Dispensing nutrients
View Patent ↗A system for dispensing a nutrient includes a dispensing device having a container, an orifice defined in the container, and a receiver that receives communications from an activity collecting device. The container dispenses the nutrient contained therein through the orifice in response to a communication from the activity collecting device.
1. A system for dispensing a nutrient, comprising:
a dispensing device, the dispensing device comprising:
a container containing a nutrient;
a receiver that receives communications from a fitness activity collecting device; and
a processor and memory, wherein the memory includes instructions executable by the processor to:
determine a user fitness activity performed by a user; and
determine an amount of the nutrient to dispense based at least in part on the user fitness activity.
2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a platform positioned to receive the nutrient as the nutrient is dispensed from an orifice.
3. The system of claim 1 , further comprising an actuator arranged to open an orifice based on data from the fitness activity collecting device.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the dispensing device further comprises a liquid dispenser.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the dispensing device further comprises a mixing mechanism that mixes the nutrient with a liquid.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the dispensing device further comprises additional containers constructed to hold additional nutrients.
7. The system of claim 6 , further comprising an electronic table that associates a type of nutrient with at least some of the additional containers.
8. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
an orifice defined in the container through which the nutrient is dispensed; and
an actuator arranged to open the orifice in response to a communication from the fitness activity collecting device.
9. The system of claim 1 , comprising further instructions executable by the processor to send a command to open an orifice of the container based on the amount.
10. The system of claim 1 , comprising further instructions executable by the processor to select a nutrient type based on the user fitness activity.
11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the dispensing device further comprises a display configured to present information based on data from the fitness activity collecting device.
12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the information based on the data from the fitness activity collecting device includes a nutritional determination caused by a user fitness activity.
13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the information based on the data from the fitness activity collecting device includes an amount of nutrient dispensed from the container.
14. A dispensing device for dispensing nutrients, comprising:
multiple containers constructed to hold multiple nutrient types;
orifices defined in the multiple containers;
a receiver in communication with a fitness activity collecting device;
an actuator that dispenses the nutrient by opening the orifices based on data from the fitness activity collecting device; and
a processor and memory, wherein the memory includes instructions executable by the processor to:
determine a user fitness activity performed; and
determine an amount of the nutrients to dispense based on the user fitness activity.
15. The dispensing device of claim 14 , further comprising a platform positioned to receive the nutrients as the nutrients are dispensed from the orifices.
16. The dispensing device of claim 14 , further comprises a liquid dispenser.
17. The dispensing device of claim 14 , further comprises a mixing mechanism to mix the nutrients with a liquid.
18. The dispensing device of claim 14 , comprising further instructions executable by the processor to send a command to open the orifices of one of the multiple containers based on the amount.
19. The dispensing device of claim 14 , comprising further instructions executable by the processor to select a nutrient type based on the user fitness activity.
20. A dispensing device for dispensing nutrients, comprising:
multiple containers constructed to hold multiple nutrient types;
orifices defined in the multiple containers;
a receiver in communication with a fitness activity collecting device;
an actuator that dispenses the nutrient by opening the orifices based on data from the fitness activity collecting device;
electronic table that associates a type of nutrient with at least some of the multiple containers; and
a processor and memory, wherein the memory includes instructions executable by the processor to:
automatically determine a user fitness activity performed;
based on the determined user fitness activity performed, automatically select at least one nutrient type to dispense based on the user fitness activity;
automatically determine an amount of the at least one selected nutrient to dispense based on the user fitness activity; and
automatically send a command to open the orifices of at least one of the multiple containers based on the selected nutrient type and the amount.