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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2014
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Jasper De Vreede, Eindhoven, NL;
Karel Johannes Adrianus Van Den Aker, Eindhoven, NL;
Franciscus Johannes Gerardus Hakkens, Eindhoven, NL;
Egbertus Reinier Jacobs, Eindhoven, NL;
Mart Kornelis-Jan Te Velde, Eindhoven, NL;
Christoph Dobrusskin, Eindhoven, NL;
Gerben Kooijman, Eindhoven, NL;
Klaas Jacob Lulofs, Eindhoven, NL;
Frederik Jan De Bruijn, Eindhoven, NL;
Johannes Wilhelmus Weekamp, Eindhoven, NL;
Susanne Maaike Valster, Eindhoven, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
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.