BEVERAGE PREPARATION MACHINE ARRANGED TO SHARE CAPSULE IMAGE AND MACHINES OPERATION DATA

• Main Authors: HUANG JIANMING, RULLI SAMUEL ROSS, RHEAUME BRIAN DAVID, HLOBILOVA YVONA, HADLEY PHILIP, TINKLER IAN, IOANNIDIS NICHOLAS GEORGE, HARTLEY KEVIN WILLIAM, MCLEOD CAMERON, LYNCH JAMES K, HADDEN JEFFREY SOL
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 09.11.2018
• Subjects: APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES; CALCULATING; COFFEE MILLS; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; FURNITURE; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; PHYSICS; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECOGNITION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL

An apparatus and method for sharing capsule image data and beverage preparation parameters, from one or more beverage preparation machines with a remote computer system via a network, such as the Internet, is disclosed. The remote computer system may process the capsule image data to determine characteristics of the capsule (e.g., a type of capsule, such as a brand, or beverage ingredients in thecapsule), thereby relieving the beverage preparation from having to determine information about the capsule. The remote computer may track a user's consumption of capsules, may compare this value to the user's past capsule purchase history, and may determine if the user's supply of capsules is below a threshold value (e.g., below a week's worth of capsules). 公开了种用于经由诸如因特网的网络与远程计算机系统共享来自的个或更多个饮料制备机器的胶囊图像数据和饮料制备参数的装置和方法。远程计算机系统可以处理胶囊图像数据以确定胶囊的特征(例如，胶囊的类型，诸如品牌或胶囊中的饮料成分)，从而使饮料制备不必确定关于胶囊的信息。远程计算机可以跟踪用户的胶囊消耗，可以将该值与用户的过去胶囊购买历史进行比较，并且可以确定用户的胶囊供应是否低于阈值(例如，低于周用量的胶囊)。