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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2020
Pepsico, Inc., Purchase, NY (US);
Samuel Karol, Hawthorne, NY (US);
Anthony Romano, West Dundee, IL (US);
Thore Mainart Bücking, Hitchin, GB;
Timothy Charles King, Cambridge, GB;
Joseph Albert Dolphin, Cambridge, GB;
Roger Bradley Millington, Huntingdon, GB;
PepsiCo, Inc., Purchase, NY (US);
Abstract
A beverage dispenser includes a nozzle to dispense a beverage. The beverage dispenser further includes a camera to capture an image of the beverage as the beverage is dispensed from the nozzle. The camera has a field of view that includes the beverage. The beverage dispenser further includes a light source that illuminates the field of view of the camera. The beverage dispenser further includes a computer. The computer analyzes the image of the beverage and determines a characteristic of the beverage.