JPH08187183A - Automatic bread maker - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To know the cooking end time at the time of selecting a cooking menu by displaying the cooking end time according to the cooking required time of a selected menu when the cooking menu is selected by a menu key. CONSTITUTION: The operation for the cooking end time is performed, taking an output of an operation part 13 having a menu key for selecting a menu and a clocking means 14 for clocking the current time as an input, by an operation means 15. When a cooking menu is selected by the menu key which the operation part 13 has, the cooking end time operated by the operation means 15 according to the cooking time required for the menu is displayed on a display part 12. Thus, it is possible to clearly inform a user of the cooking end time at the time of selecting a cooking menu.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic bread maker used at home.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional automatic bread maker will be described with reference to FIG. 1 is a baking chamber, 2 is a heater, 3 is a removable baking pan, 4 is a motor, 5 is a belt for transmitting the power of the motor 4, 6 is a kneading blade driven by the motor 4, 7 is a baking pan 3 is a temperature detection part that contacts the outer surface of 3 to detect the temperature of the baking pan 3 for process determination and temperature control, 8 is a lid, 9 is a yeast input port for adding yeast, and 10 is a valve of the yeast input port 9. Solenoid for dropping yeast, 11 is temperature detector 7
A control device equipped with a microcomputer that controls the heater 2, the motor 4, and the solenoid 10 by means of a signal from the computer to perform baking, 12 is a display unit for displaying a cooking menu and status, and 13 is an operation unit.

FIG. 8 is a detailed view of the display section 12. When the menu key 13a in the operation section 13 is operated to select a menu, the current time is displayed on the display section 12, and thereafter,
When the cooking is started, the time when the cooking is finished is displayed on the display unit 12.

[0004]

In such a conventional automatic bread maker, there is a problem that when the cooking menu is selected with the menu key, the end time of cooking is not known when the menu is selected.

The present invention is intended to solve the above problems, and it is a first object of the present invention to provide an automatic bread maker having a clock function so that a cooking end time can be known when a cooking menu is selected.

A second object is to make it possible to know the remaining time from the middle of cooking to the end of cooking.

A third object is to make it possible to know the cooking end time because the end time is displayed when the menu is selected and the remaining time after the cooking is started.

[0008]

In order to achieve the first object of the present invention, the present invention provides a baking chamber having a heater, a bread baking mold which can be detachably mounted in the baking chamber, and the bread baking mold. A kneading blade provided on the inner bottom of the machine, driven by a motor, a temperature detection unit that detects the temperature in the baking chamber, a control device that controls bread baking based on the temperature detected by the temperature detection unit, and a clock of the current time. A timekeeping means for performing a menu operation, an operation section having a menu key for selecting a menu, a display means for displaying the current time, completion time, time until the completion of cooking and the selected menu, It has a calculation means for calculating the cooking end time by using the output as an input, and when the cooking menu is selected with the menu key That management has to display the time to end is set to the first means for solving problems.

In order to achieve the second object,
In addition to the first problem solving means, the time when cooking is finished is displayed from the start of cooking to a predetermined time, and the remaining time until the end of cooking is displayed until the cooking is finished. Is the second means for solving the problem.

Further, in order to achieve the third object, in addition to the means for solving the second problem, when the cooking required time is shorter than a predetermined time for starting display of the remaining time, the cooking is finished from the start of cooking. The third problem solving means is that the remaining time until is displayed.

[0011]

According to the first means for solving the above problems, the present invention provides:
When the cooking menu is selected, the user can be notified of the cooking end time when the cooking menu is selected by obtaining the current time and the time when the cooking is to be finished from the required cooking time and displaying it on the display unit.

Further, according to the second means for solving problems, the time of completion is displayed until the middle of cooking, and then the remaining time until the end of cooking is displayed so that the time until the end of cooking can be easily understood during cooking. You can

Further, according to the third means for solving the problems, when the time required for cooking is short, the cooking end time is displayed until the cooking is started, and the remaining time is displayed immediately after the start of the cooking so that the user can cook the food. You can tell the time until the end.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the first problem solving means will be described below with reference to FIGS. The same components as those in the conventional example are designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the main part of the first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the clock means 14 measures the current time, and the arithmetic means 15 operates the clock means 14 and the operation. When each cooking menu is selected by using the output of the section 13 as an input, the time when the cooking is finished is calculated and output to the display section 12. In the present embodiment, a liquid crystal display element is used as the display unit, and the clock means 14 and the arithmetic means 15 are realized by a microcomputer.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the display unit 12 and the operation unit 13. As shown in the figure, the display unit 12 displays the "current time" indicating that the current time is being displayed and the completion time. "Finished time" indicating that the cooking is completed, "Time after completion" indicating that the time until the end of cooking is displayed,
There is a number indicating the time and an arrow indicating the cooking menu. The operation unit 13 also includes a menu key 13a for selecting a menu and an hour key 13 for setting a unit of time.
b, a minute key 13c for setting the minute unit, and a reservation key 1 for setting the time of completion and performing timer cooking
3d, a cancel key 13e for canceling the operation, and a start key 13f for starting cooking.

