CN110870673B

CN110870673B - Cooking appliance, and control method and system of cooking appliance

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Publication number: CN110870673B
Application number: CN201811015705.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 肖磊; 王志锋; 雷俊
Original assignee: Foshan Shunde Midea Electrical Heating Appliances Manufacturing Co Ltd
Current assignee: Foshan Shunde Midea Electrical Heating Appliances Manufacturing Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-08-31
Filing date: 2018-08-31
Publication date: 2021-07-02
Anticipated expiration: 2038-08-31
Also published as: CN110870673A

Abstract

The invention provides a cooking appliance, a control method and a control system of the cooking appliance, wherein a sealing element in the cooking appliance is arranged on a cover body assembly, a pot body is positioned below the cover body assembly, a pot cover is buckled on the pot body, a feed inlet is arranged on the pot cover, and the feed inlet and the sealing element can form sealing fit; the first driving device is connected with the pan body chassis and is used for driving the pan body chassis to rotate so as to enable the pan body to change between a high position and a low position in a reciprocating manner; the second driving device is connected with the sealing element and used for driving the sealing element to move between the sealing position of the feeding hole and the opening position of the feeding hole. The cooking appliance provided by the invention has high automation degree, meets different requirements of the cooking appliance in a pretreatment stage or a cooking stage, does not need a user to continuously pay attention to a food material processing process, reduces the operation difficulty and intensity of the user, and effectively improves the use experience of the user.

Description

Cooking appliance, and control method and system of cooking appliance

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of kitchen appliances, in particular to a cooking appliance, a control method of the cooking appliance, a control system of the cooking appliance and a computer readable storage medium.

Background

At present, divide into preliminary treatment stage and culinary art stage with eating the material processing procedure, when being in the preliminary treatment stage, cooking utensil's pot cover need be followed the pot body and separated or closed, and then is convenient for handle and eats the material, when being in the culinary art stage, the pot cover need closely combine together with the pot body, and then prevents that the edible material in the pot body from spilling over from the gap and influencing the culinary art effect of eating the material, ensures cooking utensil at the security performance of culinary art stage.

In view of the above problems, the current solution is to realize the separation or closure of the lid from the body by the user manually moving the lid when the cooking appliance is in the pre-treatment stage; when the cooking appliance is in a cooking stage, the tight connection between the pot cover and the pot body is realized through the buckling structures arranged on the pot cover and the pot body. However, the above solutions all require the user to pay continuous attention to the food material processing process, the manual operation difficulty is high, the automation degree is low, and the use experience of the user is greatly reduced.

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention is directed to solving at least one of the problems of the prior art or the related art.

To this end, a first aspect of the invention proposes a cooking appliance.

A second aspect of the present invention provides a control method of a cooking appliance.

A third aspect of the present invention provides a control system of a cooking appliance.

A fourth aspect of the invention is directed to a computer-readable storage medium.

In view of the above, according to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a cooking appliance, which includes a cover assembly, a sealing member, a pot body, a pot cover, a pot body chassis, a first driving device and a second driving device, wherein the sealing member is disposed on the cover assembly, the pot body is located below the cover assembly, the pot cover is fastened on the pot body, a feeding hole is disposed on the pot cover, and a sealing fit can be formed between the feeding hole and the sealing member; the first driving device is connected with the pan body chassis and is used for driving the pan body chassis to rotate so as to enable the pan body to change between a high position and a low position in a reciprocating manner; the second driving device is connected with the sealing element and used for driving the sealing element to move between the sealing position of the feeding hole and the opening position of the feeding hole.

The invention provides a cooking appliance, which comprises a cover body assembly, a sealing element, a pot body, a pot cover, a pot body chassis, a first driving device and a second driving device, wherein the cover body assembly can comprise a bin assembly and a water rod assembly, the sealing element is arranged on the cover body assembly, the sealing element can move between a sealing position and an opening position relative to the cover body assembly through the second driving device, the sealing position is a position when the sealing element seals a feeding hole, the opening position is a position when the sealing element does not seal the feeding hole, and at the moment, the feeding hole is communicated with the outside.

The pot body is located the below of lid subassembly, and the pot cover is detained and is established on the pot body, and the pot cover is located the pot body and is covered between the subassembly promptly, wherein is equipped with the feed inlet on the pot cover, can think about ground, when the sealing member is in the open position, when the sealing member is sealed the feed inlet that is located the pot cover promptly, material or water pole subassembly accessible feed inlet in the feed bin subassembly are put into or are stretched into in the pot body, and then realize unloading in advance, eat the preliminary treatment operation of material such as material soaking. Conceivably, the number of the feed inlets may be one or more, that is, a plurality of food materials can be put into the pot body through one feed inlet, or different food materials are provided with different feed inlets. The pan body chassis is arranged below the pan body to support the pan body, and the pan body chassis is driven to rotate by the first driving device so that the pan body can change between a high position and a low position in a reciprocating manner.

Specifically, the food material processing process comprises a pretreatment stage and a cooking stage, when the cooking appliance is in the pretreatment stage, the cooking appliance needs to keep the opening of the feeding hole, and when the sealing element is in the opening position under the driving of the second driving device, the storage bin assembly and the water rod assembly can convey food materials into the pot body or discharge the food materials from the pot body through the feeding hole. Conceivably, the preliminary treatment stage is including unloading in advance, soak operations such as eating the material, at the unloading in advance in-process, feed bin subassembly accessible feed inlet will eat the material and put in to the pot body, eat the material in-process soaking, water pole subassembly accessible feed inlet leads water in the pot body, when eating the material and reaching to soak the duration, water pole subassembly also can lead the pot body internal water to outside the pot body through the feed inlet, in the preliminary treatment stage, the pot body can be in low position or high position, preferably, the pot body is in high position, the feed opening of the feed bin subassembly of being convenient for aligns with the feed inlet on the pot cover, avoid eating the material and leak and cause the waste, and the inlet and drain pipe in the water pole subassembly of being convenient for stretches into the bottom of the pot body, be convenient for.

When cooking utensil is in the culinary art stage, in order to ensure the culinary art effect of eating the material, the sealing member is located the feed inlet of opening position on order to be located the pot cover with sealed under second drive arrangement's drive, the pot body moves to high position under first drive arrangement's drive, and then make and form sealed cooperation between the feed inlet on the pot cover and the sealing member that is located its top, effectively ensure the pot body, sealing performance between pot cover and the lid subassembly, avoid inside steam of cooking utensil etc. to leak and take away heat and the fragrance in the pot body through the feed inlet, it is long when the influence is cooked, influence and eat the taste.

According to the invention, the feed inlet, the sealing element in sealing fit with the feed inlet and the first driving device for driving the pot body and the pot cover to be switched between the high position and the low position in a reciprocating manner are arranged on the pot cover, so that the separation or sealing between the pot cover and the sealing element is realized, the automation degree is high, different requirements of a cooking appliance in a pretreatment stage or a cooking stage are met, a user does not need to pay attention to the food material processing process continuously, the operation difficulty and intensity of the user are reduced, and the use experience of the user is effectively improved.

In addition, according to the cooking utensil in the above technical solution provided by the present invention, the following additional technical features may also be provided:

in the above technical solution, preferably, the cooking appliance further includes a first detection device, and the first detection device is disposed on the pot cover and used for detecting whether the sealing member moves to the sealing position or the opening position.

In this technical scheme, set up first detection device on the pot cover, and then whether move to sealed position or opening position with the detection sealing member, ensure to eat the material and accurately carry to the pot in or discharge from the pot body through the feed inlet, ensure cooking utensil's normal use. Specifically, when the cooking appliance is in the pretreatment stage, but the sealing element does not accurately reach the opening position, food materials cannot completely enter or be discharged from the pot body through the feed inlet, and then the food materials are exposed to the outer side of the pot body, so that the waste of the food materials is caused, and the safety use performance of the cooking appliance is directly influenced; when cooking utensil is in the culinary art stage, but when the sealing member did not accurately reach sealed position, the feed inlet of poor seal easily leaked the steam of the internal portion of pot through the feed inlet, and then took away heat and the fragrance in the pot, and it is long and reduce and use the taste when influencing the culinary art.

