JPH0297827A - Cooking apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enhance cooking manipulation efficiency by detachably mounting a cooking information preset means for setting the cooking information to the main body of a cooking apparatus and by enabling the cooking information to be set even in a state that the cooking information preset means is demounted. CONSTITUTION:A cooking apparatus is provided with its main body 1 which has a cooking chamber for accommodating therein a cooking material and for cooking it, and with a display manipulation section 5 with is detachably mounted on the front surface of the main body 1 and constitutes a cooking menu selective device. In the display manipulation section 5, desired cooking information is set to the RAM 15 of a memory 11 by properly inputting the cooking information, under the control by a microprocessor 21, while pushing a transparent electrode 7a in a display input part 7 in accordance with the cooking information displayed. When a main body side control section 9 receives the cooking information from the RAM 15 via communication interfaces 29 and 39, said control section 9 stores the cooking information in the RAM 43 of a memory 41 under the control by a microprocessor 33 and controls a cooking control part 37 via an actuator/sensor part 35, thereby cooking the cooking material accommodated in the cooking chamber of the main body 1.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Purpose of the invention] (Industrial application field) The present invention relates to a cooking device such as a microwave oven.

(Prior art) In recent years, cooking devices have diversified their functions and improved their ease of use, and in addition to simply heating and cooking, cooking devices have also been providing various types of information related to cooking, such as menus for each dish and information necessary for each dish. It displays various cooking information such as the ingredients, the ingredients to choose according to the number of people, the heating time for each ingredient, and the cooking procedure for each dish.While looking at the displayed cooking information,
There has also been proposed a cooking device that has a display/operation section that allows the user to input necessary cooking information as needed to easily perform desired cooking.

With such a display/operation unit, there is no need to cook while looking at a cooking handbook, for example, and all you have to do is look at the desired 11 principles information displayed and input instructions as appropriate, making cooking very easy and In addition, for example, the calculation of m of ingredients for the number of people is accurately calculated, so that cooking can be carried out without errors.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) As described above, conventional cooking devices have a display operation section, and cooking can be easily performed by inputting desired cooking information from the display operation section. Conventionally, this display/operation unit is fixed to the main body of the cooking device, so inputting cooking information must be done in the corner of the kitchen where the cooking device is installed, for example, which is extremely difficult. The problem is that it is difficult to operate and lacks flexibility.

Specifically, there are many cases where it is desirable to enter cooking information, for example, while looking at the contents of the refrigerator, while consulting with a family member at a dining table a little away from the kitchen, or while shopping. However, since the display/operation section of the conventional cooking H position is fixed to the main body of the cooking device, there is a problem in that such operations cannot be performed.

The present invention has been made in view of the above, and an object of the present invention is to provide a cooking device in which a portion for setting cooking information is made detachable so that cooking information can be easily set.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above object, the cooking device of the present invention includes a main body for storing cooking ingredients and cooking the ingredients, and a main body for storing the cooking ingredients and for cooking the ingredients. a cooking information setting means that is detachably attached to the main body and sets cooking information; an information transmitting means that transmits the cooking information set by the second cooking information setting means to the main body; The gist is to have a cooking control means that stores the cooking information transmitted via the information transmission means and controls cooking of the material based on the cooking information.

(Function) In the cooking apparatus of the present invention, the cooking information setting means for setting cooking information is detachably attached to the main body, so that cooking information can be set even in a detached state.

(Example) The present invention will be described in detail below using the same drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a cooking device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The cooking device shown in the figure has a main body part 1 which is formed into a box shape as a whole and has a cooking chamber for storing cooking materials and cooking inside, and a main body part 1 provided on the front side of the main body part 1, It has an opening/closing door 3 for accessing the mold, and a display/operating section 5 constituting a cooking menu selection device that is removably attached to the front surface of the main body 1 in line with the opening/closing door 3.

