JP2009002626A - Cooker - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cooker capable of easily selecting a favorite cooking menu in a short time. <P>SOLUTION: A control device of this cooker 1 stores all of cooking menus described in a cooking book as a first cooking group in page order of the cooking book. The first cooking group can not be replaced and its order can not be changed. After the termination of cooking according to the cooking menu in the first cooking group, a liquid crystal display unit 37 displays "REGISTER IN BOOKMARK ?", so that the selected cooking menu is registered in "BOOKMARK" when "YES" is selected. The registered favorite cooking menu can be easily executed by selecting "BOOKMARK" from an initial image plane of an auto menu displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 37. An user can arbitrarily replace the cooking menus included in the "BOOKMARK", and change their order. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a heating cooker that heats ingredients in a cooking container according to a selected cooking menu.

There is a conventional technique related to a heating cooker in which several operation units on which a card on which only one cooking menu is displayed can be mounted are formed on the front panel unit (for example, see Patent Document 1). This is because after the card on which the desired cooking menu is written is mounted on the operation unit, the operation unit is pressed by pressing the card, and the user selects which cooking menu from the shape of the protruding piece of the card mounted on the operation unit. You can recognize whether you want to execute. According to this, cooking is performed on the menu simply by attaching the card to the operation unit and pressing the card with the desired menu name, so a user who is unfamiliar with complex key operations You can also select the menu you want.
Japanese Patent No. 3640770

On the other hand, however, in the case of the above-described conventional technology, each time the user wishes to select a favorite cooking menu, a card in which the desired cooking menu is described from among a variety of cards displaying the cooking menu. Must be selected and mounted on a predetermined operation unit. Therefore, it is troublesome to select and install cards, and the card management requires contrivance and attention.
This invention is made | formed in view of the said situation, The objective is to provide the heating cooker which can select a favorite cooking menu easily in a short time.

  The heating cooker according to the present invention includes a heating unit that heats food stored in a cooking container, and a first cooking group storage unit that stores a first cooking group formed by a plurality of cooking menus that cannot be replaced. , Second cooking group storage means for storing a second cooking group formed by several cooking menus extracted from the first cooking group and capable of changing the cooking menu, and the first cooking group or the first cooking group. Cooking menu selection means for selecting a desired cooking menu from two cooking groups, and control means for operating the heating means to cook the food contained in the cooking container based on the selected cooking menu It has a special feature.

  Since the second cooking group storage means stores the second cooking group in which the cooking menu can be replaced, the favorite cooking menu frequently used by the user can always be easily and quickly obtained from the second cooking group. You can choose.

  A cooking device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 8. The cabinet 2 of the heating cooker 1 corresponds to the cooking container of the present invention, has a rectangular box shape as shown in FIG. 1, and a spatial cooking chamber is formed inside the cabinet 2. An entrance / exit 3 is formed in the front plate of the cabinet 2, and food (foodstuff) is introduced from the outside of the cooking chamber into the cooking chamber through the entrance / exit 3, and from the inside of the cooking chamber to the outside of the cooking chamber through the entrance / exit 3. Taken out. The cabinet 2 is provided with a door 4, and the door 4 rotates around a horizontal axis 5 at the lower end between a vertically closed state in which the entrance 3 is closed and a horizontal open state in which the entrance 3 is opened. Has been made possible.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a range cooking unit 6, a grill cooking unit 7, an oven cooking unit 8, and a steam cooking unit 9 are accommodated in the cabinet 2. The range cooking unit 6 heats and cooks food stored in the cooking chamber based on the microwave irradiation inside the cooking chamber, and includes a magnetron 10 (shown in FIG. 2) and a magnetron that oscillate microwaves. 10 has a waveguide for irradiating the inside of the cooking chamber with the microwave oscillated from 10. The grill cooking unit 7 heats and cooks the food stored in the cooking chamber based on irradiating the inside of the cooking chamber with radiant heat, and the grill heater 11 (FIG. 2) disposed on the ceiling of the cooking chamber. And a reflector that reflects the radiant heat emitted from the grill heater 11 downward.

