KR100276025B1 - Method for guiding control order of microwave oven - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for guiding a control order in a microwave oven is provided to indicate a control button by selecting a function and to display input contents through a displayer. CONSTITUTION: A microwave oven for guiding a control order comprises a key input unit(1) controlling a function key; a microcomputer(2) controlling cooking according to the input function while withdrawing control order data from an inner memory according to the input function of the key input unit; a display unit(3) indicating the function according to the control of the microcomputer; a LED(Light Emitting Diode) unit(4) indicating the control function by turning on or off the LED according to the control of the microcomputer; and a driving unit(5) driving a fan, a tray and a magnetron according to the control of the microcomputer. Thereby, a method for guiding a control order in the microwave oven displays the input function by selecting the function through the display unit.

Description

How to Operate the Microwave Oven

The present invention relates to a method of guiding a microwave oven, and more particularly, to a microwave oven, which allows a consumer to easily use the microwave oven without special prior knowledge and to inform a user of a function currently being input. It relates to an operation procedure guidance method.

In general, a microwave oven is an electronic device that cooks food using high frequency oscillated from a magnetron, and includes a thawing function, a warming function, and a cooking function by a multi-stage output of the magnetron.

In addition to the magnetron, there is a grill cooking function using a heater and a combination function using a heater and a magnetron at the same time. There is also an oven function for circulating hot air inside a cooking chamber with a convection heater and a convection pan installed at the rear of the cooking chamber.

In such a microwave oven, the cooking method is a sensor type automatic cooking control method that detects humidity generated from a food according to heating by using a humidity sensor and automatically controls cooking time, and cooking amount according to cooking name and serving. There is a program type automatic cooking control method that finds the cooking time set by experiment in advance and controls the heating during the cooking time by manually inputting.

In order to cook in a microwave oven as described above, the food is put into the cooking chamber with the power connected, the door is closed, the output level is selected, the cooking function is selected, and the start key is pressed to start cooking.

When the microwave oven is installed and the cavity lamp is being installed, the cavity lamp is turned on when cooking, and the cooking state of the food can be checked from the outside, and the food can be easily introduced into or taken out of the cooking chamber before or after cooking. The cavity lamp will automatically light when the door is opened.

In addition, when cooking food using a general microwave oven as described above, the user inserts the food into the cooking chamber while the user is already familiar with the cooking state of the food, and manually the cooking time and the output level of the magnetron from the outside. To adjust the cooking.

On the other hand, in the general battery range as described above, the instructions on how to use the cooking function, the warming function or the oven function does not dictate a special operation order, only when the thaw "g" bar (Bar) ) Only blinks to indicate that the weight (g) is being entered.

Then, when the user selects the weight at the time of thawing, the warming function or the cooking function is selected, the lamp or the start lamp flashed on the knob is blinked when the start button is pressed only when the user completes a proper operation. Instructs the user to press the Start button.

Therefore, such a general microwave oven has a disadvantage in that the operation is difficult because it does not inform the user of the operation order and the current function for all functions.

In particular, if the consumer has special prior knowledge, there is no difficulty in using it. However, if there is no special prior knowledge, the user can use a brochure or ask others to operate the function. There was a disadvantage of being uncomfortable.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to solve a conventional problem, and to provide a method for guiding a microwave oven so that a consumer can easily use the microwave oven without any special prior knowledge.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for guiding a microwave oven to notify a user of information about a function currently input when using the microwave.

An object of the present invention is to provide a light emitting diode (LED) on a button of a function operation unit, and when a user selects a function, lighting a lamp of a character part corresponding to the selected function on a display unit; Retrieving data on an operation sequence of the function from the internal memory after selecting the function; Selectively flashing a light emitting diode of a time bar, a weight bar, or a number bar based on the extracted operation sequence data to induce an operation; As described above, when the user operates and completes all operations on the selected function, the start button light-emitting diode is blinked to induce the pressing of the start button.

In the above description, the blinking of the light emitting diode by the operation sequence data may include determining whether the next operation sequence is a knob operation when selecting a function by a key input; Blinking a light emitting diode of a corresponding key when the next operation sequence is not a knob operation as a result of the determination; Flashing a light emitting diode provided in the knob when the operation sequence after the function selection is the knob operation; Flashing a time bar if the time is input after the knob operation; Flashing a weight bar if the weight is input after the knob operation; If the number input after the knob operation, characterized in that the step of making the number bar blinks.

1 is a system block diagram of a microwave oven to which the present invention is applied;

2 is an exemplary view showing a display unit according to the present invention;

3 is an exemplary view of an operation panel according to the present invention.

4 is a control flowchart illustrating a method of guiding a microwave oven according to the present invention;

Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings

1: Key input 2: Micom

3: display part 4: LED light emitting part

5: drive unit

BEST MODE Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a system block diagram of a microwave oven to which the present invention is applied.

