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Kitchen information and database management method and apparatus

US5960440A · kind A · utility

61Cited by
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19Claims
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Filing dateJan 16, 1996
Grant dateSep 28, 1999
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Expiry dateJan 16, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S707/99948
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A device that manages kitchen information, including an information storage device that stores a plurality of recipes, a display device that displays at least one of the plurality of recipes stored in the information storage device and a microcontroller that selects at least one of the plurality of recipes having a main recipe and at least one subsidiary recipe, where the subsidiary recipe being a scaled version of the main recipe. The display device can further display at least one of the plurality of recipes including a cooking time associated with the recipe and one or more timers. By selecting a timer, the microcontroller automatically sets the selected timer equal to the associated cooking time.

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