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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2008
Kuniaki Sakakibara, Hyogo, JP;
Keiko Isoda, Hyogo, JP;
Hiroshi Tominaga, Hyogo, JP;
Tamotsu Izutani, Hyogo, JP;
Sadatoshi Tabuchi, Osaka, JP;
Kuniaki Sakakibara, Hyogo, JP;
Keiko Isoda, Hyogo, JP;
Hiroshi Tominaga, Hyogo, JP;
Tamotsu Izutani, Hyogo, JP;
Sadatoshi Tabuchi, Osaka, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a cooking device that prevents an electricity conduction setting to a heating source from fluctuating when a user is not intending to operate a touch key. The cooking device includes a heating source for heating an object to be heated; a top plate provided on an upper surface of the device; a touch key that is provided on the top plate and is operable to input a control command by being touched with a finger; a cancel electrode provided at a periphery of the touch key; and a control unit for controlling an electricity conduction to the heating source based on the control command. When detecting that a portion of the top plate near the cancel electrode is touched with the finger, the control unit maintains a condition of electricity conduction to the heating source in time of the detection, and limits an operation based on the control command input to the touch key while detecting that the portion of the top plate near the cancel electrode is being touched with the finger.