Transparent Substrate with Printed Bottle Profiles for Liquor Volume Measurement
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for monitoring liquor volumes in bottles during events are inaccurate and often involve expensive, complex systems or cumbersome devices, leading to over or under billing.
Innovation Solution
A transparent substrate with printed bottle profiles and volume scales allows for easy measurement and recording of liquor volumes, enabling accurate tracking of dispensed liquor by displaying a bottle profile with shaded backgrounds and incremental markings for different bottle brands.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If electro-mechanical devices with sensors are used to measure liquor volumes, then measurement precision is improved, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses a printed substrate that creates a visual copy or representation of volume measurements. Instead of using complex electro-mechanical sensors, the system prints scale markings on a substrate that allows visual comparison against the liquor bottle, providing measurement functionality through a simplified graphical interface rather than electronic sensing.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs inexpensive printed substrates (such as paper or plastic sheets with volume scales) that can be easily replaced. These disposable or low-cost printed measurement aids eliminate the need for expensive electronic sensors while providing sufficient measurement capability for the application.
2Measurement precision
If electro-mechanical sensing systems are deployed, then measurement precision is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The printed substrate creates a visual reference copy that users can directly compare against the liquor bottle. This graphical copying approach eliminates complex electronic interfaces and sensor calibration procedures, making the measurement process intuitive and easy to perform by simply visually aligning the bottle with the printed scale.
3Measurement precision
If complex sensing systems are used, then measurement precision is improved, but cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces expensive electronic sensing components with inexpensive printed substrates. These printed measurement aids can be manufactured at very low cost using standard printing techniques on paper or thin plastic, eliminating the need for costly electronics while maintaining adequate measurement precision for the application.
Data Source
AI summary
An apparatus for measuring a volume of liquor dispensed from a bottle may have at least one transparent substrate having a first side and an opposite second side. A shaded background is on the first side or second side and outlining at least one transparent bottle profile of a geometric shape of a bottle corresponding to a brand of liquor. In addition, at least one volume scale is on one of the sides of the substrate and the at least one scale is associated with the at least one bottle profile to measure a level of liquor in the bottle.