BAR CODE AND CONTAINER OF SYSTEM FOR PREPARING A BEVERAGE OR FOODSTUFF

• Main Authors: JARISCH, Christian, NOTH, Andre, Talon, Christian
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Hungarian
• Published: 28.07.2024
• Subjects: APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES; CALCULATING; COFFEE MILLS; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; FURNITURE; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; PHYSICS; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECOGNITION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL

Container for a beverage preparation machine or foodstuff preparation machine, the container for containing beverage or foodstuff material comprises a code encoding preparation information, in particular preparation information for a beverage preparation machine or foodstuff preparation machine to prepare a beverage or a foodstuff with beverage or foodstuff material contained in the container, the code comprising a reference portion and a data portion. The reference portion comprises at least one reference configuration defining a virtual reference line. The data portion comprises a virtual encoding line intersecting the virtual reference line at a virtual intersection point and a sequence of data units comprising at least two data units aligned at a distance from each other along the virtual encoding line for encoding a sequence of operations of the preparation information. Each data unit of the sequence of data units encodes an operation of the sequence of operations, wherein a relative position of each data unit in the sequence of data units encodes a nature of the encoded operation and wherein a distance between the data unit and the virtual intersection point and/or a distance between the data unit and another data unit of the sequence of data units or of another sequence of data units encodes a value of a condition for the performance of the encoded operation.