# US 11,907,802 B2 · System of coded package and apparatus

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- Number: US 11,907,802 B2
- Document ID: US11907802B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/425,874
- Filed: 2020-01-20
- Published: 2022-06-09
- Granted: 2024-02-20
- Earliest claimed: 2019-01-28
- Assignees: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
- Applicants: Societe Des Produits Nestle S.A.
- Inventors: Flavien Dubief; Stefano Ceccaroli; Riste Pindjurov; Sandrine Jaccard
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11907802B2

## CPC

- G06K 7/00: Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, {e.g. for reading patterns} (methods or arrangements for marking the record carrier in digital fashion G06K1/00; pattern recognition G06F18/00; arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding G06V10/00; character recognition, recognising digital ink or document-oriented image-based pattern recognition G06V30/00)
- G06K 7/1417: {2D bar codes}
- G06K 7/10732: {Light sources}
- G06K 7/1443: {locating of the code in an image}
- G06K 19/06037: {multi-dimensional coding}
- G06K: GRAPHICAL DATA READING (image or video recognition or understanding G06V); PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS

## Abstract

The invention concerns a system (10) of a package (2) containing a product and an apparatus (1) using said product, the apparatus being refilled by the product contained in the package, wherein a code (21) related to the contained product is associated to the package, said code being a two dimension code and said code presenting a predetermined surface Scode, and wherein the apparatus comprises a code reader (11) to read the code associated to the package, said code reader being an image capturing device, said image capturing device being defined by: —a predetermined focal range, —a horizontal angle of view α and a vertical angle of view β, wherein the apparatus comprises a housing structure (16) and a cavity (12) inside the housing structure, wherein the image capturing device is positioned at the back side of the cavity.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A system comprising:
a package containing a product; and
an apparatus using the product, the apparatus being refilled by the product contained in the package,
wherein a code related to the product is associated to the package, the code being a two dimension code and the code presenting a predetermined surface Scode, and
wherein the apparatus comprises:
a code reader configured to read the code associated to the package, the code reader being an image capturing device, the image capturing device being defined by:
a predetermined focal range,
a horizontal angle of view, and
a vertical angle of view,
a housing structure; and
a cavity inside the housing structure, the cavity extending from a back side in the housing structure to a front side at an external surface of the housing structure, the cavity comprising at least one lateral wall extending between the back side and the front side of the cavity,
wherein the image capturing device is positioned at the back side of the cavity, and an optical axis of the image capturing device extends in a direction of a middle of the front side of the cavity,
wherein the front side of the cavity consists of a hole in the external surface of the housing structure, the hole presenting a surface Shole such that:
1.2 Scode≤Shole≤6 Scode
wherein a distance extending between the back side of the cavity and the front side of the cavity is comprised in the predetermined focal range of the image capturing device, and
wherein the at least one lateral wall of the cavity is configured to surround the horizontal angle of view and the vertical angle of view of the image capturing device.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The system according to claim 1, wherein the hole in the external surface of the housing structure is empty.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The system according to claim 1, wherein the cavity comprises a protecting transparent wall at the back side of the cavity.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The system according to claim 1, wherein the code is a barcode or a QR code.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The system according to claim 1, wherein the image capturing device is a camera.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The system according to claim 1, wherein a shape of an outline of the code and a shape of an outline of the hole of the front side of the cavity are similar.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The system according to claim 1, wherein the code is a QR code with a square or rectangle outline and the hole of the front side of the cavity presents an outline of a similar square or rectangle shape.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The system according to claim 1, wherein the apparatus comprises a light source, the light source being oriented to illuminate the hole from an inside of the cavity.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The system according to claim 1, wherein the code provides information related to the product, the information being selected from the group consisting of: an identification of the product, a quantity of product, a nature of the product, an origin of the product, a shelf-life of the product and/or parameters related to a way to process the product inside the apparatus.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The system according to claim 1, wherein the apparatus comprises a control system operable to process the product, the control system configured to:
analyse a captured image of the code,
obtain information related to the product based on the captured image of the code, and
process the product based on the information related to the product.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The system according to claim 1, wherein the apparatus is a coffee beans roasting apparatus and the package comprises green or partially pre-roasted coffee beans.