KR100420342B1 - display for control method of microwave oven - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a display control method of a microwave oven, and more particularly, to display a cooking position of a microwave oven that informs a user of a current position in a limited screen space displaying cooking information and scrolls the entire screen according to the position. It is about a method.

In particular, the display screen includes a search function of the personal computer and a scroll bar of the search function. The user may recognize cooking information desired by the user from the limited screen by using the scroll bar.

Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to easily grasp the information currently displayed to the user by using the scroll bar.

Description

Display control method of microwave oven

The present invention relates to a display control method of a microwave oven, and more particularly, an electronic device capable of informing a user of a current position in a limited screen space displaying cooking information and scrolling the entire screen according to a position of information desired by the user. A display control method for a range.

2. Description of the Related Art In general, a microwave oven is an electronic cooking apparatus which performs cooking by microwave waves or cooking by a heater using electricity as a driving source. The latest microwave oven features include a variety of automatic cooking, including roasting and steaming, manual cooking by user settings, and basic cooking functions such as thawing and warming.

For such various dishes, when the user selects a cooking menu and a cooking time using a key input unit provided in the microwave oven body or a manipulation key provided with a dial of the microwave oven, and selects a cooking start key, the magnetron according to the cooking menu is selected. The cooking process is performed by the microwave wave by the driving of the cooking process, the cooking process is performed by the oscillation heat of the heater, or the cooking process is performed by the simultaneous driving of the magnetron and the heater.

While the cooking is performed as described above, the display function of the microwave oven displays the cooking function selected by the user, the elapsed cooking time according to the cooking function, or the remaining cooking time. When the cooking is completed, the display device displays the cooking completion.

The display control method of the conventional microwave oven as described above will be described in detail below.

Hereinafter, the configuration of the microwave oven according to the prior art will be described.

1 is a block diagram of a microwave oven according to the prior art.

Conventional display control method of a microwave oven is a microcomputer (1) for embedding a program for operating the microwave oven, and performs various control and calculation of the microwave oven, and a power supply for supplying power to the microcomputer (1) from the outside A circuit 2, an oscillation circuit 3 for supplying a reference clock pulse for the microcomputer 1 to carry out a program, and a key input circuit 4 for allowing a user to directly input a desired function of the microwave oven And a touch panel 7 capable of inputting desired functions of the microwave oven with a finger or a pen through a display screen.

In addition, the display device 5 for notifying a user to check the contents input from the key input circuit 4 or the touch panel 7 and the operation state of the microwave oven, and the key input circuit 4 or the touch panel. According to the input from (7), the microcomputer 1 comprises a relay control section 6 for operating the microwave oven.

Looking at the operation of the conventional microwave oven configured as described above are as follows.

The cooking function desired by the user for cooking the microwave is selected through the key input circuit 4 or the touch panel 7. The cooking signal selected by the user is input to the microcomputer 1.

The microcomputer 1 determines the signal and outputs a control signal to the relay controller 6. The relay controller 6 turns on a main relay (not shown) and a fan motor relay (not shown) for driving the magnetron according to the control signal of the microcomputer 1. In addition, the microcomputer 1 outputs a control signal to the display device 5 so as to confirm the cooking function selected by the user. The display device 5 receives a control signal from the microcomputer 1 to display a cooking function selected by a user on a display screen provided in the microwave oven.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of a display control method of a conventional microwave oven according to the above configuration will be described.

2A shows an initial display screen of a conventional microwave oven.

The cooking menu set on the initial display screen of the microwave oven appears with manual cooking, automatic cooking, and thawing functions. On the initial display screen, one cooking function of each set cooking function such as manual cooking, automatic cooking, and thawing is selected through a cooking key or a display screen of the microwave oven.

The cooking function desired by the user is input through the key input circuit 4 or the touch panel 7. The signal input through the key input circuit 4 or the touch panel 7 is transmitted to the microcomputer 1, and the signal is controlled by the microcomputer 1. The controlled signal is output to the user via the display device 5.

That is, when the cooking function selected by the user through the cooking key or the display screen in the initial display screen is manual cooking, the input signal is transmitted to the microcomputer 1. The microcomputer 1 controls to display additional functions corresponding to manual cooking. The controlled signal is transmitted to the display device. The additional function of manual cooking is displayed on the display device 5 by the transmitted signal.

