JP6546686B2 - Cooker - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a heating cooker.

  DESCRIPTION OF RELATED ART Conventionally, as a heating cooker, there are some which are provided with the display part in the front surface of a casing as it describes in Unexamined-Japanese-Patent No. 2002-349858 (patent document 1). The front face of the casing is also provided with a plurality of operation units operated by the user.

  The display unit displays characters in accordance with the operation of the operation unit. Specifically, the display unit displays, on separate screens, a predetermined cooking recipe, a favorite cooking recipe registered by the user, and search information for searching a menu made from ingredients. The display unit is orange when displaying a predetermined cooking recipe, is pink when displaying a favorite cooking recipe, and is green when displaying search information. Thereby, the user can determine the display information of the display unit by the color of the display unit without reading the characters of the display unit.

  However, in the conventional heating cooker described above, by displaying the search information on the display unit, it is possible to search for food made from the food, but to search for food that satisfies the food and conditions other than the food (for example, cooking time). I can not do it.

  Therefore, there is a problem that it is difficult to find a desired food in the conventional heating cooker.

JP 2002-349858 A

  Then, the subject of this invention is providing the heating cooker which can search easily for a desired dish.

In order to solve the above-mentioned subject, the cooking-by-heating machine of the present invention is
With the casing,
A heating chamber provided in the casing and containing the object to be heated;
An operation unit operated by a user to heat the object to be heated;
A display unit for displaying information on the cooking of the object to be heated;
The first option for selecting a cooking category and the second option for selecting the number of calories of food can be displayed on the display unit.
Simultaneously displaying on the display unit the number of calories selected in the second option and the first option for selecting a cooking category;
When the cooking category is selected from the first option, information on cooking corresponding to both the selected number of calories and the selected cooking category is displayed on the display unit.

  The cooking device of the present invention can easily find the desired food.

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a heating cooker according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration view of the heating cooker. FIG. 3 is a schematic front view of the operation panel of the heating cooker. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along line F4-F4 of FIG. FIG. 5 is a view showing one screen of the color liquid crystal panel of the heating cooker. FIG. 6 is a view showing another screen of the color liquid crystal panel of the heating cooker. FIG. 7 is a view showing another screen of the color liquid crystal panel of the heating cooker. FIG. 8 is a view showing another screen of the color liquid crystal panel of the heating cooker. FIG. 9A is a view showing another screen of the color liquid crystal panel of the heating cooker. FIG. 9B is a view showing another screen of the color liquid crystal panel of the heating cooker. FIG. 9C is a view showing another screen of the color liquid crystal panel of the heating cooker. FIG. 9D is a view showing another screen of the color liquid crystal panel of the heating cooker. FIG. 10 is a control block diagram of the heating cooker. Drawing 11A is a flow chart for explaining screen control of a control device of the above-mentioned cooking-by-heating machine. Drawing 11B is a flow chart for explaining screen control of a control device of the above-mentioned cooking-by-heating machine.

  Hereafter, the heating cooker of this invention is demonstrated in detail by embodiment of illustration.

  FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a heating cooker according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  In the said heating cooker, the door 34 which rotates centering | focusing on the edge | side by the side of a lower end is attached to the front of the rectangular parallelepiped-shaped casing 1. As shown in FIG. An operation panel 35 is provided on the right side of the door 34. Further, a handle 37 is attached to the upper portion of the door 34, and a heat resistant glass 38 is attached to a substantially central portion of the door 34.

  The operation panel 35 has a color liquid crystal display unit 36 and a button group 45 operated by the user to heat the object to be heated 10 (see FIG. 2).

  FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration view of the heating cooker.

  The heating cooker includes a casing 1, a heating chamber 2 provided in the casing 1, a steam generator 3 for generating steam, and a steam heater for heating steam from the steam generator 3 into superheated steam. 4 and a controller 5 for controlling the operation of the water vapor generator 3 and the water vapor heater 4. Here, the above-mentioned superheated steam means steam heated to a superheated state exceeding 100 ° C. The steam heater 4 is an example of a superheated steam generation unit.

  The heating chamber 2 has an opening on the front side which is opened and closed by a door 34. The side, bottom and top surfaces of the heating chamber 2 are made of stainless steel plates. The user places the object to be heated 10 in the heating chamber 2 through the opening, and takes the object 10 out of the heating chamber 2. Further, a heat insulating material (not shown) is disposed around the heating chamber 2 to insulate the inside of the heating chamber 2 from the outside.

In the heating chamber 2, a tray 6 made of metal such as iron or ceramic or the like is placed at a predetermined distance from the bottom of the heating chamber 2. The tray 6 is supported by lower receiving shelves 11 provided on left and right side walls of the heating chamber 2. Then, a metal cooking net 7 such as iron is placed on the tray 6, and the object to be heated 10 is placed approximately at the center of the cooking net 7. Thus, the object to be heated 10 is accommodated in the heating chamber 2 at a distance from the bottom of the heating chamber 2.

  Further, on the left and right side walls of the heating chamber 2, a middle receiving shelf 12 located above the lower receiving shelf 11 and an upper receiving shelf 13 located above the middle receiving shelf 12 are provided. Similarly to the lower receiving rack 11, the middle receiving rack 12 and the upper receiving rack 13 can also support the tray 6.

