Data processing: database and file management or data structures – Database design – Data structure types
Patent
1996-01-16
1999-09-28
Cosimano, Edward R.
Data processing: database and file management or data structures
Database design
Data structure types
364400, G06F 1730
Patent
active
059604409
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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Brenner Richard K.
Register David S.
Brother International Corporation
Cosimano Edward R.
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