2B is a display screen showing additional functions of manual cooking.

As the user selects manual cooking on the initial display screen of FIG. 2 (a), it is displayed as range river, range weakness, grill, deodorization, etc. as an additional function of manual cooking through the screen of the microwave oven. At this time, the initial screen displaying the manual cooking does not appear, and only the additional function screen which is a lower function of the manual cooking currently selected by the user is output on the display screen. As in the case of selecting a cooking menu, the additional function inputs an additional setting function desired by a user through a cooking key or a display screen.

For example, in the additional function, which is a lower function of the manual cooking as shown in FIG. 2 (b), when the range is selected, the signal input through the cooking key is transmitted to the key input circuit 4. Alternatively, a signal input through the touch screen is transmitted to the touch panel 7.

The transmitted signal is input to the microcomputer 1. The microcomputer 1 controls the display device 5 to output a recipe corresponding to the range river. The signal controlled by the microcomputer 1 is transmitted to the display device 5.

2C is a display screen showing a recipe.

The transmitted signal indicates the recipe corresponding to the range river to the user through the display device 5. At this time, the additional function according to the manual cooking is not displayed, only a recipe is displayed. In addition, when the information amount of the recipe is large, in addition to the displayed information, the user of the next page requires additional key manipulation.

2 (d) is a display screen displaying the next page of a recipe.

Since the amount of information in the recipe displayed in FIG. 2 (c) is large, the user additionally manipulates the key to view the information on the next page. According to the above key operation, the display screen of the conventional microwave oven does not display the information displayed in the previous step, but displays the recipe information on the display screen from the next sentence of the previously displayed page.

In the above, an embodiment of a display control method of a microwave oven according to the related art has been described.

In the conventional display control method of the microwave oven operating as described above, the user selects an additional function according to the cooking function of the microwave oven, and displays a recipe on the display screen according to the selected additional function.

In this case, when the amount of information to be displayed is large, the user does not recognize the information about the recipe at once through the display screen, and additionally manipulates keys to check the recipe of the next page through the display screen.

Therefore, the display control method of the microwave oven according to the prior art has the following problems.

First, when the amount of information displayed through the display screen is large, it is difficult for the user to determine whether there is information other than the displayed portion. In addition, when the user views the information on the next page, it is difficult to grasp the contents of the information displayed in the previous step through the display screen as the entire screen is changed.

Secondly, since the user recognizes only the information content displayed on the display screen, the amount of display information is limited, which is inferior in convenience of use.

Third, in order to view the contents of the non-displayed part, additional key operation is required. In this case, not only the user is uncomfortable, but also many operation keys lead to an increase in manufacturing cost, which is a burden on the user.

Accordingly, in the present invention, when displaying a recipe selected by the user on the display screen, the display screen is provided with a search function, and the display screen having the search function structure can be adjusted to grasp at a glance using a scroll bar. It is to provide a display control method.

1 is a block diagram of a microwave oven according to the prior art,

2 (a) is an initial display screen of a conventional microwave oven,

2 (b) is a display screen showing additional functions of manual cooking;

2 (c) is a display screen showing a recipe;

2 (d) is a display screen displaying the next page of a recipe;

3 is a block diagram of a microwave oven according to the present invention;

4 (a) is an initial display screen showing a cooking menu according to the present invention;

4 (b) is a display screen showing additional functions according to manual cooking;

4 (c) is a display screen showing a sub-menu of a range lecture,

4 (d) is a display screen showing a recipe according to the range river menu,

4 (e) is a display screen showing a part of a recipe or cooking information selected by a user;

4 (f) and 4 (g) show a display screen displayed by a user using a scroll bar;

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling a microwave oven according to the present invention;

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

10: key input circuit 20: dial input circuit

30 microcomputer 40 power circuit

50: oscillation circuit 60: relay control unit

70: display device

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of controlling a display of a microwave oven, the method comprising: setting a plurality of cooking functions of a microwave oven into upper and lower functions, and setting a lower function to be included under each upper function; A display step of displaying the upper and lower functions of the set microwave oven on one screen; A cooking information display step of selecting an arbitrary function among the displayed plurality of functions and displaying cooking information on the selected function; A location display step of displaying the currently displayed amount of cooking information displayed in the cooking information display step as location information; And a position adjusting step of controlling the display so that all the data of the cooking information is sequentially displayed by moving the position information, wherein the position adjusting step is adjusted to a specific symbol so that the entire screen is scrolled up and down. Hereinafter, a display control method of a microwave oven according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

3 is a configuration diagram showing a display control method of the microwave oven according to the present invention.

