KR20040083558A - Heating power control device of gas apparatus using home networking - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A control device of heating power of a gas apparatus by home networking and a control method thereof are provided to cook easily by remote-controlling flames of the gas apparatus, selecting the menu and monitoring the cooking state through a computer logging on the Internet or a data transmitting and receiving terminal. CONSTITUTION: A heating power control device comprises a gas burner(10); a gas flow control unit(12) regulating the amount of gas supplied to the gas burner corresponding to the gas flow control signal; an ignition control unit(14) burning gas supplied to the gas burner corresponding to the ignition control signal; a temperature sensor unit(16) detecting temperature of the gas burner; a network interface unit(18) connected to the Internet to transmit or receive data; and a home networking heating power control unit(20) connecting to the network interface unit, the temperature sensor unit, the gas flow control unit and the ignition control unit, and igniting the gas burner and regulating the flame by selectively controlling the ignition control unit and the gas flow control unit corresponding to data from the network interface unit.

Description

Thermal control device for gas appliances using home networking and its control method {HEATING POWER CONTROL DEVICE OF GAS APPARATUS USING HOME NETWORKING}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a firepower control apparatus for a gas apparatus, and more particularly, to a device capable of remotely controlling a firepower of a gas range or a gas oven range using a home networking and a control method thereof.

Conventional gas cookers, such as gas ranges or gas oven ranges, have ignition and gas flow adjustment knobs for igniting the gas burner and adjusting the cooking temperature. In order to adjust the cooking temperature, it is common to implement the temperature control indirectly by adjusting the size of the flame of the cooker by directly adjusting the ignition and the gas flow knob by relying on the cooker's observation of the pipe. Therefore, the control of the cooking temperature was inevitably inaccurate, and the set temperatures were inevitably changed for each cooking.

In addition to the temperature control method as described above, a method of measuring the temperature value of the gas burner by using a separate individual temperature sensor and automatically adjusting the flame amount of the gas burner to a temperature set by a user has been developed. However, the above method also has a problem that the cooker can operate the temperature controller located on the front panel of the gas range or gas oven directly, so that the temperature of the gas appliance cannot be controlled remotely.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a fire control apparatus for a gas appliance using home networking that can freely control the amount of ignition / fire extinguishing and flame of a gas cooker at a remote location using home networking.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for controlling a firepower of a gas appliance using home networking that can freely control the amount of ignition / extinguishing and flame of a gas cooker at a remote location using home networking. .

The present invention for achieving the above object is a gas burner, a gas flow rate control unit for controlling the amount of gas supplied to the gas burner in response to a gas flow rate control signal, and is supplied to the gas burner in response to an ignition control signal An ignition control unit for igniting a gas, a temperature sensor unit in proximity to the gas burner to detect the temperature of the gas burner, a network interface connected to a communication network such as the Internet, and a network interface for transmitting and receiving data, and the network matching And a temperature sensor unit, a gas flow control unit and an ignition control unit, and adapted to selectively control the ignition control unit and the gas flow control unit in response to data received from the network matching unit to ignite the gas burner and control the amount of flame. It comprises a networking fire control unit.

The home networking thermal control unit transmits a preset menu to the counterpart (remote cooker) through the network in response to the data received through the network interface being a menu transmission command, and receives a menu selection command or a thermal control command. In response to the ignition / gas flow rate control signal or the gas flow rate control signal corresponding to the selection menu is selectively provided to the ignition control unit and the gas flow rate control unit.

At this time, the home networking thermal control unit is operable to detect the temperature value of the gas burner detected by the temperature sensor unit and transmit the current temperature state to the other party (remote cooker) through the network matching unit.

The fire control device for gas appliances using home networking as described above can be controlled by a remote cook using a computer or data transmission terminal connected to the Internet to select a cooking menu set on the gas cooker or monitor the cooking temperature. It is possible to freely cook using a gas cooking appliance.

