EP2113721A1 - Display and/or operating device, corresponding cooking device and method - Google Patents

Abstract

The bar (1) has a touch screen (2), and insertion buttons that are attached to processing planes of a cooking chamber of a cooking device, where the operating bar displays, adjusts and changes a cooking goods, a remaining cooking time and an insertion number over the processing planes. The remaining cooking time is displayed till to ending of a cooking process or cooking of the cooking goods based on the cooking goods. The insertion number is reproduced in the form of a graphical representation and/or a pictogram, and the cooking time is visualized through alphanumeric characters. Independent claims are also included for the following: (1) a cooking device comprising a display and/or operating device and a set of cooking goods carriers (2) a method for cooking cooking goods in a cooking chamber of a cooking device.

Description

The present invention relates to a display and / or operating device in operative connection with a control or regulating device of a cooking appliance for cooking food in a cooking chamber, wherein the control or regulating device is also operatively connected to at least one treatment device, the cooking chamber a plurality of treatment levels and each area of the treatment area is assignable or associated with an area of the display and / or operating device; a cooking appliance with such a display and / or operating device and a method for such a cooking appliance.

A display and / or operating device, for example. For the product sold under the trade name SelfCooking Center ^® by the applicant cooking device known, especially when set in a programming mode called "Level Control". In this mode, all the food can be cooked successively or at least partially overlapping, which need the same climate in the cooking chamber.

The known display and / or operating device comprises, as in FIG. 2 and 3 shown, a display and control bar 1 'with a touch screen 2' on the z. B. three columns can be displayed. In a topmost column are three cooking program buttons 3 ', 4', 5 ', according to which in a "Level Control" mode poultry particles (CHI), Finishingprodukte (FIN) and pizza (PIZ) can be cooked, as these food items have the same climate parameters, ie temperature, humidity and air velocity in the oven, need. In columns 2 and 3 of the touch screen are ten insertion keys 6 '- 15', if the cooking chamber, not shown of the SelfCooking Center ^{® has} ten slots. On each of these insertion keys 6 '- 15' is a plug-in number 22 'applied to facilitate operation, see FIG. 2 ,

In the "Level Control" mode you can, for example, a variety of poultry CHI cook at least partially parallel by pressing the associated cooking program button 3 'and then the bays with poultry, gradually occupied, with the occupancy of each slot with Poultry particles is an indication of a respective Restgarzeit 21 'on the insertion keys 6' - 15 'is activated, see FIG. 3 ,

A disadvantage of the known display and / or operating device, however, is that during operation of the SelfCooking Center ^® on the display and control bar l'can not read which food is arranged in which slot. In addition, during hectic operation in a canteen kitchen in which the SelfCooking Center ^{® is} usually used, it may happen that an operator of the SelfCooking Center ^® does not recognize that in a slot the remaining cooking time has run to zero and thus finished the food arranged therein cooked and unloaded, which can lead to overcooking.

From the EP 1 798 479 A1 is a commercial cooking appliance with a cooking chamber is known in which groups of products with the same or almost the same cooking parameters, in particular the cooking time, can be put together so that one is able to quickly and safely after the start of a cooking process To add a product to this more products that have the same or the same cooking parameters to optimize the capacity of the cooking appliance. It also comes to a display of a program name and a Restgarzeit, but without assignment to a place of the food in the oven, such as a slot, which in turn can lead to incorrect operation.

Object of the present invention is therefore to further develop the generic display and / or operating device such that it leads to a higher user-friendliness and a concomitant reduction of incorrect operation.

This object is achieved in that at least one time for at least one loaded with food treatment level at least one for the food and / or selectable for the food or selected or selected the Gargut cooking process characteristic first size, at least one characteristic of a treatment level second size and at least one characteristic for a Restgarzeit third size displayable displayed, adjustable, set, changeable, changed, storable and / or stored.

It is preferred that, for each treatment level loaded with food in the area associated with this loaded treatment level, at least the third size associated with this loaded treatment level until completion of the cooking process or cooking of the food according to the first size associated with that loaded treatment level and at least said first size, Preferably, after completion of said cooking process or cooking said Garguts, is displayed, and / or for each still loadable with food treatment level in the assigned to this loadable treatment level at least the area of this loadable treatment level associated second size is displayed.

Furthermore, it can be provided that each change of the display, in particular from a second size to a third size or from a third size to a first size or from a first size to a second size, can be visually highlighted, such as by a color change, a flashing , re-boxing, enlargement, underlining, rearrangement or the like.

