CN103347424A

CN103347424A - Rice cooker

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Publication number: CN103347424A
Application number: CN2012800072899A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 村野元宏; 守岩和秋; 古山拓也
Original assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Home Appliance Co Ltd; Mitsubishi Electric Corp
Current assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Home Appliance Co Ltd; Mitsubishi Electric Corp
Priority date: 2011-05-02
Filing date: 2012-04-13
Publication date: 2013-10-09
Anticipated expiration: 2032-04-13
Also published as: CN103347424B; TWI489964B; JPWO2012150648A1; TW201521650A; WO2012150648A1; TWI489962B; JP5611456B2; TW201309244A

Abstract

Provided is a rice cooker, which enables the user to know the amount of energy (calories) of rice that will be consumed as the rice is being served into a bowl without the need for providing a dedicated operation button. The rice cooker is equipped with: an inner pot (40) into which the item to be cooked (42) is placed; the main body of the rice cooker (1), which has an inner pot-accommodating part (5) the upper surface of which is open and in which the inner pot (40) is accommodated in a freely removable manner, a heating means (6) for the inner pot (40), a control part (16) that controls the heating means (6), and a display part (25) ; and a cover (30) that opens and closes the opening of the main body of the rice cooker (1). A weight-detecting means (10) for detecting the weight of the inner pot (40) is provided in the main body of the rice cooker (1). Changes in the weight of the inner pot (40) are detected by said weight-detecting means (10). The amount of energy corresponding to the change in weight is computed by the control part (16) and the results of the computation are automatically reported as the amount of calories being consumed.

Description

Meal pot

Technical field

The present invention relates to meal pot, in more detail, relate to meal pot of the member that possesses the energy (calorie) that checks and inform the meal of consumption.

Background technology

Consumer's aging development recently, the risk that shifts from lifestyle disease to diabetes etc. improves.Because if suffer from diabetes etc., then the calorie of picked-up in a day is restricted, so consumer's health perception improves, in addition, because the tendency that is careful in one's diet also strengthens, therefore, pay close attention to the caloric consumer's increase of picked-up.Because such situation, requirement can be when the picked-up meal caloric meal pot of cognitive picked-up easily.

Can have the meal of following formation to stew by the caloric meal pot of cognitive picked-up when absorbing meal for such, it comprises: the weight check member of the gross weight of the gratin in the inspection pot; Control part is calculated the weight of gratin by the output signal of this weight check member, and the energy that the variable quantity of weight multiply by the gratin of per unit weight calculates; The display part (for example, referring to patent documentation 1) that this control part result calculated mark calorie or the such unit of kilocalorie are shown.

Technical literature formerly

Patent documentation

Patent documentation 1: TOHKEMY 2006-81641 communique (the 3rd, 4 page, Fig. 1,2)

Summary of the invention

Invent problem to be solved

The meal of patent documentation 1 is stewed for the energy of the gratin that shows picked-up, and the user must operate special-purpose action button.But, usually, because when meal is contained rice bowl, hold rice bowl on the other hand, another is handed the meal spoon, and two hands are occupied, so, must be after any one be put down temporarily, operating operation button, troublesome poeration.

In addition, because if the action button of inoperation special use, the demonstration that then can not consume energy, so, have filling a bowl with rice and show after finishing and can not simultaneously see energy, the such problem of amount that one side adjustment is filled a bowl with rice.

Have again, because the function action button for the special use that shows the consumption energy that it doesn't matter of the script of stewing with meal must be set, so, also exist cost to improve such problem points.

The present invention is in order to solve the invention that above-mentioned problem is made, and its purpose is, a kind of special-purpose action button that do not need to arrange is provided, and the user can one fills a bowl with rice towards rice bowl, and the meal of the energy (calorie) of the meal of the cognitive picked-up of one side is stewed.

