Beverage making equipment, control method thereof and computer program product

Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of electric appliances, and particularly discloses beverage making equipment, a control method thereof and a computer program product. The equipment comprises a plurality of powder bins, a plurality of powder conveying devices and a plurality of powder conveying devices, wherein corresponding powder is stored in each powder bin; the stirring chamber is arranged in the powder outlet direction of each powder bin, and at least two powder bins share the same stirring chamber; the liquid supply assembly is used for supplying brewing liquid to the stirring chamber; the man-machine interaction module is used for receiving an input instruction of a user, and the input instruction comprises a selection instruction of the user for each powder bin; the controller is configured to obtain a selection instruction of a user for each powder bin and determine each selected powder bin; determining at least two target powder bins sharing the same stirring chamber from the selected powder bins; and controlling the powder in each target powder bin to be brewed in the same brewing period. Therefore, the structure of the beverage making equipment can be simplified, the beverage making efficiency can be improved, beverage making control is flexible, and user experience is good.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present application relates to the technical field of electrical appliances, and particularly to a beverage making device, a control method thereof, and a computer program product. Background Art

[0002] With the development of society and the improvement of people's living standards, people's demand for beverages is increasing day by day. Some beverage making devices such as coffee machines are gradually popularized. Taking a coffee machine as an example, it can process coffee beans or coffee powder into various delicious coffee beverages. At present, some coffee machines also incorporate the functions of making various non - coffee beverages.

[0003] However, traditional beverage making devices usually configure an independent stirring chamber for each powder bin, resulting in a complex internal structure and redundant components of the device. This design not only increases the manufacturing cost and maintenance difficulty, but also reduces the beverage making efficiency, and the continuity of continuous production of powder beverages in the production of multi - powder beverages is poor, and the user experience is not good. In addition, with the increase in the types of beverages and the improvement of production requirements and quality, the control requirements for beverage making are also getting higher and higher. Summary of the Invention

[0004] Based on this, it is necessary to provide a beverage making device, a control method thereof, and a computer program product for the above - mentioned problems.

[0005] According to the first aspect of the embodiments of the present application, a beverage making device is provided, including: A plurality of powder bins, each of the powder bins stores a corresponding powder, and each of the powder bins is correspondingly provided with a powder feeding component; A stirring chamber, arranged in the powder discharging direction of each of the powder bins, wherein at least two of the powder bins share the same stirring chamber; A liquid supply component, configured to supply brewing liquid to the stirring chamber; A human - machine interaction module, configured to receive a user input instruction, and the input instruction includes a selection instruction of each of the powder bins by the user; A controller, electrically connected to the human - machine interaction module, the powder feeding component, and the liquid supply component, and configured to: obtain the selection instruction of each of the powder bins by the user, and determine each of the selected powder bins; determine at least two target powder bins sharing the same stirring chamber from each of the selected powder bins; control the powders in each of the target powder bins to be brewed within the same brewing cycle, and a brewing cycle includes a stage of injecting front - stage brewing liquid into the stirring chamber, a stage of injecting powder into the stirring chamber, a stage of injecting middle - stage brewing liquid into the stirring chamber, and a stage of injecting back - stage brewing liquid into the stirring chamber.

[0006] In one embodiment, the powder feeding assembly includes a powder feeding driving member, a powder feeding transmission member, and a powder stirring member; The powder feeding transmission member and the powder stirring member are both arranged in the powder bin, and the powder feeding transmission member is respectively connected to the powder feeding driving member and the powder stirring member. Driven by the powder feeding driving member, the powder feeding transmission member can rotate around a first direction and drive the powder stirring member to rotate along a second direction while feeding powder for powder stirring. The second direction is the powder discharging direction.

[0007] In one embodiment, the beverage making device further includes a bean bin, a grinding assembly, and a brewing assembly. The number of the bean bins is at least two, and each bean bin is used for placing bean products. The grinding assemblies are arranged in one-to-one correspondence with the bean bins, and each grinding assembly is used for grinding the bean products output from the corresponding bean bin. The brewing assembly is used for brewing the powder obtained by grinding by each grinding assembly, and the liquid supply assembly is further used for providing brewing liquid to the brewing assembly; the controller is electrically connected to each grinding assembly and is configured to: Receive a grinding sequence setting instruction of the grinding assembly corresponding to each bean bin input by the user; According to the grinding sequence setting instruction, control each grinding assembly to work in the set sequence.

[0008] In one embodiment, the beverage making device further includes an overflow part, which is communicated with the stirring chamber and is used for receiving the brewed liquid overflowing from the stirring chamber. The bottom of the overflow part has a discharge port, and the discharge port is communicated with the wastewater tray of the beverage making device; An overflow outlet is formed on the stirring chamber, and the overflow part is communicated with the overflow outlet; the powder inlet of the stirring chamber is located above the overflow outlet.

[0009] According to the second aspect of the embodiments of the present application, a control method for a beverage making device is provided. The beverage making device includes a human-machine interaction module, a stirring chamber, and a plurality of powder bins. Each powder bin stores corresponding powder. The stirring chamber is arranged in the powder discharging direction of each powder bin. Among them, at least two of the powder bins share the same stirring chamber. The human-machine interaction module is used for receiving an input instruction of the user, and the input instruction includes a selection instruction of each powder bin by the user; the control method of the beverage making device includes: Obtain the selection instruction of each powder bin by the user and determine the selected powder bins; Determine at least two target powder bins sharing the same stirring chamber from the selected powder bins; Control the powder in each of the target powder bins to be brewed within the same brewing cycle. One brewing cycle includes a stage of injecting the front-stage brewing liquid into the mixing chamber, a stage of injecting powder into the mixing chamber, a stage of injecting the middle-stage brewing liquid into the mixing chamber, and a stage of injecting the rear-stage brewing liquid into the mixing chamber.

[0010] In one embodiment, each of the powder bins is correspondingly provided with a powder feeding component, and the beverage making device further includes a liquid supply component; the steps of controlling the powder in each of the target powder bins to be brewed within the same brewing cycle include: Control the liquid supply component to inject the front-stage brewing liquid into the mixing chamber; Control the powder feeding components corresponding to each of the target powder bins to convey the corresponding powder to the corresponding mixing chamber; Sequentially control the liquid supply component to inject the middle-stage brewing liquid and the rear-stage brewing liquid into the corresponding mixing chamber.

[0011] In one embodiment, after the step of determining at least two target powder bins sharing the same mixing chamber from the selected powder bins, the control method of the beverage making device further includes: Obtain the preset brewing parameters of the powder in each of the target powder bins; According to the preset brewing parameters of the powder in each of the target powder bins, determine whether the powder in each of the target powder bins meets the condition of being brewed within the same brewing cycle; If it meets the condition, execute the step of controlling the powder in each of the target powder bins to be brewed within the same brewing cycle; if it does not meet the condition, control the powder in each of the target powder bins to be brewed in different brewing cycles.

[0012] In one embodiment, the step of determining whether the powder in each of the target powder bins meets the condition of being brewed within the same brewing cycle according to the preset brewing parameters of the powder in each of the target powder bins includes: Obtain the powder usage amount for brewing of the powder in each of the target powder bins; When the powder usage amount for brewing of the powder in one or more of the target powder bins is less than or equal to the set threshold, it is determined that the powder in each of the target powder bins meets the condition of being brewed within the same brewing cycle; Or, Obtain the brewing temperature or temperature range corresponding to the powder in each of the target powder bins; When the brewing temperatures corresponding to the powder in each of the target powder bins are the same or the temperature ranges have an intersection, it is determined that the powder in each of the target powder bins meets the condition of being brewed within the same brewing cycle; Accordingly, in the step of controlling the powder in each of the target powder bins to be brewed within the same brewing cycle, the brewing temperature corresponding to the powder in each of the set target powder bins is set to the highest temperature value within the intersection of the same temperature or the temperature range. In the step of controlling the powder in each of the target powder bins to be brewed within the same brewing cycle, the liquid volume of the front-stage brewing liquid is the sum of the liquid volumes of the front-stage brewing liquids corresponding to the powder in each of the set target powder bins, the liquid volume of the middle-stage brewing liquid is the sum of the liquid volumes of the middle-stage brewing liquids corresponding to the powder in each of the set target powder bins, and the liquid volume of the rear-stage brewing liquid is the sum of the liquid volumes of the rear-stage brewing liquids corresponding to the powder in each of the set target powder bins. For one brewing cycle: While transporting the powder to the mixing chamber, inject the middle-stage brewing liquid into the mixing chamber, and the injection duration of the middle-stage brewing liquid is greater than or equal to the injection duration of the powder.

[0013] In one embodiment, the control method of the beverage making device further includes: For one brewing cycle: Determine the injection duration of the middle-stage brewing liquid according to the preset liquid volume and flow rate of the middle-stage brewing liquid for the powder in the target powder bin. Determine the maximum powder amount according to the injection duration of the middle-stage brewing liquid and the powder feeding speed of the powder in the set powder bin. Compare the maximum powder amount with the preset powder amount of the powder in the target powder bin, and output a parameter anomaly reminder according to the comparison result. The parameter anomaly reminder includes reducing the set powder amount or increasing the set liquid volume of the middle-stage brewing liquid.

