US 12,006,134 B2
Container with a code encoding a sequence of foodstuff or beverage preparation operations
Andre Noth, Pully (CH); Christian Jarisch, Lutry (CH); and Christian Talon, Vufflens-le-Chateau (CH)
Assigned to Societe des Produits Nestle S.A., Vevey (CH)
Filed by SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE S.A., Vevey (CH)
Filed on Oct. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/964,184.
Application 17/964,184 is a division of application No. 16/636,793, granted, now 11,518,606, previously published as PCT/EP2018/066934, filed on Jun. 25, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 17185291 (EP), filed on Aug. 8, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0060264 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. A47J 31/44 (2006.01); B65D 85/804 (2006.01); G06K 1/00 (2006.01); G06K 19/06 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 85/8058 (2020.05) [A47J 31/4492 (2013.01); G06K 1/00 (2013.01); G06K 19/06037 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Container for a beverage preparation machine or foodstuff preparation machine, the container for containing beverage or foodstuff material comprising a code encoding preparation information, the code comprising a reference portion and a data portion,
the reference portion comprising at least one reference configuration defining a virtual reference line;
the data portion comprising:
a virtual encoding line intersecting the virtual reference line at a virtual intersection point;
a sequence of data units comprising at least two data units aligned at a distance from each other along the virtual encoding line for encoding a sequence of operations of the preparation information, each data unit of the sequence of data units (84) encoding an operation of said sequence of operations; and
a relative position of each data unit in the sequence of data units encodes a nature of the operation and a distance between each data unit and the virtual intersection point and/or a distance between each data unit and another data unit of the sequence of data units or of another sequence of data units encodes a value of a condition for the performance of said operation.