The display control method according to the present invention includes a microcomputer (30) for embedding a program for operating a microwave oven and outputting various calculation and control signals necessary for the operation of the microwave oven, and an external power supply to the microcomputer (30). A power supply circuit 40 for applying a power supply, an oscillation circuit 50 for supplying a reference clock for the microcomputer 30 to execute a program, and a key input circuit 10 for directly inputting a desired function of a microwave oven by a user. ) And a dial input circuit 20 for inputting a function of a microwave oven desired by a user using a dial.

In addition, according to the contents input from the key input circuit 10 or the dial input circuit 20, the relay control unit 60 for operating the microwave oven by the microcomputer 30, and a function selected by the user on the display screen. It is comprised including the display apparatus 70 which shows.

In particular, the display screen output through the display device 70 has a structure of a search function, and the display screen has a scroll bar, so that information can be grasped at a time by scrolling up / down a window of a display screen recognized by a user. have.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of a display control method of a microwave oven according to the present invention will be described.

4A is an initial display screen illustrating a cooking menu according to the present invention.

The type of each cooking function, such as manual cooking, automatic cooking, and thawing, is displayed on the initial display screen of the microwave oven. In the initial screen state, the user selects a cooking function desired by the user by using a key input or a dial. The microcomputer 30 recognizes the selected signal and controls the display device 70 to display a lower function according to the selected function. Therefore, according to the cooking function selected by the user, the display screen displays the lower cooking function corresponding to the selected upper function.

4B is a display screen illustrating additional functions according to manual cooking.

When the user selects manual cooking on the initial display screen of FIG. 4A, range rivers, range weakness, grills, and deodorization, which are lower functions of the manual cooking, are displayed. When the user selects a desired lower function on the display screen, a signal corresponding thereto is transmitted to the microcomputer 30. The microcomputer 30 controls the transmitted signal and outputs the same to the display device 70. The lower function selected by the user is displayed on the display screen by the output signal. At this time, the lower function selected by the current user is displayed below the upper function previously selected by the user.

Fig. 4C is a display screen showing the lower menu of the range lecture.

In FIG. 4B, when the user selects the range river menu, a key input or a dial is used to display a recipe or cooking information for driving the range river on a display screen. The set recipe or cooking information is transmitted to the microcomputer 30, and the microcomputer 30 controls the transmitted signal. The controlled signal is transmitted to the display device 70. The transmitted signal is output so that the user can recognize it through the display device 70.

4D is a display screen showing a recipe according to the range river menu.

When the recipe according to the range strong menu in Fig. 4 (c) is selected by using a key input or a dial, the selected signal is input to the microcomputer 30. The microcomputer 30 controls the transmitted signal and outputs the same to the display device 70. The signal output through the display device 70 is displayed on the display screen for the user to recognize. The display screen includes a scroll bar, and some of the cooking information selected by the user on the display screen having the scroll bar is displayed on the display screen.

4E is a display screen showing a part of a recipe or cooking information selected by a user.

In FIG. 4 (d), when the user scrolls the bottom of the display screen through the dial, the scroll bar moves to the bottom, and information at the bottom of the display screen indicating cooking information appears at the same time. As the user moves the scroll bar on the display screen to the bottom using the dial, recipes or cooking information appearing at the bottom of the display screen recognized by the user are continuously displayed on the display screen.

4 (f) and 4 (g) are display screens displayed by a user using a scroll bar.

In FIG. 4E, the user scrolls the scroll bar configured on the display screen to the bottom by using the dial, and information which has not been output on the display screen is newly displayed on the display screen according to the scroll. At this time, the information displayed through the display screen before the user scrolls is also connected and output. Accordingly, the user can grasp on the display screen even after scrolling the sentence on the display screen before scrolling. The scroll bar allows the user to be located in the corresponding portion of the currently displayed information, so that the user can conveniently recognize the location of the current information of the overall information.

