WO2016182162A1

WO2016182162A1 - Cooking appliance

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Publication number: WO2016182162A1
Application number: PCT/KR2015/013420
Authority: WO
Inventors: 김민찬
Original assignee: 김민찬
Priority date: 2015-05-08
Filing date: 2015-12-09
Publication date: 2016-11-17
Also published as: KR101612017B1

Abstract

The present invention relates to a cooking appliance, such as a gas range or an electric range, which can cook food by generating heat, the cooking appliance comprising: a heating unit for generating heat through hot wire heating or flame heating; a weight measurement unit for detecting the weight of a kitchen utensil placed on the heating unit, and displaying the detected weight on the surface thereof; and a control unit for determining whether to continue or stop heating according to the weight of the kitchen utensil, wherein, when the measured weight has been reduced by a weight reduction, registered by user setting, from the weight measured at the beginning, the control unit stops heating of the heating unit.

Description

Food cooking appliance

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a food cooking device, which generates food such as a gas range or an electric range so that food can be cooked.

In general, gas ranges are mainly used to warm or cook food. Such gas ranges can provide powerful firepower, but are not only exposed to the risk of gas explosion due to gas leakage, but also are not easy to arbitrarily adjust the heating temperature of the food.

Recently, in order to provide comfortable indoor air while eliminating disadvantages such as the gas range, an electric range has been developed and used for cooking food by heating a heating element by electricity. In the case of an electric range, it is not possible to easily determine whether the top plate is heated, which may cause a safety accident.

As described above, in the case of a food cooking device such as a gas range or an electric range, when there is food on the top plate, it is difficult to get out of the kitchen in an uneasy mind. In addition, there is a hassle to go directly to the kitchen, even if the food is finished, to cut off the gas in the case of the gas range, or to cut off the power in the case of the electric range.

The technical problem of the present invention is to automatically turn off the heating of the food cooking apparatus. In addition, the technical problem of the present invention is to safely protect the user from the residual heat of the food cooking apparatus. In addition, the technical problem of the present invention is to enable to control the food cooking apparatus from a remote.

Embodiment of the present invention is a heating unit for generating heat through hot wire heating or flame heating; A weight measuring unit which senses the weight of the kitchen utensil placed on the heating unit and displays the detected weight on a surface; And a controller configured to determine whether to continue heating or stop heating according to the weight of the kitchen utensil, and to stop the heating in the heating unit when the measured weight decreases by the weight reduction amount registered by the user setting from the first measured weight. Can be.

The food cooking apparatus may include: a weight loss amount database for each food, the weight loss amount being updated and stored by a mobile communication network; And a food selection button for selecting a type of food to be cooked by the user, wherein the controller is configured to extract the weight loss amount assigned to the food selected by the user from the weight loss amount database to reach the extracted weight loss amount. Control to stop heating can be performed.

It may include a weight loss input button for selecting the weight loss from the user.

The food cooking apparatus, the temperature measuring unit for measuring the temperature of the heating unit; And a light emitting body emitting light by having an edge shape surrounding the heating unit. The control unit may emit light when the measured temperature is higher than a preset safety temperature.

The food cooking apparatus may include a light emitting amount adjusting button for adjusting the light emitting amount of the light emitting body from a user.

The food cooking apparatus may include an illumination measuring unit configured to measure an illumination amount of an indoor or outdoor location in which the food cooking apparatus is located, and the control unit may determine an emission amount of the light emitter according to the illumination amount measured through the illumination measuring unit. It can be characterized by emitting light.

The emission pattern of the light emitter may be determined and emitted according to the amount of illumination measured by the illumination measuring unit.

The light emitting pattern of the light emitter may be determined and emitted according to the temperature state measured by the temperature measuring unit.

The food cooking apparatus may include a remote controller communication unit configured to perform heating control according to a heating control message received from a remote controller through short range wireless communication and to transmit heating state information to the remote controller.

The food cooking apparatus includes a voice output unit that outputs a heating control content as a voice when heating control is performed according to a heating control message received by the remote control unit, and heating state information is displayed on the remote control unit. The voice size may be adjusted by receiving a size of a voice output through the voice output unit from a user.

The food cooking device may include a smartphone communication unit configured to perform heating control according to a heating control message received from a smartphone through a mobile communication network and to transmit heating state information to the smartphone.

