阅读说明：本技术 饮品制作参数配置方法和系统与饮品制作方法和设备 (Beverage making parameter configuration method and system and beverage making method and equipment ) 是由 宋博 王江峰 王志彦 徐兵 于 2021-07-27 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明的实施例提供了一种饮品制作参数配置方法、系统及存储介质与饮品制作方法、设备及存储介质。饮品制作参数配置方法包括：在显示界面上显示参数配置窗口；基于用户在参数配置窗口中输入的参数编辑信息,确定与目标饮品相关的目标饮品制作参数,目标饮品制作参数包括与所述目标饮品的口感相关的第一制作参数；响应于用户输入的存储指令,保存目标饮品制作参数,以便控制器根据饮品制作指令获取对应保存的目标饮品制作参数控制执行装置进行饮品制作。该方案操作简单、出品稳定性好且能够满足不同用户对不同口感的要求。(The embodiment of the invention provides a method and a system for configuring beverage making parameters, a storage medium, a beverage making method, beverage making equipment and a storage medium. The beverage making parameter configuration method comprises the following steps: displaying a parameter configuration window on a display interface; determining target beverage making parameters related to a target beverage based on parameter editing information input by a user in a parameter configuration window, wherein the target beverage making parameters comprise first making parameters related to the mouthfeel of the target beverage; and responding to a storage instruction input by a user, storing the target beverage making parameters so that the controller acquires the corresponding stored target beverage making parameters according to the beverage making instruction to control the execution device to make the beverage. The scheme is simple to operate, good in product stability and capable of meeting requirements of different users on different tastes.)

1. A method of beverage making parameter configuration, the method comprising:

displaying a parameter configuration window on a display interface;

determining target beverage making parameters related to a target beverage based on parameter editing information input by a user in the parameter configuration window, wherein the target beverage making parameters comprise first making parameters related to the mouthfeel of the target beverage;

and responding to the storage instruction input by the user, and storing the target beverage making parameters so that the controller acquires the corresponding stored target beverage making parameters according to the beverage making instruction to control the execution device to make the beverage.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein prior to saving the target beverage production parameter in response to the user-entered storage instruction, the method further comprises:

receiving a calibration instruction input by the user and sending the calibration instruction to the controller so that the controller responds to the calibration instruction and controls the execution device to make a calibration beverage according to the first making parameter;

receiving first modification information aiming at the first production parameter, which is input by the user in the parameter configuration window according to the taste of the adjusted beverage;

updating the first production parameters based on the first modification information.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first production parameters include at least one of: raw material weight, grinding degree, brewing water temperature, wet filter paper parameters for wetting filter paper, brewing parameters of each brewing stage in at least one brewing stage, a brewing motion track of a mechanical arm of each brewing stage in at least one brewing stage, and shaking parameters of the mechanical arm shaking the filter cup before brewing.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the brewing parameters include one or more of a brewing water amount, a brewing duration, a wait time, and a brewing angle corresponding to a current brewing stage, the wait time being a time to wait midway from an end of a current brewing stage to a beginning of a next brewing stage.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein, where the first production parameters include brewing parameters for each brewing stage, the method further comprises:

receiving a curve display instruction input by the user;

generating a brewing speed-time curve and/or a water quantity-time curve in the corresponding brewing stage based on the brewing parameters corresponding to each brewing stage in the at least one brewing stage, wherein the brewing speed-time curve is a brewing speed-time curve, and the water quantity-time curve is a brewing total water quantity-time curve; and

and displaying the brewing speed time curve and/or the water quantity time curve on the display interface.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein when the first production parameters include a brewing motion profile of a robotic arm, the brewing motion profile including at least one brewing path, the parameter editing information comprises: a path parameter of the at least one brewing path and an execution order of the at least one brewing path.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the target beverage production parameter further comprises a second production parameter comprising at least one of: material identification information and cleaning parameters for cleaning the filter bowl.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

sending a recommendation request to a cloud platform, wherein the recommendation request comprises drink information related to a drink to be recommended;

acquiring recommended beverage making parameters which are returned by the cloud platform and are related to the beverage to be recommended; and

and displaying the recommended beverage making parameters in the display interface.

9. A method for making a beverage comprising:

a beverage making parameter configuration step, adopting the method of any one of claims 1-8;

and a beverage making step, namely obtaining the correspondingly stored target beverage making parameters according to a beverage making instruction to make the beverage.

10. A beverage making parameter configuration system comprises an input and output module and a storage module, wherein the input and output module is used for providing a display interface for displaying a parameter configuration window for a display module and receiving parameter editing information input by a user in the parameter configuration window;

the saving module is used for determining target beverage making parameters related to a target beverage based on parameter editing information input in the parameter configuration window by a user, and the target beverage making parameters comprise first making parameters related to the mouth feel of the target beverage; and responding to the storage instruction input by the user, and storing the target beverage making parameters so that the controller acquires the corresponding stored target beverage making parameters according to the beverage making instruction to control the execution device to make the beverage.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein,

the input and output module is further used for receiving the adjusting instruction input by the user and sending the adjusting instruction to the controller, so that the controller responds to the adjusting instruction and controls the execution device to make the adjusting beverage according to the first making parameter;

the input and output module is further configured to receive first modification information, which is input by the user in the parameter configuration window according to the taste of the adjustment beverage and is specific to the first production parameter;

the saving module is further configured to update the first manufacturing parameter based on the first modification information.

