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Recipe codes and containers for systems for preparing beverages or food

A technology for beverage preparation machines and containers, which is applied to beverage preparation devices, record carriers and instruments used in machines, etc., and can solve the problems of limited information density, limited number of discrete positions and data unit combinations, etc.

Active Publication Date: 2022-06-21
SOC DES PROD NESTLE SA
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Due to the limited number of discrete location and data unit combinations, the code has a similarly limited information density

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[0094] User interface 48 includes hardware that enables an end user to interact with processing subsystem 50, and is thus operably connected to the processor. More specifically: user interface 48 receives commands from the user; user interface signals communicate the commands to processing subsystem 50 as input. These commands may be, for example, instructions to carry out the preparation method. The hardware of the user interface 48 may include any suitable device or devices, for example, the hardware includes one or more of the following: buttons, such as joystick buttons or push buttons; joysticks; LEDs; graphic or character LDCs; Graphics screen with touch sensing and / or screen edge buttons.

[0095] An optional sensor 52 is operably connected to the processing subsystem 50 to provide input for monitoring the method. Sensors 52 typically include one or more of: fluid temperature sensors; fluid level sensors; position sensors, eg, for sensing the position of extraction un...

Embodiment 1

[0177] According to this embodiment, the beverage preparation machine is a coffee machine adapted to prepare coffee and / or coffee-based beverages by brewing ground coffee contained in a container such as a capsule or sachet.

[0178] Each container includes a code printed on its outer surface that is read by the machine's image capture device. The code is preferably printed by a laser engraved cylinder during the production process of the laminate used to make the container. The code is preferably repeatedly printed on the container, preferably in a mosaic. The code is for example repeatedly printed on the entire surface or part of the surface of the container, so that when the container is correctly inserted into the machine, the image capture device of the coffee machine can capture an image of at least one code regardless of the specific orientation of the container in the machine , or the part of the code that enables the image processing device to reconstruct the code. ...

Embodiment 2

[0194] According to this second embodiment, the beverage preparation machine is a machine suitable for preparing various beverages from material contained in one or more containers, usually two containers. The material consists essentially of the soluble ingredients contained in the pouch and / or the ingredients to be brewed, such as ground coffee or tea leaves. The machine allows, for example, the preparation of coffee and dairy-based beverages, such as lattes, cappuccinos, etc., milk, oat milk or tea beverages, optionally with ingredients such as superfoods, vegetables, fruits, nuts, cereals, vitamins, etc. Additives, tea, or any combination of these. The machine includes a container handling subsystem comprising two dissolving units, or a dissolving unit and a brewing unit, or a combination thereof, to facilitate by simultaneous or sequential processing of two dissolving units simultaneously present in the machine's container handling subsystem container to prepare beverage...

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Abstract

The present invention provides a container for a beverage or food preparation machine, the container for containing beverage or food material and comprising a code encoding preparation information, the code comprising a reference portion and a data portion, the reference portion comprising An arrangement of at least two reference cells defining a reference line r; the data portion comprises: data cells arranged on a coding line D intersecting the reference line r, the data cells from the crossing arranged at a distance d along said coding line D as a variable to at least partially encode parameters of said preparation information, whereby said coding line D is circular and is arranged with its tangent at said intersection point Orthogonal to said reference line r; and a plurality of discrete positions arranged operatively close to said reference line r and distal to said code line D, whereby said discrete positions include or do not A data element is included as a variable to at least partially encode parameters of said preparation information.

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technical field [0001] Said embodiments relate generally to a beverage or food preparation system for preparing a beverage or food from a container, such as a coffee capsule, and in particular to a code disposed on the container encoding preparation information for machine reading of the system . Background technique [0002] Increasingly, systems for preparing beverages or food products are configured to operate using containers that include single-serving beverage or food materials such as coffee, tea, ice cream, yogurt. The machine of the system may be configured for preparation by processing the material in the container, eg by adding a fluid such as milk or water and applying mixing thereto. Such machines have been disclosed in PCT / EP2013 / 072692. Alternatively, the machine may be configured for preparation by at least partially extracting material components from the container, eg by dissolving or brewing. Examples of such machines are provided in EP 2393404 A1, EP 2...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): G06K19/06A47J31/44B65D85/816G06V20/00
CPCA47J31/06A47J31/44A47J31/4492G06V20/00G06K7/1421B65D85/804G06K19/06168B65D85/816G06K19/06
Inventor A·诺斯
Owner SOC DES PROD NESTLE SA