CN113142986A

CN113142986A - Cooking appliance, control method of cooking appliance, and computer-readable storage medium

Info

Publication number: CN113142986A
Application number: CN202010074647.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 江太阳; 苏畅; 王帅; 罗绍生
Original assignee: Foshan Shunde Midea Electrical Heating Appliances Manufacturing Co Ltd
Current assignee: Foshan Shunde Midea Electrical Heating Appliances Manufacturing Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-01-22
Filing date: 2020-01-22
Publication date: 2021-07-23
Anticipated expiration: 2040-01-22
Also published as: CN113142986B

Abstract

The present invention provides a cooking appliance, a control method of the cooking appliance, and a computer-readable storage medium, the cooking appliance including: a separator formed with a first chamber; a heating device configured to supply heat to the first chamber; a memory configured to store a computer program; a processor configured to execute a computer program to implement: acquiring a cooking function instruction; and controlling the heating device to work according to the heating power and the heating time corresponding to the cooking function instruction. According to the cooking appliance provided by the invention, the setting of the isolator can realize rapid steam discharge, and the processor can meet the requirements of different cooking functions by acquiring the cooking function instruction and controlling the heating device to work according to the heating power and the heating duration corresponding to the cooking function instruction, and is favorable for ensuring that the material to be cooked has good quality after being cooked by different cooking functions, thereby further expanding the application range of products.

Description

Cooking appliance, control method of cooking appliance, and computer-readable storage medium

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of cooking, in particular to a cooking appliance, a control method of the cooking appliance and a computer readable storage medium.

Background

The current cooking utensil, the function is more single, because some special cooking function's culinary art step is many, and the process is complicated for current cooking utensil can't satisfy special cooking function's culinary art demand, consequently, application range is restricted.

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention is directed to solving at least one of the problems of the prior art or the related art.

To this end, a first aspect of the present invention is to provide a cooking appliance.

In a second aspect of the present invention, a method for controlling a cooking appliance is provided.

A third aspect of the present invention is to provide a computer-readable storage medium.

In view of the above, according to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a cooking appliance, comprising: a separator formed with a first chamber; a heating device configured to supply heat to the first chamber; a memory configured to store a computer program; a processor configured to execute a computer program to implement: acquiring a cooking function instruction; and controlling the heating device to work according to the heating power and the heating time corresponding to the cooking function instruction.

The invention provides a cooking appliance, which comprises an isolator, a heating device, a memory and a processor. The separator can be formed with a first chamber, and the first chamber can store a medium; the heating device supplies heat to the first chamber, and then heats the medium in the first chamber to generate steam. Particularly, the heating device at least supplies heat to the first chamber, and the first chamber is formed in the isolator, so that the quantity of media to be heated by the heating device can be reduced, the steam generation speed is increased, and the steam is discharged quickly.

In addition, cooking utensil is through obtaining the culinary art function instruction to control heating device work during heating power and the heating that corresponds according to the culinary art function instruction, form the steam distribution volume that agrees with more with the culinary art function instruction, can satisfy the demand of different culinary art functions, and be favorable to guaranteeing to treat that the culinary art material has good quality after different steam volume and different culinary art function culinary arts cooks, and then enlarge the application range of product.

Furthermore, in the cooking process, different materials to be cooked can obtain different foods after being cooked by different cooking function instructions so as to meet different requirements of users, and the current cooking appliance has a single cooking function, so that the requirements of special materials to be cooked or special cooking functions, such as functions of dough leavening, dough waking and the like, can not be met, and the application range is limited. And this application is through obtaining the long controlling heating device work of heating power and heating that the culinary art function instruction corresponds, form the steam distribution volume that agrees with more with the culinary art function instruction, can satisfy special culinary art material, the demand of special culinary art function, and the culinary art function instruction is at least one, the culinary art function instruction of different quantity can satisfy the different demands of treating the culinary art material culinary art different food of cooking, and can satisfy the demand of the comparatively complicated culinary art function of culinary art process, the application range of product has been enlarged, the use of cooking utensil has been made things convenient for, cooking utensil's practicality has been improved.

That is to say, the cooking appliance provided by the invention can utilize the isolator to realize rapid steam discharge, and control the heating device to work according to the heating power and the heating time corresponding to the cooking function instruction, so that different cooking function instructions can utilize rapid steam discharge to shorten the cooking time, further expand the utilization range of rapid steam discharge and expand the application range of products.

In addition, the cooking utensil in the technical scheme provided by the invention can also have the following additional technical characteristics:

in the above technical solution, further, the heating power corresponding to any cooking function command at least includes a first heating power and a second heating power.

In the technical scheme, in the process of cooking the materials to be cooked, the materials to be cooked can be well cooked only by continuously heating the materials to be cooked after the materials to be cooked at normal temperature are heated to a certain temperature, so that a user can conveniently eat the materials to be cooked; or in the process of cooking the materials to be cooked by using steam, after cold water or normal-temperature water is heated to generate steam, the materials to be cooked are cooked by using the steam for eating, that is, the materials to be cooked are heated by at least two stages, therefore, the heating power corresponding to any cooking function instruction at least comprises first heating power and second heating power, after the processor acquires the cooking function instruction, the heating device is controlled to operate by the first heating power and the second heating power respectively according to the first heating power and the second heating power in the cooking function instruction, so that the sectional heating in the cooking process is realized, the cooking requirements of different materials to be cooked are met, the good steam cooking effect is favorably ensured, and the practicability of a cooking appliance is further improved.

The purpose of the first heating power stage is to realize rapid steam generation, and particularly, because the cooking appliance is used with the isolator, the amount of the medium which can be contained in the first chamber formed by the isolator is also certain, and a small amount of medium in the first chamber is heated by the first heating power, so that the medium can be rapidly heated and boiled to generate steam, and the advantage of rapid steam generation is achieved. Simultaneously, the inside and outside difference in temperature of isolator is great for steam can transmit to whole cooking utensil's inside rapidly, is favorable to improving the homogeneity of heating, and then is favorable to improving good steam culinary art effect. In particular, the process may be run at maximum power to quickly generate steam, reducing cooking time. That is, the cooking appliance provided by the invention can adopt a multi-stage heating cooking mode. In any of the above technical solutions, further, the step of controlling the heating device to operate according to the heating power and the heating time length corresponding to the cooking function instruction by the processor executing the computer program includes: controlling the heating device to operate at a first heating power for a first heating time period so as to carry out a first heating stage; and controlling the heating device to operate at the second heating power for a second heating time period so as to perform a second heating stage.

In the technical scheme, a specific control scheme for controlling the heating device to work according to the heating power and the heating time corresponding to the cooking function instruction is limited. The treater heats with length when first heating according to corresponding first heating power control heating device in the culinary art function instruction, heats with length when second heating according to second heating power control heating device, the segmentation culinary art has been realized, and realized in a culinary art function instruction, the treater is to first heating power, second heating power, heating temperature's accurate control, be favorable to guaranteeing good steam cooking effect, further made things convenient for cooking utensil's use, cooking utensil's practicality has been improved.

The purpose of controlling the heating device to operate at the first heating power for the first heating time period is to achieve rapid steam generation, and specifically, the first heating time period may be associated with parameters of the isolator and the first heating power, and since the cooking appliance is used in combination with the isolator, the amount of the medium which can be accommodated in the first chamber formed by the isolator is also constant. It is determined that the time required from the start of heating to the generation of steam of the medium inside the first chamber is short and substantially stable in the case of operation of the heating means at the first power, and the time period required for this process is the first heating time period.

In any of the above solutions, further, the number of the second heating stages is at least one.

In the technical scheme, the number of the second heating stages is one or more, and different numbers of the second heating stages can meet the requirements of different types and different cooking functions of materials to be cooked, so that the application range of the product is further expanded. When cooking some materials of waiting to cook that have special culinary art requirement, because the culinary art process is more complicated, change when in-process heating temperature and corresponding heating are long is more, consequently, a plurality of second heating stages can satisfy the culinary art requirement of waiting to cook the material multistage heating, simultaneously, are favorable to making the culinary art back to wait to cook the material and have good quality, have improved cooking utensil's commonality and convenience of use.

That is, the cooking appliance provided by the invention can adopt a multi-stage heating cooking mode. Therefore, after the heating device operates for the first heating time period at the first power, after steam is generated in the first chamber, the materials to be cooked are heated and cooked in a segmented or integral mode according to the cooking function instruction in the remaining heating time period, the cooking requirements of different cooking function instructions can be met under the condition that the cooking time is shortened, and the application range of products is expanded.

In any of the above technical solutions, further, based on that the number of the second heating stages is multiple, the second heating powers of any two second heating stages are the same or different, and the second heating power of at least one second heating stage is smaller than the first heating power of the first heating stage.

In the technical scheme, the cooking process of some materials to be cooked with special cooking requirements is met by arranging the plurality of second heating stages, and the heating power of the plurality of second heating stages can be the same or different according to the requirements of different materials to be cooked; meanwhile, the second heating power of at least one second heating stage is smaller than the first heating power of the first heating stage, so that the requirements of different heating powers of different heating stages are met, the sectional heating of the cooking appliance on the materials to be cooked is realized, the cooking requirements of different materials to be cooked are met, and the universality of the cooking appliance is improved.

That is, the cooking appliance provided by the invention can adopt a multi-stage heating cooking mode. Specifically, after the steam is quickly generated by heating for a period of time with a strong fire, the medium-fire heating is changed, and then the small-fire heating is changed to cook the materials to be cooked; or after the steam is quickly generated by heating with strong fire for a period of time, continuing to heat with strong fire and then heating with small fire to cook the materials to be cooked; or the cooking can be carried out on the materials to be cooked by directly heating the materials with small fire after the steam is quickly generated by heating with strong fire for a period of time; or the steam can be quickly generated by heating with strong fire for a period of time, and then the materials to be cooked are cooked by firstly heating with small fire, then continuously heating with strong fire and then heating with small fire.

In any of the above technical solutions, further, based on the second heating power being less than the first heating power, the processor executes the computer program to implement a step of controlling the heating device to operate at the second heating power for a second duration to perform the second heating phase, including: controlling the heating device to operate at a second heating power for a second heating time period; or controlling the heating device to operate at the second heating power at a first preset time interval, and recording a first accumulated heating time of the heating device operating at the second heating power; and controlling the heating device to stop running based on the first accumulated heating time length being equal to the second heating time length.

In the technical scheme, on one hand, after the cooking appliance runs for the first heating time period with the first heating power, the processor controls the heating device to perform the second heating stage with the second heating power, and controls the heating device to continuously work to complete the second heating time period, so that the steam cooking effect of the material to be cooked is ensured.

On the other hand, the processor can control the heating device to operate at intervals of first preset time, the heating device can operate at intervals of the same first preset time, and also can operate at intervals of different first preset time, meanwhile, the processor records the first accumulated time heated at the second power, and the first accumulated time is equal to the second heating time required by cooking, so that the steam cooking effect of the object to be cooked is ensured.

In any of the above solutions, further, the processor is further configured to execute the computer program to implement: the number of second heating stages is determined according to the cooking function instructions.

In the technical scheme, the processor can obtain different cooking function instructions, and the number of the second heating stages is determined according to the cooking function instructions, so that the cooking requirements of different materials to be cooked are met, and the universality of the cooking appliance is further improved.

In any of the above solutions, further, the processor is further configured to execute the computer program to implement: a first heating duration is determined based at least on the first heating power.

In the technical scheme, the processor can determine the first heating time length at least according to the first heating power of the heating device, the first heating time length is the working time length of the heating device running with the first heating power, so that the heating temperature can be flexibly controlled by utilizing the first heating time length and the first heating power matching, the accurate control of the cooking appliance on the temperature in the cooking process can be further improved, and the steam cooking effect of the material to be cooked is ensured.