  The water vapor generating device 3 is installed in the water vapor generating unit 39, the water supply tank 40 into which the water supplied to the water vapor generating unit 39 enters, and the water vapor generating unit 39, and heats the water accumulated in the water vapor generating unit 39 It has a water heater 41 for evaporation and a solenoid valve 49. The water heating heater 41 is a sheathed heater wound in a coil. The water supply tank 40 is an example of a water storage unit.

  When the solenoid valve 49 is opened, the water in the water supply tank 40 flows into the water vapor generation unit 39, and when the solenoid valve 49 is closed, the water can not move from the water supply tank 40 to the water vapor generation unit 39. Further, a water level sensor (not shown) is provided in the water vapor generation unit 39, and the electromagnetic valve 49 is opened and closed according to the detection value of the water level sensor.

  The water supply tank 40 is attachable to and detachable from the water vapor generation unit 39, and can be taken out of the casing 1 from the front side.

  A drainage valve 42 is attached to the bottom of the water vapor generation unit 39, and one end of the drainage path 14 is connected to the drainage valve 42. The other end of the drainage path 14 is located on the basin 9. The saucer 9 is detachable from the casing 1 and can be taken out of the casing 1 from the front side.

  Further, on one side surface of the heating chamber 2, a circulation suction port 15 is provided between the upper receiving shelf 13 and the middle receiving shelf 12. A first jet port 16 is provided on the upper surface of the heating chamber 2 so as to face the steam heating heater 4. Further, second and third jets 17 and 18 are provided on the other side of the heating chamber 2. The second jet nozzle 17 is located between the upper receiving shelf 13 and the middle receiving shelf 12. On the other hand, the third jet nozzle 18 is located between the inner receiving rack 12 and the lower receiving rack 11. The space in the heating chamber 2 and the space in the circulation path 8 are in communication with each other by the circulation air inlet 15, the first jet 16, the second jet 17, and the third jet 18 as described above.

  One end of the circulation path 8 is connected to the circulation suction port 15, and the other end is connected to the second jet 17 and the third jet 18. The circulation fan 19 in the vicinity of the circulation suction port 15 sucks the steam in the heating chamber 2 from the circulation suction port 15 and blows it toward the steam heating heater 4. Then, the steam is heated by the steam heater 4 to become superheated steam, and then jets out into the heating chamber 2 from the first jet port 16 and the second and third jet ports 17 and 18.

  Further, a portion in the vicinity of the circulation intake 15 of the circulation path 8 is connected to the water vapor generation unit 39 via the vapor discharge path 20. Thus, the steam generated in the steam generation unit 39 flows through the steam discharge path 20 and enters the circulation path 8, merges with the steam from the circulation intake port 15 and flows toward the steam heater 4.

  Further, excess steam in the heating chamber 2 flows out of the heating chamber 2 from the first and second exhaust ports 21 and 22.

One end of an exhaust path 23 is connected to the first exhaust port 21. Also, the exhaust path 23
The other end of the nozzle forms an ejector 24. Further, the first exhaust port 21 can be opened and closed by the exhaust damper 25.

  One end of an exhaust tube 26 is connected to the second exhaust port 22. Further, the other end of the exhaust tube 26 is connected to the exhaust path 23. Thus, the steam in the exhaust tube 26 can merge with the steam in the exhaust path 23 and can exit the casing 1 from the ejector 24. Further, the steam from the ejector 24 to the outside of the casing 1 can be mixed with the air from the dilution air path 27 and the suction duct 28 so as to be diluted.

  The dilution air path 27 has one end inserted into the ejector 24 and the other end connected to the fan casing 29. The exhaust dilution fan 30 in the fan casing 29 sends air to the ejector 24. The fan casing 29 is connected to the air supply port 32 via the air supply path 31. The air supply port 32 can be opened and closed by the air supply damper 33.

  Further, in the casing 1, a magnetron 53 for generating a microwave is also installed.

  FIG. 3 is a schematic view enlarging the operation panel 35 of FIG.

  The button group 45 is composed of a return key 91, a cancel key 92, a manual key 93 and a warm start key 94. The return key 91 is pressed to return the screen display of the color liquid crystal panel 95 described later to the screen display immediately before. The cancel key 92 is pressed to stop heating midway or to cancel the operation. The manual key 93 is depressed when manually setting the high frequency output and the heating output. Also, the warm start key 94 is pressed to start heating. The return key 91, the cancel key 92, the manual key 93, and the warm start key 94 are examples of the operation unit.

  FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view as viewed from the line F4-F4 in FIG.

  The color liquid crystal display unit 36 is configured by overlapping the touch panel 96 on the color liquid crystal panel 95. The color liquid crystal panel 95 can display characters, numbers, photographs and the like in color, and displays the kind of heating, the dish name, the heating time, the temperature, the photograph of the food and the like. The touch panel 96 is a capacitive touch panel made of a transparent material that changes the surface charge when the user touches it. Thus, the user can touch the touch panel 96 to select an image displayed on the color liquid crystal panel 95. Further, when the user touches the touch panel 96 to select a selectable image displayed on the color liquid crystal panel 95, the color of the image is changed. That is, in the image displayed on the color liquid crystal panel 95, the color in the selected state is different from the color in the non-selected state. The touch panel 96 may be replaced with, for example, a resistive film type, a surface acoustic wave type, an infrared type, or an electromagnetic induction type touch panel. The color liquid crystal panel 95 is an example of a display unit, and the touch panel 96 is an example of an operation unit.