[0014] In one embodiment, the beverage making device further includes a bean bin, a grinding assembly, and a brewing assembly. The number of the bean bins is at least two. Each bean bin is used to place beans. The grinding assemblies are arranged in one-to-one correspondence with the bean bins. Each grinding assembly is used to grind the beans output from the corresponding bean bin. The brewing assembly is used to brew the powder obtained by grinding by each grinding assembly. The control method of the beverage making device further includes: Receive the grinding sequence setting instruction of the grinding assembly corresponding to each bean bin input by the user. Control each grinding assembly to work according to the set sequence according to the grinding sequence setting instruction.

[0015] In one embodiment, the human-machine interaction module includes a human-machine interaction interface. The human-machine interaction interface includes a plurality of sequence options and a filling area corresponding to each bean bin. The step of receiving the grinding sequence setting instruction of the grinding assembly corresponding to each bean bin input by the user includes: In response to a movement action instruction of the user for each of the sequence options and a region selection instruction for the region to be filled, fill the sequence option corresponding to the movement action instruction in the region to be filled corresponding to the region selection instruction; Determine the grinding sequence setting instruction according to the sequence options filled in each region to be filled corresponding to each bin; Or, The human-machine interaction interface includes bin options corresponding to each bin and regions to be filled corresponding to a plurality of sequence options; the step of receiving the grinding sequence setting instruction of the grinding component corresponding to each bin input by the user includes: In response to a movement action instruction of the user for each of the bin options and a region selection instruction for the region to be filled, fill the bin option corresponding to the movement action instruction in the region to be filled corresponding to the region selection instruction; Determine the grinding sequence setting instruction according to the bin options filled in each region to be filled corresponding to the sequence options.

[0016] According to a third aspect of the embodiments of the present application, there is provided a beverage making device, including a memory and a processor, the memory stores a computer program, and when the processor executes the computer program, the control method of the beverage making device described above is implemented.

[0017] According to a fourth aspect of the embodiments of the present application, there is provided a computer program product, including a computer program, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the control method of the beverage making device described above is implemented.

[0018] The beverage making device and its control method provided by the embodiments of the present application, through the design of sharing the same stirring chamber by at least two powder bins, reduce the number of stirring chambers, reduce the complexity of the internal structure of the beverage making device and the redundancy of components, reduce the manufacturing cost and the maintenance difficulty. At the same time, when obtaining the selection instruction of each powder bin by the user, the selected powder bins can be determined. When at least two target powder bins sharing the same stirring chamber are included in the selected powder bins, at least two target powder bins sharing the same stirring chamber can be determined from the selected powder bins. During the actual brewing process, the powder in each target powder bin can be controlled to be brewed within the same brewing cycle, thereby effectively shortening the beverage making time, improving the beverage making efficiency and the coherence of the powder beverage production, and enhancing the user experience. Description of the Drawings

[0019] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of a beverage making device provided by an embodiment of the present application; Figure 2Partial structural schematic diagram of a beverage making device provided by an embodiment of the present application; Figure 3 Connection schematic diagram between components of a beverage making device provided by an embodiment of the present application; Figure 4 Flow chart of a control method for a beverage making device provided by an embodiment of the present application; Figure 5 Flow chart of step S600 in the control method for a beverage making device provided by an embodiment of the present application; Figure 6 Partial flow chart of a control method for a beverage making device provided by an embodiment of the present application; Figure 7 Flow chart of step S520 in the control method for a beverage making device provided by an embodiment of the present application; Figure 8 Flow chart of step S520 in the control method for a beverage making device provided by another embodiment of the present application; Figure 9 Partial flow chart of a control method for a beverage making device provided by an embodiment of the present application; Figure 10 Flow chart of a control method for a beverage making device provided by another embodiment of the present application; Figure 11 Flow chart of a control method for a beverage making device provided by an embodiment of the present application; Figure 12 Flow chart of step S710 in the control method for a beverage making device provided by another embodiment of the present application; Figure 13 Interface schematic diagram of a human - machine interaction interface for a beverage making device provided by an embodiment of the present application; Figure 14 Interface schematic diagram of a human - machine interaction interface for a beverage making device provided by an embodiment of the present application; Figure 15 Flow chart of step S710 in the control method for a beverage making device provided by another embodiment of the present application; Figure 16 Interface schematic diagram of a human - machine interaction interface for a beverage making device provided by another embodiment of the present application; Figure 17 Interface schematic diagram of a human - machine interaction interface for a beverage making device provided by another embodiment of the present application; Figure 18 Interface schematic diagram of a human - machine interaction interface for a beverage making device provided by an embodiment of the present application; Figure 19Schematic diagram of the human - machine interaction interface of the beverage making device provided by an embodiment of the present application; Figure 20 Schematic diagram of the human - machine interaction interface of the beverage making device provided by an embodiment of the present application; Figure 21 Schematic diagram of the human - machine interaction interface of the beverage making device provided by an embodiment of the present application; Figure 22 Schematic diagram of the human - machine interaction interface of the beverage making device provided by an embodiment of the present application; Figure 23 Schematic diagram of the human - machine interaction interface of the beverage making device provided by an embodiment of the present application.

[0020] Explanation of reference numerals: 100, powder bin; 200, powder feeding assembly; 210, powder feeding driving part; 220, powder feeding transmission part; 230, powder stirring part; 300, mixing chamber; 320, overflow part; 330, waste water tray; 400, liquid supply assembly; 500, human - machine interaction module; 600, controller; 700, bean bin; 800, grinding assembly; 900, brewing assembly. Detailed implementation manners

[0021] To facilitate the understanding of the present application, the present application will be described more comprehensively below with reference to the relevant drawings. The preferred embodiments of the present application are shown in the drawings. However, the present application can be implemented in many different forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein. On the contrary, these embodiments are provided to make the disclosure of the present application more thorough and comprehensive.

[0022] In the present application, unless otherwise clearly defined and limited, the terms "installed", "connected", "connected to", "fixed" and other terms should be understood in a broad sense. For example, it can be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or integrated; it can be a mechanical connection or an electrical connection; it can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and it can be the internal communication of two components or the interaction relationship between two components, unless otherwise clearly limited. For those of ordinary skill in the art, the specific meanings of the above terms in the present application can be understood according to specific situations.

[0023] The terms "first" and "second" are only used for descriptive purposes and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the quantity of the indicated technical features. Thus, the features defined with "first" and "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one of such features. In the description of the present application, the meaning of "a plurality" is at least two, such as two, three, etc., unless otherwise clearly and specifically limited.

[0024] Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the technical field to which this application belongs. The terms used in the specification of this application are only for the purpose of describing specific embodiments and are not intended to limit this application. The term "and / or" used herein includes any and all combinations of one or more of the related listed items.

[0025] An embodiment of this application provides a beverage making device, its control method, a computer-readable storage medium, and a computer program product. Compared with the beverage making devices in the traditional technology, the beverage making device provided by the embodiment of this application reduces the complexity of the internal structure of the beverage making device and the component redundancy, and reduces the manufacturing cost and the maintenance difficulty. Moreover, combining with the control method of the beverage making device provided by the embodiment of this application can effectively improve the production efficiency of beverages.

[0026] Among them, the beverage making device provided in this embodiment can be a coffee machine, a tea extractor, a blender, or other devices for making beverages.

[0027] Referring to Figures 1 - 4 , in one embodiment, the beverage making device provided in this embodiment includes a powder bin 100, a mixing chamber 300, a liquid supply component 400, a human-machine interaction module 500, and a controller 600.

[0028] Among them, the number of the powder bins 100 can be multiple. For example, the number of the powder bins 100 can be 2, 3, 4, 5, etc., and no specific limitation is made here. Powders can be stored in each of the powder bins 100. The types of powders can include coconut powder, soy milk powder, milk tea powder, etc. The types of powders stored in each powder bin 100 can be the same or different, and can be specifically determined according to actual needs.

[0029] In this embodiment, a powder feeding component 200 can be correspondingly arranged for each powder bin 100. Under the driving force of the powder feeding component 200, the powder in the powder bin 100 can be conveyed to a specified position. For example, the powder in the powder bin 100 can be conveyed into the mixing chamber 300 through the powder feeding component 200.

[0030] In this embodiment, the mixing chamber 300 can be arranged in the powder discharging direction of each of the powder bins 100, that is, the powder in the powder bin 100 can be conveyed into the mixing chamber 300 along the powder discharging direction driven by the powder feeding component 200. In addition, the liquid supply component 400 can supply a brewing liquid to the mixing chamber 300. Thus, in the mixing chamber 300, the mixture of the powder and the brewing liquid can be stirred, and then the required beverage can be made.

[0031] In traditional beverage production equipment, usually each powder bin 100 corresponds to an independent mixing chamber 300, and the process of mixing the powder in each powder bin 100 is carried out in the independent mixing chamber 300 corresponding to each powder bin 100. On the one hand, the structure is relatively complex, and the manufacturing cost and maintenance difficulty are relatively high. On the other hand, the production efficiency is low.

