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US 12,743,059 B2Granted
System and method for feedback-based beverage supercooling
AssigneeGenesee Valley Innovations, LLC
InventorsKrishnan Thyagarajan, Christopher Somogyi
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Abstract
A system and method for feedback-based beverage supercooling is provided. An object is identified as a liquid beverage. Cooling is applied to the beverage. The beverage reaches a temperature in a range of −1° C. and −20° C. and maintains a liquid form. The beverage maintains a liquid form via at least one field applied to the beverage. The field is adjusted based on a change in characteristics of the beverage to maintain the liquid form.
Claims14
A method for feedback-based beverage supercooling, comprising:
- identifying an object as a liquid beverage;
- determining an identity or classification of the liquid beverage, comprising:
- obtaining via sensors, measurements for one or more characteristics of the liquid beverage other than temperature;
- comparing the obtained values for the one or more characteristics with known composition values for a variety of beverages, wherein the known composition values are stored in a database and obtained prior to identification of the object as a liquid beverage;
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- assigning an identity or classification of the liquid beverage based on the obtained measurements for the one or more characteristics and the known composition values;
- applying cooling to the beverage based on the assigned identity or classification, wherein the beverage reaches a temperature in a range of −1° C. and −20° C. and maintains a liquid form;
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- maintaining the liquid form of the beverage using at least one field applied to the beverage, wherein the field is adjusted based on a change in the one or more characteristics of the beverage.
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A method for supercooling beverages, comprising:
- identifying an object as a liquid beverage;
- determining an identity or classification of the liquid beverage, comprising:
- obtaining via sensors, values for one or more characteristics of the liquid beverage other than temperature;
- comparing the obtained values for the one or more characteristics with known composition values for a variety of beverages, wherein the known composition values are stored in a database and obtained prior to identification of the object as a liquid beverage;
- and
- assigning an identity or classification of the liquid beverage based on the obtained values for the one or more characteristics and the known composition values;
- determining parameters for at least one field to be applied to the beverage based on the assigned identity or classification of the liquid beverage;
- supercooling the beverage to a temperature between −1° C. and −20° C. by applying the field to the beverage using the determined parameters;
- measuring the one or more of the characteristics of the beverage or one or more characteristics of the field during the supercooling;
- and
- adjusting the field based on at least one of the characteristics of the beverage or the field.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.