JP2006228757A - Induction heating cooker - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve a problem of having fear of generating a substantial error in detecting accuracy of an amount of warpage or an amount of oil when a plate temperature is high and a temperature of oil in a pan is low. <P>SOLUTION: The induction heating cooker is equipped with a plate 3 loading a heating container 1, a heating coil 5 heating a heated object 2 in the heating container 1, a temperature sensor 4 measuring temperature of the plate 3, a warpage amount detecting means 8 detecting an amount of warpage of a bottom surface of the heating container 1 based on the measured temperature measured at the temperature sensor 4, and a heating amount adjusting means 11 adjusting an amount of heating of the heating coil 5 based on the amount of warpage detected at the warpage amount detecting means 8. The warpage amount detecting means 8 detects an amount of warpage by using a first elapsed time taken for a heating-start temperature to rise up to a first temperature and a second elapsed time taken for the first temperature to rise up to a second temperature. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an induction heating cooker, and more particularly to an induction heating cooker that can detect the amount of warpage, the amount of oil, and the like with high accuracy.

  The conventional induction heating cooker is provided with temperature detection means below the plate on which the pan is placed, and indirectly measures the temperature at which the pan heated by the plate is heated (for example, Patent Documents 1 and 2). reference).

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-351717 (pages 2 to 5, FIG. 1)

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-89780 (pages 2 to 4, FIG. 1)

According to the induction heating cooker described in Patent Document 1, the amount of warpage of the pot is determined based on the second-order differential value of the temperature detected by the temperature detecting means, and the heat capacity of the pot estimated using the heat conduction equation. And the amount of oil is judged by the pan bottom temperature. And by changing the control method of the temperature riser and the temperature adjuster based on the amount of warp of the pan and the amount of oil obtained by these determinations, it is possible to accurately cook fried food regardless of the amount of oil. it can.
Moreover, according to the induction heating cooker described in patent document 2, the inclination t of the temperature rise in the pot content heating process is calculated | required using a temperature detection means and a time measuring means. Then, by determining the power-down temperature T based on the amount of warpage of the pot estimated from the inclination t, abnormal heating of the warped pot can be prevented.

  However, in the conventional induction heating cookers shown in Patent Documents 1 and 2, since the oil in the plate and the pan is considered only at room temperature, when the plate is hot and the oil in the pan is low, Alternatively, when the plate is at a low temperature and the oil in the pan is at a high temperature, there is a possibility that a large error occurs in the detection accuracy of the warpage amount and the oil amount.

  This invention solves such a problem, and provides the induction heating cooking appliance which can detect the curvature amount and oil amount of a pan with high precision, without being influenced by the initial temperature of a plate or oil. Objective.

  The induction heating cooker of the present invention includes a plate on which a heating container is placed, a heating coil that is provided below the plate and that heats an object to be heated in the heating container, and is provided below the plate to control the temperature of the plate. Based on the temperature sensor to be measured, the capacity detection means for detecting the capacity of the object to be heated based on the measured temperature measured by the temperature sensor, and the heating amount of the heating coil is adjusted based on the capacity detected by the capacity detection means A heating amount adjusting unit, and the capacity detecting unit corrects at least an initial temperature of an object to be heated with respect to a reference threshold value.

  In the induction heating cooker according to the present invention, the capacity detection means corrects at least the initial temperature of the object to be heated with respect to the reference threshold value, so that the temperature of the object to be heated in the initial heating state is the ambient temperature. Even when the temperature is higher than the air temperature (ordinary temperature) (in the case of hot start), the influence can be effectively eliminated. As a result, it is possible to detect the volume of the object to be heated with high accuracy.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of an induction heating cooker according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the induction heating cooker according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the induction heating cooker of this Embodiment is provided with the plate 3 which can mount the pan (heating container) 1 containing the oil (to-be-heated object) 2 on the upper surface. This plate 3 comprises the upper surface of the induction heating cooking appliance main body which is not shown in figure. A thermistor (temperature sensor) 4 for measuring the temperature of the plate 3 and a heating coil 5 for heating the oil 2 in the pan 1 are provided on the lower surface of the plate 3 facing the mounting position of the pan 1. Yes.

  Further, inside the induction heating cooker main body, the temperature detection means 6 for detecting the temperature of the plate 3 by inputting the output signal of the thermistor 4, the timer 7 for counting the temperature detection interval in the temperature detection means 6, and the temperature Based on the detected temperature of the detecting means 6, the warp amount detecting means 8 for detecting the amount of warping of the bottom of the pot 1, and the oil detected based on the detected temperature of the temperature detecting means 6 and the warp amount detected by the warped amount detecting means 8. Capacity detecting means 9 for detecting the capacity of 2 is provided.

