JP5898644B2 - Cooking equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a cooking device that controls cooking with noodle bowls.

  Conventionally, it has a function to detect the boiling of the food to be cooked in the cooking container, and after detecting the boiling of the food to be cooked, the heating amount is decreased to maintain the boiling state of the food to be cooked. A cooking apparatus has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  In the heating cooking apparatus described in Patent Document 1, when a user places a cooking container (a pan or the like) in which an object is to be cooked on the mounting portion of the heating cooker and presses the stew key, Control of the cooking operation in the stew mode is started, and the heating cooking device performs ignition processing of the burner to start heating of the cooking object.

  The cooking device measures the time Δt required for the temperature of the cooking object to rise from 80 ° C. to 90 ° C. After detecting the boiling of the cooking object, the heating amount of the burner increases as Δt increases. Is set to be large so that the object to be cooked is kept in a boiling state.

Japanese Patent No. 2585932

  When cooking with noodle bowls using the heating cooker described in Patent Document 1, the user places a pan filled with water on the placement unit and presses the stew key. And after water boils and the heating amount of a burner is changed into the heating amount according to (DELTA) t, a user puts noodles in a pan and starts cooking with a noodle bowl.

  Here, in cooking with noodle bowls, it is desired to maintain a boiling state while preventing the spilling from the cooking container. However, the present inventors have found that when cooking with noodle bowls in the above-described stew mode, the boiling state is not maintained due to insufficient heating of the burner, and shortages may occur with noodle bowls.

  This invention is made | formed in view of this background, and it aims at providing the heat cooking apparatus which can control cooking with a good noodle cake.

The present invention has been made to achieve the above object, and the cooking device of the present invention comprises:
A heating unit for heating a cooking container in which an object is to be cooked;
A water amount recognition unit for recognizing the amount of water in the cooking container;
A cooking container size recognition unit for recognizing the size of the cooking container;
A temperature sensor for detecting the temperature of the cooking container or the cooking object in the cooking container;
A boiling step of heating a cooking vessel containing water and detecting boiling of water in the cooking vessel based on a temperature detected by the temperature sensor, and detection of boiling of water in the cooking vessel by the boiling step The noodle charging recognition process for recognizing the charging of the noodles into the cooking container, and the heating power of the heating unit after the noodle charging recognition process recognizes the charging of the noodles into the cooking container. Treatment with a first noodle bowl that heats for a first predetermined time as a heating force and a treatment with a second noodle bowl that heats for a second predetermined time with a heating power of the heating unit smaller than the first heating power A cooking control unit for performing a cooking operation in a noodle bowl mode, including a step with a noodle bowl for heating the noodles in the cooking container.
The amount of water in the cooking container recognized by the water amount recognition unit and the size of the cooking container recognized by the cooking container size recognition unit in order to prevent a shortage of heating power due to heat radiation from the object to be cooked Based on the above, the first heating is performed such that the larger the amount of water in the cooking container and the larger the cooking container, the greater the average heating amount per unit time in the process with the noodle bowl. And a heating amount setting unit configured to set the force, the first predetermined time, the second heating power, and the second predetermined time.

  When cooking with noodle bowls, it is desirable to keep the water in the cooking container in a boiling state while preventing the heated object from being blown out of the cooking container. And in order to prevent the to-be-heated material from blowing out from a cooking container, in the process with the said noodle bowl, the heating power of the said heating part is switched to the said 1st heating power and the said 2nd heating power, and a cooking container is heated. It is effective to do. The heating power of the heating unit is the amount of heat supplied from the heating unit per unit time. For example, when the heating unit is a burner, it is a thermal power, and when the heating unit is an IH heater, it is electric power. .

  Moreover, in order to maintain the water in a cooking container in a boiling state, it is necessary to control so that the heating amount by the said heating part may not be insufficient with respect to the heat dissipation from the to-be-heated material in a cooking container. And as the size of the cooking container increases, the amount of heat released from the object to be cooked in the cooking container and the cooking container itself increases. Therefore, the first heating power, the first predetermined time, and the first predetermined time so that the average heating amount per unit time in the noodle bowl increases as the size of the cooking container increases by the heating amount setting unit in the noodle bowl. By setting the 2 heating power and the second predetermined time, cooking with a good noodle bowl can be performed while preventing a shortage of the heating amount.

  Here, increasing the average heating amount per unit time in the process with the noodle bowl increases the first heating power, increases the second heating power, lengthens the first predetermined time, and the Any one of the four operations of shortening the second predetermined time, or a combination of two or more can be performed.

  The water amount recognizing unit measures a required time when the temperature detected by the temperature sensor rises from the first predetermined temperature to the second predetermined temperature in the boiling step, and the longer the required time is, the longer the required time is in the cooking container. It is preferable to recognize that the amount of water in the cooking container is larger as the amount of water in the cooking container is larger.

According to this configuration, regardless of the heating power of the heating unit in the boiling step, the amount of water in the cooking container is accurately determined based on the heating power of the heating unit and the required time. Can be recognized well.
In addition, as a mode with the noodle bowl, a mode setting switch for setting the mode with the noodle bowl or the large mode with the noodle bowl,
The cooking container size recognition unit recognizes that the size of the cooking container is small within a predetermined range when the mode is set with the noodle bowl by the mode setting switch, and the mode setting switch sets the large size with the noodle bowl. When the mode is set, the size of the cooking container is recognized as being large in which the pot diameter is within a range larger than the predetermined range.
According to this structure, the said cooking container size recognition part can recognize the size of the said cooking container according to the selection condition of the mode with noodle bowl and large mode with noodle bowl.

