JP5000686B2 - Induction heating cooker - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an induction heating cooker that performs cooking using electromagnetic induction.

  Conventionally, a contact-type temperature sensor (such as a thermistor) is arranged at the approximate center of the induction heating coil arranged below the top plate, or a non-contact type temperature sensor is arranged below the top plate, and this contact-type temperature Detect the temperature of a cooking container such as a pan or frying pan (hereinafter referred to as an object to be heated) placed on the top using a sensor or a non-contact temperature sensor, calculate the insufficient power based on this detection result, There is known an electromagnetic cooker that performs heating at a relatively low cost and in a short time by performing additional heating and operating a preset cooking time heat source according to the amount of water to be cooked in advance. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2005-347217 (Pages 4 to 6, FIGS. 3 and 6)

  However, in the conventional electromagnetic cooker described in Patent Document 1, a contact-type temperature sensor (such as a thermistor) or a non-contact-type temperature sensor detects the temperature after passing through the top plate. High accuracy could not be obtained, and it was difficult to detect spilling out of the object to be heated. Also, thermistors, which are contact type temperature sensors, have a slow temperature tracking speed, making it difficult to detect the temperature quickly and accurately. I couldn't handle it. For this reason, there is a possibility that the juice from the spilling may enter the inside of the main body of the induction heating cooker, resulting in a malfunction of the device, or the user spilling the simmered soup and causing burns.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and obtains an induction heating cooker that prevents damage to equipment due to intrusion of boiled broth caused by spilling and improves user safety. For the purpose.

Induction heating cooker according to the present invention are straight and induction heating coil, a top plate for placing an object to be heated above the induction heating coil, infrared rays emitted from the side surface of the object to be heated for heating an object The temperature detector that detects the temperature of the object to be heated based on the infrared rays, the inverter that controls the power supplied to the induction heating coil according to the output of the temperature detector, and the output information of the temperature detector A storage unit that stores data, and a control unit that controls the inverter. The temperature detection unit includes a side surface of the object to be heated, an edge of the object to be heated, and a ceiling near the edge between the edge and the temperature detection unit itself. A compound eye sensor composed of a plurality of temperature detection elements for detecting each of a plurality of areas obtained by dividing an area including a plate, and the compound eye sensor includes a plurality of temperature detection elements so that the detection area of the compound eye sensor is dense and dense. Is arranged Are, the control unit obtains the temperature information detected by the temperature detector, the temperature information based on the previous temperature information stored in the storage unit to calculate the decrease in temperature is further calculated If the amount of decrease in temperature exceeds a preset threshold value, it is determined that blow-off has occurred.

  According to the present invention, the temperature detection unit directly receives infrared rays radiated from the side surface of the object to be heated without passing through the top plate, and the control means detects the temperature of the object to be heated and the previous object detected by the temperature detection unit. The amount of temperature decrease is calculated from the temperature of the heated object, and when the amount of temperature decrease exceeds a preset threshold value, it is determined that blow-off has occurred, so that quick and high-precision blow-off detection is possible. .

