Heating power control device, heating power control method, and recording medium

A heating power control method comprising:

• receiving information indicating absence of a user of a cooking appliance or presence of the user;
• determining whether or not the user is absent for a predetermined period of time base on the received information;
• when it is determined that the user is absent for the predetermined period of time during execution of one of a plurality of heating methods of at least one ingredient, reading control method information from a storage in which the control method information is stored, the control method information indicating a relationship between the plurality of heating methods and a plurality of corresponding control methods of reducing heating power of the cooking appliance;
• determining a first control method corresponding to the one of the plurality of heating methods that is being executed in the cooking appliance based on the read control method information;
• and
• controlling the cooking appliance to execute the first control method.

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute operations of:

• receiving information indicating absence of a user of a cooking appliance or presence of the user;
• determining whether or not the user is absent for a predetermined period of time base on the received information;
• when it is determined that the user is absent for the predetermined period of time during execution of one of a plurality of heating methods of at least one ingredient, reading control method information from a storage in which the control method information is stored, the control method information indicating a relationship between the plurality of heating methods and a plurality of corresponding control methods of reducing heating power of the cooking appliance;
• determining a first control method corresponding to the one of the plurality of heating methods that is being executed in the cooking appliance based on the read control method information;
• and
• controlling the cooking appliance to execute the first control method.