Wherein the purpose of controlling the heating device to operate the heating device at the first heating power for the first heating time period is to achieve a fast steam outlet, in particular the first heating time period may be associated with the parameters of the isolator and the first heating power. After the heating device operates for the first heating time with the first power and finishes the first heating stage, the heating device is controlled to operate for different times with different heating powers according to the number of the second heating stages, so that the steam distribution amount more suitable for different second heating stages is formed, the cooking requirements of different cooking function instructions can be met under the condition of shortening the cooking time, and the use range of products is expanded.

In any of the above solutions, further, the step of determining the first heating time period according to at least the first heating power by the processor executing the computer program includes: acquiring parameters of an isolator; the first heating duration is determined based on the parameter of the isolator and the first heating power.

In the technical scheme, the parameters of the isolator are related to water which is heated to generate steam by acquiring the parameters of the isolator, the first heating time is determined according to the parameters of the isolator and the first heating power, the control precision of the first heating time is favorably improved, the cooking requirements of special materials to be cooked are further met, and the universality of the cooking appliance is improved.

Specifically, since the cooking utensil is used with the separator, the amount of the medium that can be contained in the first chamber formed by the separator is also constant. It is determined that the time required from the start of heating to the generation of steam of the medium inside the first chamber is short and substantially stable in the case of operation of the heating means at the first power, and the time period required for this process is the first heating time period.

In any of the above technical solutions, further, the cooking appliance further includes an input device, and the processor is further configured to execute the computer program to implement: acquiring an input signal through an input device; determining a second heating time period according to the input signal; or determining the second heating period based on the input signal and the first heating period.

In the technical scheme, on one hand, the processor determines the second heating time length by acquiring the input signal received by the input device, and controls the heating device to heat with the second power until the second heating time length is finished after the first heating time length is finished. The input device is arranged, so that the accurate control of the heating time of the cooking appliance is realized, different cooking requirements of different materials to be cooked are further met, and the universality of the cooking appliance is improved.

On the other hand, the processor can also determine the second heating time length according to the acquired input signal and the first heating time length, and when certain special objects to be cooked are cooked, the first heating time length often influences the determination of the second heating time length, so that the processor needs to determine the second heating time length according to the first heating time length and the acquired input signal, the cooking time of the cooking appliance is further accurately controlled, different cooking requirements of different materials to be cooked are further met, and the universality of the cooking appliance is improved.

In any of the above technical solutions, further, the input signal includes at least one of: the weight of the material to be cooked, the type of the material to be cooked, and the heating time.

In the technical scheme, various factors in the cooking process can influence the final steam cooking effect, therefore, when different materials to be cooked are cooked, the processor needs to acquire different input signals according to different cooking function instructions to determine the heating time, wherein the input signals can be one of the weight of the materials to be cooked, the types of the materials to be cooked and the heating time, and also can acquire two or more of the materials to be cooked to meet the requirements of some special cooking functions, further, the input signals can also be other parameters such as the volume of a cooker and the external environment temperature of the cooker, so that the processor acquires different input signals to meet the cooking requirements of different cooking functions, and the universality of the cooking appliance is further improved. In particular, the cooking appliance may further comprise a temperature sensor to detect an ambient temperature outside the pot.

In any of the above technical solutions, further, the cooking appliance further includes a timing device and a display device, and the processor is further configured to execute the computer program to implement: based on the operation of the heating device, the timing device records a second accumulated heating time length of the heating device; and determining the remaining cooking time length according to the first heating time length, the second heating time length and the second accumulated heating time length, and displaying the remaining cooking time length and the heating power of the heating device during operation through a display device.

In the technical scheme, the cooking appliance further comprises a timing device and a display device, the timing device records the second accumulated heating time of the operation of the heating device, the processor determines the residual cooking time of the heating device according to the first heating time, the second heating time and the second accumulated heating time of the operation of the heating device recorded by the timing device, and displays the residual cooking time on the display device, so that a user can visually acquire the cooking time information, the use condition of the cooking appliance is facilitated, and the practicability of the cooking appliance is improved.

Furthermore, the display device can also display the heating power of the heating device during heating in real time, so that the cooking information of a user during cooking is further conveniently acquired, and the practicability of the cooking appliance is improved.

In any of the above technical solutions, further, the cooking appliance further includes an alarm device, and the processor is further configured to execute the computer program to implement: and controlling the alarm device to work based on the cooking residual time being zero.

In the technical scheme, the processor controls the alarm device to work by acquiring the residual cooking time when the residual cooking time is zero so as to remind a user of finishing the cooking process, and the practicability of the cooking appliance is further improved.

In any of the above technical solutions, further, the isolator includes: a separator plate defining a first chamber; and the guide cylinder is communicated with the first chamber and is configured to supply and discharge steam.

In the technical scheme, the isolator comprises an isolation plate and a guide cylinder. Wherein, the division board is injectd first cavity, and the inside medium of first cavity can produce steam after being heated, and the draft tube can play the effect of water conservancy diversion to the inside steam of first cavity to with steam water conservancy diversion to appointed region, with the food of heating waiting to cook.

In any of the above technical solutions, further, one end of the guide shell has a port, and the partition plate extends from an edge of the port to an outer side of the guide shell.

In this technical scheme, through the assembly structure of rationally injecing draft tube and division board, make the one end of draft tube have the port, the division board extends the setting to the outside of draft tube from the edge of port, the height dimension of isolator can be guaranteed in this structure setting, like this, even the liquid level of the regional medium in isolator outside is higher, the condition that the steam vent is submerged by medium in the first cavity can not appear yet, the cross-sectional area of first cavity can be guaranteed simultaneously, with the effective active area of increase heating device, promote steam production speed.

In any of the above technical solutions, further, the isolator further includes: the pot comprises a cavity, wherein a first cavity is defined by matching one part of the cavity with a pot, an isolation plate is constructed by one part of the cavity, and a guide cylinder is constructed by the other part of the cavity.

In the technical scheme, the isolator further comprises a cavity, and a part of the cavity is matched with the pot to define a first cavity; in addition, one part of the cavity is constructed into an isolation plate, and the isolation plate can press the medium in the first cavity into a medium layer so as to increase the contact area of the medium and the heating device under the condition of ensuring the medium quality to be certain, thereby being beneficial to quickly generating high-temperature steam and avoiding energy loss; the guide shell is constructed at the other part of the cavity, the guide shell limits the flow path of the generated high-temperature steam and has the convergence effect on the steam, so that the steam can be concentrated in the area to be cooked, the cooking efficiency of the product using the isolator can be improved, and the energy loss is avoided.

In any of the above technical solutions, further, the isolator further includes: the steam outlet is formed on the guide shell and used for discharging steam from the first cavity; and a medium channel formed on the separation plate, the medium channel being configured to allow a medium to enter the first chamber.

In the technical scheme, a steam outlet is formed on the guide shell for discharging steam from the first chamber; the medium channel is formed on the partition plate, and a medium can flow into the first cavity through the medium channel, so that the medium in the first cavity is heated to boil, and the generated steam flows out through the steam outlet.

That is, the medium is covered by the isolator, so that the medium is gathered in the first chamber, and the space in the first chamber is fixed, so that the amount of the medium in the first chamber is limited, and the amount of the medium to be heated is less influenced by the medium amount and the medium temperature of the outer area of the isolator.

In any of the above technical solutions, further, the edge of the partition board is provided with a support rib, the support rib is provided with a communication gap and/or a communication hole, and the communication gap and/or the communication hole form at least part of the medium channel.

In the technical scheme, the supporting ribs are arranged at the edges of the partition board, the cavity is supported by the supporting ribs, for example, when the separator is placed in a container, the cavity is separated from the inner wall of the container through the supporting ribs, and as the supporting ribs are provided with the communication gaps and/or the communication holes, the medium can enter the medium channel through the communication gaps and/or the communication holes. The support ribs provide structural support for the subsequent medium entering the medium channel through the communication gaps and/or the communication holes, and provide necessary space support for stable and smooth flow of the medium.

In any of the above technical solutions, further, the container, the isolator is located inside the container, and the heating device is located outside the container; wherein the outer surface of the separator and a portion of the inner surface of the container define a second chamber therebetween, the first and second chambers being in communication via a media passage.

In this solution, the cooking appliance further comprises a container. The separator is positioned in the container, divides the inner space of the container into a first chamber and a second chamber, and the first chamber is communicated with the second chamber through the medium channel. That is to say, when cooking utensil during operation, the medium in the first cavity is heated and is produced high temperature steam, and the medium volume in the first cavity reduces in the time the medium in the second cavity can mend in the first cavity through the medium passageway to guarantee that the volume of the medium in the first cavity can satisfy the user demand who produces high temperature steam in succession. Meanwhile, two chambers, namely a first chamber and a second chamber, are formed in the container, the heating device independently heats the first chamber, and the boiling of the medium in the first chamber cannot be influenced by the medium amount in the second chamber. That is, the amount of the medium to be heated is relatively stable. Therefore, the purpose of quickly generating high-temperature steam can be realized.

In particular, the heating element is configured as a heating platform on which the container is placed, i.e. the heating element and the container are two relatively independent devices, and the heating platform can be used alone, and likewise, the container can be used alone.

In a second aspect of the present invention, a method for controlling a cooking appliance is provided, wherein the cooking appliance includes a heating device, and the method for controlling the cooking appliance includes: acquiring a cooking function instruction; and controlling the heating device to work according to the heating power and the heating time corresponding to the cooking function instruction.

According to the control method of the cooking appliance, the cooking appliance comprises the heating device, the heating device is controlled to work according to the heating power and the heating time corresponding to the cooking function instruction by obtaining the cooking function instruction, the requirements of different cooking functions can be met, the good quality of materials to be cooked after being cooked through the different cooking functions can be guaranteed, and the application range of products is further expanded.

Furthermore, in the cooking process, different materials to be cooked can obtain different finished products after being cooked by different cooking function instructions so as to meet different requirements of users, and the current cooking appliance has a single cooking function, so that the requirements of special materials to be cooked or special cooking functions, such as functions of dough leavening, dough waking and the like, can not be met, and the application range is limited. And this application is through obtaining the long controlling heating device work of heating power and heating that the culinary art function instruction corresponds, can satisfy special culinary art material, special culinary art function's demand, and the culinary art function instruction is at least one, the culinary art function instruction of different quantity can satisfy the different demands of treating the culinary art material culinary art different food, and can satisfy the demand of the comparatively complicated culinary art function of culinary art process, the application range of product has been enlarged, cooking utensil's use has been made things convenient for, cooking utensil's practicality has been improved.

In the technical scheme, in the process of cooking the materials to be cooked, the materials to be cooked can be well cooked only by continuously heating the materials to be cooked after the materials to be cooked at normal temperature are heated to a certain temperature, so that a user can conveniently eat the materials to be cooked; or in the process of cooking the materials to be cooked by using steam, after cold water or normal-temperature water is heated to generate steam, the materials to be cooked are cooked by using the steam for eating, that is, the materials to be cooked are heated by at least two stages, therefore, the heating power corresponding to any cooking function instruction at least comprises first heating power and second heating power, after the cooking function instruction is obtained, the heating device is controlled to operate by the first heating power and the second heating power respectively according to the first heating power and the second heating power in the cooking function instruction, so that the sectional heating in the cooking process is realized, the cooking requirements of different materials to be cooked are met, the good steam cooking effect is favorably ensured, and the practicability of a cooking appliance is further improved.

In any of the above technical solutions, further, the step of controlling the operation of the heating device according to the heating power and the heating duration corresponding to the cooking function instruction specifically includes: controlling the heating device to operate at a first heating power for a first heating time period so as to carry out a first heating stage; and controlling the heating device to operate at the second heating power for a second heating time period so as to perform a second heating stage.

In the technical scheme, a specific control scheme for controlling the heating device to work according to the heating power and the heating time corresponding to the cooking function instruction is limited. According to the cooking function instruction, the heating device is controlled to heat in the first heating time period according to the corresponding first heating power, the heating device is controlled to heat in the second heating time period according to the second heating power, segmented cooking is realized, accurate control over the first heating power, the second heating power and the heating temperature is realized in one cooking function instruction, good steam cooking effect is guaranteed, the use of a cooking appliance is further facilitated, and the practicability of the cooking appliance is improved.

