Cooking apparatus with a video display

Claim 2

A cooking apparatus with a video display, comprising (a) a television processing means for processing a first video signal, (b) a camera-image processing means for processing a second video signal from a video camera, (c) a heat-controlling means which performs general functions of a cooking apparatus characterized in that a micro-video processing means for converting automatic cooking information into a third video signal is connected to said heat-controlling means and is adapted to monitor said cooking apparatus during a cooking cycle, and (d) an image-processing means for displaying said video signals, and (e) a switching means connected to said television processing means, said camera-image processing means and said micom-video processing means to permit switching of each means for displaying said video signal according to the user's selection.

Claim 3

The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said micom-video processing means comprises: (g) a microcomputer adapted to input an automatic cooking-selector signal from said heat-controlling means, and to output said automatic cooking information in the form of said third video signal, (h) at least one ROM adapted to store said automatic cooking information permanently, (i) at least one RAM adapted to store said automatic cooking information temporarily, (j) a decoder between said microcomputer and at least one of said ROM and said RAM, (k) buffers separating the output of said microcomputer and the input of a video display generator(VDG) on tri-state, (l) the VDG generating an inverted video signal by combining the automatic cooking information and sync. signals which are generated from an external clock pulse, and (m) a phase-inverting circuit for inverting said inverted video signal from said VDG.

Claim 4

The apparatus of claim 2 wherein said microcomputer controls at least one repeating function of said micom-video processing means, comprising bringing out the automatic cooking information from said ROM, storing said information in said RAM temporarily, outputting said information to the video display generator, and recognizing said automatic cooking-selector signal from said heat-controlling means.