JPS61114017A - Heating equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make easily to establish and keep easily a heating data by a method wherein the heating data bar-code printed in a book in a conventional type is constituted so that the heating data may be read-out with a bar-code reader providing with an optical pickup in a microwave oven range or the like. CONSTITUTION:The heating data bar-code 10 printed in a cooking book 11 is made scanning with a pen-type optical pickup 9. By this procedure, an information having read-out from the bar-code 10 are imputted into a main body 1. They are heatedly controlled by the control circuit built in the main body 1. With this constitution, it is possible to produce easily cards as well as to take custody of keeping cards.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to a heating device such as a microwave oven, an electric oven, a gas oven, or a combination thereof.

Conventional technology In heating devices such as ovens and microwave ovens, heating data was generally set using the following procedure. That is, FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the main body showing an example of a conventional heating device, and FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the operation of the same.

FIG. The operation knob 2 provided on the front of the main body 1 has an output key 3 for selecting the output, an indicator light 4 for displaying this, 10 numerical keys 6, and a 4-digit numerical display for displaying this. 6, a start key 7 for commanding the start of heating, and a clear key 8 for canceling the set heating/turn.
and are arranged. The key operation procedure when heating for 10 minutes with HlGH on such an operation panel is as follows.

The problem that the invention aims to solve However, with this configuration, if you do not press 5 keys,
Unable to set heating sequence. If you make a mistake in key operation even once during this time, you will have to erase it with the clear key 8 and start over again.

Moreover, if the start key 7 is pressed without noticing the erroneous operation, cooking will naturally fail.

In order to simplify this troublesome operation, a card with a magnetic tape on which heating data is written is prepared, and when the card is inserted, the heating data is read by a magnetic head, and the settings are automated. It is commercialized in microwave ovens. However, even in such a card type, the following drawbacks remain.

■ The cost of the card is high because magnetic tape with heating data written on it is attached to the printed card.

■ Because the heating data is distorted due to the influence of magnetic lines of force,
Cards must be stored carefully.

■ It's easy to lose your card. Also, it is difficult to search because it is broken up into pieces.

In view of this background, the present invention provides a heating device that allows heating data to be easily set, that can be formed at low cost without being corrupted by the influence of magnetic lines of force, and that is equipped with an input device that does not dissipate like a card. This is what realizes the device.

Means for Solving the Problems The heating device of the present invention has a barcode league with an optical pick-up and comprises a cookbook bound in book form;
Each page of the cookbook lists each dish,
It consists of a heating gator corresponding to the dish and a barcode printed with ink.

- Effect Since the heating device of the present invention has a barcode league equipped with an optical pickup, it is possible to read out the ink density of the barcode printed on the cookbook as heating data. For this reason, barcodes can be printed at the same time as cooking books, and can be formed at low cost without the need for magnetic tape. Heating 1) Heat data does not dissipate like a card.

Example The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the main body showing an embodiment of the present invention. An operation panel 2 is provided on the front of the main body 1, and has three output keys 3, ten numeric keys 5, a start key 7, and a clear key 8 for manual setting, as in the conventional example shown in FIG. ．． Numeric display section 6 (not shown).

It is equipped with an output indicator light 4. 9 is a pen-shaped pickup, equipped with an optical head at the tip, and a bar code 10.
By scanning above, predetermined data is read out.

The barcode 10 has heating data for each menu written in binary numbers.

FIG. 2 shows heating data as an example of the barcode, which is usually printed on the cookbook using ink.

Now, this barcode data is processed as follows using the circuit shown in FIG. First, the barcode signal read by the head 12 is amplified by the amplifier 13 and input to the input port XN11 of the microcomputer 14. The barcode data that is input one after another is temporarily stored in a storage section (RAM in the embodiment) within the microcomputer 14. Then, when the final bit is read, the barcode data in the RAM is decoded.

This heating sequence data is then written to a predetermined address in the RAM. That is, heating data is preset in a control register section that performs output control and timer control.

Reference numeral 1B denotes an output control unit that changes the average value of power supplied to the heating source 16 (magnetic fan a in this example) by changing the time ratio of intermittent on and off times.

The on/off ratio is determined based on the data written to the output control register in the RAM. Reference numeral 17 denotes a timer control section, which performs heating time control based on data written in a timer control register in the RAM.The input heating data is displayed on a numeral display section 8. The display is dynamic lighting based on the scan signals 804 to SCo, and the display data is based on the segment signal 86g.
7~Sago is output.

Effects of the Invention As described above, since the heating device of the present invention has a barcode league equipped with an optical pickup, the ink density of the barcode printed on the cookbook can be read out as heating data. For this reason, barcodes can be printed at the same time as cooking books, and barcodes can be formed at low cost without the need for special processes such as pasting magnetic tape. In addition, such barcodes are printed on the page where the corresponding dish is listed, so they cannot be lost or lost like cards.
There are no problems such as it falling apart and making it difficult to search.

Furthermore, it is naturally unaffected by magnetic lines of force, so there is no need to worry about storing it.

The only disadvantage compared to magnetic cards is that they cannot be used in dark places, but if you print them inside a cookbook, you can avoid using them in dark places where the cookbook cannot be read.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the main body showing an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a front view showing the bar code, Fig. 3 is the circuit diagram, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the main body of a conventional heating device. FIG. 5 is a front view of the same operation panel. 9...Pen-shaped hiccup 7", 10...
・Barcode, 11... Cookbook, 12...
...Optical head, 14...Microcomputer, 16...
...Output control relay, 16...Heating source, 1
7... Timer control relay. Name of agent: Patent attorney Toshio Nakao and one other person

Claims (1)

[Claims] A heating source that heats an object to be heated, an output control unit that controls the power supply to the heating source and varies the output, a timer control unit that supplies power to the heating source for a predetermined period of time, and at least the output and heating time of the heating source. A barcode reader with an optical pickup that inputs the combined heating data, a cookbook bound like a book, and a list of each dish listed on each page of the cookbook. The heating data optically inputted from a certain page of the cookbook by the barcode reader is stored in a storage section in the main body, and the heating data is stored in the storage section in the main body, and A heating device configured to control a timer control.