IP Library Granted Patent US 11,907,802
Granted Patent B2
US 11,907,802 · App. 17/425,874 · Granted Feb 20, 2024

System of coded package and apparatus

Inventors: Flavien Dubief (Champagne, CH); Stefano Ceccaroli (Chavornay, CH); Riste Pindjurov (Neyruz, CH); Sandrine Jaccard (Ste-Croix, CH)
Assignee: Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
G06K7/1417G06K7/10732G06K7/1443G06K19/06037
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Patent No.
US 11,907,802
App. No.
17/425,874
Granted
Feb 20, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention concerns a system ( 10 ) of a package ( 2 ) containing a product and an apparatus ( 1 ) using said product, the apparatus being refilled by the product contained in the package, wherein a code ( 21 ) related to the contained product is associated to the package, said code being a two dimension code and said code presenting a predetermined surface S code , and wherein the apparatus comprises a code reader ( 11 ) to read the code associated to the package, said code reader being an image capturing device, said image capturing device being defined by: —a predetermined focal range, —a horizontal angle of view α and a vertical angle of view β, wherein the apparatus comprises a housing structure ( 16 ) and a cavity ( 12 ) inside the housing structure, wherein the image capturing device is positioned at the back side of the cavity.

Claims (29)

1. A system comprising:

a package containing a product; and

an apparatus using the product, the apparatus being refilled by the product contained in the package,

wherein a code related to the product is associated to the package, the code being a two dimension code and the code presenting a predetermined surface S code , and

wherein the apparatus comprises:

a code reader configured to read the code associated to the package, the code reader being an image capturing device, the image capturing device being defined by:

a predetermined focal range,

a horizontal angle of view, and

a vertical angle of view,

a housing structure; and

a cavity inside the housing structure, the cavity extending from a back side in the housing structure to a front side at an external surface of the housing structure, the cavity comprising at least one lateral wall extending between the back side and the front side of the cavity,

wherein the image capturing device is positioned at the back side of the cavity, and an optical axis of the image capturing device extends in a direction of a middle of the front side of the cavity,

wherein the front side of the cavity consists of a hole in the external surface of the housing structure, the hole presenting a surface S hole such that:

1.2 S code ≤S hole ≤6 S code

wherein a distance extending between the back side of the cavity and the front side of the cavity is comprised in the predetermined focal range of the image capturing device, and

wherein the at least one lateral wall of the cavity is configured to surround the horizontal angle of view and the vertical angle of view of the image capturing device.

2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the hole in the external surface of the housing structure is empty.

3. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the cavity comprises a protecting transparent wall at the back side of the cavity.

4. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the code is a barcode or a QR code.

5. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the image capturing device is a camera.

6. The system according to claim 1 , wherein a shape of an outline of the code and a shape of an outline of the hole of the front side of the cavity are similar.

7. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the code is a QR code with a square or rectangle outline and the hole of the front side of the cavity presents an outline of a similar square or rectangle shape.

8. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the apparatus comprises a light source, the light source being oriented to illuminate the hole from an inside of the cavity.

9. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the code provides information related to the product, the information being selected from the group consisting of: an identification of the product, a quantity of product, a nature of the product, an origin of the product, a shelf-life of the product and/or parameters related to a way to process the product inside the apparatus.

10. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the apparatus comprises a control system operable to process the product, the control system configured to:

analyse a captured image of the code,

obtain information related to the product based on the captured image of the code, and

process the product based on the information related to the product.

11. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the apparatus is a coffee beans roasting apparatus and the package comprises green or partially pre-roasted coffee beans.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 16, 2023
From: DUBIEF, FLAVIEN FLORENT; CECCAROLI, STEFANO; PINDJUROV, RISTE; JACCARD, SANDRINE
To: NESTEC S.A.
Reel/Frame 065231/0566 →
MERGER Recorded Oct 16, 2023
From: NESTEC S.A.
To: SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE S.A.
Reel/Frame 065231/0643 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 19153911 · Jan 28, 2019 · regional
Continuity (1)
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