  FIG. 5 is a view showing an initial screen of the color liquid crystal panel 95. As shown in FIG. This initial screen is a screen that the color liquid crystal panel 95 initially displays after the power plug (not shown) of the heating cooker is plugged into a power outlet.

Images G1 to G8 are displayed on the initial screen of the color liquid crystal panel 95. Image G1 is an image to be selected when warming cold dishes, etc. A picture of shrimp fry and "warm up"
Contains the letters and. The image G2 is an image to be selected when making steamed or simmered food, and includes a picture of a pan and steamed pot and letters of “steaming and simmering”. The image G3 is an image to be selected when searching for a desired food from among the 300 or more dishes in the food collection, and includes a picture of a book and the characters “select from the food collection”. The image G4 is an image to be selected when the milk or liquor is warmed to an appropriate temperature, and includes a cup and a picture of Tokutori, and the characters of "milk" and "sake can". The image G5 is an image to be selected when making grilled and fried food, and includes a picture of roasted chicken and characters "bak and fly". The image G6 is an image to be selected when the user wants to use the health support menu, and includes a picture for an image of a well-being person and characters of the “health support menu”. The image G7 is an image to be selected when making a dish in a menu to be often made, and includes a picture of a push pin and characters of “a menu to be well made”. The image G8 is an image to be selected when thawing a frozen food or the like, and includes a picture of snow crystals and characters “to thaw”. When the initial screen with such a configuration is displayed, when the user touches a part of the touch panel 96 overlapping the image G3, the screen of the color liquid crystal panel 95 switches from the initial screen to the cooking collection selection screen. That is, the color liquid crystal panel 95 displays the cooking collection selection screen according to the selection of the image G3 by the user.

  FIG. 6 is a view showing a cooking collection selection screen of the color liquid crystal panel 95. As shown in FIG.

  At the top of the cooking display screen, a picture of a book and characters of "Select from cooking collection" are displayed. Thereby, the user can confirm that the screen of the color liquid crystal panel 95 is the dish collection selection screen.

  Moreover, the images G11 to G15 are also displayed on the above-mentioned dish collection selection screen. The image G11 includes the pictogram "All" and the characters "all menu". The image G12 includes a pictogram of “No.” and a “menu number”. The image G13 includes a picture of a magnifying glass and "material-specific" characters. The image G14 includes a picture of bread and characters of "sweets" and "bread". The image G15 includes a plate and a picture of a bowl and characters of “set menu”. The user can select any one of the images G11 to G15 described above to search for the dishes in the dish collection. Here, the method of searching for food differs depending on which one of the images G11 to G15 is selected. For example, the user can search for food with the material by touching a part of the touch panel 96 overlapping the image G13.

  FIG. 7 is a view showing a screen of the color liquid crystal panel 95 displayed in response to a touch on a part of the touch panel 96 overlapping the image G13 of FIG.

  At the top of the screen, the picture of the book and the characters "dishes" and "by ingredients" are displayed. Thus, the user can confirm that the image G13 has been selected on the cooking collection selection screen of FIG.

  Further, the images G21 to G27 are also displayed on the screen of FIG. The user can view the dish using pork or beef by selecting the image G21, and can view the dish using fish or shellfish by selecting the image G22 by selecting the picture G23 You can see the dishes that use egg, or tofu, you can see the dishes that use chicken by selecting image G24, and you can see the dishes that use vegetables by selecting image G26 It has become. If the user wants to enter the number of calories in the search condition of the dish due to circumstances such as diet and diabetes, the user may select the image G27 including the text “search in combination with the number of calories”. That is, the user can search for food with a desired material and the number of calories by touching a part of the touch panel 96 overlapping the image G27.

  FIG. 8 is a view showing a screen of the color liquid crystal panel 95 displayed in response to a touch on a part of the touch panel 96 overlapping the image G27.

  At the top of the screen, a picture of a book and letters "Cooking book" and "Select by material and calories" are displayed. Thereby, the user can confirm that the image G27 has been selected on the screen of FIG.

  Further, images G31 to G36 are displayed in the center portion of the screen of FIG. 8 together with the characters “Select material”. By selecting the images G31 to G36, it is possible to limit the ingredients of the dish displayed on the screen next to the screen of FIG. The restriction of the ingredients of this cooking is performed corresponding to the characters included in the images G31 to G36. For example, the image G31 is for limiting the ingredients of cooking to pork or beef. The images G31 to G36 are an example of the first option.

