JP3552480B2 - rice cooker - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a rice cooker generally used at home.
[0002]
[Prior art]
BACKGROUND ART In recent years, rice cookers that cook rice with high thermal power for improving rice cooking performance have been developed and spread. In addition, rice cookers that can cook the hardness separately with the same amount of water have become widespread.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, because of high heat power, there has been a problem that water is easily spilled out, for example, in a case where the rice is cooked with more water than usual in order to cook softly, as in the conventional case. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a rice cooker that detects rising of rice ash and prevents spills without lowering rice cooking performance.
[0004]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve this object, the rice cooker according to the present invention is configured such that the heating control unit controls the heating unit based on the detection result by detecting that the liquid and the solid have risen from the upper end of the pan. Thereby, the amount of heating can be adjusted according to the rising state of the sleep to prevent spill-over.
[0005]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
The rice cooker according to the first aspect of the present invention provides a rice cooker, a pot for storing food, a heating unit for heating the pan, a rice detector for detecting that the rice rises from an upper end of the pan, Heating control means for controlling the heating means, wherein the heating control means changes the amount of heating of the heating means according to the detection state of the need detection means, the heating control means, the temperature of the pot bottom in the rice cooker Is in the other range of 90 degrees to 110 degrees, the heating means is controlled without depending on the detection result of the needlessness detection means, and the heating amount is controlled only at a temperature at which spillover may occur. By adjusting
A change in the amount of heating due to erroneous detection in an unnecessary temperature range is prevented.
[0006]
The rice cooker of the invention according to claim 2 is a rice cooker for cooking, a heating unit for heating the pan, a rice detecting unit for detecting that the rice rises from an upper end of the pan, Heating control means for controlling the heating means, wherein the heating control means changes the amount of heating of the heating means in accordance with the detection state of the detection means; In which the heating means is controlled without depending on the detection result of the rice noodle detecting means, and it is possible to prevent the heating amount from being changed due to erroneous detection in the rice cooking process where it is not necessary to change the heating amount due to spillover. I do.
[0007]
In the rice cooker according to the third aspect of the invention, in particular, the heating control means stops heating the heating means while detecting the rise of the squirt by the squirt detecting means, and again when the rise of the squirt is no longer detected. Since the heating of the heating means is started, and the rise of the tongue and the presence or absence of heating by the heating means are linked at the same timing, it is possible to prevent the amount of the tongue from increasing and the occurrence of the spillover, Furthermore, the rice can be heated to the limit that does not spill over.
[0008]
【Example】
( Reference Example 1)
Hereinafter, a first reference example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. It should be noted that the time, temperature, and process, which are given as specific examples in all the embodiments, can be arbitrarily set and implemented.
[0009]
In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a pot for holding food, 2 denotes a heating means for heating the pot 1, 3 denotes a rice detecting means for detecting liquid and solid ladies, and 4 denotes a heating means 2 based on a detection result of the lane detecting means 3. Is heating control means for controlling the temperature. The operation of the rice cooker configured as described above will be described. When the heating by the heating means 2 is started, the food and water in the pot 1 rise with the heating. If it has risen to a certain position, it is detected by the detection means 3 and the heating control means 4 suppresses the spill-over by changing the heating amount of the heating means 2.
[0010]
( Reference Example 2)
Next, a second reference example will be described.
[0011]
The operation of the rice cooker having the same configuration as that of the first reference example will be described. FIG. 2A shows the relationship between the detection result of the detecting means 3 and the operation of the heating means 2. The heating control means 4 stops the heating means 2 when the ascent detection means 3 detects the rise of the tongue, and increases the heating amount when the ascent detection is detected.
[0012]
( Reference Example 3)
Next, a third reference example will be described.
[0013]
The operation of the rice cooker having the same configuration as that of the first reference example will be described. FIG. 2B shows the relationship between the detection result of the detecting means 3 and the operation of the heating means 2. The heating control means 4 stops the heating means 2 when the rising of the sleep is detected by the need detecting means 3, and increases the heating amount after waiting for several seconds after detecting the falling of the sleep.
[0014]
( Reference Example 4)
Next, a fourth reference example will be described.
[0015]
In FIG. 1, reference numeral 5 denotes an abnormality detecting means for detecting an abnormality of the detecting means 3. Note that the components having the same numbers as those in the first embodiment are common components, and description thereof is omitted.
[0016]
The operation of the rice cooker configured as described above will be described. If the abnormality detection means 5 detects an abnormality of the detection means 3, the heating control means 4 controls the heating means 2 to reduce the amount of heating as shown in FIG. Suppress spills.
[0017]
( Reference Example 5)
Next, a fifth reference example will be described.
[0018]
The operation of the rice cooker having the same configuration as that of the fourth reference example will be described. If the abnormality detection means 5 has detected the abnormality of the needy detection means 3 at the start of the rice cooking operation, the heating control means 4 stops the start of the rice cooking operation.
[0019]
( Reference Example 6)
Next, a sixth reference example will be described.
[0020]
In FIG. 1, reference numeral 6 denotes input means for inputting to the heating control means 4. The components having the same numbers as those in the first embodiment or the fourth embodiment are common, and the description thereof will be omitted.
[0021]
The operation of the rice cooker configured as described above will be described. If the abnormality detection means 5 detects an abnormality of the detection means 3, the input is invalidated by the input means 6 for the first time and the state of the rice cooker is changed for the first time by the second input.
