Title:
飲料ディスペンサとともに使用されるカップの注入レベルの設定
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2011523477
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
A device for filling a receptacle with a beverage and a user interface for allowing a user to select a desired level of fill of beverage in the receptacle. The interface includes a mechanism for detecting an object below the outlet, such that the receptacle can be filled with the beverage up to the user selected level of fill, wherein the detection mechanism is arranged to detect a position of a human finger or a hand-held freely movable pointing instrument, which human finger or pointing instrument is adjacent to and pointing towards a side of the receptacle, so that the level of fill of the receptacle is determined from the detected position of the finger or pointing instrument the user-selected level of fill and the beverage is dispensed to fill the receptacle up to that level. The device is useful in coffee or other beverage dispensing machines.
Inventors:
Schneider, frank
Application Number:
JP2011507884A
Publication Date:
August 11, 2011
Filing Date:
May 05, 2009
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Nestec Society Anonymous
International Classes:
G07F13/00; A47J31/56; B67D1/12; G07F13/02
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2001270598A | 2001-10-02 |
Foreign References:
| WO2006063645A1 | 2006-06-22 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Yoshiki Hasegawa
Tomoya Kurokawa
Yoshinori Shimizu
Ikeda adult
Tosuke Yosuke
Tomoya Kurokawa
Yoshinori Shimizu
Ikeda adult
Tosuke Yosuke