12. A beverage making device is characterized by comprising a beverage making parameter configuration system, a controller and an executing device;

the beverage making parameter configuration system adopts the beverage making parameter configuration system according to any one of claims 10 to 11;

the controller is used for acquiring the correspondingly stored target beverage making parameters according to the beverage making instruction to control the executing device to make the beverage.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the controller is further configured to control the actuator to produce the calibrated beverage in response to the calibration instruction and according to the first production parameter when the beverage production parameter configuration system employs the beverage production parameter configuration system of claim 11.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the first fabrication parameters comprise: the device comprises a raw material weight, a grinding degree, a brewing water temperature, a wet filter paper parameter for wetting the filter paper, a brewing parameter of each brewing stage in at least one brewing stage, a brewing motion track of a mechanical arm of each brewing stage in at least one brewing stage, and a shaking parameter of the mechanical arm shaking the filter cup before brewing, wherein the execution device comprises a mechanical arm, a hand brewing pot, a heating assembly connected with the hand brewing pot, a brewing device, a divider, a grinder and a powder taking bottle,

the controller controls the mechanical arm to place the filter paper on the filter paper rack in a filter cup on the brewing device according to the beverage making instruction or the adjusting instruction;

pulling the ingredient dispenser according to the weight of the ingredients in the first manufacturing parameter and pouring the coffee beans in the ingredient dispenser into the grinder;

controlling the grinder to grind the coffee beans to the powder taking bottle according to the grinding degree in the first manufacturing parameter;

controlling the mechanical arm to invert the coffee powder in the powder taking bottle in the filter cup;

controlling the heating assembly to heat brewing water in the hand brewing kettle according to the brewing water temperature in the first manufacturing parameter;

controlling the mechanical arm to clamp the hand brewing kettle to brew in stages according to the brewing parameters of at least one brewing stage in the first manufacturing parameters and the brewing motion trail of the mechanical arm;

before brewing in stages, controlling the mechanical arm to clamp the filter cup filled with coffee powder to shake according to a shaking parameter in the first making parameters;

before the mechanical arm is controlled to invert the coffee powder in the powder taking bottle into the filter cup, the mechanical arm is controlled to clamp the hand brewing kettle to carry out wetting operation on the filter paper according to the wet filter paper parameter in the first manufacturing parameter.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the target beverage production parameters further comprise second production parameters, the second production parameters comprising cleaning parameters for cleaning a filter bowl, the controller being further configured to implement the following control operations:

controlling the mechanical arm to grab the filter cup and turn over so as to pour the waste residues and the filter paper, and putting the filter cup back;

and controlling the mechanical arm to grab the hand-washing pot and cleaning the filter bowl according to the cleaning parameters.

16. A storage medium on which program instructions are stored, which program instructions are operable when executed to perform the beverage making parameter configuration method of any one of claims 1 to 8 or the beverage making method of claim 9.

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of beverage making, in particular to a method and a system for configuring beverage making parameters, a storage medium, a beverage making method, a beverage making device and a storage medium.

Background

At present, for a plurality of beverages, the problem of unstable mouthfeel of the beverage is existed when the beverage is prepared by adopting a manual mode, and the problem of inflexible and inconvenient configuration of the preparation flow is existed when the beverage is prepared by adopting a mechanical mode. The following description will be made by taking coffee production as an example.

The existing coffee making methods mainly comprise two methods. One method of manufacture is by a coffee maker. The coffee machine can realize the processes of grinding, pressing, filling, washing, cleaning residues and the like. The preparation method has simple preparation process, but only can prepare the concentrated coffee, cannot release the original flavor of the coffee beans to the maximum extent and cannot meet the pursuits of different users for different tastes. Another method of making is to brew coffee by hand. Hand coffee is made mainly by hand by experienced coffee makers. However, this method has a problem that different coffeemakers use the same material or device to make coffee with different tastes, and even the same coffeemaker may have different coffee brewed each time. That is, the taste of the hand-brewed coffee is not stable because it is difficult for the coffee maker to ensure that the manipulation and the fine movement of each brewing are completely consistent.

In order to solve the problem of product stability of the existing pure manual coffee, an automatic coffee brewing device is provided at present. According to the device, the brewing motion trail of the mechanical arm is made by recording the motion trail of a coffee maker in the process of brewing coffee by hands, and then the manual brewing operation is simulated by the mechanical arm. Although this solution can guarantee the stability of the product to a certain extent, it has the following problems: the coffee brewing automatic realization device needs a provider to complete the brewing motion track setting of the mechanical arm before the device leaves the factory. That is, the coffee making track of the device is fixed after the device leaves the factory, so that the pursuit of different tastes by different users (which may include the coffee maker) cannot be satisfied.