The food cooking apparatus includes a voice output unit that outputs a heating control content as a voice when heating control is performed according to a heating control message received by the smartphone, and the application installed in the smartphone includes Communicates with a smartphone communication unit to perform the transmission of the heating control message and the reception of the heating state information, the heating state information is displayed on the smartphone, and receives the volume of the voice output through the voice output unit from the user The voice volume may be adjusted.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, by stopping the driving of the food cooking apparatus according to the weight that varies depending on the degree of cooking of the food, food cooking can be facilitated and further fire prevention can be performed. In addition, when there is residual heat that exists for a certain time after stopping the heating of the food cooking apparatus, the LED can be emitted to inform the user not to access the danger can be prevented. In addition, by remote control using a remote control or a smart phone, it is possible to increase the user convenience.

1 is a perspective view of an electric range that is a food cooking device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a block diagram of a food cooking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a view showing a state in which the food cooking device is remotely controlled by the remote control according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 4 is a view showing a state in which the food cooking device is remotely controlled by the smart phone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention is a heating unit for generating heat through hot wire heating or flame heating;

A weight measuring unit which senses the weight of the kitchen utensil placed on the heating unit and displays the detected weight on a surface; And

A control unit configured to determine whether to continue heating or stop heating according to the weight of the kitchen utensil, and to stop heating at the heating unit when the measured weight decreases by the weight reduction amount registered by the user setting from the first measured weight. Provide cooking equipment.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Hereinafter, the most preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art can easily implement the present invention. . Other objects, features, and operational advantages, including the object, operational effects of the present invention, will become more apparent from the description of the preferred embodiment. In the following description of the reference numerals to the components of the drawings it should be noted that the same reference numerals as possible even if displayed on different drawings.

1 is a perspective view of an electric range that is a food cooking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a block diagram of a food cooking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, the food cooking device 100 of the present invention refers to a device including both an electric range for cooking food through hot wire heating, and a gas range for cooking food by heating with a flame of gas. For convenience of description, the drawings and the following description will be described by taking an electric range as an example, but it will be apparent that the food cooking apparatus 100 of the gas range may be equally applied. The food cooking apparatus 100 may include an operation button 102 to receive input of heating ON, heating OFF, heating temperature selection, and the like from the user.

2, the food cooking apparatus 100 of the microwave oven may include a heating unit 120, a weight measuring unit 130, and a control unit 110. In addition, the weight reduction database 140, the temperature measuring unit 150, the light emitting unit 160, the light emitting amount control button 170, the light measuring unit 180, the remote control communication unit 190, smart phone communication unit 195, voice output The unit 102 may further include a voice volume control button 104, a weight reduction input button 106, and a light emission pattern control button 175.

The heating unit 120 functions to generate heat through hot wire heating (electric range) and flame heating (gas range). The heating wire is made of a high resistance component that generates a high amount of heat, and when electricity is applied to the heating wire, heat is generated by the resistance component. This heat heats the kitchen utensils placed on the upper surface of the heating unit 120, so that the food in the kitchen utensils can be cooked and cooked. There is a heating wire wound in a circular shape on the upper surface of the microwave oven, and a heating plate 101 having good thermal conductivity is provided above the heating wire, and heat is transmitted to the kitchen utensil placed on the heating plate 101 through the heating plate 101. To help.

The weight measuring unit 130 detects the weight of the kitchen utensil placed on the heating unit 120. By measuring the weight of the heating plate 101 of the microwave oven, the weight of the kitchen utensil placed on the heating plate 101 can be measured. In the case of a gas range, by measuring the weight of the cradle located around the flame injecting flames, the weight of the kitchen utensils placed in the cradle can be measured. The weight measuring unit 130 may also serve as a scale for measuring the weight of the kitchen appliance placed in the heating unit 120. The weight measured by the balance function is displayed on the housing surface, which is the exterior of the electric or gas range, so that the user knows it.

The controller 110 determines whether to continue heating or stop heating according to the weight of the kitchen utensil. When the weight of food being cooked under a certain weight set by the cooker is lowered, the power and gas are automatically cut off so that the fire is turned off to prevent home fire accidents and make the range safer to use. . When the food is weighed and lowered below the set weight, the fire goes out. When the food is cooked by heat, moisture is evaporated and the weight is gradually reduced. This principle is applied to real life.

When the measured weight decreases by the weight reduction amount registered by the user setting from the initially measured weight, the heating in the heating unit 120 may be stopped. For example, assume that the weight reduction amount registered by the user setting is 200 g. In case of cooking miso soup, it is 1000g when the casserole, which is a kitchen utensil containing water, miso, cucumber and tofu, is 1000g. Stop the heating of the range. If you heat until 200g of water evaporates, it can be said that the miso soup is exhausted, so the electricity is cut off to stop the heating. Therefore, it is possible to reduce electricity costs and reduce the risk of fire.

