TWI574655B - Conditioner - Google Patents

Description

Conditioner

The present invention relates to a conditioner including a function of automatically determining the capacity of a conditioner.

Conventionally, a conditioner has been known which automatically measures the amount of the conditioned material to be placed in the inner pot and reflects the adjustment or conditioning time of the heating amount at the time of conditioning. In this type of conditioner, for example, the weight detecting means is disposed in the lower stage of the inner pot, and the weight of the material to be processed is directly detected and adjusted (see Patent Document 1).

Further, the conditioner including the preheating step before the heating step of the conditioned material discloses a technique for controlling the turning on and off of the heating means for maintaining the inner pot in a predetermined temperature region during the preheating step, but The capacity of the material to be conditioned is detected by dividing the integrated value of the time during which the heating means is turned on during the preheating step by the cumulative value of the time during which the heating means is turned off (see Patent Document 2).

[Prior patent documents]

[Patent Literature]

[Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Publication No. 2-350515 (refer to the patent application scope)

[Patent Document 2] JP-A-2005-168872 (paragraph [0030], reference Figure 4)

In the conventional conditioner, for example, as shown in the conditioner described in Patent Document 1, since the weight of the object to be processed is measured by the weight detecting means, there is a problem that the installation space and the additional cost of the weight detecting means occur.

Further, in the conditioner described in Patent Document 2, the weight detecting means is not provided, and the capacity can be detected only by the existing temperature detecting means or timing means, but since the cumulative time of the heating means is much longer than Since the cumulative time for the disconnection of the heating means is short, the value obtained by dividing the cumulative time of the heating means by the cumulative time of the heating means is used as the determination reference value of the capacity, and the determination reference value is made small, and the heating means is turned on. The measurement error of the time, the calculated variation of the capacity of the conditioned object is large, and the accuracy is low.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the problems as described above, and an object of the present invention is to provide a conditioner which detects the capacity of a conditioned object with high precision by using an existing measuring means attached to a conditioner. .

The conditioner of the present invention includes a heating means for heating the inner pot, an inner pot temperature detecting means for detecting the temperature of the inner pot, and a conditioner for controlling the control part of the heating means, and the control part includes the first step and the second part Step; the first step is to have an operation step and a stop step of the heating means, and set a stop time from a time point when the temperature of the inner pot rises to the first temperature threshold to when the temperature is lowered to the second temperature threshold The heating stop time of the step; the second step reduces the output of the heating means in response to an increase in the heating stop time.

According to the conditioner of the present invention, since the heating stop time of the heating means in the preheating step (corresponding to the first step of the present invention) is used as the determination reference value, the capacity of the material to be treated in the inner pot is determined. The capacity is determined by the existing measuring means attached to the conditioner, and the capacity of the conditioned object is detected with high precision during the preheating step, and the subsequent heating step can be appropriately performed (corresponding to the second step of the present invention) Capacity control.

1‧‧‧ inner pot

2‧‧‧heating coil

3‧‧‧Bottom thermistor

4‧‧‧Caps thermistor

5‧‧‧Drive circuit

6‧‧‧Operation Department

7‧‧‧Control Department

8‧‧‧ cover

9‧‧‧Power supply

10‧‧‧Inverter

11‧‧‧ cooking rice cooker

20‧‧‧System Power

21‧‧‧External power supply

22‧‧‧Switching switchboard

23‧‧‧ Controller

100‧‧‧cooking pot body

Ta‧‧‧ Determination timing

Tb‧‧‧ fixed time

Ts‧‧‧ Judgment threshold

Fig. 1 is an explanatory view showing the configuration of a processor of the first embodiment.

Fig. 2 is an explanatory view showing a heating state of a warm-up step of the conditioner of the first embodiment.

Fig. 3 is an explanatory view showing a heating state of a warm-up step of the conditioner of the second embodiment.

Fig. 4 is an explanatory view showing a change in the heating stop time (t) of the conditioner of the second embodiment.

Fig. 5 is an explanatory view showing a heating state of a warm-up step of the conditioner of the fourth embodiment.

Fig. 6 is an explanatory view showing the relationship between the determination timing of the heating stop time (t) of the processor of the fifth embodiment and the measurement target time (section).

Fig. 7 is an explanatory view showing another example of the relationship between the determination timing of the heating stop time (t) of the processor of the fifth embodiment and the measurement target time (section).

Figure 8 is a diagram showing the heating stop time (t) of the conditioner of the fifth embodiment. A detailed explanatory diagram of the relationship between the determination timing and the measurement target time (section).

Fig. 9 is a detailed explanatory diagram showing another example of the relationship between the determination timing of the heating stop time (t) and the measurement target time (section) of the processor of the fifth embodiment.

Fig. 10 is an explanatory view showing a change in the heating stop time (t) of the conditioner of the sixth embodiment.

