Support and capsule for preparing a beverage by centrifugation, system and method for preparing a beverage by centrifugation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing beverage preparation machines with centrifugal extraction systems face challenges in reliably reading optical codes on capsules due to harsh environments and limited space, leading to low data capacity and reliability issues with traditional barcode readers.
Innovation Solution
A capsule with a code support featuring a sequence of symbols that can be read sequentially while rotating, including sub-sequences with error-checking symbols, allowing for more reliable data retrieval and validation, even in harsh environments, by using a system that reads each symbol separately and checks for validity using error-checking symbols.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a traditional barcode reader is used in a centrifugal beverage preparation machine, then the device can identify capsule types, but the reading reliability is low due to harsh environments and limited space
Solution Approach 1:
The code is divided into multiple segments arranged sequentially around the capsule's circumference. Each segment contains a portion of the coded information and can be read sequentially as the capsule rotates, rather than requiring all information to be visible at once. This segmentation allows the code to be read in parts during rotation, improving reliability in harsh environments.
Solution Approach 2:
Error-checking symbols are pre-integrated into the code structure at specific positions among the data symbols. These preliminary error-checking elements enable validation of each read segment, allowing the system to detect and correct reading errors that may occur in harsh centrifugal environments before final data processing.
2Loss of information
If a barcode is printed on a small area of the capsule, then the device complexity is reduced, but the data capacity is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The code is arranged in a sequential pattern around the circumference of the capsule, utilizing the rotational dimension. Instead of confining all data to a single small flat area, the code wraps around the capsule, effectively increasing the available coding surface area by distributing information along the circumferential dimension.
Solution Approach 2:
Error-checking symbols are pre-integrated into the code structure at specific positions among the data symbols. These preliminary error-checking elements enable validation of each read segment, allowing the system to detect and correct reading errors that may occur in harsh centrifugal environments before final data processing.
3Loss of information
If the code is read while the capsule rotates, then the data capacity increases, but the reading precision may decrease due to motion
Solution Approach 1:
The code is divided into multiple segments arranged sequentially around the capsule's circumference. Each segment contains a portion of the coded information and can be read sequentially as the capsule rotates, rather than requiring all information to be visible at once. This segmentation allows the code to be read in parts during rotation, improving reliability in harsh environments.
Solution Approach 2:
Error-checking symbols are pre-integrated into the code structure at specific positions among the data symbols. These preliminary error-checking elements enable validation of each read segment, allowing the system to detect and correct reading errors that may occur in harsh centrifugal environments before final data processing.
4Reliability
If error-checking symbols are added to each sub-sequence, then the data reliability is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Error-checking symbols are pre-integrated into the code structure at specific positions among the data symbols. These preliminary error-checking elements enable validation of each read segment, allowing the system to detect and correct reading errors that may occur in harsh centrifugal environments before final data processing.
Solution Approach 2:
The code structure is self-validating through integrated error-checking symbols. Each sub-sequence contains its own error-checking capability, allowing the system to automatically detect and correct errors without requiring external validation mechanisms, thus improving reliability without proportionally increasing device complexity.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This solution enables the reliable reading of a large volume of coded information, such as 100 bits, without moving parts, improving data reliability and capacity, and allowing for the adjustment of brewing parameters based on capsule-specific information.
Implementation Method 1
Barcode readers or barcode scanners are electronic devices comprising a light source, a lens and a light sensor translating optical impulses into electrical ones
Implementation Method 2
rotating the receptacle at elevated speed to ensure interaction of liquid with powder while creating a gradient of pressure of liquid in the receptacle; such pressure increasing gradually from the centre towards the periphery of the receptacle
Data Source
AI summary
A code support for association with or part of a capsule used in delivering a beverage in a beverage producing device by centrifugation of the capsule is disclosed. A capsule that includes the code support, as well as a system to read and process the code support, are also disclosed. Further disclosed is a method of reading and processing the code support.