KR100745772B1 - Cooker and Method of Controlling Recipe therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a cooking apparatus and a cooking control method thereof. In the present invention, the control module 100 registers the menu input through the key input unit 140 and cooking information of the menu to the menu list displayed on the display unit 110 in response to the registration command, and the hard disk 130. ). Subsequently, the control module 100 uploads the menus stored in the hard disk 130 and cooking information of the corresponding menus to the memory 120 according to a menu display command, and displays the menu list on the display unit 110. Cooking is performed by driving the cooking unit 152 based on the cooking information of the designated menu in response to the cooking start command of the designated menu. Accordingly, the user of the cooking appliance may store the cooking information in the memory 120 of the cooking appliance according to the preference, or may easily perform cooking by designating the stored cooking information.

Cooker, Cooking Info, User Symbol, Menu

Description

Cooker and Method of Controlling Recipe therefor}

1 is a flowchart illustrating a step-by-step cooking operation including a cooking control method of a cooking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a cooking apparatus for performing a cooking operation including the cooking control method of FIG. 1.

3 is a diagram illustrating a cooking information table of a menu stored in FIG. 1.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a cooking operation including a cooking control method of a cooking apparatus according to another embodiment of the present disclosure step by step.

`` Explanation of symbols for main parts of drawings ''

100: control module 102: CPU

104: North Bridge 106: South Bridge

110: display unit 120: memory

130: hard disk 140: key input unit

150: peripheral control unit 152: cooking unit

The present invention relates to a cooking appliance, and more particularly, to a cooking control method of a cooking appliance which stores cooking information set according to a user's preference and performs cooking based on designated cooking information among stored cooking information.

The cooking apparatus includes an electronic cooking apparatus which performs cooking by receiving electricity and a gas cooking apparatus which performs cooking using gas. Recently, electricity is also supplied to gas cooking equipment, and operations other than the heating operation are driven by electricity.

The electronic cooking apparatus performs cooking by heating the cooking material using magnetrons that emit microwaves and heaters that radiate heat. Accordingly, the microwave cooker includes a microwave oven having a magnetron, an electric oven having heaters, and a hybrid electric oven range having both magnetrons and heaters.

The cooking appliance may selectively drive the magnetron and the heaters according to the characteristics of the cooking to perform various cooking such as steaming, roasting, warming, thawing, and boiling. Recently, as cookings that can be performed by the cooking appliance have been diversified, recipes stored and provided in the cooking appliance have also been diversified.

Such a conventional cooking appliance performs cooking by receiving cooking information from a user, or performs a cooking operation using a standardized recipe. Accordingly, even if a recipe is provided, the user of the cooking apparatus must input cooking information one by one in order to perform cooking according to the taste of the actual user. In addition, the user of the cooking appliance needs to find and specify a required recipe from among the listed recipes in order to perform frequently used cooking. As a result, the conventional cooking appliance has a problem in that it is inconvenient to perform the cooking according to the user's preference using the provided recipe.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a recipe storing method of a cooking apparatus suitable for starting cooking by storing cooking information according to a user's preference and easily designating the stored cooking information.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a cooking apparatus suitable for starting cooking by storing cooking information according to a user's preference and easily designating the stored cooking information.

According to a feature of the present invention for achieving the above object, the present invention comprises a first step of receiving cooking information according to the user's preference; A second step of performing cooking according to the input cooking information when a cooking start command is input; A third step of registering a menu of the input cooking information before or after the second step; And a fourth step of deleting a specified menu from among the registered menus according to a menu delete command.

The cooking information may include at least one of at least one subdivided stage heating time, heating method, heating intensity, and heating temperature to perform cooking according to the user's preference.

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According to another aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, the present invention includes a key input unit for receiving a cooking operation 3 operation command, a menu setting command and cooking information according to a user's preference; A cooking unit for heating the cooking material to perform cooking; A cooking operation to perform cooking, and a storage device to store a menu and cooking information of the menu; Cooking information of a menu input from the key input unit is stored in the storage device according to a menu registration command, and driving of the cooking unit is performed based on cooking information of a menu specified among menus stored in the storage device according to a cooking start command. And a control unit for controlling to delete cooking information of a designated menu according to a menu deletion command.