Fig. 11 is an explanatory view showing a change in the heating stop time (t) of the conditioner of another example of the sixth embodiment.

Fig. 12 is a view showing the configuration of a power supply system of the processor of the seventh embodiment.

Hereinafter, the conditioner of the present invention will be described using the drawings.

Further, the configuration of the present invention, the content of the control, and the like are not limited to the configuration or the control content.

Moreover, the illustration of the structure of the detail is simplified or omitted as appropriate.

Also, with regard to repetition or similar description, it is simplified or omitted as appropriate.

First embodiment

As the conditioner of the present invention, a rice cooker is exemplified below.

Fig. 1 is an explanatory view showing the configuration of a processor of the first embodiment.

The rice cooker main body 100 shown in Fig. 1 has a bottomed cylindrical rice cooker casing 11 and houses the inner pot 1 in the body. The lid body 8 is attached to the upper portion of the rice cooker housing 11.

The inner pot 1 is formed into a bottomed cylindrical shape with an upper opening, and is made of heat conduction. A base material composed of aluminum or the like having a large coefficient. The ferromagnetic material is applied to the outside of the inner pot 1 by coating, joining, or the like, and electromagnetic induction heating is performed by energization of a high-frequency current of the heating coil 2 to be described later.

The heating coil 2 for electromagnetic induction heating of the inner pot 1 is disposed at the lower portion of the inner pot 1, and the bottom thermistor 3 for detecting the temperature is disposed at the bottom of the inner pot 1.

The lid body 8 is rotated to open the opening of the rice cooker housing 11 and the upper portion of the inner pot 1. The cover thermistor 4 that detects the ambient temperature in the inner pot 1 is disposed on the inner pot 1 side of the lid 8.

The operation unit 6 is provided on the front surface of the rice cooker body 100. The operation unit 6 includes a display device composed of a liquid crystal display device or the like and a switch for operating the rice cooker body 100. The switch type is a time setting switch for setting a time when the user desires to finish cooking (reservation time), a rice cooking switch for instructing to start cooking, and a canceling (suspension) cooking step or a heat insulating step. Cancel the switch and so on.

A high frequency current is supplied from the power source 9 to the heating coil 2. The power from the power source 9 is input to the heating coil 2 after the frequency is adjusted by the drive circuit 5 including the inverter 10.

In the rice cooker main body 100, a control unit 7 that inputs at least signals from the operation unit 6, the bottom thermistor 3, and the cover thermistor 4 is built in.

The control unit 7 includes a microcomputer, a readable and writable memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), and a timer (timekeeping means), and controls the inverter based on the input signal and the stored program. 10. Adjust and change the output of the heating coil 2.

The control unit 7 stores a control program at the time of cooking, as a heating step. The heating step includes at least a preheating (water absorption) step of maintaining the inner pot 1 at a preheating temperature lower than the boiling point of the material to be conditioned, a heating step of heating the inner pot 1 to a boiling state, and an inner pot 1 The boiling maintenance step maintained in a boiling state.

Further, the control unit 7 has a capacity determining means for detecting the capacity of the material to be treated which is put into the inner pot 1 during the warm-up step, and controls the heating coil 2 in the subsequent heating step based on the detection result of the capacity. Output, etc.

Hereinafter, the operation of the capacity determining means of the control unit 7 will be described in detail.

Fig. 2 is an explanatory view showing a heating state of a warm-up step of the conditioner of the first embodiment.

In the preheating step (corresponding to the first step of the present invention), the temperature of the bottom of the inner pot 1 is detected by the bottom thermistor 3, and the output of the heating coil 2 is controlled so that the detected value is within a predetermined temperature range.

The heating coil 2 is controlled by the two positions of opening and closing. As shown in FIG. 2, the temperature control system repeatedly monitors the signal of the bottom thermistor 3 by the control unit 7, and when the temperature of the inner pot 1 rises, the signal of the bottom thermistor 3 reaches the first predetermined voltage (corresponding to the present invention). After the first temperature threshold value, the power supply to the heating coil 2 is stopped (disconnected), and when the temperature of the inner pot 1 is lowered, the signal of the bottom thermistor 3 is lowered to be lower than the first predetermined voltage. 2 After the predetermined voltage (corresponding to the second temperature threshold value of the present invention), the electric power supplied to the heating coil 2 is turned on (turned on).

The time during which the supply of electric power to the heating coil 2 is stopped varies depending on the capacity (meter and water capacity) of the material to be treated which is placed in the inner pot 1. The more the capacity is, the shorter the stop time becomes.

For example, in Fig. 2, the heating stop time (t3) in one section of the energization stop period when the capacity of the conditioner is large is shorter than the heating stop time (t1) in one section of the stop period when the capacity is small. .