Be used for solving the means of problem

Meal pot of the present invention possesses pot, the meal pot main body of putting into gratin and the lid that opens and closes the peristome of this meal pot main body, above above-mentioned meal pot main body has by opening and mounting or dismounting freely accommodate above-mentioned in pot interior pot resettlement section, above-mentioned in heater, the control part of controlling this heater and the display part of pot

Above-mentioned meal pot main body arrange check above-mentioned in pot the weight check member of weight, detected the weight change of above-mentioned interior pot by this weight check member, calculate the energy corresponding with above-mentioned weight change by above-mentioned control part, result of calculation is automatically informed as the picked-up amount calories.

The invention effect

According to the present invention, if the user takes out rice (containing to rice bowl) from interior pot, the energy of the rice that then is removed is automatically informed as the picked-up amount calories, so, there is not each trouble of all operating special-purpose action button as in the past, the user can be familiar with the picked-up amount calories easily, thus, health perception improves, and then, can suppress the too much of calorie intake.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the longitudinal section of meal pot of embodiments of the present invention 1.

Fig. 2 is the front view of the operating portion of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is the Action Specification figure of the operating portion of embodiment 1.

Fig. 4 is the key diagram of operating portion of meal pot of embodiments of the present invention 3.

The specific embodiment

[embodiment 1]

Fig. 1 at the meal pot that is used for explanation embodiments of the present invention 1, the 1st, above by meal pot main body, the 30th that bottom tube-like is roughly arranged of opening, be axle with the hinge 31 of the rear portion side (right side of figure) that is arranged on meal pot main body 1, switching freely covers the stew lid of top peristome of main body 1 of meal.

In the inside upper part of meal pot main body 1 the interior pot support housing 2 of tubular is set, is provided in the roughly coil platform 3 of dark dish shape that central portion has peristome 3a in the bottom of interior pot support housing 2, pot resettlement section 5 in being formed by interior pot support housing 2 and coil platform 3.6 are arranged on the load coil as heater of outside in following and bight of the bottom of coil platform 3.

The 7th, be arranged on the base station of the bottom of meal pot main body 1 in the bottom of the central portion of coil platform 3.The 8th, be arranged on the base station 7 and check described later in pot 40 have or not the interior pot testing fixture of accommodating in the inside pot resettlement section 5, in this, be provided with sensor station 11 integratedly on the pot testing fixture 8, this sensor station 11 is made of insulant, and has the inside outstanding interior pot inspection body 12 in the pot resettlement section 5 from the peristome 3a of the bottom that is arranged on coil platform 3 on top.The 13rd, with the load cell that sensor station 11 arranges integratedly, built-in for example strain ga(u)ge as weight detecting element sends as electric signal its resistance variations to control part 16.And, check that by these sensor station 11, interior pot body 12 and load cell 13 constitute weight check member 10.

15 are arranged on the front panel of the front face side in meal pot main body 1, the side setting control part 16 that constituted by the circuit substrate that has carried micro computer etc. and the electric current etc. that makes load coil 6 produce alternating magnetic fields is controlled overleaf, the outer wall of pot resettlement section 5 in this control part 16 is installed in.The 17th, for the pressure fan of cooling control part 16.

The 18th, be arranged on the bottom of meal pot main body 1 and be connected with the circuit substrate of control part 16 inform the loudspeaker of member as sound.In addition, this loudspeaker 18 can be configured in other place, also can omit.The 19th, be arranged on the top of control part 16 and the cover body opening/closing inspection portion that the switching of lid 30 is checked, it checks that signal is sent to control part 16.

20 are arranged on the operating portion on the front face side top of meal pot main body 1, as shown in Figure 2, be provided with the beginning key 21 of cooking, disconnect insulation key 22, preengage timing key 23, Menu key 24 etc., be provided with as the display part 25 of informing member at central portion, this display part 25 for example is made of liquid crystal, and numeral shows current time, remaining time till finishing to the operation of cooking etc., in addition, and the picked-up amount calories of numeral demonstration rice described later.

The 40th, the interior pot that bottom tube-like is arranged that is constituted by magnetic materials such as stainless steel, iron, gratins 42 such as rice 43, water 44 have been put into, freely be housed in by coming in and going out in the interior pot resettlement section 5 of meal pot main body 1, the upper end of pot support housing 2 in the flange 41 that is arranged on the upper end periphery is supported on, its bottom and perisporium and the inwall of interior pot resettlement section 5 between across some being held with gap.