  The oven cooking unit 8 cooks food stored in the cooking chamber based on circulating hot air inside the cooking chamber, and has a fan and a fan for circulating the air inside the cooking chamber. It has a fan motor 12 (shown in FIG. 2) that rotates, and an oven heater 13 (shown in FIG. 2) that heats air based on heating the air discharged from the fan. The steam cooking unit 9 heats and cooks the food stored in the cooking chamber based on injecting heated steam into the cooking chamber. The steam cooking unit 9 heats the water in the steam generation container, a hollow steam generation container, an impeller for injecting water into the steam generation container, a pump motor 14 for rotating the impeller, and the impeller. The steam heater 15 (shown in FIG. 2) that generates heated steam based on the above is provided, and the heated steam generated by the steam heater 15 enters the inside of the cooking chamber from the inside of the steam generating container through the fountain opening of the steam generating container. Discharged. Each of the range cooking unit 6, grill cooking unit 7, oven cooking unit 8 and steam cooking unit 9 corresponds to the heating means of the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a control device 16 corresponding to the first cooking group storage means, the second cooking group storage means and the control means of the present invention is housed inside the cabinet 2. The control device 16 is configured mainly with a microcomputer, and includes a CPU 17, a ROM 18, a RAM 19, an EEPROM 20, and a timer circuit 21. The timer circuit 21 outputs a pulse signal at regular time intervals, and the CPU 17 performs a time measuring operation based on the pulse signal output from the timer circuit 21. The ROM 18 or the EEPROM 20 stores a plurality of cooking menus as a first cooking group or a second cooking group as will be described later. Further, the CPU 17 operates any of the range cooking unit 6, grill cooking unit 7, oven cooking unit 8, and steam cooking unit 9 based on the cooking menu selected from the first cooking group or the second cooking group, Cooking ingredients stored in the cooking chamber.

  A magnetron 10, a grill heater 11, a fan motor 12, an oven heater 13, a pump motor 14 and a steam heater 15 are connected to the control device 16, and the CPU 17 of the control device 16 drives and controls them to prepare cooking. Cook food in the room. As shown in FIG. 2, a temperature sensor 22 is connected to the control device 16. The temperature sensor 22 detects the inside temperature of the cooking chamber, and the control device 16 determines the cooking content based on the output signal from the temperature sensor 22 when performing range cooking, grill cooking, oven cooking, and steam cooking. Control. Moreover, the door sensor 23 is connected to the control apparatus 16 as shown in FIG. The door sensor 23 is an electrical state that is switched between the closed state of the door 4 and the open state of the door 4, and the control device 16 determines that the door 4 is in the closed state based on the output signal from the door sensor 23. Determine whether in the open state.

  As shown in FIG. 1, an operation panel 24 is joined to the door 4. The operation panel 24 has a horizontally long rectangular shape extending in the left-right direction along the lower end surface of the door 4. The operation panel 24 includes a left knob 25 for manual cooking and various settings, and a right knob for an auto menu. 26 is attached. Each of the left knob 25 and the right knob 26 is linearly movable between the front off position and the rear on position along an axis extending in the front-rear direction, and is moved forward by the spring force of the return spring. Is held in the off position. Each of these left knob 25 and right knob 26 is pressed from the off position to the on position against the spring force of the return spring, and returns from the on position to the off position based on the disappearance of the operating force. Self-reset with the spring force of the spring. The right knob 26 corresponds to the cooking menu selection means and the registration operation means of the present invention. When the desired cooking menu is selected from the first cooking group or the second cooking group, and the cooking menu that has performed cooking is selected. Used for the registration operation to the second cooking group.

  A left switch 27 (see FIG. 2) is arranged behind the left knob 25, and a right switch 28 (see FIG. 2) is arranged behind the right knob 26. Each of the left switch 27 and the right switch 28 is a self-returning push switch, the left switch 27 is turned off with the front left knob 25 held in the off position, and the right switch 28 is moved forward. The right knob 26 is turned off while being held at the off position. Each of the left switch 27 and the right switch 28 is connected to the control device 16 as shown in FIG. 2, and the left switch 27 is operated by pressing the front left knob 25 from the off position to the on position. The right switch 28 is turned on when the front right knob 26 is pressed from the off position to the on position.

