JPS6337293B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a cooking menu selection device installed in a high-frequency heating device or the like that employs a microcomputer (hereinafter referred to as a microcomputer).

In conventional microwave ovens or gas ovens equipped with a microcomputer, when cooking, you first decide what type of cooking you want to do, and then key in the cooking name displayed on the operation panel using the cooking setting key. It was designed to execute a cooking program stored in the . This conventional method requires the user to decide in advance what kind of cooking to prepare, that is, the cooking menu, so the user has to rely on his or her memory, look at a cookbook, or use a card. He spent a considerable amount of time looking at the menu, trying to find ways to change the daily menu.

The present invention aims to reduce the burden on the user by determining the selection of a cooking menu based on a plurality of input ingredients and displaying possible cooking menus one after another. It provides a rich diet.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings.

In FIG. 1, a door 3 is provided in the front opening of the heating chamber 2 of the main body 1 of the microwave oven so as to be openable and closable.
and an operation panel 4 on the side thereof. This operation panel 4 is provided with a display section 5 made of liquid crystal that can display numbers and katakana using dots, and displays what is input or output using the input keys. The keyboard 6, which is an input device, is lined with numbers and katakana characters as shown in FIG. 2, and the names of food ingredients and their weights can be entered using these keys. At the top of the operation panel 4, there is a display section 5 made of liquid crystal, which is made up of 35 dots per character, and allows input and output of katakana characters. The keyboard 6 includes a start key 7 for controlling a high frequency oscillator (not shown), a key switch group 8 for inputting food material names, a key switch 9 for inputting weight, a key switch 10 for inputting time, and a key switch for inputting numbers. It has a 11th grade key switch.

FIG. 3 shows a block diagram of a cooking menu selection device which is an embodiment of the present invention. An input device 12 including a keyboard 6, a translation means 13 that translates the input language into machine language, a display section 5 that displays the input language and output, and a cooking menu and the ingredients and materials used for each cooking menu. The storage means 15, which stores the cooking contents and cooking method of the food, and the material names inputted through the input device 12, which are translated into machine language by the translation means 13, are compared with the material names stored in the storage means 15. It consists of a calculation unit 16 that selects a cooking menu to which a common ingredient belongs and causes each display unit 5 to display the name of the selected cooking menu. The ingredient names of a plurality of various foods, such as potatoes, carrots, beef, onions, etc. inputted from the key input device 12 are translated by the translation means 13 and compared with the ingredient names of cooking contents stored in the storage means 15 by the calculation means 16. Then, the corresponding cooking menu, such as curry rice or curry stew, is selected, and if necessary, the cooking method is successively displayed on the display section 5 in addition to the cooking menu. The user selects from the displayed food menu, prepares the food, and then heats the food.

As described above, according to the present invention, a cooking menu and cooking method are output simply by inputting the ingredient names of multiple foods, so that the user can make a decision by looking at the display, and a wide variety of cooking is possible. . Moreover, since the cooking method is displayed even if one does not know the cooking method at all, there is no need to look at a cooking book, etc., and it is possible to provide an excellent heating cooker that is easy to use.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a cooking device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an enlarged front view of an operation panel of the cooking device, and FIG. 3 is a control block diagram of the cooking device. 2...Heating chamber, 4...Operation panel, 5...Display section, 6...Keyboard, 12...Input device, 15
...Storage means, 16...Calculation means.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An operation panel section having a display section for displaying numbers, letters, etc., an input device for inputting numbers, letters, etc., a storage means for storing cooking menus and ingredients used for each cooking menu, and a storage means for storing cooking menus and ingredients used for each cooking menu, and a calculation means for comparing the input ingredient name and the ingredient name stored in the storage means, selecting a cooking menu to which the common ingredient belongs, and displaying the selected cooking menu name on the display unit. Menu selection device.