Then, the effect that the meal of above-mentioned such present embodiment that constitutes is stewed describes.

At first, inwardly pot 40 by rice 43(is for example put into rice) and the gratin 42 of the ormal weight that constitutes of water 44, lid 30 is closed in pot resettlement section 5 in being contained in.At this moment, cover body opening/closing inspection portion 19 checks that lid 30 is closed, and should check that signal sent to control part 16.In addition, weight check member 10 is depressed because accommodated interior pot 40 in interior pot resettlement section 5, and pot 40 accommodates in being confirmed by interior pot testing fixture 8.At this moment, display part 25 shows current time usually.

If cooking of operating operation portion 20 begins key 21 under this state, then the high frequency electric by control part 16 controls is fed into load coil 6, produces alternating magnetic field, and internally pot 40 carries out eddy-current heating, begins cooking of gratin 42.And through preheating procedure, the operation of cooking, the operation of cooking rice over a slow fire, the end of cooking is to insulation operation conversion (below, be called rice 45 with doing ripe gratin 42).

At this moment, the gross weight W that is comprised the interior pot 40 of rice 45 by weight check member 10 from the ripe status checkout of doing of gratin 42 ₀, it checks that signal is sent to control part 16.

Then, with lid 30 open (cover body opening/closing inspection portion 19 checks the opening of lid 30, and it is checked that signal sends to control part 16), if rice 45 is contained rice bowl, then Ci Shi load W ₂Checked by weight check member 10, if W ₂-W ₀For just, then control part 16 rice 45 that is judged as ormal weight is taken out from interior pot 40, the displaying contents of display part 25 is switched to the picked-up amount calories of rice 45.And, check that by weight check member 10 rice 45 from interior pot 40 weight that is removed back (containing behind rice bowl), in other words is the weight W of the remaining rice 45 of pot 40 in comprising ₁

Control part 16 is W with the taking-up amount W of rice 45 ₀-W ₁Multiply by the energy e(cal/g of the per unit weight of rice 45), calculate the energy E based on the taking-up amount of rice 45 ₁=e * W calculates picked-up amount calories (kcal), till cover body opening/closing inspection portion 19 is checked through lid 30 and is closed, as shown in Figure 3, the display part 25 of operating portion 20 automatically numeral show picked-up amount calories (kcal), inform.Expression picked-up amount calories is the situation of 178kcal among the figure.In addition, under the situation that cover body opening/closing inspection portion 19 is not set, the official hour after taking out rice 45 shows the picked-up amount calories in display part 25 numerals.

To as mentioned above, check load W when containing rice 45 to rice bowl by weight check member 10 ₁Reason describe.At first, in the present invention owing to do not need special-purpose action button, so, only by merely that lid 30 is open, can't know whether rice 45 moves from interior pot 40, though in lid 30 open time points are checked pots 40 gross weight W ₀, still, still be common demonstrations such as demonstration constantly at display part 25.

If under this state, the meal spoon is put into pot 40, inside pot 40 imposed loads, then weight check member 10 checks this load W ₂, this check result is sent to control part 16.If W ₂-W ₀For just, then control part 16 is judged as rice 45 and moves from interior pot 40, the displaying contents of display part 25 is switched to the demonstration of picked-up amount calories from common demonstration.

And, as aforementioned, calculate the picked-up amount calories according to the weight W of the rice 45 that takes out from interior pot 40, till lid 30 is closed, shows and inform this picked-up amount calories in display part 25 numerals.If lid 30 is closed, then the displaying contents for display part 25 returns common demonstrations such as demonstration constantly.

