Apparatus and method for controlling electronic controlled cooking apparatus having storage
First Claim
1. An apparatus for controlling an electronic controlled cooking apparatus, comprising;
- entry means for entering data concerning a cooking condition with respect to a material being cooked,storage means having a plurality of memory stages each for storing a respective group of cooking mode data concerning at least one cooking condition as entered by said entry means, each of said groups corresponding to a stage in a multi-stage cooking operation;
stage designating means for designating a particular group of cooking mode data for storage in any desired stage of said storage means when said particular cooking mode data is entered by the use of said entry means said stage designating means comprising;
a specified function key for setting said respective groups of cooking mode data to be performed in a desired order; and
cyclic stage accessing means responsive to manual operation of said specified key for identifying and accessing a corresponding stage of said storage means as a function of the number of times of manual operation of said specified function key, said stage accessing means comprising;
means responsive to each manual operation of said specified function key for successively accessing each of said predetermined number of stages from an initial stage to a final stage, andmeans responsive to manual operation of said specified function key after accessing of said final memory stage for further accessing said initial memory stage;
said apparatus further comprising cooking means responsive to said cooking mode data stored in each of said stages of said storage means for cooking said material being cooked by applying said entered cooking conditions in a stage by stage succession, from said initial stage to said final stage.
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Abstract
A microwave oven including a keyboard, a microwave generating circuit, and a microprocessor for controlling the same. The keyboard has function keys for setting cooking conditions, numeral keys, and a memory key for commanding storage and retrieval of cooking information from a random access memory. The microprocessor is responsive to an operation of the memory key to transfer cooking information set by the function keys and numeral keys, from a buffer memory to a particular storing stage of the random access memory, according to the setting of a number of flag bits in the buffer memory. New cooking information is then transferred to the buffer memory from the next storing stage of the random access memory, and the flag bits are reset to indicate which storing stage corresponds to this information. The cooking and stage identifying information in buffer memory is read out by a display, and the displayed cooking information may be changed without affecting the content of the other storing stages in the random access memory.
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1. An apparatus for controlling an electronic controlled cooking apparatus, comprising;
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entry means for entering data concerning a cooking condition with respect to a material being cooked, storage means having a plurality of memory stages each for storing a respective group of cooking mode data concerning at least one cooking condition as entered by said entry means, each of said groups corresponding to a stage in a multi-stage cooking operation; stage designating means for designating a particular group of cooking mode data for storage in any desired stage of said storage means when said particular cooking mode data is entered by the use of said entry means said stage designating means comprising; a specified function key for setting said respective groups of cooking mode data to be performed in a desired order; and cyclic stage accessing means responsive to manual operation of said specified key for identifying and accessing a corresponding stage of said storage means as a function of the number of times of manual operation of said specified function key, said stage accessing means comprising; means responsive to each manual operation of said specified function key for successively accessing each of said predetermined number of stages from an initial stage to a final stage, and means responsive to manual operation of said specified function key after accessing of said final memory stage for further accessing said initial memory stage; said apparatus further comprising cooking means responsive to said cooking mode data stored in each of said stages of said storage means for cooking said material being cooked by applying said entered cooking conditions in a stage by stage succession, from said initial stage to said final stage. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 18)
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15. A microwave oven, comprising:
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microwave generating means for providing heating energy to a material being cooked, key entry means comprising a plurality of cooking mode keys for entering data concerning a cooking condition, numerical value keys, and a specified function key, microprocessor means responsive to said cooking condition data entered by said key entry means for controlling said microwave generating means, said microprocessor means including storage means having a predetermined number of stages for storing in each of the stages cooking mode data comprising at least one cooking condition entered by said entry means, said microprocessor means being responsive to manual operation of said specified function key for individually accessing each of said plurality of stages of said storage means according to the number of manual operations of said specified function key; and said microprocessor means comprising means responsive to manual operation of said specified function key for sequentially accessing said predetermined number of stages in a cyclic manner.
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16. A method for controlling stages of storage means in an electronic controlled cooking apparatus, said cooking apparatus comprising
entry means for entering data concerning a cooking condition with respect to a material being cooked, said entry means having at least one cooking condition key for selecting a plurality of cooking conditions, numeral keys, and a specified function key, storage means for storing said cooking condition data entered from said entry means, said storage means having a plurality of successively defined stages including an initial, final and at least one intermediate stage, said successive stages being cyclically defined so that said initial stage successively follows said final stage, each said stage having a plurality of regions for storing a group of cooking mode data concerning at least one cooking condition, buffer memory means for temporarily storing cooking mode data corresponding to one of said stages as it is being entered from said entry means, and having buffer storage regions of the number corresponding to at least the number of said plurality of regions in said one of said stages of said storage means, at least one of said buffer storage regions being used as a flag region identifying which one of said plurality of stages of said storage means will be used to store the data which is presently being stored in said buffer memory means, said method comprising the steps of: -
detecting said flag regions of said buffer memory means, corresponding to said plurality of stages of said storage means, responsive to manual operation of said specified function key, transferring said cooking mode data temporarily stored in said buffer memory means into the corresponding one of said stages of said storage means responsive to said detection of said flag regions, transferring the cooking mode data in the stage which successively follows said stage corresponding to said set flag to said buffer memory means, and changing the flag setting in said flag regions of said buffer memory means to the flag corresponding to said following stage. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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19. An electronic controlled cooking apparatus, comprising:
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entry means for entering data concerning a cooking condition with respect to a material being cooked, said entry means having at least one cooking condition key for selecting a plurality of cooking modes, numeral keys, and a specified function key, storage means for storing said cooking condition data entered from said entry means, said storage means having a plurality of successively defined stages, including an initial, final and at least one intermediate stage, said successive stages being cyclically defined so that said initial stage successively follows said final stage, each said stage having a plurality of regions for storing a group of cooking mode data comprising at least one cooking condition, buffer memory means for temporarily storing cooking mode data corresponding to one of said stages as it is being entered from said entry means, and having buffer storage regions of a number corresponding to at least the number of said plurality of regions in said one of said stages of said storage means, at least one of said buffer storage regions being used as a flag region identifying which one of said plurality of stages of said storage means will be used to store the data which is presently being stored in said buffer memory means, means for detecting said flag regions of said buffer memory means corresponding to said plurality of stages of said storage means, responsive to manual operation of said specified function key, means for transferring said cooking mode data temporarily stored in said buffer memory means into the corresponding one of said stages of said stroage means responsive to said detection of said flag regions, means for transferring the cooking mode data in the stage which successively follows said stage corresponding to said set flag to said buffer memory means, and means for changing the flag setting in said flag regions of said buffer memory means to the flag corresponding to said following stage. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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