JPS5811324A - Oven for cooking - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To contrive space saving, by using a microphone and a speaker in combination and analogic amplifier part in common to an application device for input and output by means of an audio signal. CONSTITUTION:This device consists of a key board 1 for an application of information, a figure indicator part 2, a microprocessor 3 which controls the whole of an oven, a main memory part 4 which stores control instructions and the information of the microprocessor 3, a voice synthesizing part 5 which applies a voice data received from a voice memory part 6 to an analog amplifier 7 after its DA conversion, a voice recognition part 8 which compares a voice data applied by a microphone 9 and a speaker in combination with a standard voice data from a voice comparison memory part 10, a voice synthesing and recognition switch 12, an amplifier part 11 and a heating device, and the microphone and the speaker in one is provided on an operation front panel.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a cooking cooktop equipped with a voice synthesis means, a voice recognition means, and input/output means for these, in which a speaker microphone and an analog amplification section are shared as the input/output means. The purpose is to save space.

Conventionally, input/output means for cooking information in a cooking oven has been performed by inputting from a keyboard 1 and outputting from a numerical display section 2 having a segment configuration, as shown in FIG.

Therefore, the remaining cooking time is displayed. In addition to having to pay close attention to the cooking status display while cooking, and being unable to input data on the keyboard 1 when both hands are occupied during cooking, there is a problem with the input/output configuration. Ta.

The present invention adds a voice synthesis means and a voice recognition means to the conventional input/output means for cooking information, and uses a microphone that also serves as a speaker for these input/output devices. , the cooking device door can be opened and closed freely, and by outputting pre-stored cooking information voice data through the voice synthesis section, it is possible to notify the remaining cooking time, cooking status, etc.
It is possible to grasp the cooking status at a location away from the oven, thus solving the above-mentioned drawbacks of the conventional method.

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described based on FIGS. 2 and 3.

In FIGS. 2 and 3, 1 is a keyboard, 2 is a segmented number display, 3 is a microprocessor that controls the entire oven, 4 is a main memory that stores the entire oven control procedure and cooking information, and 5 is a main memory that stores the entire oven control procedure and cooking information. The voice synthesis section performs DA conversion on the voice data sent from the voice memory section 6 and sends it to the analog amplification section 7. Reference numeral 8 denotes a voice recognition unit, which inputs the voice data inputted from the speaker/microphone 9 to a voice comparison memory unit 1.
A comparison is made with the standard audio data stored in ゜. 11 is a power amplification unit for the signal from the speech synthesis unit 6; 12
13 is a voice synthesis/recognition switch for switching between voice synthesis and voice recognition; and 13 is a power amplifier for driving a magnetron 14 which is a heating source in a microwave oven.These constitute a power and heat means 16. Further, the analog amplification 87 performs analog amplification of the input signal from the speaker-cum-microphone 9 and the output signal from the voice synthesis section 5.

In the above configuration, the microprocessor 3 normally connects the speech synthesis/recognition switch 12 to the speech recognition side.

First, when the cooking number corresponding to the cooking menu name is input from the keyboard 1, the cooking information (cooking type, remaining cooking time) corresponding to the cooking number is searched from the main memory 4,
It is displayed on the segment type number display section 2. The microprocessor 3 connects the speech synthesis/recognition switch 12 to the speech synthesis side and sends a drive signal to the speech synthesis section 6. The voice synthesis section 6 searches the voice memory section 6 for voice data corresponding to the cooking information and outputs it as voice information via the speaker/microphone 9. When this voice output is completed, a termination signal is sent from the voice synthesis section to the microprocessor 3, and in response, the microprocessor 3 returns the voice synthesis/recognition switch 12 to the voice recognition side. Next, in the normal case 2, the user first selects the audio comparison memory section 1.
If you speak the same word as the voice recognition word stored in ゜ (for example, "door oven", "stop", etc.) into the speaker microphone 9, the voice recognition unit will use the input voice data and the voice comparison word. Comparing and determining data with the data in the memory section 10 is performed, and the determination output is sent to the microprocessor 3. In this way the cooking oven can be operated.

As described above, according to the cooking oven of the present invention, by sharing the speaker microphone and the analog amplifier as the audio input/output means and by providing the speaker microphone on the operation front panel, it is possible to save space and use. When a person is cooking and both hands are occupied, the cooker can be operated through voice, resulting in good operability.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is an external view of a conventional cooking oven, and Figure 2 is
External view of a cooking oven according to an embodiment of the present invention, No. 3
The figure is a block diagram of the control configuration of the oven. 1. Keyboard, 2. Old display means, 3.
... Microprocessor, 4 ... Main memory section, 5 ... Speech synthesis section, 6 ... Speech memory section, 7 ... Analog Amplification section, 8...
...Voice recognition section, 9...Speaker/microphone,
1o...Memory section for voice comparison, 11...
- Power amplification section, 12... Voice synthesis/recognition changeover switch, 15... Self-heating means. Name of agent: Patent attorney Toshio Nakao and one other person

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A keyboard as a means for inputting cooking information, a display means for displaying cooking time, etc., a microprocessor for controlling the entire oven, and a main memory storing control commands for the microprocessor and cooking information. an audio memory unit that stores cooking information as audio data; a voice synthesis unit that reproduces the data from the audio memory unit through a speaker; and an existing voice comparison memory unit that inputs voice through a microphone. In a cooking oven equipped with a voice recognition unit that compares and determines the data with data and a heating unit that heats food, a speaker as an output unit of the voice synthesis unit and a microphone as an input unit of the voice recognition unit are integrated, Further, the analog amplification section of the speech synthesis section and the speech recognition section are shared, and the switching thereof is performed by the microprocessor. A cooking oven characterized by using a cooking oven.