Abstract: Disclosed herein are an induction heating cooker and a control method thereof in which heating coils on which a container is located are sensed, a display unit displays a region corresponding to the heating coils on which the container is located, the displayed region is selected by a user, an output adjustment unit as to the displayed region is displayed, and output of the corresponding heating coils is adjusted by adjusting the output adjustment unit. The induction heating cooker includes heating coils to heat the container, a display unit to display the sensed container or the output adjustment unit of the heating coils, and the output adjustment unit to adjust the output of the heating coils on which the container is located.

Abstract: A cooking apparatus using barcodes, including: a barcode reader which reads a barcode including cooking information recorded in the barcode; a cooking information calculator which analyzes the basic cooking information based on an analysis rule for analyzing the cooking information and calculating a final cooking condition based on the analyzed cooking information; and a controller which controls elements of the cooking apparatus to perform cooking so as to achieve the final cooking condition.

Abstract: A cooking apparatus using barcodes, including: a barcode reader which reads a barcode including cooking information recorded in the barcode; a cooking information calculator which analyzes the basic cooking information based on an analysis rule for analyzing the cooking information and calculating a final cooking condition based on the analyzed cooking information; and a controller which controls elements of the cooking apparatus to perform cooking so as to achieve the final cooking condition.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a cooking apparatus and cooking system which allows a user to change cooking information that is suitable to the preferences of the user and the amount of food when cooking food using automatic cooking information, and a cooking control method using the same. The cooking apparatus using automatic cooking information includes an automatic cooking information acquisition unit for acquiring the automatic cooking information; an automatic cooking information change unit for allowing a user to change the acquired automatic cooking information; and a control unit for controlling a series of cooking operations on the basis of the changed cooking information.

Abstract: A cooking apparatus, cooking system, and cooking control method using a bar code, in which automatic cooking of food is performed when the bar code attached to a package of the food is lost or damaged. The cooking apparatus for cooking food using cooking data includes a memory for storing identification data and cooking data of the food; an image capture device for obtaining an image of the food; and a controller for identifying the food by comparing the image of the food to the identification data of the food, stored in the memory, obtaining the cooking data of the identified food, and controlling the cooking apparatus so that the cooking of the food is performed based on the cooking data.

Abstract: A cooking apparatus using barcodes, including: a barcode reader which reads a barcode including cooking information recorded in the barcode; a cooking information calculator which analyzes the basic cooking information based on an analysis rule for analyzing the cooking information and calculating a final cooking condition based on the analyzed cooking information; and a controller which controls elements of the cooking apparatus to perform cooking so as to achieve the final cooking condition.

Abstract: A cooking apparatus using barcodes, including: a barcode reader which reads a barcode including cooking information recorded in the barcode; a cooking information calculator which analyzes the basic cooking information based on an analysis rule for analyzing the cooking information and calculating a final cooking condition based on the analyzed cooking information; and a controller which controls elements of the cooking apparatus to perform cooking so as to achieve the final cooking condition.

Abstract: A microwave oven readily registers cooking courses in a favorites menu or deletes the cooking courses from the favorites menu in one registering or deleting operation, thereby simplifying an operation of registering or deleting the cooking courses of the favorites menu. That is, the microwave oven registers or deletes the cooking courses corresponding to the favorites menu at one time. The microwave oven has a plurality of favorites menus, and classifies and registers the cooking courses so as to allow a user to effectively use the cooking courses.

Abstract: A microwave oven includes a widely applicable and extensible Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC) microprocessor, allowing a control panel to be easily included, and which controls various functions using a single microprocessor, reducing a size of the control panel. The microwave oven also includes a control panel in which soft touch switches using electrostatic capacity are substituted for membrane switches, allowing the control panel to be formed in various forms including a curved form.

Abstract: A microwave oven, and method of controlling the same, stores a weight of food in an external memory of the microwave oven through a simple manipulation of pressing a hold key, and applies the stored weight of the food for calculation of a cooking time. The microwave oven of the present invention may perform cooking by calculating a cooking time based on the weight of the food temporarily stored in an internal memory even if a setting operation using the hold key is not performed. Further, the present invention is advantageous in that it calibrates a zero point to calculate the cooking time, increasing a cooking performance. The microwave oven performs initialization by deleting the stored weight of the food if a cooking start key is not pressed within a set time after the weight of food is measured, thus preventing a malfunction of the microwave oven.

Abstract: A microwave oven and a method of controlling the same determine if a plurality of buttons causing specific functions of the microwave oven to be executed have been pressed to set buttons for desired functions in a memory unit. If the desired functions have not been set, a control unit reads out the functions stored in the memory unit, causes the functions to be displayed on the display unit, allows a user to select the desired functions, and correspondingly sets the desired functions to the buttons. Meanwhile, if the desired functions have been set, the control unit deletes or executes the desired functions corresponding to the buttons on the basis of a continuous pressing time of the buttons. Accordingly, the microwave oven and the method may selectively set various functions of the microwave oven to a predetermined number of function buttons, allowing execution of desired functions rapidly and easily.

