JP2001005610A - Temperature recorder - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the operability for the input of a numerical value. SOLUTION: The temperature recorder is provided with a temperature sensor 4 for measuring the temperature of food, a floppy (registered trademark) disk drive device 3 or a RAM for recording data detected by the temperature sensor 4, a clock for counting time, and a display device 2 for displaying data detected by the sensor 4 with the lapse of time and allowing displayed processing to be executed by depressing a prescribed display. At the time of numerical value input processing, a numerical value part is displayed on the display device 2 and a numerical value is inputted from the numerical value part.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a temperature recording device used for controlling the temperature of food.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this kind of temperature recording apparatus is disclosed in
As described in Japanese Patent No. 221732 (F25B49 / 02), a temperature sensor for measuring the temperature of the surrounding environment, a timer for generating clock data, a means for reading the temperature from the temperature sensor at a preset interval, and a command means A control device operatively connected to the temperature sensor and the timer, comprising data storage means, input means for inputting commands and data for the control device, a normal display mode indicating current temperature and an alarm A display unit connected to the control device for displaying time and temperature data, and a display unit for connecting to the control device, which can switch between an alarm display mode indicating time and temperature,
A first alarm indicator operative to indicate a current alarm condition; means for comparing the current measured temperature to a preset temperature; and a control device, wherein the current measured temperature is included in the controller. Means for activating the first indicator into an alarm mode when the preset temperature value is exceeded; and a control means included in the controller for presetting a period during which the current measured temperature exceeds the preset temperature value. A temperature monitoring device is disclosed that includes means for comparing with a set time limit and means for operating the display means in an alarm display mode when an alarm period exceeds a preset time limit.

[0003] The display means is configured to display a numerical value with an LED, and sets the numerical value with a plus switch and a minus switch.

[0004]

Therefore, when setting a numerical value, a plus switch and a minus switch apart from the display portion are used, so that there is a problem that operability is poor.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and provides a temperature recording apparatus for improving operability when inputting numerical values.

[0006]

As a means for achieving the above object, the present invention comprises a measuring means for measuring a temperature of food, a recording means for recording detection data of the measuring means, and a time measuring means. And a display means for displaying the data detected by the measuring means in accordance with the passage of time and pressing a predetermined display, thereby enabling the displayed processing to be executed. And a temperature recording device for inputting a numerical value in the numerical value part.

As described above, the numerical value portion is further displayed on the display means for displaying the setting screen, and the numerical value is input in the numerical value portion.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a front view of the temperature recording device of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the temperature recording device of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a file configuration diagram of the temperature recording device of the present invention, and FIG. Display screen, FIG. 5 is a graph display screen of two sensors, FIG.
7 is a vertical axis setting screen, FIG. 7 is a data menu screen, FIG. 8 is a storage cycle setting screen, FIG. 9 is a display data selection screen, FIG. 10 is a data display screen of FIG. 9, FIG. Save data selection screen, FIG. 13 shows saving screen, FIG.
4 is a save end screen, FIG. 15 is an erase method selection screen, and FIG.
Is an erase data selection screen, FIG. 17 is an erase end screen, and FIG.
Is a channel setting screen, FIG. 19 is a checking screen, FIG.
0 is a check NG screen, FIG. 21 is a channel setting screen,
22 shows an operator selection screen, FIG. 23 shows an operator name registration screen, FIG. 24 shows a numerical data input screen, and FIG. 25 shows a data save or delete selection screen.

FIG. 1 shows a temperature recording device 1 according to the present invention, a display device 2 (display means) for displaying various data on a liquid crystal panel, and a data storage floppy disk provided beside the display device 2. A drive device 3 (recording means);
A temperature sensor 4 (measuring means) using platinum, a thermocouple, or the like for measuring temperature is provided.

[0011] Such a temperature recording device 1 is attached to a blast chiller, a steam convection oven, a cart-in refrigerator, or the like. If the cooling is not possible, an alarm is issued.

Further, since the temperature recording device 1 can measure the temperature with four channels (Ch1, Ch2, Ch3, Ch4), that is, four temperature sensors 4, a plurality of devices can be connected to a single temperature recording device. It can also be centrally managed at 1.

FIG. 1 of this embodiment shows three channels (C
h1, Ch2, and Ch3), for example, a sensor 4 for measuring the internal temperature of the blast chiller, a sensor 4 for measuring the internal temperature of the food by inserting the food into the blast chiller, and a blast chiller. 3 shows a temperature condition detected by the sensor 4 for measuring the temperature inside the refrigerator of the steam convection oven arranged side by side.

In addition, a kettle for heating and cooking a liquid food,
An ice water cooler for rapidly cooling with ice water, an ice temperature storage for storing in an ice temperature zone or the like may be appropriately combined.

