KR19980086074A - Microwave oven using cooking guide method and its cooking guide method - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a microwave oven using a cooking guide method and a cooking guide method thereof, wherein the microwave oven using the cooking guide method includes a control means having means for outputting guide output for each step of cooking, and stepwise according to the guide output of the control means. It comprises a guide lamp to turn on sequentially to guide the cooking process; The cooking guide method includes a cooking type selection guide that turns on the cooking type guide lamp to select a cooking type of the microwave, and cooking that turns on the cooking method guide lamp to automatically and manually select cooking according to the selected cooking type. A method for sequentially performing a method including a method for selecting a method and an automatic or manual cooking process for automatically or manually cooking a corresponding button when a selection button is input according to the method for selecting a method of cooking; The cooking step is guided by the point of the guide lamp, so that people who are not familiar with the operation can easily and conveniently follow the guide.

Description

Microwave oven using cooking guide method and its cooking guide method

The present invention relates to a microwave oven using a cooking guide method and a cooking guide method, the control means having a means for outputting the guide output for each step of cooking, and sequentially lighted to guide the cooking process step by step according to the guide output of the control means Including an induction lamp guide; The cooking guide is a cooking type selection guide that lights up a cooking type guide lamp that allows you to select a cooking type of a microwave, and a cooking method guide lamp that enables you to select cooking automatically or manually according to the selected cooking type. A cooking method selection guiding process and an automatic and manual cooking process for automatically or manually cooking in response to the selection button input according to the cooking method selection guide; The guide lamp lights up and guides you through the cooking phase, making it convenient for people who are not familiar with the operation.

In general, microwaves are used to provide high-frequency generated by magnetrons to foods and to quickly thaw or cook foods by using the heating effect generated in the foods. This can be illustrated as shown in Figure 1, the cooking chamber (2) is formed in a predetermined portion inside the main body 1 to prevent the heat source applied to the food outflow to the outside to enable food and wit, the cooking chamber (2) At the lower right portion of the magnetron drive high-voltage transformer (3) is installed.

The magnetron 4 is mounted on an upper portion of the high pressure transformer 3 to generate a high frequency by receiving a high pressure from the high pressure transformer 3, and a high frequency generated by the magnetron 4 at an upper end of the magnetron 4. A waveguide 5 is formed to guide the inside of the cooking chamber 2.

The lower end of the cooking chamber (2) is equipped with a rotary plate (7) to rotate the food in the cooking chamber (2) during the driving of the magnetron (4) so that the food is cooked evenly, the lower end of the rotary plate (7) The rotary plate roller 8 which supports the plate 7 is attached.

At the lower end of the rotary plate roller 8, a weight sensor 9 for detecting the weight of food placed on the rotary plate 7 is mounted via a drive shaft, and at the lower left of the cooking chamber 2, A first high frequency sensor 10 for detecting the high frequency output in the cooking chamber 2 that has passed through the food according to the type, weight and heating state of the food placed on the rotary dish 7 is mounted.

A second high frequency sensor 11 is mounted on the upper end of the waveguide 5 to detect the high frequency output in the waveguide 5 oscillated by the magnetron 4.

As a means for controlling this, as shown in FIG. 2, the DC power supply unit 12 converts the power supply voltage of commercial AC power supplied from an AC power input terminal (not shown) into DC voltage of a level required for driving the microwave oven and outputs the same. The cooking input unit 13 may include a plurality of function keys on the control panel to input various cooking functions desired by the user (a cooking time cooking menu, a start stop of a cooking operation, etc. may be illustrated in FIG. 3). It is arranged along with the display means 19, which will be described below and form a form.

In addition, the weight detecting means 14 is a weight sensor 9 for detecting the weight of the food placed in the cooking chamber 2 so as to determine a change in the load in the cooking chamber 2, and the first high frequency detecting means 15. Is a first high frequency sensor 10 which detects a high frequency output in the cooking chamber 2 that has passed through the food depending on the type, weight and heating state of the food placed in the cooking chamber 2.