In any of the above technical solutions, further, on the basis that the second heating power is smaller than the first heating power, the step of controlling the heating device to operate at the second heating power for a second duration to perform a second heating stage specifically includes: controlling the heating device to continuously operate at a second heating power for a second heating time period; or controlling the heating device to operate at the second heating power at a first preset time interval, and recording a first accumulated heating time of the heating device operating at the second heating power; and controlling the heating device to stop running based on the first accumulated heating time length being equal to the second heating time length.

In the technical scheme, on one hand, after the cooking appliance runs for the first heating time period with the first heating power, the heating device is controlled to perform the second heating stage with the second heating power, and the heating device is controlled to continuously work to complete the second heating time period, so that the steam cooking effect of the material to be cooked is ensured.

On the other hand, the heating device can be controlled to operate at intervals of first preset time, the heating device can operate at intervals of the same first preset time, and also can operate at intervals of different first preset time, meanwhile, the first accumulated time heated by the second power is recorded, and the first accumulated time is equal to the second heating time required by cooking, so that the steam cooking effect of the to-be-cooked object is ensured.

In any of the above technical solutions, further, the method for controlling a cooking appliance further includes: the number of second heating stages is determined according to the cooking function instructions.

In the technical scheme, different cooking function instructions can be acquired, and the number of the second heating stages is determined according to the cooking function instructions, so that the cooking requirements of different materials to be cooked are met, and the universality of the cooking appliance is further improved.

In any of the above technical solutions, further, the method for controlling a cooking appliance further includes: a first heating duration is determined based at least on the first heating power.

In the technical scheme, the first heating time can be determined at least according to the first heating power of the heating device, the first heating time is the working time of the heating device running at the first heating power, so that the heating temperature can be flexibly controlled by utilizing the matching of the first heating time and the first heating power, the accurate control of the cooking appliance on the temperature in the cooking process can be further improved, and the steam cooking effect of the object to be cooked is ensured.

In any of the above technical solutions, further, the step of determining the first heating duration at least according to the first heating power specifically includes: acquiring parameters of an isolator of a cooking appliance; the first heating duration is determined based on the parameter of the isolator and the first heating power.

In this technical scheme, cooking utensil includes pan and isolator, set up the isolator in the pan, heating device is at least to the position heating of arranging the isolator in the pan, make and utilize the isolator to keep apart the water in the pan, less water is heated at the bottom of making the chamber of pan and between the isolator, rapid heating up and boiling produce steam, have the fast advantage of steam production, and simultaneously, the difference in temperature in the isolator is great, make steam can transmit to whole pan rapidly, be favorable to improving the homogeneity of heating, and then be favorable to improving good steam cooking effect.

Through the parameter that obtains the isolator, the parameter of isolator is relevant with the water that the heating produced steam, and it is long when confirming first heating according to the parameter and the first heating power of isolator, is favorable to improving the control accuracy of length when first heating, has further satisfied the culinary art demand of some special materials of waiting to cook, has improved cooking utensil's commonality.

In any of the above technical solutions, further, the method for controlling a cooking appliance further includes: acquiring an input signal; determining a second heating time period according to the input signal; or determining the second heating period based on the input signal and the first heating period.

In the technical scheme, the second heating time length is determined by acquiring the input signal received by the input device, and the heating device is controlled to heat with the second power until the second heating time length is finished after the first heating time length is finished. The accurate control of the heating time of the cooking appliance is realized, different cooking requirements of different materials to be cooked are further met, and the universality of the cooking appliance is improved.

Furthermore, the second heating time duration can be determined according to the acquired input signal and the first heating time duration, and when some special objects to be cooked are cooked, the first heating time duration often influences the determination of the second heating time duration, so that the second heating time duration needs to be determined according to the first heating time duration and the acquired input signal, the cooking time of the cooking appliance is further accurately controlled, different cooking requirements of different materials to be cooked are further met, and the universality of the cooking appliance is improved.

Specifically, the acquired input signal may be the second heating time period, and the second heating time period may also be determined by calculating a difference between the input signal and the first heating time period.

In any of the above technical solutions, further, the input signal includes at least one of: the weight of the material to be cooked, the type of the material to be cooked, the cooking duration.

In this technical scheme, many-sided factors in the culinary art in-process all can influence final steam cooking effect, therefore, when the different material of waiting to cook of culinary art, need obtain different input signal according to different culinary art function commands and confirm that it is long to heat, wherein, input signal can be for waiting to cook the weight of material, the kind of the material of waiting to cook, it is long among the heating time, also can obtain two or more of them simultaneously and satisfy some special cooking function's demand, furthermore, input signal can also be the volume of pan, other parameters such as the outside ambient temperature of pan, thereby make and obtain different input signal in order to satisfy different cooking function's culinary art demands, cooking utensil's commonality has further been improved.

In any of the above technical solutions, further, the method for controlling a cooking appliance further includes: recording a second accumulated heating time of the heating device based on the operation of the heating device; determining the remaining cooking time according to the first heating time, the second heating time and the second accumulated heating time; displaying the remaining cooking time and the heating power when the heating device is operated.

In the technical scheme, the cooking appliance further comprises a timing device and a display device, the timing device records the second accumulated heating time of the operation of the heating device, the remaining cooking time of the heating device is determined according to the first heating time, the second heating time and the second accumulated heating time of the operation of the heating device recorded by the timing device, and the remaining cooking time is displayed on the display device, so that a user can visually acquire the cooking time information, the use condition of the cooking appliance is facilitated, and the practicability of the cooking appliance is improved.

Specifically, the remaining cooking time is the difference between the first heating time and the second cumulative heating time after the first heating time and the second heating time are summed.

In any of the above technical solutions, further, the method for controlling a cooking appliance further includes: and sending a reminding signal based on the fact that the cooking residual time is zero.

In the technical scheme, the residual cooking time is acquired, and when the residual cooking time is zero, the alarm device is controlled to work so as to remind a user of finishing the cooking process, so that the practicability of the cooking appliance is further improved.

In a third aspect of the present invention, a computer-readable storage medium is presented, on which a computer program is stored, which when executed implements the steps of the control method of the cooking appliance as defined in any one of the above.

The present invention provides a computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, the computer program, when executed, implementing the steps of the method for controlling a cooking appliance according to any one of the above-mentioned technical solutions; therefore, all the advantageous technical effects of the control method of the cooking device according to any of the above technical solutions are not described herein again.

Additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.

Drawings

Fig. 1 shows a schematic block diagram of a cooking appliance of a first embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 shows a schematic block diagram of a cooking appliance of a second embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 shows a disassembled schematic view of a cooking appliance of an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 shows a cross-sectional view of the cooking appliance of the embodiment shown in fig. 3;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural view illustrating a spacer in the cooking appliance of the embodiment shown in fig. 3;

fig. 6 illustrates a sectional view of a spacer in the cooking appliance of the embodiment shown in fig. 5;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view showing the structure of an isolator according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a control method of a cooking appliance according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a control method of a cooking appliance according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a control method of a cooking appliance according to a third embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 11 is a flowchart illustrating a control method of a cooking appliance according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 12 is a flowchart illustrating a control method of a cooking appliance according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 13 is a flowchart illustrating a control method of a cooking appliance according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention.

Wherein, the correspondence between the reference numbers and the part names in fig. 1 to 7 is:

100 cooking utensils; 102 a heating device; 104 a memory; 106 a processor; 108 cookware; 110 an input device; 112 a timing device; 114 a display device; 116 an alarm device; 200 an isolator; 202 a first chamber; 204 a guide shell; 206 exhaust port; 208 a separator plate; 210 a cavity; 212 a media channel; 214 support ribs; 216 second chamber.

Detailed Description

So that the manner in which the above recited aspects, features and advantages of the present invention can be understood in detail, a more particular description of the invention, briefly summarized above, may be had by reference to the embodiments thereof which are illustrated in the appended drawings. It should be noted that the embodiments and features of the embodiments of the present application may be combined with each other without conflict.

In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention, however, the present invention may be practiced in other ways than those specifically described herein, and therefore the scope of the present invention is not limited by the specific embodiments disclosed below.

A cooking appliance 100, a control method of the cooking appliance, and a computer-readable storage medium according to some embodiments of the present invention are described below with reference to fig. 1 to 13.

Example one

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, according to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a cooking appliance 100 including: an isolator 200, a heating device 102, a memory 104, and a processor 106, wherein the isolator 200 is formed with a first chamber 202, the heating device 102 is configured to provide heat to the first chamber 202, and the memory 104 is configured to store a computer program; the processor 106 is configured to execute a computer program to implement: acquiring a cooking function instruction; and controlling the heating device 102 to work according to the heating power and the heating time length corresponding to the cooking function instruction.

The cooking appliance 100 of the present invention includes an isolator 200, a heating device 102, a memory 104, and a processor 106. The separator 200 may have a first chamber 202 formed therein, and the first chamber 202 may store a medium therein; the heating device 102 supplies heat to the first chamber 202, thereby heating the medium inside the first chamber 202 to generate steam. In particular, the heating device 102 at least provides heat to the first chamber 202, and the first chamber 202 is formed inside the separator 200, so that the amount of the medium to be heated by the heating device 102 can be reduced, the steam generation speed can be increased, and the steam can be discharged quickly.

In addition, cooking utensil 100 forms the steam distribution amount that more agrees with cooking function instruction through obtaining cooking function instruction to control heating device 102 work during according to the heating power and the heating that cooking function instruction corresponds, can satisfy the demand of different cooking function, and be favorable to guaranteeing that the material of waiting to cook has good quality after different steam volume and different cooking function cooks, and then enlarges the application range of product.

Further, in the cooking process, different materials to be cooked can be cooked by different cooking function instructions to obtain different foods so as to meet different requirements of users, and the current cooking appliance 100 has a single cooking function, so that the requirements of special materials to be cooked or special cooking functions, such as functions of dough leavening, dough waking and the like, cannot be met, and the application range is limited. And this application controls heating device 102 work when heating power and the heating that correspond through acquireing the culinary art function instruction, form the steam distribution volume that agrees with more with the culinary art function instruction, can satisfy special culinary art material, special culinary art function's demand, and the culinary art function instruction is at least one, the culinary art function instruction of different quantity can satisfy the demand that different wait to cook different food of material culinary art, and can satisfy the demand of the comparatively complicated culinary art function of culinary art process, the application range of product has been enlarged, the use of cooking utensil 100 has been made things convenient for, cooking utensil 100's practicality has been improved.

That is to say, according to the cooking appliance 100 of the present invention, the isolator 200 can be used to rapidly discharge steam, and the heating device is controlled to operate according to the heating power and the heating duration corresponding to the cooking function command, so that different cooking function commands can utilize rapid steam discharge to shorten the cooking duration, and further, the utilization range of rapid steam discharge is expanded, and the application range of the product is expanded.

Specifically, taking cooked wheaten food in daily life as an example, such as steamed bread, the cooking function instruction at least comprises a fermentation cooking function instruction, a dough standing cooking function instruction and a steaming cooking function instruction. According to the cooking appliance 100, the processor 106 obtains the fermentation cooking function instruction, and the heating device 102 is controlled to work according to the heating power and the heating duration corresponding to the fermentation cooking function instruction so as to cook the dough, so that the fermentation process of the dough can be completed; after dough fermentation is finished, a dough standing cooking function instruction is obtained through the processor 106, the heating device 102 is controlled to work according to the heating power and the heating duration corresponding to the dough standing cooking function instruction, and dough standing can be finished after dough fermentation is finished; after the dough is awakened and is accomplished, acquire the cooking function instruction of steaming through treater 106, control heating device 102 work when heating power and the heating according to the cooking function instruction of steaming corresponds, can steam the dough of awakening the completion, accomplish the process of steaming of whole steamed bun, and then realized the accurate control when different cooking function instruction different heating power of culinary art in the culinary art process and different heating, be favorable to guaranteeing to treat the good steam cooking effect of culinary art material, and simultaneously, the application range of product has been enlarged, the use of cooking utensil 100 has been made things convenient for, cooking utensil 100's practicality has been improved. Further, the heating power corresponding to any cooking function command at least comprises a first heating power and a second heating power.

