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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2016
Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.v., Utrecht, NL;
Hendrikus Christinus Maria Wessels, Utrecht, NL;
Koen Josef van Niekerk, Utrecht, NL;
Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V., Utrecht, NL;
Abstract
Disclosed is a beverage preparation system () with a preparation unit for preparing a beverage, with a display panel defining a screen space, and having integrated therewith a touch sensitive panel and with a control unit for controlling the preparation unit with user guidance obtained from the touch sensitive panel and for providing visual feedback to the display panel, the touch sensitive panel being arranged for generating a position signal indicative for a position pointed to. The control unit is operable in a tuning mode wherein the user is enabled to tune a beverage recipe. In the tuning mode a beverage holder () is displayed with a filling () corresponding to a beverage recipe as well as a movable soft-button in its interior. The user is enabled to control a composition of the beverage to be prepared by moving the soft-button.