WO2012018161A1

WO2012018161A1 - Steam convection oven provided with an apparatus for inputting a cooking menu, and method for inputting a cooking menu using same

Info

Publication number: WO2012018161A1
Application number: PCT/KR2010/008239
Authority: WO
Inventors: 임남수
Original assignee: 주식회사 대성종합주방
Priority date: 2010-08-06
Filing date: 2010-11-22
Publication date: 2012-02-09
Also published as: CN103189685A; KR101092522B1; CN103189685B

Abstract

The present invention relates to a steam convection oven provided with an apparatus for inputting a cooking menu, and to a method for inputting a cooking menu using same. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the steam convection oven provided with an apparatus for inputting a cooking menu comprises: a cooking apparatus (A) for heating and cooking ingredients fed therein to be cooked; a door (20) installed on the case (10) of the cooking apparatus (A) and having a transparent window (210); and a control panel (30) installed close to the door (20) on the case (10) of the cooking apparatus (A). The control panel (30) comprises: a display unit (320) for the onscreen display of cooking information, a cooking menu, and information on the cooking state; a button-type control unit (330) connected to the display unit (320) for inputting cooking data for selecting the cooking menu or setting the cooking menu; an external input unit (340) on the button-type control unit (330) for inputting cooking data for the set cooking menu that was programmed externally; and a memory unit connected to the button-type control unit (330) and the external input unit (340) for storing the cooking menu and cooking information related to the cooking menu, and for temporarily storing cooking data to set the cooking menu input via the external input unit (340). When one of the cooking menus displayed on the display unit (320) is selected, the cooking information on the cooking menu stored in the memory unit (350) is displayed. Cooking is performed by the cooking apparatus (A) based on the cooking information in the cooking menu and in response to the "cooking start" cooking data which is inputted via the button-type control unit (330).

Description

Steam convection oven with cooking menu input device and cooking menu input method using the same

The present invention relates to a steam convection oven equipped with a cooking menu input device and a cooking menu input method using the same.

The cooking apparatus includes an electronic cooking apparatus which performs cooking by receiving electricity and a gas cooking apparatus which performs cooking using gas. Recently, electricity is also supplied to gas cooking equipment, and operations other than the heating operation are driven by electricity.

An electronic cooking device is a cooking device which heats and cooks a cooking material by driving a magnetron and a heater. Such electronic cooking apparatuses include a microwave oven equipped with a magnetron, an electric oven equipped with a heater, and a hybrid electric oven range equipped with both a magnetron and a heater that are frequently used in recent years.

In order to perform the cooking operation, the cooking appliance needs cooking information which is a condition for performing the cooking operation. Cooking information includes cooking time, cooking temperature, heating method, and heating intensity for performing the cooking operation. Accordingly, the cooking appliance receives cooking information from a user or performs a cooking operation based on cooking information stored for each menu as a menu is selected.

In the case of a steam convection oven having a combination mode type such that hot air and steam are supplied and circulated to the cooking chamber among the conventional cooking appliances, elements such as a cooking menu (cooking mode, temperature, time, humidity, etc.) are input when the cooking menu is input. ) By manually pressing the button on the operation panel, the operation is difficult and there is a problem that can not be easily solved when there is a mistake in the input.

In particular, when entering a cooking name is not supported Hangul, there is a problem that it is not easy to find the cooking name entered by himself in the future by entering in English / special symbols / numbers.

Accordingly, in order to solve the above problems, the present invention stores the cooking information for the selected cooking menu, the cooking menu of the cooking menu, and the cooking data for setting the cooking menu input through the external input unit, and displays the information on the user's preference. According to the present invention, it is possible to reuse the stored cooking information, and furthermore, to provide a steam convection oven equipped with a cooking menu input device that enables a user to implement various dishes more easily and a cooking menu input method using the same. The purpose.