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the induction heating cooking appliance in Embodiment 1, 14 of this invention. It is the figure which showed an example of the arrangement | sequence of each temperature detection element at the time of using the infrared sensor 1 in FIG. 1 as a compound eye sensor. It is a figure which shows the correspondence of each temperature detection element of a compound eye sensor, and a temperature detection area | region. It is a graph which shows the relationship between the detection temperature of each temperature detection element of an infrared sensor which has a compound eye sensor at the time of a blow-off test execution, and cooking time. It is the graph which expanded and showed about the element 8 which adjoins the element 7 which detects the maximum temperature in the eight temperature detection elements in FIG. 6 is a graph showing a temperature change of the element 7 per second as an inclination. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the control means in Embodiment 1 of this invention (the 1). It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the control means in Embodiment 1 of this invention (the 2). It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the induction heating cooking appliance in Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the control means in Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the induction heating cooking appliance in Embodiment 3 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the control means in Embodiment 3 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the control means in Embodiment 4 of this invention (the 1). It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the control means in Embodiment 4 of this invention (the 2). It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the induction heating cooking appliance in Embodiment 5 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the control means in Embodiment 5 of this invention.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
By detecting the temperature using an infrared sensor that directly receives the infrared rays generated from the side of the pan, which is the object to be heated, without going through the top plate, it is possible to detect the spilling out of the pan. This embodiment will be described in the first embodiment.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the induction heating cooker according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 1, the induction heating cooker has an infrared temperature sensor 1, an induction heating coil 2, a heated object 3 to be cooked by induction heating coil 2 and electromagnetic coupling, and this heated object 3. A top plate 4 to be operated, an inverter 5 for supplying high-frequency AC power to the induction heating coil 2, a control means 8 for controlling the inverter 5, and a temperature detection means for converting an infrared detection signal from the infrared sensor 1 into temperature information. 6, a control unit 8, and a storage unit 9. The infrared sensor 1 directly detects infrared rays emitted from the side surface of the article 3 to be heated without passing through the top plate 4 and outputs a signal proportional to the amount of infrared rays. Further, the temperature detecting means 6 amplifies and converts the infrared detection signal from the infrared sensor 1 into a temperature signal, and further A / D converts it into temperature information that can be handled by the control means 8. The storage unit 9 is for storing temperature information detected by the temperature detection means 6. The infrared temperature sensor 1 and the temperature detection means 6 constitute a temperature detection unit.

2 is a diagram showing an example of the arrangement of each temperature detection element (hereinafter also referred to as an element) when the infrared sensor 1 in FIG. 1 is a compound eye sensor, and FIG. FIG. 2B shows a compound eye sensor in which a plurality of temperature detection elements are arranged in a horizontal direction in addition to the upper limit and arranged in a staggered pattern. Yes.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a correspondence relationship between each temperature detection element and a temperature detection region of the compound eye sensor. The compound eye sensor of FIG. ), Edge region (the edge of the bottom of the object 3 to be heated, that is, the boundary between the bottom surface of the object to be heated and the top plate 4 is called an edge, and a neighboring region including this edge (a part of the pan skin and The partial area) is referred to as an edge area) and the temperature of the top plate area between the object to be heated 3 and the infrared sensor 1 is divided into eight areas corresponding to eight temperature detection elements, Of these eight regions, the temperature detecting element that detects the edge region that is a painted region inputs the maximum infrared energy.

FIG. 4 is a graph showing the relationship between the detection temperature of each temperature detection element of the infrared sensor having a compound eye sensor and the cooking time when the blow-off test is performed. The detection temperature and cooking time of each temperature detection element of an infrared sensor having a compound eye sensor composed of eight temperature detection elements (hereinafter referred to as element 1 to element 8) when a spill test is performed It is a graph which shows a relationship. FIG. 4 shows that a sudden temperature drop occurs when the element 7 and the element 8 out of the eight temperature detecting elements are blown down. FIG. 5 is an enlarged graph showing the element 7 and the element 8 in which a rapid temperature drop occurs when the blown down in FIG.
The two elements 7 and 8 whose output values rapidly decrease when blowing down mainly detect the edge region of the object to be heated (pan) 3 and the top plate adjacent to the edge region. It can be seen that the temperature change is accurately captured.
FIG. 6 is a graph showing the temperature change of the element 7 per second as an inclination.
In the experiment shown in FIG. 5, when the soba noodles are introduced 386 seconds after the start of cooking and 441 seconds after the start of cooking, the two temperature detecting elements are immediately after that (after 457 to 460 seconds from the start of cooking). A temperature drop is detected. At this time, as shown in FIG. 6, it can be seen that the amount of decrease (slope) in temperature is considerably large. Based on this, energization to the induction heating coil is stopped 464 seconds after the start of cooking.