Therefore, when the capacity determination means detects the capacity of the material to be processed, first, the power supply to the heating coil 2 including the time point (determination timing Ta) at which the predetermined time has elapsed from the warm-up step is measured by the timer means. The heating stop time (t) of one section in which the input is stopped. In addition, for example, when the capacity is determined in three stages (small amount, medium amount, or large amount), the heating stop time (t1) in one section when the capacity of the material to be processed is small, and the heating stop time in one section of the medium amount. (t2) and between the heating stop times (t3) of one of the plurality of sections, the determination threshold Ts1 (small-medium amount) and the determination threshold Ts2 (medium-multiple amount) are respectively set from the experimental data or the simulation.

Next, the heating stop time (t) in one section in which the supply of the heating coil 2 is stopped is compared with each of the determination thresholds Ts1 and Ts2. If t>Ts1, it is judged to be a small amount, and if Ts1>t>Ts2, The judgment is a medium amount, and if it is Ts2>t, the judgment is a large amount.

Then, in the heating step (corresponding to the second step of the present invention), the optimum input electric power or electric power input time to the heating coil 2 is changed and set in accordance with the determination result of the capacity of the material to be conditioned. For example, the control unit 7 determines that the capacity of the material to be conditioned is small in response to an increase in the heating stop time (t), and performs setting for reducing the output of the heating means in the heating step (for example, reducing the input power to the heating means or Shorten the power input time, etc.).

Further, since the input of the heating power to the heating coil 2 is performed by the Duty control during the period in which the power is turned on, it is not measured. It is preferable to measure the time at which the power supply is stopped, but the time from when the signal of the bottom thermistor reaches the first predetermined voltage to when the second predetermined voltage is reached. Further, the capacity is determined in three stages (small amount, medium amount, and large amount), but it may be determined in four stages or more.

Further, in the example of the first embodiment, when the capacity determining means detects the capacity of the object to be processed, the heating coil 2 is measured by the timing means at a time point (determination timing Ta) at which a predetermined time has elapsed from the warm-up step. The heating stop time (t) in one section in which the supply of electric power is stopped is determined, but the heating stop time (t) that has been determined at the time point (determination timing Ta) that has passed the predetermined time may be measured by the timer means, that is, The previous heating stop time (t4, t5, t6 in Fig. 2) of the heating stop time (t) of the timing Ta is determined and compared with the determination threshold as a reference value.

According to the conditioner of the first embodiment, since the heating stop time of the heating means in the preheating step is used as the determination reference value, the capacity of the material to be treated in the inner pot is determined, so that it can be attached to the conventional one of the conditioner. The measuring means determines the capacity, and the capacity of the material to be conditioned can be detected with high precision in the preheating step, and the heating capacity control of the preheating step and the subsequent main heating operation can be appropriately performed.

Second embodiment

Fig. 3 is an explanatory view showing a heating state of a warm-up step of the conditioner of the second embodiment.

Fig. 4 is an explanatory view showing a change in the heating stop time (t) of the conditioner of the second embodiment.

The preheating step of the conditioner of the second embodiment (equivalent to the present invention) In the first step of the first step, the temperature of the bottom of the inner pot 1 is detected by the bottom thermistor 3, and the output of the heating coil 2 is controlled so that the detected value is within a predetermined temperature range. The content of the material to be processed is detected by the heating stop time (t) of one section in which the heating coil 2 is controlled to open and close by the opening and closing of the heating coil 2, and the first embodiment. The same, so only explain the different content.

In the conditioner according to the second embodiment, when the capacity determining means measures the capacity of the material to be processed, during the warm-up step, the heating stop time in one section in which the supply of the heating coil 2 is stopped is measured by the timer means. (t) multiple times.

This is because, as shown in Fig. 4, the difference in the heating stop time (t) due to the capacity of the material to be conditioned is difficult to occur in the initial stage of the preheating step (see Fig. 4), so first, the capacity of the material to be conditioned It is classified into two stages (first determination), and the supply power of the subsequent preheating step is set to an optimum value in accordance with the detected capacity. After the middle of the warm-up step, since the difference in the heating stop time (t) due to the capacity of the material to be conditioned occurs, the capacity is classified into at least three stages (second determination), and in response to the capacity, The power of the subsequent warm-up step is set to an optimum value. Further, in the vicinity of the end of the warm-up step, the capacity is determined again (third determination), and the capacity of the material to be conditioned is determined. Thereby, in the heating step after the completion of the warm-up step (corresponding to the second step of the present invention), the optimum amount of input electric power or the time for inputting electric power in accordance with the capacity of the material to be conditioned is changed. For example, the control unit 7 determines that the capacity of the material to be conditioned is small in response to an increase in the heating stop time (t), and performs setting for reducing the output of the heating means in the heating step (for example, reducing the input power to the heating means or Shorten the power input time, etc.).