Specifically, in the process of cooking the materials to be cooked, the materials to be cooked are often heated to a certain temperature and then are heated continuously so as to be well cooked, so that the materials to be cooked are convenient for the user to eat; or in the process of cooking the material to be cooked by using steam, after cold water or normal temperature water is heated to generate steam, the material to be cooked is cooked by using the steam for eating, that is, the material to be cooked is heated by at least two stages, therefore, the heating power corresponding to any cooking function instruction at least comprises a first heating power and a second heating power, and after the processor 106 acquires the cooking function instruction, the heating device 102 is controlled to operate at the first heating power and the second heating power respectively according to the first heating power and the second heating power in the cooking function instruction, so that the sectional heating in the cooking process is realized, the cooking requirements of different materials to be cooked are met, the good steam cooking effect is favorably ensured, and the practicability of the cooking appliance 100 is further improved.

The purpose of the first heating power stage is to realize rapid steam generation, and particularly, because the cooking appliance is used with the isolator, the amount of the medium which can be contained in the first chamber formed by the isolator is also certain, and a small amount of medium in the first chamber is heated by the first heating power, so that the medium can be rapidly heated and boiled to generate steam, and the advantage of rapid steam generation is achieved. Simultaneously, the inside and outside difference in temperature of isolator is great for steam can transmit to whole cooking utensil's inside rapidly, is favorable to improving the homogeneity of heating, and then is favorable to improving good steam culinary art effect. In particular, the process may be run at maximum power to quickly generate steam, reducing cooking time. That is, the cooking appliance provided by the invention can adopt a multi-stage heating cooking mode. Further, the heating power corresponding to the cooking function command may be three, four or another number, and specifically, the heating power corresponding to the cooking function command may include the first heating power, the second heating power and the third heating power, or the first heating power, the second heating power, the third heating power, the fourth heating power and other powers. The quantity of the heating power that the culinary art function instruction corresponds is different, can satisfy the demand of waiting to cook the different culinary art functions of material, and is favorable to guaranteeing the good steam cooking quality of waiting to cook the material through the heating power of different quantity, has further improved cooking utensil 100's commonality.

Example two

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, in one embodiment of the present invention, a cooking appliance 100 includes: the heating device 102, the memory 104 and the processor 106, wherein on the basis of the first embodiment, the processor 106 executes a computer program to implement the steps of controlling the operation of the heating device 102 according to the heating power and the heating time length corresponding to the cooking function instruction, including: controlling the heating device 102 to operate at the first heating power for a first heating duration to perform a first heating phase; the heating device 102 is controlled to operate at the second heating power for a second heating period to perform a second heating phase.

In this embodiment, a specific control scheme for controlling the operation of the heating device 102 according to the heating power and the heating time length corresponding to the cooking function command is defined. The processor 106 controls the heating device 102 to heat in the first heating time period according to the corresponding first heating power in the cooking function instruction, controls the heating device 102 to heat in the second heating time period according to the second heating power, segmented cooking is realized, and accurate control of the processor 106 on the first heating power, the second heating power and the heating temperature in one cooking function instruction is realized, which is beneficial to ensuring good steam cooking effect, further facilitates the use of the cooking appliance 100, and improves the practicability of the cooking appliance 100.

Further, the number of second heating stages is at least one.

Specifically, the number of the second heating stages is one or more, and different numbers of the second heating stages can meet the requirements of different types and different cooking functions of materials to be cooked, so that the application range of the product is further expanded. When cooking some materials to be cooked that have special culinary art requirement, because the culinary art process is more complicated, the change of heating temperature and corresponding heating duration is more in the culinary art process, consequently, a plurality of second heating stages can satisfy the culinary art requirement of waiting to cook the material multistage heating, simultaneously, is favorable to making the culinary art after the culinary art to wait to cook the material and has had good quality, has improved cooking utensil 100's commonality and the convenience of use.

Further, based on the number of the second heating stages being multiple, the second heating powers of any two second heating stages are the same or different, and the second heating power of at least one second heating stage is smaller than the first heating power of the first heating stage.

Specifically, the cooking process of some materials to be cooked with special cooking requirements is met through the arrangement of the plurality of second heating stages, and the heating powers of the plurality of second heating stages can be the same or different according to the requirements of different materials to be cooked; meanwhile, the second heating power of at least one second heating stage is smaller than the first heating power of the first heating stage, so that the requirements of different heating powers of different heating stages are met, the cooking appliance 100 is used for heating the materials to be cooked in a segmented mode, the cooking requirements of different materials to be cooked are met, and the practicability of the cooking appliance 100 is improved. Specifically, taking steam cooking as an example, the first heating stage is: operating the heating device 102 at the first heating power for a first heating period can raise the heating temperature to a target temperature, such as a target temperature that can cause water to produce steam, and the second heating stage is: the material to be cooked is cooked with steam.

EXAMPLE III

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, based on the first or second embodiment, the step of executing the computer program by the processor 106 to implement controlling the heating device 102 to operate at the second heating power for the second duration to perform the second heating phase based on the second heating power being less than the first heating power includes: controlling the heating device 102 to operate at a second heating power for a second heating duration; or controlling the heating device 102 to operate at the second heating power at a first preset time interval, and recording a first accumulated heating time period for the heating device 102 to operate at the second heating power; and controlling the heating device 102 to stop running based on the first accumulated heating time period being equal to the second heating time period.

In this embodiment, in one aspect, after the cooking appliance 100 operates at the first heating power for the first heating period, the processor 106 controls the heating device 102 to perform the second heating stage at the second heating power, and controls the heating device 102 to continuously operate to complete the second heating period, so as to ensure the steam cooking effect of the material to be cooked. On the other hand, the processor 106 may control the heating device 102 to operate at a first preset time interval, the heating device 102 may operate at the same first preset time interval, or may operate at different first preset time intervals, and meanwhile, the processor 106 records a first accumulated time of heating at the second power, so as to ensure that the first accumulated time is equal to a second heating time required by cooking, thereby ensuring the steam cooking effect of the material to be cooked. Specifically, according to different requirements of different materials to be cooked, the cooking appliance 100 can continuously operate at the second heating power, and also can operate at the second heating power at the first preset time interval, so that different requirements of different materials to be cooked are met, and the universality of the cooking appliance 100 is further improved.

Specifically, for some special objects to be cooked, the temperature in the pot needs to be accurately maintained at a certain specific temperature, the processor 106 needs to control the heating device 102 to continuously operate at the second heating power, so as to ensure the stability of the temperature in the pot, thereby ensuring the steam cooking effect, for some objects to be cooked, the temperature in the pot only needs to be maintained in a certain temperature range, at this time, the processor 106 controls the heating device 102 to intermittently operate at the second heating power, the heating is suspended when the temperature is increased to the highest value of the required temperature range, the heating device 102 is started to continue heating when the temperature is decreased to the lowest value of the required temperature range, namely, the processor 106 controls the heating device 102 to intermittently operate, so that the steam cooking effect of the objects to be cooked can be ensured, and the energy consumption can be saved. Further, the heating power referred to in the present application is an average power, and does not refer to an instantaneous power at a certain time.

Further, the processor 106 is also configured to execute the computer program to implement: the number of second heating stages is determined according to the cooking function instructions. Specifically, processor 106 may obtain different cooking function instructions and determine the number of second heating stages according to the cooking function instructions, so as to meet cooking requirements of different materials to be cooked, thereby further improving the versatility of cooking appliance 100.

Further, the cooking instruction may be a fermentation cooking function instruction, and the number of the second heating stages is determined to be one according to the fermentation cooking function instruction; the cooking instruction can be a dough-standing cooking function instruction, and the number of the second heating stages is determined to be one according to the dough-standing cooking function instruction; the cooking instruction can be a steaming cooking function instruction, and the number of the second heating stages is determined to be three according to the steaming cooking function instruction; the cooking instruction may be a cake cooking function instruction, and the number of the second heating stages is determined to be two according to the cake cooking function instruction. It is understood that the cooking function instructions may also be other instructions, such as yogurt-making cooking function instructions, wine-brewing cooking function instructions, and the like.

Example four

As shown in fig. 1 and fig. 2, on the basis of any one of the first to third embodiments, further, the processor 106 is further configured to execute the computer program to implement: a first heating duration is determined based at least on the first heating power.

In this embodiment, the processor 106 may determine the first heating time period at least according to the first heating power of the heating device 102, where the first heating time period is a working time period during which the heating device 102 operates at the first heating power, so that the heating temperature can be flexibly controlled by matching the first heating time period with the first heating power, the accurate control of the cooking appliance 100 on the temperature during the cooking process can be further improved, and the steam cooking effect of the material to be cooked is ensured.

Specifically, the heating device 102 operates at the first heating power for the first heating time period to raise the heating temperature to the target temperature, and if the target temperature enables the water to generate steam, the first heating time period is accurately determined by the first heating power, so that the time for generating steam by the cooking appliance 100 can be accurately determined, and further, after the first heating time period is completed, the processor 106 controls the heating device 102 to operate at the second heating power to meet the requirements of different cooking functions. And the accurate determination of the duration of the first heating can further improve the accurate control of the cooking appliance 100 on the temperature in the cooking process, and further ensure the steam cooking effect of the material to be cooked.

Further, the controller may determine the first heating time period according to parameters other than the first heating power, for example, the first heating time period may be determined according to different types, different weights and the first heating power of the object to be cooked, so as to meet the special requirement of the specific object to be cooked; the first heating time duration can be determined according to the ambient temperature and the first heating power during cooking, and the heating effect of the heating device 102 may be different under the same first heating power in different environments, so that the controller can determine the first heating time duration according to different ambient temperatures, thereby meeting different cooking requirements of different materials to be cooked, and further improving the universality of the cooking appliance 100.

Further, the processor 106 executes a computer program to perform the step of determining a first heating duration based on at least the first heating power, comprising: acquiring parameters of the isolator 200; the first heating time period is determined according to the parameter of the isolator 200 and the first heating power.

Specifically, by obtaining the parameters of the isolator 200, the parameters of the isolator 200 are related to the water which is heated to generate steam, and the first heating time is determined according to the parameters of the isolator 200 and the first heating power, so that the control precision of the first heating time is improved, the cooking requirements of some special materials to be cooked are further met, and the universality of the cooking appliance 100 is improved.

Specifically, directly heat the water in the pan among the correlation technique and produce steam, it is little because of the difference in temperature in the pan, the heat is difficult to transmit the top of pan to lead to the inside temperature of pan uneven distribution from top to bottom, make in thermal transfer process, be close to near the culinary art material temperature of treating of heating device and promote sooner, keep away from near the culinary art material temperature of treating of heating device and promote more slowly, make and treat that the culinary art thing is heated inhomogeneously and influence steam cooking effect. And this application is through setting up isolator 200 in pan 108, isolator 200's configuration for cooking utensil 100 has the steam production fast, it is less influenced by environmental change, the heating is even, and the controllable characteristics of duration are just heated in first, consequently, processor 106 can be according to first heating power and isolator 200's relevant parameter in accurate definite first heating duration, it influences steam cooking effect to have avoided during first heating too short or overlength, further satisfied some special culinary art demands of waiting to cook the material, cooking utensil 100's commonality has been improved.

Specifically, the parameter of the isolator is at least one of: volume of the isolator, weight of the medium in the isolator, level of the medium in the isolator.

EXAMPLE five

As shown in fig. 2, on the basis of the fourth embodiment, the cooking appliance 100 further includes an input device 110, and the processor 106 is further configured to execute the computer program to implement: acquiring an input signal through the input device 110; determining a second heating time period according to the input signal; or determining the second heating period based on the input signal and the first heating period.

