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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2020
Keurig Green Mountain, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);
Nicholas George Ioannidis, Tewksbury, MA (US);
Robert Dana Cassano, Natick, MA (US);
Joseph George Fucci, Amherst, NH (US);
Keurig Green Mountain, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);
Abstract
A beverage machine arranged to image at least a portion of a capsule held by a beverage forming station of the machine. Parts of the beverage forming station may be movable between open and closed positions, and a portion of the capsule may be imaged while parts of the forming station are between open and closed positions. A capsule image may be captured only when forming station parts are moved toward the closed position, and image date discarded if the forming station is moved toward the open position prior to beverage formation.