In addition, the second high frequency detection means 17 is a second high frequency sensor 11 which detects a high frequency output in the waveguide 5 oscillated by the magnetron 4.

In addition, the control unit 16 receives the DC voltage output from the DC power supply unit 12 to initialize the microwave oven and at the same time the button signal input by the cooking input unit 13 of the microwave oven. You can exemplify the microcomputer that controls the overall cooking operation. The control means 16 detects the weight data of the food detected by the weight sensing means 14, the amount of high frequency output in the cooking chamber 2 detected by the first high frequency detection means 15 and the second high frequency detection. The high frequency output of the microwave oven is controlled in accordance with the amount of high frequency output in the waveguide 5 detected by the means 17. Meanwhile, an example of the cooking input means 13 for providing control data to the control means 16 and the display means 19 displayed according to the output of the control means 16 are provided in the control panel 20 as shown in FIG. 3. It is installed together.

That is, the control panel 20 of FIG. 3 includes display means 19 made of liquid crystal or seven segments, and cooking input means 13 for various cooking inputs. The cooking input means 13 includes cooking type selection buttons 13-1, 13-2, 13-3 for selecting the thawing, disinfection and warming functions, a clock button 13-4 for setting the time, and cooking. A strength and weakness button 13-5 for selecting the strength and weakness of the heating, and a cooking start button 13-6 and a cancel button 13-7 for selecting the start and automatic and manual start of cooking and an automatic menu. In addition, it has an automatic menu portion that is displayed in the light-emitting state when selecting the automatic menu. However, the microwave oven having such a configuration has a disadvantage in that it is difficult to use the function and sequence of the operation buttons of the various cooking input means 13 without looking at the manual. In other words, the first operation of which button to be pressed is very embarrassing, especially the elderly or children are difficult to manipulate it easily.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a cooking guide type microwave oven that guides the food to be cooked by pressing a button to turn on the food to be cooked in the cooking room to close the door to select the type, method and strength of the cooking sequentially will be.

Another object of the present invention is to put the food to be cooked in the cooking chamber and close the door cooking type selection guide process, cooking method selection guide process and automatic, manual cooking process by performing the cooking of the microwave to easily guide the cooking order to the user To provide a guide.

To this end, the microwave oven of the present invention installs guide lamps for guiding the operation of buttons on various buttons of the control panel of the microwave oven, and adopts a method of controlling the control means by means of a control means. It can be manipulated.

In addition, the cooking guide method of the microwave oven according to the present invention guides a process for each type of cooking, a process for guiding a cooking method, and an automatic and manual processing process in order to easily perform an operation.

1 is a cross-sectional view of a typical microwave oven,

2 is a block diagram showing a control configuration of a general microwave oven;

3 is a block diagram of display means and cooking input means showing an example of a typical microwave oven,

4 is a configuration diagram showing an example of the present invention corresponding to FIG. 3;

5 is a control block diagram of FIG. 4;

6 is a prochart showing the process of the present invention,

7 is a prochart showing a cooking type selection guide process of the present invention;

8 is a prochart showing a cooking type selection process of the present invention;

9 is a prochart showing the automatic and manual cooking process of the present invention,

10 is a flowchart showing another example of the cooking type selection process of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings

13; cooking input means 13-1; thawing button

13-2; Sterilization button 13-3; Warm button

13-4; Clock Button 13-5; Strong Button

13-6; cooking start rotary switch 13-7; cancel button

14; weight sensing means 19; display means

20; control panel 100; control means

210; Cooking type selection guide lamp 211; Defrost guide lamp

212; disinfection guidance lamp 213; warming guidance lamp

220; cooking method selection lamp 221; automatic selection guide lamp

222; manual selection guide lamp 230; strength selection guide lamp

240; lamp selector

That is, the present invention is characterized in that the cooking comprises a control means having a means for outputting the guide output of the cooking step of the microwave, and a guide lamp unit which is sequentially turned on to guide the cooking process step by step according to the guide output of the control means It is to provide a microwave using a guide method.

