JPH10201622A - Display of automatic rice cooker - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To minimize the area of a screen part in a display panel and miniaturize the display panel and, in its turn, the whole rice cooker by providing a set display part for setting automatic rice cooking and a process display part for displaying the process of automatic rice cooking on the screen part of the display panel in such a manner as to be fully switchable. SOLUTION: In an automatic rice cooker for business having a rice storing part, a rice washing part, and a rice cooking part vertically arranged on a body frame in order from above, an openable and closable display panel provided on the front surface of the substantially box-shaped rice storing part has a control part 14 having a screen part 12 by a flat display and an operation part 13. The screen part 12 is formed in such a manner as to be fully switchable to a set display part 33 for setting automatic rice cooking, a process display part for displaying the process of automatic rice cooking, a reservation display part, and a maintenance display part. The set display part 33 has, for example, a character display part 33A for setting of course, a character display part 33B for operation or non-operation, and a character display part 33C for rice cooking quantity, water quantity, washing manner, mode or the like.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a display device for an automatic rice cooker for business use.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There is a display device disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 2509384 as a display device capable of specifically recognizing a current process position and a position to be checked in an actual automatic rice cooker. In this display panel, in the display device of the automatic rice cooker provided with a process position display unit that displays the flow of the process of automatic rice cooking with a lamp, and a check position display unit that displays the position of an error or trouble with a lamp, The display panel is provided with a graphic display unit depicting the entire shape of the rice cooker, and display lamps are provided at positions corresponding to the process position and the check position of the graphic display unit, respectively, and a lamp display of the process position display unit is provided. In response to the lamp display on the check position display section, Were those configured to form a display of Jishon and check position.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned conventional display device, the display panel displays reservation, immediate, start,
Along with the cancel operation unit, a process display unit with a lamp display, a process display unit such as a character display unit and a graphic display unit of a check position, and a setting display unit such as the amount of cooked rice, hard and soft, how to wash, and mode are displayed on the entire screen unit. The display has a problem that the display panel becomes large due to the display, and the process display section and the setting display section are on the same screen. However, there was a possibility of misreading (depending on the degree of experience of the kitchen manager and individual differences) due to unevenness of interpretation (judgment).

Accordingly, the present invention provides a setting display section for setting automatic rice cooking (setting of course, amount of rice, water addition / draining, washing method, colander raising, spotting, cooking, etc.) and displaying the flow of automatic rice cooking (weighing). , Washing rice, raising colander, adjusting water, draining rice, soaking, cooking rice,
By displaying the process display section and screen display section separately on the screen section (full-screen switching display), the display panel including the screen section can be reduced in size, and the display can be read (determined) reliably. It is an object to provide a simple display device.

[0005]

According to the present invention, there is provided a display apparatus of an automatic rice cooker having a display panel provided with a screen section and an operation section. Have taken. That is, the display device according to the present invention is characterized in that the screen unit is provided with a setting display unit for setting automatic rice cooking and a process display unit for displaying the flow of automatic rice cooking so as to be entirely switchable. By adopting such a configuration, the area of the screen portion occupied by the display panel can be reduced, whereby the area of the display panel can be reduced, and as a result, the entire rice cooker can be designed to be small, and the setting display can be performed. Unit and the process display unit can be displayed separately on one screen unit, so that the reading (judgment) of the display can be read individually, and the troublesomeness of the judgment is small and the degree of inclination is large. Is also reduced.

Here, the setting display section for setting automatic rice cooking includes a mode of automatic rice cooking, preparation of rice cooking, or washing of rice, including the amount of rice cooked, water adjustment according to the amount of cooked rice, and how to wash (lightly, normally, carefully). Setting, setting of monkey raising time, spotting time, etc., after setting by this setting display section, pressing the start button or reservation button, the screen section is completely switched to the process display section and the setting is as set Whether or not the rice cooking process is flowing smoothly (implemented) is displayed by displaying characters such as weighing, washing rice, and the like in order of the process and displaying the whole shape of the rice cooker by blinking a lamp or the like on a graphic display unit.

