JP6626564B2 - Cooking device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a cooking device.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a heating cooker, as described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-349858 (Patent Document 1), there is a cooking device provided with a display unit on the front surface of a casing. A plurality of operation units operated by a user are also provided on the front surface of the casing.

  The display unit displays characters according to 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 for a menu made from ingredients. The display unit turns orange when a predetermined cooking recipe is displayed, turns pink when displaying a favorite cooking recipe, and turns green when displaying search information. Thus, the user can determine the display information on the display unit by the color of the display unit without reading the characters on the display unit.

  However, in the above-mentioned conventional cooking device, by displaying the search information on the display unit, it is possible to search for dishes made from ingredients, but to search for ingredients and dishes that satisfy conditions other than ingredients (for example, cooking time). Can not.

  Therefore, the conventional cooking device has a problem that it is difficult to find a desired dish.

JP 2002-349858 A

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a heating cooker that can easily search for a desired dish.

In order to solve the above problems, the cooking device of the present invention,
A casing,
A heating chamber provided in the casing and accommodating an 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,
The operation unit includes the display unit, operation keys displayed on the display unit, and a button group different from the display unit,
The button group is provided below the display unit and has at least a start key,
Using the operation keys, select information on cooking of the object to be heated,
When the start key is operated, cooking based on the selected information is started.

  The cooking device of the present invention can easily search for a desired dish.

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a heating cooker according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of the cooking device. FIG. 3 is a schematic front view of an operation panel of the cooking device. FIG. 4 is a schematic 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 cooking device. FIG. 6 is a view showing another screen of the color liquid crystal panel of the cooking device. FIG. 7 is a view showing another screen of the color liquid crystal panel of the cooking device. FIG. 8 is a view showing another screen of the color liquid crystal panel of the cooking device. FIG. 9A is a view showing another screen of the color liquid crystal panel of the cooking device. FIG. 9B is a diagram showing another screen of the color liquid crystal panel of the cooking device. FIG. 9C is a diagram showing another screen of the color liquid crystal panel of the cooking device. FIG. 9D is a diagram showing another screen of the color liquid crystal panel of the cooking device. FIG. 10 is a control block diagram of the cooking device. FIG. 11A is a flowchart for explaining screen control of the control device for the cooking device. FIG. 11B is a flowchart for explaining screen control of the control device of the heating cooker.

  Hereinafter, a heating cooker according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the illustrated embodiments.

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

  In the above-mentioned heating cooker, a door 34 is mounted on the front surface of the rectangular parallelepiped casing 1 so as to rotate about a lower side. An operation panel 35 is provided on the right side of the door 34. A handle 37 is attached to an upper portion of the door 34, and a heat-resistant glass 38 is attached to substantially the center of the door 34.

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

  FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of the cooking device.

  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 control device 5 for controlling operations of the steam generator 3 and the steam heater 4. Here, the superheated steam means steam heated to a superheated state exceeding 100 ° C. The steam heater 4 is an example of a superheated steam generator.

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

  A tray 6 made of metal such as iron or ceramics is placed in the heating chamber 2 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. On the tray 6, a cooking net 7 made of a metal such as iron is placed, and the object to be heated 10 is placed at substantially the center of the cooking net 7. In this way, the object to be heated 10 is accommodated in the heating chamber 2 at a distance from the bottom surface 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. The middle receiving shelf 12 and the upper receiving shelf 13 can support the tray 6 similarly to the lower receiving shelf 11.

  The steam generator 3 is provided with a steam generator 39, a water supply tank 40 into which water to be supplied to the steam generator 39 is supplied, and water that is stored in the steam generator 39 and heats water accumulated in the steam generator 39. It has a water heater 41 for evaporating and an electromagnetic valve 49. The water heater 41 is obtained by spirally winding a sheath heater. The water supply tank 40 is an example of a water storage unit.

  When the solenoid valve 49 is opened, water in the water supply tank 40 flows into the steam generator 39. When the solenoid valve 49 is closed, water cannot move from the water tank 40 to the steam generator 39. Further, a water level sensor (not shown) is provided in the steam generating section 39, and the electromagnetic valve 49 opens and closes according to a detection value of the water level sensor.

