JP4450655B2 - Cooker - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention is based on a plurality of heating means, a plurality of manually operated heating state instruction means for instructing a heating state, and a command from the heating state instruction means. The present invention also relates to a heating cooker provided with control means for controlling the operation of the heating means.

  In a general heating cooker provided with a plurality of heating means and a plurality of manually operated heating state command means for commanding the heating state provided corresponding to each of the plurality of heating means, the heating Since a plurality of heating state command means of the same shape are arranged side by side on the front panel portion of the cooker, a heating state command means different from the heating state command means for the heating means intended by the user is erroneously operated. There is a risk that. In order to avoid such an erroneous operation, the heating state command means corresponding to the heating means on which an object to be heated such as a pan is already placed is selectively caused to emit light, for example, so as to actively notify the user. There is a cooker configured (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2001-141244 A

  In the conventional cooker, only the heating state command means for the heating means on which the object to be heated such as a pan is already placed is selectively notified, so the heating means on which the object to be heated is not yet placed Although it is considered that the possibility of erroneously operating the heating state instruction means for use is reduced, when a plurality of objects to be heated are placed and a plurality of heating state instruction means are informed, There is a possibility of erroneous operation between the heating state command means. If an erroneous operation occurs, for example, a gas burner unexpected by the user may be ignited or the flame of the gas burner may be increased, which may cause a flammable accident.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and the purpose of the present invention is to generate a flammable accident or the like even if the user makes an erroneous operation, or by immediately notifying the erroneous operation before making an erroneous operation. It is in the point which provides the heating cooker which can prevent.

The first characteristic configuration of the heating cooker according to the present invention for achieving the above object includes a plurality of heating means and a manually operated type that is provided corresponding to each of the plurality of heating means and commands a heating state. A heating cooker provided with a plurality of heating state commanding means and a control means for controlling the operation of the heating means based on a command of the heating state commanding means, wherein the heating state commanding means is used. Each of the plurality of heating state commanding means is in a pre-operational state in which an act of touching the heating state commanding means or an act of bringing a hand closer to touch is performed as an action performed in advance by a person to operate. A plurality of operation state detection means for separately detecting and a notification means for notifying each position of the heating means in an identifiable manner are provided, and the control means is configured so that any one of the plurality of operation state detection means is before the operation. When it is detected that a state, in that it is configured to broadcast by the notification means said heating means corresponding to the heating condition command means for the pre-operation state is detected.

According to the first characteristic configuration, when the control unit detects that the operation state detection unit is in a pre-operation state in which an action to be performed in advance for the user to operate the heating state command unit is performed. The heating means corresponding to the heating state command means in which the pre-operation state is detected is notified by the notification means, so that the user of the heating cooker tries to operate the heating state instruction means. When touched or when a hand is brought close to the vicinity of the heating state commanding unit, the heating unit that the user has tried to command the heating state is notified by the notification unit, and can be identified by the user. As a result, the user can recognize whether or not the heating state command means that the user has operated or is about to operate is the heating state command means for the heating means that the user wants to command the heating state.
Therefore, even if the user performs an erroneous operation, or by making the user immediately notice the erroneous operation before performing the erroneous operation, a cooking device can be provided that can prevent the occurrence of a flammable accident.

The second characteristic configuration of the heating cooker according to the present invention includes a plurality of heating means and a plurality of manually operated heating state commanding means provided corresponding to each of the plurality of heating means to command the heating state. And a heating cooker provided with a control means for controlling the operation of the heating means based on a command of the heating state command means, wherein the position of each of the heating means is notified in an identifiable manner. Means is provided, and when one of the plurality of heating state command means is operated, the control means causes the notification means to notify the heating means corresponding to the operated heating state command means. It is configured, and the heating means is in when the heated state command unit to be switched to the heating operation state from the heating stop condition is operated, is configured to activate the alarm means, before The control means switches the heating means from the heating stop state to the heating operation state when a set time elapses after the heating state command means is operated so that the heating means is switched from the heating stop state to the heating operation state. The heating state of the heating means is controlled as described above, and the heating time command means is operated until the set time elapses so that the heating means is switched from the heating stop state to the heating operation state. When the heating state command means is operated so that the heating means is switched from the heating operation state to the heating stop state, the control is not performed to switch the heating means from the heating stop state to the heating operation state. There is in point.

