JP2003290050A - Cooker - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cooker for heating a fish or a meat from under thereof for cooking without turning the fish or the meat to confirm roasting condition and without generating a scorch as a cause of unpleasant feeling. <P>SOLUTION: This cooker provided with a heating means for heating a material to be heated from under thereof is also provided with a reading means for reading a back surface image of the material to be heated, a turning means for turning a unit formed by connecting the heating means and the reading means to each other in the horizontal direction, a cleaning means for eliminating dirty adhered to a reflected light taking part of the reading means, and a display means for displaying the read image in a display unit. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a heating cooker that heats and cooks fish, meat, etc. from the lower side, eliminating the need to turn over to check the burning condition, and to eliminate discomfort due to burning. Regarding vessels.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a heating cooker for heating an object to be heated such as fish or meat from the lower side, the object to be heated is appropriately baked, and moreover, it is frequently cooked in order to prevent it from being overbaked. I turned over the heated material and checked how it burned.

[0003]

The above-mentioned conventional techniques have the following problems.

There has been a problem that it is necessary to frequently turn over the object to be heated and check the burn condition in order to obtain a proper burn condition or a desired burn condition.

If the above checking work is neglected, in many cases,
There was a problem that the object to be heated was burned and felt uncomfortable.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and the problems are as follows.

[0007] It is possible to eliminate the need to turn over the work to check the burning of the object to be heated, and to uniformly heat the object.

In addition, the user can be notified in good timing that the time has come to turn it over, and the discomfort caused by burning can be eliminated.

[0009]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention has adopted the following means.

In a heating cooker having heating means for heating an object to be heated from below, a reading means for reading an image on the back surface of the object to be heated and a unit connecting the heating means and the reading means are horizontally rotated. The rotating means, the cleaning means for removing dirt adhering to the reflected light intake portion of the reading means, and the display means for displaying the read image on the display portion.

According to the heating cooker configured as described above, by rotating the unit in which the heating means and the reading means are connected in the horizontal direction, the image of the entire back surface of the object to be heated is read and the degree of sequential burning is read. Is displayed and the object to be heated is heated uniformly. Further, the dirt adhering to the reflected light intake portion of the reading means is removed so as not to interfere with image reading.

Thus, the burned condition of the object to be heated can be confirmed by the images of the heated object which are sequentially displayed on the display unit, and the inside out work for checking the burned condition can be omitted.

Further, the rotation of the unit rotates so as to repeat forward and reverse rotations.

As a result, twisting of the cable or the like protected by the heat resistant material for transmitting the read data can be prevented.

Further, a baking condition table in which one or a plurality of baking conditions of the object to be heated are preset with distribution values for each primary color, and an image of the object to be heated is extracted from the read image, and the extracted image of the image is extracted. Calculate the distribution value for each primary color and compare it with the distribution value for each primary color in the baking condition table that corresponds to the baking condition of the object to be heated specified by the user in advance, and the calculated value for each primary color is darker than the set value. When the value is equal to or equal to, a management unit that displays and / or notifies by voice a message indicating burning is provided.

According to the heating cooker configured as described above, the image of the object to be heated is extracted from the read image, the distribution value for each primary color of the extracted image is calculated, and the object to be pre-specified by the user is calculated. Display a message indicating baking when the calculated values for each primary color are values that are darker than the set value or equal to each other, compared with the distribution values for each primary color in the baking condition table that corresponds to the degree of baking of the heated product. Or / and notify by voice.

With this, the user can be notified in good timing that it is time to turn over the object to be heated, and the discomfort caused by burning can be eliminated.

[0019]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The present invention has the following embodiments.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the present invention.

In the figure, the heating cooker of the present invention comprises a pottery installation table 1, a mesh 2, a heating means 3, a reading means 4, a cleaning means 5, a rotating means 6 and a control section 9. In addition,
The image data read by the reading unit 4 is transmitted to the control unit 9 through the cable 8.