  Furthermore, inside the induction heating cooker main body, a heating amount setting means 10 for setting the heating amount of the heating coil 5 based on the capacity of the oil 2 detected by the capacity detecting means 9, and a detected temperature of the temperature detecting means 6 And a heating amount adjusting means 11 for adjusting the heating amount set by the heating amount setting means 10 based on the capacity of the oil 2 detected by the capacity detecting means 9, and an inverter circuit 12 for driving the heating coil 5. Control means 13 for controlling the inverter circuit 12 based on the heating amount adjusted by the heating amount adjusting means 11 is provided.

  Further, the heating amount adjusting means 11 includes a period from the start of heating to the completion of preheating and a constant oil temperature based on the warpage amount detected by the warpage amount detection means 8 and the capacity of the oil 2 detected by the capacity detection means 9. Based on the control temperature setting means 11a for setting the control temperature in the control period and the control temperature set by the temperature detected by the temperature detection means 6 and the control temperature setting means 11a, the heating amount set by the heating amount setting means 10 is determined. Output adjusting means 11b for adjusting is provided.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a circuit configuration of the induction heating cooker according to the present embodiment. As shown in the figure, the inverter circuit 12 that drives the heating coil 5 includes a rectifier 12a, a smoothing capacitor 12b, a choke coil 12c, a resonance capacitor 12d, and a switching element 12e. The rectifier 12 a performs full-wave rectification on the AC power supply 14, and the switching element 12 e is on / off controlled by a control signal from the control means 13. Further, a microcomputer 15 is connected to the control means 13, and the microcomputer 15 is driven by the supply of output power from a DC power supply circuit 16 that converts the AC power supply 14 into a DC power supply. Further, the microcomputer 15 incorporates the temperature detection means 6, the timer 7, the warpage amount detection means 8, the capacity detection means 9, the heating amount setting means 10, and the heating amount adjustment means 11 shown in FIG.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described.
First, the operation of the warp amount detection means 8 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 3 is a graph showing the initial temperature change of the thermistor 4 when the pan 1 containing the oil 2 is placed on the plate 3 and heated. In heating the oil 2, the heating amount is fixed by the heating amount adjusting means 11, for example, fixed at 1.5 kW, for example.

  The meaning of each symbol in the graph is that the thermistor temperature (thermistor temperature = initial plate temperature) at the start of heating is T0 ° C., T0 ° C. to T1 ° C. (T1 ° C. = T 0 ° C. + predetermined temperature 1 (predetermined temperature in this embodiment) (1 = 1 ° C.)) is elapsed time (first elapsed time) Δtm1 [sec], T1 ° C. to T2 ° C. (T2 ° C. = T 1 ° C. + predetermined temperature 2 (predetermined temperature 2 = in this embodiment) The elapsed time (second elapsed time) up to 10 ° C.)) is Δtm2 [sec]. In the present embodiment, after the oil heating is started, the thermistor 4 and the timer 7 are used to measure the times Δtm1 and Δtm2.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing how Δtm1 changes depending on the relationship between the initial oil temperature in the pan 1 and the initial temperature of the plate 3 at the start of heating. When the cold start condition is based on the cold start condition in which heating is started from the state in which the frequency is the highest as the normal use condition, that is, the pot 1, oil 2 and plate 3 are all equal to the ambient air temperature (normal temperature), the time delay occurs in the cold start condition. After the temperature rises, the temperature rise slope a in the time interval corresponding to Δtm2 in FIG. 3 becomes the rise curve (1) having a substantially constant slope. On the other hand, in the case of a hot start condition in which heating is started from a state where the initial oil temperature is higher than the normal temperature, the temperature of the thermistor 4 affected by the high temperature oil having a large heat capacity is higher than the rising curve (1). The temperature rise slope b is slightly larger than the rise curve (1), and the rise curve (2) is slightly larger.

  In addition, when heating is started from a state where only the initial temperature of the plate 3 is high (for example, when the oil 2 is replaced with a new one after cooking), the effect of the low temperature oil 2 on the plate 3 immediately after the start of heating. In response, once the temperature falls below T0, the temperature starts to rise, the temperature rise point is slow, and after the rise, the temperature rise slope c becomes a slightly higher rise curve (3) than the rise curve (1).