Next, the operation of the first embodiment will be described.
In the first embodiment, an infrared sensor for temperature measurement is not disposed at the bottom of the top 4 so that the temperature at the bottom of the to-be-heated 3 can be measured from the bottom of the top 4. The infrared sensor 1 is arranged at the corner of the top plate 4 or outside thereof (hereinafter collectively referred to as a side) and above. An infrared sensor 1 arranged on the side of the top plate 4 and above the top plate 4 detects infrared rays emitted from the side surface of the heated object 3 placed on the top plate 4 and outputs a signal. The signal from 1 is converted into temperature information. And the control means 8 acquires the temperature information from the temperature detection means 6 with a predetermined period (for example, every second), and calculates the temperature change per unit time (for example, every second) from this temperature information. And when this temperature change is less than a predetermined threshold value, the control means 8 determines that blow-off has occurred and reduces the coil current or stops energization.

In addition, since it will not have a bad influence on cooking if it is small to such an extent that the amount of spillage dries while staying along the side of the to-be-heated material 3, it does not make it the object of this invention. When the liquid of the contents such as the simmered boiled juice drops down to the lower part along the side surface of the object to be heated 3 and reaches the top plate which is the lowest end of the object to be heated, the surface of the object to be heated 3 is caused by the surface tension of the liquid itself. It spreads along the edges of the object 3 and wraps around the entire edge of the article 3 to be heated. For this reason, if the liquid spreading over the entire edge is detected from one direction, it is possible to detect the spilling even by the infrared sensor 1 disposed on the side and above the top plate 4. If the amount of spilling is so large, it will adversely affect cooking, so such a case is called spilling and is the subject of the present invention.
In this way, when the blown out of the heated object 3 occurs, the edge temperature of the heated object 3 that has been 200 to 400 ° C. during cooking is rapidly cooled to 100 ° C. or less by the juice that has blown down. . However, since the conventional sensor is disposed under the top plate, it is necessary to detect the temperature through the top plate 4 when detecting the temperature. Therefore, it is difficult to immediately follow a sudden temperature change, and it is difficult to detect a blow-off.
Therefore, in the first embodiment, the temperature of the side surface of the object to be heated 3, particularly the lower side surface of the object to be heated 3, can be directly measured by arranging the infrared sensor 1 on the side of the top plate 4 and above. Therefore, it is possible to immediately detect a rapid temperature drop due to blown-down and to perform high-precision detection, and it can be determined that blown-down has occurred based on this sudden drop in temperature.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of the control means in Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
Next, the operation of the control means in the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
In order to determine whether or not the blow-off has occurred, the output (hereinafter referred to as Ta) of the element 7 which is a temperature detection element for detecting the temperature of the edge region of the article 3 to be heated is shown in FIGS. A temperature drop amount (negative value, hereinafter referred to as ΔTa) and a temperature drop amount (negative value) of an output (hereinafter referred to as Tb) of the element 8 that detects the temperature of the region of the top plate 4 adjacent to the edge region. (Hereinafter, ΔTb) may be monitored.
First, the control means 8 starts cooking by controlling the inverter 5 to energize the induction heating coil 2 (step S71). Two regions of temperature information Ta and Tb are acquired from the temperature detection means 6 at regular intervals (for example, every second) (step S72), and the temperature information is stored in the storage unit 9. Next, the previous temperature information is read from the storage unit 9 (step S73), the temperature information acquired from the current temperature detection means 6 is subtracted from the previous temperature information, and the difference is the temperature change amount ΔTa, ΔTb per second. (Step S74). Then, the control means 8 compares the temperature change amounts ΔTa and ΔTb with a threshold value ΔT (negative value) stored in advance in the storage unit 9 (step S75), ΔTa (temperature decrease amount), and ΔTb (temperature). If at least one of the (decrease amount) is larger than the threshold value ΔT, the control means 8 determines that there is no abnormality, continues to control the inverter 5 and energize the induction heating coil 2 to continue cooking (step S76), and step S72. Go back to and repeat the same operation. If both ΔTa (temperature decrease amount) and ΔTb (temperature decrease amount) exceed (below) the threshold value ΔT, it is determined that an abnormality such as blow-off has occurred and the coil current is reduced or energization is stopped. The inverter 5 is controlled to perform (step S77).
Thereafter, the process is terminated. The driving is started again by the user's restarting operation after the user has removed the spilled food and its cause.