Abstract: A cooking apparatus using barcodes, including: a barcode reader which reads a barcode including cooking information recorded in the barcode; a cooking information calculator which analyzes the basic cooking information based on an analysis rule for analyzing the cooking information and calculating a final cooking condition based on the analyzed cooking information; and a controller which controls elements of the cooking apparatus to perform cooking so as to achieve the final cooking condition.

Abstract: A microwave oven, and method of controlling the same, stores a weight of food in an external memory of the microwave oven through a simple manipulation of pressing a hold key, and applies the stored weight of the food for calculation of a cooking time. The microwave oven of the present invention may perform cooking by calculating a cooking time based on the weight of the food temporarily stored in an internal memory even if a setting operation using the hold key is not performed. Further, the present invention is advantageous in that it calibrates a zero point to calculate the cooking time, increasing a cooking performance. The microwave oven performs initialization by deleting the stored weight of the food if a cooking start key is not pressed within a set time after the weight of food is measured, thus preventing a malfunction of the microwave oven.

Abstract: A microwave oven includes a widely applicable and extensible Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC) microprocessor, allowing a control panel to be easily included, and which controls various functions using a single microprocessor, reducing a size of the control panel. The microwave oven also includes a control panel in which soft touch switches using electrostatic capacity are substituted for membrane switches, allowing the control panel to be formed in various forms including a curved form.

Abstract: A microwave oven and a method of controlling the same determine if a plurality of buttons causing specific functions of the microwave oven to be executed have been pressed to set buttons for desired functions in a memory unit. If the desired functions have not been set, a control unit reads out the functions stored in the memory unit, causes the functions to be displayed on the display unit, allows a user to select the desired functions, and correspondingly sets the desired functions to the buttons. Meanwhile, if the desired functions have been set, the control unit deletes or executes the desired functions corresponding to the buttons on the basis of a continuous pressing time of the buttons. Accordingly, the microwave oven and the method may selectively set various functions of the microwave oven to a predetermined number of function buttons, allowing execution of desired functions rapidly and easily.

Abstract: A microwave oven and method are described wherein the microwave oven includes an interface unit interfacing with a plug and play drive to read out cooking information stored in the drive that does not necessitate a separate recognition device. The drive has a large storage capacity and a fast processing rate. The microwave oven also includes a display unit displaying the cooking information, a key input unit selecting one or more pieces of cooking information from the cooking information displayed on the display unit, and a control unit controlling the cooking information stored in the USB drive to be read out and displayed on the display unit through the interface unit, and controlling cooking on the basis of cooking information selected through the key input unit. The microwave oven conveniently and rapidly stores and executes various large-sized cooking information without an additional recognition device.

Abstract: A microwave oven readily registers cooking courses in a favorites menu or deletes the cooking courses from the favorites menu in one registering or deleting operation, thereby simplifying an operation of registering or deleting the cooking courses of the favorites menu. That is, the microwave oven registers or deletes the cooking courses corresponding to the favorites menu at one time. The microwave oven has a plurality of favorites menus, and classifies and registers the cooking courses so as to allow a user to effectively use the cooking courses.

Abstract: A microwave oven with an apparatus for detecting life time of components detects a frequency of opening and closing of a door switch even when AC power supply is cut-off, and detects a driving time of a high voltage transformer or a magneton according to their driving status, and accumulates and stores the detected driving time in a memory. The microwave oven includes a high frequency generation detecting portion connected to a high frequency generating portion for detecting driving status of high frequency generating components such as the high voltage transformer or the magnetron, and a door opening/closing detecting portion for detecting opening and closing of the door. A microcomputer counts the driving time of We high frequency components and the frequency of door opening and closing, and accumulates and stores the counted result in the memory.

Abstract: An information displaying method for a microwave oven includes reading data including data that is one of data requested by a user and data required to be notified to a user from a data storage device, displaying the read data are displayed on a screen, setting scroll directions for the displayed data on the screen, and displaying the data in the set scroll directions. The microwave oven includes a display unit to display the data while scrolling the data on a screen, a storage unit to store the data to be displayed on the display unit, an input unit to set the scroll directions of data to be displayed, and a control unit to control the display of the data while scrolling the data in the set scroll directions.

Abstract: A microwave oven with an apparatus for detecting life time of components detects a frequency of opening and closing of a door switch even when AC power supply is cut-off, and detects a driving time of a high voltage transformer or a magneton according to their driving status, and accumulates and stores the detected driving time in a memory. The microwave oven includes a high frequency generation detecting portion connected to a high frequency generating portion for detecting driving status of high frequency generating components such as the high voltage transformer or the magnetron, and a door opening/closing detecting portion for detecting opening and closing of the door. A microcomputer counts the driving time of We high frequency components and the frequency of door opening and closing, and accumulates and stores the counted result in the memory.