The cooking information may include at least one of at least one subdivided stage heating time, heating method, heating intensity, and heating temperature to perform cooking according to the user's preference.

The control unit may control to store cooking information of the input menu as a menu list according to a user's preference in a separate area of the storage device.

Hereinafter, a cooking apparatus and a cooking control method thereof according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In the present invention, "menu" refers to the name of the food to be cooked by performing the cooking. In addition, "cooking information" refers to cooking conditions such as heating time, heating temperature, heating method, and heating intensity for each stage to perform cooking. In order to cook one menu, one or more cooking steps are performed, and this cooking step is called a stage. For example, the recipe 'Baking' includes a stage where the cooking material is heated to cook and a stage where the surface of the cooking material is baked by heating to a temperature higher than the cooking temperature.

1 is a flowchart illustrating a step-by-step cooking operation including a cooking control method of a cooking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. The recipe execution method of the cooking appliance is performed by the control module 100 illustrated in FIG. 2, specifically, a central process unit (CPU) 102. 2 is a diagram illustrating a cooking apparatus for performing a cooking operation including a cooking control method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure. In FIG. 2, components that are not directly related to the present invention and which may obscure or confuse the gist of the present invention are not shown, but those skilled in the art can solve the problems and technical solutions according to the description only. It will be clearly understood the technical scope and spirit of the present invention to include.

In FIG. 2, the cooking apparatus of the present invention includes a magnetron that emits microwaves, heaters that radiate heat, fans that circulate heat, and various sensors that detect a state of a cooking material or a state of a cooking chamber to perform cooking. The cooking unit 152 is provided, and the cooking unit 152 is connected to the peripheral controller 150.

The peripheral controller 150 is connected between the control module 100 and the cooking unit 152 to drive the cooking unit 152 under the control of the control module 100, or to detect a signal from the cooking unit 152. The same data is transmitted to the control module 100 to perform cooking.

The hard disk 130 stores an operation method of cooking and a menu and cooking information of the menu.

The key input unit 140 transmits a command input from the user, such as a cooking operation command, a menu setting command, and cooking information, to the control module 100 in the form of key data. In particular, the key input unit 140 of the cooking appliance according to the present invention is provided with a cooking execution key (not shown) for executing cooking of a designated menu.

The display unit 110 has recently used a thin film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panel, and displays cooking conditions, menus, and cooking information according to menus in various colors and vivid image quality. .

The memory 120 provides a workspace of the control module 100, specifically, the CPU 102. In other words, the memory 120 temporarily stores data processed or to be processed by the CPU 102 in the control module 100. When the hard disk 130 is not configured, the memory 120 stores an operation method of performing cooking on behalf of the hard disk 130 and a menu and cooking information of the menu.

The control module 100 is composed of a CPU 102, a North Bridge (104) and a South Bridge (106). The CPU 102 controls the cooking unit 152 to execute cooking, and displays cooking information stored in the hard disk 130 on the display unit 110 in response to a user's command input through the key input unit 140. Let's do it. That is, when a menu display command is input from the user, the CPU 102 displays a list of menus stored in the hard disk 130 and causes the cooking information of the designated menu to be displayed on the display unit 110 via the north bridge 104. . Subsequently, when a new menu registration command is input, the CPU 100 receives the cooking information to be newly registered, based on the input cooking information, or based on the cooking information of the designated menu among the displayed menus. By controlling, perform cooking. In addition, when cooking information is input without a menu setting command, the CPU 100 performs cooking according to the input cooking information, and then registers the input cooking information as a new menu in response to the cooking information registration command.

The north bridge 104 is connected between the south bridge 106 and the CPU 102, and the north bridge 104 is connected to a device that requires a high processing speed such as the display unit 110 or the memory 120. . Accordingly, the north bridge 104 transfers data transmitted between the CPU 102 and the display unit 110, the CPU 102 and the memory 120, and the CPU 102 and the south bridge 106.

The south bridge 106 is connected to devices having a slower processing speed than those connected to the north bridge 104. Accordingly, the peripheral control unit 150, the key input unit 140, and the hard disk 130 are connected to the south bridge 106, and the CPUs pass through the devices 130, 140, 150, and the north bridge 104. Passes data transmitted between 102 and.

