JP2006114370A - Induction heating cooker - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an induction heating cooker in which slight temperature changes can be detected without overlooking and a good precision cooking can be carried out. <P>SOLUTION: This is so constituted that output of a temperature detecting means 9 to detect the bottom face temperature of a heated substance 1 by the output of an infrared detecting means 6 is corrected by that of a light receiving means 11 to detect the infrared amount from the disturbing light. Since effect of the disturbing light can be eliminated by this correction, the slight temperature changes can be detected so that the good precision cooking can be carried out. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an induction heating cooker that can accurately detect the temperature of an object to be heated on a top plate.

Conventionally, in an induction heating cooker that heats an object to be heated such as a pan, a plurality of methods have been proposed as a method for detecting the temperature of the object to be heated (see, for example, Patent Document 1). That is, a method of detecting the temperature with a thermistor through a top plate on which the object to be heated is placed, a method of detecting the temperature by detecting infrared rays radiated from the side surface of the object to be heated with an infrared sensor at the rear of the top surface of the top plate, or An infrared sensor is arranged on the bottom surface of the top plate to detect infrared rays from the object to be heated through the top plate.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 3-184295

  However, the conventional configuration has a problem in stable temperature detection and control in any method. That is, in the method of detecting the temperature of the object to be heated with the thermistor through the top plate, the top plate is made of ceramic having a low heat transfer coefficient. Error occurs, and the temperature of the object to be heated cannot be accurately detected. In addition, in the method of detecting the temperature of the infrared rays radiated from the side of the object to be heated by the infrared sensor located behind the top surface of the top plate, the infrared sensor located behind the top surface of the top plate is affected by disturbance light such as sunlight and lighting. However, accurate temperature detection is not possible. In addition, an infrared sensor is placed on the bottom of the top panel to detect infrared rays from the object to be heated through the top panel, and the infrared sensor is affected by disturbance light propagating through the top panel, allowing stable temperature measurement. It was impossible.

  An object of the present invention is to solve the above-described conventional problems, and to provide an induction heating cooker that can detect even a slight temperature change without overlooking and can perform cooking with high accuracy.

  In order to solve the above-described conventional problems, the induction heating cooker according to the present invention receives the output of the temperature detection means for detecting the bottom surface temperature of the object to be heated from the output of the infrared detection means, and detects the amount of infrared light from the ambient light. The correction is made by the output of the means.

  As a result, the influence of disturbance light can be eliminated, so that even a slight temperature change can be detected without overlooking, and accurate cooking can be performed.

  Also, when the control amount of the control means for controlling the power supplied to the heating coil in accordance with the output of the temperature detection means is a change amount not more than a predetermined value within a predetermined time and the temperature detected by the temperature detection means becomes constant Is configured to detect boiling.

  Thus, without providing a new light receiving means, a change in the control amount of the inverter that is not affected by disturbance light can be used, and the boiling can be detected stably.

  The induction heating cooker of the present invention eliminates the influence of ambient light, can detect even a slight temperature change without overlooking, and can perform highly accurate cooking.

  1st invention is a heating coil which heats a to-be-heated object, a top plate which mounts a to-be-heated object in the upper part of the above-mentioned heating coil, and infrared rays which are put on the bottom of the top plate and are emitted from the bottom of the to-be-heated material Infrared detecting means for detecting, a magnetic shielding means for shielding a magnetic field from the heating coil to the infrared detecting means, a reflecting means for condensing infrared rays from a heated object on the infrared detecting means, and the infrared detecting means Temperature detecting means for detecting the bottom surface temperature of the object to be heated from the output of the light, light receiving means for detecting the amount of infrared light from the ambient light located inside the magnetic shield means, and supply to the heating coil according to the output of the temperature detecting means And an induction heating cooker configured to correct the output of the temperature detection means by the output of the disturbance light receiving means, thereby eliminating the influence of disturbance light. Because, allows the detection can accurate cooking without miss minor temperature changes.