[0032] To solve this problem, in this embodiment, the structure of the beverage production equipment is set such that at least two of the powder bins 100 share the same mixing chamber 300. That is, there may be a situation where two powder bins 100 share the same mixing chamber 300, or there may be a situation where three powder bins 100 or more powder bins 100 share the same mixing chamber 300.

[0033] For example, the number of powder bins 100 is 2, and two powder bins 100 share the same mixing chamber 300; for another example, the number of powder bins 100 is 3, and two of the powder bins 100 share one mixing chamber 300 or all three powder bins 100 share the same mixing chamber 300; for another example, the number of powder bins 100 is 5, and two of the powder bins 100 share one mixing chamber 300, and the other three powder bins 300 share the same mixing chamber 300. Such settings are all acceptable and will not be listed one by one here.

[0034] Among them, the powder in the powder bins 100 sharing the same mixing chamber 300 can enter the same mixing chamber 300 under the action of the powder feeding assembly 200. Thereby, the number of mixing chambers 300 is reduced, and the structure of the beverage production equipment is simplified. At the same time, the powder in the powder bins 100 sharing the mixing chamber 300 can be synchronously mixed in this mixing chamber 300. Compared with the conventional solution of mixing the powder in different mixing chambers 300, the beverage production efficiency is effectively improved.

[0035] In this embodiment, the human-machine interaction module 500 is used to receive the input instructions of the user, and the input instructions include the selection instructions of the user for each of the powder bins 100. In practical applications, if the user needs to produce a certain beverage, the user can input the selection instructions of the powder bin 100 where the powder corresponding to the beverage is located. The human-machine interaction module 500 in the beverage production equipment can receive the selection instructions input by the user and send them to the controller 600, so that the controller 600 can execute the corresponding control strategy accordingly.

[0036] Among them, the human-machine interaction module 500 may include a human-machine interaction interface, and the human-machine interaction interface may be a touch screen provided on the beverage production equipment.

[0037] In this embodiment, the controller 600 is electrically connected to the human-computer interaction module 500, the powder feeding assembly 200, the mixing chamber 300, and the liquid supply assembly 400, and is configured to: obtain a selection instruction of each of the powder bins 100 by the user, and determine each of the selected powder bins 100; determine at least two target powder bins sharing the same mixing chamber 300 from each of the selected powder bins 100; control the powders in each of the target powder bins to be brewed within the same brewing cycle, where one brewing cycle includes a stage of injecting a front-stage brewing liquid into the mixing chamber 300, a stage of injecting powder into the mixing chamber 300, a stage of injecting a middle-stage brewing liquid into the mixing chamber 300, and a stage of injecting a rear-stage brewing liquid into the mixing chamber 300.

[0038] Specifically, after the human-computer interaction module 500 receives a selection instruction of the powder bin 100 by the user, it sends the selection instruction of the powder bin 100 to the controller 600. After the controller 600 receives the selection instruction of the powder bin 100 by the user, it can determine each of the powder bins 100 selected by the user. Among the selected powder bins 100, there may be at least two powder bins 100 sharing the same mixing chamber 300. For the convenience of description, in this embodiment, the powder bins 100 sharing the same mixing chamber 300 are defined as target powder bins.

[0039] In this embodiment, after determining each powder bin 100 selected by the user, at least two target powder bins sharing the same mixing chamber 300 are first determined from the selected powder bins 100, and then the powders in each target powder bin are controlled to be brewed within the same brewing cycle. The brewing cycle refers to the cycle of brewing the powder in the powder bin 100 into a beverage. Specifically, a brewing cycle generally includes the following stages: the stage of injecting the front-stage brewing liquid into the mixing chamber 300 (the front-stage liquid can enter the mixing chamber 300 tangentially from the inlet of the mixing chamber 300 to form a vortex in the mixing chamber 300), the stage of injecting the powder into the mixing chamber 300, the stage of injecting the middle-stage brewing liquid into the mixing chamber 300 (for flushing the powder), and the stage of injecting the rear-stage brewing liquid into the mixing chamber 300 (for cleaning the mixing chamber 300). In the traditional technology, since each powder bin 100 has an independent mixing chamber 300, the powder in each powder bin 100 needs to be brewed in its respective mixing chamber 300, that is, each powder corresponds to an independent brewing cycle. When a beverage mixed with two or more powders needs to be brewed, the above traditional technology will result in low brewing efficiency. To solve this problem, in this embodiment, the powders in at least two target powder bins sharing the same mixing chamber 300 can be controlled to be brewed within the same brewing cycle. That is, first, the front-stage brewing liquid is injected into the mixing chamber 300, then the powders in each target powder bin are respectively injected into the mixing chamber 300, and then the middle-stage brewing liquid and the rear-stage brewing liquid are successively injected into the mixing chamber 300. Among them, the injection of the middle-stage brewing liquid can be synchronized with the injection of the powder. That is to say, the brewing of the powders in each target powder bin can be carried out within the same brewing cycle, thereby effectively shortening the beverage production time and improving the beverage production efficiency.

[0040] Referring to Figure 2 , in one embodiment, the powder feeding assembly 200 includes a powder feeding driving member 210, a powder feeding transmission member 220, and a powder stirring member 230. The powder feeding transmission member 220 and the powder stirring member 230 are both disposed in the powder bin 100, and the powder feeding transmission member 220 is respectively connected to the powder feeding driving member 210 and the powder stirring member 230. Driven by the powder feeding driving member 210, the powder feeding transmission member 220 can rotate around a first direction and drive the powder stirring member 230 to rotate along a second direction to stir the powder while feeding the powder. That is, through the mutual cooperation of the powder feeding driving member 210, the powder feeding transmission member 220, and the powder stirring member 230, the purpose of conveying the powder in the powder bin 100 is achieved.

[0041] Specifically, the powder feeding driving member 210 provides a driving force. Under the driving action of the powder feeding driving member 210, the powder feeding transmission member 220 cooperatively connected with the powder feeding driving member 210 can rotate around the first direction. Furthermore, while feeding the powder, it can drive the powder stirring member 230 cooperatively connected with the powder feeding transmission member 220 to rotate along the second direction for powder stirring, and thus can convey the powder in the powder bin 100 along the second direction. In one embodiment, the powder feeding driving member 210 may include a driving motor and the like.

[0042] In one embodiment, the powder feeding transmission member 220 may include a powder feeding screw. The axial direction of the powder feeding screw is consistent with the powder discharging direction of the powder bin 100, and the first direction is the axial direction of the powder feeding screw. That is, assuming that the powder bin 100 includes a length direction and a width direction, and the powder discharging direction is parallel to the length direction, the powder feeding screw can be arranged in the powder bin 100 parallel to the length direction (i.e., the powder discharging direction) of the powder bin 100. When powder feeding is required, the driving motor is controlled to work to drive the powder feeding screw to rotate around its axial direction, and further drive the powder stirring member 230 to work.

[0043] In one embodiment, the powder stirring member 230 includes a powder stirring gear. The powder stirring gear meshes with the powder feeding screw, and the second direction is the powder discharging direction. That is, the powder feeding screw can mesh with the powder stirring gear. When the powder feeding screw rotates around its axial direction, it can drive the powder stirring gear to rotate. Among them, the rotation direction of the powder stirring gear is the powder discharging direction, and thus can drive the powder in the powder bin 100 to be conveyed to the mixing chamber 300 along the powder discharging direction.

[0044] Among them, the number of powder stirring gears can be one or two or three or more. The number of powder stirring gears is preferably two. On the one hand, it can improve the powder feeding efficiency, and on the other hand, it can avoid increasing the volume of the powder bin 100 due to too many powder stirring gears.

[0045] When the number of powder stirring gears is two or more, each powder stirring gear can be meshed with the powder feeding screw in sequence along the axial direction of the powder feeding screw.

[0046] In one embodiment, the mixing chamber 300 is correspondingly provided with a mixing member and a mixing driving member. The mixing member is arranged in the mixing chamber 300, and the mixing driving member is electrically controlledly connected to the mixing member for driving the mixing member to rotate.

[0047] Among them, the stirring member is rotatably arranged in the stirring chamber 300. The stirring driving member can drive the stirring member to rotate in the stirring chamber 300, thereby driving the liquid in the stirring chamber 300 to generate a vortex to stir the powder mixed therein and accelerate the dissolution of the powder. In the stage of injecting the front-section brewing liquid, it can also be through controlling the front-section brewing liquid to enter the stirring chamber 300 tangentially from the inlet of the stirring chamber 300, so that the front-section brewing liquid forms a vortex in the stirring chamber 300 first.

[0048] The stirring driving member can include a stirring motor. The stirring member can include a rotating shaft and blades. The number of blades can be 1 or 2 or 3 or more. The blades are connected to the rotating shaft and arranged around the rotating shaft. The stirring motor can drive the rotating shaft to rotate, and then drive the blades connected to the rotating shaft to rotate, so as to disturb the liquid in the stirring chamber 300 to generate a vortex and promote the acceleration of the dissolution of the powder mixed in the liquid.