Therefore, it is necessary to provide a coffee making technology which is simple in operation, has good product stability and meets the requirements of different users on different tastes.

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems. The invention provides a beverage making parameter configuration method, a beverage making parameter configuration system, a storage medium, a beverage making method, beverage making equipment and a storage medium.

According to one aspect of the invention, a beverage making parameter configuration method is provided, which comprises the following steps: displaying a parameter configuration window on a display interface; determining target beverage making parameters related to the target beverage based on parameter editing information input by a user in a parameter configuration window, wherein the target beverage making parameters comprise first making parameters related to the mouth feel of the target beverage; and responding to a storage instruction input by a user, storing the target beverage making parameters so that the controller acquires the corresponding stored target beverage making parameters according to the beverage making instruction to control the execution device to make the beverage.

Illustratively, prior to saving the target beverage production parameter in response to the user-entered storage instruction, the method further comprises: receiving an adjusting instruction input by a user and sending the adjusting instruction to the controller so that the controller responds to the adjusting instruction and controls the execution device to make an adjusting beverage according to a first making parameter; receiving first modification information aiming at a first production parameter, which is input by a user in a parameter configuration window according to the taste of the adjusted beverage; the first production parameters are updated based on the first modification information.

Illustratively, the first production parameters include at least one of: raw material weight, grinding degree, brewing water temperature, wet filter paper parameters for wetting filter paper, brewing parameters of each brewing stage in at least one brewing stage, a brewing motion track of a mechanical arm of each brewing stage in at least one brewing stage, and shaking parameters of the mechanical arm shaking the filter cup before brewing.

Illustratively, the brewing parameters include one or more of a brewing water amount, a brewing time duration, a waiting time and a brewing angle corresponding to a current brewing stage, the waiting time being a time waiting in between from the end of the current brewing stage to the start of a next brewing stage.

Illustratively, where the first production parameters include brewing parameters for each brewing stage, the method further comprises: receiving a curve display instruction input by a user; generating a brewing speed-time curve and/or a water quantity-time curve in the corresponding brewing stage based on the brewing parameters corresponding to each brewing stage in the at least one brewing stage, wherein the brewing speed-time curve is a brewing speed-time curve, and the water quantity-time curve is a brewing total water quantity-time curve; and displaying the brewing speed time curve and/or the water quantity time curve on the display interface.

Illustratively, when the first production parameter comprises a brewing motion trajectory of the robotic arm, the brewing motion trajectory comprising at least one brewing path, the parameter editing information comprises: a path parameter of the at least one brewing path and an execution order of the at least one brewing path.

Illustratively, the target beverage production parameter further comprises a second production parameter comprising at least one of: material identification information and cleaning parameters for cleaning the filter bowl.

Illustratively, the method further comprises: sending a recommendation request to a cloud platform, wherein the recommendation request comprises drink information related to a drink to be recommended; acquiring recommended beverage making parameters related to the beverage to be recommended, which are returned by the cloud platform; and displaying the recommended beverage making parameters in the display interface.

According to another aspect of the invention, a beverage making method is provided, which comprises the following steps: a beverage making parameter configuration step, namely adopting the beverage making parameter configuration method; and a beverage making step, namely obtaining the correspondingly stored target beverage making parameters according to the beverage making instruction to make the beverage.

According to another aspect of the invention, a beverage making parameter configuration system is provided, which comprises an input and output module and a storage module, wherein the input and output module is used for providing a display interface for displaying a parameter configuration window for a display module and receiving parameter editing information input in the parameter configuration window by a user; the storage module is used for determining target beverage making parameters related to the target beverage based on parameter editing information input by a user in the parameter configuration window, and the target beverage making parameters comprise first making parameters related to the taste of the target beverage; and responding to a storage instruction input by a user, storing the target beverage making parameters so that the controller acquires the corresponding stored target beverage making parameters according to the beverage making instruction to control the execution device to make the beverage.

The input and output module is further used for receiving a calibration instruction input by a user and sending the calibration instruction to the controller, so that the controller responds to the calibration instruction and controls the execution device to make a calibrated beverage according to a first making parameter; the input and output module is also used for receiving first modification information aiming at the first production parameter, which is input by a user in the parameter configuration window according to the taste of the adjusted beverage; the saving module is further used for updating the first manufacturing parameter based on the first modification information.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a beverage making apparatus comprising a beverage making parameter configuration system, a controller and an execution device; the beverage making parameter configuration system adopts the beverage making parameter configuration system; the controller is used for acquiring the corresponding stored target beverage making parameters according to the beverage making instruction to control the execution device to make the beverage.

Illustratively, when the beverage making parameter configuration system adopts the beverage making parameter configuration system, the controller is further configured to respond to the calibration instruction and control the execution device to make the calibrated beverage according to the first making parameter.

