WO2018107973A1

WO2018107973A1 - Control method and control device for electric cooking appliance, and electric cooking appliance

Info

Publication number: WO2018107973A1
Application number: PCT/CN2017/113841
Authority: WO
Inventors: 卢伟杰; 汪钊; 宣龙健
Original assignee: 佛山市顺德区美的电热电器制造有限公司; 美的集团股份有限公司
Priority date: 2016-12-13
Filing date: 2017-11-30
Publication date: 2018-06-21
Also published as: CN108617043A

Abstract

A control method and control device (100) for an electric cooking appliance, and the electric cooking appliance (1000). The electric cooking appliance comprises a touch panel (10) and a plurality of cooking function units (11) arranged on the touch panel. The control method comprises: detecting a trigger signal of a cooking function unit corresponding to a required cooking function after a user selects the required cooking function; determining the trigger type of the trigger signal; and entering a corresponding auxiliary function mode of the required cooking function according to the trigger type of the trigger signal. The provided control method can increase the auxiliary functions required by a user without both increasing the size of the touch panel and reducing the conventional cooking functions.

Description

Cooking appliance control method and control device and cooking appliance

Technical field

The invention belongs to the technical field of electrical appliances manufacturing, and in particular relates to a control method of a cooking appliance, a control device of the cooking appliance and a cooking appliance having the same.

Background technique

Cooking appliances are essential electrical appliances for people's lives, such as induction cookers, to meet the cooking needs of users. As the frequency of use increases, users are increasingly demanding cooking functions, and thus, more and more functions are needed to assist cooking.

However, the size of the touch panel of the cooking appliance is substantially fixed, and more and more functions are realized on the fixed-size touch panel. The current practice is to add an auxiliary function to reduce a cooking function. Although it satisfies the user's requirements for auxiliary functions, it also reduces the cooking range of cooking appliances.

Summary of the invention

The present invention aims to solve at least one of the technical problems in the related art to some extent.

To this end, the present invention needs to propose a control method of a cooking appliance that can satisfy the user's demand for an auxiliary function without reducing the conventional cooking function.

The invention also discloses a control device for a cooking appliance and a cooking appliance having the same.

In order to solve the above problems, a control method of a cooking appliance according to an aspect of the present invention, wherein the cooking appliance comprises a touch panel, and the plurality of cooking function units are disposed on the touch panel, the control method comprising: selecting a desired cooking function at a user Thereafter, detecting a trigger signal of the cooking function unit corresponding to the desired cooking function; determining a trigger type of the trigger signal; The trigger type of the trigger signal enters a corresponding auxiliary function mode of the desired cooking function.

The control method of the cooking appliance of the embodiment of the present invention, after the user selects the desired cooking function, enters the auxiliary function mode corresponding to the cooking function according to the trigger type of the trigger signal of the cooking function unit corresponding to the cooking function, and the cooking function and The auxiliary function is combined by the cooking function unit corresponding to the cooking function, and the auxiliary function required by the user can be increased without increasing the size of the touch panel, and the conventional cooking function is not required to ensure the use value of the cooking appliance.

In addition, after the user selects the desired cooking function, the control method further includes: prompting the desired cooking function to facilitate the user to understand, and at the same time, the user needs to operate the auxiliary function of the cooking function more conveniently.

In at least one embodiment of the present invention, the trigger type of the trigger signal includes a click, a multi-click, a long press, and a combined trigger.

In at least one embodiment of the invention, the auxiliary function mode includes a pause mode, a timing mode, a reservation mode, and a warm mode.

In order to solve the above problems, a control device for a cooking appliance according to another aspect of the present invention includes: a touch panel, wherein the touch panel is provided with a plurality of cooking function units, the cooking function unit is configured to receive a trigger signal of the user; After detecting that the user selects a desired cooking function, the controller detects a trigger signal of the cooking function unit corresponding to the required cooking function, and determines a trigger type of the trigger signal, and according to the trigger The trigger type of the signal enters the corresponding auxiliary function mode of the desired cooking function.