According to the second characteristic configuration, when any one of the plurality of heating state command units is operated, the control unit causes the notification unit to notify the heating unit corresponding to the operated heating state command unit. By being comprised, when the user of a cooking-by-heating machine operates a heating state instruction | indication means, the heating means which self commanded the heating state will be alert | reported by an alerting | reporting means, and it becomes identifiable for a user. As a result, the user can recognize whether the heating state command means operated by himself / herself is the heating state command means for the heating means for which he / she wants to command the heating state.
Therefore, even if a user misoperates, a cooking device can be provided that can immediately prevent the occurrence of a flaming accident by notifying the misoperation.
In addition, the control means is configured to activate the notification means when the heating state command means is operated so that the heating means is switched from the heating stop state to the heating operation state. When the unintended heating state command means is erroneously operated, it can be notified before the heating means is switched from the heating stop state to the heating operation state. As a result, even if a heating operation such as sudden firing of an unintended heating means is performed, this can be notified promptly so that a flammable accident does not occur.

The third characteristic configuration of the cooking device according to the present invention is that, in addition to the first or second characteristic configuration, the notification means is configured by using an optical display device.

According to the third characteristic configuration, since the heating means is notified using the optical display device, the user of the cooking device can easily recognize the position of the heating means visually.

The 4th characteristic structure of the heating cooker which concerns on this invention exists in the point by which the said alerting | reporting means is comprised using the audio equipment in addition to the said 1st or 2nd characteristic structure.

According to the fourth characteristic configuration, since the heating means is notified using the acoustic device, even if the user of the heating cooker does not look toward the heating means, the heating that the user himself commanded the heating state is performed. The position of the means can be easily recognized by voice.

<First Embodiment>
The cooking device according to the first embodiment will be described below with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIG.1 and FIG.2, in the gas cooker as a heating cooking machine provided with the some gas burner, the gas burner is arrange | positioned and provided in the near side and the back | inner side. And the high thermal-power burner 1a and the standard burner 1c are provided as a near side gas burner, and the small burner 1b is provided as a back side gas burner. Further, five virtues 6a, 6b, 6c on which heated objects (cooking containers such as pots) for the high-burner 1a, the small burner 1b, and the standard burner 1c are placed on the top of the top plate 5. Moreover, the grill exhaust port 4 for exhausting the combustion exhaust gas of the grill burner 2 provided in the grill part 3 is formed in the gas cooker upper surface.

  On the front side of the gas cooker, a heating start command and a heating stop command are individually applied to the high-burner 1a, the small burner 1b, the standard burner 1c, and the grill burner 2 using ignition and fire extinguishing switches 7b, 8b, 9b, 10b. High burner operation unit 7, small burner operation unit 8, grill burner for performing ignition operation and fire extinguishing operation and separately adjusting the thermal power using the thermal power control units 7a, 8a, 9a and 10a The operation part 9 for operation and the operation part 10 for standard burners are provided. A control unit H (an example of a control means) that includes a microcomputer and executes various controls includes a high-heat burner operation unit 7, a small burner operation unit 8, a grill burner operation unit 9, and Various commands performed using the standard burner operation unit 10 are configured to be executed for each of the high thermal power burner 1a, the small burner 1b, the grill burner 2, and the standard burner 1c.

  Referring to FIG. 2, the gas supply configuration to the high thermal power burner 1 a, the small burner 1 b, the standard burner 1 c and the grill burner 2 will be described. The original gas solenoid valve 17 is provided in the original gas supply path 16. The road 16 is branched into four systems: a high-fired burner branch path 18a, a small burner branch path 18b, a standard burner branch path 18c, and a grill burner branch path 18d. A flow rate for adjusting the amount of gas and adjusting the output heat amount of each burner in each of the branch path 18a for high thermal power burners, the branch path 18b for small burners, the branch path 18c for standard burners, and the branch path 18d for grill burners. Control valves 19a, 19b, 19c, 19d are provided. Although not shown, each of the high-burner 1a, the small burner 1b, the standard burner 1c, and the grill burner 2 is provided with an ignition plug so that the ignition operation is performed according to a command from the control unit H. It is configured.

In addition, the ignition and fire-extinguishing switches 7b, 8b, 9b, and 10b each have a human body detection sensor (operation state detection) that separately detects that there is a pre-operation state in which an action to be performed in advance by the user is performed. Examples of means) 21, 22, 23, 24 are provided. The action performed in advance by the user includes an action of touching the ignition and fire extinguishing switches 7b, 8b, 9b, and 10b in order to perform an operation, and an action of bringing a hand closer to touch. The human body detection sensors 21, 22, 23, and 24 use sensors that can detect a pre-operation state in which the human body is in contact by detecting a minute current that flows when the human body is in contact. Configured. In addition, the human body detection sensors 21, 22, 23, and 24 can detect the presence of an object in the vicinity of the ignition and fire-extinguishing switches 7b, 8b, 9b, and 10b, and a pre-operation state that is just before contact. A non-contact type sensor such as an ultrasonic sensor can also be used. The human body detection sensors 21, 22, 23, and 24 transmit the information to the control unit H when detecting the pre-operation state.
The notification means 31, 32, 33, and 34 are configured using various optical display devices such as lamps and LEDs, and the operation such as lighting and blinking of the lamps according to the operation command from the control unit H is set time. Configured to do.