  Each of the left knob 25 and the right knob 26 is rotatable in both the clockwise direction and the counterclockwise direction around the axis, and the left knob 25 is attached to the shaft of the left encoder 29 (shown in FIG. 2). The right knob 26 is connected to the shaft of the right encoder 30 (shown in FIG. 2). Each of the left encoder 29 and the right encoder 30 is composed of a rotary encoder, and the shaft of the left encoder 29 is based on the left knob 25 being rotated in the clockwise direction and the counterclockwise direction. The shaft of the right encoder 30 is rotated in the same direction based on the clockwise operation of the right knob 26 in the clockwise direction and the counterclockwise direction. Each of the left encoder 29 and the right encoder 30 is connected to the control device 16 as shown in FIG. 2, and the control device 16 operates and operates the left knob 25 based on the output signal from the left encoder 29. Each of the amounts is detected, and the operation direction and the operation amount of the right knob 26 are detected based on the output signal from the right encoder 30.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a left lens 31 and a right lens 32 are joined to the operation panel 24. Each of the left lens 31 and the right lens 32 is made of a transparent synthetic resin. The left lens 31 has an annular shape surrounding the left knob 25, and the right lens 32 surrounds the right knob 26. It has an annular shape. A plurality of illumination LEDs (not shown) are arranged behind the left lens 31 and the rear of the right lens 32, and the illumination LEDs behind the left lens 31 and the right lens 32 are lit. Illuminated by doing.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a start key 33 and a cancel key 34 are attached to the operation panel 24, and a start switch 35 (shown in FIG. 2) is disposed behind the start key 33, and behind the cancel key 34. Is provided with a cancel switch 36 (shown in FIG. 2). Each of the start switch 35 and the cancel switch 36 is a self-reset type push switch. The start switch 35 is turned off when no operating force is applied to the front start key 33, and the cancel switch 36 is a front switch. The cancel key 34 is turned off when no operating force is applied. Each of the start switch 35 and the cancel switch 36 is connected to the control device 16 as shown in FIG. 2, and the start switch 35 is based on the front start key 33 being pressed backward. The cancel switch 36 is turned on when the front cancel key 34 is pressed backward.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a dot matrix type liquid crystal display 37 is joined to the operation panel 24 at the left side of the left knob 25. As shown in FIG. 2, the liquid crystal display 37 is connected to the control device 16, and the control device 16 corresponds to the operation contents of the left knob 25, the right knob 26, the start key 33, and the cancel key 34. A video or an image showing the progress of cooking is displayed on the liquid crystal display 37. Further, a buzzer 38 (shown in FIG. 2) is connected to the control device 16. The buzzer 38 is housed in the cabinet 2, and the control device 16 notifies the user of information such as the end of cooking by sounding the buzzer 38.

  Hereinafter, based on the flowchart shown in FIG. 3 and the display screen of the liquid crystal display 37 shown in FIG. 4, the control method of the heating cooker 1 by the control apparatus 16 is demonstrated. First, when the user rotates the right knob 26 on the operation panel 24 while the standby screen indicated by D1 in FIG. 4 is displayed on the liquid crystal display 37, the initial screen of the auto menu is displayed. (Indicated as D2 in FIG. 4). The initial screen of the auto menu is for selecting the cooking group. Under the title of “Auto Menu”, “Favorites”, “From the food collection”, “From ingredients”, “Objectives / Effects” are displayed. In the initial screen, only one place of “favorite”, “from dish collection”, “from food ingredients”, and “purpose / effect” in the initial screen is displayed in black by turning the right knob 26 by the user. The resulting white character image (shown as D2 to D5 in FIG. 4).

  On the initial screen of the auto menu, when the portion of “from the cooking collection”, which is one of the first cooking groups, has white characters on a black background (shown as D3 in FIG. 4), the user selects the right knob 26 Is pressed from the off position to the on position, “from the cooking collection” is selected, and the cooking menu included therein is displayed (step S301: indicated by D7 in FIG. 4).

  Here, the first cooking group is stored when the heating cooker 1 is shipped from the manufacturing factory, and is formed from three categories of “from a cooking collection”, “from food”, and “purpose / effect”. . The first cooking group includes a plurality of cooking menus for each classification, and the cooking menus cannot be changed or reordered. Among them, the category “from the cooking collection” includes all cooking menus listed in the cooking collection attached to the cooking device 1 in the order of the pages of the cooking collection. In addition, the “from food” classification includes a cooking menu that is divided for each food used for cooking. In addition, the “purpose / effect” classification includes cooking menus divided according to the purpose / effect of cooking.