The pottery installation table 1 is a table on which an object to be heated is placed, and a wire mesh 2 is detachably provided on the upper part thereof.

The heating means 3 is a heater for baking the object to be heated from below.

The reading means 4 reads an image, and here reads an image of the object to be heated.

The cleaning means 5 removes the dirt attached to the reflected light intake portion of the reading means 4.

As a result, the juice that occasionally drops from the object to be heated and adheres to the reflected light intake portion of the reading means 4 is removed so that the juice does not interfere with the image reading of the non-heated object.

The rotating means 6 rotates the unit connecting the heating means 3 and the reading means 4 in the horizontal direction at a constant speed alternately in the forward and reverse directions.

The control unit 9 is used for data processing and interactive operation with the user. It has a display unit 10, an input unit 11, a display unit 12, a management unit 13, and a storage unit 14.

The display means 10 comprises a rotating means 6 and a heating means 3
The reading unit 4 is instructed to read an image by alternately rotating the unit connecting the reading unit 4 and the reading unit 4 in the horizontal direction, and the image sent from the reading unit 4 is displayed on the display unit 12.

The input unit 11 can input data and select menus.

The display unit 12 displays the read image of the object to be heated,
Display menus, messages, etc., and notify by voice of the baking.

The management means 13 manages the degree of burning of the object to be heated, and when the designated degree of burning is reached, notifies by a message or / and voice according to the designation.

The storage means 14 stores data and stores a baking condition table 15.

The baking condition table 15 is a table in which one or a plurality of baking conditions are represented by distribution values for each primary color and is defined in advance.

As shown in FIG. 1, in a heating cooker equipped with a heating means 3 for heating an object to be heated from below, a reading means 4 for reading an image of the back surface of the object to be heated and the heating means 3 are provided.
Rotating means 6 for horizontally rotating a unit in which the reading means 4 and the reading means 4 are connected, a cleaning means 5 for removing dirt adhering to the reflected light intake portion of the reading means 4, and a display portion 12 for displaying the read image. And display means 10 for displaying.

By adopting the above-mentioned mode, the burned condition of the heated object can be confirmed by the images of the heated object which are sequentially displayed on the display unit, and the inside out work for checking the burned condition can be eliminated.

Further, the unit is rotated so as to repeat forward and reverse rotations.

By adopting the above-mentioned form, it is possible to prevent the twist of the cable for transmitting the image data read by the reading means to the control section.

Further, the heating cooker extracts the image of the object to be heated from the read image and the baking condition table 15 in which one or a plurality of the conditions of the object to be heated are preset by the distribution value for each primary color. Then, the distribution value for each primary color of the extracted image is calculated and compared with the distribution value for each primary color of the baking condition table 15 corresponding to the baking condition of the object to be heated, which is designated by the user in advance,
When the calculated value for each primary color is a value indicating a color darker than the set value or equal, a management unit 13 for displaying a message indicating burning and / or notifying by voice is provided.

By adopting the above-mentioned form, it is possible to notify the user of the time to turn over the object to be heated in a timely manner and eliminate the discomfort caused by burning.

[0041]

EXAMPLE A typical example according to the present invention will be described below. In the following, the same parts are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof may be omitted.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, the heating cooker of the present invention comprises a control unit 29, a grilling table 21, a wire mesh 22, a heating unit 23, a reading unit 24, a cleaning unit 25, and a rotation driving unit 26. The image data read by the reading unit 24 is transmitted to the control unit 29 via the cable 28.

The control unit 29 is used for data processing and interactive operation with the user. It has a display processing unit 30, an input unit 31, a display unit 32, a management unit 33, and a storage unit 34.

The display processing unit 30 instructs the rotation driving unit 26 to alternately rotate the unit in which the heating unit 23 and the reading unit 24 are connected in the horizontal direction, and the reading unit 24 to read the image. The image sent from 24 is displayed on the display unit 32.
To display.

