JPS61191812A - Heat cooking apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make it possible to carry out additional heating by a simple operation without disturbing the cooking sequence during the practice by providing control means temporarily stopping during the shifting from one to another cooking step of a plurality of set cooking steps and also providing an additional heating key of a specific function operated only at the temporary stopping time. CONSTITUTION:The cooking apparatus is provided with setting means for setting a plurality of cooking steps due to a heating system using several kinds of heating means, and control means carrying out the plurality of set cooking steps in the set order and having a function to temporarily stopping during the shifting from an arbitrary cooking step after the completion to the subsequent cooking step. In the cooking step setting means is provided an additional heating key for interruption which is operated when only temporarily stopping and sets the additional heating due to an arbitrary heating system. If the additional heating key is operated, the set additional heating is interrupted and practised. When the additional heating is completed, the control means returns again to the temporary stop step, and then shifts to the cooking step. By this additional heating key, it is possible to carry out the additional heating for many times and also to prevent failure in cooking.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to heating cookers such as microwave ovens, and particularly to so-called electronically controlled heating cookers that control cooking using a control means such as a microcomputer. Regarding.

[Conventional technology]

Generally speaking, magnetrons are used in heating cookers.

Heating means such as heaters, cooking conditions, cooking stages (stages)
It is equipped with a setting means such as an operation panel for setting the temperature, and a control means for controlling the operating state of the heating means according to the set cooking conditions and cooking stage, but in recent years, microcomputers have been used as the control means. has emerged, making it possible to program fairly complex cooking sequences, and
The cooking sequence set at the time of design and the cooking sequence set by the user are stored in the storage area of the microcomputer, and the desired cooking sequence can be recalled and cooked with a simple key operation at the time of cooking, and the cooking sequence program is created. This eliminates the increase and complexity of key operations associated with the increasing complexity of key operations.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

By the way, the cooking sequence stored in the control means is usually set in accordance with a certain standard, so if the amount of food to be cooked is large, heating in the cooking stage will be insufficient, and the cooking sequence in question will be delayed. Additional heating may be required through a staged heating scheme, and additional heating may be required depending on preference. However, when performing such additional heating, if the cooking step is located in the middle of the cooking sequence being executed, the cooking sequence is cleared and this additional heating is set by the setting means, and then the It is necessary to reset the unexecuted cooking steps in the cooking sequence by referring to a cookbook etc. in which the cooking sequence is described, which requires complicated operations, and furthermore, the amount of additional heating must be set in advance before the start of cooking. In some cases, the operation becomes more complicated, and additional heating becomes difficult, resulting in cooking failure.

[Means for solving problems]

This invention has been made with the above-mentioned problems in mind, and includes several types of heating means, a setting means for setting a plurality of cooking stages by a heating method using a serious heating means, and a plurality of set cooking stages. A control means having a function of performing the stages in a set order and temporarily stopping the cooking stage after the completion of a given cooking stage and in the middle of transition to the next cooking stage; The apparatus is characterized in that an interrupt additional heating key for setting heating is provided, and the apparatus returns to the paused state again after the additional heating is completed.

[Effect]

Therefore, in the heating cooker of the present invention configured as described above, if the additional heating key is operated during a pause after the completion of any cooking stage, the additional heating set in accordance with the key is interrupted. When this additional heating is completed, the state returns to the paused state and the process proceeds to the following cooking stages (.

〔Example〕

Next, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to drawings showing one embodiment thereof.

First, FIG. 1 shows an operation panel +11 provided on the front side of the heating cooker, which is equipped with a keyboard (2) serving as a setting means having various keys to be described later, and a display means (3) consisting of a numeric display tube. .

Further, FIG. 2 shows a schematic circuit block diagram of the heating cooker, and (4) is a control means consisting of, for example, a microcomputer, which includes a cooking sequence set at the time of designing the cooker and a cooking sequence sequentially set by the user. A storage area is provided for storing. (6) inputs the opening/closing information of the door that opens and closes the cooking room, the insertion status and temperature information of the food source temperature probe 9, the power frequency information, the key information of the keyboard (21) on the operation panel +11, etc., to the control means (4). Information input means (6) is a heating control means for driving and controlling the heating means (not shown) of the magnetron and heater.
), display information and heating control information are output from the control means (4) to the display means (3) and the heating control means (6), respectively.
), the display information is displayed, and the heating control means (6) drives and controls the heating means according to the heating control information.

