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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2008
Kuniaki Sakakibara, Hyogo, JP;
Keiko Isoda, Hyogo, JP;
Masamichi Komada, Hyogo, JP;
Hiroshi Tominaga, Hyogo, JP;
Fumitaka Ogasawara, Hyogo, JP;
Kuniaki Sakakibara, Hyogo, JP;
Keiko Isoda, Hyogo, JP;
Masamichi Komada, Hyogo, JP;
Hiroshi Tominaga, Hyogo, JP;
Fumitaka Ogasawara, Hyogo, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An induction cooker includes a top plate () for placing an object to be heated thereon, a heating mode selection key () for allowing the user to select one control mode for heating the object to be heated between a manual heating mode in which the heat output is set by the user by using an output adjusting key () and at least another control mode in which the heat output is controlled automatically, and a heating off/on key () for starting to heat the object to be heated. In the standby mode, the controller starts heating only when the user operates the heating mode selection key () to change the mode to the cooking menu selection mode before operating the heating off/on key (). When a predetermined time has elapsed in the cooking menu selection mode without a change in a selected control mode, the mode is changed to the standby mode. This prevents heating from occurring when the user inadvertently presses the heating off/on key () while the heating is not going on, thus providing the induction cooker with a high degree of safety and increased user-friendliness.