JP5867330B2 - Heating cooker, control method therefor, and power control system for home appliances - Google Patents

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  The present invention relates to a heating cooker that can reduce electric power used by an external signal and a control method thereof. In addition, the present invention relates to a power control system for home appliances that can reduce the total power by a signal from the outside when a plurality of electric devices such as a cooker and an air conditioner are used in a home via a single breaker.

  In general households, electric power is supplied to a plurality of electric appliances in the kitchen (for example, induction heating cooker, also referred to as “IH cooking heater”) through one breaker. In such a thing, the maximum electric power consumption of the induction heating cooking appliance is as large as 4800 W (or 5800 W), and the ratio of the household electric power is large. For this reason, various proposals have heretofore been made in order to avoid the breaker from dropping (blocking operation) due to simultaneous use with other electric devices such as an air conditioner (air conditioner). For example, a power supply control system that connects a plurality of electrical devices and performs control for supplying power to the electrical devices by wired or wireless transmission, and collects information on the power used by the electrical devices And determination means for determining whether or not electric power can be supplied to the electric device within a predetermined allowable power amount range based on the information on the power consumption collected by the information collection means, and the determination There has been proposed a power control system characterized by comprising means for permitting power consumption of an electrical device that is determined to be capable of supplying power (for example, see Patent Document 1).

  In addition, a power control device is installed on the power source side of the induction heating cooker, and when the power control device detects a state where power reduction is necessary, the power control device outputs a power reduction request. Some control the output power in ascending order of “priority”, such as by heating mode (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

  In addition, upon receipt of a power reduction request signal, an induction heating cooker has also been proposed that preferentially reduces the power consumption of the heating port with the larger power consumption when a plurality of heating ports are used simultaneously. (For example, refer to Patent Document 3).

  Furthermore, in order to allow the user (user) to enjoy the advantages of economy and convenience of reducing the electricity bill, the desired operation start time or desired operation end time is provided to the device control device that controls the home appliance. A receiving unit that receives desired time information, driving period information, and power information, and a time period that includes the time width including the desired time information and that can shift the operation start time or operation end time of the home appliance A home appliance within the time shift period based on the time shift period setting unit for setting the shift period, the power rate information acquiring unit for acquiring the power rate information, the desired time information, the operation period information, the power information and the power rate information An operation time calculation unit for calculating an operation start time or an operation end time at which the electricity bill charged when the vehicle is operated is equal to or less than a predetermined charge, and an operation start time or an operation end Electrical appliance control device provided with a transmission section that transmits the time to the home appliance, have also been proposed electrical device control method, and electrical equipment (e.g., see Patent Document 4).

JP-A-10-94199 (first page, FIG. 1) JP 2011-15512 A (first page, FIG. 1) Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2011-204431 (first page, FIG. 2) JP 2012-85423 A (first page, FIG. 1)

  Thus, conventionally, by controlling to reduce the total power consumption when the induction heating cooker and other electrical devices are used simultaneously, the breaker capacity is prevented from exceeding and the breaker is prevented from falling. Yes. However, the electrical equipment installed (built-in) inside the system kitchen is not limited to one type of induction heating cooker, and other equipment such as a grill cooker and a dishwasher / dryer is installed. In addition, various types of electric heating cookers such as electric rice cookers, oven toasters, and microwave ovens are generally used in kitchens, and these electric devices are one breaker. It is designed to be connected to a power source via In many cases, non-heating cookers such as air conditioners, hair dryers, and electric clothes dryers are also installed in the home. In the air conditioner, a motor for driving the electric compressor requires a large amount of electric power, and in addition to the electric blower, the hair dryer and the electric clothes dryer also require a large amount of electric power for an electric heater for heating the air. Furthermore, in the dishwasher / dryer, since the washing water is sprayed toward the tableware, the power consumption of the motor for driving the pump that supplies the washing water is large.

  Therefore, among these various types of electrical equipment, in induction heating cookers, a simple method of reducing power in the order of lower priority depending on the heating port and heating mode, or reducing the power consumption of heating ports with larger power consumption Is not necessarily appropriate. For example, even when heated in the same heating mode with the same heating port, depending on the timing of power reduction, the power reduction may have a significant adverse effect on the cooking result, and there is no significant effect, and the cooking time may only be extended. Yes, the degree of influence varies depending on the cooking menu and the individual cooking process for executing it.

  Therefore, if the power is uniformly limited according to the reduction standard as in the above-described conventional example so as not to exceed the breaker capacity, the characteristics of the induction heating cooker are ignored, and a problem that the food cannot be cooked deliciously occurs. For example, when cooking fried food with an induction heating cooker, the temperature of the oil is raised to a predetermined temperature (for example, 180 ° C.) in the preheating step, and then, for example, vegetables or frozen croquettes are added to the oil. Immediately after the oil temperature drops rapidly, it is necessary to heat it with a strong heating power (for example, 1800W or more when fried with edible oil of about 500 CC) to finish the finish. Then fried food will not work well.

  Moreover, when the electric power of the other electric equipment currently used simultaneously instead of an induction heating cooker, for example, the electric rice cooker was reduced, the rice cooker was performing the boiling process after the water absorption process at that time. In this case, the boiling process cannot be cooked at a stroke if the power is limited in the boiling process, because it cannot be cooked at a stretch if the power is cooked at once. . In other words, it is difficult to simply decide which of the induction heating cooker and other electric devices, for example, the electric rice cooker, should be prioritized. In other words, the electric rice cooker may have priority, or the induction heating cooker may have priority.

  Furthermore, since the conventional thing was the idea of restrict | limiting the total electric power of a household appliances group so that one breaker capacity | capacitance (for example, 5900W) may not be exceeded, if it does not approach the upper limit of a breaker capacity | capacitance, it will not perform a power restriction. It was a thing. However, in recent years, especially in the summer when power demand is rapidly increasing, energy conservation and power saving awareness has been increasing at each individual level so that large-scale power outages do not occur, and regardless of whether there is room for breaker capacity. In response to requests from electric power companies and governments, there is an increasing demand for users of electrical equipment to voluntarily reduce power at any time. It was not always enough to meet such demands. For example, because each home appliance could not know in real time whether there was a request from the outside to reduce the total amount of electricity in the home, the power used by each home appliance used It was difficult to expect users to take action to lower

  Furthermore, in the conventional case, when home appliances use information on the electricity bill system to set the start time of cooking, the user compares various information many times and completes the setting operation The setting operation is cumbersome and not practical.

  The subject of this invention is encouraging a user to use it spontaneously in the time zone with a cheap electricity bill by the cooking-by-heating machine side.

  According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electric heating unit, an operation unit capable of setting an energization condition of the heating unit and adjusting an amount of electric energy, and an energization control circuit having a predetermined heating program for controlling the heating unit. The operation unit includes display means (such as a liquid crystal display screen) for displaying energization conditions, and input means (such as touch-type input keys) for changing the display content of the display section and confirming the energization conditions. The energization control circuit performs a power reduction operation if a reducible condition is satisfied when a predetermined power reduction request signal is received from the outside of the heating cooker while the heating means is energized, The energization control circuit simultaneously displays, in the stage before the input energization conditions are determined by the input means, information on the electricity rate according to time zone and time information for energizing the heating means on the display means. A cooker for causing.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, when a heating cooker is used at the same time as other electric appliances such as other electric appliances in the kitchen and air conditioners, if a predetermined condition is satisfied when an electric power reduction request is received from the outside Power saving operation is automatically performed, and when the user sets the cooking conditions, the display means can know the cheap time zone of electricity bill, and can easily change to that time zone, It is possible to improve the convenience for the user.

  The second aspect of the invention also includes step 1 in which the energization control circuit activates display means (such as a liquid crystal display screen) for displaying the energization conditions of the electric heating means after the main power is turned on, and the energization conditions of the electric heating means. On the display means, Step 3 for setting the energization time zone of the electric heating means, and display of the electricity rate information by time zone applied to the energization time zone of the electric heating means on the display means Step 4 to change the energization start time, step 5 to determine the energization condition by input from the operation unit, and if a predetermined power reduction request signal is received during energization of the heating means, the power reduction And a step 6 for displaying by the display means that the request signal has been received.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, in the heating cooker having a heating unit such as an induction heating cooker or a rice cooker, the display for the energization control circuit to display the energization condition of the electric heating means after the main power supply is turned on. Activating means (liquid crystal display screen, etc.), displaying energization conditions on this display means, and further setting the energization time zone of the electric heating means, and the time zone applied to the energization time zone of the electric heating means A step of displaying separate electricity rate information on the display means, a step of changing the energization time zone and determining the energization condition by an input from an operation unit, and a predetermined power reduction request signal during energization of the heating means The display means indicates that the power reduction request signal has been received, so that the energization time zone of the electric heating means is set while observing the display means. In addition, the cooking device can be used at a time that is advantageous in terms of electricity bills, and if it receives a power reduction request signal from the outside during its operation, it displays that fact on the display means and reduces power consumption to the user. Can be urged.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, there are provided a breaker that is installed in a house and performs an electric circuit breaking operation when the first upper limit capacity is exceeded, and a plurality of power consumption measuring units that are supplied with electric power via the breaker. Power control system comprising a home appliance and a power command device for controlling the total power consumption of the home appliance. The power command device receives power reduction request information from outside the house via a communication means. The home appliance includes an electrical energy consuming unit, a receiving unit that receives a target device registration signal and power reduction request information from the power command device, and a notification unit that notifies the user of the reception result. In the household electrical appliance, a table that displays an operation unit that can set the energization time zone of the electrical energy consumption unit and the electricity rate classification information for each time zone toward the outside of the household electrical appliance. Means for displaying the electricity rate classification information for each time zone applied when used in the energization time zone before the energization time zone of the electric energy consumption unit is determined by the operation unit. It is the electric power control system of the household appliances characterized by making it do.

  According to the third aspect of the invention, the power command device receives the power reduction request information from the outside of the house through the communication means to reduce the power of the home appliance, and on the electric device side, the electric energy consumption unit is energized. Since the time zone can be set and the electricity rate classification information for each time zone is displayed, before the energization time zone of the electric energy consumption unit is determined, the user applies the electricity rate category information for each time zone to be applied. Can know. For this reason, it is possible to prompt the user to perform an operation for changing to use at a time when the electricity bill is cheap on the home appliance side.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a plurality of breakers that are installed in a house and that perform a circuit interruption operation when the first upper limit capacity is exceeded, and that are supplied with electric power through the breakers and each include a power consumption measuring unit. And a power command system configured to control a total power consumption of the plurality of home appliances, wherein the power command device has a power upper limit value by the user, the first upper limit capacity A second upper limit capacity that is smaller than the electric power consumption unit, and the home appliance uses an electric energy consumption unit, a reception unit that receives a target device registration signal and a power reduction request signal from the power command device, and uses the reception result A notification unit for notifying a person of the electric appliance, and the home appliance includes an operation unit capable of setting an energization time zone of the electric energy consumption unit, and an electric rate classification information for each time zone. Display means for displaying to the outside of the device, and the electric charge for each time zone applied when used in the energization time zone before the energization time zone of the electric energy consumption unit is determined by the operation unit It is a power control system for home electric appliances characterized in that classification information is displayed by the display means.

  According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the power command device can set the upper limit value of the total power to the second upper limit capacity smaller than the breaker capacity (first upper limit capacity) by the user. The user can set the second upper limit capacity in necessary situations, such as in tight situations, to regulate the total amount of power consumption of home appliances, and on the electrical equipment side, it can set the energization time zone of the electrical energy consumption section, Further, since the electricity rate classification information for each time zone is displayed, the user can know the applied electricity rate category information for each time zone before the energization time zone of the electric energy consumption unit is determined. For this reason, it is possible to prompt the user to perform an operation for changing to use at a time when the electricity bill is cheap on the home appliance side.

  According to the heating cooker of the present invention, when a power reduction request is received from the outside, the power reduction operation is automatically performed if a predetermined condition is satisfied, and when the user sets the cooking condition, the display is performed. By means of this, it is possible to know a time zone where the electricity rate is cheap and to easily change to that time zone.

  According to the heating cooker control method of the present invention, after the main power supply is turned on, the energization control circuit displays the energization conditions of the electric heating means on the display means, and finally the energization time zone of the electric heating means is finally displayed. Before confirmation, the user can be informed of an advantageous time zone in terms of electricity bills, and when a predetermined power reduction request signal is received while the electric heating means is energized, the power reduction request signal is received. It is possible to use the cooking device at an advantageous time in terms of electricity charges, and to reduce power consumption. When a signal is received, the user can be prompted to perform an operation that reduces power.

  According to the power reduction system of the present invention, the power command device receives power reduction request information from the outside of the house via the communication means to reduce the power of the home appliance, and the electric device consumes electric energy. The electricity rate classification information for each time zone that is applied before the energization time zone for the electric energy consuming department is finalized is displayed. Can be notified to the user, and the user can be prompted to perform an operation such as changing to use at a time when the electricity bill is cheap.

The external view of the electrical equipment in a kitchen to which the electric power control system of the household appliances which concern on Embodiment 1 of this invention is applied. The external view of the induction heating cooking appliance used of the electric power control system. The top view of the heating cooker. The block diagram which shows the structure of the control circuit of the heating cooker. The block diagram which shows the drive circuit structure of the display means in the heating cooker. Control step explanatory drawing which shows the basic operation | movement of the heating cooker. Control step explanatory drawing 1 which shows the selection process of the cooking menu of the heating cooker. Control step explanatory drawing 2 which shows the selection process of the cooking menu of the heating cooker. The top view 1 which shows the display means in the heating cooker. The top view 2 which shows the display means in the heating cooker. The top view 3 which shows the display means in the heating cooker. The top view 4 which shows the display means in the heating cooker. The top view 5 which shows the display means in the heating cooker. The top view 6 which shows the display means in the heating cooker. The top view 7 which shows the display means in the heating cooker. The top view 8 which shows the display means in the heating cooker. The perspective view of the state which opened the cover body of the electric rice cooker of Embodiment 1 of this invention. The top view of the electric rice cooker cover body of Embodiment 1 of this invention. The enlarged plan view 1 which shows a part of electric rice cooker cover body of Embodiment 1 of this invention. The enlarged plan view 2 which shows a part of electric rice cooker cover body of Embodiment 1 of this invention. The block diagram which shows the control circuit structure of the electric rice cooker used for the electric power control system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. The center part longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows the fundamental structure of the dishwasher used for the power control system. The block diagram which shows the basic composition of the air conditioner used for the electric power control system. The block diagram which shows the whole structure of the electric power reduction system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. FIG. 1 is a front view 1 of a display screen of a use limit setting unit of a power command device constituting the core of the power reduction system. The front view 2 of the display screen of the use limit setting device of the power command device. The front view 3 of the display screen of the use limit setting device of the power command device. The basic process explanatory drawing in the fried food cooking of the induction heating cooking appliance which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. Rice cooking process explanatory drawing of the electric rice cooker which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. Explanatory drawing 1 which shows the electric power control operation | movement of the electric power command apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. Explanatory drawing 2 which shows the electric power control operation | movement of the electric power command apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. Explanatory drawing 1 which shows the relationship between the operation information from the induction heating cooking appliance which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention, and a heating process. Explanatory drawing 2 which shows the relationship between the operation information from the heating cooker, and a heating process. Explanatory drawing 3 which shows the relationship between the operation information from the heating cooker, and a heating process. Explanatory drawing 4 which shows the relationship between the operation information from the heating cooker, and a heating process. The whole perspective view which showed a part of heating cooker which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention in the cross section. Explanatory drawing which showed all the processes from power activation of the heating cooker 2 which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention to power interruption. The block diagram which shows the whole structure of the electric power control system which concerns on Embodiment 3 of this invention. The front view of the display screen of the use limit setting device of the power command device. The block diagram which shows the basic composition of the induction heating cooking appliance which concerns on Embodiment 3 of this invention. The top view of the state which removed the top plate of the heating cooker. The energization explanatory drawing 1 of the induction heating coil in the heating cooker. Control step explanatory drawing which shows the basic heating operation | movement of the whole cooking-by-heating machine. The top view explaining operation | movement of the induction heating coil in the heating cooker. The top view 1 which shows a part of display means and operation part in the heating cooker. The top view 2 which shows a part of display means and operation part in the heating cooker. The top view 3 which shows a part of display means and operation part in the heating cooker. In the heating cooker, energization explanatory drawing 1 of the induction heating coil in the case of heating a large and circular object to be heated. The energization explanatory drawing 2 in the case of heating the large and circular to-be-heated object in the heating cooker. The top view explaining operation | movement of the induction heating coil in the case of heating the to-be-heated object other than circular in the heating cooker. The energization explanatory drawing of the induction heating coil in the case of heating the to-be-heated object other than circular in the heating cooker. Explanatory drawing of the whole house which shows the electric power control system of the household appliances which concern on Embodiment 4 of this invention. The block diagram which shows the whole structure of the electric power control system. The front view of the display screen of the use limit setting device of the power command device. The top view 1 which shows a part of display means and operation part in the heating cooker. The top view 2 which shows a part of display means and operation part in the heating cooker. The top view 3 which shows a part of display means and operation part in the heating cooker. It is a top view 4 which shows a part of display means and operation part in the heating cooker.

Embodiment 1.
1-3 is based on Embodiment 1 of this invention, and FIG. 1 is an external view of the electrical equipment in a kitchen to which the power control system of the household appliances which concern on Embodiment 1 of this invention is applied. FIG. 2 is an external view of an induction heating cooker used in the power control system. FIG. 3 is a plan view of the cooking device. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a control circuit of the cooking device. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a drive circuit configuration of display means in the cooking device. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of control steps showing the basic operation of the cooking device. FIG. 7 is a control step explanatory diagram 1 showing a cooking menu selection process of the cooking device. FIG. 8 is a control step explanatory diagram 2 showing a cooking menu selection step of the cooking device. FIG. 9 is a plan view 1 showing display means in the cooking device. FIG. 10 is a plan view 2 showing display means in the cooking device. FIG. 11 is a plan view 3 showing display means in the cooking device. FIG. 12 is a plan view 4 showing display means in the cooking device. FIG. 13 is a plan view 5 showing display means in the cooking device. FIG. 14 is a plan view 6 showing display means in the cooking device. FIG. 15 is a plan view 7 showing display means in the cooking device. FIG. 16 is a plan view 8 showing display means in the cooking device. FIG. 17 is a perspective view of a state in which the lid of the electric rice cooker according to the first embodiment of the present invention is opened. FIG. 18 is a plan view of a lid body of the electric rice cooker according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 19 is an enlarged plan view 1 illustrating a part of the lid of the electric rice cooker according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 20 is an enlarged plan view 2 showing a part of the lid of the electric rice cooker according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 21 is a block diagram showing a control circuit configuration of an electric rice cooker used in the power control system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 22 is a longitudinal sectional view of a central portion showing a basic configuration of a dishwasher used in the power control system. FIG. 23 is a block diagram showing a basic configuration of an air conditioner used in the power control system. FIG. 24 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of the power reduction system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 25 is a front view 1 of a display screen of a use limit setter of a power command device constituting the core of the power reduction system. FIG. 26 is a front view 2 of a display screen of a use limit setting device of the power command device. FIG. 27 is a front view 3 of a display screen of a use limit setting device of the power command device. FIG. 28 is a basic process explanatory diagram of deep-fried food cooking in the induction heating cooker according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 29 is a rice cooking process explanatory diagram of the electric rice cooker according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 30 is an explanatory diagram 1 showing a power control operation of the power command apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 31 is an explanatory diagram showing a power control operation of the power command apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 32 is explanatory drawing 1 which shows the relationship between the operation information from the induction heating cooking appliance which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention, and a heating process. FIG. 33 is explanatory drawing 2 which shows the relationship between the operation information from the heating cooker, and a heating process. FIG. 34 is an explanatory diagram showing the relationship between the operation information from the cooking device and the heating process. FIG. 35 is explanatory drawing 4 which shows the relationship between the operation information from the heating cooker, and a heating process.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the power control system for household electric appliances (hereinafter also referred to as “home appliances”) including the induction heating cooker and electric rice cooker according to the first embodiment is a single kitchen. It is mainly composed of a system kitchen (a sink) 1 used inside.

  The casing 1A constituting the outer shell of the system kitchen (also referred to as “a sink” or “kitchen furniture”) 1 is configured by incorporating five electric devices described below. That is, as an electric appliance in the kitchen, an induction heating cooker 2 having two left and right heating ports 2L, 2R, an electric jar rice cooker 3, a grill cooker (electric fish roaster) 4, and an electronic with an electric heater A microwave oven (hereinafter referred to as “microwave oven”) 5 and a dishwasher 6 are provided. When these devices are collectively referred to as “in-kitchen electrical devices”, “KP” is used as a symbol. The electric jar rice cooker 3 is simply referred to as “rice cooker” below. Although the grill cooker 4 may be constituted independently, in this Embodiment 1, it is integrated in the induction heating cooker 2 and combined induction heating using electric heating and induction heating method together. It is comprised as one heating part of a cooking device. Therefore, when the main power circuit of the induction heating cooker 2 is cut off, the power supply to the grill cooker 4 is also cut off at the same time.

Before describing the “electricity rate classification information by time zone” in the present invention, an example of the domestic electricity rate system will be described.
As of June 1, 2012, TEPCO's personal (household) electricity tariff system sets the unit price of electric energy charges in two seasons and three time zones. As a result, the unit price varies depending on the season and time of day, so electric appliances with high thermal efficiency can be used in the morning and evening hours, or household appliances used in the daytime can be moved to night time and morning and evening hours. It is recommended that the price can be reduced.
Here, “seasonal charges” are divided into “summer season” and “other season”. “Summer season” is July 1 to September 30 every year, and “other season” is October every year. From 1st to June 30th of the following year.
On the other hand, the “charge by time zone” system divided into three time zones is divided into the following time zones.
"Daytime": Every day from 10am to 5pm. The unit price of electricity per kWh (including tax) is 33.37 yen for the “summer season” and 28.28 yen for the “other season”.
“Morning and evening time”: 2 days from 7am to 10am every day and 5pm to 11pm every day. The unit price of electricity per kWh (including tax) is 23.13 yen.
“Night time”: Every day from 11pm to 7am the next morning. The unit price of electricity per kWh (including tax) is 9.17 yen.
In other words, when looking at the unit price of electricity, nighttime is the cheapest, followed by morning and nighttime. It can be seen that the highest is daytime.
“Electricity rate classification information by time zone” as used in the present invention is information on the “rate by time zone” system as described above, and one type thereof is the unit price of electricity amount per 1 kWh as described above. It is. As another type, there is information that “night time is the cheapest, then morning and night time is cheapest. The highest is daytime”. In other words, for example, in the above electricity rate system, the information that “the day is the cheapest in the day from 11:00 pm to 7:00 am the next morning” is the electricity rate classification information by time zone. . The electricity price per hour is not necessarily shown specifically, and it is a user whether it is a cheaper time zone or a higher time zone than a certain standard (for example, a daytime fee). Information that can be easily determined.

In addition, in the induction heating cooker described in the first embodiment, the user sets the start time when the heating means is energized, but the energization end time may not be set. May not be set. However, in the induction heating cooker 2 described in the first embodiment,
(1) The maximum continuous heating time is automatically set to 60 minutes, and the heating operation is automatically terminated after 60 minutes unless a specific operation is performed during cooking. If you set the time, you have set the time zone.
(2) Some cooking menus for induction heating (for example, “fried food”, “boiled”, “boiled”, “boiled water”, etc.) that empirically end in less than 15-30 minutes (for example, “boiled water” However, there are some that continue to heat for more than 1 hour, and there are various types of power to be used, so the power value used is 500 W or more and cooking that is expected to continue heating for 30 minutes or more When a menu (hereinafter referred to as “specific menu”) is selected in advance and the specific menu is executed, the above-described information on electricity charges by time zone is displayed.
The reason for the configuration as described above is that, in the case of a cooking menu that uses a small amount of power for a short time, even if information on electricity charges by time zone is displayed each time, the frequency at which it is actually used This is because there is little and the significance of displaying is small. As a result, it is possible to expect the advantage that the control program of the cooking device is simplified and the user's operation is not complicated. As the specific menu, “boiled”, “boiled”, and “cooked rice” are selected, but the present invention is not limited to this.

  Reference numeral 7 denotes a home air conditioner, which may be installed in a kitchen in which the above-described electric appliance KP in the kitchen is installed. In the first embodiment, it is installed in another room (for example, a living room). Note that the number of air conditioners is not limited to one, and each air conditioner is installed in a plurality of rooms, and there may be a total of several units. However, in the following description, only one unit will be described. The air conditioner incorporates power usage control means 8E of the power command device 9. As a result, information such as the required power, the cooking status of each cooking device, and the permitted power for use is transmitted to and from the power command device 9, and the used power control means 8 </ b> E is within the used power permitted by the power command device 9. The electric power of the harmony machine 7 is controlled.

  The kitchen electrical device KP and the air conditioner 7 are collectively referred to as “home electrical device” EE.

  In the following description, “first home appliance” refers to an in-kitchen electrical device KP excluding the dishwasher 6. These have a heating unit that consumes electric energy, and can be turned on and off independently of each other, and are configured to receive a power reduction command from a power command device 9 described later.

  Also, a washing / drying machine (dryer and washing machine integrated) that supplies the warm air from the air conditioner 7 and the dishwasher / dryer 6 and an electric heater to forcibly rotate the clothes, or The clothes dryer (not shown) is referred to as a “second home appliance” in the following description. Each of these has a motor unit that consumes electric energy, and can be turned on and off independently of each other, and is configured to receive a power reduction command from a power command device 9 described later. The “second home appliance” includes a heating unit that consumes electric energy in addition to a motor that consumes power consumption, and includes a device that generates warm air by the heating unit. For example, there is an electric clothes dryer and a washing / drying machine that is also used as a washing machine. In the washing / drying machine, a breathable bowl-shaped container that holds clothes that have not been washed and dried, and this container is rotated. A motor for driving and an electric heater serving as a heat source for hot air supplied to the container are provided. There is also a method of recovering heat in the air by using a heat pump system equipped with an electric compressor to produce hot air.

  The electric appliance KP in the kitchen is connected to an AC 200V power source EP through one breaker BK. In addition, the system kitchen 1 incorporates power command devices 9 connected to the electrical devices 1 to 3 and 5 in the kitchens via signal lines, and controls the power used by the electrical devices 1 to 3 and 5 in the kitchens. Between the means 8A, 8B, 8C, and 8D and the power command device 9, information such as required power, cooking status of each cooker and use permission power is transmitted, and within the power use permitted by the power command device 9 Each power use control means 8A-8D controls the electric power of each electric appliance 1-3 in kitchen.

  The power command device 9 may be attached to a place near the system kitchen 1, for example, a wall of the kitchen, without being incorporated into the system kitchen 1. In addition, there are other appliances in the kitchen, such as an oven toaster, a desktop hot plate, and a water heater (electric pot), all of which have a maximum rated power of about 1000 W. It is not described in, and is not displayed in each drawing. Moreover, between the electrical devices 1 to 3 and 5 in the kitchen and the power command device 9 may be connected by a signal line that also serves as a power line, or connected so that signals can be transmitted and received by infrared or other wireless communication. But it ’s okay.

(Induction heating cooker 2)
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the induction heating cooker 2 is a so-called two-port built-in cooker having two induction heating units that can operate independently from each other on the right side of the front. The operation panel 13 includes an operation button 11A of the main power switch 11, dials 12L and 12R for power adjustment of the first heating port 2L on the left side and the second heating port 2R on the right side. The user turns on the power switch 11 and operates the power adjustment dials 12L and 12R in accordance with the cooking situation to perform cooking. That is, the power adjustment dials 12L and 12R can perform heating power adjustment at the time of induction heating in the first heating port 2L and the second heating port 2R independently of each other. In addition, the rated power consumption (maximum power consumption) of this induction heating cooking appliance 2 is 5800W.

  The tops of the first and second heating ports 2L and 2R are covered with a top plate 14 formed of a heat-resistant tempered glass plate, and the first and second heating ports 2L and 2R are located in a space below the top plate. An annular induction heating coil 2LC, 2RC serving as a heating source is installed.

  2C is a box-shaped main body case that constitutes the outline of the main body 2A of the induction heating cooker 2. The top plate 14 is covered with a frame-shaped metal frame 15 and the frame of the main body case 2C is covered with this frame. It is fixed to the upper surface.

  A central display panel 16 having a liquid crystal display substrate as a display means for displaying various set values of cooking conditions, alarms and abnormality information, and the heating power value during induction heating in the upper front part of the main body 2A The left display panel 17L and the right display panel 17R having a liquid crystal display substrate for displaying the heat level (strong, medium, weak, etc.), the heating time of the left heating port 2L, and the oil temperature during cooking oil by using liquid crystal characters The left display portion 18L for displaying the light emitting diode (light emitting body), the right display portion 18R for displaying the heating time of the right heating port 2L and the oil temperature during oil cooking, and the start of the heating operation are performed. An upper surface operation unit 26 is provided.

  The central display panel 16, the right display panel 17R, the left display panel 17R, the left display unit 18L, and the right display unit 18R are installed in proximity to the lower surface of the top plate 14, respectively.

  The display operation of the central display panel 16, the left display panel 17L, the right display panel 17R, the left display unit 18L, and the right display unit 18R is controlled by a display unit driving circuit 35 shown in FIG.

  Next, the display unit driving circuit 35 will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 5, only the central display panel 16 is shown as the display means, but the left display panel 17L, the right display panel 17R, the left display unit 18L, and the right display unit 18R are also respectively shown in the central display panel 16. It is controlled in the same way.

  In the first embodiment, the central display panel 16 is commonly used for all heating sources, and is also referred to as an integrated display unit. All the heating sources are the first and second heating ports 2L and 2R, and a plurality of radiant electric heaters, for example, a sheathed heater 34H, installed in the grill chamber 22 of the grill cooker 4.

  The display screen 129 constituting the central display panel 16 is a known dot matrix type liquid crystal display screen. In addition, a high-definition screen (QVGA with a resolution of 320 × 240 pixels or 640 × 480 dots, equivalent to VGA capable of displaying 16 colors) can be realized, and a large number of characters can be displayed even when characters are displayed. Can do. The liquid crystal display screen is not limited to a single layer but may be a screen that displays two or more layers in order to increase display information. Further, it may be composed of STN (SUPER TWISTED NEMATIC) liquid crystal using a simple matrix driving method.

  In the first embodiment, the display area of the display screen 129 is a rectangle having a size of about 40 mm (or about 80 mm) in the vertical direction (front and rear direction) and about 100 mm (or about 120 mm) in the horizontal direction.

In FIG. 5, reference numeral 35 denotes a display unit driving circuit. This display unit driving circuit is connected to the energization control circuit 32.
The display unit drive circuit 35 includes a display memory 35A, a display controller 35B, an interface 35C, a power source 35D, a common driver 35E, and a segment driver 35F.

The display unit driving circuit 35 operates with power from the power source 35D, and acquires image information from a built-in memory (not shown) of the energization control circuit 32 through the interface 35C.
The display memory 35 </ b> A stores the image information acquired from the energization control circuit 32.
The display controller 35B and the image information stored in the display memory 35A are read, and the common driver 35E and the segment driver 35F are continuously driven based on the image information. The common driver 35E and the segment driver 35F drive the liquid crystal by applying a voltage to mutually intersecting electrodes provided corresponding to the respective pixels of the display screen 129. In this way, the display driving circuit 35 displays the image information stored in the display memory 35A on the display screen 129 whenever necessary. Further, display image information and light emission drive current are also supplied to the right display panel 17R, the left display panel 17R, the left display unit 18L, and the right display unit 18R.

  The display unit driving circuit 35 is configured by a dedicated microcomputer different from the microcomputer configuring the energization control circuit 32, but may be configured by the same microcomputer.

(Basic operation of induction heating cooker 2)
Next, the induction heating operation of the induction heating cooker 2 according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

  The flowchart shown in FIG. 6 shows basic operation steps of the heating cooker 2. In FIG. 6, the user touches the operation button 11A of the main power switch 11 to turn on the power (ST1). Then, power is applied to the energization control circuit 32, and the energization control circuit 32 obtains temperature information from the temperature detection circuit 150 and self-checks whether the main part of the cooking device is at an abnormally high temperature ( ST2).

