US 12,277,518 B2
Modular system for food assembly
Derek Pietz, Oakland, CA (US); Abram Simon, Oakland, CA (US); Stephen Klein, Oakland, CA (US); and Daniel Fukuba, Oakland, CA (US)
Assigned to Hyphen Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Hyphen Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 5, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/494,743.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/087,662, filed on Oct. 5, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0104661 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/0631 (2023.01); A23L 5/10 (2016.01); A47J 44/00 (2006.01); B65G 37/00 (2006.01); G05B 19/04 (2006.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01)
CPC G06Q 10/06316 (2013.01) [A23L 5/10 (2016.08); A47J 44/00 (2013.01); B65G 37/005 (2013.01); G05B 19/041 (2013.01); G06Q 10/06311 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); A47J 2201/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
during a first period of time, receiving a set of food orders for assembling units of a food product type at a food production station loaded with a set of ingredients and configured for:
manual assembly of units of a food product type via a manual assembly zone of the food production station; and
autonomous assembly of units of the food product type via an autonomous assembly zone of the food production station;
based on characteristics of a first subset of food orders, in the set of food orders, distributing the first subset of food orders to the manual assembly zone by rendering prompts for ingredients in each food order, in the first subset of food orders, on a sequence of displays arranged within the manual assembly zone and above the autonomous assembly zone for manual preparation of units of the food product type according to the first subset of food orders; and
based on characteristics of a second subset of food orders, in the set of food orders, distributing the second subset of food orders to the autonomous assembly zone by coordinating a sequence of food dispensing modules, in the autonomous assembly zone below the manual assembly zone, to dispense units of ingredients specified in each food order, in the second subset of food orders, for automatic assembly of units of the food product type according to the second subset of food orders.