The control device for the cooking appliance of the embodiment of the present invention, after the user selects the desired cooking function, the controller enters the auxiliary function mode corresponding to the cooking function according to the trigger type of the trigger signal of the cooking function unit corresponding to the cooking function, and the cooking is performed. The function and its auxiliary function are combined by the cooking function unit corresponding to the cooking function, and the auxiliary function required by the user can be increased without reducing the size of the touch panel, and the conventional cooking function is not required to ensure the use of the cooking appliance. value.

In addition, in at least one embodiment of the present invention, the control device further includes: a prompting device, after the user selects a desired cooking function, the controller controls the prompting device to prompt the desired cooking function, which is convenient The user understands that, at the same time, the user needs to operate the auxiliary function for the cooking function more conveniently.

Based on the above control device, a cooking appliance according to still another aspect of the present invention includes: a body; and the control device of the above aspect.

The cooking appliance of the embodiment of the present invention can ensure the user's demand for the auxiliary function during cooking without using the above-mentioned control device, without reducing the conventional cooking function.

Specifically, the cooking appliance includes an induction cooker.

DRAWINGS

The drawings are intended to provide a further understanding of the invention, and are intended to be a In the drawing:

1 is a flow chart of a method of controlling a cooking appliance in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a flow chart of a method of controlling a cooking appliance in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a block diagram of a control device of a cooking appliance in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a block diagram of a control device of a cooking appliance in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 5 is a block diagram of a cooking appliance in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

Reference mark:

Cooking appliances: 1000

Body: 200 Control unit: 100

Touch panel: 10 Controller: 20 Prompter: 30

Multiple cooking function units: 11

detailed description

The specific embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It is to be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative and not restrictive.

It should be noted that the embodiments in the present invention and the features in the embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict.

In the related art, since the size of the touch panel is fixed, the addition of the auxiliary function needs to reduce the conventional cooking function, thereby causing the cooking range of the cooking appliance to be reduced. Considering that for the cooking appliance, when the user selects a cooking function, if the user starts again, The function button often does not respond, and the present invention breaks through this operational constraint, and combines the auxiliary cooking function with the conventional cooking function through a new control method.

A control method of a cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention is described below with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein a cooking appliance, such as an induction cooker, includes a touch panel, and a plurality of cooking function units are disposed on the touch panel, and the user can select a desired one by operating the cooking function unit. Cooking function.

1 is a flow chart of a control method of a cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the control method includes:

S1, after the user selects the desired cooking function, detects a trigger signal of the cooking function unit corresponding to the desired cooking function.

Specifically, the user can select a desired cooking function by operating the cooking function unit on the touch panel, and after selecting the desired cooking function, the cooking function unit of the selected cooking function can be operated again, that is, the cooking The functional unit is still responsive and is not subject to the previous operations.

S2, determining the trigger type of the trigger signal.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the trigger type of the trigger signal has diversity, for example, but not limited to, click, multi-click, long press, combined trigger, or similar achievable trigger type, here, short press For example, clicking or multi-clicking, long-pressing can be understood according to the conventional touch definition, and the combined trigger can be, for example, a method of triggering two or more keys in a preset order.

S3, according to the trigger type of the trigger signal, enters the corresponding auxiliary function mode of the desired cooking function.

Among them, the auxiliary function corresponding to the trigger type of the trigger signal can be set as needed. In the embodiment of the present invention, the auxiliary function may not be specifically limited, for example, but not limited to, the pause mode, the timing mode, the reservation mode, the warm-up mode, and then enter the corresponding auxiliary function mode, and the auxiliary function may be executed.

2 is a flow chart of a control method of a cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention. Taking an induction cooker as an example, as shown in FIG. 2, the method specifically includes:

S110: The induction cooker is powered on, the power source is established, and the induction cooker touch panel MCU ((Microcontroller Unit) starts to work.

S120: The induction cooker MCU is initialized.

S130: Determine whether the current induction cooker is in the power on state, and if yes, proceed to step S140, otherwise continue this step.

S140: The user selects a desired function, that is, the corresponding cooking function unit is triggered, for example, selecting a hot pot function, that is, the hot pot function button is triggered.

S150: Determine whether the user short presses the current function button again. For example, if the user clicks the hot pot function button again, the process proceeds to step S6.

S160: Enter a pause state.

S170: Determine whether the user short presses the current cooking function button again, and if yes, proceeds to step S180, otherwise proceeds to S160.