In the above structure, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 3. (a) shows the display contents of the display unit 12 before the menu selection, and (b) shows the menu selection. This is the display content of the display unit 12 when the display unit 12 is operating.
In (a), the display unit 12 displays the character "current time" and the current time. (B) is the display content when the menu key 13a is operated and the cooking menu is selected from the state of (a), and the characters of "completion time",
The selected cooking menu and the cooking end time calculated by the calculating means 15 corresponding to the cooking menu are displayed.

As a result, it is possible to know the cooking end time corresponding to the menu while the cooking menu is being selected. In the present embodiment, the current time is 10: 2.
3. The selected cooking menu is a bread menu, and the cooking time is 4 hours.

Next, an embodiment of the second problem solving means will be described with reference to FIGS. The same components as those in the above embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted.

FIG. 4 shows a display unit 12 according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7A is a diagram showing a display pattern of, where FIG. 9A shows a menu selection, FIG. 8B shows a cooking end time after the start of cooking, and FIG. This is the case when it is displayed. The display unit 12 in FIG.
The arrow corresponding to the selected cooking menu blinks, and the characters "completion time" and the cooking end time corresponding to the cooking menu are lit and displayed. When the start key 13f is operated and the cooking is started after the menu is selected, the display section 12 displays the arrow of the selected cooking menu, the character "completion time" and the cooking end corresponding to the cooking menu in (b). The time is displayed as a light. After that, when the cooking progresses and the cooking end time is less than one hour, the display unit 12 displays the arrow of the selected cooking menu, the word "completion", the character "minutes" and the end of cooking as shown in (c). The remaining time of is lit up and displayed.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the display pattern of the display unit 12 in a time chart. The completion time display is the display pattern shown in FIG. 4B, and the remaining time display is the display time in FIG. 4C. The display pattern shown in FIG.

As a result, as shown in FIG. 5, in the case of a menu where the required cooking time is 1 hour or more, when the cooking time is less than 1 hour, the remaining time until the cooking is finished is displayed.

In this embodiment, the remaining time display is started for less than one hour, but the same effect can be obtained by setting the time shorter than the required cooking time.

Next, an embodiment of the third problem solving means will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 to 7. The same components as those in the above embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted.

FIG. 6 shows a display unit 12 according to the third embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 9A is a diagram showing a display pattern of FIG. 7A, and FIG. 11A is a case where menu selection is being performed, and FIG.

In (a), the display section 12 blinks the arrow corresponding to the selected cooking menu, and lights and displays the character "completion time" and the cooking end time corresponding to the cooking menu. When the start key 13f is operated after the menu is selected and cooking is started, the display unit 12 displays the arrow of the selected cooking menu, the word "completion", and "minute after" as shown in (b). The letters and the remaining time until the end of cooking are displayed in a lighted state.

FIG. 7 is a time chart showing the display pattern of the display unit 12, and the remaining time display is the display pattern shown in FIG. 6 (b).

As a result, when the time required for cooking is less than 1 hour as shown in FIG. 5, the time until the end of cooking can be known by displaying the remaining time until the end of cooking immediately after the start of cooking. Is something that can be done.

[0029]

As is apparent from the above description of the embodiments, according to the present invention, it is possible to know the time when the cooking is finished when the cooking menu is selected.

Further, by displaying the time when cooking is finished after the start of cooking and then displaying the remaining time until the end of cooking, it is possible to inform the user of the time when cooking is completed in an easy-to-understand manner.

Further, when the required cooking time is short on the menu, the remaining time from immediately after the start of cooking to the end of cooking can be displayed to inform the user of the time until the end of cooking.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an automatic bread maker according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing a display / operation unit of the automatic bread maker.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing a display pattern of the automatic bread maker.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing a display pattern of the automatic bread maker of the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a timing chart of the display unit of the automatic bread maker.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing a display pattern of an automatic bread maker according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a timing chart of the display section of the automatic bread maker.

FIG. 8 is an overall configuration diagram of a conventional automatic bread maker.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing a display / operation unit of a conventional automatic bread maker.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Baking chamber 2 Heater 3 Baking type 4 Motor 6 Kneading blade 7 Temperature detection unit 11 Control device 12 Display unit 13 Operation unit 14 Timing unit 15 Computing unit

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A baking chamber having a heater, a bread baking mold detachably mountable in the baking chamber, a kneading blade provided on an inner bottom of the baking mold and driven by a motor, and a temperature inside the baking chamber. A temperature detection unit for detecting, a control device for performing bread baking control based on the temperature detected by the temperature detection unit, and a time measuring unit for measuring the current time,
An operation unit having a menu key for selecting a menu,
The menu includes a display means for displaying the current time, completion time, time until the end of cooking and the selected menu, and calculation means for calculating the cooking end time by using the outputs of the time measuring means and the operation section as input. An automatic bread maker characterized in that when a cooking menu is selected by the key, the time when cooking is finished is displayed in accordance with the required cooking time of the menu. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the time when cooking is finished is displayed from the start of cooking to a predetermined time, and the remaining time until the end of cooking is displayed until the cooking is finished. Automatic bread maker. 3. The automatic bread maker according to claim 2, wherein when the required cooking time is shorter than a predetermined time to start displaying the remaining time, the remaining time from the start of cooking to the end of cooking is displayed. vessel.