In any one of the above technical solutions, preferably, the pot cover further includes a sealing rib, the sealing rib extends from the circumferential direction of the feed port to the direction of the cover body assembly, and when the pot body is located at a high position, the sealing rib is in sealing fit with the sealing element.

In this technical scheme, the pot cover is still including sealed muscle, and sealed muscle extends towards the direction of lid subassembly from the circumference of feed inlet, and when the pot body was in the high position, sealed muscle with set up the sealed cooperation of sealing member, when the sealing member removed to sealed position, sealed muscle and sealing member looks butt have effectively improved the sealed effect of feed inlet, further avoid a large amount of steam in the pot to let out through the clearance between feed inlet and the sealing member to influence other structures of cooking utensil inside.

In any of the above technical solutions, preferably, the cooking appliance further includes a roller disposed at the bottom of the pot body, and the pot body is in contact with the contact surface of the pot body chassis through the roller.

In this technical scheme, cooking utensil is still including setting up the gyro wheel in the bottom of the pot body, and the pot body contacts through the gyro wheel with the contact surface that is located pot body chassis, because the frictional force of gyro wheel is less, and then is favorable to the pot body to remove for pot body chassis, and effectively avoids the pot body to take place rigid wearing and tearing with the contact surface on pot body chassis in the removal process, effectively prolongs the life on pot body and pot body chassis.

In any of the above technical solutions, preferably, the contact surface of the pan body chassis contacting the pan body includes a low region, a high region and a transition region, when the roller is located on the low region, the pan body is located at the low position, when the roller is located on the high region, the pan body is located at the high position, the transition region connects the high region and the low region, and the transition region is smoothly connected with the high region and the low region.

In this technical scheme, the contact surface that pot body chassis and pot body contacted includes low level district, high-order district and transition zone, and when the gyro wheel was located the low level district, the pot body was in the low level position, when the gyro wheel was located the high-order district, the pot body was in the high-order position, when the gyro wheel moved between low level district and high-order district, and then can realize the reciprocal change of the pot body between low level position and high-order position.

Further, the transition area is connected with the high area and the low area, when the first driving device drives the pan body chassis to rotate, the pan body slides in the low area, the transition area and the high area on the pan body chassis through the rollers, the pan body can move to the low area along the transition area or move to the high area along the transition area, specifically, when the rollers at the bottom of the pan body are located in the low area, the pan body is located in the low position, and at the moment, a feeding port on the pan cover is separated from the cover body assembly; when the roller at the bottom of the pot body is positioned in the high-position area, the pot body is positioned in the high-position, the feeding hole in the pot cover and the cover body assembly form sealing fit at the moment, and the cooking appliance can be in a pretreatment stage or a cooking stage.

Further, smooth connection between transition district and high-order district and the low level district for the gyro wheel gently moves between low level district, transition district and high-order district, and then ensures the gentle jack-up or the gentle whereabouts of the pot body.

In any one of the above technical solutions, preferably, the first driving device includes a driving motor and a transmission gear, the transmission gear is connected to the driving motor, and the transmission gear is engaged with a transmission gear disposed on the circumferential direction of the pan body chassis to drive the pan body chassis to rotate.

In this technical scheme, first drive arrangement includes driving motor and drive gear, and drive gear is connected with driving motor, and drive gear meshes with the driving gear that sets up in pot body chassis circumference, and driving motor passes through drive gear, driving gear with power transport to the rotation in order to realize pot body chassis on the pot body chassis, and then ensure the steady jack-up or the whereabouts of the pot body that contacts with pot body chassis. In addition, the rotation angle of the pan body chassis can be accurately controlled through gear transmission.

Preferably, the driving motor may be a dc gear motor or a stepping motor.

In any of the above technical solutions, preferably, the first driving device further includes a second detecting device disposed on the driving motor, and the second detecting device is configured to detect whether the pot body moves to the low position or the high position; the second detection means may be any one of: hall sensor, photoelectric sensor.

In the technical scheme, the first driving device further comprises a second detection device arranged on the driving motor, the second detection device is used for detecting whether the pot body moves to the low position or the high position, and the subsequent corresponding program of the cooking appliance is facilitated by detecting the accurate position of the pot body, specifically, when the second detection device detects that the pot body is located at the low position, the second driving device can drive the sealing element to move to the sealing position or the opening position, and when the pot body is not located at the low position, the second driving device directly drives the sealing element to move, the sealing element can be scraped with a pot cover or a cover body assembly in the cooking appliance in the moving process, and the normal use of the cooking appliance is directly influenced; when the sealing element is located at the sealing position and the second detection device detects that the pot body is located at the high position, the sealing element is in sealing fit with the feeding hole in the pot cover, and the cooking appliance can be controlled to enter a cooking stage, so that the steam in the pot body cannot leak through the feeding hole in the cooking process to take away heat and aroma in the pot body, the cooking time is influenced, and the eating taste is influenced; when the sealing member was located the open position, and when the second detection device detected that the pot body was located high position, then feed bin subassembly and the water pole subassembly accessible in the lid subassembly were not sealed feed inlet and pot body intercommunication, and then the preliminary treatment stage of being convenient for was including unloading in advance, soaking operations such as eating the material.

Preferably, the second detector can be used to detect operating parameters of the drive motor, which include the number of revolutions and/or the direction of rotation of the first drive.

Preferably, the second detection device may be a hall sensor or a photoelectric sensor, and conceivably, the second detection device may also be other sensors, and the second detection device is within the protection scope of the present invention as long as the function of detecting the moving position of the pot body can be realized according to the design concept of the present invention.

In any of the above technical solutions, preferably, the cooking appliance further includes a third detection device and a fourth detection device, the third detection device is disposed on the frame body of the cooking appliance, and is located at a high position corresponding to the pot body, and is configured to detect whether the pot body moves to the high position; the fourth detection device is arranged on the frame body of the cooking appliance, is positioned at the low position corresponding to the pot body and is used for detecting whether the pot body moves to the low position or not; the third detecting means or the fourth detecting means may be any one of: magnetic induction sensor, photoelectric sensor, image acquisition device.

In the technical scheme, the cooking appliance further comprises a third detection device and a fourth detection device, wherein the third detection device is arranged on the frame body of the cooking appliance corresponding to the high position of the pot body, so that the third detection device can rapidly and accurately detect whether the pot body moves to the high position; in a similar way, the fourth detection device is arranged on the frame body of the cooking utensil corresponding to the low position of the pot body, so that the fourth detection device can quickly and accurately detect whether the pot body moves to the low position, and then the subsequent corresponding program of the cooking utensil is convenient to perform. Specifically, when third detection device detected the pot body and moved to high position, and the sealing member was located sealing position, then sealed cooperation between feed inlet and the sealing member, so cooking utensil can get into the culinary art stage, simultaneously because sealed cooperation between sealing member and the feed inlet, and then can ensure the sealing performance of the pot body and pot cover, when third detection device detected the pot body and moved to high position, and the sealing member was located open position, then the feed inlet was not sealed, then feed bin subassembly and the water pole subassembly accessible among the lid subassembly feed inlet and the pot body intercommunication that do not seal, and then be convenient for the preliminary treatment stage including unloading in advance, soak operations such as edible material. When the fourth detection device detects that the pot body moves to the low-position, the second driving device in the cooking appliance can drive the sealing element to seal the feeding hole in the pot cover, and when the pot body does not move to the low-position, the second driving device drives the sealing element to scrape the pot cover or the cover body assembly in the cooking appliance, so that the normal use of the cooking appliance is directly influenced.