The guide lamp unit includes a cooking type guide lamp for selecting and guiding a cooking type, an automatic or manual cooking method selection guide lamp, and a strength and weakness selection guide lamp for guiding the manual adjustment of strength and time during manual operation.

The cooking type guide lamp is a thawing guide lamp, a disinfection guide lamp and a warming guide lamp, and is installed around or inside the corresponding thaw button, disinfection button and warming button.

The cooking method selection induction lamp comprises an automatic selection guide lamp and a manual selection guide lamp which are installed around the cooking start rotary switch.

In addition, the present invention provides a cooking type guide lamp for turning on the cooking type guide lamp to select the cooking type of the microwave, and a cooking method guide lamp to automatically and manually select cooking according to the cooking type based on the type selection guide. It is to provide a cooking guide method of a microwave oven, characterized in that performed sequentially including a cooking method selection guide light, and an automatic manual cooking process corresponding to automatic or manual cooking when the selection button input according to the cooking method selection guide.

Preferably, a cooking type selection process for selecting a cooking type is performed between the cooking type guide process and the cooking method selection guide process.

The cooking type selection process is a defrosting process when the thawing button input, the thawing button processing waiting for the cooking type selection process, the disinfection button processing process to disinfect and terminate when the disinfection button input without the thawing button input, disinfection button input If there is no warming button input, the warming process is terminated, and when there is no warming button input, it is made to perform the warming button processing process to wait for the button input.

When there is no input of a selection button for performing each process, an automatic manual cooking process is performed to select and cook them automatically or manually.

When the manual button is input in the automatic manual cooking process, the intensity selection guide process of turning on the guide lamp to guide the intensity control includes a process of performing this when the intensity button input and time input are performed according to the guidance. The city includes a process of turning on the automatic menu selection character, and an automatic cooking process including a process of selecting the selection character by a rotary switch operation and processing and ending the selection character.

Therefore, the automatic manual cooking process includes an automatic cooking process comprising a process of turning on an automatic menu selection character when the automatic button is input, a process of selecting and selecting the selection character by a rotary switch operation, and ending it; And a manual cooking process consisting of a process of selecting the intensity of the guide lamp to guide the intensity adjustment when the manual button is input, and a process of performing this when the intensity button is input and the time is input according to the guidance.

In another example of the present invention, a cooking type guide process of turning on a cooking type guide lamp to select a cooking type of a microwave, a cooking type selection process of selecting a cooking type according to the cooking type guide, and cooking according to the selected cooking type Can be automatically and manually selected. A cooking method selection process for turning on the cooking method guide lamp and automatic manual cooking according to the cooking method selection guide according to the selection method of the automatic or manual cooking is performed sequentially. It is to provide a cooking guide of.

Therefore, according to the present invention, when the object to be cooked in the microwave is closed and the door is closed, the control means such as the microcomputer recognizes the presence or absence of food to be cooked by the weight sensing means and sequentially operates the guide lamp unit, which corresponds to the illuminated guide lamp unit. You can cook by pressing the selection buttons naturally. In other words, it is easy to operate without knowing the operation method by simply pressing the button of the area where the guide lamp is turned on.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings, and the present embodiments are not intended to limit the present invention.

4 is a view showing the control panel 20 of the present invention, unlike the conventional cooking type selection guide lamp 210, the cooking method selection guide lamp 220 and the strength selection guide lamp 230 is added. That is, the cooking type selection guide lamp 210 includes a thawing guide lamp 211, a disinfection guide lamp 212, and a warming endurance lamp 213, which corresponds to a thawing button 13-1 and a disinfection button 13-13. 2) and the warming button 13-3 may be installed in or around. The cooking method selection guide lamp 220 is composed of an automatic selection guide lamp 221 and a manual selection guide lamp 222, for example, to be installed at arbitrary positions of the automatic and manual display unit of the cooking start rotary switch 13-6. can do.

