BEVERAGE SUPPLY DEVICE

• Main Authors: TOKUNAGA YUUKI, MOCHIDA YUKIHIDE, NINOMIYA YUUKI, NAGAYOSHI KENYA, NAGASHIMA RYUICHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 14.11.2019
• Subjects: APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES; BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; COFFEE MILLS; DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISEPROVIDED FOR; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; FURNITURE; HUMAN NECESSITIES; KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; LIQUID HANDLING; OPENING, CLOSING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL; TRANSPORTING

To determine the type of a container with improved accuracy.SOLUTION: Provided is a beverage supply device that supplies a beverage that is produced by a beverage production unit 11 to a container C that is arranged in a beverage supply unit 22, the device comprising: image information acquisition means (25, 30) that acquires image information on the container C by capturing the container C with an imaging unit 25; a container determination processing unit 30a that determines the type of the container C from the image information acquired by the image information acquisition means; and a control unit 30 that compares image information on a predetermined region of the beverage supply unit 22 acquired by the image information acquisition means to reference information 28b stored in a storage unit 28, in accordance with a predetermined time schedule, to determine the degree of soiling of the imaging unit 25, and when determining that the imaging unit 25 is soiled, provides notification of it.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2 【課題】容器の種類の判定の精度向上を図ること。【解決手段】飲料供給部２２に配置された容器Ｃに対して、飲料生成部１１で生成した飲料を供給する飲料供給装置であって、容器Ｃを撮像部２５で撮像して容器Ｃの画像情報を取得する画像情報取得手段（２５，３０）と、画像情報取得手段で取得した画像情報から容器Ｃの種類を判定する容器判定処理部３０ａと、予め決められたタイムスケジュールに従って、画像情報取得手段に取得させた飲料供給部２２の所定領域の画像情報と記憶部２８に記憶された基準情報２８ｂとを比較して撮像部２５の汚れを判定し、撮像部２５が汚れているものと判定した場合には報知する制御部３０とを備えている。【選択図】図２