  According to a second invention, in particular, in the first invention, a light-emitting means is provided inside the magnetic-shielding means, and the infrared light irradiated from the light-emitting means passes through the top plate and is reflected by the heated object to receive the light-receiving means. The induction heating cooker according to claim 1, wherein the emissivity can be calculated from the reflectance of the object to be heated, and the emissivity of the object to be heated can be calculated. Therefore, the bottom temperature of the object to be heated can always be detected stably.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a heating coil for heating an object to be heated, an inverter for supplying a high frequency current to the induction heating coil, a top plate for placing the object to be heated on the heating coil, and a lower surface of the top plate Infrared detecting means for detecting infrared rays radiated from the bottom surface of the heated object, a magnetic shielding means for shielding the infrared detecting means from a magnetic field from the heating coil, and infrared rays from the heated object to the infrared detecting means Reflecting means for condensing the light, temperature detecting means for detecting the bottom surface temperature of the object to be heated from the output of the infrared detecting means, controlling the inverter so that the input current of the inverter is constant, and further controlling the temperature detecting means Control means for controlling the electric power supplied to the heating coil in accordance with the output, and the control amount of the control means is a change amount not more than a predetermined value within a predetermined time and the temperature detected by the temperature detection means. When it becomes constant, by using an induction heating cooker configured to detect boiling, it is possible to use a change in the control amount of the inverter that is not affected by disturbance light without newly providing light receiving means, Boiling can be detected with stable temperature.

  In the fourth aspect of the invention, in particular, in the third aspect of the invention, the thermal power is reduced when the control amount of the control means is a change amount equal to or less than a predetermined value within a predetermined time, and then the temperature detected by the temperature detection means becomes constant. By adopting a configuration for detecting boiling in some cases, it is possible to reduce the heating power immediately before boiling, and to realize boiling detection without being blown out more.

  In the fifth aspect of the invention, in particular, in the case of the third aspect, when the control amount of the control means is a change amount not more than a predetermined value within a predetermined time and the temperature detected by the temperature detection means has changed to a certain value or more. By adopting a configuration in which the change in the detected temperature is corrected by assuming that the detected temperature is increased or decreased due to ambient light, the bottom surface temperature of the object to be heated can be detected more stably.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments.

(Embodiment 1)
FIGS. 1-5 shows the induction heating cooking appliance in Embodiment 1 of this invention.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the induction heating cooker in the present embodiment includes a heating coil 3 that heats a heated object 1 such as a pan, and a top plate 2 on which the heated object 1 is placed above the heating coil 3. And an inverter 5 for supplying a high-frequency current to the heating coil 3 to generate heat to the heated object 1 by electromagnetic induction, and an infrared detecting means 6 for detecting infrared rays placed on the lower surface of the top plate 2 and emitted from the bottom surface of the heated object 1 A cylindrical magnetic shield 7 that shields the magnetic field from the heating coil 3 to the infrared detector 6 and a reflector 8 that is located in the magnetic shield 7 and collects infrared rays from the object 1 to be heated on the infrared detector 6. A temperature detecting means 9 for detecting the temperature of the bottom surface of the article 1 to be heated from the output of the infrared detecting means 6; and a light receiving means 11 for detecting the amount of infrared light from disturbance light located outside the reflecting means 8 inside the magnetic shield means 7. And the heating coil according to the output of the temperature detecting means 9 Is obtained by a control unit 10 for controlling electric power supplied to.

  And it is set as the structure which correct | amends the output of the temperature detection means 9 with the output of the light-receiving means 11 which detects the amount of infrared rays from disturbance light.

  In the above configuration, when a power supply (not shown) is turned on and a predetermined temperature is set with the operation switch, electric power is supplied from the inverter 5 to the heating coil 3 under the control of the control means 10. When electric power is supplied to the heating coil 3, an induction magnetic field is generated in the heating coil 3, and the object to be heated 1 on the top plate 2 is induction heated. Due to this induction heating, the temperature of the object to be heated 1 rises and the food in the object to be heated 1 is cooked.

  Here, the operation of the infrared detecting means 6 will be described. When the temperature of the article 1 to be heated rises, infrared rays corresponding to the temperature are emitted from the article 1 to be heated. Generally, as shown in FIG. 2, the thermal radiation energy radiated from an object is determined by its temperature, and increases as the temperature increases and also expands to the short wavelength side. Since the glass ceramic used for the top plate 2 in the present embodiment can transmit 90% or more with respect to infrared rays having a wavelength range of 2.5 μm or less, the temperature of the bottom surface of the heated object 1 becomes 60 ° C. or more. The thermal radiation energy in the wavelength region of 2.5 μm or less is incident on the infrared detecting means 6. Here, the infrared detecting means 6 is composed of an InGaAs PIN photodiode or the like having a detection performance with high sensitivity to infrared rays having a wavelength range of 0.7 to 2.5 μm or less.