The block diagram of a heating cooking apparatus (gas stove). Explanatory drawing of the operation panel and display panel which were provided in the heat cooking apparatus. The flowchart of the switching process of cooking mode. The flowchart of the setting process of the timer time in a water heater mode and a boiling thing mode, and the reception process of a cooking start. The flowchart of the setting process of the timer time in the noodle bowl mode and the noodle bowl large mode and the reception process for starting cooking. Flow chart of the noodle bowl mode. Table of setting of firepower and time in large mode with noodle bowl and noodle bowl mode. The 1st flowchart of a process with a noodle bowl. The 2nd flowchart of a process with noodle bowl. Explanatory drawing of transition of the thermal power and temperature in cooking mode with noodle bowl. The 1st flowchart of other embodiments of a process with noodle bowl. The 2nd flowchart of other embodiments of a process with noodle bowl. The flowchart of the process which adjusts the thermal power of a burner in a process with a noodle bowl.

  An embodiment of a gas stove that is a heating cooking apparatus of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. With reference to FIG. 1, the gas stove 1 of this embodiment is, for example, a built-in type, and is built in the stove body with three stove burners 4 (4L, 4B, 4R) provided on the top surface of the stove body. And a grill 5.

  Two of the three stove burners 4 are arranged on the left and right of the front side of the stove body, and the remaining one is arranged on the rear side of the stove body. In addition, the grill 5 includes grill burners 6a and 6b arranged at the upper and lower sides in the storage.

  A temperature sensor 8 that detects the temperature of the cooking container placed on the virtues (not shown) is provided at the center of each stove burner 4. Each temperature sensor 8 is biased upward by a spring (not shown) so as to come into contact with the cooking container when the cooking container is placed on the virtues, and a temperature detection signal indicating a detected temperature at the bottom of the cooking container is provided. Output.

  Here, each temperature sensor 8 indirectly detects the temperature of the heated portion in the cooking container, but employs a temperature sensor that directly detects the temperature of the heated object in the cooking container. Also good.

  In the following description, of the three stove burners 4, the left stove 4L is the left stove 4L, the right stove 4R is the right stove 4R, and the rear burner 4 is the rear stove. 4 is also referred to as rear stove 4B.

  In addition, “L” is added to the reference symbol of the component related to the left stove 4L, “R” is added to the reference symbol of the component related to the right stove 4R, and reference to the component related to the rear stove 4B is made. “B” is added to the reference symbol, and “G” is added to the reference symbol of the component related to the grill 5. For example, the expression “temperature sensor 8L” indicates that the temperature sensor 8L is a temperature sensor corresponding to the left stove 4L.

  On the front of the stove body is an ignition / extinguishing button 10L for the left stove 4L, an ignition / extinguishing button 10R for the right stove 4R, an ignition / extinguishing button 10B for the rear stove 4B, and an ignition / extinguishing button for the grill 5 11 is arranged.

  The stove ignition / fire extinguishing buttons 10L, 10B, and 10R are all operators that can be pushed and rotated, and the pushing operation is an operation for igniting or extinguishing the corresponding stove burner 4. The rotation operation is an operation for adjusting the heating power of the corresponding burner 4 (adjustment of the flow rate of fuel gas supplied to the burner 4). In the present embodiment, the heating power (heating power) of the stove burner 4 can be adjusted to 9 stages (1 to 9 stages).

  Similarly, the ignition / fire extinguishing button 11 for the grill is also an operation element that can be pushed and rotated, and the rotation operation adjusts the heating power of the grill burners 6a and 6b (adjusts the amount of fuel gas supplied to the grill burners 6a and 6b). ).

  Further, an operation panel 12 and a display panel 13 are provided on the front surface of the main body. 2A, the operation panel 12 is an operation panel for the user of the gas stove 1 to make settings relating to automatic cooking (a series of cooking operations in various cooking modes) using the stove burner 4. is there.

  The operation panel 12 includes an operation unit 14L for the left stove 4L, an operation unit 14B for the rear stove 4B, and an operation unit 14R for the right stove 4R. Note that illustration and description of the operation unit of the grill 5 are omitted.

  Water heaters for instructing the operation units 14L and 14R to select “hot water mode”, “boiled food mode”, “boiled rice mode”, and “noodle bowl large mode” prepared as cooking modes for automatic cooking. Switch 60, timer switch 61 for instructing the setting of timer time (heating cooking execution time), temperature setting switch 62 for setting the temperature of the object to be cooked, for instructing change of timer time and temperature setting An UP switch 63, a DOWN switch 64, and a release switch 65 for instructing release of detection of the presence or absence of a cooking container by the temperature sensors 8L and 8R are provided.

  The release switch 65 is for prohibiting the detection of the presence or absence of the cooking container by the temperature sensors 8L and 8R when cooking without using the cooking container as in the case of simmering or cooking by shaking the pan as in the case of fried cooking. is there. Note that, in a normal state where detection of the presence or absence of a cooking container by the temperature sensors 8L and 8R is not prohibited, ignition of the left stove 4L and the right stove 4R when the cooking container is not detected is prohibited.

  The operation unit 14B is instructed to change the timer time, the rice cooker switch 70 for instructing the selection of the “rice cooking mode”, the timer switch 71 for instructing the setting of the timer time (heating cooking execution time), etc. For example, an UP switch 72 and a DOWN switch 73 are provided.

  Next, referring to FIG. 2B, the display panel 13 displays the setting status of the left stove 4L, the right stove 4R, the rear stove 4B, and the grill 5 by the operation panel 12.