Illustratively, the first fabrication parameters include: the automatic brewing device comprises a controller, a controller and a filter cup, wherein the controller controls the mechanical arm to place the filter paper on the filter paper rack in the filter cup on the brewing device according to a beverage making instruction or an adjusting instruction; pulling the measuring device according to the weight of the raw materials in the first manufacturing parameter and pouring coffee beans in the measuring device into the grinder; controlling the grinder to grind coffee beans to the powder taking bottle according to the grinding degree in the first manufacturing parameter; controlling the mechanical arm to invert the coffee powder in the powder taking bottle in the filter cup; controlling a heating component to heat brewing water in the hand brewing kettle according to the brewing water temperature in the first manufacturing parameter; controlling the mechanical arm clamping hand brewing kettle to brew in stages according to the brewing parameters of at least one brewing stage in the first manufacturing parameters and the brewing motion trail of the mechanical arm; before brewing stage by stage, controlling a mechanical arm to clamp the filter cup filled with coffee powder to shake according to a shaking parameter in the first making parameters; before the mechanical arm is controlled to invert the coffee powder in the powder taking bottle into the filter cup, the mechanical arm is controlled to clamp the hand brewing pot to carry out wetting operation on the filter paper according to the wet filter paper parameter in the first manufacturing parameter.

Illustratively, the target beverage making parameters further comprise second making parameters, the second making parameters comprise cleaning parameters for cleaning the filter bowl, and the controller is further configured to implement the following control operations:

controlling the mechanical arm to grab the filter cup and turn over to pour the waste residue and the filter paper, and putting the filter cup back; and controlling the mechanical arm to grab the hand to wash the kettle and cleaning the filter bowl according to the cleaning parameters.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a storage medium having stored thereon program instructions for executing the beverage making parameter configuration method described above when executed.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a storage medium having stored thereon program instructions for executing the above-described beverage making method when executed.

According to the beverage making parameter configuration method, the beverage making parameter configuration system, the storage medium, the beverage making method, the beverage making equipment and the storage medium, a user can set beverage making parameters to make a beverage only by operating on the parameter configuration window, and the operation mode is very simple; and the scheme of setting the beverage making parameters through the parameter configuration window is convenient for a user to adjust and calibrate the target beverage in a mode of modifying the parameters when the beverage is not satisfactory until the target beverage meets the requirements. In addition, different users can set beverage making parameters according to own experience, so that the requirements of different users on taste can be met. In addition, the beverage making equipment with stable control performance is used for automatically making the beverage based on the preset parameters, so that the stability of the quality of the beverage can be ensured. In addition, because the user can set the beverage making parameters at will, the taste of coffee extraction can meet the requirement of gold cup by setting the proper beverage making parameters, which is very easy to realize. This helps to obtain a golden cup coffee with a stable mouthfeel, thereby helping to improve the user experience. In a word, the parameter setting scheme is simple to operate, good in product stability and capable of meeting requirements of different users on different tastes. Correspondingly, the beverage prepared based on the set beverage preparation parameters can also obtain better taste and better stability of the product.

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The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent by describing in more detail embodiments of the present invention with reference to the attached drawings. The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the embodiments of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the invention and not to limit the invention. In the drawings, like reference numbers generally represent like parts or steps.

Figure 1 shows a schematic diagram of a beverage making parameter configuration method according to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 shows a schematic diagram of a parameter configuration window according to one embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 3 shows a schematic of a brewing speed versus time curve and a water volume versus time curve according to one embodiment of the present invention;

figure 4 shows a schematic flow diagram of a beverage making method according to one embodiment of the present invention;

figure 5 shows a schematic block diagram of a beverage making parameter configuration system according to one embodiment of the present invention;

figure 6 shows a schematic block diagram of a beverage making apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, exemplary embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It is to be understood that the described embodiments are merely a subset of embodiments of the invention and not all embodiments of the invention, with the understanding that the invention is not limited to the example embodiments described herein. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments of the invention described herein without inventive step, shall fall within the scope of protection of the invention.

In order to at least partially solve the technical problem, embodiments of the present invention provide a method, a system, and a storage medium for configuring beverage making parameters, and a method, an apparatus, and a storage medium for making a beverage. For ease of understanding, the invention is described below primarily in connection with the configuration of parameters and the making of coffee. However, it should be noted that the technology provided by the present invention is not limited to the scope of making coffee, and other beverages with similar properties such as tea can be made.

The following describes a beverage making parameter configuration method according to an embodiment of the present invention with reference to fig. 1. Fig. 1 shows a schematic diagram of a beverage making parameter configuration method 100 according to one embodiment of the present invention. The beverage making parameter configuration method 100 can be applied to any parameter configuration system. Alternatively, the parameter configuration system may be applied in the following for making a beverage making device. In this case, the beverage making apparatus may have a beverage making parameter configuration function and a subsequent beverage making function. For example, the beverage production device may include an input-output module, such as a display screen, via which a user may interact with the beverage production device, enter various parameters and/or instructions (e.g., parameter editing information, first modification information, etc.), and accept various feedback information (e.g., brewing speed time profile, etc.). The parameter configuration system may be integrated in any suitable device capable of interacting with a user, including but not limited to personal computers, mobile terminals, servers, and the like. Further, optionally, the parameter configuration device may be in communication with the beverage making device.