The weight reduction amount may be set by the user, and the weight reduction amount input button 106 may be further provided. The user may set the weight loss amount by operating the weight loss amount input button.

In addition, the food cooking device 100, as shown in Table 1 below, the weight reduction amount stored by the user for each food is stored in the weight reduction amount database 140 and the food selection button that can be selected from the type of food to be cooked by the user It may be further provided with.

음식 종류Food types	무게 감소량Weight loss
된장국Miso soup	최초 무게에서 20% 감소20% reduction in original weight
갈비찜Galbijjim	최초 무게에서 30% 감소30% reduction in initial weight
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The controller 110 extracts the weight loss amount assigned to the food selected by the user from the weight loss amount database 140, and performs control to stop heating when the extracted weight loss amount is reached. For example, if the user puts miso soup in the electric range and selects 'Miso soup' through the operation of the food selection button, the power will be turned off when the water is partially evaporated from the initial weight of 1000g before cooking, which is 20% of the original weight. The heating can be stopped to shut off. If the user selects' steamed ribs, when the water is partially evaporated from the initial weight of 1000g before cooking and is reduced to 30g by 30% of the initial weight, the power may be cut off to stop heating. Since the steamed ribs have to be cooked more than the miso soup containing pumpkin and tofu, a greater weight loss amount is registered in the weight loss database 140.

For reference, the weight loss database 140 may include a hard disk drive, a solid state drive, a flash memory, a compact flash card, and a secure digital card. ), A SM card (Smart Media Card), MMC card (Multi-Media Card) or a memory stick (Memory Stick) module that can input and output information may be provided inside the food cooking apparatus 100, or It may be provided in the apparatus. And the memory card can be removed from the device. In addition, the weight reduction amount of each food of the weight loss amount database 140 may be updated or updated by downloading from an external server automatically or manually according to the setting in the mobile communication network.

On the other hand, the food cooking apparatus 100 of the electric range and the gas range is a hot portion of the range after the cooking plate 101 is very hot, there is a risk of burns, and to monitor the residual heat to prevent it, if it detects a temperature higher than room temperature The LED light around the heating plate 101 is turned on to indicate that there is still heat in the plate to prevent the risk of burns. In this way, if a light similar to a range light is made and displayed through a special LED lighting device around the heating unit 120 of the food cooking device 100, it may be easier to check the residual heat, thereby protecting the user with the risk of burns. .

To this end, the food cooking device 100 includes a temperature measuring unit 150 measuring the temperature of the heating unit 120 and a light emitting unit 160 emitting light by having a frame shape surrounding the heating unit 120. Include. The light emitting unit 160 may be any type of LED illuminator, incandescent illuminator, or the like. In addition, the temperature measuring unit 150 may be applied to various temperature measuring methods such as a remote temperature measuring method for detecting and converting an infrared wavelength of a heating wire or a flame of the heating unit 120 to be measured. When the measured temperature is higher than the preset safety temperature, the controller 110 emits the light emitter 160. For example, when the measured temperature is higher than the safety temperature of 40 ℃, the light emitting body 160 of the rim shape surrounding the heating unit 120 emits light, the user is dangerous because the temperature of the heating unit 120 may be burned To be detected.

The light emission of the light emitter 160 may have various types of light emission patterns such as continuous light emission and blinking light emission. To this end, the light emission pattern adjustment button 175 may be provided and adjusted through a user input of the light emission pattern adjustment button. Furthermore, the light emission pattern (continuous light emission, blink light emission, blinking speed according to temperature, etc.) of the light emitter 160 may be changed according to the measured temperature value. The higher the temperature, the faster the light emission interval can be emitted. For example, the light may be flickered at an interval of 3 seconds between 40 ° C. and 60 ° C., and may be emitted at an interval of 1 second at 60 ° C. or higher. The higher the temperature of the heating unit 120 to be measured, the faster the light emission interval to blink, so that the user can be more strongly aware of the dangers caused by the heat of the heating unit 120. In addition, as the temperature of the heating unit 120 to be measured increases, the emission intensity as well as the emission interval may be increased.

In addition, it is possible to implement a device for manually adjusting the intensity of the LED light (by adjusting the intensity of light to use each of the light and dark when the light intensity is set or set to automatically adjust). To this end, the food cooking device 100 may include a light emitting amount control button 170 for adjusting the light emitting amount of the light emitter 160 from the user. The light emission control button 170 may be provided in various formats such as a dial type and a push button type. According to the user's manipulation of the light emission control button 170, the light emission amount of the bright brightness can be adjusted from the light emission amount of the dark brightness, and the light emission pattern of the light emission interval can be selected by the user.