S180: Exit the pause state.

S190: Determine whether the user long presses the current cooking function button. For example, if the user long presses the hot pot function button, the process proceeds to step S210.

S210: Enter the timing setting mode.

S220: Complete the timing setting.

S230: The function time selected by the user is completed and shut down.

For the induction cooker, on the basis of the existing program, the above steps S150-S220 can be added, and the auxiliary function mode such as pause, timing, etc. is not required to be set as a separate functional unit, which can well satisfy the user's demand for the auxiliary function, and There is no need to reduce the number of cooking functions of the induction cooker, and realize the real added value of the induction cooker. It can be understood that, in the above embodiment, only the example of the corresponding pause and long press corresponding timing setting is clicked, and is not limited to the corresponding application, and may be specifically set as needed.

In addition, the control method of the cooking appliance according to the embodiment of the present invention may further prompt the required cooking function after the user selects the desired cooking function, for example, by prompting the indicator light, that is, prompting the current cooking function, which is convenient for the user. Understand, at the same time, users need to be more convenient to operate when they need auxiliary functions for this cooking function. For example, when the user needs to suspend the operation, because the current cooking function is prompted by the indicator light, the user can quickly find the position of the cooking function unit, and directly operate the cooking function unit according to the trigger type corresponding to the auxiliary function to enter the corresponding auxiliary function mode. For example, it is more convenient to click directly to find the location of the auxiliary function trigger unit.

A control device for a cooking appliance according to another embodiment of the present invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in FIG. 3, the control device 100 of the cooking appliance includes a touch panel 10 and a controller 20.

Wherein, the touch panel 10 is provided with a plurality of cooking function units 11 for receiving a trigger signal of the user; after detecting that the user selects a desired cooking function, the controller 20 detects the cooking function corresponding to the desired cooking function. The trigger signal of the unit 11 determines the trigger type of the trigger signal and enters a corresponding auxiliary function mode of the desired cooking function according to the trigger type of the trigger signal.

The trigger type of the trigger signal is diverse, and may include, but is not limited to, click, multi-click, long press, combined trigger, or similar trigger types. The auxiliary function corresponding to the trigger type of the trigger signal can be set as needed. In the embodiment of the present invention, the auxiliary function may not be specifically limited, for example, but not limited to, the pause mode, the timing mode, the reservation mode, the warm-up mode, and then enter the corresponding auxiliary function mode, and the auxiliary function may be executed.

The control device 100 of the cooking appliance of the embodiment of the present invention, after the user selects the desired cooking function, the controller 20 enters the auxiliary function mode corresponding to the cooking function according to the trigger type of the trigger signal of the cooking function unit corresponding to the cooking function, The cooking function and its auxiliary function are combined by the cooking function unit 11 corresponding to the cooking function, and the auxiliary function required by the user can be increased without reducing the size of the touch panel, and the conventional cooking function is not required to ensure cooking. The use value of electrical appliances.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 4, the control device 100 further includes a prompter 30. After the user selects a desired cooking function, the controller 20 controls the prompter 30 to prompt the current desired cooking function for the user to understand, and at the same time, When the user needs an auxiliary function for the cooking function, it is more convenient to operate.

Based on the control device of the above-described embodiments, a cooking appliance according to a further embodiment of the present invention, including but not limited to an induction cooker, will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in FIG. 5, the cooking appliance 1000 includes a body 200 and the control device 100 of the above embodiment. The body 200 may include components of the cooking appliance 1000 that implement conventional cooking functions and auxiliary functions, and are not described in detail herein.

The cooking appliance 1000 of the embodiment of the present invention can ensure the user's demand for the auxiliary function during cooking without using the above-described control device 100 without reducing the conventional cooking function.

It should be noted that, in the description of the specification, any process or method description in the flowcharts or otherwise described herein may be understood to include one or more steps for implementing a particular logic function or process. Modules, segments or portions of code of executable instructions, and the scope of preferred embodiments of the invention includes additional implementations, which may not be in the order shown or discussed, including in a substantially simultaneous manner depending on the functionality involved. The functions are performed in the reverse order, which should be understood by those skilled in the art to which the embodiments of the present invention pertain.