  Next, a flowchart of the heating state operation control performed by the control unit H will be described with reference to FIG. In the following description, the case where the human body detection sensor 21 for the high thermal power burner detects whether or not the human body is in contact with the ignition and fire extinguishing switch 7b for instructing the heating state to the high thermal power burner 1a. For example, the small burner 1b, the standard burner 1c, and the grill burner 2 are similarly described based on the detection results of the small burner human body detection sensor 22, the standard burner human body detection sensor 24, and the grill burner human body detection sensor 23. Holds.

  In step 100, the control unit H determines whether or not the human body detection sensor 21 is in a pre-operation state. When the human body detection sensor 21 is in the pre-operation state because the user of the gas cooker touches the ignition and fire extinguishing switch 7b, the control unit H sets the notification means 31 that is an optical display device for a set time. Only actuate (step 102). As a result, the user can recognize that the ignition and fire extinguishing switch operated by himself / herself is that of the high thermal power burner 1a. On the other hand, when the human body detection sensor 22 is not in the pre-operation state, the control unit H returns to the beginning of the heating state operation control.

  Next, in step 104, the control unit H determines whether or not there has been an operation input of the ignition and fire extinguishing switch 7b. When there is an operation input, the control unit H performs control for igniting or extinguishing the high thermal power burner 1a according to the input of the ON operation or OFF operation. On the other hand, when there is no operation input, the controller H returns to the beginning of the heating state operation control.

  As described above, when the user of the gas cooker touches a specific ignition and fire-extinguishing switch in order to operate the heating state of the high-power burner 1a, or touches the hand near the specific ignition and fire-extinguishing switch. When approaching, the burner about which the user tried to command the heating state is notified by the notification means, and can be identified for the user. As a result, the user recognizes whether the ignition and extinguishing switch that he / she has operated or is trying to operate is the ignition and extinguishing switch 7b for the high thermal power burner 1a that he / she wishes to command the heating state. Can do.

<Second Embodiment>
The gas cooker according to the second embodiment does not include the human body detection sensors 21, 22, 23, and 24 as described in the first embodiment, but when the heating state command means is manually operated, the control unit H This differs from the gas cooker described in the first embodiment in that the notifying means notifies the heating means corresponding to the operated heating state command means. Although the gas cooker of 2nd Embodiment is demonstrated below with reference to FIGS. 4-6, the description similar to the said embodiment is abbreviate | omitted.

As shown in FIG. 4, in the first embodiment, the human body detection sensors 21, 22, 23, and 24 provided in the ignition and fire extinguishing switches 7 b, 8 b, 9 b, and 10 b are not provided.
Below, the flowchart of the heating state operation control performed by the control part H is demonstrated with reference to FIG. As in the first embodiment, in the following description, a case where operation input is made to the ignition and fire extinguishing switch 7b for instructing the heating state to the high thermal power burner 1a will be described as an example. The same explanation holds for 1c and grill burner 2.

  In step 200, the control unit H determines whether or not there has been an operation input of the ignition and fire extinguishing switch 7b. And when there is an operation input, the control part H operates the alerting | reporting means 31 (step 202). As a result, the user can recognize that the ignition and fire extinguishing switch operated by himself / herself is that of the high thermal power burner 1a. On the other hand, when there is no operation input of the ignition and fire extinguishing switch 7b, the control unit H returns to the beginning of this heating state operation control.

  Next, in step 204, the control unit H determines whether or not a set time has elapsed since the operation input. And when setting time passes, the control part H controls the heating state of the high-thermal-power burner 1a according to operation input. On the other hand, when the set time has not elapsed, the control unit H repeats the determination of whether the set time has elapsed. As described above, since the delay time (the set time) is set after the operation input is performed and the heating unit is notified and the heating state is actually controlled, an erroneous operation is performed. If it is, it is possible to take measures such as canceling the previous operation input during the delay time (for example, pressing the ignition and fire switch again to cancel the ignition command). .

  As described above, when the user of the gas cooker operates a specific ignition and fire extinguishing switch in order to operate the heating state of the high thermal power burner 1a, the burner to which the user has commanded the heating state is notified by the notification means. It becomes identifiable for the user. As a result, the user can recognize whether the ignition and fire extinguishing switch operated by himself / herself is the ignition and fire extinguishing switch 7b for the high thermal power burner 1a to which he / she wants to command the heating state.

<Another embodiment>
<1>
In the above embodiment, the case where an optical display device such as a lamp or LED is used as the notification means has been described, but other notification means may be used. FIG. 7 and FIG. 8 illustrate that the notification means configured using the optical display device in the gas cooker described in the first embodiment is replaced with notification means configured using the acoustic device 35. This is an example.
In this case, when a speaker that constitutes a part of the acoustic device 35 is provided on the front surface of the gas cooker, and the control unit H instructs to perform a notification operation of the high thermal power burner 1a provided on the left side of the gas cooker. The speaker is informed such as “It is a left burner”.
Alternatively, both an optical display device and an acoustic device may be provided as the notification means.

