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Heating apparatus having voice command control operative in a conversational processing manner

  • US 4,513,189 A
  • Filed: 06/18/1982
  • Issued: 04/23/1985
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/21/1979
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In a voice command controlled heating apparatus, for carrying out one of a plurality of preprogrammed cooking sequences, the improvement comprising:

  • an interactive voice command control system including means for operating in various modes, one at a time as follows;

    (1) a first voice recognition mode for receiving a first voice command from a user;

    (2) a voice syntheiszing mode wherein the appartus synthesizes voice data asking the user to make some choice that is related to his first voice command;

    (3) a second voice recognition mode for receiving a user'"'"'s second voice command indicating his choice, said second voice recognition mode recognizing a smaller number of kinds of voice commands which are determined responding to the first voice command, than that can be recognized by the first voice recognition mode, and(4) an enforcing mode for carrying out a selected pre-programmed cooking sequence corresponding to the first and second voice commands, the control system generally progressing in operation from the first voice recognition mode to the enforcing mode with mode changes from the second voice recognition mode to either the first voice recognition mode or voice synthesizing mode permitted for clarifications of voice commands not recognized by said interactive voice command control system.

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