In the display device of the automatic rice cooker according to the present invention, both the setting display section and the process display section are provided with a maintenance display section which can be entirely switched on a screen section, so that the remaining rice processing, water supply confirmation, etc. The auxiliary function is displayed in characters on the screen, thereby contributing to the maintenance. Further, since the operation unit is disposed at the lower position of the screen unit or at one of the left and right side positions, the operation unit, that is, the setting button (switch), the start button (switch), and the selection button (switch) are operated. Occasionally, the screen portion is less likely to be hidden by the worker's arms, fingers, and the like, and can be operated while judging (visually confirming) the screen portion. (LCD), plasma display (PDP), etc.), the display panel can be made compact, and in particular, the thickness of the display panel can be reduced.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a side view of the entire rice cooker 1 and FIG. 1 is a front view (front view). 2, the rice cooker 1 has a main body frame 2, and a single wheel, specifically a caster 3, is provided at a lower portion of the frame 2 so that the rice cooker 1 is movable, and when installed at a predetermined position,
The wheels can be locked.

A rice storage unit 4 is provided above the main body frame 2, a rice washing unit 5 is provided below the rice storage unit 4, and a rice cooking unit 6 is provided below the rice washing unit 5 in a vertical direction. The rice storage unit 4 includes a funnel-shaped rice storage tank 7, and a measuring drum 8 is provided below the tank 7. The drum 8 is driven to rotate around a horizontal axis by a motor 9, and rice is cooked according to the number of rotations. The quantity is measurable.

A rice storage tank 7 has a lid 1 which can be opened and closed on its upper part.
0, the lid 10 can be opened to supply rice, a sensor for detecting the amount of rice is provided inside the tank, and the rotation amount (number) of the motor 9 is detected. A juice volume sensor is provided. The rice storage unit 4 is formed in a substantially box shape at the upper part of the main body frame 2 and has a display panel 11 which can be opened and closed on the front surface (front surface).
A control unit 14 having a screen unit 12 and an operation unit 13 with a flat display shown in FIGS. 3 to 8 is provided on the front surface of the display panel 11, and details of the control unit 14 will be described later.

The rice washing section 5 has a funnel-shaped rice washing tank 15 for receiving and washing the measured rice supplied from the measuring drum 8,
A rice discharging port is provided at a lower portion of the tank 15, and the rice discharging port is a conical rice discharging valve 16 which can be opened and closed by moving up and down.
It has. The rice discharge valve 16 is provided below the valve stem 17 disposed on the center (axial center) of the rice washing tank 15.
The rice discharge port 16 can be opened and closed by the rice discharge valve 16 by moving the valve stem 17 up and down by a valve driver (not shown) including a motor, a cam and the like provided on the upper part thereof.

A hollow shaft is fitted over the valve shaft 17 and a stirring rod 18 is provided on the hollow shaft. The hollow shaft is rotated around its axis by a stirring driving body (not shown) such as a motor or a bevel gear. The metering rice can be washed in the rice washing tank 15 by the stirring rod 18 by rotationally driving the rice. The rice washing section 5 is provided with a water supply nozzle 19 above the tank 15, and this nozzle 19 is connected to a pressure water source such as a water tap via a piping system 21 having an electromagnetic valve 20, and adjusts the amount of water required for washing rice. In addition, the amount of water required for cooking rice can be adjusted.

Further, a drainage jacket 22 is provided at a lower portion of the rice washing tank 15, and the jacket 22 is connected to a drainage device having a drainage box 23 having a built-in drain valve which can be opened and closed. Can be released outside the aircraft. The rice cooker 6 is mounted on a gantry 24 which can be pulled out forward and backward at the lower part of the main body frame 2.
A stove section 25 such as electricity, an outer hook 26 and the outer hook 26
The inner pot 27 is detachable from the inner pot 27.
The rice washed and raised in a colander can be accepted with water.

The inner pot 27 can be held under pressure by the lid 28 during rice cooking. In this embodiment, the rice cooker 6 can be taken out while the lid 28 is left in the rice cooker 1. It has a shutter device 30 that can be opened and closed by a motor 29, and a lid 28 having this shutter device 30 can be moved up and down via a link 32 by the up and down movement of an opening and closing lever 31, and these are the same as the conventional example. The stove section 25 can be selected from manual ignition and automatic ignition.

Referring to FIGS. 3 to 8, details of a control section 14 having a screen section 12 and an operation section 13 are illustrated, and a setting display for setting automatic rice cooking shown in FIG. The unit 33, the process display unit 34 for displaying the flow of the automatic rice cooking shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, the reservation display unit 35 shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, and the maintenance display unit 35A shown in FIGS. The entire surface can be switched.

The operation unit 13 has a reservation button (switch) 3
6. Set button (switch) 37, cancel button (switch) 38, start button (switch) 39 on screen 1
2 and a selection button (switch) 40 and a maintenance button (switch) 41 are arranged at a right side position (a left side position is also possible) of the screen unit 12. The screen unit 12 is prevented from being blindfolded by the arms (hands) of the operator (operator) while operating the operation unit 13.
Includes the main switch 42 shown in FIG.

