished). Subsequent operations, such as dish discharging, wok
washing and so on, do not belong to cooking process, so it is not
necessary to edit corresponding commands Therefore, the
programmable controlled intelligent cooking machine of the present
invention may set unified dish discharging command (accordingly
provides a dish discharging button) and wok washing command
(accordingly provides a wok washing button), so as to automatically
perform a series of processes to discharge the dish and a series of
processes to wash the wok.
[0083] Referring to FIG. 14-FIG. 19, the Chinese dish cooking
process, which is automatically performed by the programmable
controlled intelligent cooking machine of the present invention
according to the recipe program programmed with vmmda 1.0 general
recipe command, is illustrated in detail as below (described in
conjunction with the embodiment of the above recipe program for
fried sliced cabbage).
[0084] The user turns on the programmable controlled intelligent
cooking machine of the present invention, and accordingly inputs or
selects the corresponding recipe program for fried sliced
cabbage.
[0085] The user accordingly places the four-compartment standard
packaged ingredient of sliced cabbage into the automatic ingredient
feeding device 6, and opens the programmable controlled intelligent
cooking machine to execute recipe program.
[0086] At first, when the electromagnetic heating controlling
device receives rotating control command F4, the wok 11 is rotated
to stir-frying working position, and the wok lid controlling device
4 pushes the wok lid 41 to close the wok 11. Then, the wok rotating
device 2 correspondingly rotates the wok 11 according to rotating
control command F4 (step 1), and then heats the wok 11 according to
heating control command F2 (step 2). When the wok working position
controlling device 3 receives accessory ingredient adding control
command F6, the wok 11 is rotated to accessory ingredient adding
working position (stir-frying working position). Then, the wok lid
controlling device 4 pushes the wok lid 41 to close the wok 11.
Meanwhile, according to accessory ingredient adding control command
F6, the automatic accessory ingredient adding device pumps an
appropriate amount of corresponding accessory ingredient (oil) into
the wok 11 and heats it (step 3). At the moment, the programmable
controlled intelligent cooking machine is in a working state as
shown in FIG. 14, wherein an arrow A shows the flow direction of
the accessory ingredient (oil).
[0087] After that, when receiving Turn-off control command F3, the
electromagnetic heating controlling device stops heating the wok 11
(step 4).
[0088] Then, when the wok working position controlling device 3
receives major ingredient feeding control command F1, the wok lid
controlling device 4 pulls back the wok lid 41 to open the wok 11
at first, and then the wok 11 is rotated to major ingredient
feeding working position, after that, the automatic ingredient
feeding device 6 places the major ingredient stocked in the
compartment D into the wok 11 according to major ingredient feeding
control command F1 (step 5). At the moment, the programmable
controlled intelligent cooking machine is in a working state as
shown in FIG. 15.
[0089] After that, when receiving rotating control command F4, the
wok working position controlling device 3 rotates the wok 11 to the
stir-frying working position, and the wok lid controlling device 4
pushes the wok lid 41 to close the wok 11. Then, the wok rotating
device 2 correspondingly rotates the wok 11 according to the
rotating control command F4 (step 6). Meanwhile, when receiving
heating control command F2, the electromagnetic heating controlling
device heats the wok (step 7) and control the heating time
according to time delay command F5 (step 8). At the moment, the
programmable controlled intelligent cooking machine is in a working
state as shown in FIG. 16, wherein an arrow B shows the rotating
direction of the wok 11. When receiving Turn-off control command
F3, the electromagnetic heating controlling device stops heating
the wok 11 (step 9).
[0090] The steps after step 9 are repeated steps and need not be
repeated here.
[0091] When executing F9 pause command at step 22, the
electromagnetic heating controlling device receives turn-off
control command F3 at first and stops heating the wok 11, the wok
lid controlling device 4 pulls back the wok lid 41 to open the wok
11, the wok rotating device 2 rotates the wok to the ingredient
feeding working position and stops rotating the wok 11. By this
time, the cooking process is finished.
[0092] At the moment, the user may put a dish plate on the tray of
the automatic dish discharging device 8 and press the dish
discharging button (i.e. send a dish discharging control command).
