KR19990055824A - How to control cooking function of microwave oven - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of controlling a cooking function of a microwave oven, comprising: (a) executing a set cooking function when a predetermined cooking function is set and a start key signal is input; and (b) the start key is input again. Canceling the warming function after the completion of the cooking function when the start key signal is input again and setting the warming function if it is not input; and (c) keeping the warming function at the step (b) when the cooking function is completed. Determining whether the function is set, and if the warming function is set, executing the warming function.

Therefore, in the present invention, when the predetermined cooking function is executed manually or automatically, the user can select and set whether to keep the warming function executed when the cooking is completed, according to the user's intention. This has the effect of making it available.

Description

How to control cooking function of microwave oven

The present invention relates to a microwave oven, and more particularly, to a cooking function control method of a microwave oven which can select and set a heat retaining function after cooking is completed in setting and executing a cooking function.

In general, a microwave oven radiates microwaves from a microwave oscillation tube such as a magnetron in a heating chamber, that is, in a state in which food is placed in a cavity, thereby moving the molecules between the microwave and the food. The food is cooked by the frictional heat generated by the.

The microwave includes a built-in manual cooking function that allows a user to set a cooking time and a cooking intensity to execute a predetermined cooking function, and an automatic cooking function that executes a cooking function for a particular food according to preset data with a single keystroke. do.

On the other hand, the microwave oven has a built-in heat retention function for maintaining the temperature of the food, if the user does not immediately remove the food from the heating room after the execution of the manual or automatic cooking function in addition to the above-described cooking function.

In other words, the warming function may be used for a predetermined time interval after the manual or automatic cooking function is completed, and if the user forgets or does not take out food in the cooking room while doing something else while recognizing that the cooking is completed, for example, For example, the food is reheated and kept warm for about 10 minutes in a 1 minute cycle, and at the same time, a buzzer sounds to inform the user that the food is finished cooking.

By the way, the warming function as described above has the advantage of maintaining the temperature of the food and notifying the user that the cooking is completed even though the food is not taken out after the cooking is completed, but because the buzzer sound is continuously generated at a predetermined time period, There was a problem that the user may feel uncomfortable.

The present invention has been made to solve the problems described above, the object of the present invention is to manually or automatically set the selection of whether or not to execute the insulation function when executing a predetermined cooking function by the user to use the insulation function more conveniently The present invention provides a method of controlling a cooking function of a microwave oven.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, in the method for controlling the cooking function of the microwave, (a) if the predetermined cooking function is set and the start key signal is input once the set cooking function; (B) determining whether the start key is input again, canceling the keep warm function after completion of the cooking function when the start key signal is input again, and setting the keep warm function if not input; When the cooking function is completed, it is determined whether or not the warming function is set in the step (b), and if the warming function is set, the step of executing the warming function is configured.

1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a microwave for implementing the present invention;

2 is a detailed configuration diagram of a key input unit illustrated in FIG. 1;

3 is a detailed flowchart illustrating a cooking function control method of the microwave oven according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

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10: key input unit 12: numeric keys

14: Auto Cooking Key 16: Start Key

18: Cancel key 20: Control unit

30: high pressure part 40: oscillation part

50: heating chamber 60: display unit

70: audio signal output unit

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

1 is a block diagram of a microwave oven for implementing the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the microwave oven for implementing the present invention includes a key input unit 10, a control unit 20, a high pressure unit 30, an oscillation unit 40, a heating chamber 50, a display unit 60, and the like. It consists of a voice signal output unit 70.

The key input unit 10 is configured as a keypad for setting cooking time and various automatic cooking menus of the microwave oven.

Oscillator 40 is to provide a microwave (microwave) for cooking food to the heating chamber 50, substantially a magnetron for generating a high frequency, a waveguide for inducing the ultra-high frequency to the heating chamber and a cooling fan for cooling the magnetron It consists of.

The high voltage unit 30 includes a high voltage transformer, a high voltage capacitor, a high voltage diode, and the like that generate a heater voltage and a direct current high voltage necessary for the operation of the magnetron constituting the oscillation unit 40.

