US 12,011,109 B2
Code and container of system for preparing a beverage or foodstuff
Andre Noth, Pully (CH)
Assigned to Societe des Produits Nestle S.A., Vevey (CH)
Filed by SOCIÉTÉ DES PRODUITS NESTLÉ S.A., Vevey (CH)
Filed on May 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/144,481.
Application 18/144,481 is a continuation of application No. 16/078,987, granted, now 11,672,374, previously published as PCT/EP2017/054151, filed on Feb. 23, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 16156868 (EP), filed on Feb. 23, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0355031 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06K 19/06 (2006.01); A47J 31/44 (2006.01); B65D 85/816 (2006.01); G06V 10/48 (2022.01)
CPC A47J 31/4492 (2013.01) [B65D 85/816 (2013.01); G06K 19/06168 (2013.01); G06V 10/48 (2022.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of preparing a beverage or foodstuff, the method comprising:
obtaining a digital image of a code associated with a container comprising beverage or foodstuff material, the code encoding preparation information;
processing said digital image to decode the encoded preparation information by:
locating reference and data units of the code;
determining from the reference units a reference line r;
determining, for a plurality of sectors arranged on a circular encoding line relative the reference line, a circumferential distance of a data unit along the encoding line from a circumferential position on the encoding line;
converting the determined distance into an actual value of a parameter using a stored relationship between the parameter and distance; and
controlling a preparation process, in which a preparing a beverage or foodstuff is prepared, using said decoded preparation information.