  In these images, the cooking menus included in the classification are described in three stages under the cooking menu classification display ("baked food (meat)" in D6 to D8), and only one of them is on a black background. White letters are displayed. In response to the turning operation of the right knob 26, the portion of the white character moves vertically on this black background (shown as D6 to D8 in FIG. 4), and when it is off the uppermost or lowermost level, a new level is added to the third level. A cooking menu is displayed, and one of the menus is displayed with white letters on a black background.

  When the lowermost part “beef pie wrapping grilled” has white letters on a black background (shown as D8 in FIG. 4), the user presses the start key 33 backward (step S302) to start. When the switch 35 is turned on, “beef pie wrapping” is selected as the cooking menu, and cooking is started (step S303). Thereafter, the control device 16 operates the range cooking unit 6 and the like in accordance with the selected cooking menu to cook the food contained in the cooking chamber. At the same time as the start switch 35 is turned on, a value indicating the finished state is displayed on the liquid crystal display 37 together with the selected cooking menu (shown as D10 in FIG. 4). A timer is started.

  The values indicating the finished state are 7 levels of strong 1 to 3 and weak 1 to 3 across the standard, and the above-described image (D10) is displayed on the liquid crystal display 37 until the first timer expires. If the user rotates the right knob 26 during this time, the value indicating the finished state changes in order (shown as D9 to D12 in FIG. 4), and the finished state of the cooking menu can be selected. Yes (step S304). The image indicated by D10 in FIG. 4 is continuously displayed for 15 seconds (particularly not limited to this time) after the user presses the start key 33, and the first timer is timed up (step After S305), the screen is switched to an image for displaying the remaining cooking time (step S306: indicated by D13 in FIG. 4), and thereafter, the finished state of the cooking menu cannot be changed.

  When cooking is completed and the door 4 is opened (step S307), it is determined whether or not the executed cooking menu is already registered in the “favorites”. The “favorite” is a second cooking group formed by several cooking menus extracted from the first cooking group according to the user's preference. As will be described later, in the second cooking group, the cooking menu can be changed according to the user's preference or the like.

  When “beef pie wrapping and grilling” for which cooking has been performed has not yet joined the second cooking group (step S308), a registration operation screen (shown as D14 in FIG. 4) is displayed on the liquid crystal display 37. At the same time, the second timer is started by the timer circuit 21 (step S309). The registration operation screen is a screen for asking the user whether or not to store the executed cooking menu as the second cooking group at the end of cooking based on the cooking menu. Either “Yes” or “No” is displayed on the registration screen as white characters on a black background, and the side where white characters are displayed on a black background is replaced by the turning operation of the right knob 26 (FIG. 4). In D14 and D15).

  When “Yes” is white on the black background (shown as D14 in FIG. 4), the user selects “Yes” by pressing the right knob 26 from the OFF position to the ON position (Step S310 and Step S311). ), It is determined whether or not the number of cooking menus stored (registered) in the second cooking group as “favorites” is nine or less (step S312). This is because the cooking menu stored in the control device 16 as the second cooking group is limited to 10 types.

  If the cooking menu registered in the second cooking group is not less than 9 types, the control device 16 cannot store the cooking menu as the second cooking group as it is, and therefore the operation for deleting the cooking menu already stored as the second cooking group A screen (shown as D17 in FIG. 4) is displayed (step S316). In the delete operation screen, under the comment “Select menu to delete”, the cooking menus already stored as the second cooking group are described in three rows, and only one of them is white on a black background. The characters are displayed without the letters. In response to the turning operation of the right knob 26, the portion of the white character moves vertically on this black background (shown as D16 to D18 in FIG. 4), and when it is off the uppermost or lowermost level, a new level is added to the third level. A cooking menu is displayed, and one of the menus is displayed with white letters on a black background.

  When the middle cooking menu “mesh grilled pork” has white characters on a black background (shown as D14 in FIG. 4), the user selects the “mesh grilled pork” by pressing the right knob 26 backward. After “net grilled pork” in the cooking group is deleted from the memory of the control device 16, “beef pie baked beef” is newly registered (step S 317: indicated by D 19 in FIG. 4).

