JP3597987B2 - Cooking device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a heating cooker controlled by a microcomputer, and more particularly, to select and set an automatic cooking menu by selecting display items displayed on a display means and switching and displaying the selected display items one after another. The present invention relates to an improvement in a heating cooker that allows a user to read cooking notes, cooking advice, cooking tips, and the like.
[0002]
[Prior art]
By selecting display items displayed on the display means and sequentially switching and displaying the display items related to the selected display items, an automatic cooking menu can be selected and set, and a cooking memo, cooking advice, cooking tips, and the like can be viewed. The heating cooker constructed as described above has been sold by the applicant under the trade name of a liquid crystal navigation range and has been well received. Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Nos. 10-47683, 10-47684, 10-47685, and 10-47686 disclose techniques relating to the liquid crystal navigation range.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In the above liquid crystal navigation range, a cooking menu that does not require navigation, for example, even in the case of a familiar cooking menu, it is not possible to set a cooking menu unless the display item selection operation is repeatedly switched and displayed one after another, or a recipe of a specific cooking menu. There is a problem that the user wants to see only the jump display, but cannot do so. An object of the present invention is to make it possible to display a bookmark on the display screen and jump to the display screen with the bookmark in order to solve the problem.
[0004]
Further, when it is not known to which genre the categorized genre corresponds to the cooking menu to be performed, there is also a problem that it may be necessary to perform trial and error to set the cooking menu. In order to solve the above problem, an object of the present invention is to classify cooking menu names by initials, and to set a cooking menu as a display item (index) using the group names classified.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The present invention provides a display means for displaying a plurality of display items related to cooking in a hierarchical structure and a plurality of display information items related to each display item, in order to allow the user to select cooking information necessary for performing heating cooking , and the display means. in the heating cooker and a selecting means for selecting the displayed display item, and so as to be displayed by switching one after the other display information on the display item or display item branches from the selected displayed item,
A bookmark grant instructing means for applying a bookmark to the desired screen of the display screen of the display items or display information is displayed is switched to the display means,
A screen of a display screen to which data relating to each display screen of the display items or display information having the hierarchical structure is separately stored in a screen code, a title, and other than a title assigned to each display screen, and a bookmark is provided. Storage means for taking out only the code and storing it separately,
A bookmarking screen display instructing means for instructing a list display of the titles of the display screens to which bookmarks have been given, and for instructing the display of the entire display screen having the selected title, and an input signal from the bookmarking screen displaying instruction means. Accordingly, further comprising a display control means for displaying the entire list or display screen of the title of the display screen bookmark is assigned based on the screen code is separately stored in the storage means,
On the display screen of the initial hierarchy being displayed on the display means, when an arbitrary title is selected from the titles listed by the bookmark assigning screen display instruction means, the display screen of the initial hierarchy being displayed Thus, it is possible to execute the heating cooking based on the selected cooking information by jump-displaying the display item of the selected title or display information in the hierarchical structure.
Further, the present invention provides a display means for displaying a plurality of display items related to cooking in a hierarchical structure and a plurality of display information related to each display item in order to allow the user to select cooking information necessary for performing heating cooking, A selection unit for selecting a display item displayed on the display unit, wherein the display information branching from the selected display item or display information on the display item is sequentially switched and displayed. ,
Further provided with a bookmark assignment instruction means for assigning a bookmark to a display screen of a display item or display information displayed by switching to the display means,
Of the display items or display information having the hierarchical structure, the title of the display screen to which the bookmark is added when the bookmarker adding instruction means is operated while the display screen of the initial hierarchy set as the display screen to which the bookmark cannot be added is displayed. A list is displayed, and when the bookmarker instructing means is operated while the bookmarked display screen is being displayed, a display as to whether or not to delete the bookmarker is displayed on the display means,
When an arbitrary title is selected from the titles displayed in the list, a jump display is performed from the displayed display screen of the initial hierarchy to a display screen of a display item or display information of the selected title in a hierarchical structure. This makes it possible to execute heating cooking based on the selected cooking information.
