TW202115688A - Cooking alarm - Google Patents

Abstract

A cooking alarm detects whether a liquid is boiling or not. When the liquid is boiling, the cooking alarm transmits an alarm signal to a mobile device. The cooking alarm includes a case, and a circuit unit. The case has a space, in which the circuit unit is received. The circuit unit includes a sensor, a processor, a wireless transmitter, and a power supply. The sensor, the wireless transmitter, the power supply are connected to the processor respectively. The sensor senses whether the liquid is boiling or not. When the liquid is boiling, the sensor transmits a boiling signal to the processor. The processer receives the boiling signal, and accordingly controls the wireless transmitter to transmit the alarm signal to the mobile device for alarming the user.

Description

Reminder device for cooking

The present invention relates to the technical field of a reminder device, in particular to a reminder device for cooking.

Modern life pays attention to health. More and more people like to cook by themselves and cook for themselves a meal with less oil and salt. Especially people who exercise or lose weight have more requirements for diet.

However, when cooking dishes in the kitchen, such as stew, soup, or boiling water, the cooking time is often too long, and the personnel are usually unable to pay attention to the cooking situation at any time, or are forgetful or busy with other things. Food is being cooked in the kitchen.

In particular, the elderly population is increasing year by year, and their memory gradually declines. It is easier to forget whether they are cooking food. On the other hand, modern people often forget that the kitchen is cooking food as soon as they use the mobile device. The water in the pot is burned out to form a dry burning. If the burning is not detected immediately and closed immediately for a long time, it will cause a fire disaster, which will pose a great threat to life and property and endanger public safety.

Although some manufacturers have introduced gas stoves with specific safety monitoring functions, the complicated process of use often makes people impatient to set them, and the accuracy depends on the experience in daily life to set the relevant values. After all, the cooking of each household Cooking utensils are not the same.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a reminder device for cooking, which has the effect of reminding the user when cooking food.

A reminding device for cooking is used to detect whether a liquid is boiling, and when the liquid is boiling, a warning signal is sent to a receiver to warn the user, which includes: a housing with an accommodating space; And a circuit unit, disposed in the accommodating space, having a sensor, a processor, a wireless transmitter, and a power supply; the sensor, the wireless transmitter, and the power supply are electrically respectively Connected to the processor; the power supply provides a power to the processor; the sensor senses whether the liquid is boiling or not to transmit a boiling symbol to the processor, and the processor receives the boiling symbol to control the wireless The transmitter transmits the warning signal.

In one embodiment, the housing has a flat surface.

In an embodiment, the housing further has two short posts, which are connected to the circuit unit.

In an embodiment, the accommodating space is in a vacuum state.

In one embodiment, the sensor has a vibration sensor for sensing vibration or displacement.

In one embodiment, it further includes a hook disposed on the housing.

In one embodiment, it further includes a rod connected to the housing.

In an embodiment, the rod body has a telescopic rod.

The above-mentioned technical means can solve the difficulty of complicated setting and installation setting of the conventional cooking reminder device. The invention is invented by a simple object for a convenient application for users. Even if it is used by older persons, it can still be operated easily, more in line with modern modern conditions, and can send signals to remind users to minimize hazards. .

In accordance with the purpose and effect of this creation, the following is a detailed description of preferred embodiments with illustrations.

The present invention provides a reminder device 1 for cooking, which can send a signal to a receiver 2 to remind the user to turn off the fire source when the cooking liquid material reaches a boil. The receiver 2 can be a mobile device or Fixed receiving device. The receiver 2 can be installed with an application program for receiving signals, and can control the speaker and display of the receiver 2. When the receiver 2 receives the signal, it will sound and/or display on the screen to remind the user .