  By registering the executed cooking menu in the second cooking group, the control device 16 stores the menu name “beef pie-wrapped and grilled” of the cooking menu and the value “strong 1” indicating the finished state of cooking. When the menu names are the same among the plurality of stored cooking menus and the values indicating the finished state are different, the control device 16 stores the cooking menus as different from each other.

  The control device 16 storing the new cooking menu as the second cooking group automatically sorts (classifies) the stored plurality of cooking menus according to a certain standard (promise) (step S314). There are no particular restrictions on the criteria for sorting, and the order of pages in the cooking collection may be used, or the initial letters of the menu names may be arranged in order. Moreover, the control apparatus 16 can also sort again the some cooking menu memorize | stored as a 2nd cooking group by another reference | standard at any time.

When “Favorite” is selected on the initial screen of the auto menu, the image displayed on the liquid crystal display 37 has three cooking menus included in “Favorite” listed under the “Favorite” title. In this case (FIG. 5), only one of the lines is displayed with white characters on a black background. In response to the turning operation of the right knob 26, the portion of the white character moves up and down on this black background, and when it is off the uppermost or lowermost level, a new cooking menu is displayed on the third level. The first row displays white letters on a black background. The user rotates the right knob 26 and presses the start key 33 in a state where any of the displayed cooking menus are displayed with white characters on a black background, thereby causing the cooking in “favorites” to be displayed. Cooking by menu can be started.
As shown in the figure, the value indicating the finished state of each cooking menu is displayed at the right end of each row so as to be aligned with the menu name (shown in FIG. 6). By the above-described operation, the registered favorite cooking menu can be easily found and executed by selecting “favorite” from the initial screen of the auto menu displayed on the liquid crystal display 37.

  In the case of the present embodiment, when “favorite” indicating the cooking menu included in the second cooking group is selected on the initial screen of the auto menu (shown as D2 in FIG. 4), “beef pie wrapping” is registered. 5, “net grilled pork” is displayed as shown in D20 in FIG. 5. After “net grilled pork” is deleted, “beef pie wrapping” is displayed instead (D21 in FIG. 6). To show).

On the other hand, in step S312, when the number of cooking menus registered in the second cooking group is nine or less, cooking has been executed without deleting the cooking menu already registered in the second cooking group. “Beef pie wrapped” is newly registered in the second cooking group (step S313).
If it is determined in step S308 that the cooked menu “beef pie wrapping” has already been stored in the control device 16 as the second cooking group, the registration operation screen is displayed on the liquid crystal display 37. Without being displayed, the process returns to the standby screen (shown as D1 in FIG. 4), and the control flowchart ends without consulting whether or not to store the executed cooking menu as the second cooking group (step S308). ).

  In addition, after the registration operation screen is displayed on the liquid crystal display 37, while the second timer expires (for example, 3 minutes), an operation for registering the executed cooking menu in the second cooking group can be performed. However, when 3 minutes have passed since the registration operation screen was displayed without the registration operation of the right knob 26 and the second timer has expired, the operation of registering the executed cooking menu in the second cooking group is no longer performed. The liquid crystal display 37 returns to the standby screen (shown as D1 in FIG. 4), and the control flowchart ends (step S315).

  Further, on the registration operation screen, when “NO” is white on a black background (shown as D15 in FIG. 4), the user presses the right knob 26 from the OFF position to the ON position to select “NO”. Even if is selected, the executed cooking menu is not registered in the second cooking group, the liquid crystal display 37 returns to the standby screen, and the control flowchart ends (step S311).

  Next, based on FIG. 7 and FIG. 8, there is no need to store the cooking menu in the second cooking group, and the cooking menu currently registered in the second cooking group is deleted from the memory of the control device 16. The case will be described. First, when the user rotates the left knob 25 on the operation panel 24 in a state where the standby screen (shown as D1 in FIG. 4) is displayed on the liquid crystal display 37, initial cooking and various settings are performed. A screen is displayed (shown as D22 in FIG. 7). The initial screen for manual cooking and various settings is displayed under the title "Manual cooking / setting" alongside "Range", "Oven", "Grill", "Fermentation", and "Settings". While the initial screen is being displayed, the user can rotate the left knob 25 to move the “range”, “oven”, “grill”, “fermentation”, and “setting” parts in order to a white background on a black background. This is an image of the extracted character (shown as D22 to D26 in FIG. 7).