That is, a setting button (setting switch) 37 for setting a rice cooking mode (rice cooking course), a reservation button (reservation switch) 36 for setting a reservation time, and a start button (start switch) 39 for setting start of rice cooking.
Are provided on the display panel, and each of the buttons (switches) 3
By operating the control unit 14 by operating the microcomputer, the control button 14 is operated by operating the setting button (setting switch) 37. The rice cooker mode (rice cooker course) must be set before the reservation button. An electrical interlock means (not shown) in which the (reservation switch) 36 cannot be operated is provided in the control unit 14.

The screen section 12 is a horizontally long rectangle in the figure.
The setting display unit 33 includes a character display unit 33A such as “Course setting” in the upper left column and a character display unit 33B “operating or not” in the upper right column. To "cooked rice amount", "water content", "how to wash", "mode",
It is provided with each character display part 33C of "on the monkey" and "murashi",
Corresponding to this, "Rice cooked amount (4.5 sho in the figure)
1.8L liter display, "Slight amount of water loss", Washing method "Light, normal, careful", Mode "Automatic once, automatic 2"
The times, preparations, rice washing, and monkey raising purple are each provided with a character display section 33D such as a time display, and a lower part of the display (message) display of the instruction (message) of the next work (in the figure, "start or reserve after setting") 33E) are sectioned, and each of these display units is a flat display, for example, a liquid crystal display (LCD), a plasma display panel (PDP), or the like.

The selection button 40 has a selection main button 40A at the center thereof, and upper and lower switching selection buttons 40B and 40 above and below it.
C, left and right increase / decrease switching select buttons 40D, 40
F. That is, when the setting button 37 of the operation unit 13 is turned on, the screen unit 12 displays the setting display unit 33.
The course setting is selected by turning on the selection button 40 in the setting display section 33.

In order to set the amount of cooked rice, the "rice cooked" is first displayed by turning on the selection button 40. When the amount of cooked rice is to be increased or decreased, the left and right increase / decrease select buttons 40D and 40E are used.
The desired (set) cooked rice amount is displayed by operating
D is displayed in the upper row, and then the switching selection button 40C
Is turned on, the display unit 33C displays "Water control", and then the left and right increase / decrease switching buttons 40D and 40E are operated to set the water control, and thereafter, "Washing",
The mode is switched by operating the button 40C between "mode", "on the monkey", and "purple", and the rice is set as desired by operating the buttons 40D and 40E each time. It is done.

When the setting is to be changed in the middle, the button 40B is operated, the display section 33C is sequentially switched to select, for example, "how to wash", and the button 4 is changed from "lightly" to "careful".
The value is changed to 0E and the process proceeds to the lower stage. In this display, the character portion may be displayed by surrounding the frame or may be inverted, and in any case, each part of the set course is individually displayed.

When a message is displayed on the display section 33E, the start button 39 or the reservation button 36 is turned on, and the screen section 12 is displayed on the process display section 34 shown in FIGS. The entire screen can be switched to the reservation display section 35 and the maintenance button 41 can be operated to operate the maintenance display section 35A.

The process display section 34 shown in FIG. 4 automatically sets four squares twice, and the process display section 34B shown in FIG. 5 sets manual ignition and is shown in FIG. The process display section 34C sets the preparation for washing rice, and in any of the display sections, the setting display field 34
C, a process flow display column 34D in the middle left column of the screen, a graphic display portion 34E depicting the entire shape of the rice cooker, and a message display portion 34F in the lower portion of the screen. Has a display section 34G for displaying a
The lamp display section 34G displays the flow of the process in black and white inverted (black during the process and white outside the process), and correspondingly displays the process characters in the display column 34D in black and white inverted or framed ( (Around the characters), and an abnormal process is displayed, for example, by blinking.

For example, in FIG. 4, the character "rice washing", which is one of the process flows, is surrounded by a frame, and the portion corresponding to the rice washing is displayed in black. In FIG. 5, the character "cooked rice" is surrounded by a frame. The portion corresponding to rice cooking is displayed in black. In FIG. 6, the letters “ready” are framed and the portion corresponding to completion is displayed in black. That is, the setting button 37 is turned on and the setting display section 33 is displayed on the screen section 12.
When the selection switch 40 is operated, the rice cook process is sequentially set from the amount of rice cooked, and the like, and the start button 39 is operated, as shown in FIG. 5 is switched to the process display section 34 showing the process of FIG. 5, and when the manual ignition is set on the setting display section 33, the process display section 34A shown in FIG. Are displayed on a liquid crystal or the like by switching over the entire surface.

