Abstract: The present disclosure provides a food management system that can accurately manage a food item contained in a refrigerator. A food management system is configured to manage a food item contained in a refrigerator including a refrigerator compartment and includes a refrigerator compartment camera 21 and a drawer camera 22 configured to capture a moving image, and a food detection unit 221D configured to detect a food item taken into or out of the refrigerator based on the moving image obtained by the image capturing with the refrigerator compartment camera 21 and the drawer camera 22.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a food management system 1000 that can accurately detect a food item contained in a refrigerator 1. The food management system 1000 configured to manage a food item contained in the refrigerator 1 includes a refrigerator compartment camera 21 provided at an upper part of the refrigerator 1 and configured to capture an image of an image capturing range including an opening of a refrigerator compartment 11 of the refrigerator 1; a drawer camera 22 provided at the upper part of the refrigerator 1 and configured to capture an image of an image capturing range including a drawer pulled out of a housing compartment other than the refrigerator compartment 11; and a food detection unit configured to detect a food item taken into or out of the refrigerator 1 based on an image capturing result of at least one of the refrigerator compartment camera 21 and the drawer camera 22.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a food detection device 2 that can accurately detect, with a camera, a food item taken into or out of a refrigerator 1. The food detection device 2 is attached to an upper part of the refrigerator 1 by a user P and configured to detect, with a refrigerator compartment camera 21 and a drawer camera 22, a food item taken into or out of the refrigerator 1 and includes a camera module 220 including the refrigerator compartment camera 21 and the drawer camera 22 configured to capture an image of the refrigerator 1 from an upper front of the refrigerator 1, and an electric power supply unit 230 configured to supply electric power at least to the camera module 220.

Abstract: A heating cooker of the present disclosure includes a heating chamber for accommodating a heating target; a heating unit; a control unit; a detection unit; an illumination unit; an image-capturing unit; a recognition processing unit; and a notification unit. The heating unit heats a heating target. The control unit controls heating by the heating unit. The detection unit detects opening/closing of a door of the heating chamber. The illumination unit illuminates an interior of the heating chamber. The image-capturing unit captures images of the interior of the heating chamber when the door is opened and closed. The recognition processing unit is operable to read the heating control information provided to the heating target from the captured images. When the recognition processing unit successfully reads the heating control information when the door is opened, the control unit causes the notification unit to notify success in reading the heating control information.

Abstract: A heating cooker according to the present disclosure includes a heating chamber, a heating unit, a capturing unit, a control unit, an appearance characteristic analysis unit that analyzes an appearance characteristic of a heated material, an information reading unit that reads heating control information, an information storage unit in which an acceptable range of the heating control information is registered, and an information determination unit that determines whether the heating control information read by the information reading unit is within the acceptable range. When the heating control information read by the information reading unit is within the acceptable range, the control unit executes heating control based on the heating control information read by the information reading unit.

Abstract: A heating cooker includes a heating cavity for accommodating a heating target, an imager for capturing an image of an interior of the heating cavity, and an exposure controller for performing exposure control. The exposure controller is operable to perform the exposure control based on gray level information obtained from the image captured by the imager. As a result, it is possible to acquire an image for recognition after accurately detecting the illuminance of the interior of the heating cavity and performing exposure control.

Abstract: A cooker includes a heating chamber configured to accommodate an object to be heated, a heater configured to heat the object to be heated accommodated in the heating chamber, heating controller (14) configured to control the heater for heating, an image capturing unit configured to capture an image inside the heating chamber, and mark detector (28) configured to detect a specific mark from the image captured by the image capturing unit. Heating controller (14) disallows or allows heating by the heater, based on a result of detection by mark detector (28).

Abstract: Heating control information recognizing unit recognizes heating control information of an object to be heated from an image of the inside of heating chamber captured by imaging unit, and heating controller controls heating unit based on the heating control information. When it is difficult for heating control information recognizing unit to perform recognition, disposing position guide unit guides the object to be heated to a capturing range of imaging unit. It is thus possible to recognize the heating control information with a simple configuration including a single camera functioning as imaging unit.

Abstract: A cooker is configured such that reader (19) reads heating control information attached to food from an image of an interior of heating chamber (12) captured by imaging unit (16), correction calculator (29) performs correction calculation based on the heating control information, and heating controller (14) controls heating unit (13) based on a result of the correction calculation.

Abstract: A heating cooker includes shooting section (201) for shooting an image inside a heating chamber that accommodates a heat-target object, and controller (200) that sets a shooting condition for shooting the image of an interior of the heating chamber and carries out an image recognition to the image. Controller (200) analyzes the image of the interior of the heating chamber, thereby recognizing a state inside the heating chamber, and then changes the shooting condition in response to the state inside the heating chamber for shooting the image. The structure discussed above allows this heating cooker (100a), which carries out the image recognition to the image of the interior of the heating chamber, to achieve a greater accuracy in the image recognition.