5 is a control block diagram illustrating the control circuit configuration of FIG. 4 of the present invention. The control means 100 constituting the basic configuration of the present invention is similar to the control means 16 of FIG. 2 but will be described later in order to carry out the present invention. There is a difference between performing algorithms. The control means 100 is configured to drive and control the display means 19 and the guide lamp unit 200 by receiving the sensing data of the weight sensing means 14 and various input data of FIG. 2 (which are omitted in FIG. 5). To achieve. Examples of the display means 19 include a driver 19-1 for driving the display panel 19-2 by receiving an output of a control means 100 (microcomb) of a setting bit (for example, 8 bits), and a driver. And a display panel 19-2 for displaying a corresponding character in conjunction with driving of 19-1. An example of the display panel 19-2 may include a liquid crystal device, a seven segment, and the like. The guide lamp unit 200 controlled by the control means 100 may be configured to drive the corresponding guide lamps 210, 220, and 230 in the control means 100 itself, as shown in FIG. 5. ) Can be driven to selectively drive the desired guide lamp (210, 220, 230).

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a control process of the present invention. The control method of the present invention includes a cooking type guide process 300 for turning on a cooking type guide lamp to select a cooking type of a microwave oven, and a cooking type guide. A cooking type selection process 600 for selecting a cooking type according to the cooking method, a cooking method selection guide 400 for turning on a cooking method guide lamp to automatically and manually select cooking according to the selected cooking type, and a cooking method selection guide According to the selection button is made, including automatic manual cooking process 500 for automatic or manual cooking correspondingly.

Hereinafter, the process of the present invention will be described with the prochart below.

For example, when the user opens the door and places the food to be cooked, the weight sensing means 14 of FIGS. 2 and 5 detects it and applies it to the control means 100. At this time, when the user closes the door (an example of the door closing detection function is omitted), the control means 100 starts to drive to perform cooking. That is, in the present invention, the cooking type selection guide process 300 is first performed as shown in FIG. Specifically, it is checked whether the door of the microwave oven is opened as shown in FIG. 7 (step 301), and if it is determined that the food is to be placed therein, the weight is detected through the weight detecting means 14 (process). (302)). Then check whether the door is closed (step 303), the control means 100 drives the guide lamp unit 200. That is, the cooking type selection guide lamp 210 shown in FIG. 4 is turned on to select and depress the thawing button 13-1, the disinfection button 13-2, and the warming button 13-3 in this region. Guide (step 304). Then, the user selects a button to perform a cooking type selection process 600 that the user presses. FIG. 8 illustrates such a cooking type selection process 600, wherein the selection guide lamps 211, 212, 213 are turned on (process 304), and accordingly, the cooking type selection process 600 for selecting a cooking type by pressing a desired button is performed. ). That is, when the thawing button 13-1 of FIG. 4 is pressed, the thaw button 13 is driven by driving the magnetron 4 shown in FIG. 1 at a level such that the control means 100 receives the thawing function. Perform 610. Subsequently, a cooking method selection guide process 400 is performed. In the process 610, if the thaw button 13-1 is not pressed and the disinfection button 13-2 is pressed and the input of the disinfection button is applied to the control means 100, the magnetron of FIGS. 1 and 2 is also applied. The magnetron driving means 18 drives 4 to the corresponding level to perform the disinfection function and then performs the disinfection button processing process 620.

If there is no pressing of the disinfection button 13-2 in the process 620, the control means 100 receives whether the warming button 13-3 is pressed, and drives the magnetron 4 to a level corresponding thereto. A warm button process 630 for performing a warming function and ending is performed. The cooking method selection guide process 400 is to select cooking automatically or manually. When the cooking type selection process 600 is performed as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the control means 100 includes a lamp selecting unit 240. Control the cooking method selection guide lamp 220 to turn on. That is, the user lights up the automatic selection guide lamp 221 and the manual selection guide lamp 222 immediately after performing the process 600 to guide the user to easily select and operate the cooking start rotary switch 13-6 ( Process 400). In this way, when the user turns the rotary switch 13-6 clockwise (eg, manual selection) or counterclockwise (eg, automatic selection), a corresponding automatic / manual cooking process 500 is performed. In the automatic cooking process 510 of the present invention, when the rotary switch 13-6 is turned counterclockwise according to the lighting of the automatic selection guide lamp 221, the menu plate for automatic menu selection is lit on the dotted line of FIGS. 3 and 4. (Step 511). (The description of the menu itself is a known technique). Subsequently, when the rotary switch 13-6 is turned to a menu desired by the user, the control means 100 recognizes this and drives the magnetron 4 so as to have a corresponding level (step 512).