1 is a block diagram of a fire control apparatus for a gas cooking appliance using home networking according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a control flowchart illustrating a method of controlling a fire power of a gas appliance using home networking according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the present invention will now be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings in which: FIG. It should be understood, however, that the present invention may be embodied in many different forms and should not be limited to the described embodiments. It should be noted that the following examples are intended to be illustrative and to sufficiently convey the spirit of the present invention to those skilled in the art. It should also be noted that detailed descriptions of well-known functions and configurations in the art that may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention are omitted.

1 is a block diagram of a fire control apparatus for a gas cooking appliance using home networking according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 10 denotes a gas burner in which gas is supplied and ignited by an ignition flame to provide a predetermined flame. In the present invention, but described as a gas burner can be replaced by a container such as a pot in the case of a gas oven. Reference numeral 12 is a gas flow rate control part for controlling the amount of gas supplied to the gas burner in response to a gas flow rate control signal, and 14 is an ignition control part for igniting the gas supplied to the gas burner 10 in response to an ignition control signal. . 16 is a temperature sensor unit connected to a TC (thermoelectric couple) close to the gas burner to detect the temperature of the gas burner, and 18 is a network matching unit connected to a communication network such as the Internet to transmit and receive data, and reference numerals. 20 is connected to the network matching unit 18, the temperature sensor unit 16, the gas flow control unit 12 and the ignition control unit 14, and adaptively controls the ignition control unit 14 and the gas flow control unit 12 by adapting the data received from the network matching unit 18. A home networking fire control unit for igniting the gas burner 10 and controlling the amount of flame.

FIG. 2 is a control flowchart illustrating a method of controlling a firepower of a gas appliance using home networking according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is a program masked in a ROM area in the home networking firepower control unit 20.

Hereinafter, the temperature control operation of the gas appliance using the home networking according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings of FIGS. 1 and 2 above. It is assumed that the control table controls the gas flow rate control unit 12 adaptively to the cooking time and the temperature sensor value of the temperature sensor unit 16 corresponding to each of the cooking menus and the plurality of automatic cooking menus. In addition, it is assumed that the network matching unit 18 is connected to a LAN, a router or an ADSL modem connected to the Internet and performs data communication by TCP / IP.

When the gas cooking appliance as shown in FIG. 1 is operated, the home networking thermal control unit 20 searches whether data is received from the network matching unit 18 in step 22 of FIG. 2. If it is determined that the search result data is received, the home networking thermal control unit 20 analyzes the data received in step 24 of FIG. 2 and stores the data in the internal memory. In operation 28, the home networking thermal control unit 20 searches whether the received data is a menu transfer command.

In this case, when the data transmitted to the home networking power control unit 20 by a counterpart, that is, a remote party connected to the network matching unit 18 via the Internet, transmits a menu transmission command to transmit a menu, the home networking power control unit 20 In step 26, a plurality of automatic cooking menus stored in the internal memory are accessed and transmitted to the other party. By this operation, the cook of the other party connected to the network can monitor the operation menu of the gas cooker remotely.

If the received data is not a menu transmission command, the home networking thermal control unit 20 determines whether the received data is a menu selection command or a thermal control command in step 30 of FIG. 2.

If the search result of step 30 is a menu selection command for selecting one of a plurality of cooking menus of the gas cooking appliance, the home networking thermal control unit 20 accesses the cooking mode corresponding to the selected menu from the internal memory in step 32 of FIG. 2. The gas flow rate control unit 12 and the ignition control unit 14 are controlled to ignite the gas burner 10, and the temperature of the gas burner is adjusted according to an internal table by reading the temperature sensor value output from the temperature sensor unit 16.

At this time, the temperature control of the gas burner 10 according to the menu selection is able to finely adjust the cooking temperature by executing the feedback control using the temperature sensor value. As another method, control to follow the temperature trajectory over time may be implemented.