  If no abnormality is found, the energization control circuit 32 activates the drive circuit 35 of the display means such as the central display panel 16, and since there is no abnormality in the central display panel 16, cooking can be started. The synthesizing device 38 notifies the content similar to the content displayed on the central display panel 16 by voice (ST3).

  Thereafter, the central display panel 16 displays characters that prompt the user to operate so that the object N to be heated, such as a metal pan, is placed on the heating ports 2L, 2R (ST4).

In this state, the first display unit 210A described above appears on the display screen of the central display panel 16 and the characters “power reduction target” are displayed. During the operation of the cooking device 2, a power reduction request to be described later is displayed. Indicates that the target device may receive a signal.
Here, when the user presses the ON / OFF button 81c in the left heating port operation section 81, the left first heating port 2L is selected.

  If the ON / OFF button 82c on the right side is pressed, the second heating port 2L on the right side is selected (ST6). Therefore, the process proceeds to the step of selecting an induction heating menu (ST7). For example, if the fried food button 81a is pressed thereafter, fried food cooking is selected, and if the 3 kW button 81b is pressed, the kettle can be heated with the maximum heating power.

  On the other hand, when the on / off button 83b in the center is pressed, the grill cooker 4 is selected (ST5). That is, the cooking using the heating source of electric radiant heat is selected. After selecting cooking using a heating source of electric radiant heat, the process proceeds to a step (ST9A, ST9B, ST9C) for selecting any one of roaster cooking, grill cooking, and oven cooking.

  Further, when the user rotates the left heating port operation dial 12 </ b> L installed on the front operation unit 42 of the main body 2 </ b> A, the rotation operation signal is transmitted to the energization control circuit 32. The energization control circuit 32 adjusts the output of the inverter circuit 33L based on the received rotation operation signal, and adjusts the heating power of induction heating by the heating coil 2LC of the first heating port 2L being used. At that time, the energization control circuit 32 displays the strength of the heating power on the display unit 17L for the left heating port 2L, for example, by directly displaying the heating power value.

  Then, the user can end the induction heating operation by pressing the on / off button 81c again after the end of cooking. If the on / off button 83b is pressed, the heating operation by the electric radiant heat of the grill cooker 4 can be terminated.

  Similarly, when the object to be heated N is installed above the second heating port 2R by the user, similarly, induction heating is performed by the heating coil 2RC installed in the main body case 2C below the heating port 2R. Can be implemented. At this time, regarding the operation of the on / off button 82c and the operation dial 12R by the user and the display operation of the display unit 17L, the above-described operation of the on / off button 81c and the operation dial 12L and the first heating are performed. It is the same as the display operation of the display unit 17L for the mouth 2L.

The flowchart shown in FIG. 7 shows basic operation steps when performing induction heating cooking. In FIG. 7, ST7 is a step of selecting a menu for induction heating, as described in FIG.
In induction cooking, a cooking menu is first selected. As described above, the cooking menu includes, for example, “fried food”, “boiled”, “boiled”, “boiled water”, and the like. Here, when the cooking menu is selected, predetermined activation information is transmitted to the power command device 9 described later, and the power command device 9 is in a stage where induction heating cooking is started by the heating cooker 2. (ST10). Then, the heating cooker 2 acquires information on the electricity bill for each time zone from the power command device 9 (ST11), and stores the information in an internal memory. Note that such electricity charges by time zone are not changed every day, so they may be obtained every few days, and the information stored in the built-in memory may be used each time for several days. good.
Next, the heating cooker 2 displays the information on the electricity bill for each time zone on the display screen of the central display panel 16, and the next operation method is notified by voice by the voice synthesizer 38 described later. Specifically, if there is no change in the time during which the cooking device is used, the voice is guided so as to press a start key 212 described later (ST12).
Next, if there is no change in the use time zone in the heating cooker 2, then it is checked whether there has been a setting cancel operation (ST15), and if there is no cancel input operation, the induction heating operation start step (ST16) is performed. move on. When the usage time zone is changed, information on a new usage time zone is transmitted to the power command apparatus 9 (ST14). Then, the electricity rate information corresponding to the changed usage time zone is displayed on the display screen of the central display panel 16. In the step (ST10), for example, in the case of “boiled” cooking, a predetermined standard time is transmitted to the power command device 9 such as 45 minutes, but the user uses both the use start time and the end time. When, for example, a specific time zone (30 minutes) is set, the time zone information scheduled to be used is transmitted to the power command device 9 in the step (ST14).

  The flowchart shown in FIG. 8 shows basic operation steps when performing induction heating cooking. In FIG. 8, ST20 is the first step of selecting the induction heating menu and is the same as the selection step ST7 described in FIG. As described above, when the “specific menu” such as “boiled” or “boiled” is selected, the information on the electricity charges by time zone is displayed on the display screen of the central display panel 16 (ST22). Next, the heating start time or heating end time is set (ST23), and if thermal power or temperature is required (ST24), they are set (ST24). Confirmation is finally made (ST25), and if it is OK, the cooking condition is confirmed by pressing the start key 212, and the induction heating operation is started (ST26).

  On the other hand, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 8, when the non-specific menu is executed, the information on the electricity charges by time zone described above is not displayed, and specifically, thermal power and temperature are required. In such a case, these are set (ST28), and if that is OK, the cooking conditions are determined by pressing the start key 212, and the induction heating operation is started (ST29). Note that the induction heating end time may be reserved before the induction heating operation is started. This is generally called timer cooking. If a timer is set (for example, 15 minutes) before cooking is started, the above 15 minutes are subtracted from the induction heating start time, and induction heating is automatically terminated when 15 minutes have elapsed. .

9 to 13 show display examples of the display screen 129. FIG.
When the operation button 11A of the main power switch is pressed and then a selection operation is performed to use the first heating port 2L (not shown, but the left and right heating port selection keys on the upper surface operation unit 26 are After the operation), the screen of FIG. 9 is first displayed. That is, the induction heating selection key 128N1, the grill cooking selection key 128N2, and the oven cooking selection key 128N3 are displayed simultaneously (in a list state) for induction heating and selection of a cooking menu by the grill cabinet 22. Oven cooking means cooking by raising the atmospheric temperature inside the grill 22 to a predetermined temperature. An example is baking a cake.

  9 to 13, the three keys 128N1 to N3 employ contact type input keys whose capacitance changes when the user touches a finger or the like, and the user corresponds to the key surface. An effective input signal to the energization control circuit 32 is generated by lightly touching the upper surface of the glass top plate 21 that covers the upper surface of the display screen 129.

  That is, characters or figures indicating the key input function are not displayed by printing or engraving on the surface of the top plate 21 constituting the parts (zones) of the various input keys 128N1 to 128N3. The display screen 129 below is configured to display a character or a figure indicating a key input function each time the input key is operated.

Reference numeral 36A denotes a menu selection display section, and reference numeral 36B denotes a display section that informs the user that the menu selection is prompted. Since these menu selection display part 36A and display part 36B do not have an input key function, no input is made to the energization control circuit 32 even if these display parts are touched.
Reference numeral 111 denotes a help mode key. When the user touches the help mode key, information useful for the user's operation in that scene is displayed, and a voice synthesizer 38 provided separately provides a correct operation method by voice. Informed. When this key is pressed many times, how to view and operate this display screen 129 is displayed on the entire display screen 129 with a schematic diagram and characters. Reference numeral 112 denotes an information key, and each time it is touched, information on the heated object N to be used, cooking method, points to be careful about cooking, etc. are displayed in detail on the display screen 129. As shown in FIG. 13, 36 </ b> C is a reduction display unit that indicates in characters on the display screen 129 that the power reduction has been forcibly performed.

  In FIG. 9, 210 </ b> A is a first display unit that indicates a target device that may receive a power reduction request signal, which will be described later, while executing “hot water”, which is a type of non-specific menu, in the cooking device 2. Yes, in the example of FIG. 9, “power reduction target” is displayed in a rectangular frame on the display screen 129 by white letters or the like. When the power is actually reduced, a third display unit 210C, which will be described later, is displayed, and “power reduction in progress” may be displayed. In any case, when the user looks at the first display portion 210A, the cooking device can know that the electric power may be forcibly reduced.

  In FIG. 10, reference numeral 210 </ b> B shows a display example of the display screen 129 immediately before starting the “hot water” induction heating cooking in the heating cooker 2. FIG. 10 is a second display section for showing a state in which a predetermined power reduction request signal is received from the outside during the stage. In the example of FIG. 10, the first display displayed on the display screen 129 is shown. The display portion disappears, and instead, “Under power reduction request is being received” is displayed at the same position with white letters.

  In FIG. 10, 211R is an input key formed on the glass top plate 21 that covers the upper surface of the display screen 129. When this key is pressed, it returns to the display state of the display screen 129 of FIG. 211N is also an input key. When this part is touched, the display state shown in FIG. 11 is reached.

In FIG. 11, reference numeral 212 denotes an input key (also referred to as “start key”) formed on the glass top plate 21 that covers the upper surface of the display screen 129, and is guided by the first heating port 2 </ b> L when touched. Cooking is started. FIG. 12 shows a display state of the display screen 129 after the water heating operation is started. Reference numeral 213 denotes a stop input key. The various input keys 211R, 211N, 212, and 213 employ contact-type input keys whose capacitance changes when the user touches a finger or the like, and the user is in a position corresponding to the key surface. An effective input signal to the energization control circuit 32 is generated by lightly touching the upper surface of the glass top plate 21 covering the upper surface of the display screen 129.
That is, on the surface of the top plate 21 constituting the parts (areas) of the various input keys 211R, 211N, 212, and 213, no characters or figures indicating the key input function are displayed by printing or engraving. However, the display screen 129 below these keys is configured to display characters and figures indicating the key input function for each operation scene of the input keys.

  In FIG. 13, 210C receives a predetermined power reduction request signal from the outside of the heating cooker 2 during the operation of executing the “hot water” induction heating cooking menu in the heating cooker 2 and actually receives the power. FIG. 13 shows a third display unit that indicates a reduced state. In the example of FIG. 13, the first display unit 210A (see FIG. 9) or the second display unit 210B displayed in the display screen 129. (Refer to FIG. 10 and FIG. 11) disappears, and instead, “Power reduction” is displayed with white letters at the same position.

  In FIG. 15, reference numeral 210D denotes a fourth display unit indicating that power reduction is avoided. After the first display unit 210A disappears, “power priority” and a white character are outlined at approximately the same position. Is displayed. By seeing the fourth display unit 210D, the user knows that the amount of power is maintained in the cooking device without forcibly reducing the power during the current cooking. Can do. That is, since this cooking device has a “priority cooking menu execution time zone” as a priority heating process described later, the fourth display unit 210D “power priority” is displayed on the display screen when it is in that time zone. It appears at the right position of 129. FIG. 15 shows the case where the cooking menu “boiled” is being implemented.

  In FIGS. 9 to 16, 128A2 is a key for selecting a “water heater” operation displayed on the display screen 129, 128A3 is a key for selecting a “boil” operation, 128B1 is a key for selecting a “preheat” operation, and 128B3 is A key for selecting a “boiled” operation and 128C2 are keys for selecting a “fried food” operation. These five keys employ contact-type input keys whose capacitance changes when the user touches a finger or the like, and lightly touch the upper surface of the glass top plate 21 that covers the upper surface of the display screen 129. Thus, an effective input signal to the energization control circuit 32 is generated. In other words, the five keys 128A2, 128A3, 128B1, 128B3, and 128C2 are placed on the lower surface of the top plate 21 just above the character indicating the key input function such as “water heater” at a predetermined position on the display screen 129. The input electrode is formed of a transparent electrode or the like that is bonded or vapor-deposited. If a character indicating a key input function such as “water heater” is not displayed at a predetermined position on the display screen 129 corresponding to the five keys, the input function of the key is disabled. Even if the user touches the part, no input operation can be performed. As shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, even after the heating operation is started, the input keys 128A2 and 128A3 of the selected cooking menu remain displayed. At this time, these keys are touched again. However, the energization control circuit 32 controls the display screen so that it does not inadvertently change to another screen.

Next, display examples of the electricity rate information for each time zone and the information on the usage time zone of the cooking device will be described with reference to FIGS.
In FIG. 14, reference numeral 215 denotes a heating start time display unit that appears on the display screen 129 of the central display panel 16 when the cooking menu is selected with the boil. At this time, the energization control circuit 32 reads and displays the current time from the clock circuit 240 described later. Reference numeral 216 denotes a time display unit for displaying the time to start cooking with a boil. Unless the user changes the time, the time at that point is selected and displayed. This time is also displayed on the display screen 129 by the energization control circuit 32 based on information from the clock circuit 240 described later. Reference numeral 217 denotes a display unit for hourly electricity rate classification. In the example of FIG. 14, the display unit 218M that the applied electricity rate is medium time is until 23:00, and the display unit 218L that the applied electricity rate is cheap (low) is after 23:00. Two are displayed. The triangular mark 219 indicates where the electricity rate classification is applied when the current use starts. In the example of FIG. 14, since it is currently 22:50, Although it is close to “Night time”, it has not entered the night time yet, so the electricity charge unit price (including tax) per kWh is relatively high (23.13 yen), but “Morning time” is applied at 23:00. It can be intuitively understood that the unit price of electricity per kWh (including tax) will be cheaper (9.17 yen). The unit price of electricity per 1 kWh may be displayed, but if the amount of power actually used is not accurate, there is a risk of misunderstanding. In the first embodiment, “high”, “ Three levels of “medium” and “low” are displayed.

In FIG. 14, 211R is a return key to be touched when returning to the previous display screen, 230 is a key for delaying (shifting backward) the heating time by 1 minute, and 231 is the heating time by 30 minutes. A key to delay (shift backward).
These two keys are also electrostatic touch sensitive input keys formed on the glass top plate 21 covering the display screen 129. Characters indicating key functions (shift by 1 minute, shift by 30 minutes) are displayed on the display screen. In FIG. 14, for example, when the heating start time (22:50) is desired to be 23:00, the key 230 may be touched 10 times. Next, when the key 211N is touched, the display is switched to the display shown in FIG. 15, and when the cooking condition is to be confirmed and the heating operation is to be started, the start key 212 may be touched. To return to the screen of FIG. 14, the key 211R may be touched.

  At the rear of the upper surface of the main body 2A, an intake port 20 for taking air into a grill chamber 22 of the grill cooker 4 to be described later, and an exhaust port for discharging smoke or the like generated from the cooked food in the grill chamber 22 21 is formed. The air inlet 20 takes in indoor air into the internal space of the main body 1 with a blower (not shown), and a part of the air taken in is used for cooling the induction heating coils 2LC and 2RC. The cooled air is discharged from the exhaust port 21 into the room. As shown in FIG. 3, a control device (energization control circuit) 32 for controlling the overall operation of the induction heating cooker 2 is provided in the internal space of the main body 2A.

(Configuration of grill cooker 4)
Next, the configuration of the grill cooker 4 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

  A grill cooker 4 is housed inside the lower left side of the induction heating cooker body 2A. The grill cooker 4 includes at least a grill door 28 that can be opened and closed on the left side of the front surface of the main body 2A, and a grill cabinet 22 that is a cooking space in which the front opening is freely opened and closed by the grill door 28, The tray 23 is placed on the bottom of the grill cabinet 22, and the grill net 24 is placed on the saucer 23. The grill door 21 is provided with a handle 29 for a user to put a hand to open and close the grill door.

  Also, the exhaust duct for communicating the grill chamber 22 and the exhaust port 21 and exhausting the air taken in from the intake port 20 to the outside from the grill chamber 22 through the exhaust port 21 together with the smoke generated from the cooked food 25. (Not shown) is connected to the rear of the grill cabinet 22.

(Configuration of the upper surface operation unit 26)
Next, the configuration of the upper surface operation unit 26 will be described with reference to FIG.

  In the plan view of the induction heating cooker 2 shown in FIG. 3, the upper surface operation unit 26 is disposed in a band shape in the lateral direction on the front side of the upper surface of the induction heating cooker 2. That is, it is arranged at a position immediately before the front side of the frame-shaped metal frame 15 on the nearer side than the front end portion of the top plate 14.

  The operation unit 8 includes, from the left side, a left heating port operation unit 81 for operating the heating operation of the left heating port 2L, a grill storage operation unit 83 for operating the grill heating operation, and the right heating port 2R. The right heating port operation unit 82 for operating the heating operation is provided.

  Among these, the left heating port operation unit 81 includes a deep-fried food button 81a, a 3 kW button 81b, and an on / off button 81c. The right heating port operation unit 82 includes a deep-fried food button 82a, a 3 kW button 82b, and an on / off button 82c. The grill operation unit 83 includes a grill menu button 83a, a start / stop button 83b, a left arrow button 83c, a right arrow button 83d, a time minus button 83e, and a time plus button 83f.

  The start / stop button 83b is provided with a start / stop button LED84. Further, the left arrow button 83c and the right arrow button 83d are provided with an arrow button LED 85. The time minus button 83e and the time plus button 83f are provided with a time button LED 86.

Details of the function of each button and each LED will be described later.
In addition, the kind and arrangement | positioning of each button which comprise the upper surface operation part 26 shown by FIG. 3 show an example, and are not limited to this.

(Control part of induction heating cooker 2)
In FIG. 4, 27 is a power line connected to a commercial power supply EP of 200V through a breaker BK, 11 is a main power switch that is opened and closed by a user, and 31 is supplied with electric energy via this main power switch. A power supply circuit 32 is an energization control circuit mainly composed of a microcomputer to which a predetermined constant pressure current is supplied from the power supply circuit. The microcomputer is composed of four parts: an input unit, an output unit, a storage unit, and a CPU (calculation control unit). In the storage unit, energization control programs corresponding to various cooking menus are stored in advance ( Stored).

    33L is an inverter circuit for supplying a high-frequency current to the left induction heating coil 2LC. The induction heating coil 2LC is connected in a known resonance circuit to which a resonance capacitor or the like is connected.

  33R is an inverter circuit for supplying a high-frequency current to the right induction heating coil 2RC. The induction heating coil 2RC is connected in a known resonance circuit to which a resonance capacitor or the like is connected.

  The two inverter circuits 33L and 33R are driven independently from each other by the energization control circuit 32.

    Reference numeral 34 denotes a drive circuit for driving a plurality of radiant electric heaters, for example, sheathed heaters 34H, installed in the grill cabinet 22 of the grill cooker 4. The sheathed heater is installed horizontally, for example, near the ceiling and the bottom of the inside of the grill cabinet 4, and is configured to heat the grill net 24 from above and below.

  37 is discharged from the grill warehouse 22 by heating an inlet portion of an exhaust duct (not shown) from the grill warehouse 22 to the exhaust outlet 21 or a catalyst (not shown) installed in the middle thereof. This is a catalyst heater for promoting the action of removing smoke, and promotes the redox action by heating a catalyst (not shown).

  Reference numeral 38 denotes a speech synthesizer that synthesizes electronically created speech, which informs the user of operation guidance, notification of occurrence of an abnormality, etc. from the speaker 39 each time.

  Reference numeral 150 denotes a temperature detection circuit. This temperature detection circuit detects the temperature of the heated object N on the top plate 14 heated by the induction heating coils 2LC and 2RC, the temperature of the top plate 14, the ambient temperature inside the grill box 22, and the like. Temperature detection information is received from a plurality of temperature sensors (not shown), and the temperature detection result is sent to the energization control circuit 32. The temperature sensor (not shown) may be either a non-contact type such as an infrared sensor or a contact type such as a thermistor, which are used alone or in combination.

  41 is a steam supply device for supplying high-temperature steam to the inside of the grill warehouse 22, and steam cooking can be performed in the grill warehouse 22 by the high-temperature steam. Reference numeral 42 denotes a front operation unit provided on the operation panel 13 and includes an operation button 11A of the main power switch 11 and two dials 12L and 12R for power adjustment.

  A clock circuit 240 is also called a real-time clock, and the control device 32 is driven by a power source (built-in battery). This may be, for example, a radio-controlled timepiece. If there is always a request from the control device 32, the current time is notified in seconds, and is set to the correct date and time at the manufacturing stage of this induction heating cooker. Therefore, even if the main power of the induction heating cooker is turned off and then turned on again, there is a function of constantly transmitting the latest correct time to the control device 32 without being affected by the time information of the clock circuit.

  Reference numeral 241 denotes a vibration sensing device that detects a shake at the time of occurrence of an earthquake. When a predetermined seismic intensity (acceleration) is detected, a vibration detection signal is sent to the control device 32, and the control device 32 receives the signal to generate an earthquake. The power supply of all the heating means in use is instantaneously cut off. This emergency shut-off information is also instantly transmitted to the power command device 9 to be described later, and when there are other home appliances in operation (particularly those having a built-in electric heat source), the power command device 9 The power supply for these home appliances will be cut off at once.

Next, oil cooking will be described. Oil cooking is cooking fried foods such as tempura. In addition, this fried food cooking is not selected as an above-mentioned specific cooking menu.
The user places an oil pan containing cooking oil in the left heating port 2L. Then, when the user presses the ON / OFF button 81c arranged on the upper surface operation unit 26, the heating operation of the oil pan is started in the same manner as the above-described induction heating operation. Next, the user depresses the fried food button 81a a predetermined number of times, thereby inputting and storing the amount of oil put in the oil pan into the energization control circuit 32. Then, the target oil temperature is set by rotating the left power adjustment dial 12L. At this time, the set amount of oil and the oil temperature may be displayed as numbers on the left display unit 18L, for example. Then, after the oil cooking is completed, the user can end the oil cooking by pressing the on / off button 81c again. In the fried food cooking, the heating power is adjusted by the energization control circuit 32 so that the temperature automatically rises to the target oil temperature as described above. This is called “automatic fried food” in the cooking menu. It is also possible to cook fried food while manually adjusting the heating power, which is called “manual fried food”. In the following description, unless otherwise specified, fried food cooking refers to this “automatic fried food”.

  Moreover, also when an oil pan is installed in the right heating port 2R by the user, induction heating of an oil pan can be implemented similarly. At that time, regarding the operation of the on / off button 82c, the deep-fried food button 82a and the right power adjustment dial 12R by the user, and the display operation of the right display portion 18R, the above-mentioned on / off button 81c, the deep-fried food button 81a and the left side This is the same as the operation of the power adjustment dial 12L and the display operation of the left display portion 18L.

  At the start of fried food cooking, the first display portion 210A described above appears on the display screen of the central display panel 16, and the characters “power reduction target” are displayed.

  Next, an energization control pattern in fried food cooking will be described. In addition, although demonstrated below in the case of the 1st heating port 2L, the 2nd heating port 2R on the right side is performed with the same control pattern.

When the user selects a cooking menu for (automatic) fried food cooking, the energization control circuit 32 sequentially executes a preheating process, a fried food cooking process, and a heating power up process, as shown in FIG. Further, the fourth display portion 210D described above appears on the display screen of the central display panel 16, and the characters “power priority” are displayed. For this reason, during the fried food cooking, the user can recognize that the cooking device secures power preferentially even when receiving a power reduction request signal described later.

  In the preheating process, when the target oil temperature set by the user is 180 ° C., the inverter circuit 33L is started to drive at a predetermined heating power value (maximum 1500 W) in the preheating process, and the oil temperature is rapidly set to room temperature (for example, 20 ℃) to the target temperature T1 of 180 ℃.

  Since this temperature rise is monitored in real time by the temperature detection circuit 150, when the temperature detection circuit 150 detects that the target temperature T1 (first temperature) has reached 180 ° C., the energization control circuit 32, adjusting the induction heating amount, that is, the inverter output, to maintain the target temperature as it is (based on such temperature detection information, the operation of automatically adjusting the high-frequency heating power to approach the target temperature. Hereinafter referred to as “temperature feedback control”).

  Further, when entering the process of “temperature feedback control”, the characters “power reduction target” by the first display unit 210A disappear on the display screen of the central display panel 16, and the fourth display unit 210D instead. Appears and the text “Power priority” is displayed. For this reason, if the user views the display screen 129, it is easy for the “fried food cooking process”, which is an important fried food cooking, to perform an operation for preferentially securing power even when receiving a power reduction request signal described later. Can be recognized.

  In addition, a voice guide such as “Oil temperature has reached an appropriate temperature. Please insert ingredients” is given to the user via the voice synthesizer 38.

  When the user puts ingredients such as croquettes that have been frozen into the oil, the oil is rapidly cooled from the point of introduction by the cold ingredients, so the temperature drops rapidly as shown at 12. However, since the temperature detection circuit 150 monitors the movement of such a temperature drop, the thermal power of the inverter circuit 33L is immediately increased to a predetermined thermal power 1500W or 1800W and driven, so that the temperature of the oil rises again (temperature Feedback control). In this way, when the target temperature T1 is reached again (or after a predetermined time has elapsed), the frying process is shifted to the heating-up process.

  In the heating-up process, energization is performed so that the oil temperature is maintained between 225 ° C. of the second temperature T2 higher than the target temperature T1 and 230 ° C. of the upper limit temperature (third temperature) T3 higher than this. The control circuit 32 controls the inverter circuit 33L. As shown in FIG. 27, the thermal power value is intermittently driven at about 900W. The process after the third temperature T3 is reached is called a “fried food finishing process”, which is an important process for finishing the fried food. If you do not cook with enough heating power in such a heating power up process, you will not be able to fry well. In addition, since the fried food process is not restricted within a predetermined time, if the user presses the on / off button 81c, all fried food cooking is finished.

  As shown in FIG. 28, in the cooking menu for (automatic) fried food cooking, the fried food cooking process to the heating-up process are defined as "execution time zone of the priority cooking menu". Electric power is not reduced by operations and commands. That is, the energization control device 32 of the induction heating cooker 2 always knows whether the cooking menu being executed is in the “execution time zone of the priority cooking menu”, and if it is in the execution time zone. Has a function of notifying the outside to that effect. Further, on the display screen of the central display panel 16, the third display unit 210C continues to display the word “power priority”, and the operation for preferentially securing power is automatically performed by the energization control circuit 32. I understand.

Next, the hot water heating operation will be described. This “hot water” menu is not selected as the specific cooking menu as described above.
The user places a heated pot N such as a pot filled with water or a kettle on the left heating port 2L. Then, when the user presses the on / off button 81c installed on the upper surface operation unit 26, the heating operation is started in the same manner as the above-described induction heating operation. Next, the user sets the heating time by pressing the 3 kW button 81b a predetermined number of times. At this time, the set heating time may be displayed on the left display unit 18L, for example. Then, after the heating operation starts, the heating operation automatically ends after the set heating time has elapsed.

  Similarly, induction heating can be performed even when a heated object N such as a pot filled with water or a kettle is placed in the right heating port 2R by the user. At this time, regarding the operation of the on / off button 82c and the 3kW button 82b by the user and the display operation of the right display unit 18R, the above-described operation of the on / off button 81c and the 3kW button 81b and the left display unit 18L. This is the same as the display operation.

(Heating operation in grill cooker 4 of induction heating cooker 100)
Next, the cooking operation in the grill 22 of the cooking device 2 according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

  First, the user grasps the handle 28 </ b> A of the grill door 28 and pulls it forward, and pulls the tray 23 and the grill net 24 from the inside of the grill cabinet 22 to the outside. Next, the user places an object to be cooked 25 such as fish on the drawn grill net 24. Next, the user again grips the handle 28 </ b> A and pushes it into the back side of the grill box 22 of the main body 2 </ b> A, pulls the tray 23 and the grill net 24 into the grill box 22, and closes the grill door 28. Then, the user selects a grill menu such as “appearance”, “grill”, and “oven” by pressing the grill menu button 83a disposed on the upper surface operation unit 26 a predetermined number of times.

  Next, the grill heating operation in the case where the grill menu of “appearance grilling” is selected by the user will be described.

  The user sets the color to be cooked 25 by pressing the left arrow button 83c and the right arrow button 83d a predetermined number of times. The operation color setting operation signal is transmitted to the energization control circuit 32, and the energization control circuit 32 causes the central display panel 16 to display the set operation color based on the setting operation signal. Then, when the user presses the start / stop button 83b, the grill heating operation of the “appearance grilling” menu is performed. Specifically, a pressing operation signal for the start / stop button 83b by the user is transmitted to the energization control circuit 32. Upon receiving the pressing operation signal, the energization control circuit 32 receives the setting operation signal for the firing color received earlier. Based on the above, the cooking time of the object 25 is calculated. Next, the energization control circuit 32 energizes the heater drive circuit 34 (see FIG. 4) to the heater 34H installed in the grill cabinet 22, and the cooking is performed so that the set baked color is obtained by the heater. The object 25 is heated. Then, the energization control circuit 32 ends the heating operation after the calculated cooking time has elapsed after starting the heating operation.

  Next, the grill heating operation when the grill menu of “grill” is selected by the user will be described.

  The user sets the heating power of the heating operation for the object 25 by pressing the left arrow button 83c and the right arrow button 83d a predetermined number of times. The setting operation signal for the heating power is transmitted to the energization control circuit 32, and the energization control circuit 32 displays the set heating power on the central display panel 16 based on the setting operation signal.

  Next, the user sets a heating time for the food 25 by pressing the time minus button 83e and the time plus button 83f a predetermined number of times. The heating time setting operation signal is transmitted to the energization control circuit 32, and the energization control circuit 32 causes the central display panel 16 to display the set heating time based on the setting operation signal. Then, when the user presses the start / stop button 83b, the grill heating operation of the “grill” menu is performed. Specifically, a pressing operation signal of the start / stop button 83b by the user is transmitted to the energization control circuit 32, and when the energization control circuit 32 receives the pressing operation signal, the grill 22 The heater 34H installed in the inside is energized, and the cooked object 25 is heated by the heater. Then, the energization control circuit 32 ends the heating operation after the set heating time has elapsed after starting the heating operation.

  Next, the grill heating operation when the grill menu of “oven” is selected by the user will be described.

  The user sets the heating temperature of the heating operation for the food 25 by pressing the left arrow button 83c and the right arrow button 83d a predetermined number of times. The heating temperature setting operation signal is transmitted to the energization control circuit 32, and the energization control circuit 32 causes the central display panel 16 to display the set heating temperature based on the setting operation signal.

  Next, the user sets the heating time for the object to be cooked 25 by pressing the time minus button 83e and the time plus button 83f a predetermined number of times. The heating time setting operation signal is transmitted to the energization control circuit 32, and the energization control circuit 32 causes the central display panel 16 to display the set heating time based on the setting operation signal. Then, when the user presses the start / stop button 83b, the grill heating operation of the “oven” menu is performed. Specifically, a pressing operation signal for the start / stop button 83b by the user is transmitted to the energization control circuit 32, and when the energization control circuit 32 receives the pressing operation signal, the heater drive circuit 34 is notified of the grill storage. The heater 34H installed in 22 is energized, and the cooking object 25 is heated by the heater 34H under the set heating temperature. Then, the energization control circuit 32 ends the heating operation after the set heating time has elapsed after starting the heating operation. In the “oven” grill menu, the energization control circuit 32 automatically controls the heating power of the heater 34H so that the internal atmosphere temperature of the grill 22 becomes the heating temperature set by the user (temperature feedback control). ).

(Rice cooker 32 configuration)
As shown in FIGS. 1, 17, 18, 19, and 20, the rice cooker 3 according to the first embodiment includes a box-shaped rice cooker body case 41, a lid body 42, and a steam processing device 50. It is configured. On the surface of the lid 42 or the main body case 41, there is an operation unit 43 that is operated by the user. The operation unit has a rice cooking start button 44. As is well known, the rice cooking start button 44 is provided. It is a cooker that starts cooking rice automatically when it is pressed, cooks it in a boiling process through a water absorption process, and cooks rice. In addition, after cooking rice, the rice is kept at a predetermined temperature (for example, 70 ° C.) by a heat retaining heater (not shown) for a certain time (for example, 7 hours). Since the rice cooker 3 can be carried freely by the user, it can also be used in places other than the system kitchen 1.