Then, taking out for 40 the 2nd times, 3 times under the situation of rice 45 from identical interior pot, will take out the gross weight W of the interior pot 40 that comprises rice 45 after the rice 45 for the first time ₁Be stored in control part 16.And, check that lid 30 imposes on the load W of interior pot 40 when being taken out rice 45 by the open second time ₂, if W ₂-W ₁For just, judge that then rice 45 is taken out again, the displaying contents of display part 25 is switched to the picked-up amount calories, according to the picked-up amount calories of aforesaid main points calculating based on the taking-up amount W of rice 45, lid 30 opened during, numeral is shown in display part 25.Effect when later rice 45 takes out is for the third time also taken this as the standard.

According to present embodiment, contain rice bowl if the user takes out rice 45(from interior pot 40), the energy E of the rice 45 of Qu Chuing then ₁As picked-up calorie (kcal), during being opened, lid 30 automatically is shown in display part 25, so, there is not each trouble of all operating special-purpose action button as in the past, the user can be familiar with the picked-up amount calories easily, and accordingly, health perception improves, and then, can suppress the too much of calorie intake.

[embodiment 2]

Present embodiment is in meal pot of embodiment 1, will inform the embodiment that the loudspeaker 18 of member is for example informed with the sound of " being 00 calories " by conduct from the picked-up calorie (kcal) of interior pot 40 rice 45 that takes out.

In the present embodiment, because do not need the picked-up amount calories numeral of the rice 45 that will take out from interior pot 40 be presented at display part 25, so, do not need to change the displaying contents of display part 25.Herein, the load W when rice 45 is contained rice bowl ₁Inspection, will whether carry out sound and inform for judgement.Same with the situation of embodiment 1, if the meal spoon is put into pot 40, inside pot 40 imposed loads, then weight check member 10 checks this load W ₂, its check result is sent to control part 16.If W ₂-W ₀For just, then control part 16 judges that rice 45 move from interior pot 40, is judged as to carry out sound and inform.And, as long as checked the weight W of the interior pot 40 that comprises rice 45 after rice 45 is removed from interior pot 40 by weight check member 10 ₂, according to W ₀-W ₂The taking-up amount of calculating rice 45 gets final product.

The order of calculating of picked-up amount calories (kcal) based on this is same with the situation of embodiment 1, will calculate the result and be transformed to sound, lid 30 opened during, inform picked-up calorie by sound.

According to present embodiment, the user of meal pot does not need to watch attentively the demonstration of display part 25, can concentrate on the taking-up (containing rice bowl) of rice 45.In addition, in the present embodiment, also can carry out sound by loudspeaker 18 and inform, and by embodiment 1 the picked-up amount calories numeral of the rice 45 that takes out is presented at display part 25.

[embodiment 3]

Fig. 4 is the key diagram of operating portion of meal pot of embodiments of the present invention 3.In addition, to the part mark identical with embodiment 1 identical symbol with it.

In embodiment 1, represented the picked-up amount calories (kcal) of rice 45 is presented at the situation of display part 25 by numerical value, but present embodiment is the embodiment that will the picked-up amount calories be presented at display part 25 by the indicator 26 that is made of a plurality of line segments.

That is, in the present embodiment, the bottom in display part 25 as a plurality of line segments of informing that the member landscape configuration is made of liquid crystal, forms indicator 26, for example shows " lacking " in one side's side (left side of figure), for example shows " many " in the opposing party's side.

In the present embodiment, also same with the situation of embodiment 2, can omit the inspection to the load of pot 40 in when containing rice 45 to rice bowl, imposing on, by the order same with the situation of embodiment 2, calculate the picked-up amount calories (kcal) of the rice 45 of taking-up, its result is informed by indicator 26 simulation ground demonstrations during lid 30 openings.

According to present embodiment, because the user of meal pot can intuitively understand the picked-up amount calories of the rice 45 that takes out by indicator 26, so, can further improve health perception.In addition, in the present embodiment, also can utilize embodiment 1 that the picked-up amount calories numeral of the rice 45 of taking-up is shown in display part 25, and be informed by indicator 26 simulation ground demonstrations.

In the above description, as an example, the situation that is shown the picked-up amount calories by line segments such as liquid crystal is illustrated, but also can not to be shown by line segments such as liquid crystal, but for example constitute indicator by a plurality of light-emitting components, same with the situation that line segment shows, can intuitively understand the picked-up amount calories, can improve health perception.