  The water supply tank 40 is detachable with respect to the steam generator 39, and can be taken out of the casing 1 from the front side.

  A drain valve 42 is attached to the bottom of the steam generating section 39, and one end of the drain path 14 is connected to the drain valve 42. The other end of the drainage path 14 is located on the bowl 9. The toe holder 9 is detachable from the casing 1 and can be taken out of the casing 1 from the front side.

  On one side surface of the heating chamber 2, a circulation inlet 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 heater 4. Further, the other side surface of the heating chamber 2 is provided with second and third ejection ports 17 and 18. The second ejection port 17 is located between the upper receiving shelf 13 and the middle receiving shelf 12. On the other hand, the third ejection port 18 is located between the middle receiving shelf 12 and the lower receiving shelf 11. The space in the heating chamber 2 and the space in the circulation path 8 communicate with each other by the circulation inlet 15, the first outlet 16, the second outlet 17, and the third outlet 18.

  The circulation path 8 has one end connected to the circulation air inlet 15 and the other end connected to the second ejection port 17 and the third ejection port 18. A circulating fan 19 near the circulating intake port 15 sucks in steam in the heating chamber 2 from the circulating intake port 15 and blows out the steam toward the steam heater 4. Then, the steam is heated by the steam heater 4 to become superheated steam, and then ejected from the first ejection port 16 and the second and third ejection ports 17 and 18 into the heating chamber 2.

  Further, a portion of the circulation path 8 near the circulation inlet 15 is connected to a water vapor generation section 39 via a vapor discharge path 20. Thereby, the steam generated in the steam generating section 39 flows through the steam discharge path 20 and enters the circulation path 8, merges with the steam from the circulation inlet 15, and flows toward the steam heater 4.

  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. The other end of the exhaust path 23 forms an ejector 24. The first exhaust port 21 can be opened and closed by an exhaust damper 25.

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

  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 an air supply port 32 via an air supply path 31. The air supply port 32 can be opened and closed by an air supply damper 33.

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

  FIG. 3 is an enlarged schematic view of the operation panel 35 of FIG.

  The button group 45 includes 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 previous screen display. The cancel key 92 is pressed to stop heating in the middle or to cancel the operation. Then, the manual key 93 is pressed when manually setting the high-frequency output and the heating output. 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 an operation unit.

  FIG. 4 is a schematic sectional view taken along line F4-F4 in FIG.

  The color liquid crystal display section 36 is configured by overlapping a touch panel 96 on a color liquid crystal panel 95. The color liquid crystal panel 95 is capable of displaying characters, numerals, photographs, and the like in color, and displays the type of heating, the name of the dish, the heating time, the temperature, the photograph of the dish, and the like. The touch panel 96 is a capacitive touch panel made of a transparent material that changes the surface charge when touched by a user. Thereby, the user can select an image displayed on the color liquid crystal panel 95 by touching the touch panel 96. 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 changes. 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 touch panel, a surface acoustic wave touch panel, an infrared touch panel, or an electromagnetic induction 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 diagram showing an initial screen of the color liquid crystal panel 95. This initial screen is a screen displayed first by the color liquid crystal panel 95 after a power plug (not shown) of the cooking device is inserted into an outlet.

Images G1 to G8 are displayed on the initial screen of the color liquid crystal panel 95. The image G1 is an image to be selected when warming a cold dish or the like, and includes a picture of a shrimp fry and the word "warm up". Image G2 is an image to be selected when making steamed or boiled food.
It contains pictures of pots and steamed baskets and the words "steam and boil". The image G3 is an image to be selected when searching for a desired dish from more than 300 kinds of dishes in the dish, and includes a picture of a book and characters of “select from a dish”. The image G4 is an image to be selected when warming milk or sake to an appropriate temperature, and includes a picture of a glass and a sake bottle and characters of "milk" and "liquor can". The image G5 is an image to be selected when making grilled and fried foods, and includes a picture of roast chicken and characters of “bake and fry”. The image G6 is an image to be selected when the user wants to use the health support menu, and includes a picture that makes a cheerful person image and characters of “health support menu”. The image G7 is an image to be selected when making a dish in the frequently-made menu, and includes a picture of a pushpin and characters of “frequently-made menu”. The image G8 is an image to be selected when defrosting frozen foods and the like, and includes a picture of a snowflake and characters of "defrost". If the user touches a part of the touch panel 96 overlapping the image G3 while the initial screen having such a configuration is displayed, the screen of the color liquid crystal panel 95 switches from the initial screen to the dish selection screen. That is, when the user selects the image G3, the color liquid crystal panel 95 displays the dish selection screen.