The invention also proposes that the first variable can be represented by alphanumeric characters, in particular in the form of a designation or a code word, and / or visualized, in particular in the form of a graphic representation and / or a pictogram, and / or the second variable represented by alphanumeric characters, in particular in the form of a number, and / or visualized, in particular in the form of a graphic representation and / or a pictogram, and / or the third variable by alphanumeric characters, in particular in the form of a numerical value, and / or visualized, in particular in the form of a graphic representation and / or a pictogram, preferably in the form of a growing during the course of a cooking process bar or circle segment, is reproducible.

According to the invention, it is further preferred that the display and / or arrangement of the regions, in particular as a function of at least one of the first, second and third sizes, can be determined by the control or regulating device.

In addition, it can be provided that a proposal for at least one treatment level to be loaded and / or a change in the loading of at least one treatment level, in particular depending on at least a first and / or third size and / or at least one food support used, preferably by an optical highlight, such as by a color change, a flashing, a Umkästelung, a magnification, an underline, a rearrangement or the like.

It can also be provided that a touchscreen comprises the areas and / or the areas are represented in the form of digital keys.

The invention also provides a cooking appliance with a display and / or operating device according to the invention, which is characterized in that a variety of food supports, such as trays, especially a rack rack, a rack trolley, a hooking ladder or the like, grates, sheets, in particular in the form of Pizza-, baking and / or roasting plates, plates, poultry racks, skewers, steak grills and / or baskets, in particular in the form of noodle baskets, in the cooking chamber for determining the treatment levels introduced or introduced.

It is proposed that each treatment level a number can be assigned as a second size, and / or the second size of the Gargutträgern and / or through a viewing window in a cooking chamber door or in a cooking compartment lid is read.

It can further be provided that the treatment device comprises at least one heating device, such as in the form of an electric heater, a gas-powered heater and / or a microwave source, a cooling device, a moisture supply device, a moisture removal device, an air supply device, an air discharge device, a gas supply device, a gas discharge device Cooking-chamber atmosphere moving means, such as an impeller or the like, a storage device, such as an energy storage device, and / or a Gargutbewegseinrichtung, such as a stirring device, a turning device and / or a lifting device comprises.

The invention also provides a method for cooking food in a cooking chamber of a cooking appliance according to the invention, characterized in that at least two items to be cooked at least temporarily parallel in different treatment levels of the cooking chamber, the mode of the cooking appliance, in particular determined by a hot air - And / or steam and / or microwave operation, and / or the climate in the oven, in particular determined by the temperature, humidity and / or the cooking chamber atmosphere in the oven, and / or microwaves, this food is identical or are.

It can be provided that the food to be cooked or regenerated.

Furthermore, it is proposed that preferably after selecting a first size, in particular a food item, a degree of cooking and / or cooking process, is displayed on the display and / or operating device, in which treatment level the food can or should be arranged.

It can be provided that also shows whether the food and / or when the food to be cooked in the oven or can be installed in the oven or should, and / or on which food support the food can or should be placed in the oven and / or when the food can or should be removed from the oven.

The invention also proposes that, after selecting a first variable, at least one first menu level is displayed on the display and / or operating device via which at least one treatment level which can be assigned to the respective food item, preferably all treatment levels that can be assigned to the respective food item, in particular with a proposal for a food support, is or will be.

Finally, according to the invention, it is proposed that, after selecting a treatment level and / or second size, at least one second menu level is displayed, via which at least one treatment zone that can be assigned to the food to be cooked, preferably all treatment zones of this treatment level that can be assigned to the food, in particular with a suggestion for a food support, is or will be displayed.

The invention is based on the surprising finding that an operator, for example, can feed a cooking appliance with food, in particular food warehouses, while being able to allocate a residual cooking time of the respective loaded treatment level via a display and control bar and show it the end of the cooking time is not indicated by specifying a Restgarzeit of zero (eg 0:00), but by an appearance example of the name or a symbol of finished garguts on one of the treatment level with the finished cooked Gargut associated button, optionally additionally by a color change or the like visually further highlighted, wherein on the key by z. B. a number also appears in which treatment level the finished cooked food is, so that errors during unloading are substantially avoided.

According to the invention, it is also preferably considered that the number and / or arrangement of treatment levels of a food and / or a food support, more precisely the dimensioning of a food that can change itself during a cooking process, such as when baking croissants, or the Dimensioning of a food support, such as a superspike for a chicken or the like, depends or depend on only on the respectively actually loaded and / or still loadable treatment levels information on the display and / or operating device according to the invention, namely the corresponding button appears , on a corresponding button.

The operability of the cooking appliance according to the invention can also be facilitated by assigning a food support defining a treatment level, for example in the form of a drawer, in a cooking space, for example, a number which also appears on a display of the display and / or operating device, and Although at least if the food support is still loaded or unloaded.