In this embodiment, the processor 106 determines the second heating duration by obtaining the input signal received by the input device 110, and controls the heating device 102 to heat at the second power after the first heating duration is over until the second heating duration is over. Due to the arrangement of the input device 110, the accurate control of the heating time of the cooking appliance 100 is realized, different cooking requirements of different materials to be cooked are further met, and the practicability of the cooking appliance 100 is improved.

Further, the processor 106 may also determine a second heating time period according to the acquired input signal and the first heating time period, and when some special objects to be cooked are cooked, the first heating time period often affects the determination of the second heating time period, so that the processor 106 needs to determine the second cooking time period according to the first heating time period and the acquired input signal, so as to further accurately control the cooking time of the cooking appliance 100, further meet different cooking requirements of different materials to be cooked, and improve the universality of the cooking appliance 100.

Further, the input signal comprises at least one of: the weight of the material to be cooked, the type of the material to be cooked, and the heating time.

Specifically, various factors in the cooking process can affect the final steam cooking effect, and therefore, when different materials to be cooked are cooked, the processor 106 needs to obtain different input signals according to different cooking function instructions to determine the heating time duration, wherein the input signals may be one of the weight of the materials to be cooked, the type of the materials to be cooked and the heating time duration, or two or more of the input signals may be obtained simultaneously to meet the requirements of some special cooking functions, further, the input signals may also be other parameters such as the volume of the pot 108 and the external ambient temperature of the pot 108, so that the processor 106 obtains different input signals to meet the cooking requirements of different cooking functions, and the universality of the cooking appliance 100 is further improved.

EXAMPLE six

As shown in fig. 2, on the basis of any one of the second to fifth embodiments, the cooking appliance 100 further includes a timing device 112 and a display device 114, and the processor 106 is further configured to execute the computer program to implement: based on the operation of the heating device 102, the timing device 112 records a second accumulated heating time period of the heating device 102; and determining the remaining cooking time period according to the first heating time period, the second heating time period and the second accumulated heating time period, and displaying the remaining cooking time period and the heating power of the heating device 102 during operation through the display device 114.

In this embodiment, the cooking appliance 100 further includes a timing device 112 and a display device 114, the timing device 112 records a second accumulated heating time period of the operation of the heating device 102, and the processor 106 determines a remaining cooking time period of the heating device 102 according to the first heating time period, the second heating time period and the second accumulated heating time period of the operation of the heating device 102 recorded by the timing device 112, and displays the remaining cooking time period on the display device 114, so that a user can intuitively obtain cooking time information, the use condition of the cooking appliance 100 is facilitated, and the practicability of the cooking appliance 100 is improved.

Further, the display device 114 can also display the heating power of the heating device 102 during heating in real time, which is further convenient for the user to obtain cooking information during cooking, and improves the practicability of the cooking appliance 100.

EXAMPLE seven

As shown in fig. 2, on the basis of the sixth embodiment, the cooking appliance 100 further comprises an alarm device 116, and the processor 106 is further configured to execute the computer program to implement: and controlling the alarm device 116 to work based on the cooking residual time length being zero.

In this embodiment, the processor 106 controls the alarm device 116 to operate when the remaining cooking time is zero by obtaining the remaining cooking time, so as to remind the user of the end of the cooking process, thereby further improving the practicability of the cooking appliance 100.

Further, the alarm device 116 may also operate at the end of the first heating period to alert the user that the first heating period is over and the second heating period is entered.

Further, the alarm device 116 may also operate when at least one second heating time period is over to remind the user that the current operating stage is over, and the user may adjust the cooking process according to the current cooking stage, for example, add seasonings or perform an operation corresponding to a next cooking function instruction, so as to further improve the convenience of the cooking appliance 100.

Example eight

As shown in fig. 3 to 7, on the basis of any one of the fifth to seventh embodiments, the isolator 200 further includes: a separator plate 208, the separator plate 208 defining a first chamber 202; and a guide cylinder 204 communicated with the first chamber 202 and configured to supply and discharge steam.

In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 5, 6, and 7, the isolator 200 includes an isolator plate 208 and a draft tube 204. The isolation plate 208 defines the first chamber 202, the medium inside the first chamber 202 generates steam after being heated, and the guide cylinder 204 can guide the steam inside the first chamber 202 to a designated area so as to heat the food to be cooked.

Specifically, the first chamber 202 and the second chamber 216 communicate through the medium passage 212. That is, when the cooking appliance is operated, the medium in the first chamber 202 is heated to generate high-temperature steam, and the medium in the second chamber 216 is replenished into the first chamber 202 through the medium passage 212 while the medium in the first chamber 202 is reduced, so as to ensure that the medium in the first chamber 202 can meet the use requirement of continuously generating high-temperature steam. Meanwhile, because two chambers, namely the first chamber 202 and the second chamber 216, are formed in the pot, the heating device can heat the first chamber 202 independently, and the boiling of the medium in the first chamber 202 cannot be influenced by the medium amount in the second chamber 216. That is, the amount of the medium to be heated is relatively stable. Therefore, the purpose of quickly generating high-temperature steam can be realized.

Further, one end of the guide shell 204 has a port, and the isolation plate 208 extends from the edge of the port to the outside of the guide shell 204.

Specifically, by reasonably limiting the assembly structure of the guide shell 204 and the partition plate 208, one end of the guide shell 204 is provided with a port, the partition plate 208 extends from the edge of the port to the outer side of the guide shell 204, and the structural arrangement can ensure the height dimension of the isolator 200, so that even if the liquid level of the medium in the outer area of the isolator 200 is high, the situation that the steam outlet 206 is submerged by the medium in the first chamber 202 can not occur, and meanwhile, the cross-sectional area of the first chamber 202 can be ensured, so that the effective action area of the heating device is increased, and the steam generation speed is increased.

Further, the isolator 200 further comprises a cavity 210, and a portion of the cavity 210 cooperates with the pot to define a first chamber 202; in addition, a part of the cavity 210 is configured as the isolation plate 208, and the isolation plate 208 can press the medium in the first cavity 202 into a medium layer, so that the contact area between the medium and the heating device is increased under the condition that the medium quantity is ensured to be constant, high-temperature steam can be generated rapidly, and energy loss is avoided; the guide shell 204 is formed in another part of the cavity 210, and the guide shell 204 defines a flow path of the generated high-temperature steam, and has a convergence effect on the steam, so that the steam can be concentrated in a region to be cooked, and the cooking efficiency of a product using the isolator 200 can be improved, and the energy loss can be avoided.

Further, the isolator 200 further includes: a steam outlet 206 formed on the guide shell 204 for discharging steam from the first chamber 202; a media channel 212 formed on the separator plate 208, the media channel 212 configured to allow media to enter the first chamber 202.

Specifically, the guide shell 204 is formed with a steam outlet 206 for discharging steam from the first chamber 202; the partition plate 208 is formed with a medium passage 212, and the medium can flow into the first chamber 202 through the medium passage 212, thereby heating the medium in the first chamber 202 to boil and allowing the generated steam to flow out through the steam outlet 206.

That is, the separator 200 covers the medium, so that the medium is collected in the first chamber 202, and since the space in the first chamber 202 is fixed, the amount of the medium in the first chamber is limited, and the amount of the medium to be heated is less affected by the amount of the medium and the temperature of the medium in the area outside the separator 200, so that when the container of the separator 200 is used for heating, most of heat is absorbed by the medium in the first chamber 202 of the separator 200, and the medium outside the separator 200 can only absorb little heat due to the action of the separator 200, so that the time for the medium to boil from normal temperature and generate relatively stable steam can be greatly shortened by heating the medium in the first chamber 202, and the temperature rise of the medium outside the separator 200 is very small, so that the purpose of quickly generating high-temperature steam can be achieved, and energy loss is avoided.

Further, the edge of the partition plate 208 is provided with a support rib 214, and the support rib 214 is formed with a communication notch and/or a communication hole, which forms at least part of the medium passage 212.

Specifically, by providing the support rib 214 at the edge of the partition plate 208, the cavity 210 is supported by the support rib 214, for example, when the separator 200 is placed in a container, the cavity 210 is separated from the inner wall of the container by the support rib 214, and since the support rib 214 is formed with a communication gap and/or a communication hole, the medium can enter the medium channel 212 through the communication gap and/or the communication hole. The support ribs 214 provide structural support for subsequent media entering the media channel 212 through the communication gaps and/or communication holes, and provide the necessary spatial support for stable and smooth media flow.

The cooking appliance further comprises a container. Wherein the separator 200 is located in the container, the separator 200 partitions the inner space of the container into a first chamber 202 and a second chamber 216, and the first chamber 202 and the second chamber 216 are communicated through a medium passage. That is, when the cooking appliance is operated, the medium in the first chamber 202 is heated to generate high-temperature steam, and the medium in the second chamber 216 is replenished into the first chamber 202 through the medium passage while the amount of the medium in the first chamber 202 is reduced, so as to ensure that the amount of the medium in the first chamber 202 can meet the use requirement of continuously generating high-temperature steam. Meanwhile, because the two chambers of the first chamber 202 and the second chamber 216 are formed in the container, the heating device 102 can heat the first chamber 202 independently, and the boiling of the medium in the first chamber 202 is not influenced by the medium amount in the second chamber 216. That is, the amount of the medium to be heated is relatively stable. Therefore, the purpose of quickly generating high-temperature steam can be realized.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 3 and 4, the container is a pot 108, an isolator 200 is disposed in the pot 108, the heating device 102 heats at least a position in the pot 108 where the isolator 200 is disposed, so that water in the pot 108 is isolated by the isolator 200, a smaller amount of water is heated between the bottom of the cavity of the pot 108 and the isolator 200, the temperature rises and boils quickly, and steam is generated, which has the advantage of fast steam generation speed, meanwhile, the temperature difference in the isolator 200 is large, so that steam can be rapidly transmitted to the whole pot 108, which is beneficial to improving the uniformity of heating, and further beneficial to improving good steam cooking effect.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 3 and 4, a first chamber is defined between a part of the inner surface of the pot 108 and the separator 200, the steam passage of the separator 200 is communicated with the first chamber and exhausts air along the steam passage, so as to cook the material to be cooked placed on the material containing member (such as a steaming sheet or a steamer), and a second chamber is defined between another part of the inner surface of the pot 108 and the separator 200. The isolator 200 is provided with a first chamber 202, a guide shell 204 and a partition plate 208, wherein a steam channel is defined in the hollow interior of the guide shell 204, a steam exhaust port 206 is arranged on the guide shell 204, the steam channel is communicated with the first chamber 202 to exhaust the first chamber 202, the partition plate 208 is connected with the guide shell 204, and the partition plate 208 defines at least one part of the first chamber 202. During cooking, the isolator 200 is located in the pot 108, specifically, the pot 108 has a bottom wall, when the isolator 200 is located in the pot 108, the isolator 200 covers the bottom wall of the pot 108, the bottom of the isolator 200 contacts with the bottom wall of the pot 108, and the projection of the isolator 200 on the bottom wall is located in the edge of the bottom wall, that is, a part of the bottom wall of the pot 108 forms a part of the wall surface of the first chamber 202, that is, at least a part of the first chamber is the first chamber 202 of the isolator 200, and the outer surface of the isolator 200, another part of the bottom wall of the pot 108 and the side wall of the pot 108 define a second chamber. When the pot 108 is heated, most of the heat is absorbed by the medium in the isolator 200, and the medium in the second chamber outside the isolator 200 can only absorb little heat due to the action of the isolator 200, so that the time of the medium from normal temperature to boiling and generating relatively stable steam can be greatly shortened by heating the medium in the isolator 200, and the temperature rise of the medium in the second chamber outside the isolator 200 is very small, so that the purpose of quickly generating high-temperature steam can be realized, and the energy loss is avoided.

Further, the medium flowing into the first chamber 202 can be pressed into a medium film by the isolation plate 208, so that the contact area between the medium and the heating element is increased under the condition that the medium quality is ensured to be certain, and further high-temperature steam can be generated rapidly, the loss of energy is avoided, and the generation efficiency of the high-temperature steam can be further improved. Specifically, the pot 108 includes a pot body formed with a cooking cavity and an upper cover, and a food steamer or steaming sheet is disposed in the pot body.

