JP7291658B2 - Cooker and method of operating the cooker - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a heating cooker having a plurality of heating functions for cooking food.

Conventionally, in this type of heating cooker, when the door is opened after the power plug is inserted into the outlet, the power is turned on to each part including the display means such as the liquid crystal panel, and the initial screen is displayed on the display means. Is displayed. For example, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-100002, as an initial screen, button display portions for "Microwave", "Favorite", "History", "Rice", "Side dish", and "Reheat two items" are arranged vertically and horizontally, and these buttons are displayed. When a portion overlapping any one of the display portions is touch-operated, a selection screen of one heating function corresponding to the touched button display portion is displayed on the liquid crystal panel instead of the initial screen.

In another patent document 2, "heat up", "bake/fry", "cooking collection", "milk/sake", "preferred screen selection", "my menu", "steam/simmer", "cooking class". ”, “Defrost”, and “Disinfection/Settings Maintenance” are displayed vertically and horizontally on the LCD panel by default. When touched, the display of the liquid crystal panel is switched from the initial screen to the screen of "cooking collection" which is one heating function selected.

JP 2017-207219 A JP 2019-124459 A

In the above-mentioned prior art, for example, in the heating cooker disclosed in Patent Document 1, in order to perform heat cooking by setting the output to 600 W in the most frequently used "range", the initial screen displayed on the display means first Therefore, it is necessary to select the heating function of "range" by touching the "range" button display. Similarly, in the heating cooker of Patent Document 2, if the user finds one desired image from among the plurality of images arranged on the initial screen and does not perform a touch operation on it, it corresponds to one image. The heating function cannot be selected.

As described above, conventionally, if a touch operation is not performed on one button display portion or image among a plurality of button display portions or images displayed on the initial screen of the display means, one corresponding heating function is activated. It was not possible to select it, and the operation was troublesome to select it every time.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a heating cooker that can easily start cooking with one heating function without selecting one heating function each time.

The heating cooker of the present invention comprises, at least in part, a display means provided with a touch panel for accepting a touch operation , a microwave heating means for microwave heating an object to be cooked, and a plurality of outputs from the microwave heating means. display control means for default-displaying the selected output on the display means in a state in which one output is selected; A heating control means for enabling the start of microwave heating by the microwave heating means, and a pushing operation part arranged at a position not overlapping the display means, and an operation displayed by default on the display means. On the screen, it is indicated that the microwave heating operation is started by performing two operations of a first operation of setting the time and a second operation of pushing the pushing operation unit. Characterized by

According to the present invention , the default display is displayed on the display means in a state in which one output by microwave heating has already been set. can be started, and the number of operations required to start heating is reduced. Therefore, it is possible to provide a heating cooker that can easily start cooking with one heating function without selecting one heating function each time.

1 is an external perspective view of a heating cooker according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. It is an internal explanatory view of a hot air unit, an upper heater, and a lower heater in the heating cooker. It is an internal explanatory view of the steam unit in the heating cooker of the same. It is a schematic sectional drawing which shows the internal structure of a heating cooker equally. It is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the same. FIG. 11 is a front view of display means displaying a first top screen of the same; FIG. 10 is a front view of display means displaying a second top screen of the same; FIG. 11 is a front view of the display means showing main display parts related to the operation of setting the microwave heating time in the manual range menu displayed on the first top screen. FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing the display operation of the 10-minute digit and 1-minute digit picker display units rotating like a drum roll. FIG. 11 is a front view of display means showing all the display units displayed during setting of microwave heating time in the manual range menu displayed on the first top screen. Similarly, a front view of the display means displayed when the microwave heating time is set to "00" minutes and "00" seconds on the first top screen, and an explanation showing the state of the main key display section and button display section. It is a diagram. Similarly, a front view of the display means displayed when the microwave heating time is set to "00" minutes and "10" seconds on the first top screen, and an explanation showing the state of the main key display section and button display section. It is a diagram. Similarly, the front view of the display means displayed when the microwave heating time is set to "00" minutes and "50" seconds on the first top screen, and an explanation showing the state of the main key display section and button display section. It is a diagram. Similarly, the front view of the display means displayed when the microwave heating time is set to "01" minutes and "00" seconds on the first top screen, and an explanation showing the state of the main key display section and button display section. It is a diagram. Similarly, the front view of the display means displayed when the microwave heating time is set to "09" minutes and "00" seconds on the first top screen, and an explanation showing the state of the main key display section and button display section. It is a diagram. Similarly, a front view of the display means displayed when the microwave heating time is set to "10" minutes and "00" seconds on the first top screen, and an explanation showing the state of the main key display section and button display section. It is a diagram. Similarly, the front view of the display means displayed when the microwave heating time is set to "90" minutes and "00" seconds on the first top screen, and an explanation showing the state of the main key display section and button display section. It is a diagram. FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram for displaying hamburger recipe information on the display means by a swipe operation.

Preferred embodiments of the present invention are described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, common reference numerals are given to common parts throughout these drawings.

1 to 18 show an embodiment in which the heating cooker of the present invention is applied to an oven range. First, referring to FIG. 1, the overall structure of the microwave oven will be described. Reference numeral 1 denotes a main body configured in the shape of a substantially rectangular box. 2. A door 3 is provided on the front surface of the main body 1 and can be opened and closed.

The upper part of the door 3 is provided with a handle 4 for opening and closing the door 3, which is opened vertically. 5. The operation panel unit 5 includes display means 6 for displaying cooking settings, progress, and the like, as well as keys 7 provided on the operation panel unit 5, for example, in order to enable various operation inputs related to heat cooking. An operating means 9 such as a touch panel 8 provided on the surface of the display means 6 is provided. An operation panel PC (printed circuit) board (not shown) for controlling the display means 6 and the operation means 9 is arranged inside the door 3 behind the operation panel portion 5 .

A water supply cassette 11 and a water receiver 12 which can be attached and detached from the front surface of the main body 1 are arranged at the lower part of the main body 1, respectively. The water supply cassette 11 is a bottomed container for containing liquid water as a liquid supply source for steam-heating the food placed in the cooking chamber 14, which will be described later. The water receiver 12 is a bottomed container that receives food waste, water droplets, steam, etc. from the main body 1 .

The display means 6 is equipped with a backlight that displays all kinds of information related to heating cooking, such as the type of heating, the name of the dish, the heating time, the temperature, and the photograph of the cooking, in color using letters, numbers, symbols, photographs, and the like. The display unit is composed of a liquid crystal display using TFTs (thin film transistors) as switching elements here, but other display devices such as organic EL may be used, and not only color display but also black and white display may be used. In either case, the flat plate-like display means 6 is arranged above one side of the door 3 at a position higher than the key 7 so that the user can easily see it when positioned on the front side of the microwave oven.

The key 7 is provided at a position not overlapping the display means 6 of the operation panel section 5 as a push operation section for receiving a push operation from the user. Here, it is composed of a start key 7A and a cancel key 7B. . The start key 7A is a key that is pressed when starting cooking, and the cancel key 7B is a key that is pressed when stopping the cooking or canceling the operation or setting. In this embodiment, an illumination lamp (not shown) such as an LED is provided near the start key 7A in order to illuminate or blink the start key 7A as required.

The touch panel 8 is provided at a position superimposed on the display screen of the display means 6 as a touch operation unit that receives a touch operation from a user. When the surface of 8 is touched with a finger, the surface charge changes and an operation signal is output. In addition to the capacitance type, for example, a resistive type, surface acoustic wave type, infrared type, or electromagnetic induction type touch panel 8 may be used here. In addition, the touch panel 8 may be operated using a pen-like object such as a stylus instead of using a finger.

2 to 4 schematically show the internal structure of the microwave oven according to this embodiment. In each of these figures, the peripheral walls forming the cooking chamber 14 are composed of a ceiling wall 14a, a bottom wall 14b, a left wall 14c, a right wall 14d, and an inner wall 14e. The ceiling wall 14a has a dome shape that is convex upward, while the walls 14b to 14e other than the ceiling wall 14a are all flat.

A back wall 14e of the cooking chamber 14 has a suction port 16 at its center, and laterally long hot air outlets 17 and 18 above and below the suction port 6. - 特許庁An upper heater 19 is embedded in the ceiling wall 14a of the cooking chamber 14 to heat the food to be cooked from above the cooking chamber 14, and the food to be cooked is heated to the bottom wall 14b of the cooking chamber 14 from below. A lower heater 20 for heating is embedded.

