Non-contact liquid sensing device
AssigneeThe Marketing Store Worldwide, LP
InventorsAu Ming Ki Gordon, Ng Kwok Leung, Tang Tat Man, Benjamin Poate, Warren Kronberger
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Abstract
Consumer devices for providing feedback based upon the presence of a liquid in a detection zone, wherein the detection zone is the area in which a change in capacitance is can be detected by a non-contact capacitance sensor and the forms of feedback include the generation of sound, activation/deactivation of alight, a motion or other physical interaction, or display by way of an LCD or LED display panel.
Claims12
A consumer device for providing feedback based upon the presence of a liquid in a detection zone, the consumer device comprising:
- an enclosure for receiving a straw;
- a non-contact capacitance sensor;
- and
- an electronic module, wherein the electronic module is configured to receive a change in capacitance from the sensor and to cause feedback.
A consumer device for providing feedback based upon the presence of a liquid in a detection zone, the consumer device comprising:
- a container;
- a non-contact capacitance sensor;
- and
- an electronic module, wherein the electronic module is configured to receive a change in capacitance from the sensor and to cause feedback.
A consumer device for providing feedback based upon the presence of a liquid in a detection zone, the consumer device comprising:
- a vessel;
- a non-contact capacitance sensor;
- and
- an electronic module, wherein the electronic module is configured to receive a change in capacitance from the sensor and to cause feedback.
A consumer device for providing feedback based upon the presence of a liquid in a detection zone, the consumer device comprising:
- a boxed beverage container;
- a non-contact capacitance sensor;
- and
- an electronic module, wherein the electronic module is configured to receive a change in capacitance from the sensor and to cause feedback.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.