Smart container with interactive, colored lights
AssigneeHidrate, Inc.
InventorsColeman Iverson, Alexander Hambrock, Paul Baird, Travis Heaver, Grant Fritz
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Abstract
A smart container that includes a bottle or other container, a load cell, an accelerometer, a processor, and a colored light source. The container may be a liquid container, a pill container, or a food container. The colored light source may include one or more light-emitting diodes (LEDs) which can be programed to emit unique illumination patterns. The container may also include a speaker or motor to emit audio and vibrational notifications. The container provides a method of tracking consumption by a user of a substance held in a container.
Claims23
A container assembly comprising:
- a container;
- a load cell, operably coupled to the container, to measure a weight of contents of the container;
- an accelerometer, operably coupled to the container, to measure acceleration of the container;
- a processor, operably coupled to the load cell and the accelerometer, to prompt the load cell to measure the weight of the contents of the container in response to the acceleration measured by the accelerometer and to determine a change in the weight of the contents of the container based on the weight of the contents of the container measured by the load cell;
- a colored light source, operably coupled to the processor, to emit colored light, the colored light indicating at least one of the change in the weight of the contents of the container or a prompt to a user to consume at least a portion of the contents of the container;
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- a diffuser, in optical communication with the colored light source, to diffuse the colored light over an area viewed by the user.
A method of tracking consumption by a user of a substance held in a container, the method comprising:
- measuring an acceleration of the container with an accelerometer coupled to the container;
- determining that the container is upright based on the acceleration;
- in response to determining that the container is upright, performing a measurement of a weight of the substance in the container with a load cell;
- determining a change in the weight of the substance in the container based on the measurement of the weight of the substance;
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- emitting colored light from a colored light source via a diffuser coupled to a bottom of the container in response to the change in the weight of the substance in the container.
A bottle assembly comprising:
- a container;
- a ring-shaped translucent cap detachably coupled to a base of the container and forming a cavity at the base of the container;
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- a cylindrical water-resistant or water-tight assembly detachably fit within the cavity, the cylindrical water-resistant or water-tight assembly comprising:
- a load cell to measure a weight of contents of the container;
- an accelerometer to measure acceleration of the container;
- a processor, operably coupled to the load cell and the accelerometer, to prompt the load cell to measure the weight of the contents of the container in response to the acceleration measured by the accelerometer and to determine a change in the weight of the contents of the container based on the weight of the contents of the container measured by the load cell;
- colored lights, operably coupled to the processor and disposed circumferentially about the cylindrical water-resistant or water-tight assembly, to emit colored light through the ring-shaped translucent cap in response to the change in the weight of the contents of the container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.