Vessel activated beverage dispenser
AssigneeThe Coca-Cola Company
InventorsArthur G. Rudick, Louis Mattos, Jr., Nilton Antonio Moreira Mattos, Qiuchen Peter Zhang, H. Brock Kolls
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Abstract
A product dispenser for use with a container. The product dispenser may include a container motion detector to detect the container in motion, a graphical user interface, and a microprocessor. The microprocessor receives a plurality of data associated with the container in motion from the container motion detector and implements instructions that perform the steps of determining the motion of the container, enabling a user to interact with the graphical user interface, and allowing the user to rotate or move the container to select a product type from the graphical user interface.
Claims18
A product dispenser, comprising:
- a container motion detector to detect a container in motion;
- a graphical user interface;
- and
- a microprocessor
- that receives data associated with the container in motion from the container motion detector and implements instructions that, in response to implementation, cause the microprocessor to determine the motion of the container, to enable a user to interact with the graphical user interface, and to permit the user to select a product type from the graphical user interface via rotation of the container or movement of the container.
A beverage dispenser, comprising:
- a vessel motion detector to detect a vessel in motion;
- a print mechanism;
- and
- a microprocessor
- that receives data associated with the vessel in motion from the vessel motion detector and implements instructions that, in response to implementation, cause the microprocessor to permit the user to select a beverage type via rotation of the vessel or movement of the vessel, and to instruct the print mechanism to print indicia on the vessel related to the beverage type.
A method of dispensing beverages from a beverage dispenser, comprising:
- tracking the motion of a vessel about the beverage dispenser via a vessel motion detector;
- translating the motion of the vessel into movement on a graphical user interface;
- receiving a beverage selection on the graphical user interface via movement of the vessel;
- and
- dispensing a selected beverage into the vessel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.