CN214156995U - Electric rice cooker - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses an electric rice cooker, electric rice cooker includes base and interior pot, interior pot sets up in the cavity that the base constitutes be equipped with on the base and be suitable for the support ring of interior pot be equipped with weighing transducer on the support ring. Above-mentioned electric rice cooker sets up weight sensor on the support ring, is favorable to avoiding opening the high temperature environment of bottom on the one hand, avoids high temperature environment to influence working life, and the cardinal number value of this scheme on the other hand zero calibration to weight sensor is little, and the error rate is low, is favorable to improving the sensor measurement accuracy of weight.

Description

Electric rice cooker

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an electrical equipment technical field, concretely relates to electric rice cooker.

Background

At present, the inner pot of the electric rice cooker in the market is provided with a water gauge, and a user adds water to the standard inner pot water gauge depending on experience or standard, so that the proportion of rice and water is not matched due to personal habitual operation of the user, the water content of rice is directly influenced, and the taste of rice is poor.

At present, although a weight sensor is arranged in some electric cookers and used for detecting rice quantity or water quantity, the weight sensor is assembled at the bottom of an inner pot, and the service life of the weight sensor is seriously influenced by high-temperature working environment due to high working temperature at the bottom of the inner pot.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In view of this, the embodiment of the present invention provides an electric rice cooker to solve the problem of the low life of the weight sensor.

According to a first aspect, the embodiment of the utility model provides an electric rice cooker, include:

a base;

the inner pot is arranged in the cavity formed by the base;

the support ring is arranged on the base and is suitable for supporting the inner pot;

a weight sensor disposed on the support ring.

The embodiment of the utility model provides an electric rice cooker sets up weight sensor on the support ring, is favorable to avoiding opening the high temperature environment of bottom on the one hand, avoids high temperature environment to influence life, and this scheme of on the other hand is little to the cardinal number value of weight sensor school zero, and the error rate is low, is favorable to improving the sensor measurement accuracy of weight.

With reference to the first aspect, in a first embodiment of the first aspect, the weight sensors are symmetrically distributed on the support ring.

With reference to the first aspect, in a second implementation manner of the first aspect, the electric rice cooker further comprises a controller, and the controller is in communication connection with the weight sensor.

With reference to the first aspect, in a third implementation manner of the first aspect, a groove is formed in the support ring, and the weight sensor is disposed in the groove.

According to a second aspect, the embodiment of the utility model provides a control method of electric rice cooker, electric rice cooker includes base and interior pot, interior pot setting is in the cavity that the base constitutes be equipped with on the base and be suitable for the support ring of supporting interior pot be equipped with weighing sensor on the support ring, electric rice cooker's control method includes:

after adding rice into the inner pot, acquiring the amount of rice detected by the weight sensor;

after water is added into the inner pot, acquiring the total weight detected by the weight sensor;

calculating the amount of water added into the inner pot according to the total weight and the amount of rice;

and calculating a rice-water ratio according to the rice quantity and the water quantity, and entering a target cooking mode when the rice-water ratio meets a preset range corresponding to the target cooking mode.

The embodiment of the utility model provides an among the electric rice cooker's control method is applied to the electric rice cooker who is equipped with weighing sensor on the support ring, can directly acquire the rice volume of adding in to the pot through weighing sensor to indirectly acquire the water yield of adding in to the pot, and according to rice volume and water yield calculate rice water proportion, only when the rice water proportion satisfies the corresponding scope of predetermineeing with the target culinary art mode, just get into the target culinary art mode has solved the unmatched problem of present culinary art in-process rice water proportion from this.

With reference to the second aspect, in a first embodiment of the second aspect, the method for controlling an electric rice cooker further includes: and when the rice-water ratio does not meet the preset range, determining that water needs to be continuously added or water needs to be reduced according to the relation between the rice-water ratio and the preset range, and generating a water adding instruction or a water reducing instruction.

