Automated beverage generating system and method of operating the same

摘要

A method of operating an automated beverage generating system. The method comprises receiving one or more electrical signals representative of an order for a specified beverage. The method further comprises translating the order into one or more steps required to generate the specified beverage. The method still further comprises and entering each required step into a dynamic sequence corresponding to a module of the system configured to perform that particular step, the dynamic sequence representing an order in which one or more steps in the dynamic sequence will be performed by the module for one or more beverages to be generated by the system.

主权项

1. An automated beverage generating system, comprising:
an electronic processing unit; an electronic memory device electrically coupled to the electronic processing unit and having instructions stored therein, and a plurality of process modules electronically connected to the electronic processing unit, wherein each of the process modules includes one or more electrical components that are separate from the electrical components of the other process modules, and wherein each of the process modules is configured to receive a command from the electronic processing unit to perform one or more chemical or mechanical processes contributing to the production of one or more beverages and to perform the one or more chemical or mechanical processes in response to said commands, and each of the process modules has a dynamic sequence representing an order in which the module will perform one or more steps in the dynamic sequence for one or more beverages to be generated by the system; wherein the processing unit is configured to access the memory device and execute the instructions stored therein such that it is configured to:
receive one or more electrical signals representative of an order for a specified beverage;translate the order for the specified beverage into a plurality of steps required to generate the specified beverage, wherein each of the steps comprises a chemical or mechanical process that contributes to the production of the specified beverage and is performed by one of the plurality of process modules of the system; andenter each required step into the dynamic sequence corresponding to at least one of the process modules of the system that is configured to perform that particular step.