KR19980057991A - How to set automatic cooking start of microwave - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for setting an automatic cooking start of a microwave oven, wherein the microwave oven sets automatic / manual cooking for a cooking menu by using a rotary switch, and after the food is loaded into the cooking chamber of the microwave, the automatic switch is used by the rotary switch. When the cooking is selected, the start key input step for determining whether there is a start key input, and when the input signal for starting at the start key input step has been absent for a predetermined time, the microwave oven is an automatic cooking control step for automatically starting cooking. It is configured, and automatic cooking is performed immediately without pressing the start button for a certain time by using the rotary switch that selects automatic / manual cooking of the microwave, so that automatic cooking setting becomes very simple. An automatic cooking start setting method is provided.

Description

How to set automatic cooking start of microwave

The present invention relates to a method for setting an automatic cooking start of a microwave oven, and more particularly, when an automatic cooking menu of a microwave oven is set, an automatic cooking start setting for a microwave oven to automatically start cooking without setting a start key input. It is about a method.

In general, microwave ovens (microwave ovens), unlike cookware using heat conduction heating methods such as briquettes and gas tables, and cookware using heat radiation heating methods such as electric ovens, apply high voltage electricity to an ultra-high frequency oscillating tube called magnetron and turntable ( Or trays) to cook quickly.

As shown in FIG. 1, the conventional microwave oven includes a rotating dish 1 for placing food to be cooked as shown in FIG. 1 and a rotating ring 2 installed in an annular shape on the bottom of the rotating dish 1. And a door (4) for preventing external emission of electromagnetic waves generated in the process of cooking food in the cooking chamber (3), and a plurality of buttons to enable key input according to a user's preference in driving the microwave oven. The operation panel 5 etc. which were provided are comprised.

In addition, a door lock safety device 4a for fixing the door 4 to the main body is installed on an inner side surface of the door 4, and a central portion of the door 4 allows viewing the cooking progress state. 4b, an electromagnetic wave absorber 4c for preventing leakage of electromagnetic waves is attached to the inner side of the door (i.e., the portion which comes into contact with the main body).

Herein, the configuration of the operation panel 5 will be described in more detail. In general, the operation panel 5 includes a display panel 10 in which a function display of a microwave oven is displayed in Korean, as shown in FIG. Time / weight adjustment knob (12) for inputting time / weight in a manner, a clock adjustment button (14) used for setting or modifying time, and a 12-hour reservation function for automatic / manual cooking. Reservation button (16) to easily enjoy the desired dishes, the automatic cooking menu display plate 18 to display the automatic cooking menu to select the desired cooking, cooking strength / weak in manual cooking is used for fine adjustment of the cooking state in automatic cooking Cooking control strong / weak button (20), if you set the weight of the sea animal auto thawing button 22 to determine the thawing time by the microwave itself, the desired dish from a plurality of cooking menu Automatic cooking selection plate 24 to select, the cooking start button 26 used to start cooking after the completion of cooking contents input, the cancel button 28 used to cancel the cooking during wrong pressing or cooking In addition to the automatic cooking, it is possible to memorize two kinds of dishes according to the user's taste, the memory button 30 to perform any cooking with one touch, and the door opening button 32 for designating the opening of the door. ), Etc.

According to the microwave oven configured as described above, the food is placed on the rotating dish 1 of the cooking chamber 3, the door 4 is completely closed, and the desired cooking menu, time and output (cooking) are operated using the buttons of the operation panel 5. When the cooking start command is inputted by setting the heating temperature), the rotating plate 1 rotates under the control of a control unit (not shown), and at the same time, the inside of the cooking chamber 3 is operated by the ultra-high frequency from the internal magnetron (not shown). The food is cooked.

On the other hand, the conventional microwave oven has a variety of built-in functions, examples of such a function by the built-in sensor automatic cooking to automatically proceed with the push of a button at the same time without the need for heating time or output adjustment Function, manual cooking function to adjust the time and output by the user, automatic thawing function to automatically thaw the time and output when the weight of the sea animal is set in a predetermined unit, automatic when the user sets the desired time In addition to the automatic cooking, the scheduled cooking function allows automatic cooking at the set time, the memory function that allows the user to cook with one touch whenever the user remembers the output and the time of cooking frequently cooked besides automatic cooking. Easy food warming function, when warming vegetables Features include blanching, boiling potatoes and root vegetables such as sweet potatoes, etc., and features, warm to warm the milk that is used for the lives of the features.

In order to perform the automatic cooking function in the above-described example, first, an operator selects a cooking menu (eg, fish stew) from the automatic cooking selection plate 24 on the operation panel 5 as exemplarily shown in FIG. 3A. Then press the stew button three times. In this case, A3-3 numbers, the cooking progress indicator, and the word auto cook on the display panel 10 are turned on. Then, the cooking control strong / weak button (20) on the operation panel 5 is turned on. ) To adjust the cooking degree (for example, if the cooking adjustment drug) (see Figure 3b), and then press the cooking start button 26 to start automatic cooking (see Figure 3c). In this way, when the automatic cooking is completed, it returns to the present time (for example, 10:23) as shown in FIG. 3D together with the beep beep buzzer.

However, in order to perform automatic cooking in a microwave oven employing the button-type control panel as described above, it is very cumbersome because a plurality of button operations are required.

