Microwave oven and a cash register system including the same
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1. A microwave oven comprising:
- an irradiator for irradiating microwaves to heat articles;
an article information reader for reading article information from an article information recording medium disposed on the surface of the article; and
heating control means for controlling the irradiator to operate at a condition determined based on the article information read by the article information reader,wherein the article information recording medium is a radio-wave article information means which generates a response signal in response to an external radio signal, the article information reader includes a radio-wave transmitter for transmitting the external radio signal, a radio-wave receiver for receiving the response signals from the radio-wave article information means, and a decoder for decoding the response signal.
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Abstract
A microwave oven and a cash register system of a store in which an employee of a store, who is requested to operate the microwave oven, can run the store efficiently while reducing the waiting time for shoppers and suppressing losses deriving from incorrect operation of the microwave oven. The microwave oven includes an irradiator for irradiating microwaves to heat articles, an article information reader for reading article information from an article information recording medium arranged on the surface of the article, and a heating control unit for controlling the irradiator to operate at a condition determined based on the article information read by the article information reader.
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22 Claims
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1. A microwave oven comprising:
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an irradiator for irradiating microwaves to heat articles; an article information reader for reading article information from an article information recording medium disposed on the surface of the article; and heating control means for controlling the irradiator to operate at a condition determined based on the article information read by the article information reader, wherein the article information recording medium is a radio-wave article information means which generates a response signal in response to an external radio signal, the article information reader includes a radio-wave transmitter for transmitting the external radio signal, a radio-wave receiver for receiving the response signals from the radio-wave article information means, and a decoder for decoding the response signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A cash register system of a store comprising:
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a cash register; and a microwave oven including an irradiator for irradiating electromagnetic waves to heat articles;
an article information reader for reading article information from an article information recording medium arranged on the surface of the article; and
a heating control means for controlling the irradiator to operate at a condition determined based on the article information read by the article information reader, the microwave oven being connected to the cash register to be able to send information to the cash register,wherein the microwave oven sends the article information read by the article information reader to the cash register, and the cash register executes a payment calculation operation regarding the article to be heated on the basis of the article information sent from the microwave oven. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A cash register system for a store comprising:
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a cash register including an article information reader for reading article information from an article information recording medium arranged on the surface of the article; and a microwave oven including an irradiator for irradiating electromagnetic waves to heat articles; and
a heating control means for controlling the irradiator, the microwave oven being connected to the cash register to be able to receive information from the cash register,wherein the cash register sends the article information read by the article information reader to the microwave oven, and the heating control means controls the irradiator to operate at a condition determined based on the article information sent from the cash register. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A combination of a microwave oven and a cash register system, the combination comprising:
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a microwave oven including an article information reader to read article information from an article information recording medium disposed on a surface of an article, and a heating control unit to operate at a condition determined based on the article information; and a cash register including a unit to receive the article information from the microwave and for calculating price information based on the article information.
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