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Voice actuated heating apparatus
Assignee: Panasonic Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1982-06-17
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Granted: 1985-03-19
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Expires: 2002-06-17
Abstract
Abstract A heating apparatus, such as an electric oven or an electronic oven including a voice recognition part which recognizes voice command of the user and produces a recognition code by receiving the voice command and performs operation by the voice command. Heating sequences are preliminarily stored in a memory of a control part, and one of them are selected by a recognition code produced by the voice recognition code, and preset in the memory. Heating members are controlled in a manner to heat the heating object according to the preset heating sequence. Such selection and presetting of the heating sequence is performed only when at least two sequential voice commands are fed to the voice recognition part in a predetermined order.
Inventors
- 👤 Teruhisa Takano
- 👤 Shigeki Ueda
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 19:52
CPC Classifications
H; H05; H05B; H05B6/00; H05B6/64; H05B6/6435; G; G10; G10L; G10L15/00; G10L15/26
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
157 words
In a voice-command heating apparatus including a heating element, a voice command circuit for detecting a user's voice command, a control circuit for controlling the heating apparatus in response to a detected voice command, and a control panel provided with at least a start key adapted to be operated by a user, the improvement comprising: means for storing data corresponding to a plurality of heating level and corresponding heating time values, and a plurality of preprogrammed cooking sequences, each sequence for automatically controlling cooking in response to a measured parameter indicative of the progress of the cooking sequence; and wherein the voice command circuit identifies a first voice command and selects one of said cooking sequences, previously stored, to be executed, the voice command circuit including means for enabling an interactive communication between the apparatus and the user and requiring a communication from the user confirming a second voice command previously given for starting a cooking sequence.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
157 words
In a voice-command heating apparatus including a heating element, a voice command circuit for detecting a user's voice command, a control circuit for controlling the heating apparatus in response to a detected voice command, and a control panel provided with at least a start key adapted to be operated by a user, the improvement comprising: means for storing data corresponding to a plurality of heating level and corresponding heating time values, and a plurality of preprogrammed cooking sequences, each sequence for automatically controlling cooking in response to a measured parameter indicative of the progress of the cooking sequence; and wherein the voice command circuit identifies a first voice command and selects one of said cooking sequences, previously stored, to be executed, the voice command circuit including means for enabling an interactive communication between the apparatus and the user and requiring a communication from the user confirming a second voice command previously given for starting a cooking sequence.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
17 words
An improvement according to claim 1, wherein the interactive communication means comprises at least one visual display.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
An improvement according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the interactive communication means comprises a voice synthesizer and a speaker.
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