In this way, by the start of the preheating step, the heating stop time (t) of one section in which the input of the heating power to the heating coil 2 is stopped is measured by a timing means, and in the warm-up step, The two steps of the subsequent heating step control the output of the heating coil 2 in response to the optimum capacity.

Further, in the processor of the second embodiment, the capacity of the material to be processed after the second determination is classified into, for example, three stages (small amount, medium amount, and large amount), and the capacity is detected in the previous determination. When a small number of people are detected as a large amount in the next judgment, the capacity is increased by only one stage, and the medium amount is set, and the subsequent heating control is performed. Further, when the previous determination is detected that the capacity is large, when the next determination is detected as a small amount, the capacity is reduced by only one stage, and the medium amount is set, and the subsequent heating control is performed.

In addition, when it is classified into four or more stages, when the next determination result is more than two stages of the previous determination result, the result of the previous determination is increased by one or more steps, and the next time is When the result of the determination is reduced by one or more stages, the result of the previous determination is corrected, and when the result of the next determination is a result of a decrease of two or more stages from the previous determination result, the result of the previous determination is reduced by one or more stages. Then, the previous determination result is corrected from the manner in which the next determination result is increased by one or more steps.

In the case where the determination of the subsequent stage changes (corrects) the capacity of the material to be conditioned in this manner, the stage is not changed significantly, and the change is made at a small stage. Thereby, the change of the content of the heating control due to the change in the large capacity is suppressed, and the risk of failure of the heating conditioning is reduced.

According to the conditioner of the second embodiment, since the heating stop time of the heating means in the preheating step is used as the determination reference value, it is determined in the inner pot. Since the capacity of the material to be conditioned is plural, the capacity of the material to be conditioned can be detected with higher precision in the preheating step, and the heating capacity control of the preheating step and the subsequent main heating operation can be appropriately performed.

Third embodiment

The method for detecting the capacity of the capacity determining means of the conditioner according to the third embodiment is basically the same as the detecting method of the first embodiment, but is corrected based on the room temperature and the initial temperature of the inner pot 1. The determination threshold Ts of the capacity of the conditioned object is determined to be different.

In the preheating step (corresponding to the first step of the present invention), the heating stop time (t) in one section in which the supply of the heating coil 2 is stopped is affected by the initial temperature of the inner pot 1 or the room temperature. Therefore, before the determination of the capacity of the material to be conditioned (for example, immediately after pressing the start of the rice cooking button), the temperature of the inner pot 1 and the inside of the lid body 8 are measured in advance by the bottom thermistor 3 and the lid thermistor 4. After the ambient temperature, the determination threshold Ts is corrected. The correction is determined by multiplying the decision threshold Ts by a factor. Alternatively, as shown in Table 1 below, the determination threshold Ts corresponding to the temperature of the room temperature and the inner pot 1 may be selected using a table that has been previously programmed. Further, Table 1 is a correspondence table showing the determination threshold Ts used for the capacity detection of the conditioned object of the conditioner of the third embodiment.

Here, the temperature at the bottom of the inner pot 1 detected by the bottom thermistor 3 indicates the temperature of the material to be conditioned (water), and the internal temperature of the inside of the lid 8 detected by the thermistor 4 It is detected as an approximation of room temperature. For example, when the temperature of the conditioner (water) is low in the winter and the room temperature is also low, the heating stop time (t) in one of the stop periods in which the heating coil 2 is energized is generally shortened (heating coil) Since 2 tends to become "on" frequently, the determination threshold Ts is corrected to be short. Further, for example, when the temperature of the conditioner (water) is high in the summer and the room temperature is high, the heating stop time (t) in one of the stop periods in which the heating coil 2 is energized is generally long ( Since the heating coil 2 does not always turn on, the determination threshold Ts is corrected and grown.

By this correction, the temperature and room temperature of the conditioned material (water) are reflected to the detection of the capacity of the conditioned material, and the correct capacity can be determined.

In addition, when the temperature and room temperature of the inner pot 1 are outside the predetermined range (in the case where the temperature of the pot 1 and the room temperature in the table 1 are higher than the temperature range of the table and the case is low), it is judged as difficult to be conditioned. The capacity of the object is set so that the amount of rice can be cooked without problems, regardless of the capacity, and heating control is performed.

Further, the conditioner of the third embodiment may be configured such that immediately after the user starts to start cooking (for example, the user just presses the start of the rice cooking button), first, it is determined whether or not the inner pot 1 is installed without load. determination. The no-load determination is performed before the start of the warm-up step, and when the inner pot 1 is not attached, it is necessary to convey the purpose to the user with a buzzer or the like. The no-load determination is to supply electric power to the inner pot 1 in a very short time (for example, 5 seconds), and determine the presence or absence of the inner pot 1 from the operation of the heating coil 2 (for example, the current or voltage of the inverter 10 in the case of the IH heating method). In implementation After the no-load determination, the predetermined time is awaited, and in order to correct the determination threshold Ts, the temperature of the inner pot 1 is measured by the bottom thermistor 3. Since the operation of the heating coil 2 at the time of no load determination is extremely short, the influence on the temperature rise of the inner pot 1 is small.

