JP2534688B2 - Cooking device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a cooker, for example, a microwave oven.

(Prior Art) Some cookers, such as microwave ovens, perform automatic cooking based on a preset cooking program.

However, the cooking program is determined by the manufacturer in consideration of the average usage situation, and it cannot be said that the satisfaction of the user is necessarily guaranteed. In other words, it is natural that there are tastes and styles in the eating habits, which are called the tastes of our family, and it is impossible to satisfy them with a fixed cooking program.

Some of these have been equipped with a correction function for the cooking program to cope with this, but the correction was small and temporary, and was insufficient.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to enable the cooking in a good condition that suits the eating habits of the user. It is to provide a cooker that does.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving Problems) An evaluation key composed of a satisfaction key and a dissatisfaction key for inputting a degree of satisfaction with respect to the state of cooking, and a cooking key when cooking is not satisfactory. A request key consisting of a strengthening key and a weakening key for inputting a request for the quality of the product, and when the evaluation key and the request key are operated, the evaluation key is a dissatisfied key for all the times when the evaluation key was operated in the past. Correction means for correcting the cooking program according to the operated ratio and the type of the desired key operated at that time is provided.

(Operation) After the automatic cooking is performed, the user operates the satisfaction key of the evaluation keys if the quality is satisfactory. On the other hand, if the degree of cooking is not satisfactory, the dissatisfaction key of the evaluation keys is operated and one of the request keys is operated to input the request. Then, the correction means corrects the cooking program in a direction that matches the request. Therefore, in the next automatic cooking, cooking is performed with the cooking program corrected in accordance with the user's request. In this case, the correction means
The cooking program is corrected according to the ratio of the dissatisfaction key to the total number of times the evaluation key was operated in the past, so even if the user operates the same dissatisfaction key, the history of evaluation key operations is considered. The correction will be performed, and the input will be improved to a user's preference with a simple input operation.

(Embodiment) An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is a heating chamber, and in this heating chamber 1, a shelf plate 2 for placing food is provided. A magnetron 3 which is a high frequency generator is provided on the outer periphery of the side wall of the heating chamber 1, and an antenna 3a of the magnetron 3 is introduced into the heating chamber 1. The magnetron 3 is connected to the commercial AC power source 5 via the high voltage transformer 4 and the relay contact 12a.

On the other hand, reference numeral 10 denotes a control unit including a microcomputer and its peripheral circuits, which controls the entire microwave oven. An operation display unit 11 and a relay 12 are connected to the control unit 10. Further, the control unit 10 functions as a correction unit that corrects the cooking program as described later.

The operation display unit 11 is provided on the front surface of the microwave oven main body, and as shown in FIG. 2, a display unit 21, a large number of cooking mode setting keys 22, a satisfaction key 23 which is an evaluation key,
It is equipped with a dissatisfied key 24, a "stronger key" 25, a "weaker key" 26, and a start key 27, which are desired keys.

Next, the operation of the above structure will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

A desired cooking mode (cooking menu) is set with the cooking mode setting key 22 of the operation display unit 11, and the start key 27 is pressed. Then, the control unit 10 reads out a cooking program corresponding to the set cooking mode from Momeri and executes cooking based on it. That is, the relay is turned on and off according to the set heating output P of the cooking program.
12 is operated and the magnetron 3 is oscillated. When the magnetron 3 oscillates, high-frequency radio waves are supplied into the heating chamber 1 to start dielectric heating cooking of the food on the shelf 2.

Then, during cooking, the control unit 10 counts time, and when the count value reaches the cooking time set in the cooking program, the relay 12 is stopped and the magnetron 3 is oscillated. That is, the dielectric heating cooking ends.

At the end of this cooking, the user takes out the food from the heating chamber 1 and sees the cooking progress. Then, the user presses the satisfaction key 23 when the cooking condition is satisfactory. When the satisfaction key 23 is pressed, the control unit 10 counts up the satisfaction frequency A for the cooking mode performed up to now by "1".