Example nine

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a method for controlling a cooking appliance is provided, and fig. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a method for controlling a cooking appliance according to a first embodiment of the present invention, wherein the cooking appliance includes a heating device, and the method for controlling a cooking appliance includes:

step S102: acquiring a cooking function instruction;

step S104: and controlling the heating device to work according to the heating power and the heating time corresponding to the cooking function instruction.

According to the control method of the cooking appliance, the cooking function instruction is obtained, and the heating device is controlled to work according to the heating power and the heating time corresponding to the cooking function instruction, so that the requirements of different cooking functions can be met, the materials to be cooked have good quality after being cooked by the different cooking functions, and the application range of products is further expanded.

Furthermore, in the cooking process, different materials to be cooked can obtain different foods after being cooked by different cooking function instructions so as to meet different requirements of users, and the current cooking appliance has a single cooking function, so that the requirements of special materials to be cooked or special cooking functions, such as functions of dough leavening, dough waking and the like, can not be met, and the application range is limited. And this application is through obtaining the long controlling heating device work of heating power and heating that the culinary art function instruction corresponds, can satisfy special culinary art material, special culinary art function's demand, and the culinary art function instruction is at least one, the culinary art function instruction of different quantity can satisfy the different demands of treating the culinary art material culinary art different food, and can satisfy the demand of the comparatively complicated culinary art function of culinary art process, the application range of product has been enlarged, cooking utensil's use has been made things convenient for, cooking utensil's practicality has been improved.

Specifically, taking cooked wheaten food in daily life as an example, such as steamed bread, the cooking function instruction at least comprises a fermentation cooking function instruction, a dough standing cooking function instruction and a steaming cooking function instruction. According to the cooking appliance, the fermentation cooking function instruction is obtained, the heating device is controlled to work according to the heating power and the heating time corresponding to the fermentation cooking function instruction to cook the dough, and the fermentation process of the dough can be completed; after dough fermentation is finished, a dough standing cooking function instruction is obtained, and the heating device is controlled to work according to the heating power and the heating duration corresponding to the dough standing cooking function instruction, so that dough after fermentation is cooked, and dough standing can be finished; after the dough is awakened and is accomplished, through obtaining the cooking function instruction of steaming, control heating device work when heating power and the heating according to the cooking function instruction of steaming corresponds, can steam the dough of awakening the completion, accomplish the process of steaming of whole steamed bun, and then realized the accurate control when different cooking function instruction different heating power of culinary art in the culinary art process and different heating, be favorable to guaranteeing to treat the good steam cooking effect of culinary art material, and simultaneously, the application range of product has been enlarged, the use of cooking utensil has been made things convenient for, cooking utensil's practicality has been improved.

Further, the heating power corresponding to any cooking function command at least comprises a first heating power and a second heating power.

Specifically, in the process of cooking the materials to be cooked, the materials to be cooked are often heated to a certain temperature and then are heated continuously so as to be well cooked, so that the materials to be cooked are convenient for the user to eat; or in the process of cooking the materials to be cooked by using steam, after cold water or normal-temperature water is heated to generate steam, the materials to be cooked are cooked by using the steam for eating, that is, the materials to be cooked are heated by at least two stages, therefore, the heating power corresponding to any cooking function instruction at least comprises first heating power and second heating power, after the cooking function instruction is obtained, the heating device is controlled to operate by the first heating power and the second heating power respectively according to the first heating power and the second heating power in the cooking function instruction, so that the sectional heating in the cooking process is realized, the cooking requirements of different materials to be cooked are met, the good steam cooking effect is favorably ensured, and the practicability of a cooking appliance is further improved.

Further, the heating power corresponding to the cooking function command may be three, four or another number, and specifically, the heating power corresponding to the cooking function command may include the first heating power, the second heating power and the third heating power, or the first heating power, the second heating power, the third heating power, the fourth heating power and other powers. The quantity of the heating power that the culinary art function instruction corresponds is different, can satisfy the demand of treating the different culinary art functions of culinary art material, and is favorable to guaranteeing the good steam cooking quality of the material of treating culinary art through the heating power of different quantity, has further improved cooking utensil's commonality.

Example ten

Fig. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a method for controlling a cooking appliance according to a second embodiment of the present invention, wherein the method for controlling a cooking appliance includes:

step S202: acquiring a cooking function instruction;

step S204: controlling the heating device to operate at a first heating power for a first heating time period so as to carry out a first heating stage;

step S206: and controlling the heating device to operate at the second heating power for a second heating time period so as to perform a second heating stage.

In this embodiment, a specific control scheme for controlling the operation of the heating device according to the heating power and the heating time length corresponding to the cooking function instruction is defined. According to the cooking function instruction, the heating device is controlled to heat in the first heating time period according to the corresponding first heating power, the heating device is controlled to heat in the second heating time period according to the second heating power, segmented cooking is realized, accurate control over the first heating power, the second heating power and the heating temperature is realized in one cooking function instruction, good steam cooking effect is guaranteed, the use of a cooking appliance is further facilitated, and the practicability of the cooking appliance is improved.

Further, the number of second heating stages is at least one.

Specifically, the number of the second heating stages is one or more, and different numbers of the second heating stages can meet the requirements of different types and different cooking functions of materials to be cooked, so that the application range of the product is further expanded. When cooking some materials of waiting to cook that have special culinary art requirement, because the culinary art process is more complicated, the change of heating temperature and corresponding heating duration is more in the culinary art process, consequently, a plurality of second heating stages can satisfy the culinary art requirement of waiting to cook the material multistage heating, simultaneously, are favorable to making the culinary art after the culinary art to wait to cook the material and have good quality, have improved cooking utensil's commonality and convenience of use.

Specifically, the arrangement of the plurality of second heating stages meets the cooking process of some materials to be cooked with special cooking requirements, and the heating powers of the plurality of second heating stages can be the same or different according to the requirements of different materials to be cooked; simultaneously, the second heating power through setting up at least one second heating stage is less than the first heating power in first heating stage to satisfied the demand of the different heating power in different heating stages, realized cooking utensil and treated the segmentation heating of culinary art material, in order to satisfy the different culinary art demands of treating the culinary art material, improved cooking utensil's practicality.

Specifically, taking steam cooking as an example, the first heating stage is: the heating device is operated at the first heating power for a first heating time period to enable the heating temperature to rise to a target temperature, if the target temperature enables the water to generate steam, the second heating stage is as follows: the material to be cooked is cooked with steam.

Further, on the basis that the second heating power is smaller than the first heating power, the heating device is controlled to operate at the second heating power for a second time period to perform a second heating stage, which specifically includes: controlling the heating device to continuously operate at a second heating power for a second heating time period; or controlling the heating device to operate at the second heating power at a first preset time interval, and recording a first accumulated heating time of the heating device operating at the second heating power; and controlling the heating device to stop running based on the first accumulated heating time length being equal to the second heating time length.

Specifically, after the cooking appliance operates at the first heating power for the first heating time period, on one hand, the heating device is controlled to perform the second heating stage at the second heating power, and the heating device is controlled to continuously work to complete the second heating time period, so that the steam cooking effect of the material to be cooked is ensured. On the other hand, the heating device can be controlled to operate at intervals of a first preset time length, the heating device can operate at intervals of the same first preset time length and also operate at intervals of different first preset time lengths, meanwhile, the first accumulated time length heated at the second power is recorded, the first accumulated time length is equal to the second heating time length required by cooking, and therefore the steam cooking effect of the object to be cooked is guaranteed.

Specifically, according to different requirements of different materials to be cooked, the cooking appliance can continuously operate at the second heating power and also can operate at the second heating power at the first preset time interval, so that different requirements of different materials to be cooked are met, and the universality of the cooking appliance is further improved.

Specifically, to some special articles of cooking of treating, need the temperature with in the pan of accurate to keep at a certain specific temperature, need control heating device with second heating power continuous operation, thereby guarantee the stability of pan internal temperature, thereby guarantee steam culinary art effect, to some articles of cooking of treating, only need with the temperature in the pan maintain in certain temperature range can, this moment, control heating device is with the operation of second heating power intermittent type, the heating of suspending when the temperature rises to required temperature range highest value, open heating device when the temperature falls to required temperature range lowest value and continue to heat, control heating device intermittent type moves promptly, can guarantee the steam culinary art effect of the article of cooking, be favorable to practicing thrift the energy consumption. Further, the heating power referred to in the present application is an average power, and does not refer to an instantaneous power at a certain time.

In the above embodiment, further, the method further includes: the number of second heating stages is determined according to the cooking function instructions.

In this embodiment, different cooking function instructions may be obtained, and the number of second heating stages is determined according to the cooking function instructions, so as to meet cooking requirements of different materials to be cooked, and further improve the versatility of the cooking appliance.

Specifically, the cooking function instruction may be a fermentation cooking function instruction, and the number of the second heating stages is determined to be one according to the fermentation cooking function instruction; the cooking instruction can be a dough-standing cooking function instruction, and the number of the second heating stages is determined to be one according to the dough-standing cooking function instruction; the cooking instruction can be a steaming cooking function instruction, and the number of the second heating stages is determined to be three according to the steaming cooking function instruction; the cooking instruction may be a cake cooking function instruction, and the number of the second heating stages is determined to be two according to the cake cooking function instruction. It is understood that the cooking function instructions may also be other instructions, such as yogurt-making cooking function instructions, wine-brewing cooking function instructions, and the like.

EXAMPLE eleven

On the basis of the tenth embodiment, the method for controlling a cooking appliance further includes: a first heating duration is determined based at least on the first heating power.

In this embodiment, the first heating duration may be determined at least according to the first heating power of the heating device, and the first heating duration is the operating duration in which the heating device operates at the first heating power, so that the heating temperature can be flexibly controlled by matching the first heating duration with the first heating power, the accurate control of the cooking appliance on the temperature in the cooking process can be further improved, and the steam cooking effect of the object to be cooked is ensured.

Specifically, the heating device can enable the heating temperature to rise to the target temperature when operating the first heating time with the first heating power, if the target temperature enables water to generate steam, the first heating time is accurately determined through the first heating power, the time for generating steam by the cooking appliance can be accurately judged, and then the heating device is controlled to operate with the second heating power after the first heating time is completed, so that the requirements of different cooking functions are met. And the accurate of length is confirmed during first heating, can further improve cooking utensil at the accurate control of culinary art in-process to the temperature, has further guaranteed the steam cooking effect of waiting to cook the material.

Further, the controller may determine the first heating time period according to parameters other than the first heating power, for example, the first heating time period may be determined according to different types, different weights and the first heating power of the object to be cooked, so as to meet the special requirement of the specific object to be cooked; the first heating time can be determined according to the ambient temperature and the first heating power during cooking, and the heating effect of the heating device is possibly different under the same first heating power in different environments, so that the first heating time can be determined by the controller according to different ambient temperatures, different cooking requirements of different materials to be cooked are met, and the universality of the cooking appliance is further improved.

Further, the step of determining the first heating duration at least according to the first heating power specifically includes: acquiring parameters of an isolator of a cooking appliance; the first heating duration is determined based on the parameter of the isolator and the first heating power.

In this embodiment, cooking utensil includes pan and isolator, set up the isolator in the pan, heating device is at least to the position heating of arranging the isolator in the pan, make to utilize the isolator to keep apart the water in the pan, less water is heated between the chamber end that makes the pan and the isolator, rapid heating up and boiling produce steam, have the fast advantage of steam production, and simultaneously, the difference in temperature in the isolator is great, make steam can transmit to whole pan rapidly, be favorable to improving the homogeneity of heating, and then be favorable to improving good steam cooking effect.

Through the parameter that obtains the isolator, the parameter of isolator is relevant with the water that the heating produced steam, and it is long when confirming first heating according to the parameter and the first heating power of isolator, is favorable to improving the control accuracy of length when first heating, has further satisfied the culinary art demand of some special materials of waiting to cook, has improved cooking utensil's commonality. Specifically, the parameter of the isolator is at least one of: volume of the isolator, weight of the medium in the isolator, level of the medium in the isolator.