Therefore, in order to alleviate this inconvenience, as illustrated in FIG. 4, an operation panel employing the rotary switch 36 is provided in the microwave, and the operation panel includes a menu board for selecting a desired cooking menu. 34), a rotary switch 36 for selectively setting automatic cooking and manual cooking, a start button 26 for inputting a start of automatic cooking or manual cooking, and a cooking menu number of automatic cooking or manual cooking currently set The display panel 10 etc. which are displayed are provided.

In addition, the automatic cooking setting by the operation panel employing the rotary switch 36 will be described. When the operator views the menu plate 34 and selects the desired cooking menu, the rotary switch 36 is automatically cooked (ie, When rotated counterclockwise), the number for the cooking menu is displayed on the display panel 10. The operator keeps rotating the rotary switch 36 and the number for the desired cooking menu on the display panel 10. If is displayed is to stop the rotation by pressing the start button 26 to perform automatic cooking for the cooking menu.

However, the above-mentioned conventional microwave oven also operates the rotary switch 36 in the microwave oven including the operation panel adopting the rotary switch 36, and after setting an arbitrary automatic cooking menu, the start button 26 must be pressed. There was a problem in that the use of the system is inconvenient because it must be pressed.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and automatic cooking start setting of a microwave oven is made so that automatic cooking setting becomes very simple by automatically cooking even when there is no start key input during automatic cooking setting by a rotary switch. The purpose is to provide a method.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention to achieve the above object, in the microwave oven for setting the automatic / manual cooking for the cooking menu by the rotary switch, after the food is loaded into the cooking chamber automatically by the rotary switch When cooking is selected, a start key input step of determining whether there is a start key input, and the start key input step of the start key input step is characterized in that it consists of an automatic cooking step to automatically start cooking when there is no predetermined time.

1 is a view showing the appearance of a typical microwave oven,

2 is a view showing an example of the control panel shown in FIG.

3A to 3D are views for explaining an example of an automatic cooking sequence by button operation of the control panel shown in FIG. 2;

4 is a view showing an example of a control panel employing a general rotary switch,

5 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of a microwave oven employing the present invention,

6 is a flowchart illustrating a method for setting automatic cooking start of a microwave oven according to the present invention.

〈Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings〉

1: rotating plate 2: rotating ring

3: kitchen 4: door

5: operation panel 36: rotary switch

38: control unit 40: power supply unit

42: interrupt unit 44: buzzer driving unit

46: buzzer 48: display unit

50: key input unit 52: relay drive unit

54: timer

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

5 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of a microwave oven employing the present invention, the selection signal for any cooking menu selected by the operator (user) in the microwave oven according to an embodiment of the present invention and various A key input unit 50 for applying a control command to the control unit 38 and a general control of the general operation of the entire microwave in response to the control signal applied from the key input unit 50, while the rotary switch ( A control unit 38 for controlling the automatic cooking performed by 36), an interrupt unit 42 for supplying the control signal waveform required by the control unit 38, and any control under the control of the control unit 38. Buzzer driver 44 for driving the alarm sound buzzer 46 to inform the operation state, and a relay device for driving the high voltage transformer and the heater of the microwave on / off under the control of the controller 38 Eastern unit 52, a timer 54 for providing the control and monitoring data required by the control unit 38, and a display output signal from the control unit 38 to display the cooking status and various processing conditions in Korean The main unit is composed of a display unit 48 and a power supply unit 40 for supplying power required by each unit of the microwave oven.

Here, the key input section 50 includes the start button 26 and the rotary switch 36 described above.

Next, a method for setting automatic cooking start of a microwave oven according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 6 based on the device configured as described above.

The operation of the present invention, as shown in Figure 6, the food stacking step 60, the food stacking step 60 and the food stacking step 60, the food is loaded in the rotary dish (1) located in the cooking chamber (3) of the microwave oven, the rotary switch ( In step 36, the automatic cooking selection step of selecting whether the cooking is automatic or manual is performed. If the automatic cooking selection is not performed, the input data performing step 64 performs an operation according to a signal input by the operation panel 5. In step (6), the operation ends when the input data execution step 64 ends. In addition, when the automatic cooking is selected in the automatic cooking selection step 62, the operation proceeds to the start key input determination step 66 is input after determining whether to start the cooking of food via the operation panel (5). Then, when a signal to start cooking is input in the start key input determination step 66, the control unit 38 generates a buzzer sound according to this signal to the cooking start part low noise generation step 70 informing that the cooking starts. After the cooking start buzzer generation step 70, the food is prepared in the cooking chamber 3 to proceed to the automatic cooking start step 72. However, if the start signal is not input in the start key input determination step 66, the controller 38 counts the time for a predetermined time to determine whether the start signal is input during this count. Proceed. If the cooking start signal is not input for a predetermined time specified by the control unit 38 in the time count determination step 68, the cooking is performed through the cooking start bottom sound generation step 70 and the automatic cooking start step 72. do.

According to the present invention as described above, since the automatic cooking is performed immediately without setting the automatic cooking using the rotary switch and pressing the start button for a predetermined time, the automatic cooking operation can be performed very simply.

Claims (1)

A step of inputting a start key to determine whether a start key is input when automatic cooking is selected by the rotary switch after loading food into a cooking chamber of a microwave oven for setting automatic / manual cooking for a cooking menu by a rotary switch; The automatic cooking start setting method of the microwave oven, characterized in that configured as an automatic cooking step for automatically starting cooking when the start key input for a predetermined time as a result of the determination during the start key input step.