This is to measure the initial temperature of the inner pot 1 in order to correct the determination threshold Ts, but if the inner pot 1 is installed in the rice cooker body 100, the initial temperature of the inner pot 1 is measured immediately, and the bottom heat is measured. The response of the resistor 3 is delayed, and the correct temperature of the inner pot 1 cannot be measured. Therefore, it is necessary to set a predetermined waiting time (for example, 30 seconds) after pressing the start cooking button, and after the temperature becomes stable, the temperature of the inner pot is detected by the bottom thermistor 3. Therefore, the no-load determination is performed using the predetermined waiting time.

Further, when the user starts the cooking instruction and the predetermined waiting time is passed, the bottom temperature of the inner pot 1 is measured by the bottom thermistor 3, and when the load is not determined, the user forgets to install the inner pot 1. In this case, there is a possibility that the user leaves the site during the predetermined waiting time, and there is a problem that the subject cannot be communicated to the user.

Therefore, as described above, after the user immediately starts the instruction to cook the rice, first, it is determined whether or not the load-free determination of the inner pot 1 is installed, and after waiting for a predetermined time, the inner pot 1 is measured by the bottom thermistor 3. The no-load determination step of the initial temperature is preferred. Since the no-load operation is as described above, since the operation of the heating coil 2 is extremely short, the influence on the temperature rise of the inner pot 1 is small, and there is no influence on the measurement of the initial temperature of the inner pot 1.

According to the conditioner of the third embodiment, the heating stop time of the heating means in the preheating step (corresponding to the first step of the present invention) is used as the determination reference value, and the ambient temperature of the conditioner or the conditioned object is also considered. Temperature Degree, to determine the capacity of the material to be conditioned in the inner pot, so that the capacity of the conditioned material can be detected with higher precision during the preheating step, and the preheating step and the subsequent heating step can be appropriately performed (equivalent to The heating capacity control of the second step of the present invention.

Fourth embodiment

Fig. 5 is an explanatory view showing a heating state of a warm-up step of the conditioner of the fourth embodiment.

The method of detecting the capacity of the capacity determining means of the processor of the fourth embodiment is basically the same as that of the conditioner of the first embodiment. However, when measuring the capacity of the material to be processed, the supply of electric power to the heating coil 2 is stopped. The values of the heating stop time (t) are different.

The measurement of the time (t) at which the supply of the heating coil 2 is stopped by the conditioner of the fourth embodiment is as shown in Fig. 5, and the sum of the times (t) of the plurality of sections (for example, three sections) is employed. The sum of). Thereby, it is possible to take out a larger difference in the time during which the input of the supplied electric power is stopped in the case where the capacities of the processed materials are different. Therefore, the risk of erroneous determination of the capacity of the conditioned material can be made small. Further, the time (t) of the plurality of sections in total may be set to four or more sections.

According to the conditioner of the fourth embodiment, the total value of the plurality of sections of the heating stop time of the heating means in the preheating step (corresponding to the first step of the present invention) is used as the determination reference value to determine the inner pot. Since the capacity of the material to be conditioned is detected, the capacity of the conditioned material can be detected with higher precision in the preheating step, and the preheating step and the subsequent heating step (corresponding to the second step of the present invention) can be appropriately performed. Heating capacity control.

Fifth embodiment

Figure 6 is a diagram showing the heating stop of the conditioner of the fifth embodiment. An explanatory diagram of the relationship between the determination timing of time (t) and the measurement target time (section).

Fig. 7 is an explanatory view showing another example of the relationship between the determination timing of the heating stop time (t) of the processor of the fifth embodiment and the measurement target time (section).

Fig. 8 is a detailed explanatory diagram showing the relationship between the determination timing of the heating stop time (t) of the processor of the fifth embodiment and the measurement target time (section).

Fig. 9 is a detailed explanatory diagram showing another example of the relationship between the determination timing of the heating stop time (t) and the measurement target time (section) of the processor of the fifth embodiment.

The method for detecting the volume of the material to be conditioned of the conditioner of the fifth embodiment is basically the same as that of the conditioner of the first embodiment. However, when the capacity of the material to be conditioned is measured, the supply of electric power to the heating coil 2 is stopped. The values of the heating stop time (t) are different.

In the first embodiment, the time point at which the predetermined time elapses from the warm-up step is used as the determination timing Ta, and the heating stop time (t) in one section in which the supply of the heating coil 2 is stopped is measured by the timer means. In the case where the supply of the electric power is stopped, for example, the determination timing Ta is located in the first half, and the previous section of the section of the determination timing Ta is the measurement target. In a section in which the supply of electric power is stopped, for example, when the determination timing Ta is in the second half, the section of the determination timing Ta is used as the measurement target.

