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Control system for a heating apparatus
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Inventors: Ohshima, Kohshou; Harima, Masanori; Kawase, Tomoyuki; Itoh, Tomokazu; Sekino, Nobuo; Takemasa, Hirofumi; Konno, Kiyoaki; Mizuma, Kensuke;
Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Kadoma, JP)
Primary Examiner: Leung; Philip H.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Spencer, Frank & Schneider
A control control system for a heating apparatus such as a microwave oven. Manipulation, that is, selection of one of various menus and start of the operation thereof substantially completed by manipulating only one manipulating knob without using keys which are widely distributed on a manipulation panel, consequently, it is possible to simplify selection of a menu. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION In view of the above-discussed problems, it is an object of the invention to provide a heating apparatus which reduces the number of input keys as far as possible.
According to the invention, there is provided a heating apparatus which is arranged as follows.
A rotatable first selective setting means (an encoder or the like) is located at the center of a manipulating section, and cooking start means (a start key section or the like) for inputting a manipulation start is arranged integrally with the selective setting means.
A group of cooking menus is divided into a first group of cooking menus (a group of manual cooking menus or the like) and a second group of cooking menus (a group of automatic cooking menus or the like), and further a display section for the first group of cooking menus and a display section for the second group of cooking menus, are provided.
In a case where the selective setting means is rotated in a predetermined one direction, the first group of cooking menus is selected to display the first group of cooking menus on the first display means.
Depending upon the degree of rotation, a specific cooking menu within the first group of cooking menus is selected.
Further, in a case where the selective setting means is rotated in the other direction, the second group of cooking menus is selected, and the second group of cooking menus is displayed.
Depending upon the degree of rotation, a specific cooking menu within the second group of cooking menus is selected.
Then the cooking start means is pushed, whereby the cooking operation will start.
Moreover, the selective setting means is not performed, but the cooking start means is directly pushed, "warming" (AUTO MICROWAVE COOK); that is, a third cooking menu is selected, and the cooking operation starts.
The "warming" menu is used with the highest frequency and, therefore, it should be easily selected.
In this manner, an object of the invention is as follows.
The selection and operation start of the various kinds of cooking menus are substantially completed not by the input keys, which are distributed widely on an instruction panel, but only by operation of the selective setting means and cooking start means which are concentrated at a single location, whereby the manipulation can be simplified
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