With reference to the first embodiment of the second aspect, in the second embodiment of the second aspect, after the generating the water adding instruction or the water reducing instruction, the method further includes: and returning to the step of obtaining the total weight detected by the weight sensor after adding water again into the inner pot or reducing the water in the inner pot.

With reference to the second aspect, in a third embodiment of the second aspect, before adding water to the inner pan, the method further comprises:

acquiring the preset range;

and determining the target water amount to be added according to the preset range and the rice amount, and generating a prompt message according to the target water amount.

According to the third aspect, the embodiment of the utility model provides an electric rice cooker's controlling means, electric rice cooker includes base and interior pot, interior pot sets up in the cavity that the base constitutes be equipped with on the base and be suitable for the support ring of support interior pot be equipped with weighing sensor on the support ring, electric rice cooker's controlling means includes:

the first acquisition module is used for acquiring the rice quantity detected by the weight sensor after rice is added into the inner pot;

the second acquisition module is used for acquiring the total weight detected by the weight sensor after water is added into the inner pot;

the calculation module is used for calculating the water amount added into the inner pot according to the total weight and the rice amount;

and the cooking module is used for calculating a rice-water ratio according to the rice quantity and the water quantity, and entering a target cooking mode when the rice-water ratio meets a preset range corresponding to the target cooking mode.

According to a fourth aspect, the present invention provides a computer-readable storage medium storing computer instructions for causing a computer to execute the control method of an electric rice cooker according to the second aspect or any one of the embodiments of the second aspect.

Drawings

The features and advantages of the invention will be more clearly understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, which are schematic and should not be understood as imposing any limitation on the invention, in which:

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of an example of an electric rice cooker;

FIG. 2 is a schematic flow chart of a control method of an electric rice cooker in embodiment 2 of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a flow chart illustrating an exemplary method for controlling the electric rice cooker;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural view of a control device of an electric cooker in accordance with embodiment 3 of the present invention;

wherein:

1. a base; 2. a support ring; 3. an inner pot; 4. and a weight sensor.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, but not all, embodiments of the present invention. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative efforts belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

Example 1

As shown in fig. 1, the electric cooker comprises a base and an inner pot, wherein the inner pot is arranged in a cavity formed by the base, a support ring suitable for supporting the inner pot is arranged on the base, and a weight sensor is arranged on the support ring.

As a specific implementation mode, the electric cooker also comprises an upper cover, and the support ring is suitable for connecting the base and the upper cover.

Before the application, although a weight sensor is arranged in some electric cookers, the weight sensor is assembled at the bottom of an inner pot, and the service life of the weight sensor is seriously influenced by the high-temperature working environment due to the high working temperature of the bottom of the inner pot. And in this application, with weight sensor setting on the support ring (including setting up promptly pot both sides), be favorable to avoiding opening the high temperature environment of bottom on the one hand, avoid high temperature environment to influence life, this scheme of on the other hand is favorable to improving the sensor measurement accuracy of weight, pot and rice water mixture's total weight in directly can measuring, has avoided the wrong demonstration of weight sensor zero correction processing back base numerical value.

In a particular embodiment, when there are a plurality of weight sensors, said weight sensors are symmetrically distributed on said support ring. Thus, a plurality of weight sensors can equally divide the weighing weight, for example, two sensors are used, 20kg needs to be weighed, and each sensor only needs to weigh 10kg, so that the precision is improved relative to 20kg for weighing.

As a specific implementation mode, the electric cooker also comprises a controller which is in communication connection with the weight sensor. From this, can utilize weight measuring device to weigh the rice volume, learn to add water after the rice volume, avoid because the unmatched problem of user's individual custom causes rice water proportion, and this scheme avoids the influence of high temperature environment to weighing transducer, improves user's experience and feels.

In a specific embodiment, a groove is formed on the support ring, and the weight sensor is arranged in the groove. Further, the weight sensor may be fixed in the groove by a snap.