[0022]
In addition, similarly, the state of the rice cooker may be changed not only twice but also arbitrarily plural times.
[0023]
( Reference Example 7)
Next, a seventh reference example will be described.
[0024]
The operation will be described in the sixth cooker having the same configuration as reference example. If the abnormality detecting means 5 detects an abnormality of the detecting means 3, if the input is made by the input means 6 for the first time, the input is invalidated and the time is measured from that point. When a predetermined number of inputs are completed before 10 seconds elapse, the input is made valid and the state of the rice cooker is changed. If 10 seconds elapse before the input is completed, all the inputs up to that point are invalidated, and the next input operates similarly as the first input.
[0025]
The measurement of the time is not limited to the time from the first time to the predetermined number of times, but can be started and ended from an arbitrary number of times, and the number of times of the measurement until the predetermined number of times is not necessarily one time. .
[0026]
( Reference Example 8)
Next, an eighth reference example will be described.
[0027]
The operation of the rice cooker having the same configuration as that of the fourth reference example will be described.
The abnormality detecting means 5 measures the continuous rising time of the tongue when the detection of the rising of the tongue is issued by the tongue detecting means 3. Normally, when the continuous rise of the sleep is about 5 to 10 seconds, if the continuous rise of the sleep is detected for 30 seconds, it is determined that the sleep detecting means 3 is abnormal, and the heating control means 4 controls the heating means 2. As shown in FIG. 2 (c), the amount of heating is reduced to such an extent that rice cooking performance can be maintained, thereby suppressing spill-over.
[0028]
(Example 1 )
Next, a first embodiment will be described.
[0029]
The operation of the rice cooker having the same configuration as that of the first reference example will be described. The heating control means 4 reduces the amount of heating by the heating means 2 only when the temperature of the pot bottom in the rice cooker is in the range of 90 to 110 degrees Celsius and when the rise detection is detected by the sleep detection means 3, If it is within the range, the heating amount is not changed based on the detection result of the detection means 3 if necessary.
[0030]
In addition, it can be implemented at the temperature of any place in the rice cooker.
[0031]
( Reference Example 9 )
Next, a tenth embodiment will be described.
[0032]
The operation of the rice cooker having the same configuration as that of the first reference example will be described. The heating control means 4 reduces the amount of heating by the heating means 2 when the rice rising detection is detected by the rice detecting means 3 only when the rice cooking time is between 10 minutes and 50 minutes, and when the rice is in another range. The heating amount is not changed based on the detection result of the detection unit 3.
[0033]
(Example 2 )
Next, a second embodiment will be described.
[0034]
The operation of the rice cooker having the same configuration as that of the first reference example will be described. The heating control means 4 reduces the amount of heating by the heating means 2 when the need detection means 3 detects an increase in the need, only when the rice cooking step is in the boiling maintaining step, and when the demand is in another range, the demand detection means 3 The amount of heating is not changed based on the detection result of.
[0035]
In addition, it can be implemented in multiple steps.
[0036]
( Reference Example 10 )
Next, a tenth reference example will be described.
[0037]
In FIG. 1, reference numeral 7 denotes display means for displaying or notifying the state of the rice cooker, and reference numeral 8 denotes display control means for controlling the display means 7. The components having the same numbers as those in the first embodiment or the fourth embodiment are common, and the description thereof will be omitted.
[0038]
The operation of the rice cooker configured as described above will be described. When the detection is performed by the rice detecting means 3, the display control means 8 displays whether the rice raising has been raised by the display means 7. When the rise of the sleep is detected, a buzzer sound is notified.
It should be noted that the display and notification are performed only in a part of the state of the rice cooker, and the state of the detection means that performs the display and notification is not limited to the above case, but may be any state. Further, the same operation can be performed by the abnormality detection means 5 instead of the needy detection means 3.
[0039]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the first to third aspects of the present invention, by changing the amount of heating in accordance with the detection result of the rise of rice, it is possible to prevent spills without lowering the rice cooking performance.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a rice cooker according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an operation waveform diagram of the rice cooker.
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Pot 2 Heating means 3 Needle detection means 4 Heat control means 5 Abnormality detection means 6 Input means 7 Display means 8 Display control means

Claims (3)

A pot for holding the food, heating means for heating the pan, a rice detecting means for detecting that the rice rose from the upper end of the pan, and a heating control means for controlling the heating means, The heating control means changes the amount of heating of the heating means according to the detection state of the rice detection means, and the heating control means adjusts the temperature of the pot bottom in the rice cooker to another range of 90 degrees to 110 degrees. cooker comprising controlling said heating means without depending on the detection result of said detecting means when Ne Contact when in. A pot for holding the food, heating means for heating the pan, a rice detecting means for detecting that the rice rose from the upper end of the pan, and a heating control means for controlling the heating means, The heating control means changes a heating amount of the heating means in accordance with a detection state of the need detection means, and the heating control means depends on a detection result of the need detection means in another range of the boiling maintaining step. Rice cooker without controlling the heating means . 3. The heating control means according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the heating means stops heating the heating means while detecting the rise of the tongue by the care detecting means, and starts heating the heating means again when the rise of the tongue is no longer detected. of rice cooker.

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