US 12,452,967 B2
Heating cooking apparatus
Rika Nozawa, Osaka (JP); and Yu Kamata, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/927,782
Filed by SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed Jun. 18, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/023139
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 25, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/261386, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 30, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-108940 (JP), filed on Jun. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0269839 A1, Aug. 24, 2023
Int. Cl. H05B 6/64 (2006.01); H05B 6/68 (2006.01)
CPC H05B 6/6441 (2013.01) [H05B 6/6447 (2013.01); H05B 2206/043 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A heating cooking apparatus, comprising:
a heating chamber;
a determination unit configured to determine whether a food product is present in the heating chamber;
a reading device configured to read an information code for heating cooking of a food product;
a heating control unit configured to perform heating control of the food product placed in the heating chamber, based on the information code read by the reading device; and
a reading control unit configured to control a reading operation of the reading device,
wherein after the determination unit determines that no food product is present in the heating chamber, the reading control unit causes the reading device to stop the reading operation for a predetermined time, or after the determination unit determines that no food product is present in the heating chamber, the reading control unit cancels, for a predetermined time, the information code read by the reading device.