JP2004308982A - Heating cooker - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To avoid the inconvenience in additional heating about which additional methods using manual heating function are often put on a cooking book, that bad effects often appear because there is no heating sequence in automatic cooking for each menu. <P>SOLUTION: This heating cooker comprises an automatic menu key 22, a display tube 23 for displaying the menu after selecting an automatic menu, a starting key 24 for starting heating, a heating time setting means 25, and a LED 26 for informing of a possible time for operating a time setting means. After finishing heating menu for automatic cooking, the heating sequence for the automatic menu can be selectively added thereto for heating by the time setting means or a heating condition setting means for setting a temperature. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an additional setting at the time of automatic cooking in a heating cooker such as a microwave oven.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, as a device that automatically heats and cooks this kind of microwave oven and oven microwave oven, it has a unique control that can be applied to each cooked food by delicately controlling individual heating or combined heating control such as microwaves and heaters. There is a heating device provided with an automatic cooking menu key in which a heating pattern and a heating condition such as a heating temperature and a time and a heating sequence are already set for each menu. Accordingly, the user can execute desired cooking simply by selecting and pressing a desired cooking menu key in the automatic cooking menu.
[0003]
However, each user has a delicate preference for the finish of the cooking, and the finish of the preset automatic cooking menu is not always suitable for the preference.
[0004]
In addition, the finish of cooking differs depending on the state and amount of the material, and at home it is common to prepare the material appropriately according to the time, and it may differ from the material and amount assumed at the time of setting the initial heating program. Often, however, there is a situation in which they are not sufficiently addressed.
[0005]
As a conventional technique for solving such a problem, as shown in FIG. 7, after an automatic cooking menu key is selected (S1), at the beginning of cooking (S4), a finish adjustment key is pressed (S5). In addition, the finish set to "standard" can be adjusted to a fixed set width such as "strong" or "weak" (for example, see Patent Document 1).
[0006]
Another method is to use a manual heating device after automatic cooking with a unique heating pattern suitable for each cooking menu, and then use a manual heating means such as "5 minutes in a 600 W oven" or "10 minutes in an oven 200 ° C." , The cooking was extended again using the heating setting function.
[0007]
[Patent Document 1]
JP-A-09-42678 [0008]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the conventional configuration, it is necessary to predict in advance the finish after cooking and heating, and to set before starting heating, if accurate prediction is not enough, or if it is contrary to the prediction, the user is required There was a problem that the intended finish could not be secured after all because the coping method was not known.
[0009]
Furthermore, after the cooking is completed, adding the time by the heating function in the manual heating means is not a heating sequence of a unique heating pattern for each cooked food, so that the end result tends to spoil the performance. .
[0010]
In addition, since it is a constant value set before the start of heating, the user looks at the heating status of the cooked food during heating cooking, judges that it is not suitable for taste, and sets additional heating under heating conditions according to taste If so, a complicated heating sequence must be adjusted.
[0011]
Therefore, the user had to leave the adjustment of the complicated heating sequence to automatic, but sometimes there was a need to adjust the delicate taste of the finish by himself, and various automatic cooking menus were purchased at the time of purchase Although it appeals to users for convenience, after all, the frequency of use at each home remains low.
[0012]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the conventional problems, the present invention provides a heating cooker having an automatic cooking function in which a heating program of a heating sequence for each heating menu is set in advance, a menu selection means for selecting a heating cooking menu, and a heating time. Or a heating condition setting means for setting a heating temperature, and a control means for controlling heating by the information thereof, and after the heating program of the heating cooking menu selected by the menu selection means is completed, by the heating condition setting means, The content of the same heating sequence as during cooking can be additionally set, so that the content of the optimal heating program of the automatic cooking menu in which the heating content has been set in advance can be additionally set even after the heating is completed. It is possible to provide the finished food according to each person's preference with a simple operation while using it.
[0013]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
According to the first aspect of the present invention, in a heating cooker having an automatic cooking function in which a heating program of a heating sequence for each heating menu is set in advance, a menu selection unit for selecting a heating menu, a heating time or a heating temperature are provided. Heating condition setting means for setting the heating, the control means for controlling the heating by the information, after the heating program of the heating cooking menu selected by the menu selection means is finished, by the heating condition setting means, during cooking, The feature that the contents of the same heating sequence can be additionally set allows the user to easily confirm the food after the heating is completed and to add an optimal sequence for the food when it is determined that the addition is necessary. .