Preferably, the third detecting means or the fourth detecting means may be any one of: magnetic induction sensor, photoelectric sensor, image acquisition device. Specifically, the magnetic induction sensor may be a reed switch, the photoelectric sensor may be a photodiode, and of course, the third detection device and the fourth detection device may be other sensors, and as long as the third detection device and the fourth detection device are in accordance with the design concept of the present invention, the function of detecting the movement position of the pot body can be realized, and both of them belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

In any of the above technical solutions, preferably, the cooking appliance further includes an electromagnet, a power supply device, and a control device, the electromagnet is disposed on the cover assembly; the power supply device is connected with the electromagnet and used for supplying power to the electromagnet; the control device is connected with the power supply device and used for controlling the power-on or power-off of the power supply device.

In this technical scheme, cooking utensil still includes the electro-magnet, power supply unit and controlling means, wherein the electro-magnet sets up on lid subassembly, and then when cooking utensil is in the culinary art stage and the pot body is in the high position, the electro-magnet can produce magnetic attraction, under general conditions, the pot body all adopts metal material to make, therefore the appeal that the electro-magnet produced can strengthen the pot cover, the closing force between the pot body and the lid subassembly, ensure the sealing performance of the feed inlet that is located on the pot cover, avoid in the culinary art stage, heat and fragrance in the pot body are taken away through the feed inlet to inside steam of the pot body etc. leak, it is long when the influence is cooked, the edible taste is influenced.

Furthermore, the cooking utensil also comprises a control device connected with the power supply device, and the control device is used for controlling the power-on or power-off of the power supply device so as to control whether the electromagnet generates magnetic attraction. Specifically, the control device is connected with the second detection device, or the control device is electrically connected with the third detection device and the fourth detection device, so that the control device can control the power-on or power-off of the power supply device according to the detection result of the second detection device, the third detection device or the fourth detection device, wherein the second detection device is used for detecting whether the pot body moves to a low position or a high position, the third detection device is used for detecting whether the pot body moves to the high position, and the fourth detection device is used for detecting whether the pot body moves to the low position, so that the control accuracy of the control device is further realized, and the safety use performance of the cooking appliance in a pretreatment stage and a cooking stage is ensured.

In any of the above technical solutions, preferably, the cooking appliance further includes a magnetic member, and the magnetic member is disposed at a position of the pot body opposite to the electromagnet.

In this technical scheme, cooking utensil is still including magnetism the piece of inhaling, and magnetism inhale the setting and the relative position of electro-magnet on the pot body, when the electro-magnet produces magnetic attraction, the magnetic attraction that is located on the pot body can accurately sense magnetic attraction fast, and strengthen the pot cover under the effect of magnetic attraction, the closing force between the pot body and the lid subassembly, ensure the sealing performance of the feed inlet that is located on the pot cover, avoid in the culinary art stage, heat and fragrance in the pot body are taken away to inside steam of the pot body etc. through the feed inlet leaks, long when the influence culinary art, the taste is eaten in the influence.

The second aspect of the invention provides a control method of a cooking appliance, which comprises the steps of receiving a preprocessing starting instruction, detecting the current position of a pot body of the cooking appliance, controlling the pot body to move from a high position until the pot body is in a low position, and controlling a sealing element of the cooking appliance to move to an opening position; receiving a preprocessing ending instruction, controlling the sealing element to move to a sealing position, controlling the pot body to move to a high position, and entering a cooking program.

The control method of the cooking appliance comprises the steps of firstly receiving a preprocessing starting instruction, wherein the preprocessing starting instruction is an instruction for starting a preprocessing program of the cooking appliance, the preprocessing program of the cooking appliance refers to preprocessing work performed on food materials before a cooking stage starts, and specifically comprises the operations of blanking in advance, soaking the food materials and the like, and the cooking time length is shortened or the cooking taste is improved by preprocessing the food materials. When a preprocessing starting instruction is received, firstly detecting the current position of a pot body of a cooking appliance, and when the pot body is at a high position, controlling the pot body to move from the high position until the pot body is at a low position, and further controlling a sealing member of the cooking appliance to move to an opening position, because in the process of executing a preprocessing program of the cooking appliance, food materials need to enter the pot body or be discharged from the pot body through a feed inlet arranged on a pot cover of the cooking appliance, and at the moment, if the sealing member is at the sealing position, the cooking appliance cannot normally execute the preprocessing program, therefore, the sealing member needs to be ensured to be at the opening position before executing the preprocessing program, specifically, the sealing position refers to the position at which the feed inlet on the pot cover is sealed by the sealing member; the open position refers to a position where the seal does not seal the feed opening. When a preprocessing ending instruction is received, the sealing element is controlled to move to the sealing position, the pot body is controlled to move to the high position, and a cooking program is entered, after the preprocessing program is executed by the cooking appliance and before the cooking program is entered, the sealing element needs to move to the sealing position, and the pot body moves to the high position, so that the sealing element, the feeding hole in the pot cover and the pot body are in sealing fit.

Conceivably, when detecting the current position of the cooking appliance, the sealing member of the cooking appliance is controlled to move to the open position if the pot body is in the low position.

In any of the above technical solutions, preferably, after controlling the sealing member of the cooking appliance to move to the open position and before receiving a preprocessing end instruction, the method further includes: and receiving a first feedback signal that the sealing element is moved to be positioned at the opening position, controlling the pot body to move to the high position, and executing a pretreatment program.

In the technical scheme, after a sealing element of a control cooking appliance moves to an opening position, a first feedback signal of the sealing element which is located at the opening position is received, the first feedback signal is a signal detected by a first detection device arranged on the cooking appliance, and a preprocessing procedure is executed according to the first feedback signal, so that food can be accurately conveyed to a pot body or discharged from the pot body through a feed inlet on a pot cover, and the problem that the food cannot completely enter or be discharged from the pot body through the feed inlet when the sealing element is not located at the opening position, and then the food is exposed to the outer side of the pot body, so that the food is wasted and the safety performance of the cooking appliance is directly influenced is solved.

Conceivably, before the pretreatment process is executed, the pan body can be controlled to move to the high position, so that the food material can completely enter the pan body through the feed opening, and the food material is prevented from leaking out or sewage in the pan body is prevented from being discharged from the pan body as much as possible.

In any of the above technical solutions, preferably, after receiving the preprocessing end instruction and before controlling the sealing member to move to the sealing position, the control method of the cooking appliance further includes: controlling the pan body to move to a low position.

In the technical scheme, after the preprocessing end instruction is received, before the sealing element is controlled to move to the sealing position, the pot body is controlled to move to the low position, so that a movement space is provided for the sealing element to move from the opening position to the sealing position, the sealing element is prevented from scraping other parts of the cooking appliance in the movement process, and the normal use of the cooking appliance is further ensured.

In any of the above technical solutions, preferably, the step of controlling the pot body to move from the high position until the pot body is at the low position and controlling the sealing member of the cooking appliance to move to the open position specifically includes: controlling a driving device for driving the pot body to move to rotate, and detecting the number of rotation turns of the driving device in real time; when the number of turns is equal to the preset number of turns, the pot body is judged to be positioned at the low position, and the driving device is controlled to stop; and receiving a second feedback signal that the pot body is positioned at the low position, and controlling the sealing element to move to the opening position.

In this technical scheme, the step that control pot body is in the low position from the high position motion until the pot body, and the sealing member of control cooking utensil moves to the opening position specifically includes: the method comprises the steps of firstly controlling a driving device for driving a pot body to move to rotate, detecting the number of rotation turns of the driving device in real time, determining the accurate position of the pot body according to the number of rotation turns of the driving device for driving the pot body to move, and judging that the pot body is located at a low position when the rotation direction of the driving device is a first rotation direction and the number of rotation turns is equal to the preset number of turns, so as to control the driving device to stop.

When the second feedback signal is received, the accurate position of the pot body can be determined to be the low position of the pot body, so that the sealing element is controlled to move to the opening position, the cooking appliance can normally execute a preprocessing procedure, and the phenomenon that the sealing element scrapes other parts of the cooking appliance in the moving process when the pot body is not in the low position to influence the normal use of the cooking appliance is avoided.