Steam convection oven equipped with a cooking menu input device according to an embodiment of the present invention, the cooking device (A) for cooking by heating the cooking material carried therein is provided, the cooking apparatus (A) The door 20 having the transparent window 210 on the front of the case 10 is installed to be opened and closed, and operated to be adjacent to the door 20 on the front of the case 10 of the cooking apparatus A. The panel 30 is installed, and the operation panel 30 is provided with a display unit 320 for displaying cooking information, cooking menu, and cooking state information for performing cooking on the screen, and is connected to the display unit 320. And a button type operation unit 330 for selecting the cooking menu or inputting cooking data for setting the cooking menu, wherein the button type operation unit 330 is configured for cooking of the cooking menu programmed from the outside. Data is entered A sub-input unit 340 is provided and connected to the button type operation unit 330 and the external input unit 340 to store cooking information of the cooking menu and the corresponding cooking menu, and is input through the external input unit 340. A memory unit 350 is provided to temporarily store cooking data for setting the cooking menu, and selects one of the cooking menus displayed on the display unit 320 to cook the cooking information of the cooking menu stored in the memory unit 350. And perform cooking through the cooking appliance A based on the cooking information of the corresponding cooking menu in response to the cooking data of the start of cooking input through the button type manipulation unit 330.

The display unit 320 may be a touch screen that calculates a contact coordinate value due to external contact, finds a position according to the contact coordinate value on the screen, and inputs corresponding cooking data.

The button manipulation unit 330 may be a keyboard button for text input.

The external input unit 340 is characterized in that the USB device or PCI device 40 is connected.

The cooking information may include an image of the cooking menu.

A control unit 360 is further provided between the button operation unit 330, the external input unit 40, and the memory unit 350, and the control unit 360 includes cooking information of the cooking menu and the cooking menu, The cooking data for setting the cooking menu input through the external input unit 40 may be classified into a favorite menu, a preference menu, a recommendation menu, and other menus to be stored in the memory unit 350.

In addition, the cooking menu input method according to another embodiment of the present invention, a) step of receiving cooking data for setting the cooking menu set by the computer program via an external input device (S100); b) downloading cooking data for setting the cooking menu to an external memory device (S200); c) accessing the external memory device to an external input unit of the cooking appliance and uploading cooking data for setting the cooking menu (S300); d) displaying cooking data for setting the uploaded cooking menu through a display unit of the cooking apparatus (S400); And e) editing or deleting cooking data for setting the cooking menu by a button-type manipulation unit or storing the cooking data in a memory unit (S500).

The step S400 may further include classifying cooking data for setting the uploaded cooking menu into a favorite menu, a preference menu, a recommendation menu, and other menus and storing the cooking data in the memory unit. do.

In step e), the cooking data for setting the cooking menu may be edited or deleted using a keyboard button for text input.

As described above, according to the present invention, the cooking information for setting the selected cooking menu, the cooking information of the cooking menu, and the cooking menu input through the external input unit can be stored and the information can be edited according to the user's preference. Since the stored cooking information can be reused, a user can easily implement various cooking.

Specific matters other than the problem to be solved, the problem solving means, and the effects of the present invention as described above are included in the following embodiments and the drawings. Advantages and features of the present invention and methods for achieving them will be apparent with reference to the embodiments described below in detail with the accompanying drawings. Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout.

1 is an outer side view schematically showing the structure of a steam convection oven equipped with a cooking menu input device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a block diagram showing the structure of a steam convection oven equipped with a cooking menu input apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a view showing details of one menu of the display unit of FIG. 1;

4 is a view showing a procedure of a cooking menu input method according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the accompanying drawings are only described in order to more easily disclose the contents of the present invention, but the scope of the present invention is not limited to the scope of the accompanying drawings that will be readily available to those of ordinary skill in the art. You will know.

1 is a side view schematically illustrating a structure of a steam convection oven provided with a cooking menu input device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a steam provided with a cooking menu input device according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a convection oven, and FIG. 3 is a figure which shows the detail of one menu of the display part of FIG. On the other hand, in Figures 1 to 3, there are not shown components that are not directly related to the present invention and may confuse or confuse the gist of the present invention, those skilled in the art through the description only the problem and technical It will be clearly understood the technical scope and spirit of the present invention, including the solution. On the other hand, the present invention will be described by showing a steam convection oven as an example as a cooking device equipped with a cooking menu input device.