  Here, the error in the heating time due to hot start (error with respect to the reference cold start) appears in Δtm1, so if the temperature rise slopes a, b, c of the rising curves (1), (2), (3) are all the same Then, it is possible to cancel the error in the heating time due to hot start by comparing with the warpage amount threshold using only Δtm2. However, since the temperature rise slopes a, b, and c of the rising curves (1), (2), and (3) are slightly different, the amount of warpage cannot be detected correctly only by Δtm2. Therefore, by detecting the amount of warpage using Δtm1 and Δtm2, the amount of warpage can be accurately detected in the case of hot start as in the case of cold start.

  FIG. 5 is a graph showing the relationship of the amount of warpage of the pot, with Δtm1 as the horizontal axis and Δtm2 as the vertical axis. As shown in the figure, the relationship between Δtm1 and Δtm2 is expressed by a linear function for each pan warp amount. Therefore, if the values of Δtm1 and Δtm2 are known, the amount of warpage can be estimated from the relationship shown in FIG. Note that the relationship of FIG. 5 is not affected by the amount of oil, so that the amount of warpage of the pan 1 can be detected regardless of the amount of oil in the pan 1.

  Further, the relationship of FIG. 5 can be determined according to the target model based on the actual machine test results, and tests are performed at typical points (for example, warpage 0.2 mm, 1.0 mm, 3.0 mm). For the linear expression between the points, the slopes a1 to a8 and the intercepts b1 to b8 are obtained by approximate interpolation, whereby the relationship of FIG. 5 can be determined even with a small number of tests.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a warp amount detection table showing a relationship between Δtm1 (first elapsed time) and Δtm2 (second elapsed time) and a warp amount threshold value. This warp amount detection table obtains a threshold value calculation formula for each pan warp amount using the slopes a1 to a8 and the intercepts b1 to b8 determined by FIG. 5, and represents the relationship between the warp level of the pan and the warp amount threshold value.

  Here, the warpage level is determined by determining which warpage level Δtm2 corresponds to in FIG. Further, the warpage amount determination threshold value calculation formulas f1 (Δtm1) to f8 (Δtm1) are expressed by a linear expression of Δtm1 as described with reference to FIG. Is determined in advance. Then, the warpage amount detection table is stored in the memory of the microcomputer 15, and the warpage level detection means 8 performs the above determination process using the warpage amount detection means 8, whereby the warpage level of the pan 1 can be determined. Become.

  In addition, the inclinations a1 to a8 and the intercepts b1 to b8 of the warpage amount determination threshold calculation formula have a large change amount with respect to the difference in the warpage amount in the region where the warpage amount is small, but the difference in the warpage amount in the region where the warpage amount is large. On the other hand, the amount of change is small. Therefore, when the warpage amount determination threshold is set to be equally divided, the resolution in a region where the warpage amount is small is lowered, and the determination accuracy becomes rough.

  For this reason, in the warp amount detection table of FIG. 6, the warp amount threshold value is finely set in the region where the warp amount is small (warp levels S1 to S5), and in the region where the warp amount is large (warp levels S6 to S8). Is set coarsely. In this way, by changing the threshold resolution in a region with a small amount of warp and a region with a large amount of warp, it is possible to maintain high accuracy in determining the amount of warp even with a small number of thresholds set, and information about the threshold (slope, intercept) Can be kept small.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the influence of hot start can be effectively eliminated by detecting the amount of warpage based on Δtm1 and Δtm2. As a result, it is possible to detect the warp amount of the pan 1 with high accuracy even under hot start conditions.

  In the present embodiment, the hot start condition can be similarly obtained by using the value of the slope of Δtm2 as the warp amount threshold, the amount of temperature rise in the section after a certain time has elapsed after the start of heating, or the slope thereof. It is possible to accurately detect the amount of warping of the pan 1 at. Further, with respect to Δtm1, it is possible to use an inclination from T0 to T1, an amount of temperature increase after a certain time has elapsed after the start of heating, and an inclination thereof.

  Next, the operation of the capacity detection unit 9 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 7 shows a sensor temperature rising tendency when heating by the heating coil 5 is further continued after completion of warpage detection in the initial stage of heating. A temperature difference at a time point when the temperature reaches a temperature T4 after a predetermined time Δtm4 (for example, Δtm4 = 10 seconds) has elapsed from a temperature T3 when the time Δtm3 has elapsed from the start of heating is ΔT4 (ΔT4 = T4-T3). In the present embodiment, after the oil heating is started, the time of Δtm3 and Δtm4 and the temperature difference ΔT4 are measured using the thermistor 4 and the timer 7.