The display operation section 5 displays various information regarding cooking, such as the menu of each dish, the ingredients required for each dish, the hanging of ingredients according to the number of people, the heating time for heating each ingredient, and the cooking procedure for each dish. It has a display input section 7 that displays information and allows you to input necessary cooking information as appropriate while viewing the displayed cooking information, and as described above, it is detachably attached to the main body section 1. When removed from the main body part 1, cooking information can be entered from the display input part 7 while looking at the contents of the refrigerator, or while consulting with a family member at a dining table a little away from the kitchen.
Or you can do it while shopping. In addition, the display operation section-5 has a display screen scroll (Next/Back) button 8a below the display input section 7 and a stop button for stopping the operation being executed between the display operation section 5 and the main body section 1. It has a button (Stop) 8b.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the circuit configuration of the cooking device of FIG. 1. As shown in the figure, the cooking device includes the main body 1
It is composed of a main body side control device 9 provided in
and 39, and are detachably connected to each other.

The display operation section 5 has the display input section 7 as described above, and the display input section 7 has a transparent electrode 7a on the surface, a liquid crystal 7b below the transparent electrode 7a, and a liquid crystal 7b below the liquid crystal 7b. It has a backlight 7c composed of an EL light, and cooking information is input by pressing the transparent electrode 7a according to the cooking information displayed on the liquid crystal 7b.

This display input section 7 is connected to the MicroProcera+j21 and Memo! via the liquid crystal controller 23. Jl 1, V-RAM2
5 and a clock device 27. The memory 11 includes a program ROM 13 that stores programs, a RAM 15 that stores data, a font ROM 17 that stores character fonts, a document ROM 18 that stores the contents of sentence a such as operating methods and materials, and an electronic It is composed of a control ROM 19 that stores the control contents of the range.

The display operation unit 5 has a secondary battery 31 made of a NiCd battery or the like, but when it is attached to the main body 1, the power source 1a51 is connected to the main body side control device 9 of the main body 1.
It is operated by the power supply voltage supplied from the main body side control device 9 via the main body side controller 9, and in this case, the secondary battery 31 is charged. Then, the display operation section 5
When the display/operation unit 5 is removed from the display, the display/operation unit 5 is operated by the secondary battery 31.

The display operation section 5 configured as described above is configured such that cooking information stored in the program ROM 13, the program ROM 18, the control ROM 19, etc. of the memory 11 is input to the ftJ display input section 7 under the control of the microprocessor 21. The desired cooking information is stored in the RAM of the memory 11 by inputting appropriate cooking information while pressing the transparent electrode 7a of the display input section 7 according to the displayed cooking information.
It will be set to 15.

On the other hand, the main body side control device l19 has a microprocessor 33 that controls the overall operation, and this microprocessor 33 is connected to the display operation section 5 via the communication interface 39, and also controls the memory 41 and the actuator. It is connected to the sensor section 35 and further connected to the cooking control section 37 via the actuator/sensor section 35. Memory 41 is RAM 43 that stores various data.
and program memory 4 for storing control programs, etc.
5.

The main body side control device @ 9 configured as described above is configured to control the RAM by operating the display input section 7 in the display operation section 5.
15 is supplied via communication interfaces 29 and 39, and this cooking information is stored in RAM 43 of memory 41 under the control of microprocessor 33. The main body side tOW device B9 thus controls the cooking control section 37 via the actuator/sensor section 35 based on the cooking information from the display operation section 5 stored in the RAM 43, and controls the cooking chamber of the main body section 1. It is designed to cook the cooking ingredients stored in the .

As described above, in order to supply the cooking information set on the display/operation section 5 to the main body side control device 9 of the main body section 1, as shown in FIG. By pressing the top of the information "Cooking" displayed on the screen, the transparent electrode 7a senses this, and the cooking information stored in the RAM 15 of the display operation section 5 is transferred to the communication interface 29 and 39 to the main body side control device 9.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the configuration of the cooking apparatus shown in FIG. 1 when the display and operation section 5 is removed from the main body section 1. As shown in the figure, a connector 6 for connecting to the display and operation section 5 is provided in the main body 1 below the part from which the display and operation section 5 has been removed. The display and operation unit 5 are connected to each other. Note that the display operation section 5 is also provided with a similar connector.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view showing the structure of a connecting section including the connector 6 that connects the main body section 1 and the display/operation section 5. As shown in FIG. The connection between the main body section 1 and the display operation section 5 is made on the outside of the display operation section 5'' in order to establish an electrical connection between the communication interface 29 of the display operation section 5 and the communication interface 39 of the main body side control device 9. A first connection section configured by opposing the light emitting diode 71 attached to the case 5a and the phototransistor 61 attached to the outer case 1a of the main body section 1, and the display operation section 5 and the main body section 1. In order to connect the power between and a second connection section configured as follows.