Further, the control method of the cooking appliance further comprises: acquiring an input signal; determining a second heating time period according to the input signal; or determining the second heating period based on the input signal and the first heating period.

In the embodiment, the second heating time period is determined by acquiring the input signal received by the input device, and the heating device is controlled to heat at the second power until the second heating time period is finished after the first heating time period is finished. The accurate control of the heating time of the cooking appliance is realized, different cooking requirements of different materials to be cooked are further met, and the universality of the cooking appliance is improved.

Furthermore, the second heating time duration can be determined according to the acquired input signal and the first heating time duration, and when some special objects to be cooked are cooked, the first heating time duration often influences the determination of the second heating time duration, so that the second cooking time duration needs to be determined according to the first heating time duration and the acquired input signal, the cooking time of the cooking appliance is further accurately controlled, different cooking requirements of different materials to be cooked are further met, and the universality of the cooking appliance is improved.

Further, the input signal comprises at least one of: the weight of the material to be cooked, the type of the material to be cooked, the cooking duration.

Specifically, many-sided factors in the culinary art in-process all can influence final steam cooking effect, therefore, when the different material of waiting to cook of culinary art, need obtain different input signal according to different cooking function instruction and confirm when heating, wherein, input signal can be for waiting to cook the weight of material, the kind of the material of waiting to cook, it is long among the time to heat, also can obtain two or more of them simultaneously and satisfy some special cooking function's demand, furtherly, input signal still can be for the volume of pan, other parameters such as the outside ambient temperature of pan, thereby make and obtain different input signal in order to satisfy different cooking function's culinary art demand, cooking utensil's commonality has further been improved.

Further, the control method of the cooking appliance further comprises: recording a second accumulated heating time of the heating device based on the operation of the heating device; determining the remaining cooking time according to the first heating time, the second heating time and the second accumulated heating time; displaying the remaining cooking time and the heating power when the heating device is operated.

Specifically, the cooking utensil further comprises a timing device and a display device, the timing device records the second accumulated heating time of the operation of the heating device, the time of the second heating time and the second accumulated heating time of the operation of the heating device recorded by the timing device are determined according to the first heating time, the second heating time and the second accumulated heating time, and the remaining cooking time of the heating device is determined and displayed on the display device, so that a user can visually acquire cooking time information, the use condition of the cooking utensil is facilitated, and the practicability of the cooking utensil is improved.

Specifically, the remaining cooking time is the difference between the first heating time and the second cumulative heating time after the first heating time and the second heating time are summed. Specifically, the display device may display the operating state of the cooking appliance through symbols, codes, numbers, letters, and the like.

Further, the control method of the cooking appliance further comprises: and sending a reminding signal based on the fact that the cooking residual time is zero.

In the embodiment, the remaining cooking time is acquired, and when the remaining cooking time is zero, the alarm device is controlled to work so as to remind a user of finishing the cooking process, and the practicability of the cooking appliance is further improved.

Further, the alarm device can work when the first heating time period is finished so as to remind a user that the first heating time period is finished and the second heating time period is started.

Furthermore, the alarm device can work when at least one second heating time length is finished so as to remind a user that the current working stage is finished, and the user can adjust the cooking process according to the current cooking stage, for example, seasoning is added, and the use convenience of the cooking appliance is further improved.

Example twelve

Specifically, cooking utensil includes heating device, pan, isolator and input device, and the culinary art function instruction includes fermentation cooking function instruction, waking up face cooking function instruction and evaporates system cooking function instruction.

As shown in fig. 10, a flowchart of a method for controlling a cooking appliance according to a third embodiment of the present invention, taking a cooking function command as an example of a fermentation cooking function command, includes:

step S302: acquiring an input signal and acquiring a fermentation cooking function instruction;

step S304: controlling the heating device to operate at a first heating power for a first heating time period so as to carry out a first heating stage;

step S306: and controlling the heating device to operate at a second heating power for a second heating time period so as to perform a second heating stage, wherein the first heating power is greater than the second heating power.

In this embodiment, the cooking appliance obtains an input signal and obtains a fermentation cooking function instruction, the input signal is input by a user through an input device before the fermentation cooking function instruction is triggered, the input signal includes a time signal and a weight parameter of a material to be cooked, specifically, the time signal is a total cooking time period or a second heating time period, and the weight parameter of the material to be cooked is a weight of dough. Specifically, the input signal may be acquired before the fermentation cooking function instruction is acquired, or after the fermentation cooking function instruction is acquired, or the fermentation cooking function instruction and the input signal may be acquired simultaneously. And then the cooking appliance controls the heating device to operate for a first heating time period according to a first heating power corresponding to the fermentation cooking function instruction so as to perform a first heating stage, and then controls the heating device to operate for a second heating time period at a second heating power so as to perform a second heating stage, so that the whole fermentation process of the dough is completed, wherein the first heating power is greater than the second heating power. The first heating stage can heat the water in the first chamber in the isolator rapidly to produce steam, and then reduces the waiting time of the material to be cooked, and the second heating stage is the process of fermenting the dough. Wherein the first heating time period may be calculated based on the first heating power and the volume of water in the separator. The second heating time period is the difference value between the input total cooking time period and the first heating time period, or the input second heating time period.

Specifically, the first heating power is 500 to 3000 watts, the second heating power is 20 to 1000 watts, the first heating time period is 2 seconds to 2 minutes, and the second heating time period is 5 minutes to 12 hours. Wherein the second heating time period may be directly input by the input device.

EXAMPLE thirteen

Specifically, the cooking appliance includes a heating device, a pot, an isolator, and an input device. Wherein, the cooking function instruction includes fermentation cooking function instruction, waking up face culinary art function instruction and steaming cooking function instruction. As shown in fig. 11, a flowchart of a method for controlling a cooking appliance according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention, taking a cooking function command as an example of a wakeup cooking function command, includes:

step S402: acquiring an input signal and acquiring a waking-up cooking function instruction;

step S404: controlling the heating device to operate at a first heating power for a first heating time period so as to carry out a first heating stage;

step S406: and controlling the heating device to operate at a second heating power for a second heating time period so as to perform a second heating stage, wherein the first heating power is greater than the second heating power.

In this embodiment, the cooking appliance obtains the dough-cooking function instruction, and obtains an input signal, the input signal is input by a user through an input device before triggering the dough-cooking function instruction, the input signal includes a time signal and a weight parameter of a material to be cooked, specifically, the time signal is a total cooking time or a second heating time, the weight parameter of the material to be cooked is a weight of dough, and specifically, the input signal may be obtained before obtaining the dough-cooking function instruction, or after obtaining the dough-cooking function instruction, or both the dough-cooking function instruction and the input signal. And then the cooking appliance controls the heating device to operate for a first heating time period according to a first heating power corresponding to the dough standing cooking function instruction so as to perform a first heating stage, and then controls the heating device to operate for a second heating time period with a second heating power so as to perform a second heating stage, so that the whole fermentation process of the dough is completed, wherein the first heating power is greater than the second heating power. The water in the first chamber can be heated in order to produce steam in the isolator rapidly in the first heating stage, and then reduces the time that waits to cook of the material of waiting to cook, and the second heating stage is for the process of waking up the face to the dough. Wherein the first heating time period may be calculated based on the first heating power and the volume of water in the separator. The second heating time period is the difference value between the input total cooking time period and the input first heating time period, or the input second heating time period.

Example fourteen

Specifically, cooking utensil includes heating device, pan, isolator and input device, and the culinary art function instruction includes fermentation cooking function instruction, waking up face cooking function instruction and evaporates system cooking function instruction. As shown in fig. 12, which is a schematic flow chart of a method for controlling a cooking appliance according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention, taking a cooking function command as a steaming cooking function command as an example, the method for controlling a cooking appliance includes:

step S502: acquiring an input signal and acquiring a steaming cooking function instruction;

step S504: controlling the heating device to operate at a first heating power for a first heating time period so as to carry out a first heating stage;

step S506: controlling the heating device to operate at a second heating power for a second heating time period A to perform a second heating stage, wherein the first heating power is greater than the second heating power;

step S508: controlling the heating device to operate at a third heating power for a second heating time length B to perform another second heating stage, wherein the third heating power is greater than the second heating power;

step S510: and controlling the heating device to operate at a fourth heating power for C second heating time period to perform another second heating stage, wherein the third heating power is greater than the fourth heating power.

In this embodiment, the cooking appliance obtains the steaming cooking function command and obtains an input signal, the input signal is input by a user through an input device before triggering the steaming cooking function command, the input signal includes a time signal, specifically, the time signal is a total cooking time length, specifically, the obtained input signal may be before obtaining the steaming cooking function command, or after obtaining the steaming cooking function command, or may obtain the steaming cooking function command and the input signal at the same time. Then cooking utensil is according to the first heating power control heating device operation first heating duration that the culinary art function instruction of steaming corresponds to carry out first heating stage, the water in the first cavity in the isolator can be heated in order to produce steam rapidly in the first heating stage, and the solid line produces steam fast, and then reduces the time of waiting for the culinary art material to cook, shortens whole steaming time. And then, controlling the heating device to operate at a second heating power for a second heating time period A to perform a second heating stage, wherein the first heating power is greater than the second heating power, the purpose of the second heating stage is to reduce the heating power of the heating device to the medium heating power for heating, and performing short-time medium fire steaming on the to-be-cooked object in the pot, and then controlling the heating device to operate at a third heating power for a second heating time period B to perform another second heating stage, wherein the third heating power is greater than the second heating power, and the purpose of the stage of heating is to rapidly heat by using a large fire, so that the to-be-cooked object in the pot is well cooked, and carbon dioxide in the wheaten food is expanded to the maximum extent, so that the noodle body is fluffy as much as possible. And then, controlling the heating device to operate at a fourth heating power for C second heating time period to perform another second heating stage, wherein the third heating power is greater than the fourth heating power, the heating device is enabled to reduce the heating power in the stage, the heating is maintained by small fire, the wheaten food in the pot is gradually cooled, and after the time period is over, a user can conveniently and directly uncover the pot cover to take out the wheaten food.

Specifically, the first heating power is 500 to 3000 watts, the second heating power is 20 to 1500 watts, the third heating power is 500 to 3000 watts, and the fourth heating power is 20 to 500 watts; the first heating time period is 2 seconds to 2 minutes, the second heating time period A is 1 minute to 10 minutes, the second heating time period B is 1 minute to 30 minutes, and the second heating time period C is 1 minute to 10 minutes. Specifically, the a second heating time period, the B second heating time period, and the C second heating time period may also be input through the input device.

Example fifteen

In particular, the cooking appliance further comprises a stove on which the heating device is integrated, i.e. the cooking appliance comprises an induction cooker, a pot, a steamer or a steaming sheet, etc. In particular, the cooking appliance further comprises a stove on which the heating device is integrated, i.e. the cooking appliance comprises an induction cooker, a pot, a steamer or a steaming sheet, etc.

The preparation of cooked wheaten food generally comprises the steps of dough kneading, dough leavening (fermentation), preparation forming (dough leavening), steaming, pan discharging and the like; during fermentation, dough is required to be placed in an environment with proper temperature, fermentation is required for proper time, and after the dough is made and formed, the dough is required to be heated and then put into a food steamer for steaming; after steaming, the fire cannot be directly turned off to open the cover, otherwise the steamed and fluffy wheaten food becomes collapsed; therefore, the whole process of producing the pasta is complicated from the above-mentioned production steps, and is not easy to grasp especially by inexperienced novices.