  In the initial screen for manual cooking and various settings, when the “setting” portion is a white background with black characters (shown as D26 in FIG. 7), the user presses the left knob 25 from the off position to the on position. Then, “setting” is selected and various setting images are displayed (shown as D27 in FIG. 7). In this image, under the title “setting”, various setting items “buzzer setting”, “favorite menu deletion”, and “contrast setting” are described in three stages. Only the steps are displayed with white letters on a black background. In accordance with the turning operation of the left knob 25, the portion of the white character on the black background moves up and down (shown as D27 to D29 in FIG. 7). Here, “buzzer setting” is used when the user sets whether to sound the buzzer 38, and “contrast setting” is used when the contrast of the liquid crystal display 37 is set.

  When the middle part “delete favorite menu” is a black background with white characters (shown as D28 in FIG. 7), the user presses the left knob 25 backward to select “delete favorite menu”. Is selected, a screen for reconfirming the user to delete the “favorite” menu is displayed on the liquid crystal display 37 (shown as D30 in FIG. 7). In this screen, either “Yes” or “No” is displayed with white letters on a black background, and the side with white letters on a black background is replaced by the turning operation of the left knob 25 (FIG. 7). In D30 and D31).

  When “Yes” is white on a black background (shown as D30 in FIG. 7), when the user selects the “Yes” by pressing the left knob 25 from the off position to the on position, 2. All cooking menus stored (registered) in the cooking group are deleted from the memory of the control device 16. After all cooking menus registered in the second cooking group have been deleted from the memory of the control device 16, when “favorite” is selected on the above-described auto menu initial screen (shown as D 2 in FIG. 4) The liquid crystal display 37 displays an image indicating non-registration (shown as D23 in FIG. 8).

  According to the present embodiment, the control device 16 stores the first cooking group formed by a plurality of cooking menus that cannot be replaced, and the second cooking group as a “favorite” that can replace the cooking menus. Is remembered. For this reason, a favorite cooking menu frequently used by the user can always be easily selected from “favorites” in a short time. In addition, when searching for a cooking menu with a low frequency of use in the first cooking group, the arrangement order is fixed, so that much time is not required.

  Moreover, according to this embodiment, the control apparatus 16 memorize | stores the performed cooking menu as a "favorite" by operating the right knob 26 at the end of cooking based on the selected cooking menu. As a result, when a user registers a cooking menu in “Favorites”, there is no need to perform a special operation such as searching for a cooking menu to be registered. can do.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, when the registration operation by the right knob 26 is not performed for a predetermined time at the end of cooking based on the selected cooking menu, the control device 16 displays the executed cooking menu as “ Don't remember as "favorite". Accordingly, when the user does not intend to register the cooking menu as “favorite”, the user does not need to perform a special operation and can save the trouble.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, at the end of cooking based on the selected cooking menu, the liquid crystal display 37 is used to ask the user whether to store the executed cooking menu as “favorite”. . Accordingly, it is possible to prevent the user from forgetting to register “favorite” after executing a cooking menu that is not registered in “favorite”. Also, if the executed cooking menu is already stored as “favorite” at the end of cooking based on the selected cooking menu, the above-mentioned consultation with the user is not performed, and thus the user's attention is wasted. There is nothing.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, when the selected cooking menu is stored as “favorite”, the control device 16 stores and stores a menu name of each cooking menu and a value indicating the cooking finish state. When the menu names are the same among the cooking menus and the values representing the finished state are different, the cooking menus are stored as different from each other. Thereby, when the cooking menu registered in “Favorites” is selected, it is possible to set the cooking finish state, and it is not necessary to adjust the finishing state after selecting the cooking menu.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, the control device 16 can register the cooking menu as “favorites” within a predetermined number of ranges, and the control device 16 has already set the predetermined number of cooking menus as “favorites”. In the registered state, when registration of a new cooking menu to “Favorites” is requested, after selecting one of the already registered cooking menus and deleting it from the memory of the control device 16, Memorize new cooking menu. Thereby, since only a predetermined number or less of cooking menus are registered in “favorites”, it becomes easy to find a desired cooking menu in “favorites”. Even when a predetermined number of cooking menus are already registered in “Favorites”, a new cooking menu can be registered immediately after deleting the selected cooking menu in “Favorites”.

