KR20010003923A - Method for setting reservation time of electric cooker - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: Method of setting reserve time in rice cookers is provided which includes multiple reserve setting methods and easy reserve function so that it raises frequency for reserve cooking. CONSTITUTION: The method of setting reserve time in rice cookers comprises the steps of: (i) receiving the input of a reserve button to judge whether a setting mode for reserve time is a first setting mode for reserve time or not; (ii) converting to a second setting mode for reserve time to complete cooking in time set by users, if the first setting mode for reserve time is set; and (iii) converting to the first setting mode for reserve time to complete cooking when time set by users is passed, if the first setting mode for reserve time is not set.

Description

Method for setting reservation time of electric cooker}

The present invention relates to an electric rice cooker, and more particularly, to a method for setting a reservation time of an electric rice cooker.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings illustrating a reservation time setting method of the electric rice cooker according to the prior art as follows.

1 is a view showing a button operation unit of the electric rice cooker according to the prior art, Figure 2a to 2d is a view showing a process of setting the reservation time of the electric rice cooker according to the prior art.

As shown in Figure 1, the button operation unit of the electric rice cooker according to the prior art, the insulation button (1) for determining whether to keep warm / reheating, the reservation button (2) for determining whether to reserve, and for selecting a desired time It consists of an hour button 3, a minute button 4 for selecting a desired minute, a menu button 5 for selecting a cooking pattern, a cancel button 6, and a cooking button 7.

When the user presses the reservation button (2), as shown in FIG. 2A, the previously set cooking completion time is displayed and the " reservation " blinks to switch to the reserved cooking time setting mode to set a desired time for cooking completion. Can be.

At this time, by using the hour button 3 and the minute button 4 can be adjusted to the desired cooking completion time. For example, if the previously set cooking completion time is 7:30 am, but wants to make a reservation to complete cooking at 6:20 pm, the reservation is made using the following method.

First, as shown in Fig. 2B, the hour button 3 is pressed to set 7 AM to 6 PM. At this time, each time the hour button 3 is pressed, it is counted up for 1 hour, and it is 7 AM-> 8 AM->. -> 1 pm-> 2 pm->… -> 5 pm-> 6 pm

As shown in Fig. 2C, the minute button 4 is pressed to adjust 30 minutes to 20 minutes. At this time, each time the minute button 4 is pressed, it is counted up for 10 minutes and adjusted to 30 minutes-> 40 minutes-> 50 minutes-> 00 minutes-> 10 minutes-> 20 minutes.

Finally, when the cooking button 7 is pressed, as shown in FIG. 2D, the cooking is completed at 6:20 pm while the reserved cooking time is set.

However, the reservation setting method of the electric rice cooker according to the prior art as described above has the following problems.

First, when the reservation completion time is set while the current time is set incorrectly, an error with the reservation completion time actually desired by the user occurs.

Second, when setting the reservation completion time, press the reservation button first, set the desired reservation completion time using the 'hour' and 'minute' buttons, and press the 'cancel' button to complete the reservation time setting. to provide.

The present invention has been made to solve this problem, by providing a plurality of reservation time setting method is different, the electric rice cooker to perform the reservation function more conveniently to increase the frequency of use of the reservation cooking and maximize the customer satisfaction The purpose is to provide a method for setting a reservation time for a service.

1 is a view showing a functional control unit of the electric rice cooker according to the prior art

2a to 2d is a view showing a method for setting a reservation time of the electric rice cooker according to the prior art

Figure 3 is a flow chart showing a method for setting a reservation time of the electric rice cooker according to the present invention

4 is a view showing a display unit of the electric rice cooker according to the present invention

5a to 5d show a first embodiment according to the invention

6a to 6d show a second embodiment according to the invention.