  FIG. 6 is a view showing a dish selection screen of the color liquid crystal panel 95.

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

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

  FIG. 7 is a diagram 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.

  In the upper part of the screen, a picture of a book and characters of “food collection” and “by material” are displayed. Thereby, the user can confirm that the image G13 has been selected on the dish selection screen of FIG.

  In addition, images G21 to G27 are also displayed on the screen of FIG. The user can see the dishes using pork or beef by selecting the image G21, can see the dishes using fish and shellfish by selecting the image G22, and can select the image G23. So that you can see the dishes that use eggs 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. Has become. In addition, if the user wants to include 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 character string “Search in combination with the number of calories”. That is, by touching a part of the touch panel 96 overlapping the image G27, the user can search for a dish with a desired material and the number of calories.

FIG. 8 is a diagram 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.

  In the upper part of the screen, a picture of a book and characters "Cooking food" and "Select by ingredients and calories" are displayed. This allows the user to confirm that the image G27 has been selected on the screen in FIG.

  In addition, images G31 to G36 are displayed in the center of the screen in FIG. By selecting the images G31 to G36, it is possible to limit the ingredients of the dishes displayed on the screen next to the screen of FIG. The restriction on the ingredients of the dish is performed in accordance with the characters included in the images G31 to G36. For example, the image G31 is for restricting ingredients for cooking to pork or beef. Note that the images G31 to G36 are examples of a first option.

  In addition, images G41 to G44 are displayed at the bottom of the screen in FIG. 8 together with “select the number of calories”. By selecting the images G41 to G44, the number of calories of the food displayed on the screen next to the screen of FIG. 8 can be limited. For example, the user may select the image G41 if he wants to limit the number of calories of a dish displayed on the next screen of the screen of FIG. 8 to 199 kcal or less. In addition, the number of calories of the dish displayed on the next screen of the screen of FIG. 8 is within the range of 200 kcal to 299 kcal by selecting the image G42, and within the range of 300 kcal to 399 kcal by selecting the image G43. It can be limited to 400 kcal or more by selecting G44. The color of the image G41 is a gradation that changes from green to yellow-green, the color of the image G42 is a gradation that changes from yellow-green to yellow, the color of the image G43 is a gradation that changes from yellow to orange, and the color of the image G44 is orange. There is a gradation that changes from red to red. That is, a color that is more reddish than the color of the image G41 is used as the color of the image G42, a color that is more reddish than the color of the image G42 is used as the color of the image G43, and a color that is more reddish than the color of the image G43 is the image G44. The color is adopted. Accordingly, 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 examples 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. Therefore, unless the user selects one of the images G31 to G36 and does not select one of the images G41 to G44, the screen is not switched to the next screen. On the next screen, dishes having the lowest number of calories among dishes satisfying the selection conditions of the images G31 to G36 and G41 to G44 are displayed.

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

  For example, the screen of FIG. 8 switches to the screen of FIG. 9A when the image G34 and the image G42 are selected, switches to the screen of FIG. 9B when the image G35 and the image G41 are selected, and displays the image G32 and the image G43. When selected, the screen switches to the screen of FIG. 9C. 9A to 9C, an approximate number of calories of a dish, a dish name, and a photograph of the dish are displayed, and images G51 to G53 are displayed.

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

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

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

  The image G52 is an image to be selected when increasing the number of calories of a dish satisfying the selection conditions of the images G31 to G36 and G41 to G44. However, when the user selects the image G52 when the color liquid crystal panel 95 displays the food having the highest number of calories among the foods satisfying the selection conditions of the images G31 to G36 and G41 to G44, the images G31 to G31 are displayed. The dishes having the lowest number of calories among dishes satisfying the selection conditions of G36, G41 to G44 are displayed.