When the reservation button 36 is operated after operating the setting button 37, the screen section 12 is completely switched to the setting display section 35 shown in FIG. 7, and by operating the selection button 40 in this state, the screen section 12 is illustrated in FIG. The displayed characters are displayed on the LCD, etc.
The figure shows an example of a reservation made at 12:30 tomorrow. At this time, if the start button 39 is operated when there is not enough time for the reservation, the shortest time is displayed on the hour and minute display section and a message in the message display section (lower part of FIG. 7) is displayed with the words “no time is available”. Is displayed and a warning is given by sound and light. When there is enough time for reservation (when reservation is possible), the start button 3
When the user operates No. 9, the reservation setting display section shown in FIG. 8 is displayed in characters as shown in the figure. At this time, when the cancel button 38 is operated, the display returns to the reservation setting screen (the screen in FIG. 7).
It is displayed for 0 seconds, during which time the reservation can be set again by the selection button 40.

When the maintenance button 41 is operated, the screen section 12 displays a portion to be processed on the maintenance display section 35A shown in FIG. 9 (the remaining rice processing is enclosed in characters in the figure), and the processing is completed or displayed for 10 seconds. Then, the display is turned off and, as shown in FIG. 10, the screen is completely switched to the current time setting display section 35A, the time is set by the selection button 40, and the time is determined by operating the start button 39.

That is, in the operation method of the rice cooker having the display device according to the present invention, first, the course is set by operating the setting button 37, that is, the setting display section 33 is depressed to display the setting display section 33 on the screen section 12 by pressing the button 37. Appears on the select button 40
After the course is set, the reservation button 36 is operated to bring up the display screen section 35 of FIG. 7 and the selection button 39 is used to select the reservation time and the like, and the screen section 35 shown in FIG. When the reservation is completed by operating the button 39 and the operation is switched to the process display section 34, the operation is completed (cooking (automatic rice cooking), preparation (rice washing preparation), rice washing completion (rice washing). (There is a difference in the time when the mode is selected), and the setting contents of the course are displayed before the reservation, so that the reservation due to incorrect course setting can be prevented.

That is, a setting button (setting switch) 37 for setting a rice cooking mode (rice cooking course), a reservation button (reservation switch) 36 for setting a reservation time, and a start button (start switch) 39 for setting the start of rice cooking.
Are provided on the display panel, and each of the buttons (switches) 3
By operating the control unit 14 by microcomputer processing by operating 6 to 39, a rice cooker mode (rice cooker course) must be set by operating a setting button (setting switch) 37 and a reservation button (reservation switch) 36 In addition, when the reservation button 36 is operated to set the reservation time, the operation time of the rice cooking mode (rice cooking course) is added to the current time to shorten the time until the reservation time is short. It sends a message that the reservation cannot be made.

Here, the message may be a character display or a warning by sound or light. Referring to FIG. 11 with reference to FIG. 12, the flow (step) from the start to the end will be described. First, when the operator turns on the main switch 42, the microcomputer device of the control unit 14 is turned on and controlled by the following flow. First, in the present invention, when the setting button 37 is turned on, the display section 33 shown in FIG. 3 appears on the screen section 12, and the course is first set by operating the selection switch 40.

When making a reservation, the reservation button 36 is pressed to set the reservation time, and when not making a reservation, the start button 39 is pressed (the current time is set separately by the maintenance switch 41 or the like). When the start button 39 is pressed, the screen unit 12 displays the process display units 34, 34B, 34 shown in FIGS.
C, the course set by the selection switch 40 is displayed. When the reservation button 36 is pressed, the reservation process starts. When a predetermined time comes, the process proceeds to the weighing process, and the reservation button 36 is operated. If not, immediately proceed to the weighing process and perform weighing as set.

In the measuring step, a predetermined amount of rice is discharged from the rice storage tank 7 to the rice washing tank 15 via the measuring section 8 in accordance with the selected rice cooking amount. In the measuring section 8,
The amount of discharged rice is stored and integrated, and the total amount of cooked rice (total amount for a predetermined period such as one day or one week) is displayed on the rice cooked amount display section in a separate process by the maintenance switch 41.
Can be displayed.

When the measuring step is completed, the process proceeds to the washing, polishing and overflowing steps. In the rice washing process, the shower supply pipe 21 is used.
This is a step of stirring and washing the rice in the rice washing tank 15 by the stirring means 18 while sprinkling a predetermined amount of water from the rice. At this time, the on-off valve of the drainage device 23 is open and drained. The rice polishing step is a step in which the water supply is stopped and the stirring means 18 is rotated.