  Further, in the lower part of the screen of FIG. 8, images G41 to G44 are displayed together with “select the number of calories”. By selecting the images G41 to G44, it is possible to limit the number of calories of the food displayed on the screen following the screen of FIG. For example, the user may select the image G41 if it is desired to limit the number of calories of the food displayed on the screen following the screen of FIG. 8 to 199 kcal or less. In addition, the calorie count of the dish displayed on the next screen of the screen of FIG. 8 is in the range of 200 kcal to 299 kcal by the selection of the image G42, and in the range of 300 kcal to 399 kcal by the selection of the image G43 It can be limited to 400 kcal or more by the choice of G44. Also, the gradation of the image G41 changes from green to yellow green, the gradation of the image G42 changes from yellow green to yellow, the gradation from the image G43 changes from yellow to orange, the color of the image G44 orange There is a gradation that changes from red to red. That is, a color more reddish than the color of the image G41 is adopted as a color of the image G42, a color more reddish than the color of the image G42 is adopted as a color of the image G43, and a color more reddish than the color of the image G43 an image G44 Is adopted as the color of Thus, among the images G41 to G44, the R value of the RGB color of the image G41 is the smallest. The images G41 to G44 are an example of the second option.

  Immediately after switching from the screen of FIG. 7 to the screen of FIG. 8, none of the images G31 to G36 and G41 to G44 is selected. For this reason, unless the user selects one of the images G31 to G36 and one of the images G41 to G44, the screen is not switched to the next screen. On this next screen, the dishes with the lowest number of calories of the dishes satisfying the selection condition of the images G31 to G36 and G41 to G44 are displayed.

  9A to 9C are diagrams showing screens of the color liquid crystal panel 95 displayed according to the selection on the screen of FIG.

  For example, when the image G34 and the image G42 are selected, the screen of FIG. 8 is switched to the screen of FIG. 9A, and when the image G35 and the image G41 are selected, the screen is switched to the screen of FIG. When selected, it switches to the screen of FIG. 9C. On each screen of FIGS. 9A to 9C, the approximate number of calories of the food, the food name, and the picture of the food are displayed, and the images G51 to G53 are displayed.

  When the user selects the image G51 on the screens of FIGS. 9A to 9C, the process proceeds to a process just before heating the food displayed on the screen of the color liquid crystal panel 95. That is, it is in the state just before the cooking of the said cooking is started.

  Further, when the user selects the images G52 and G53 on the screens of FIGS. 9A to 9C, information on other dishes is displayed on the color liquid crystal panel 95.

  More specifically, when the user selects the images G52 and G53 on the screen of FIG. 9A, the color liquid crystal panel 95 displays information on other dishes that satisfy the conditions of the selection of the images G34 and G42. Further, when the user selects the image G52 or the image G53 on the screen of FIG. 9B, the color liquid crystal panel 95 displays information on other dishes satisfying the selection conditions of the image G35 and the image G41. Further, when the user selects the image G52 or the image G53 on the screen of FIG. 9C, the color liquid crystal panel 95 displays information on other dishes satisfying the selection conditions of the image G35 and the image G41. At this time, if the user selects the image G52, the screen of FIG. 9C is switched to the screen of FIG. 9D.

  The image G52 is an image to be selected when increasing the number of calories of the food satisfying the selection condition of the images G31 to G36 and G41 to G44. However, when the user selects the image G52 while the color liquid crystal panel 95 is displaying the dish with the highest number of calories among the dishes satisfying the selection condition of the images G31 to G36 and G41 to G44, the images G31 to G43 are displayed. Among the dishes satisfying the selection conditions of G36 and G41 to G44, the dish with the minimum number of calories is displayed.

  The image G53 is an image to be selected when the number of calories of the food which satisfies the selection condition of the images G31 to G36 and G41 to G44 is decreased. However, when the user selects the image G53 while the color liquid crystal panel 95 is displaying the dish with the lowest number of calories among the dishes satisfying the selection condition of the images G31 to G36 and G41 to G44, the image G31 to the image G31 Among the dishes satisfying the selection conditions of G36 and G41 to G44, the dishes with the highest number of calories are displayed.

  FIG. 10 is a control block diagram of the heating cooker.

  The control device 5 includes a CPU (central processing unit) 50, a timer 51, a storage unit 52, an input / output circuit and the like. Further, the control device 5 includes a water heater 41, a steam heater 4, an air supply damper 33, an exhaust damper 25, an electromagnetic valve 49, a circulation fan 19, an exhaust dilution fan 30, and an operation panel. 35 color liquid crystal display unit 36 and button group 45, and a magnetron 53 are connected.

  The CPU 50 takes out and executes the control program stored in the storage unit 52, or performs operations such as binary addition, logical operation, increase / decrease, and comparison on data input from various input devices.

  The timer 51 counts the date, the time elapsed from the start of the heating of the object to be heated, the time elapsed from the end of the heating of the object to be heated, and the like.

  The storage unit 52 includes a water heating heater 41, a steam heating heater 4, an air supply damper 33, an exhaust damper 25, an electromagnetic valve 49, a circulation fan 19, an exhaust dilution fan 30, a color liquid crystal display unit 36 and the like. A control program is stored. In addition, data of an image to be displayed on the color liquid crystal panel 95 of the color liquid crystal display unit 36 is stored in the storage unit 52. The storage unit 52 can also store, for example, favorite dishes by the user.

11A and 11B are flowcharts for explaining screen control of the control device 5. This screen control is a screen control for enabling the user to search for a dish in combination of the material and the number of calories and start the heating of this dish. The screen control starts in a state where the color liquid crystal panel 95 displays the initial screen. Further, for the convenience of description, only the flow of the operation for searching for the food by the combination of the material and the number of calories is described in the above-mentioned flowchart.

