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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 1982
Filed:
Dec. 18, 1980
Shigeki Ueda, Kitakatsuragi, JP;
Teruhisa Takano, Osaka, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Kadoma, JP;
Abstract
A heating apparatus capable of receiving several voice commands which comprises a voice recognition circuit and is improved from a systematic point of view, so that erroneous recognition in receiving a starting command and a stop command is effectively prevented, and the heating apparatus further comprises a stop button to produce an input signal which is given priority over any input voice commands and which fulfills an equivalent function to the stop command thereby enabling of stopping a heating operation by pushing the stop button, even when the voice recognition circuit does not correctly work or a voice command can not be acknowledged by the voice recognition circuit due to large acoustical noises coming from the circumference around the heating apparatus.