The reservation time setting method of the electric rice cooker according to the present invention for achieving the above object comprises the steps of determining whether the preset reservation time setting mode is a first reservation time setting mode when the user inputs a reservation button; Switching to the second reservation time setting mode if the first reservation time setting mode is previously set, and controlling cooking to be completed at a time set by the user; and first setting the first reservation time setting mode if the first reservation time setting mode is not already set; And switching to the reservation time setting mode to control cooking when the time set by the user has elapsed.

Hereinafter, a method of setting a reservation time of an electric rice cooker according to the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings in more detail.

3 is a flow chart showing a method for setting a reservation time of the electric rice cooker according to the present invention.

Referring to Figure 3, first, the reservation time setting method of the electric rice cooker according to the present invention determines whether the user inputs the reservation button (S1).

Subsequently, when the reservation button is input, it is determined whether the current setting mode is the first reservation time setting mode (S2).

As a result of the determination (S2), when the current setting mode is the first reserved time setting mode, the second switch is switched to the second reserved time setting mode (S3).

When the user enters the second reservation time setting mode, the user sets the desired cooking completion time and applies the cooking button to complete the cooking at the time set by the user (S4).

On the other hand, if the determination result (S2), the current setting mode is not the first reservation time setting mode is switched to the first reservation time setting mode (S5).

If the user enters the first reservation time setting mode, the user sets the number of hours and minutes after the user wants to complete cooking at the current reservation time setting time. S6).

As shown in FIG. 4, the electric rice cooker according to the present invention using the above method displays reservation 12 on the upper left side of the display unit to display a plurality of reservation setting modes different from the display unit reservation method.

Here, an embodiment of a method for setting a reservation time of the electric rice cooker of the present invention according to the above method will be described with reference to the following drawings.

First embodiment

The first embodiment shows a case in which the user wants to complete cooking after 8 hours and 30 minutes from the current reservation time setting time. If the preset reservation time setting mode when the user reserves the reservation button is the second reservation time setting mode, In the reservation time setting mode, as shown in FIG. 5A, the reservation 1 is displayed on the upper left side of the display unit, and all the hours and minutes are initialized.

Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 5B, the 'hour' button adjusts whether or not it is desired to be completed after 8 hours at the current reservation time setting time.

When the unit time is set as described above, as shown in FIG. 5C, the user adjusts whether cooking is desired after 30 minutes with the 'minute' button.

When the 'cook' button is input, the reservation time setting is completed as shown in FIG. 5D.

Second embodiment

In the second embodiment, the user sets the cooking completion time, which is the same as the conventional art. When the user enters the second reservation time setting mode as shown in FIG. 6A, the second display shows reservation 2 in the upper left of the display and displays the current time. do.

Then, at the cooking completion time desired by the user, a time in units of hours is set as shown in FIG. 6B, and a time in units of minutes is set as shown in FIG. 6C.

Then, cooking is completed at the set time while the reservation cooking completion time is set as shown in FIG. 6D.

As described above, the method of setting the reservation time of the electric rice cooker according to the present invention may complete the cooking by setting the reservation time setting method differently according to the number of reservation buttons input by the user.

The reservation time setting method of the electric rice cooker according to the present invention enables a plurality of reservation functions different from the reservation time setting method, so that the consumer can select a reservation method more conveniently, thereby increasing the frequency of use of reservation cooking and maximizing customer satisfaction. It has an effect.

Claims (2)

Determining whether a preset reservation time setting mode is a first reservation time setting mode when a user inputs a reservation button; If the first reservation time setting mode is previously set, switching to a second reservation time setting mode and controlling cooking to be completed at a time set by a user; And, If the first reservation time setting mode is not already set, switching to the first reservation time setting mode and controlling the cooking to be completed when the time set by the user is elapsed. How to set up. The method of claim 1, wherein the first reservation time setting mode is The user sets the time and how many minutes after cooking at the time of setting the current reservation time, the cook button is applied to adjust the cooking time after the set time has elapsed by setting the cooking time of the electric rice cooker How to set up.