JPS6349632A - Heating cooker - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To permit the increase of the number of automatic cooking menu as well as the miniaturizing of the size of a heating cooker, by a method wherein a means for setting a heating pattern or a cooking menu and another means for setting the time or the temperature for heating are constituted in combination partly or as a whole. CONSTITUTION:A micro-computer 11 reads key input of a key, such as an oven key 1, a rising key 4, a lowering key 5, a heating key 8, a start key 9, a set key 10 for automatic cooking 3-50 or the like, from a key inputting unit 12, and indicates that respective keys are received through an indicating tube 2. A knob inputting unit 13 changes a voltage by turning a timer knob 3. The voltage A is read by the micro-computer 11 to set a heating time or an automatic cooking menu in accordance with the voltage and indicate it through the indicating tube 2. The micro-computer 11 reads also the input of a temperature sensor 16 or a humidity sensor 17, and carries out an optimum heating control (heater heating 14 or microwave oven heating 15) in accordance with the cooking menu. According to this method, the number of automatic cooking menu may be increased remarkably and the increasing of the size of a control panel 7 may not be necessitated.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to a heating cooking device, particularly when a user performs heating cooking, menu setting and heating time setting.

The present invention relates to a heating cooker that has both functions: manual setting cooking in which the user sets all heating temperature settings by himself/herself, and automatic cooking in which only menu settings are required.

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional heating cooker with both automatic and manual settings, for example, when setting manually, press the oven key 1 in Fig. 2, turn the timer knob 3 while looking at the display tube 2, and check the heating time.
setting, and press the up key 4 or down key 5 to set the heating temperature. 1. Also, automatic cooking is extremely easy to use, as the optimal heating time and temperature for each cooking menu is stored in advance in a control unit such as a microcomputer, and the heating can be controlled using sensors etc. to achieve the best finish. It's easy and convenient, and there are no cooking mistakes. That is, all you have to do is select the auto 9 key 6 and start. The number of automatic cooking menus will continue to increase in the future.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, in the conventional automatic cooking menu setting method, as the number of automatic cooking menus increases, the number of keys for setting them also increases. As the number of keys increases, the overall size of the control panel 7 also increases, and the overall size of the heating cooker also increases. (Fig. 3b) On the one hand, there are conflicting demands that the overall size of the heating cooker should be small and compact because the users of the heating cooker do not have enough space to place the heating cooker. Let's go.

The present invention solves these conventional problems, and provides a compact and easy-to-use automatic cooking menu lever for users of heating cookers. The purpose is to provide.

Means to solve the problem above purpose? To achieve this, the heating cooker of the present invention is configured so that menu settings for automatic cooking can be made not only by setting by special key input, but also by using all means for setting heating time and temperature.

For this reason, in the heating cooker of the present invention, even if the number of automatic cooking menus increases, there is no need to increase the number of dedicated keys for setting each menu. In other words, cooking menus that are frequently used in automatic cooking can be set using dedicated keys, and cooking menus that are used relatively infrequently can be set using heating time and heating temperature setting methods that were not necessary with conventional automatic cooking settings. Therefore, even if the number of automatic cooking menus increases, the overall size of the control panel will not increase (it can also be made smaller), and the overall size of the cooker will not increase either.

Example Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

When setting manually in FIG. 1, press the oven key 1, turn the timer knob 3 while looking at the display tube 2 to set the heating time, and press the up key 4 or down key 6 to set the heating temperature. FIG. 8a shows the display at this time, which fully indicates that open heating is being used and the cooking temperature is 150° C. and the cooking time is 36 minutes. Next, automatic cooking settings will be explained with reference to FIG. The frequently used warming key 8 can be used by simply pressing a dedicated key, without having to set the time or temperature. The display at that time is shown in Figure 8. When selecting the auto 46 menu in Figure 1, press the auto 3~5o setting key 10, then turn the timer knob 3 to select the auto 46 menu.
Set. This display is shown in FIG. 8C.

Next, FIG. 4 shows a block diagram of the control section in this heating cooker. The microcomputer 11 inputs the open key 1 in FIG. 1 from the key input section 12. Up key 4. Down key 5. Warming key 8
．． Start key9. Key inputs such as the auto 3-5o setting key 10 are read and the acceptance of each key is displayed through the display tube 2 in FIG. Further, the voltage of the person in the knob input section 13 is changed by turning the timer knob 3.

The microcomputer 11 reads this voltage input and sets the heating time or automatic cooking menu according to the person's voltage, and the display tube 2
Display in full. The microcomputer 11 also has a temperature sensor 16.
Optimal heating control according to the cooking menu (heater heating 14 and microwave heating 15)
).

As described above, according to this embodiment, it is possible to dramatically increase the number of automatic cooking menus that can obtain the following effects, and at this time, there is no need to increase the size of the control panel 7 in FIG. Therefore, the size of the heating cooker does not increase. By reducing the number of automatic cooking setting keys on the control panel 7, the size of the control panel can be reduced, so the heating cooker itself can be made compact and space-saving. Furthermore, when setting the "warm" menu, which is frequently used in FIG. 1, the area of the warm key 8 can be made larger than in the past, making it very easy to press.