[0014]
According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the heating cooker according to the first aspect, after the heating program of the heating cooking menu selected by the menu selection means is completed, the heating condition setting means sets the heating sequence immediately before the end of the cooking. By being characterized by being able to additionally set the content, for example, when there are multiple heating sequences in one heating program, if it is determined that additional heating is necessary after the end of heating after checking the cooking, The user can easily add heating by using the heating sequence of the final cooking step.
[0015]
According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the heating cooker according to the first or second aspect, wherein the heating condition setting means can be set only by adding time. And if it is determined that additional time is necessary, the user can easily perform additional heating using the same sequence as during cooking only by performing the operation of setting the time by the time setting means.
[0016]
The invention according to claim 4 is the heating cooker according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the heating condition setting means can be set only by changing the temperature, so that the cooked food is confirmed after the heating is completed. If it is determined that additional temperature is necessary, the user can easily perform additional heating using the same sequence as during cooking only by performing the operation of setting the temperature with the temperature setting means.
[0017]
【Example】
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[0018]
(Example 1)
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an external configuration of a heating cooker such as an oven microwave oven in the first embodiment of the present invention.
[0019]
In FIG. 1, reference numeral 12 denotes a microwave oven main body, and an operation panel 13 and an opening / closing door 14 are provided on a front surface. Although not shown, a heating chamber for containing food to be heated is defined in the microwave oven body, and the food to be heated is placed there. After opening the opening / closing door 14 and placing the food to be heated in the heating chamber and closing the opening / closing door 14, the operation panel 13 issues a heating instruction.
[0020]
In the present invention, the heating control during heating, radio waves, output control and combination conditions of each heating function such as steam is a heating sequence, the heating time and heating temperature for controlling the heating sequence are heating conditions, and the heating sequence A program for controlling the entire heating by combining the heating conditions with the heating conditions is defined as a heating program.
[0021]
In addition to the heating program information stored in advance in a storage medium such as a microcomputer, the heating program can be arbitrarily changed, for example, the heating program information downloaded from an Internet homepage or the like in the device information. is there.
[0022]
FIG. 2 shows details of the operation panel 13 of FIG. Reference numeral 22 denotes an automatic menu key, a display tube 23 for displaying a menu after selecting an automatic menu, a start key 24 for starting heating, a time setting means 25, an LED 26 for notifying when the time setting means can be operated, and a heating operation on the way. A stop key 27 for stopping the operation is provided.
[0023]
FIG. 3 is a flowchart of an operation flow according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The operation flow will be described with reference to the operation panel diagram of FIG. In step S31, by pressing a desired automatic menu key 22 on the operation panel of FIG. 2, for example, a heating program of “chawanmushi” is selected, and “chawanmushi” indicating the selected heating program is displayed on the display unit 23. Is performed (S32). After the door 14 is opened and the food is placed in the heating chamber, the door 14 is further closed, and the start key 24 is pressed (S33), thereby starting the selected "chawanmushi" heating program (S34).
[0024]
Thereafter, the heating is completed in the heating time set by the initial automatic heating program or the heating time determined after detection by the detecting means such as a sensor (S36). If it is desired to further add a heating time after confirming the finish of cooking, the time setting dial 25 is rotated within a certain time (S38), and an arbitrary time is input.
[0025]
At this time, after the end of the heating, a certain time during which additional heating can be set can be notified using, for example, an LED light emitting element or the like (S37). The notification in this case may include various means for prompting the user to confirm the state of the food, including voice, display, buzzer, and the like. After setting an arbitrary time, pressing the start key 24 (S39) activates the heating sequence of the automatic cooking menu key for the set arbitrary time. Although time is used as an example of the heating conditions in FIGS. 1 to 3, it goes without saying that the heating conditions can be other conditions such as temperature.
[0026]
FIG. 4 is a temperature chart of a food item during a heating program. At the start of cooking, the heating sequence of the upper heater, the lower heater, the electric wave and the like is combined while controlling the output, and the heating proceeds. The heating time of the heating condition initially set in the heating program is T1, and the solid line indicating the temperature of the food with time is L1. In this heating program, the heating according to the initially programmed heating sequence ends when the time T1 has elapsed. Thereafter, when an arbitrary time (T2) is set by the time setting means within a certain time, heating is performed for T2 time while continuing the same heating sequence as during cooking.
[0027]
Conventionally, even if an automatic cooking menu key with preset heating programs for various cooking conditions, such as the optimal heating sequence and heating time for each food item, is provided, the user will not be able to respond to the delicate tastes of each user, Frequency of use due to factors such as incompatibility when preparing individually using ingredients different from the attached cookbook, making use of the taste of the home, and resistance to letting all of the heating shown by many users be automatic However, the above means makes it possible to arbitrarily adjust the finish by observing the finish of the food.