  First, when the control operation of the control device 5 is started, as shown in FIG. 11A, it is determined in step S1 whether "select from a collection of dishes" is selected. That is, it is determined whether or not there is a touch on a part of the touch panel 96 overlapping the image G3. In this step S1, when it is determined that there is a touch on part of the touch panel 96 overlapping the image G3, the process proceeds to step S2, while it is determined that there is no touch on a part of the touch panel 96 overlapping the image G3. Then, step S1 is performed again.

  Next, in step S2, the screen of the color liquid crystal panel 95 is changed, and the initial screen of FIG. 5 is switched to the cooking collection selection screen of FIG.

  Next, in step S3, it is determined whether "by material" is selected. That is, it is determined whether there is a touch on a part of the touch panel 96 overlapping the image G13. If it is determined in step S3 that there is a touch on a part of the touch panel 96 overlapping the image G13, the process proceeds to the next step S4, while there is no touch on a part of the touch panel 96 overlapping the image G13. If it is determined to be, step S3 is performed again.

  Next, in step S4, the screen of the color liquid crystal panel 95 is changed, and the cooking collection selection screen of FIG. 6 is switched to the screen of FIG.

  Next, in step S5, it is determined whether "search in combination with the number of calories" is selected. That is, it is determined whether or not there is a touch on a part of the touch panel 96 overlapping the image G27. If it is determined in step S5 that there is a touch on part of the touch panel 96 overlapping the image G27, the process proceeds to the next step S6, while there is no touch on part of the touch panel 96 overlapping the image G27. If it is determined, the step S5 is performed again.

  Next, in step S6, the screen of the color liquid crystal panel 95 is changed, and the screen of FIG. 7 is switched to the screen of FIG. Immediately after switching from the screen of FIG. 7 to the screen of FIG. 8, all of the images G31 to G36 and G41 to G44 are in the non-selected state. Step S6 is an example of the option display control unit.

  Next, in step S7, it is determined whether one material and one calorie number range have been selected. More specifically, it is determined whether the user has selected one of the images G31 to G36 and one of the images G41 to G44. If it is determined that two such selections are made in step S7, the process proceeds to the next step S8, while if it is determined that the two selections are not made in step S7, step S7 is performed again.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 11B, in step S8, the color liquid crystal panel 95 is displayed with a picture of a dish satisfying the condition of the selection in step S7. At this time, the color liquid crystal panel 95 displays, for example, a photograph of a dish with the lowest calorie among a plurality of dishes satisfying the selection condition of step S7. Step S8 is an example of the cooking information display control unit.

  Next, in step S9, it is determined whether or not there is a selection of "next". That is, it is determined whether there is a touch on part of the touch panel 96 overlapping the image G52.

If it is determined in step S9 that there is a touch on a part of the touch panel 96 overlapping the image G52, the color liquid crystal panel 95 displays a photograph of another dish satisfying the selection condition of step S7 in step S12. After displaying, the process returns to step S9. Here, the above-mentioned other food is a food having the number of calories closest to the number of calories of the food displayed by the color liquid crystal panel 95 at the previous step S9. However, if the food displayed by the color liquid crystal panel 95 at the immediately preceding step S9 is the food with the highest number of calories among the dishes satisfying the selection condition of step S7, the selection of step S7 is performed in step S12. A color liquid crystal panel 95 is displayed with a picture of the food with the minimum number of calories among the food satisfying the conditions. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S9 that there is no touch on part of the touch panel 96 overlapping the image G52, the process proceeds to the next step S10. Step S12 is an example of the cooking information change control unit.

  Next, in step S10, it is determined whether or not there is a selection of "forward". That is, it is determined whether or not there is a touch on a part of the touch panel 96 overlapping the image G53. If it is determined in step S10 that there is a touch on a part of the touch panel 96 overlapping the image G53, the color liquid crystal panel 95 displays a photograph of another dish or the like satisfying the selection condition of step S7 in step S13. After displaying, the process returns to step S9. Here, the other food is a food having the number of calories closest to the number of calories of the food displayed by the color liquid crystal panel 95 in the immediately preceding step S10. However, if the food displayed by the color liquid crystal panel 95 at the immediately preceding step S10 is the food with the lowest number of calories among the dishes satisfying the selection condition of step S7, the selection of step S7 is performed in step S13. The color LCD panel 95 displays a photograph of the food with the highest number of calories among the food satisfying the conditions. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S10 that there is no touch on part of the touch panel 96 overlapping the image G53, the process proceeds to the next step S11. Step S13 is an example of the cooking information change control unit.

  Next, in step S11, it is determined whether or not there is a selection of "decision". That is, it is determined whether or not there is a touch on a part of the touch panel 96 overlapping the image G51. If it is determined that there is no touch on part of the touch panel 96 overlapping the image G51 in this step S11, it is determined that there is a touch on part of the touch panel 96 overlapping the image G51 while returning to the step S9. Then, the above screen control ends.

  Thus, by displaying the screen of FIG. 8 on the color liquid crystal panel 95 in step S6, the user can select the desired material and the number of calories, so it is easy to find the desired food from 300 or more dishes. Convenience can be enhanced.