Then, the automatic dish discharging device 8 conveys the dish
plate to a best position for dish discharging according to the dish
discharging control command. After that, the wok working position
controlling device rotates the wok 11 to dish discharging working
position according to the dish discharging control command, so as
to pour the fried sliced cabbage onto the dish plate. At the
moment, the programmable controlled intelligent cooking machine is
in a working state as shown in FIG. 17. After that, the automatic
dish discharging device 8 conveys the dish plate to a best position
for dish taking (dish plate opening) so as to enable the user to
take.
[0093] After that, the user may press the wok washing button (i.e.
send a wok washing control command), then the wok working position
controlling device 3 rotates the wok 11 to a wok washing working
position according to the wok washing control command. Then, the
automatic wok washing device 9 infuses water, cleaning solution
into the wok 11 and stretches out the wok brush, and rotates the
wok 11 by the wok rotating device 2 so as to cooperate with the wok
brush to wash the internal wall of the wok. At the moment, the
programmable controlled intelligent cooking machine is in a working
state as shown in FIG. 18, wherein an arrow C shows the rotating
direction of the wok 11.
[0094] After the wok is washed, the automatic wok washing device 9
retracts the wok brush. Meanwhile, the wok working position
controlling device 3 rotates the wok 11 to water draining working
position, so as to pour the waste water into the reception basin.
At the moment, the programmable controlled intelligent cooking
machine is in a working state as shown in FIG. 19.
[0095] It should be noted that, the above recipe program does not
employ F7 open-lid command Since the closing/opening of the wok lid
is relevant with other commands in practical applications and do
not need independent command for controlling, when the electrical
control device receives corresponding commands, it may perform
close-lid/open-lid operation at the same time according to the
commands. The operations executed by respective command
comprise:
[0096] F4 rotating command: adjust the wok to stir-frying working
position/close the wok lid/rotate the wok.
[0097] F6 accessory ingredient command: only when the wok is in
stir-frying working position/add accessory ingredient.
[0098] F1 ingredient feeding command: open the wok lid/adjust the
wok to ingredient feeding working position/supply ingredient.
[0099] F2/F3 heat-adjusting command: not relevant with the working
position.
[0100] F9 pause command: turn off the heat/open the wok lid/stop
rotating/adjust the wok to ingredient feeding working position.
[0101] F5 time delay command: maintain the previous state.
[0102] The above recipe program for fried sliced cabbage comprises
steps as follows: steps 1-4: heat the wok/add oil; steps 5-9: add
accessory ingredients such as garlic and so on, and stir-fry them;
steps 10-12: add cabbage ingredient; steps 13-15: turn the fire up
and stir-fry for 100s; steps 16-18: keep stir-frying and meanwhile
add seasoning; steps 19-22: keep stir-frying for 100s and turn the
fire off, then keep stir-frying for 100s with the remaining heat of
the wok, then halt the machine, the dish is finished to be
discharged.
[0103] From the above, the programmable controlled intelligent
cooking machine provided by the present invention has advantages as
follows:
[0104] 1. Maximum compatibility. It is capable of running the
recipe program programmed with all complex general recipe commands
(e.g. vmmda1.0), interpreting and executing the recipe program
according to the command sequence, so as to perform various cooking
operations and cook dishes with various flavors according to
various recipe programs.
[0105] 2 Minimum manual intervention (Except that the ingredient
package is manually placed into the ingredient chamber opening of
the cooking machine, all the rest operations are performed by the
machine). It may realize functions such as automatically feeding
major ingredient, automatically adding accessory ingredient,
automatically discharging dish, automatically washing wok and so
on, whereby realizing full-automatic cooking.
[0106] 3. It may accept the recipe program programmed with general
recipe commands in many ways. Users may program recipe programs by
themselves, or directly call a large number of recipe programs of
Chinese dishes stored in the machine, or input external recipe
programs via the network.
[0107] 4. Generality. It supports general recipe commands so the
recipe program may be shared; it supports four-compartment standard
package so the major ingredient of Chinese dish may be standardized
produced/stocked/transported/sold; it supports standard liquid
package for accessory ingredients (condiment and seasoning) so the
accessory ingredients may be standardized
produced/stocked/transported/sold.
[0108] The foregoing descriptions are merely exemplary embodiments
of the present invention, but are not intended to limit the present
disclosure. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, and
improvements made by those skilled in the art within the spirit and
principle of the present disclosure shall fall within the
protection scope of the present disclosure.
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