As shown in fig. 1, the method 100 for configuring beverage making parameters includes steps S110-S130.

In step S110, a parameter configuration window is displayed on the display interface.

The display interface may be an interface presented by a display screen of the parameter configuration device. The parameter configuration window may cover the entire display interface or may occupy only a portion of the display interface. The parameter configuration window may be displayed on the display interface in any form, for example, it may be fixed, non-draggable, or floating, draggable.

Fig. 2 shows a schematic diagram of a parameter configuration window according to an embodiment of the invention. As shown in fig. 2, the parameter configuration window may include setting controls for respectively setting one or more of the beverage making parameters. The setup controls may include, but are not limited to, a textbox control, a selection control, a slider control, and the like. The user can interact with the parameter configuration window, and various parameters are input into the parameter configuration window, so that the required target beverage making parameters are obtained.

In step S120, a target beverage making parameter related to the target beverage is determined based on the parameter editing information input by the user in the parameter configuration window, where the target beverage making parameter includes a first making parameter related to the mouth feel of the target beverage.

The target beverage is any particular beverage. The target beverage can be identified by any beverage identification information. For example, the target beverage may be identified by the name "coffee 1". The target beverage may correspond to specific ingredient identification information (i.e., target ingredient identification information). The material identification information is used for identifying the material adopted by the beverage, namely, distinguishing which material is adopted by the beverage. The material identification information may include a material type and/or a material production date, etc. Illustratively, the raw material production date may refer to a production lot. For coffee, the corresponding material is coffee beans. Coffee beans are of different kinds. The coffee bean type may be expressed in terms of coffee bean name. The same kind of coffee beans may also have different places of production, different production batches, etc. Alternatively, different coffees may correspond to different types of coffee beans, and may also correspond to the same type of coffee beans. For example, "coffee 1" may correspond to a coffee bean category of "eurobia beans", wherein "coffee 1" belongs to the drink identification information and "rusobia beans" belongs to the ingredient identification information. The beverage identification information is unique, and can be used to uniquely identify the beverage. The beverage production parameter may be associated with beverage identification information. For example, for a target beverage, the target beverage making parameters can be associated with the beverage identification information, and the associated information can be stored in the parameter library together. Therefore, the target beverage making parameters can be conveniently searched based on the beverage identification information.

Illustratively, the first fabrication parameters may include one or more of: raw material weight, grinding degree, brewing water temperature, wet filter paper parameters for wetting filter paper, brewing parameters of each brewing stage in at least one brewing stage, a brewing motion track of a mechanical arm of each brewing stage in at least one brewing stage, and shaking parameters of the mechanical arm shaking the filter cup before brewing.

Illustratively, the brewing parameters may include one or more of an amount of brewing water, a brewing time duration, a waiting time, and a brewing angle corresponding to a current brewing stage, the waiting time being a time waiting (i.e., elapsed) from an end of the current brewing stage to a beginning of a next brewing stage. Illustratively, the wet filter paper parameter may include a wet filter paper water amount and/or a wet filter paper length. Illustratively, the shaking parameters may include a number of shakes and/or a magnitude of shakes. The shaking parameter of the robotic arm shaking the filter bowl prior to brewing refers to the shaking parameter of the robotic arm shaking the filter bowl prior to the first brewing stage associated with the target beverage.

Illustratively, the target beverage production parameter may further comprise a second production parameter, which may comprise at least one of: material identification information and cleaning parameters for cleaning the filter bowl. The raw material identification information is used for representing the raw material information required by the current target beverage; the cleaning parameters comprise one or more of the number of filter cups, the cleaning water quantity of a single filter cup, the cleaning time of a single filter cup, the cleaning water quantity of all filter cups, the cleaning time of all filter cups, the cleaning starting time and the cleaning finishing time. The second production parameter is a parameter for enabling an automated setting of the beverage production device. Optionally, the second production parameter may be set by a user in a customized manner by inputting parameter editing information, or may be a default parameter stored in advance.

In particular, reference may be made to the parameter configuration window shown in fig. 2. As shown in fig. 2, on the parameter configuration window, the following parameters may be set: name (i.e., type of material); bean amount (i.e. raw material weight); degree of grinding (size of particle size of coffee bean grinding); water temperature (i.e., brewing water temperature); brewing parameters (including the amount and duration of water for each brewing stage and the waiting time between two adjacent brewing stages); wet filter paper parameters, cleaning parameters. Note that the weight of the raw material refers to the weight of raw material required to make a beverage at a single time.

The washing is mainly to wash the residual coffee liquid in the filter cup after the coffee making is finished. The cleaning parameters may include the amount of water and the length of time required to clean a single bowl and/or the amount of water and the length of time required to clean multiple bowls. For example, the hand pot can be used to flush two filter cups with a single hot water. Furthermore, a washing start time and/or a washing end time may be set to achieve the timed washing. For example, no immediate cleaning may be required after each coffee preparation, and when cleaning is required, another cleaning is performed. For example, the washing may be performed when the washing is not done for several hours continuously or when the washing is open in the morning and closed in the evening.