1 to 3, the steam convection oven provided with a cooking menu input apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, the cooking apparatus (A) for heating the cooking material carried in there to perform cooking (Hereinafter referred to as a steam convection oven), the door 20 having a transparent window 210 on the front of the case 10, the operation panel 30 is installed to be adjacent to the door 20, the operation panel ( 30, the display unit 320, the button type operation unit 330, the external input unit 340 and the memory unit 350, the button type operation unit 330, and the external input unit 340 and the memory unit 350. It includes a control unit 360 provided between. On the other hand, it will be obvious that the position where the components of the steam convection oven are arranged as described above may be changed by the designer's design intention.

The steam convection oven (A), although not shown, is a convection fan for supplying or circulating air into the cooking chamber, a heater for generating heat for cooking, steam generating means for generating steam for cooking, necessary for steam generation It is a device composed of a direct water supply means for supplying direct water, vent means for discharging the steam supplied and circulated into the cooking chamber to the outside.

In addition, the steam outlet 12 and the natural steam outlet 11 is formed on the upper portion of the case 10 of the steam convection oven (A) to discharge the steam to the outside by cooking control or naturally.

The display unit 320 displays cooking information, cooking menu, and cooking state information for cooking on the front of the steam convection oven A on the screen. In addition, the display unit 320 uploads cooking data for setting a cooking menu input from the external input unit 340, and the cooking data is stored by the controller 360 as a favorite menu, a preference menu, a recommendation menu, and the like. It is classified into the other menu and the like and stored in the memory unit 350 and can be output to the screen. In addition, as shown in FIG. 3, when the preference menu is selected from the classified menus, the display unit 320 includes an image (not shown) or a cooking menu image 323a, such as an avatar, The menus and

recipes

323b, 323c, and 323d may be displayed. The display unit 320 may include a text input window 321 and a date / time display window 322 for displaying the cooking menu set by the user as text by a keyboard button. .

Here, the display unit 320 may be a touch screen that calculates a contact coordinate value due to external contact, finds a position according to the contact coordinate value on the screen, and inputs corresponding cooking data.

In addition, the display 320 may allow the data processed by the controller 360 to be displayed on a cathode ray tube or a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an LCD panel is used on the display unit 320 to display images such as pictures, pictures, and avatars in various colors and vivid image quality along with cooking information, cooking menu, and cooking state information for cooking. can do.

The button manipulation unit 330 is connected to the display unit 320 to select the cooking menu or to input cooking data for setting the cooking menu. The button manipulation unit 330 may be a keyboard button for text input. The button type manipulation unit 330 of the cooking apparatus equipped with the cooking menu input device includes keys for selecting a cooking menu or selecting and operating an image file and a keyboard button for setting the cooking menu through text input. .

The external input unit 340 is provided at the lower side of the button type operation unit 330 to input cooking data for setting the cooking menu programmed from the outside. In this case, the external input unit 340 may be connected to a universal serial bus (USB) device 40 or a PCI device (not shown). Through such a universal serial bus (USB) device or a PCI device, a portable terminal such as a mobile phone, a USB stick, or a digital camera is connected. Through this, the external input unit 340 downloads the cooking data file for setting the cooking menu from the portable terminal connected under the control of the controller 360 and stores the cooking data file in the memory unit 350.

On the other hand, the present invention has been described by way of example only one-way input of the type that the cooking data for setting the cooking menu programmed from the outside through the external input unit 340, for example, but is not limited to this, the one-way A method of outputting the cooking menu stored in the memory unit 350 and cooking information of the corresponding cooking menu in a reverse direction transmitted to an external memory device connected to the external input unit 340 is also applicable. something to do. In other words, the present invention enables bidirectional data input and output with an external memory device.

