416 results about "Food delivery" patented technology

In one arrangement, a first user sends information from a portable device and receives a response that depends, at least in part, on the location of a second user's portable device. The information sent from the first portable device may be based on data captured by a sensor in that device. In another arrangement, a user of a portable device sends two types of data, sensor-related data and location-related data, and receives a response that is based on both of these of data. In one particular such embodiment, the user scans a barcode or watermark from a coupon or other printed object, and sends decoded payload data—together with location data (e.g., GPS data)—to a remote server. The remote server routes the information to a vendor near the user who can, e.g., fulfill an order for food delivery to the user.

The container has a specific construction for low weight with low thermal loss by combining the use of certain polymer insulation with the use of air space between internal structures. The container contains a single or multiple heaters or coolers that can be integrated as a single heating and cooling element, and either integrated into a single container, or in separate containers. The heating or cooling is accomplished by attaching to an internal thermal conducting, e.g. metal, structure either heating or cooling thermal conducting elements or internal thermal heat exchangers with a fan that circulates air over the thermal heat exchanger and heats or cools the air directly. An intelligent power management electronic controls management system is used to result in food delivery containers suitable for power, limited lower capacity vehicles such as motorcycles or scooters. The present invention provides the power for these hot and cold boxes by either modifying the existing alternator to increase the power available from a limited power low capacity motorcycle or similar vehicle or relying on one or more auxiliary alternators added to and driven by the limited power and low capacity vehicle. Further, an additional heat source can be used from the engine or exhaust and the heat can be transferred to the heated container by liquid, gas, or thermal conduction means, to reduce the electrical energy required for limited power low capacity vehicles.

An animal toy containing food having a first portion with food delivery means integrated therein adapted to securely house solid food treats, including a nutritional pet supplement, to be removed by the animal during play or through chewing action, and a second side with a plurality of gum stimulation teeth integrated within and projecting therefrom that act to massage the gums of the animal. Food delivery means may be provided as a plurality of cavities integrated within the first portion (and optionally, the second portion), preferably having a grooved or threaded interior for securely holding food pieces securely therein. Alternatively, the food delivery means is provided as a food portion composing the first portion. A pet supplement may be utilized, including joint preserving and joint rebuilding compositions comprising chicken collagen type II, glucosamine hydrochloride and chondroitin sulfate, a vitamin composition comprising vitamins C, D and K, a mineral composition comprising calcium, magnesium, zinc, copper, manganese and boron, a herbal anti-oxidant cofactor blend comprising citrus bioflavonoids, red grapes anthocyanins, turmeric rhizome, boswellia resin and fennel seed.

In one embodiment, this invention utilizes radio frequency identification (RFID) tag with nutrition information for each kind of food in a restaurant, institutional cafeteria, in food delivery to hospital patients, in hospice, in old age home residents or elsewhere. The food plate is placed on a coaster with an RFID reader and miniature built-in scale. The scale is used to measure the weight of a particular food placed on the plate. In addition, the RFID reader reads the nutritional information from an RFID tag in the serving bin of the cafeteria or the food distribution point. With the nutritional information of each food and the amount of the food that is added to the plate, the nutritional intake of a customer or patient can be calculated. With this the nutrition information now available, the nutritional information, including the amount of vitamins, calories, sugars, carbohydrates, and grams (g) of fat, can be obtained and tracked.

The invention discloses a system and a method for online food ordering. The system comprises a plurality of food ordering terminals used for customers to complete related operations, a plurality of food ordering information receiving terminals used for a food supplier to complete food ordering-related handling, and a food ordering central server used for receiving and forwarding food ordering requests. With the system and the method, a customer can acquire food information around the position of a food ordering terminal as well as food delivery distance and time with high efficiency when ordering food, and the customer can perform self-service food ordering, acceptance and evaluation on any food ordering terminal; the food supplier and the customer can make a high efficiency voice call; and the food supplier supplies food according to the food ordering information that the system outputs after automatic processing, and can track the arrival time of delivered food and the evaluation of the customer. Therefore, the system and the method solve the problems of failing to provide high efficiency food ordering service according to the position of the customer, low communication efficiency in a food ordering process and low food ordering handling efficiency of the supplier.

Low profile adaptor for use with gastrostomy feeding tube. In a preferred embodiment, the adaptor comprises a disc-shaped housing, the housing being provided with a bottom opening and a side slot, the side slot having a uniform width, except for an enlarged area at one end thereof. A tube is disposed within the housing, the tube having a first end, a second end, and a longitudinal bore. The first end is aligned with the bottom opening and is adapted to be inserted into the proximal end of a gastrostomy feeding tube. A ratchet-type clamp is disposed within the housing and is used to secure the gastrostomy feeding tube to the first end of the tube. A lateral slot is formed in the tube at its second end and is in fluid communication with the longitudinal bore. A dial is disposed within the housing and is rotatably mounted on the second end of the tube, the dial including a radial channel. When the outer end of the channel is aligned with the enlarged end of the side slot, the inner end of the channel is not in fluid communication with the lateral slot of the tube. When, however, the outer end of the channel is aligned with the opposite end of the slot, the inner end of the channel is in fluid communication with the lateral slot. Movement of the channel between these two positions is effected with an adaptor fitting. The adaptor fitting has a first end insertable into a food delivery tube and a second end insertable into and removable from the outer end of the channel only when the outer end of the channel is aligned with the enlarged end of the side slot.