As shown in FIG. 2, 21 is a hot air unit provided behind the cooking chamber 14 inside the main body 1 . The hot air unit 21 includes a hot air heater 22 as a heating means for heating air, a hot air fan 23 as a centrifugal fan for feeding and circulating the heated air in the cooking chamber 14, and the hot air fan 23 in forward or reverse direction. and a hot air motor 24 that rotates to

A hot-air fan 23 is provided substantially in the center of the hot-air unit 21 so as to face the suction port 16, and a hot-air heater 22 is arranged around it. Then, the air sucked from the interior of the cooking chamber 14 through the suction port 16 blows out in the radial direction of the hot air fan 23, is heated by the hot air heater 22, passes through the hot air outlets 17 and 18, and enters the cooking chamber 14. supplied. As a result, a path for circulating hot air inside and outside the cooking chamber 14 is formed, and the object to be cooked in the cooking chamber 14 is heated and oven-cooked. The hot air unit 21 is housed in a case 25 attached to the rear of the cooking chamber 14. As shown in FIG.

As described above, the cooking chamber 14 is provided with the upper heater 19 and the lower heater 20. When the upper heater 19 and the lower heater 20 are energized, heat radiation by infrared rays from the upper heater 19 and the lower heater 20 is generated. is generated in the closed space in the cooking chamber 14, so that the food to be cooked in the cooking chamber 14 is heated and grilled.

As shown in FIG. 3, 26 is a steam unit as a steam generating device provided on the side of the cooking chamber 14 inside the main body 1 . This steam unit 26 is connected to a steam generator 29 via a pump 27 for supplying water from the water supply cassette 11 and a water supply pipe 28 in order to supply saturated steam and superheated steam into the cooking chamber 14. It is configured.

The steam generator 29 has a sheathed heater 31 made of die-cast aluminum and embedded in a hollow vaporization chamber 32, and the water supply pipe 28 is connected to the vaporization chamber 32 to heat the water supplied into the vaporization chamber 32 as a sheath. Heating is performed by energizing the heater 31 to generate steam, which can be supplied into the cooking chamber 14 from a plurality of steam outlets 33 formed on the left side wall 14c of the cooking chamber 14, As a result, a flow of steam is generated in the cooking chamber 14 as indicated by the dashed line in FIG. 3 to heat the food in the cooking chamber 14 for steam cooking.

As shown in FIG. 4, a microwave generator 34 is provided below the bottom wall 14b of the cooking chamber 14 and irradiates microwaves to the food to be cooked from below the cooking chamber 14 for microwave heating. The microwave generator 34 includes a magnetron 35 that serves as a source for generating microwaves, a waveguide 36 that guides the microwaves from the magnetron 35 into the cooking chamber 14 , and microwaves from the waveguide 36 to the cooking chamber 14 . It comprises an antenna 37 that radiates waves, an antenna motor 39 such as an AC motor that horizontally rotates the antenna 37 about an upright shaft 38 , and a microswitch 40 attached near the antenna 37 .

In addition, below the bottom wall 14b of the cooking chamber 14, control means 41, which will be described later, is incorporated, and above the right side wall 14d of the cooking chamber 14, internal temperature distribution detection means 42 is incorporated. The internal temperature distribution detection means 42 is configured by equipping an infrared sensor (not shown) with a swing mechanism, and by detecting the temperature distribution in the cooking chamber 14, the temperature of the food contained therein can be detected. It is what makes it detectable.

FIG. 5 shows the main electrical configuration of the microwave oven. In FIG. 4, reference numeral 41 denotes control means composed of a microcomputer. As is well known, the control means 41 includes a CPU as arithmetic processing means, a memory as storage means, a timer as timekeeping means, an input Equipped with an output device.

The input ports of the control means 41 are connected to the operation means 9 using the keys 7 and the touch panel 8, the inside temperature detection means 15, the inside temperature distribution detection means 42, and the hot air motor incorporated in the hot air unit 21. 24, a door open/close detection means 44 for detecting the open/closed state of the door 3, and a microswitch 40 for detecting the origin position of the antenna 37 constituting the microwave generator 34. The antenna position detection means 45 and vaporization chamber temperature detection means 46 such as a thermistor for detecting the temperature of the vaporization chamber 32 constituting the steam unit 26 are electrically connected to each other.

At the output port of the control means 41, in addition to the display means 6 by the liquid crystal display, a microwave heating means 48 including the magnetron 35 of the microwave generator 34 and its driving means, an upper heater 19 and a lower heater for grill heating are connected. 20, a hot air heater 22 for heating an oven, and a sheathed heater 31 for steam heating. Antenna driving means 50, hot air motor driving means 51 for rotationally driving the hot air motor 24 serving as the driving source of the hot air fan 23, and pump driving means 52 for operating the pump 27 of the steam unit 26 are each electrically operated. connected to

The control means 41 receives an operation signal from the operation means 9, the inside temperature detection means 15, the inside temperature distribution detection means 42, the hot air motor rotation detection means 43, the door open/close detection means 44, and the antenna position detection means. 45 and a microwave heating means 48, a heater driving means 49, and an antenna, all of which serve as heating means, at a predetermined timing based on the timing from the timing means upon receiving each detection signal from the vaporization chamber temperature detection means 46. It has a function of outputting a driving control signal to the driving means 50 , the hot air motor driving means 51 and the pump driving means 52 , and outputting a display control signal to the display means 6 . These functions are realized by the control means 41 reading a program recorded in the memory as a storage medium. It has a program that lets you

The heating control unit 61 mainly controls the operation of each unit related to the heat cooking of the food placed in the cooking chamber 14. Upon receiving an operation signal associated with the operation of the operation unit 9, the door open/close detection unit 61 is operated. When it is determined from the detection signal from 44 that the door 3 is closed, microwave heating means 48, heater driving means 49, antenna driving means 50, and hot air motor driving means 51 are operated according to the operation signal. Alternatively, a control signal is sent to the pump drive means 52 to control the heating and cooking of the food in the cooking chamber 14 . In this embodiment, the cooking information of all menus that can be cooked in the microwave oven is stored in the all menu storage section 63 forming part of the memory. For one menu selected from the menu storage section 63, when an operation for instructing the start of cooking is performed from the operation means 9, the food to be cooked is cooked according to a predetermined procedure according to the cooking information of the selected menu. It is configured to

The menus stored in the total cooking menu storage unit 63 can be broadly classified into manual cooking menus and automatic cooking menus. The manual cooking menu is a menu that is used by setting the time, output, and temperature respectively by touching the touch panel 8 before operating the start key 7A for the menu selected from the all menu storage section 63. There is a manual range menu, which will be described later, which corresponds to this. The automatic cooking menu is a menu selected from the all menu storage unit 63 and used without setting the time, output, or temperature, and corresponds to a hamburger menu, which will be described later.

The display control unit 62 mainly controls the operation related to the display of the display unit 6. Especially in the present embodiment, the display unit 6, which is a liquid crystal display, switches and displays various screens immediately after the power is turned on. A top screen display control unit 62A for selectively displaying a "heating" screen or a "cooking" screen as a top screen on the display means 6, etc.; A transition screen display control section 62B for displaying a series of transition screens from the selected top screen to the one menu finally selected until the start of heat cooking is possible. How the top screen display control section 62A and the transition screen display control section 62B cause the display means 6 to display various screens will be described later in detail.

Next, the operation of the microwave oven having the above structure will be described. With food to be cooked in the cooking chamber 14, the door 3 is closed while gripping the handle 4, and the operation means 9 is operated to store the entire menu. After selecting one menu from 63, when the key 7 of the operation means 9 is pressed to instruct the start of cooking, the cooking information of the selected menu is displayed according to the control program incorporated in the memory of the control means 41. A correspondingly generated control signal is output at a predetermined timing, and the food is cooked.