[0049] Among them, the outlet of the stirring chamber 300 is communicated with the beverage outlet of the beverage making device. That is, the mixed liquid of the powder and the brewing liquid that is fully dissolved after being stirred in the stirring chamber 300 can flow out from the outlet of the stirring chamber 300 to the beverage outlet of the beverage making device and finally enter the user container.

[0050] In this embodiment, the liquid supply assembly 400 includes a liquid source, a liquid inlet pipeline and a pumping assembly. The liquid source is communicated with the brewing assembly 900 and the stirring chamber 300 respectively through the liquid inlet pipeline. The pumping assembly is arranged in the liquid inlet pipeline. The stirring chamber 300 has an inlet for the brewing liquid connected to the pumping assembly through the liquid inlet pipeline. The inlet is tangentially arranged on the outer side wall of the stirring chamber 300. By setting the tangential inlet of the brewing liquid, the brewing liquid can enter along the tangential direction of the stirring chamber 300 to form a vortex in the stirring chamber and promote the dissolution of the powder. Specifically, the brewing liquid can be stored in the liquid storage tank. Under the pumping action of the pumping assembly, the brewing liquid in the liquid storage tank can be transported into the stirring chamber 300 through the liquid inlet pipeline, that is, inject the front-section brewing liquid, the middle-section brewing liquid and the rear-section brewing liquid involved in the foregoing brewing cycle into the stirring chamber 300. The front-section brewing liquid is used to form a vortex of the brewing liquid, the middle-section brewing liquid is used for dissolving the powder, and the rear-section brewing liquid is used for flushing the stirring chamber 300 to avoid the residue of the powder on the side wall of the stirring chamber after a brewing cycle ends; among them, the weights of the front-section brewing liquid, the middle-section brewing liquid and the rear-section brewing liquid can be set according to actual needs. For example, the weight of the front-section brewing liquid is 15 ml, the weight of the middle-section brewing liquid is 20 ml, and the weight of the rear-section brewing liquid is 15 ml, or the weight of the front-section brewing liquid is 15 ml, the weight of the middle-section brewing liquid is 25 ml, and the weight of the rear-section brewing liquid is 20 ml. They are not listed one by one here.

[0051] In the above embodiments of the present application, the liquid source is a municipal water source, and the pumping component is used to separately provide pumped brewing liquid and liquid for mixing (generally purified water) for the brewing component 900 and the mixing chamber 300 non-simultaneously. In some embodiments, the liquid source can adopt barreled water or an external liquid tank of the beverage making device. In some embodiments, there are at least two or more pumping components, and there is at least one water pump in the liquid inlet pipeline of the brewing component 900 and the liquid inlet pipeline of the mixing chamber 300 respectively. In this way, it is possible to simultaneously produce brewed beverages (such as coffee or tea) and powdered beverage mixes.

[0052] In addition, a heating component is also provided in the liquid inlet pipeline, which is used to heat the brewing liquid and the mixing liquid, so as to enable high-temperature brewing extraction of brewed beverages, and the mixing liquid can also enter the mixing chamber 300 through the liquid inlet pipeline after being heated by the heating component, so as to provide beverages at the required temperature for users.

[0053] In addition, the beverage making device provided in this embodiment may further include a bean hopper 700, a grinding component 800, and a brewing component.

[0054] Among them, the number of bean hoppers 700 is at least two, and each bean hopper 700 is used to place beverage raw materials for grinding and brewing, such as coffee beans or pearl tea. The number of bean hoppers 700 can be two or three or four or more. For example, Figure 1 shows a case with two bean hoppers 700. The beans placed in each bean hopper 700 can be the same or different. The grinding component 800 is provided in one-to-one correspondence with the bean hopper 700, that is, each bean hopper 700 has a corresponding grinding component 800, and each grinding component 800 can be used to grind the beans output from the corresponding bean hopper 700. The brewing component is used to brew the powder obtained by grinding by each grinding component 800, and the outlet of the brewing component can be communicated with the beverage outlet of the beverage making device. The liquid supply component 400 can be used to provide brewing liquid for the brewing component. Among them, the liquid inlet pipeline in the liquid supply component 400 connects the liquid source with the brewing component 900 for coffee or tea and the mixing chamber 300 for powdered beverage mixes respectively.

[0055] In this embodiment, the controller 600 can be electrically connected to each grinding assembly 800 and is configured to: receive a grinding sequence setting instruction for the grinding assembly 800 corresponding to each bean bin 700 input by the user; and control each grinding assembly 800 to work in the set sequence according to the grinding sequence setting instruction. That is, the user can set the working sequence for the grinding assembly 800 corresponding to each bean bin 700 through the human-machine interaction module 500. In this embodiment, it is defined as a grinding sequence setting instruction. When the controller 600 receives the grinding sequence setting instruction input by the user, it can control each grinding assembly 800 to work in the set sequence according to the grinding sequence setting instruction. Thus, when making a beverage, the user can choose to blend beans to make beverages with different flavors according to actual needs, solving the problems that conventional beverage-making equipment cannot blend beans to make beverages and cannot flexibly select different grinding assemblies to grind and make beverages.

[0056] Referring to Figure 2 , in one embodiment, the beverage-making equipment provided in this embodiment further includes an overflow part 320. The overflow part 320 is communicated with the stirring chamber 300 and is used to receive the brewing liquid overflowing from the stirring chamber 300. The bottom of the overflow part 320 has a discharge port, and the discharge port is communicated with the wastewater tray 330 of the beverage-making equipment through a drainage pipe.

[0057] During the beverage-making process, if the liquid level in the stirring chamber 300 rises above a preset position due to blockage, the excess brewing liquid will flow into the overflow part 320 and then be discharged. On the one hand, this can prevent the overflowing brewing liquid (such as hot water) from entering the powder bin 100 from the stirring chamber 300, resulting in the powder getting damp and caking, affecting the quality of the powder and subsequent use. On the other hand, it also prevents the brewing liquid from overflowing to other parts of the equipment and damaging the surrounding electronic components, affecting the normal operation of the beverage-making equipment and reducing the efficiency and quality of beverage making.

[0058] In this embodiment, an overflow outlet is formed on the stirring chamber 300, and the overflow part 320 is communicated with the overflow outlet. During the beverage-making process, if the liquid level in the stirring chamber 300 rises above a preset position due to blockage, the excess brewing liquid can flow into the overflow part 320 through the overflow outlet. A drainage pipe is connected to the discharge port of the overflow part 320, and the drainage pipe is communicated with the wastewater tray 330, so that the brewing liquid overflowing to the overflow part 320 can be discharged to the wastewater tray 330 in time through the drainage pipe communicated with the discharge port.

[0059] Among them, a powder inlet for the powder to enter, which is communicated with the outlet of the powder bin, is formed on the mixing chamber 300. The powder inlet of the mixing chamber 300 is located above the overflow outlet, so that the excess blending liquid flows into the overflow part 320 through the overflow outlet one step before reaching the powder inlet, preventing the blending liquid from overflowing and entering the powder bin through the powder inlet, which may cause the powder to get damp.

[0060] In one embodiment, a control method for a beverage making device is also provided. Among them, the beverage making device includes a human-machine interaction module 500, a mixing chamber 300, and a plurality of powder bins 100. Each of the powder bins 100 stores corresponding powder. The mixing chamber 300 is arranged in the powder discharging direction of each of the powder bins 100. Among them, at least two of the powder bins 100 share the same mixing chamber 300. The human-machine interaction module 500 is used to receive input instructions from the user, and the input instructions include selection instructions of each of the powder bins 100 by the user.

[0061] For the specific structure of the beverage making device, reference can be made to the specific description in the beverage making device provided in the foregoing embodiment, which will not be elaborated here.

[0062] Refer to Figure 4 , the control method for the beverage making device provided in this embodiment may include the following steps: Step S200: Obtain the selection instructions of each of the powder bins 100 by the user, and determine each of the selected powder bins 100.

[0063] In practical applications, when the user wants to control the beverage making device to make the required beverage, he / she can input the selection instructions of the powder bin 100 where the powder corresponding to the beverage is located. In a specific example, the user can input the selection instructions of the powder bin 100 through the human-machine interface provided on the beverage making device. When the human-machine interaction module 500 receives the selection instructions input by the user, it can send the selection instructions to the controller 600. The controller 600 can determine the selected powder bin 100 according to the selection instructions, and then execute the subsequent processing and analysis link.

[0064] Step S400: Determine at least two target powder bins that share the same mixing chamber 300 from each of the selected powder bins 100.

[0065] After determining each of the selected powder bins 100, it can first be determined whether there are two or more target powder bins that share the same mixing chamber 300 among each of the selected powder bins 100. If so, at least two target powder bins that share the same mixing chamber 300 are screened out.

[0066] Step S600: Control the powder in each of the target powder bins to be brewed within the same brewing cycle. One brewing cycle includes the stage of injecting the front-section brewing liquid into the mixing chamber 300, the stage of injecting powder into the mixing chamber 300, the stage of injecting the middle-section brewing liquid into the mixing chamber 300, and the stage of injecting the rear-section brewing liquid into the mixing chamber 300.

[0067] When at least two target powder bins sharing the same mixing chamber 300 are determined from the selected powder bins 100, the powder in each target powder bin can be controlled to be brewed within the same brewing cycle.