The logic and/or steps represented in the flowchart or otherwise described herein, for example, may be considered as an ordered list of executable instructions for implementing logical functions, and may be embodied in any computer readable medium, Used in conjunction with, or in conjunction with, an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device (eg, a computer-based system, a system including a processor, or other system that can fetch instructions and execute instructions from an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device) Or use with equipment. For the purposes of this specification, a "computer-readable medium" can be any apparatus that can contain, store, communicate, propagate, or transport a program for use in an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device, or in conjunction with the instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. More specific examples (non-exhaustive list) of computer readable media include the following: electrical connections (electronic devices) having one or more wires, portable computer disk cartridges (magnetic devices), random access memory (RAM), Read only memory (ROM), erasable editable read only memory (EPROM or flash memory), fiber optic devices, and portable compact disk read only memory (CDROM). In addition, the computer readable medium may even be a paper or other suitable medium on which the program can be printed, as it may be optically scanned, for example by paper or other medium, followed by editing, interpretation or, if appropriate, other suitable The method is processed to obtain the program electronically and then stored in computer memory.

It should be understood that portions of the invention may be implemented in hardware, software, firmware or a combination thereof. In the above-described embodiments, multiple steps or methods may be implemented in software or firmware stored in a memory and executed by a suitable instruction execution system. For example, if implemented in hardware, As in another embodiment, it can be implemented by any one of the following techniques known in the art or a combination thereof: a discrete logic circuit having logic gates for implementing logic functions on data signals, with suitable combinations ASICs, programmable gate arrays (PGAs), field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), etc.

One of ordinary skill in the art can understand that all or part of the steps carried by the method of implementing the above embodiments can be completed by a program to instruct related hardware, and the program can be stored in a computer readable storage medium. When executed, one or a combination of the steps of the method embodiments is included.

The preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the specific details of the embodiments described above, and various modifications may be made to the technical solutions of the present invention within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention. These simple variations are within the scope of the invention.

It should be further noted that the specific technical features described in the above specific embodiments may be combined in any suitable manner without contradiction. To avoid unnecessary repetition, the present invention has various possibilities. The combination method will not be described separately.

In addition, any combination of various embodiments of the invention may be made as long as it does not deviate from the idea of the invention, and it should be regarded as the disclosure of the invention.

Claims

A control method for a cooking appliance, characterized in that the cooking appliance comprises a touch panel, and a plurality of cooking function units are arranged on the touch panel, the control method comprising:

After the user selects a desired cooking function, detecting a trigger signal of the cooking function unit corresponding to the desired cooking function;

Determining a trigger type of the trigger signal;

Entering a corresponding auxiliary function mode of the desired cooking function according to the trigger type of the trigger signal.
The method of controlling a cooking appliance according to claim 1, wherein after the user selects the desired cooking function, the method further comprises: prompting the desired cooking function.
The control method of the cooking appliance according to claim 1, wherein the trigger type of the trigger signal comprises a click, a multi-click, a long press, and a combined trigger.
The control method of a cooking appliance according to claim 1, wherein the auxiliary function mode comprises a pause mode, a timing mode, a reservation mode, and a heat retention mode.
A control device for a cooking appliance, comprising:

a touch panel, wherein the touch panel is provided with a plurality of cooking function units, and the cooking function unit is configured to receive a trigger signal of the user;

a controller, after detecting that the user selects a desired cooking function, detecting a trigger signal of the cooking function unit corresponding to the required cooking function, and determining a trigger type of the trigger signal, and according to the The trigger type of the trigger signal enters the corresponding auxiliary function mode of the desired cooking function.
The control device for a cooking appliance according to claim 5, further comprising:

The prompter controls the prompter to prompt the desired cooking function after the user selects a desired cooking function.
The control device for a cooking appliance according to claim 5, wherein the trigger type of the trigger signal comprises a click, a multi-click, a long press, and a combined trigger.
A control device for a cooking appliance according to claim 5, wherein said auxiliary function mode comprises a pause mode, a timing mode, a reservation mode, and a heat retention mode.
A cooking appliance characterized by comprising:

Ontology; and

A control device according to any of claims 5-8.
A cooking appliance according to claim 9, wherein said cooking appliance comprises an induction cooker.