Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Versuni Holding B.v.

Jasper De Vreede

Karel Johannes Adrianus Van Den Aker

Franciscus Johannes Gerardus Hakkens

Christoph Dobrusskin

Gerben Kooijman

Jan Frederik Suijver

Mark Thomas Johnson

Petrus Theodorus Jutte

Mart Kornelis-Jan Te Velde

Johannes Wilhelmus Weekamp

Frederik Jan De Bruijn

Yun Chen

Klaas Jacob Lulofs

Johannes Marra

Harmina Christina Zeijlstra

Johan Marra

Egbertus Reinier Jacobs

Susanne Maaike Valster

Job Lipsch

Anna Louise Wijnoltz

Mart Te Velde

Chen Yun

A food processing apparatus and a method for reducing sugar content of a food product is disclosed. The food processing apparatus includes a food processing compartment including a blade arrangement and a fluid release valve, a base including a motor arranged to drive the blade arrangement, a heating arrangement for heating a food product with steam, and a controller. The heating arrangement includes a water tank and a heating element thermally coupled to the water tank. The controller controls the heating element to heat the food product in the food processing compartment with steam for a defined period of time, and controls the motor to blend the food product upon termination of the heating of the food product for the defined period of time and upon releasing steam condensate generated during the heating of the food product from the food processing compartment through the fluid release valve.

Sugar reduction of food products

The present invention relates to a consumable recognition system for recognizing placement and/or type of consumable containing a food substance for the preparation of a beverage by use of a beverage dispenser. To enable the recognition of placement and/or type of consumable in a simple, foolproof and easily implementable way an embodiment of the system comprises a light source () for emitting light () to the consumable (), a light sensor () for sensing light () reflected from a reflection element () of the consumable to obtain a sensor signal, wherein the sensor signal depends on the position, orientation, fluorescence, phosphorescence and/or polarization characteristic of said reflection element, and a signal processor () for recognizing placement and/or type of consumable based on said sensor signal.

Consumable recognition system, set of consumables and beverage dispenser

At least two consumables of a set for use in a beverage dispenser wherein each consumable includes a filtering body defining a space containing a food substance, from which the beverage is obtained by use of liquid, and a recognition element representing a surface of the filtering body configured to face a plurality of nozzles of the beverage dispenser that provide a flow of liquid through the consumable. The recognition element has a mechanical property, which is recognizable and/or interpretable by the beverage dispenser when said beverage dispenser obtains a sensor signal by sensing a flow characteristic of the flow of liquid, when the flow of liquid through the consumable is started by the plurality of nozzles. Said mechanical property is different for each type of consumable of the set of consumables so that a characteristic of said sensor signal depends on the mechanical property of the recognition element.

Set of consumables and beverage dispenser

A coffee dispensing apparatus includes a base and an at least one nozzle. Further, base and nozzle are arranged such that the dispensed coffee flows via inner upstanding wall of a standard sized coffee container.

Coffee dispensing apparatus

The present invention relates to a consumable recognition system for recognizing placement and/or type of consumable containing a food substance for the preparation of a beverage by use of a beverage dispenser. To enable the recognition of placement and/or type of consumable in a simple, foolproof and easily implementable way the system comprises a plurality of magnetic and/or electric field elements () for separately sensing a magnetic and/or electric field, wherein said consumable comprises one or more magnetically and/or electrically conductive elements () and the sensed magnetic fields depend on at least one characteristic of the one or more magnetically and/or electrically conductive elements, a driver () for providing drive currents to said magnetic and/or electric field elements, and a signal processor () for recognizing placement and/or type of consumable based on the sensed magnetic and/or electric fields.

A consumable recognition system for recognizing placement and/or type of a consumable containing a food substance, for the preparation of a beverage using a beverage dispenser, includes a light sensor configured to sense light reflected from a reflection element of the consumable during a relative movement between the consumable and the light sensor to obtain a sensor signal. The sensor signal depends on the position, reflectivity and/or pattern of the reflection element. A movable sensor carrier is configured to carry the light sensor which is configured to sense light reflected from the reflection element during a movement of the sensor carrier. A signal processor is configured to recognize placement and/or type of consumable based on the sensor signal.

Consumable recognition system and beverage dispenser

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Jasper De Vreede