[0068] The brewing cycle refers to the cycle of brewing the powder in the powder bin 100 into a beverage. Specifically, one brewing cycle generally includes the following stages: the stage of injecting the front-section brewing liquid into the mixing chamber 300, the stage of injecting powder into the mixing chamber 300, the stage of injecting the middle-section brewing liquid into the mixing chamber 300, and the stage of injecting the rear-section brewing liquid into the mixing chamber 300. In the traditional technology, since each powder bin 100 has an independent mixing chamber 300, the powder in each powder bin 100 needs to be brewed in its respective mixing chamber 300, that is, each powder corresponds to an independent brewing cycle. When a beverage mixed with two or more kinds of powder needs to be brewed, the above traditional technology will result in low brewing efficiency, poor coherence of the powder beverage during the brewing process, and the water and powder alternately flowing out from the beverage outlet, resulting in a poor customer experience. To address this problem, in this embodiment, the powder in at least two target powder bins sharing the same mixing chamber 300 can be controlled to be brewed within the same brewing cycle. That is, first, the front-section brewing liquid is injected into the mixing chamber 300, then the powder in each target powder bin is respectively conveyed (such as by screw powder feeding) to the mixing chamber 300, and then the middle-section brewing liquid and the rear-section brewing liquid are successively injected into the mixing chamber 300. Among them, the conveying time of the powder and the injecting time of the middle-section brewing liquid are synchronized. That is to say, the brewing of the powder in each target powder bin can be carried out within the same brewing cycle, thereby effectively shortening the beverage production time, improving the beverage production efficiency, improving the coherence of the beverage production, and enhancing the customer experience.

[0069] In one embodiment, each of the powder bins 100 is correspondingly provided with a powder feeding assembly 200, and the beverage making device further includes a liquid supply assembly 400. For the specific structures of the powder feeding assembly 200 and the liquid supply assembly 400, reference can be made to the specific description of the beverage making device provided in the foregoing embodiment, which will not be elaborated here.

[0070] Refer to Figure 5 , step S600, that is, the step of controlling the powder in each of the target powder bins to be brewed within the same brewing cycle can further include the following steps: Step S610: Control the liquid supply assembly 400 to inject the front-stage blending liquid into the corresponding mixing chamber 300.

[0071] In the early stage of the blending process, the liquid supply assembly 400 can be controlled to inject the front-stage blending liquid into the corresponding mixing chamber 300. The inlet of the blending liquid on the mixing chamber 300, which is connected to the pumping assembly through the liquid inlet pipeline, is tangentially arranged on the outer side wall of the mixing chamber 300, so that when the front-stage blending liquid enters the mixing chamber 300 tangentially, a vortex can be formed in the mixing chamber 300.

[0072] Among them, the liquid volume of the front-stage blending liquid can be set according to actual needs, and no specific limitation is made thereto.

[0073] Step S620: Control the powder feeding assemblies 200 corresponding to the respective target powder bins to convey the corresponding powders to the corresponding mixing chambers 300.

[0074] After injecting the front-stage blending liquid into the mixing chamber 300, the powder feeding assemblies 200 corresponding to the respective target powder bins can be controlled to convey the corresponding powders into the mixing chamber 300. Specifically, the powder feeding drive motor can be controlled to operate, thereby driving the powder feeding screw to rotate axially, and then driving the powder mixing gear to rotate in the powder discharging direction. Through the mutual cooperation of the above-mentioned components, the powder in the powder bin 100 can be conveyed in the powder discharging direction to the mixing chamber 300.

[0075] In one embodiment, the powder feeding assemblies 200 corresponding to the respective target powder bins can be synchronously controlled to convey the corresponding powders to the mixing chamber 300.

[0076] In another embodiment, the powder feeding assemblies 200 corresponding to the respective target powder bins can also be sequentially controlled to convey the corresponding powders to the mixing chamber 300.

[0077] Step S630: Sequentially control the liquid supply assembly 400 to inject the middle-stage blending liquid and the rear-stage blending liquid into the corresponding mixing chambers 300.

[0078] When transporting the powder in each target powder bin to the mixing chamber 300, the liquid supply assembly 400 can be controlled to inject the middle-stage blending liquid simultaneously, and then inject the latter-stage blending liquid into the mixing chamber 300 after the powder transportation stops. Among them, after injecting the middle-stage blending liquid, under the mixing action, the powder can be fully mixed and dissolved in the front-stage blending liquid and the middle-stage blending liquid. After injecting the latter-stage blending liquid, the latter-stage blending liquid can clean the mixing chamber 300 to avoid the residue of the powder on the side wall of the mixing chamber at the end of a blending cycle, and at the same time mix with the mixed liquid in the mixing chamber 300, then the blended powder beverage can be obtained. Preferably, the injection of the middle-stage blending liquid and the transportation of the powder can be carried out synchronously, that is, when the injection of the middle-stage blending liquid starts, the controller 600 sends an instruction to the powder feeding assembly 200 to control the powder feeding assembly 200 to start feeding powder, and complete the transportation and supply of the powder when the injection of the middle-stage blending liquid ends or before it ends.

[0079] Referring to Figure 6 , in one embodiment, after step S400, that is, the step of determining at least two target powder bins sharing the same mixing chamber 300 from the selected powder bins 100, the control method of the beverage making device may further include the following steps: Step S510, obtain the preset blending parameters of the powder in each target powder bin.

[0080] Step S520, according to the preset blending parameters of the powder in each target powder bin, determine whether the powder in each target powder bin meets the condition of being blended within the same blending cycle.

[0081] Step S530, if it meets the condition, execute the step of controlling the powder in each target powder bin to be blended within the same blending cycle.

[0082] That is, after determining at least two target powder bins sharing the same mixing chamber 300 from the powder bins 100 selected by the user, the preset blending parameters of the powder in each target powder bin can be combined to further determine whether the powder in each target powder bin can be blended within the same blending cycle. If the requirement is met, then execute step S600, that is, the step of blending the powder in each target powder bin within the same blending cycle. If the requirement is not met, then do not execute step S600, but control the powder in each target powder bin to be blended in different blending cycles. Thereby, the flexibility of the beverage making process can be improved.

[0083] It should be understood that each powder material has multiple different corresponding brewing parameters, which can be preset by the manager or barista of the beverage making device on the man-machine interaction interface of the beverage making device and stored in the powder material library of the beverage. The preset brewing parameters of the powder material include the powder consumption for brewing, the powder feeding speed, the brewing temperature / temperature range, the amount of brewing liquid in the front stage, the amount of brewing liquid used in the middle stage, and the amount of brewing liquid in the rear stage, etc.

[0084] In one embodiment, referring to Figure 7 , step S520, that is, the step of determining whether the powder materials in each of the target powder bins meet the conditions for being brewed within the same brewing cycle according to the powder material parameters of the powder materials in each of the target powder bins, may further include the following steps: Step S521: Obtain the powder consumption for brewing of the powder materials in each of the target powder bins.

[0085] Step S522: When the powder consumption for brewing of the powder materials in one or more of the target powder bins is less than or equal to the set threshold, it is determined that the powder materials in each of the target powder bins meet the conditions for being brewed within the same brewing cycle.

[0086] That is, according to the selected powder bin and powder material by the user, the beverage making device system obtains the brewing parameters of the powder material in the corresponding target powder bin from the powder material database and determines whether the powder consumption for brewing of the powder materials in one or more of the target powder bins is less than or equal to the set threshold based on the powder consumption for brewing (such as the weight in grams). If so, the powder materials in the current target powder bins are brewed together within the same brewing cycle, that is, the powder feeding components 200 corresponding to the target powder bins sharing the stirring chamber simultaneously feed the powder, so that their powder materials are simultaneously brewed by the brewing liquid. On the one hand, this can improve the brewing efficiency and avoid the inconvenience of brewing due to too little powder material. Among them, the set threshold of the above powder consumption for brewing can be set according to the actual situation of the beverage making device and the powder material, such as the set threshold can be 2g, 4g, or 6g, etc.

[0087] Referring to Figure 8 , in another embodiment, step S520, that is, the step of determining whether the powder materials in each of the target powder bins meet the conditions for being brewed within the same brewing cycle according to the preset brewing parameters of the powder materials in each of the target powder bins, may further include the following steps: Step S523: Obtain the brewing temperature or temperature range corresponding to the powder materials in each of the target powder bins; Step S524: When the brewing temperatures corresponding to the powder materials in each of the target powder bins are the same or the temperature ranges have an intersection, it is determined that the powder materials in each of the target powder bins meet the conditions for being brewed within the same brewing cycle.

[0088] As described above, in practical applications, the brewing parameters can be preset by the manager or the barista of the beverage making device on the man-machine interface of the beverage making device and stored in the powder library of the beverage. The preset brewing parameters include the brewing temperature or temperature range of the powder. During the beverage making process, the beverage making device system obtains the brewing temperature or temperature range corresponding to the powder in each powder bin from the powder database, and determines whether the brewing temperatures corresponding to the powder in each target powder bin are the same or whether the temperature ranges intersect. If the brewing temperatures are the same or there is an intersection, it is considered that the powder in each current target powder bin meets the condition of being brewed within the same brewing cycle. Correspondingly, in the step of controlling the powder in each of the target powder bins to be brewed within the same brewing cycle, the set brewing temperature corresponding to the powder in each of the target powder bins can be set to the same temperature or the highest temperature value in the intersection of the temperature ranges, so that on the one hand, the improvement of brewing efficiency is considered, and at the same time, the brewing temperature of each powder is considered to avoid damaging the nutritional components in the beverage due to too high brewing temperature.