More specifically, as shown in FIG. 8, the heating stop time (t) of the heating power existing at the determination timing Ta is determined as T1, and the heating is performed at the determination timing Ta. When the heating stop time (t) of the electric power is started, the fixed time Tb shorter than T1 is not passed, and one heating stop time (t)=T2 is taken as the measurement target before the heating stop time (t)=T1, and The capacity of the conditioned material is determined in comparison with the determination threshold Ts.

Further, as shown in FIG. 9, the heating stop time (t) of the heating power present at the determination timing Ta is equal to T1, and the determination timing Ta is started from the heating stop time (t)=T1 of the heating power, and the fixed time Tb elapses. In this case, the heating stop time (t)=T1 is used as the measurement target, and the capacity of the material to be processed is determined in comparison with the determination threshold Ts. Here, the fixed time Tb is set to, for example, 1/2 of T2.

According to the processor of the fifth embodiment, the measurement target of the heating stop time (t) is specified in this manner, and the heating stop time (t) of the section used as the determination time is prevented from being greatly shifted by the determination timing Ta. The capacity of the material to be conditioned can be detected with high precision, and the heating capacity of the preheating step (corresponding to the first step of the present invention) and the subsequent heating step (corresponding to the second step of the present invention) can be appropriately performed. control.

Sixth embodiment

The method for detecting the volume of the material to be conditioned of the conditioner according to the sixth embodiment is basically the same as that of the conditioner of the first embodiment. However, when measuring the capacity of the material to be conditioned, the supply of electric power to the heating coil 2 is stopped. The slope of the change in time (t) is different as a criterion.

Fig. 10 is an explanatory view showing a change in the heating stop time (t) of the conditioner of the sixth embodiment.

In the sixth embodiment, the capacity determining means is included, and the means is When the predetermined time has elapsed since the warm-up step, the temperature of the inner pot 1 rises and the signal of the bottom thermistor 3 reaches the first predetermined voltage, and the supply of electric power to the heating coil 2 is stopped (disconnected), and the inner pot 1 is When the temperature is lowered, the signal of the bottom thermistor 3 is lowered to a second predetermined voltage lower than the first predetermined voltage, and the heating stop time (t) is selected from one section to the input (turn-on) of the electric power supplied to the heating coil 2. The capacity of the material to be conditioned is determined from the slope of the elapsed time from the start of the warm-up time to the input of the electric power to the heating coil 2 in the interval.

When the offset of the heating stop time (t) generated from the determination timing Ta is large, the possibility of erroneous determination of the capacity becomes high. Therefore, by dividing the heating stop time (t) of one of the measured sections (t1, t2 of FIG. 10) by the time from the start of the warm-up time point to the end of the heating stop time (t) of the section ( In T1 and T2) of Fig. 10, the slope of the increase in the heating stop time (t) shown in Fig. 10 is approximately obtained, and this value is used as the judgment data for the capacity determination means.

For example, the determination means Ts1 of the slope is set between the case where the capacity is small and the case of the medium amount, and the determination threshold Ts2 of the slope is set between the case of the medium amount of capacity and the case of a large amount. The slope of the heating stop time (t) is determined by the range of the threshold values Ts1 and Ts2 to detect the capacity of the conditioned material (for example, a small amount, a medium amount, and a large amount). Thereby, even if the heating stop time (t) is increased in time due to the determination timing Ta, the influence can be alleviated.

Further, the slope of the increase in the heating stop time (t) shown in Fig. 10 described above is because the calculation data may become a minimum value, so that the appropriate coefficient may be multiplied to make the comparison with the determination threshold Ts become easily.

According to the processor of the sixth embodiment, since it will be in the warm-up step The slope of the heating stop time of the heating means (corresponding to the first step of the present invention) is used as the determination reference value to determine the capacity of the material to be treated in the inner pot, so that it can be measured by the existing measurement attached to the conditioner. The method determines the capacity, and can accurately detect the capacity of the material to be conditioned during the preheating step, and can appropriately perform the heating capacity control of the preheating step and the subsequent heating step (corresponding to the second step of the present invention) . For example, the control unit 7 determines that the capacity of the material to be conditioned is small in response to an increase in the slope of the heating stop time (t), and can reduce the output of the heating means in the heating step (for example, reducing the heating means) Input power or shorten power input time, etc.).

In addition, Fig. 11 is an explanatory view showing a change in the heating stop time (t) of the conditioner of another example of the sixth embodiment.