Here, for example, when a menu for oven heating is selected, the heating control unit 61 receives a detection signal from the internal temperature detection means 15 and drives the heater so that the inside of the cooking chamber 14 is heated to the set temperature. A control signal is sent to the means 49 and the hot-air motor driving means 51 to control the ON/OFF of the hot-air heater 22 and the hot-air motor 24 . As a result, the rotational force generated in the hot-air motor 24 is transmitted to the hot-air fan 23, and the hot-air fan 23 rotates in one direction inside the hot-air unit 21. The air drawn into the hot air unit 21 from the cooking chamber 14 through the suction port 16 is sent to the energized hot air heater 22 side, and the air heated here passes through the hot air outlets 17 and 18 to the cooking chamber 14. By supplying hot air to the cooking chamber 14, the food to be cooked in the cooking chamber 14 is heated by the hot air convection.

When a menu for steam cooking using steam (steam cooking) is selected, the heating control unit 61 receives a detection signal from the vaporization chamber temperature detection means 46 and adjusts the vaporization chamber 32 to a predetermined temperature. , and sends control signals to at least the heater driving means 49 and the pump driving means 52 to control the operation of the pump 27 incorporated in the steam unit 26 and the energization/disconnection of the sheathed heater 31 . As a result, saturated steam or superheated steam is jetted from the steam outlet 33 into the cooking chamber 14 to steam the food in the cooking chamber 14.例文帳に追加

When a menu for microwave cooking is selected, the heating control unit 61 receives a detection signal from the internal temperature distribution detection means 42 and controls the antenna position detection means so that the food to be cooked is heated to the set temperature. Appropriate control signals are sent to the microwave heating means 48 and the antenna driving means 50, respectively, while confirming the origin position of the antenna 37 from the detection signal from 45. FIG. As a result, the magnetron 35 and the antenna 37 of the microwave generator 34 are operated, and microwaves generated from the surface of the rotating antenna 37 are supplied into the cooking chamber 14, and the object to be heated in the cooking chamber 14 is heated by high frequency. be done.

Furthermore, when a menu for grill cooking is selected, the heating control unit 61 receives a detection signal from the internal temperature detecting means 42 and controls the upper heater 19 and The energization and deenergization of the lower heater 20 is controlled, and the food to be cooked in the cooking chamber 14 is grill-heated from above and below.

Next, the display and operation of the operation panel section 5 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 6 to 18. FIG. In the following description, "tab display section" means that when the touch panel 8 is tapped thereon, detailed information about the tab display section is displayed on the display means 6, and the other tab display sections continue to be displayed by the display means. 6, but its detailed information is hidden. The "list display part" is a display part that is displayed by switching to another part, and the "list display part" is a list of items that can be selected in the list display part when a tap operation is performed on the touch panel 8. When the touch panel 8 is tapped on one item from there, the touched item is selected and set, and only that item is displayed in the list display section. When the touch panel 8 is slid above, a list of items that can be selected in the picker display portion is scrolled and displayed, and when the scrolling stops, the selected item is displayed in the center. The "key display section" is a display section that switches the list of items displayed on the aforementioned picker display section one by one each time the touch panel 8 is tapped.

In addition, "text display" is a display that is represented by a string of letters, numbers, symbols, etc., and "icon display" is a display that symbolizes things with simple patterns. The “image display” is a display such as a photograph taken by a photographing device or a painting.

In the present embodiment, various screens including such a display unit and a display body are displayed on the display means 6 by various operation inputs from the user to the touch panel 8, that is, the UI (user interface) is a display control unit. 62 incorporated. The display control unit 62 accepts a tap operation or a slide operation as necessary as a touch operation on the screen displayed on the display unit 6 . Here, the “tap operation” is the operation of touching the touch panel 8 on the screen with a finger and immediately releasing the finger, and the “slide operation” is the operation of touching the touch panel 8 on the screen with the finger and moving from there. It is an operation of sliding a finger. The “slide operation” accepted by the display control unit 62 includes swiping the finger in one direction while touching the touch panel 8 on the screen with the finger, or touching the touch panel 8 on the screen with the finger and moving the finger away. Including flicks to slide like.

FIG. 6 shows a first top screen G1 for normal use as an initial screen displayed on the display means 6 immediately after the power is turned on. After the user inserts a power plug (not shown) provided in the main body 1 in advance into a household outlet, the door 3 in a closed state is opened. power) is turned on. At this time, the top screen display control section 62A causes the display means 6 to display the first top screen G1 as shown in FIG. 6 by default. The “default display” referred to here means that the display means 6 set in advance by the top screen display control section 62A immediately after the display means 6 is powered on and before any operation is applied to the operation means 9. This is the first display to appear.

The first top screen G1 is a so-called tab-type screen, and in the upper part thereof, there are a tab display portion B1 including a text display D1 of "heat up" and a tab display portion B2 including a text display D2 of "cooking". , and a tab display area B3 including an icon display body D3 that reminds one of various settings of the microwave oven are arranged side by side to form a tab display area A1. In addition, below the tab display area A1, as detailed information included in the tab display area B1 selected in the tab display area A1, a menu of a plurality of heating functions stored in the all menu storage unit 63 is displayed. Among the multiple settable outputs by the microwave heating means 48 included in the cooking information of the menu for the manual range menu selected as one menu that is assumed to be used most frequently , the first menu display area M1 in which the output of 600 W, which is assumed to be most frequently used, is initially displayed as a default, and a plurality of menus stored in the all menu storage unit 63 are selected. , a second menu display area M2 that default-displays several menus including a menu related to microwave heating, which is assumed to be frequently used following the manual range menu, so that these menus can be selected and operated. Formed vertically.

In the first menu display area M1, an output setting display area that enables setting of the output of microwave heating and a time setting display area that enables setting of the time of heating in the microwave are vertically arranged. The output setting time area is displayed by a list display part B4 including a text display D4 that indicates the set output of microwave heating and an icon display D5 that reminds the user to display a list of outputs that can be set in the text display D4. As shown in FIG. 6, when the first top screen G1 is displayed by default on the display means 6, "Range 600 W" is initially displayed to indicate that the output of microwave heating is set to 600 W. A text display body D4 is displayed in the list display portion B4.

In addition, in the time setting display area of the first menu display area M1, a text display body indicating the set 10-minute digit is used as a drum roll-shaped display unit that rotatably displays the set time for microwave heating. A picker display portion B6 including D6, a picker display portion B7 including a text display body D7 indicating the set minute digit number, and the numbers displayed in the text display bodies D6 and D7 are minutes. and a picker display part B9 including a text display D8 indicating the set 10-second digit, and the number displayed in the text display D9 is the time in seconds. A text display D10 of "seconds" that reminds us of something is arranged in order from left to right, and in the default display state of the first top screen G1 shown in FIG. An upper key display unit B11 including an icon display unit D11 that evokes an increase in the ten-minute digit displayed on the text display unit D6 is arranged, and 1 displayed on the text display unit D7 is above the picker display unit B7. An upper key display section B12 including an icon display body D12 suggesting an increase in the minute digits is arranged, and above the picker display section B9, a text display body D9 reminds of an increase in the ten second digits. An up key display portion B13 including an icon display body D13 is arranged. In addition, although it is hidden in FIG. 6, depending on the numbers displayed in the text display bodies D6, D7, and D9, as shown in FIGS. Any or all of B13 are hidden, or the ten-minute digit number displayed in the text display D6 below the picker display part B6 in the time setting display area of the first menu display area M1 is reduced. A lower key display section B14 including an icon display body D14 that reminds of The lower key display section B15 including the icon display body D15 is arranged in a displayed state, and the icon display body that reminds us of the decrease in the ten-second digits displayed in the text display body D9 below the picker display section B9. A lower key display portion B16 including D16 is arranged in a displayed state.

On the other hand, in the second menu display area M2, a text display D21 of "rice", a button display portion B21 including an icon display portion D22 that evokes an automatic cooking menu for rice, and a text display D23 of "side dish". , a button display portion B23 including an icon display portion D24 that evokes an automatic cooking menu for side dishes, a button display portion B23 that includes a text display body D25 of "bread/other" and an icon display portion D26 that evokes an automatic cooking menu for bread. B25, a button display portion B27 including a text display D27 of "drinks" and an icon display portion D28 that evokes an automatic cooking menu of rice, a text display D29 of "boiled vegetables", and automatic cooking of boiled vegetables. A button display portion B29 including an icon display portion D30 that evokes a menu, a button display portion B31 that includes a text display D31 of "Defrost", and an icon display portion D32 that evokes an automatic cooking menu for thawing are arranged vertically and horizontally. Is displayed.

