Patent 6924469 was granted and assigned to LG on August, 2005 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Apparatus and method for a microwave oven 12 having color-coded pressure switches 24, 26 applied to the face plate incorporating a receiver 14 for remotely operating the color-coded switches by means of a transmitter 16 having indicia and color-coding 24, 26 corresponding to the microwave color-coding, thereby providing a method whereby a user 18 having a pacemaker can remotely operate a microwave oven at a safe distance using the hand held transmitter and the microwave applied mating color-coded control switches.