  The main body case 41 of the rice cooker 3 has a vertically long rectangle or square. Inside the main body case 41, there is a planar circular magnetic metal inner pot 40 having an open upper surface, and a hinge on one side edge of the rear portion of the main body case 41 so as to close the upper surface opening of the inner case so as to be freely opened and closed. The lid body 42 supported by a mechanism and a heating means 45 for heating the inner pot 40 are provided. As this heating means, an induction heating type heater is used, and an induction heating coil having a stranded wire structure formed by bundling a large number of thin copper wires having a wire diameter of about several tens of microns is an actual heating body. It becomes. The heating coil is installed so as to face the outer bottom surface of the inner pot 40 with a close contact or a small gap in a wide range.

  Inside the lid body 42, an annular rubber lid sealing material is provided to prevent vapor from leaking between the upper surface of the inner pot 40 and the lid body 42 when the lid body 42 is closed. A circular inner lid 46 made of a heat conductive metal is detachably fixed. A part of the inner lid 46 is formed with a steam generation port 47 for discharging steam generated in the inner pot 40 to the outside.

  The lid 42 accommodates a liquid crystal display unit 49 (see FIGS. 1, 18, and 19) so as to face the upper surface thereof. On the display screen of the liquid crystal display unit, various condition setting information before the start of rice cooking, information on the rice cooking process being executed, and the like are displayed as characters, symbols, illustrations, and the like. In addition, relevant information (including the purpose of paying attention to abnormal use and the purpose of notifying the occurrence of abnormal operation status) that is useful for the operating state of the heating means 45 and rice cooking is also displayed on the display screen of the liquid crystal display unit 49 as appropriate. The

  In FIG. 18, 54A is a sixth display unit that displays that a “high fire” process in a “rice cooking process” described later is being executed, and is displayed as “boiling” in characters. . 54C is a seventh display unit. Like the above-described fourth display unit 210D, since there is a problem with inadvertent power reduction, the process enters a process of preferentially securing power (high heat heating in the rice cooking process). This is to show that In addition, it is the 5th display part 54B (not shown) which shows that electric power may be reduced similarly to the 1st display part 210A of the induction heating cooking appliance 2, and also the 3rd display part 210C. Similarly, an eighth display unit 54D (not shown) indicating that the power has been reduced may be displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 49.

  As shown in FIG. 18, 55 is an operation unit of the rice cooker, a “rice cooking start button” 44 for starting the rice cooking operation or confirming the reservation, and a mode for keeping the cooked cooked rice at a predetermined temperature. "Insulation key" 55B to start, "Menu key" 55C to select various cooking menus such as regular rice, rice porridge and cooked rice, select the type of rice to be cooked such as white rice and brown rice and enter "O “Rice Key” 55D, “Voice Navigation Key” 55E for setting the voice cooker 1 status, adjusting the volume for voice notification, adjusting the volume for voice notification, and turning the voice mode on and off. "Reservation key" 55F to perform, "Cancel / Cancel key" 55G to cancel or turn off various input operations and modes, "Normal", "Kakame" of how to cook (Cooking), "Okayu" different from normal cooking rice Each can be selected to "cook with the key" 55H, are respectively provided. Each of these keys may be either a mechanical switch that closes the built-in electrical contact when pressed by the user and generates an input signal, or a capacitive touch switch of the induction heating cooker described above. Further, they may be used in combination.

  Reference numeral 56 denotes a power saving switch that can reduce power consumption by a predetermined amount by being pressed once. For example, if this power saving switch is pressed during the preheating process, the power consumption can be reduced for the first few minutes, but the time required for the preheating process is increased accordingly, so there is a notice on the display screen of the liquid crystal display unit 49. Even if the voice navigation key 55E is not pressed each time, guidance such as “the power saving mode has been selected. The preheating process time is extended for several minutes” is performed.

  Reference numeral 48 denotes a steam duct having one end connected to the steam generation port 47 and a steam discharge port 53 formed at the end portion, and is installed so as to penetrate the lid body 42.

  The steam treatment device 50 includes a water tank (not shown) having an open upper surface capable of storing water for performing a process of condensing steam discharged from the steam generation port 47, and an upper surface opening of the water tank. And a tank lid 51 that can be freely opened and closed.

  A steam inlet 52 is provided in the tank lid 51 at a position corresponding to the steam outlet 53. A communication pipe (described later) communicating with the introduction port is provided below the introduction port. In the state where the lid 42 is closed, the upper surface opening of the inner pot 40 is sealed by the inner lid 46, and the steam inlet 52 comes into close contact with the steam outlet 49.

  The communication pipe (not shown) has an upper end fixed to the lower surface of the tank lid 51 and is installed vertically so that most of it is submerged in water in a water tank (not shown). The relationship between the vertical length and the size (height) of the water tank is such that the lower end of the communication pipe is positioned at a certain depth (H) from the surface of the water stored in the water tank. Has been taken into account. Thereby, the vapor | steam discharge | released from the lower end opening of the said communicating pipe is made to fully contact the water in a water tank, and is made to return to water.

  Therefore, the constant depth position (H) is set so that all of the steam generated from the steam generating port 47 can be condensed even when the heating means 45 is energized with the maximum heating power. Is determined from the speed at which the steam bubbles blow up into the water and the speed at which the steam cools and returns to the water when it exits into the water from the lower end opening of the communication pipe. The term “steam” as used herein refers to steam that is generated inside the inner pot 40 in the “rice cooking process” and “murmuring process”, which will be described later, and is guided to the communication pipe. In this embodiment, “water absorption” All the steam from the “process” to the “thermal insulation process” can be recovered. In addition, in this embodiment, the heat insulation process refers to 7 hours or 8 hours after the end of the “spotting process”, but the length of this time can be changed as appropriate.

  When the lid 42 is closed, the seal material of the steam outlet 49 at the end of the steam duct 48 comes into close contact with the steam inlet 52 of the tank lid 51, and the lid 42 The high-temperature steam passing through the inside is surely communicated to the inside of the communication pipe of the water tank (not shown) without communicating with the outside on the way.

When the reservation key 55F for setting the reserved rice cooking function is pressed, the operation changes to a reservation setting operation unit as shown in FIG.
That is, as shown in FIG. 19, 250 and 251 are a pair of time setting keys displayed on the upper surface of the lid 42 at the left side of the liquid crystal display unit 49 at the time of reserved rice cooking, and are electrostatic touch switches. is there. When the input function is valid, the key outline and the triangular figure are raised by the light of the light emitting diode provided below the switch and can be visually checked. One key 250 is for delaying time, and the other key 251 is for moving time backward.

The triangular mark 219 indicates which part of the electricity rate category is applied when the current use is started, similar to those shown in FIGS. 14 and 15. In this vicinity, the word “present” is displayed together (on the screen of the liquid crystal display unit 49). Reference numeral 253 denotes a rice cooking completion time display mark displayed at a position after a predetermined time with the mark 219 as a base point, and the characters “cooking completion” are displayed on the screen of the liquid crystal display unit 49 in the vicinity thereof. When rice cooking is started at the current mark 219, the rice cooking completion time display mark 253 is displayed at a position after about 40 minutes. However, this is a case where 3 go rice is cooked, and the time changes depending on the amount of cooked rice. Reference numeral 254 denotes a time display at the boundary where the electricity rate classification changes. In other words, from 17:00 to 23:00, the “morning and evening hours” fee is applied as described above, and after 23:00, the next morning is 7:00 “night time” and the “low fee”. The user can easily understand the time display and the display unit 218M.
When one of the pair of time setting keys 250 and 251 is touched, for example, one of the keys 250 is touched, the rice cooking start time can be delayed by 30 minutes, and the mark 253 moves to the right as shown in FIG. To do. Reference numeral 253A denotes a time display corresponding to the position of the mark. For example, when the time display 253A at 10 pm (22:00) is currently displayed, if the key 250 is touched several times, the rice cooking completion time can be delayed by 30 minutes by 30 minutes, and the time display of 6:00 am If it moves to the place where it comes out, although the rice cooking start time is not clear, the reservation which finishes cooking by the time (6 am) which a user asks can be performed. 55K is a key for confirming a reservation, and is formed by switching the input function to “reservation confirmation” at the same position as the reservation key 55F. After the reservation is confirmed, this key 55K continues to shine until cooking is completed (because it is illuminated by the light of the light emitting diode installed below).

Next, the control means 60 of the rice cooker 3 is demonstrated centering on FIG.
The control means 60 includes a power supply unit 61 and a control unit 62. The control unit 62 is configured around one or more microcomputers. The microcomputer is composed of four parts: an input unit, an output unit, a storage unit, and a CPU (arithmetic control unit). 49 plays a central role.

  In the control unit 62, as an operating condition of the heating means 45, a correlation table between the temperature of the bottom surface of the inner pot 40 and the temperature of cooked rice, each rice cooking menu (selection of white rice, no washing rice, “normal” for cooking, ”And“ Okayu ”, which is different from normal cooking rice, are stored. Furthermore, a control program for sequentially executing the four steps of “preheating step”, “rice cooking step”, “spotting step”, and “heat retention step” is stored as a step of cooking rice. In addition, there is an energizing condition as one of the “operating conditions” referred to here, and the energizing condition means an electrical and physical condition of the heating unit 45, and the energizing time, energizing amount, energizing pattern of the heating unit 45 (Continuous energization, intermittent energization, energization rate, etc.) is a general term.

  The temperature detection means 63 is pressed against the bottom surface of the inner hook 40 by a compression spring or the like from below, detects the temperature of the bottom surface of the inner hook 40 and outputs a detection signal thereof, and uses a thermistor type temperature sensor. Reference numeral 64 denotes an operating means provided on the front surface of the upper surface of the lid 3 of the main body 1, as shown in FIGS. 19 and 20, a plurality of the press-type keys 55D and 55H formed on the surface of the lid 42. The operating conditions of the heating means 45 can be set by operating. The operation unit 43 is disposed in front of the liquid crystal display unit 49. The rice cooking start button 44 is provided in front of the liquid crystal display unit 49 or in the range of the display unit 49.

  Reference numeral 65 denotes a time measuring means (clock circuit) constituted by a timer or the like. A time signal output from the time measuring means (clock circuit) is input to the control unit 62 and current time and installation time information are output to the liquid crystal display unit 49. Therefore, these times are displayed on the display screen of the liquid crystal display unit 49. In addition, even if this time measuring means pulls out the power cord of a rice cooker, it operates for a long time with the battery incorporated in the rice cooker. It is also possible to have a function of obtaining time information from the outside like a radio timepiece during operation and making a self-correction so that there is no deviation in the current time.

  66 is a water level sensor that detects the amount of water stored in the water tank by the water level, and grasps the water in the water tank by light, weight and other physical conditions. It is provided in a portion facing the tank or installed on the upper surface of the front portion of the bottom plate 67 on which the water tank is placed.

  68 is a water temperature sensor for detecting the temperature of the water stored in the water tank, and is provided at a portion facing the water tank in the front portion of the main body case 41 so as to detect the water temperature through the side wall of the water tank. Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 11, it is installed on the upper surface of the front part of the bottom plate 67 on which the water tank is placed.

Next, the rice cooking operation of the rice cooker 3 will be described.
As shown in FIG. 29, the rice cooker according to the first embodiment has a control program in the control unit 62 so as to sequentially execute the four steps of the preheating step, the rice cooking step, the unevenness step, and the heat retention step. .

  First, the tank lid 51 of the water tank removed from the main body case 41 is removed, and water is poured into the water tank from the outside. Then, a predetermined amount of rice and water is put into the inner pot 40, and the rice cooking start button 44 on the upper surface of the lid 3 of the main body case 41 is pressed to start rice cooking. Thereby, the heating means 45 is heated and cooked rice. At this first stage, since it is still a water absorption process, a fifth display portion 54B (not shown) indicating that there is a possibility of reducing power is displayed on the liquid crystal display portion 49. Thereby, a user understands that it is an electric equipment by which the electric power reduction operation | movement is performed by the command from the outside at the first stage using this rice cooker.

  In FIG. 29, in the preheating step H1, the heating means 45 starts energization in a continuous energization pattern so that it initially becomes a strong heating power, but it is detected that the temperature inside the inner pot 40 has reached a predetermined temperature (55 ° C.). When the means 63 detects it, this information is input to the control unit 62, the energization amount is suppressed so as to maintain 55 ° C., and the energization becomes intermittent, so that almost no steam is generated, and the steam treatment in the water tank. (Condensate treatment) is not performed. This state of maintaining at 55 ° C. is continued for a certain period of time. The time measuring means 65 measures the elapsed time from the time when the temperature reaches 55 ° C., and this time measurement signal is input to the control unit 62 to control the end time of the preheating process.

  Next, when entering the rice cooking process H2, in the first strong fire process H2A, the heating power of the heating means 45 becomes strong, the water temperature in the inner pot 40 gradually rises, and the water in the inner pot 40 reaches boiling. When the boiling becomes intense and the amount of steam increases, the pressure in the inner pot 40 rises from the atmospheric pressure, and the steam generated in the inner pot 40 is pushed out by the pressure and from the steam generating port 47 to the lid 42. It enters a sealed space constituted by an internal steam duct 48. Thereafter, steam is ejected from the steam duct 48 to a water tank serving as a steam treatment device. That is, the rice cooking process H2 is comprised from two, the high fire process H2A heated by the maximum heat power, for example, 1300W, and the subsequent low fire process H2B.

  When the rice cooking process is started, the fifth display unit 54B (not shown) disappears from the liquid crystal display unit 49, and the seventh display unit 54C is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 49 instead. Thereby, the user knows that the power is preferentially secured and the rice cooking operation is performed. In addition, you may alert | report the same meaning with an audio | voice by a voice guidance (navigation) means. The fifth display unit 54B (not shown), the sixth display unit 54A, the seventh display unit 54C, or the ninth display unit 54E (not shown) indicating that a power reduction request is received. May be displayed with a display object such as a “light emitting button” in the vicinity of the periphery of the liquid crystal display unit 49, and not displayed in the liquid crystal display unit 49.

  Then, the steam that has flowed into the water tank serving as the steam treatment device is ejected into the water from the lower end opening of the communication pipe (not shown), where it comes into contact with the water in the water tank and the heat is taken away by the water. Condensate and return to water.

  By treating the steam in this way, the steam generated from the inner pot 40 is prevented from leaking to the outside, and the steam during cooking is directly released into the indoor space, thereby preventing an increase in unpleasant humidity. It becomes possible.

  And from the time in the middle of the rice cooking process (this is realized by the control unit 62 seeing the elapsed time from the time when the boiling state is reached), the heating power of the heating means 45 becomes the low heat process H2B. At the end, the water inside the inner pot 40 that has been vaporized and released is reduced, and the internal temperature of the inner pot 40 suddenly rises from about 100 degrees to about 130 ° C. Then, since the temperature detection means 63 detects such a rapid temperature rise and inputs temperature detection information to the control unit 62, the control unit 62 determines that rice cooking is complete.

  At the time of entering the low heat process H2B, the seventh display unit 54C displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 49 disappears. In addition, when a power reduction request signal is received from the power command device 9 in the low heat process or the preheating process, a ninth display unit 54E (not shown) for displaying the fact is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 49. Is displayed.

  Then, from this stage, the steaming process H3 is entered, and as rice cooking proceeds, the amount of steam generated gradually decreases with time, and when cooking is completed, the inner pot 40 cools and the pressure decreases. As a result, although the pressure inside the steam duct 48 is reduced, a communication pipe (not shown) that is below the tank lid 51 and is mostly submerged in water in a water tank (not shown). ) Has a check valve (not shown), and external air is sucked from the check valve, and the pressure in the inner hook 40 returns to a state close to the original atmospheric pressure. It is possible to prevent the water inside from being sucked up to the lid 40 and flowing to the lid 42.

  The amount of steam generated during cooking varies depending on the combination of the type of rice (white rice, non-washed rice, etc.), how to cook (hardness, stickiness), and the menu (normal rice cooking and rice porridge). However, steam processing is performed in the process until the cooking menu is finished, and the water capacity in the water tank is such that the water temperature in the water tank after cooking is not burned, for example, 55 ° C or less. Is set.

  After the completion of rice cooking, the process proceeds to a heat retaining step H4, and the temperature of the inner pot 40 is maintained at a predetermined temperature, for example, 70 ° C. by a heat retaining heater (not shown) provided separately from the heating means 45.

  As described above, since steam is mainly generated in the rice cooking process H2 and the unevenness process H3, in the first embodiment of the present invention, the amount of steam released in these processes is confirmed by calculation, experiment, etc. Set the water level and water level. Even if there is a sufficient amount of water, if the steam is spouted into the water at a shallow position in the water, the steam rises in the form of bubbles and is released from the water surface to the atmosphere without sufficient contact between the steam and water. I understood that it would end up. Therefore, in the first embodiment, the control unit 62 determines whether or not the amount of water in the water tank is sufficient from the detection information of the water level sensor 66 by the water level sensor 66 before starting the first water absorption process of the rice cooking process. ing.

  Furthermore, since it has a water temperature sensor 68 that detects the temperature of the water stored in the tank, the controller 62 determines whether the temperature of the water in the water tank is higher than a predetermined temperature by the output of the water temperature sensor. Can be judged. If it is abnormally high, the control unit 62 does not execute the operation of starting the energization of the heating means 45, and therefore does not even execute the preheating step.

  Furthermore, once the rice cooking process has been started, the water temperature of the water tank is set to be within a predetermined temperature range until the completion of rice cooking. Even when the water temperature in the water tank becomes higher than a predetermined temperature, the water temperature sensor can detect the water temperature. The control program of the control unit 62 is set so as to change the current-carrying condition of 45 and execute the operation of weakening the substantial heating power. However, this degree of thermal power suppression is performed within a range that does not hinder the original rice cooking operation and cooking. As a means for weakening the thermal power, an appropriate means such as reducing the amount of supplied power itself or lowering the energization rate may be used. In the first embodiment, when the water temperature is 35 ° C. or lower at the start of rice cooking, the rice cooking operation is started, and when it exceeds 35 ° C., the rice cooking operation is not started. This considers that the temperature of the water temperature of the water tank does not become an abnormally high temperature region at the end of cooking rice.

  In the rice cooker, the first strong fire process H2A of the rice cooking process H2 has the greatest influence on the rice cooking performance. So, in this rice cooker 3, the control part 62 has designated this high fire process H2A as the "execution time zone of a priority cooking menu." In other words, it is always known whether or not the cooking menu being executed is in the “execution time zone of the priority cooking menu”, and if it is in the execution time zone, this is indicated through the power control means 8B. 9 has a function to notify. This prevents inadvertent power reduction. In addition, when the high heat process H2A is entered, the seventh display unit 54C is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 49, and the user knows that power is preferentially secured and the rice cooking operation is performed.

(Microwave oven 5)
The microwave oven 5 with an electric heater includes, for example, a metal heating chamber (not shown) into which a radio wave having a frequency of 2450 megahertz is introduced, a microwave oven case (not shown) that houses the heating chamber, It is comprised from the door 70 which seals the taking-out port of a heating chamber so that opening and closing is possible. 70A is a handle of the door 70 (see FIG. 1).

  On the right front surface of the main body case of the microwave oven 5 is an operation unit 71 operated by a user. The operation unit includes a power switch 72, a start button 73, and a heating time setting dial (for timer setting). ) 74, and when the heating time is set with the dial 74 and the start button 73 is pressed, the set power is output for the set time to complete cooking. The temperature of the object to be heated placed in the heating chamber is detected by a thermal element (not shown) such as an infrared sensor. When the temperature of the object to be heated rises to the target temperature, the radio wave oscillation source is automatically driven. It may be configured to stop.

(Dishwasher 6)
A basic configuration of the dishwasher according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described.

  In FIG. 22, the dishwasher / dryer 6 includes a main body 160 that forms an outline and a cleaning unit 161 that is housed inside the main body.

  The main body 160 has a box shape, and a front opening 160A is formed on the front surface. From the inside to the outside, the main body side water supply pipe 162 that supplies tap water as cleaning water to the cleaning section 3 and the cleaning section 3 A main body side drain pipe 163 for draining the cleaning water is provided.

  A connecting portion 162A is provided at an end portion of the main body side water supply pipe 162 located on the inner side of the main body, and an end portion located on the outer side of the main body is connected to the water supply pipe. In addition, a water supply valve 162B for controlling the flow of tap water flowing into the cleaning unit 161 is provided on the upstream side of the connection unit 162A.

  Next, a connecting portion 163A is provided at an end portion of the main body side drain pipe 163 located on the inner side of the main body, and a drain pipe 163 is connected to an end portion located outside the main body. In addition, the main body side water supply pipe 162 and the main body side drain pipe 163 are made of a hose or the like whose shape can be flexibly changed so as to follow the back and forth movement of a cleaning unit 161 described later.

  Next, the first rail 164 is fixed by screwing or the like at opposite positions on both internal side surfaces 160C of the main body 160 with the longitudinal direction facing each other.

  A stopper 165 is fixed by screwing or the like near the front opening 160A side of the bottom 160B of the main body 2.

  The stopper 165 has a surface on the rear side of the main body 160 that is substantially perpendicular to the bottom 160B, and a front side that is inclined to the front opening 160A side.

  Next, the cleaning unit 161 includes a cleaning tank 166, a front door 167 that is integrally attached to the front surface of the cleaning tank 4, and a cover 168 that is attached to the outside of the cleaning tank 166 and covers the outside of various functional components described later. It is composed of

  On the front surface of the front door 167, a handle 167 </ b> C that is used when a user pulls out the cleaning unit 161 from the main body 160 and an operation unit 168 that performs various operations of the dishwasher 6 are provided.

  The washing tank 166 has a box shape with the entire upper surface formed with an opening 166A for storing tableware at the top, and is stored inside the main body 160 and pulled out from the main body 160 to the front during tableware washing. Thus, tableware and the like can be taken in and out from the opening 166A.

  Inside the cleaning tank 166, a rotating nozzle 169 for jetting and circulating cleaning water, a heater 170 for heating the cleaning water, and a tableware basket 171 for arranging dishes to be cleaned at predetermined positions are provided. Yes.

  Next, a control unit 172 and a water level detection device 173 are provided between the cleaning tank 166 and the front door 167.

  The control unit 172 controls a cleaning pump 174, a discharge pump 175, an electric blower 176, the heater 170, the water supply valve 162B, etc., which will be described later, according to a user instruction from the operation unit 168 and a signal from each detection device. Do.

  Further, the water level detection device 173 detects the level of the cleaning water inside the cleaning tank 166 and sends detection information to the control unit 172. The operation unit 168 includes an operation mode selection key 190 for selecting a basic operation mode of the dishwasher, a display unit 191 for displaying a selection result by the selection key, and an operation switch for instructing start and stop of the operation. 192 are respectively arranged. The operation mode designates operations of “cleaning mode”, “rinse mode”, and “drying mode”. These various operation modes are executed by an operation program in the semiconductor memory element stored in the control unit 172.

Next, a water supply port 166C and a blower port 166D are opened at the rear portion of the cleaning tank 166.
A cleaning unit side water supply pipe 177 is connected to the water supply port 166C. And the connection part 177A which can be connected detachably with the connection part 162A of the main body side water supply pipe 162 is provided in the edge part of the washing | cleaning part side water supply pipe 177. As shown in FIG.

  The electric blower 176 that sends air for a “drying mode” for drying an object to be cleaned such as tableware is connected to the air blowing port 166D. The electric blower 176 has a blower fan 176A for flowing air, a heater 176B for warming the flowing air, and a motor 176M serving as a rotational drive source of the blower fan. The heater 176B is energized during the “dry mode”.

  Next, the washing pump 174 and the drainage pump 175 are provided at the lower part of the washing tank 166, and a cover 168 covering the washing pump and the drainage pump is further attached.

  When the cleaning pump 174 is in the “cleaning mode”, it takes in the cleaning water from the inside of the cleaning tank and feeds it into the rotating nozzle 169 with a predetermined pressure, thereby applying the rotational force of the rotating nozzle 169 and circulating the cleaning water. Yes. Similarly, in the “rinsing mode”, the cleaning pump 174 is operated, and clean hot water or water containing no detergent is sprayed from the rotary nozzle 169.

  Further, the drainage pump 175 is connected to the washing section side drain pipe 180 to suck up the washing water from the inside of the washing tank and drain the dirty water after washing to the outside of the dishwasher 6. A connecting portion 180A that can be detachably connected to the connecting portion 163B of the main body side drain pipe 163 is attached to the end of the cleaning section side drain pipe 180.

  The rated maximum power consumption of the dishwasher 6 is about 900 W to 1000 W. The breakdown is as follows: the washing pump is 100 W, the heater 170 for heating the washing liquid is 800 W, the drying heater 176B is 200 W, and the blower fan 176A. Is 10W. Since all these parts are not energized at the same time, they are within the range of the rated maximum power consumption.

  Next, an opening 168B is formed on the rear side of the bottom 168A of the cover 168 facing the lower surface 166E of the cleaning tank 166.

  A movable locking portion 181 is provided at a position facing the opening 168B. The movable locking portion 181 includes a base 182 (not shown) fixed to the bottom portion 168A, a shaft 183 (not shown) provided on the base, and a locking pivotally supported on the shaft. A portion 184 (not shown) and an elastic member 185 that elastically supports the locking portion so as to urge it in one direction. The elastic member 185 is, for example, a hinge spring.

  The locking portion 184 is provided so as to be able to enter and leave the opening 168B by rotating about the shaft 183. Further, when no external force is applied, the locking portion 184 is elastically supported by the elastic member 185 with a part protruding from the opening 168Bb.

  Next, on the front side of the bottom portion 168A of the cover 168, a release operation portion 186 connected to the movable locking portion 181 by an interlocking portion 186A is attached. The release operation of the release operation part 186 can rotate the locking part 184 (not shown) against the elastic force of the elastic member 185 (not shown) by interlocking the interlocking part 186A. .

  The release operation unit 186 is, for example, an operation lever provided so as to be movable back and forth with respect to the cover 168, and an interlocking unit 186A attached to the operation lever so as to be interlocked is coupled to the movable locking unit 181. It is a form.

  The front door 167 is formed with an inspection opening 167A at a position where the release operation unit 186 faces. The inspection opening is normally closed by a lid 167B, but the release operation unit 186 can be operated from the front side of the dishwasher 6 by removing the lid 167B when separating the main body 160 and the washing unit 161. To.

  Note that second rails 187 are fixed to the (right and left) side surfaces of the cover 168 overlapping the side surfaces of the cleaning unit 161 by screws or the like in the front-rear direction.

  The main body 169 and the cleaning unit 161 configured as described above are fixed to the first rail 164 fixed to the inner (left and right) both side surfaces 160C of the main body 160 and fixed to the (left and right) both side surfaces of the cleaning tank 166. Two rails 187 are slidably combined.

  With this configuration, the main body 160 and the cleaning unit 161 are combined so that the cleaning unit 161 can enter and exit from the front opening 160A of the main body 160 in the front-rear direction. The used power control means 8D is built in the control unit 172.

(Air conditioner 7)
A basic configuration of the air conditioner according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described.

  In FIG. 23, 7 is a home air conditioner. In some cases, the air conditioner 7 is installed in a kitchen in which the electrical appliance KP in the kitchen is installed. However, in the first embodiment, the air conditioner 7 is installed in another room (for example, a living room). Note that the number of air conditioners is not limited to one, and each air conditioner is installed in a plurality of rooms, and there may be a total of several units. However, in the following description, only one unit will be described. The air conditioner incorporates power usage control means 8E of the power command device 9. As a result, information such as the required power, the cooking status of each cooking device, and the permitted power for use is transmitted to and from the power command device 9, and the used power control means 8 </ b> E is within the used power permitted by the power command device 9. The electric power of the harmony machine 7 is controlled.

  The air conditioner 7 includes an indoor unit 220 installed in a room and an outdoor unit 200. A sealed annular refrigerant circuit KC is configured by the refrigerant pipe connecting the indoor unit 229 and the outdoor unit 220 in a closed loop shape.

In the refrigerant circuit KC on the outdoor unit 200 side, an electric compressor 193, a four-way valve 194, an outdoor heat exchanger 195, and an electric expansion that are compressed by a motor (not shown) serving as a compression drive source. A valve 196 is provided.
Reference numerals 197 </ b> A and 197 </ b> B denote connecting portions that connect the refrigerant piping on the indoor unit 220 side and the refrigerant piping on the outdoor unit 200 side, respectively.

198 is an outdoor fan that blows air to the outdoor heat exchanger 195, and is driven to rotate by a motor 198M. Reference numeral 199 denotes an outside air temperature detecting means for detecting the outdoor air temperature.
An outdoor control unit 201 is based on the temperature detection information from the outdoor temperature detection unit 199 and the outdoor heat exchanger temperature detection unit 201, and the motor 198M, the electric compressor 193, the four-way valve 194, the electric expansion valve 196, and the like. To control.

  The indoor unit 220 includes an indoor fan 222 disposed in the vicinity of the indoor heat exchanger 221, a motor 222 </ b> M that drives the fan 4, indoor temperature detection means 224 that detects the temperature of room air and walls, and indoor control. Unit 225, an indoor control unit 225, and a power supply unit 226 that supplies a commercial power supply of 200 V to the outdoor control unit 201, respectively.

  The outdoor control unit 201 includes a control circuit board (not shown). The circuit board includes a converter unit (not shown) for converting the 200V commercial power source into a direct current, and an inverter unit (not shown) that operates based on a power source converted into a DC power source by rectification in the converter unit. In the inverter unit, an AC power source whose frequency is controlled in response to a drive signal from the outdoor control unit 201 is output to the electric compressor 193, so that the electric compressor 193 changes its rotational speed. It has come to be.

  The inverter unit is placed under the control of a control circuit having a microcomputer 201M built in the outdoor control unit 201 as a core. The microcomputer 201M is disposed in the outdoor control unit 201, and is supplied with driving power from a constant voltage circuit (not shown) to which power is supplied from the power supply unit 226. A read-only memory (ROM, not shown) in which a control program is written is provided inside or outside the microcomputer 201M, and a non-volatile memory (not shown) capable of electrical erasing and writing is provided outside the microcomputer 201M. ) Is written data for controlling the entire air conditioner 7.

  The outdoor control unit 201 is configured so that the microcomputer 201M refers to the control unit written in the read-only memory and the content of the control data written in the non-volatile memory (not shown). Through this, the operation of the electric compressor 193 is controlled.

  Reference numeral 227 denotes an operation unit provided in the outer shell case or the like of the indoor unit 220. In the vicinity of the operation unit 227, a liquid crystal display screen that displays an operation result or displays a room temperature or a set temperature for cooling or heating is provided. The display unit 228 is provided. In the air conditioner 7, a mode selection switch (not shown) is provided in the operation unit 227 so that at least four operation modes of cooling, heating, dehumidification, and ventilation can be selected.

  The outdoor controller 201 of the air conditioner 7 is set with a current capacity so as to ensure a rated cooling capacity at the maximum load. In a load situation less than the maximum load, the upper limit value of the operating current of the electric compressor 193 is lowered according to the load situation.

  As one method for detecting the air conditioning load, the outdoor control unit 201 is supplied with temperature detection information from the outdoor air temperature sensor 199, and the load status is determined based on the detected outdoor air temperature. Thus, for example, during cooling, when the outdoor temperature is low, that is, when the operation load is low, the cooling capacity according to the load is achieved from the viewpoint of room temperature stability and energy saving, so power consumption is reduced. You can drive with less.

  The indoor control unit 225 is supplied with temperature detection information from the indoor temperature detection means 224, and determines the load status based on the detected indoor air temperature. As a result, for example, during cooling, when the room temperature is low, or when the cooling target temperature is low in addition to the low room temperature, that is, when the operation load is low, the stability of the room temperature and energy saving are reduced. From the point of view, the cooling capacity according to the load is obtained, so that it is possible to operate with less power consumption. That is, generally, most of the power consumption of this type of air conditioner 7 is consumed by the electric compressor 193. Therefore, if the operating speed of the electric compressor is reduced, the power consumption is reduced. For example, during cooling, when the user sets a target temperature of 26 degrees (indoor) from a state where the outdoor temperature is 35 degrees and the indoor temperature is 31 degrees, and when the temperature is set to 28 degrees, the cooling load is the former case. Since it is large, the operating speed of the electric compressor 193 increases.