The heating chamber 50, that is, the cooking chamber is composed of a heating plate for heating the food through the ultra-high frequency provided from the magnetron, a turntable for rotating the heating plate, and a door for dispensing the food.

The controller 20 sets the heating time of the food, that is, the timer for counting the cooking time, the heating intensity, that is, the output power and the heating time of the magnetron, and controls the high pressure part 30 and the oscillation part 40 to control the cooking function as a whole. A microcomputer for controlling and a memory for storing data on the automatic cooking function.

In addition, the display unit 60 is composed of light emitting elements to display the cooking time and cooking state of various foods under the control of the control unit 20, and the voice signal output unit 70 generates a speaker or a buzzer sound. Is composed of a buzzer, under the control of the microcomputer 70 generates a buzzer sound to inform the completion of cooking of food and the occurrence of errors.

FIG. 2 is a detailed configuration diagram of the key input unit 10 shown in FIG. 1 as described above.

As shown in FIG. 2, the key input unit 10 of the microwave oven starts a numeric key 12 for inputting a cooking time according to a manual cooking function setting, an automatic cooking function key 14, and a start for starting a cooking function. And a cancel key 18 for canceling the key 16 and the cooking function. On the other hand, the numeric key 12 and the automatic cooking function key 14 for the manual cooking function, as shown in Figure 2, may be composed of keys of the contact method, cooking by rotating clockwise or counterclockwise It can also be configured as a rotary switch to enable the function.

According to the present invention, according to the present invention, the start key 16 is configured to execute the cooking function once input after setting a predetermined cooking function, and to cancel the warming function as described above when it is input again again.

3 is a detailed flowchart illustrating a cooking function control method of the microwave oven according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to Figures 1 and 2 will be described a cooking function control method of the microwave oven according to the present invention shown in FIG.

First, in step S10, when the manual cooking automatic cooking function is input from the key input unit 10, the controller 20 sets a predetermined cooking function.

Then, in step S20, when the start key signal is input through the start key 16 of the key input unit 10, that is, when the start key signal is input once, the control unit 20 in step S30 is the high voltage unit. By controlling the oscillation unit 40 through the 30 and the high pressure unit 30, the cooking function is executed in the heating chamber 50.

As described above, when the cooking function is executed through steps S10 to S30, in step S40, the control unit 20 returns the start key signal from the start key 16, that is, the second start key. When the start key signal is input in step S40, the controller 20 proceeds to step S50, and the control unit 20 cancels the warming function and then proceeds to step S70, and in step S40. If the start key signal is not input in step S60, the control unit 20 sets the thermal insulation function and then proceeds to step S70.

Then, in step S70, the control unit 20 determines whether the cooking function is completed. If the cooking function is not completed in step S70, the control unit 20 returns to step S40 to perform the flow again, and the cooking function is completed. If so, the process proceeds to step S80.

Thereafter, in step S80, the control unit 20 determines whether the thermal insulation function has been canceled or set in step S50 or S60, and if it is determined that the thermal insulation function has been set, the process proceeds to step S90. After controlling the up section 30 and the buzzer 70 and the like to execute the heat retaining function to generate heating and buzzer sound at a predetermined period for a predetermined time, the flow ends, and when the heat retaining function is determined to be canceled, the flow ends immediately. .

As described above, in the present invention, when the predetermined cooking function is executed manually or automatically, the user can select and set whether to keep the warming function executed at the completion of cooking according to the user's intention. It is effective to make use of the thermal insulation function.

Claims (1)

In the method for controlling the cooking function of the microwave, (A) executing the set cooking function when a predetermined cooking function is set and a start key signal is input once; (B) determining whether the start key is input again, canceling the keep warm function after completion of the cooking function when the start key signal is input again, and setting the keep warm function if not input; (C) when the cooking function is completed, determining whether the warming function is set in the step (b), and if the warming function is set, executing the warming function.