  The display panel 13 enlarges and displays a target for which a setting operation is performed by the operation panel 12. FIG. 2B shows a state in which the left stove 4L is set, and the cooking mode display unit 80 showing the selection status of the cooking mode of the left stove 4L and the setting time of the cooking timer (timer time) Is displayed. FIG. 2B shows a state in which the “noodle bowl mode” is selected as the cooking mode and the timer time is set to 5 minutes.

  Referring to FIG. 1, a gas stove 1 includes a gas supply path 31 (31L, 31B, 31R) for supplying fuel gas to the left stove 4L, the rear stove 4B, and the right stove 4R, and fuel to the grill burners 6a, 6b. A gas supply path 32 for supplying gas and a control unit 50 for controlling the operation of the gas stove 1 are provided inside the stove body.

  The gas supply paths 31 and 32 are branched from a main gas supply path 33 to which fuel gas is supplied from the outside, and the main gas supply path 33 is connected to the main gas supply paths 31 and 32 at the upstream side of the branch point. An original electromagnetic valve 36 for opening and closing the gas supply path 33 is provided.

  The gas supply path 31L is provided with an electromagnetic valve 34L that opens and closes the gas supply path 31L and a flow rate adjustment valve 35L that adjusts the flow rate of the fuel gas flowing through the gas supply path 31L. Similarly, the gas supply path 31B is provided with an electromagnetic valve 34B and a flow rate adjustment valve 35B, the gas supply path 31R is provided with an electromagnetic valve 34R and a flow rate adjustment valve 35R, and the gas supply path 32 is provided with an electromagnetic valve 34G and a flow rate. A control valve 35G is provided.

  Further, an ignition electrode 40L for igniting the left stove 4L, an ignition electrode 40B for igniting the rear stove 4B, an ignition electrode 40R for igniting the right stove 4R, and an ignition electrode for igniting the grill burners 6a and 6b 41a and 41b are provided.

  Furthermore, the thermocouple 42L that detects the combustion state of the left stove 4L, the thermocouple 42B that detects the combustion state of the rear stove 4B, the thermocouple 42R that detects the temperature of the combustion flame of the right stove 4R, and the combustion state of the grill 5 Thermocouples 43a and 43b for detection are provided.

  The control unit 50 is an electronic circuit unit configured by a CPU, a memory, and the like (not shown), and performs a function of controlling the operation of the gas stove 1 by executing a control program for the gas stove 1 held in the memory. The cooking control unit 51, the water amount recognition unit 52, the cooking container size recognition unit 53, and the noodle bowl function as a heating amount setting unit 54.

  The control unit 50 includes an operation signal for the ignition / fire extinguishing buttons 10L, 10B, 10R for the stove 4R, 4B, 4L, an operation signal for the ignition / fire extinguishing button 11 for the grill 5, an operation signal for the operation panel 12, and a temperature sensor 8L. , 8B, 8R, temperature detection signals of thermocouples 42L, 42B, 42R, 43a, 43b, and the like.

  Further, according to the control signal output from the control unit 50, the electromagnetic valves 34L, 34B, 34R, 34G, the flow rate adjusting valves 35L, 35B, 35R, 35G, the original electromagnetic valve 36, the ignition electrodes 40L, 40B, 40R, 41a, 41b. And the operation of the display panel 13 and the like are controlled.

  The cooking control unit 51 performs the cooking operation of the stove 4R, 4B, 4L and the grill 5 based on the operation signal of the ignition / fire extinguishing buttons 10L, 10B, 10R, 11 and the operation signal of the operation panel 12.

  The water amount recognition unit 52 recognizes the amount of water in the cooking container from the detected temperatures of the temperature sensors 8L and 8R when boiling the water in the cooking container. Details of the water amount recognition processing in the cooking container by the water amount recognition unit 52 will be described later. The cooking container size recognizing unit 53 recognizes the size of the cooking container according to the selection status of “mode with noodle bowl” and “large mode with noodle bowl”.

  The noodle bowl heating amount setting unit 54 determines the heating amount (determined by the heating power and heating time) by the left stove 4L and the right stove 4R in the “noodle bowl mode” and “noodle bowl large mode” and the amount of water in the cooking container and the cooking container. Set based on the size of the. Details of this setting process will be described later.

  Next, according to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 3 to 6 and FIGS. 8 to 9, processing of cooking operation (automatic cooking operation) in various cooking modes of the left stove 4 </ b> L mainly executed by the cooking control unit 51 will be described. In addition, the process of the cooking driving | operation by the various cooking modes of the right stove 4R is performed similarly. Further, the “noodle bowl mode” and the “noodle bowl large mode” differ only in the heating amount (heating power and heating time) by the left stove 4L that is set according to the size of the cooking container. The same.

  When the user intends to perform a cooking operation in the cooking mode, he puts an object to be heated (water, etc.) in a cooking vessel (pan, etc.) and places it on the left victories 4L and uses the operation panel 12 (FIG. 2 (a The cooking mode is selected by operating the water heater switch 60 of the operation unit 14L for the left stove 4L.

[1. Select cooking mode]
FIG. 3 is a process for selecting the cooking mode of the left stove 4L. In STEP1, when the water heater switch 60 is turned on (the user operates the water heater switch 60), the process proceeds to STEP2, and the cooking controller 51 Then, the cooking mode of the left stove 4L is set to the “water heater mode”, and the process proceeds to STEP3.