As shown in fig. 13, a flowchart of a method for controlling a cooking device according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention is shown, where steaming wheaten food is taken as an example, a cooking function command includes a fermentation cooking function command, a dough-standing cooking function command, and a steaming cooking function command, and the method for controlling the cooking device includes:

step S602: acquiring an input signal and acquiring a fermentation cooking function instruction;

step S604: controlling the heating device to operate at P11T 11;

step S606: controlling the heating device to operate at P12 for a time period of T12, wherein P11 > P12;

step S608: acquiring a waking-up cooking function instruction;

step S610: controlling the heating device to operate at P21T 21;

step S612: controlling the heating device to operate at P22T 22, wherein P21 > P22;

step S614: acquiring a steaming cooking function instruction;

step S616: controlling the heating device to operate at P31T 31;

step S618: controlling the heating device to operate at P32T 32, wherein P31 > P32;

step S620: controlling the heating device to operate at P33T 33, wherein P33 > P32;

step S622: the heating device was controlled to run T34 at P34, where P33 > P34.

In the embodiment, firstly, a user sets the fermentation time, the dough standing time, the steaming time and the dough weight of the dough, starts a fermentation cooking function instruction, the cooking appliance controls the heating device to operate for a time period of T11 according to the first heating power P11 corresponding to the fermentation cooking function instruction, so as to rapidly heat the water in the isolator, reduce the waiting process of the object to be cooked, enable the cooking appliance to rapidly generate steam, then, the heating device is controlled to operate for T12 time period by the second heating power P12 corresponding to the fermentation function instruction, wherein, P11 is more than P12, so that the dough completes the fermentation process of the dough by using lower temperature, wherein, T12 is the time signal input by the input device, specifically, the power range of P11 is 500W to 3000W, the power range of T11 is 2 s to 2 min, the power range of P12 is 20W to 1000W, and the power range of T12 is 5 min to 12 h.

Then, the cooking appliance acquires a dough standing cooking function instruction, the cooking appliance controls the heating device to continuously operate for T21 time according to first heating power P21 corresponding to the dough standing cooking function instruction, so that water in the isolator can quickly generate steam, then, the heating power is reduced, the heating device is controlled to operate for T22 at second heating power P22 corresponding to the dough standing cooking function instruction, P21 is more than P12, so that dough stands at a lower temperature to finish a dough standing process, specifically, the power range of P21 is 500-3000 watts, and the power range of T21 is 2 seconds-2 minutes; p22 ranged from 20 watts to 1000 watts, and T22 ranged from 5 minutes to 12 hours.

After the time T22 is over, the cooking appliance obtains a steaming and cooking function instruction, the heating device starts to heat the dough according to the power P31 of a first stage corresponding to the steaming and cooking function instruction, the power range of P31 is 500-3000W, the heating time is T31, the range of T31 is 2 seconds-2 minutes, the stage can rapidly heat the water in the isolator, rapidly generate steam, and shorten the whole steaming time; controlling the heating device to start heating the dough at power P32 after T31 time is over, wherein the power of P32 ranges from 20 watts to 1500 watts, the heating time is T32, and the T32 ranges from 1 minute to 10 minutes, so that the dough is heated by medium fire; controlling a heating device to start heating the dough with power P33 after the T32 time is over, wherein the power range of P33 is 500-3000W, P33 is more than P32, the heating time is T33, and the range of T33 is 1-30 min, so that the dough can be quickly heated with big fire, the cooked objects in a cooker are well cooked, carbon dioxide in the cooked wheaten food is expanded to the maximum extent, the dough is fluffy as much as possible, and the good mouthfeel of the steamed wheaten food is guaranteed; controlling a heating device to start heating the dough by power P34 after the T33 time is over, wherein the power range of P34 is 20-500W, P33 is more than P34, the heating time is T34, and the range of T34 is 1-10 minutes, at the stage, the heating power is reduced, and the small fire is maintained, so that the cooked wheaten food in the pot is gradually cooled; after the T34 time is over, the user can take out the cooked wheaten food by directly uncovering the pot cover.

Further, after the time T12, the time T22 and the time T34 are finished, the alarm device is controlled to work, an alarm is given out, and the user is reminded of finishing the corresponding fermentation cooking, dough standing cooking and steaming cooking processes.

Further, the switching process of the different heating powers does not necessarily need to be changed rapidly in two states, and may be a gradual change and switching process. The heating power is an average power, and does not mean an instantaneous power at a certain moment; in particular, the heating mode may be a continuous heating mode or an intermittent heating mode for the smaller heating power in the above process.

Specifically, in the description of the control method, only the links affected by the key related to the implementation of the function are described, and in the control process, if other processes unrelated to the implementation of the function are added, the control method is still considered to be within the protection scope of the present invention. In the description of the above control method, the sequence of time may be adjusted in some processes, but as long as the function of the present invention is not affected, the present invention is still considered to be within the protection scope of the present invention; in the description of the control method, some parts are described as examples, so that the control method is described more intuitively in a specific implementation form, and other implementation cases consistent with the description of the control scheme of the invention are still considered to be within the protection scope of the invention.

This application utilizes the characteristics that the isolator can produce steam in relatively fixed time, heating power and time through to heating device control, and utilize steam to realize the heat in the pan easily and carry out the advantage of even transmission, realize the temperature in the pan space of controlling more accurately, and the homogeneity of temperature, when high-power heating, also can produce and last powerful hot steam and be used for steaming wheaten food, consequently, can conveniently use in a plurality of occasions of wheaten food preparation and set into the dedicated cooking utensil of wheaten food preparation, cooking utensil's practicality has been improved.

Example sixteen

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, wherein the computer program, when being executed by a processor, implements the steps of the control method according to any one of the embodiments of the second aspect, so as to achieve all the technical effects of the control method for a cooking appliance, and the details are not repeated herein.

In the description of the present invention, the terms "plurality" or "a plurality" refer to two or more, and unless otherwise specifically limited, the terms "upper", "lower", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are merely for convenience in describing the present invention and simplifying the description, but do not indicate or imply that the referred device or element must have a specific orientation, be constructed in a specific orientation, and be operated, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present invention; the terms "connected," "mounted," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly and include, for example, fixed connections, removable connections, or integral connections; may be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.

In the description of the present invention, the description of the terms "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "specific embodiments," etc., means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the present invention. In the present invention, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes will occur to those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A cooking appliance, comprising:

a separator formed with a first chamber;

a heating device configured to supply heat to the first chamber;

a memory configured to store a computer program;

a processor configured to execute the computer program to implement:

acquiring a cooking function instruction;

and controlling the heating device to work according to the heating power and the heating time corresponding to the cooking function instruction.

2. The cooking appliance of claim 1,

the heating power corresponding to any cooking function instruction at least comprises a first heating power and a second heating power.

3. The cooking appliance of claim 2, wherein the step of the processor executing the computer program to control the operation of the heating device according to the heating power and the heating time duration corresponding to the cooking function command comprises:

controlling the heating device to operate at the first heating power for a first heating time period to perform a first heating stage;

and controlling the heating device to operate at the second heating power for a second heating time period so as to perform a second heating stage.

4. The cooking appliance of claim 3,

the number of second heating stages is at least one.

5. The cooking appliance of claim 4,

based on the number of the second heating stages being multiple, the second heating powers of any two of the second heating stages are the same or different, and the second heating power of at least one of the second heating stages is smaller than the first heating power of the first heating stage.

6. The cooking appliance of claim 5, wherein the step of controlling the heating device to operate at the second heating power for a second duration based on the second heating power being less than the first heating power, executed by the processor to implement for a second heating phase, comprises:

controlling the heating device to continuously operate at the second heating power for the second heating time period; or

Controlling the heating device to operate at the second heating power at a first preset time interval, and recording a first accumulated heating time of the heating device operating at the second heating power;

and controlling the heating device to stop running based on the first accumulated heating time length being equal to the second heating time length.

7. The cooking appliance of claim 4, wherein the processor is further configured for executing the computer program to implement:

determining the number of second heating stages according to the cooking function instruction.

8. The cooking appliance of any one of claims 2 to 7, wherein the processor is further configured for executing the computer program to implement:

determining the first heating time period at least according to the first heating power.

9. The cooking appliance of claim 8, wherein the processor executing the computer program to effect the step of determining the first heating period based at least on the first heating power comprises:

acquiring parameters of the isolator;

determining the first heating time period according to the parameter of the isolator and the first heating power.

10. The cooking appliance of claim 8, further comprising an input device, the processor further configured to execute the computer program to implement:

acquiring an input signal through the input device;

determining the second heating time period according to the input signal; or

Determining the second heating time period according to the input signal and the first heating time period.

11. The cooking appliance of claim 10,

the input signal comprises at least one of: the weight of the material to be cooked, the type of the material to be cooked, and the heating time.

12. The cooking appliance of any one of claims 2 to 7, wherein the cooking appliance further comprises a timing device and a display device, the processor being further configured for executing the computer program to implement:

based on the operation of the heating device, the timing device records a second accumulated heating time of the heating device;

determining a remaining cooking time period according to the first heating time period, the second heating time period and the second accumulated heating time period,

and displaying the remaining cooking time and the heating power when the heating device operates through the display device.

13. The cooking appliance of claim 12, further comprising an alert device, the processor further configured to execute the computer program to implement:

and controlling the alarm device to work based on the cooking residual time length being zero.

14. The cooking appliance of any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the isolator comprises:

a separator plate defining a first chamber;

a flow guide cylinder communicated with the first chamber and configured to supply and exhaust steam.

15. The cooking appliance of claim 14,

one end of the guide shell is provided with a port, and the isolation plate extends from the edge of the port to the outer side of the guide shell.

16. The cooking appliance of claim 15, wherein the isolator further comprises:

the cavity, a part of cavity with the pan cooperation is injectd the first cavity, just a part of cavity constructs the division board, another part of cavity constructs the draft tube.

17. The cooking appliance of claim 16, wherein the isolator further comprises:

the steam outlet is formed on the guide shell and used for discharging steam from the first cavity;

a media channel formed on the separator plate, the media channel configured to allow a media to enter the first chamber.

18. The cooking appliance of claim 17,

and the edge of the isolation plate is provided with a support rib, the support rib is provided with a communication notch and/or a communication hole, and the communication notch and/or the communication hole form at least part of the medium channel.

19. The cooking appliance of claim 18, further comprising:

the isolator is positioned in the container, and the heating device is positioned outside the container;

wherein a second chamber is defined between an outer surface of the separator and a portion of an inner surface of the container, and the first chamber and the second chamber are in communication through the medium passage.

20. A method of controlling a cooking appliance including a heating device, the method comprising:

acquiring a cooking function instruction;

21. The control method of a cooking appliance according to claim 20,

22. The method for controlling a cooking appliance according to claim 21, wherein the step of controlling the heating device to operate according to the heating power and the heating time duration corresponding to the cooking function command specifically comprises:

23. The control method of a cooking appliance according to claim 22,

the number of second heating stages is at least one.

24. The method of controlling a cooking appliance according to claim 23, further comprising:

25. The method for controlling a cooking appliance according to claim 24, wherein the step of controlling the heating device to operate at the second heating power for a second duration based on the second heating power being less than the first heating power for performing a second heating phase comprises:

26. The method of controlling a cooking appliance according to claim 23, further comprising:

27. The control method of the cooking appliance according to any one of claims 22 to 26, further comprising:

28. The method of claim 27, wherein the step of determining the first heating duration based on at least the first heating power comprises:

acquiring parameters of an isolator of the cooking appliance;

29. The method of controlling a cooking appliance according to claim 27, further comprising:

acquiring an input signal;

determining the second heating time period according to the input signal; or

30. The control method of a cooking appliance according to claim 29,

the input signal comprises at least one of: the weight of the material to be cooked, the type of the material to be cooked, the cooking duration.

31. The control method of the cooking appliance according to any one of claims 22 to 26, further comprising:

recording a second accumulated heating time of the heating device based on the operation of the heating device;

determining the remaining cooking time according to the first heating time, the second heating time and the second accumulated heating time;

and displaying the remaining cooking time and the heating power when the heating device operates.

32. The method of controlling a cooking appliance according to claim 31, further comprising:

and sending a reminding signal based on the cooking remaining time being zero.

33. A computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, which, when being executed by a processor, implements a method of controlling a cooking appliance according to any one of claims 20 to 32.