Next, regarding the various keys on the keyboard (2)
explain.

(A) ((As)') are numeric keys from O to 9, (B) and (C) are continuous keys operated between setting of each cooking stage when setting multiple cooking stages. and a pause key.If the continuous key (B) is operated after setting any cooking stage, the next cooking stage will be executed continuously after the completion of that cooking stage, and the pause key (C) will be pressed. If it is operated, it will be in a pause state after the completion of this arbitrary cooking stage, and it will move to the next cooking stage by the manual key of the start key, which will be described later. 0 is the stop key to stop the execution of cooking, (E) is the start key for instructing to start cooking, (F
) is a clear key for canceling the cooking sequence set by the user.

CG) and (H) are the microwave heating time 4-i and microwave heating temperature keys for specifying the magnetron microwave heating method and setting the cooking time and food temperature, respectively, and (I) and (J) are the heating keys.・Heater heating time key and heater heating temperature key for specifying the heater heating method and setting the cooking time and food temperature respectively. (K) and (L) are mixed heating methods that drive the magnetron and heater alternately. The mixing heating time key and the mixing heating temperature key are used to specify the cooking time and food temperature, respectively, and each time key CG), CI
), (K), then use the number keys (A) to set the time, and after each temperature key (H), (J), (L), use the number keys (A) to set the temperature. be done.

(M) is a level key for setting the microwave output level in microwave heating method, (N) is an internal temperature key for setting the internal temperature in heater heating method and mixed heating method, (0) is A call key (P) is used to call up a desired cooking sequence from a plurality of cooking sequences stored in the control means (4), and the call key (P) is operable only when a cooking sequence is paused and can be used to select any heating method. This is an interrupt additional heating key for setting heating, and if you input the time required for additional heating using the number keys (A) after operating this key CP), the heating method for the previous cooking stage will be called up. , Also, after operating the additional heating key CP), press the keys (G), C at any time.
By operating I) and (K), any heating method can be called up.

Next, the operating procedure of the keyboard (2) will be explained.

Now, in the 6th position in the cooking sequence storage area of the control means (4), [After the first cooking stage with a cooking time of 12 minutes using the mixed heating method, the cooking time is temporarily stopped, the cooking time with the heater heating method is 5 minutes, and the It is assumed that a cooking sequence such as "After a second cooking stage at a temperature of 400 degrees Celsius, a third cooking stage is performed using a microwave heating method for a cooking time of 50 minutes and a microwave output of 10%" is stored.

Then, when cooking according to the cooking sequence, if you operate the call key (numeric key (As) of OA6 and start key (E) in order on the keyboard (2),
The sixth cooking sequence of the storage area is called up, namely, on the keyboard (2), the mixing heating time key (K), the number keys (A1), .(A2).

(Ao), (80), pause key (C), heater heating time key (1), number key (As), (A
o ), (Ao Le refrigerator temperature key (N).

Numeric keys (A4), (Ao), (Ao continuous key (B), microwave heating time key (G), numeric keys (As), (Ao), (Ao) - (Ao
), level key (M), number key (At), (Ao
), the result is that the key manual input of the start key (E) is automatically input.

Now, if the above-mentioned cooking sequence is executed, the first cooking stage will end 12 minutes after the start of cooking, and it will be in a pause state before moving on to the second cooking stage, but then the second cooking stage will start. If the start key (E) is operated, the process will proceed to the second cooking stage, and after the completion of the cooking process, the process will proceed to the third cooking stage.

Here, in the above-mentioned pause state, if the heating in the first cooking stage is insufficient and heating is continued for one minute, for example, after operating the additional heating key (P), press the numeric key (
A1) - (Ao), (Ao), If you operate the start key (E), additional heating for 1 minute using the heating method 1 in the first cooking stage, that is, the mixed heating method, will be performed, and the state will be paused again. Return to At this time, when performing additional heating using another heating method, that is, microwave heating method or heater heating method, after operating the additional heating key (P), press the microwave heating time key (G) or the heater heating time key ( I) and then input the additional heating time using the numeric keys (A).

Next, the operation of the embodiment will be explained with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4, which show the operation program stored in the control means (4) in the form of a 70-chart.

