Microwave oven with one-touch button user interface
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1. A cooking oven comprising:
- means for detecting food data and for adjusting a food cooking process,a user interface with at least one socket-shaped seat adapted to receive a removable plug-shaped button,a plug-shaped button storing the food data and which is adapted to be inserted into the seat,means for programming the cooking oven when the button is inserted into the seat, andmeans for starting the cooking process upon subsequently pushing the button by a user.
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Abstract
A cooking oven, particularly a microwave oven, provides for detecting food data and for adjusting food heating and/or cooking process. The oven particularly includes an user interface with at least one socket-shaped seat adapted to receive a removable plug-shaped button which stores the food data and which is adapted to be pressed by the user for starting the heating and/or cooking process or for programming such heating or cooking.
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20 Claims
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1. A cooking oven comprising:
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means for detecting food data and for adjusting a food cooking process, a user interface with at least one socket-shaped seat adapted to receive a removable plug-shaped button, a plug-shaped button storing the food data and which is adapted to be inserted into the seat, means for programming the cooking oven when the button is inserted into the seat, and means for starting the cooking process upon subsequently pushing the button by a user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A cooking oven comprising:
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an oven cavity; a door for selectively closing the oven cavity for a cooking operation; a control unit for performing the cooking operation; a user interface including a socket-shaped seat; and a removable plug-shaped button configured to be removably received in the socket-shaped seat, said removable plug-shaped button including memory having stored food data and being configured so that, upon fully inserting the removable plug shaped button in the socket-shaped seat and subsequently pressing the removable plug-shaped button, the control unit initiates the cooking operation based on the food data from the removable plug-shaped button. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of operating a cooking oven with an oven cavity, a door for selectively closing the oven cavity for a cooking operation, a control unit for performing the cooking operation, a user interface including a socket-shaped seat, and a removable plug-shaped button including memory having stored food data, the method comprising
inserting the removable plug-shaped button in the socket shaped seat, subsequently pressing the removable plug-shaped button, and in response to the pressing, initiating with the control unit the cooking operation based on the food data from the removable plug-shaped button.
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