  In STEP 3, the cooking control unit 51 determines whether or not the water heater switch 60 is turned on. Then, when the water heater switch 60 is turned on, the process proceeds to STEP 4, and the cooking control unit 51 sets the cooking mode of the left stove 4L to “boiled food mode” and proceeds to STEP 5.

  On the other hand, when the water heater switch 60 is not turned ON in STEP 3, the process branches to STEP 20 in FIG. 4, and the cooking control unit 51 determines whether or not the heating cooking start operation is performed in the “water heater mode”.

  In STEP 5, the cooking control unit 51 determines whether or not the water heater switch 60 is turned on. When the water heater switch 60 is turned on, the process proceeds to STEP 6, and the cooking control unit 51 sets the cooking mode of the left stove 4L to “mode with noodle bowl” and proceeds to STEP 7.

  On the other hand, when the water heater switch 60 is not turned on in STEP5, the process branches to STEP40 in FIG. 4, and the cooking control unit 51 determines whether or not the cooking operation is started in the “boiled food mode”.

  In STEP 7, the cooking control unit 51 determines whether or not the water heater switch 60 is turned on. When the water heater switch 60 is turned on, the process proceeds to STEP8, and the cooking control unit 51 sets the cooking mode of the left stove 4L to "large mode with noodle bowl" and proceeds to STEP9.

  On the other hand, when the water heater switch 60 is not turned ON in STEP 7, the process branches to STEP 60 in FIG. 5, and the cooking control unit 51 determines whether or not the heating cooking start operation in the “noodle bowl mode” is performed.

  In STEP 9, the cooking control unit 51 determines whether or not the water heater switch 60 is turned on. Then, when the water heater switch 60 is turned on, the process proceeds to STEP 10, and the cooking control unit 51 cancels the setting of the cooking mode to enter the cooking mode setting standby state, and returns to STEP 1.

  On the other hand, when the water heater switch 60 is not turned on in STEP 9, the process branches to STEP 80 in FIG. 5, and the cooking control unit 51 determines whether or not the operation of starting cooking by “large mode with noodle bowl” is performed.

[2. Water heater mode]
STEP 20 to STEP 23 and STEP 30 to STEP 31 in FIG. 4 are heating cooking processes in the “water heater mode”.

  In STEP 20, the cooking control unit 51 determines whether or not the timer switch 61 is ON (whether or not it is operated). When the timer switch 61 is ON, the process proceeds to STEP 21 and the cooking control unit 51 increases or decreases the setting time of the cooking timer according to the operation of the UP switch 63 or the DOWN switch 64 of the operation unit 14L for the left stove 4L. .

  Then, when the ignition / extinguish button 10L of the left stove 4L is turned ON in the following STEP 22 (when the ignition / extinguish button 10L is ignited by the user), the process proceeds to STEP 23, where the cooking control unit 51 sets the “water heater mode” ( Start cooking operation with timer time set).

  In the cooking operation in the “water heater mode” (with a timer time set), the cooking control unit 51 starts heating the pot (cooking vessel) WL with the left stove 4L, and then detects boiling of the object to be cooked by the temperature sensor 8L. When this happens, a buzzer (not shown) or the like is notified. Here, for example, the cooking controller detects that the water in the pan WL has boiled when the time required for the temperature detected by the temperature sensor 8L to rise to a predetermined temperature is equal to or longer than the boiling determination time.

  And the cooking control part 51 weakens the heating power of the left stove 4L, starts a cooking timer, and when the cooking timer expires, it extinguishes the left stove 4L and performs notification by a buzzer or the like.

  On the other hand, when the timer switch 61 is not ON in STEP 20, the process branches to STEP 30, and when the ignition / fire extinguishing button 10L of the left stove 4L is turned ON, the process proceeds to STEP 31, where the cooking control unit 51 performs the “water heater mode” (timer time). The cooking operation is started. If the ignition / extinguish button 10L of the left stove 4L is not turned ON in STEP 30, the process returns to STEP 3 in FIG.

  In the cooking operation in the “water heater mode” (no timer time set), the cooking control unit 51 heats the object to be cooked in the same manner as in the “water heater mode” (with the timer time set). Immediately extinguishes the left stove 4L and performs notification by a buzzer or the like.

[3. Boiled material mode "
STEP 40 to STEP 43 and STEP 50 to STEP 51 in FIG. 4 are cooking operation processes in the “boiled food mode”.

  The cooking control unit 51 determines in STEP 40 whether the timer switch 61 is ON. When the timer switch 61 is ON, the process proceeds to STEP 41, and the cooking control unit 51 increases or decreases the setting time of the cooking timer according to the operation of the UP switch 63 or the DOWN switch 64 of the operation unit 14L for the left stove 4L. .

  When the ignition / fire extinguishing button 10L of the left stove 4L is turned on in subsequent STEP42, the process proceeds to STEP43, and the cooking control unit 51 starts the cooking operation in “boiled food mode” (with timer time set).

  In cooking operation by “boiled food mode” (with timer time set), the cooking control unit 51 starts buzzing when the temperature sensor 8L detects boiling of the cooking object after starting the heating of the pot WL by the left stove 4L. Etc. is notified. And the cooking control part 51 weakens the heating power of the left stove 4L, starts a cooking timer, and when the cooking timer expires, it extinguishes the left stove 4L and performs notification by a buzzer or the like. The user can adjust the heating power of the left stove 4L in the boiled object by rotating the ignition / extinguishing button 10L.