As shown therein, a key input unit 1 for inputting a function of cooking, warming, thawing, etc., and operating a function key flashed by the operation sequence, and an internal key according to a function input from the key input unit 1 The operation sequence data is fetched from the memory, and the next operation sequence corresponding to the sequence is instructed, and when the input of the corresponding function is completed, the microcomputer 2 controls the cooking according to the input function, and according to the control of the microcomputer 2; A display unit 3 for displaying a corresponding function, an LED light emitting unit 4 for notifying a user of a function to operate by blinking a light emitting diode of a function to be operated when a function is input under the control of the microcomputer 2 and the micom It consisted of the drive part 5 which drives various loads (fan, tray, a magnetron etc.) under control of (2).

In the above, as shown in FIG. 2, the display unit 3 records characters for the function selected by the user or the function to be selected next, and is configured to light the characters when the user needs to select an arbitrary function. .

In addition, as shown in FIG. 3, the key input unit 1 is characterized in that the LED or lamp is attached to a key for displaying each function so that the LED or lamp blinks to input the function.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of guiding a microwave oven according to the present invention.

As shown therein, the step S1 of detecting whether a key is pressed, the step S2 of determining whether a next operation after the key input is knob Knob, and the next operation sequence are knobs If it is not the step of blinking the LED or lamp of the key (S3), if the operation sequence is the knob step of blinking the LED or lamp indicating the knob (S4), and if the time input after the knob operation Flashing the time bar (S5-S6), flashing the weight bar if the weight is input (S7-S8), flashing the number bar if the number is input (S9-S10), and whether all operations are completed. Check step (S11), and if all the operation is completed, and the step (S12) for blinking the LED indicating the start button.

When described in detail with reference to Figures 1 to 4 attached to the operation procedure of the microwave oven according to the present invention as described above are as follows.

First, when the user wants to cook using a microwave oven, first select the menu (M / W, warming, thawing, automatic cooking, oven function) through the key input unit 1, the control of the microcomputer 2 By this, the display unit 3 displays the function selected by the user, and the microcomputer 2 draws out cooking order data corresponding to the menu selected by the user from the internal memory.

Then, based on the extracted cooking order data, a light emitting diode (LED) or a lamp provided with what is to be input next blinks to guide the user in the operation sequence, that is, the content to be input.

That is, as shown in FIG. 4, in a state in which the user selects a desired function by key input (S1), it is checked whether the next operation is a knob by reading the operation sequence data drawn from the internal memory (S2). ).

As a result of this check, if the next operation sequence is not the knob, the LED or lamp of the corresponding function key blinks so that the user can easily input the next function (S3).

On the other hand, if the function to be manipulated by the user in the step (S2), the LED or lamp indicating the knob is flashing to induce the user to operate the knob (S4), the next operation target is Analyze based on the operation sequence data.

At this time, if the next operation sequence is time input, the time bar provided on the display unit 3 blinks to induce the user to input the time (S5-S6). By blinking the weight bar provided in the display unit 3 leads the user to input the weight (S7-S8).

In addition, when the number of objects to be input next is a number, the number bar provided in the display unit 3 blinks to induce the user to input the number (S9-S10).

When all the functions for the cooking are input through the above process, the LED or lamp indicating the start button flashes next to induce the user to press the start button (S11-S12).

In other words, in the present invention, when the user selects a cooking function, the user instructs a button to be pressed next, and at the same time, an operation sequence during the user's key operation by indicating whether the user is operating time, weight, or number through a display. And information about the current operation.

As described above, according to the present invention, when the user selects a function, the present invention instructs which button to operate next, and at the same time, displays on the display what the user inputs, and is convenient for consumers without special prior knowledge. It has the effect of being able to manipulate it.

Claims (2)

A microwave oven having a light emitting diode (LED) indicating a button to be operated, the microwave oven comprising: lighting a lamp of a character part corresponding to the selected function on a display unit when a user selects a function; Retrieving data on an operation sequence of the function from the internal memory after selecting the function; Inducing an operation by blinking a light emitting diode of a time bar, a weight bar, or a number bar based on the extracted operation sequence data; And guiding the user to manipulate the selected button by flashing the start button light emitting diode when all the operations for the selected function are completed as described above. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the blinking of the light emitting diode based on the manipulation sequence data comprises: determining whether a next manipulation sequence is a knob operation when selecting a function by a key input; Blinking a light emitting diode of a corresponding key when the next operation sequence is not a knob operation as a result of the determination; Flashing a light emitting diode provided in the knob when the operation sequence after the function selection is the knob operation; Flashing a time bar if the time is input after the knob operation; Flashing a weight bar if the weight is input after the knob operation; And if the number is input after the knob operation, flashing the number bar.

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