The display screen has the same structure as the window explorer screen of a personal computer. When one function is selected from an upper function, a lower function according to the selected function is displayed. And unselected parent functions do not display child functions. In addition, the selected upper function and the unselected upper function may help the user's recognition by different symbols of the function display panel. In the cooking function, a function including an upper function and a lower function displays a '+' symbol in a function display panel (square box display).

When the upper function of the '+' symbol is selected, the upper function is indicated by a '-' symbol to indicate that the lower function according to the upper function is output. In the cooking function, a function that is higher and does not include a lower function is left blank in the function display panel (square box display) to indicate that there is no lower function.

In addition, the display screen having the search function structure allows the user to move up / down by using the dial in the display screen so as to grasp the information which is not currently displayed in the entire information using the scroll bar. Accordingly, in the structure, the position of the information is provided by using a scroll bar so that the user can grasp the position of the information currently being read among all the information.

In the above, an embodiment of the display control method of the microwave oven according to the present invention has been described.

Hereinafter, an operation flowchart of the display control method of the microwave oven according to the present invention will be described.

In a microwave oven in which the display screen is set to the navigation function structure so that the user can recognize the cooking menu of the microwave oven selected by the user (Step 100), when the user selects the cooking menu provided in the microwave oven ( In step 102, the cooking menu selection signal selected by the user is input to the key input circuit 10 or the dial input circuit 20. The input signal is transmitted to the microcomputer 30, and the signal is controlled by the microcomputer 30. The signal controlled by the microcomputer 30 is transmitted to the display device 70, and the signal input through the display device 70 is output on the display screen of the microwave oven incorporating a search function. Accordingly, the user can check the signal input by the user at a glance through the display screen.

Accordingly, the lower function of the cooking menu selected by the user in step 102 is output on the display screen through the display device 70 (step 104), and one function desired by the user is selected from the lower functions (step 106). step).

The signal selected by the user is transmitted to the microcomputer 30, and the microcomputer 30 controls the signal to be output through the display device 70. The signal output to the display device 70 is output to a display screen on which a search function is introduced so that a user can recognize at a glance. Accordingly, the user can check the function selected in step 106 through the display screen.

According to the function selected in step 106, a recipe or cooking information is output through the display screen (step 108). When the recipe or the cooking information is output through the display screen, the user scrolls up / down the scroll bar provided on the display screen using the dial (step 110). When the user scrolls up / down the scroll bar displayed on the display screen, the user may recognize all the information while moving up / down all information that could not be recognized at one time through the display screen (step 112).

As described above, the present invention displays a recipe and a cooking method according to a cooking menu selected by a user on a display screen of a microwave oven through a limited display screen, and the display screen so that the user can recognize overall information through the limited display screen. Display control method of a microwave oven that allows to move up and down.

In particular, the display control method of the microwave oven includes a display screen having a search function structure, and also enables the user to scroll up / down the display screen having the search function, so that the user scrolls the cooking information output on the display screen. So that it can be conveniently recognized.

Therefore, the display control method of the microwave oven according to the present invention outputs information about a recipe selected by the user through a display screen having a search function and a scroll bar to obtain desired information through the output display screen. Scroll up / down by using so that user can recognize it conveniently.

As a result, the user can be notified of the currently displayed portion using the scroll bar through the display screen of the microwave oven, and the user can conveniently recognize the information continuously displayed by scrolling the display screen up and down.

In addition, the use of the scroll bar can further reduce the number of operation keys necessary for viewing the display screen, thereby reducing the manufacturing cost of the product. As a result, it is possible to increase the satisfaction of the product by providing a cheap, high-quality product to the user.

Claims (2)

A setting step of classifying various cooking functions of the microwave oven into upper functions and lower functions, and setting the lower functions to be included under each upper function; A display step of displaying the upper and lower functions of the set microwave oven on one screen; A cooking information display step of selecting an arbitrary function among the displayed plurality of functions and displaying cooking information on the selected function; A location display step of displaying the currently displayed amount of cooking information displayed in the cooking information display step as location information; And a positioning step of controlling the display of all the data of the cooking information sequentially by moving the location information, wherein the positioning step is adjusted to a specific symbol so that the entire screen is scrolled up and down. Display control method of microwave oven. delete