According to this arrangement, leave with a bookmark on the display screen you want to display jump, it is possible to jump displayed on the display screen when needed, or can be run quickly the particular automatic cooking, watching fast a particular food information Can be . Note that the bookmark assigning instruction means is generally separate from the screen, such as a bookmark key shown in an embodiment described later, but may be a touch key type for touching a predetermined portion on the screen.
[0007]
Further, the present invention is characterized in that, in the heating cooker having the above-described configuration, the fact that the bookmark is provided is displayed on the screen where the bookmark is provided. According to this configuration, it is easy to determine whether or not the screen has a bookmark.
[0008]
Further, the present invention provides the heating cooker having the above configuration, wherein an index key for displaying a group name obtained by classifying the cooking name menu by initials as a display item is provided, and the group name selected by the selection means by the display control means is provided. A list of cooking names belonging to the group is displayed. According to this configuration, the cooking name menu can be searched in alphabetical order or alphabetical order, and a desired cooking menu can be set quickly.
[0010]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
<First embodiment>
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a control circuit (control means) of a microwave oven as one embodiment of the cooking device of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a microcomputer (hereinafter referred to as "microcomputer") for controlling various operations of a microwave oven having a temporary storage memory (RAM) 1a. The microcomputer 1 has a power supply circuit 2 and a microcomputer shown in FIG. A key circuit 3 for outputting signals corresponding to the operation of various keys on the operation panel, a sensor 4 for detecting temperature, humidity, etc. in an oven (not shown), and an execution means for performing heating cooking such as a magnetron of a microwave oven A notification sound generator 5 that outputs various notification sounds in accordance with the operation status of the device, a relay circuit 6 that switches the operation state of the drive circuit of the microwave oven, a large-capacity external storage memory 7, and the operation panel ( A display control circuit 8 for driving and controlling a liquid crystal display 9 provided in FIG. 2) and a nonvolatile memory for freely writing and erasing data EEPROM) and 10 are provided.
[0011]
The liquid crystal display 9 uses a STN liquid crystal composed of a full dot matrix to display Chinese characters and illustrations in a size that allows easy viewing of messages and advice on cooking. For overseas use, it is necessary to display kanji in the language used in the country, such as English.
[0012]
Although the microcomputer 1 includes the temporary storage memory 1a, in the present embodiment, the contents displayed on the liquid crystal display 9 such as an item selection screen, a screen during cooking, a message screen, an illustration screen, and the like are increased, and various data are enormous. Therefore , the display data, the notification sound data, the cooking data, and the operation program of the microcomputer are stored in the external storage memory 7.
[0013]
However, depending on the specifications, a large amount of programs may not be required. In such a case, the programs may be stored in the internal storage memory (ROM) 1d of the microcomputer 1. In reading the actual display data, the microcomputer 1 reads out the display data for one screen from the external storage memory 7 several times and stores it in the temporary storage memory (RAM) 1a each time.
[0014]
Next, the display data stored in the temporary storage memory 1a of the microcomputer 1 and the display data stored in the display only memory 8a built in the display control circuit 8 are sequentially transmitted to the liquid crystal display 9 as display data signals in units of one vertical column. The display data signals of each column are sent out at fixed time intervals to complete the display of one screen. By repeating this, a stable display is obtained.
[0015]
Next, the operation panel of the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 2 is a front view of the operation panel of the present embodiment. The operation panel includes a display panel 11 composed of a liquid crystal display 9, a selection key 12 as selection means for selecting a display item displayed on the screen, a screen return key 13 for returning a switching display screen to an original state, and switching display. A screen feed key 14 for sending a screen, a bookmark key 15 for giving a bookmark to a display screen, which will be described later, and for jump-displaying the screen on which the bookmark is given, and an initial letter of the cooking name menu in alphabetical order And an index key 16 for displaying group names of "A line", "KA line", "SA line", and so on, and for selecting an automatic cooking menu on the display panel. An automatic cooking menu 17, a manual heating mode selection key 18 for setting a heating mode for manual heating, a start key 19 for instructing start of cooking, and a selected item A cancel key 20 for performing cancellation of a heating time input key 21 for inputting a heating time, consisting of the door opening and closing buttons 22. for opening the microwave door.