(Power command device 9)
The power command device 9 will be described below with reference to FIG.

  It is configured to transmit information on the use power control means 8A, 8B, 8C, and 8D of the in-kitchen electrical device KP and the cooking status and use permission power of each cooker. And each use power control means 8A-8D controls the electric power of each electric appliance KP in kitchen within the use power which the electric power instruction | command apparatus 9 permitted. In addition, each power use control means 8A, 8B, 8C, and 8D may be incorporated in the in-kitchen electrical device KP, or may be attached to the power supply circuit portion of the in-kitchen electrical device KP in an adapter form. As described above, the power of the air conditioner 7 and the dishwasher 6 is also collectively controlled by the power command device 9. The “adapter” refers to a control device provided between each electric device and its power source. For example, the adapter here refers to an adapter as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2012-83453, which has a power plug and an outlet, and an electric device whose energization is to be controlled is connected to the outlet. When the power command signal is received by the adapter by wireless or wired communication means, the power supply of the electric device to be controlled is restricted or cut off. In this way, an adapter is connected to an existing electrical device, and a power command signal is sent from the power command device 9 to the adapter, and the adapter controls the electrical device by that signal. By interposing, an advantage that the power can be centrally controlled by the power command device 9 is obtained.

  The power command device 9 is a required power adder that sums the required power from the used power control means 8A to 8D of the electric appliances KP in each kitchen and the required power from the used power control means 8E of the air conditioner 7. 91, the comparator 92 that compares the total power added by the required power adder 91 and the capacity (8000 W) of the breaker BK, the excess amount of the total power is determined from the comparison result of the comparator 92, and the total power is 8000 W. If the total power exceeds 8000 W, there is no output from the required power excess amount determining means 93 that outputs the excess amount, and there is no output from the required power excess amount determining means 93 (that is, the excess amount is 0), the same usable power as the required power is returned to each of the used power control means 8A to 8D of the electric appliances KP in the kitchen and the used power control means 8E of the air conditioner 7, If there is an excessive amount of output, according to the excess amount of the total power and a predetermined priority order, a reduction range of power consumption for each kitchen electrical device KP and the air conditioner 7 is determined. The power consumption reduction width determining means 94 that returns to the power consumption control means 8A to 8E of the air conditioner 7 and the "priority order" registered in advance in the built-in semiconductor nonvolatile memory 95A are read, and the power consumption reduction width determination means. 94 includes priority order setting means 95 for transmitting “priority order” information for power reduction to 94.

  In other words, the power consumption reduction width determination means 64 is used for the power consumption control means 8A to 8E of the kitchen electrical equipment KP and the air conditioner 7 having a low “priority” so as not to exceed the capacity (8000 W) of the breaker BK. The reduction range of the electric power used with respect to each electric appliance KP in the kitchen and the air conditioner 7 for which electric power has been requested is determined so as to reduce electric power. Note that the rated capacity (for example, 8000 W as described above) set from the beginning in the breaker BK itself corresponds to the “first capacity” of the present invention.

  The “priority order” is an order for preferentially supplying electric appliances in the kitchen that require electric power for maintaining cooking performance and cooking workability within a limited capacity (8000 W) of the breaker BK. It is registered in advance so that the electric appliances in the kitchen, which have less influence on the user even if the power is reduced, is ranked lower. In the “first home appliances”, the electric rice cooker 3, induction heating Priorities for securing electric power are determined in the order of the cooker 2 and the microwave oven 5, thereby preventing the workability of the user from being impaired. However, in the process of determining the priority, the “priority cooking menu execution time zone” is actually performed in the kitchen electrical device KP having the “priority cooking menu execution time zone”. Until the execution time period elapses, the power command device 9 does not reduce the power of the electric appliance KP in the kitchen.

  Note that display units such as the fourth display unit 210D and the sixth display unit 54C indicating that power reduction is avoided may be individually provided in all “first home appliances”. Similarly, the first display unit 210 </ b> A and the fourth display unit 54 </ b> A indicating that the device is a power reduction target device may be provided in each of the “first home appliances”. Furthermore, the “second home appliances” including the air conditioner 7 also have a display unit indicating that the device is a power reduction target device and a display unit indicating that the power is actually reduced, respectively. It may be provided. Furthermore, display means corresponding to the second display unit 210B indicating that a power reduction request has been received may be provided in the first home appliance or the second home appliance other than the induction heating cooker 2. The air conditioner 7 may be provided so as to be visible on the surface of the indoor unit 220, or provided on a display screen of an indoor remote controller that controls the indoor unit 220 (a screen on which a room temperature and an operation mode name are displayed).

  In a single electric appliance KP in the kitchen, there are a plurality of heating means (heating ports), one of which is in the “priority cooking menu execution time zone” and actually being cooked. , When not in the “priority cooking menu execution time zone”, power is maintained for the heating means in the “priority cooking menu execution time zone”, and the electric power of the other heating means is to be reduced. .

  In the “second home appliances”, the priority for securing the power is determined in the order of the air conditioner 7 and the dishwasher 6 in this order, which impairs the workability of the user. Is prevented

  Although the air conditioner 7 is not installed in the kitchen, the power is cut off through the same breaker BK, so the rice cooker 5 of the “first home appliance”, the induction heating cooker The order is set lower than 2. And the priority is set higher than the said dishwasher 6 which is the classification of the same 2nd household appliances. In addition, although the clothes dryer is included as "2nd household appliances", in order to simplify description, the detailed description is omitted below.

  Reference numeral 96 denotes a power usage limit setting device that instructs to change the total power value as a comparison reference of the comparator 92 to a designated power value. The user can arbitrarily select a value other than 8000 W, for example, one power value among 7500 W, 7000 W, and 6500 W. In FIG. 24, the specified power value is described as “specified capacity”. This designated capacity corresponds to the “second capacity” of the present invention. This corresponds to the “second capacity” (for example, 7500 W) in the present invention, but in the present invention, it is not necessarily an essential condition that the user can recognize the absolute value of the “second capacity”. For example, a ratio such as “equivalent to 98%” (in other words, a decrease of 2%) of the rated capacity (first capacity) may be used.

  Reference numeral 97 denotes communication means connected to a general wide-area communication circuit network such as the Internet or digital broadcasting means 98 via a device (not shown) such as a modem or a router by wire or wirelessly. Among the reception information of the communication means, when power tightness information or the like is transmitted from the outside of the home, such as a public office or a local power company, the information is displayed on the display screen 100 of the power usage limit setting device 96. Is done. The power usage limit setting device 96 and its display screen 100 will be described in detail later. There are at least two types of power tightness information: a command for forcibly reducing the power used by each household and a command at a request level for requesting that the power consumption be reduced arbitrarily rather than forcibly. The communication unit 97 also has a transmission function for transmitting information on the power command device 9 side to the external communication circuit network or the like. Accordingly, the resident of this household can access the wide area communication network outside the house with a mobile phone or a personal computer and know the power usage state of this household, and conversely to the power usage limit setting device 96 from the outside. On the other hand, an upper limit value of power can be input.

  25 and 26 show details of the display screen 100 of the power usage limit setting device 96. FIG. In these figures, 101 is a maximum allowable power display unit that indicates the value of the capacity (8000 W) of the breaker BK that is permitted to be used in the home, and 102 is a number that indicates the amount of power used in the home that is currently used. It is the present electric power display part shown. Reference numeral 103 denotes a power margin value display unit that indicates a margin between the maximum allowable power value and the currently used power value. As shown in FIG. 25, in addition to the method for indicating the margin value as it is, a method for indicating the degree of margin in characters such as “large margin” and “small margin” may be used.

  Reference numeral 104 denotes a power reduction request notifying unit that turns on the lamp when power tightness information or the like is received from the communication network 98 via the communication unit 97, 105 is a current time display unit, and 106 is a comparison of the comparator 92. They are a setting key and a display part of the electric power usage limit setting device 96 which instruct | indicates to change the total electric power value used as a reference into a designated electric power value. In the state of FIGS. 25 and 26, only the 8000 W key is displayed in white letters, so the power usage limit is 8000 W, which is the same as the default capacity of the breaker BK. As shown in FIG. 25, there are a total of four setting keys, which are composed of a selection key 106A for 8000W, a setting key 106B for 7500W, a key 106C for 7000W, and a key 106D for 6500W.

  Reference numeral 107 denotes a use state display unit that displays electric appliances in the home that are controlled by the power command device 9. The name display unit 107 </ b> A of the induction heating cooker 2, the name display unit 107 </ b> B of the rice cooker 3, and the like are listed. Displayed in the format. The further to the left, the higher the priority for securing power. Reference numeral 108 denotes a use display unit that lights up when power is used, that is, when it is currently used. In FIG. 25, it turns out that the induction heating cooking appliance 2, the rice cooker 3, the air conditioner, and illumination are used. Note that the numerical value displayed in the vicinity of the usage display unit 108 is the amount of power used, and for example, the average power value for the past one minute is displayed every minute. In addition, when the priority of the home electrical device EE is set, the screen display configuration may be such that the name of each set electrical device is displayed from left to right in the order of highest priority. Then, the user can immediately recognize the electric device having a high priority.

  Reference numeral 110 denotes an information key. When the user touches the information key, information related to power, which is useful to the user in the scene, information on a cooking method for efficiently using power, a temperature setting method for an air conditioner, and the like. Is displayed on the display screen 100 each time. In this case, the current time display unit 105 and the power margin value display unit 103 are not displayed in order to secure a display area.

  Reference numeral 111 denotes a help mode key. When the user touches the help mode key, information useful for the user's operation is displayed in that scene, and correct operation is performed by a voice guide device (not shown) provided separately. The method is notified by voice. When this key is pressed many times, how to view the display screen 100, how to set the power usage limit, and the like are displayed on the entire display screen 100 with a schematic diagram and characters.

  FIG. 26 shows the state of the screen that appears first when the user touches the name display portion 107B of the induction heating cooker 2 in the state of FIG. As shown in FIG. 26, it can be seen that the induction heating cooker 2 is currently performing the stew heating operation, and the estimated end time of use is 12:50. In other words, it can be seen that cooking continues for 30 minutes from the present moment. 113S is a use start time display unit, and 113E is an estimated end time display unit.

  Thus, on the display screen 100 of the power usage limit setting device 96, an outline of the state of the electric device used on this display screen can be found without going to the installation location of each home electric device. As described above, since the capacitance type input key is formed on the glass plate covering the surface of the display screen 100, when a key at a predetermined position is touched, an input signal corresponding to the key is generated. This is given to the power usage limit setting device 96.

  FIG. 27 shows the state of the screen that appears automatically after a predetermined time, for example, 10 seconds after the state shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 27, the induction heating cooker 2 is currently performing the stew heating operation, and it can be seen that the marks 114 and 115 indicating the degree of progress are displayed and the current stage is still in the middle. As the cooking progresses, the mark 114 sequentially increases to the right side, and finally, the mark 114 is lined up to the left side of the predicted end time display unit 113.

  The feature of the first embodiment is that, regardless of whether or not the capacity (8000 W) of the breaker BK is exceeded, the user voluntarily looks at the display screen 100 of the power usage limit setting device 96 and consumes power in the home. It is a point that a restriction can be set so as to reduce the amount of the above.

  In other words, the user can select a power limit value from a plurality at any time. For example, when power tightness information or the like is received from the wide area communication network 98 via the communication unit 97, the lamp of the power reduction request notification unit 104 is turned on, and can be set spontaneously by seeing this. Alternatively, the user can set an upper limit value of the amount of power used by the power usage limit setting unit 96 at any time when he / she thinks about power reduction based on information from another information source.

  For this reason, even if there is a considerable margin up to the capacity of the breaker BK (for example, 8000 W), for example, the upper limit value is set to 7500 W voluntarily, and the power command device 9 automatically sets the upper limit value so as not to exceed it. The amount of electric power used by the electric device can be suppressed. The signal received from the communication network 98 via the communication means 97 is automatically selected, and in the case of a specific signal, the power command device 9 automatically cuts the power used at that time by 5%. If the capacity of the breaker BK is 8000 W, the upper limit value is changed to a capacity determined as one level lower than that, for example, 7500 W, and the power use restriction operation is performed. You may do it.

  Operation | movement of the electric power control system of the household appliances of this Embodiment 1 which has the above structure is demonstrated based on FIG. First, it is assumed that several types of electric equipment EE are in operation by the user's operation as the kitchen electric equipment KP. Specifically, the electric appliance KP in the kitchen other than the rice cooker 3 and the induction heating cooker 2 has started to operate first, then the rice cooker 3 is started to be used, and then the induction heating cooker 2 is used. Assume that it is started.

  In the state immediately before the induction heating cooker 2 starts heating, the power command device 9 has already received information on the power required for a predetermined operation, for example, start of operation, from each kitchen electrical device KP, In addition, since the required power request information is also received from the induction heating cooker 2, the power command device 9 totals the power values requested from the electrical appliances KP in the kitchen by the required power adder 91 and totals them. The calculated total power is compared with the breaker capacity (for example, 8000 W) by the comparator 92, and the comparison result is output to the required power excess amount determination means 93.

  The required power excess amount determination means 93 does not output if the total power is within 8000 W (= the excess amount is 0), and if the total power is 8000 W or more, the excess amount is output to the power consumption reduction width determination means 94. The If there is no output from the required power excess amount determining means 93, the used power reduction width determining means 94 returns the same usable power as the required power to the used power control means 8A to 8D of the electric appliances KP in each kitchen, If there is an output of the excess amount, the reduction amount of the power consumption for each kitchen electrical device KP is determined in accordance with the excess amount of the total power and the priority order set by the priority order setting means 95, and these electrical appliances in each kitchen are determined. To the used power control means 8A to 8D.

  The first time point when the power command device 9 receives a power request from each kitchen electrical device KP is the time when the main power supply of any kitchen electrical device KP is turned on or when the operation start command is issued. . For example, after a plug at the tip of the power cord of a rice cooker is inserted into a power supply port (so-called outlet), when a predetermined operation (for example, pressing a rice cooker key) occurs, the rated maximum of the rice cooker Electric power is required. In the built-in type induction heating cooker, after the main power switch is pressed and the main power is turned on, the heating port is selected and the heating power is set (or the heating power setting is confirmed at the latest and the heating operation is started). At the time). In addition, in the induction heating cooker, when a heating port is first selected, a specific heating power such as 1000 W may be automatically set as a default value (initial setting value). Electric power (for example, 1050 W) that takes into account the operation power of the internal electric parts of the induction heating cooker (for example, the rated maximum power of the motor of the cooling fan) in addition to the thermal power of 1000 W is required to the power command device 9 Become power. If there is no response from the power command device 9 to the result of transmitting the required power, the operation with the required power is not started. This is because energization of the individual electric appliances KP in the kitchen is restricted by the power usage control means 8A to 8D.

  In other words, the used power control means 8A to 8D control the individual power of each electrical appliance KP in the kitchen within the used power permitted by the power command device 9, and there is a used power reduction command from the power command device 9. In accordance with this, the electric power used is reduced, and the electric power of each electrical appliance KP in the kitchen is controlled within the reduced electric power used. The power command device 9 does not instruct the total power amount for the plurality of kitchen electrical devices KP, but sets the upper limit power amount for each of the kitchen electrical devices KP in consideration of the total power amount in advance. Adopt the method to allow. For this reason, for example, a specific power upper limit value is commanded to the induction heating cooker 2 such as 4000 W with respect to the required power of 4800 W.

  Similarly, when the air conditioner 7 is used, the power usage control means 8E transmits a power request signal to the power command device 9, and as a result, the power command device 9 uses a power consumption reduction command. If there is, the power consumption of the air conditioner 7 is reduced accordingly. The same applies to the dishwasher 6.

  Thus, in the electric power control system of the household appliances of this Embodiment 1, so that the total electric power required from the electric power control means 8A to 8D used by the electric appliances KP in each kitchen does not exceed the capacity of the breaker BK. Since the power command device 9 determines the reduction range of the power consumption for each kitchen electrical device KP according to a predetermined priority order and commands the power consumption control means 8A to 8D for each kitchen electrical device, It can be controlled so that the power used does not exceed the breaker capacity. And unlike the case where electric power limitation is performed mechanically as in the past, the electric power for maintaining cooking performance and cooking workability can be preferentially supplied to the in-kitchen electrical device KP.

  Moreover, since the electric power instruction | command apparatus 6A is instruct | indicated to reduce the electric power used to the electric appliance in a kitchen with a low priority, cooking performance and cooking workability | operativity can be maintained.

  As described above, priority is given to the electrical appliances KP in the kitchen. As described above, priority is given to securing power in the order of the rice cooker 3, the induction heating cooker 2, and the microwave oven 5 so that the electrical appliances in the kitchen, which have less influence on the user even if power is reduced, have a lower rank. The degree is fixed. In other words, when electric power is reduced, the order is microwave oven 5, induction heating cooker 2, and rice cooker 3. However, according to the priority of each electrical device, if the power saving amount cannot be secured by the microwave oven 5 alone, the specific electrical device KP in the kitchen having the “priority cooking menu execution time zone” described above is used. Thus, the induction heating cooker 2 becomes a target for power reduction. However, even in this case, until the “priority cooking menu execution time zone” elapses, the power of the heating source for executing the priority cooking menu of the electrical appliance KP in the kitchen is exceptionally limited. The power command device 9 is not reduced. In this case, a power reduction command is issued to the rice cooker 3 having the next priority. In addition, when the air conditioner 7 and the dishwasher are used, the said tableware dryer 6 becomes an electric power reduction object before the induction heating cooking appliance 2. FIG. If the dishwasher 6 alone is insufficient, the air conditioner 7 can be a target for reducing power.

  Here, as a result of totaling the power request results from the electric appliances KP in each kitchen by the required power adder 91, when the total power does not exceed the breaker capacity (for example, 8000 W), no power reduction command is issued. A case will be described in which the user voluntarily lowers the power usage upper limit value by looking at the display screen 100 of the power usage limit setting device 96 from the state that was the case.

In this case, as shown in FIG. 30, in the first step 1 (hereinafter, step is abbreviated as “S”), the power command device 9 determines that a command for reducing the total power is given from the outside (S1).
Then, the new upper limit value (for example, 7000 W) and the power request result from each kitchen electrical device KP are compared with each other by the comparator 92 (S2). It is determined by the reduction width determining means 94 (S3).

  Then, a power reduction command is issued to the in-kitchen electrical device KP. In response to this command, the induction heating cooker 2 that has started cooking before the time of the step S1 reduces power consumption. When the power reduction width is 1000 W, the induction heating cooker 2 has a total power consumption of 4200 W. For example, the first heating port 2L has a single heating power of 3000 W, and the second heating port 2R has a single heating power. Is 1000 W of thermal power, and each of the hot water menus (one of the non-priority cooking menus) is executed, the power consumption is reduced to 3200 W by lowering the thermal power to a total of 3000 W (S4). Here, 200 W is assumed to be power consumption of an electric component such as a built-in blower. Thereafter, the induction heating cooker 2 notifies the power command device 9 that the power used has been reduced by 1000 W.

  In the power command device 9, the result of summing up the power request results from each kitchen electrical device KP again (S5), when the total power request value is small and there is a margin that exceeds the power reduction width of 1000W, for example, In contrast to the above new upper limit value (7000 W), if the total power requirement at that time does not exceed 5900 W, there will be a margin of 1100 W, so the power consumption of the induction heating cooker 2 previously reduced can be reduced. Propose (inform) the induction heater 2 in advance to return to the original level. In the induction heating cooker 2, when the operation is not particularly performed to raise the heating power within a predetermined time from the notification, the heating power is not automatically restored from the viewpoint of safety, but when the user performs an operation for agreeing to return, for example, When the operation for raising the thermal power is performed, the original (total) thermal power of 4000 W is restored (S6). In order to omit the operation to increase the heating power in this case, a key called “return” is provided on the upper surface operation unit 26 of the induction heating cooker 2, and if this is pressed once, if there is a margin in power, the original heating power level is restored. You may make it return easily.

  Temporarily, in the single induction heating cooker 2, the first heating port 2 </ b> L is performing “fried food” cooking, and is in a “priority cooking menu execution time zone” that consumes a maximum power of 1800 W, When the second heating port 2R is performing “water boiling” (non-priority cooking menu) that consumes power of 2000 W at the maximum, when the power reduction width commanded from the power command device 9 is 1000 W, The second heating port 2R of the hot water heater is an object of power reduction, and the operation of reducing the power consumption of the induction heating cooker 2 by 1000 W by lowering the heating power of the hot water heater.

  In addition, in the case of FIG. 30, when the induction heating cooker 2 is not used, since the electric power consumption by the induction heating cooker 2 cannot be reduced, the rice cooker 3 becomes a power reduction target according to the priority. When the power reduction width is determined by the power consumption reduction width determination means 94 (S3), as shown in FIG. 30, when the rice cooker 3 is in the “execution time zone of the priority cooking menu”, the rice cooker 3 is Not subject to power reduction.

  In addition, there are other relatively small electric heaters that use the same breaker BK in the kitchen, such as electric pots, hot plates, oven toasters, etc., which use about 1000 W for about 10-60 minutes, Since there is also an electric refrigerator, even when the induction heating cooker 2 is used at 4000 W in the kitchen as described above, the user sets the total power to 7000 W with the power usage limit setting device 96. In some cases, the electric power used by the induction heating cooker 2 may be limited as described above.

Next, a case where a command to lower the total power amount is issued from the power command device 9 in the case where one air conditioner 7, induction heating cooker 2, and rice cooker 3 are used at the same time will be described.
In FIG. 31, as a result of totaling the power request results from each kitchen electrical device KP and the air conditioner 7 by the required power adder 91, the total power does not exceed the breaker capacity (for example, 8000 W). However, a case where the user voluntarily decreases the power usage upper limit value by looking at the display screen 100 of the power usage limit setting device 96 will be described.

  In this case, as shown in FIG. 31, the power command device 9 determines in the first step 1 that the command for reducing the total power is given from the outside (S1).

  Then, the new upper limit value (for example, 7000 W) and the electric power request result from each kitchen electrical device KP and the air conditioner 7 are compared by the comparator 92 (S2). If the upper limit value is exceeded, the power is reduced. The width is determined by the power consumption reduction width determining means 94 (S3).

  And according to a priority, the electric power reduction command is issued to the air conditioner 7 in use. In response to this command, the air conditioner 7 reduces power consumption (S4). When the power reduction width is 300 W, the air conditioner 7 changes the air conditioning target temperature from 26 ° C. to 28 ° C., so that the air conditioner 7 consumes the most electric power. The rotation speed of the machine 193 is reduced, and the operation is changed to energy saving operation with reduced power consumption. Note that, based on the correlation between the target temperature and the current indoor temperature, the amount of power used when the rotational speed of the electric compressor 193 is reduced is obtained in advance by experiments and the data is stored in the air conditioner 7 side. Therefore, the operating condition of the electric compressor 193 for the power reduction operation is instantaneously determined according to the power reduction request from the power command device 9.

  If the air conditioner 7 is not used, neither the rice cooker 2 nor the induction heating cooker 2 is immediately subject to power reduction. This is because the rice cooker 3 is performing the boiling process H2A, and the induction heater 2 is performing fried food cooking, both of which are in the “execution time zone of the priority cooking menu”.

  After that, the air conditioner 7 notifies the power command device 9 that the power used has been reduced by 300 W. After that, the power command device 9 sums up the power request results from each kitchen electrical device KP and the air conditioner 7 again (S5), the total power request value is small, and there is a margin that exceeds the power reduction width of 300W. In some cases, for example, if the total power requirement at that time does not exceed 6500W with respect to the above new upper limit value (7000W), there will be a margin of 500W, so air conditioning that has been reduced by 300W previously The air conditioner 7 is proposed (notified) in advance to return the power used by the machine 7 to the original level. The air conditioner 7 returns to the operation of automatically lowering the target temperature to 26 ° C. within a predetermined time from the notification (S6). In addition, as shown in FIG. 31, when the air conditioner 7 performs the operation | movement which reduces use electric power, and when the operation | movement which increases electric power is performed, it transmits the information of electric power consumption to the electric power command apparatus 9 immediately after that, respectively. .

  As described above, the operation information (execution of cooking menu, setting of thermal power, etc.) is transmitted to the electric power command device 9 at any time in each of the electrical devices KP in the kitchen from the power-on to the power-off. In the air conditioner 7 as well, since the operation information (execution of the cooling / heating operation menu, setting of the target temperature, etc.) is transmitted to the power command device 9 at any time in the entire process from power-on to power-off, It is possible to always grasp the power usage status of the domestic electrical equipment EE. This will be described in detail below.

  FIG. 32 shows the induction heating cooker 2 as a representative example, and operation information (execution of cooking menu, setting of thermal power, etc.) is always required in the power command apparatus in all processes from power-on to power-off of the cooker. 9 is a time table showing the situation being transmitted to 9. In the other kitchen electrical equipment KP and the air conditioner 7, the operation information is transmitted to the power command device 9 as needed basically in the same manner.

  In FIG. 32, L1 to L7 are operation information signals transmitted from the induction heating cooker 2 to the power command device 9. L1 is a signal indicating main power-on (ON), L2 is information on selecting a heating port, and in FIG. 23, the first heating port 2L is selected. L3 is information on selecting a cooking menu, and indicates a case where “fried food” is selected from various cooking menus such as boiling, stewing, and deep-fried food cooking. In addition, although the induction heating cooking appliance 2 acquires the electricity rate information classified by time zone as mentioned above, this acquisition does not need to be performed every time the main power supply is turned on to the induction heating cooking appliance. In addition, as shown in FIG. 32, in the case of “fried food” that is not a specific menu, the hourly electricity rate information is not notified to the user. However, if it is acquired, the timing is between the signals L3 and L4 in FIG. The induction heating cooker 2 transmits a signal for requesting information to the power command device 9, analyzes the signal transmitted from the power command device 9, and acquires the electricity rate information for each time zone.

  L4 indicates information that the inverter circuit 33L is actually driven and the induction heating operation is started. L5 shows the information that the fried food process was started. As described above, the fried food cooking process to the heating-up process are defined as “priority cooking menu execution time zone”, and power is not reduced by external operations or commands during this execution time zone. I have to. That is, whether or not the induction heating cooker 2 is actually in the “execution time zone of the priority cooking menu” is determined by whether or not it is after this information L5 (however, the next information L6 is not received). Is done. L6 indicates information that the drive of the inverter circuit 33L is actually stopped and the induction heating operation is finished. L7 is information indicating main power supply cutoff (OFF). Each of these pieces of information L1 to L7 includes the current time up to the second unit.

  As is clear from FIG. 32, in all the steps from turning on the power of the induction heating cooker 2 to turning off the power, in the time zone excluding the “execution time zone of the priority cooking menu” between the signals L1 to L4, It is possible to respond to the power reduction operation in accordance with the power reduction request from the power command device 9. Between the signals L1 to L4, the cooking menu is not finalized, and there is a possibility that “fried food” cooking may be selected immediately after this, so the preliminary period is designated without reducing power. However, since the heating operation is not substantially started during this period of L1 to L4 and the power used is small, the period of L1 to L4 may be set as the power reduction target period. I can't expect it.

  Therefore, for example, as described above, in the “hot water boiling” process that is not defined in the “priority cooking menu execution time zone”, the power can be reduced at any time according to the power reduction request. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 32, in the process of executing “hot water boiling” as a cooking menu, it is possible to reduce the power at any time even if the heating operation is started.

  FIG. 34 is a time table showing a state in which a cooking menu having another “priority cooking menu execution time zone” is being executed. FIG. 34 shows an example in which the cooking menu “preheating” is executed in the induction heating cooker 2. The information L3 is information for selecting a cooking menu, and in this case, “preheating” is selected from various cooking menus. L4 indicates information that the inverter circuit 33L is actually driven and the induction heating operation is started. Note that “preheating” requires a maximum of about 1500 W of thermal power, but is not a specific menu because it is not a cooking menu that is performed by shifting the time.

  L5 indicates information that the temperature detection circuit (temperature detection device) 150 detects the preheating temperature (for example, 160 ° C.) set by the user during the temperature of the object to be heated N, for example, the frying pan. When this preheating temperature is detected, the inverter circuit 33L performs an operation in which the heating power is automatically adjusted by the energization control circuit 32 and the preheating temperature is maintained.

  The “priority cooking menu execution time zone” is started from the time of the signal L5. Therefore, in this execution time zone, power is not reduced by an operation or command from the outside. If the firepower is unexpectedly dropped during this “priority cooking menu execution period”, the preheating temperature cannot be maintained, and the user starts cooking (eg, fried egg) on the assumption that the desired temperature is reached. In this case, when the temperature of the frying pan is, for example, 140 ° C., there is a possibility that the temperature is low and cooking cannot be performed.

  L6 indicates information that the drive of the inverter circuit 33L is actually stopped and the induction heating operation is finished. L7 is a signal indicating main power supply cutoff (OFF).

  As is clear from FIG. 34, in all the processes from power-on to power-off of the induction heating cooker 2, in the period between the signals L <b> 1 to L <b> 4 and the time zone excluding the “priority cooking menu execution time zone”, It is possible to respond to the power reduction operation in accordance with the power reduction request from the power command device 9. Between the signals L1 to L4, the cooking menu is not finalized, and “automatic stew” cooking may be selected immediately after this, so it is designated as a preliminary period without performing power reduction. . However, since the heating operation is not substantially started during this period of L1 to L4 and the power used is small, the period of L1 to L4 may be set as the power reduction target period. I can't expect it.

  Although not described in detail, in the electric appliance power control system in the kitchen of the first embodiment, the power command device 9 gives the highest priority to the required power of the rice cooker 3, and the rice cooker 3 Since the required power is secured with the highest priority, even if the capacity of the breaker BK is likely to exceed 8000 W, or the upper limit power capacity specified by the user (for example, 7000 W) is likely to be exceeded. In the boiling process, electric power is not reduced and delicious rice can be cooked.

  On the other hand, when the power is reduced during the washing process, the dishwasher 6 decreases the rotational force of the motor that drives the washing pump 174 and greatly reduces the ability to supply water and hot water. The water flow is weakened and it becomes difficult to remove dirt such as rice grains. Therefore, in the first embodiment, since the electric power is maintained so as not to fall below the amount of electric power required for the washing process, the time zone of the washing process is the “priority cooking menu” in the induction heating cooker 2 and the rice cooker 3. It corresponds to an “execution time zone” and is not subject to a power reduction request from the power command device 9. Therefore, during this washing process, a jet water flow from the nozzle can be secured, and the dirt removal performance is not impaired. However, since the priority of securing electric power is lower than that of the induction heating cooker 2 or the rice cooker 3, the electric power reduction request in a situation where the capacity of the breaker BK is exceeded is to be met. In addition, the heater 170 has a large power consumption of 800 W as described above, and if this power is reduced, the time until the temperature of the cleaning liquid is increased is affected, but the cleaning effect itself is not significantly affected. Therefore, it is set in advance in the control unit 172 so as not to correspond to the “execution time zone of the priority cooking menu” in the induction heating cooker 2 or the rice cooker 3.

  In addition, when the power is reduced, the cleaning process is temporarily stopped, so that power is restored again by the stop, and even if the cleaning process is started, the temperature of the cleaning water for cleaning is lowered. Heating time is required to raise the temperature of the cleaning liquid to a predetermined temperature, and the total operation time is extended. Therefore, when the cleaning process is stopped, the display unit 191 displays that the cleaning is temporarily stopped, and even if the cleaning is started, the time until the predetermined cleaning is completed is extended. The time is indicated to inform the user.

  In addition, since it is necessary to extend the operation such as cooking time by the amount of power reduction outside the “priority cooking menu execution time zone”, for example, the induction cooking device 2 extends the set cooking time according to the power reduction amount. At the same time, the user is notified. In addition, since the power command device 9 has grasped the progress of the heating process from the information L1 to L4 and the like before the power reduction, it is possible to erroneously determine the end point of the heating operation and to increase the amount of power by mistake. There is no.

  FIG. 35 is an explanatory diagram for explaining, in a time series, an operation in which home appliances such as the induction heating cooker 2 can be known on the home appliance side as to whether or not the power command device 9 is a power adjustment target. In FIG. 35, L1 to L7 are operation information signals transmitted from the induction heating cooker 2 to the power command device 9 as described above.

