JPH0440612B2 - - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to a cooking appliance having an automatic cooking function and a function of displaying user treatment instruction information according to changes in the state of the food to be cooked as cooking progresses. Regarding.

[Technical background of the invention]

Conventionally, cooking devices such as microwave ovens automatically heat cooking based on a cooking program selected by the user from among various preset cooking programs, and also heat the cooked food as the cooking progresses. There is a device that sequentially displays user treatment instruction information in response to changes in the condition of an object, that is, food. In other words, it is possible to instruct the user to take measures such as stirring or refrigerating the food as needed.

[Problems with the background art] However, since instructions are issued only as cooking progresses, experienced users know in advance what instructions will be issued and can prepare for them. However, for users who are not accustomed to using this method, they may have to learn the contents of the instructions only when the instructions are issued, and it may take some time to complete the procedure. Moreover, inexperienced users do not know whether an instruction will be issued or not, and therefore may not be present at the time the instruction is issued, and thus may overlook the instruction.

[Purpose of the invention]

This invention was made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and its purpose is to enable the user to reliably carry out the necessary treatment of the food as cooking progresses. The object of the present invention is to provide a cooking device that enables the best cooking with a good finish.

[Summary of the invention]

This invention displays in advance all user treatment instruction information in a cooking program selected from various cooking programs stored in advance inside the main body before heating cooking, and what kind of user treatment instruction information is displayed in advance. This is to let the user know whether the

[Embodiments of the invention]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes the main body of a cooking appliance, such as a microwave oven.A door 2 is pivotally supported on the front surface of the main body 1 so as to be openable and closable, and an operation panel 3 is provided. A heating chamber (not shown) is provided in the main body 1 corresponding to the door 2, and high frequency waves are supplied into the heating chamber from an oscillation heating section mainly composed of a magnetron. The operation panel 3 is provided with a display section 4 and condition input keys 5.

FIG. 2 shows a control circuit as a control means. 1
0 is the microcomputer which is the main control unit, and the CPU in this microcomputer
(Central processing control unit) 11 ROM (read-on memory) 11a is used as a cooking program table, RAM (random access memory) 11
b is used as a selected cooking program storage section. Therefore, the microcomputer 10 receives the cooking program selection signal A from the condition input key 5.
and a cooking start signal B, etc. are supplied as appropriate.
Reference numeral 12 denotes an oscillating heating section mainly composed of a magnetron, and a heating control signal C is supplied from the microcomputer 10 to this oscillating heating section 12. Furthermore, a display signal D is supplied from the microcomputer 10 to the display section 4.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be explained with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, the door 2 is opened, food is placed in the heating chamber, and the door 2 is closed. Then, condition input key 3
When a cooking menu is set in , the cooking program corresponding to the cooking menu is read out (selected) from among the various cooking programs in the ROM 11a.
It is stored in RAM 11b. In this way, when the preparation for cooking is completed, the CPU 11 uses the RAM 11b.
All the user treatment instruction information is retrieved from the cooking programs stored in the computer and displayed on the display section 4 together with the contents of the cooking program, that is, the code number and cooking type. That is, the display is performed in the order shown in FIG. Therefore, the user can check in advance whether there are any mistakes in the selected cooking program, and what kind of user treatment instruction information will be issued as the cooking progresses. Note that the CPU 11 does not accept a cooking start operation until all user treatment instruction information has been displayed. When a cooking start operation is performed using the condition input key 5, the CPU 11 controls the oscillation control section 12 based on the cooking program in the RAM 11b. In other words, cooking begins. at the same time,
The CPU 11 appropriately displays user treatment instruction information on the display unit 4 based on the cooking program in the RAM 11b. When this user treatment instruction information is displayed, the user will take the treatment according to the instructions, but at that time, the user knows in advance what kind of instructions will be issued, so it is difficult to perform the treatment. You can keep all the necessary tools ready, and the procedure will not take much time. Therefore, the best cooking with a good finish is always possible.

Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. That is, in this example, when selecting a cooking program, the user is also asked to input food information such as "food weight,""foodvolume," and "finishing request," and the program is processed according to the input food information. The generation time of the user treatment instruction information is estimated, and the generation time is displayed together with the user treatment instruction information. In other words, a display as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed before the cooking is started. In this way, the user can not only grasp the user treatment instruction information, but also the time when it occurred, and therefore can perform the treatment even if he is in another place or doing other work. Execution timing can be estimated, increasing certainty in the execution of the procedure.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the present invention, the control means allows the user to reliably perform the necessary treatment on the food as cooking progresses, thereby ensuring a good finished product. We can provide a cooker that enables the best cooking.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is an external perspective view of a microwave oven according to the present invention, Fig. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of a control circuit of the microwave oven, Fig. 3 is a flowchart for explaining an embodiment of the invention, and Fig. 4 FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining another embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the display of the same embodiment. 1...Main body, 4...Display section, 11...CPU.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 Automatically heats cooking based on a cooking program selected from among the various cooking programs stored in advance inside the main unit, and provides user treatment instructions according to changes in the state of the food as the cooking progresses. In a cooker that displays information sequentially,
1. A cooking appliance characterized by comprising a control means that displays all user treatment instruction information in a selected cooking program before executing cooking, and thereafter accepts and permits the start of operation.