The capacity determining means of the sixth embodiment divides the heating stop time (t) of one of the measured sections (t1, t2 of Fig. 11) by the heating stop time from the start of the warm-up step to the section ( The time at the end of t) (T1, T2 in Fig. 10), the slope of the increase in the heating stop time (t) shown in Fig. 10 is approximately obtained, and this value is used as the judgment for the capacity determination means. However, in the other example shown in Fig. 11, the elapsed time is set not from the start of the warm-up step, but ends from the initial heating stop time (t1a, t2a) (the power is supplied to the heating coil 2) The time point from the time point to the elapsed time T1, T2 at the time when the heating stop time (t1b, t2b) to be determined is completed, and the first heating stop time (t1a, t2a) and the heating stop to be determined are calculated. The time difference of the time (t1b, t2b) is approximately the slope of the substantial increase amount of the heating stop time (t), and is used as the determination data for the capacity determination means.

That is, the initial heating stop time (t1a, t2a) is determined The time difference between the heating stop time (t1b, t2b) of the object is divided by the time point from the end of the first heating stop time (t1a, t2a), and the time point from the end of the heating stop time (t1b, t2b) to be determined The slopes of the times T1 and T2 are compared with the determination thresholds Ts1 and Ts2, whereby the capacity is determined.

In the capacity determination means, since the origin of the slope is calculated as the coordinates of the first heating stop time (t1a, t2a), compared with the calculation method of using the zero point shown in FIG. 10 as the slope of the origin. A high-precision determination reference value can be obtained.

Seventh embodiment

The conditioner of the seventh embodiment is related to the power management of the conditioners of the first to sixth embodiments.

Fig. 12 is a view showing the configuration of a power supply system of the processor of the seventh embodiment.

The power supply of the processor of the seventh embodiment is configured such that a system power supply (commercial power source) 20 and an external power source (battery) 21 different from the system power source 20 are pulled into a house. The external power source 21 converts a DC power source that is charged to a lithium ion battery or the like into an AC power source that can be used in a house, and supplies it to a house.

The switching power distribution board 22 functions to select an AC power source that is supplied to each socket (not shown) of the house from the system power source 20 and the system power source 20. The controller 23 communicates with a machine (not shown) such as the rice cooker main body 100 by wireless or the like to perform energy management in the house.

For example, in the case where the system power source 20 is turned off (power outage), the switching power distribution board 22 switches the power source supplied from the house from the system power source 20 to the external power source 21 that is the battery according to the user's instruction or power failure detection. . in At this time, since the communication content between the switching switchboard 22 and the controller 23 includes a signal indicating that the system power source 20 is in a power-off state, the controller 23 transmits the power to the rice cooker body 100 indicating that the system power source 20 is "blackout". The signal is received by the receiving means of the rice cooker body 100. When the received content indicates a power failure, the rice cooker main body 100 performs output control of the heating coil 2 corresponding to the capacity smaller than the capacity of the material to be processed determined by the capacity determining means, thereby suppressing the power consumption.

Thereby, when the system power source 20 is powered off, the amount of power consumed by the external power source 21 can be reduced, and the external power source (battery) 21 having a limited capacity can save power. In addition, the method of transmitting and receiving data in the house is not limited to wireless, wired, and the like.

Although the first to seventh embodiments have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the description of the respective embodiments. For example, all or a part of each embodiment may be combined.

1‧‧‧ inner pot

2‧‧‧heating coil

3‧‧‧Bottom thermistor

4‧‧‧Caps thermistor

5‧‧‧Drive circuit

6‧‧‧Operation Department

7‧‧‧Control Department

8‧‧‧ cover

9‧‧‧Power supply

10‧‧‧Inverter

11‧‧‧ cooking rice cooker

100‧‧‧cooking pot body

Claims (14)