[0089] In addition, it should be understood that in order to make the beverage have a stable taste and ensure good brewing of the powder beverage, when controlling the powder in each of the target powder bins to be brewed within the same brewing cycle, the liquid volume of the front-stage brewing liquid in this brewing cycle is the sum of the liquid volumes of the front-stage brewing liquid corresponding to the powder in each set target powder bin, the liquid volume of the middle-stage brewing liquid is the sum of the liquid volumes of the middle-stage brewing liquid corresponding to the powder in each set target powder bin, and the liquid volume of the rear-stage brewing liquid is the sum of the liquid volumes of the rear-stage brewing liquid corresponding to the powder in each set target powder bin.

[0090] In one embodiment, for one brewing cycle: while transporting the powder to the mixing chamber, inject the middle-stage brewing liquid into the mixing chamber, and the injection duration of the middle-stage brewing liquid is greater than or equal to the injection duration of the powder. That is, when the injection of the middle-stage brewing liquid is completed, the transportation of the powder is stopped, which can avoid the problem of powder blockage caused by the continuous transportation of the powder after the injection of the middle-stage brewing liquid stops, and can protect the beverage making device in the case of an abnormal formula. In practical applications, in order to avoid the problem of powder blockage caused by more powder and less water, the ratio of the weight (g) of the transported powder to the liquid volume (ml) of the middle-stage brewing liquid can be preset to be greater than 1:2 or 2:3 or 3:4, etc.

[0091] Refer to Figure 9 , in one embodiment, the control method of the beverage making device provided in this embodiment may further include: for one brewing cycle: Step S810: Determine the injection duration of the middle-stage brewing liquid according to the preset volume and flow rate of the middle-stage brewing liquid for the powder in the target powder bin. Among them, the flow rate of the brewing liquid can be determined by the liquid supply component 400. After obtaining the set flow rate of the middle-stage brewing liquid by the user, the injection duration of the middle-stage brewing liquid can be calculated based on the volume and flow rate of the middle-stage brewing liquid. Step S820: Determine the maximum powder amount according to the injection duration of the middle-stage brewing liquid and the set powder discharging speed of the powder in the powder bin. Specifically, the maximum powder amount can be calculated by multiplying the calculated injection duration of the middle-stage brewing liquid by the set powder discharging speed of the powder in the powder bin set by the user. The maximum powder amount refers to the maximum value of the powder amount adapted to the current volume of the middle-stage brewing liquid.

[0092] Step S830: Compare the maximum powder amount with the preset powder amount of the powder in the target powder bin, and output a parameter anomaly reminder according to the comparison result. The parameter anomaly reminder includes reducing the set powder amount or increasing the set volume of the middle-stage brewing liquid.

[0093] After determining the maximum powder amount, the maximum powder amount can be compared with the set powder amount by the user. If the set powder amount by the user exceeds the maximum powder amount, the user can be reminded to reduce the set powder amount or increase the set volume of the middle-stage brewing liquid. This can avoid the situation of powder blockage during the brewing process caused by too much powder and too little water, and play a protective role for the beverage making equipment.

[0094] In one embodiment, refer to Figure 10 , after step S520, that is, the step of determining whether the powder in each target powder bin meets the condition of being brewed within the same brewing cycle according to the preset brewing parameters of the powder in each target powder bin, the control method of the beverage making equipment further includes the following steps: Step S540: If not, control the powder in each target powder bin to be brewed in different brewing cycles.

[0095] That is, if it is determined that the powder in each target powder bin does not meet the condition of being brewed within the same brewing cycle, the powder in each target powder bin can be brewed separately in different brewing cycles.

[0096] In one embodiment, the beverage making equipment may further include a bean bin 700, a grinding component 800, and a brewing component. The number of bean bins 700 is at least two. Each bean bin 700 is used to store bean products. The grinding components 800 are arranged in one-to-one correspondence with the bean bins 700. Each grinding component 800 is used to grind the bean products output from the corresponding bean bins 700. The brewing component is used to brew the powder ground by each grinding component 800. Refer to Figure 11, the control method of the beverage making device provided in this embodiment may further include: Step S710, receiving a grinding sequence setting instruction for the grinding components corresponding to each bean bin input by the user; Among them, the human-computer interaction module may include a human-computer interaction interface. In one embodiment, the human-computer interaction interface includes a plurality of sequence options and a to-be-filled area corresponding to each bean bin. Refer to Figure 12 , step S710 may specifically include the following steps: Step S711, in response to the movement action instruction of the user for each of the sequence options and the area selection instruction for the to-be-filled area, filling the sequence option corresponding to the movement action instruction in the to-be-filled area corresponding to the area selection instruction.

[0097] Step S713, determining the grinding sequence setting instruction according to the sequence options filled in each of the to-be-filled areas corresponding to each bean bin.

[0098] Among them, there may be a plurality of sequence options, such as "sequence 1" option, "sequence 2" option, "sequence 3" option, etc. The user can fill each sequence option into the to-be-filled area corresponding to each bean bin as needed based on the human-computer interaction interface, and then generate a grinding sequence setting instruction. For example, refer to Figure 13 , the number of bean bins is three, namely the left bean bin, the middle bean bin, and the right bean bin, and the number of sequence options is three, namely "sequence 1" option, "sequence 2" option, and "sequence 3" option; refer to Figure 14 , the user can fill the "sequence 1" option into the to-be-filled area corresponding to the left bean bin, fill the "sequence 2" option into the to-be-filled area corresponding to the right bean bin, and fill the "sequence 3" option into the to-be-filled area corresponding to the middle bean bin. At this time, a grinding sequence setting instruction can be generated, and the grinding sequence setting instruction instructs to first control the grinding component corresponding to the left bean bin to grind, then control the grinding component corresponding to the right bean bin to grind, and finally control the grinding component corresponding to the middle bean bin to grind.

[0099] In another embodiment, the human-computer interaction interface may include bean bin options corresponding to each bean bin and to-be-filled areas corresponding to a plurality of sequence options. Refer to Figure 15 , step S710 may specifically include the following steps: Step S715, in response to the movement action instruction of the user for each of the bean bin options and the area selection instruction for the to-be-filled area, filling the bean bin option corresponding to the movement action instruction in the to-be-filled area corresponding to the area selection instruction.

[0100] Step S717, determining the grinding sequence setting instruction according to the bean bin options filled in each of the to-be-filled areas corresponding to the sequence options.

[0101] Similarly, there can be multiple sequential options, such as "Sequence 1" option, "Sequence 2" option, "Sequence 3" option, etc. Each sequential option has at least one area to be filled. Preferably, the number of areas to be filled corresponding to each sequential option can be the same as the number of bean silos. Each bean silo corresponds to a bean silo option. The user can fill each bean silo option into the areas to be filled corresponding to each sequential option as needed based on the human-machine interface, thereby generating a grinding sequence setting instruction. For example, referring to Figure 16 , if the number of bean silos is three, namely the left bean silo, the middle bean silo, and the right bean silo, and the number of sequential options is three, namely "Sequence 1" option, "Sequence 2" option, and "Sequence 3" option, referring to Figure 17 , the user can fill the "left bean silo" option into the area to be filled corresponding to the "Sequence 1" option, fill the "middle bean silo" option into the area to be filled corresponding to the "Sequence 2" option, and also fill the "right bean silo" option into the area to be filled corresponding to the "Sequence 2" option. At this time, a grinding sequence setting instruction can be generated, and the grinding sequence setting instruction instructs to first control the grinding component corresponding to the left bean silo to grind, and then synchronously control the grinding components corresponding to the middle bean silo and the right bean silo to grind.

[0102] Step S730: According to the grinding sequence setting instruction, control each grinding component to work in the set sequence.

[0103] In the above manner, each grinding component can be controlled to grind automatically in the preset sequence to meet the user's need to flexibly blend beans to make different flavored beverages, and effectively improve the intelligent control of the beverage making device.

[0104] In addition, the user can also set the grinding amount corresponding to each grinding component through the human-machine interface. Thus, while controlling each grinding component to work in sequence, the grinding amount of each grinding component can also be controlled, further improving the flexibility and intelligence of the beverage making device and enhancing the user experience.

[0105] In one embodiment, the present application also provides a control method for a beverage making device. Currently, beverage making devices on the market still have problems such as difficulty in meeting the production of complex process beverages or low efficiency and large manual workload for the production of complex process beverages.

[0106] The control method for the beverage making device provided in this embodiment includes the following steps: Step S200': Receive a sequence setting instruction for beverage making, and the sequence setting instruction is used to indicate to sequentially execute beverage making links in a target sequence. Among them, referring to Figures 18 - 23, the beverage production process can include the process of making each single product (such as hot water, coffee, milk tea, milk, etc.), can also include providing milk foam, milk cap, steam, etc., and can also include a "waiting" process.