The light emitting diode 71 and the phototransistor 61 of the first connection section are connected to a printed circuit board 73 on which the circuit elements of the display operation section 5 and the control section 9 on the main body side are mounted, respectively.
．． 63. Further, an electric contact 65 on the main body 1 side attached to the outer case 1a constituting the second connection part is connected to a power source of the main body 1 (not shown) via a power cable 67, and is also connected to the outer case 1. 5a
An electrical contact 75 on the display/operation unit 5 side attached to the display/operation unit 5 is connected to the secondary battery 31 and each circuit of the display/operation unit 5 via a power cable 67 .

5 to 7 are display operation explanatory diagrams showing cooking information displayed on the display input section 7 of the display operation section 5 and operations on the cooking information. FIG. 5(a') shows the initial menu on the display input section 7, which includes setting the clock, warming, defrosting, microwave, grill, etc.
Open, option, menu, etc. are displayed, and by pressing an item on the display with a finger as shown in the figure, the item on the display can be specified. For example, when an option is pressed and specified, the contents of the option are displayed as shown in FIG. 5(b). Here, the a la carte scale and material energy items are displayed, but when the a la carte scale is pressed and operated, the display operation section 5 connects the microprocessor 33 of the main body side control device 9 of the main body section 1 and the communication interface 29.39. 5(C).
It is displayed like this. In addition, Fig. 6 (b
), when you press and specify the material energy item, the product name and weight of the cooking material are displayed as shown in Figure 6 (C), and in this case, the display screen scroll (Next/Back ) When the button 8a is operated, the display screen scrolls up and down. Further, when an appropriate selection is made from the displayed contents, energy etc. are displayed as shown in FIG. 6(d). This result is displayed on the display screen.
If you press the "Record" part, the totals will be recorded in sequence. Furthermore, when the stop button (Stol) 8b is operated on each display screen, the screen returns to the initial screen shown in FIG. 5(a).

Also, as shown in Figure 7(a), from the initial screen 7"
Press the “Menu” part to specify, and then select the screen shown in Figure 7 (b).
When the operations shown in ~(S,) are sequentially performed, desired cooking information is set based on the cooking information stored in the memory 11 of the display/operation unit 5, and this cooking information is stored in the display/operation unit 5.
The data is stored in the RAM 15 of. After completing the desired cooking settings in this way, as shown in FIG.
All the cooking information stored in the AM15 is displayed on the display operation section 5.
Under the control of the microprocessor 21, the data is transmitted to the main body controller H9 via the communication interface 29, 39, and stored in the RAM 43 of the memory 41 of the main body controller 9. Then, when all the cooking information is transmitted to the main body side control device 9 and stored, the cooking control section β7 of the main body side control device 9 controls the cooking information via the 7-coupler sensor section 35 based on this cooking information. During the cooking, a display as shown in FIG. 7(S) is displayed on the display/operation unit 5.

In addition, from the display operation section 5 to the main body side control section! When transmitting information to the display operation section 5 and the main body side control section [9, if the display operation section 5 and the main body side control section [9] are not connected,
As shown in FIG. 2, a message "Main body not connected" is displayed, which makes it clear that the connection with the main body part 1 is disconnected. This disconnection detection is performed by detecting charging of the secondary battery 31 from the main body section 1 to the display operation section 5. That is, when the display operation section 5 is connected to the main body section 1, charging current flows from the main body side control device 9 to the secondary battery 31 of the display operation section 5 via the power line 51. , by detecting this charging current.

FIG. 8 shows a circuit section of a detection section that detects this charging current. This detection section is provided in the display and operation section 5, and receives power supply voltage supplied from the main body side control device 9 through a power line 51 to each of the secondary battery 31 and the display and operation section 5 through a diode 81. At the same time as it is supplied to the circuit section, it is supplied to the base of the transistor 83 via a resistor, and whether or not the main body section 1 is connected is detected based on whether the transistor 83 is turned on or not. Note that the backlight 7C of the display input section 7 of the display operation section 5 is directly supplied with power supply voltage from the main body side control device @9 via the power supply line 51 without passing through the diode 81. The light 7C is turned on only when the main body 1 is connected.

