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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2022
Filed:
May. 14, 2020
Gruppo Cimbali S.p.a., Binasco, IT;
Marco Abbatangelo, Binasco, IT;
Giorgio Duina, Binasco, IT;
Elisabetta Comini, Binasco, IT;
Giorgio Sberveglieri, Binasco, IT;
Veronica Sberveglieri, Binasco, IT;
Alberto Galimberti, Binasco, IT;
Claudio Volonté, Binasco, IT;
GRUPPO CIMBALI S.p.A., Binasco, IT;
Abstract
A method of recognizing a type of coffee from reference types of coffee, wherein each of the reference types of coffee is associated with a respective reference signal and wherein each type of coffee is associated to a characteristic combination of volatile organic compounds released from the type of coffee, may include: sensing, by one or more sensors, presence and concentration of one or more volatile organic compounds in a mixture of volatile organic compounds released from the type of coffee; generating a signal representative of the type of coffee according to the sensed one or more volatile organic compounds and the respective concentrations of the sensed one or more volatile organic compounds; comparing the generated signal with the reference signal associated with each of the reference types of coffee; and generating a recognition signal in response to the comparing of the generated signal with the reference signals.