Conceivably, the specific step of controlling the pot body to move from the low position to the high position is to control the driving device for driving the pot body to move to rotate, detect the number of rotation turns of the driving device in real time, and when the rotation direction of the driving device is a second rotation direction opposite to the first rotation direction and the number of rotation turns is equal to a preset number of turns, determine that the pot body is located at the high position, and further control the driving device to stop. Further, if the cooking appliance is in the preprocessing stage, the sealing element is controlled to move to the opening position before the step of controlling the pot body to move from the low position to the high position, so that the feeding hole in the pot cover of the cooking appliance is not sealed by the sealing element; if the cooking appliance is in a cooking stage, the sealing element is controlled to move to the sealing position before the step of controlling the pot body to move from the low position to the high position, so that the feeding hole is ensured to be sealed by the sealing element, and the sealing performance in the cooking process is realized.

Preferably, the second feedback signal is detected by a second detecting device disposed on the cooking appliance.

In any of the above technical solutions, preferably, the step of moving the pot body from the high position to the low position and controlling the sealing member of the cooking appliance to move to the open position includes: the driving device for driving the pan body to move is controlled to rotate until a trigger signal generated by the detection device arranged at the low position is received, the pan body is judged to be positioned at the low position, and the driving device is controlled to stop; and receiving a third feedback signal that the pot body is positioned at the low position, and controlling the sealing element to move to the opening position.

In this technical scheme, the step that control pot body is in the low position from the high position motion until the pot body, and the sealing member of control cooking utensil moves to the opening position specifically includes: the utility model discloses a cooking utensil, including the pot body, the detection device who sets up at the low level position department is received to the drive arrangement who first controls the drive pot body motion rotates, until receiving the trigger signal that the detection device who sets up at the low level position department generated, judge that the pot body is located the low level position, and then control drive arrangement and shut down, when receiving the third feedback signal that the pot body has been located the low level position, and then can confirm the accurate position of the pot body and be the low level position of the pot body promptly, thereby control sealing member motion to the open position, make cooking utensil can normally carry out the preliminary treatment procedure, when avoiding the pot body at non-low.

Conceivably, the specific step of controlling the pot body to move from the low position to the high position is to control the driving device for driving the pot body to move to rotate until a high-position trigger signal generated by the detection device arranged at the high position is received, and then the pot body is judged to be positioned at the high position, and the driving device is controlled to stop. Specifically, if the cooking appliance is in the preprocessing stage, the sealing element is controlled to move to the opening position before the step of controlling the pot body to move from the low position to the high position, so that the feeding hole on the pot cover of the cooking appliance is not sealed by the sealing element; if the cooking appliance is in a cooking stage, the sealing element is controlled to move to the sealing position before the step of controlling the pot body to move from the low position to the high position, so that the feeding hole is ensured to be sealed by the sealing element, and the sealing performance in the cooking process is realized.

Preferably, the third feedback signal is generated by a detection means provided on the cooking appliance in correspondence of a low position.

In any of the above technical solutions, preferably, after controlling the pot body to move to the high position, the method further includes: controlling an electromagnet arranged on a cover body assembly of the cooking utensil to be electrified.

In this technical scheme, after the control pot body moves to high-order position, still including control setting up on the electro-magnet on cooking utensil's the lid subassembly, and then when cooking utensil execution preliminary treatment procedure or culinary art procedure, the electro-magnet can produce magnetic attraction, with the closing force between the reinforcing sealing member and the pot body, ensure that the sealing member seals the feed inlet that is located the pot cover completely, avoid in the culinary art stage, the heat and the fragrance in the pot body are taken away to inside steam of pot body etc. through the feed inlet leaks, it is long when the influence is cooked, the influence is eaten the taste.

In any of the above technical solutions, preferably, the control method for controlling the cooking utensil further includes: controlling the electromagnet arranged on the cover body assembly of the cooking utensil to be powered off.

In the technical scheme, before the pot body is controlled to move from the high position until the pot body is located at the low position, the control method of the cooking appliance further comprises the step of controlling the electromagnet arranged on the cover body assembly of the cooking appliance to be powered off, the closing force between the electromagnet and the pot body is prevented from influencing the movement of the pot body from the high position to the low position, the pot body is enabled to fall slowly from the high position to the low position, and the phenomenon that food materials in the pot body are scattered due to overlarge fluctuation in the falling process and influence the normal use performance of the cooking appliance is avoided.

A third aspect of the present invention provides a control system of a cooking appliance, comprising: a memory configured to store executable instructions; a processor configured to execute the stored instructions to: receiving a preprocessing starting instruction, detecting the current position of a pot body of the cooking appliance, if the pot body is in a high position, controlling the pot body to move from the high position until the pot body is in a low position, and controlling a sealing element of the cooking appliance to move to an opening position; receiving a preprocessing ending instruction, controlling the sealing element to move to a sealing position, controlling the pot body to move to a high position, and entering a cooking program.

The control system of the cooking appliance comprises a memory and a processor, wherein the memory is configured to store executable instructions, the processor is configured to execute the stored instructions, firstly, a preprocessing starting instruction is received, the current position of a pot body of the cooking appliance is detected, if the pot body is in a high position, the pot body is controlled to move from the high position until the pot body is in a low position, and a sealing element of the cooking appliance is controlled to move to an opening position; the control system of the cooking appliance provided by the invention can meet different requirements of the cooking appliance in the pretreatment program and the cooking program by controlling the switching of the pot body between the low position and the high position, does not need a user to continuously pay attention to the food material treatment process, reduces the operation difficulty and intensity of the user, and effectively improves the use experience of the user.

A fourth aspect of the present invention provides a computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, where the computer program, when executed by a processor, implements the steps of the method for controlling a cooking appliance according to any of the above technical solutions, so that the method has all the technical effects of the method for controlling a cooking appliance, and is not described herein again.

Additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.

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The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

fig. 1 shows a schematic structural view of a cooking appliance of an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 shows a schematic flow diagram of a control method of a cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the invention;

fig. 3 shows a schematic flow chart of a control method of a cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the invention;

fig. 4 shows a schematic flow chart of a control method of a cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the invention;

fig. 5 shows a schematic flow chart of a control method of a cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the invention;

fig. 6 shows a schematic flow chart of a control method of a cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the invention;

fig. 7 shows a schematic flow chart of a control method of a cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the invention;

fig. 8 shows a schematic flow chart of a control method of a cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 shows a block diagram of a control system of a cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Wherein, the corresponding relation between the reference numbers and the part names in fig. 1 is:

1 cover body assembly, 21 sealing parts, 22 second driving devices, 3 pot bodies, 41 pot body base plates, 42 first driving devices, 422 driving motors, 424 transmission gears, 5 rollers, 6 electromagnets and 7 cooking appliances.

Detailed Description

In order that the above objects, features and advantages of the present invention can be more clearly understood, a more particular description of the invention will be rendered by reference to the appended drawings. It should be noted that the embodiments and features of the embodiments of the present application may be combined with each other without conflict.

In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention, however, the present invention may be practiced in other ways than those specifically described herein, and therefore the scope of the present invention is not limited by the specific embodiments disclosed below.

A cooking appliance, a control method of the cooking appliance, a control system of the cooking appliance, and a computer-readable storage medium according to some embodiments of the present invention are described below with reference to fig. 1 to 9.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, a cooking appliance 7 is provided, which comprises a cover assembly 1, a sealing member 21, a pot body 3, a pot cover, a pot body chassis 41, a first driving device 42 and a second driving device 22, wherein the sealing member 21 is disposed on the cover assembly 1, the pot body 3 is located below the cover assembly 1, the pot cover is buckled on the pot body 3, a feeding hole is disposed on the pot cover, and a sealing fit can be formed between the feeding hole and the sealing member 21; the pan body chassis 41 is positioned below the pan body 3 and used for supporting the pan body 3, and the first driving device 42 is connected with the pan body chassis 41 and used for driving the pan body chassis 41 to rotate so as to enable the pan body 3 to change between a high position and a low position in a reciprocating manner; a second drive means 22 is connected to the sealing member 21 for driving the sealing member 21 between a sealing position of the inlet and an opening position of the inlet.