  The capacity detection means 9 determines which range the measured ΔT4 belongs to, for example, a threshold value for which ΔT4 is set as shown in the table of FIG. 8, and determines the oil amount level. The oil amount determination thresholds Z1 to Z3 are represented by the following formulas.

  Oil amount determination threshold [° C.] = Z + ΔTs + ΔTp + ΔToil (Formula 1)

  Here, Z [° C.] is a reference threshold value, ΔTs [° C.] is a warp amount correction, ΔTp [° C.] is an initial plate temperature correction, and ΔToil [° C.] is an initial oil temperature correction.

  Hereinafter, the reference threshold value Z and each correction amount will be described. The reference threshold value Z is a cold start condition in which the temperature of the plate 3 and the oil 2 in the pan 1 in the initial heating state is equal to the ambient air temperature (normal temperature), and heating is performed using the pan 1 with no pan warp. Represents a threshold value (standard threshold value Z) in the most standard condition. The reference threshold value Z is determined based on an actual machine test.

  Since the reference threshold value Z is a threshold value assuming that there is no pan warp and the temperature of the plate 3 and the oil 2 in the pan 1 in the initial heating state is equal to the ambient air temperature (normal temperature), the amount of oil It is necessary to perform correction in consideration of the effects of the amount of pan warpage, the initial plate temperature, and the initial oil temperature that affect the determination.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the concept of warpage correction with the horizontal axis representing the oil amount and the vertical axis representing ΔT4. The influence of the amount of warpage of the pan appears as shown in the figure with respect to the reference state (reference state = reference threshold Z), and when the amount of warpage of the pan becomes larger than the reference, the threshold ΔT4 moves in parallel in the negative direction of the vertical axis as a whole. It becomes a trend. Therefore, the value of the warp correction amount ΔTs can be determined by making a table of values corresponding to the warp level obtained by the warp amount detecting means 8 and storing it in a memory, and referring to this table. It is. The value of ΔTs is determined based on the actual machine test result according to the target model.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing the concept of initial plate temperature correction and initial oil temperature correction with the oil amount on the horizontal axis and ΔT4 on the vertical axis. The influence of the initial plate temperature and the initial oil temperature appears as shown in the figure with respect to the reference state (reference state = reference threshold Z). In the reference state, since the initial plate temperature is equal to the initial oil temperature, ΔT4 translates in the positive direction of the vertical axis when only the temperature of the oil increases from this state, and tends to translate in the negative direction of the vertical axis when only the temperature of the oil decreases. It becomes. As for the influence of the initial plate temperature, when the initial plate temperature rises while maintaining the relationship between the initial plate temperature and the initial oil temperature, the entire plate tends to move parallel to the minus side of the vertical axis.
The initial plate temperature correction amount ΔTp is obtained by the following equation.

  (Initial plate temperature−reference condition plate temperature) × correction slope 1 (Equation 2)

Here, the initial plate temperature is the plate temperature at the start of heating, the reference condition plate temperature is the initial plate temperature under the condition of the reference threshold Z, and the correction gradient 1 is a constant determined from the tendency of the actual machine test results.
The initial oil temperature correction amount ΔToil is obtained by the following equation.

  (Initial temperature rise time Δtm1−reference temperature rise time Δtm1 ′) × correction slope 2 (Equation 3)

  Here, the initial temperature rise time Δtm1 is Δtm1 described in FIG. 4, and the reference temperature rise time Δtm1 ′ is the value of Δtm1 under the condition of the reference threshold Z.

  The reference initial temperature rise time Δtm1 ′ is specified by the initial plate temperature and the amount of warp, and the relationship is shown in FIG. If the initial plate temperature and the amount of pan warp detected by the warp amount detecting means 8 are known from FIG. 11, the value of Δtm1 ′ can be obtained. In the actual machine, the inclinations c1 to c8 and the intercepts d1 to d8 in FIG. 11 are determined by an actual machine test and stored in the memory of the microcomputer 15. Then, Δtm1 ′ can be calculated by calling the slopes c1 to c8 and the intercepts d1 to d8 from the memory of the microcomputer 15 when calculating Δtm1 ′ and performing the calculation by the capacity detecting means 9.

