Personalized selector device of substances to obtain and optimize mixtures able to generate beverages and connected method
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current beverage mixtures, whether predefined or do-it-yourself, often fail to meet the specific sensory, physical, or physiological requirements of individuals, as they are based on mean values or contain unbalanced and incompatible components.
Innovation Solution
A personalized selector device with a software system that allows users to create customized mixtures by selecting and measuring various substances, ensuring compatibility and suitability for specific functions or sensory profiles, using containers for different ingredients and a measuring device controlled by management and control means.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If predefined mixtures are used, then beverage production is simple and fast, but the beverage cannot satisfy specific sensory, physical, or physiological requirements of individuals
Solution Approach 1:
The beverage system is segmented into multiple independent substance containers (coffee, tea, milk, cocoa, etc.), each capable of being selected and measured independently. This allows the system to maintain fast automated production while creating personalized formulations by combining different substances in customized ratios and quantities.
Solution Approach 2:
The mixture formulation is made dynamic and adjustable through electronic control systems that allow real-time modification of ingredient ratios, quantities, and combinations based on individual user requirements. The system transitions from fixed predefined recipes to flexible, dynamically configurable formulations.
2Adaptability or versatility
If do-it-yourself mixtures are used, then personalization is possible, but the mixture may contain unbalanced or incompatible components
Solution Approach 1:
The system incorporates control means that monitor and verify the compatibility and balance of mixture components. The electronic control system tracks the selection and combination of substances, ensuring that only compatible ingredients are mixed in appropriate proportions, preventing unbalanced or harmful formulations.
Solution Approach 2:
The system manages and adjusts critical parameters such as ingredient ratios, quantities, and compatibility constraints through electronic control. By dynamically adjusting these parameters based on selected substances and desired beverage functions, the system ensures reliable and compatible mixtures while maintaining personalization.
3Adaptability or versatility
If customized mixture selection is enabled, then individual requirements are met, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses a universal electronic control platform that manages multiple substance containers, measurement functions, mixture formulation, and beverage preparation through a single integrated control interface. This multi-functional approach enables personalization without proportionally increasing device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides automated self-service capabilities where the electronic control means automatically manages ingredient selection, measurement, and combination based on user input. This automation reduces the need for complex manual operations and simplifies the user interface while maintaining sophisticated personalization capabilities.
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AI summary
A device to produce personalized mixtures of substances intended to obtain and optimize beverages for a specific individual or user, includes a plurality of containers of basic substances, at least a measuring device and management and control means. The device is associated to the management and control means configured to carry out instructions regarding personalized formulas that express univocal sensory profiles or profiles functional to the specific needs of a specific individual or user.