As a specific implementation mode, a plurality of support ring buckling parts distributed along the circumferential direction of the support ring are arranged on the support ring, and a plurality of shell buckling parts matched and clamped with the corresponding support ring buckling parts are arranged on the base. From this can make the support ring all can be connected with electric rice cooker shell steadily in axial and circumference, and then can make the support ring install on electric rice cooker shell more firmly, the fixed mounting of support ring can be accomplished to this application need not to use the fastener simultaneously, consequently makes things convenient for the dismouting, is favorable to simplifying the dismouting process.

Example 2

The embodiment 2 of the utility model provides a control method of electric rice cooker, electric rice cooker includes base and interior pot, interior pot sets up in the cavity that the base constitutes be equipped with on the base and be suitable for the support ring of interior pot be equipped with weighing transducer on the support ring. Fig. 2 is a schematic flow diagram of a control method of an electric cooker in embodiment 2 of the present invention, as shown in fig. 2, the control method of an electric cooker in embodiment 2 of the present invention includes the following steps:

s101: and after adding rice into the inner pot, acquiring the rice amount detected by the weight sensor.

The embodiment of the utility model provides an in 2, weight sensor sets up on the support ring, is favorable to avoiding opening the high temperature environment of bottom on the one hand, avoids high temperature environment to influence working life, and this scheme of on the other hand is little to the cardinal number value of weight sensor school zero, and the error rate is low, is favorable to improving the sensor measurement accuracy of weight.

The weight sensor itself has creep characteristics, and therefore, zero calibration processing is required at each start-up operation. If the weight sensor is arranged at the bottom inside, the whole rice cooker is weighed every time, so that the cardinality of the whole rice cooker is larger, and the cardinality is smaller only by weighing the inner cooker.

S102: and after water is added into the inner pot, acquiring the total weight detected by the weight sensor.

As a further embodiment, before adding water to the inner pan, obtaining a preset range corresponding to a target cooking mode; and determining the target water amount to be added according to the preset range and the rice amount, and generating a prompt message according to the target water amount. Therefore, the user can add water according to the prompt message, and the water adding accuracy is improved.

S103: and calculating the amount of water added into the inner pot according to the total weight and the rice amount.

S104: and calculating a rice-water ratio according to the rice quantity and the water quantity, and entering a target cooking mode when the rice-water ratio meets a preset range corresponding to the target cooking mode.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the target cooking mode may be porridge cooking or rice cooking, and the ratio of rice to water corresponding to the porridge cooking and the rice cooking is different.

As a specific implementation manner, when the rice-water ratio does not meet a preset range, determining that water needs to be continuously added or water needs to be reduced according to the relationship between the rice-water ratio and the preset range, and generating a water adding instruction or a water reducing instruction.

Further, after the water adding instruction or the water reducing instruction is generated, the step of returning to the step of acquiring the total weight detected by the weight sensor after adding water again to the inner pot or reducing water to the inner pot is further included.

To explain the electric rice cooker control method of embodiment 2 of the present invention in more detail, an example is given. Fig. 3 is a schematic flow chart of an example of a control method of an electric cooker, as shown in fig. 3, the control method of the electric cooker includes the following steps:

the first step is as follows: and (4) adding the washed rice into the inner pot by the user, and weighing for the first time by the weight sensor device to obtain the rice.

Secondly, according to the mode of selecting rice cooking or porridge cooking by the user, accessing a local database to obtain different rice-water ratios [ n, m ] and then prompting the user how much water needs to be added;

thirdly, after adding water, weighing for the second time to obtain water quantity, comparing the current rice-water ratio x with a preset value [ n, m ], judging whether the preset value is met, and if so, starting to enter a cooking mode; if not, the next stage is entered.

And step four, comparing the current rice water ratio x with a preset value m, if yes, prompting a user to reduce the water quantity, entering a water quantity detection stage, otherwise, prompting the user to add the water quantity, and returning to the step three.

