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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2008
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;
Kuniaki Sakakibara, Hyogo, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a cooking device that prevents operation based on a control command assigned to a touch key from being executed when a user is not intending to operate the touch key. The cooking device includes an electrode unit which includes a key electrode () provided on the lower surface of the top plate and a contact electrode () electrically connected with the key electrode and inputs the assigned control command; a cancel electrode () provided at the periphery of the contact electrode so that the distance between the contact electrode and the cancel electrode is smaller than the width of the finger of the user; and a control unit () for controlling conduction to a heating source based on the control command assigned to the electrode unit when detecting that the vicinity of the electrode unit is touched. The control unit () limits the operation based on the control command when detecting that the vicinity of the cancel electrode is touched.