Figur 1

eine Teildraufsicht auf eine erfindungsgemäße Anzeige- und Bedienleiste;

Figur 2

eine Teildraufsicht auf eine bekannte Anzeige- und Bedienleiste zu einem ersten Zeitpunkt; und

Figur 3

eine Ansicht wie Figur 2 zu einem zweiten Zeitpunkt.

Further features and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description of an embodiment with reference to a schematic drawing. Showing:

FIG. 1

a partial plan view of an inventive display and control bar;

FIG. 2

a partial plan view of a known display and control bar at a first time; and

FIG. 3

a view like FIG. 2 at a second time.

FIG. 1 shows a display and control bar 1 similar to that of the prior art according to the Figures 2 and 3 known display and control bar 1 ', in turn with cooking program buttons 3 to 5 and 6-11 insertion.

• Im ersten Einschub wird Ei gegart, wobei noch eine Restgarzeit von 1 Minute 38 Sekunden vorliegt, wie der Anzeige auf der Einschubtaste 6 entnehmbar ist.
• Im zweiten Einschub wird ebenfalls Ei gegart, wobei noch eine Restgarzeit von 1 Minute 39 Sekunden vorliegt, siehe Einschubtaste 7.
• Im dritten Einschub ist fertig gegarter Reis angeordnet, der zu entladen ist, siehe Einschubtaste 8.
• Im vierten Einschub ist ebenfalls fertig gegarter Reis angeordnet, der zu entladen ist, siehe Einschubtaste 9.
• Die Einschübe 5 und 6 sind noch nicht mit Gargut belegt, siehe die Einschubtasten 10 und 11.

FIG. 1 shows the display and control bar 1 at a time at which the cooking chamber of the cooking appliance (not shown) to which the display and control bar 1 is mounted, the following loading:

• In the first slot egg is cooked, with a remaining cooking time of 1 minute 38 seconds is present, as the display on the insertion button 6 can be removed.
• Egg is also cooked in the second slot, with a remaining cooking time of 1 minute 39 seconds, see insertion button 7.
• In the third slot ready cooked rice is arranged, which is to be unloaded, see insertion button. 8
• In the fourth slot also finished cooked rice is arranged, which is to be unloaded, see insertion button. 9
• The bays 5 and 6 are not yet covered with food, see the insertion keys 10 and 11.

The insertion keys 6 to 11 can thus always display three different pieces of information, namely, a first size of a food to be cooked 20, a second size of a drawer number 22 and a third size of a remaining cooking time 21.

Which of these three sizes is displayed where on an insertion button 6 - 11, gives an operator information about the respective state of cooking, in a particularly simple and memorable way. Thus, on the insertion buttons 6, 7, which belong to inserts in which food is cooked, the food to be cooked 20 to supreme and the Restgarzeit 21 at the bottom indicated, while on the insertion buttons 8, 9, which belong to inserts in which finished cooked food is located on top of the slot number 21 and at the bottom of the food is displayed 20. Finally, there is still on the insertion keys 10, 11, which belong to inserts that are still loaded, so are not loaded with food, only a display of the respective plug-in number 22.

An operator thus recognizes the information on a slide-in button 6 to 11, namely the number and arrangement of said information 20, 21, 22, directly, whether an action in turn is needed. In particular, it becomes clear by changing the display on the insertion button when finished cooking a food by omitting the display of a Restgarzeit, first showing a slide number and rearranging the display of the food, that an action is necessary here.

The features of the invention disclosed in the preceding description, the claims and the drawings may be essential both individually and in any combination and for the realization of the invention in its various embodiments.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

1, 1 ' Display and control bar 2, 2 ' touchscreen 3, 3 ', 4, 4', 5, 5 ' Garprogrammtaste 6, 6 ', 7, 7', 8, 8 ', 9, 9', 10, 10 ', 11, 11', 12 ', 13', 14 ', 15' Load button 20 be cooked 21, 21 ' The remaining cooking time 22, 22 ' bay number

Claims (16)