  Further, since the images G31 to G36 for selecting the desired material and the images G41 to G44 for selecting the desired number of calories are simultaneously displayed on the screen of FIG. The images G31 to G36 and G41 to G44 can be selected without switching the display. Therefore, the user can select the images G31 to G36 and G41 to G44 without stress.

  Further, in the images G31 to G36 and G41 to G44, the color in the selected state is different from the color in the non-selected state. Therefore, the selection of the images G41 to G44 can be performed while confirming the selection state of the images G31 to G36, and the selection of the images G31 to G36 can be performed while confirming the selection state of the images G41 to G44. . Therefore, selection errors of the images G31 to G36 and G41 to G44 are unlikely to occur.

  If the images G31 to G36 and the images G41 to G44 are displayed on different screens from each other, the images G31 to G36 and the images G31 to G36 and the images are confirmed while confirming one selected state of the images G31 to G36 and the images G41 to G44. The other selection with G41 to G44 can not be performed. As a result, selection errors of the images G31 to G36 and G41 to G44 easily occur.

  Further, in step S8, information on dishes satisfying the two selection conditions in step S7 is displayed on the color liquid crystal panel 95, so it can be easily confirmed whether the information on the dishes relates to the desired dish.

  Further, in step S8, the color liquid crystal panel 95 displays a photograph of a dish satisfying the two selection conditions in step S7, so it is easy to convey to the user the contents of the dish satisfying the two selection conditions.

  Further, by selecting the images G52 and G53, photographs of a plurality of dishes satisfying the two selection conditions can be sequentially displayed on the color liquid crystal panel 95, so it is easy to find a desired dish.

  In the heating cooker, when superheated steam is supplied into the heating chamber 2 and the superheated steam adheres to the object to be heated 10, the effect of reducing the salt and oil of the object to be heated 10, the object to be heated 10 Can provide the preservation effect of vitamins and so on. Such an effect is displayed on the color liquid crystal panel 95 in an expression such as "calorie down", "vitamin storage", "salt reduction", "low calorie" as shown in FIGS. 9A to 9D. Can easily grasp the effects obtained by the dish. Therefore, the user can very easily select the desired food.

  Further, the touch panel 96 covering the color liquid crystal panel 95 can be used to select the images G31 to G36 and G41 to G44 displayed on the color liquid crystal panel 95 without fail.

  In addition, the touch panel 96 can reduce the number of operation units other than the touch panel 96. Therefore, the space for providing the operation unit can be reduced, and the space for providing the color liquid crystal panel 95 can be increased. That is, the display area of the color liquid crystal panel 95 can be expanded. Therefore, it can be prevented that the display of the images G31 to G36 and G41 to G44 in the color liquid crystal panel 95 becomes small and identification becomes difficult.

  Also, users often cook using the ingredients remaining in the refrigerator. In addition, many users care about the number of calories of food for reasons such as not wanting to get fat. Therefore, it is very useful for the user to select a material and the number of calories on the screen of FIG. 8 and find a dish satisfying the selection condition.

  Further, in the images G41 to G44 on the screen of FIG. 8, the image G44 corresponding to the highest calorie number is most reddish, so it can be instantly recognized that the selection of the image G44 is the selection of the high calorie number. Therefore, for a user who desires selection of a high calorie number, the selection can be made quickly, and for a user who desires a low calorie selection, the high calorie number selection is not made by mistake. I can be careful.

  Further, immediately after the selection of the images G31 to G36 and G41 to G44 is performed on the screen of FIG. 8, the food of the lowest calorie number is displayed on the color liquid crystal panel 95 from among the plurality of dishes satisfying the selection conditions. Low-calorie oriented users can quickly find the desired food from over 300 dishes in the food collection.

Further, immediately after switching from the screen of FIG. 7 to the screen of FIG. 8, all of the images G31 to G36 and G41 to G44 are in the non-selected state, so the user selects the images G31 to G36 and the images G41 to G36. The color liquid crystal panel 95 does not display a picture of food or the like unless the user selects G44. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the color liquid crystal panel 95 from displaying a picture of food or the like even though the selection of the images G31 to G36 and G41 to G44 by the user is not performed.

  In the above embodiment, in place of the color liquid crystal panel 95, for example, a color EL (electroluminescence) display unit or a black and white display unit may be used.

  Although the color liquid crystal display unit 36 having the touch panel 96 is used in the above embodiment, a display unit not having the touch panel 96 may be used. In this case, the operation panel 35 may be provided with a rotary dial or a cross key, and the images G1, G2,... May be selected by the rotary dial or the cross key.

  In the above embodiment, the button group 45 is provided on the operation panel 35, but the user may be selected only by the touch panel 96 without providing the button group 45 on the operation panel 35.

  In the above embodiment, when it is determined in step S7 that one material and one range of the number of calories are selected, the process proceeds to the next step S8. For example, in step S7, a plurality of materials and one When one calorie number range is selected, the process may proceed to the next step S8.

  Alternatively, when one material and the range of the number of calories are selected in step S7, the process proceeds to the next step S8, or in step S7, the plurality of materials and the range of the number of calories are When selected, the process may proceed to the next step S8.