Please refer to FIG. 1, which shows that the cooking reminding device 1 has a housing 10 and a circuit unit 20. The housing 10 is hollow and forms an accommodating space 11, the shape of which is not limited, but at least has a flat surface 12, which can make the cooking reminder device 1 easier to turn over by the bubbles generated when the liquid is boiling . Wherein, the flat surface 12 is not limited to a smooth surface, and may be a concave surface or a surface with the same effect. In this embodiment, the casing 10 has a box body 13 and a cover body 14, and two short posts 131 protrude from the inner surface of the box body 13. The cover 14 can close the box 13 to form the accommodating space 11 after the circuit unit 20 is installed. In particular, the case 10 is made of heat-resistant material. In this embodiment, the case 10 is made of Teflon material. The melting point of Teflon is 326.8°C, which can withstand high temperature environments. In addition, its thermal conductivity is low, which can slow down heat transfer to prevent the circuit unit 20 from being damaged by thermal energy.

Please refer to FIGS. 2 and 3, the circuit unit 20 is disposed in the accommodating space 11 and connected to the two short posts 131, so that the circuit unit 20 is set in the accommodating space 11 in a suspended state During the manufacturing process, the air in the accommodating space 11 is evacuated to form a vacuum state, so as to slow down the heat transfer to the circuit unit 20 and destroy the circuit unit 20.

The circuit unit 20 has a substrate 21, on which a sensor 22, a wireless transmitter 23, a processor 24, and an electric power supply 25 are mounted, and is electrically connected through the circuit of the substrate 21. The sensor 22 is electrically connected to the processor 24 and used to sense whether the liquid is boiling, so as to provide a boiling signal to the processor 24. In this embodiment, the sensor 22 is a vibration sensor, such as a gyroscope, which can detect that the cooking reminder device 1 causes the housing 10 to roll or vibrate due to bubbles generated when the liquid is boiling. The wireless transmitter 23 is electrically connected to the processor 24 and controlled by the processor 24 to transmit a warning signal to the receiver 2. The wireless transmitter 23 can be a Bluetooth module or an RFID module. It is composed of various equivalent modules such as group, Wifi module. After the processor 24 receives the boiling signal from the sensor 22, it controls the wireless transmitter 23 to transmit the warning signal to be received by the receiver 2.

In this embodiment, the power supply 25 can supply power to the components of the circuit unit 20. The power supply 25 is electrically connected to the processor 24 and can provide power to the sensor 22 and the wireless transmitter 23 via the processor 24.

Please refer to Fig. 4, which shows the cooking reminder device 1 being thrown into the liquid food to be cooked. The diagram takes boiling water as an example. When the stove 30 heats the pot to make the boiling water boil, the generated bubbles will roll the cooking reminder device 1 up and down. At this time, the sensor 22 senses the displacement or vibration, which will generate a The boiling signal is sent to the processor 24 so that the processor 24 controls the wireless transmitter 23 to send a wireless signal to the receiver 2 to remind the user to turn off the cooking stove to avoid property damage.

Please refer to Figure 5, the present invention provides another application of the first preferred embodiment, because the cooking process requires a pot cover 31 to accelerate the boiling of the liquid, so the present invention can also be placed in the pot盖31上。 Cover 31. When the liquid in the pot boils, the generated bubbles will cause the pot lid 31 to vibrate, and the sensor 22 can sense the vibration. The subsequent implementation is the same as the previous one, and will not be repeated here to remind the use You can turn off the cooking stove to avoid property damage.

Please refer to Fig. 6, the present invention provides a second embodiment. The main structure of the cooking reminder device 1'is the same as that of the first embodiment, and it further includes a hook 40, which is disposed on the housing 10, For users to hang on one side of all kinds of pots and pans. When the liquid in the pot boils, the small bubbles generated will cause the pot to vibrate, and the sensor 22 can sense the vibration. The following implementation is the same as the previous one, and will not be repeated here.