[0107] In one embodiment, the human - machine interaction interface provided on the beverage production device includes process options corresponding to each beverage production process and each unfilled area arranged in sequence. For example, the process option can be a beverage option or a "waiting" option, etc.

[0108] Step S200' can further include the following steps: Step S210', in response to a user's movement action instruction for the process option and a region selection instruction for the unfilled area, fill the unfilled area corresponding to the region selection instruction with the process option corresponding to the movement action instruction.

[0109] Step S220', generate the sequence setting instruction according to the arrangement order of the process options filled in each unfilled area.

[0110] For example, in Figure 18 the shown interface, fill the "coffee" process option into the unfilled area corresponding to step 1, and fill the "hot milk" process option into the unfilled area corresponding to step 2, then the Figure 19 shown interface can be obtained. At this time, the generated sequence setting instruction indicates that coffee is made first, and then hot milk is made.

[0111] In one embodiment, referring to Figure 20 and Figure 21 , the human - machine interaction interface includes multiple groups of unfilled areas arranged in sequence, and each group of unfilled areas includes at least two juxtaposed unfilled areas. Correspondingly, step S200' can further include the following steps: Step S230', in response to a user's movement action instruction for the process option and a region selection instruction for at least two of the juxtaposed unfilled areas in the same group of unfilled areas, fill each of the juxtaposed unfilled areas corresponding to each region selection instruction with each process option corresponding to each movement action instruction; Step S240', generate a synchronous production instruction for the process options filled in each of the juxtaposed unfilled areas in the same group of unfilled areas, that is, it means that the filled items in each juxtaposed unfilled area in this step will run simultaneously.

[0112] For example, referring to Figure 20 and Figure 21, the option of the "coffee" step can be filled into one of the parallel areas to be filled corresponding to step 1, and the option of the "hot water" step can be filled into another parallel area to be filled corresponding to step 1. At this time, the generated synchronous production instruction indicates to produce coffee and hot water synchronously in step 1.

[0113] In one embodiment, step S200' may further include the following steps: Step S250', when detecting a movement action instruction of the user for the step option and a region selection instruction for at least two of the parallel areas to be filled in the same group of the areas to be filled, determine whether the production steps corresponding to the moved step options can be carried out synchronously; Step S260', if not, then prohibit filling the step option moved later into the area to be filled or the parallel areas to be filled that are to be filled, and output a prompt message.

[0114] For example, referring to Figure 21 , when one of the parallel areas to be filled in a certain group of areas to be filled has been filled with the "wait" option, then other step options cannot be filled into other parallel areas to be filled in this group of areas to be filled. In addition, when there is a conflict in the use of production components during the production of two single products, the step options corresponding to these two single products cannot be filled into different parallel areas to be filled in the same group of areas to be filled either.

[0115] In one embodiment, before step S200', the control method of the beverage production equipment provided in this embodiment may further include: Step S110', establish a raw material library, where the raw material library includes different types of raw materials and the initial working parameters corresponding to making beverages using each raw material. Among them, the raw materials may include coffee beans, powder materials, etc., and the initial working parameters may include coffee brewing parameters, the powder feeding speed of the powder material, the stirring speed, the water temperature for powder flushing, the liquid volume of the front-section flushing liquid, the liquid volume of the middle-section flushing liquid, the liquid volume of the rear-section flushing liquid, etc.

[0116] Step S120', obtain the raw material setting instruction of the user for each raw material bin, and establish the corresponding relationship between the raw material bin and the raw material.

[0117] In one embodiment, referring to Figure 22 and Figure 23 , the step option includes a raw material bin option. Correspondingly, step S210' may further include the following steps: Step S211', when detecting a movement action instruction of the user for the raw material bin option and a region selection instruction for the area to be filled, obtain the corresponding relationship between the raw material bin and the raw material and output it to the secondary selection interface; Step S212’: In response to a secondary selection instruction of the raw material bin by the user in the secondary selection interface, fill the raw material name corresponding to the selected raw material bin into the area to be filled corresponding to the area selection instruction.

[0118] For example, referring to Figure 22 and Figure 23 , the raw material bins include a left powder box, a middle powder box, and a right powder box. The raw material corresponding to the left powder box is milk powder, the raw material corresponding to the middle powder box is coconut powder, and the raw material corresponding to the right powder box is soy milk powder. When the user drags and moves the raw material bin option towards the area to be filled based on the human-machine interaction interface, a secondary selection interface will pop up (refer to Figure 22 ). In the secondary selection interface, the corresponding relationship between each powder box and each raw material is output and displayed. The user can further select the left powder box, the right powder box, or the middle powder box on the secondary selection interface. The name of the specific raw material after the secondary selection will be filled in the area to be filled (refer to Figure 23 ). This enables the user to intuitively see the raw material names in each raw material bin when selecting the raw material bin, facilitating the user's selection and avoiding misselection.

[0119] Step S400’: Receive parameter setting instructions for each of the beverage production processes. The parameter setting instructions are used to indicate that each of the beverage production processes is to be executed according to the set parameters.

[0120] When the user configures the sequence setting instruction according to the foregoing method, it is also necessary to preset and save the parameters for each beverage production process. When receiving a beverage production instruction, after the controller receives the production steps and preset parameter instructions of the corresponding beverage, it can control the execution of the current beverage production process according to the set production sequence of the beverage and the parameters of each sequence to complete the production of the beverage. For the parameters of the beverage production process, the user can set corresponding parameters for each sequential link of the beverage production. For example, for "coffee", specific coffee brewing parameters need to be set, for the powder material, the powder material production parameters as described above need to be set, for the "waiting" step, the waiting time needs to be set, and for making milk foam, the foaming rate needs to be set, etc. Details are not listed here one by one.

[0121] In one embodiment, the control method of the beverage production device provided in this embodiment further includes: receiving a loop setting instruction for the beverage production process. The loop setting instruction is used to indicate that the process of sequentially executing each beverage production process according to the target sequence is looped to reach a target loop count. This can meet the user's requirement for loop execution of the above beverage production process to meet the demand for large-capacity beverage production by customers.

[0122] In this embodiment, when making coffee beverages involving blended coffee beans in a single beverage making process, the user can also pre-enter the grinding sequence setting instructions for the grinding components corresponding to each bean bin and the grinding amount of each bean bin in the beverage settings, so that in the actual beverage making process, each grinding component can automatically work in the set sequence; similarly, the user also needs to preset corresponding grinding amount parameters and the like for each grinding component based on the set grinding sequence of each grinding component.

[0123] In some embodiments of the present application, the above control method further includes: in step S210’, there is also a step of determining whether the selected link option to be moved and filled into the to-be-filled area or the parallel to-be-filled area is suitable for the target beverage type or the required raw material components when it is judged according to the target beverage type or the required raw material components that the user will move and fill the selected link option into the to-be-filled area or the parallel to-be-filled area. If it is not suitable, the selected link option is prohibited from being filled into the to-be-filled area to be filled or the parallel to-be-filled area, and a prompt message is output. For example, when the user is setting a beverage for American coffee and drags the link option of "hot milk" or "hot milk foam" to the to-be-filled area or the parallel to-be-filled area, the controller will not execute this instruction and output a prompt message on the human-computer interaction interface, thus making the setting or production of the beverage more intelligent.

[0124] In one embodiment, a computer-readable storage medium is provided, on which a computer program is stored, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the control method of the above beverage making device is implemented.

[0125] According to the fourth aspect of the embodiments of the present application, a computer program product is provided, including a computer program, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the control method of the above beverage making device is implemented.

[0126] Those of ordinary skill in the art can understand that all or part of the processes in the methods of the above embodiments can be completed by instructing relevant hardware through a computer program. The computer program can be stored in a non-volatile computer-readable storage medium. When the computer program is executed, it can include the processes of the embodiments of the above methods. Among them, any reference to a memory, storage, database, or other medium used in the various embodiments provided in the present application can include at least one of non-volatile and volatile memories. Non-volatile memory can include read-only memory (ROM), magnetic tape, floppy disk, flash memory, or optical memory, etc. Volatile memory can include random access memory (RAM) or external cache memory. By way of illustration and not limitation, RAM can be in various forms, such as static random access memory (SRAM) or dynamic random access memory (DRAM), etc.

[0127] The technical features of the above embodiments can be combined arbitrarily. For the sake of brevity of description, not all possible combinations of the technical features in the above embodiments are described. However, as long as there is no contradiction in the combination of these technical features, it should be considered to be within the scope described in this specification.

[0128] The above embodiments only represent several implementation manners of the present application. The description is relatively specific and detailed, but it should not be construed as a limitation on the scope of the patent. It should be noted that for those of ordinary skill in the art, without departing from the concept of the present application, several modifications and improvements can be made, and these all belong to the protection scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application should be subject to the appended claims.