  With this PIN photodiode, a detected temperature in accordance with the temperature of the object to be heated 1 as shown in FIG. However, for example, when there is disturbing light such as sunlight, the energy of disturbing light is input in addition to the energy from the bottom surface temperature of the article 1 to be heated. Therefore, as shown in FIG. And the actual bottom temperature of the object to be heated. For this reason, for example, a phototransistor having sensitivity to infrared rays of 950 nm is used as the light receiving means 11 as means for detecting the amount of infrared light from disturbance light. Sunlight or the like has a wide wavelength range, and the amount of disturbance light input to the PIN photodiode can be detected from the amount of infrared rays at 950 nm. Infrared light from the object to be heated 1 has almost no region of 950 nm up to 350 ° C. during actual cooking, so that the amount of disturbance light can be detected without being affected by the temperature of the object to be heated 1.

  FIG. 4 shows the temperature detection means 9, but the temperature of the object to be heated 1 can be accurately detected by correcting the output of the infrared detection means 6 with the output of the light receiving means 11 by the control means 10. I am doing so. Note that FIG. 4 has an amplifying means 12 for amplifying the output of the infrared detecting means 6.

  Moreover, as shown in FIG. 5, by using the infrared light emitting means 13 made of LEDs, the emissivity of the article to be heated 1 can be measured to improve the accuracy of temperature detection. The light emitting means 13 is arranged inside the magnetic shield means 7 in the same manner as the light receiving means 11. Further, the angles of the light receiving means 11 and the light emitting means 13 are adjusted so that the focal length is at the height at which the article 1 to be heated is placed on the top 2. With this configuration, the infrared light of the pulse signal is emitted from the light emitting means 13, and the infrared pulse signal reflected by the heated object 1 is received by the light receiving means 11. From this signal amount, the reflectance of the object to be heated 1 can be measured. Here, since the relationship between the emissivity and the reflectivity is emissivity = 1−reflectance, as a result, the emissivity of the object to be heated 1 can be obtained. If this emissivity is known, the detection temperature of the infrared detecting means 6 is corrected, and the temperature of the object to be heated 1 can be detected with higher accuracy.

(Embodiment 2)
6 to 9 show an induction heating cooker according to the second embodiment of the present invention. The same elements as those of the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted.

  In the induction heating cooker of the present embodiment, the control method by the inverter 5 is different from that of the first embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the commercial power supply 4 is input to the rectifying / smoothing unit 16. The rectifying / smoothing unit 16 is connected to a full-wave rectifier composed of a bridge diode and a low-pass filter composed of a choke coil and a smoothing capacitor between its DC output terminals. The inverter 5 is connected to the output of the rectifying / smoothing unit 16, and the heating coil 3 is connected to the inverter 5. The inverter 5 and the heating coil constitute a high frequency inverter. The inverter 5 is provided with a series connection body of a first switching element 5c and a second switching element 5d (both are IGBTs in the present embodiment). The first diode 5e is connected in antiparallel to the first switching element 5c, and the second diode 5f is connected in antiparallel to the second switching element 5d. A series connection body of the heating coil 3 and the resonance capacitor 5g is connected between the connection point of the switching elements 5c and 5d of the series connection body and the negative terminal of the rectifying and smoothing unit 16.

  The current transformer 14 detects a power supply current input from the commercial power supply 4 of the inverter 5 and outputs a detection signal to the power supply current detection circuit 15. The power supply current detection circuit 15 outputs a detection signal proportional to the magnitude of the power supply current to the control means 10. The control means 10 drives the first switching element 5c and the second switching element 5d in the inverter 5.

  The operation of the induction cooking device configured as described above will be described. The commercial power supply 4 is rectified by the rectifying / smoothing unit 16 and supplies power to the high-frequency inverter having the inverter 5 and the heating coil 3.