Next, the configuration of a control circuit of the temperature recording device 1 will be described with reference to FIG.

The control circuit configuration of this embodiment includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 5, a flash ROM 6 in which a program is described, and association information such as temperature and time data, food names, worker names, and equipment names. A readable / writable RAM 7 (recording means) for storing various setting information, processing state information, and the like; a display device control circuit 8 connected to the display device 2; and data to be displayed on the display device 2. A VIDEO-RAM 9 and a FONT-ROM 10 storing character configuration information to be displayed on the display device 2
A switch 11 provided at a plurality of locations corresponding to predetermined areas of the liquid crystal panel, a switch input circuit 12 connected to the switch 11, and a floppy disk control circuit 1 connected to the floppy disk drive 3.
3, an A / D conversion circuit 14 connected to the temperature sensor 4 for converting an analog voltage input from the temperature sensor 4 into digital data, a buzzer control circuit 16 connected to a buzzer 15 for issuing an alarm, a date and time And a clock 17 (measurement means) for managing the data.

In general, a liquid crystal panel provided with a switch 11 is called a touch panel.

The RAM 7 comprises an S-RAM 7A for storing fixed temperature and time data and the like, and a D-RAM 7B used for temporarily reading a program.

Further, the file of the temperature recording device 1 is
As shown in FIG. 3, the date, channel number, food name, worker name, equipment name, time 1, temperature data 1, time 2, temperature data 2,... Time n, and temperature data n.

FIG. 4 shows a liquid crystal panel of the display device 2, and the temperature of each channel (Ch1, Ch2, Ch3) is displayed by a graph and numerical values. And Ch1, Ch
2. By pressing the channel check switch 20 at the position displayed as Ch3, a check is started to determine whether or not the condition set for each channel is met.

Further, each of the channels (Ch1, Ch)
By pressing the switch 21 for digital temperature display of (2, Ch3), the screen shifts to a setting screen for each corresponding channel.

The graph shows the relationship between temperature (vertical axis) and time (horizontal axis). A date display switch 22 for displaying a date is located at the lower right of the liquid crystal panel. On the right side of the screen, which line graph corresponds to which channel is also displayed, and display or non-display can be selected by pressing the graph display switches 23A, 23B, 23C provided on the right side of the screen. It has become. Further, a menu display switch 24 is located therebelow.

FIG. 5 shows the state at the time of two channels. When the temperature range is changed, the screen shown in FIG. 6 is displayed by pressing the scale switch 25 shown in FIG. In FIG. 6, numeral switches 26 from 0 to 9 are displayed on the upper side of the liquid crystal panel, and the upper limit temperature and the lower limit temperature are displayed almost at the center of the screen.

Then, by pressing the temperature setting switch 27 of the numerical value for which the upper limit temperature or the lower limit temperature is to be changed, the cursor blinks, and the set temperature can be changed by pressing the upper numeric switch 26 (numerical). . After the change, the setting switch 28 is pressed at the lower right of the screen to complete the setting.

Next, when the save cycle change switch 29 displayed as "change save cycle" is pressed in FIG. 7, the screen shifts to the save cycle setting screen of FIG.
Minute, 10 minutes, 15 minutes, 20 minutes, 30 minutes, 60 minutes
Select one of them. When the storage cycle is changed,
The data up to that point is created as one file.

In FIG. 7, when the recording data display switch 30 displaying "display data" is pressed, the screen shifts to the display data selection screen shown in FIG. Here, SR
Since a list of data stored in the AM 7A is displayed, a desired data 31 is pressed and a "display" switch 32 is pressed.
By pressing, the data display screen shown in FIG. 10 is displayed.

Here, the data is subjected to temperature detection once every two seconds, and is accumulated as a history every set storage cycle. Then, up to 90 files can be created.

For the display of this data, the data stored in the floppy disk can be called by the "floppy reference" switch 33.

Next, when the user presses the floppy save switch 34 indicating "save to floppy" in FIG.
The screen shifts to the floppy storage screen shown in FIG. To save all, press the "Save All" switch 35, to save only unsaved data, press the "Save Unsaved Data" switch 36, and to select the data you want to save, press the "Select and Save" switch 37.

In the case of "select and save", FIG.
As shown in FIG. 2, a list of data stored in the S-RAM 7A is displayed, and which data is to be stored is selected.

In the case of "save all", as shown in FIG. 13, the storage of all data stored in the S-RAM 7A is started, and when the storage is completed, the process proceeds to FIG. Select whether or not to erase the data.

The data stored on the floppy disk is stored for one year.

Next, when the data erasure switch 38 displayed as "Erase data" is pressed in FIG. 7, the screen shifts to the data erasure screen shown in FIG. If you want to delete all the data, you can use the "Delete all" switch 39. If you want to delete only the stored data, you can use the "Delete only stored" switch 4.
To select the data to be erased, the "select and erase" switch 41 is pressed.