The memory unit 350 is connected to the button operation unit 320 and the external input unit 340 to store the cooking menu and cooking information of the corresponding cooking menu, and the cooking input through the external input unit 340. Temporarily save cooking data for setting menu.

The control unit 360 is provided between the button operation unit 320, the external input unit 340, and the memory unit 350, and cooking information of the cooking menu, the cooking menu, and the external input unit 340. Cooking data for setting the cooking menu input through the bookmark menu, the preference menu, the recommended menu and other menus are stored in the memory unit 350. In this case, the control unit 360 controls to heat and cook the cooking material using the steam convection oven A connected to the button type operation unit 320. In addition, the controller 360 performs control of the display unit 330, the memory 350, the external input unit 340, the hard disk 370, and the button type operation unit 320, operation of data, and operation of logic. To this end, the controller 360 includes a central processing unit to control the cooking operation according to the cooking data, and to the computer program through the USB 40 or the PCI device connected to the external input unit 340. Download the command file for setting the cooking menu set by the controller. To this end, the central processing unit includes an arithmetic logic unit (ALU), a control unit, a register and a storage interface. Accordingly, the central processing apparatus drives the steam convection oven (A) according to a user's command input through the button type operation unit 320 or the external input unit 340 to perform cooking, and cooking information for performing cooking. In addition, the cooking menu, cooking state information, and the image are stored in the hard disk 370, and the stored contents are uploaded and displayed on the display unit 330.

The hard disk 370 stores various programs including an operating system (OS). System programs such as an operating system and various application programs may be stored in a separate memory called a ROM. The operating system stored in the hard disk 370 is uploaded and executed in the memory 350 by a system booting operation. Various applications stored in the hard disk 370 are also uploaded to the memory 350 and executed by the user's selection. In addition, cooking information for cooking, cooking menu and cooking state information, and image files including a picture, a picture, an avatar, and the like are stored in the hard disk 370. In the cooking apparatus provided with the cooking menu input device, the hard disk 370 and the memory unit 350 are respectively provided. However, when the hard disk 370 is not provided, the memory unit 350 is a hard disk ( Instead of 370, items stored in the hard disk 370 may be stored.

In addition, when the cooking data requesting the setting of the new cooking menu is input through the button type operation unit 320 or the external input unit 340, the control unit 360 receives a new cooking menu name separately from the user, Cooking menu name can be stored.

The steam convection oven provided with the cooking menu input device configured as described above may select one of the cooking menus displayed on the display unit 330 to display cooking information of the cooking menu stored in the memory unit 350. In response to the cooking data of the start of cooking input through the button manipulation unit 320, cooking through the steam convection oven A is performed based on the cooking information of the corresponding cooking menu. By doing so, the selected cooking menu, cooking information of the corresponding cooking menu, cooking data for setting the cooking menu input through the external input unit 340, and the information are edited according to the user's preference, The stored cooking information can be reused, and further, a user can easily implement various cooking.

4 is a diagram illustrating a procedure of a cooking menu input method according to another embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 4, a cooking menu input method according to another embodiment of the present invention includes a) receiving cooking data for setting a cooking menu set by a computer program through an external input device (S100); b) downloading cooking data for setting the cooking menu to an external memory device (S200); c) accessing the external memory device to an external input unit of the cooking appliance and uploading cooking data for setting the cooking menu (S300); d) displaying cooking data for setting the uploaded cooking menu through a display unit of the cooking apparatus (S400); And e) editing or deleting cooking data for setting the cooking menu by a button type operation unit or storing the cooking data in the memory unit (S500).

Step a) (S100) is a step of receiving cooking data for setting a cooking menu by a setting program of an external computer set by a user.

In addition, step b) (S200) is a step of downloading the cooking data set in step a) (S100) to an external memory device such as a universal serial bus (USB) device.

In addition, the step c) (S300) is a step of connecting the external memory device to the external input unit of the cooking appliance to upload the cooking data to the display unit.