Next, the overall operation will be briefly explained with reference to FIG.

First, as shown in FIG. 7(a') and below, a cooking menu is selected from the initial screen displayed on the display input section 7 of the display operation section 5, and if there is no modification in the selected menu, the desired cooking information is displayed. is set properly, start (5
tart) button, that is, as shown in Figure 7(r).
The start button consisting of the part labeled "Cooking" is operated (steps 110 to 140). When the start button is operated, the cooking information stored and set in the display and operation section 5 is transmitted from the display and operation section 5 to the main body section 1 (step 150).

When the transmission is completed, cooking starts under the control of the main body side controller 9 of the main body 1 (step 170). When the cooking is finished, the cooking stops (step 180.210);
Return to step 110. Furthermore, if the stop button (stop < 5 top) is operated before the cooking is finished, the cooking will stop midway, but if the stop button is not operated, the cooking will continue until the cooking is finished (steps 190 and 200).

FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing the circuit configuration of a cooking device according to another embodiment of the present invention. In addition, in Fig. 10,
Components that are the same as those in FIGS. 1 to 9 are designated by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Its features include cooking menu information 53, used material information 54, cooking method information 55, which is stored in an external information storage medium 52, such as a memory card, that can be changed as appropriate by changing the cooking information settings on the display operation section 501. This is done based on the cooking control information 56. Therefore, the display operation section 501 includes the display input section 7, program ROM 13, RAM 15, CPU 21, and clock machine 61.
27, a communication interface 29, a secondary battery 31, and an interface 57 for connecting an external information storage medium 52. Note that the other configurations and operations are the same as those of the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 9 described above.

Therefore, according to this embodiment, in addition to being able to achieve the same effects as the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 9,
The configuration of the display/operation unit 501 can be simplified compared to the embodiment, and by appropriately converting the external information storage medium 52, cooking information can be set without any restrictions on the cooking repertoire. Incidentally, if a memory card with a capacity of 2 megabits is used as the external information storage medium 52, approximately 250 types of cooking menus can be stored.

Note that in this embodiment, the external information storage medium 52 is connectable to the display operation section 501, but it may also be connectable to the main body section 1 side.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, the cooking information setting means for setting cooking information is detachably attached to the main body, and cooking information can be set even when removed. Therefore, as mentioned above, you can input cooking information while looking at the contents of the refrigerator, or while talking with your family at the dining table a little away from the kitchen, or while shopping. In addition, since the cooking information set in the cooking information setting means is stored in the cooking control means of the main body, -
After storing the time and starting the cooking operation, it will continue to operate normally even if it is removed, so it is also possible to set other cooking information during this time, and the operability can be greatly improved.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

1 is a perspective view showing the external appearance of a cooking device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the circuit configuration of the cooking device of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the cooking device of FIG. 1. FIG. 4 is a sectional view of the connecting portion between the main body of the cooking device shown in FIG. 1 and the display and operation portion, and FIGS. 5 to 7 are the cooking device shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 8 is a circuit diagram of a detection unit that detects the connection of the main body to the display and operation unit used in the cooking device of FIG. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the operation of the cooking device shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 10 is a diagram showing another embodiment of the present invention. 1... Main body part 5,501... Display operation part 6.
...Connector 7...Display input section 11...Memory 21...Microprocessor of display operation section 29.39
...Communication interface 33...Microprocessor 41 of main body section...Memory 52...External information storage medium

Claims (1)

[Claims] A main unit that stores cooking ingredients and cooks the ingredients; a cooking information setting unit that is detachably attached to the main unit and sets cooking information; and a cooking unit that sets cooking information. an information transmitting means for transmitting information to the main body; and an information transmitting means provided in the main body for storing the cooking information transmitted via the information transmitting means, and cooking the ingredients based on the cooking information. A cooking device characterized by having a cooking control means for controlling the cooking device.