[0016]
During standby, the time display and the large category menu selection screen shown in FIG. 3A, that is, “cooking” for selecting an automatic cooking menu, “warm” for selecting a menu to be automatically reheated by microwaves, and freezing Four selection display items are displayed: "defrosting" for selecting a menu for automatically defrosting foods, and "cooking guide" for selecting menus such as cooking messages and advice. The menu selection screen in the present embodiment has a hierarchical structure, and a lower-level menu selection screen is displayed by pressing a selection key 12 on the side of the screen.
[0017]
An example will be described with reference to FIG. 3. When "dish" is selected from the large classification menu selection screen shown in FIG. 3 (a), a dish type selection screen for automatic cooking is displayed as shown in FIG. 3 (b). Therefore, when "cookie" is selected, a bookmark (bookmark) and a screen title "cookie 1" are displayed at the top of the screen as shown in FIG. 3C, and a display item indicating the type of cookie is displayed at the bottom. Then, by pressing the screen shift key 14 shown in FIG. 2, the screen shifts to the screen of "cookie 2".
[0018]
When "Die-cut cookie" is selected on the "Cookie 1" screen, the screen is switched to the "Die-cut cookie" screen as shown in FIG. 3D, and when "Amount 38" is selected, it is shown in FIG. Is switched to a selection screen for executing “baking” or referring to “recipe”. When "baking" is selected, the screen is switched to a finish selection screen as shown in FIG. 3 (f). Therefore, if "standard" is selected and the start key 19 shown in FIG. 2 is pressed, heating is executed. When "recipe" is selected on the screen shown in FIG. 3 (e), the screen is switched to a recipe selection screen shown in FIG. 3 (f), and the recipe information includes "material", "fabric making", "forming", and "forming". Since the display item of "baking" is displayed, by selecting any one, the selected recipe information can be displayed on the screen.
[0019]
When "Cake" is selected on the dish type selection screen for automatic cooking shown in FIG. 3B, the screen is switched to the screen of "Cake 1" as shown in FIG. When this is selected, a screen for selecting "one-stage cooking" or "two-stage cooking" is displayed as shown in FIG. 3D, and when "one-stage cooking" is selected, "baking" is selected as shown in FIG. 3 (e). In this case, the screen is switched to the finish selection screen as shown in FIG. 3 (f), so if "standard" is selected and the start key 19 shown in FIG. 2 is pressed, the heating is executed. When "recipe" is selected on the screen shown in FIG. 3E, the screen is switched to a recipe selection screen as shown in FIG. 3F.
[0020]
In addition, when “dish convenient book” is selected on the automatic cooking dish type selection screen shown in FIG. 3B, as shown in FIG. , "World food", "Child food", and "Cooking memo" are displayed. Then, when "Cooking memo" is selected, a screen display of "Cooking memo" is displayed as shown in FIG. 3D, and when "Fries tips" is selected from the display items, FIG. As shown in the figure, the screen display shows "knack of fried food". Therefore, when "basket of tempura" is selected, a screen for selecting display items of "mixing of clothes", "how to make clothes" and "how to fry" is displayed as shown in FIG. 3 (f). By making a selection, the selected food memo information can be displayed on the screen.