  In this flowchart, it has been described that it is determined that the blow-off has occurred when all the temperature decrease amounts of the outputs of the two temperature detection elements that detect the temperature of the edge region exceed the threshold value. The determination is made based on the result of the repeated experiment shown in FIG. For example, if the detection area is narrowed closer to the edge area, the number of elements assigned to the periphery of the edge is increased, and the detection area of the element is made wider and rougher as the distance from the edge area is increased, the number of elements is reduced. The number of elements that show a rapid temperature drop when spilling increases. In this case, for example, as a result of repeated experiments, a temperature detection element 7 that detects the temperature of the edge region is detected by an element that shows a rapid decrease when a blow-off occurs, and a temperature detection element that detects the temperature of the pot skin region adjacent to the edge region 6. If there are three temperature detecting elements 8 for detecting the temperature of the top plate adjacent to the edge, it is determined in the flowchart that a blow-off has occurred when all the temperature drop amounts in the three regions exceed the threshold value. To be configured. Similarly, as a result of repeated experiments, if the element that shows a sudden drop when the blow-off occurs is four temperature detection elements that detect the temperature of four consecutive regions centered on the edge region, the four When at least one of the temperature drop amounts in the region exceeds a threshold value, it is determined that blow-off has occurred.

Based on the above, in order to be able to apply the above contents dynamically, it is configured as follows.
A blow-off test is performed in advance, and in this blow-off test, the respective temperature drop amounts are calculated based on the past temperature characteristics of the plurality of temperature detection elements constituting the compound eye sensor, and the temperature drop amount is determined in advance. The identifiers of those exceeding the lower limit value are stored in the storage unit 9. These are all performed manually.
During the actual cooking operation, the control means 8 periodically reads out the identifiers of the selected temperature detection elements from the storage unit 9, recognizes them, and displays the temperature information detected by the selected temperature detection elements. Based on the previously detected temperature information of all the selected temperature detecting elements and the detected temperature information acquired this time, the temperature decrease amounts are calculated via the temperature detecting means 6 and these temperature decrease amounts are calculated. When at least one of these temperature reduction amounts exceeds the threshold value (lower limit value) as compared with each of the above threshold values, it is determined that an abnormality such as zero blowing has occurred in the induction heating cooker.

  According to the first embodiment, since the infrared sensor is arranged on the side of the top plate 4 and above, it is possible to detect an abnormality such as blow-off with high accuracy, and an abnormality such as blow-off is detected. In this case, the heating power is reduced or the energization is stopped immediately, so that it is possible to prevent equipment breakdown and sticking to the top plate due to penetration of the broth.

