Cooking stove
First Claim
1. A cooking stove comprising:
- a touch switch provided on a top plate covering a top surface of a cooking stove main body accommodating heating means, to allow a user to give an instruction on activation of the heating means, the touch switch sensing an object that contacts or approaches the top surface of the top plate; and
heating control means for determining whether the touch switch is in a sensing state or a non-sensing state to perform a predetermined operation pre-assigned to the touch switch, on the heating means in accordance with a result of the determination,wherein the cooking stove comprises;
state display means for displaying a state of the heating means; and
display control means for, when the touch switch shifts from the non-sensing state to the sensing state, changing display contents of the state display means to display corresponding to a state of the heating means after the predetermined operation has been performed, andthe heating control means performs the predetermined operation on the heating means when the touch switches shifts from the non-sensing state to the sensing state and then returns to the non-sensing state.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a cooking stove that prevents an instruction from being given using the touch switch owing to a factor different from the user'"'"'s operation, while hindering the user from having an incongruous or anxious feeling when operating the touch switch. Touch switches 10 to 13 are provided on a glass top plate covering a top surface of a cooking stove main body accommodating a left burner and a right burner; the touch switches 10 to 13 sense an object that contacts with or approaches the top surface of the glass top plate. When any of the touch switches is turned on and then turned off again, heating control 31 executes a pre-assigned process to the touch switch. When the touch switch is turned on, lighting control 32 changes the displays of display sections 14 to 17 to ones corresponding to the state of a burner after the process has been executed before executing a pre-assigned process to the touch switch.
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1. A cooking stove comprising:
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a touch switch provided on a top plate covering a top surface of a cooking stove main body accommodating heating means, to allow a user to give an instruction on activation of the heating means, the touch switch sensing an object that contacts or approaches the top surface of the top plate; and heating control means for determining whether the touch switch is in a sensing state or a non-sensing state to perform a predetermined operation pre-assigned to the touch switch, on the heating means in accordance with a result of the determination, wherein the cooking stove comprises; state display means for displaying a state of the heating means; and display control means for, when the touch switch shifts from the non-sensing state to the sensing state, changing display contents of the state display means to display corresponding to a state of the heating means after the predetermined operation has been performed, and the heating control means performs the predetermined operation on the heating means when the touch switches shifts from the non-sensing state to the sensing state and then returns to the non-sensing state. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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