If the user is not satisfied with the quality of the cooking, he or she presses the dissatisfaction key 24 and, as a request for the quality of the food, “more strengthening key” 25 or “more weakening key”.
Press 26 appropriately. When the dissatisfaction key 24 is pressed, the control unit 10 counts up the dissatisfaction number B for the cooking mode performed so far by "1" and outputs the output level conversion coefficient L corresponding to the cooking mode performed so far. The following formula is used.

In this case, if the "stronger key" 25 is pressed, the output level conversion coefficient L is set to a positive coefficient. If the "weaker key" 26 is pressed, the output level conversion coefficient L is set to a negative coefficient. If neither the "stronger key" 25 or the "weaker key" 26 is pressed (the keys 25 and 26 are not pressed within a predetermined time after the dissatisfied key 24 is pressed), the output level conversion coefficient L is set to "0". "

That is, the set heating output P of the executed cooking program
On the other hand, a new set heating output P is determined by adding a correction value according to the rate of the dissatisfaction number B and the output level conversion coefficient L. Then, the control unit 10 updates the set heating output P of the cooking program in the memory based on the calculated value.

Therefore, for example, when the dissatisfied key 24 is pressed and the "strengthen key" 25 is pressed, the set heating output P is updated in the increasing direction, and the heating output in the subsequent cooking is increased. In this case, the larger the dissatisfaction number B with respect to the total number of times (A + B) the evaluation key has been operated in the past, the larger the updating range of the set heating output P becomes.

When the dissatisfied key 24 is pressed and the "further weakening key" 25 is pressed, the set heating output P is updated in the decreasing direction, and the heating output in the subsequent cooking is reduced. In this case, the total number of times the evaluation key has been operated in the past (A +
The larger the number of complaints B against B), the higher the set heating output P
The update width of is large.

After the dissatisfaction key 24 is pressed, when neither the "stronger key" 25 or the "weaker key" 26 is pressed, the output level conversion coefficient L is "0", so that the substantial update is not performed. By the way, as described above, the value obtained by multiplying the ratio {B / (A + B)} of the number B of times the dissatisfied key 24 is operated to the total number of times (A + B) the evaluation key has been operated in the past by the output level conversion coefficient L , Because the correction value of the heating output P is used,
Even when the user operates the same dissatisfaction key 24, the correction is made in consideration of the past history of the operation of the evaluation key, so that a more appropriate correction is performed.

In this way, the user's satisfaction with respect to the degree of cooking can be entered, and the cooking program is updated according to the entered satisfaction, so that the cooking program is suitable for the user's eating habits. It will be improved to
It is possible to cook with a good quality according to the taste of the user.

Although the set heating output of the cooking program is updated in the above embodiment, the set cooking time and the set heating temperature may be updated. Besides, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, the means for inputting the degree of satisfaction with respect to the quality of cooking and the means for updating the cooking program according to the input contents are used. It is possible to provide a cooker capable of cooking in a good condition that suits a person's eating habits.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of an embodiment of the present invention,
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of an operation display unit in the embodiment,
FIG. 3 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the same embodiment. 3 ... Magnetron, 10 ... Control part, 11 ... Operation display part, 22 ...
Cooking mode setting key, 23 ... Satisfaction key (evaluation key), 24 ...
Dissatisfied key (evaluation key), 25 ... Stronger key (request key), 26 ... Weaker key (request key).

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A cooker for automatically cooking based on a cooking program corresponding to a cooking menu, and an evaluation key comprising a satisfaction key and a dissatisfaction key for inputting a degree of satisfaction with respect to the completion of cooking related to the automatic cooking. , A request key consisting of a strengthening key and a weakening key for inputting a request for the cooking quality when the cooking quality is unsatisfactory, and automatic pasting when the evaluation key and the request key are operated. And a correction means for correcting the cooking program according to the ratio of the dissatisfaction key operated to the total number of times the evaluation key has been operated and the type of the desired key operated at that time. .