On the other hand, as described above, by monitoring the residual heat to detect a temperature higher than the room temperature, the light emitting unit 160 of the LED light around the heating plate 101 is turned on to inform that there is still heat in the plate to prevent the risk of burns In this case, the light emitter 160 of the LED is brightened under bright lighting, and the light emitter 160 of the LED is darkened slightly in a dark lighting environment so that the remaining heat may be notified according to the ambient lighting conditions. The amount of light emitted by the light emitter 160 may be different depending on the lighting environment of the indoor or outdoor where the kitchen appliance is located.

To this end, the food cooking device 100 may further include a light measuring unit 180 for measuring the amount of illumination indoors or outdoors where the food cooking device 100 is located. The lighting measuring unit 180 may be implemented as an illumination amount measuring sensor for measuring the amount of illumination. The controller 110 determines the light emission amount of the light emitter 160 according to the amount of illumination measured by the light measurement unit 180 to emit light. When the indoor or outdoor illumination amount is dark of the first illumination amount, the light emission amount of the light emitting unit 160 is reduced as the first emission amount, and when the indoor or outdoor illumination amount is bright as the second illumination amount larger than the first illumination amount, The luminous body 160 is controlled as the second luminous amount larger than the first luminous amount.

Meanwhile, the food cooking device 100 may remotely receive the heating state information and remotely perform the heating control. That is, as shown in FIG. 3, the remote display and the remote control may be performed through the remote controller 200, and as shown in FIG. 4, the remote display and the remote control may be performed through the smartphone 300.

For remote display and remote control via the remote control 200, the food cooking device 100 performs the heating control according to the heating control message received from the remote control 200 in the short-range wireless communication and the heating state information to the remote control 200 It may further include a remote control communication unit 190 to transmit to.

The remote controller 200 generates a heating control message such as driving and stopping, selecting a heating temperature, and transmits the generated heating control message to the remote controller communication unit 190 of the food cooking apparatus 100 by short-range wireless communication. Performs heating control according to the received heating control message. In addition, the remote control communication unit 190 transmits heating state information such as heating or not, heating temperature to the remote control unit 200 through short range wireless communication. By receiving and displaying the remote controller 200, the user can easily check the state of the food cooking apparatus 100 from a remote location.

The short range wireless communication may be a short range wireless communication scheme such as an infrared communication (IrDA), a Bluetooth (Bluetooth) communication, or the like. For reference, Bluetooth refers to a short range wireless communication technology that transmits information on a photo, voice, etc. between short range devices.

The remote controller 200 may be implemented as an input button and liquid crystal, LED, and LCD display means, but may be implemented as a touch screen panel. The touch screen panel is provided on the front of the remote control unit 200 to provide a touch screen screen that can simultaneously perform input and display, so as to display a status information screen, a heating control selection screen, and the like of the food cooking apparatus 100. Display a Graphic User Interface (GUI) for communicating with a user. When implemented as such a touch screen panel, the keyboard layout keyboard which is an input unit is overlapped and displayed on the work screen in a graphic form. The position and transparency of the keyboard layout input window can be adjusted by the user. Therefore, the heating state information may be displayed on the display window of the remote control consisting of LED, LCD, touch screen panel.

In addition, for remote display and remote control via the smartphone 300, the food cooking device 100 performs a heating control according to the heating control message received from the smartphone 300 through the mobile communication network 400, heating It may further include a smartphone communication unit 195 for transmitting the status information to the smartphone (300).

The smartphone 300 generates a heating control message such as driving and stopping, selecting a heating temperature, and transmits the generated control message to the smartphone communication unit 195 of the food cooking apparatus 100 through a mobile communication network, and the smartphone communication unit ( 195 performs heating control in accordance with the received heating control message. In addition, the smartphone communication unit 195 transmits heating state information such as heating status, heating temperature, etc. to the smartphone 300 through the mobile communication network. By receiving and displaying the smart phone 300, the user can easily check the state of the food cooking device 100 from a remote. An application installed on the smartphone may communicate with the smartphone communication unit 195 to transmit a heating control message and receive heating state information.

For reference, the smartphone 300 is a smart terminal that adds a computer support function such as internet communication and information search to a mobile phone, and may install an application desired by a user. The smartphone 300 combines the advantages of a mobile phone and a personal digital assistant (PDA), integrating data communication functions such as schedule management, fax transmission and reception, and Internet access into a mobile phone function. Not only can you connect directly to the Internet using the wireless Internet, but you can also access it in various ways using a variety of browsing programs. In addition, unlike the existing mobile phones, hundreds of different applications (applications) can be installed and added or deleted as desired by the user, and users can create their own applications. Can be implemented. The present invention is a food cooking device 100 application, can be installed and used in the smart phone 300.

