Microwave oven
First Claim
1. A microwave oven, comprising:
- cooking means for cooking food according to a cooking program specifying a procedure of operation of said cooking means;
cooking control data storing means for storing cooking control data for controlling cooking, the cooking control data including a plurality of cooking programs;
cooking program selecting means responsive to manual operation by a user for selecting one of the cooking programs stored in said cooking control data storing means and for providing the selected one of the cooking programs to said cooking means;
use frequency storing means for storing use frequency data indicative of a number of times each of the cooking programs stored in said cooking control data storing means is selected by said cooking program selecting means;
grouping means for grouping the cooking programs into a plurality of groups according to the use frequency data stored in said use frequency storing means; and
use frequency information display means for displaying information relating to the number of the cooking programs which belong to each of the plurality of groups grouped by said grouping means.
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Abstract
A microwave oven includes a cooking unit for cooking food according to a cooking program for specifying cooking procedure, a cooking control data memory for storing cooking control data for controlling cooking, a selecting device for selecting one of the cooking programs and providing it to the cooking unit in response to operation by an operator, a use frequency memory for storing frequency of selection of each cooking program, a device for grouping cooking programs into groups corresponding to their frequencies of use, and a display device for displaying information related to the number of cooking programs which belong to each of the groups. The conditions of use of the cooking programs can be known easily.
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44 Claims
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1. A microwave oven, comprising:
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cooking means for cooking food according to a cooking program specifying a procedure of operation of said cooking means; cooking control data storing means for storing cooking control data for controlling cooking, the cooking control data including a plurality of cooking programs; cooking program selecting means responsive to manual operation by a user for selecting one of the cooking programs stored in said cooking control data storing means and for providing the selected one of the cooking programs to said cooking means; use frequency storing means for storing use frequency data indicative of a number of times each of the cooking programs stored in said cooking control data storing means is selected by said cooking program selecting means; grouping means for grouping the cooking programs into a plurality of groups according to the use frequency data stored in said use frequency storing means; and use frequency information display means for displaying information relating to the number of the cooking programs which belong to each of the plurality of groups grouped by said grouping means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A microwave oven comprising:
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cooking means for cooking food in accordance with stored cooking programs; cooking program storage means for storing the cooking programs; cooking selection means for retrieving and supplying a user selected cooking program stored in said cooking program storage means to said cooking means; use rate memory means, coupled to said cooking selection means, for storing and updating user frequency data indicative of the number of times each of the cooking programs is selected; grouping means, coupled to said use rate memory means, for grouping the cooking programs into groups in accordance with the user frequency data indicative of the number of times each of the cooking programs is selected; and display means, coupled to said grouping means, for displaying group number data indicative of a number of the cooking programs which belong to each of the groups. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A method of operating a microwave oven having cooking means for cooking food in accordance with user selected cooking programs, the cooking program being stored in cooking program memory means, the method comprising the steps of:
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retrieving and supplying a selected cooking program from the cooking program memory means to the cooking means; storing and updating user frequency data which is indicative of a number of times each of the cooking programs is selected; grouping the cooking programs into groups in accordance with the user frequency data indicative of the number of times each of the cooking programs is selected; and displaying group number data indicative of a number of the cooking programs which belong to each of the groups. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44)
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