When the main cooking program shown in FIG. 3 starts, the control means (4) first reads key information from the keyboard (2) and sets a cooking sequence by key operation or calls a cooking sequence stored in the storage area. (Step ■). At this time, the cooking conditions for the first cooking stage in the set or called cooking sequence are as follows:
RAM of control means.

That is, the cooking conditions for controlling the heating control means (6) are input into the RAM where they are temporarily stored. Next, step ■) determines whether the start key (E) has been operated.
The start key (E) is used to manually start a cooking operation according to the cooking conditions stored in the RAM (step 2).

Then, it is determined whether the cooking time of the relevant cooking stage has elapsed and the operation has ended (Step Φ), and if it has been completed, it is determined whether the next cooking stage is set in the cooking sequence (Step ■), and if it is not set, it is determined whether the operation has ended or not. The cooking is completed, and if the cooking conditions have been set, the cooking conditions for the next cooking stage are input into the RAM and rewritten (step 2).

Furthermore, it is determined whether the pause key (C) is operated between the completed cooking stage and the next cooking stage (step ■), and if the key (C) is not operated, that is, the continuous key (B ) has been operated, move to step ■ to execute the next cooking stage, and then press the pause key (C).
If the start key (E) is operated, then it is determined whether the start key (E) is operated. If this is operated, the process moves to step ■ as described above and the start key is pressed. If (E) is not operated, then step ■) is determined to determine whether the additional heating key CP) is operated, and if it is not operated, repeat steps ■ and ■ to press the start key (E) or additional heating. If the additional heating key CP) is operated while waiting for the key 0 to be manually operated, the program shifts to the additional heating program.

Next, FIG. 4 showing the additional heating program will be explained. When proceeding to additional heating from step (3), first, the cooking conditions of the cooking stage immediately before the pause are called up, and the heating method of the cooking conditions is input into the RAM.In step o0, preparation is made for additional heating using the heating method of the previous cooking stage.

Furthermore, after operating the additional heating key (P), press the number key (A).
If not, the process moves to steps O9■ and O, where the microwave heating time key (G), heater heating time key (I), and mixing heating time key (K ) is operated, and if the heating method is set in steps @, ■, and [stock], that is, if YES, steps 0. @
, move to O and change the RAM to the set heating method,
Return to step O again and wait for operation of the number key (A).

Therefore, it can be seen that the heating method can be freely changed as long as the number keys (A) are not operated manually.

Then, in step ■, when the numerical key (A) is operated and a numerical value such as cooking time is input, the input numerical value such as cooking time is inputted into the RAM by repeating step θ) and step O1 @. RA all the numerical values
Write in M to complete the cooking conditions for additional heating.

Next, when the start key (E) is operated in step [stock], additional heating is executed according to the cooking conditions in the RAM (step O), and then it is determined whether the cooking time has elapsed and the operation has ended. Step @), when finished, step ■
Similarly, the cooking conditions for the next cooking stage, that is, the cooking stage immediately after the pause in the cooking sequence, are input into the RAM again (step O), and the process returns to step (2) to enter the paused state again.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the heating cooker of the present invention, an additional heating key (CP) that can be operated only when paused in a cooking sequence consisting of a plurality of cooking steps is provided, and the additional heating key (CP) is provided.
With this operation, you can interrupt additional heating using any heating method, and you can return to the paused state again after the additional heating is completed. With a simple operation, you can perform additional heating without breaking the current cooking sequence. Further, by operating this additional heating key CP), additional heating can be performed as many times as desired, eliminating cooking problems and preventing cooking failures.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of the heating cooker of the present invention, in which Fig. 1 is a front view of the operation panel, Fig. 2 is a schematic block diagram, and Fig. 3 is a schematic block diagram.
4 and 4 are flowcharts for explaining the operation. +21... Keyboard, (4)... Control means, (P
)...Additional heating key.

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) Several types of heating means, a setting means for setting a plurality of cooking stages according to a heating method using the heating means, and a setting means for performing the plurality of set cooking stages in the set order and starting the next cooking stage after the completion of an arbitrary cooking stage. and a control means having a function of temporarily stopping the transition to the cooking stage, and the setting means is provided with an interrupt additional heating key that is operated only during the pause and sets additional heating by an arbitrary heating method, A heating cooker characterized by returning to a paused state after heating is completed.