In the tenth step S10 of FIG. 1, the control module 100 waits until a command for requesting setting of a menu is input through the key input unit 140. When a menu setting command is input, the control module 100 uploads the menu list stored in the hard disk 130 to the memory 120 and displays it on the display unit 110 (S12). Subsequently, the control module 100 checks whether a command for requesting registration of a new menu is input (S14). When a new menu registration command is input, the control module 100 initializes values of cooking information such as a heating time, a heating method, a heating temperature, and a heating intensity of the first stage and displays them on the display unit 110 (S16). . Subsequently, the control module 100 receives the heating method, the heating intensity, the heating time, and the heating temperature through the key input unit 140 in the eighteenth step S18 to the twenty-fourth step S24. In step 26 (S26), the control module 100 checks whether a command for requesting a switch to the next stage is input. When the switch command to the next stage is input, in step 28 (S28), the control module 100 sets the next stage number by adding '1' to the stage number, and initializes the cooking information of the next stage to display unit 110. Mark on. In addition, the control module 100 repeatedly performs the eighteenth step S18 to the twenty-eighth step S28 to receive the cooking information of all the stages. Accordingly, when all cooking information is input and does not require switching to the next stage in step 26 (S26), the control module 100 requests a registration of input cooking information in step 30 (S30). Check if this is entered. When the cooking information registration command is input, in step 32, the control module 100 receives a menu name through the key input unit 140, registers a menu of the input cooking information as the input menu name, and displays the display unit 110. In addition to the above, it is stored in the hard disk 130. For example, FIG. 3 is a cooking information table showing a menu stored in the hard disk 130 and cooking information of the menu. In FIG. 3, the menu 200 includes a heating method 220, a heating intensity 230, a heating time 240, and a heating temperature 250 for each stage 210. For example, in Stage 1, the cooking unit is driven to maintain a heating temperature of 220 ° C. for a heating time of 1 minute with a heating method of convection heating and a heating intensity of 30%.

In the 36 th step S36, the control module 100 checks whether a command for requesting additional menu registration is input, and repeats the 16 th step S16 to the 36 th step S18 when the additional menu registration command is input. To register the additional menu. When a command is input that does not require additional menu registration in step 36 (S36), the control module 100 checks whether a command for requesting cooking start of the stored menu is input in step 38 (S38). When the cooking start command is input, the control module 100 performs cooking by driving the cooking unit 152 based on the cooking information of the menu.

Through the above process, the cooking control method of the cooking apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention receives the cooking information according to the user's preference, registers the menu, and when the cooking start command is input, based on the cooking information of the registered menu You can start cooking.

On the other hand, if the registration of the new menu is not requested in step 14 (S14), the control module 100 receives one menu from the menu list displayed on the display 110. Subsequently, the control module 100 displays cooking information of a designated menu on the display unit 110 so that the user can check the cooking information. In operation 54, the control module 100 checks whether the delete command of the designated menu is input through the key input unit 140. When a menu deletion command is input, the control module 100 deletes a specified menu from a menu list displayed on the display 110, and also deletes a menu stored in the hard disk 130 and cooking information accordingly.

After a command not requiring deletion is input in step 54 (S54) or after performing step 56 (S54), the control module 100 performs a cooking process after step 38 (S38).

Through the above process, the cooking control method of the cooking apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention may delete the designated menu from the menu list and cooking information of the corresponding menu, or perform cooking in response to a cooking start command.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a cooking operation including a cooking control method of a cooking apparatus according to another embodiment of the present disclosure step by step. The cooking control method of the cooking appliance is performed by the control module 100 shown in FIG. 2. In another embodiment of the present invention, if cooking information is input without a menu setting command being input, the control module 100 performs cooking based on the input cooking information, and then registers the cooking information for which the cooking is performed. The cooking information is stored in response to the command.

