JPH05231650A - Heat-cooking device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To select a desired cooking menu quickly from a large number of cooking menus by operating one menu selecting means. CONSTITUTION:On an operation/display panel 7, menu display units 9a, 9b, 9c to display, e.g. 3 sets of cooking menu groups A, B, C, which consist of a plurality of cooking menus, are provided, and at the same time a menu selecting dial 13 is provided. Then, after selecting 1 set of cooking menu group from the sets of cooking menu groups A, B, C by turning the menu selecting dial 13 in one direction, one cooking menu is selected from the set of cooking menu group by turning the menu selecting dial 13 in the opposite direction.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a heating cooker having an improved cooking menu selection method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, in a microwave oven, there is one in which an arbitrary one is selected from a plurality of cooking menus to automatically perform heating and cooking. In this device, one selection key is provided on the operation panel for each cooking menu, and a desired cooking menu is selected by pushing any one of the selection keys.

However, with this configuration, the number of selection keys increases too much with the increase in the number of cooking menus in recent years,
There is a drawback that the operation panel becomes large.

Therefore, recently, there is one in which the cooking menu to be selected is sequentially moved to the next cooking menu by repeating the push operation of one selection key.

[0005]

However, as described above, in the configuration in which the cooking menu is selected by repeating the pushing operation of one selection key, the pushing operation of the selection key is performed depending on the cooking menu to be selected. Must be repeated as many times as. Therefore, as the number of cooking menus has increased in recent years, the number of push operations has unnecessarily increased, and it takes a lot of time to select a cooking menu, resulting in poor usability.

The present invention has been made in consideration of such circumstances, and therefore, the object thereof is that the desired cooking menu can be quickly selected from a large number of cooking menus by the operation of one selecting means, and the usability is improved. Is to provide a good cooker.

[0007]

The cooking device of the present invention comprises:
Menu display means for displaying a plurality of cooking menu groups consisting of a plurality of cooking menus, and by rotating in one direction, one cooking menu group is selected from the plurality of cooking menu groups and the other direction And a menu selection dial for selecting one cooking menu from the one set of cooking menu groups by rotating the menu selection dial, and cooking according to the cooking menu selected by rotating the menu selection dial. Is to be executed.

[0008]

When the cooking menu is selected, first, the menu selection dial is rotated in one direction to
One cooking menu group is selected from a plurality of cooking menu groups displayed on the menu display means. Here, as the cooking menu group to be selected, one set of cooking menu groups to which the desired cooking menu belongs is selected. Then, by rotating the menu selection dial in the other direction, one cooking menu is selected from the one cooking menu group.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a microwave oven with a heater will be described below with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 5, the entire schematic structure is such that a cooking chamber 2 and a machine room (not shown) are arranged side by side inside an outer box 1 of a microwave oven, and the magnetron provided in the machine room is heated during range heating. Three
(See FIG. 6) is oscillated to heat the food in the cooking chamber 2. Further, during oven cooking / grilling, the oven heater 4 / grill heater 5 is caused to generate heat to heat the food in the cooking chamber 2.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 5, a door 6 for opening and closing the cooking chamber 2 and an operation / display panel 7 are arranged side by side on the front surface of the outer box 1. This operation / display panel 7
As shown in FIG. 1, a time display 8 is provided on the upper part of the menu display, and a menu display serving as a menu display means for displaying, for example, three sets of cooking menu groups A, B, C consisting of a plurality of cooking menus below the time display 8. Parts 9a, 9b, 9c are provided. In this case, the cooking menu group A consists of steamed dishes such as "chawanmushi" and multiple range cooking menus such as "rice cooked", and the cooking menu group B includes stewed dishes such as "boiled vegetables" and "stew." , Etc., and the cooking menu group C includes a plurality of oven / grill cooking menus, such as “cookies” and “hamburgers”. The menu display portions 9a, 9b, and 9c have a character and a light-emitting element that represent the name of each cooking menu.
LED1, LED2, LED3, ... Are provided.

On the other hand, below the menu display section 9c, various manual cooking selection keys 10, a cancel key 11, a start key 12 and a menu selection dial 13 are provided. The menu selection dial 13 is fixed to the rotary shaft of the rotary variable resistor 14 (see FIG. 6) so that the resistance value of the rotary variable resistor 14 is converted into a voltage signal and input to the control circuit 15. It has become.

The control circuit 15 is composed of, for example, a microcomputer, and when the menu selection dial 13 is rotated, the menu selection dial 13 is changed by a change in the resistance value (voltage signal) input from the rotary variable resistor 14. While determining whether it is clockwise or counterclockwise, the display mode of the menu display portions 9a, 9b, 9c is controlled as follows according to the control program of FIG.

First, it is judged whether or not the manual cooking selection key 10 is being selected (step S1). If the manual cooking selection is being selected, the menu display portions 9a, 9b, 9c are selected.
The display control of FIG. 4 is terminated without performing the display control of FIG.

On the other hand, when performing automatic cooking, the user first rotates the menu selection dial 13 in the clockwise direction, which is one direction, to rotate the three cooking menu groups A,
A desired cooking menu group is selected from B and C.

