KR0159579B1 - Data memory system of microwave oven - Google Patents

Abstract

1. TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION The invention described in the claims relates to a microwave oven, and more particularly, to a microwave oven capable of outputting preset stored information and a control method thereof.

2. Technical problem to be solved by the invention: When cooking by using a conventional microwave oven to prepare the preparations by looking at the manual for use, and cooked by knowing the recipe in advance. The present invention enables the output of the preparation information according to the recipe, the number of people by the selection of the function key installed in the microwave from the microwave.

3. Summary of Solution of the Invention: A memory card, an indicator, a printer, etc. in which preparations and cooking information are pre-stored in a microwave oven are added to the microwave oven to output information of cooking preparations corresponding to the recipe and the number of people.

4. Significant Uses of the Invention: When Using the Microwave Oven

Description

Microwave oven with information output function and its control method

1 is a front view of the microwave oven according to the present invention.

2 is a hardware block diagram of a microwave oven according to the present invention.

3 is a control flowchart of a microwave oven according to the present invention.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a microwave oven, and more particularly, to a microwave oven capable of outputting preset stored information and a control method thereof.

Microwaves are typically home appliances used by a user to cook food. Such a microwave oven also prepares food preparations to be cooked in advance in accordance with the number of people, and sets the cooking time to cook the food in the microwave.

The cooking of the food in the microwave should set the food cooking time differently from cooking using a general heating product, for example, a gas stove, a gas open, or the like. This is because the heating time of the microwave oven is different from that of the heating product.

In addition, a lot of recipes for utilizing the characteristics of the microwave, etc. have been developed and promoted. It is common for the producers to provide separate recipes and preparations for cooking using a microwave oven. However, there was a risk of loss by providing a manual for use, and there was some inconvenience in use by having to find the manual manually every time the food was cooked.

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a microwave oven and a control method for outputting information corresponding to a recipe and a preparation of the dish by manipulation of a key.

Another object of the present invention to provide a microwave oven for printing or displaying the information of the recipe and the preparation of the cooking.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a microwave oven having a microwave generating means, comprising: a function key unit for cooking and the number of people and a cooking selection key and generating information corresponding thereto; and a recipe corresponding to at least one food dish. A memory for storing the information of the preparations corresponding to the number of people and the number of preparations; (Hereinafter referred to as MPU), an indicator for displaying display information output from the MPU, and a printer for printing and printing print information output from the MPU.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, the operation of a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

1 is a front view of a microwave oven according to the present invention, which is a function key unit 14 and a memory 16 according to the present invention in a microwave oven 12 having a door part 14 for opening and closing a cooking region in which microwaves are generated. ), The indicator 18, and the printer 20 are further added.

Here, the memory 16 may be a general-purpose semiconductor chip type memory, but in the present invention, the memory card is manufactured in the form of a card. The memory 16 masks the information corresponding to the recipe of the food dish to be made and the preparation of the dish according to the number of people.

The printer 20 is a miniaturized printer manufactured using a dot printer or a thermal transfer printer.

2 is a hardware block diagram of a microwave oven according to the present invention, which has a function key unit 14 for generating information corresponding to the number of dishes and the number of people and the cooking selection key, and a recipe and the number of people corresponding to at least one food dish. A memory 16 storing information on the corresponding preparation and an MPU 22 that analyzes the information output from the function key section and accesses the recipe information and the preparation according to the result and outputs it as screen display information and print information. ), A display unit 18 for displaying display information output from the MPU 22, and a printer 20 for printing and printing print information output from the MPU 22.

3 is a control flowchart of the microwave oven according to the present invention, which is a program masked in the ROM region in the MPU 22 shown in FIG. The control procedure is a process of analyzing the input selection information and displaying the cooking menu in response to the case where the analyzed selection information is food cooking and cooking to generate microwaves during the cooking time according to the selection of the cooking menu. And a recipe display process of accessing and displaying information corresponding to the recipe of the selected dish from the memory in response to the process of the selected selection information being a cooking recipe, and the number of persons information in response to the analysis of the selected selection information. The process of printing out the preparation information of the cooking corresponding to the input of the memory from the memory.