Optionally, in practical applications, the parameters on the parameter configuration window shown in fig. 2 may further include a brewing angle (not shown) of the hand brewing pot described below, so that the user can adjust the taste of the coffee based on the brewing angle.

In step S130, in response to the storage instruction input by the user, the target beverage making parameter is saved, so that the controller obtains the corresponding saved target beverage making parameter according to the beverage making instruction to control the execution device to make the beverage.

For example, the storage instruction may be input in the parameter configuration window, or may be input in a display area of the display interface other than the parameter configuration window. Of course, the storage instruction may also be input through other input means than the display screen. The input device may include, but is not limited to, a keypad, a microphone, and the like.

Illustratively, the parameter configuration window may include a storage control. A user may enter a storage instruction by interacting with a storage control. For example, the storage control may be a "save/update" control as shown in FIG. 2, which the user may enter a storage instruction by clicking on. The click may be a double click or a single click with a mouse. After the user sets the parameters on the parameter configuration window, the user can click the save/update control. In response to the click operation, the set target beverage making parameters can be saved to a parameter library. The parameter library may be stored in the memory of the parameter configuration device or in a separate storage device. Illustratively, the standalone storage device may be a cloud platform.

The user, who may be a coffee maker, may set empirically on the parameter configuration window the relevant parameters of the coffee that the user considers to be satisfactory for the taste of the coffee made from this parameter. After the configuration is finished, the data can be stored in the parameter library by clicking the 'storage/update' control, so that the configuration function of the beverage making parameters is realized.

The stored target beverage making parameters can be acquired by the beverage making equipment when the target beverage needs to be made, and the beverage is made according to the target beverage making parameters. Illustratively, the beverage making apparatus may comprise a controller and an actuator. The controller can obtain the target beverage making parameters from the parameter library when receiving the beverage making instructions related to the target beverage, and control the execution device to make the target beverage according to the target beverage making parameters.

One or more users can set the corresponding beverage making parameters for the same or different beverages and store the parameters in the parameter library. By performing the above-described parameter setting and saving operations for various beverages, the finally obtained parameter library can store beverage production parameters corresponding to a number of different beverages one-to-one. As the beverage making parameters are stored in the parameter library in a data mode, the beverage making parameters and brewing experience of the users can be shared on the social platform, and the mutual communication among the users is facilitated. In addition, the beverage making parameters are stored in the parameter library, so that any user can call the beverage making parameters of other users through a unified file type. In addition, because the beverage making parameters are stored in the parameter library, the quantity of the parameters which can be stored is large, and the parameters can be called at any time.

The user only needs to operate on the parameter configuration window, and can set the beverage making parameters related to the taste of the beverage to make the beverage, so that the operation mode is very simple for the user; and the scheme of setting the beverage making parameters through the parameter configuration window is convenient for a user to adjust and calibrate the target beverage in a mode of modifying the parameters when the beverage is not satisfactory until the target beverage meets the requirements. In addition, different users can set beverage making parameters according to own experience, so that the requirements of different users on taste can be met. In addition, the beverage making equipment with stable control performance can be used for automatically making the beverage based on preset parameters, so that the stability of the quality of the beverage can be ensured. In addition, because the user can set the beverage making parameters at will, the taste of coffee extraction can meet the requirement of gold cup by setting the proper beverage making parameters, which is very easy to realize. This helps to obtain a golden cup coffee with a stable mouthfeel, thereby helping to improve the user experience.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, before saving the target beverage making parameter in response to the storage instruction input by the user (step S130), the method 100 may further include: receiving an adjusting instruction input by a user and sending the adjusting instruction to the controller so that the controller responds to the adjusting instruction and controls the execution device to make an adjusting beverage according to a first making parameter; receiving first modification information aiming at a first production parameter, which is input by a user in a parameter configuration window according to the taste of the adjusted beverage; the first production parameters are updated based on the first modification information.

The calibration beverage is an experimental product of the target beverage. In practical applications, after the user sets the first manufacturing parameter for the first time, the experiment may be performed first. If the experimental taste is satisfactory, the first production parameters are not further modified. If the experiment taste is not satisfactory, the user can adjust the first manufacturing parameter through the first modification information, so that the function of parameter adjustment is realized. The parameter adjustment can be repeatedly carried out until the user feels satisfied with the taste of the prepared drink.

Alternatively, the storage instructions may be entered to save the final (which may be initially edited or updated one or more times) target beverage production parameters in the parameter library when the user feels that the beverage taste is sufficiently satisfactory.

According to the embodiment, the parameter configuration equipment and the beverage making equipment have the adjusting function, so that a user can repeatedly adjust and calibrate the first making parameter as required until satisfactory beverage taste is obtained. This approach helps improve the efficiency of parameter configuration for the user, since the parameters do not need to be saved in the parameter library each time before the parameters are adjusted.