FIG. 7 shows a second top screen G2 that can be easily switched between the first top screen G1 and the above-described first top screen G1 by left and right slide operations. This second top screen G2 is displayed by sliding the portion of the touch panel 8 overlapping the first menu display area M1 or the second menu display area M2 to the left while the first top screen G1 is displayed on the display means 6. Alternatively, it is displayed on the display means 6 by performing a tap operation on the portion of the touch panel 8 that overlaps the tab display portion B2 displaying "cooking" in the tab display area A1.

The second top screen G2 is a screen in a tab format in which the display of the tab display area A1 is common to that of the first top screen G1. As the detailed information included in the portion B2, the manual range menu displayed in the first menu display area M1 of the first top screen G1 and the , a third menu display area M3 which is displayed so as to enable selection operation of a manual cooking menu assumed to be used relatively frequently other than the other automatic cooking menus displayed in the second menu display area M1; Fourth menu display areas M4 are arranged vertically to display automatic cooking menus that are assumed to be used relatively frequently so that selection operations can be performed.

In the third menu display area M3 , a text display D40 of "manual cooking" indicating that this area is related to the manual cooking menu is displayed at the upper left, and a text display D41 of "oven" and an oven A button display portion B41 including an icon display portion D42 that evokes a manual cooking menu by heating, and a button display portion B43 that includes a text display D43 of "grill" and an icon display portion D44 that evokes a manual cooking menu by grill heating. , a text display D45 of "steaming", a button display B45 including an icon display D46 that evokes a manual cooking menu for steam heating, a text display D47 of "others", and other main manual A button display portion B47 including an icon display portion D48 that evokes a cooking menu is arranged vertically and horizontally and displayed.

In the fourth menu display area M4 , a text display D50 of "automatic cooking" indicating that this area is related to the automatic cooking menu is displayed on the upper left, and a text display D51 of "stone kiln omakase-yaki" is also displayed. , a button display portion B51 including an icon display portion D52 that evokes an automatic cooking menu by oven heating, a text display body D53 that reads "Recommended", and a button display that includes an icon display portion D54 that evokes calling of the recommended automatic cooking menu. A button display portion B55 including a text display D55 of "Favorite" and an icon display D56 for recalling the calling of the favorite automatic cooking menu, a text display D57 of "cooking book search", automatic cooking A button display portion B57 including an icon display portion D58 that evokes a menu search is arranged vertically and horizontally.

In order to switch the second top screen G2 displayed on the display means 6 to the first top screen G1, the part of the touch panel 8 that overlaps the third menu display area M3 or the fourth menu display area M4 is slid rightward. Alternatively, in the tab display area A1, a tap operation may be performed on a portion of the touch panel 8 that overlaps the tab display portion B1 displayed as "warm".

As shown in FIG. 6, immediately after the power is turned on to the display means 6, the top screen display control section 62A selects the tab display section B1 of "warm" located on the leftmost side in the tab display area A1. The first top screen G1 is displayed on the display means 6. In the first top screen G1 in which " heat up " is selected, the "heat up" tab display area B1 is displayed in a brighter color than the unselected "cooking" tab display area B2. . As the heating function assumed to be used most frequently by the user, the manual range menu has already been selected from all the menus stored in the all menu storage unit 63, and the output is the manual range menu. It is set to 600 W, which is assumed to be used most often in , and the first menu display area M1 indicating that only the time setting is required by the user's operation after that, and the manual range menu, followed by the user As a heating function that is assumed to be used frequently, a plurality of automatic heating functions are selected from all the menus stored in the all menu storage unit 63 and mainly microwave heating means 48 cooks the food by microwave heating. The second menu display area M2, in which the cooking menu can be operated and selected, is displayed by default.

From here, when the user uses the manual range menu displayed in the first menu display area M1 to heat and cook the food placed in the cooking chamber 14, the range heating output is turned on as necessary. After performing the operation to change the setting other than 600 W initially set, if the operation of setting the microwave heating time is performed, then only by operating the start key 7A, the microwave heating means 48 can be heated at the set output and time. It is possible to microwave the food to be cooked.

Specifically, when changing the output of microwave heating to other than "Microwave 600 W" displayed by default in the list display section B4, the portion of the touch panel 8 that overlaps the icon display body D5 displayed at the right end of the list display section B4 is changed. Tap to operate. In response to this, the top screen display control section 62A expands the display area of the list display section B4 displayed on the display means 6 (not shown), and displays the output selectable in the manual range menu, for example, "1000 W", A list of "600W", "500W", "200W" and "100W" is displayed. Among these, when a portion of the touch panel 8 overlapping one output is tapped, the top screen display control section 62A sets the output corresponding to the touched portion as a new output of the manual range menu, and displays the list. The display area of the portion B4 is returned to its original size, and only the newly set output is displayed there.

Next, the time setting for microwave heating will be described. FIG. 8 shows a manual range menu displayed in the first menu display area M1 of the first top screen G1, showing main display portions related to the operation of setting the microwave heating time. In this embodiment, on the first top screen G1 displayed on the display means 6, a UI that allows setting of numerical values such as microwave heating time by both sliding and tapping operations on the touch panel 8 is prepared in advance. It is incorporated in the top screen display control section 62A of the display control section 62. FIG.

To increase the value of the set time for microwave heating displayed in the picker display portions B6, B7, and B9, move up the part of the touch panel 8 that overlaps the picker display portions B6, B7, and B9 displaying the value to be increased. Either slide in the direction, or tap the portion of the touch panel 8 that overlaps the corresponding up key display portions B11, B12, and B13 above the picker display portions B6, B7, and B9 displaying the numerical value to be increased. . Conversely, in order to decrease the numerical value of the set time for microwave heating, slide down the portion of the touch panel 8 that overlaps the picker display portions B6, B7, and B9 displaying the numerical value to be decreased, or decrease the desired numerical value. A portion of the touch panel 8 overlapping the corresponding lower key display portions B14, B15, and B16 below the picker display portions B6, B7, and B9 displaying numerical values may be tapped. In any case, when a slide operation is performed, one or a plurality of numerical items displayed in the picker display portions B6, B7, and B9 rotate continuously and increase or decrease according to the amount of operation. , in the case of a tap operation, the numerical items displayed in the picker display portions B6, B7, and B9 rotate one by one and increase or decrease with one tap operation.

With this, the user can freely select whichever of the slide operation and the tap operation is easier to operate when setting numerical values related to the control of the oven range, such as the heating time of the microwave. Moreover, this is not limited to the setting of numerical values such as time and temperature, and can be similarly applied to setting from a plurality of items. For example, on a screen related to one menu, a button display section displaying "Next" for transitioning to the next screen and a button display section displaying "Return" for transitioning to the previous screen are provided side by side. screen as a plurality of items, and by performing a tap operation on the portion of the touch panel 8 overlapping the button display portion, or by performing a sliding operation on the portion of the touch panel 8 overlapping the displayed screen, the display control portion performs such tap operations and slide operations. A setting may be made to accept an operation and change the display to another screen.

As shown in FIG. 1, the handle 4 extending horizontally above the door 3 is arranged so as not to be positioned above the display screen of the display means 6 . In other words, the handle 4 for opening and closing the door 3 is not formed above the display means 6 in the vertical (vertical) direction, and the display means 6 is positioned above the display means 6 in the vertical direction from the flat surface of the display means 6 . Do not provide any projecting protrusions. As a result, when the user views the oven range obliquely from above, the handle 4 does not get in the way and the visibility is good, and especially the user performs a sliding operation from the bottom to the top on the surface of the display means 6. Sometimes there is the advantage that the fingers do not hit the handle 4 .

Also, the convex handle 4 is not formed not only on the vertical upper side of the display means 6 but also in the horizontal (right and left) direction of the display means 6. - 特許庁As a result, when the user performs a left/right slide operation on the surface of the display means 6, the fingers do not hit the handle 4. - 特許庁

FIG. 8 shows virtual lines L1 to L4 along each side of the display means 6 having a rectangular outer shape in a front view. If the convex handle 4 is not arranged between the extension lines of the imaginary lines L3 and L4, even if the user performs a sliding operation on the surface of the display means 6 in any direction, up, down, left, or right. , fingers do not hit the handle 4.