The input unit 31 can input data and select menus.

The display unit 32 displays the read image of the object to be heated,
Display menus, messages, etc., and notify by voice of the baking.

The management unit 33 manages the degree of burning of the object to be heated, and when the designated degree of burning is reached, the management unit 33 notifies the display unit 32 of the fact that it has been baked according to the designation by voice and message display. .

The storage unit 34 stores data and stores a baking condition table 35.

The baking condition table 35 is a table in which a plurality of baking conditions are used as primary colors and represented by distribution values using RGB, and is defined in advance. RGB is Red, Green
Abbreviation for n and Blue, which means the three primary colors of light: red, green, and blue. Here, an example of the baking condition table 35 is shown in FIG. In the same figure, the data of Red, Green, and Blue that match the rare, medium, and well-being of beef are shown.

The grill installation table 21 is a table on which an object to be heated is placed, and a wire mesh 22 is detachably provided on the top.

The heating section 23 is a heater for baking an object to be heated from below. FIG. 3 shows an example of the heating unit 23. In this example, four heating units 23 are mounted.

The reading unit 24 reads an image, here, an image of the lower surface of the beef placed on the mesh. FIG. 3 shows an example of unit connection between the reading unit 24 and the heating unit 23.

FIG. 4 shows an example of the structure of the reading section 24. The heat-resistant glass portion 41, a unit-magnification optical system lens 42, a light source 43, a contact image sensor 44, a heat reflection plate 45, and a drive circuit portion 46.

41 parts of heat-resistant glass allow the reflected light of the image to pass through,
It is a transparent glass that withstands heat radiation from the heating unit 23.

The equal-magnification optical system lens 42 forms an image captured by the reflected light on the contact image sensor 44. It should be noted that the unit magnification optical system lens has a short focal length, and the reading unit 24
The feature is that the volume of can be made compact.

The light source 43 is a fluorescent lamp or the like and emits light.

The contact image sensor 44 is a semiconductor element that converts optical information into an electric signal.

The heat reflecting plate 45 reflects the heat from the heating section 23 and prevents the temperature inside the reading section 24 from becoming excessive.

The drive circuit section 46 is used for the contact image sensor 4
4 is driven to edit the read partial image on the back surface into one whole back surface image, and the image is transmitted to the display processing unit 30.

As shown in FIG. 3, the rotary drive unit 26 includes a unit in which the heating unit 23 and the reading unit 24 are connected to each other at a constant speed, 180 degrees in the forward direction, 360 degrees in the reverse direction, and 1 degree in the forward direction.
It rotates at 80 degrees, and thereafter, it repeatedly rotates alternately forward and backward.
As a result, the reading unit 24 can read the image of the entire back surface of the object to be heated, the heating unit 23 can uniformly heat the object to be heated, and the twist of the cable 28 that transmits the read image data to the display processing unit 30. Can be prevented.

The cleaning section 25 removes dirt adhering to the heat-resistant glass section 41 which is the reflected light intake section of the reading section 24. An example thereof is shown in FIGS. Figure 5
5A shows a front view of the cleaning unit 25, and FIG. 5B shows a side view seen from the right side. The cleaning unit 25 includes a contact member made of a heat-resistant cushion material 56 covered with an aluminum foil film 53, a rotation driving unit 54, and a rotation shaft 55 of the reading unit 24.
It consists of a gear 51 attached to and a belt 52 hung on the two gears 51.

Next, the cleaning operation of the cleaning section 25 will be described.
0 degrees, 360 degrees in the reverse direction, 180 degrees in the forward direction,
When returning to the initial position, for example, once every two times, as shown in FIG.
As shown in (b), the reading unit 24 is rotated twice about the rotary shaft 55 in the vertical direction, the heat-resistant glass portion 41 is rubbed against the cushion material 56 covered with the aluminum foil film 53, and dropped from the object to be heated to be heat-resistant. The burned juice adhering to the glass part 41 is removed.