In the overflow step, the on-off valve of the drainage device 23 is closed, and while the rice is supplied from the shower supply pipe 21 to the rice washing tank 15, the rice is stirred by the stirring means 18 to drain the water from the overflow drainage pipe 23A. 23
This is a step of opening the on-off valve and draining all the water in the rice washing tank 15. The rice washing and polishing steps are performed multiple times,
The overflow step is performed once at the end. These steps depend on the selection of the washing method, and are controlled by whether a predetermined time has elapsed or a predetermined amount of water has been supplied.

When the above steps are completed, it is determined whether or not the mode is the rice washing mode. That is, the rice washing is performed by the selection button 40.
If is not selected, the process proceeds to a zircon raising process. The shrinking step is a step of holding rice for a predetermined period of time in the rice washing tank 15 with water removed. The holding time is the time set by the timer set button. The remaining time during the waiting time for the zara raising is displayed on the display unit.

When "preparing rice" is selected by the selection button 40 on the setting display section 33, the process is temporarily performed in the middle of the raising process, and is replaced with an empty inner pot as shown in FIG. Message, and do not proceed to the next shutter opening process. When the "automatic rice cooking" mode is selected, the process automatically proceeds to the next shutter opening process.

When the mode is "rice washing", the zirzag raising step is skipped and the process proceeds to the shutter opening step. The shutter opening step is a step of opening the shutter 30 to open the opening of the lid 28. When the shutter 30 is opened, the process proceeds to the next water adjusting process.

The water adding / decreasing step is a step in which the controlled amount of water selected by the selection button 40 is supplied from the shower supply pipe 21 to the rice washing tank 15. Next, the process proceeds to a valve opening process.
In this step, the rice discharging valve 16 of the rice discharging section is opened, and the rice washing tank 15 is opened.
This is a step of discharging rice and water in the inner pot 27 of the rice cooking section 6. Then, in the next valve closing step, the rice discharging valve 16 is closed, and in the next shutter closing step, the shutter 30 seals the opening of the lid 28.

When the rice washing mode is selected, the above steps are completed. When the mode is not the rice washing mode, that is, in the automatic rice cooking mode, the process proceeds to the rice washing completion process. This step is a step of sounding a guide buzzer or the like to notify the operator of the completion of rice washing. Then, the process proceeds to the dipping process. This step is a step of sounding a guide buzzer or the like after a predetermined time has elapsed to notify the operator.

When automatic rice cooking is set, rice cooking is started by the signal of automatic ignition, the rice cooking process, the rice drying process, the cooking are finished, and the display 34 shows "Please take out the rice".
Display the message of On the other hand, when the manual ignition is set, the display 34A of FIG. 5 is displayed, and a message of the manual ignition is issued (in FIG. 5, a message of "Please ignite the rice cooker"). , Rice cooking process,
The process proceeds to the steaming process and the cooking process, and all the processes are completed.

[0040]

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, since the rice cooker setting display section and the process display section can be entirely switched on the screen section, the area of the screen section can be reduced and the display section can be checked. The display device can be designed to be small while being accurate.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing the entire rice cooker.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing the entire rice cooker.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing a setting display unit and an operation unit.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing a process display unit and an operation unit in which automatic rice cooking is set.

FIG. 5 is a front view of a process display section for manual ignition.

FIG. 6 is a front view of a process display unit for preparing rice washing.

FIG. 7 is a front view of a reservation setting display section.

FIG. 8 is a front view of a reservation process display section.

FIG. 9 is a front view of a maintenance setting display unit.

FIG. 10 is a front view of a step in which maintenance is set.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the first half of the flow.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing the latter half of the flow.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Rice cooker 12 Screen part 13 Operation part 14 Screen part 33 Setting display part 34 Process display part

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A display device of an automatic rice cooker having a display panel provided with a screen section and an operation section, wherein the screen section displays a setting display section for setting automatic rice cooking and a flow of automatic rice cooking. A display device for an automatic rice cooker, characterized in that the display device is provided with a process display unit that can be entirely switched. 2. The display device for an automatic rice cooker according to claim 1, wherein a maintenance display section is provided on the screen section so as to be entirely switchable for both the setting display section and the process display section. 3. The display device for an automatic rice cooker according to claim 1, wherein the operation unit is disposed at a lower position of the screen unit and at one of left and right side positions. 4. The display device for an automatic rice cooker according to claim 1, wherein the display element of the screen unit is a flat display.