  AS <b> 1 is a confirmation signal sent from the power command device 9 to the induction heating cooker 2 when receiving the operation information signal L <b> 1 from the induction heating cooker 2. Since the operation information signal L1 includes a device code for specifying the induction heating cooker 2, the power command device 9 transmits the confirmation signal AS1 only to the induction heating cooker 2.

  The confirmation signal AS1 is a device in which the induction heating cooker 2 is electrically connected to the power command device 9, and the amount of power supplied in response to the power command signal from the power command device 9 may be reduced. It is a signal which shows that it is. Therefore, this signal is hereinafter referred to as “target device registration signal”.

  The confirmation signal AS1 issued from the power command device 9 is received by the power consumption control means 8A of the induction heating cooker 2, and this is connected to the interface of the display unit drive circuit 35 shown in FIG. Enter the department. Then, it is determined by the display controller 35B that the target device registration signal AS1 has arrived, and the characters “power reduction target” as shown in FIG. 6 are displayed in the central display panel 16 display screen 129 as the first display unit 210A. Is displayed. Since the main power is turned on before the confirmation signal AS1 arrives, the display unit drive circuit 35 is activated by the energization control circuit 32, and the display screen displays necessary information as shown in FIG. Is displayed first.

  Thereafter, the inverter circuit 33L is actually driven, and the operation information signal L4 in which the induction heating operation is started is sent to the power command device 9 via the used power control means 8A, and then, from the power command device 9, When the request signal (notice signal) AS2 for lowering the total power amount of all household electrical appliances connected to the power command device 9 arrives at the induction heating cooker 2, the display drive circuit 35 is connected to the central display panel 16. Change the display contents. When the request signal is received, the central display panel 16 of the induction heating cooker 2 turns off the first display unit 210A to inform the user that the power is desired to be lowered, and the second display is added to that portion. The display unit 210B is displayed. For example, a message such as “There is a request for power reduction” or “A request for power reduction” is displayed in white letters.

  Here, the request signal for reducing the total power amount is a signal that the power command device 9 prompts the user to promptly reduce the power, and is compulsory when the total power amount does not decrease within a predetermined time from this signal. Lower the power. For this reason, the power reduction command signal AS3 is issued to the used power control means 8A within a predetermined time (for example, within several seconds to 10 seconds) after the request signal is issued. A sufficient amount of power is secured for any of the home appliances that voluntarily lowers the power within a predetermined time and the user has set the power usage limit setting device 96 to reduce the total power to 7000 W, for example. If so, the request signal AS2 may be withdrawn, and the power used by other electric devices may be maintained as it is. Even if the request signal AS2 is withdrawn, the letters “power reduction target” are displayed again on the first display unit 210A in all the electrical devices that have previously received the target device registration signal AS1. The state continues.

  When the power reduction command signal AS3 is issued, the display unit drive circuit 35 changes the display content of the central display panel 16 and displays the third display unit 210C such as “power reduction” on the display screen 129. (See FIG. 13).

  As shown in FIG. 35, the period from when the request signal AS2 for reducing the total power amount is received until the power reduction operation is actually executed is referred to as a “grace period” TS. This grace period is set in consideration of the minimum time required for the execution of the electric power reduction operation expected from the user of the home appliance. The grace period may be displayed at intervals of 1 second, for example. For example, the remaining time such as 10 seconds, 9 seconds, and 8 seconds may be displayed in the display screen 129 in a countdown format. Further, a graphic such as a bar graph may be displayed, and the user may visually appeal to the user that the grace period is approaching the end by shortening it every second.

  Moreover, in the above description, although the above-mentioned 1st display part 210A and 2nd display part 210B showed the example displayed on the center display panel 16 of the induction heating cooking appliance 2, it was made to display on another part. Also good. Moreover, you may display on other electric devices, such as the rice cooker 3, similarly.

  As is apparent from the above description, in the first embodiment, for example, in the induction heating cooker 2, in all steps from turning on the power to turning off the power, except for the “priority cooking menu execution time zone”, Since it is possible to respond to the power reduction operation in accordance with the power reduction request from the power command device 9, the character “indicating that the target device may receive a power reduction request signal during the operation of the induction heating cooker 2. “Power reduction target” is displayed in the display screen 129 of the display means 16 as the first display unit 210A. When the power reduction request is received, the second display unit 210B is displayed on the display screen. When the power is actually reduced, the third display unit 210C is displayed on the display screen.

  Further, in the “priority cooking menu execution time zone”, the fourth display unit 210D displays that power saving is avoided even if there is a command from outside the cooking device. For this reason, the user can know the influence of the electric power restriction command on the cooking device used by looking at the first to fourth display portions. In other words, for example, the induction heating cooker 2 receives the confirmation signal AS1, and initially, as shown in FIG. 9, the characters “power reduction target” are displayed on the central display panel 16 as the first display unit 210A. Although it is displayed in the screen 129, when the induction heating cooker 2 starts cooking with the boil and performs the heating operation of the “priority cooking menu execution time zone”, the request signal AS2 is displayed in this time zone. Even if it reaches the induction heating cooker 2, it is not displayed on the display screen 129, and is not notified by other audio guides. Therefore, it does not induce the user's operation of striking and reducing the firepower in the process.

  In addition, if the heating operation of the “priority cooking menu execution time zone” is in operation, “There is a request to reduce power consumption, but since it has entered an important cooking process, it automatically maintains power. It may be used in combination with a voice guide to further deepen the understanding of the user, as in the case where the current process is finished and the power may be reduced. Of course, such a guide may be displayed on the display screen 129 in characters.

  In the above description, it has been described that the electricity rate classification information for each time zone and the time information when the heating means is energized are displayed at the same time. This means that the time information is displayed at the same time for a certain period of time so that the user can compare it. The electricity rate classification information and the time information when the heating means is energized are completely the same. It does not mean that the display starts.

The heating cooker according to the first invention shown in the first embodiment includes the electric heating means 2RC, 2LC, the operation unit 26 that can set the energization condition of the heating means and adjust the amount of electric energy, and the heating means. An operation control circuit 32 that controls and has a predetermined heating program. The operation unit 26 changes the display means 16 (liquid crystal display screen 129) for displaying the energization conditions and the display content of the display unit. And input means (touch type input keys 230, 231, 212, etc.) for determining energization conditions,
When the energization control circuit 32 receives predetermined power reduction request signals AS2 and AS3 from the outside of the heating cooker while the heating means 2RC and 2LC are energized, a power reduction operation is performed if the reduction possible condition is satisfied. Is what
The energization control circuit 32 has time information 216 and 219 for energizing the heating means 2RC and 2LC and the electric power according to the time zone applied to the time before the energization condition is determined by the input means. The charge classification information 218L, 218M is displayed on the display means 16 at the same time.

  According to the first aspect of the invention, there is a case where power reduction of the cooking device is performed in response to an external power reduction request signal, and the electric cooker is used in a time zone with a low electricity bill before the heating operation is started. The user can know whether or not the image is displayed. For this reason, even if there is no external power reduction request, the user can use it while paying attention to the electricity charge, and as a result, reduce the use at the time of power demand especially during the daytime in individual households. Can do. In other words, when the user sets the cooking conditions, the user can know the cheap time zone of the electricity bill by the display means and easily change to that time zone, thus improving the convenience of the user It is something that can be done.

  The control method of the heating cooker according to the second invention shown in the first embodiment is such that the energization control circuit 32 displays the energization conditions of the electric heating means 2RC and 2LC after the main power is turned on. (Liquid crystal display screen or the like) Step 1 for starting 16, Step 2 for displaying the energization condition of the electric heating means on the display means 16, Step 3 for setting the energization time zone of the electric heating means 2RC, 2LC, Step 4 of displaying the electricity rate information 218L, 218M classified by time zone applied to the energization time zones of the electric heating means 2RC, 2LC on the display means 16, the energization start time is changed, and the energization condition is changed to the operation unit When receiving predetermined power reduction request signals AS2 and AS3 during energization of the heating means and step 5 determined by the input from the state, the state of receiving the power reduction request signal Those with a step 6 for displaying a by the display means 16 to be in.

  According to the second aspect of the invention, after the main power is turned on, the energizing time zone of the electric heating means is set while looking at the display means, and the heating cooker can be used in an advantageous time zone in terms of the electricity rate. When an electric power reduction request signal is received from the outside during the operation, it is possible to prompt the user to perform an operation to display the fact on the display means and reduce the electric power. Therefore, it is possible to give the user an energy-saving consciousness to effectively use power energy on a daily basis, and it can be expected to reduce the electricity bill of the heating cooker without performing complicated operations.

  In addition, the power reduction system for household electrical appliances according to the third invention shown in the first embodiment includes a breaker BK that is installed in a house and performs an electric circuit breaking operation when the first upper limit capacity is exceeded, and via this breaker In the power control system comprising a plurality of home appliances 2 and 3 each provided with a power consumption measuring unit and a power command device 9 for controlling the total power consumption of the home appliances, The command device 9 receives power reduction request information from the outside of the house via the communication means, and the home appliances 2 and 3 are connected to the electric energy consumption units 2RC, 2LC, 45 and the power command device 9. Receiving units 8A and 8B that receive the target device registration signal and power reduction request information, and notification units 16 and 49 that notify the user of the reception result, Display that displays the operation units 26 and 55 that can set the energization time zones of the electric energy consumption units 2RC, 2LC, and 45, and the electricity rate classification information 218L and 218M for each time zone toward the outside of the home appliances 2 and 3 Means 16 and 49 are provided, and before the energizing time zone of the electric energy consuming unit is determined by the operation units 26 and 55, the display means 16 and 49 are applied when used in the energizing time zone. It is a power control system for home appliances that displays the electricity rate classification information 218L and 218M for each time zone.

  According to the third aspect of the invention, the power command device 9 receives power reduction request information from the outside of the house via the communication means to reduce the power of the home appliances 2 and 3, and the electric devices 2 and 3 side. Can set the energization time zone of the electric energy consumption unit 2RC, 2LC, 45, and since the electricity rate classification information by time zone is displayed, it is applied before the energization time zone of the electric energy consumption unit is determined The user can know the electricity rate classification information 218L and 218M for each time zone. For this reason, it is possible to prompt the user to perform an operation for changing to use at a time when the electricity bill is cheap on the home appliance side. In addition, since the power command device 9 obtains the electricity rate classification information for each time zone from the outside of the house via the communication means and provides it to the home appliance side, the user can obtain such information, There is no need for the troublesome work of inputting individually to the power command device 9.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
FIGS. 36 and 37 show an induction heating cooker as an example of a power control system for home appliances according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. FIG. 36 shows a part of the induction heating cooker. FIG. 37 is an overall perspective view shown in cross section, and FIG. 37 is an explanatory view showing all steps from power-on to power-off of the induction heating cooker 2, as a cooking menu with a “priority cooking menu execution time zone” The state where “boiled” is executed is shown. In the figure, the same or corresponding parts as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals.

  The induction heating cooker 2 of the second embodiment is a so-called two-port built-in cooker having two induction heating portions on the left and right sides, and the upper side of the first and second heating ports 2L and 2R is heat-resistant glass. It is covered with a top plate 14 formed of a plate. Capacitance detection electrodes 90A are arranged so as to surround the heating ports 2L and 2R so as to be in close contact with the lower surface of the top plate, and are covered by either the first heating port 2L or the second heating port 2R. When the cooking liquid or water is blown from the heated object N, there is a feature that the energization control circuit 32 detects the occurrence of blown down by detecting the change in the capacitance generated in the electrode. The capacitance detection electrode 90 and the energization control circuit 32 constitute a “blowing detection device” 90.

  When the energization control circuit 32 detects the occurrence of blown-off, the induction heating cooking of the adjacent heating port including the detected heating port (during the heating operation) is also temporarily all (when the heating operation is being performed). The safe operation of stopping is performed. In addition, since the automatic blow-off automatic detection itself is well-known, description is abbreviate | omitted.

  In FIG. 37, L5 indicates information that the temperature detection circuit (temperature detection device) 150 detects that the cooking liquid in the object to be heated N is boiling (for example, 100 ° C. or 98 ° C. or higher). From this boiling detection state, the first heating port 2L performs special heating control and repeats a delicate heating operation at predetermined time intervals so as to intermittently generate appropriate convection in the cooking liquid. Since this is done, the “priority cooking menu execution time zone” is started from the time of the signal L5. Moderate convection refers to moving in hot water so that the food to be cooked, such as boiled noodles, is not entangled or touched in the heated material N. . Such convection control requires delicate adjustment of the thermal power and the timing of starting, stopping and starting the energization. Therefore, in this execution time zone, power is not reduced by an operation or command from the outside.

  L6 is information indicating that the spilling detection device has detected spilling in the “execution time zone of the priority cooking menu”, and L7 is the left induction heating source of the first heating port 2L automatically stopped. It is the information which shows that. At this time, if the second heating port 2R is also driven to be heated at the same time, the heating operation of the heating port 2R is also urgently stopped. L8 is information indicating that the user has confirmed the blown-down state of the first heating port 2L, removed the blown-down liquid, and issued a heating restart command, and L9 is the heating of the first heating port 2L. Information indicating that the operation has been resumed. L10 indicates information that the drive of the inverter circuit 33L is stopped and the induction heating operation is completed. L11 is a signal indicating main power supply cutoff (OFF).

  As is clear from FIG. 37, in all the processes from turning on the power of the induction heating cooker 2 to turning off the power, in the time zone excluding the “execution time zone of the priority cooking menu” between the signals L1 to L4, It is possible to respond to the power reduction operation in accordance with the power reduction request from the power command device 9. Further, even after the start of the “priority cooking menu execution time zone” of the signal L5, even if the cooking is temporarily stopped for occurrence or confirmation of blow-off, power reduction is not performed even during the stoppage. Is designated as “the execution time zone of the priority cooking menu”. For this reason, the induction heating cooker 2 is changed to the power reduction operation in accordance with the power reduction request from the power command device 9 while the heating operation is temporarily stopped due to the unexpected blow-off, and the heating is resumed. In some cases, it is possible to avoid a situation where the cooking process cannot be resumed, or even if it can be resumed, the cooking conditions change, a sufficient amount of heating cannot be secured, and the expected cooking cannot be performed.

In FIG. 37, AS <b> 1 is a confirmation signal sent from the power command device 9 to the induction heating cooker 2 when receiving the operation information signal L <b> 1 from the induction heating cooker 2.
TC1 is a signal for providing the electricity rate classification information for each time zone from the power command device 9, and this signal is notified to the power command device 9 that the main power source of the induction heating cooker 2 has been turned on. , Transmitted following the confirmation signal AS1. Therefore, when the cooking menu is subsequently selected, the electricity rate classification information for each time zone is displayed on the display unit 16 simultaneously with the display of the selection result on the display unit 16.

  The second embodiment also includes the first to fourth display units as described in the first embodiment. That is, the first display unit 210A indicating that there is a possibility of receiving a power reduction request signal during operation of the induction heating cooker 2, a first display for indicating a state of receiving a predetermined power reduction request signal The second display unit 210B, the third display unit 210C indicating that the power is actually reduced upon receipt of the predetermined power reduction request signal, and the fourth display unit indicating that the power reduction is avoided. 210D is displayed at an appropriate timing. By seeing these first to fourth display units 210A to 210D, the user knows that the power may be reduced during cooking, that the power is reduced, or that the amount of power is maintained. Can do.

  Also in the second embodiment, as described in the first embodiment, before the heating operation of the induction heating cooker 2 is started, the display means 16 indicates whether or not it is used in a time zone with a low electricity bill. The user can know. For this reason, even if there is no request for power reduction from the outside, the user can use it while paying attention to the electricity charge, and can use the electricity charge at a low price.

Embodiment 3 FIG.
38 to 51 show an example of a power control system for home electric appliances according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention, and a built-in induction heating cooker used therefor.

  FIG. 38 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of a power control system according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention. FIG. 39 is a front view of a display screen of a use limit setting device of the power command device. FIG. 40 is a block diagram showing a basic configuration of a single cooker according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention. FIG. 41 is a plan view of the cooking device with the top plate removed. FIG. 42 is an energization explanatory diagram 1 of the induction heating coil in the cooking device.

  FIG. 43 is an explanatory diagram of control steps showing the basic heating operation of the whole cooking device. FIG. 44 is a plan view for explaining the operation of the induction heating coil in the cooking device. FIG. 45 is a plan view 1 showing a part of the display means and the operation unit in the cooking device. FIG. 46 is a plan view 2 showing a part of the display means and the operation unit in the cooking device. 47 is a plan view showing a part of the display means and the operation unit in the cooking device, and FIG. 48 is an energization of the induction heating coil when heating a large circular object to be heated in the cooking device. FIG. FIG. 49 is an explanatory diagram 2 of energization when heating a large circular object to be heated in the cooking device. FIG. 50 is a plan view for explaining the operation of the induction heating coil when heating an object to be heated other than a circle in the cooking device. FIG. 51 is an explanatory diagram of energization of the induction heating coil when heating a non-circular object to be heated in the cooking device. In the figure, the same parts as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals.

  Hereinafter, the third embodiment of the induction heating cooker according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 38 to 51.

  A feature of the power control system for household electrical appliances according to the third embodiment is that a new function is provided for the power usage limit setting device 96 that commands the total power value as a comparison reference of the comparator 92 to be changed to a specified power value. Is added. Moreover, it has the characteristics in the form of the heating coil of an induction heating cooking appliance, and its electricity supply pattern.

  As shown in FIG. 38, the use limit setting device 96 of the third embodiment has a semiconductor storage memory 96A in which the stored information does not disappear even when the power supply is turned off, and the specified power value on the same day last year can be read arbitrarily. It is configured. That is, when the user changes the total power value as a comparison reference of the comparator 92 to the specified power value, the past setting value set on the same day last year and the setting value of the previous day are displayed on the display screen 100. Can be made. For this reason, the information of the last year can be referred to, even if the power usage record of the day varies greatly depending on the season depending on the use record of the air conditioner and other heaters.

  In FIG. 39, 120 is a key that is touch-operated when displaying past setting values set on the same day last year on the display screen 100, and 121 is a display unit that displays the setting values on the same day last year. When the key 120 is touched, a record of the set value of last year is displayed here. From FIG. 39, it can be seen that 7000 W was set on the same day last year. In addition, you may comprise so that the numerical value displayed on this display part 121 may be alert | reported by an audio | voice, and you may use together this audio alerting | reporting and the display on the said display part 121. FIG. Furthermore, instead of the data of the day one year ago, another specific day such as one month ago or one week ago may be designated. Each time the key 120 is pressed, the display unit may sequentially display such as “one year ago ... W (watt)", "one month ago ... W".

  In addition, since the setting key and the display unit 106 of the power usage limit setting device 96 display the setting values from the previous day as they are unless the user changes the setting, the display screen is displayed again in the next morning. When 100 is seen, the set value from the previous day can be confirmed immediately. Therefore, if the circumstances do not change, it is considered that the amount of power used yesterday is the same as the amount used on the day, and if left as it is, the set value of yesterday is applied to the next day.

  As shown in FIG. 41, the induction heating cooker 2 includes heating ports 2L and 2R by induction heating sources arranged side by side and a third heating port 122 by a radiant electric heating source at the center rear. This is a so-called three-piece induction heating cooker, and includes a main body 2A having a horizontally long rectangle (also referred to as a horizontal rectangle) in plan view in accordance with the size and space covering the installation opening formed in the kitchen furniture 1 such as a sink. Yes. The left heating port 2L corresponds to the first heating unit, and the right heating port 2R corresponds to the second heating unit.

  The upper part of the three heating ports 2L, 2R, 122 is covered with a top plate 14 formed of a heat-resistant glass plate. In the space below the top plate, the heating of the first and second heating ports 2L, 2R is performed. Circular induction heating coils 2LC and 2RC serving as a source, and fast heating type circular electric heating means 123 such as a radiant heater and a halogen heater are installed. The heating coil 2RC of the second heating port 2L may be one induction heating coil wound in an annular shape, but preferably, the two coils wound in an annular shape are arranged concentrically with each other, and Are configured to be energized independently of each other. If the inner and outer coils can be driven independently, it is possible to deal with heated objects having different diameters. For example, if the inner heating coil has an outer diameter of 120 mm and the outer heating coil has a diameter of 180 mm, the heated object N having a diameter of about 100 mm to 220 mm can be handled. Thus, the diameter of the area (area) where induction heating can be performed changes according to the diameter of the induction heating coil.

  2C is a box-shaped main body case that constitutes the main body 2A of the induction heating cooker 2, and this top surface is covered with the top plate 14. A display unit 16 such as a liquid crystal panel for displaying set values of various cooking conditions, alarms and abnormality information is installed in front of the upper surface of the main body 2A in the vicinity of the lower surface of the top plate 14.

  The main body 2A includes a top plate portion 130 in which the entire upper surface of the main body portion A is covered with a flat plate-like top plate 14, and a casing portion 131 that forms a periphery (outside) other than the upper surface of the main body 2A. The upper surface operation unit 26 operated by the user, the energization control circuit 32 that controls the heating unit in response to a signal from the upper surface operation unit, and the display unit 26 that displays the operating conditions of the heating unit. ing.

  Further, as a part of the heating means 124, although not shown in the third embodiment, a grill cabinet (grill heating chamber) 22 for the grill cooker 4 is provided in the main body 2A. Includes an electric heating means 34H such as a sheathed heater. In FIG. 41, 132L is input to the upper surface operation unit 26 provided on the upper surface front portion of the main body 2A by a touch type key for detecting the presence or absence of input using a change in capacitance, a pressing type key having a mechanical electrical contact, or the like. The left operation unit to be operated, 132M is the central operation unit, and 132R is the right operation unit. The user can select various cooking menus described later by operating these selection units. The three operation units 132L, 132R, and 132M constitute a part of the upper surface operation unit 26.

  A first heating port 2L is installed on the left side of the main body 2A with the left and right center line CL1 interposed therebetween, and a second heating port 2R is installed on the right side.

  Reference numeral 129 denotes a display screen of the display means 16, which is a liquid crystal display screen, for example, and is arranged at the left and right center portion of the main body 2A so as to straddle the left and right center line CL1.

  The upper part of the main body case 2C formed of a thin metal plate that forms the outline of the main body A is designed in a box shape with inner dimensions of a lateral width W3 of 540 mm (or 550 mm) and a depth DP2 of 402 mm. Inside the main body case, the induction heating coil 2LC of the first heating port, the induction heating coil 2RC of the second heating port 2R, and the electric heating means 142 are installed. The induction heating coils 2LC and 2RC will be described in detail later.

  As shown in FIG. 41, there are four flanges formed by integrally bending outwardly into an L shape at the four locations of the rear end, front end, right end and left end of the upper surface opening of the main body case 2C. The rear flange 140B, the left flange 140L, the right flange 140R, and the front flange 140F are mounted on the upper surface of the kitchen furniture, respectively, to support the load of the heating cooker.

  The top plate 14 is rectangular as shown by a broken line in FIG. The top plate 14 has a width W2 of 728 mm and a depth dimension larger than the depth DP2. In FIG. 41, W1 is the width dimension of the main body case 2C constituting the main body 2A. A rectangular space below the top plate 14 having a width dimension of W3 and a depth dimension of DP2 becomes the component storage chamber 141. The component storage chamber 141 has a front wall 141F, a right side wall 141R, a left side wall 141L, and a back (rear) wall 141B.

  The electric heating means 123 is disposed on the left and right center line CL1 of the main body part A and at a position near the rear part. The electric heating means 123 heats an object to be heated N such as a pan through the top plate 14 from below. In FIG. 40, reference numeral 300 denotes a drive circuit for driving an electric heating means (seeds heater) for the grill cooker 4.

  40 to 42, MC is a main heating coil that constitutes the induction heating coil 2LC of the first heating port 2L, and is arranged close to the lower side of the top plate 14 on which the article to be heated N is placed. 40 to 42, what is indicated by a broken-line circle is an outer shell of an object to be heated N such as a pan.

  In addition, the main heating coil is spirally wound with a bundle of about 30 thin wires of about 0.1 mm to 0.3 mm, and this bundle (hereinafter referred to as a collective wire) is wound while twisting one or more wires. The outer shape is circular with respect to the point X1, and is finally formed into a disk shape. The diameter (maximum outer diameter dimension) of the main heating coil MC is about 180 mm to 200 mm, and the radius R1 is 90 to 100 mm. In the first embodiment, the main heating coil has a capacity of a maximum heating power of 1500 W, for example.

  SC1 to SC4 are four oval sub-heating coils, which are symmetrically arranged at equal intervals in front and rear, left and right with the center point X1 of the main heating coil MC as a base point, from the center point X1. The transverse dimension, ie, “thickness” (also referred to as “lateral width dimension”) WA when viewed radially is about 50% to 30% of the radius R1 of the main heating coil MC. In the example of FIG. , WA is set to 40 mm. The long diameter MW is about twice as large as R1, that is, about 180 mm to 200 mm, which is the same as the diameter (maximum outer diameter) of the main heating coil MC. Note that the “side” of the main heating coil MC includes the upper side and the lower side (front side) as well as the right side and the left side in FIG. "" Means both the left and right sides, as well as the front and rear and diagonal directions.

  The four sub-heating coils SC1 to SC4 are arranged while maintaining a space 152 of a predetermined space (a size of several mm to 1 cm) on the outer peripheral surface of the main heating coil MC. The sub-heating coils SC1 to SC4 are substantially equidistant from each other (the space 153 is maintained between them). The sub-heating coils SC1 to SC4 are also wound while twisting one or a plurality of assembly wires, and the assembly wires are wound in a predetermined direction so that the outer shape becomes an oval or an oval shape, and then the portions are used to maintain the shape. It is formed by being constrained by a binding tool or being solidified with a heat resistant resin or the like. The four sub-heating coils SC1 to SC4 have the same planar shape, and the vertical, horizontal, and height (thickness) dimensions are all the same. Accordingly, four sub-heating coils are manufactured and arranged at four locations. These four sub-heating coils are set to have the same rated maximum thermal power.

  These four sub-heating coils SC1 to SC4 are, as shown in FIG. 42, around the main coil MC having a radius R1 from the center point X1, and the tangential direction is exactly the center line in the longitudinal direction of each sub-heating coil SC1 to SC4. Match. In other words, it coincides with the major axis direction.

  Each of the four sub-heating coils SC1 to SC4 extends while curving in an oval shape to constitute one closed circuit electrically. Further, the vertical dimension (also referred to as height dimension and thickness) of the main heating coil MC and the vertical dimension of each of the sub-heating coils SC1 to SC4 are the same, and the facing distance between the upper surface and the lower surface of the top plate 14 is the same. Are installed and fixed horizontally to have the same dimensions.

  In FIG. 42, DW shows the outer diameter dimension of the to-be-heated object N, such as a metal pan which can be induction-heated by this cooker. From the diameter of the main heating coil MC and the thickness WA of the sub-heating coils SC1 to SC4 as described above, the outer dimension (bottom diameter) DW of the heated object N suitable for heating is about 220 mm to 240 mm in the example of FIG. It is. The to-be-heated object N having a large diameter having a bottom surface diameter dimension DW of about 300 mm can also be induction-heated over the entire bottom surface. That is, in the case where four sub-heating coils are scattered in a ring shape, if the diameter of a circle that includes all of the sub-heating coils is large, an object to be heated having a large diameter can be handled. Therefore, in order to increase the induction heating region so that a larger object to be heated N can be heated, the diameter of the main heating coil MC is increased, and at the same time, the range in which the four sub-heating coils are scattered in an annular shape is increased. It ’s fine.

  The power supply device built in the induction heating cooker 2 includes a converter (for example, also referred to as a diode bridge circuit or a rectifier bridge circuit) that converts a three-phase AC power source into a DC current, and a smoothing capacitor connected to the output terminal of the converter. The main inverter circuit (power circuit section) MIV for the main heating coil MC of the heating coil 2LC connected in parallel to the smoothing capacitor, and each sub-heating coil SC1 connected in parallel to the smoothing capacitor in the same manner Sub-inverter circuits (power supply circuit units) SIV1 to SIV4 for SC4 are provided. Note that 144L is an inverter circuit of the heating coil 2LC of the first heating port 2L, and includes the main inverter circuit MIV and four sub inverter circuits SIV1 to SIV4.

  In FIG. 40, 144R is an inverter circuit for the heating coil 2LC of the second heating port 2R, and 145 is a drive circuit for the electric heating means 123. The heating coil 2RC for the second heating port 2R is composed of one heating coil wound in an annular shape, or an inner heating coil wound in an annular shape, and an outer side in series with the heating coil. The inverter circuit 144R for the second heating port 2R is different from the above-described configuration of the inverter circuit 144L for the first heating port 2L. The heating coil 2RC has a diameter of about 180 mm.

  The main inverter circuit MIV and the sub inverter circuits SIV1 to SIV4 convert the direct current from the converter into a high frequency current, and supply the high frequency current to the main heating coil MC and the sub heating coils SC1 to SC4, respectively, independently of each other. Is.

  In general, the impedance of the induction heating coil changes depending on the presence and size (area) of the object N to be heated placed above the induction heating coil. The amount of current flowing through the inverter circuits SIV1 to SIV4 also changes.

  The power supply device according to the third embodiment includes a current detection unit (detection means) 135 for detecting the respective current amounts flowing in the main heating coil MC and the sub-heating coils SC1 to SC4. This electric current detection part is a kind of to-be-heated object mounting determination part 400 mentioned later.

  According to the third embodiment, the current detection unit 135 is used to detect the amount of current flowing through the main heating coil MC and the sub-heating coils SC1 to SC4, so that the object N to be heated is placed above each coil. Or the bottom area of the object N to be heated is larger than a predetermined value, and the estimation result is transmitted to the control unit (hereinafter referred to as “energization control circuit”) 32. The placement state of the heated object N can be accurately detected.

  In addition, as the to-be-heated object mounting determination part 400 for detecting the mounting state of the to-be-heated object N, the electric current detection part 135 which detects the electric current which flows into the main inverter circuit MIV and four sub inverter circuits SIV1-SIV4 is provided. Although it was used, it is not limited to this, You may detect the mounting state of the to-be-heated material N using other arbitrary sensors, such as a mechanical sensor and an optical sensor.

  As shown in FIG. 40, the energization control circuit 32 of the power supply device of the present invention is connected to the current detection unit 135, and the main inverter circuit MIV and the sub inverter circuit according to the placement state of the object N to be heated. A control signal is given to SIV1 to SIV4. That is, the energization control circuit 32 receives a signal related to the amount of current flowing through the main heating coil MC and the sub-heating coils SC1 to SC4 detected by the current detection unit 135 (data indicating the placement state of the object to be heated N). When it is determined that the heated object N is not placed or the diameter of the heated object N is smaller than a predetermined value (for example, 120 mmφ), the high-frequency current to the main heating coil MC and the sub-heating coils SC1 to SC4 The main inverter circuit MIV and the sub-inverter circuits SIV1 to SIV4 are selectively controlled so that the supply of the main inverter circuit MIV and the sub-inverter circuits SIV1 to SIV4 is stopped or stopped (if the supply has already started).

  According to the third embodiment, the energization control circuit 32 supplies the main heating coil MC by supplying the main inverter circuit MIV and the sub inverter circuits SIV1 to SIV4 with a control signal corresponding to the placement state of the object N to be heated. And the power feeding to the sub-heating coils SC1 to SC4 can be controlled independently of each other. In addition, the main heating coil MC in the center is not driven (set to the OFF state) and all the sub-heating coils SC1 to SC4 are driven (set to the ON state), so that the pan skin (the side of the pan) It is also possible to realize a cooking method that preheats only a).

  In the induction heating cooker 2 according to the third embodiment, when the first heating port 2L is used, and in the next heating mode, predetermined power is maintained without being influenced by an external power reduction request command. It has a “priority cooking menu execution time zone”.

  First “execution time zone of priority cooking menu”: when the main heating coil MC and all the sub-heating coils SC1 to SC4 are driven to perform the “fried food mode”.

  Second “priority cooking menu execution time zone”: when the main heating coil MC and all the sub-heating coils SC1 to SC4 are driven to perform the “preheated material mode”.