As shown in fig. 1, the cooking device 7 provided by the present invention comprises a cover assembly 1, a sealing member 21, a pot body 3, a pot cover, a pot body chassis 41, a first driving device 42 and a second driving device 22, wherein the cover assembly 1 may comprise a bin assembly and a water rod assembly, the sealing member 21 is disposed on the cover assembly 1, and the second driving device 22 can move the sealing member 21 relative to the cover assembly 1 between a sealing position and an opening position, the sealing position is a position when the sealing member 21 seals the feeding hole, the opening position is a position when the sealing member 21 does not seal the feeding hole, and at this time, the feeding hole is communicated with the outside.

The pot body 3 is located the below of lid subassembly 1, and the pot cover is detained and is established on the pot body 3, and the pot cover is located between the pot body 3 and the lid subassembly 1 promptly, is equipped with the feed inlet on the pot cover wherein, can think of ground, when sealing member 21 is in the open position, when sealing member 21 is not sealed the feed inlet that is located the pot cover promptly, material or water pole subassembly accessible feed inlet in the feed bin subassembly are put into or are stretched into pot body 3, and then realize unloading in advance, eat the preliminary treatment operation of material such as material soaking. Conceivably, the number of the feed inlets may be one or more, that is, a plurality of food materials can be put into the pot body 3 through one feed inlet, or different feed inlets are configured for different food materials. The pan body chassis 41 is arranged below the pan body 3 to support the pan body 3, and the first driving device 42 drives the pan body chassis 41 to rotate, so that the pan body 3 can change between a high position and a low position in a reciprocating manner.

Specifically, the food material processing process comprises a pretreatment stage and a cooking stage, when the cooking appliance 7 is in the pretreatment stage, the cooking appliance 7 needs to keep the feed inlet open, and when the sealing member 21 is in the open position under the driving of the second driving device 22, the feed bin assembly and the water rod assembly can convey food materials into the pot body 3 or discharge the food materials from the pot body 3 through the feed inlet. Conceivably, the preliminary treatment stage is including unloading in advance, soak operations such as eating the material, in the unloading in advance in-process, feed bin subassembly accessible feed inlet will eat the material and put in to pot body 3, eat the material in-process soaking, water pole subassembly accessible feed inlet leads water in the pot body 3, when eating the material and reaching to soak the time length, water pole subassembly also can lead the water in the pot body 3 to outside the pot body 3 through the feed inlet, in the preliminary treatment stage, pot body 3 can be in low position or high position, preferably, pot body 3 is in high position, the feed opening of the feed bin subassembly of being convenient for aligns with the feed inlet on the pot cover, avoid eating the material and leak and cause the waste, and the inlet and drain pipe in the water pole subassembly of being convenient for stretches into the bottom of pot body 3, the introduction or the discharge.

When the cooking appliance 7 is in a cooking stage, in order to ensure the cooking effect of food materials, the sealing element 21 is located at the opening position under the driving of the second driving device 22 to seal the feeding hole on the pot cover, the pot body 3 is driven by the first driving device 42 to move to the high position, and then the feeding hole on the pot cover and the sealing element 21 located above the feeding hole form sealing fit, so that the sealing performance between the pot body 3, the pot cover and the cover body assembly 1 is effectively ensured, the phenomenon that steam and the like in the cooking appliance 7 are leaked through the feeding hole to take away heat and aroma in the pot body 3 is avoided, the cooking duration is influenced, and the eating taste is influenced.

According to the invention, the feed inlet, the sealing element 21 in sealing fit with the feed inlet and the first driving device 42 for driving the pot body 3 and the pot cover to be switched between the high position and the low position in a reciprocating manner are arranged on the pot cover, so that the separation or sealing between the pot cover and the sealing element 21 is realized, the automation degree is high, different requirements of the cooking appliance 7 in a pretreatment stage or a cooking stage are met, a user does not need to pay attention to the food material processing process continuously, the operation difficulty and the operation intensity of the user are reduced, and the use experience of the user is effectively improved.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the cooking appliance 7 further preferably comprises a first detecting device disposed on the pot lid for detecting whether the sealing member 21 is moved to the sealing position or the opening position.

In this embodiment, the first detecting device is disposed on the lid to detect whether the sealing member 21 moves to the sealing position or the opening position, so as to ensure that the food material is accurately fed into the pot body 3 through the feeding hole or discharged from the pot body 3, thereby ensuring the normal use of the cooking device 7. Specifically, when the cooking appliance 7 is in the pretreatment stage, but the sealing member 21 does not accurately reach the opening position, the food material cannot completely enter or be discharged from the pot body 3 through the feed inlet, and then the food material is exposed to the outer side of the pot body 3, so that the waste of the food material is caused, and the safety use performance of the cooking appliance 7 is directly influenced; when cooking utensil 7 is in the culinary art stage, but when sealing member 21 did not accurately reach sealed position, the feed inlet of bad seal easily leaked the inside steam of pot body 3 through the feed inlet, and then took away heat and the fragrance in the pot body 3, and it is long and reduce and use the taste to influence the culinary art.

In an embodiment of the present invention, it is preferable that the lid further includes a sealing rib, the sealing rib extends from the circumferential direction of the feeding hole to the direction of the cover assembly 1, and the sealing rib is in sealing engagement with the sealing member 21 when the lid body 3 is in the high position.

In this embodiment, the pot cover still includes sealed muscle, and sealed muscle extends towards the direction of lid subassembly 1 from the circumference of feed inlet, and when the pot body 3 was in the high position, sealed muscle with set up the sealed cooperation of sealing member 21, when sealing member 21 removed to sealed position, sealed muscle and sealing member 21 looks butt have effectively improved the sealed effect of feed inlet, further avoid a large amount of steam in the pot body 3 to let out through the clearance between feed inlet and the sealing member 21 to influence other structures of 7 inside culinary art utensil.

In one embodiment of the present invention, preferably, the cooking utensil 7 further comprises a roller 5 disposed at the bottom of the pot 3, and the pot 3 is in contact with the contact surface of the pot chassis 41 through the roller 5.

As shown in fig. 1, in this embodiment, the cooking device 7 further includes a roller 5 disposed at the bottom of the pot body 3, the pot body 3 contacts with the contact surface located on the pot body chassis 41 through the roller 5, and the friction force of the roller 5 is small, so that the pot body 3 is favorable to moving relative to the pot body chassis 41, and hard abrasion of the contact surface of the pot body 3 and the pot body chassis 41 during the moving process is effectively avoided, and the service life of the pot body 3 and the pot body chassis 41 is effectively prolonged.

In one embodiment of the present invention, preferably, the contact surface of the pan body chassis 41 contacting the pan body 3 includes a low region, a high region and a transition region, when the roller 5 is located on the low region, the pan body 3 is located at the low position, when the roller 5 is located on the high region, the pan body 3 is located at the high position, the transition region connects the high region and the low region, and the transition region is smoothly connected with the high region and the low region.

In this embodiment, the contact surface of the pan body chassis 41 contacting the pan body 3 includes a low position region, a high position region and a transition region, when the roller 5 is located on the low position region, the pan body 3 is located at the low position, when the roller 5 is located on the high position region, the pan body 3 is located at the high position, when the roller 5 moves between the low position region and the high position region, the reciprocating change of the pan body 3 between the low position region and the high position region can be further realized.