As described above, the infrared sensor 1 can detect spilling from a temperature change of the edge even with a single eye, but by using the infrared sensor 1 as a compound eye, the pan bottom (edge), The temperature up to the top 4 can be measured independently. In addition, it is possible to detect a wide range by determining which element has detected how much temperature change by dividing the detection area of each element and comparing the output values of each element. Thereby, if the recognition performance of the control means is improved, even if a sudden temperature change due to an abnormality other than spilling occurs, it is possible to reduce the possibility of erroneous detection of spilling, so the monocular infrared sensor 1 This makes it possible to detect the spilling with higher accuracy than the spilling detection by using.
Further, by narrowing down the detection area of the infrared sensor 1 (increasing the density), it is possible to perform detection with higher accuracy. That is, if a plurality of temperature sensing elements constituting the compound eye sensor are attached to the upper part of the concave surface part, the detection area can be narrowed down. Conversely, if the sensor is attached to the lower part of the concave part, the detection area can be widely detected. . If a plurality of temperature detection elements constituting the compound eye sensor are attached to the lower part of the convex surface part, the detection area can be narrowed down. Conversely, if the sensor is attached to the upper part of the convex part, the detection area can be widely detected. Therefore, if the detection accuracy of a region other than the desired region is roughened using this characteristic and a configuration is made so that a large number of temperature detection elements are assigned to the desired detection region, the detection region can be detected with high accuracy. it can.
Furthermore, the temperature of each region can be detected with higher accuracy by adjusting the height of the infrared sensor mounting position to an appropriate height. Further, the blind spots can be eliminated by arranging the temperature detection elements constituting the compound eye sensor in the vertical and horizontal directions in a staggered pattern.
In the above example, the method for determining the presence or absence of blown down by examining the difference from the previous detected temperature has been described. However, an average value of a plurality of past detected temperatures is stored in the storage means 9, You may comprise so that the presence or absence of blowing may be determined by whether the temperature fall amount calculated based on an average value and the temperature information acquired from the temperature detection means this time exceeded the threshold value.
A flowchart in this case is shown in FIG. FIG. 8 is the same as FIG. 7 except that step S73 in FIG. 7 is replaced with step S81.
In the above example, the compound eye sensor configured with eight temperature detection elements has been described.
Further, in the above example, if there are four temperature detection elements that detect the temperature of four consecutive regions, in the flowchart, when at least one of the temperature decrease amounts of the four regions exceeds a threshold value, the blow-off occurs. Although it has been determined that it has occurred, it may be determined that a blow-out has occurred when all of the temperature drop amounts in the four regions exceed the threshold. In this case, the determination accuracy is improved as compared with the above case.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
In the first embodiment, the case where the occurrence of blow-off is detected by the infrared sensor alone has been described. However, in the second embodiment, not only the non-contact type temperature sensor such as infrared rays but also the contact installed at the lower part of the top plate 4. A case where the blow-out determination is performed together with the detection result of the mold temperature sensor will be described.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the induction heating cooker in the second embodiment of the present invention.
9, the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 1 denote the same or corresponding parts.
1 except that a contact-type temperature sensor (thermistor) 11 is added via a top plate 4 below the object to be heated 3 (in FIG. 1, the center of the induction heating coil). The control means 8 detects not only the infrared sensor itself but also the blow-off detection by comparison with the signal of the contact-type temperature sensor (thermistor) 11.
At the time of occurrence of spilling, the temperature detected by the infrared sensor 1 disposed on the side and above the top plate 4 rapidly decreases, but the temperature detected by the thermistor 11 disposed below the object 3 to be heated. There is no rapid decline in For example, when the cooked material spills from the heated object 3 due to shaking associated with the movement of the heated object 3 or the like, the detection value of the infrared sensor 1 rapidly decreases. In this case, the thermistor 11 also decreases with a slight delay. Therefore, by combining the output values of the infrared sensor and the thermistor, it is possible to detect the blowout with higher accuracy.
FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the operation of the control means in Embodiment 2 of the present invention. 10 is the same as FIG. 7 except that steps S101 to S103 are added.
Next, the operation of the control means in the third embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
The control means 8 operates in the same manner as in the first embodiment until the blow-off occurs (steps S71 to S76), and when the blow-down occurs, the control means 8 operates in the same manner as in the first embodiment (steps S71 to S76). After step S75), the output of the contact type sensor 11 is read (step S101). After this value is recorded in the storage unit 9, the previous output of the contact type temperature sensor 11 is read from the storage unit 9 (step S102). Next, the control means 8 calculates a difference value by subtracting the output of the previous contact-type temperature sensor 11 from the output of the contact-type temperature sensor 11, and reads out a preset threshold value from the storage unit 9 and calculates the difference. The value and the threshold value are compared (step S103). As a result of the comparison, if the difference value is equal to or greater than the threshold value, the process returns to step S103 and the same operation is performed again. If the difference value is smaller than the threshold value as a result of the comparison in step S103, it is determined that the blow-off has occurred, and the same processing as in step S77 in FIG. 7 is performed.
The contact-type temperature sensor 11 is inferior in temperature tracking performance to the infrared sensor 1 and therefore cannot detect a rapid temperature drop immediately. However, the contact-type temperature sensor 11 can also detect a sudden temperature drop slightly later than the infrared sensor 1. It becomes like this.

  Thus, not only the amount of temperature drop by the infrared sensor disposed on the side and above the top plate but also the detection signal from the thermistor can be combined to enable highly accurate blowout detection.