A method and device for hygienically delivering a liquid food to or from a food or beverage dispenser by delivering a flow of liquid food through an outlet positioned at a distance of all surfaces of the dispenser and by frequently cleaning the outlet with a flow of cleaning liquid directed onto the external surfaces demarcating the outlet to eliminate the liquid and solid food residue. The device may include a connection fitment with an elongated food delivery member which is configured to connect to a cleaning chamber of the dispenser. The device can be easier and more conveniently cleaned and/or sanitized enabling the dispensing of microbial sensitive food products such as milk concentrate and the like.

A disposable food delivery device is disclosed. The device includes a food utensil coupled to a food container. The food container can be pre-charged with food, such as a dehydrated food, such that a liquid can be added to the dehydrated food to result in a ready-to-eat food at any selected time. The food container illustratively can include a port for receiving the liquid. The food container also illustratively can include a security seal for assuring that the food has not been contaminated prior to consumption. Another illustrative embodiment of the invention includes a valve for retaining liquid in the food container prior to consumption of the food.

The invention discloses a robot elevator taking method and device based on the Internet of things. The method includes the steps that a first robot judges whether an elevator door of a first to-be-taken elevator is open or not; if the first robot judges that the elevator door of the first to-be-taken elevator is open, then a first control instruction is generated; and the first robot is controlledto enter or leave the first to-be-taken elevator through the first control instruction. The robot elevator taking device comprises a judgment unit, a generation unit and a control unit. The robot elevator taking method and device based on the Internet of things solves the technical problems that robots can only be limited to a certain floor when providing food delivery and hotel services, and consequently application of the robots are not flexible enough, and the intellectualization degree is low are solved.

A computer-enabled internet-based platform enables a system, method and tamper proof packaging to be combined to validate when a food delivery is completed with the secure delivery of a food order. The system is managed by a third-party validator that establishes processes and procedures followed by the food source and the customer, and validation of the secure delivery of a food order is confirmed automatically by a server managed and operated by the third-party validator. The server maintains a digital database that is used to check if a unique identifier attached to a food order sealed in the tamper proof packaging is the same unique identifier that was attached to the food order when it was sealed inside the tamper proof packaging at the food source. The server is programmed to make this validation based on data inputs submitted by the food source and the customer through respective user interfaces connected to the internet that were designed and provided to the respective users by the third-party validator.

The present application is directed to a virtual restaurant system (VRS) providing centrally managed ordering, production and delivery of branded food items normally only available from different restaurant menus. By using the VRS, a customer may select food items as if from different restaurant menus in a single order, the selected food items may be simultaneously prepared at a single food production facility and the selected food items may be delivered to the customer in a single delivery. The VRS includes a computer ordering system that is accessible by customers via VRS applications installed on computing devices. The VRS further includes one or more central kitchen facilities located in different geographic areas. The VRS may also include food delivery equipment installed on delivery vehicles.

The invention discloses an autonomous navigation mobile robot and its operation method. The robot includes a robot chassis frame, a host computer, a sensor system, an operation control panel, a power supply system, a driving system, a robot controller and a remote control device; the robot chassis frame is composed of a top plate, a bottom plate and a coaming, wherein the coaming surrounds the top plate and the bottom plate and is fixedly installed between the top plate and the bottom plate, the end opposite to the end provided with the operation control panel is provided with a groove, the sensing system includes a laser radar sensor and a stereo camera, the laser radar sensor and the stereo camera are fixedly installed in the groove, and the laser radar sensor and the stereo camera transmits obtained sensing data to the host computer connected with the laser radar sensor and the stereo camera in real time. The robot has the advantages of being high in degree of automation, short in deployment time, low in maintenance cost, widely applied and the like, can be widely applied in a dining room for food delivery, in a shopping mall for shopping guide, and in a smart factory for cargo transportation and conveying, and interaction between the robot and a user is effectively achieved.

A food delivery container including a plurality of insulated walls that form a food chamber, and a climate control system. The climate control system includes an air flow pathway and a heating and/or cooling element positioned within the air flow pathway. A fan is in air flow communication with the food chamber through a first inlet opening and a first outlet opening in the one of the plurality of insulated walls. The fan is configured to draw in air from the food chamber through the first inlet opening and push air into the food chamber through the first outlet opening such that air travels through the air flow pathway and over the cooling and/or heating element to circulate heated/cooled air within the food delivery container. The climate control system also includes a power supply configured to supply electrical power to the fan and the cooling/heating element.

A portable food delivery container includes a food storage compartment, a control compartment, and a temperature control source. A control compartment lies adjacent to and in thermal conductivity with the food storage compartment. A modular removable temperature control source is disposed within the control compartment, where the temperature control source effects transfer of thermal energy between the food storage compartment and the control compartment to maintain the food storage compartment at a temperature other than the ambient temperature.

The invention discloses an intelligent food delivery car control system, the control system includes a control function group, a driving function group, a sensing function group, a wireless function group, and a display operation function group; an intelligent food delivery car containing the above control system, Including the body and the underframe, there is a dish placement area in the middle of the body, an advertising display area on each side of the body, a man-machine console is fixed above the body; a laser sensor is installed at the connection between the underframe and the body And ultrasonic sensors, universal wheels and driving wheels are installed under the chassis. The present invention can realize multi-point food delivery and plate recycling through the combined use of the control system and the intelligent food delivery vehicle, greatly improving the application efficiency of the intelligent food delivery vehicle, and can effectively help catering enterprises reduce labor costs. The SLAM laser navigation algorithm is adopted The trackless navigation technology has been realized, and the structure of the intelligent food delivery vehicle is elegant and grand, which increases the taste and level of the catering enterprise.