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Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 29, 2017
Applicant:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Daniel Pohl, Puchheim, DE;

Roman Schick, Furstenfeldbruck, DE;

Fengqian Gao, Shanghai, CN;

Wenlong Yang, Shanghai, CN;

Assignee:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B67D 1/08 (2006.01); A47J 31/52 (2006.01); G01C 3/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B67D 1/0888 (2013.01); A47J 31/525 (2018.08); G01C 3/08 (2013.01); A47J 2203/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

Apparatus, method and storage medium associated with a beverage dispensing apparatus are disclosed herein. In embodiments, a beverage dispensing apparatus may include a dispenser to dispense a beverage into a beverage container placed underneath the dispenser; one or more sensors to sense and collect depth data associated with the beverage container; and a controller coupled to the dispenser and the one or more sensors to control the dispenser's dispensation of the beverage, in accordance with a capacity of the beverage container inferred based at least in part on the collected depth data associated with the beverage container. Other embodiments may be disclosed or claimed.


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