Embodiment 3 FIG.
In the third embodiment, a case will be described in which the danger is notified to the user by the voice guide and the light emission pattern of the LEDs arranged in the operation unit at the time of blowing down.
FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the induction heating cooker according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention.
11, the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 1 denote the same or corresponding parts.
It is the same as that of FIG. 1 except that the audio notification means 12 is added.

Next, the operation of the third embodiment will be described.
FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the operation of the control means in Embodiment 3 of the present invention. 12 is the same as FIG. 7 except that step S121 is added.
Next, the operation of the control means in the third embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
When the blow-off occurs, the control unit 8 operates in the same manner as in the first embodiment (steps 71 to S77), and then the voice notification unit 12 and the display unit 7 such as the LED emission pattern arranged in the operation unit are dangerous. A message indicating the above is output and notified with a voice guide, and displayed to alert the user (step S121).

  As a result, if a blow-off occurs, this can be detected immediately and the user can be made aware of the danger, thus improving the safety of the user.

Embodiment 4 FIG.
In the above-described embodiment, the case where the blow-off detection is always performed has been described. However, it is not necessary to always perform the blow-off detection, and the blow-off detection may be performed in a specific cooking mode. In the fourth embodiment, such a case will be described.

FIG. 1 is also used in the fourth embodiment.
Next, the operation of the fourth embodiment will be described.
When the user selects a special use mode such as a noodle bowl mode or a kettle mode from the operation unit, the blow-off detection is performed in conjunction with the selected mode.
The operation when the water heating mode is set will be described below.
13 and 14 are flowcharts showing the operation of the control means in Embodiment 3 of the present invention. 14 is the same as FIG. 7 except that step S141 is added.
Next, the operation of the control means in the third embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
When the user selects a special use mode such as a noodle bowl mode or a water heater mode from the operation unit, the control means 8 checks whether the water heater switch is operated as shown in FIG. 13 (switch S131). When the user selects a special use mode such as a noodle bowl mode or a kettle mode from the operation unit, a selection signal is sent to the control means 8, and the control means 8 recognizes that the kettle switch has been operated and kettles. A mode is set (step S132). Next, according to the flow shown in FIG. 14, the control means 8 checks whether or not the water heating mode has been selected (step S141) after starting cooking (step S71). Proceeding to S76, heating cooking is continued, returning to step S72, and the same operation is repeated. If the kettle mode is selected in step S131, the process proceeds to step S72, and thereafter the same operation as in FIG. Thereby, the blow-off detection is performed in conjunction with the hot water mode.
In this way, the blow-off detection function can be used more effectively by operating the blow-off detection function in conjunction with a special use mode such that blow-off is likely to occur or to prevent blow-through. The convenience at the time of cooking is improved.

Thereby, the user can apply the blown-out detection function only when he / she wants to prevent the blown-out of noodle bowls, kettles, etc., and the accuracy of the temperature detection function is improved.
Note that the noodle bowl mode is the same as the hot water mode.
In addition, the above-described noodle bowl may be provided with a blow-off detection mode instead of the mode or the kettle mode. By equipping the cooking and running operation with the blow-off detection mode by providing the blow-down detection mode as a standard, the blow-off detection mode is always detected during the cooking operation. Heat cooking can be performed easily without being conscious.

Embodiment 5 FIG.
When a large amount of blown-out occurs during the cooking operation, the induction heating cooker body may vibrate. Therefore, it is also possible to detect the vibration of the induction heating cooker body and combine it with the blow-out detection described in the above embodiment. This embodiment will be described in the fifth embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the induction heating cooker according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention. 15, the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 1 denote the same or corresponding parts.
1 except that a vibration sensor 13 and vibration detection means 14 are added. The vibration sensor 13 is provided below the top plate 4. The vibration sensor 13 detects a vibration of the top plate or a movement of the center of gravity of a heavy object and outputs a signal when blown down occurs. It is. As the vibration sensor 13, for example, a capacitance sensor or a weight sensor that captures a change in the capacitance of the capacitor and outputs a signal is used. The vibration detection means 14 amplifies the signal from the vibration sensor 13 and A / D converts it into a signal that can be processed by the control means 8.

