Wireless blending device and system
AssigneeVita-Mix Management Corporation
InventorsDavid Kolar, Paul G. Sems
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Abstract
A blending device includes a motor, a motor controller, and a wireless controller configured to receive a wireless signal. The motor controller may be configured to alter the operations of the motor based the wireless signal. The wireless signal may include a blending program to be carried out by the blending device. The blending device may include one or more sensors configured to sense parameters of the blending device. The wireless signal may include information related to the sensed parameters. A blending device network may be formed by providing a second blending device having a wireless controller in communication with the first blending device wireless controller. The first and second blending devices may share information over the network.
Claims23
A blending device comprising:
- a housing;
- a motor disposed within the housing;
- a blade removably coupled to said motor;
- a memory disposed within the housing and operatively storing at least one of a system setting or a blending program that defines parameters for controlling a speed or duration of operation of said motor;
- a motor controller disposed within the housing and operatively controlling at least one of said system setting or said parameters for said operation of said motor during execution of said blending program;
- a wireless controller positioned within the housing and coupled to said memory and configured to receive a wireless signal;
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- wherein said wireless controller operatively stores information received from said wireless signal in said memory.
A blending system comprising:
- a blender device comprising:
- a blender base, wherein a blender container is removably coupled to the blender base;
- a motor housed within the blender base, wherein a mixing assembly is removably coupled to the motor;
- one or more sensors operatively coupled to said motor and configured to sense one or more parameters of said motor;
- a processor coupled to a memory device and housed within the blender base, wherein the processor operatively stores said one or more parameters of said motor in said memory device;
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- a wireless controller housed within the blender base and operatively sending a wireless signal comprising data representing said one or more parameters;
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- a wireless device operatively receiving the wireless signal from the wireless controller of the blender device.
A blending device network comprising:
- a first blending device comprising:
- a first motor;
- a first blade assembly removably coupled to said first motor;
- one or more sensors operatively coupled to said first blending device;
- a first wireless controller configured to send and receive a first wireless communication;
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- wherein said first wireless communication includes information related performance of said first blending device;
- a second blending device comprising:
- a second motor;
- a second blade assembly removably coupled to said second motor;
- one or more sensors operatively coupled to said second blending device;
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- a second wireless controller configured to send and receive a second wireless communication;
- and
- wherein said second wireless communication includes information related performance of said second blending device;
- and
- wherein said first wireless controller is in wireless communication with said second wireless controller.
A blending device comprising:
- a blender base;
- a motor housed within the blender base;
- a container, said container removably coupled to said blender base;
- a blade assembly, said blade assembly operatively coupled to said motor;
- one or more sensors operatively coupled to and configured to sense one or more parameters of at least one of said blender base, said motor, said container, or said blade assembly;
- a memory operatively storing said one or more parameters;
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- a wireless controller that initiates transmission of said one or more parameters to a wireless device, wherein the wireless device is associated with a user identity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.