Further, the transition region is connected with the high region and the low region, when the first driving device 42 drives the pan body chassis 41 to rotate, the pan body 3 slides in the low region, the transition region and the high region on the pan body chassis 41 through the roller 5, the pan body 3 can move to the low region along the transition region or move to the high region along the transition region, specifically, when the roller 5 at the bottom of the pan body 3 is located at the low region, the pan body 3 is located at the low position, and at this time, the feeding port on the pan cover is separated from the cover body assembly 1; when the roller 5 at the bottom of the pot body 3 is positioned in the high position area, the pot body 3 is positioned at the high position, the feeding hole on the pot cover and the cover body assembly 1 form sealing fit at the moment, and the cooking appliance 7 can be positioned in a pretreatment stage or a cooking stage.

Further, smooth connection between transition district and high-order district and the low level district for gyro wheel 5 gently moves between low level district, transition district and high-order district, and then ensures the gentle jack-up or the gentle whereabouts of pot body 3.

In one embodiment of the present invention, preferably, the first driving device 42 comprises a driving motor 422 and a transmission gear 424, the transmission gear 424 is connected with the driving motor 422, and the transmission gear 424 is engaged with a transmission gear arranged on the circumference of the pan body chassis 41 to drive the pan body chassis 41 to rotate.

As shown in fig. 1, in this embodiment, the first driving device 42 includes a driving motor 422 and a transmission gear 424, the transmission gear 424 is connected to the driving motor 422, and the transmission gear 424 is engaged with a transmission gear arranged on the circumference of the pan body chassis 41, the driving motor 422 transmits power to the pan body chassis 41 through the transmission gear 424 and the transmission gear to realize the rotation of the pan body chassis 41, thereby ensuring the smooth jacking or dropping of the pan body 3 contacting with the pan body chassis 41. In addition, the rotation angle of the pan body chassis 41 can be accurately controlled through gear transmission.

Preferably, the driving motor 422 may be a dc gear motor or a stepping motor.

In one embodiment of the present invention, preferably, the first driving device 42 further comprises a second detecting device disposed on the driving motor 422, the second detecting device is used for detecting whether the pan body 3 moves to the low position or the high position; the second detection means may be any one of: hall sensor, photoelectric sensor.

In this embodiment, the first driving device 42 further includes a second detecting device disposed on the driving motor 422, the second detecting device is configured to detect whether the pot 3 moves to the low position or the high position, and by detecting the accurate position of the pot 3, the subsequent corresponding procedure of the cooking appliance 7 is facilitated, specifically, when the second detecting device detects that the pot 3 is located at the low position, the second driving device 22 may drive the sealing member 21 to move to the sealing position or the opening position, and when the pot 3 is not located at the low position, the second driving device 22 directly drives the sealing member 21 to move, so that the sealing member 21 scrapes the pot cover or the cover assembly 1 in the cooking appliance 7 during the moving process, and the normal use of the cooking appliance 7 is directly affected; when the sealing element 21 is located at the sealing position and the second detection device detects that the pot body 3 is located at the high position, the sealing element 21 is in sealing fit with the feeding hole in the pot cover, and the cooking appliance 7 can be controlled to enter a cooking stage, so that the steam in the pot body 3 cannot leak through the feeding hole in the cooking process to take away heat and aroma in the pot body 3, the cooking time is influenced, and the eating taste is influenced; when the sealing member 21 is located at the opening position and the second detection device detects that the pot body 3 is located at the high position, the bin assembly and the water rod assembly in the cover body assembly 1 can be communicated with the pot body 3 through the unsealed feeding hole, so that the pretreatment stage comprises operations of pre-blanking, soaking food materials and the like.

Preferably, the second detector may be used to detect an operating parameter of the drive motor 422, the operating parameter including the number of revolutions and/or the direction of rotation of the first drive means 42.

Preferably, the second detecting device can be a hall sensor or a photoelectric sensor, and conceivably, the second detecting device can also be other sensors, and it is within the protection scope of the present invention as long as the function of detecting the moving position of the pot body 3 can be realized according to the design concept of the present invention.

In one embodiment of the present invention, preferably, the cooking appliance 7 further comprises a third detecting device and a fourth detecting device, the third detecting device is disposed on the frame body of the cooking appliance 7 and is corresponding to the pot 3 being at the high position, and is used for detecting whether the pot 3 moves to the high position; the fourth detection device is arranged on the frame body of the cooking appliance 7, is positioned at the low position corresponding to the pot body 3 and is used for detecting whether the pot body 3 moves to the low position or not; the third detecting means or the fourth detecting means may be any one of: magnetic induction sensor, photoelectric sensor, image acquisition device.

In this embodiment, the cooking appliance 7 further comprises a third detection device and a fourth detection device, wherein the third detection device is arranged on the frame body of the cooking appliance 7 corresponding to the high position of the pot body 3, so that the third detection device can rapidly and accurately detect whether the pot body 3 moves to the high position; in a similar manner, the fourth detection device is arranged on the frame body of the cooking utensil 7 corresponding to the low position of the pot body 3, so that the fourth detection device can quickly and accurately detect whether the pot body 3 moves to the low position, and then the subsequent corresponding program of the cooking utensil 7 is facilitated to be carried out. Specifically, when the third detection device detects that the pot body 3 moves to a high position, and the sealing member 21 is located at a sealing position, then sealing fit between the feed inlet and the sealing member 21, so the cooking utensil 7 can enter a cooking stage, meanwhile, because of the sealing fit between the sealing member 21 and the feed inlet, and then the sealing performance of the pot body 3 and the pot cover can be ensured, when the third detection device detects that the pot body 3 moves to the high position, and the sealing member 21 is located at an opening position, then the feed inlet is not sealed, then the feed bin assembly and the water rod assembly in the cover body assembly 1 can be communicated with the pot body 3 through the unsealed feed inlet, and then the pretreatment stage is convenient to include operations such as blanking in advance, soaking food materials and the like. When the fourth detecting device detects that the pot body 3 moves to the low position, the second driving device 22 in the cooking appliance 7 can drive the sealing member 21 to seal the feeding hole on the pot cover, and when the pot body 3 does not move to the low position, the second driving device 22 drives the sealing member 21 to scrape the pot cover or the cover body assembly 1 in the cooking appliance 7, so that the normal use of the cooking appliance 7 is directly influenced.

Preferably, the third detecting means or the fourth detecting means may be any one of: magnetic induction sensor, photoelectric sensor, image acquisition device. Specifically, the magnetic induction sensor may be a reed switch, the photoelectric sensor may be a photodiode, and of course, the third detection device and the fourth detection device may be other sensors, and as long as the functions of detecting the movement position of the pot body 3 can be realized according to the design concept of the present invention, both of them belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

In one embodiment of the present invention, preferably, the cooking appliance 7 further comprises an electromagnet 6, a power supply device and a control device, wherein the electromagnet 6 is arranged on the cover body assembly 1; the power supply device is connected with the electromagnet 6 and used for supplying power to the electromagnet 6; the control device is connected with the power supply device and used for controlling the power-on or power-off of the power supply device.

As shown in fig. 1, in this embodiment, the cooking utensil 7 further includes an electromagnet 6, a power supply device and a control device, wherein the electromagnet 6 is disposed on the cover assembly 1, and further when the cooking utensil 7 is in the cooking stage and the pot body 3 is in the high position, the electromagnet 6 can generate magnetic attraction, in general, the pot body 3 is made of metal material, therefore, the attraction generated by the electromagnet 6 can strengthen the closing force between the pot cover and the cover assembly 1, the sealing performance of the feed inlet on the pot cover is ensured, and it is avoided that in the cooking stage, steam and the like inside the pot body 3 leaks through the feed inlet to take away heat and aroma inside the pot body 3, which affects the cooking time and the eating taste.

Further, the cooking utensil 7 further comprises a control device connected with the power supply device, and the control device is used for controlling the power on or off of the power supply device so as to control whether the electromagnet 6 generates magnetic attraction force. Specifically, the control device is connected with the second detection device, or the control device is electrically connected with the third detection device and the fourth detection device, so that the control device can control the power-on or power-off of the power supply device according to the detection results of the second detection device, the third detection device or the fourth detection device, wherein the second detection device is used for detecting whether the pot body 3 moves to the low position or the high position, the third detection device is used for detecting whether the pot body 3 moves to the high position, and the fourth detection device is used for detecting whether the pot body 3 moves to the low position, so that the control accuracy of the control device is further realized, and the safety use performance of the cooking appliance 7 in the preprocessing stage and the cooking stage is ensured.