Next, the operation of the fifth embodiment will be described.
Since the vibration sensor 13 operates even when an object to be heated before starting operation is installed or moved, it is necessary to prevent erroneous detection in such a case. Therefore, it may be configured not to output the vibration detection signal from the vibration detection means 14 before the cooking operation starts, or may be configured so that the control means 8 does not acquire the vibration detection signal before cooking starts. Good. In the former case, the vibration detection means 14 may be configured to start operation by outputting a cooking start mode signal to the vibration detection means 14. In the latter case, the control means 8 may be configured to acquire the output of the vibration detection means 14 after cooking is started.

Hereinafter, the latter case will be described.
After the user places the object to be heated on the top board and operates the operation unit to start cooking, the control means operates in the blow-off detection mode when the vibration of the object to be heated stabilizes within a preset threshold. To start. During normal operation, the control means 8 compares the output of the vibration detection means 14 with a threshold value, and if it is within the threshold value, determines that there is no blow-off and continues cooking. When the blow-off occurs, the vibration sensor 13 continuously detects a large vibration that cannot occur in normal heating, and the vibration detection means outputs a corresponding detection signal.
When the control means 8 continuously detects the vibration detection signal from the vibration detection means 14 and further detects an abrupt temperature drop based on the temperature drop amount calculated from the output of the temperature detection means 6, abnormalities such as blow-off are detected. The coil current is reduced or energization is stopped.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing the operation of the control means in Embodiment 5 of the present invention. 15 is the same as FIG. 12 except that steps S161 to S162 are added.
Next, the operation of the control means in the fifth embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
First, the control means first starts cooking (step S71), then acquires the output of the vibration detection means 14 (step S161), reads a preset threshold value from the storage means 9, and reads this threshold value. Is compared with the output of the vibration detecting means 14 (step S162). If it is within the threshold, the process proceeds to step S72, and thereafter the same operation as in FIG. If it is larger than the threshold value, the process proceeds to step S76.

According to the fifth embodiment, by combining the output of the vibration detection means with the first to third embodiments and the fourth embodiment as described above, it is possible to detect the blow-off with higher accuracy.
In addition, although the case where thermal power reduction or energization stop was demonstrated when abnormality, such as blowing-out, was detected, it does not need to restrict to this and you may comprise so that the power supply of a system main body may be turned off. Thereby, there can exist an effect similar to the above.

In the above example, it is configured to control ON / OFF the determination of blown-down from the object to be heated in the cooking mode, but it is configured to control ON / OFF of the determination of blown-down by hardware. You may do it. That is, a determination switch for ON / OFF control of the determination of blown-down is additionally provided in the operation unit. If this switch is turned on, the zero blow determination function is enabled, and if it is turned off, the zero blow determination function is disabled.
As a result, even if a sudden temperature drop occurs, for example, when the object 3 to be heated placed on the heating port of the top plate 4 is replaced, there is no possibility of erroneously determining this as a sudden drop in temperature due to blowing down.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Infrared sensor, 2 induction heating coil, 3 to-be-heated object, 4 top plate, 5 inverter, 6 temperature detection means, 7 display means, 8 control means, 9 memory | storage part, 10 operation part, 11 contact-type temperature sensor (thermistor) , 12 voice notification means, 13 vibration sensor, 14 vibration detection means.