  As described above, the capacity detection means 9 performs at least the initial oil temperature correction on the reference threshold value Z, whereby the temperature of the oil 2 in the pan 1 in the initial heating state is compared with the ambient air temperature (normal temperature). Even when the temperature is high (in the case of hot start), the influence can be effectively eliminated. As a result, the oil amount can be detected with high accuracy.

  Further, the capacity detection means 9 performs at least the initial oil temperature correction and the initial plate temperature correction with respect to the reference threshold value Z, whereby the temperature of the oil 2 in the pan 1 in the initial heating state and the plate 3 in the initial heating state. Even when at least one of the above temperatures is higher than the ambient air temperature (normal temperature) (in the case of hot start), the influence can be effectively eliminated. As a result, the oil amount can be detected with high accuracy.

  Furthermore, the capacity detection means 9 performs the initial oil temperature correction, the initial plate temperature correction, and the warpage amount correction with respect to the reference threshold value Z, so that the temperature of the oil 2 in the pan 1 in the initial heating state and the initial heating state Even if at least one of the temperature of the plate 3 is higher than the ambient air temperature (normal temperature) (in the case of hot start), the influence can be effectively eliminated, Detection errors due to pan warping can also be eliminated. As a result, the oil amount can be detected with high accuracy.

  In addition, when the amount of oil is small, a difference in temperature rise appears early after the start of heating, so that accurate oil amount detection can be performed in a region where Δtm4 is small. However, in order to make an accurate determination when the amount of oil is large, it is necessary to make a determination in a region where Δtm4 is large (since there is no clear difference unless Δtm4 is large when the amount of oil is large). Is). Therefore, for example, Δtm4 = 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100 [sec], etc., by performing the determination a plurality of times according to the passage of time, a wide oil amount from a small oil amount to a large oil amount. The oil amount detection accuracy can be improved with respect to the range.

  In the capacity detection means 9 described above, the temperature difference ΔT4 is used as the oil amount determination threshold. However, the cold start condition can also be obtained by using the value of the inclination at this time, the time required for a constant temperature difference increase or the inclination. In addition, an accurate oil amount can be detected under hot start conditions. Further, with respect to Δtm1, it is possible to use an inclination from T0 to T1, an amount of temperature increase after a certain time has elapsed after the start of heating, and an inclination thereof.

  FIG. 12 shows a thermistor target temperature Th for completing the preheating heating of the heating coil 5 by the control temperature setting means 11a using the pan warp level and the oil amount level detected by the warp amount detecting means 8 and the oil amount detecting means 9. The values of the correction amount ΔTh to be changed are tabulated.

  FIG. 13 is a graph showing changes in oil temperature and thermistor temperature from the start of heating, with time on the horizontal axis and temperature on the vertical axis. As shown in the figure, thermistor temperature rises differently depending on the amount of oil warpage and the oil temperature, and the thermistor temperature when the oil temperature reaches the target temperature (thermistor temperature = thermistor target temperature Th) It depends on the amount and the amount of oil. Therefore, the thermistor target temperature Th at the time of preheating control is corrected by the value of ΔTh determined by FIG. 12 (after correction Th ′ = Th + ΔTh).

  FIG. 14 is a flowchart of the preheating control described above. As shown in the figure, after preheating is started (S1), the warp amount of the pan 1 is detected using the warp amount detecting means 8 (S2), and then the oil amount in the pan 1 is detected using the capacity detecting means 9. (S3). Based on these detection results, the thermistor target temperature Th is changed using each correction amount (S4), and it is determined whether or not the thermistor temperature exceeds the target temperature (S5). In this determination process, when it is determined that the thermistor temperature is higher than the target temperature, preheating is completed (S6).

  Here, when the oil amount detection is performed a plurality of times in order to improve the detection accuracy (for example, at the timing of Δtm4 = 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100 [sec]), S3 to S5. It is better to carry out the process several times.

  As described above, the thermistor target temperature Th can be accurately set by changing the thermistor target temperature Th using the correction amounts detected by the warp amount detection means 8 and the capacity detection means 9. As a result, even in the case of hot start, the preheat treatment can be reliably performed toward the thermistor target temperature Th.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be modified as follows, for example, within a range not departing from the gist of the present invention.
(1) Although the volume detection of the oil 2 is performed in the above embodiment, the present invention is not limited to the oil 2 and other liquids such as water and soup may be used.