In operation S310 of FIG. 4, the control module 100 checks whether a command for requesting cooking information is input through the key input unit 150. In other words, the control module 100 checks whether cooking information is input without a menu setting command being input. The control module 100 receives cooking information such as a heating method, a heating temperature, a heating time, and a heating intensity through steps 312 to 318 (S318). In operation 320, the control module 100 checks whether a switch command to the next stage is input. When the next stage switching command is input, in step 322 (S322), the control module 100 sets the next stage number by adding '1' to the stage number, and initializes the cooking information of the next stage on the display unit 110. Display. Subsequently, the control module 100 repeatedly performs steps 312 to 322 to receive input cooking information of all stages. Accordingly, when all cooking information is input in step 320 (S320) and a command is not inputted, the control module 100 inputs a cooking start command in step 324 (S324). Wait until When the cooking start command is input, in step 326 (S326), the control module 100 performs cooking by driving the cooking unit 152 based on the input cooking information, and using the internal timer to cook time. Count. Subsequently, in step 328 (S328), the control module 100 checks whether the timer has expired, and stops driving the cooking unit 152 to complete cooking when the timer expires.

In operation 330 (S330), the control module 100 displays a message asking whether to register the cooking information used on the display unit 110 with the menu. Subsequently, when a cooking information registration command is input, the control module 100 receives a menu name through the key input unit 140, registers a menu including the used cooking information in the menu list with the input menu name, and adds a hard disk ( 130).

Through the above process, in the cooking control method of the cooking apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention, when cooking information is input and cooking is performed, the used cooking information is registered in the menu list according to a registration command, and the hard disk ( 130 to make it available for reuse.

On the other hand, when the cooking information input is not requested in step 310 (S310), that is, when a menu setting command is input, in step 340 (S340), the control module 100 displays a menu on the display 110. Display the list. Subsequently, the control module 100 receives one menu from the displayed menu list and displays cooking information of the designated menu on the display unit 110 so that the user can check the cooking information of the designated menu.

In step 346, the control module 100 checks whether a cooking start command is input. When the cooking start command is input, in step 348 (S348), the control module 100 drives the cooking unit 152 to cook according to the cooking information of the designated menu, and sets the cooking time by using a timer inside thereof. Count. In operation 350, the control module 100 determines whether the timer ends, and when the timer ends, stops the driving of the cooking unit 152 to complete cooking.

When a command is input that does not require cooking start in step 346 (S346), the control module 100 checks whether a delete command of a designated menu is input in step 360 (S360). When the menu delete command is input, in step 362 (S362), the control module 100 deletes the designated menu from the menu list on the display unit 110 and also deletes the cooking information stored in the hard disk 130.

Through the above process, in the cooking control method of the cooking apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention, even when cooking information is directly input without inputting a menu setting command, cooking is performed in response to a storage command. Cooking information can be registered.

As described above, the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings, which are merely exemplary, and a person of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. It will be apparent that various modifications, changes, and equivalent other embodiments are possible. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention will be defined by the technical spirit of the appended claims.

As described above, the cooking apparatus and the cooking control method according to an embodiment of the present invention stores cooking information for performing cooking, and receives stored cooking information in response to a cooking start command to cook based on the designated cooking information. Can be performed. Accordingly, the user of the cooking apparatus may input and register cooking information according to his or her own preferences, and may easily perform cooking by designating the registered cooking. As a result, the cooking control method and apparatus of the cooking apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention makes it possible to perform cooking using the cooking apparatus more simply and easily.

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A first step of receiving cooking information according to a user's preference; A second step of performing cooking according to the input cooking information when a cooking start command is input; A third step of registering a menu of the input cooking information before or after the second step; And a fourth step of deleting a specified menu from among the registered menus according to a menu delete command. The method of claim 1, wherein the cooking information is And at least one of at least one subdivided stage-specific heating time, heating method, heating intensity, and heating temperature to perform cooking according to the user's preference. delete delete delete delete delete delete A key input unit for receiving a cooking operation command, a menu setting command, and cooking information according to a user's preference; A cooking unit for heating the cooking material to perform cooking; A cooking operation to perform cooking, and a storage device to store a menu and cooking information of the menu; Cooking information of a menu input from the key input unit is stored in the storage device according to a menu registration command, and driving of the cooking unit is performed based on cooking information of a menu specified among menus stored in the storage device according to a cooking start command. And a control unit for controlling to delete cooking information of a specified menu according to a menu deletion command. The method of claim 9, wherein the cooking information, And at least one of at least one subdivided stage heating time, heating method, heating intensity, and heating temperature to perform cooking according to the user's preference. The method of claim 9, wherein the control unit, And controlling the cooking information of the input menu to be stored in a separate area of the storage device as a menu list according to a user's preference.

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