In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, where the first production parameters include brewing parameters for each brewing stage, the method 100 may further include: receiving a curve display instruction input by a user; generating a brewing speed-time curve and/or a water quantity-time curve in the corresponding brewing stage based on the brewing parameters corresponding to each brewing stage in the at least one brewing stage, wherein the brewing speed-time curve is a brewing speed-time curve, and the water quantity-time curve is a brewing total water quantity-time curve; and displaying the brewing speed time curve and/or the water quantity time curve on the display interface.

The brewing is realized by setting parameters through the parameter configuration window, so the scheme provided by the invention can support the user-defined multiple brewing. Therefore, the brewing mode based on the parameter setting has stronger adaptability to different brewing scenes. For example, 3 infusions are defaulted in the normal state, but may be set to 5 or more infusions depending on the scene. When different brewing appliances are used, different times of brewing are required to obtain better brewing effect. For example, 3 infusions are typically used with glass or ceramic filter cups, and 5 infusions are typically used with copper filter cups because of their fast thermal conductivity. The user can set its brewing parameters separately for each brewing stage.

Further, in response to the user-entered profile display instructions, a brewing profile in the corresponding brewing phase may be generated based on the brewing parameters corresponding to each of the at least one brewing phase, the brewing profile including a brewing speed time profile and/or a water quantity time profile. The brewing speed is the water injection speed, and the water quantity is the water injection quantity.

The functional images (the brewing speed time curve and the water quantity time curve) formed by the brewing parameters are presented through the display interface, so that the user can understand and adjust the brewing parameters more intuitively.

Illustratively, the parameter configuration window may include a curve display control, and receiving a user-input curve display instruction includes: and receiving a curve display instruction generated by interactive operation of a user on the curve display control.

After the user has configured the brewing parameters, the right "curve" control can be clicked to automatically generate a brewing speed time curve and a water volume time curve, as shown in fig. 2. The "curve" control shown in fig. 2 is the curve display control described above. The two curves are mainly used as reference bases for debugging beverage making parameters for users. For example, if the coffee tastes too much, the water volume ratio between the brewing stages can be adjusted according to the water volume time curve, so that the water volume in the first brewing stage and the second brewing stage is less, and the water volume in the third brewing stage is more. Therefore, the integral brewing speed is higher, and the integral brewing time is shorter.

Fig. 3 shows a schematic of a brewing speed versus time curve and a water quantity versus time curve according to an embodiment of the present invention. In fig. 3, the water amount time curve is represented by V1, and the brewing speed time curve is represented by V2. It should be noted that the curves shown in fig. 3 are ideal curves, which are only examples and not limitations of the present invention. The brewing parameters can be continuously adjusted according to the displayed actual brewing curve to obtain a more ideal brewing curve as much as possible (as shown in fig. 3). Compared with the condition that the brewing curve of the user for adding water manually fluctuates too much, the ideal brewing curve is smooth and gentle, has small fluctuation and uniform change, and can achieve more excellent brewing effect.

Since the brewing water amount can be accurately detected by the weight sensor, the mechanical arm clamping hand brewing kettle can be controlled to pour out the expected water amount in a preset time period by matching with a program algorithm or a machine learning algorithm, and a water amount time curve can be generated to be displayed, so that a user can debug parameters to obtain a more accurate reference basis. In addition, the program algorithm can calculate and display the brewing speed time curve according to the input brewing parameters, so as to provide reference for debugging parameters for a user.

The definition of "gold cup extraction" stems from standards set by the association of competitive coffeemakers in various countries regarding the range of concentrations and extraction rates. As an example of the highest acceptance of the standards established by the American Cofferdan Association of American quality SCA, concentrations of 1.15% to 1.35% and extraction rates in the range of 18% to 22%, coffee is considered to be extracted in the cup. Different coffee beans or the same coffee bean after being processed by different processing methods (such as water washing, semi-water washing, honey processing, solarization and the like) and roasted or the same coffee bean after being processed by the same processing method and roasted but different production batches (different batches of coffee beans have slightly different growing climatic conditions), are required to be set by different brewing parameters, so that the effect of 'gold cup extraction' can be achieved. Therefore, the method for extracting gold cups has a very strong demand for flexibly and visually adjusting brewing parameters and brewing curves. Through the scheme of displaying the brewing curve and adjusting the parameters based on the brewing curve, very effective help can be provided for a coffeemaker to realize the gold cup extraction effect. Furthermore, the continuous production of coffee extracted from gold cups is also a very strong requirement for the stability of the operation. According to the scheme of the embodiment of the invention, the beverage making equipment is mainly utilized to carry out automatic making based on the preset beverage making parameters, and the requirement on the stability can be met.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, after displaying the brewing speed time curve and/or the water amount time curve on the display interface, the method 100 may further include: receiving second modification information of the brewing parameters for any one of the at least one brewing stages, which is input by the user in the parameter configuration window; updating the brewing parameters of the brewing stage based on the second modification information; and updating the brewing speed time curve and/or the water volume time curve with the updating of the brewing parameters of the brewing phase.