Hereinafter, an operation process of the microwave oven configured as shown in FIG. 2 according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 3.

Now, when the circuit of the microwave oven configured as shown in FIG. 2 is operated, the MPU 22 scans the function key section 14 to search whether there is a key input. If it is determined that there is a key input, the MPU 22 searches whether the function key input in step 32 of FIG. 3 is a food cooking key.

If it is determined that the food is cooked in the process of searching 32, the MPU 22 outputs and displays the information of the cooking menu on the display 18 in step 34, and reads the output of the function key 14 to determine whether the menu is selected. Search.

In this case, when the user selects a cooking menu, the MPU 22 sets a cooking time corresponding to the corresponding cooking, starts cooking, and drives a microwave generator (not shown). The cooking process is very similar to a typical microwave oven.

If the food is not cooked in step 32 of FIG. 3, the MPU 22 searches whether the recipe or preparation is selected in step 42. Here, if a recipe is selected, the MPU 22 displays preparation information corresponding to the cooking selection in step 43. That is, when the recipe is selected, the MPU 22 displays a message for selecting the type of dish on the display 18.

When the cooking information is selected, the MPU 22 outputs and displays a message for inputting the number of persons in step 44 on the display 18, and reads the output of the function key 14 in step 46 to determine whether the number of persons is set. Search.

If the number of people is set in step 46, the MPU 22 accesses the preparation information of the corresponding dish from the memory 16 in step 48, and calculates the preparation corresponding to the number of people as the accessed information and the number of people.

Then, the calculated information is supplied to the display unit 18 as display information, and the preparations and amounts corresponding to the number of people of the dish are displayed on the display unit 18. As described above, the MPU 22 displaying the display and the amount on the display 18 converts the information displayed on the display 18 into print information and outputs the information to the printer 20 in step 50. Print it out.

By such an operation, the amount of preparation is displayed according to the number of people, so that the proper amount can be correctly recognized, and the printed output by the printer can remove the memo by hand.

If the user determines that the function of the recipe is selected in step 42 in order to see a recipe (cooking method), the MPU 22 displays a cooking information message 18 to select a type of dish in step 52. To display. At this time, when the user selects a recipe for cooking by viewing the display on the display 18, the MPU 22 accesses information corresponding to the recipe of the cooking from the memory 16 and displays the information on the display 18.

Therefore, the inconvenience of having to manually read and read a booklet in order to use a microwave oven is eliminated.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the memory 16 is described as one memory, but the memory 16 used in the present invention can be easily replaced as a card-type memory, thereby providing various information.

As described above, the present invention can solve the inconvenience of reading an existing book by simply adding a memory, an indicator, and a printer to a reference microwave oven, and selecting the cooking information and the number of people by preparing information corresponding to the number of people. By automatically printing and printing only by selecting, the purchasing information of the prepared goods can be accurately.

Claims (3)

A microwave oven having a microwave generating means, comprising: a selection means for generating a cooking and the number of people and a cooking selection key to generate corresponding information, and information of preparations corresponding to the recipe and the number of people corresponding to at least one or more food dishes are stored; Memory means, control means for analyzing the information output from the selection means and accessing the information of the recipe and the preparations according to the result and outputting the information as screen display information and print information, and display information output from the control means. And a display means for displaying and printing means for printing and printing the print information output from the control means. The microwave oven of claim 1, wherein the memory means is a card type memory. An information output including a microwave generating means, a memory storing information of a recipe and a preparation, corresponding information generating means for generating cooking information and selection information of the recipe and preparation, an indicator, a printer and a control means A method of controlling a microwave having a function, the method comprising: analyzing a selection information input and displaying a cooking menu in response to a case in which the analyzed selection information is food cooking, and during cooking time according to selection of the cooking menu, microwaves A cooking process for cooking and a recipe display process for accessing and displaying information corresponding to the recipe of the selected dish from a memory in response to the case where the analyzed selection information is a cooking recipe, and the analyzed selection information is a preparation. In response to the case, the preparation information of the dish corresponding to the input of the headcount information is loaded into the memory. Control method of a microwave oven, characterized in that the process of outputting the printer.