  On the other hand, when the timer switch 61 is not ON in STEP 40, the process branches to STEP 50, and when the ignition / fire extinguishing button 10L of the left stove 4L is turned ON, the process proceeds to STEP 51, where the cooking control unit 51 sets the “boiled food mode” (initial Start cooking operation by time). If the ignition / extinguish button 10L of the left stove 4L is not turned on in STEP50, the process returns to STEP5 in FIG.

  In the cooking operation in the “boiled food mode” (initial time), the cooking control unit 51 heats the food to be cooked in the same manner as the “boiled food mode” (with timer time set). The set time of the cooking timer is the initial time of 60 minutes.

[4. Noodle bowl mode]
STEP 60 to STEP 64 and STEP 70 to STEP 71 in FIG. 5 are cooking operation processes by the “noodle bowl mode”.

  The cooking control unit 51 displays the initial time (for example, 5 minutes) of the cooking timer on the timer display unit 81 of the display panel 13 in STEP 60 of FIG. In subsequent STEP 61, the cooking control unit 51 determines whether or not there has been a timer time change operation by the UP switch 63 or the DOWN switch 64 of the operation unit 14L for the left stove 4L.

  When the timer time is changed, the process proceeds to STEP 62, and the cooking control unit 51 sets the timer time according to the operation of the UP switch 63 or the DOWN switch 64. When the ignition / extinguish button 10L of the left stove 4L is turned on in the next STEP 63, the process proceeds to STEP 64, and the cooking control unit 51 starts the cooking operation in the “noodle bowl mode” (timer time set).

  On the other hand, when there is no operation for changing the timer time in STEP 61, the process branches to STEP 70, and when the ignition / fire extinguishing button 10L of the left stove 4L is turned on, the process proceeds to STEP 71. The cooking control unit 51 sets the initial time as the timer time. Start cooking operation in “Moodle bowl mode” (initial time). If the left stove 4L ignition / extinguish button 10L is not ON in STEP 70, the process returns to STEP 7 in FIG. Details of the cooking operation by the “noodle bowl mode” will be described later.

[5. Large mode with noodle bowl]
STEP 80 to STEP 84 and STEP 90 to STEP 91 in FIG. 5 are processing of cooking operation by “large mode with noodle bowl”.

  The cooking control unit 51 displays the initial time (for example, 5 minutes) of the cooking timer on the timer display unit 81 of the display panel 13 in STEP 80 of FIG. In subsequent STEP 81, the cooking control unit 51 determines whether or not a timer time change operation has been performed by the UP switch 63 or the DOWN switch 64 of the operation unit 14L for the left stove 4L.

  When the timer time is changed, the process proceeds to STEP 82, and the cooking control unit 51 sets the timer time according to the operation of the UP switch 63 or the DOWN switch 64. When the ignition / fire extinguishing button 10L of the left stove 4L is turned on in the next STEP 83, the process proceeds to STEP 84, and the cooking control unit 51 starts the cooking operation in “large mode with noodle bowl” (with timer time set).

  On the other hand, if there is no operation for changing the timer time in STEP 81, the process branches to STEP 90. When the ignition / fire extinguishing button 10L of the left stove 4L is turned on, the process proceeds to STEP 91. The cooking control unit 51 sets the initial time as the timer time. Start cooking operation in “large mode with noodle bowl” (initial time). If the left stove 4L ignition / extinguish button 10L is not ON in STEP90, the process returns to STEP9 in FIG. Details of the cooking operation in the “noodle bowl large mode” will be described later.

[6. Cooking operation by mode with noodle bowl]
Next, according to the flowchart of FIG.6 and FIGS.8-9, the detail of the cooking driving | operation by "noodle bowl mode" is demonstrated. It should be noted that the cooking operation by the “noodle bowl mode” and the cooking operation by the “noodle bowl large mode” are executed in the same procedure except that the setting of the heating amount (thermal power and heating time) by the left stove 4L is different.

  In STEP 100 of FIG. 6, the cooking control unit 51 performs an ignition process of the left stove 4L to start heating the water in the pan WL, and in STEP 101, the temperature detected by the temperature sensor 8L is 75 ° C. (first embodiment of the present invention). The time required Δt during the rise from 90 ° C. (corresponding to the second predetermined temperature of the present invention) to 90 ° C. (corresponding to 1 predetermined temperature) is measured.

  In the next STEP102, the cooking control unit 51 waits for the water in the pan WL to boil at the temperature detected by the temperature sensor 8L. When the boiling is detected in STEP 102, the process proceeds to STEP 103, and the cooking control unit 51 notifies the user that the water has boiled by a buzzer sound and a voice. The processing of STEP100 to STEP102 corresponds to the boiling step of the present invention.

  The subsequent STEP 104 is processing by the water amount recognition unit 52. The water amount recognition unit 52 uses the determination map shown in Table 1 below to determine the amount of water in the pan WL corresponding to the required time Δt measured in STEP 101 and the heating power (1 to 9) of the left stove 4L at the time of measurement.・ Determine medium / small.

  In the next STEP 105, the cooking control unit 51 performs the heating process by “Phase A”. Here, FIG. 7 shows the setting of the heating power and heating time of the left stove 4L in “Phase A” and “Phase B”, “Phase C”, and “Phase D” described later.

  The cooking container size recognizing unit 53 recognizes that the size of the pan WL is small (pan diameter: 16 to 22 cm) when the “noodle bowl mode” is selected by the user, and the “noodle bowl large mode” is selected. When selected, it recognizes that the size of the pan WL is large (pan diameter: 24-28 cm).