[0028]
For example, in a home where people are aware of their health, when the ground beef is changed to chicken with a low oil content when making a hamburger steak, the roasted color tends to become lighter when heated using a conventional automatic cooking menu. However, it is difficult to predict how much the baking color will become light before heating, and it may not be possible to predict whether or not it will become light.
[0029]
In such a case, it is difficult to make adjustments using the conventional finish adjustment keys "strong" and "weak" at the beginning of heating, and even if they are adjusted, the heating time will be increased or decreased by a certain time set in advance by the manufacturer. Yes, it does not always fall within the user's preference range. It is common for most users to determine whether further heating is required by watching the baking color for a certain time after the start of heating.
[0030]
However, if it is judged that the color of the baking is light after the automatic cooking heating, it is common use to add heating while delicately controlling the radio wave, heater, steam, etc. in order to reproduce the optimal heating sequence for the food Difficult for the elderly.
[0031]
Even in such a case, after confirming the performance after the completion of automatic cooking, if the user determines that additional heating is necessary, the same sequence as during automatic cooking heating only by setting heating conditions such as time and temperature. Heating can be added.
[0032]
FIG. 5 is a temperature chart of a food item during the heating program when a plurality of heating sequences are present in the heating program for automatic cooking. After the heating is started, the first operation sequence is S1, and the next operation sequence is S2.
[0033]
For example, it is preferable to use a lot of radio waves to raise the temperature of the food first, and to heat the frozen food or the like, mainly using a heater in order to brown the food when the temperature of the food rises. A sequence using many radio waves and the lower heater is defined as S1, and a sequence using many upper heaters for browning the food is defined as S2. If it is determined that it is better to add a baking color after cooking, if the sequence of S1 with a large number of radio waves operates, the baking color will not be turned on. It may harden. Since the optimum heating pattern differs depending on the progress of the food, the additional heating requires heating in a heating sequence according to the state of the food.
[0034]
That is, when the automatic cooking is completed at the time T1 programmed at the beginning and then additional conditions are set, S2 which is the heating sequence immediately before the end of the cooking is continuously added to the heating sequence.
[0035]
FIG. 6 is a temperature chart of the food item during the heating program when the setting condition is a temperature using an infrared sensor or the like. The heating end temperature of the food at the time of setting the initial heating program is TEMP1, and the heating is ended when TEMP1 is detected by an infrared sensor or the like. After the heating is completed, if it is determined that additional heating should be added, the user can arbitrarily change the temperature to TEMP2 by the temperature setting unit, thereby performing additional heating while continuing the heating sequence, and reducing the finishing temperature. Can be raised. Also in this case, when there are a plurality of heating sequences as in the case of FIG. 5, the heating sequence at the end of cooking is continuously added.
[0036]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the invention described in claims 1 to 4, when using the automatic cooking menu key, at the time when it is determined that additional heating is necessary at the end of heating, while continuing the same heating sequence as during heating, Heating conditions such as a heating time and a heating temperature can be arbitrarily added only by the heating condition setting means. In addition, the automatic cooking menu key, which has a strong image that cannot be used, can be arbitrarily adjusted while checking the cooking state, thereby expanding the range of use.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of an oven microwave oven according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a front view showing an example of an operation panel of an oven microwave oven according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the temperature of the food item during the heating program according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is the temperature of the food item during the heating program according to another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the temperature of food during a heating program in another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a conventional operation.
12 heating cooker (microwave oven)
22 Menu selection means (automatic menu key)
25 Heating condition setting means (time setting means)

Claims (4)

In a heating cooker having an automatic cooking function in which a heating program of a heating sequence for each heating cooking menu is set in advance, a menu selection means for selecting a heating cooking menu, a heating condition setting means for setting a heating time or a heating temperature, A control means for controlling heating based on the information is provided, and after the heating program of the heating cooking menu selected by the menu selection means is completed, the heating condition setting means additionally sets the contents of the same heating sequence as during cooking. A cooking device characterized by being able to. 2. The heating cooker according to claim 1, wherein after the heating program of the heating menu selected by the menu selection means is completed, the content of the heating sequence immediately before the end of the cooking can be additionally set by the heating condition setting means. Characterized cooking device. 3. The heating cooker according to claim 1, wherein the heating condition setting means can be set only by adding time. 3. The heating cooker according to claim 1, wherein the heating condition setting means can be set only by changing the temperature.

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