US 12,064,737 B2
Intelligent blending system
Anthony Ciepiel, Hudson, OH (US); David Kolar, Stow, OH (US); Kang Zhang, Olmsted Township, OH (US); Chad Markovich, Olmsted Township, OH (US); Judson Cummins, Olmsted Township, OH (US); and Mark Fleming, Strongsville, OH (US)
Assigned to VITA-MIX MANAGEMENT CORPORATION, Olmsted Township, OH (US)
Filed by Vita-Mix Management Corporation, Olmsted Township, OH (US)
Filed on Oct. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/972,086.
Application 17/972,086 is a continuation of application No. 16/022,789, filed on Jun. 29, 2018, granted, now 11,478,766.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/527,781, filed on Jun. 30, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0040750 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. B01F 33/00 (2022.01); A47J 36/32 (2006.01); A47J 43/00 (2006.01); A47J 43/07 (2006.01); B01F 33/84 (2022.01); B01F 35/21 (2022.01); B01F 35/22 (2022.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06K 7/14 (2006.01); G06Q 20/32 (2012.01); G07F 9/00 (2006.01); G07F 17/00 (2006.01); A47J 31/52 (2006.01); B01F 101/14 (2022.01); G06Q 20/20 (2012.01)
CPC B01F 33/8442 (2022.01) [A47J 36/321 (2018.08); A47J 43/0716 (2013.01); B01F 33/848 (2022.01); B01F 35/2117 (2022.01); B01F 35/2209 (2022.01); G06K 7/10722 (2013.01); G06K 7/1413 (2013.01); G06Q 20/3278 (2013.01); G07F 9/001 (2020.05); G07F 9/002 (2020.05); G07F 17/0064 (2013.01); A47J 31/521 (2018.08); B01F 2101/14 (2022.01); G05B 2219/39242 (2013.01); G06Q 20/20 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A blender system, comprising:
a blender base comprising a housing and a motor disposed within the housing;
a container selectively connected to the blender base; and
a user device communicatively coupled to the blender base, the user device configured to:
generate a plurality of instruction steps of a recipe,
provide one or more of the plurality of instructions,
receive one or more signals from the blender base indicative of a completed action in accordance with the one or more of the plurality of instructions, and
transmit a signal to the blender base to actuate in accordance with another one or more of the plurality of instructions.