Further, according to the present embodiment, the control device 16 can easily find a desired cooking menu in the “favorites” by sorting the plurality of registered cooking menus according to a certain standard.
Further, according to the present embodiment, the control device 16 can delete the cooking menu from the memory when it is no longer necessary to store the cooking menu during “favorite”. Thereby, when the user's preference changes, the cooking menu in “favorites” can be freely deleted.

<Other embodiments>
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and can be modified or expanded as follows.
The heating means of the heating cooker according to the present invention need not include all those described in the above-described embodiment. That is, only a part of the heating unit disclosed in the embodiment may be provided, or a heating unit not described in the embodiment is applicable.

After execution of the selected cooking menu, the time interval at which the cooking menu can be registered in “favorites” is not necessarily limited to 3 minutes, and can be set to an appropriate length.
The number of cooking menus that can be registered in “favorites” is not limited to ten, and may be less than ten, or may exceed ten if selection of the cooking menu does not require excessive effort. .

The criteria for sorting cooking menus registered in “favorites” may be other than those described in the above-described embodiment.
When selecting “Delete Favorite Menu” and deleting the “Favorite” cooking menu, only a part of the cooking menu may be deleted.
After executing the selected cooking menu, when asking the user whether or not to register the cooking menu in “Favorites”, instead of displaying on the liquid crystal display or in addition to displaying on the liquid crystal display, by voice You may go.

External view seen from the front direction of the heating cooker in this embodiment Block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the cooking device Heating cooker control flowchart The figure which shows the change of the display screen of a liquid crystal display at the time of registration of the cooking menu to a 2nd cooking group. The figure which shows the display screen of “favorite” before deleting the cooking menu The figure which shows the display screen of "favorite" after deleting some cooking menus The figure which shows the change of the display screen when “Manual cooking / setting” is selected The figure which shows the display screen of "favorite" after deleting all the cooking menus of the 2nd cooking group

Explanation of symbols

  In the drawings, 1 is a heating cooker, 2 is a cabinet (cooking vessel), 6 is a range cooking unit (heating means), 7 is a grill cooking unit (heating means), 8 is an oven cooking unit (heating means), and 9 is steam. A cooking unit (heating means), 16 is a control device (first cooking group storage means, second cooking group storage means, control means), and 26 is a right knob (cooking menu selection means, registration operation means).

Claims (8)

Heating means for heating ingredients contained in the cooking container;
First cooking group storage means for storing a first cooking group formed by a plurality of cooking menus that cannot be replaced;
Second cooking group storage means for storing a second cooking group formed by several cooking menus extracted from the first cooking group and capable of changing the cooking menu;
Cooking menu selection means for selecting a desired cooking menu from the first cooking group or the second cooking group;
A heating cooker, comprising: a control unit that operates the heating unit based on the selected cooking menu to cook the food stored in the cooking container.   A registration operation means for storing the executed cooking menu in the second cooking group storage means as the second cooking group by being operated at the end of cooking based on the cooking menu is provided. Item 1. A cooking device according to item 1.   When the registration operation means is not operated for a predetermined time at the end of cooking based on the cooking menu, the second cooking group storage means does not store the executed cooking menu as the second cooking group. The cooking device according to claim 2, wherein   At the end of cooking based on the cooking menu, it is asked whether or not to store the executed cooking menu as the second cooking group, and when the registration operation means is operated for the percussion, the second cooking is performed. The group storage means stores the executed cooking menu as the second cooking group, and when the executed cooking menu is already stored as the second cooking group at the end of cooking based on the cooking menu, The cooking device according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the percussion is not performed.   When the cooking menu is stored as the second cooking group, the second cooking group storage means stores the menu name of each cooking menu and the finishing state of cooking, and each of the stored cooking menus 5. The cooking device according to claim 1, wherein when the menu names are the same and the finished states are different from each other, the cooking menus are stored as different from each other.   The second cooking group storage means is capable of storing cooking menus within a predetermined number of ranges, and the second cooking group storage means has already stored the predetermined number of cooking menus in a new cooking state. 6. When a menu is requested to be stored, a new cooking menu is stored after selecting and deleting any of the stored cooking menus. The heating cooker described in 1.   The cooking device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the second cooking group storage means sorts a plurality of stored cooking menus according to a certain standard.   The cooking device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the second cooking group storage means can be deleted from the second cooking group storage means when it is no longer necessary to store a cooking menu. .

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