  FIG. 7 shows the waveform of each part in the present embodiment. Waveform (a) shows the drive signal of the second switching element 5d, which is on in the HIGH state and off in the LOW state. A waveform (A-1) indicates a waveform of a current flowing through the first switching element 5c and the diode 5e. A waveform (A-2) shows a waveform of a current flowing through the second switching element 5d and the diode 5f. A waveform (c) shows a voltage generated between the collector and the emitter of the second switching element 5d.

  When the first switching element 5c is on, a resonance current is generated in a closed circuit of the first switching element 5c (or the second diode 5f), the heating coil 3, and the resonance capacitor 5g. When the first switching element 5c is turned off, a current flows through the second diode 5f.

  After the first switching element 5c is turned off, the second switching element 5d is turned on. Therefore, after a current flows through the second diode 5f, the second switching element 5d (or the first diode 5e) is turned on. A resonance current flows through a closed circuit including the heating coil 3 and the resonance capacitor 5g. The drive frequency of the first switching element 5c and the second switching element 5d is varied around 20 kHz, and the drive time ratio is varied around 1/2 as shown in the figure. Since the control means 10 receives an output signal proportional to the magnitude of the power supply current from the power supply current detection circuit 15, the first switching element 5c and the second switching element 5d receive input power (output value of the high frequency inverter). Control is performed by varying the drive frequency so as to control to a predetermined value.

  FIG. 8 shows the correlation between the drive frequency and the input power, where the solid line indicates when the temperature of the object to be heated 1 is low and the broken line indicates when the temperature of the object to be heated 1 is high. The correlation changes depending on the temperature of the heated object 1 because the resistivity of the heated object 1 changes as the temperature rises (generally, the resistivity increases as the temperature rises), and as a result, the heating coil 3 This is because the magnetic coupling of the object to be heated 1 changes. More specifically, since the equivalent series resistance increases and the equivalent inductance also increases, the resonance frequency decreases and Q also decreases. As shown in the figure, for example, when an electric power of 2000 W is to be supplied stably, the drive frequency gradually decreases as the temperature of the object to be heated 1 rises (from point A to point B in the figure). Therefore, the drive frequency when a constant power is supplied is as shown in FIG.

  9A shows the temperature of the article 1 to be heated, FIG. 9B shows the driving frequency, and FIG. 9C shows the input power. As the temperature of the article to be heated 1 rises, the driving frequency decreases. When the temperature of the article to be heated 1 becomes constant, the driving frequency becomes constant. From the above relationship, the temperature change of the object to be heated 1 can be understood by the time change of the drive frequency. With this configuration, when the control amount of the control means 10 is a change amount equal to or less than a predetermined value within a predetermined time, it can be seen that the temperature is stabilized by the inverter 5 and the temperature detected by the infrared detection means 6 is constant. In such a case, there is no influence of disturbance or the like, and boiling can be detected because it can be determined that it is boiling. Further, even when the infrared visual field portion is temporarily stabilized at, for example, 70 to 80 ° C. before boiling due to the temperature conduction of the metal of the article 1 to be heated, the control amount of the control means 10 is changed. It can be configured not to detect boiling, and can prevent erroneous detection.

  Moreover, when the control amount of the control means 10 is a change amount equal to or less than a predetermined value within a predetermined time, it is detected that the boiling is approached, and the thermal power can be reduced. When this is performed at the temperature detected by the infrared detecting means 6, an error due to the detected temperature occurs if the emissivity is different. Therefore, the thermal power may be suppressed when the temperature difference up to the boiling point is large. The control amount of the control means 10 does not have this effect, and although the amount of change due to the material is large and small, it can be used as a preliminary detection of boiling, so that the thermal power can be reduced immediately before boiling, and boiling detection without further spilling can be performed. It can be realized.

  Furthermore, when the control amount of the control means 10 does not change, if the temperature detected by the temperature detection means 9 changes more than a certain value, it is considered that the influence of disturbance light has increased or decreased, and the change If it is the structure which correct | amends a minute, the to-be-heated material 1 bottom face temperature can always be detected stably more.