FIG. 9 schematically shows the display operation of the 10-minute digit picker display section B6 and the 1-minute digit picker display section B7, both of which rotate like drum rolls. In this embodiment, the relationship between the range heating output and the maximum time is included in the cooking information of the manual range menu stored in the all menu storage unit 63. For example, when the range heating output is set to 600 W, , the top screen display control unit 62A controls the relationship between the output and the time stored in the all menu storage unit 63 so that the maximum microwave heating time is not set to exceed 20 minutes. to control the display of the picker display portions B6 and B7.

Specifically, when the numeric value displayed as the text display D7 in the 1-minute digit picker display area B7 is "0", the numeric value displayed as the text display D6 in the 10-minute digit picker display area B6 is No matter how much the portion of the touch panel 8 that overlaps the picker display portion B6 is slid, the portion of the touch panel 8 that is located above and below the picker display portion B6 and overlaps the upper key display portion B11 and the lower key display portion B14 can be tapped. Even if it is operated, only one of ``0'', ``1'', and ``2'' is displayed, and other numerical values are not displayed.

In addition, when the numerical value displayed in the minute digit picker display area B7 is not "0" and is any of "1" to "9", the numerical value displayed in the ten minute digit picker display area B6 is , no matter how much the portion of the touch panel 8 overlapping the picker display portion B6 is slid, or how the portion of the touch panel 8 overlapping the upper key display portion B11 or the lower key display portion B14 is tapped, "0", " 1”, and the other numerical values are not displayed.

Also, when the numerical value displayed in the picker display area B6 for the 10-minute digit is "2", the numerical value displayed in the picker display area B7 for the 1-minute digit is displayed on the part of the touch panel 8 that overlaps the picker display area B7. No matter how much you tap the part of the touch panel 8 located above and below the picker display part B7 and overlapping the upper key display part B12 and the lower key display part B15, the display will move with only "0". avoid

Furthermore, when the numerical value displayed in the picker display area B6 for the tenth digit is "1" or "0" other than "2", the numerical value displayed in the picker display area B7 for the one minute digit is displayed in the picker display area B7. When the overlapping portion of the touch panel 8 is slid and the portion of the touch panel 8 overlapping the upper key display portion B12 or the lower key display portion B15 is tapped, all of "0" to "9" are moved.

In this way, in this embodiment, when the user sets numerical values such as temperature and time related to control of the oven range from the first top screen G1 displayed on the display means 6, an operation input from the touch panel 8 is received and the setting is performed. When the set numerical value reaches the upper limit value (for example, 20 minutes) that can be set for that numerical value, the setting of a higher numerical value will not be accepted, and the set numerical value will be the lower limit value that can be set for that numerical value (for example, 0 minutes). , the top screen display control unit 62A does not accept setting of lower numerical values, and the numerical values displayed in the picker display units B6 and B7 loop between the upper limit value and the lower limit value. It is configured to control the display operation of the numerical values in the picker display units B6 and B7 that rotate like drum rolls.

Therefore, when the user sets various numerical values by operating the touch panel 8, for example, if the output of microwave heating is set to 600 W, the settable time displayed in the picker display portions B6 and B7 will automatically be 0 minutes. ~ 20 minutes, and if the output of microwave heating is set to 200W, the settable time displayed in the picker display areas B6 and B7 will automatically be between 0 minutes and 90 minutes, and the output of different microwave heating will be Correspondingly, the top screen display control section 62A appropriately changes the range of values that can be set displayed on the display means 6, so that unnecessary operations for the user can be eliminated.

FIG. 10 shows all the display parts displayed during setting of microwave heating time in the manual range menu displayed on the first top screen G1. From the first top screen G1 displayed by default on the display means 6 shown in FIG. ' minutes and '00' seconds, the top screen display control unit 62A, as shown in FIG. The second display menu display area M2 is not displayed by enlarging it to M2. At this time, the first menu display area M1 includes a button display portion B61 including a text display body D61 of "clear", and then "without accessories start" indicating that cooking is started without accessories such as plates. When a text display D62 or the like saying "You can do it" is additionally displayed, and a tap operation is performed on the part of the touch panel 8 that overlaps the button display section 61, the top screen display control section 62A sets the microwave heating time to the first "00" minutes. The time is returned to "00" seconds, and the first top screen G1 of the initial screen as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed on the display means 6 again.

FIGS. 11 to 17 show how the top screen display control section 62A displays the first top screen G1 on the display means 6 when the microwave heating time is set to a different time from the initial "00" minutes and "00" seconds. , and the state of each of the key display portions B11, B12, B13, B14, B15, and B16 and the button display portion B61 is shown in a table.

As shown in FIG. 11, when the top screen display control section 62A causes the display means 6 to display the first top screen G1 by default, the microwave heating time displayed in the picker display sections B6, B7, and B9 is initially is set to "00" minutes and "00" seconds. In the display state of the first top screen G1 at this time, that is, in the state of "0 display", an up key display section including an icon display body D13 for increasing the number of 10 seconds ("+10 seconds" in the figure). B13, an upper key display portion B12 including an icon display D12 for increasing the minute digits ("+1 minute" in the figure), and an upper key display portion B12 for increasing the ten minute digits ("+10 minutes" in the figure). ), the upper key display portion B11 including the icon display D11 for ) is illuminated and displayed, while the icon display for decreasing the number in the 10-second digit ("-10 seconds" in the figure). A lower key display portion B16 including D16, a lower key display portion B15 including an icon display D15 for decreasing the minute digit ("-1 minute" in the figure), and decreasing the ten minute digit. ("-10 minutes" in the drawing), and to return the screen displayed on the display means 6 to "0 display" ("clear" in the drawing). , the button display portion B61 including the text display body D61 is extinguished and hidden.

Then, when a tap operation is performed on a portion of the touch panel 8 that overlaps the illuminated upper key display portion B13, the top screen display control portion 62A receives the operation input, increases the time by 10 seconds, and displays the increased 10-second digit. is displayed on the text display body D9 corresponding to the picker display section B9, and when the portion of the touch panel 8 overlapping the lit up key display section B12 is tapped, the operation input is accepted and the time is set to 1. By incrementing by minutes, the incremented hour number in the one-minute digit is displayed on the text display body D7 corresponding to the picker display section B7, and the portion of the touch panel 8 overlapping the lit up key display section B11 is tapped. Then, the operation input is accepted to increase the time by 10 minutes, and the increased 10-minute hour number is displayed on the text display body D6 corresponding to the picker display portion B6.

On the other hand, the top screen display control section 62A does not accept operation input from the touch panel 8 corresponding to the turned-off lower key display sections B16, B15, B14 and button display section B61. Therefore, the 10-minute time displayed in the picker display area B6 does not rotate to become less than "0" 0 minutes, and the 1-minute time displayed in the picker display area B7 becomes "0". The user can understand that the time in the 10-second digit displayed in the picker display area B9 is not rotated to be less than "00" seconds. can.

FIG. 12 shows the ranges displayed in the picker display portions B6, B7, and B9 by tapping only once on the portion of the touch panel 8 that overlaps the upper key display portion B13 from the "0 display" state shown in FIG. When the heating time is set to "00" minutes and "10" seconds, the state of the first top screen G1 displayed on the display means 6 by the top screen display control unit 62A, that is, " 10 seconds display” state. In this "10 seconds display" state, an up key display section B13 including an icon display D13 for "+10 seconds" and an up key display section including an icon display D16 for "-10 seconds" are displayed. B16, an up key display section B12 including an icon display D12 for "+1 minute", an up key display section B11 including an icon display D11 for "+10 minutes", and "clear" While the button display portion B61 including the text display D61 for "-1 minute" is lit up and displayed, the up key display portion B15 including the icon display D15 for "-1 minute" , the upper key display portion B14 including the icon display body D14 for .

