IP Library Granted Patent US 11,992,150
Granted Patent B2
US 11,992,150 · App. 17/262,943 · Granted May 28, 2024

Apparatus, method, program and system

Inventors: Kaishun Kihara (Tokyo, JP); Taisuke Torizu (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: DAITO GIKEN, INC.
A47J31/525A47J31/18A47J31/36G06T7/0004G06T2207/30128
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Patent No.
US 11,992,150
App. No.
17/262,943
Granted
May 28, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus estimates a property of an ingredient of a beverage based on photograph data of the ingredient of the beverage. An apparatus obtains photograph data of an ingredient of a beverage used for preparation of the beverage, and estimates a property of the ingredient of the beverage based on the obtained photograph data.

Claims (16)

1. A system that produces a coffee beverage from a coffee bean, the system comprising an apparatus that performs an estimation process and a beverage making apparatus that produces the coffee beverage,

wherein the apparatus that performs an estimation process comprises:

obtaining means for obtaining photograph data of the coffee bean; and

estimation means for estimating a property of the coffee bean based on the photograph data obtained by the obtaining means; and

the beverage making apparatus comprises:

production means for producing the coffee beverage according to a type of coffee bean specified by a user in one or more types of coffee beans based on a result of the estimation by the estimation means.

2. The system according to claim 1 , further comprising:

display means for displaying the one or more types of coffee beans based on the result of the estimation by the estimation means.

3. The system according to claim 1 , further comprising:

profile obtaining means for obtaining one or more pieces of profile information that allows the beverage to be produced from the coffee bean based on the result of the estimation by the estimation means.

4. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the property of the coffee bean includes at least any of breed, producing area, degree of processing, and days from processing.

5. The system according to claim 2 , further comprising:

profile obtaining means for obtaining one or more pieces of profile information that allows the beverage to be produced from the coffee bean based on the result of the estimation by the estimation means.

6. The system according to claim 2 , wherein the property of the coffee bean includes at least any of breed, producing area, degree of processing, and days from processing.

7. The system according to claim 3 , wherein the property of the coffee bean includes at least any of breed, producing area, degree of processing, and days from processing.

8. The system according to claim 5 , wherein the property of the coffee bean includes at least any of breed, producing area, degree of processing, and days from processing.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 2, 2025
From: DAITO GIKEN, INC.
To: DAITO ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
Reel/Frame 071286/0197 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 26, 2022
From: TREE FIELD INC.
To: DAITO GIKEN, INC.
Reel/Frame 059729/0816 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 25, 2021
From: KIHARA, KAISHUN; TORIZU, TAISUKE
To: TREE FIELD INC.
Reel/Frame 055019/0376 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-148568 · Aug 7, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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