  In this embodiment, a two-stone type SEPP inverter configuration is used. However, for example, if the input current changes due to a magnetic coupling change with a load (object to be heated) such as a one-stone type voltage resonance inverter. Any configuration or control system inverter may be used. Furthermore, although the power is varied using the frequency, this is not limited, and it goes without saying that, for example, a method of changing the conduction ratio of the two stone switching elements at a constant frequency may be used.

  As described above, the induction heating cooker according to the present invention eliminates the influence of ambient light and can detect even a slight temperature change without overlooking it, so that it can be cooked with high accuracy, so that it can be applied regardless of home use or business use. .

The block diagram which shows the induction heating cooking appliance in Embodiment 1 of this invention Graph showing the distribution of infrared rays transmitted through the top plate and the sensitivity wavelength range of infrared detection means in the induction heating cooker (A) The graph which shows the detection temperature data of the infrared detection means at the time of no disturbance light in the induction heating cooking appliance (b) The graph which shows the detection temperature data of the infrared detection means at the time of the disturbance light Block diagram showing temperature detection means in the induction heating cooker The block diagram which shows the other example of the temperature detection means in the induction heating cooking appliance The block diagram which shows the circuit structure of the induction heating cooking appliance in Embodiment 2 of this invention. The graph which shows the operation waveform of each part of the inverter in the induction heating cooking appliance The graph which shows the correlation of the frequency at the time of the temperature change of the to-be-heated object, and input power in the induction heating cooking appliance The figure which shows the time change of the temperature of a to-be-heated material, a drive frequency, and input electric power in the same induction heating cooking appliance.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Heated object 2 Top plate 3 Heating coil 4 Commercial power supply 5 Inverter 6 Infrared detection means 7 Magnetic-shield means 8 Reflection means 9 Temperature detection means 10 Control means 11 Light-receiving means 13 Light-emitting means

Claims (5)

A heating coil for heating the object to be heated, a top plate for placing the object to be heated on the heating coil, and an infrared detecting means for detecting infrared rays placed on the bottom surface of the top plate and emitted from the bottom surface of the object to be heated A magnetic shielding means for shielding the magnetic field from the heating coil to the infrared detection means, a reflection means for condensing infrared rays from the heated object on the infrared detection means, and an object to be heated from the output of the infrared detection means Temperature detecting means for detecting the bottom surface temperature, light receiving means for detecting the amount of infrared light from ambient light located inside the magnetic shield means, and control for controlling the power supplied to the heating coil in accordance with the output of the temperature detecting means And an induction heating cooker configured to correct the output of the temperature detection means by the output of the disturbance light receiving means. A structure comprising a light emitting means located inside the magnetic shield means, and infrared rays irradiated from the light emitting means are reflected by the object to be heated after passing through the top plate and incident on the light receiving means, and the reflectance of the object to be heated is detected. The induction heating cooker according to claim 1. A heating coil for heating an object to be heated, an inverter for supplying a high frequency current to the induction heating coil, a top plate for placing the object to be heated on the heating coil, and a heating plate placed on the lower surface of the top plate Infrared detecting means for detecting infrared rays radiated from the bottom of the object, magnetic shielding means for shielding the infrared detecting means from the magnetic field from the heating coil, and reflecting means for collecting infrared rays from the object to be heated on the infrared detecting means Temperature detecting means for detecting the bottom surface temperature of the object to be heated from the output of the infrared detecting means, the inverter is controlled so that the input current of the inverter is constant, and a heating coil according to the output of the temperature detecting means Control means for controlling the power supplied to the control means, and the control amount of the control means is a change amount not more than a predetermined value within a predetermined time, and the temperature detected by the temperature detection means becomes constant. Induction cooking device has a configuration for detecting the boiling when. 4. The structure according to claim 3, wherein the heating power is reduced when the control amount of the control means is an amount of change equal to or less than a predetermined value within a predetermined time, and then boiling is detected when the temperature detected by the temperature detecting means becomes constant. Induction heating cooker. If the control amount of the control means is a change amount less than or equal to a predetermined value within a predetermined time and the temperature detected by the temperature detection means changes more than a certain value, it is regarded as an increase or decrease due to ambient light and the change in the detected temperature. The induction heating cooker according to claim 3, wherein the induction heating cooker is configured to correct the above.

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