  In the above embodiment, in steps S8, S12 and S13, the color liquid crystal panel 95 displays the photographic image of the dish satisfying the two selection conditions of step S7, but the conditions of the two selection in step S7 are satisfied For example, a cartoon-like picture of cooking may be displayed. Such a cartoon-like display can also be performed by the black and white liquid crystal display unit.

  In the above embodiment, immediately after the selection of the images G31 to G36 and G41 to G44 is performed on the screen of FIG. Immediately after selection of the images G31 to G36 and G41 to G44 is performed on the screen of FIG. It may be done. In this case, the high calorie oriented user can find the desired food in a short time.

  Alternatively, immediately after selection of the images G31 to G36 and G41 to G44 is performed on the screen of FIG. 8, a dish of about the middle of calories is displayed on the color liquid crystal panel 95 among a plurality of dishes satisfying the conditions of the selection. You may do so. In this case, for a user who is neither low calorie oriented nor high calorie oriented, it becomes easy to find a desired food.

  Although the heating cooker has the function of generating superheated steam and steam in the above embodiment, the heating cooker may have only the function of generating steam.

  The present invention can be applied not only to oven ranges using superheated steam, but also to heating cookers such as ovens, ranges or IH cooking heaters using superheated steam, and ovens, ranges and oven ranges that do not use superheated steam. Or it can apply also to cooking-by-heating machines, such as IH cooking heater.

  The following is a note on some cooking devices.

In order to solve the above-mentioned subject, the cooking-by-heating machine of the present invention is
With the casing,
A heating chamber provided in the casing and containing the object to be heated;
An operation unit operated by a user to heat the object to be heated;
A display unit for displaying information on cooking of the object to be heated;
A control device for controlling the display of the display unit;
The control unit
An option display control unit which causes the display unit to simultaneously and selectively display a plurality of first options of the cooking category and a plurality of second options closely related to the first option;
When at least one of the plurality of first options is in the selected state and at least one of the plurality of second options is in the selected state, the first and second options of the selected state are selected. A cooking information display control unit for displaying information on dishes corresponding to both on the display unit;
When the display unit is displaying the information on the food, the information on the food is corresponded to both the first and second options selected according to the user's operation on the operation unit. And a cooking information change control unit for changing to cooking information of

  According to the above configuration, the option display control unit of the control device causes the display unit to simultaneously and simultaneously select the plurality of first options of the cooking category and the plurality of second options closely related to the first option. Display as possible. Then, the cooking information display control unit of the control device causes the display unit to select at least one of the plurality of first options and to select at least one of the plurality of second options. When this is done, information on dishes corresponding to both the first and second options in this selected state is displayed. Then, when the display unit is displaying the information on the food by the dish information change control unit of the control device, the first to the selected information on the cooking according to the operation on the operation unit of the user. Change to other cooking information corresponding to both of the two choices.

  In this manner, the user can select the first option and the display unit by displayably displaying the plurality of first options of the cooking category and the plurality of second options closely related to the first option. By choosing the second option, you can easily find the food you want.

  In addition, since the display unit simultaneously displays the plurality of first options of the cooking category and the plurality of second options closely related to the first option, the first display is not switched. , The second choice can be selected. Therefore, the user can select the first and second options without stress.

  In the display unit, when at least one of the plurality of first options is in the selected state, and at least one of the plurality of second options is in the selected state, the first selected state is selected. Since the information on the dish corresponding to both of the second options is displayed, it can be easily confirmed whether the information on the dish relates to the desired dish.

  Further, when the display unit displays the information of the dish corresponding to both of the first and second options in the selected state, the information of the dish is selected according to the operation on the operation unit of the user. Since it is changed to the information of other dishes corresponding to both of the first and second choices, it is very easy to find the desired dish.

The heating cooker of one embodiment is
A water storage unit for storing water,
Water is supplied from the water storage unit, and a steam generation unit that evaporates the water to generate steam.
And a superheated steam generator for heating the steam to generate superheated steam;
The superheated steam can be supplied into the heating chamber.

  Here, the above-mentioned superheated steam means steam heated to a superheated state exceeding 100 ° C.

  According to the embodiment, the water vapor generation unit evaporates water from the water storage unit to generate water vapor. The steam is heated by the superheated steam generation unit to be superheated steam, and then supplied into the heating chamber. Then, the superheated steam adheres to and condenses on the surface of the object to be heated in the heating chamber, giving a large amount of latent heat of condensation to the object to be heated.

  As a result, salt and oil are dropped from the surface of the article to be heated together with the condensed water, so that salt and oil in the article to be heated can be reduced. Moreover, the oxidation of the object to be heated can be suppressed by filling the superheated steam in the heating chamber to make it in a low oxygen state.

  Therefore, the display unit can display the extent to which the salt content and oil content of the article to be heated can be reduced, and the extent to which the oxidation of the article to be heated can be suppressed. Therefore, in the superheated steam cooker (for example, Helsio (trade name, registered trademark)), the desired food can be selected extremely easily.

In the heating cooker of one embodiment,
At least a part of the operation unit is a touch panel covering the display unit.