Please refer to Figure 7, the present invention provides a third preferred embodiment, the main structure of the cooking reminder device 1" is the same as the first embodiment, which further includes a rod 50, the manufacture of the rod 50 The material can be made of heat-resistant materials to reduce heat conduction. The housing 10 can be installed at one end of the rod body 50 to facilitate the user to take or place, and can reduce the transfer of heat energy to prevent the circuit unit 20 from being damaged by the heat energy. The implementation is the same as before. This content will not be repeated. Here is a special note: in this embodiment, the power supply 25 is a battery to provide power to the sensor 22 and the wireless transmitter 23 via the processor 24.

Please refer to Figure 8, the present invention provides a fourth preferred embodiment, the main structure and application of the cooking reminder device 1"' is similar to the third embodiment, wherein the rod 50 is a telescopic rod 60. The telescopic rod 60 is composed of a number of tubes that are scaled in equal proportions. The shell 10 can be installed at one end of the telescopic rod 60 to be used with pots of different depths.

In the above embodiments, the cooking reminder device must be placed in the predetermined position, and then the receiving program should be turned on and calibrated to ensure the correctness of the sensing and signal transmission. After the calibration is completed, the stove can be turned on Perform heating and cooking, and then wait for the cooking reminding device to transmit a warning signal to the receiver of the user to turn off the heating stove.

The present invention provides user safety monitoring and multiple embodiments for convenient use, and is matched with a hand-mobile device in modern society, which can effectively remind the user of the effect of disaster prevention, and minimize the disaster factors in the most practical way , Can provide users with a safer use. The present invention also provides an innovative idea for the industry to further develop the industry. Follow-up industrial ideas can also work in this direction and jointly provide more innovative ideas for the industry.

The above-mentioned embodiments are merely illustrative of the technology and effects of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the present invention. Anyone familiar with this technology can modify and change the above-mentioned embodiments without violating the technical principle and spirit of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of protection of the rights of the present invention should be listed in the scope of patent application described later. .

1: Reminder device for cooking 2: receiver 10: Shell 11: accommodating space 12: plane 13: Box body 131: short column 14: Lid 20: circuit unit 21: substrate 22: Sensor 23: wireless transmitter 24: processor 25: power supply 30: stove 31: Pot Lid 40: hook 50: Rod body 60: Telescopic pole

Figure 1 is an exploded view of the first preferred embodiment of the present invention. Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view of the first preferred embodiment of the present invention. Figure 3 is a block diagram of the circuit unit in the first preferred embodiment of the present invention. Figure 4 is a schematic diagram of a preferred application method of the first preferred embodiment of the present invention. Figure 5 is a schematic diagram of another preferred application of the first preferred embodiment of the present invention. Figure 6 is a schematic diagram of the application of the second preferred embodiment of the present invention. Figure 7 is a schematic diagram of the application of the third preferred embodiment of the present invention. Figure 8 is a schematic diagram of the application of the fourth preferred embodiment of the present invention.

1: Reminder device for cooking

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Claims (8)

A reminder device for cooking is used to detect whether a liquid is boiling, and when the liquid is boiling, a warning signal is sent to a receiver to warn the user. It includes: A housing with an accommodating space; and A circuit unit, disposed in the accommodating space, has a sensor, a processor, a wireless transmitter, and a power supply; the sensor, the wireless transmitter, and the power supply are electrically connected, respectively The processor; the power supply provides a power to the processor; the sensor senses whether the liquid is boiling and then transmits a boiling symbol to the processor, and the processor receives the boiling symbol to control the wireless transmission The device emits the warning signal. The cooking reminder device according to claim 1, wherein the housing has a flat surface. The cooking reminder device according to claim 1, wherein the housing further has two short posts connected to the circuit unit. The cooking reminder device according to claim 1, wherein the accommodating space is in a vacuum state. The cooking reminder device according to claim 1, wherein the sensor has a vibration sensor for sensing vibration or displacement. The cooking reminder device according to claim 1 further includes a hook disposed on the casing. The cooking reminder device according to claim 1, further comprising a rod connected to the shell. The cooking reminder device according to claim 7, wherein the rod body has a telescopic rod.

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