In one embodiment of the present invention, preferably, the cooking utensil 7 further comprises a magnetic attracting member, and the magnetic attracting member is arranged at a position opposite to the electromagnet 6 on the pot body 3.

In this embodiment, cooking utensil 7 is still including inhaling the piece of magnetism, and inhale the setting of piece and 6 relative positions with the electro-magnet on the pot body 3, when electro-magnet 6 produces magnetic attraction, the magnetic attraction that is located on the pot body 3 can accurately sense magnetic attraction fast, and strengthen the pot cover under the effect of magnetic attraction, the closing force between the pot body 3 and the lid subassembly 1, ensure the sealing performance of the feed inlet that is located on the pot cover, avoid in the culinary art stage, heat and fragrance in the pot body 3 are taken away through the feed inlet to inside steam of the pot body 3 etc. leaks, long when the influence culinary art, the taste is eaten in the influence.

Fig. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a control method of a cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 2, a method for controlling a cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention includes:

s102, receiving a preprocessing starting instruction, detecting the current position of a pot body of the cooking appliance, if the pot body is in a high position, controlling the pot body to move from the high position until the pot body is in a low position, and controlling a sealing element of the cooking appliance to move to an opening position;

s104, receiving a preprocessing ending instruction, controlling the sealing element to move to a sealing position, controlling the pot body to move to a high position, and entering a cooking program.

Fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a control method of a cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 3, a method for controlling a cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention includes:

s202, receiving a preprocessing starting instruction, detecting the current position of a pot body of the cooking appliance, if the pot body is in a high position, controlling the pot body to move from the high position until the pot body is in a low position, and controlling a sealing element of the cooking appliance to move to an opening position;

s204, receiving a first feedback signal that the sealing element is moved to be positioned at the opening position, controlling the pot body to move to a high position, and executing a pretreatment program;

s206, receiving a preprocessing ending instruction, controlling the sealing element to move to a sealing position, controlling the pot body to move to a high position, and entering a cooking program.

In this embodiment, after controlling the sealing element of the cooking appliance to move to the open position, the first feedback signal indicating that the sealing element has moved to the open position is received, the first feedback signal is a signal detected by the first detecting device disposed on the cooking appliance, and the preprocessing procedure is executed according to the first feedback signal, so that the food material can be accurately conveyed to the pot body or discharged from the pot body through the feeding hole on the lid, thereby avoiding the problem that the food material cannot completely enter or discharge from the pot body through the feeding hole when the sealing element is not located at the open position, and the food material is exposed to the outside of the pot body, which causes waste of the food material and directly affects the safe use performance of the cooking appliance.

Fig. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a control method of a cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 4, a method for controlling a cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention includes:

s302, receiving a preprocessing starting instruction, detecting the current position of a pot body of the cooking appliance, if the pot body is in a high position, controlling the pot body to move from the high position until the pot body is in a low position, and controlling a sealing element of the cooking appliance to move to an opening position;

s304, receiving a preprocessing ending instruction;

s306, controlling the pan body to move to a low position;

s308, controlling the sealing element to move to a sealing position, controlling the pot body to move to a high position, and entering a cooking program.

In the embodiment, after the preprocessing ending instruction is received and before the sealing element is controlled to move to the sealing position, the method further comprises the step of controlling the pot body to move to the low position, so that a movement space is provided for the sealing element to move from the opening position to the sealing position, the sealing element is prevented from being scraped with other parts of the cooking appliance in the movement process, and the normal use of the cooking appliance is further ensured.

Fig. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a control method of a cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 5, a method for controlling a cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention includes:

s402, receiving a preprocessing starting instruction, and detecting the current position of a pot body of the cooking appliance;

s404, if the pot body is in a high position, controlling a driving device for driving the pot body to move to rotate, and detecting the number of rotation turns of the driving device in real time;

s406, when the number of turns is equal to the preset number of turns, judging that the pot body is positioned at a low position, and controlling the driving device to stop;

s408, receiving a second feedback signal that the pot body is positioned at a low position, and controlling the sealing element to move to an opening position;

s410, receiving a preprocessing ending instruction, controlling the sealing element to move to a sealing position, controlling the pot body to move to a high position, and entering a cooking program.

In this embodiment, the step of controlling the pot to move from the high position until the pot is at the low position and the step of controlling the sealing member of the cooking utensil to move to the open position specifically includes: the method comprises the steps of firstly controlling a driving device for driving a pot body to move to rotate, detecting the number of rotation turns of the driving device in real time, determining the accurate position of the pot body according to the number of rotation turns of the driving device for driving the pot body to move, and judging that the pot body is located at a low position when the rotation direction of the driving device is a first rotation direction and the number of rotation turns is equal to the preset number of turns, so as to control the driving device to stop.

Fig. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a control method of a cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 6, a method for controlling a cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention includes:

s502, receiving a preprocessing starting instruction, and detecting the current position of a pot body of the cooking appliance;

s504, if the pot body is in the high position, controlling a driving device for driving the pot body to move to rotate until a trigger signal generated by a detection device arranged at the low position is received, judging that the pot body is in the low position, and controlling the driving device to stop;

s506, receiving a third feedback signal that the pot body is located at a low position, and controlling the sealing element to move to an opening position;

and S508, receiving a preprocessing ending instruction, controlling the sealing element to move to a sealing position, controlling the pot body to move to a high position, and entering a cooking program.

In this embodiment, the step of controlling the pot to move from the high position until the pot is at the low position and the step of controlling the sealing member of the cooking utensil to move to the open position specifically includes: the utility model discloses a cooking utensil, including the pot body, the detection device who sets up at the low level position department is received to the drive arrangement who first controls the drive pot body motion rotates, until receiving the trigger signal that the detection device who sets up at the low level position department generated, judge that the pot body is located the low level position, and then control drive arrangement and shut down, when receiving the third feedback signal that the pot body has been located the low level position, and then can confirm the accurate position of the pot body and be the low level position of the pot body promptly, thereby control sealing member motion to the open position, make cooking utensil can normally carry out the preliminary treatment procedure, when avoiding the pot body at non-low.

Fig. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a control method of a cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 7, a method for controlling a cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention includes:

s602, receiving a preprocessing starting instruction, detecting the current position of a pot body of the cooking appliance, if the pot body is in a high position, controlling the pot body to move from the high position until the pot body is in a low position, and controlling a sealing element of the cooking appliance to move to an opening position;

s604, receiving a first feedback signal that the sealing element moves to be positioned at the opening position, and controlling the pot body to move to a high position;

s606, controlling an electromagnet arranged on a cover body assembly of the cooking appliance to be electrified, and executing a preprocessing program;

s608, receiving a preprocessing ending instruction, controlling the sealing element to move to a sealing position, controlling the pot body to move to a high position, and entering a cooking program.

In this embodiment, after the control pot body moves to the high position, still including control setting up on the electro-magnet on cooking utensil's the lid subassembly, and then when cooking utensil execution preliminary treatment procedure or culinary art procedure, the electro-magnet can produce magnetic attraction to strengthen the closing force between sealing member and the pot body, ensure that the sealing member seals up the feed inlet that is located the pot cover completely, avoid in the culinary art stage, the steam of the internal portion of pot etc. leaks through the feed inlet and takes away heat and the fragrance in the pot body, it is long when the influence is cooked, influence and eat the taste.

Fig. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a control method of a cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 8, a method for controlling a cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention includes:

s702, receiving a preprocessing starting instruction, detecting the current position of a pot body of the cooking appliance, and controlling an electromagnet arranged on a cover body assembly of the cooking appliance to be powered off if the pot body is in a high position;

s704, controlling the pot body to move from a high position until the pot body is in a low position, and controlling a sealing element of the cooking utensil to move to an opening position;

s706, receiving a preprocessing ending instruction, controlling the sealing element to move to a sealing position, controlling the pot body to move to a high position, and entering a cooking program.

