EP0027711A2
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Heating apparatus safety device using voice synthesizer
Assignee: Panasonic Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1980-10-14
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2000-10-14
Abstract
Abstract A heating apparatus with a simplified operating panel comprising a multi-command key (4) actively incorporating several similar functions and a voice synthesizer section such as a PARCOR synthesizer is disclosed. The accepted function of the multi-command key or the next operating step is announced by a synthetic voice. A program recall function is provided to confirm each stage of a preset programmed heating at given timing. The heating progress condition detected by sensor means (39) and timer means (31) is announced by a synthetic voice. Any loss of the functions of the sensor means or the timer means is detected immediately followed by the stoppage of heating and the alarm and announcement of the fault.
Inventors
- 👤 Shigeki Ueda
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 06:04
CPC Classifications
H; H05; H05B; H05B6/00; H05B6/64; H05B6/6435; H05B6/6408; H05B6/6411; H05B6/6432; H05B6/6447; H05B6/6458; H05B6/66; H05B6/666; G; G05; G05B; G05B2219/00; G05B2219/20; G05B2219/23; G05B2219/23373
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
243 words
A heating apparatus comprising a heating chamber (46) for housing an object to be heated, heating means (48) for supplying heat to said heating chamber, input means (4, 23) such as a keyboard for ordering a desired operation, a main control section (24) for producing a control signal in response to a command from said input means, a time control section (31) controlled by the control signal from said main control section and supplying power to said heating means, output switching means (32) for varying the output of said heating means, a voice memory (27) for storing a plurality of voice data, a voice synthesizer section (28) for reading out a selected voice data from said voice memory and synthesizing said selected voice data into a voice, and means (24, 26) for producing the address data of the voice data in order to read out the voice data stored in said voice memory, wherein said input means (23) comprises at least one multi-command key for accomplishing multiple functions, said main control section (24) makes a decision on the operating condition of the system by checking an RAM when said multi-command key is depressed, said main control section provides a control signal to the controlled section (30, 31, 32, ...) in order to accomplish the accepted functions in accordance with the result of said decision, said main control section provides a voice select signal corresponding to the selected function to said voice synthesizer section.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
243 words
A heating apparatus comprising a heating chamber (46) for housing an object to be heated, heating means (48) for supplying heat to said heating chamber, input means (4, 23) such as a keyboard for ordering a desired operation, a main control section (24) for producing a control signal in response to a command from said input means, a time control section (31) controlled by the control signal from said main control section and supplying power to said heating means, output switching means (32) for varying the output of said heating means, a voice memory (27) for storing a plurality of voice data, a voice synthesizer section (28) for reading out a selected voice data from said voice memory and synthesizing said selected voice data into a voice, and means (24, 26) for producing the address data of the voice data in order to read out the voice data stored in said voice memory, wherein said input means (23) comprises at least one multi-command key for accomplishing multiple functions, said main control section (24) makes a decision on the operating condition of the system by checking an RAM when said multi-command key is depressed, said main control section provides a control signal to the controlled section (30, 31, 32, ...) in order to accomplish the accepted functions in accordance with the result of said decision, said main control section provides a voice select signal corresponding to the selected function to said voice synthesizer section.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
107 words
A heating apparatus according to Claim 1, said keyboard (4) comprising a single STOP/RESET key (21) for issuing multiple commands for a stop function to stop power supply to a heat source by operating the time control section and a reset function to cancel the preset heating time and the output from the RAM, the time control section and the output switching means, said main control section processing the decoding of the data from said STOP/RESET key in top priority over the other keys so that execution of a key entered previously, if any, is stopped thereby to execute selected one of the stop and reset functions.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
211 words
A heating apparatus comrpsing a heating chamber (46) for housing an object to be heated, heating means (48) for supplying heat to said heating chamber, input means (4, 23) such as a keyboard for ordering a command on a desired operation, a main control section (24) for producing a control signal in response to a command from said input means, a time control section (31) controlled by the control signal from said main control section for supplying power to said heating means, output switching means (32) for changing the output of said heating means, a RAM (25) for storing sequentially any data applied thereto successively including the output and the heating time from said input means, a voice memory (27) for storing a plurality of voice data, a voice synthesizer section (28) for reading out a selected voice data from said voice memory and synthesizing the same into a voice, and means (26) for producing an address data for reading out voice data in said voice memory, said input means (4, 23) including a program re- cell key (22), said main control section providing at least one of display data and a voice select signal corresponding to the input data for controlling said heating means, upon depressing said program recall key.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
211 words
A heating apparatus comrpsing a heating chamber (46) for housing an object to be heated, heating means (48) for supplying heat to said heating chamber, input means (4, 23) such as a keyboard for ordering a command on a desired operation, a main control section (24) for producing a control signal in response to a command from said input means, a time control section (31) controlled by the control signal from said main control section for supplying power to said heating means, output switching means (32) for changing the output of said heating means, a RAM (25) for storing sequentially any data applied thereto successively including the output and the heating time from said input means, a voice memory (27) for storing a plurality of voice data, a voice synthesizer section (28) for reading out a selected voice data from said voice memory and synthesizing the same into a voice, and means (26) for producing an address data for reading out voice data in said voice memory, said input means (4, 23) including a program re- cell key (22), said main control section providing at least one of display data and a voice select signal corresponding to the input data for controlling said heating means, upon depressing said program recall key.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
206 words
A heating apparatus comrpsing a heating chamber (46), heating means (48) for supplying heat to said heating chamber, sensor means (39) for sensing a heating condition of an object to be heated, a main control section (24) for estimating the heating progress of the object by comparing data from said sensor means with a reference level stored in a ROM, timer means (31) for counting the clock pulses applied to said main control section, a time control section (31) for supplying power to said heating means by being controlled by said main control section, output switching means (32) for changing the output of said heating means (30, 48), a voice synthesizer section (28) for reading out a selected voice data from a voice data memory in accordance with predetermined address data produced from said main control section on the basis of said sensor means and said timer means and synthesizing said data into a voice, said main control section (24) producing a voice select signal in order to read out the data from said voice data memory for proper announcement on the heating progress in the form of selected one of the residual heating time and the present temperature in accordance with the heating progress detected.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
206 words
A heating apparatus comrpsing a heating chamber (46), heating means (48) for supplying heat to said heating chamber, sensor means (39) for sensing a heating condition of an object to be heated, a main control section (24) for estimating the heating progress of the object by comparing data from said sensor means with a reference level stored in a ROM, timer means (31) for counting the clock pulses applied to said main control section, a time control section (31) for supplying power to said heating means by being controlled by said main control section, output switching means (32) for changing the output of said heating means (30, 48), a voice synthesizer section (28) for reading out a selected voice data from a voice data memory in accordance with predetermined address data produced from said main control section on the basis of said sensor means and said timer means and synthesizing said data into a voice, said main control section (24) producing a voice select signal in order to read out the data from said voice data memory for proper announcement on the heating progress in the form of selected one of the residual heating time and the present temperature in accordance with the heating progress detected.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
138 words
A heating apparatus according to Claim 4, further comprising second timer means (41) for counting on the basis of an oscillator actuating said main control section and a reference level for detecting at least the open condition of said sensor means, said second timer means being reset when the clock pulses are counted by said main control section, said main control section deciding selected one of a fault of the clock generator section and a wire breakage of the sensor so that the time control section is operated, the heating is stopped and voice select signal is produced in order to make selected one of a predetermined alarm and an error announcement, in selected one of the cases where said second timer means counts a predetermined period of time and where said sensor means detects said open level.
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