[0021]
Further, as shown in FIGS. 3 (c), 3 (d),..., When a bookmark is displayed in the upper part of the screen, pressing the bookmark key 15 shown in FIG. The screen code can be stored and registered in the nonvolatile memory 10 shown in FIG. 1, and a bookmark can be given to the screen. For example, when the bookmark key 15 is pressed on the display screen of the "cut-out cookie" shown in FIG. 4A, the screen is switched to the screen shown in FIG. 4B, and the user is asked "Do you want to store the screen of this cut-out cookie?" When "Yes" is selected, the display screen code of "Die cut cookie" is stored in the non-volatile memory 10 and a message "This screen of die cut cookie is stored" is displayed for a predetermined time. The display screen is switched to the display screen of “die-cut cookie” shown in FIG. In this screen, the bookmark is displayed in reverse video so that it can be determined that this screen has been registered.
[0022]
In the case of deleting the registration of the registered display screen, if the bookmark key 15 is kept pressed for 3 seconds on the display screen of the "cutout cookie" shown in FIG. 5A, the screen is switched to the screen shown in FIG. Do you want to delete the screen of this die-cut cookie? "When" Yes "is selected, the display screen code of the" die-cut cookie "stored in the nonvolatile memory 10 is deleted, and the bookmark is inverted. The display switches to the normal display and returns to the display shown in FIG.
[0023]
On the other hand, when the bookmark key 15 is pressed on the initial screen at the time of standby shown in FIG. 3A or the screen where the bookmark is not displayed as shown in FIG. 3B, the registered screen can be jump-displayed, When there are a plurality of registered screens, the titles of the registered screens are displayed in a list in the order in which the titles of the registered screens are stored (newly stored ones are listed above), so that the title of the screen to be displayed is selected. Then, the title screen can be jump-displayed.
[0024]
To store the screen code of the screen to which the bookmark is to be added in the non-volatile memory 10 and to display the entire screen or to display a list of screen titles based on the stored screen code, the screen data of each display screen must be stored in the title portion. And a data group divided into parts other than the title, and the data divided by the last digit code of the screen code assigned to the data group may be distinguished. In addition, two types of bookmark display data, one for normal display and the other for reverse display, are stored in the internal storage memory 1d or the external storage memory 7, and the two types of display data are stored in the internal storage memory 1d or the external storage memory 7. If any of them is read out and displayed by a display program, the program is simplified.
[0025]
<Second embodiment>
Next, cooking menu setting by the index key 16 shown in FIG. 2 will be described. When the index key 16 is pressed, as shown in FIG. 7A, a group of "a line", "ka line", "sa line", etc., in which the initials of the cooking name menu are classified in alphabetical order. "A line" to "ta line" are displayed among the display items for displaying names, and when the screen shift key 14 is pressed, "ka line" is selected on the screen shown in FIG. 7 (a ') and FIG. 7 (b). As shown in FIG. 7, the cooking name menu of "Kakiage", "Karaage",... In the Japanese syllabary is displayed as a display item, and when the screen feed key 14 is pressed, as shown in FIG. The display shifts to display items such as "Milk gratin", "Cream bread", and so on. Then, when a desired cooking name menu is selected, the display switches to the title screen of the cooking name menu. For example, when a die-cut cookie is selected, a “die-cut cookie” screen shown in FIG. 3D is displayed, and the subsequent operation is the same as in the first embodiment.
[0026]
【The invention's effect】
According to the present invention, bookmarks are provided among a plurality of display items related to cooking in a hierarchical structure and a plurality of display information items related to each display item in order to allow the user to select cooking information necessary for performing heating cooking. A list of display screen titles is displayed, and when an arbitrary title is selected from the list-displayed titles, a display item of the selected title in a hierarchical structure is displayed from the displayed initial hierarchy display screen. Alternatively, a configuration in which heating cooking can be executed based on the cooking information selected by jumping to the display information, so that a bookmark can be attached to the display screen to be jumped and the display screen can be jump-displayed when necessary, The automatic cooking device can be quickly executed, or a specific cooking information can be quickly checked.
Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to easily determine whether or not the display screen is provided with a bookmark, and to use the cooker easily.
Further, according to the present invention, the pressurized heat cooker that can display quickly a desired display screen from among the plurality of bookmarks imparting screen.