(2) In the above embodiment, the temperature of the plate 3 is measured using the thermistor 4 as a temperature sensor. However, the temperature sensor is not limited to the thermistor 4, and other sensors such as an infrared sensor may be used.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the induction heating cooking appliance which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the circuit structure of the induction heating cooking appliance which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a temperature characteristic figure in the heating initial stage of the induction heating cooking appliance which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a temperature characteristic figure showing the influence of the initial oil temperature and the initial plate temperature in the heating initial stage of the induction heating cooking appliance which concerns on this Embodiment. In the induction heating cooking appliance which concerns on this Embodiment, it is the figure showing the relationship of the curvature amount on (DELTA) tm1- (DELTA) tm2 coordinate plane. In the induction heating cooking appliance which concerns on this Embodiment, it is the figure showing the relationship between curvature amount and threshold value (DELTA) tm2. It is a heating temperature characteristic figure of the induction heating cooking appliance which concerns on this Embodiment. In the induction heating cooking appliance which concerns on this Embodiment, it is the figure showing the relationship between oil amount and threshold value (DELTA) T4. In the induction heating cooking appliance which concerns on this Embodiment, it is the figure showing the influence of the amount of pan curvature with respect to oil amount determination threshold value (DELTA) T4. In the induction heating cooking appliance which concerns on this Embodiment, it is the figure showing the influence of the initial oil temperature and the initial plate temperature with respect to oil amount determination threshold value (DELTA) T4. In the induction heating cooking appliance which concerns on this Embodiment, it is the figure showing the relationship of the curvature amount on T0- (DELTA) tm1 'coordinate surface. In the induction heating cooking appliance which concerns on this Embodiment, it is the figure showing the relationship between correction | amendment temperature amount (DELTA) Th according to the amount of pan curvature and oil amount. In the induction heating cooking appliance which concerns on this Embodiment, it is the figure showing the concept of the temperature correction | amendment according to the amount of pan curvature and the amount of oil. It is a flowchart which shows control of the induction heating cooking appliance which concerns on this Embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Pan, 2 ... Oil, 3 ... Plate, 4 ... Thermistor, 5 ... Heating coil, 6 ... Temperature detection means, 7 ... Timer, 8 ... Warpage amount detection means, 9 ... Oil amount detection means, 10 ... Heating amount setting Means 11 ... Heating amount adjusting means, 11a ... Control temperature setting means, 11b ... Output adjusting means, 12 ... Inverter circuit, 13 ... Control means, 14 ... AC power supply, 15 ... Microcomputer, 16 ... DC power supply circuit.

Claims (6)

A plate on which the heating container is placed;
A heating coil provided below the plate for heating an object to be heated in the heating container; a temperature sensor provided below the plate for measuring the temperature of the plate;
Capacity detection means for detecting the capacity of the object to be heated based on the measured temperature measured by the temperature sensor;
A heating amount adjusting means for adjusting the heating amount of the heating coil based on the capacity detected by the capacity detecting means;
The said capacity | capacitance detection means correct | amends by the initial temperature of the said to-be-heated material with respect to the threshold value used as a reference | standard, The induction heating cooking appliance characterized by the above-mentioned. The correction by the initial temperature of the object to be heated is the time until the temperature rises from a heating start temperature measured in advance under a reference condition in which the initial temperature of the plate and the initial temperature of the object to be heated coincide with each other, and 2. The induction according to claim 1, wherein the correction is performed using a correction amount obtained by multiplying a difference from a time from the heating start temperature measured by the temperature sensor to a predetermined temperature to a predetermined temperature by a predetermined correction inclination. Cooking cooker. The induction heating cooker according to claim 2, wherein the capacity detection unit further performs correction based on an initial temperature of the plate with respect to a reference threshold value. The correction based on the initial temperature of the plate includes a reference condition plate temperature measured in advance under a reference condition in which the initial temperature of the plate and the initial temperature of the object to be heated match, and the initial temperature of the plate measured by the temperature sensor. 4. The induction heating cooker according to claim 3, wherein the induction heating cooker is a correction using a correction amount obtained by multiplying the difference between the two by a predetermined correction inclination. Further comprising a warp amount detection means for detecting a warp amount of the bottom surface of the heating container based on a measured temperature measured by the temperature sensor;
The induction heating cooking according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the capacity detection unit further corrects a reference threshold value by a warp amount detected by the warp amount detection unit. vessel. The induction heating cooker according to claim 1, wherein a heating target temperature in the heating amount adjusting means is changed based on a correction amount based on an initial temperature of the object to be heated.

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