KR920006414B1 - Electron cooker and cooking method - Google Patents

Abstract

The electronic cooker displays cooking process while automatically cooking the selected food, and simultaneously sounds cooking instructions. The cooking method comprises a step (201) of selecting the kind of food and the number of persons to be served from a ROM pack memorizing various informations on cooking; a step (202) of keying in the number of the persons; a step (203) of displaying preparations, food amount and cooking method of the selected menu and generating an alarm sound; a step (205) of deciding the input of the start key; a step (206) of displaying the cooking informations on material, temperature and period, corresjponding to the selected food; a step (209) of keeping the finished food warm.

Description

Thermal cooker and cooking method

1 is a perspective view of a heat insulating electronic cooker of the present invention.

2 is an internal circuit diagram of a thermostat combined electronic cooker of the present invention.

Figure 3 is a signal flow diagram showing a cooking method of a combined heat cooker of the present invention.

Figure 4 is a signal flow diagram showing an embodiment for explaining the cooking method of the present invention.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

1: main body 2: control panel

100: micom 110: keyboard

120: temperature detection unit 130: audio output unit

140: Lompack 160: liquid crystal display panel

170: heater driving unit 180: display and alarm unit

190: storage

The present invention relates to a heat-insulating electronic cooker and a cooking method thereof, which display a cooking process while automatically cooking a selected food, and also instruct a voice. In particular, the patent application Nos. 2363 and 3042, filed by the present applicant, have been filed. It is about improvement.

In the 2363 and 3042 filed by the applicant, the food to be cooked is selected from various menus, the preparation and the amount of the selected food are displayed, and the prepared ingredients are heated to cook, and the cooked food is brought to an appropriate temperature. I kept warm.

At this time, in the step of cooking the food, the food is heated to the boiling point of the food, and at a temperature above the boiling point, the food is heated and cooked for a preset heating time according to the food. However, such a cooker has a built-in memory, stores information on various foods and cooking methods in the memory, and performs cooking while reading information required by a microcomputer equipped with a decoding means.

Therefore, the number of foods that can be cooked is determined according to the capacity of the memory, and since the capacity of the memory that can be built into the device is limited, the number of foods that can be cooked is not sufficient to satisfy the user. there was.

In addition, when a person cooks food, the food is cooked while varying the timing of adding all the ingredients, and the taste of the food is changed according to the timing of these ingredients.

Therefore, in the conventional cooker, when the user presses a cooking start key while holding most of the ingredients for cooking the selected food in a container, the heater heats the food and automatically performs the cooking operation according to the temperature and the heating time of the food. In addition, while the user was able to input the ingredients arbitrarily during the cooking process, the user can not accurately grasp the state of the food during the cooking process was inconvenient to rely on the judgment of the user, and the cooking method is difficult to cook food Of course, there was a problem that is difficult to taste the food.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a more varied, combined heat cooker capable of cooking many kinds of food.

Another object of the present invention is to display the cooking process while the cooking is in progress, the voice is instructed to cook the food of the complex cooking method is possible, and even inexperienced people can cook food easily to cook food It is to provide a cooking method of the cooker.

The present invention having the above object is controlled so that at least one food cooking method is stored, the rompack detachable from the main body, the decryption means for decrypting the information stored in the rompack while the rompack is inserted, and the rompack are connected. The lower end of the panel is provided with a rectangular storage portion. And displaying and preparing the selected food and cooking method of the food before the start of cooking, and displaying the cooking process by heating and cooking the food to be cooked according to the preset cooking method of food. You will perform the steps.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, the thermal insulation combined use of the present invention and a cooking method thereof will be described in detail.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the structure of the combined heat and heat cooker of the present invention, and is divided into a main body 1 and a control panel 2 in the same manner as in the previously applied Nos. 2363 and 3042.

Here, the control panel (2) is a liquid crystal display panel 160 for displaying the type of food, cooking preparation and amount, cooking method, etc. according to the key input, and the display is lit when the cooking is completed to indicate that the food is finished cooking The device 181 is composed of various operation command keys such as a cooking start key and the like, and a keyboard unit 110 for inputting an operation command to the microcomputer.

The thermostat combined electronic cooker of the present invention has a rectangular accommodating portion 190 at the lower end of the control panel 2 configured as described above, so that at least one food cooking method is stored and detachable from the main body 1. 140 is inserted to be connected to the decryption means in the microcomputer.

2 shows an internal circuit diagram of the thermostat combined electronic cooker of the present invention.