A conditioner comprising: a heating means for heating the inner pot, an inner pot temperature detecting means for detecting the temperature of the inner pot, and a control part for controlling the heating means, the control part comprising the first step and the second step; The first step includes an operation step and a stop step of the heating means, and sets a time point from when the temperature of the inner pot rises to the first temperature threshold to when the temperature falls to the second temperature threshold. The heating stop time of the stopping step; the second step reduces the output of the heating means in response to an increase in the heating stop time. A conditioner comprising: a heating means for heating the inner pot, an inner pot temperature detecting means for detecting the temperature of the inner pot, and a control unit for controlling the heating means, the control part having: the first step Repeating the operation and the stop of the heating means to maintain the temperature of the inner pot in a temperature range including the first temperature threshold and the second temperature threshold lower than the first temperature threshold; and the second step After the first step, the heating means is operated; in the first step, the measurement is detected from the time when the temperature of the inner pot is raised to the first temperature threshold until the detection is continued to decrease to the first a heating stop time in a section at a time point of the temperature threshold; comprising a capacity determining means for changing the output of the heating means in the second step based on the capacity of the material to be processed determined by the capacity determining means; The capacity determining means divides the heating stop time by the first step The time from the start of the time to the time point when the heating stop time ends is determined, and the capacity of the material to be treated in the inner pot is determined. A conditioner comprising: a heating means for heating the inner pot, an inner pot temperature detecting means for detecting the temperature of the inner pot, and a control unit for controlling the heating means, the control part having: the first step Repeating the operation and the stop of the heating means to maintain the temperature of the inner pot in a temperature range including the first temperature threshold and the second temperature threshold lower than the first temperature threshold; and the second step After the first step, the heating means is operated; in the first step, the measurement is detected from the time when the temperature of the inner pot is raised to the first temperature threshold until the detection is continued to decrease to the first 2: a heating stop time in a section at a time point of the temperature threshold; a section first measured in the heating stop time is referred to as a first heating stop time; and a section measured after the first heating stop time is referred to as a second heating The stop time includes a capacity determination means for changing the output of the heating means in the second step based on the capacity of the processed object determined by the capacity determining means, and the capacity determining means is based on the second heating stop Time difference of the first heating time by subtracting the stop time from a stop time by dividing the first heating time of the end point to the second end of time point of stopping the heating time elapsed time, it is determined that the capacity of the pot within conditioning thereof. The processor of claim 2 or 3, wherein the capacity determining means measures the heating stop time in the first step; Determining, from the first measured heating stop time, a first determination of the capacity of the conditioned material in the inner pot in at least two stages; the heating stop time measured after the first determination The determination is made after determining the capacity of the material to be treated in the inner pot in at least one stage more than the first determination. The processor of claim 4, wherein the capacity determining means is based on the determination result in the subsequent stage that the capacity of the conditioned object is greater than two or more stages of the determination result of the subsequent stage determination. The determination result of the next time is increased by one or more steps, and the result of the determination in the subsequent stage is reduced by one or more steps, and the previous determination result is corrected; and in the subsequent stage, the capacity of the object to be conditioned is determined to be higher than the determination of the subsequent stage. When the result of the determination is reduced by two or more stages, the result of the previous determination is reduced by one or more steps, and the result of the subsequent determination is increased by one or more steps, and the previous determination result is corrected. The processor of claim 2 or 3, wherein the capacity determining means calculates the total time of the sum of the two or more intervals of the heating stop time continuously, and compares the total time and the determination threshold The value determines the capacity of the conditioned material in the inner pot. A conditioner comprising: a heating means for heating the inner pot, an inner pot temperature detecting means for detecting the temperature of the inner pot, and a control unit for controlling the heating means, the control part having: the first step Repeating the operation and the stop of the heating means, and maintaining the temperature of the inner pot in a temperature range including a first temperature threshold and a second temperature threshold lower than the first temperature threshold; And in the second step, the heating means is operated after the first step; in the first step, measuring the time from when the temperature of the inner pot is detected to the first temperature threshold is detected until the detection is continued a heating stop time in a section at a time point when the second temperature threshold is lowered; and a heating stop time including a determination timing at which a predetermined time elapses after the start of the first step is passed, and the heating stop time is passed at the determination timing At a fixed time counted at the start time point, the capacity of the material to be conditioned in the inner pot is determined based on the heating stop time including the determination timing; the capacity determining means is included, and the conditioned object determined by the capacity determining means The capacity is changed by the output of the heating means in the second step, and the capacity determining means is based on the heating stop time including the determination timing, and when the fixed timing is not passed in the determination timing, the determination timing is included The previous heating stop time of the heating stop time in the section immediately before the heating stop time is determined, and the capacity is determined. The processor of claim 7, wherein the fixed time is about 1/2 of the length of the last heating stop time. The conditioner according to any one of claims 2, 3, 7, and 8, wherein the capacity of the material to be conditioned determined by the capacity determining means is reflected in the control of the heating means in the first step. For example, the drying oven of any one of the claims 2, 3, 7 and 8 includes an ambient temperature detecting means for detecting the surrounding ambient temperature; the capacity determining means is based on the temperature detection of the inner pot The means and the temperature measured by the ambient temperature detecting means are corrected to determine the threshold. For example, the processor of claim 10, wherein the capacity determining means is When the temperature previously measured by the inner pot temperature detecting means and the ambient temperature detecting means is outside the predetermined range, the capacity of the material to be conditioned in the inner pot is not determined. The processor of claim 10, wherein the capacity determining means performs a no-load operation for determining the presence or absence of the inner pot before detecting the temperature of the inner pot by the inner pot temperature detecting means. The processor of any one of the claims 2, 3, 7, and 8, wherein the capacity determining means is adapted to cause the determined inner pot to be determined when the commercial power source of the power source is powered off The capacity of the conditioning material is reduced. A conditioner according to any one of claims 1 to 3, 7 and 8, which comprises means for displaying the capacity of the conditioned material in the inner pot.