Display and / or operating device (1) in operative connection with a control or regulating device of a cooking appliance for cooking food in a cooking chamber, wherein the control or regulating device is also operatively connected to at least one treatment device, the cooking chamber has a plurality of treatment levels and Each treatment level, an area (6 -9) of the display and / or operating device is assigned or assigned, characterized in that
at least one first size (20) characteristic of the food to be cooked and / or one that can be selected or selected for the food to be cooked or assigned to the food to be cooked, at least temporarily at least one treatment level loaded with food to be cooked,
at least one characteristic for a treatment level second size (22) and at least one characteristic of a Restgarzeit third size (21) can be displayed, displayed, set, adjusted, changed, changed, storable and / or stored. Display and / or operating device according to claim 1, characterized in that for each loaded with food treatment level in the loaded treatment level associated area (6-9) at least the loading level of this associated third size (21) until the end of the cooking process or the Garens of the food according to this laden treatment level associated first size (20) and at least said first size (20), preferably after completion of said cooking process or cooking said Garguts is displayed, and / or for each loadable yet with Gargut treatment level in which the loadable Treatment level associated with area (10, 11) at least the loading level associated with this second size (22) is displayed. Display and / or operating device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that
each change of the display, in particular from a second size (22) to a third size (21) or from a third size (21) to a first size (20) or from a first size (20) to a second size (22) is optically emphasized, such as by a color change, a flashing, a Umkästelung, a magnification, an underline, a rearrangement or the like. Display and / or operating device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that
the first variable (20) can be represented by alphanumeric characters, in particular in the form of a name or a code word, and / or visualized, in particular in the form of a graphic representation and / or a pictogram, and / or
the second variable (22) can be represented by alphanumeric characters, in particular in the form of a number, and / or visualized, in particular in the form of a graphic representation and / or a pictogram, and / or
the third variable (21) can be represented by alphanumeric characters, in particular in the form of a number, and / or visualized, in particular in the form of a graphic representation and / or a pictogram, preferably in the form of a bar or circle segment growing during the course of a cooking process. Display and / or operating device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that
the display and / or arrangement of the regions (6 -11), in particular as a function of at least one first, second and / or third variable (20), can be determined by the control or regulating device. Display and / or operating device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that
a proposal for at least one treatment level to be loaded and / or a change in the loading of at least one treatment level, in particular depending on at least a first and / or third size (20, 21) and / or at least one food support used, can be displayed, preferably by a visual highlighting, such as by color change, flashing, boxing, magnification, underlining, rearrangement, or the like. Display and / or operating device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that
a touch screen (2) comprises the areas (6 - 11) and / or the areas in the form of digital buttons (6-11) are shown. Cooking appliance with a display and / or operating device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that
a variety of food supports, such as inserts, in particular a tray rack, a rack-mounted trolley, a Einhängeleiter or the like, grates, sheets, especially in the form of pizza, baking and / or roasting plates, plates, poultry racks, spits, steak grills and / or baskets, in particular in the form of pasta baskets, in the cooking chamber for determining the treatment levels introduced or introduced. Cooking appliance according to claim 8, characterized in that
Each treatment level, a number as a second size (22) are assignable, and / or the second size (22) of the Gargutträgern and / or through a viewing window in a cooking chamber door or in a cooking compartment lid is read. Cooking appliance according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that
the treatment device comprises at least one heating device, such as in the form of an electric heater, a gas-powered heater and / or a microwave source, a cooling device, a moisture supply device, a moisture removal device, an air supply device, an air discharge device, a gas supply device, a gas discharge device, a cooking chamber atmosphere movement device, such as an impeller or Like, a storage device, such as an energy storage device, and / or a Gargutbewegseinrichtung, such as a stirring device, a turning device and / or a lifting device comprises. A method for cooking food in a cooking chamber of a cooking appliance according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that
at least two items to be cooked at least temporarily parallel in different treatment levels of the cooking chamber, the mode of the cooking appliance, in particular determined by a hot air and / or steam and / or microwave operation, and / or the climate in the oven, in particular determined by the temperature , the humidity and / or the Garraumatmosphärengeschwindigkeit in the cooking chamber, and / or microwaves, these Gargüter is identical or are. A method according to claim 11 , characterized in that
the food is ready-cooked or regenerated. Method according to claim 11 or 12, characterized in that
preferably after selecting a first size, in particular a food, a Garegrads and / or cooking process, is displayed on the display and / or operating device, in which treatment level the food can be arranged or should. A method according to claim 13, characterized in that
is also displayed
Whether the food and / or when the food to be cooked can be loaded into the oven or in the oven or can, and / or
on which food support the food can or should be placed in the oven, and / or
when the food can or should be removed from the oven. Method according to one of claims 11 to 14, characterized in that
after selecting a first size on the display and / or operating device, at least one first menu level is displayed, via which at least one treatment level that can be assigned to the respective food item, preferably all treatment levels that can be assigned to the respective food item, is displayed, in particular with a suggestion for a food support or be. A method according to claim 15, characterized in that
After selecting a treatment level and / or second size, at least one second menu level is displayed, via which at least one treatable with the food treatment zone of this treatment level, preferably all applicable to the food treatment zones of this treatment level, in particular with a proposal for a food support is displayed or become.

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