  The image G53 is an image to be selected when the number of calories of a dish satisfying the selection conditions of the images G31 to G36 and G41 to G44 is reduced. However, when the user selects the image G53 while the color liquid crystal panel 95 displays the food having the lowest calorie number among the foods satisfying the selection conditions of the images G31 to G36 and G41 to G44, the images G31 to G31 are displayed. The dishes having the highest number of calories among dishes satisfying the selection conditions of G36, G41 to G44 are displayed.

  FIG. 10 is a control block diagram of the cooking device.

  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. The controller 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, an operation panel The 35 color liquid crystal display unit 36 and the button group 45 are connected to the magnetron 53.

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

  The timer 51 measures the date, the time elapsed since the heating of the object to be heated, the time elapsed since the heating of the object to be heated, and the like.

  The storage unit 52 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, a color liquid crystal display unit 36, and the like. A control program is stored. The storage unit 52 stores image data to be displayed on the color liquid crystal panel 95 of the color liquid crystal display unit 36. In addition, the storage unit 52 may allow the user to store, for example, favorite dishes.

  FIGS. 11A and 11B are flowcharts for explaining the screen control of the control device 5. This screen control is a screen control for allowing a user to search for a dish based on a combination of ingredients and the number of calories and start heating the dish. It is assumed that the screen control is started in a state where the color liquid crystal panel 95 is displaying the initial screen. In addition, in the above-described flowchart, only a flow of an operation in which a user searches for a dish using a combination of ingredients and the number of calories is described for convenience of explanation.

  First, when the control operation of the control device 5 is started, as shown in FIG. 11A, it is determined in step S1 whether or not “select from food collection” is selected. That is, it is determined whether or not a part of the touch panel 96 overlapping the image G3 has been touched. In this step S1, when it is determined that a touch has been made on a part of the touch panel 96 overlapping the image G3, the process proceeds to step S2, while it is determined that a touch has not been made 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 dish selection screen of FIG.

  Next, in step S3, it is determined whether "by material" is selected. That is, it is determined whether or not a part of the touch panel 96 overlapping the image G13 has been touched. If it is determined in this step S3 that a touch has been made on a part of the touch panel 96 overlapping the image G13, the process proceeds to the next step S4, while no touch has been made on a part of the touch panel 96 overlapping the image G13. Is determined, step S3 is performed again.

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

  Next, in step S5, it is determined whether or not “search in combination with the number of calories” is selected. That is, it is determined whether or not a part of the touch panel 96 overlapping the image G27 has been touched. If it is determined in step S5 that a touch has been made on a part of the touch panel 96 that overlaps the image G27, the process proceeds to the next step S6, while no touch has been made on a part of the touch panel 96 that overlaps the image G27. Is determined, 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 a non-selected state. Step S6 is an example of an option display control unit.

  Next, in step S7, it is determined whether one material and one range of the number of calories 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 such two selections have been made in step S7, the process proceeds to the next step S8, while if it is determined that the two selections have not been made in step S7, step S7 is performed again.

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

  Next, in step S9, it is determined whether "next" has been selected. That is, it is determined whether or not a part of the touch panel 96 overlapping the image G52 has been touched.

If it is determined in step S9 that a touch has been made on a part of the touch panel 96 overlapping the image G52, in step S12, a photograph or the like of another dish satisfying the selection condition in step S7 is displayed on the color liquid crystal panel 95. After the display, the process returns to step S9. Here, the other dish is a dish having a calorie count closest to the calorie count of the dish displayed on the color liquid crystal panel 95 in the immediately preceding step S9. However, if the dish displayed on the color liquid crystal panel 95 in the immediately preceding step S9 is the dish having the highest number of calories among the dishes satisfying the selection condition in step S7, in step S12, the selection in step S7 is performed. A color liquid crystal panel 95 displays a photograph or the like of a dish having the minimum number of calories among dishes satisfying the conditions. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S9 that there is no touch on a part of the touch panel 96 overlapping the image G52, the process proceeds to the next step S10. Step S12 is an example of a dish information change control unit.