  According to the above-described embodiment, the touch panel covering the display unit can surely perform the operation regarding the selection of the first and second options displayed on the display unit.

  In addition, since at least a part of the operation unit is a touch panel covering the display unit, the space for providing the operation unit can be reduced, and the display area of the display unit can be expanded by the reduced space. . Therefore, it can be prevented that the display of the first and second options in the display unit becomes small and identification becomes difficult.

In the heating cooker of one embodiment,
The first option indicates a food, and the second option indicates the number of calories.

  According to the embodiment, since the first option indicates a food and the second option indicates a calorie count, the user can easily search for a food corresponding to the desired food and the calorie count. For example, users who want to lose weight can easily search for low-calorie dishes using various ingredients. In addition, users who want to gain weight can easily search for high-calorie dishes using various ingredients.

  The ability to select the number of calories is useful not only for users who are on a diet, but also for users who have limited calories of their diet due to diabetes and the like.

In the heating cooker of one embodiment,
The above display unit can perform color display,
The second option indicating the highest number of calories among the plurality of second options is displayed as an image with more redness than the second option indicating the lowest number of calories among the plurality of second options.

  According to the above-described embodiment, the second option indicating the highest number of calories among the plurality of second options is more reddish than the second option indicating the lowest number of calories among the plurality of second options. The user can instantly recognize the second option indicating the number of high calories. Therefore, for the user who desires selection of the number of high calories, the user can make the selection quickly, and for the user who desires selection of the number of low calories, he does not select the number of high calories by mistake. I can be careful.

In the heating cooker of one embodiment,
The information on the dish that the dish information display control unit causes the display unit to display is the information on the dish with the lowest number of calories among the plurality of dishes corresponding to both of the selected first and second options. .

  According to the above-mentioned embodiment, the information of the dish which the above-mentioned dish information display control part displays on a display part is the dish of the number of calories of the lowest calorie out of a plurality of dishes corresponding to both of the selected 1st and 2nd option For example, a user on a diet can find a desired food in a short time.

In the heating cooker of one embodiment,
In the initial display of the display unit by the option display control unit, all of the plurality of first options and the plurality of second options are in a non-selected state.

  According to the above-described embodiment, since the initial display of the display unit by the option display control unit is in a state where all of the plurality of first options and the plurality of second options are in the non-selected state, the user (2) The display by the cooking information display control unit is not performed unless the choice is selected. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the display by the cooking information display control unit from being performed even when the selection of the first and second option selections by the user is not performed.

In the heating cooker of one embodiment,
The cooking information includes a pictorial image showing a picture of the cooking or a photographic image showing a picture of the cooking.

  According to the above-described embodiment, the information on the food has a pictorial image showing a picture of the food or a photographic image showing a picture of the food, so it is easy to convey the contents of the food to the user.

[Items to be added]
An object of the invention according to one aspect of the present invention is to provide a heating cooker capable of easily searching for a desired food.

The heating cooker of the invention according to one aspect of the present invention is
With the casing,
A heating chamber provided in the casing and containing the object to be heated;
An operation unit operated by a user to heat the object to be heated;
A heating unit for heating the object to be heated;
A controller for controlling the heating unit;
The control unit
It is characterized in that the cooking of the food corresponding to both the first option for selecting the cooking category and the second option for selecting the number of calories of the food is performed.

In the heating cooker of one embodiment,
The first option is characterized by including at least a staple food such as rice.

In the heating cooker of one embodiment,
A display unit for displaying information on cooking of the object to be heated;
A display control device for controlling the display of the display unit;
The display control unit
The cooking information display control unit is configured to display only the information on the cooking corresponding to both the first choice for selecting the cooking category and the second choice for selecting the number of calories of the cooking. And

Reference Signs List 1 casing 2 heating chamber 4 steam heating heater 5 control device 35 operation panel 36 color liquid crystal display unit 39 steam generation unit 40 water supply tank 91 return key 92 cancel key 93 manual key 94 warm start key 95 color liquid crystal panel 96 touch panel

Claims (6)

With the casing,
A heating chamber provided in the casing and containing the object to be heated;
An operation unit operated by a user to heat the object to be heated;
A display unit for displaying information on the cooking of the object to be heated;
The first option for selecting a cooking category and the second option for selecting the number of calories of food can be displayed on the display unit.
Simultaneously displaying on the display unit the number of calories selected in the second option and the first option for selecting a cooking category;
When the cooking category is selected from the first option, the display unit displays information on cooking corresponding to both the selected number of calories and the selected cooking category. .   The heating cooker according to claim 1, wherein the first option includes a staple food such as rice.   The display unit simultaneously displays information on cooking corresponding to both the selected number of calories and the selected cooking category, and the number of calories of the corresponding cooking. Cooker as described in.   The calorie count of the dish which can be selected by said 2nd option includes the range of a calorie count, and the range of the said calorie count is divided into 3 or more steps, The any one from Claim 1 to 3 characterized by the above-mentioned The heating cooker according to one of the items.   The heating cooker according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein at least a part of the operation unit is a touch panel covering the display unit.   The information regarding the above-mentioned cooking is at least one of a cooking name, a pictorial image showing a picture of cooking, and a photographic image showing a photograph of cooking, according to any one of claims 1 to 5, Cooker.