As shown in the figure, a timer 101 for counting a heating time according to a current time and temperature, a memory 102 and a microcomputer 100 for controlling the overall operation, and a microcomputer 100 for controlling the overall operation, and the microcomputer 100 Keyboard unit 110 for inputting an operation command to the sensor, the temperature of the container, that is, the resistance (R1), the dummy (TH), the operational amplifier (OP) to sense the temperature of the food and input it to the microcomputer 100, A temperature synthesis unit 120 made of an analog / digital converter 121, an audio synthesis integrated circuit 131, an amplifier for outputting a cooking preparation or a cooking process in accordance with an output signal of the microcomputer 100, etc. AMP), a voice output unit 130 including a speaker (SPK), and one or more food cooking methods are stored, and the information on the corresponding food and cooking methods according to the address signal of the microcomputer (100) To the output of the ROM pack 140 and the microcomputer 100 The display driving unit 150 and the display panel 160 for driving a display of predetermined characters on the display panel 160 and a resistor for controlling the driving of the heater H are switched according to the control signal of the microcomputer 100. R2), (R3), transistor (TR1), relays (RL), the heater driving unit 170 and the heater (H), and the operation signal according to the control signal of the microcomputer 100 to indicate that the cooking of food is completed, A resistor R4-R6, a transistor R2, TR3, a display element 181, a display made of a buzzer BZ, an alarm unit 180, and the like are provided.

3 is a signal flow diagram showing a cooking method of the combined heat cooker applied to the present invention, Figure 4 is a signal flow diagram showing an embodiment of the selected food cooking process for explaining the cooking method of the present invention.

A menu selection step 201 for selecting food to be cooked from the rompack 140 in which information on at least one food cooking method is stored, a number input step 202 for selecting the number of people to eat food, Read the information on the food cooking method stored in the ROM pack by the menu line step 201 and the number of people input step 202 to display the preparation and the amount of the selected food (menu), and to display the preparation of the voice alarm and Alarm step 203, cooking method display and voice alarm display and voice alarm step 204, cooking start key input determination step of determining whether a cooking start key signal is input in the state that cooking preparation is completed 205 and the cooking start key signal when the cooking start key signal is input in the cooking start key input determination step 205, the cooking process according to the cooking method of the selected food, the cooking temperature and the cooking interval are listed. A cooking process execution display warning step 206 for performing cooking while warning, a cooking completion determination step 207 for determining whether the cooking process is completed, and a cooking completion alarm if cooking is completed in the cooking completion determination step 207. The cooking completion alarm step 208 and the warming step (209) is to be made.

Referring to the effects of the present invention made as described above are as follows.

First, the menu selection key and number of the keyboard unit 110 of the main body 1 for the user to cook on the rompack 140 is stored in the storage unit 190 of the dual-purpose electronic cooker stored one or more food cooking method By inputting the number of people to eat the plants and food to be cooked using the key, the microcomputer 100 goes to the menu selection step 201 and the number of people input step 202, and selects and inputs the data for the menu and the number of people. And decodes the address signal corresponding to the decoded state to the ROM pack 140, selects a menu to be cooked corresponding to the address signal, and loads the amount according to the required cooking preparation and the number of persons of each preparation. Read from 140.

Subsequently, the microcomputer 100 goes to the preparation and display step 203 and outputs the cooking and quantity display of the food for the selected menu to the display driver 150 to display on the display panel 160. The control signal is output from the microcomputer 100 to the integrated circuit 131 for voice synthesis to alert the user of the preparation menu and the amount of the selected menu by voice, and the microcomputer 100 goes to the cooking method display and voice alarm step 204, After reading the data on the cooking method of the selected cooked food stored in the ROM pack 140, which outputs the address signal to the ROM pack 140, and stores the data in the memory 102, the display driver 150 for the read data The control signal is output to the display panel 160 to display the cooking method of the food read from the ROM pack 140, and the microcomputer 100 sends the control signal to the integrated circuit 131 for voice synthesis. The voice synthesis integrated circuit 131 notifies the cooking method of the food through the speaker SPK as a voice signal.

In the state of displaying and alerting the preparation of the selected food and the cooking method as described above, the microcomputer 100 goes to the cooking start key input determination step 205 to determine whether a cooking start key signal is input from the keyboard unit 110, In this case, if the operation start key signal is not input, the menu is repeatedly executed from the menu selection step 201. If the cooking start key signal is input, the microcomputer 100 performs the cooking fixed execution display alarm step 206. In this case, as shown in FIG. 4, assuming that the spinach miso soup is selected from the various cooking methods stored in the rompack 140, the microcomputer 100 reads the spinach miso soup from the rompack 140. In accordance with the preparation instruction step 301, the data of the preparation quantity along with the data "Please put anchovies and water", the display driving unit 150 and the voice synthesis integrated circuit 131 When outputting the data, the display panel 160 is directed to display the characters and also as well as through a speaker (SPK).