Example 3

Corresponding to the electric cooker control method of the embodiment 2 of the utility model, the embodiment 3 of the utility model provides a control device of the electric cooker. Fig. 4 is the structure diagram of the electric cooker control device of the embodiment 3 of the present invention, as shown in fig. 4, the electric cooker control device of the embodiment 3 of the present invention includes a first obtaining module 20, a second obtaining module 22, a calculating module 24 and a cooking module 26.

Specifically, the first obtaining module 20 is configured to obtain the amount of rice detected by the weight sensor after adding rice into the inner pot.

And the second obtaining module 22 is used for obtaining the total weight detected by the weight sensor after water is added into the inner pot.

And the calculating module 24 is used for calculating the water amount added into the inner pot according to the total weight and the rice amount.

The cooking module 26 is configured to calculate a rice-water ratio according to the rice amount and the water amount, and enter a target cooking mode when the rice-water ratio satisfies a preset range corresponding to the target cooking mode.

The details of the electric cooker control device can be understood by referring to the corresponding descriptions and effects in the embodiments shown in fig. 1 to 3, which are not described herein again.

Example 4

The embodiment of the utility model provides an electric rice cooker is still provided, this electric rice cooker can include treater and memory, and wherein treater and memory can be connected through bus or other modes.

The processor may be a Central Processing Unit (CPU). The Processor may also be other general purpose processors, Digital Signal Processors (DSPs), Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) or other Programmable logic devices, discrete Gate or transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components, or a combination thereof.

The memory, as a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, can be used to store non-transitory software programs, non-transitory computer executable programs, and modules, such as program instructions/modules (e.g., the first obtaining module 20, the second obtaining module 22, the calculating module 24, and the cooking module 26 shown in fig. 4) corresponding to the rice cooker control method in the embodiment of the present invention. The processor executes various functional applications and data processing of the processor by running the non-transitory software programs, instructions and modules stored in the memory, namely, the electric cooker control method in the above method embodiment is realized.

The memory may include a storage program area and a storage data area, wherein the storage program area may store an operating system, an application program required for at least one function; the storage data area may store data created by the processor, and the like. Further, the memory may include high speed random access memory, and may also include non-transitory memory, such as at least one disk storage device, flash memory device, or other non-transitory solid state storage device. In some embodiments, the memory optionally includes memory located remotely from the processor, and such remote memory may be coupled to the processor via a network. Examples of such networks include, but are not limited to, the internet, intranets, local area networks, mobile communication networks, and combinations thereof.

The one or more modules are stored in the memory and when executed by the processor, perform the rice cooker control method as in the embodiment shown in fig. 1-3.

The details of the electric cooker can be understood by referring to the corresponding descriptions and effects in the embodiments shown in fig. 1 to 3, which are not described herein again.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that all or part of the processes of the methods of the embodiments described above can be implemented by a computer program, which can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, and when executed, can include the processes of the embodiments of the methods described above. The storage medium may be a magnetic Disk, an optical Disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a Flash Memory (Flash Memory), a Hard Disk (Hard Disk Drive, abbreviated as HDD), a Solid State Drive (SSD), or the like; the storage medium may also comprise a combination of memories of the kind described above.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described with reference to the accompanying drawings, those skilled in the art may make various modifications and variations without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, and such modifications and variations fall within the scope defined by the appended claims.

Claims (4)

1. An electric rice cooker, characterized in that, comprising:

a base;

the inner pot is arranged in the cavity formed by the base;

the support ring is arranged on the base and is suitable for supporting the inner pot;

a weight sensor disposed on the support ring.

2. The rice cooker of claim 1, wherein said weight sensors are symmetrically distributed on said support ring.

3. The rice cooker of claim 1, further comprising a controller communicatively coupled to said weight sensor.

4. The rice cooker of claim 1, wherein said support ring has a recess therein, and said weight sensor is disposed in said recess.

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