Cooking apparatus sequentially displaying cooking methods on its display and cooking methods using such cooking apparatus
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1. A cooking apparatus, comprising:
- storage means for storing methods of cooking various dishes;
specifying means for specifying one out of a plurality of large groups of cooking methods produced by classifying the cooking methods stored in said storage means depending on a kind of cooking;
display means for switching to items corresponding to the one group of cooking methods specified by said specifying means and displaying the switched items;
selecting means for selecting one out of the items corresponding to the one group of cooking methods displayed by said display means; and
control means for controlling a cooking operation based on the item selected by said selecting means.
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Abstract
A cooking apparatus includes an external memory for storing methods of cooking various dishes, genre keys to specify one out of a plurality of large groups of cooking methods produced by specifying cooking methods stored in external memory depending upon the kind of cooking, a liquid crystal display for displaying items corresponding to the one group of cooking methods specified by the genre key, select keys for selecting one out of items corresponding to the one group of cooking methods displayed on liquid crystal display, and a microcomputer for controlling a cooking operation based on the item selected by select key.
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1. A cooking apparatus, comprising:
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storage means for storing methods of cooking various dishes; specifying means for specifying one out of a plurality of large groups of cooking methods produced by classifying the cooking methods stored in said storage means depending on a kind of cooking; display means for switching to items corresponding to the one group of cooking methods specified by said specifying means and displaying the switched items; selecting means for selecting one out of the items corresponding to the one group of cooking methods displayed by said display means; and control means for controlling a cooking operation based on the item selected by said selecting means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A cooking method using a cooking apparatus sequentially displaying cooking methods, comprising the steps of receiving an instruction to specify one out of a plurality of large groups produced by classifying cooking methods based on a kind of cooking;
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switching to items corresponding to said specified one group of cooking methods and displaying the switched items; receiving an instruction to select one out of the items corresponding to said displayed one group of cooking methods; and controlling a cooking operation based on said selected item.
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17. A cooking apparatus, comprising:
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means for storing methods of cooking various types of food; means for specifying one out of a plurality of large groups of cooking methods produced by classifying the cooking methods stored in said storage means depending on a kind of cooking; means for switching to items of food corresponding to the one group of cooking methods specified by said means for specifying and displaying the switched items; means for selecting one out of the items of food corresponding to the one group of cooking methods displayed by said means for displaying; means for determining the specific materials of food to produce the one item of food; and means for controlling a cooking operation based on the item of food selected by said selecting means.
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