Method for operating a beverage preparation machine, and beverage preparation machine for carrying out such a method
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
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국제특허분류(IPC7판)
A47J-031/40
A47J-031/44
B67D-001/00
A47J-031/00
G07F-013/06
출원번호
US-0760564
(2014-01-16)
등록번호
US-10226148
(2019-03-12)
우선권정보
DE-10 2013 200 686 (2013-01-17)
국제출원번호
PCT/EP2014/050839
(2014-01-16)
국제공개번호
WO2014/111486
(2014-07-24)
발명자
/ 주소
Roth, Sascha
Franke, Robin
출원인 / 주소
Franke Kaffeemaschinen AG
대리인 / 주소
Volpe and Koenig, P.C.
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A method for operating a beverage preparation machine, by which at least one coffee unit for dispensing coffee and an additive unit for dispensing a beverage additive is provided. A plurality of beverage variants are displayed by an at least partly graphical display in a selection mode, and the beve
A method for operating a beverage preparation machine, by which at least one coffee unit for dispensing coffee and an additive unit for dispensing a beverage additive is provided. A plurality of beverage variants are displayed by an at least partly graphical display in a selection mode, and the beverage preparation machine is controlled by a selection of a beverage variant, said selection being carried out by a user, such that the selected beverage variant is automatically prepared and dispensed from an outlet. The invention is characterized in that at least one selection region and a preview region are displayed in an at least partly graphical manner in the selection mode. A plurality of selectable beverage variants are displayed in an at least partly graphical manner in the selection region, and a current selection carried out by the user in the selection region is displayed in an at least partly graphical manner in the preview region. The beverage preparation machine is controlled when a starting element is actuated by the user such that the beverage variant displayed in the selection region is automatically prepared and dispensed from the outlet. The selection region and the preview region are displayed simultaneously in at least one first operating mode of the beverage preparation machine.
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1. A method for operating a beverage preparation machine, comprising: providing at least one coffee unit for dispensing coffee and an additive unit for dispensing a beverage additive, in a selection mode displaying a plurality of beverage variants on an at least partially graphic display and upon a
1. A method for operating a beverage preparation machine, comprising: providing at least one coffee unit for dispensing coffee and an additive unit for dispensing a beverage additive, in a selection mode displaying a plurality of beverage variants on an at least partially graphic display and upon a user selecting a beverage variant, controlling the beverage preparation machine with a controller such that the selected beverage variant is automatically prepared and dispensed from an outlet, wherein in the selection mode, showing graphically at least one selection region and one preview region at least in part, and showing graphically a plurality of selectable beverage variants at least in part in the selection region, and showing graphically a current selection made by the user in the selection region at least in part in the preview region, and in at least one first operating mode of the beverage preparation machine, simultaneously showing the selection region and the preview region and when a start element is actuated by the user, controlling the beverage preparation machine such that the beverage variant shown in the selection region is automatically prepared and dispensed from the outlet, wherein in the first operating mode using the selection mode, a plurality of beverage variants is selectable by the user one after another during dispensing of previously selected ones of the beverage variants and prior to all of the selected ones of the beverage variants being dispensed, and in at least one second operating mode of the beverage preparation machine, once the user has made a selection, fading out the selection region so that it is removed from the graphic display and showing the preview region instead until the selection made by the user is prepared and dispensed. 2. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising at least in the first operating mode using the selection mode, a plurality of beverage variants is selectable by the user and showing the selected beverage variants as a job list in a job list region, and once the start element has been selected, controlling the beverage preparation machine such that the beverage variant shown first is prepared, and once the preparation of said beverage variant has been concluded, the controller fading out an associated representation and moving up subsequently selected beverage variants in the job list in each case a space in the list, and a delete element is shown for at least one element in the job list, and when the delete element is actuated by the user, the controller deleting the associated element in the job list from the job list. 3. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the order of the beverage variants in the job list is changeable by the user. 4. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising the selection mode in the second operating mode including a menu selection mode in which a menu selection region is shown, showing a plurality of selectable beverage menus in the menu selection region, and once the user has selected a beverage menu, showing a subset of beverage variants assigned to said selected beverage menu in the selection region. 5. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising the selection mode in the second operation mode including a quick selection mode in which a plurality of selectively selectable, simultaneously showing different beverage variants graphically at least in part in the selection region, with the beverage variants being divided into several sub-groups, wherein in each case only the beverage variants of a sub-group are shown and the user alternates between the representation of a sub-group and the representation of one or several further sub-groups by actuating a scrolling function. 6. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising the selection mode in the first operating mode including a component selection mode in which a plurality of beverage basic variants which are selectable by the user is shown in the selection region and, when a beverage basic variant is selected, a plurality of beverage modifications relating to said selected beverage basic variant selectable by the user is displayed in a sub-selection region, with the beverage modifications including at least one of flavoring additives or preparation temperatures relating to the beverage basic variants. 7. The method as claimed in claim 6, further comprising showing the beverage sub-variants graphically assigned to the beverage main variants as a drop-down menu. 8. The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising showing operating elements for changing the beverage property which are selectable additionally by the user in the preview region, including for changing at least one of an output volume, a type of coffee used, a preparation temperature of one or several elements of the beverage or for adding a further flavor additive. 9. The method as claimed in claim 8, further comprising in dependence on the beverage variant shown in the preview region, from an overall group of operating elements for changing the beverage property only one sub-group of operating elements for changing the beverage property assigned to the beverage variant shown is shown. 10. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising in the preview region showing at least one of the properties from the group—dispensing volume of the chosen beverage, composition of the chosen beverage, flavor additives of the chosen beverage—graphically at least in part, wherein the dispensing volume is shown by a size representation of a dispensing receptacle, or the composition is shown by layers of different color or a flavor additive is shown by a pictogram assigned to said flavor. 11. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising the selection mode is realized as a credit mode in which a credit of the user is displayed by a price being assigned to each beverage variant and only such beverage variants having a price which is less than or equal to the credit is selectable. 12. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the operation is effected by a touch screen, and all operating elements are shown graphically on the touch screen. 13. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein a mode from the group—menu selection mode, quick selection mode, or from the group—menu selection mode, quick selection mode and component selection mode is set selectively by an operator. 14. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein a total quantity of beverage variants is provided and a subset from said total quantity is selectable for the operation. 15. A beverage preparation machine for preparing coffee beverages comprising at least one coffee unit for dispensing coffee and at least one additive unit for dispensing a beverage additive, and an at least partially graphic display for displaying a plurality of beverage variants, and having a programmable control unit to control the beverage preparation machine in dependence on a selection carried out by a user in such a manner that the chosen beverage variant is automatically prepared and dispensed from an outlet, the control unit is configured to show at least one selection region and a preview region on the graphic display at least in part in a selection mode, wherein a plurality of selectable beverage variants is shown graphically at least in part in the selection region and a current selection made by the user in the selection region is shown graphically at least in part in the preview region, the control unit is further—configured to show the selection region and the preview region simultaneously on the graphic display in at least one first operating mode of the beverage preparation machine and to control the beverage preparation machine in such a manner when the user actuates a start element the beverage variant shown in the selection region is automatically prepared and dispensed from the outlet, and in the first operating mode using the selection mode, a plurality of beverage variants is selectable by the user one after another during dispensing of previously selected ones of the beverage variants and prior to all of the selected ones of the beverage variants being dispensed, and in at least one second operating mode of the beverage preparation machine, once the user has made a selection, the selection region is faded out so that it is removed from the graphic display and the preview region is shown instead until the selection made by the user is prepared and dispensed. 16. The beverage preparation machine as claimed in claim 15, further comprising a touch screen as an operating element.
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