Then, when a tap operation is performed on a portion of the touch panel 8 that overlaps the illuminated upper key display portion B13, the top screen display control portion 62A receives the operation input, increases the time by 10 seconds, and displays the increased 10-second digit. is displayed on the text display body D9 corresponding to the picker display section B9, and when the portion of the touch panel 8 overlapping the lit up key display section B16 is tapped, the operation input is accepted and the time is set to 10. The time is decreased by seconds, and the decreased 10-second time number is displayed on the text display body D9 corresponding to the picker display section B9, and the portion of the touch panel 8 overlapping the lit up key display section B12 is tapped. Then, the operation input is received and the time is incremented by one minute, and the incremented hour number in the one-minute digit is displayed on the text display body D7 corresponding to the picker display section B7, and the up key display section B11 that is illuminated. When the part of the touch panel 8 overlapping with is tapped, the operation input is accepted, the time is increased by 10 minutes, and the increased 10-minute time number is displayed on the text display D6 corresponding to the picker display part B6. display. Further, when a tap operation is performed on a portion of the touch panel 8 that overlaps the lit button display portion B61, the operation input is accepted and the display of the first top screen G1 is returned to "0 display".

On the other hand, the top screen display control section 62A does not accept operation input from the touch panel 8 corresponding to the turned-off lower key display sections B15 and B14. Therefore, it is possible for the user to understand that the 10-minute digits and 1-minute digits displayed in the picker display portions B6 and B7 are not rotated so as to be less than "00" minutes.

FIG. 13 shows the range heating displayed in the picker display portions B6, B7, and B9 by tapping five times on the portion of the touch panel 8 that overlaps the upper key display portion B13 from the "0 display" state shown in FIG. is set to "00" minutes and "50" seconds, the state of the first top screen G1 displayed on the display means 6 by the top screen display control unit 62A, that is, "50 Second display” is shown. In this "50 seconds display" state, an up key display section B16 including an icon display D16 for setting "-10 seconds" and an up key display section including an icon display D12 for setting "+1 minute" are displayed. B12, an up key display section B11 including an icon display body D11 for "+10 minutes", and a button display section B61 including a text display body D61 for "clear" are lit and displayed. On the other hand, an up key display section B13 including an icon display D13 for setting "+10 seconds", an up key display section B15 including an icon display D15 for setting "-1 minute", and "-10 minutes , the upper key display portion B14 including the icon display body D14 for .

When the portion of the touch panel 8 that overlaps the illuminated upper key display portion B16 is tapped, the top screen display control portion 62A receives the operation input, decreases the time by 10 seconds, and displays the decreased 10-second digits. is displayed on the text display body D9 corresponding to the picker display section B9, and when the portion of the touch panel 8 overlapping the lit up key display section B12 is tapped, the operation input is accepted and the time is set to 1. By incrementing by minutes, the incremented hour number in the one-minute digit is displayed on the text display body D7 corresponding to the picker display section B7, and the portion of the touch panel 8 overlapping the lit up key display section B11 is tapped. Then, the operation input is accepted to increase the time by 10 minutes, and the increased 10-minute hour number is displayed on the text display body D6 corresponding to the picker display portion B6. Further, when a tap operation is performed on a portion of the touch panel 8 that overlaps the lit button display portion B61, the operation input is accepted and the display of the first top screen G1 is returned to "0 display".

On the other hand, the top screen display control section 62A does not accept operation input from the touch panel 8 corresponding to the turned off upper key display section B13 and lower key display sections B15 and B14. Therefore, the time in the 10-second digits displayed in the picker display area B9 does not rotate to exceed "50" seconds, and the 10-minute digits and 1-minute digits displayed in the picker display areas B6 and B7 The user can be made aware that the time will not rotate to less than '00' minutes.

FIG. 14 shows the ranges displayed in the picker display sections B6, B7, and B9 by tapping once on the portion of the touch panel 8 that overlaps the upper key display section B12 from the "0 display" state shown in FIG. When the heating time is set to "01" minutes and "00" seconds, the state of the first top screen G1 displayed on the display means 6 by the top screen display control unit 62A, that is, " 1 minute display”. In this "1 minute display" state, an up key display section B13 including an icon display D13 for "+10 seconds" and an up key display section B12 including an icon display D12 for "+1 minute" are displayed. , an up key display area B15 including an icon display D15 for setting "-1 minute", an up key display area B11 including an icon display D11 for setting "+10 minutes", and an up key display area B11 including an icon display D11 for setting "clear" While the button display portion B61 including the text display D61 for "-10 seconds" is lit and displayed, the up key display portion B16 including the icon display D16 for "-10 seconds" and "-10 minutes , the upper key display portion B14 including the icon display body D14 for .

Then, when a tap operation is performed on a portion of the touch panel 8 that overlaps the illuminated upper key display portion B13, the top screen display control portion 62A receives the operation input, increases the time by 10 seconds, and displays the increased 10-second digit. is displayed on the text display body D9 corresponding to the picker display section B9, and when the portion of the touch panel 8 overlapping the lit up key display section B12 is tapped, the operation input is accepted and the time is set to 1. By incrementing by minutes, the incremented hour number in the one-minute digit is displayed on the text display body D7 corresponding to the picker display section B7, and the part of the touch panel 8 overlapping the lit up key display section B15 is tapped. Then, the operation input is received, the time is decremented by one minute, and the decremented hour digits are displayed on the text display body D7 corresponding to the picker display section B7, and the up key display section B11 that is illuminated. When the part of the touch panel 8 overlapping with is tapped, the operation input is accepted, the time is increased by 10 minutes, and the increased 10-minute time number is displayed on the text display D6 corresponding to the picker display part B6. display. Further, when a tap operation is performed on a portion of the touch panel 8 that overlaps the lit button display portion B61, the operation input is accepted and the display of the first top screen G1 is returned to "0 display".

On the other hand, the top screen display control section 62A does not accept operation input from the touch panel 8 corresponding to the turned off lower key display sections B16 and B14. Therefore, the time in the 10-second digit displayed in the picker display area B6 does not rotate to become less than "0" 1 minute, and the time in the 10-second digit displayed in the picker display area B9 becomes "00 The user can be made aware that they will not rotate for less than 1 second.

FIG. 15 shows the range heating displayed in the picker display portions B6, B7, and B9 by performing the tap operation nine times on the portion of the touch panel 8 that overlaps the upper key display portion B12 from the "0 display" state shown in FIG. is set to "09" minutes and "00" seconds, the state of the first top screen G1 displayed on the display means 6 by the top screen display control unit 62A, that is, "9 "Minute Display" status. Note that the maximum time for which microwave heating can be performed increases or decreases according to the set output of microwave heating. The reason for this is that the higher the range heating output is set, the faster the temperature of the magnetron 35 of the microwave generator 34 and other heat-generating parts rises, and the shorter the time it takes to reach the temperature limit. For example, if the range heating output is set to 600W, the maximum time will be 9 minutes, but if the range heating is set to 1000W, the maximum time will be 5 minutes, and the range heating will be set to 200W or 100W. If you do, the maximum time is increased to 90 minutes. When the automatic cooking menu for microwave heating is selected, the output corresponding to the selected menu and the corresponding time are automatically set.

In the state of "9 minutes display", an upper key display portion B13 including an icon display D13 for "+10 seconds" and an upper key display portion B13 including an icon display D15 for "-1 minute" are displayed. A display section B15, an up key display section B11 including an icon display body D11 for "+10 minutes", and a button display section B61 including a text display body D61 for "clear" are lit and displayed. On the other hand, an up key display section B16 including an icon display D16 for setting "-10 seconds", an up key display section B12 including an icon display D12 for setting "+1 minute", and "- The upper key display portion B14 including the icon display body D14 for "10 minutes" is extinguished and not displayed.

Then, when a tap operation is performed on a portion of the touch panel 8 that overlaps the illuminated upper key display portion B13, the top screen display control portion 62A receives the operation input, increases the time by 10 seconds, and displays the increased 10-second digit. is displayed on the text display body D9 corresponding to the picker display section B9, and when the portion of the touch panel 8 overlapping the illuminated lower key display section B15 is tapped, the operation input is accepted and the time is set to 1. By decrementing by minutes, the decremented number of minutes is displayed on the text display body D7 corresponding to the picker display section B7, and the portion of the touch panel 8 overlapping the lit up key display section B11 is tapped. Then, the operation input is accepted to increase the time by 10 minutes, and the increased 10-minute hour number is displayed on the text display body D6 corresponding to the picker display portion B6. Further, when a tap operation is performed on a portion of the touch panel 8 that overlaps the lit button display portion B61, the operation input is accepted and the display of the first top screen G1 is returned to "0 display".