In the case of "selectively erase", FIG.
As shown in FIG. 6, a list of data stored in the S-RAM 7A is displayed, and which data is to be deleted is selected.

In the case of "erasing all", as shown in FIG. 17, all data stored in the S-RAM 7A is erased.

Next, in FIG. 4, the channel check switches 20 at the positions displayed as Ch1, Ch2, and Ch3.
Press to move to the channel setting screen shown in FIG.
Here, when the check start switch 42 is pressed, as shown in FIG. 19, the check is started under the preset conditions of temperature and time. Then, using a blast chiller or the like, for example, at 70 ° C.
Although it is set within 90 minutes from the temperature to 3 ° C., when it actually takes 100 minutes, an error display is performed and the buzzer 15 sounds as shown in FIG.

Further, on this error display screen, a countermeasure set in advance (the user can also be set) is displayed. As an example of this countermeasure, "Reheating is required due to insufficient heating"
And "eat within 2 hours". When the error display becomes unnecessary, the buzzer stop switch 43 and the alarm release switch 44 are pressed to release the error display.

Since the buzzer 15 sounds when the check is completed, each time the buzzer stop switch 43 is pressed, the buzzer 15 is released.

Next, in FIG. 4, when the switch 21 for displaying the digital temperature is pressed, the screen shifts to the channel setting screen shown in FIG. Then, by pressing the "worker" line, that is, pressing the worker setting switch 45, the display shifts to the worker setting screen of FIG.

Here, the worker setting screen displays two rows of upper and lower rows on a single row area switch 46. When the corresponding row area switch 46 is pressed once, the upper row is displayed, and when it is pressed again, the lower row is displayed. It switches.

Further, on the right side of FIG. 22, a "decide" switch 47, a "new registration" switch 48, a "delete" switch 49, and a "return" switch 50 are displayed.

For example, in the case of new registration, selection is made with the vacant line area switch 46 and the "new registration" switch 48 is pressed, thereby shifting to the name registration screen of FIG.

In FIG. 23, a single character switch 51 corresponds to a single character.

Next, when the date display switch 22 is pressed in FIG. 4, the screen shifts to the date and time setting screen of FIG.

In this case, a numerical part, that is, a selectable numeral (0 to 9) is displayed on the upper side of the display device 2 by each of the selected numeral switches 5.
The date, time, and time are displayed at the center of the display device 2.

When the number to be modified, that is, the modification numeral switch 53 is pressed, the corresponding numeral blinks, and when the desired numeral of the selection numeral switch 52 located on the upper side is pressed, the blinking numeral is modified.

When the date and time are changed, the screen shifts to a save / delete selection screen shown in FIG. 25 to select whether to save or delete the data up to that time. If the user wants to save the data, he presses the "Save to floppy" switch 54, and if he wants to delete the data, he presses the "Erase Data" switch 55.

[0048]

As described in detail above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a numerical value portion is further displayed on the display means for displaying the setting screen, and a numerical value is input in this numerical value portion. For this reason, since the position of the change and the position of the numerical value part to be selected are close to each other, the workability of the operator can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a temperature recording device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the temperature recording device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a file configuration diagram of the temperature recording device of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a graph display screen of three sensors.

FIG. 5 is a graph display screen of two sensors.

FIG. 6 is a vertical axis setting screen.

FIG. 7 is a data menu screen.

FIG. 8 is a storage cycle setting screen.

FIG. 9 is a display data selection screen.

FIG. 10 is a data display screen of FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 is a storage method selection screen.

FIG. 12 is a save data selection screen.

FIG. 13 is a screen during storage.

FIG. 14 shows a save end screen.

FIG. 15 is an erasing method selection screen.

FIG. 16 shows an erase data selection screen.

FIG. 17 is an erasing end screen.

FIG. 18 is a channel setting screen.

FIG. 19 shows a screen during check.

FIG. 20 is a check NG screen.

FIG. 21 is a channel setting screen.

FIG. 22 is an operator selection screen.

FIG. 23 is an operator name registration screen.

FIG. 24 is a numerical data input screen.

FIG. 25 is a data save or delete selection screen.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Temperature recording device 2 Display device (display means) 3 Floppy disk drive device 3 (recording means) 4 Temperature sensor (measuring means) 7 RAM (recording means) 17 Clock (time measuring means)

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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A measuring device for measuring a temperature of a food,
The recording means for recording the detection data of the measuring means, the time measuring means for measuring the time, and the detection data by the measuring means are displayed as time elapses, and the displayed processing is executed by pressing a predetermined display. A temperature recording device, comprising: display means for enabling a numerical value to be displayed on the display means during numerical value input processing, and inputting a numerical value with the numerical value part.