  According to the setting of FIG. 7, the noodle bowl heating amount setting unit 54 performs each phase (AD) in the “noodle bowl large mode” (pan diameter 24 to 28 cm) or “noodle bowl mode” (pan diameter: 16 to 22 cm). ) Set the heating power and heating time of the left stove 4L. For example, when the amount of water in the pan WL is large in the “noodle bowl mode”, the cooking control unit 51 sets the heating power of the left stove 4L in “Phase A” to a small fire (XK1: 2 stages).

  When the user who has recognized that the water in the pan WL has boiled, the noodles are put in the pan WL and the timer switch 61 is operated when the left stove 4L is in a small fire. Cooking is started. In STEP 110, the process in which the cooking control unit 51 detects the input of noodles into the pan WL by operating the timer switch 61 corresponds to the noodle input recognition process of the present invention.

  That is, in the subsequent loop consisting of STEP 106 and STEP 110, when the timer switch 61 is operated in STEP 110, the process proceeds to STEP 120. Moreover, when 10 minutes have passed since the boiling detection time in STEP106, it progresses to STEP107 and the cooking control part 51 extinguishes the left stove 4L. In this case, it is assumed that the user has forgotten to put noodles or has forgotten to operate the timer switch 61.

  In STEP 120, the cooking control unit 51 starts a countdown of the cooking timer, and in subsequent STEP 121, when Z seconds (for example, 10 seconds) have elapsed from the detection of boiling, the process proceeds to STEP 122 to execute the process with the noodle bowl.

  Note that the cooking control unit 51 executes the processing of STEP 125 in parallel with the processing of STEP 121 to STEP 122 when the cooking timer is started in STEP 120. Then, when the cooking timer expires in STEP 125, the process proceeds to STEP 123, and the cooking control unit 51 extinguishes the left stove 4L.

[7. Process with noodle bowl]
FIG. 8 to FIG. 9 show the process of the noodle bowl. The cooking control unit 51 sets the heating power of the left stove 4L to a large fire (XK2) in STEP 130, and quickly returns the water in the pan WL whose temperature has decreased due to the addition of the noodles to the boiling state (phase B).

  In the next STEP 131, the process proceeds to STEP 132 after waiting for the large fire time (XC1) to elapse, and the cooking control unit 51 repeatedly starts an initial timer (set time ta, see FIG. 7). Then, the cooking control unit 51 repeatedly executes the subsequent loop of STEP 133 to STEP 137 until the initial timer times out in STEP 137 (repeated initial, see FIG. 7).

  In the loop of STEP 133 to STEP 137, the cooking control unit 51 sets the left stove 4L to a small fire (XK1, corresponding to the second heating power of the present invention) in STEP 133, and the small fire time (XC2, the second of the present invention in STEP 134). Wait for the passage of time (corresponding to a predetermined time) (phase C), and in the following STEP 135, the left stove 4L is set to a large fire (XK2, corresponding to the first heating power of the present invention) and in STEP 136 the large fire time (XC3, the first of the present invention) (Phase D) The process of waiting for the elapse of 1 predetermined time) is repeated. In this way, by alternately executing the process of phase C and the process of phase D, the left stove 4L is set to a small fire to prevent the spilling from the pot WL, while the left stove 4L is set to a large fire to set the fire in the pot WL Keep the water boiling.

  The process of phase C corresponds to the process with the second noodle bowl of the present invention, and the process of phase D corresponds to the process with the first noodle bowl of the present invention.

  When the repeated initial timer times out in STEP 137, the process proceeds to STEP 140, and the cooking control unit 51 starts the repeated intermediate period timer (set time tb, see FIG. 7). And the cooking control part 51 repeatedly performs the loop of subsequent STEP141-STEP145 until it repeats and repeats the middle period timer at STEP145 (refer to the repetition middle period, FIG. 7).

  In the loop of STEP141 to STEP145, the cooking control unit 51 sets the left stove 4L to small fire (XK1) in STEP141, waits for the small fire time (XC4) to elapse in STEP142 (phase C), and in the subsequent STEP143, sets the left stove 4L. The large fire (XK2) is set and the process of waiting for the passage of the large fire time (XC5) in STEP 144 (phase D) is repeated.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 7, the average heating amount per unit time in the repeated middle period is set to be larger than the average heating amount per unit time in the initial repetition. And by this, when the state of the noodles in the pan WL becomes stable and difficult to blow down due to the heating in the initial repetition, the amount of heating to the noodles is increased and cooking is performed efficiently with the noodle bowl. .

  Here, the heating amount of the left stove 4L is defined by the heating power (heating power) of the left stove 4L × heating time. To increase the average heating amount per unit time, the heating power of the small fire in Phase C is increased. One of two or more of the four change processes of increasing the heating power of the large fire of Phase D, shortening the heating time of the small fire of Phase C, and increasing the heating time of the large fire of Phase D A combination may be made.

  When the repeat intermediate period timer expires in STEP 145, the process proceeds to STEP 150 in FIG. 9, and the loop of STEP 150 to STEP 153 is repeatedly executed until the cooking timer expires in STEP 125 in FIG. 6 (repetition end, see FIG. 7).

  As described above, when the cooking timer is timed up in STEP125 of FIG. 6, the left stove 4L is extinguished and the noodle bowl is used in the noodle bowl at any time of the repeated initial stage, the repeated middle stage, and the repeated final stage. Ends.