Abstract: A cooker includes a heating chamber configured to accommodate an object to be heated, a heater configured to heat the object to be heated accommodated in the heating chamber, heating controller (14) configured to control the heater for heating, an image capturing unit configured to capture an image inside the heating chamber, and mark detector (28) configured to detect a specific mark from the image captured by the image capturing unit. Heating controller (14) disallows or allows heating by the heater, based on a result of detection by mark detector (28).

Abstract: A cooking recipe supply method includes a first acquiring step of acquiring identification information for identifying a cooking appliance and type information representing a type of the cooking appliance, and a second acquiring step of acquiring cooking recipe information related to the identification information. When the cooking recipe information includes the cooking recipe information related to the identification information, the cooking recipe information related to the identification information is supplied. Further, the method includes a supply step of, when the cooking recipe information related to the identification information is not present, supplying the cooking recipe information based on the type information. As a result, the user can easily view a suitable cooking recipe according to the cooking appliance owned by the user.

Abstract: Heating control information recognizing unit recognizes heating control information of an object to be heated from an image of the inside of heating chamber captured by imaging unit, and heating controller controls heating unit based on the heating control information. When it is difficult for heating control information recognizing unit to perform recognition, disposing position guide unit guides the object to be heated to a capturing range of imaging unit. It is thus possible to recognize the heating control information with a simple configuration including a single camera functioning as imaging unit.

Abstract: A heating cooker according to the present disclosure includes a heating chamber, a heating unit, a capturing unit, a control unit, an appearance characteristic analysis unit that analyzes an appearance characteristic of a heated material, an information reading unit that reads heating control information, an information storage unit in which an acceptable range of the heating control information is registered, and an information determination unit that determines whether the heating control information read by the information reading unit is within the acceptable range. When the heating control information read by the information reading unit is within the acceptable range, the control unit executes heating control based on the heating control information read by the information reading unit.

Abstract: A cooker is configured such that reader (19) reads heating control information attached to food from an image of an interior of heating chamber (12) captured by imaging unit (16), correction calculator (29) performs correction calculation based on the heating control information, and heating controller (14) controls heating unit (13) based on a result of the correction calculation.

Abstract: A heat-cooking device includes shape information reading and analyzing unit (204), information storage unit (205), and controller (203). In a case where shape information read by shape information reading and analyzing unit (204) has been registered in information storage unit (205), the heat-cooking device performs heating control based on heating control information registered in information storage unit (205) with being associated with the shape information. In a case where the shape information read by shape information reading and analyzing unit (204) has not been registered in information storage unit (205), a shape of a label attached to an object to be heated or a character printed on the label is read from an image taken by imaging unit (202), and the heat-cooking device performs heating control based information thus read.

Abstract: An information management method allows presenting the usage of each of storage areas in a visually intuitive manner, the method including: obtaining user configuration information in each of the storage areas; receiving a designated user ID and obtaining user information corresponding to the designated user ID; and displaying an image, wherein when displaying an image, a first image is displayed for a storage area that stores user configuration information regarding a user identified by the designated user ID or the user information, a second image is displayed for a storage area that stores user configuration information regarding a user different from the user identified by the designated user ID or the user information, and a third image is displayed for a storage area that stores user configuration information indicating that the storage area is not being used for any user.

Abstract: A heating cooker includes shooting section (201) for shooting an image inside a heating chamber that accommodates a heat-target object, and controller (200) that sets a shooting condition for shooting the image of an interior of the heating chamber and carries out an image recognition to the image. Controller (200) analyzes the image of the interior of the heating chamber, thereby recognizing a state inside the heating chamber, and then changes the shooting condition in response to the state inside the heating chamber for shooting the image. The structure discussed above allows this heating cooker (100a), which carries out the image recognition to the image of the interior of the heating chamber, to achieve a greater accuracy in the image recognition.

Abstract: In a heating cooker, when an image of an inside of heating compartment (12) is captured by imaging unit (19) before heating, controller (100) determines whether or not the image can be recognized by recognition unit (103). When the image cannot be recognized by recognition unit (103), controller (100) determines that capturing cannot be performed due to existence of a blade portion of stirrer blade (14a) in front of imaging unit (19), and drives motor (15a) by controlling rotation controller (102) thus rotating stirrer blade (14a) by a predetermined angle.

Abstract: An information terminal includes a first radio communication unit that performs communication with a server, a condition input unit through which a condition for retrieving a specific cooking recipe information group from cooking recipe information groups stored in the server is input, and a display unit that displays the specific cooking recipe information group specified based on the condition input through the condition input unit. Further, the display unit displays list screen (1200) that displays as a list the specific cooking recipe information group so that first cooking recipe information that is associated with operation control information is differentiated from second cooking recipe information that is not associated with the operation control information, and a cooking method screen that displays a cooking method relating to specific cooking recipe information in the specific cooking recipe information group displayed on the list screen.