The home networking thermal control unit 20 performing the step 30 detects the thermal state of the gas burner by reading the output of the temperature sensor unit 16 in step 34 of FIG. 2 and places the detected thermal state at a remote location through the network matching unit 18. It can transmit to the other party's terminal. Therefore, a cook who is located at a remote location can cook by operating a gas cooker located at her home.

If it is determined in step 30 that the data received through the network matching unit 18 is a thermal control command, the home networking thermal control unit 20 provides a gas flow control signal corresponding to the received thermal control command to the gas flow controller 12. To control the gas flow rate supplied to the gas burner 10.

For example, when the flame amount reduction / increase data is input, the home networking fire power control unit 20 controls the gas flow rate control unit 12 to reduce / increase the gas flow rate supplied to the gas burner 10 to make the flame of the burner smaller / larger. The flame reduction / increase of the gas burner 10 is detected by the temperature sensor unit 16 and provided to the home networking thermal control unit 20. In this case, the home networking thermal control unit 20 transmits the thermal state detected by the temperature sensor unit 16 to the counterpart through the network matching unit 18 so that the remote cooker can monitor this.

1 and 2 as described above is an embodiment of the present invention can be freely adjusted by the data received through the home networking the ignition control unit for igniting the gas burner and the gas flow control unit that can adjust the flame amount of the burner In this way, the gas cooker employing the automatic cooking method can be easily operated from a remote location.

As described above, the present invention can remotely operate the gas cooker using home networking and easily control the temperature, and at the same time, monitor the state of the gas remotely to easily implement automatic cooking through the delivery of a recipe via the Internet. Can be. Therefore, there is an advantage that can help the cooking of the unskilled and standardize the cooking of the instant food industry.

Claims (4)

In the gas range thermostat using home networking, With gas burner, A gas flow rate control unit controlling an amount of gas supplied to the gas burner in response to a gas flow rate control signal; An ignition controller for igniting the gas supplied to the gas burner in response to an ignition control signal; A temperature sensor unit proximate to the gas burner and detecting a temperature of the gas burner; A network matching unit connected to a communication network such as the Internet and transmitting and receiving data; It is connected to the network matching unit, the temperature sensor unit, the gas flow control unit and the ignition control unit, and adaptively controls the ignition control unit and the gas flow control unit in response to the data received from the network matching unit to ignite the gas burner and adjust the flame amount. A fire control apparatus for a gas appliance using home networking, comprising: a home networking fire control unit for controlling. According to claim 1, wherein the home networking thermal control unit detects the temperature value of the gas burner detected by the temperature sensor unit and transmits the current state of the cooking temperature to the other party through the network matching unit Fire control device for gas appliances used. A gas burner, a gas flow rate control unit controlling an amount of gas supplied to the gas burner in response to a gas flow rate control signal, an ignition control unit igniting a gas supplied to the gas burner in response to an ignition control signal, and the gas A temperature sensor unit proximate a burner to detect the temperature of the gas burner, a network matching unit connected to a communication network such as the Internet, and transmitting and receiving data, and controlling the ignition control unit and a gas flow rate control unit and transmitting data through the network matching unit. In the home networking gas range temperature control method having a home networking thermal power control unit for transmitting and receiving, Analyzing the data received through the network matching unit to determine whether or not at least one of a menu transfer command and a menu selection command; In response to the menu transfer command, accessing a plurality of automatic cooking menus stored in an internal memory area and transmitting the same to a counterpart through a network matching unit; In response to the menu selection command, a corresponding autocooking menu is selected from a plurality of autocooking menus stored in an internal mentor area to output a gas flow control signal and an ignition control signal to the gas flow controller and the ignition controller, and the corresponding auto cook. And controlling a gas flow rate control supplied to the gas flow rate control unit so that an output value of the temperature sensor unit follows a table. 4. The method of claim 3, further comprising adaptively adjusting a gas flow rate control signal provided to the gas flow rate control unit in response to the case where the received data is a thermal power control command. 5. How to adjust your home networking gas range temperature.