Claims

1. A beverage making device, characterized in that, include: A plurality of powder bins, each of which stores corresponding powder, and each of which is provided with a powder feeding component; A stirring chamber is arranged in the powder discharge direction of each powder bin, wherein at least two powder bins share the same stirring chamber; A liquid supply assembly, used for supplying a mixing liquid to the mixing chamber; A human-computer interaction module, used for receiving input instructions from a user, wherein the input instructions include a selection instruction from the user for each of the powder bins; The controller is electrically connected to the human-computer interaction module, the powder delivery component and the liquid supply component, and is configured to: obtain the user's selection instructions for each of the powder bins, and determine each of the selected powder bins; determine at least two target powder bins that share the same stirring chamber from the selected powder bins; control the powder in each of the target powder bins to be brewed within the same brewing cycle, and one brewing cycle includes the stage of injecting the front-end brewing liquid into the stirring chamber, the stage of injecting the powder into the stirring chamber, the stage of injecting the middle-end brewing liquid into the stirring chamber, and the stage of injecting the back-end brewing liquid into the stirring chamber.

2. The beverage making device according to claim 1, characterized in that The powder feeding assembly includes a powder feeding driving member, a powder feeding transmission member and a powder stirring member; The powder feeding transmission component and the powder stirring component are both arranged in the powder bin, and the powder feeding transmission component is respectively connected to the powder feeding drive component and the powder stirring component. Driven by the powder feeding drive component, the powder feeding transmission component can rotate around a first direction to drive the powder stirring component to rotate along a second direction to stir the powder while feeding the powder, and the second direction is the powder discharge direction.

3. The beverage making device according to claim 1, characterized in that, The beverage making device further includes a bean bin, a grinding assembly and a brewing assembly, wherein the number of the bean bins is at least two, each of which is used to place bean products, the grinding assemblies are arranged in a one-to-one correspondence with the bean bins, each of which is used to grind the bean products outputted by the corresponding bean bins, the brewing assembly is used to brew the powder obtained by grinding the grinding assemblies, and the liquid supply assembly is also used to provide brewing liquid to the brewing assembly; the controller is electrically connected to each of the grinding assemblies and is configured as follows: receiving a grinding sequence setting instruction of the grinding assembly corresponding to each bean bin input by a user; According to the grinding sequence setting instruction, each grinding component is controlled to work in the set sequence.

4. The beverage making device according to claim 1, characterized in that, The beverage making device further comprises an overflow portion, which is in communication with the mixing chamber and is used to receive the mixing liquid overflowing from the mixing chamber, and the bottom of the overflow portion has a discharge port, which is in communication with the waste water tray of the beverage making device; An overflow outlet is formed on the stirring chamber, and the overflow portion is communicated with the overflow outlet; and the powder inlet of the stirring chamber is located above the overflow outlet.

5. A control method for a beverage making device, characterized in that, The beverage making device includes a human-computer interaction module, a mixing chamber, and multiple powder bins. Each of the powder bins stores corresponding powder. The mixing chamber is arranged in the powder discharging direction of each of the powder bins. Among them, at least two of the powder bins share the same mixing chamber. The human-computer interaction module is used to receive input instructions from the user, and the input instructions include selection instructions of the user for each of the powder bins; The control method of the beverage making device includes: Obtain the selection instructions of the user for each of the powder bins, and determine each of the selected powder bins; Determine at least two target powder bins that share the same mixing chamber from each of the selected powder bins; Control the powder in each of the target powder bins to be brewed within the same brewing cycle. A brewing cycle includes a stage of injecting the front-stage brewing liquid into the mixing chamber, a stage of injecting powder into the mixing chamber, a stage of injecting the middle-stage brewing liquid into the mixing chamber, and a stage of injecting the rear-stage brewing liquid into the mixing chamber.

6. The control method of the beverage making device according to claim 5, characterized in that, Each of the powder bins is correspondingly provided with a powder feeding component, and the beverage making device further includes a liquid supply component; The step of controlling the powder in each of the target powder bins to be brewed within the same brewing cycle includes: Control the liquid supply component to inject the front-stage brewing liquid into the mixing chamber; Control the powder feeding components corresponding to each of the target powder bins to convey the corresponding powder to the corresponding mixing chamber; Sequentially control the liquid supply component to inject the middle-stage brewing liquid and the rear-stage brewing liquid into the corresponding mixing chamber.

7. The control method of the beverage making device according to claim 5, wherein, After the step of determining at least two target powder bins that share the same mixing chamber from each of the selected powder bins, the control method of the beverage making device further includes: Obtain the preset brewing parameters of the powder in each of the target powder bins; According to the preset brewing parameters of the powder in each of the target powder bins, determine whether the powder in each of the target powder bins meets the condition of being brewed within the same brewing cycle; If it meets the condition, execute the step of controlling the powder in each of the target powder bins to be brewed within the same brewing cycle; If it does not meet the condition, control the powder in each of the target powder bins to be brewed within different brewing cycles.

8. The control method of the beverage making device according to claim 7, characterized in that, The step of determining whether the powder in each of the target powder bins meets the condition of being brewed within the same brewing cycle according to the preset brewing parameters of the powder in each of the target powder bins includes: Obtain the powder usage amount for brewing of the powder in each of the target powder bins; When the powder usage amount for brewing of the powder in one or more of the target powder bins is less than or equal to the set threshold, it is determined that the powder in each of the target powder bins meets the condition of being brewed within the same brewing cycle; Or, Obtain the brewing temperature or temperature range corresponding to the powder in each of the target powder bins; When the brewing temperatures corresponding to the powder in each of the target powder bins are the same or the temperature ranges have an intersection, it is determined that the powder in each of the target powder bins meets the condition of being brewed within the same brewing cycle; Accordingly, in the step of controlling the powder in each of the target powder bins to be brewed within the same brewing cycle, the brewing temperature corresponding to the powder in each of the set target powder bins is set to the same temperature or the highest temperature value in the intersection of the temperature ranges; In the step of controlling the powder in each of the target powder bins to be brewed within the same brewing cycle, the liquid volume of the front-stage brewing liquid is the sum of the liquid volumes of the front-stage brewing liquids corresponding to the powders in the set target powder bins, the liquid volume of the middle-stage brewing liquid is the sum of the liquid volumes of the middle-stage brewing liquids corresponding to the powders in the set target powder bins, and the liquid volume of the rear-stage brewing liquid is the sum of the liquid volumes of the rear-stage brewing liquids corresponding to the powders in the set target powder bins; For one brewing cycle: while conveying the powder to the mixing chamber, inject the middle-stage brewing liquid into the mixing chamber, and the injection duration of the middle-stage brewing liquid is greater than or equal to the injection duration of the powder.

9. The control method of the beverage making device according to claim 8, characterized in that, The control method of the beverage making device further includes: For one brewing cycle: Determine the injection duration of the middle-stage brewing liquid according to the preset liquid volume and flow rate of the middle-stage brewing liquid for the powder in the target powder bin; Determine the maximum powder amount according to the injection duration of the middle-stage brewing liquid and the powder feeding speed of the powder in the set powder bin; Compare the maximum powder amount with the preset powder amount of the powder in the target powder bin, and output a parameter abnormality reminder according to the comparison result. The parameter abnormality reminder includes reducing the set powder amount or increasing the set liquid volume of the middle-stage brewing liquid.

10. The control method of the beverage making device according to claim 5, characterized in that The beverage making device further includes a bean bin, a grinding assembly, and a brewing assembly. The number of the bean bins is at least two. Each bean bin is used to place beans. The grinding assemblies are arranged in one-to-one correspondence with the bean bins. Each grinding assembly is used to grind the beans output from the corresponding bean bin. The brewing assembly is used to brew the powder ground by each grinding assembly; The control method of the beverage making device further includes: Receive the grinding sequence setting instruction of the grinding assembly corresponding to each bean bin input by the user; According to the grinding sequence setting instruction, control each grinding assembly to work in the set sequence.

11. The control method of the beverage making device according to claim 10, characterized in that, The human-machine interaction module includes a human-machine interaction interface. The human-machine interaction interface includes a plurality of sequence options and a filling area corresponding to each bean bin; the step of receiving the grinding sequence setting instruction of the grinding assembly corresponding to each bean bin input by the user includes: In response to the movement action instruction of the user for each sequence option and the area selection instruction for the filling area, fill the sequence option corresponding to the movement action instruction in the filling area corresponding to the area selection instruction; Determine the grinding sequence setting instruction according to the sequence options filled in the filling areas corresponding to each bean bin; Or, The human-machine interaction interface includes bean bin options corresponding to each bean bin and filling areas corresponding to a plurality of sequence options; the step of receiving the grinding sequence setting instruction of the grinding assembly corresponding to each bean bin input by the user includes: In response to a user's movement action instruction for each of the bin options and an area selection instruction for the area to be filled, fill the bin option corresponding to the movement action instruction in the area to be filled corresponding to the area selection instruction; Determine the grinding order setting instruction according to the bin options filled in the areas to be filled corresponding to the respective order options.

12. A beverage making device, comprising a memory and a processor, wherein the memory stores a computer program, characterized in that, When the processor executes the computer program, it implements the control method of the beverage making device according to any one of claims 5-11.

13. A computer program product, comprising a computer program, characterized in that, When the computer program is executed by a processor, it implements the control method of the beverage making device according to any one of claims 5-11.

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