  In the loop of STEP150 to STEP153, the cooking control unit 51 sets the left stove 4L to a small fire (XK1) in STEP150 and waits for the small fire time (XC6) to elapse in STEP151 (phase C). A large fire (XK2) is set, and the process of waiting for the passage of the large fire time (XC7) in STEP 153 (phase D) is repeated.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 7, the average heating amount per unit time in the repetition end is set to be larger than the average heating amount per unit time in the repetition middle period. This further increases the amount of heating for the noodles.

  When the cooking timer expires in STEP 125 of FIG. 6, the process ends with the noodle bowl, and the cooking control unit 51 proceeds to STEP 123 of FIG. 6 to extinguish the left stove 4L and perform the cooking operation by “mode with noodle bowl”. finish.

  Next, FIG. 10 shows the transition of the heating power of the left stove 4L and the detected temperature T of the temperature sensor 8L when the cooking operation in the “noodle bowl mode” described above is executed, and the vertical axis is set to the heating power and temperature. The horizontal axis is set to time (t).

  T1 in FIG. 10 is the time when the user instructs the start of the cooking operation by the “noodle bowl mode” (YES in STEP63 or STEP70 in FIG. 5), the left stove 4L is ignited and the heating of the pan WL is started. As a result, the detected temperature T of the temperature sensor 8L rises. Then, the required time Δt when the detected temperature T of the temperature sensor 8L rises from 75 ° C. to 90 ° C. is measured (STEP 101 in FIG. 6).

  t2 is the time when boiling of water in the pan WL is detected (YES in STEP102 in FIG. 6), t2 to t4 set the heating power of the left stove 4L to small fire (XK1, 2 stages), pan WL This is the period of Phase A in which the noodles are prepared while preventing the spilling of the noodles (STEP 105 to STEP 106, STEP 110, STEP 120 to STEP 121 in FIG. 6).

  t3 is the time when the user who put the noodles in the pan WL gives an instruction to start the noodle bowl (YES in STEP 110 in FIG. 6). t4 is the time when Z seconds have elapsed from t2 when boiling is detected (YES in STEP121 of FIG. 6). From t4 to t5, the heating power of the left stove 4L is increased (XK2, 4th stage), and the process of phase B in which the temperature of the water in the pot WL that has been lowered by the addition of noodles is increased (STEP130 to STEP131 in FIG. 8). ).

  t5 to t11 are repeated initial processing (STEP132 to STEP137 in FIG. 8) by repeating the process of setting the heating power of the left stove 4L to a small fire (XK1, 2 stages) in phase C and a large fire (XK2, 4 stages) in phase D ).

  In repeated initial processing, the fire in the left stove 4L is set to a small fire in phase C to prevent spilling from the pot WL, and a large fire is set in phase D to boil water in the pot WL as much as possible. Maintained in a state. In addition, in the repeated mid-term processing (STEP 140 to STEP 145 in FIG. 8) and the repeated final processing (STEP 150-STEP 153 in FIG. 9), the heating power of the left stove 4L is similarly switched to small fire and large fire to heat the pan WL. Is done.

[8. Other Embodiment 1]
11 is obtained by changing a part of the process shown in the flowchart of FIG. 6. The processes in STEP 160 to STEP 165 in FIG. 11 are the same as the processes in STEP 100 to STEP 105 in FIG. 6. Further, the processing in STEP 190 to STEP 193 and STEP 195 in FIG. 11 is the same as the processing in STEP 120 to STEP 123 and STEP 125 in FIG.

  In the flowchart of FIG. 6, when the timer switch 61 is operated in STEP 110, the cooking control unit 51 proceeds to STEP 120 to execute the process with the noodle bowl, and the timer switch 61 is not activated until 10 minutes have elapsed since the boiling was detected. When not operated, the routine proceeds to STEP 107 and the left stove 4L is extinguished.

  On the other hand, in the flowchart shown in FIG. 11, after changing the heating power of the left stove 4L to small fire in STEP165, the cooking control unit 51 has 30 seconds from the time of boiling detection in STEP166 by the loop consisting of STEP166 and STEP180. It waits for the timer switch 61 to be operated in STEP180.

  If it is determined in STEP 180 that 30 seconds have elapsed from the time of detection of boiling in STEP 166 before the timer switch 61 is operated, the process proceeds to STEP 200 in FIG. And the cooking control part 51 starts a cooking timer by STEP200, and performs a process with a noodle bowl in STEP201. Thereby, as long as the user puts the noodles in the pot WL, the process starts with the noodle bowl even if the user forgets to operate the timer switch 61.

  The cooking controller 51 determines whether or not the timer switch 61 is operated in STEP 202 while executing the process with the noodle bowl in STEP 201. And when the timer switch 61 is operated, it progresses to STEP203 and the cooking control part 51 changes the heating power of the left stove 4L to a small fire (XK1).

  The processing after STEP 204 is the same as the processing after STEP 120 in FIG. 6. When the user instructs the start with noodle bowl by operating the timer switch 61, the cooking control unit 51 starts the noodle from the time when the instruction is given. Re-execute the process.

  According to the flowcharts of FIGS. 11 to 12, even if the user who put the noodles in the pot WL does not operate the timer switch 61, the process starts with the noodle bowl after 30 seconds from the boiling detection in STEP 166. Is done. Also, when the user operates the timer switch 61 in STEP 180, the process starts with noodle bowls.

[9. Other Embodiment 2]
FIG. 13 is a flowchart of an embodiment in which the firepower of the large fire can be changed during the process in the noodle bowl. FIG. 13 illustrates the repeated initial process as an example, but it is also possible to change the heating power of a large fire in the same way in the repeated middle process and repeated final process.