  Next, in step S10, it is determined whether "Previous" has been selected. That is, it is determined whether or not a part of the touch panel 96 overlapping the image G53 has been touched. If it is determined in step S10 that a touch has been made on a part of the touch panel 96 overlapping the image G53, in step S13, a photograph of another dish that satisfies the selection conditions in step S7 is displayed on the color liquid crystal panel 95. After the display, the process returns to step S9. Here, the other dish is a dish having a calorie number closest to the calorie number of the dish displayed on the color liquid crystal panel 95 in the immediately preceding step S10. However, if the dish displayed on the color liquid crystal panel 95 in the immediately preceding step S10 is the dish having the lowest calorie number among the dishes satisfying the selection condition in step S7, in step S13, the selection in step S7 is performed. Among the dishes satisfying the conditions, pictures of the dishes having the highest number of calories are displayed on the color liquid crystal panel 95. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S10 that there is no touch on a part of the touch panel 96 overlapping the image G53, the process proceeds to the next step S11. Step S13 is an example of a dish information change control unit.

  Next, in step S11, it is determined whether or not "decision" has been selected. That is, it is determined whether or not a part of the touch panel 96 overlapping the image G51 has been touched. If it is determined in this step S11 that there is no touch on a part of the touch panel 96 overlapping the image G51, the process returns to step S9, while it is determined that a touch has been made on a part of the touch panel 96 overlapping the image G51. Then, the screen control ends.

  As described above, 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 that the desired food can be easily searched from more than 300 kinds of foods. Convenience can be improved.

  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.

  In the images G31 to G36 and G41 to G44, the colors in the selected state are different from the colors in the non-selected state. Therefore, it is possible to select the images G41 to G44 while checking the selection state of the images G31 to G36, and to select the images G31 to G36 while checking the selection state of the images G41 to G44. . Therefore, it is difficult to make a mistake in selecting the images G31 to G36 and G41 to G44.

  If the images G31 to G36 and the images G41 to G44 are displayed on different screens, the images G31 to G36 and the images G41 to G44 are checked while checking the selection state of one of the images G31 to G36 and the images G41 to G44. The other of G41 to G44 cannot be selected. As a result, the selection errors of the images G31 to G36 and G41 to G44 are likely to occur.

Further, in step S8, information on the dishes satisfying the two selection conditions in step S7 is displayed on the color liquid crystal panel 95, so that it is possible to easily confirm whether or not the information on the dishes is related to the desired dish.

  Further, in step S8, a photograph of the food satisfying the two selection conditions in step S7 is displayed on the color liquid crystal panel 95, so that it is easy to inform the user of the content of the food satisfying the two selection conditions.

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

  In the heating cooker, when superheated steam is supplied to the heating chamber 2 and the superheated steam adheres to the object to be heated 10, the effect of reducing the salt and oil content of the object to be heated 10, The effect of preserving vitamins can be obtained. Such an effect is displayed on the color liquid crystal panel 95 in expressions such as “calorie down”, “preservation of vitamins and the like”, “reduced salt”, and “low calorie” as shown in FIGS. 9A to 9D. Can easily understand the effect obtained by the dish. Therefore, the user can very easily select a desired dish.

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

  Further, with the touch panel 96, the number of operation units other than the touch panel 96 can be reduced. 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 increased. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent the display of the images G31 to G36 and G41 to G44 on the color liquid crystal panel 95 from becoming small and difficult to identify.

  In addition, the user often prepares dishes using ingredients remaining in the refrigerator. In addition, many users care about the number of calories in a dish because they do not want to gain weight. Therefore, it is very useful for the user to be able to select the ingredients and the number of calories on the screen in FIG. 8 and search for a dish that satisfies the conditions for this selection.

  Further, in the images G41 to G44 of the screen in FIG. 8, since the image G44 corresponding to the highest number of calories has the most redness, it can be instantly recognized that the selection of the image G44 becomes the selection of the high number of calories. Therefore, for a user who wants to select a high calorie number, the selection can be quickly performed, and for a user who wants to select a low calorie number, a high calorie number is not erroneously selected. You can be careful.

  Immediately after the images G31 to G36 and G41 to G44 are selected on the screen of FIG. 8, the dish having the lowest number of calories is displayed on the color liquid crystal panel 95 from among a plurality of dishes satisfying the selection conditions. In addition, a low-calorie-oriented user can quickly find a desired dish from more than 300 kinds of dishes in a collection of dishes.