In each above-mentioned embodiment, to doing the gratin 42(rice 45 that is constituted by rice (rice) 43 and water 44) situation be illustrated, but if in advance with the gratin beyond the rice (for example, brown rice, red bean meal etc.) the energy values of per unit weight be stored in control part 16, then same with the situation of rice, can confirm to absorb the correct information of amount calories easily.

Description of reference numerals

1: meal pot main body; 2: interior pot support housing; 3: the coil platform; 3a: peristome; 5: interior pot resettlement section; 6: load coil; 7: base station; 8: interior pot testing fixture; 10: the weight check member; 11: sensor station; 12: interior pot checks body; 13: load cell; 15: front panel; 16: control part; 17: pressure fan; 18: loudspeaker; 19: cover body opening/closing inspection portion; 20: operating portion; 25: display part; 26: indicator; 30: lid; 31: hinge; 40: interior pot; 41: flange; 42: gratin; 43: rice; 44: water.

Claims

1. a meal is stewed, it is characterized in that, possess pot, the meal pot main body of putting into gratin and the lid that opens and closes the peristome of this meal pot main body, above above-mentioned meal pot main body has by opening and mounting or dismounting freely accommodate above-mentioned in pot interior pot resettlement section, above-mentioned in heater, the control part of controlling this heater and the display part of pot

Above-mentioned meal pot main body place arrange check above-mentioned in pot the weight check member of weight, detected the weight change of above-mentioned interior pot by this weight check member, calculate the energy corresponding with above-mentioned weight change by above-mentioned control part, result of calculation is automatically informed as the picked-up amount calories.

2. meal pot as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, is detected the gross weight W of the above-mentioned interior pot with gratin of doing after meal by above-mentioned weight check member ₀, in addition, detect the weight W of having taken out the interior pot behind the gratin from above-mentioned interior pot ₁, will pass through W ₀-W ₁The weight change amount of obtaining multiply by the energy of per unit weight, and its result is informed as the picked-up amount calories.

3. meal pot as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that, is detected the gross weight W of the above-mentioned interior pot with gratin of doing after meal by above-mentioned weight check member ₀, in addition, detect the load W that imposes on above-mentioned interior pot ₂, at W ₂-W ₀Be timing, think and take out gratin from above-mentioned interior pot, check the weight W of above-mentioned interior pot ₁

4. as each the described meal pot in the claim 1 to 3, it is characterized in that, show above-mentioned picked-up amount calories in above-mentioned display part numeral.

5. meal as claimed in claim 4 pot is characterized in that, above-mentioned display part usually numeral show constantly or finish to the operation of cooking till remaining time, in that above-mentioned lid is open, detect impose on above-mentioned in pot load W ₂, and be W ₂-W ₀The time, the displaying contents of above-mentioned display part is switched to amount calories, when above-mentioned lid is closed, make the displaying contents of above-mentioned display part return common state.

6. as each the described meal pot in the claim 1 to 5, it is characterized in that, in above-mentioned meal pot main body the cover body opening/closing inspection portion of the switching that checks above-mentioned lid is set, during this cover body opening/closing inspection portion checks that above-mentioned lid is opened, informs above-mentioned picked-up amount calories.

7. as each the described meal pot in claim 1 to 3 and 6, it is characterized in that, in above-mentioned meal pot main body loudspeaker is set, informs above-mentioned picked-up amount calories by above-mentioned loudspeaker sound, perhaps informed by above-mentioned loudspeaker sound and carry out numeral at above-mentioned display part to show.

8. as each the described meal pot in claim 1 to 3 and 6, it is characterized in that, at above-mentioned display part indicator is set, informs above-mentioned picked-up amount calories by this indicator simulation ground, perhaps carry out numeral demonstration and informed by indicator with simulating at above-mentioned display part.

9. as each the described meal pot in the claim 1 to 8, it is characterized in that, store the energy of the per unit weight of various gratins at above-mentioned control part in advance.