In this case, when the menu selection dial 13 is rotated clockwise, the determination at step S1 is "NO", the process proceeds to step S2, and the menu selection dial 13 is rotated clockwise. Whether or not it is determined, and if “YES”, the process proceeds to step S3. In this step S3, it is determined whether or not the cooking menu group A is already selected (the first light emitting element LED1 of the menu display section 9a is lighting), and if “YES”, the cooking menu group B is selected. The first light emitting element LED1 of the selected menu display portion 9b is turned on (step S4).

If "NO" is determined in the step S3, the process proceeds to a step S5, and the cooking menu group B is already being selected (the first light emitting element LED1 of the menu display portion 9b is lit). If it is "YES",
The cooking menu group C is selected to turn on the first light emitting element LED1 of the menu display portion 9c (step S6).
On the other hand, if "NO" is determined in the step S5, the process proceeds to a step S7, the cooking menu group A is selected, and the first light emitting element LED1 of the menu display portion 9a is turned on.

By such control, the first light-emitting element LED1 of each of the menu display portions 9a, 9b, 9c is changed as shown in FIG. 2 according to the clockwise operation of the menu selection dial 13.
(A), (b), and (c) are turned on in sequence, and one cooking menu group is selected in order from the three cooking menu groups A, B, and C (selected in FIG. 2). (Cooking menus are shown shaded).

Thereafter, the menu selection dial 13 is rotated counterclockwise, which is the other direction, to select a desired cooking menu from the already selected cooking menu group. At this time, when the menu selection dial 13 is rotated counterclockwise, it is determined as "NO" in step S2, the process proceeds to step S8, and the first cooking menu is being selected (the first light emitting element LED1 (While lit), and if “YES”, select the second cooking menu and select the second light-emitting element LE as shown in FIG. 3 (b).
D2 is turned on (step S9).

If "NO" is determined in the step S8, the process proceeds to a step S10 and it is determined whether or not the second cooking menu is being selected (the second light emitting element LED2 is lighting). , “YES”, the third cooking menu is selected and the third light emitting element LED3 is turned on as shown in FIG. 3 (c) (step S11). On the other hand, if "NO" in the step S10, the same processing as described above is repeated thereafter.

By such control, the menu selection dial 13 is rotated counterclockwise in FIG. 3 (a).
As shown in (f), the light emitting elements LED1, LED2, LED3, ...
Are sequentially turned on and the desired cooking menu is selected. After that, if you push the start key 12,
The control circuit 15 controls the magnetron 3, the oven heater 4, or the grill heater 5 to perform heating and cooking in accordance with a desired cooking menu selected by rotating the menu selection dial 13.

According to the present embodiment described above, by rotating the menu selection dial 13 in one direction (clockwise direction), one set of a plurality of cooking menu groups A, B, C is selected. After selecting the cooking menu group, one menu is selected from the one cooking menu group by rotating the menu selection dial 13 in the other direction (counterclockwise direction). There is no need to repeat the conventional push operation when selecting a cooking menu, and a desired cooking menu can be quickly selected from a large number of cooking menus by rotating one menu selection dial 13, which is convenient. ..

Although three sets of cooking menu groups are provided in this embodiment, the number of cooking menu groups may be two, or four or more.

Further, in this embodiment, the selection of the cooking menu group is displayed by turning on the first light emitting element LED1 of each menu display section 9a, 9b, 9c. You may provide the display element only for displaying the selection of. Further, in this embodiment, when the menu selection dial 13 is rotated clockwise, a cooking menu group is selected, and when the menu selection dial 13 is rotated counterclockwise, a desired cooking menu is selected from the cooking menu group. However, on the contrary, when the counterclockwise rotating operation is performed, the cooking menu group is selected, and when the clockwise rotating operation is performed, the desired menu is selected from the cooking menu group. It goes without saying that the cooking menu may be selected.

Besides, the present invention is not limited to a microwave oven with a heater, but can be applied to other heating cookers such as a microwave oven without a heater and an electric oven, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. Is.

[0025]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, after one cooking menu group is selected from a plurality of cooking menu groups by rotating the menu selection dial in one direction, By rotating the menu selection dial in the other direction, one cooking menu is selected from the one cooking menu group.
There is no need to repeat the conventional push operation when selecting a cooking menu, and the desired cooking menu can be quickly selected from many cooking menus by rotating one menu selection dial, which is convenient. It has an excellent effect.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of an operation / display panel showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an operation explanatory view illustrating a procedure for selecting one cooking menu group from a plurality of cooking menu groups.

FIG. 3 is an operation explanatory view illustrating a procedure for selecting one cooking menu from the cooking menu group.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a control flow.

FIG. 5 is a front view of the entire microwave oven.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing an electrical schematic configuration.

[Explanation of symbols]

7 is an operation / display panel, 8 is a time display, 9a, 9b and 9c are menu display parts (menu display means), 13 is a menu selection dial, 14 is a rotary variable resistor, 15
Is a control circuit.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A menu display means for displaying a plurality of cooking menu groups consisting of a plurality of cooking menus, and one cooking menu group among the plurality of cooking menu groups by rotating in one direction. By selecting and rotating in the other direction, one of the cooking menu groups can be selected.
A heating cooker comprising: a menu selection dial for selecting one of the cooking menus; and heating cooking according to the cooking menu selected by rotating the menu selection dial.