Further, according to the present invention, the cooking name menu can be searched in the order of the Japanese syllabary or alphabetical order, and a desired cooking menu can be set quickly and easily.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a control circuit of a microwave oven according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a front view of an operation panel of the microwave oven.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an order flow by a selection key on a display screen of the operation panel.
FIG. 4 is an exemplary diagram showing how the screen changes when the display screen of the operation panel is stored using a bookmark key.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a display screen when the information is stored in a display screen of the operation panel.
FIG. 6 is an exemplary view showing a display screen showing a list of screens registered by the bookmark.
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a screen display on a display panel of the operation panel.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 microcomputer (display control means)
2 power supply circuit 3 key circuit 4 sensor 5 notification sound generator 6 relay circuit 7 external storage memory 8 display control circuit 9 liquid crystal display (display means)
10 Non-volatile memory (storage means)
11 display panel 12 selection key (selection means)
13 Screen return key 14 Screen forward key 15 Bookmark key (type assignment instruction means, type assignment screen instruction means)
16 Index key 17 Automatic menu key 18 Manual heating selection key 19 Start key 20 Cancel key 21 Heating time selection key

Claims (4)

A display means for displaying a plurality of display items related to cooking in a hierarchical structure and a plurality of display information items for each display item in order to select cooking information necessary for performing the heating cooking; and Selecting means for selecting a display item, a heating cooker configured to switch and display display information on display items or display items branched from the selected display item one after another,
A bookmark assigning instruction unit for assigning a bookmark to a desired screen of a display screen of a display item or display information which is switched and displayed on the display unit,
A screen of a display screen to which data relating to each display screen of the display items or display information having the hierarchical structure is separately stored in a screen code, a title, and other than a title assigned to each display screen, and a bookmark is provided. Storage means for taking out only the code and storing it separately,
Bookmark indication screen display instruction means for instructing a list display of the titles of the display screens to which the bookmarks have been assigned, and for instructing the display of the entire display screen having the selected titles,
Display control means for displaying a list of titles of display screens to which bookmarks have been added based on screen codes separately stored in the storage means, or an entire display screen, according to an input signal from the bookmark providing screen display instruction means. Prepare,
On the display screen of the initial hierarchy being displayed on the display means, when an arbitrary title is selected from the titles listed by the bookmark assigning screen display instruction means, the display screen of the initial hierarchy being displayed A cooking device capable of executing heating cooking based on the cooking information selected by jump-displaying a display item of a selected title or a display information of a display information in a hierarchical structure. A display means for displaying a plurality of display items related to cooking in a hierarchical structure and a plurality of display information items for each display item in order to select cooking information necessary for performing the heating cooking; and Selecting means for selecting a display item, a heating cooker configured to switch and display display information on display items or display items branched from the selected display item one after another,
Further provided with a bookmark assignment instruction means for assigning a bookmark to a display screen of a display item or display information displayed by switching to the display means,
Of the display items or display information having the hierarchical structure, the title of the display screen to which the bookmark is added when the bookmarker adding instruction means is operated while the display screen of the initial hierarchy set as the display screen to which the bookmark cannot be added is displayed. A list is displayed, and when the bookmarker instructing means is operated while the bookmarked display screen is being displayed, a display as to whether or not to delete the bookmarker is displayed on the display means,
When an arbitrary title is selected from the titles displayed in the list, a jump display is performed from the displayed display screen of the initial hierarchy to a display screen of a display item or display information of the selected title in a hierarchical structure. A heating cooker characterized in that heating cooking can be executed based on the selected cooking information. 2. The cooking device according to claim 1, wherein the display screen to which the bookmark is applied indicates that the bookmark is applied. An index key is provided to display as a display item a group name in which the cooking menu is classified by initials,
The cooking device according to claim 1, wherein a list of cooking names belonging to the group name selected by the selection means is displayed by the display control means.

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