  Third “execution time zone of priority cooking menu”: when the main heating coil MC and all the sub-heating coils SC1 to SC4 are driven to perform the “rice cooking mode” (the “boiling process” therein).

  4th "execution time slot | zone of a priority cooking menu": When driving the main heating coil MC and all the subheating coils SC1-SC4 and performing a "boiled mode" (the "relaxing process" in that).

  That is, the energization control circuit 32 has a specific operation mode for heating the large-diameter heated object N that uses the main heating coil MC and all the sub-heating coils SC1 to SC4 in the first heating port 2L. Only in the case, the execution time zone of the priority cooking menu is set. Further, neither the second heating port 2R nor the electric heating means 142 recognizes the priority cooking menu execution time zone, in other words, the “priority heating step”.

  Note that the second heating port 2R may be configured to perform cooking similar to the first heating port 2L, such as in the “fried food mode” or the “preheated material mode”. However, the induction heating coil 2R of the second heating port 2R has only an annular coil such as the main heating coil MC, and there is nothing corresponding to the sub-heating coils SC1 to SC4. A heating operation exactly the same as that of the mouth 2L cannot be performed. Moreover, since it is only a simple annular induction heating coil, it has a larger diameter than the main heating coil MC as in the first heating port 2L, but it is not a circular pan, for example, a large, large pan or a cooking iron plate. Can not respond.

Next, the display screen 129 of the display means 16 will be described.
In the third embodiment, the display screen 129 is commonly used for all heating sources, and is also referred to as an integrated display unit. All the heating sources include the heating coil 2LC of the first heating port 2L, the heating coil 2LC of the second heating port 2R, the electric heating means 123, and the sheathed heater 34H of the grill cooker 4. The display screen 100 used in the integrated display unit of the third embodiment is a known dot matrix type liquid crystal display screen. In addition, a high-definition screen (QVGA with a resolution of 320 × 240 pixels or 640 × 480 dots, equivalent to VGA capable of displaying 16 colors) can be realized, and a large number of characters can be displayed even when characters are displayed. Can do. The liquid crystal display screen is not limited to a single layer but may be a screen that displays two or more layers in order to increase display information. Further, it may be composed of STN (Super Twisted Nematic) liquid crystal using a simple matrix driving method. The user can also instruct the heating operation through this display screen, which will be described later.

  In the third embodiment, the display area of the display screen 129 is a rectangle having a size of about 70 mm (or about 80 mm) in the vertical direction (back and forth direction) and about 100 mm (or about 120 mm) in the horizontal direction.

  Although not shown, the display screen is driven by a display drive circuit. The display unit driving circuit is connected to the energization control circuit 32.

  Although not shown, the display unit driving circuit includes a display memory, a display controller, an interface circuit, a dedicated power source, a common driver circuit, and a segment driver circuit. For this reason, the display unit driving circuit operates with power from a dedicated power source, and acquires image information from the display memory by the interface circuit. The display memory stores image information acquired from the energization control circuit 32. Further, the display controller reads the image information stored in the display memory, and drives the common driver circuit and the segment driver circuit based on the image information. The common driver circuit and the segment driver circuit drive the liquid crystal by applying a voltage to mutually intersecting electrodes provided corresponding to each pixel of the display screen 129. In this way, the display driving circuit displays the image information stored in the display memory on the display screen 129 whenever necessary. The display unit drive circuit is configured by a dedicated microcomputer different from the microcomputer that configures the energization control circuit 32.

  A temperature detection circuit 150 includes a temperature detection element (hereinafter referred to as “temperature sensor”) 150L (not shown). The temperature sensing part of the temperature sensor is installed in the inner space of the main heating coil MC provided at the center of the heating coil 2LC of the first heating port 2L. This temperature sensor is an infrared temperature sensor that measures the temperature by detecting the amount of infrared rays emitted from the heated object N. Note that an infrared temperature sensor 150R (not shown) is similarly installed in the heating coil 2RC of the second heating port 2R. The temperature sensing unit is not limited to one, and a plurality of temperature sensing units may be provided at intervals in order to capture the temperature of the bottom surface of the object N to be heated as accurately as possible. For example, you may install in the space inside the main heating coil MC, the space between the main heating coil and the subheating coils SC1 to SC4, or the space inside the subheating coils SC1 to SC4.

  The infrared temperature sensor is composed of a photodiode that can measure the temperature by detecting the amount of infrared radiation emitted from the heated object N such as a pan, and collects infrared radiation emitted from the heated object N. In addition, it is superior to the thermistor type in that the temperature can be detected from the amount of infrared rays received in real time (with almost no time difference). This temperature sensor detects the temperature of the object to be heated N regardless of the temperature of the top plate 14 and the temperature of the object to be heated N, even if the temperature of the top plate 14 in front of the object to be heated N is not the same. It can be detected. That is, the infrared rays radiated from the heated object N are devised so that they are not absorbed or blocked by the top plate 14.

  The top plate 14 is selected from a material that transmits infrared rays in the wavelength range of 4.0 μm or 2.5 μm or less, while the temperature sensor detects infrared rays in the wavelength range of 4.0 μm or 2.5 μm or less. Is selected.

  The temperature sensor may be a heat transfer type detection element, for example, a thermistor type temperature sensor. In the case of a heat transfer type such as a thermistor, it is inferior in capturing a rapid temperature change in real time as compared with the infrared temperature sensor described above, but it receives radiant heat from the top plate 24 or the object N to be heated. The temperature of the bottom of the article to be heated N and the top plate 14 immediately below it can be reliably detected. Further, the temperature of the top plate 14 can be detected even when there is no object to be heated N.

  In addition, the temperature sensor and the temperature detection circuit 150 also become a part of the heated object placement detection unit 400 which is a means for detecting that the heated object N is not placed on the main / sub heating coil. ing. That is, it can be said that the current detection unit 135 and the temperature detection circuit 150 are heated object placement detection units.

  The three operation portions 132L, 132M, and 132R are respectively installed on the upper side of the front flange 3F so as to be separated from each other left and right, as indicated by a one-dot chain line in FIG. Part of. These operation units receive commands from various input keys formed on the surface of the top plate 14, and each energization time, thermal power, etc., of the first heating port 2L, the second heating port 2R, and the electric heating means 142, etc. Can be set. The energization condition can be set independently of the setting by various keys for capacitive touch input provided on the surface of the display screen 129. The left operation unit 132L is for the first heating port 2L, the central operation unit 132M is for the electric heating means 142, and the right operation unit 132R is for the second heating port 2R.

  11A is an operation button of the main power switch 11 that turns on / off all the power sources of the first induction heating unit 6L, the second induction heating unit 6R, and the electric heating unit 142 at the same time. The power is turned off when it is turned on and pressed again.

  Next, specific operations will be described. Before that, main “operation modes” that can be executed by the energization control circuit 32 constituting the core of the control means in the present invention will be described.

“High-speed heating mode” (Operation menu giving priority to heating speed, selected with first selection unit 128A)
The heating power applied to the object to be heated N can be set manually.

  The total heating power of the main heating coil MC and the sub-heating coil is selected by the user from one of the following 16 stages (first stage to 16th stage) in the range of 150W to 3000W.

  150W (first stage), 200W (second stage), 300W (third stage), 400W (fourth stage), 500W (fifth stage), 625W (sixth stage), 750W (seventh stage), 875W (8th stage), 1000W (9th stage), 1250W (10th stage), 1500W (11th stage), 1750W (12th stage), 2000W (13th stage), 2250W (14th stage), 2500W ( 15th stage), 3000 W (16th stage). In some cases, 3000 W is referred to as a rated maximum thermal power, and 150 W is referred to as a rated minimum thermal power. This is common regardless of the following various operation modes.

  The heating power ratio between the main heating coil MC and the auxiliary heating coils SC1 to SC4 (hereinafter, referred to as “main / sub heating power ratio”) is within the range of the predetermined heating power ratio as long as it does not exceed the total heating power selected by the user. Thus, it is automatically determined by the energization control circuit 32 and cannot be arbitrarily set by the user. For example, the main / sub heating power ratio is from 2: 3 (at the time of large heating) to 1: 1 In addition, this main / sub heating power ratio may change from the main / sub heating power ratio each time depending on the material and the size of the object N to be heated.

  The main heating coil MC and the sub-heating coils SC1 to SC4 are driven at the same time. In this case, the directions of the high-frequency currents in the adjacent areas are controlled to coincide.

"Fried food mode" (automatic) (operation mode suitable for cooking that requires heating speed and heat retention function, selected by third selection unit 128C)
The heated object N (tempura pan or the like) containing the frying oil is heated to a predetermined temperature (first step), and then the energization control circuit 32 generates thermal power so as to maintain the temperature of the heated object N within a predetermined range. Adjust automatically (second step).
1st process: It heats rapidly to predetermined temperature (for example, 180 degreeC).
Main heating coil thermal power is 2500W
2nd process: Deep-fried food is implemented here and tempura ingredients etc. are thrown in. Run for up to 30 minutes. In this step, (arbitrary) thermal power setting by the thermal power setting unit is prohibited. The heating operation ends automatically after 30 minutes (extension command is also possible).

  The entire second process is a “priority cooking menu execution time zone” that becomes a priority heating process. That is, it is a heating process for performing the “temperature feedback control” described in the first embodiment.

  The main / sub heating power ratio is automatically determined to be within a predetermined range in both the first step and the second step, and the user cannot arbitrarily set the heating power ratio between the main heating coil and the sub heating coil. For example, the main / sub heating power ratio automatically changes from 2: 3 (at the time of large heating power) to 1: 1 (at the time of small heating power).

  The main and sub heating coils are driven simultaneously in the first step, and the flow of the high-frequency current of the coils in the adjacent areas is the same. This is because it quickly heats up to a predetermined temperature. Similarly, in the second step, they are simultaneously driven and the current flows are matched. However, if the state with little change in temperature continues in the middle of fried food, the direction of the current is reversed to achieve uniform heating.

“Preheating mode” (operation mode giving priority to uniformity of heating, selected by the third selection unit 128B)
The first preheating process for heating the object N to be heated with a predetermined heating power is prohibited by prohibiting the setting or changing of the thermal power, and after completion of the first preheating process (using a detected temperature signal from the temperature sensor) A heat retaining step for maintaining the heated object N in a predetermined temperature range is performed. This entire first preheating preheating process is the “priority cooking menu execution time zone” that becomes the priority heating process. That is, it is a heating process for performing the “temperature feedback control” described in the first embodiment. The heat insulation process does not correspond to the execution time zone of the priority cooking menu.

Preheating process:
Main heating coil 1000W (fixed)
Sub heating coil 1500W (fixed)
Thermal insulation process: Up to 5 minutes. If (arbitrary) heating power is not set during this period, the heating operation is automatically terminated after 5 minutes.

Main heating coil 300W-100W (cannot be set by the user)
Sub-heating coil 300W-100W (cannot be set by the user)
When arbitrary heating power setting is performed during the heat insulation process period, it becomes the same energization form as rapid heating.

  As for arbitrary thermal power setting, the total thermal power of the main heating coil MC and the sub-heating coil can be selected by the user from one of the following 16 stages in the range of 150 W to 3000 W.

  150W, 200W, 300W, 400W, 500W, 625W, 750W, 875W, 1000W, 1250W, 1500W, 1750W, 2000W, 2250W, 2500W, 3000W.

  In this case, the main / sub heating power ratio is automatically determined by the energization control circuit 32 so as to be within the range of the predetermined heating power ratio, and cannot be arbitrarily set by the user. For example, the main / sub heating power ratio is 1: 3 (at the time of large heating) to 1: 1 (at the time of small heating). In addition, this main / sub heating power ratio may change from the main / sub heating power ratio each time depending on the material and the size of the object N to be heated.

  The main and sub-heating coils are driven simultaneously in the preheating process, but at this time, the flow of high-frequency current in the areas adjacent to each other is in the opposite direction. This is because it is important to make the heating intensity uniform by interfering with the magnetic flux generated from both heating coils in the adjacent region. Although it is simultaneously driven in the heat insulation process, the directions of the high-frequency currents in the regions adjacent to each other are opposite. This is to make the entire temperature distribution uniform.

  In the heat retaining step, “boil control” is started based on the user's command. This “boil control” will be described later.

“Water heating mode” (operation mode giving priority to heating speed, selected by first selection unit 128A)
The user starts heating the water in the object to be heated N with an arbitrary heating power, and the water boils (the temperature sensor causes the energization control circuit 32 to boil from information such as the temperature of the object to be heated N and the temperature rise change). The display means G informs the user of that fact. Thereafter, the heating power is automatically set, and the boiling state is maintained for 2 minutes.

Water heating process:
The total heating power of the main heating coil and the auxiliary heating coil is 150 W to 3000 W (arbitrary setting from 16 levels from 1 to 9 heating power. The default setting value is heating power 13 = 2000 W).

  The main / sub heating power ratio is automatically determined by the energization control circuit 32 so as to be within a predetermined heating power ratio within a range not exceeding the total heating power selected by the user. Can not. For example, the main / sub heating power ratio is from 2: 3 (at the time of large heating) to 1: 1 In addition, this main / sub heating power ratio may change from the main / sub heating power ratio each time depending on the material and the size of the object N to be heated.

  Thermal insulation process: Maximum 2 minutes. The heating operation ends automatically after 2 minutes.

Main heating coil 1000W or less (cannot be set by the user)
Sub heating coil 1500W or less (cannot be set by the user)
If the user sets any heating power during this period, it is the same as fast heating. You can select any one of 16 levels from 150W to 3000W.

  Until the boiling, the main heating coil MC and the sub-heating coils SC1 to SC4 are driven simultaneously, and at that time, the directions of the high-frequency currents in the regions adjacent to each other are controlled to coincide. After boiling, the direction of current is reversed.

"Cooking mode" (operation mode that prioritizes heating uniformity. Select with second selection unit 128B)
A user puts a container (magnetic metal, carbon material, etc.) to be heated N into which an appropriate amount of cooked rice and water is placed above the first heating port 2L and the second heating port 2R, and the container is placed in a predetermined manner. It is heated according to a rice cooking program (a series of programs such as a water absorption process, a heating process, a boiling process, and a steaming process), and rice is cooked automatically.

Water absorption process, heating process, boiling process Main heating coil 600W or less (cannot be set by the user. Automatically changes as the process progresses)
Sub-heating coil 700W or less (cannot be set by the user. Automatically changes as the process progresses)
The entire “boiling process” is the “priority cooking menu execution time zone” that becomes the priority heating process.

Steaming process: 5 minutes main coil heating zero (thermal power 0W)
Thermal insulation process: Up to 5 minutes.

  Main heating coil 200W or less (cannot be set by the user).

  Sub-heating coil 200W or less (cannot be set by the user).

  This heat retention step does not correspond to the “priority cooking menu execution time zone” which is the priority heating step in the present invention. This is because feedback control is performed in a broad sense to increase or decrease the heating power of the induction heating source according to the actual temperature in order to maintain the predetermined heat retention temperature. This is because the temperature is maintained at, for example, 70 ° C., and does not have a great influence on the finished state of cooking as in the case of the “fried food” cooking.

  The main and sub heating coils are driven simultaneously, but are controlled so that the flow of high-frequency current in the adjacent areas is in the opposite direction. This is because it is important to make the heating intensity uniform by causing the magnetic fluxes generated from both heating coils to interfere with each other in the adjacent region.

  In addition, after completion of the rice cooking process, when the detection circuit unit (heated object placement detection unit) 135 detects that the object N to be heated is not placed on the main / sub heating coil, or the steaming process or heat retention Similarly, in any of the steps, when the object to be heated is detected by the object-to-be-heated object placement detection unit that the object to be heated N is not placed on the main and auxiliary heating coils at the same time, the main and auxiliary heating coils are heated. Stop immediately.

“Boiled mode” (Operation mode giving priority to heating speed, selected by first selection unit 128A)
Heating process (until boiling):
The heating power applied to the object to be heated N can be set manually.

  The total heating power of the main heating coil MC and the auxiliary heating coil is selected by the user from one of the following 16 stages in the range of 150W to 3000W.

  150W, 200W, 300W, 400W, 500W, 625W, 750W, 875W, 1000W, 1250W, 1500W, 1750W, 2000W, 2250W, 2500W, 3000W.

  The default value is 2000 W (when the user does not select thermal power, heating starts at 2 KW).

  The main / sub heating power ratio is automatically determined by the energization control circuit 32 so as to be within a predetermined heating power ratio range, and cannot be arbitrarily set by the user. For example, the main / sub heating power ratio is from 2: 3 (at the time of large heating) to 1: 1 In addition, this main / sub heating power ratio may change from the main / sub heating power ratio each time depending on the material and the size of the object N to be heated.

  Here, in the heating process, the user manually selects the thermal power, and when the water has boiled, presses a predetermined key (not shown) as a selection unit, and starts the following “unraveling process” You may make it make it. The predetermined key is provided separately from a key 128A3 for selecting “boil”, which will be described later, or a key named “unlock” is provided on the display screen 129 when the selection key 128A3 is pressed. Either is fine. You may provide in parts other than the display screen 129. FIG.

Unraveling process:
When the water boils (the control unit estimates that it is in a boiling state from information such as the temperature of the object to be heated N and the temperature rise degree change by the temperature sensor of the temperature detection circuit 150), the user is informed of that fact. When the water has boiled, the process proceeds to the loosening process. The purpose of this process is to raise the thermal power because the temperature of the water drops when the heated object N is put into the boiled water, and to loosen the noodles so that the cooked objects such as noodles do not stick to each other. And The heating power of the main heating coil MC and the auxiliary heating coils SC1 to SC4 is heated with a preset heating power. For example, the main heating coil MC: the sub-heating coils SC1 to SC4 = 1000 W: 600 W, the ratio of the main heating coil MC is increased, and the heating power is set so that the heated object N such as noodles does not convect. . Heating is continued for a certain period of time or until the temperature sensor of the temperature detection circuit 150 detects the temperature of the article to be heated N or a change in temperature rise.
The entire “relief process” is the “priority cooking menu execution time period” that becomes the priority heating process.

Boil process:
After the unraveling process is completed, the process automatically shifts to the boiling process.
The entire “boiled process” is the “priority cooking menu execution time zone” that becomes the priority heating process.
The following is an energization pattern of the boil process. If the “relaxing process” is not designated within a predetermined time (for example, 10 seconds or 20 seconds) after the water boils, the “boiling process” is automatically started.

  The energization pattern which repeats the heating operation | movement of the following 1st area-4th area 2 times or more is said.

  First section: The main heating coil MC and the sub-heating coils SC1 to SC4 are driven.

  Second section: A heating pause period is provided (neither the main heating coil MC nor the sub-heating coil is driven).

  Third section: The main heating coil MC and the sub-heating coils SC1 to SC4 are driven.

Fourth section: A heating pause period is provided (the main heating coil MC and the sub-heating coil are not driven)
In order to suppress blow-off, a pause section is always provided between the first section and the third section.

“Boiling + heat retention mode” (operation mode giving priority to heating speed and uniformity, selected by the third selection unit 128C)
The user starts heating the water in the heated object N with an arbitrary heating power, and the water is boiled (by the temperature sensor, the control unit estimates the boiling state from information such as the temperature of the heated object N and the temperature rise change). ), The user is informed on the display screen 129 of the display means 16. Thereafter, the heating power is automatically set, and the boiling state is maintained for 2 minutes.

Water heating process:
The total heating power of the main heating coil and the sub-heating coil is 150 W to 3000 W (arbitrary setting from 16 levels from 1 to 9 heating power. The default setting value is heating power 13 = 2000 W).

  The main / sub heating power ratio is automatically determined by the energization control circuit 200 so as to be within the range of the predetermined heating power ratio as long as it does not exceed the total heating power selected by the user, and can be arbitrarily set by the user. Can not. For example, the main / sub heating power ratio is from 2: 3 (at the time of large heating) to 1: 1 In addition, this main / sub heating power ratio may change from the main / sub heating power ratio each time depending on the material and the size of the object N to be heated.

  Thermal insulation process: Up to 10 minutes. The heating operation ends automatically after 10 minutes.

Main heating coil 1000W or less (cannot be set by the user)
Sub heating coil 1500W or less (cannot be set by the user)

  Until boiling, the direction of the high-frequency current in the adjacent region of the main heating coil MC and the sub-heating coils SC1 to SC4 is controlled to coincide. After boiling, the direction of current is reversed. After boiling, control is started by boiling or cooking based on the user's operation. This “boil control” or “boil control” will be described later.

“Boiled mode” (operation mode giving priority to uniform heating. Selected by second selection unit 128B)
Heating process (until boiling):
The heating power applied to the heated object N can be set manually).

  When arbitrarily setting the thermal power, the total thermal power of the main heating coil MC and the auxiliary heating coil is selected by the user from one of the following 16 levels within a range from 150 W to 3000 W.

  150W, 200W, 300W, 400W, 500W, 625W, 750W, 875W, 1000W, 1250W, 1500W, 1750W, 2000W, 2250W, 2500W, 3000W.

  The default value is 2000 W (when the user does not select a thermal power, heating starts at 2000 W).

  The main / sub heating power ratio is automatically determined by the energization control circuit 32 so as to be within a predetermined heating power ratio range, and cannot be arbitrarily set by the user. For example, the main / sub heating power ratio is from 2: 3 (at the time of large heating) to 1: 1 In addition, the main / sub heating power ratio in the “boiled mode” may change from the main / sub heating power ratio each time depending on the material and the size of the object N to be heated. In addition, the main / sub heating power ratio in the “boiled mode” is not the ratio of the both heating powers when the main heating coil MC and the sub heating coils SC1 to SC4 are simultaneously driven in energization after the boiling state. . As described later, after boiling in the “boiled mode”, the energizing period of the main heating coil MC and the energizing periods of the sub-heating coils SC1 to SC4 are basically different from each other. This is because an energization pattern for simultaneously heating and driving the coils SC1 to SC4 is not adopted.

After boiling:
When the water or cooking liquid boiled (the control unit is estimated to be in a boiling state from information such as the temperature of the heated object N and the temperature rise change by the temperature sensor of the temperature detection circuit 150), the user is informed of that fact. .

  After that, the continuous 30 minutes at the longest (shortening and extension can be arbitrarily set in 1 minute increments), and the main heating coil MC and the auxiliary heating coil with the following two energization patterns (“energization pattern 1” and “energization pattern 2”) Heating coils SC1 to SC4 are driven. In addition, when there is no pan above the four sub-heating coils, the “boiled mode” by either the energization pattern 1 or the energization pattern 2 is not applied. “Boiled mode” can be performed with another energization pattern described later.

This “process after boiling” is not a “priority cooking menu execution time zone” which is a priority heating process in the present invention. This is because, after a predetermined boiling, an upper limit temperature is set to prevent scorching and the like is monitored so as not to exceed the upper limit temperature. This is because even if the temperature of the object to be heated N or the cooking liquid in it rises or falls in the band, the result of the stew cooking is not greatly affected.

    “Energization pattern 1” refers to an energization pattern in which the heating operation in the following first to sixth intervals is repeated twice or more.

  First section: The main heating coil MC is driven.

  Second section: A heating pause period is provided (neither the main heating coil MC nor the sub-heating coil is driven).

  Third section: A part (two) of sub-heating coils SC are driven (other sub-heating coils are not driven).

  Fourth section: A heating pause period is provided (the main heating coil MC and the sub-heating coil are not driven).

  Fifth section: The remaining two sub-heating coils SC are driven (other sub-heating coils are not driven).

  Sixth section: A heating pause period is provided (the main heating coil MC and the sub-heating coil are not driven).

  “Energization pattern 2” refers to an energization pattern in which the heating operation in the following first to fourth intervals is repeated twice or more.

  First section: The main heating coil MC is driven.

  Second section: A heating pause period is provided (the main heating coil MC and the sub heating coil SC are not driven).

  Third section: The sub-heating coil SC is driven.

  Fourth section: A heating pause period is provided (both the main heating coil MC and the sub-heating coil SC are not driven).

  In the “boiled mode”, the energization control circuit 32 automatically sets the heating power of both the main heating coil MC and the sub-heating coils SC1 to SC4 and the energization period to “predetermined values” at the boiling point. Set to. The main / sub heating power ratio is automatically determined by the energization control circuit 32 so as to be within a predetermined boiling heating power range described later, and cannot be arbitrarily set by the user. For example, the main / sub heating power ratio is from 1: 1.2 to 1 (at a large heating power) to 1: 4. The “predetermined value” here includes a “first thermal power value” to be described later and a “second thermal power value” larger than this. Or, it refers to a “boiled thermal power value” to be described later. The “first thermal power value”, “second thermal power value”, and “boiled thermal power value” are obtained by actually driving the main heating coil MC and the auxiliary heating coils SC1 to SC4, and repeating many cooking experiments. Has been decided.

  Hereinafter, the basic operation of the induction heating cooker according to the third embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. First, the operation button 11A of the main power switch 11 for turning on / off all the power sources of the first induction heating unit 6L, the second induction heating unit 6R, and the electric heating means 121 at the same time is pressed to instruct the heating preparation operation. When the first heating port 2L is selected as a heating source by touching a predetermined key of the left operation unit 141L, the energization control circuit 32 uses the current detection unit 135 to make a main heating coil MC and a sub heating coil. By detecting the amount of current flowing through SC1 to SC4, it is determined whether the object to be heated N is placed above each coil or whether the bottom area of the object to be heated N is larger than a predetermined value. This result is obtained (step MS1).

  In practice, first, a predetermined current is applied to the main heating coil MC for a short time, and the current flowing through the coil is first detected to determine whether the object N to be heated is placed, Next, a predetermined current is applied to each of the four sub-heating coils SC1 to SC4 for a short time to detect a current flowing through each of the sub-heating coils SC1 to SC4, and the energization control circuit 32 is based on these detected current values. Although the process of determining whether the heated object N is placed up to which of the auxiliary coils SC1 to SC4 is performed, the present invention is not limited to this. It can also be seen that the material to be heated is not suitable for induction heating depending on the state of the current flowing through the main heating coil MC and the sub-heating coils SC1 to SC4.

  If it is a suitable pan, the energization control circuit 32 displays on the operation screen E or the display screen 129 of the display means 16 installed in the vicinity thereof to prompt the user to select a desired cooking menu (MS2). In the case of non-conforming deformed pans (those with a concave bottom, etc.) or unusually small pans, etc., a heating prohibition process is performed (MS6).

  When the user selects and inputs an operation mode, heating power, cooking time, etc. for cooking on the operation unit, the heating operation is started in earnest (MS4).

  As the operation mode displayed on the display screen 129 of the display means 16, the above-mentioned “high-speed heating mode”, “fried food mode”, “hot water mode”, “preheating mode”, “rice cooking mode”, “boiled mode”, “ There are 8 types of “boiled water + warming mode” and “boiled mode”. In the following description, the description of the mode is omitted, and for example, “fast heating mode” may be described as “fast heating”.

  When the user selects any one of these eight operation modes, the control method corresponding to these modes is automatically selected by the built-in program of the energization control circuit 32, and the main heating coil MC and sub-heating are selected. Whether each of the coils SC1 to SC4 is energized, the energization amount (thermal power), the energization time, etc. are set. Depending on the operation mode, a display prompting the user to set an arbitrary heating power, energization time, etc. is performed on the display unit (MS5).

  In FIG. 40, only three of the first selection unit 128A, the second selection unit 128B, and the third selection unit 128C are displayed on the display means 16, but the operation displayed on the display screen 129 is shown. There are eight modes in total, and touch keys for selecting each of these operation modes are shown in FIGS. 45 and 46, respectively.

As shown in FIGS. 45 and 46, the first selection unit 128A includes a key 128A1 for selecting “rapid heating”, a key 128A2 for selecting “hot water”, and a key 128A3 for selecting “boil”. Similarly, the second selection unit 128B includes a key 128B1 for selecting “preheating”, a key 128B2 for selecting “cooking”, and a key 128B3 for selecting “boiled”.
In addition, the third selection unit 128C includes a key 128C1 for selecting “boiling water + warming” and a key 128C2 for selecting “fried food”.

("Stimmer mode" control explanation)
Next, control in the “boiled mode” will be described. Since there are two types of energization patterns in the “boiled mode”, as described above, “energization pattern 1” and “energization pattern 2”, they will be described in detail below.

(Energization pattern 1, burn suppression control)
The energization pattern 1 “burn suppression control” will be described. In addition, when the temperature detection circuit 150 detects that the temperature of the article N to be heated has risen to, for example, 98 ° C. after boiling or just before boiling, or when the temperature is close to the boiling state from the elapsed time from the start of cooking, the energization control circuit 32 In such a case, it is desirable that the burn-in suppression control is started immediately after the operation, for example, immediately after the operation, but in the case of a specific cooking menu, it is in a boiling state. As long as the user does not prohibit or stops heating halfway, the process may automatically shift to “burn-in suppression control”.

  This control repeatedly heats the article N to be heated by either the first set of sub-heating coils or the second set of sub-heating coils during a period in which the main heating coil MC is not driven.

  FIG. 44A shows a state where only the main heating coil MC is supplied with a high-frequency current from the main inverter circuit MIV and is heated. In this case, the heat generating part of the article N to be heated is a part directly above the main heating coil MC. Therefore, the cooking object, for example, curry, stew, etc. accommodated inside the object to be heated N with the heat generating part as a reference is heated at a portion directly above the main heating coil MC. The heating power of the main heating coil MC is a small heating power of about 100 to 500W. In addition, although hatching is given to the part of main heating coil MC and each subheating coil SC1-SC4, it has shown that the part is heating-driven.

  Similarly, FIG. 44B shows a state where the high-frequency current is supplied from the inverter circuits SIV2 and SIV3 only to the first set of sub-heating coils SC2 and SC3.

  In this case, the heat generating part of the object N to be heated is a part directly above the sub-heating coils SC2, SC3. Therefore, the food to be cooked, for example, curry, stew, etc. accommodated in the object to be heated N with the heat generating portion as a reference is heated at the portion directly above the sub-heating coils SC2, SC3. Further, the sum of the heating powers of the sub-heating coils SC2, SC3 is a small heating power of about 100 to 300W.

  Similarly, FIG. 44C shows a state where the high-frequency current is supplied from the inverter circuits SIV1 and SIV4 only to the second set of sub-heating coils SC1 and SC4.

  In this case, the heat generating part of the object N to be heated is a part directly above the sub-heating coils SC1 and SC4. Therefore, the food to be cooked, for example, curry, stew, etc. accommodated in the object to be heated N with the heat generating portion as a reference is heated at the portion directly above the sub-heating coils SC1, SC4. The sum of the heating powers of the sub-heating coils SC1 and SC4 is a small heating power of about 100 to 300W.

  When heating with the main heating coil MC and the sub-heating coils SC1 to SC4 at the same time, heated objects such as curry and stew are stuck to the bottom with ingredients such as roux and potatoes, and the bottom temperature is high. It becomes easy to burn. In that case, the temperature of the portion where the roux and tools stick to the bottom of the pan locally increases, and it becomes easy to burn.

  In addition, when cooking boiled beans or the like having a low heating power, if the main heating coil MC and the sub-heating coils SC1 to SC4 are heated at the same time, the temperature of the broth rises too much and cannot be cooked well.

  As described above, from the main heating coil MC to the first set of sub-heating coils SC2, SC3. Next, by heating to the second set of sub-heating coils SC1 and SC4 in the order, the heating location moves diagonally, so that a period for cooling the ingredients is provided, and the temperature of the pan bottom is localized. It is possible to prevent scorching without rising. Moreover, the thermal power suitable for boiling for a long time with a weak thermal power can be maintained.

  As shown in FIG. 44, by sequentially moving the heating part of the heating coil from the central part to the symmetrical peripheral part and from the symmetrical peripheral part to another symmetrical peripheral part one after another. The temperature at the bottom of the pan can be controlled on average, and the burning can be suppressed without locally raising the temperature of the object to be cooked.

  FIG. 48A is an explanatory diagram showing the timing of the current flowing through the main heating coil MC and the sub-heating coils SC1 to SC4 in the heating operation of FIG. Is displayed as “ON”, and the OFF state where no voltage is applied is displayed as “OFF”.