On the other hand, the top screen display control section 62A does not accept operation input from the touch panel 8 corresponding to the turned off upper key display section B12 and lower key display sections B16 and B14. Therefore, the 10-minute digit hour displayed in the picker display area B6 does not rotate so that it becomes less than 9 minutes, and the 1-minute digit hour displayed in the picker display area B7 becomes "9 minutes." The user should understand that the time in the 10-second digit displayed in the picker display area B9 is not rotated to be less than "00" seconds. can.

FIG. 16 shows the ranges displayed in the picker display sections B6, B7, and B9 by tapping once on the portion of the touch panel 8 that overlaps the upper key display section B11 from the "0 display" state shown in FIG. When the heating time is set to "10" minutes and "00" seconds, the state of the first top screen G1 displayed on the display means 6 by the top screen display control unit 62A, that is, " 10-minute display” is shown. In this "9 minutes display" state, an up key display portion B13 including an icon display D13 for "+10 seconds" and an up key display portion B12 including an icon display D12 for "+1 minute" are displayed. , an up key display area B11 including an icon display D11 for setting "+10 minutes", an up key display area B14 including an icon display D14 for setting "-10 minutes", and an up key display area B14 including an icon display D14 for setting "clear" While the button display portion B61 including the text display D61 for "-10 seconds" is lit and displayed, the up key display portion B16 including the icon display D16 for "-10 seconds" and "-1 minute , the upper key display portion B15 including the icon display body D15 for .

Then, when a tap operation is performed on a portion of the touch panel 8 that overlaps the illuminated upper key display portion B13, the top screen display control portion 62A receives the operation input, increases the time by 10 seconds, and displays the increased 10-second digit. is displayed on the text display body D9 corresponding to the picker display section B9, and when the portion of the touch panel 8 overlapping the lit up key display section B12 is tapped, the operation input is accepted and the time is set to 1. By incrementing by minutes, the incremented hour number in the one-minute digit is displayed on the text display body D7 corresponding to the picker display section B7, and the portion of the touch panel 8 overlapping the lit up key display section B11 is tapped. Then, the operation input is received and the time is incremented by 10 minutes, and the incremented hour number in the 10-minute digit is displayed on the text display D6 corresponding to the picker display section B6 to light up the down key display section B14. When the portion of the touch panel 8 overlapping with is tapped, the operation input is accepted, the time is decreased by 10 minutes, and the decreased 10-minute hour number is displayed on the text display D6 corresponding to the picker display portion B6. display. Further, when a tap operation is performed on a portion of the touch panel 8 that overlaps the lit button display portion B61, the operation input is accepted and the display of the first top screen G1 is returned to "0 display".

On the other hand, the top screen display control section 62A does not accept operation input from the touch panel 8 corresponding to the turned-off lower key display sections B15 and B14. Therefore, the time in the 1-minute digits displayed in the picker display portion B7 is not rotated to be less than "0" minutes, and the time in the 10-second digits displayed in the picker display portion B9 is changed to "00". The user can be made aware that it will not rotate to less than a second.

In FIG. 17, the setting of the output was changed from 600 W to 200 W using the list display part B4 so that the maximum microwave heating time is set to 90 minutes from the "0 display" state shown in FIG. When the portion of the touch panel 8 that overlaps the upper key display area B11 is later tapped nine times to set the microwave heating time displayed in the picker display areas B6, B7, and B9 to "90" minutes and "00" seconds. 2 shows the state of the first top screen G1 displayed on the display means 6 by the top screen display control section 62A, that is, the state of "90 minute display" in which the 10 minute digit is set to the maximum time. In this "90 minute display" state, an up key display portion B14 including an icon display D14 for setting "-10 minutes" and a button display portion B61 including a text display D61 for setting "clear" are displayed. , are lit and displayed, while an up key display portion B13 including an icon display D13 for setting "+10 seconds" and an up key display including an icon display D16 for setting "-10 seconds". part B16, an up key display part B12 including an icon display D12 for setting "+1 minute", an up key display part B15 including an icon display D15 for setting "-1 minute", and "+10 minutes" , the upper key display portion B11 including the icon display body D11 for .

Then, when a tap operation is performed on the portion of the touch panel 8 that overlaps the illuminated lower key display portion B14, the top screen display control portion 62A receives the operation input, decreases the time by 10 minutes, and displays the decreased 10-minute digits. is displayed on the text display body D6 corresponding to the picker display section B6. Further, when a tap operation is performed on a portion of the touch panel 8 that overlaps the lit button display portion B61, the operation input is accepted and the display of the first top screen G1 is returned to "0 display".

On the other hand, the top screen display control section 62A does not accept operation input from the touch panel 8 corresponding to the turned off upper key display sections B13, B12, B11 and lower key display sections B16, B15. Therefore, the 10-minute time displayed in the picker display area B6 does not rotate to become more than "9" 0 minutes, and the 1-minute time displayed in the picker display area B7 becomes "0 Do not rotate so that it becomes more or less than the minute, and do not rotate so that the 10-second digit displayed in the picker display area B9 becomes more or less than "00" seconds. can be understood by the user.

In the examples shown in FIGS. 11 to 17, when any of the digits displayed in the picker display areas B6, B7, and B9 reaches the upper limit or lower limit, the key corresponding to that digit The upper key display portions B11 to B13 and the lower key display portions B14 to B16 are not displayed on the display means 6 at all. The same effect can be obtained by changing to a different color (including color tone).

Next, referring to the first top screen G1 shown in FIG. 6 and the second top screen G2 shown in FIG. 7, the categorization of the heating function using these operation screens will be described again.

First, on the first top screen G1 shown in FIG. 6 where "warm up" is selected, a first menu display area M1 relating to the manual range menu and a second menu display area M2 relating to the automatic warming menu are divided and arranged. be. Here, the manual range menu, which is assumed to be used most frequently by the user, is already selected and displayed in the first menu display area M1 with the range heating output set to 600 W. ing. Therefore, if there is no change in the output setting of 600 W, the user operates the touch panel 8 to set the microwave heating setting time other than "00" and "00" minutes displayed in the picker display portions B6, B7, and B9. , the cooking of the food in the cooking chamber 14 can be started by pressing the start key 7A. The heating control section 61 receives the operation signal from the start key 7A and controls the operation of the microwave heating means 48 so that the cooking object is microwave-heated with the set output and time.

In addition, conventionally, the top screen displayed on the display means 6 can be switched between a category screen related to the "manual" cooking menu and a category screen related to the "automatic" cooking menu. The first top screen G1 (Fig. 6) for the category "heating", which is assumed to be used frequently, and the second top screen G2 (Fig. 7) for the category "cooking," which is assumed to be used less frequently. ), and is changed so that only the first top screen G1 displayed by default on the display means 6 in daily use can be used. As a result, the user can immediately select the frequently used heating function from the first top screen G1, which is the initial screen.

Either one of the first top screen G1 and the second top screen G2 can be easily switched between the first top screen G1 and the second top screen G2 by performing a left/right slide operation on the touch panel 8, and scroll display can be performed on the display means 6. FIG. The direction of the slide operation at this time is different from the direction of the vertical slide operation of the picker display portions B6, B7, and B9 when setting the microwave heating time, so that the two operations do not interfere with each other.

In addition, on the second top screen G2 shown in FIG. 7, the heating functions in the "cooking" category are grouped so that one heating function can be reliably selected according to the purpose of cooking. Specifically, there is a third menu display area M3 that summarizes the main manual cooking menus where time, output and temperature can be set numerically, and a selection that matches the cooking image without the need to set time, output and temperature. A fourth menu display area M4 summarizing possible main automatic cooking menus is divided and arranged on the second top screen G2 displayed on the display means 6, respectively. This allows the user to select a desired menu from the third menu display area M3 in which the manual cooking menu and the automatic cooking menu are clearly arranged.

In the first top screen G1 shown in FIG. 6 in which "warm up" is selected, the portion of the touch panel 8 that overlaps any of the button display portions B21, B23, B25, B27, B29, and B31 in the second menu display area M2 is When a tap operation is performed, the heating function selection screens corresponding to the touched button display portions B21, B23, B25, B27, B29, and B31 are displayed by the transition screen display control portion 62B in place of the first top screen G1. 6.