  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 a non-selected state, so that the user selects the images G31 to G36 and selects the images G41 to G41. Unless G44 is selected, the color liquid crystal panel 95 does not display a photograph of a dish or the like. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the color liquid crystal panel 95 from displaying a photograph of a dish or the like even when the user has not selected the images G31 to G36 and G41 to G44.

  In the above embodiment, for example, a color EL (electroluminescence) display unit or a monochrome display unit may be used instead of the color liquid crystal panel 95.

  In the above embodiment, the color liquid crystal display unit 36 having the touch panel 96 is used, but a display unit without the touch panel 96 may be used. In this case, a rotation dial or a cross key may be provided on the operation panel 35, and the images G1, G2,... May be selected with the rotation dial or the cross key.

  In the above embodiment, the button group 45 is provided on the operation panel 35. However, the button group 45 may not be provided on the operation panel 35, and the selection by the user may be performed only by the touch panel 96.

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

  Alternatively, when one material and a plurality of calorie ranges are selected in step S7, the process proceeds to the next step S8. In step S7, a plurality of materials and a plurality of calorie ranges are determined. 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 a photographic image of a dish that satisfies the two selection conditions in step S7, but satisfies the two selection conditions in step S7. For example, a cartoon-like picture of the dish may be displayed. Such a cartoon-like display can also be performed on a monochrome liquid crystal display.

  In the above embodiment, immediately after the selection of the images G31 to G36 and G41 to G44 on the screen of FIG. 8, the dish with the lowest calorie number is displayed on the color liquid crystal panel 95 from among a plurality of dishes satisfying the selection conditions. Immediately after the selection of the images G31 to G36 and G41 to G44 on the screen of FIG. 8, the highest calorie food is displayed on the color liquid crystal panel 95 from among a plurality of dishes satisfying the selection conditions. May be performed. In this case, a user with a high calorie orientation can find a desired dish in a short time.

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

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

  The present invention can be applied, for example, to not only a microwave oven using superheated steam but also an oven, a range or a cooking device such as an IH cooking heater using superheated steam, and an oven, a microwave oven and a microwave oven not using superheated steam. Alternatively, the present invention can be applied to a cooking device such as an IH cooking heater.

  Hereinafter, some heating cookers will be additionally described.

In order to solve the above problems, the cooking device of the present invention,
A casing,
A heating chamber provided in the casing and accommodating an 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 device includes:
An option display control unit configured to display a plurality of first options of the cooking category and a plurality of second options closely related to the first option on the display unit simultaneously and selectably;
When at least one of the plurality of first options is in a selected state and at least one of the plurality of second options is in a selected state, the first and second options in the selected state are selected. A dish information display control unit for displaying information of dishes corresponding to both on the display unit,
When the display unit is displaying the information on the dish, the information on the dish is displayed in accordance with both the first and second options in response to an operation performed by the user on the operation unit. And a dish information change control unit for changing to dish information.

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

  In this way, the display unit displays the plurality of first options of the cooking category and the plurality of second options closely related to the first option so that the user can select the first option and the second option. By selecting the second option, a desired dish can be easily searched.

  Further, 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 option is displayed without switching the display of the display unit. , The second option can be selected. Therefore, the user can select the first and second options without stress.

  The display unit may be configured to display the first state of the selected state 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. Since the information of the dish corresponding to both of the second option and the second option is displayed, it can be easily confirmed whether or not the information of the dish is related to the desired dish.

  In addition, when the display unit is displaying information on the dish corresponding to both the first and second options in the selected state, the information on the dish is displayed in response to the user's operation on the operation unit. Since the information is changed to information on other dishes corresponding to both the first and second options, it is very easy to find a desired dish.

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

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

  According to the above embodiment, the water vapor generation unit generates water vapor by evaporating water from the water storage unit. This steam is heated by the superheated steam generation unit to become 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, and gives a large amount of latent heat of condensation to the object to be heated.

  As a result, salt and oil are dripped together with the condensed water from the surface of the object to be heated, so that the salt and oil in the object to be heated can be reduced. Further, the heating chamber is filled with superheated steam to be in a low oxygen state, whereby oxidation of the object to be heated can be suppressed.