  As shown in FIG. 48A, in the first section T1 to the sixth section T6 configured at predetermined time intervals, the main heating coil MC is ON in the first section T1. In the second section T2, all coils are OFF. In the third section T3, the first set of sub-heating coils SC2 and SC3 are ON. In the fourth section T4, all coils are OFF. In the fifth section T5, the second set of sub-heating coils SC1 and SC4 are ON. In the sixth section T6, all coils are OFF.

  The thermal power of the first section T1 to the sixth section T6 shown in FIG. 48A is 100 W in the first section T1, as shown in FIG. 48B. In the third section T3, the first set of sub-heating coils SC2, SC3 is 400W. In the fifth section T5, the second set of sub-heating coils SC1 and SC4 is 400 W. Note that “thermal power 1” in FIG. 48 is different from the first-stage thermal power (150 W), which is the 16-stage thermal power described above. Here, “thermal power 1” is the above-mentioned “first thermal power value”. It is also the above-mentioned “boiled thermal power value”.

  The “thermal power 1” is about 222 W when viewed in 90 seconds from the first section T1 to the fourth section T4. That is, the main heating coil MC is driven with a heating power of 100 W for the first 40 seconds (section T1), and then the heating operation is not performed for 5 seconds (section T2), and the two sub-heating coils are used for the next 40 seconds (section T3). SC2 and SC3 are driven to reach 400W of thermal power. Further, since heating driving is not performed in the next fourth section T4, the average thermal power for these 90 seconds is calculated to be about 222W. It is also referred to as “effective thermal power 1” in the sense of a thermal power that is actually effective against the object N to be heated.

  In addition, the time of the first section T1 to the sixth section T6 shown in FIG. 48A is as shown in FIG. That is, the first section T1 is 40 seconds. The second section T2 is 5 seconds. The third section T3 is 40 seconds. The fourth section T4 is 5 seconds. The fifth section T5 is 40 seconds. The sixth section T6 is 5 seconds. Here, since the main heating coil MC is energized (ON) over the entire first section T1, the length of the first section is referred to as “first section time”. Similarly, the length of the section T2 is referred to as “second section time”. The length of the section T3 is referred to as “third section time”. Hereinafter, when the length of each section is specified in this way, it is expressed by such a method.

  The section times of the first section T1 to the sixth section T6 shown in FIG. 48 (A) may be about 1 to 60 seconds, respectively. The meaning of about 1 to 60 seconds means that the first to sixth section times are all set to 10 seconds, and then the first section T1 to the sixth section T6 are controlled again. It means two cases of the same time as the section time (10 seconds) and a different time. In the latter case, for example, it is conceivable that all of the first interval T1 to the sixth interval T6 are set at intervals of 15 seconds. Note that the first section time and the second section time, or the third section time and the fourth section time may be different. For example, the first section T1 is set to 10 seconds, the second section T2 is set to 15 seconds, the third section T3 is set to 10 seconds, and the fourth T4 is set to 15 seconds.

  In the above description, the operation up to the sixth section T6 has been described. However, if six more sections are provided, such as T7 to T12, the operations in the first section T1 to the sixth section T6 are performed again. Will be done. If the section T12 is provided, for example, the operations of the main heating coil MC and the first and second sub-heating coils SC1 to SC4 in the first section T1 to the fourth section T4 are the seventh section T7 to the tenth section. In the section T10, the same process as in the first section T1 to the fourth section T4 is performed again, and these three sets of heating coils repeat the same energization pattern twice. The same may be done after the thirteenth section T13. This also applies to the energization example shown in FIG. 48A described below. In the third embodiment, cooking is not completed between the first section T1 and the sixth section T6. The same operation is repeated after the section T7. The operation from the first section T1 to the seventh section T7 is performed at least twice, but may be performed three or more times.

  As can be seen from FIG. 48A, an OFF period is always provided after any of the main heating coil MC and the auxiliary heating coils SC1 to SC4 is turned ON. By providing the OFF period, the convection in the vertical direction of the broth (cooking liquid) once generated in the object to be heated N is stationary or the convection speed is slow, and is mixed in the broth. By changing the positional relationship with solids and melted ingredients such as meat and vegetables, heat can be equalized and dispersed, and local overheating can be suppressed. Furthermore, depending on the length of the OFF period, the cooked food can be cooled once, the penetration of the taste can be promoted, and scorching can be prevented.

  In addition, it is said that scorching is likely to occur when the temperature of the pan bottom is about 140 ° C. Therefore, when the temperature detection circuit 150 detects a certain temperature during operation in the burn suppression control, the heating power of the main heating coil MC and the sub heating coils SC1 to SC4 may be lowered. The constant temperature is, for example, 130 ° C. or 135 ° C.

(Energization pattern 2, convection promotion control)
Next, “convection promotion control” of the energization pattern 2 will be described. In addition, when the temperature detection circuit 150 detects that the temperature of the article N to be heated has risen to, for example, 98 ° C. after boiling or just before boiling, or when the temperature is close to the boiling state from the elapsed time from the start of cooking, the energization control circuit 32 In such a case, it is desirable that the “convection promotion control” is started immediately after the operation, for example, immediately after the operation, but in the case of a specific cooking menu, boiling Unless the user prohibits or stops heating on the way, it may automatically shift to “convection promotion control”.

  This control heats the article N to be heated by all the sub-heating coils SC1 to SC4 during a period in which the main heating coil MC is not driven. 42 and 44, the main heating coil MC and the sub-heating coils SC1 to SC4 are hatched. The hatching indicates that the heating driving is performed.

  FIG. 42B shows a state where only the main heating coil MC is supplied with a high-frequency current from the main inverter circuit MIV and is heated.

  In this case, the heat generating part of the article N to be heated is a part directly above the main heating coil MC. Therefore, for example, boiled food such as boiled food housed in the object to be heated N with the heat generating portion as a reference is heated at a portion immediately above the main heating coil MC, and an ascending air current is generated. Therefore, if this state is continued, convection can be generated outward as indicated by an arrow YC in FIG. This causes the ingredients to be boiled. Further, the heating power of the main heating coil MC is set to medium to strong heating power of about 750 W to 1000 W.

  Similarly, FIG. 42A shows a state in which high-frequency currents are supplied to all of the sub-heating coils SC1 to SC4 from the inverter circuits SIV1 to SIV4.

  In this case, the heat generating part of the object N to be heated is a part extending directly above the sub-heating coils SC1 to SC4 and between the sub-heating coils. Therefore, for example, boiled food such as boiled food housed in the object to be heated N with reference to the heat generating part is heated at a portion directly above the sub-heating coils SC1 to SC4 and between the sub-heating coils, and rises. Will occur. Therefore, if this state is continued, convection can be generated inward as indicated by an arrow YC in FIG. This causes the ingredients to be boiled. Further, the sum of the heating powers of the sub-heating coils SC1 to SC4 is set to medium to strong heating power of about 750W to 1500W.

  By alternately putting the heating power into the two groups of the main heating coil MC and the four sub-heating coils SC1 to SC4, the temperature of the bottom of the pan rises locally even when heated with medium to strong heating power. It can prevent and prevent scorching. In addition, by alternately applying thermal power, the broth is evenly applied to the cooked product, and the user can permeate the broth without stirring the cooked product. Also, when making boiled fish such as boiled fish and meat potato (beef and potato boiled dishes), if the user forcibly stirs in the middle, the ingredients will boil, but according to this control, Such boiling can be suppressed.

  As shown in FIG. 42, by putting the heating power alternately into the two groups of the main heating coil MC and the four sub-heating coils SC1 to SC4 and putting a rest period in between, convection is caused in the pan, Can cool and promote the penetration of taste.

  FIG. 49A is an explanatory diagram showing the timing of the current flowing through the main heating coil MC and the sub-heating coils SC1 to SC4 in the heating operation of FIG. Is displayed as “ON”, and the OFF state where no voltage is applied is displayed as “OFF”.

  As shown in FIG. 49A, in the plurality of sections T1 to T4 configured at predetermined time intervals, the main heating coil MC is ON in the T1 section. All coils are OFF in T2. In the T3 section, all the sub-heating coils SC1 to SC4 are ON. In the T4 section, all coils are OFF.

  The length of the section T1 (first section time) shown in FIG. 49A is 40 seconds. The length of the second section T2 (second section time) is 5 seconds. The third section time is 40 seconds. The fourth section time is 5 seconds. The first interval time to the fourth interval time of “energization pattern 2 / convection promotion control” shown in FIG. 48 are the first interval of “energization pattern 1 / burn suppression control” shown in FIG. Although it is exactly the same as the time to the fourth interval time, it does not have to be the same in this way.

The heating power in the sections T1 to T4 shown in FIG. 49 will be described.
In the case of “thermal power 2” in FIG. 49B, the main heating coil is 500 W in the first section T1. In the third section T3, the first set of sub-heating coils SC2 and SC3 is 600 W (total value of two sub-heating coils), and the second set of sub-heating coils SC1 and SC4 is 600 W (also two sub-heating coils). The total value of the heating coil).

  The “thermal power 2” is about 756 W when viewed in 90 seconds from the first section T1 to the fourth section T4. That is, for the first 40 seconds (section T1), the main heating coil MC is driven with a heating power of 500 W, then for 5 seconds (section T2) there is no heating operation, and for the next 40 seconds (section T3), there are four sub-heating coils. SC1 to SC4 are driven so as to have a heating power of 600W + 600W. Furthermore, since heating driving is not performed in the next fourth section T4 (5 seconds), the average thermal power of these 90 seconds is calculated to be about 756 W. It is also called “effective thermal power 2” in the sense of a thermal power that is actually effective against the object N to be heated.

  In the case of “thermal power 3” in FIG. 49B, the main heating coil is 700 W in the section T1. In the section T3, the first set of sub-heating coils SC2 and SC3 is 750 W (total value of two sub-heating coils), and the second set of sub-heating coils SC1 and SC4 is 750 W (total value of two sub-heating coils). )

  The “thermal power 3” is about 978 W when viewed in 90 seconds from the first section T1 to the fourth section T4. That is, for the first 40 seconds (section T1), the main heating coil MC is driven with a heating power of 700 W, then for 5 seconds (section T2) there is no heating operation, and for the next 40 seconds (section T3), there are four sub-heating coils. SC1 to SC4 are driven so as to have a heating power of 750W + 750W. Further, since heating driving is not performed in the next fourth section T4, the average thermal power for these 90 seconds is calculated to be about 978 W. It is also referred to as “effective thermal power 3” in the sense of a thermal power that is actually effective against the object N to be heated.

  Here, “thermal power 2” is set to a thermal power suitable for cooking meat potatoes, boiled food, etc., which is boiled for about 20 to 30 minutes over medium heat. “Thermal power 3” is set to a thermal power suitable for cooking, such as boiled fish, which is boiled for a short time with medium to high heat.

  In addition, each “section time” (referred to as “period time” when “section” is referred to as “period”) in the first section T1 to the fourth section T4 shown in FIG. 49 (C). That is, the first section time is 40 seconds. The second section time is 5 seconds. The third section time is 40 seconds. The fourth section time is 5 seconds.

  Each section time of the first section T1 to the fourth section T4 shown in FIG. 49A may be about 1 to 60 seconds. In addition, the meaning of about 1 to 60 seconds means that the first section T1 to the fourth section T4 are all set at 10 second intervals, and then the first section T1 to the fourth section T4 are controlled again. It means two cases of the same time as 10 seconds and a different time. In the latter case, for example, it is conceivable that all of the first section T1 to the fourth section T4 are set at intervals of 15 seconds. Each section time may be different between the first section T1 and the second section T2, or between the third section T3 and the fourth section T4. For example, the first section time of the first section T1 is set to 10 seconds, the second section time is set to 15 seconds, the third section time is set to 10 seconds, and the fourth section time is set to 15 seconds.

  As can be seen from FIG. 49A, an OFF period is always provided after any of the main heating coil MC and the auxiliary heating coils SC1 to SC4 is turned on. By providing the OFF period, the cooked food can be once cooled, the penetration of the taste can be promoted, and the burning can be prevented. 48 (B) and 48 (C), “thermal power 2” and “thermal power 3” are “effective thermal power 2” and “executive thermal power 3”, and the second-stage thermal power (200 W) described in the above-described 15 stages of thermal power. ), The third stage thermal power (300 W) is different from the above.

  In the “energization pattern 1 / burn suppression control”, the timing of the current flowing through the main heating coil MC and the sub-heating coils SC1 to SC4 is the first set from the main heating coil MC as shown in FIG. The sub-heating coils SC2 and SC3 are followed by a second set of sub-heating coils SC1 and SC4, but the main heating coil MC is changed to the second set of sub-heating coils SC1 and SC4, and then As in the first set of sub-heating coils SC2, SC3, the driving order in the sub-heating coils after the main heating coil MC may be changed. Further, after repeating the operations in the first section T1 to the fourth section twice in this way, the third time may be different from the first and second energization orders.

When the operation button 11A of the main power switch shown in FIG. 41 is pressed and then a selection operation is performed to use the first heating port 2L, the screen of FIG. 45 is displayed first. That is, as a cooking menu selection, selection key 128A1 for high speed heating, selection key 128A2 for boiling water, selection key 128A3 for boiling, selection key 128B1 for cooking, selection key 128B2, cooking selection key 128B3, fried food selection key 128C2, boiling water + Eight keys of the heat retention selection key 128C1 are displayed simultaneously (in a list state). However, the fourth display unit 210D on which the characters “power priority” shown in FIG. 46 are displayed are not displayed. Initially, the induction heating cooker 2 is electrically connected to the power command device 9 and is a device that can reduce the amount of power supplied in response to a power command signal from the power command device 9. Since the target device registration signal AS1 is received to indicate this, the first display unit 210A as shown in the first embodiment is displayed on the display screen 129.
Then, the first heating port 2L as shown in FIG. 45 is selected as a heating source, the first selection unit 128A displayed on the display screen 129 is touched, and the cooking menu “boiled” is selected. When cooking is started, as shown in FIG. 46, the fourth display section 210D appears on the display screen 129 in the priority heating process.

  45 to 46, the eight keys 128A1, 128B1, etc. employ contact type input keys whose capacitance changes when the user touches the finger, etc., and the user corresponds to the key surface. An effective input signal to the energization control circuit 32 is generated by lightly touching the upper surface of the glass top plate 21 covering the upper surface of the display screen 129 at the position. When the heating operation is started, the stop input key 213 (see FIG. 46) that automatically appears on the display screen is a contact type input key whose capacitance changes when the user touches the finger. In addition, 260 in FIG. 46 is a display part of the heating end time. The energization control circuit 32 automatically calculates the time from the start of the heating operation and displays it on this display unit. Of course, if the input key 213 is touched before the end time, the heating operation stops instantaneously. When the main power source of the induction heating cooker 2 is turned on and the input key 128A3 for selecting the “boiled” cooking menu is touched, the display screen 129 shows the electricity rate classification information 217 for each time zone as shown in FIG. Is displayed, and a display section 218M indicating that the charge is medium appears as a charge category to be applied at that time. Therefore, when heating is started immediately without delaying the heating start time, a heating start command may be given as it is. Further, when the heating start time is delayed, although not shown, it may be set to a desired time using a time setting input key.

  On the surface of the top plate 21 constituting the parts (areas) of the various input keys 128A1, 128B1, 213, etc., characters or figures indicating the key input function are not displayed by printing or engraving. The display screen 100 below the keys is configured to display characters and figures indicating the key input function at any time for each operation scene of the input keys.

  Not all input keys are always displayed at the same time. Keys that are invalid even if operated (input keys that do not need to be operated) are not displayed on the display screen so that the input function characters and figures are not clearly visible from above the top plate 14. It is defined by a control program that determines the operation of the energization control circuit 32 so that no valid operation command signal is given to the energization control circuit 32 even when such an invalid input key is operated.

  45 and 46 show screens in the case where cooking is performed with a bowl. The portion of the key 128A3 is displayed highlighted with light. In addition, cooking in this boil has a “priority cooking menu execution time zone” that is a priority heating process, so that the fourth display unit 210D “power priority” is displayed on the right side of the display screen 129 when that time zone exists. appear. Since the position is also in the vicinity of the operation button 11A of the main power switch 11, it is easy to attract the user's attention.

  FIG. 47 is an example of the display screen 129 in the execution state of the cooking menu that is heating at high speed, that is, heating the object N at high speed. The portion of the selection key 128A1 for high-speed heating is highlighted and displayed. In addition, since the preferential heating process is not included in the high-speed cooking, if any power restriction command is received from the power command device 9 during execution of the high-speed heating, the power reduction operation has already been induced. When the heating cooker 2 is performing, the third display unit 210 </ b> C appears on the display screen 129 as, for example, a character display of “power is being limited”. Further, this high-speed heating is not the “specific menu” referred to in the first embodiment.

  In FIGS. 45 to 47, reference numeral 111 denotes a help key as shown in the first embodiment. The user may be at a loss in operation, or may make a wrong operation and an audible alarm may sound. When an operation is performed when a warning character is displayed, information related to the scene is displayed on the display screen 129 as a character. 112 is an information key similar to that shown in the first embodiment, and each time it is touched, details on the heated object N to be used, cooking method, points to be careful about cooking well, etc. The characters are displayed on the display screen 129.

  Furthermore, the operations of the energization control circuit 32, the temperature detection circuit 150, the heated object placement determination unit 400, and the like according to the third embodiment are performed using electronic devices including microcomputers and various semiconductor storage devices (ROM, RAM, etc.) It can be realized and provided in the form of a program that can be executed by a device. Therefore, it can be distributed via the recording medium in the form of the program, or distributed using the Internet communication line, and by the work such as distribution, update, installation, etc. of the new control function shown in the present invention It can also be expected to provide a cooking device with improved usability.

  FIG. 50A shows a case where a rectangular or elliptical object to be heated N is placed so as to cover only the upper part of the first set of sub-heating coils SC2, SC3. In this case, in the heated object placement determination unit 400, the detection current is passed through the main heating coil MC and the first set of sub-heating coils SC2, SC3. It turns out that the to-be-heated material N has covered. In FIG. 50A, the energization control circuit 32 drives the inverter circuits SIV2 and SIV3 in response to the determination result of the size of the object N to be heated by the object mounting determination unit 400, and the sub-set of the first set A state is shown in which high-frequency current is supplied only to the heating coils SC2, SC3.

  In FIG. 50A, NH is a metal handle provided on opposite sides of the object N to be heated. These handles are located at both ends of the article to be heated N, but are located at a distance of several centimeters or more from the upper surface of the top plate 14 so as not to be heated more than necessary by induction heating.

  FIG. 50B shows a case where a rectangular or elliptical heated object N that covers only the upper side of the second set of sub-heating coils SC1 and SC4 is placed. In this case, in the heated object placement determination unit 400, the detection current is passed through the main heating coil MC and the first set of sub-heating coils SC1 and SC4, and as a result, only above the two sub-heating coils. It turns out that the to-be-heated material N has covered. In FIG. 50B, the energization control circuit 32 drives the inverter circuits SIV1 and SIV4 in response to the determination result of the size of the object N to be heated by the object mounting determination unit 400, and the sub-set of the second set. The state where the high frequency current is supplied only to the heating coils SC1 and SC4 is shown. As described above, since only the necessary sub-heating coil is driven, there is no problem of leakage magnetic flux generated when the unnecessary sub-heating coil is driven.

  In FIG. 51A, as shown in FIG. 50A, a rectangular or elliptical heated object N that covers only the upper part of the first set of sub-heating coils SC2, SC3 is placed. Fig. 5 shows the heating power value when the "boiled" mode is carried out, and the driving time of the main heating coil MC and all the auxiliary heating coils SC1 to SC4. When an object N to be heated is placed so as to cover only the two sub-heating coils SC2, SC3, or SC1, SC4 on the opposite sides of the main heating coil MC, the above-mentioned “energization” An energization pattern different from “pattern 1” and “energization pattern 2” is selected by the energization control circuit 200. Hereinafter, the energization pattern shown in FIG. 51A is referred to as “energization pattern 3”. As apparent from FIG. 51A, the thermal power value is slightly different from the first thermal power (effective thermal power 1: about 220 W).

  As shown in FIG. 51A, in the “energization pattern 3”, in the first section TB1 to the fourth section TB4 configured at a predetermined time interval, only the main heating coil MC is ON in the first section TB1. . In the second section TB2, all coils are OFF. In the third section TB3, only the first set of sub-heating coils SC2 and SC3 are ON. In the fourth section TB4, all coils are OFF.

  As shown in the drawing, the heating power of the first section TB1 to the fourth section TB4 shown in FIG. 51A is 200 W in the main heating coil MC. In the third section TB3, the first set of sub-heating coils SC2 and SC3 is 150 W each, and the total thermal power value is 300 W. Note that “thermal power 1” in FIG. 42 is “simmering thermal power 1”, which is different from the first-stage thermal power (150 W), which is the above-described 16-stage thermal power. “Thermal power 1” in the “energization pattern 3” is a weak thermal power at the time of simmering cooking, like the “first thermal power value” described above. “Heating power 1” in the “energization pattern 3” is about 227 W on average in 66 seconds from the first section TB1 to the fourth section TB4. It approximates to “first thermal power” (222 W) shown in FIG.

  What is shown in FIG. 51 (B) is the “second thermal power value” (also referred to as “boiled thermal power 2”) in the “energization pattern 3”, which is slightly different from the “second thermal power value” described above. .

  As shown in FIG. 51 (B), in the first section TB1, the main heating coil MC is 420W. In the third section TB3, the first set of sub-heating coils SC2 and SC3 are 280 W each, and the total thermal power value is 560 W. Note that “thermal power 2” in FIG. 51 is different from the second-stage thermal power (200 W), which is the above-described 16-stage thermal power. Here, “thermal power 2” corresponds to “second thermal power”, but in the case of FIG. 51B, the thermal power values of “thermal power 2” are the first interval TB1 to the fourth interval TB4. It will be about 445W on average in 66 seconds. It approximates to the thermal power value (489 W) of “second thermal power” shown in FIG. 49.

  In the third embodiment, it has been described that there are 16 stages of common firepower that can be set regardless of various operation modes including the “boiled mode”. In particular. 150W (first stage), 200W (second stage), 300W (third stage), 400W (fourth stage), 500W (fifth stage), 625W (sixth stage), 750W (seventh stage), 875W (8th stage), 1000W (9th stage), 1250W (10th stage), 1500W (11th stage), 1750W (12th stage), 2000W (13th stage), 2250W (14th stage), 2500W ( (15th stage) 3000 W (16th stage). On the other hand, in the fine adjustment mode, three fine adjustment thermal powers (350 W, 480 W, 620 W) are provided below the “second boiling thermal power” (760 W), and conversely, three fine adjustment thermal powers (810 W, 870W, 920W), but these six finely adjusted thermal powers may be substituted for the nearest thermal power among the 16 levels of thermal power that is the specified thermal power. For example, it is preferable to select a thermal power smaller (weaker) than the fine-adjusted thermal power so that 350 W of the finely adjusted thermal power is 300 W (third stage) and 920 W is 875 W (8th stage). This is because, for example, in the case of 350 W, when a heating power of 400 W (fourth stage) is used instead of 300 W (third stage), the amount of heating is too large and fine adjustment is necessary to lower the heating power again. This is because it is assumed.

  The third embodiment also includes the first to fourth display units as described in the first embodiment. That is, the first display unit 210A indicating that there is a possibility of receiving a power reduction request signal during operation of the induction heating cooker 2, a first display for indicating a state of receiving a predetermined power reduction request signal The second display unit 210B, the third display unit 210C indicating that the power is actually reduced upon receipt of the predetermined power reduction request signal, and the fourth display unit indicating that the power reduction is avoided. 210D is displayed on the display means 16 at an appropriate timing. By seeing these first to fourth display units 210A to 210D, the user knows that the power may be reduced during cooking, that the power is reduced, or that the amount of power is maintained. Can do.

  Also in the third embodiment, as described in the first embodiment, before the heating operation of the induction heating cooker 2 is started, whether or not it is used in a time zone with a low electricity bill is used by the display means 16. Can know. For this reason, even if there is no request for power reduction from the outside, the user can use it while paying attention to the electricity charge, and can use the electricity charge at a low price.

  According to the heating cooker 2 of the third embodiment, both the first heating means 2L and the second heating means 2R perform the heating mode including the non-priority heating process, for example, the water heating mode, When the power reduction request signal is received, the second heating means 2R side is prioritized to reduce the power and the power on the first heating means 2L side is maintained. It is possible to heat both the SC1 to SC4 and the inner coil MC to heat the object N having a large diameter, and to energize only the inner coil MC to heat the object N having a small diameter. That is, in the heating part on the side where the electric power is maintained, it is possible to deal with an object to be heated having a diameter of at least two stages, and the convenience for the user is improved.

  Moreover, like the 1st heating port 2L, the structure of one induction heating part 2L is comprised by the main heating coil MC wound cyclically | annularly, and several sub-heating coils SC1-SC4 arrange | positioned cyclically | annularly around this And the heating of the main heating coil MC alone and the cooperative heating of the main heating coil and the sub-heating coils SC1 to SC4 can be switched according to the size of the object to be heated N. In the heating program corresponding to the heating mode that can be selected at the heating port, if the cooking menu that requires delicate heating such as preheating cooking or automatic fried food is included, if priority heating process is included, cooking by boiling easily fails You can expect the effect that you can do without.

  In addition, the induction heating cooker 2 according to the third embodiment has the sub heating coils SC1 to SC4 in addition to driving only the main heating coil MC and driving the main heating coil MC according to the size of the object N to be heated. Including a preferential heating process in which all or a part of the power is selectively driven and a predetermined power is maintained, and a non-priority heating process in which power can be reduced. When the “boiled” mode is executed, the inverter circuits MIV and SIV are arranged so that only the main heating coil MC is used so that the cooking fluid in the heated object N generates convection by heating. And the operation of driving only the auxiliary heating coils SC1 to SC4 for a predetermined period are alternately performed, and the liquid to be cooked in the object N to be heated is obtained by the repeated heating process. Heated is flowed vertical pair while, also cools down once, can be used to promote penetration of taste and burning effect can be expected that it is possible to prevent.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 50, four or more sub-heating coils SC1 to SC4 are arranged around the main heating coil MC, and the two sub-heating coils are arranged on the opposite sides of the main heating coil MC. When a rectangular or elliptical heated object N is placed so as to cover only the upper part of the first set of sub-heating coils SC2 and SC3, divided into the first set and the remaining second set, Since the high-frequency current is supplied only to the heating coil MC and the first set of sub-heating coils SC2, SC3, there is no problem of leakage magnetic flux generated when an unnecessary sub-heating coil is driven, and an ellipse other than a circle is used. It can also handle deformed pans such as shapes and rectangles.

Embodiment 4 FIG.
52 to 58 show a power control system for home appliances according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention. FIG. 52 is an explanatory diagram of the whole house equipped with the power control system for home appliances, and FIG. FIG. 54 is a front view of the display screen of the use limit setting device of the power command device, and FIG. 55 is a diagram showing the display means and operation unit of the induction heating cooker. FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a part of the display unit, and FIG. 56 is a plan view showing a part of the operation unit. FIG. 57 is a plan view of the same part of the display unit and operation unit. It is a top view which shows a display means and a part of operation part. In each figure, the same parts as those of the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals. The induction heater 2, rice cooker 3, microwave oven 5, dishwasher 6 and air conditioner 7 are all the same as those in the first embodiment.

  The home of the fourth embodiment is configured such that the in-kitchen electrical device KP, the air conditioner 7 and the like are connected to the alternating current 200V power source EP, and includes a private power source device such as a solar power generation device, and the power source device. One feature is that it is equipped with facilities that can use the electric power from the electric appliance KP in the kitchen.

  52 and 53, reference numeral 300 denotes a watt-hour meter in which AC 200V power from a power company is supplied through a single-phase three-wire power line 301. The power line 301 is composed of a first phase, a second phase, and a third phase, and current clamps 302 are inserted in the first phase and the second phase as shown in FIG. The current value is detected on the power source side (upstream side) of the breaker BK. The current clamp 302 is not shown in FIG. 52, but is installed between the watt-hour meter 300 and the breaker BK.

  The main body of the house includes a storage battery 303, a two-way charger 304 for an automobile, power from the photovoltaic power generation panel 305, and a controller (power conditioner) 306 that converts the power from the storage battery 304 into alternating current of a predetermined voltage. A self-power supply device 307 is provided. Reference numeral 308 denotes a power supply switching device to which power from the private power supply device is supplied via a breaker 309, and the commercial 200V power and the power from the private power supply device 307 are switched by the power supply switching device.

  Reference numeral 310 denotes an electric vehicle having an in-vehicle storage battery 311 that is arbitrarily connected to the bidirectional charger 304. Reference numeral 312 denotes a charging cable for detachably connecting the in-vehicle storage battery 311 and the bidirectional charger 304. The two-way charger 304 can charge the electric vehicle 310 from the storage battery 303, and conversely, the electric vehicle 310 can charge the storage battery 303. The electric vehicle may be a hybrid vehicle that uses an engine that uses gasoline or the like as a fuel and an electric drive source (motor).

  Reference numeral 313 denotes a power detector that calculates power consumption from the current from the current clamp 302, and this output is input to the comparator 92 of the power command device 9. 91 is a required power adder that sums the required power from each of the used power control means 8A to 8D of the electric appliance KP in the kitchen and the required power from the used power control means 8E of the air conditioner 7.

  The comparator 92 compares the required power value from the required power adder 91, the detected power value from the power detector 313, and the capacity (6000 W) of the breaker BK, respectively, and the comparison result If the total power exceeds 95% of 6000W, that is, 5700W or less, no output is output. If the total power exceeds 5700W of 95% of 6000W, the excess amount is determined. A required power excess amount determining means 93 for outputting is provided.

  In the power command device 9, if there is no output from the required power excess amount determination means 93 (that is, the excess amount is 0), the same usable power as the required power is used as the power usage control means 8A to 8A for each electric appliance KP in the kitchen. 8D and the power consumption control means 8E of the air conditioner 7 are returned to each other, and if there is an output of an excess amount, the electrical appliances KP in the kitchen are connected according to the excess amount of the total power and a predetermined priority order. Power consumption reduction width determining means 94 that determines a reduction width of power consumption for the air conditioner 7 and returns to each of the kitchen appliances KP and the power consumption control means 8A to 8E of the air conditioner 7, and a built-in semiconductor memory Priority level setting means 95 for reading the “priority order” registered in advance in 95A and transmitting “priority level” information for power reduction to the power consumption reduction width determination means 94. There.

  315 is a movable small electric device used in the home other than the electric appliance KP in the kitchen, the air conditioner 7 and the dishwasher 6. For example, a hair dryer, an electric iron, an electric vacuum cleaner, etc., which consumes electric energy by a heater or a motor having a built-in capacity of about 1000 W, does not have self-power limiting means such as the above-described power use control means 8A to 8E. Is. In FIG. 53, “unregistered device” is displayed because the rated maximum power information and name cannot be registered in the power command device 9. Only one unregistered device is used, and a plurality of devices may be used at the same time. Since the unregistered device 315 is not a control target device whose power amount is directly decreased or increased by the power command device 9, the power supplied via the breaker BK is used as it is.

In FIG. 54, as described in the first embodiment, reference numeral 107 denotes a use state display unit that displays electric appliances in the home that are controlled by the power command device 9, and the name of the induction heating cooker 2 Display unit 107A, name display unit 107B of rice cooker 3, and the like are displayed in a list format. The further to the left, the higher the priority for securing power.
As described in the first embodiment, reference numeral 108 denotes a use display unit that is lit when power is used, that is, when it is currently used. Electric devices that have received power are displayed as “Restricted”, and electric devices that have not been subjected to power reduction processing and power is maintained are displayed as “Priority”, so that the presence or absence of power reduction is listed. Yes. In other words, in the electric device on which the above-described third display unit 210C is displayed, it is displayed on the usage state display unit 107 that the supply power is limited, or power is preferentially supplied. Can be easily determined.

