# US 10,455,651 B2 · Terminal apparatus and control method for assistive cooking > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,455,651 B2 - Document ID: US10455651B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/703,030 - Filed: 2017-09-13 - Published: 2018-01-04 - Granted: 2019-10-22 - Earliest claimed: 2013-12-06 - Assignees: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America - Applicants: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America - Inventors: Masao Nonaka; Takashi Morimoto; Yasuhiro Yuki - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10455651B2 ## CPC - H05B 6/687: {for cooking} - H05B 6/6441: {allowing the input of coded operation instructions, e.g. bar code reader} - H05B 6/668: {Microwave heating devices connected to a telecommunication network} - H05B: ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL ## Abstract A information processor of a terminal apparatus reads from a memory identification information of a food handling apparatus and a table, identifies a function associated with the identification information of the food handling apparatus received by a information receiver in accordance with the table, and starts up the function. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A food handling apparatus for keeping in storage or cooking food and in communication with a terminal apparatus or a server apparatus, the terminal apparatus or the server apparatus being capable of acquiring food information related to the food, the food handling apparatus comprising: a detector that detects a predetermined change in the food handling apparatus; and a transmitter that transmits identification information of the food handling apparatus to the terminal apparatus or the server apparatus when the predetermined change is detected, wherein the food handling apparatus or the terminal apparatus includes at least one device capable of acquiring the food information related to the food, wherein the terminal apparatus or the server apparatus includes a memory in which a table is stored, wherein the identification information of the food handling apparatus and identification information of the at least one device are associated with each other and are stored in the table, wherein identification information of the terminal apparatus or the server apparatus is acquired by reference to the table based on the identification information of the food handling apparatus transmitted from the transmitter, wherein a device to be started in the terminal apparatus or the server apparatus among the at least one device is identified based on (i) the identification information of the food handling apparatus and (ii) the identification information of the terminal apparatus or the server apparatus, and wherein the identified device is started based on wherein, the identification information of the food handling apparatus and acquires the food information. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The food handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, the detector includes a sensor that detects the opening of a door of the food handling apparatus as the predetermined change. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The food handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, the detector includes a sensor that detects an increase in illumination inside the food handling apparatus as the predetermined change. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The food handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, the detector includes a sensor that detects a decrease in weight of contents inside the food handling apparatus as the predetermined change. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The food handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, the detector includes a button, and wherein, the detector detects, as the predetermined change, that the button is pressed by the user. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The food handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, the device includes a barcode reader that reads a barcode using the barcode reader in the terminal apparatus. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The food handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, the device includes a camera that reads a barcode using the camera in the terminal apparatus. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The food handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, the device includes a microphone, and wherein, the device is started in the terminal apparatus or the server apparatus is a function to recognize a voice obtained by the microphone in the terminal apparatus. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The food handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, the device includes an IC tag reader than reads an IC tag using the IC tag reader in the terminal apparatus. ### Claim 10 A method using a food handling apparatus for keeping in storage or cooking food and in communication with a terminal apparatus or a server apparatus, the terminal apparatus or the server apparatus being capable of acquiring food information related to the food, the method comprising: detecting a predetermined change in the food handling apparatus; and transmitting identification information for identifying the food handling apparatus to the terminal apparatus or the server apparatus when the predetermined change is detected, wherein the food handling apparatus or the terminal apparatus includes at least one device capable of acquiring the food information related to the food, wherein the terminal apparatus or the server apparatus includes a memory in which a table is stored, wherein the identification information of the food handling apparatus and identification information of the at least one device are associated with each other and are stored in the table, wherein identification information of the terminal apparatus or the server apparatus is acquired by reference to the table based on the identification information of the food handling apparatus transmitted from the transmitter, wherein a device to be started in the terminal apparatus or the server apparatus among the at least one device is identified based on (i) the identification information of the food handling apparatus and (ii) the identification information of the terminal apparatus or the server apparatus, and wherein the identified device is started based on wherein, the identification information of the food handling apparatus and acquires the food information.