  Therefore, the display unit can display the degree to which the salt and oil content of the object to be heated can be reduced and the degree to which the oxidation of the object to be heated can be suppressed. Therefore, a desired dish can be selected very easily in a superheated steam cooker (for example, Hercio (trade name, registered trademark)).

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

  According to the above-described embodiment, the touch panel that covers the display unit can surely perform an operation related to 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 that covers the display unit, a space for providing the operation unit can be reduced, and a display area of the display unit can be increased by the reduced space. . Therefore, it is possible to prevent the display of the first and second options on the display unit from becoming small and difficult to identify.

In one embodiment of the heating cooker,
The first option indicates food ingredients, and the second option indicates calorie count.

  According to the above embodiment, the first option indicates a food material and the second option indicates a calorie count, so that the user can easily search for a dish corresponding to the desired food ingredient and the calorie count. For example, a user who wants to lose weight can easily search for low-calorie dishes using various ingredients. In addition, a user who wants to be fat can easily search for a high-calorie dish using various ingredients.

  Being able to select the number of calories is useful not only for users who are on a diet, but also for users who are restricting calories in meals due to diabetes or the like.

In one embodiment of the heating cooker,
The display unit is capable of 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 embodiment, the second option indicating the highest number of calories among the plurality of second options is an image with more redness 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 a high calorie count. Therefore, a user who wants to select a high calorie number can quickly select the high calorie number, and does not erroneously select a high calorie number for a user who wants to select a low calorie number. You can be careful.

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

  According to the embodiment, the dish information displayed by the dish information display control unit on the display unit is the dish having the lowest number of calories among a plurality of dishes corresponding to both the selected first and second options. Therefore, for example, a user on a diet can find a desired dish in a short time.

In one embodiment of the heating cooker,
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, the initial display of the display unit by the option display control unit is such that all of the plurality of first options and the plurality of second options are in the non-selected state. Unless two options are selected, the display by the dish information display control unit is not performed. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the display by the dish information display control unit from being performed even when the first and second options are not selected by the user.

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

  According to the embodiment, since the information on the dish includes a picture image indicating a picture of the dish or a photographic image indicating a photograph of the dish, the content of the dish can be easily transmitted to the user.

[Appendix]
An object of the invention according to one embodiment of the present invention is to provide a heating cooker that can easily search for a desired dish.

A heating cooker according to one embodiment of the present invention,
A casing,
A heating chamber provided in the casing and accommodating an 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,
And a control device for controlling the heating unit,
The control device includes:
The present invention is characterized in that cooking of food corresponding to both the first option for selecting a cooking category and the second option for selecting the number of calories of a dish is performed.

In one embodiment of the heating cooker,
It is characterized in that the first option includes at least a staple food such as rice.

In one embodiment of the heating cooker,
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 includes:
A cooking information display control unit configured to display on the display unit only information on foods corresponding to both the first option for selecting the cooking category and the second option for selecting the number of calories of the food on the display unit. And

  The cooking device according to one embodiment of the present invention can easily search for a desired dish.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Casing 2 Heating chamber 4 Steam heater 5 Control device 35 Operation panel 36 Color liquid crystal display part 39 Steam generation part 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 (5)

A casing,
A heating chamber provided in the casing and accommodating an 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,
The operation unit has a group of buttons different from the display unit, operation keys displayed on the display unit, and the display unit,
The button group is provided below the display unit and has at least a start key.
On the display unit, an image representing a menu number and an image for selecting a material are displayed,
In accordance with the selection of the menu number, an image representing a dish and a dish name corresponding to the selected menu number, and an image representing a determination key for determining cooking of the dish are displayed,
An image representing a plurality of materials is displayed according to the selection of the image for selecting the material, and the selected one material is selected according to the selection of one of the displayed plurality of materials. An image representing a corresponding dish and a dish name, and an image representing a determination key for determining cooking of the dish are displayed,
When the start key is operated after an image representing the enter key is selected , heating of the object to be heated is started.   The cooking device according to claim 1, wherein the button group further includes a cancel key, and when the cancel key is operated, the heating being performed is stopped.   The cooking device according to claim 2, wherein the start key is provided below the cancel key.   The cooking device according to claim 2, wherein the start key is larger than the cancel key.   The cooking device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the operation key is a touch panel that covers the display unit.