  55 to 58 are plan views showing a part of the display means and the operation unit in the induction heating cooker 2. As shown in the third embodiment, the induction heating cooker 2 includes heating ports by two induction heating sources arranged side by side. When the left heating port 2L (not shown) is first selected, a display screen 129 such as a liquid crystal display screen has a key 128A1 for selecting high-speed heating or a key for selecting cooking with a bowl as shown in FIG. 128A3 and a key 128B2 for selecting cooked rice are displayed in a list format. FIG. 55 shows a state after touching the key 128A1 for selecting high-speed heating to start high-speed heating. When the power consumption is actually limited by receiving a power reduction command from the power command device 9, the third state is shown. Display unit 210 </ b> C is displayed in the right front corner of display screen 129.

  On the other hand, when the key 128B2 for selecting rice cooking is first touched, the display content of the display screen 129 changes greatly as shown in FIG. 56 to 58, 128A2 is a key for selecting a “water heater” operation displayed on the display screen 129, 128A3 is a key for selecting a “boil” operation, 128B1 is a key for selecting a “preheating” operation, and 128B3 is A key for selecting a “boiled” operation and 128C2 are keys for selecting a “fried food” operation. These five keys employ contact-type input keys whose capacitance changes when the user touches a finger or the like, and lightly touch the upper surface of the glass top plate 21 that covers the upper surface of the display screen 129. Thus, an effective input signal to the energization control circuit 32 is generated. In other words, the five keys 128A2, 128A3, 128B1, 128B3, and 128C2 are placed on the lower surface of the top plate 21 just above the character indicating the key input function such as “water heater” at a predetermined position on the display screen 129. The input electrode is formed of a transparent electrode or the like that is bonded or vapor-deposited. If a character indicating a key input function such as “water heater” is not displayed at a predetermined position on the display screen 129 corresponding to the five keys, the input function of the key is disabled. Even if the user touches the part, no input operation can be performed.

  56 to 58, 261 is an initial screen selection key for returning to the display screen 129 of the display content that appears immediately after the main power is turned on, 262 is a time shift command key, and the heating time is 15 minutes for each touch. (Or 30 minutes may be used). Reference numeral 263 denotes an arrow-shaped mark schematically showing the heating operation time zone. When the command key 262 is pressed, the mark 263 is displayed at a position moved by 15 minutes to the right as shown in FIG. If the command key 262 is kept touched for a long time, it will move to 24 o'clock and rice cooking will start at 23:15 (standard cooking time is 45 minutes and the induction heating cooker 2 energization control circuit Because it is set to 32).

Reference numeral 264 denotes a display unit indicating that rice cooking is performed by the induction heating cooker 2, and reference numeral 265 denotes a display unit indicating that induction heating is performed by selecting the left heating port 2L (not shown). .
218H is a display section of an electricity charge category applied to “daytime” when the electricity charge is the highest. 218N and 218L are also display units for electricity rate classification.
Reference numeral 266 denotes a color-coded display portion (set time zone display portion) for visually clearly indicating which time zone is set under the cooking conditions set and used by the user. In the example of FIG. Since the time was 16:30, the display unit 266 was displayed from 16:30 to the position of 17:15, but when the command key 262 is pressed twice from this state, the time decremented by 30 minutes Then, as shown in FIG. 57, rice cooking is started from 17:00, and setting can be made so that rice cooking is completed by 17:45 minutes. 57, when the user presses the start input key 212 for starting rice cooking, the rice cooking operation is started, and the display changes to the state shown in FIG. In addition, it is not preferable to stop cooking inadvertently after starting rice cooking once, but if it is the initial stage of rice cooking, rice cooking can be performed again. The display is as shown in FIG. 58 from the time immediately after the start. These various keys 211N, 211R, 213, 261, and 262 are capacitive touch keys as described in the first embodiment. In addition, since the structure and method which cook rice with an induction heating cooking appliance are well-known, description is abbreviate | omitted.

  As described above, in the fourth embodiment, the electric appliance KP in the kitchen is not driven only by the commercial power source from the electric power company, but the power storage device including the storage battery 301 and the controller 306, or the solar power generation panel 305. The power from the private power supply device 307 including the controller 306 is supplied via the two breakers 309 and BK and is usable. The present invention can be applied even when such electric power from the private power supply device 307 is used in a home appliance.

  In the fourth embodiment, in the comparator 92 of the power command device 9, the required power value from the required power adder 91, the detected power value from the power detector 313, and the capacity of the breaker BK ( 6000W) and the total power or the excess amount of the current power is determined from the comparison result, so that the total power amount can be accurately grasped on the power source side of the breaker. If the power detector 313 is not provided, an electric device such as a hair dryer or an electric iron that does not have self-power limiting means such as the used power control means 8A to 8E (unregistered equipment) 315 When used, since the power consumption information of the unregistered device 315 is not reflected in the required power value from the required power adder 91, an accurate comparison between the capacity of the breaker BK and the actual power amount is possible. It will not be possible. On the other hand, when the power detector 313 is provided, even if the rated power consumption of the unregistered device 315 is not registered in advance on the power command device 9 side, the required power value from the required power adder 91, When there is a difference between the two detected power values from the power detector 313, it can be estimated that the difference is the power consumption of the unregistered device. Therefore, in the fourth embodiment, in order to provide a margin for the capacity (6000 W) of the breaker BK, the excess amount is determined by the required power excess amount determining means 93 based on the level of 95% (5700 W). It is configured as follows.

  Furthermore, also in the fourth embodiment, the power usage limit setting unit 96 can set the upper limit value of the power consumption at any time. For this reason, even if there is a considerable margin up to the capacity of the breaker BK (for example, 6000 W), for example, the upper limit value is set to 5000 W voluntarily, and the power command device 9 automatically sets the upper limit value so as not to exceed it. The amount of electric power used by the electric device can be suppressed. Even in this case, when the unregistered device 315 is used at, for example, 800 W, the state becomes close to the breaker BK capacity, but the required power value from the required power adder 91 and the power detector 313 The detected power values of the two are compared with the capacity (6000 W) of the breaker BK, and the total power or the excess amount of the current power is determined from the comparison result. The total power is 95% or less of 8000 W, that is, 5700 W. If the total power exceeds 95% (5700 W) of 6000 W, the required power excess amount determination means 93 that outputs the excess amount is provided, so that the unregistered device 315 is used after all. However, the power usage is automatically limited so as not to exceed the upper limit of 5700 W. In addition, since the structure and method which cook rice with an induction heating cooking appliance are well-known, description is abbreviate | omitted.

  Also in the fourth embodiment, as described in the first embodiment, before the heating operation of the induction heating cooker 2 is started, it is used by the display means 16 whether or not it is used in a time zone with a low electricity bill. Can know. For this reason, even if there is no external power reduction request, the user can use it while paying attention to the electricity bill, and can use it to actively reduce the electricity bill.

  As described in the first embodiment, each of the used power control means 8A, 8B, 8C, and 8D that receives the control signal of the power command device 9 and transmits information of each device is used for the electrical device KP in the kitchen. Although it may be attached to the power supply circuit section in an adapter form, the unregistered device 315 such as a hair dryer or an electric iron does not have such an adapter interposed in the power supply circuit. For example, an adapter may be first attached to an outlet (connection port) provided on the wall of a house, and a power plug of the unregistered device 315 may be inserted into the adapter. However, when it is used intentionally or carelessly without using such an adapter, it becomes an unregistered device 315 that cannot be controlled by the power command device 9. Therefore, even in such a case, the above-described power detector 313 is installed so that the total power consumption in the home can be grasped in real time. When such an unregistered device 315 is used, the power command device 9 uses a required power value from the required power adder 91 (for example, a total of 5600 W) and a detected power value from the power detector 313 (for example, 5900W), the difference (300W) is presumed to be due to the use of the unregistered device 315, and some display is made on the display screen 100 of the use limit setting device 96 to alert the user. May be.

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In each said embodiment, from the rice cooker 3 and the induction heating cooking appliance 2 of the 1st household appliances, and the air conditioner 7 of the 2nd household appliances, the electric power command device is used for the heating process and operation state of these appliances. 9 received information from each home appliance side each time. For example, in the first embodiment, the induction heating cooker 2 transmits the operation information signals L1 to L7 to the power command device 9 each time, but the power command device 9 uses the required power excess amount determination means 93 to determine the power. Each time the process of determining the excess amount is performed, an inquiry signal may be transmitted to each home appliance immediately before that, and the operation information may be transmitted from each home appliance in a form that answers this. In this case, for example, information may be simplified by transmitting a specific code indicating whether or not it is in the “execution time zone of the priority cooking menu”.

  The power command device 9 is configured to be able to transmit power reduction information to the communication network 98 such as the Internet outside the house by the communication means 97, and after receiving the power reduction command, the first and second home appliances. When the total power is reduced, the information on the reduction result may be transmitted by the communication network 98 to a specific recipient outside the house. In this case, when the power command device 9 transmits the power reduction correspondence information to the outside of the house, the code indicating the location area of the house in which the receiver (for example, a power company or a public organization) is determined in advance May be transmitted simultaneously. In this way, the power supplier and related public organizations can grasp the power saving situation for each region, and can be used for stable power supply.

  The power command device 9 may be realized by a television receiver that receives broadcast radio waves from the digital broadcasting means 98. Television receivers that receive digital broadcast radio waves have a built-in microcomputer and perform digital image processing of digital broadcast radio waves at high speeds. Can be used also as the display screen 100 of the power usage limit setting device 96 described above. In this way, if you use a television receiver that can be said to be a daily necessities in most homes, even if you are watching the TV receiver in a room other than the kitchen, you can reduce power consumption through the screen of the TV receiver. The command information, the operating status of various home appliances, the power limit status, etc. can be confirmed.

  In the third embodiment, dedicated inverter circuits SIV1 to SIV4 are provided for each of the four sub-heating coils SC1 to SC4. However, in order to reduce the number of inverter circuits, the first set of sub-heating coils SC2 is used. A configuration may be adopted in which one inverter circuit is provided for SC3 and one inverter circuit is provided for the second set of sub-heating coils SC1 and SC4. According to this, the effect that the cost can be significantly reduced by reducing the number of inverter circuits can be expected.

  Furthermore, when determining the condition of “temperature feedback control”, the heating power may be taken into account in the cooking device. For example, when performing control to automatically adjust the high-frequency thermal power to approach the target temperature based on the temperature detection information of the heated object N such as a pan, the case where the thermal power is 100 W or more at maximum You may prescribe | regulate as a "priority heating process" said by invention. Heating using a small heating power of less than 100W is assumed to keep a small amount of hot water or cooking liquid at a low temperature, or to keep the cooked rice after that. In any case, even if the power is reduced to 50%, there is almost no fear of causing a serious result in the cooked food. Because there is almost no.

  Further, in each embodiment, the use limit setting device 96 is a dedicated device that constitutes a part of the power command device 9, but this is installed in a general-purpose device (for example, a personal computer or a television capable of receiving digital broadcasts) or a kitchen. It may be realized by the master unit of the home security system to be used. Moreover, you may comprise a part of electric power command apparatus 9 with a household server.

  Further, the present invention does not require that all of the home electric appliances used in the kitchen or other rooms be controlled by the power command device 9. Devices that are not inherently suitable for power reduction and that should always be supplied with power stably, such as an oxygen generation / supply device for nursing use at home, are not connected to the power command device 9 from the beginning. Also, it is not necessary to attach or incorporate devices corresponding to the power control means 8A, 8B, 8C, 8D and the like.

  In addition, when providing the display part equivalent to the 1st display part 210A-4th display part 210D of the said induction heating cooking appliance 2 in another electric equipment, for example, the rice cooker 3, the display form, a display position, and a magnitude | size Etc. may be appropriately changed according to the situation of each electric device. In addition, the first display unit 210A to the fourth display unit 210D do not need to be displayed at the same site and position as each other, but are desirably provided at a location most noticed by the user when using each electrical device.

  In addition, in home appliances such as the induction heating cooker 2, an electricity charge according to the amount of electric power used for cooking, etc., between the time when the main power is turned on and immediately before the time when the main power is turned off. May be displayed on a display means, for example, the display screen 129. In this case, the energization control circuit 32 may calculate the power usage amount from both the usage amount information and the information on the electricity bill for each time zone, or the power command device 9 may receive power from the home appliance. You may make it acquire and calculate usage-amount information, and you may make it transmit to applicable household appliances. Before turning off the main power supply, the power supply to the electric heating source such as the electric heater and induction heating coil, and the power source such as the motor is stopped. You can know the electricity bill before the user turns off the power. Note that the electricity bill here does not necessarily match the electricity bill charged by the power company, and may be an estimated amount. For example, it may be displayed in units of circles such as “30 yen”. Furthermore, when the main power supply is turned on again and the home appliance is used again, the display means is activated, and the electricity bill at the previous use is automatically displayed for reference at the first stage. good.

  Further, the method for the power command device 9 to acquire the “electric charge information by time zone” as referred to in the present invention is conveniently obtained by accessing the information providing device of an external power company through the communication means 97. The information acquisition may be performed at night, and the new electricity price information updated from the next morning may be used by home appliances such as the heating cooker 2. In addition, information on electricity charges by time zone is read (downloaded) into an information terminal such as a mobile phone or a digital television used at home, and this information is read into household appliances such as the heating cooker 2 and rice cooker 3. You may do it.

  In addition, a display screen is provided on the air conditioner 7 as the “second home appliance”, the main body of the dishwasher / dryer 6, the washing / drying machine, the clothes dryer and the remote controller thereof, Information "may be displayed. In particular, the air conditioner and the washer / dryer have a longer operation time than the heating cooker 2 and the rice cooker 3, so that the operation time zone is shifted to a time zone where a cheap electricity charge is applied. If the present invention is applied, there is an economic merit that the user can reduce the electricity bill.

  Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, an example was shown in which one breaker BK was installed in one household. However, the breaker BK includes a main breaker that controls the total power of the entire house, and a plurality of sub-breakers, for example, The first sub-breaker controls the air conditioner, the second sub-breaker controls the washing / drying machine, and the third sub-breaker controls the kitchen cooking appliance (such as a rice cooker). good. According to this, the main breaker BK centrally shuts off the power sources of the plurality of sub-breakers. Thus, even if the power supply system is branched into a plurality of parts, there is no problem in implementing the present invention. Further, in that case, the power command device 9 may monitor the current flowing through each branch system so as not to exceed the rated capacity of the sub-breaker.

  Further, in the first embodiment, when the vibration sensing device 241 that detects a shake at the occurrence of an earthquake senses a predetermined seismic intensity (acceleration) or more, a vibration sensing signal is sent to the control device 32, and the control device 32 Although the operation of instantaneously shutting off the power supply of all the heating means in use was performed, even if the power command device 9 further strengthened the earthquake countermeasures by using the emergency earthquake warning received from the outside of the house good. The earthquake early warning is a forecast warning provided by the Japan Meteorological Agency, and there are two types: “for the general public” and “for advanced users” with a low standard and a large amount of information. In addition, an Internet line and an earthquake early warning reception facility are installed in the system and connected to a notification device such as an interphone, so that a system that uses the notification device / wiring to deliver it all over the building has already been put into practical use. Therefore, the power command device 9 always receives the earthquake early warning, and the power command device 9 is a home cooking appliance that is operating the earthquake early warning, particularly a heating cooker having a heat source such as the induction heating cooker. Note that the emergency earthquake alert will be displayed on the display screen 129 of the display means 16 (central display panel) of the cooking device and that the user who is preparing for cooking will be wary of the arrival of the earthquake. Arousal may be performed.

  In addition, within a predetermined time (for example, within 30 seconds) from the arrival of the earthquake early warning, the power command device 9 automatically commands to lower the thermal power so as to suppress the heating operation with a large thermal power. The configuration is such that the user confirms that there has been no error and issues a return command with the heating cooker (for example, by pressing a specific input key or button) to return to the original heating power and continue cooking. Anyway. According to this, it is possible to know the possibility of an earthquake, and in preparation for an earthquake, the user can calmly check the thermal power and in some cases stop cooking, and in the unlikely event that the seismic intensity exceeds a predetermined level. When the device 241 detects it, the heating source is stopped instantaneously (even if commercial power from the power company is not cut off urgently), so that the safety against earthquakes can be improved. When the arrival of the earthquake early warning is displayed on the display screen 129, the display location is that of the first display unit 210A, the second display unit 210B, the third display unit 210C, and the fourth display unit 210D. The location may be good, or any other location. As a matter of course, since the notification of the earthquake early warning is given priority over the display of the first display unit to the fourth display unit 210A, 210B, 210C, 210D, for example, the first display unit 210A is turned off instantaneously, Characters such as “breaking news reception” may be displayed. In addition,

  The power control system according to the present invention can be widely used not only for home use but also for commercial appliances.

  AS1 target device registration signal, AS2 power reduction request signal, BK breaker, EE domestic electrical equipment, EP AC 200V power supply, KC refrigerant circuit, H1 preheating process, H2 rice cooking process, H2A high fire process (execution time zone of priority cooking menu) , H2B low heat process, H3 unevenness process, H4 heat insulation process, KP kitchen electrical equipment, T1 target temperature, T2 second temperature, T3 third temperature, 1 system kitchen (kitchen furniture), 1A housing, 2 induction Heat cooker, 2A body, 2C body case, 2L 1st heating port, 2R 2nd heating port, 2LC induction heating coil, 2RC induction heating coil, 3 electric jar rice cooker, 4 grill cooker, 5 microwave oven, 6 Dishwasher, 7 Air conditioner, 8A-8E Electric power control means, 9 Power command device, 11 Main power supply 11A main power switch operation button, 12L power adjustment dial, 12R power adjustment dial, 13 operation panel, 14 top plate, 15 metal frame, 16 display means (central display panel), 17L left display panel, 17R Right display panel, 18L Left display part, 18R Right display part, 20 Intake port, 21 Exhaust port, 22 Grill box, 23 Sauce pan, 24 Grill net, 25 Cooked food, 26 Top operation part, 27 Power line, 28 Grill door , 28A handle, 30 control device, 30 power line, 31 power circuit, 32 energization control circuit, 33L inverter circuit, 33R inverter circuit, 34 drive circuit, 34H electric heater (seeds heater), 35 display unit drive circuit, 36A menu selection Display unit, 36B Display unit, 37 Catalyst heater, 3 8 voice synthesizer, 39 speaker, 40 inner pot, 41 rice cooker body case, 42 lid, 43 operation unit, 44 rice start button, 45 heating means, 46 inner lid, 47 steam generating port, 48 steam duct, 49 liquid crystal Display unit, 50 Steam processing device, 51 Tank lid, 52 Steam inlet, 53 Steam outlet, 54A Sixth display unit, 54C Seventh display unit, 55 operation unit, 60 control means, 61 power supply unit, 62 control 63, temperature detection means, 64 operation means, 65 timing means, 66 water level sensor, 67 bottom plate, 68 water temperature sensor, 70 door, 70A door handle, 71 operation part, 72 power switch, 73 start button, 74 heating time setting Dial, 81 Operation unit for left heating port, 81a Deep-fried food button, 81b 3kW button, 81c On / off button, 8 2 Operation unit for right heating port, 82a Deep-fried food button, 82b 3kW button, 82c On / off button, 83a Grill menu button, 83b Start / stop button, 83c Left arrow button, 83d Right arrow button, 83e Time minus button, 83f time Plus button, 84 Start / stop button LED, 85 Arrow button LED, 86 hour button LED, 90 Blow detection device, 91 Required power adder, 92 Comparator, 93 Required power excess amount judgment means, 94 Determination of power consumption reduction width Means, 95 priority setting means, 95A semiconductor memory, 96 use limit setting device, 96A semiconductor memory, 97 communication means, 98 communication network (communication network), 100 display screen, 101 maximum allowable power indicator, 102 current power consumption Display, 103 Power margin Display unit, 104 Power reduction request notification unit, 105 Current time display unit, 106 Setting key and display unit of power usage limit setting device 96, 106A to 106D selection key, 107 Usage state display unit, 107A to 107B Name display unit, 108 use display part, 111 help mode key, 112 information key, 113E predicted end time display part, 114 mark, 115 mark, 120 key, 121 display part, 122 third heating port, 123 electric heating means, 128A first Selection unit, 128B second selection unit, 128C third selection unit, 129 display screen, 130 top plate unit, 131 housing unit, 132L left operation unit, 132M central operation unit, 132R right operation unit, 135 current detection Part, 140B rear flange, 140L left flange, 140R right Flange. 140F front flange, 141 parts storage room, 141F front wall, 141R right side wall, 141L left side wall, 141B back (rear), 142 electric heating means, 144L inverter circuit, 144R inverter circuit, 150 temperature detection circuit, 150L temperature sensor, 150R Temperature sensor, 152 space, 153 space, 160 body, 161 cleaning section, 162 body side water supply pipe, 163 body side drain pipe, 167 front door, 167C handle, 168 operation section, 169 rotating nozzle, 170 heater, 171 tableware basket, 172 Control unit, 173 Water level detection device, 174 cleaning pump, 175 discharge pump, 176 electric blower, 176M motor, 177 cleaning unit side water supply pipe, 190 operation mode selection key, 191 display unit, 192 operation switch, 19 Electric compressor, 195 outdoor heat exchanger, 196 electric expansion valve, 198 outdoor fan, 198M motor, 199 outdoor air temperature detecting means, 200 outdoor unit, 201 outdoor control unit, 210 display unit, 210A first display unit, 210B first 2 display units, 210C third display unit, 210D fourth display unit, 218H electricity rate classification information, 218L electricity rate classification information, 218M electricity rate classification information, 220 indoor units, 222 indoor fans, 222M motor, 224 indoors Temperature detection means, 225 indoor control unit, 226 power supply unit, 227 operation unit, 228 display unit, 262 time shift command key, 266 color-coded display unit (set time zone display unit, 300 watt-hour meter, 301 power line, 302 current clamp 303 Battery 304 Bidirectional charger 305 Solar power generation Nell, 306 controller, 307 self-powered device, 308 power switching device, 309 breaker, 310 electric vehicle, 311 a vehicle-mounted battery, 312 charging cable, 313 power detector.

Claims (31)

Electric heating means;
An operation unit capable of setting an energization condition of the heating means and adjusting an electric energy amount;
An energization control circuit that controls the heating means and has a predetermined heating program,
The operation unit includes display means for displaying energization conditions, and input means for changing the display content of the display section and confirming the energization conditions,
The energization control circuit, when receiving a predetermined power reduction request signal from the outside of the heating cooker while the heating means is energized, performs a power reduction operation if a reduction possible condition is satisfied,
In the stage before the energization condition is determined by the input means, the energization control circuit includes time zone information in which the heating means is energized and electric rate classification information by time zone applied to the time. A cooking device characterized by being simultaneously displayed on a display means.   The cooking device according to claim 1, wherein the electricity rate classification information indicates the level of the electricity rate unit price by letters or a figure. The electricity rate classification information indicates the level of electricity rate unit price in characters or diagrams,
The at least one of the energization start time and the usage time zone of the heating means is displayed as the time zone information by characters or a figure at a position close to the position where the electricity rate classification information is displayed. Item 10. The heating cooker according to item 1.   The energization control circuit has a storage circuit, and after starting the heating cooker, acquires data on the electricity rate classification for each time zone from the outside of the heating cooker, and stores this in the storage circuit The cooking device according to claim 1.   The energization control circuit is configured to display first display information indicating that the display unit is a target device that may receive the power reduction request signal while the heating unit is energized. The heating cooker according to claim 1.   The energization control circuit includes: first display information indicating that the display unit is a target device that may receive the power reduction request signal while the heating unit is energized; and the power reduction request The cooking device according to claim 1, wherein each of the second display information indicating that the signal is received is displayed. The input means has a plurality of touch-type input keys that are displayed each time an input operation becomes valid,
Before confirming the energization condition, the display means simultaneously displays the electricity rate classification information for each time zone and the time zone information when the heating means is energized. At this stage, energization is performed as one of the input keys. The cooking device according to claim 1, wherein an input key for changing time is displayed. The input means has a plurality of touch-type input keys that are displayed each time an input operation becomes valid,
Before confirming the energization condition, the display means simultaneously displays the electricity rate classification information for each time zone and the time zone information when the heating means is energized. At this stage, energization is performed as one of the input keys. The cooking device according to claim 1, wherein an input key for changing the time is displayed, and another input key for determining the energization time is displayed.   The heating program includes a priority heating process in which predetermined power is maintained without being influenced by a power reduction request command from the outside of the heating cooker, and a non-priority heating process in which power is reduced in preference to this priority heating process The cooking device according to claim 1, wherein:   The cooking device according to claim 9, wherein the priority heating step is a step of heating an object to be heated by temperature feedback control. The heating means includes a first heating means and a second heating means,
The cooking device according to claim 9, wherein the energization control circuit is configured to independently energize the first heating unit and the second heating unit by an operation from the operation unit. The heating means includes a first heating means and a second heating means,
At least one of the first and second heating means is composed of a main heating coil wound in an annular shape and a plurality of sub-heating coils arranged so as to be annularly scattered around the circumference,
The heating cooker according to claim 9, wherein induction heating by the main heating coil alone and induction heating by cooperation of the main heating coil and the sub heating coil are switched according to the size of the object to be heated. . The heating means includes a first heating means and a second heating means,
At least one of the first and second heating means is composed of a main heating coil wound in an annular shape and four or more sub-heating coils arranged annularly around the main heating coil,
The sub-heating coils are arranged at equal intervals around the main heating coil,
The sub-heating coil is a flat shape that is curved toward the main heating coil so that the sub-heating coil follows the outer peripheral edge of the main heating coil.
Inverter circuits for supplying high-frequency power to the main heating coil and the sub-heating coil independently of each other are provided,
The energization control circuit controls the inverter circuit and selects all or part of the sub-heating coil in addition to driving the main heating coil and driving the main heating coil according to the size of the object to be heated. Command the operation to drive automatically,
When the priority heating step is performed, the inverter circuit drives only the main heating coil for a predetermined period so that the cooking fluid inside the object to be heated generates convection by heating, and the auxiliary heating coil The heating cooker according to claim 9, wherein the operation of driving only a predetermined period is alternately performed. The display means includes a common display screen for performing a display operation in a state where main power is turned on collectively to the first heating means and the second heating means,
In the display screen, when the first heating means and the second heating means are operated simultaneously, the respective energization conditions are simultaneously displayed for each heating means,
The cooking device according to claim 5 or 6, wherein the first display information and the second display information are displayed at a predetermined position on the display screen. Further comprising a vibration sensing device for detecting an earthquake, and when the vibration sensing device senses a predetermined seismic intensity or more, it sends a vibration sensing signal to the energization control circuit,
The cooking device according to claim 5 or 6, wherein the energization control circuit that has received the vibration sensing signal performs an operation of shutting off power to all heating means in use. Step 1 in which the energization control circuit activates the display means for displaying the energization conditions of the electric heating means after the main power is turned on;
Displaying the energization condition of the electric heating means on the display means;
Setting an energization time zone of the electric heating means; and
Step 4 of displaying on the display means the electricity rate information by time zone applied to the energization time zone of the electric heating means;
In order to change the energization time zone, the step 5 of confirming the energization condition by an input from an operation unit;
When receiving a predetermined power reduction request signal during energization of the heating means, the step 6 of displaying by the display means that the power reduction request signal is received;
A control method of a heating cooker provided with. A breaker that is installed in the house and that cuts off the circuit when the first upper limit capacity is exceeded;
Power is supplied through this breaker, a plurality of home appliances each equipped with a power consumption measuring unit,
In a power control system that consists of a power command device that controls the total power consumption of these home appliances,
The power command device receives power reduction request information from outside the house via communication means,
The home appliance includes an electric energy consumption unit, a receiving unit that receives a target device registration signal and power reduction request information from the power command device, and a notification unit that notifies the user of the reception result,
The home appliance is provided with an operation unit that can set an energization time zone of the electric energy consumption unit, and a display unit that displays the electricity rate classification information for each time zone toward the outside of the home appliance,
Before the energization time zone of the electric energy consumption unit is determined by the operation unit, the display unit displays the electricity rate classification information for each time zone applied when used in the energization time zone. Power control system for home appliances.   The home appliance includes a first display unit that displays that the target device registration signal has been received from the power command device, and a second upper limit capacity that is smaller than a first capacity of the breaker. 18. The home appliance according to claim 17, further comprising a second display unit that displays that the request is received when the power reduction request signal for reducing the total power is received. Power control system.   The home appliance includes a heating cooking unit that heats an object to be cooked as the electric energy consumption unit, and a first operation unit that can set an operation condition of the heating cooking unit and adjust an electric energy amount. It is a cooking device, The electric power control system of the household appliances of Claim 17 characterized by the above-mentioned.   The home appliance includes a motor unit serving as a power source for supplying liquid or refrigerant as the electric energy consuming unit, and a second operation unit that sets an operation condition of the motor unit and adjusts an electric energy amount. The power control system for home appliances according to claim 17, which is an air conditioner or a dishwasher.   When the power command apparatus receives request information for reducing the total power of the first and second home appliances below the second upper limit capacity, the power command device issues the request signal to the connected home appliances. The electric power control system for home electric appliances according to any one of claims 18 and 19, wherein thereafter, electric power supply to the electric home appliances is restricted according to a predetermined reduction priority order. The home appliance is a mode setting means for setting any one of a plurality of heating modes;
An energization control circuit having a heating program corresponding to the heating mode,
The heating program includes a priority heating process in which predetermined power is maintained without being affected by a predetermined power reduction command from the power command device, and a non-priority heating process in which power is reduced in preference to this priority heating process. the power control system of the home appliance according to claim 17, characterized in that the cooker you have a and.   18. The home appliance power control system according to claim 17, wherein the power command device includes a display screen on which each usage state of the home appliance is displayed. The power command device includes a display screen on which each usage state of the home appliance is displayed,
18. The home appliance power control system according to claim 17, wherein the display screen is configured to display a magnitude of power consumption when the home appliance is used. The power command device includes a display screen on which each usage state of the home appliance is displayed,
18. The home appliance according to claim 17, wherein when the home appliance is used, the display screen displays a power consumption level and a capacity of the breaker. Equipment power control system. The said power command unit, the second upper capacitor set by the user on the day specified in the past, to claim 1 7, characterized in that had a call instruction means for informing calling optionally The power control system for the home appliance described.   18. The home appliance power control system according to claim 17, further comprising a private power supply device capable of individually supplying electric power to the plurality of home appliances via the breaker. At least one of the home appliances further includes a vibration sensing device that detects an earthquake, and when the vibration sensing device senses a predetermined seismic intensity or more, it sends a vibration sensing signal to the power command device,
The power command device that has received the vibration sensing signal performs an operation of shutting off a power source of the heating unit of the home appliance when the home appliance using the heating unit is present in the plurality of home appliances. The power control system for home appliances according to claim 17, characterized in that: A breaker that is installed in the house and that cuts off the circuit when the first upper limit capacity is exceeded;
Power is supplied through this breaker, a plurality of home appliances each equipped with a power consumption measuring unit,
In a power control system configured with a power command device that controls the total power consumption of the plurality of home appliances,
The power command device can set a power upper limit value to a second upper limit capacity smaller than the first upper limit capacity by a user,
The home appliance includes an electrical energy consumption unit, a receiving unit that receives a target device registration signal and a power reduction request signal from the power command device, and a notification unit that notifies the user of the reception result,
The home appliance is provided with an operation unit that can set an energization time zone of the electric energy consumption unit, and a display unit that displays the electricity rate classification information for each time zone toward the outside of the home appliance,
Before the energization time zone of the electric energy consumption unit is determined by the operation unit, the display unit displays the electricity rate classification information for each time zone applied when used in the energization time zone. Power control system for home appliances.   The household electrical appliance displays the first display unit when receiving the target device registration signal from the power command device, and reduces the total electrical power of the entire household electrical appliance below the second upper limit capacity. 30. The home appliance power control system according to claim 29, wherein when receiving a power reduction request signal, the second display unit displays that the request has been received. At least one of the home appliances further includes a vibration sensing device that detects an earthquake, and when the vibration sensing device senses a predetermined seismic intensity or more, it sends a vibration sensing signal to the power command device,
The power command device that has received the vibration sensing signal performs an operation of shutting off a power source of the heating unit of the home appliance when the home appliance using the heating unit is present in the plurality of home appliances. 30. The power control system for home appliances according to claim 29, characterized in that:

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