Granted Patent B2

US 12,527,437 · App. 18/673,142 · Granted Jan 20, 2026

Inventors: My Vu (San Francisco, CA); Elvine Pineda (San Francisco, CA); Matthew Udomphol (San Francisco, CA)

Assignee: Fresh Blends North America, Inc.

A47J43/0716A47J31/60A47J43/046A47J43/0766A47J43/0772A47J43/0777A47J43/085A47L15/4282B01F23/59B01F33/35B01F35/1452B01F35/212B01F35/2209B01F35/2211B01F35/421B01F35/53B01F35/5312B08B9/093A47L2601/16B01F35/3213B01F2101/06B01F2101/14

Abstract

Claims (25)

1 . A system comprising:

a container receptacle to receive a container of foodstuffs;

a blade platform including blades configured to rotate to process the foodstuffs;

at least one sensor configured to:

detect, from an identification feature on the container, a type of the foodstuffs of the container; and

output a signal corresponding to the type of foodstuffs; and

one or more processors configured to:

receive the signal from the at least one sensor;

select a blend cycle schedule according to the signal; and

execute a blend cycle and rotate the blades according to the blend cycle schedule.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to identify a sensor value of the signal and select the blend cycle schedule according to the sensor value.

3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute the blend cycle for a period of time corresponding to the blend cycle schedule.

4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein at least one identification feature comprises a height measured from a base of the container of foodstuffs, detected by a first pressure sensor of the at least one sensor, to a lower surface of a lip of the container of foodstuffs, detected by a second pressure sensor of the at least one sensor.

5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one sensor comprises an image sensor to detect the identification feature as a visual indicator.

6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to select the blend cycle schedule from a plurality of predetermined blend cycle schedules.

7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to receive instructions for the blend cycle schedule from a remote device.

8 . The system of claim 1 , wherein at least one operation parameter corresponds to a time interval over which rotation of the blades is to be performed during the blend cycle.

9 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the blend cycle schedule comprises at least one expected value indicating an expected state of the foodstuffs at a corresponding time during the blend cycle.

10 . The system of claim 9 , wherein the at least one sensor is a first sensor, the system further comprising at least one second sensor to detect at least one actual value indicating an actual state of the foodstuffs at a time corresponding to the at least one expected value.

11 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to modify the blend cycle based on a difference between the at least one expected value and the at least one actual value.

12 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the at least one actual value of the foodstuffs includes at least one of a load or current draw of an actuator driving a blade assembly at the time corresponding to the at least one expected value.

13 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to cause execution of a clean cycle based on a trigger event, wherein the clean cycle comprises at least one of injecting a cleaning fluid towards a food-contacting component of the system or heating the food-contacting component to a temperature greater than a predetermined temperature.

14 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to cause a fluid dispenser to dispense a volume of fluid into a wash chamber of the system based on at least one of a menu selection received from a user, the type of the foodstuffs, or a command identified from the container.

15 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the blend cycle schedule includes a speed of rotation of the blades.

16 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the blend cycle schedule includes a time of rotation of the blades.

Continuity (12)

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