Similarly, on the second top screen G2 shown in FIG. 7 where "cooking" is selected, the portion of the touch panel 8 that overlaps any of the button display portions B41, B43, B45, and B47 in the third menu display area M3 is When a tap operation is performed, a heating function selection screen relating to the manual cooking menu corresponding to the touched button display portions B41, B43, B45, and B47 is displayed by the transition screen display control portion 62B instead of the second top screen G2. 6. Further, when a portion of the touch panel 8 overlapping any one of the button display portions B51, B53, B55 and B57 in the fourth menu display area M4 is tapped, the touched button display portions B51, B53, B55 and B57 are displayed. is displayed on the display means 6 by the transition screen display control section 62B in place of the second top screen G2.

It should be noted that the top screen control unit 62A can change the already selected heating function to be displayed in the first menu display area M1 in the first top screen G1 to be displayed by default on the display means 6 by the operation of the operation means 9 by the user. , may be configured to allow selection other than the microwave heating menu. Thus, if the user performs an operation to select the oven heating menu instead of the microwave heating menu, for example, the oven heating menu is already selected and the oven heating temperature is set to 250°C. In the set state, the heating function can be displayed from the beginning in the first menu display area M1 of the first top screen G1 so that the instruction to start cooking can be given only by setting the heating time. One heating function displayed by default in the first menu display area M1 of 6 can be changed from among a plurality of heating functions according to user's preference.

FIG. 18 shows that when the hamburger cooking menu is selected as one of the automatic cooking menus selected from the all cooking menu storage unit 63, the transition screen display control unit 62B displays the above-described heating function selection screen. , how to display recipe information corresponding to how to make a hamburger on the display means 6. FIG. In the drawing, the framed range is one screen that can be displayed by the display means 6 .

The transition screen display control unit 62B accepts a slide operation (swipe or flick) from the touch panel 8 when information such as recipes and usage to be displayed on the display means 6 cannot fit on one screen of the display means 6. When the user performs such a sliding operation on the touch panel 8 with a finger or a pen-like object, the information displayed on the display means 6 is scrolled in the sliding direction.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 18, when the transition screen display control unit 62B causes the display unit 6 to display the recipe information R1 extracted from the cooking information of the hamburger menu in the all menu storage unit 63, Then, when it is determined that the recipe information R1 does not fit on one screen of the display means 6, a slide operation from the touch panel 8 is accepted. Only part of the hamburger recipe information R1 is displayed on the display means 6 from the beginning. , the transition screen display control unit 62B, which has sensed this, scrolls the recipe information R displayed on the display means 6 in the downward direction indicated by the arrow according to the movement of the finger F. Thereby, the user can visually recognize the entire recipe information R on the display means 6 .

Further, when the downward swipe operation reaches the end of the recipe information R to be displayed on the display means 6, if the upward swipe operation is performed, the transition screen display control section 62B accepts it. , the recipe information R can be scrolled upward, and the user can look back over the entire recipe information R on the display means 6 at any time. In this way, in this embodiment, the user interface that is familiar to smartphones can be used as it is by operating the touch panel 8 of the microwave oven. , it is possible to check every corner.

As described above, in this embodiment, the display means 6 that enables screen display, the microwave heating means 48 that microwave-heats the food placed in the cooking chamber 14, and a plurality of heating functions are selected. As another heating function, for example, a manual range menu selected from a plurality of menus stored in the all menu storage unit 63 is selected from among a plurality of settable outputs by the microwave heating means 48. A display control unit 62 as display control means for default-displaying the first top screen G1 on the display means 6 with an output of, for example, 600 W set; a heating control unit 61 as a heating control unit that enables the operation of microwave heating by the microwave heating unit 48 to be started by operating the start key 7 with the same output and time.

In this case, the manual range menu, which is one of the most frequently used heating functions, is already set to 600 W, which is considered to be the most frequently used output for range heating, and is displayed on the display means 6. Since the first top screen G1 is displayed by default as the first top screen G1, it is possible to start microwave heating of the food to be cooked by the microwave heating means 48 only by setting the time thereafter. less hassle. Therefore, it is possible to provide a heating cooker that can easily start cooking with one heating function without selecting one heating function each time.

Further, in the present embodiment, the first top screen G1 as the initial screen displayed by default on the display means 6 includes the first menu display area M1 as the first function display section related to the menu of the manual range, which is one heating function. , Other heating functions related to microwave heating by the microwave heating means 48 include a second menu display area M1 as a second function display section that enables menu selection operations such as "rice" and "side dishes". Thus, the display control unit 62 is configured.

In this case, in addition to the menu of the manual range, which is one of the most frequently used heating functions, other heating functions related to microwave heating that are frequently used, such as "rice" and "side dish" With regard to the menu of , the number of operations for the user can be reduced by enabling the user to perform a selection operation immediately on the first top screen G1, which is the initial screen of the same default display.

Further, in this embodiment, the top screen displayed on the display means 6 is a first top screen G1 as a first screen which is the initial screen displayed by default on the display means 6, and one of a plurality of heating functions. As another heating function other than one heating function and another heating function, among the menus stored in the all menu storage unit 63, other than the first menu display area M1 and the second menu display area M1, for example, "oven" The display control unit 62 is configured so that the user can switch between the second top screen G2 as a second screen that enables menu selection operations such as "stone kiln omakase yaki" and the like by the user's sliding operation on the touch panel 8, for example. Configure.

In this case, by enabling switching between the first top screen G1 corresponding to the frequently used initial screen and the second top screen G2 less frequently used, the first top screen is normally used. This is possible only with G1, and even if the use is different from usual, it can be handled by simply switching from the first top screen G1 to the second top screen G2.

Further, in the present embodiment, the one heating function displayed by default on the display means 6 is not limited to, for example, the manual range menu, but can be selected from among a plurality of heating functions, for example, another manual oven menu by user operation. Thus, the display control unit 62 is configured.

In this case, the one heating function displayed by default on the first top screen G1 on the display means 6 can be changed from among a plurality of heating functions according to the user's preference.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.

6 display means 7A start key (push operation unit)
8 touch panel 48 microwave heating means 61 heating control section 62 display control section (display control means)
B3 Tab display area (display area for instructing various settings)
B4 List display area ( output display area )
B6, B7, B8, B9 Picker display section ( set time display section )
B31 Button display part (instruction part for instructing thawing cooking)
M2 Second menu display area (function display area)
G1 1st top screen ( operation screen)

Claims (5)

a display means at least partially provided with a touch panel for receiving a touch operation ;
a microwave heating means for microwave heating the food to be cooked;
display control means for causing the display means to display the selected output by default in a state in which one output is selected from a plurality of outputs by the microwave heating means;
a heating control means for enabling the microwave heating means to start operation of microwave heating at the displayed output and the set time after at least receiving the time setting;
a push operation unit disposed at a position not overlapping the display means ,
By performing two operations of a first operation of setting the time and a second operation of pushing the pushing operation section on the operation screen displayed by default on the display means, the range is A heating cooker characterized in that a heating operation is started . The display control means is
On the operation screen displayed by default on the display means,
an output display unit that displays the output;
a time setting unit for setting the time;
Display at least a display unit for instructing various settings of the heating cooker ,
2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the output display section and the time setting section are arranged vertically, and the time setting section is provided between the output display section and the pressing operation section. The heating cooker described. The display control means is
displaying a function display section including at least an instruction section for instructing thawing and cooking on the operation screen displayed by default on the display means;
2. The heat cooking according to claim 1 , wherein the output displayed by default is displayed on one of the upper and lower sides of the set time display section that displays the setting of the time, and the function display section is displayed on the other side. vessel. 2. The heating cooker according to claim 1 , wherein the default displayed output can be changed to another output by the touch operation. a display means at least partially provided with a touch panel for receiving a touch operation;
a microwave heating means for microwave heating the food to be cooked;
display control means for causing the display means to display the selected output by default in a state in which one output is selected from a plurality of outputs by the microwave heating means;
a heating control means for enabling the microwave heating means to start operation of microwave heating at the displayed output and the set time after receiving at least the time setting;
A method of operating a heating cooker , comprising: a pushing operation unit arranged at a position that does not overlap with the display means ,
In the default display, the microwave heating operation is started by a first operation of setting the time and a second operation of pushing the pushing operation unit. operation method.

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