  In STEP 210 of FIG. 13, the cooking control unit 51 repeatedly starts an initial timer. Then, the cooking control unit 51 repeatedly executes the loop of STEP 211 to STEP 215 until the initial timer times out in STEP 215.

  In the loop of STEP 211 to STEP 215, the cooking controller 51 sets the left stove 4L to a small fire (XK1) in STEP 211, waits for the small fire time (XC2) to elapse in STEP 212 (phase C), and in the subsequent STEP 213, sets the left stove 4L. The process of making a large fire (XK2) and waiting for the passage of a large fire time (XC3) in STEP 214 (phase D) is repeated.

  If the small fire time (XC2) has not elapsed in STEP212, the process branches to STEP220. If the instruction to change the heating power by rotating the ignition / fire extinguishing button 10L is given in STEP220, the process proceeds to STEP221, where the cooking control unit In 51, the large fire is changed to the fired power after the instruction, and the process proceeds to STEP 213. If there is no instruction to change the heating power in STEP 220, the process returns to STEP 212.

  Similarly, when the large fire time (XC3) has not elapsed in STEP 214, the process branches to STEP 230, and when there is an instruction to change the heating power by rotating the ignition / extinguishment button 10L in STEP 230, the process proceeds to STEP 231 and the cooking control unit In step 51, the large fire is changed to the fired power after the instruction, and the process proceeds to STEP 232.

  In STEP232, the cooking control unit 51 resets the large fire time (XC3) and returns to STEP214. If there is no instruction to change the heating power in STEP 230, the process returns to STEP 214.

  Thus, by adding the processing of STEP220 to STEP221 and STEP230 to STEP232, it is possible to adjust the heating power by the user who is cooking with the noodle bowl.

  In addition, in this embodiment, although the gas stove was shown as a heating cooking apparatus of this invention, this invention is applicable also to other types of heating cooking apparatuses, such as an electric stove.

  In the present embodiment, the cooking container size recognition unit 53 recognizes the size of the cooking container according to the selection status of the “noodle bowl mode” and the “noodle bowl large mode” by the user. It is good also as a structure which comprises an image sensor and the cooking container size recognition part 53 recognizes the size of a pan by the detection output of these sensors. Or it is good also as a structure which provides the switch in which a user inputs the size of a pan directly, and the cooking container size recognition part 53 recognizes the size of a cooking container according to operation of this switch.

  Moreover, in this embodiment, the water amount recognition part 52 is a cooking container based on required time (DELTA) t when the detection temperature of the temperature sensor 8L rises from 75 degreeC to 90 degreeC, when boiling the water in a cooking container. The amount of water in the cooking container has been recognized, but the amount of water in the cooking vessel may be recognized by another configuration. For example, by detecting the weight of the cooking container filled with water by a weight sensor, the amount of water in the cooking container may be recognized, and the amount of water in the cooking container can be input by user operation, The amount of water in the cooking container may be recognized according to this input.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Gas stove (heating cooking apparatus), 4 ... Combustor, 8 ... Temperature sensor, 40 ... Ignition electrode, 50 ... Control unit, 51 ... Cooking control part, 52 ... Water quantity recognition part, 53 ... Cooking container size recognition part, 54 ... heating amount setting part with noodle bowl.

Claims (3)

A heating unit for heating a cooking container in which an object is to be cooked;
A water amount recognition unit for recognizing the amount of water in the cooking container;
A cooking container size recognition unit for recognizing the size of the cooking container;
A temperature sensor for detecting the temperature of the cooking container or the cooking object in the cooking container;
A boiling step of heating a cooking vessel containing water and detecting boiling of water in the cooking vessel based on a temperature detected by the temperature sensor, and detection of boiling of water in the cooking vessel by the boiling step The noodle charging recognition process for recognizing the charging of the noodles into the cooking container, and the heating power of the heating unit after the noodle charging recognition process recognizes the charging of the noodles into the cooking container. Treatment with a first noodle bowl that heats for a first predetermined time as a heating force and a treatment with a second noodle bowl that heats for a second predetermined time with a heating power of the heating unit smaller than the first heating power A cooking control unit for performing a cooking operation in a noodle bowl mode, including a step with a noodle bowl for heating the noodles in the cooking container.
The amount of water in the cooking container recognized by the water amount recognition unit and the size of the cooking container recognized by the cooking container size recognition unit in order to prevent a shortage of heating power due to heat radiation from the object to be cooked Based on the above, the first heating is performed such that the larger the amount of water in the cooking container and the larger the cooking container, the greater the average heating amount per unit time in the process with the noodle bowl. A heating cooking apparatus comprising: a noodle set for setting the force, the first predetermined time, the second heating power, and the second predetermined time. The cooking device according to claim 1,
The water amount recognition unit measures a required time when the temperature detected by the temperature sensor rises from a first predetermined temperature to a second predetermined temperature in the boiling step, and the longer the required time, the more water in the cooking container. A cooking apparatus characterized by recognizing that the amount of water is large, and recognizing that the amount of water in the cooking container increases as the heating power of the heating unit at the time of measurement increases.   In the cooking device according to claim 1 or 2,
  As a mode with the noodle bowl, a mode setting switch for setting the mode with the noodle bowl or the large mode with the noodle bowl,
  The cooking container size recognition unit recognizes that the size of the cooking container is small within a predetermined range when the mode is set with the noodle bowl by the mode setting switch, and the mode setting switch sets the large size with the noodle bowl. When the mode is set, the cooking device characterized by recognizing that the size of the cooking container is large such that the pot diameter is larger than the predetermined range.