The effects described below regarding three embodiments of this invention are the same as those of the previous example.

When setting manually in Fig. 6, set the heating time by pressing open key 1 and pressing time setting keys 18 to 20 while looking at display tube 2. For example, when setting 12 minutes and 30 seconds, set the heating time.
Minute setting key once a day, 1 minute setting key 19 minutes twice, 10
Press the second setting key 20 three times.

Further, the heating temperature is set by pressing the up key 4 or the down key 6 in the same way as in FIG. Next, when setting automatic cooking, for example when setting auto 46, first press the auto 3 to 50 setting key 10, then press the 1 minute setting key 19 to 4.
It is sufficient to press the setting key 20 for 10 seconds five times. That is, the setting of cooking time of 1 minute and the setting of the 10th digit of the auto menu number 1 can be done with the same key 19, and the setting of 10 seconds and the setting of the 1st digit can also be done with the same key 20. Next, in FIG. 6, for manual setting, press the open key 1 and turn the timer knob 3 to set the heating time, and turn the temperature control knob 21 to set the heating temperature while looking at the display tube 2.

Next, when setting the automatic cooking menu number, for example, when setting auto 46, first press the auto 3-6o setting key 1.
Press 0, then turn the temperature control knob 21 to set the auto to 46i.
Look at the display tube for 2 minutes and set.

Finally, FIG. 7 will be explained. For manual setting, press the open key 1, turn the timer knob while looking at the display tube 2 to set the heating time, and press the up key 4 and down key 5 to set the heating temperature. Next, when setting the automatic cooking menu, for example to set auto 46, first press the auto 3 to 6o setting key 10, then press the up key 4 four times and the down key 5 five times to set auto 455. Set. That is, the same key is used to set the heating temperature and to set the auto menu number.

Effects of the Invention As described above, according to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.

(1) The number of automatic cooking menus can be dramatically increased without increasing the size of the heating cooker.

? ) The number of automatic cooking menus can be increased and the size of the heating cooker can be made more compact, resulting in space savings.

(3) The area of the setting key can be easily changed depending on the frequency of use, making it very convenient to use.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a front view of a control panel of a heating cooker which is an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a front view of a control panel of a conventional heating cooker, and Figs. FIG. 8 is a front view of the display section of the control panel of the conventional heating cooker, FIG. 7 is an overall perspective view of the conventional heating cooker, and FIG. 8 is a block diagram of the control section. It is. 1...Open key, 2...Display tube, 3...
...Timer knob, 4...Up key, 5.
...Down key, 6...Auto 9 key, 7-...
...Control panel, 8...Warming key, 9-...Start-! i--110...
...Auto 3-6o setting key, 11...Microcomputer, 12...Key input section, 13...Knob input section, 14...Heater heating section, 15...
...Microwave heating section, 16...Temperature sensor,
17. River...Humidity sensor, 18...10 minute setting key, 19...1 minute setting key, 20...
・1Q second setting key, 21...Temperature control knob. Name of agent: Patent attorney Toshio Nakao and 1 other person5-
Down key 7 - Collet b-2 Spring 2 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 5 Figure 7 Figure 7--Cut down (cL) cb) Figure 8

Claims (5)

[Claims] (1) A means for heating food, a means for setting a heating pattern or a cooking menu, a means for setting a heating time, and a means for setting a heating temperature, the means for setting the heating pattern or cooking menu and the heating A heating cooker configured to partially or completely serve as a means for setting time and temperature. (2) The means for setting the heating time shall be a knob operation, and the means for setting the cooking menu shall be a means for inputting a plurality of keys, so that when some keys are input and the knobs are operated, the heating time is set. 2. The heating cooker according to claim 1, wherein the cooking menu can be set by inputting some keys and operating the knob. (3) The means for setting the heating time is by key operation, and the means for setting the cooking menu is by inputting multiple keys, so that when some menu setting keys are input and the time setting key is input, the heating starts. 2. The heating cooker according to claim 1, wherein the time can be set, and when a part of the menu setting keys is input, the time setting keys also become menu setting keys. (4) The means for setting the heating temperature is by operating a knob, and the means for setting the cooking menu is by inputting a plurality of keys, and when some keys are input and the knob is operated, the heating temperature is set. 2. The heating cooker according to claim 1, wherein the heating cooker is configured such that a cooking menu can be set by inputting some keys and operating the knob. (5) The means for setting the heating temperature is by key operation, and the means for setting the cooking menu is by inputting multiple keys, so that when some of the menu setting keys are input and the temperature setting key is input, the heating starts. 2. The heating cooker according to claim 1, wherein the temperature can be set, and when a part of the menu setting keys is input, the temperature setting keys also become menu setting keys.