JPH0637979B2 - Heating cooker - Google Patents

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a heating cooker, and more particularly to a manual setting cooking in which a user sets all menu settings, heating time settings, and heating temperature settings when a user performs heating cooking. The present invention relates to a heating cooker having both functions of automatic cooking that requires only menu setting.

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional cooking device having both automatic and manual settings, for example, when manually setting, press the orb key 1 in FIG. 2 and turn the timer knob 3 while watching the display tube 2 to set the heating time, Press the up key 4 or the down key 5 to set the heating temperature. Also, in automatic cooking, the optimum heating time and optimum heating temperature for each cooking menu are stored in advance in the control unit such as the microcomputer, and it is possible to control the heating to the best finish using sensors etc., so it is very easy to use. It's convenient and there's no mistake in cooking. That is, auto 9
All you have to do is select key 6 and start. The number of automatic cooking menus tends to increase more and more in the future.

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, in the conventional automatic cooking menu setting method, as the number of automatic cooking menus increases, the number of keys for setting them increases. As the number of keys increases, the size of the entire control panel 7 also increases, and the size of the entire cooking device also increases. (Fig. 7b) Since users of heating cookers do not have enough space to place heating cookers, there is a conflicting desire that the overall size of the heating cooker should be small and compact. Is.

The present invention is to solve such conventional problems, there are many repertoire of automatic cooking menu that is very easy and convenient for users of heating cookers,
The purpose is to provide a heating cooker that does not fail in cooking.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, the heating cooker of the present invention uses the means for setting the heating time and temperature as well as the menu setting of the automatic cooking by the dedicated key input. Can be set.

Action Therefore, the heating cooker of the present invention does not need to increase the number of dedicated keys for setting each menu even if the number of menus for automatic cooking increases. That is, the cooking menu that is frequently used in automatic cooking is set with the dedicated key, and the setting of the cooking menu that is used relatively infrequently is performed by using the heating time and heating temperature setting means not required in the conventional automatic cooking setting. Since it is performed, even if the number of menus for automatic cooking increases, the size of the entire control panel does not increase (it can be decreased), and the size of the entire cooking device does not increase.

Embodiments Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In the manual setting in FIG. 1, the oven key 1 is pressed, the timer knob 3 is turned while watching the display tube 2 to set the heating time, and the up key 4 or the down key 5 is pressed to set the heating temperature. FIG. 6a shows the display at this time, which indicates that the oven heating is performed and the cooking temperature is 150 ° C. and the cooking time is 35 minutes. Next, setting of automatic cooking will be described with reference to FIG. For the warm key 8 which is frequently used, it is not necessary to set the time and temperature just by pressing the dedicated key. The display at that time is shown in FIG. 6b. To select the Auto 45 menu in Fig. 1, press the Auto 3 to 50 setting key 10 and then turn the timer knob 3 to select Auto 45.
To set. This display is shown in Figure 6c.

Next, FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a control unit in the main cooking device. The microcomputer 11 reads key inputs such as the oven key 1, the up key 4, the down key 5, the warm key 8, the start key 9, the auto 3 to 50 setting key 10 from the key input section 12 in FIG. Display that each key has been accepted through. Further, the knob input unit 13 changes the voltage of A by turning the timer knob 3. The microcomputer 11 reads this voltage A, sets a heating time or an automatic cooking menu according to the voltage A, and displays it through the display tube 2. Further, the microcomputer 11 reads the inputs of the temperature sensor 16 and the humidity sensor 17 and executes optimum heating control (heater heating 14 and microwave heating 15) according to the cooking menu.

As described above, according to this embodiment, it is possible to dramatically increase the number of automatic cooking menus that can obtain the following effects, and at this time, it is not necessary to increase the size of the control panel 7 shown in FIG. Therefore, the size of the heating cooker does not increase. By reducing the number of automatic cooking setting keys on the control panel 7, the size of the control panel 7 can be made smaller, so that the heating cooker itself can be made compact and save space. Further, when setting the "warm" menu which is frequently used in FIG. 1, the area of the warm key 8 can be made larger than that of the conventional one, which makes it very easy to press.

Hereinafter, three effects of the embodiment of the present invention will be the same as those of the previous example.

