摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electric rice cooker wherein a remaining period of time which is as accurate as possible can be displayed under a desired display configuration from the start to the end without a feeling of incongruity as much as possible. SOLUTION: This electric rice cooker is equipped with an internal pot, a heating means, a rice cooking control means, and a remaining period of time display means. In this case, the internal pot houses rice and water. The heating means heats the internal pot. The rice cooking control means performs the rice cooking by controlling the heating state of the heating means. The remaining period of time display means displays by computing a remaining period of time until the completion of the rice cooking in response to the advance of the rice cooking process by the rice cooking control means. In such an electric rice cooker, after detecting an initial water temperature in the internal pot after the start of the rice cooking, the rice cooking amount is judged by operating the heating means. Then, the remaining period of time to be displayed is set by taking the initial water temperature and the rice cooking amount under consideration. Then, the set remaining period of time is displayed while properly and accurately correcting it in response to the advance of the rice cooking process. In the meantime, at the time of correction, the display of the remaining period of time is not performed.
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