In this embodiment, before controlling the pot body to move from the high position until the pot body is at the low position, the control method of the cooking appliance further includes controlling the electromagnet arranged on the cover assembly of the cooking appliance to be powered off, so as to avoid the closing force between the electromagnet and the pot body from influencing the movement of the pot body from the high position to the low position, so that the pot body falls gently from the high position to the low position, and avoid the food material in the pot body from spilling due to overlarge fluctuation in the falling process to influence the normal use performance of the cooking appliance.

A third aspect of the present invention provides a control system 800 of a cooking appliance, comprising: a memory 802 configured to store executable instructions;

a processor 804 configured to execute the stored instructions to:

receiving a preprocessing starting instruction, detecting the current position of a pot body of the cooking appliance, if the pot body is in a high position, controlling the pot body to move from the high position until the pot body is in a low position, and controlling a sealing element of the cooking appliance to move to an opening position;

receiving a preprocessing ending instruction, controlling the sealing element to move to a sealing position, controlling the pot body to move to a high position, and entering a cooking program.

As shown in fig. 9, the control system 800 of the cooking appliance provided by the present invention includes a memory 802 and a processor 804, the memory 802 is configured to store executable instructions, and the processor 804 is configured to execute the stored instructions, first receive a preprocessing start instruction, detect a current position of a pot of the cooking appliance, such as when the pot is in a high position, control the pot to move from the high position until the pot is in a low position, and control a sealing member of the cooking appliance to move to an open position; the control system of the cooking appliance provided by the invention can meet different requirements of the cooking appliance in the pretreatment program and the cooking program by controlling the switching of the pot body between the low position and the high position, does not need a user to continuously pay attention to the food material treatment process, reduces the operation difficulty and intensity of the user, and effectively improves the use experience of the user.

A fourth aspect of the present invention provides a computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, where the computer program, when executed by a processor, implements the steps of the method for controlling a cooking appliance as described in any of the above embodiments, so that the method has all the technical effects of the method for controlling a cooking appliance, and is not described herein again.

In the present invention, the term "plurality" means two or more unless explicitly defined otherwise. The terms "mounted," "connected," "fixed," and the like are to be construed broadly, and for example, "connected" may be a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; "coupled" may be direct or indirect through an intermediary. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.

In the description herein, the description of the terms "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "specific embodiments," etc., means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes may be made by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A cooking appliance, characterized in that it comprises:

a cover assembly;

a seal disposed on the cap assembly;

the pot body is positioned below the cover body assembly;

the pot cover is buckled on the pot body, a feeding hole is formed in the pot cover, and the feeding hole and the sealing element can be in sealing fit;

the pan body chassis is positioned below the pan body and used for supporting the pan body;

the first driving device is connected with the pan body chassis and is used for driving the pan body chassis to rotate so as to enable the pan body to change between a high position and a low position in a reciprocating manner;

and the second driving device is connected with the sealing element and used for driving the sealing element to move between a sealing position for sealing the feeding hole and an opening position for opening the feeding hole.

2. The cooking appliance of claim 1, further comprising:

the first detection device is arranged on the pot cover and used for detecting whether the sealing element moves to the sealing position or the opening position.

3. The cooking appliance of claim 1, wherein the lid further comprises:

the sealing rib extends from the circumferential direction of the feed inlet to the direction of the cover body assembly, and when the pot body is located at the high position, the sealing rib is in sealing fit with the sealing element.

4. The cooking appliance of claim 1, further comprising:

the rolling wheels are arranged at the bottom of the pot body, and the pot body is in contact with the contact surface of the pot body chassis through the rolling wheels.

5. The cooking appliance of claim 4, wherein the contact surface of the pan body chassis in contact with the pan body comprises:

the low-position area and the high-position area, when the roller is positioned on the low-position area, the pot body is positioned at the low-position; when the roller is positioned on the high-position area, the pot body is positioned at the high-position;

and the transition area is connected with the high-level area and the low-level area, and the transition area is smoothly connected with the high-level area and the low-level area.

6. The cooking appliance of claim 1, wherein the first drive means comprises:

a drive motor;

and the transmission gear is connected with the driving motor and meshed with transmission teeth arranged on the circumferential direction of the pot body chassis so as to drive the pot body chassis to rotate.

7. The cooking appliance of claim 6, wherein the first drive means further comprises:

the second detection device is arranged on the driving motor and used for detecting whether the pot body moves to the low position or the high position;

the second detection means may be any one of: hall sensor, photoelectric sensor.

8. The cooking appliance of claim 1, further comprising:

the third detection device is arranged on the frame body of the cooking appliance, corresponds to the pot body at the high position, and is used for detecting whether the pot body moves to the high position;

the fourth detection device is arranged on the frame body of the cooking appliance, corresponds to the pot body at the low position, and is used for detecting whether the pot body moves to the low position;

the third detecting means or the fourth detecting means may be any one of: magnetic induction sensor, photoelectric sensor, image acquisition device.

9. The cooking appliance according to any one of claims 1 to 8, further comprising:

the electromagnet is arranged on the cover body assembly;

the power supply device is connected with the electromagnet and used for supplying power to the electromagnet;

the control device is connected with the power supply device and used for controlling the power-on or power-off of the power supply device;

and the magnetic suction piece is arranged on the position of the pot body opposite to the electromagnet.

10. A control method of a cooking appliance, for the cooking appliance as claimed in any one of the preceding claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the control method of the cooking appliance comprises:

and receiving a preprocessing ending instruction, controlling the sealing element to move to a sealing position, controlling the pot body to move to a high position, and entering a cooking program.

11. The method for controlling a cooking appliance according to claim 10, wherein after the controlling the sealing member of the cooking appliance to move to the open position and before the receiving of the preprocessing end command, the method further comprises:

receiving a first feedback signal that the sealing element moves to be positioned at the opening position, controlling the pot body to move to the high position, and executing a pretreatment program.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein after the receiving the end-of-pretreatment command and before the controlling the seal member to move to the sealing position, the method further comprises:

controlling the pan body to move to the low position.

13. The method for controlling a cooking appliance according to claim 10, wherein the step of controlling the pot to move from the high position until the pot is at the low position and the step of controlling the sealing member of the cooking appliance to move to the open position comprises:

controlling a driving device for driving the pot body to move to rotate, and detecting the number of rotation turns of the driving device in real time;

when the number of turns is equal to the preset number of turns, the pot body is judged to be positioned at the low position, and the driving device is controlled to stop;

receiving a second feedback signal that the pot body is positioned at the low position, and controlling the sealing element to move to the opening position.

14. The method for controlling a cooking device according to claim 10, wherein the step of moving the sealing member of the cooking device to the open position after the pot moves from the high position to the low position comprises:

controlling a driving device for driving the pot body to move to rotate until a trigger signal generated by a detection device arranged at the low position is received, judging that the pot body is positioned at the low position, and controlling the driving device to stop;

receiving a third feedback signal that the pot body is positioned at the low position, and controlling the sealing element to move to the opening position.

15. The method as claimed in any one of claims 10 to 12, wherein after controlling the pot to move to the high position, the method further comprises:

and controlling the electromagnet arranged on the cover body assembly of the cooking utensil to be electrified.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the controlling the pot moves from the raised position until the pot is in the lowered position, the method further comprising:

and controlling an electromagnet arranged on a cover body assembly of the cooking utensil to be powered off.

17. A control system of a cooking appliance for the cooking appliance according to any one of the claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the control system of the cooking appliance comprises:

a memory configured to store executable instructions;

a processor configured to execute the stored instructions to:

18. A computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, which, when being executed by a processor, carries out the steps of the method of controlling a cooking appliance according to any one of claims 10 to 16.