<2>
In the first embodiment, the human body detection sensors 21, 22, 23 are in a pre-operation state in which an action to be performed in advance for the user to operate the ignition and fire extinguishing switches 7b, 8b, 9b, 10b is performed. , 24, any one of the high-heat burner 1a, the small burner 1b, the standard burner 1c, and the grill burner 2 corresponding to the human body detection sensors 21, 22, 23, 24 in which the pre-operation state is detected is activated. The human body detection sensors 21, 22, 23, and 24 are provided in the thermal power adjustment units 7a, 8a, 9a, and 10a, and the thermal power adjustment units 7a, 8a, 9a, and 10a are in a pre-operation state. It is also possible to modify the system so that a notification operation is performed accordingly. Alternatively, the human body detection sensors 21, 22, 23, and 24 are provided in both the ignition and fire-extinguishing switches 7b, 8b, 9b, and 10b and the thermal power control units 7a, 8a, 9a, and 10a, and the ignition and fire-extinguishing switches 7b, 8b, 9b, It can also be configured to detect that either 10b or any of the thermal power control units 7a, 8a, 9a, 10a is in a pre-operation state.

< 3 >
In the above embodiment, the case where the gas burner is used as the heating means in the gas cooker as the heating cooker has been described. However, in the case where the induction heating coil is used as the heating means in the electromagnetic cooker as the heating cooker. The same explanation as in the above embodiment is valid.

< 4 >
Although the said embodiment demonstrated the case where three heating means were provided as a heating cooker, this invention is not limited by the number of heating means. For example, a heating cooker provided with two gas burners as heating means or a heating cooker provided with four or more gas burners may be used.

The perspective view of the gas cooker of 1st Embodiment Schematic block diagram of the gas cooker of the first embodiment Flowchart of heating state operation control of the first embodiment The perspective view of the gas cooker of 2nd Embodiment Schematic block diagram of the gas cooker of 2nd Embodiment Flowchart of heating state operation control of the second embodiment The perspective view of the gas cooker of another embodiment The schematic block diagram of the gas cooker of another embodiment

Explanation of symbols

1a High thermal power burner (heating means)
1b Small burner (heating means)
1c Standard burner (heating means)
2 Grill burner (heating means)
7b, 8b, 9b, 10b Ignition and fire extinguishing switch (heating state command means)
21 Human body detection sensor for high thermal power burner (operation state detection means)
22 Human detection sensor for small burner (operation state detection means)
23 Human body detection sensor for grill burner (operation state detection means)
24 Human body detection sensor for standard burner (operation state detection means)
31, 32, 33, 34 Notification means H Control section (control means)

Claims (4)

Based on a plurality of heating means, a plurality of manually operated heating state command means for commanding a heating state provided corresponding to each of the plurality of heating means, and the command of the heating state command means, A heating cooker provided with a control means for controlling the operation of the heating means,
The act of performing the heating state command means in advance for the user to operate is in a pre-operation state in which an act of touching the heating state command means or an act of bringing a hand close to the touch is performed. A plurality of operation state detection means for detecting each of the heating state command means separately;
An informing means for informing each position of the heating means in an identifiable manner;
When the control unit detects that any of the plurality of operation state detection units is in the pre-operation state, the heating unit corresponding to the heating state command unit in which the pre-operation state is detected is notified. A cooking device configured to be notified by means. Based on a plurality of heating means, a plurality of manually operated heating state command means for commanding a heating state provided corresponding to each of the plurality of heating means, and the command of the heating state command means, A heating cooker provided with a control means for controlling the operation of the heating means,
Informing means for informing each position of the heating means is provided,
The control unit is configured to cause the notification unit to notify the heating unit corresponding to the operated heating state command unit when any of the plurality of heating state command units is operated , and When the heating state command means is operated so that the heating means is switched from a heating stop state to a heating operation state, the notification means is configured to be operated,
When the set time elapses after the heating state command means is operated so that the heating means is switched from the heating stop state to the heating operation state, the control means switches the heating means from the heating stop state to the heating operation state. The heating state of the heating means is controlled so that the heating means is switched from the heating stop state to the heating operation state until the set time elapses after the heating state command means is operated. In addition, when the heating state commanding unit is operated so that the heating unit is switched from the heating operation state to the heating stop state, control for switching the heating unit from the heating stop state to the heating operation state is not executed. and heating cooker is. The cooking device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the notification means is configured using an optical display device . The cooking device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the notification means is configured using an acoustic device .

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