Subsequently, if the user puts the preparation according to the instructions, the microcomputer 100 goes to the heating step 302 and heats the preparation. At this time, the microcomputer 100 outputs a high potential signal through the output terminal OUT1. By driving the relay RL of the heater driving unit 170 to heat the heater (H) to heat the preparation, the microcomputer (100) goes to the boiling point determination step 303, the thermistor of the temperature sensing unit 120 ( TH) determines the breaking point of the preparation heated.

At this time, if the preparation does not reach the break point, the microcomputer 100 continues heating until the preparation reaches the break point.

Subsequently, when the preparation reaches the breaking point, the microcomputer 100 goes to the time counting step 304 and starts the time counting from the time when the preparation is finished through the timer 101 in the microcomputer 100, and then time If the predetermined heating time has not elapsed since the predetermined heating time read from the ROM pack 140 is passed to the elapsed determination step 305, the time counting step 304 is repeatedly performed, and the heating elapsed determination is performed. In step 305, the time is continuously counted until the heating time elapses.

Subsequently, when the predetermined heating time has elapsed, the microcomputer 100 goes to the preparation removal step 306 according to the cooking method read from the ROM pack 140, and the display driving unit 150 and the voice synthesis integrated circuit 131 are " anchovy. "Please take out the data" to output the data displayed on the display panel 160, and alarm by voice, and to the ingredients and seasoning input display and alarm step (307), the data according to the cooking method read in the rompack 140 To the display driving unit 150 and the voice synthesis integrated circuit 131 again, the display driving unit 150 and the voice synthesis integrated circuit 131 to prepare the preparation and its amount "soybean paste, spinach, green onions, garlic, etc. ... Please give a warning and voice, and then, when the preparation of the preparation is completed, the microcomputer 100 starts heating again according to the cooking method read from the Lompack 140, go to the time count step 308 tie It will count a re-heating time to 101 from the time the injected preparations.

While performing the cooking as described above, the microcomputer 100 completes the cooking heating time by the timer 101 according to the cooking method read from the ROM pack 140, that is, goes to the cooking completion judging step 207 to complete the cooking. If the cooking is not completed by determining whether the cooking is completed, it is heated until the cooking is completed.

Subsequently, when the cooking is completed in the cooking completion determination step 207, the microcomputer 100 goes to the cooking completion alarm step 208 and outputs a high potential signal to the display and alarm unit 180 through the output terminal OUT2. By conducting the transistors TR2 and TR3 of the alarm unit 180, the display element 181 and the buzzer BZ are driven for a predetermined time to indicate that the selected cooking is completed, and the microcomputer 100 keeps warming step 209 By controlling the driving of the heater driving unit 170 through the output terminal (OUT1), the heating of the heater is interrupted to keep the cooked food at a predetermined temperature.

As described above, the present invention has the effect of cooking a variety of different types of foods as compared to the existing foods because it can cook different foods according to the replacement of the rompacks. It is visually and audibly informed, so that people who are unfamiliar with the cooking of food can easily use it, of course, the cooking method is effective to enable the cooking of complex food.

Claims (2)

The main body 1, a liquid crystal display panel 160 for displaying the type of food, preparation, quantity, and cooking method according to a key input, a display element 181 for lighting on completion of cooking, and a cooking command to be inputted. In the heat insulating dual-use electronic cooker comprising a control panel (2) consisting of a keyboard unit 110, the storage unit 190 and the storage unit 190 in the lower part of the control panel (2) of the main body (1) Combined electronic cooker characterized in that it is equipped with a rompack 140 is stored therein one or more cooking method of the food. In the cooking method to select and cook the food to be cooked, and to keep warm after the completion of cooking, the menu selection step of selecting the food and the number of people to cook from the Lompack 140, the information about one or more food cooking method is stored 201, the number of persons input step 202 and the cooking information stored in the ROM pack 140 by the steps 201 and 202 are read to display the preparation, quantity and cooking method of the selected menu, Prepared goods display and alarm step 203 for alarm, cooking method display and voice alarm step 204, cooking start key input determination step 205, and cooking start key input determination step 205 in the cooking start key input determination step 205 In the cooking process performance display alarm step 206 for performing cooking while displaying the cooking process for the cooking material, cooking temperature, cooking time according to the selected food cooking method during the cooking process, and in the cooking process performance display alarm step 206 Cooking The cooking completion determination step 207 to determine whether this is completed, and if the cooking is completed in the cooking completion determination step 207, characterized in that the cooking completion warning step 208 and the warming step 209 to perform Cooking method of combined use electric cooker.

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