In addition, the mobile communication network transmits a heating control message from the smartphone 300 to the food cooking device 100, and also transmits heating state information from the food cooking device 100 to the smartphone 300. Such a mobile communication network may perform data communication using a wireless mobile communication network 400 including a base transceiver station (BTS), a mobile switching center (MSC), and a home location register (HLR). Can be. For reference, a mobile radio communication network may include, but is not limited to, a base station (BTS), a mobile switching center (MSC), and a home location register (HLR). It may further include a component such as a data serving node).

On the other hand, the food cooking device 100 when the heating control is performed in accordance with the heating control message received by the range button (not shown), the remote control 200, the smart phone 300, outputs the content of the heating control by voice It may include a voice output unit 102 such as a speaker. When the range is adjusted with a range button or a remote controller or a smart phone, when the range is automatically turned off, the range may be turned on and off, and the thermal power may be guided by the voice output unit 102. Furthermore, it may include a voice volume control button 104 to receive the volume of the voice from the user to adjust the volume of the voice.

The embodiments in the above description of the present invention are presented by selecting the most preferred examples to help those skilled in the art from the various possible examples, and the technical spirit of the present invention is not necessarily limited or limited only by the embodiments. However, various changes, modifications, and other equivalent embodiments may be made without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention.

The present invention can be applied to the field of food cooking appliances to automatically turn off the heating of the food cooking appliance, to safely protect the user from the residual heat of the food cooking appliance, and to control the food cooking appliance remotely.

Claims

A heating unit generating heat through hot wire heating or flame heating;

A weight measuring unit which senses the weight of the kitchen utensil placed on the heating unit and displays the detected weight on a surface; And

A control unit for determining the heating duration or the heating stop according to the weight of the kitchen utensil, and stopping the heating in the heating unit when the measured weight decreases by the weight reduction amount registered by the user setting from the first measured weight;

Food cooking apparatus comprising a;
The method according to claim 1, wherein the food cooking device,

A weight loss amount database for each food, the weight loss amount database being updated and stored by a mobile communication network; And

It includes; food selection button that can be selected from the user of the type of food to be cooked,

The controller is configured to extract the weight loss amount assigned to the food selected by the user from the weight loss amount database, and perform the control to stop heating when the extracted weight loss amount is reached.
The method according to claim 2, The food cooking device,

A weight reduction input button for selecting the weight reduction from a user;

Food cooking appliance comprising a.
The method according to claim 2, The food cooking device,

A temperature measuring unit measuring a temperature of the heating unit; And

It includes; a light emitter for emitting light by having a border shape surrounding the heating unit;

The control unit, if the measured temperature is higher than the preset safety temperature, the food cooking apparatus, characterized in that for emitting the light emitting.
The method according to claim 4, The food cooking device,

A light emission amount control button for controlling the light emission amount of the light emitter from a user;

Food cooking appliance comprising a.
The method according to claim 2, The food cooking device,

And an illumination measuring unit configured to measure an illumination amount of the indoor or outdoor location where the food cooking device is located.

The control unit, the food cooking apparatus, characterized in that for determining the amount of light emitted from the light emitter according to the amount of illumination measured by the light measuring unit.
The method according to claim 6, wherein the control unit,

And a light emitting pattern of the light emitter according to the amount of illumination measured by the light measuring unit to emit light.
The method according to claim 4, The control unit,

And a light emitting pattern of the light emitter according to the temperature measured by the temperature measuring unit to emit light.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the food cooking device,

And a remote control communicator configured to perform heating control according to a heating control message received from a remote controller through short range wireless communication and to transmit heating state information to the remote controller.
The method according to claim 9, wherein the food cooking device,

And a voice output unit configured to output a heating control content as a voice when heating control is performed according to the heating control message received by the remote controller.

Heating status information is displayed on the remote control, the food volume is characterized in that the voice volume is adjusted by receiving the size of the voice output through the voice output unit from the user.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the food cooking device,

And a smart phone communication unit performing heating control according to a heating control message received from the smart phone through the mobile communication network and transmitting heating state information to the smart phone.
The method according to claim 11, wherein the food cooking device,

And a voice output unit configured to output a heating control content as a voice when heating control is performed according to a heating control message received by the smartphone.

An application installed on the smartphone communicates with the smartphone communication unit to transmit the heating control message and receive the heating state information, and the heating state information is displayed on the smartphone and is output through the voice output unit. The food cooking device, characterized in that the voice size is adjusted by receiving the size of the voice from the user.