Selectively actuable electronic apparatus
First Claim
1. An electronic apparatus for selectively performing a plurality of operations, said apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of selectively actuable selection means for selecting respective ones of said operations;
each said selection means being initially actuable to establish a first condition and being thereafter actuable to establish a second condition;
means responsive to said first condition of each said selection means for generating an externally detectable identification of said respective one of the operations;
means responsive to said second condition of each of said selection means for performing said respective one of the operations;
each said selection means generating a respective first control signal when actuated to establish the respective first condition thereof and a respective second control signal when actuated to establish the respective second condition thereof;
control means receiving said first and second control signals and being responsive to each said first control signal to cause said means for generating to generate said externally detectable identification of the respective operation, and being responsive to each said second control signal to cause said means for performing the respective operation; and
visual display means, said control means being responsible to each of said second control signals to cause said visual display means to display an identification of the respective operation.
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Abstract
An electronic apparatus includes a plurality of selectively actuable selection devices for causing the apparatus to perform a plurality of distinct operations. A first actuation of a selection device establishes a first condition to cause the apparatus to generate an externally detectable identification such as by voice synthesis of the selected operation, and a second actuation of the selection device establishes a second condition to cause the apparatus to perform the selected operation and identify the operation on a display. In a preferred embodiment, the selection devices are each a push button actuable from a rest position to a first depressed position to establish the first condition by actuating a first switch, and thereafter actuable from the first depressed position to a second depressed position to establish the second condition by actuating a second switch.
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1. An electronic apparatus for selectively performing a plurality of operations, said apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of selectively actuable selection means for selecting respective ones of said operations; each said selection means being initially actuable to establish a first condition and being thereafter actuable to establish a second condition; means responsive to said first condition of each said selection means for generating an externally detectable identification of said respective one of the operations; means responsive to said second condition of each of said selection means for performing said respective one of the operations; each said selection means generating a respective first control signal when actuated to establish the respective first condition thereof and a respective second control signal when actuated to establish the respective second condition thereof; control means receiving said first and second control signals and being responsive to each said first control signal to cause said means for generating to generate said externally detectable identification of the respective operation, and being responsive to each said second control signal to cause said means for performing the respective operation; and visual display means, said control means being responsible to each of said second control signals to cause said visual display means to display an identification of the respective operation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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