Meanwhile, if the automatic cooking process is not the automatic cooking process, the manual cooking process 520 is performed. That is, in the manual cooking process 520, when the rotary switch 13-6 is first rotated clockwise according to the lighting of the manual selection guide lamp 222, the control means 100 recognizes the display means 19. Time and flickers and the intensity selection guide lamp 230 around the intensity button 13-5 (step 521). -5), the control means 100 recognizes this, and when the clock button 13-4 is pressed, the control means 100 recognizes this and sets the corresponding time on the display means 19 to perform manual cooking. Then execute (step 522).

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating another example of the present invention, in which a cooking type selection process is performed as shown in FIG. Therefore, detailed description is omitted.

The present invention makes it easy to sequentially select a variety of complicated buttons on the operation panel by a control means such as a microcomputer. First, when the food to be cooked is placed and the microwave oven is closed, the cooking type selection guide lamp is turned on to thaw, By first selecting disinfection and warming, but not limited to this, there is a convenience that even a beginner can easily select a desired button.

In addition, after selecting the type of cooking, the cooking method (automatic or manual) can be selected to guide the operation method so as not to cook poorly to ease the use of the product. In addition, this guide lamp can be easily implemented as a small lamp, etc. around the button or around, so it can be easily applied to existing products.

In addition, the present invention has the effect of enabling the selection can be easily pressed by the beginner to see this, because the intensity selection guide lamp is turned on so as to select the intensity during the manual cooking process in the automatic, manual cooking process.

Claims (5)

In a conventional microwave oven, comprising a guide lamp unit which is sequentially turned on to guide the cooking process step by step according to the guide output of the control means for controlling the entire cooking process, the guide lamp unit guides the type of cooking to select the type of cooking A microwave oven using a cooking guide method, characterized in that the selection is made to include a lamp, automatic or manual cooking method selection guide lamp, and a strength selection guide lamp for guiding the intensity adjustment and time when manual. You can select the cooking type automatically or manually according to the cooking type guide process that turns on the cooking type guide lamp to select the cooking type of the microwave, the cooking type selection process to select the cooking type, and the cooking type based on the type selection guide. The cooking method selection process of turning on the cooking method guide lamp so that the cooking method guide lamp, and the automatic and manual cooking process of automatically or manually cooking the corresponding cooking method when the selection button is input according to the cooking method selection guide are performed sequentially. How to cook. The process of selecting a cooking type according to claim 2, wherein the cooking type selection process is a thawing process when the thawing button is input, and a thawing button processing for waiting for the cooking type selection process, and a disinfection button processing process for disinfecting and terminating when the disinfection button is input without a thawing button input. And, there is no disinfection button input, when the warming button input warming process and exit, and when there is no warming button input, the cooking guide method of the microwave oven characterized in that it is made to perform a warming button processing process to wait for the button input. The method of claim 3, wherein when there is no selection button input for performing each process, automatic and manual cooking processes for selecting and cooking the food are automatically performed. Guidance for selecting the intensity of the light guide lamp to guide the adjustment, and the process of cooking the microwave, characterized in that it comprises a process of performing this when the input and time of the intensity button according to the guidance. The automatic cooking process according to claim 4, wherein the automatic manual cooking process comprises a process of turning on an automatic menu selection character when the automatic button is input, and a process of selecting and selecting the selection character by a rotary switch operation and processing the same; And a process of selecting the intensity of the guide lamp to guide the intensity control when the manual button is input, and performing the process of inputting the time and the intensity button according to the guidance.