Then, the cooking data is displayed and stored in the display unit and the memory unit through the d) step S400 and the e) step S500.

Although not shown, step d) (S400) further comprises the step of classifying cooking data for setting the uploaded cooking menu into a favorite menu, a preference menu, a recommendation menu, and other menus and storing them in the memory unit. It may include.

In addition, in step e), in operation S500, cooking data for setting the cooking menu may be edited or deleted using a keyboard button for text input.

As such, the technical configuration of the present invention described above can be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention can be implemented in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features of the present invention.

Therefore, the exemplary embodiments described above are to be understood as illustrative and not restrictive in all respects, and the scope of the present invention is indicated by the following claims rather than the detailed description, and the meaning and scope of the claims and their All changes or modifications derived from equivalent concepts should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims

There is provided a cooking apparatus (A) for cooking by heating a cooking material carried therein,

The door 20 having a transparent window 210 on the front of the case 10 of the cooking apparatus A is installed to be opened and closed,

The operation panel 30 is installed on the front of the case 10 of the cooking appliance A to be adjacent to the door 20,

The operation panel 30 is provided with a display unit 330 for displaying cooking information, cooking menu and cooking state information for performing cooking on the screen,

Is connected to the display unit 330 is provided with a button type operation unit 320 for selecting the cooking menu or input cooking data for setting of the cooking menu, the button type operation unit 320 is programmed from the outside An external input unit 340 is provided to input cooking data for setting a cooking menu,

Cooking data for setting the cooking menu connected to the button operation unit 320 and the external input unit 340 to store the cooking menu and cooking information of the cooking menu, and input through the external input unit 340. It is provided with a memory unit 350 to temporarily store the,

Select one of the cooking menus displayed on the display unit 330 to display cooking information of the cooking menu stored in the memory unit 350, and respond to cooking data of cooking start input through the button type operation unit 320. Steam convection oven provided with a cooking menu input device, characterized in that for performing cooking through the cooking device (A) based on the cooking information of the cooking menu.
The method of claim 1,

The display unit 330 may be a touch screen for calculating a contact coordinate value due to external contact and finding a position according to the contact coordinate value on the screen and inputting corresponding cooking data. Steam convection oven.
The method of claim 1,

The button operation unit 320 is a steam convection oven equipped with a cooking menu input device, characterized in that the keyboard button for text input.
The method of claim 1,

The external input unit 340 is a steam convection oven provided with a cooking menu input device, characterized in that the USB device 40 or PCI device is connected.
The method of claim 1,

The cooking information is a steam convection oven having a cooking menu input device, characterized in that it may include an image of the cooking menu.
The method of claim 1,

A control unit 360 is further provided between the button operation unit 320, the external input unit 340, and the memory unit 350, and the control unit 360 includes cooking information of the cooking menu and the cooking menu, Cooking is characterized in that the cooking data for the setting of the cooking menu input through the external input unit 340 is classified into a favorite menu, a preference menu, a recommendation menu and other menus and stored in the memory unit 350. Steam convection oven with menu input.
a) receiving cooking data for setting a cooking menu set by a computer program through an external input device (S100);

b) downloading cooking data for setting the cooking menu to an external memory device (S200);

c) accessing the external memory device to an external input unit of the cooking appliance and uploading cooking data for setting the cooking menu (S300);

d) displaying cooking data for setting the uploaded cooking menu through a display unit of the cooking apparatus (S400); And

e) editing or deleting cooking data for setting the cooking menu by a button type operation unit or storing the cooking data in a memory unit (S500);

Cooking menu input method comprising a.
The method of claim 7, wherein

The step S400 may further include classifying cooking data for setting the uploaded cooking menu into a favorite menu, a preference menu, a recommendation menu, and other menus and storing the cooking data in the memory unit. How to enter cooking menu.
The method of claim 7, wherein

In the step e), the cooking menu input method for editing or deleting cooking data for setting the cooking menu using a keyboard button for text input.