In FIG. 3, when the manual setting is performed, the oven key 1 is pressed, and the heating time is set by pressing the time setting keys 18 to 20 while watching the display tube 2, for example, 10 minutes is set for 12 minutes and 30 seconds.
Minute setting key 18 once, 1 minute setting key 19 twice, 10
Press the second setting key 20 three times. The heating temperature is set by pressing the up key 4 or the down key 5 as in the case of FIG. Next time you set automatic cooking
When setting 5, the auto 3 to 50 setting key 10 is pressed first, and then the 1 minute setting key 19 is pressed 4 times and the 10 second setting key 20 is pressed 5 times. That is, the setting of 1 minute cooking time and the setting of the 10th digit of the auto menu number can be done with the same key 19,
The same key 20 can be used to set 10 seconds and set the first digit.

Next, in FIG. 4, in the manual setting, the oven key 1 is pressed and the timer knob 3 is turned to set the heating time, and the temperature knob 21 is turned to set the heating temperature while watching the display tube 2.
Next, when setting the menu number for automatic cooking, for example, when setting the auto 45, first, the auto 3 to 50 setting key 1
Press 0 and then turn the temperature control knob 21 to set the automatic 45 by looking at the display tube 2.

Finally, FIG. 5 will be described. In the manual setting, the oven key 1 is pressed, the timer knob is turned while watching the display tube 2, and the heating time is set, and the heating key 4 and the heating key 5 are pressed to set the heating temperature. Next, when setting the automatic cooking menu, for example, when setting the auto 45, first press the auto 3 to 50 setting key 10, then the up key 4 4 times, and the down key 5 5 times to set the auto 45. Set. That is, the same key is used for both the setting of the heating temperature and the setting of the auto menu number.

Effects of the Invention As described above, according to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.

(1) The number of automatic cooking menus can be dramatically increased without increasing the size of the heating cooker.

(2) Since the number of automatic cooking menus can be increased and the size of the heating cooker can be made compact, space can be saved.

(3) Since the area of the setting key can be easily changed depending on the frequency of use, it is very convenient.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a control panel of a heating cooker according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view of a control panel of a conventional heating cooker, and FIGS. FIG. 6 is a front view of a control panel of the heating cooker according to the embodiment, FIG. 6 is a front view of the display unit, FIG. 7 is an overall perspective view of a conventional heating cooker, and FIG. 8 is a block diagram of the control unit. Is. 1 ... Oven key, 2 ... Display tube, 3 ... Timer knob, 4 ... Up key, 5 ... Down key, 6 ... Auto 9 key, 7 ... Control panel, 8 ... Warm key, 9 ...... Start key, 10 ...... Auto 3 to 50 setting key, 11 ...... Microcomputer, 12 ...... Key input section, 13 ...
... Knob input section, 14 ... Heater heating section, 15 ... Microwave oven heating section, 16 ... Temperature sensor, 17 ... Humidity sensor, 18 ... 10 minute setting key, 19 ... 1 minute setting key,
20 …… 10 second setting key, 21 …… Temperature control knob.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A means for heating food, a means for setting a heating pattern or a cooking menu, a means for setting a heating time, and a means for setting a heating temperature, and the means for setting the heating time is operated by a knob operation. And, as a means to set the cooking menu by multiple key inputs,
The heating time can be set by inputting some keys and operating the knobs, and the cooking menu can be set by inputting some keys and operating the knobs. Cooking device. 2. The heating time setting means is operated by a key operation, and the cooking menu setting means is operated by a plurality of key inputs. Some menu setting keys are input, and the time setting key is input. The heating cooker according to claim 1, wherein the heating time can be set, and when some menu setting keys are input, the time setting key also becomes the menu setting key. 3. The heating temperature is set by operating a knob, and the means for setting a cooking menu is made by inputting a plurality of keys. When a key is partially operated to operate the knob, the heating temperature is set. The heating cooker according to claim 1, wherein the cooking menu can be set by setting some of the keys and operating the knob by operating some knobs. 4. The heating temperature setting means is a key operation, and the cooking menu setting means is a plurality of key inputs. Some menu setting keys are input and the temperature setting key is input. The heating cooker according to claim 1, wherein the heating temperature can be set, and when a part of the menu setting keys is input, the temperature setting key also serves as the menu setting key.