Next, the beef is grilled in the heating cooker shown in FIG. 2 by designating the degree of grilling, and it is not necessary to turn it over to see the degree of grilling. When the designated degree of grilling is reached, the user is notified in good timing. The processing will be described.

FIG. 7 shows a flow chart of an embodiment of the present invention.

S01: The user places the beef to be grilled on the mesh 22 of the heating cooker, operates the input unit 31,
When the menu indicating cooking execution displayed on the display unit 32 is selected, the management unit 33 is activated, and the management unit 33 displays the menu for selecting the baking condition on the display unit 32 and waits for a response. "Medium" which is a normal baking condition from the input section 31
When is selected, the display processing unit 30 is activated from the management unit 33, and the heating unit 23 is activated to start heating.

S02: The display processing unit 30 is the rotation drive unit 26.
Is instructed to rotate a unit in which the heating unit 23 and the reading unit 24 are connected, and the reading unit 24 is instructed to read an image.

Upon receiving the image read by the reading unit 24, the display processing unit 30 displays the image on the display unit 32. As a result, the degree of burning of the object to be heated can be successively observed without turning it over.

On the other hand, when the image is transmitted from the reading section 24 to the display processing section 30, the management section 33 obtains the image,
The distribution value of RGB of the image of beef which is the object to be heated is calculated by removing the image of the wire mesh part from the read image, and the distribution value of the distribution value set in the baking condition table 35 that matches the medium specified by the user. Red = 128, Green = 64, B
Compare lue = 0 for each RGB.

S03: The management unit 33 determines that the specified baking degree has been reached when the calculated values of the distribution values for each RGB are all smaller than or equal to the set value, S04. Go to processing. If the calculated value is larger than any one of the set values, it is determined that the specified baking condition is insufficient, and the process returns to S02.

S04: The management section 33 instructs the display section 32 to make a sound "chin" indicating the completion of baking and to display a message "baked up" on the display section 32.
Is displayed, and the process ends. As a result, the user can know when it is time to turn the beef upside down, and the discomfort caused by burning can be eliminated.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be applied to a heating cooker that heats and cooks fish, meat, etc. from the lower side, eliminating the need to turn over to see the degree of burning, and eliminating the discomfort caused by burning. .

[0073]

According to the present invention, the following effects can be expected.

It is possible to eliminate the need for turning over the work for checking the burned condition of the object to be heated.

Further, the user can be notified in good timing that the time has come to turn over, and the discomfort caused by burning can be eliminated.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a principle configuration diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of an example of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1: Pottery stand 2: Wire mesh 3: heating means 4: Reading means 5: Cleaning means 6: Rotating means 8: Cable 9: control unit 10: Display means 11: Input section 12: Display 13: Management means 14: storage means 15: Burning condition table

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A heating cooker comprising a heating means (3) for heating an object to be heated from below, a reading means (4) for reading a backside image of the object to be heated, the heating means (3) and the reading. Rotating means (6) for horizontally rotating the unit connected to the means (4), cleaning means (5) for removing dirt adhering to the reflected light intake part of the reading means (4), and the reading means. And a display means (10) for displaying an image on the display section (12). 2. The heating cooker according to claim 1, wherein the unit is rotated so as to repeat forward and reverse rotations. 3. The heating cooker has a baking condition table (15) in which one or a plurality of baking conditions of an object to be heated are preset by distribution values for respective primary colors, and an image of the object to be heated is read from the read image. Is calculated, and the distribution value for each primary color of the extracted image is calculated, and compared with the distribution value for each primary color of the baking condition table (15) corresponding to the baking condition of the object to be heated, which is designated in advance by the user, Management means (13) for displaying and / or audibly notifying a message indicating baking when the calculated value for each primary color is a value indicating a color darker than a set value or equal to each other. Item 3. A heating cooker according to item 1 or 2.