Claims (13)

An induction heating coil for heating an object to be heated;
A top plate on which the object to be heated is placed above the induction heating coil;
A temperature detector that directly receives infrared rays emitted from the side surface of the object to be heated, and detects the temperature of the object to be heated based on the infrared rays;
An inverter that controls the power supplied to the induction heating coil in accordance with the output of the temperature detector;
A storage unit for storing output information of the temperature detection unit;
Control means for controlling the inverter,
The temperature detection unit is obtained by dividing a region including a side surface of the object to be heated, an edge of the object to be heated, and a top plate in the vicinity of the edge between the edge and the temperature detection unit itself. It is a compound eye sensor consisting of multiple temperature sensing elements that detect each of the
In the compound eye sensor, the plurality of temperature detection elements are arranged so that the detection area of the compound eye sensor is dense and dense,
The control means acquires temperature information detected by the temperature detection unit,
Based on this temperature information and the previous temperature information stored in the storage unit, the amount of decrease in temperature is calculated, and if the calculated amount of decrease in temperature exceeds a preset threshold value, blow-off occurs. An induction heating cooker characterized by determining that it has occurred.   The induction heating cooker according to claim 1, wherein the compound eye sensor is configured by attaching the plurality of temperature detection elements to an upper part of a concave surface part or a lower part of the convex surface part. An induction heating coil for heating an object to be heated;
A top plate on which the object to be heated is placed above the induction heating coil;
A temperature detector that directly receives infrared rays emitted from the side surface of the object to be heated, and detects the temperature of the object to be heated based on the infrared rays;
An inverter that controls the power supplied to the induction heating coil in accordance with the output of the temperature detector;
A storage unit for storing output information of the temperature detection unit;
Control means for controlling the inverter;
Vibration detecting means for detecting the vibration of the top plate,
The control means acquires a vibration detection signal from the vibration detection means, and the amount of decrease in the temperature calculated based on the temperature information from the temperature detection section and the previous temperature information stored in the storage section An induction heating cooker characterized in that it is determined that blown down has occurred when the value exceeds a preset threshold value. The control means stores the memory for each of at least one temperature detection element selected from a plurality of temperature detection elements, which is selected in advance in a blow-off test and detects a temperature decrease amount exceeding the threshold when a blow-down occurs. The temperature decrease amount is calculated based on the previous temperature information stored in the section and the temperature information acquired this time in the cooking operation, and the temperature decrease amount is compared with the threshold value. The induction heating cooker according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein when the threshold value is exceeded, it is determined that blown down has occurred. The storage unit stores an average value of a plurality of temperature information detected in the past for each of the selected temperature detection elements,
Instead of the control means,
Among the plurality of temperature detection elements, each of at least one temperature detection element that is selected in a blow-off test performed in advance and detects a temperature decrease amount exceeding the threshold value when blow-down occurs is stored in the storage unit. The temperature decrease amount is calculated based on the average value obtained and the temperature information acquired from the selected temperature sensing element, and the temperature decrease amount is compared with the threshold value, and all the temperature decrease amounts exceed the threshold value. The induction heating cooker according to claim 4 , further comprising a control unit that determines that a blow-out has occurred in the induction heating cooker. The induction heating cooker according to any one of claims 1, 2, 4, and 5, wherein the compound eye sensor has the plurality of temperature detection elements arranged in a vertical direction. 6. The compound eye sensor according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of temperature detection elements are arranged in a staggered pattern in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction. The induction heating cooker described. A contact-type temperature sensor that is arranged at the bottom of the top plate and detects the temperature of the object to be heated placed on the top plate,
The control means acquires a temperature detection signal from the contact-type temperature sensor, and determines that blow-off has occurred based on the temperature detection signal of the contact-type temperature sensor and the temperature information acquired from the temperature detection unit. The induction heating cooker according to any one of claims 1 to 7.   The induction heating cooker according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the control means includes a cooking mode that enables a determination function based on temperature information acquired from the temperature detection unit.   The induction heating cooker according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the control unit includes a switching unit that enables or disables a determination function based on temperature information acquired from the temperature detection unit.   The said control means controls the said inverter so that the electric current which flows into the said induction heating coil may be reduced or supply may be stopped, when it determines with the blow-off having generate | occur | produced. The induction heating cooker in any one. Provided with voice notification means,
The induction heating according to any one of claims 1 to 11, wherein when the control means determines that the blow-off has occurred, the voice notification means outputs an abnormality. Cooking device. A display means,
The induction heating cooker according to any one of claims 1 to 11, wherein when the control means determines that the blow-off has occurred, the control means outputs that the display means is abnormal. .

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