Illustratively, updating the brewing parameters of the brewing stage based on the second modification information may include: in response to the curve display instruction input by the user, the brewing parameters of the brewing stage are updated based on the second modification information. For example, after modifying the brewing parameters of any one or more brewing stages, the user may click the curve display control again, so that the parameter configuration device updates the original brewing parameters, generates a new brewing speed-time curve and/or a new brewing water amount-time curve, and displays the new brewing speed-time curve and/or the new brewing water amount-time curve.

After the brewing speed time curve and/or the water quantity time curve are displayed for the first time, if the brewing parameters need to be updated subsequently, the brewing speed time curve and/or the water quantity time curve can be linked with the updated brewing parameters, namely the brewing speed time curve and/or the water quantity time curve are updated together with the latter. The updating of the brewing speed-time profile and/or the water quantity-time profile may include the generation and display of the brewing speed-time profile and/or the water quantity-time profile. The scheme is convenient for a user to check the effect of parameter modification in real time and helps the user to adjust the brewing parameters to the ideal state more quickly.

According to the embodiment of the invention, when the first production parameter comprises a brewing motion track of the mechanical arm, and the brewing motion track comprises at least one brewing path, the parameter editing information comprises: a path parameter for each brewing path and an execution order of at least one brewing path.

The path parameters of the brewing path may include one or more of a path category, a path specific route, and the like. Each brewing stage may employ at least one brewing path. For example, in any brewing stage, brewing can be performed sequentially according to the path parameters of more than two brewing paths and the execution sequence thereof.

According to an embodiment of the invention, each brewing path of the at least one brewing path belongs to one of a set of paths, which may comprise a point-like brewing path, an archimedes spiral brewing path and a circular brewing path. The point-like brewing path, the archimedes' spiral brewing path, and the circular brewing path described above can be considered as three path categories. The implementation of these paths is understood by those skilled in the art and will not be described in detail here.

By editing the information through the parameters, it is possible to specify which brewing paths are adopted by the currently-made target beverage. For example, the parameter edit information may specify that a brewing takes a total of two paths, a point-like brewing path and a circular brewing path, for brewing.

Furthermore, by parameter editing information, it is also possible to specify the path parameters of each brewing path taken. For a circular brewing path, the path parameters may include the direction and/or radius of the path. For an archimedes' spiral brewing path, the path parameters may include the speed and/or direction of diffusion of the path. The direction of the archimedes' spiral brewing path may include an inside-to-outside direction or an outside-to-inside direction.

Furthermore, by means of the parameter editing information, it is also possible to specify the execution sequence of the at least one brewing path. For example: the method comprises the following steps of point brewing, Archimedes spiral brewing, circular brewing, Archimedes spiral brewing, point brewing, Archimedes spiral brewing, circular brewing and point brewing, wherein the three brewing steps are carried out sequentially. A certain brewing sequence can be selected as desired and can be changed at any time.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the first modification information described above or the third modification information described below may include information related to one or more of the following operations: adding or deleting a specified brewing path in a brewing motion track of any brewing stage; modifying a diffusion path parameter of any brewing path of any brewing stage; altering the order of execution of at least one brewing path of any brewing stage.

Illustratively, the beverage making apparatus may comprise a robotic arm. A robotic arm may be employed to perform the set brewing procedure. As the brewing program is executed through the mechanical arm, the user can set the path parameters of each brewing path in any brewing motion track and the execution sequence of the brewing path according to the requirement. In addition, the user can modify the path parameters of each brewing path in any one brewing motion track set previously and the execution sequence of the brewing paths at any time. For example, the archimedes 'spiral brewing path may be increased in the brewing motion profile, the speed and/or direction of diffusion of the archimedes' spiral brewing path may be modified, the direction and radius of the circular brewing path may be modified, etc.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the method 100 may further include: sending a recommendation request to a cloud platform, wherein the recommendation request comprises drink information related to a drink to be recommended; acquiring recommended beverage making parameters related to the beverage to be recommended, which are returned by the cloud platform; and displaying the recommended beverage making parameters in the display interface.

The beverage to be recommended may be the target beverage, or may be any other beverage different from the target beverage. In one example, the recommended beverage production parameters may be displayed in a parameter configuration window. At this time, the recommended beverage making parameters may be automatically displayed at corresponding positions in the parameter configuration window as shown in fig. 2. For example, if the recommended drink is "coffee 5" and the material is "Columbia beans", the name "Columbia beans" may be automatically displayed after the column of "name" shown in FIG. 2. In another example, the recommended beverage production parameters may also be displayed in a display area outside of the parameter configuration window. For example, the recommended drink preparation parameters may be presented on the display interface in a format such as a separate TXT document.

The method and the device for recommending the beverage making parameters of the required beverage to the user can provide guidance opinions for the user, so that different users can communicate with each other and share experience data of the users, and the user experience is improved.

According to the embodiment of the invention, the beverage to be recommended is a target beverage, the step of displaying the recommended beverage production parameters in the display interface is performed before the target beverage production parameters related to the target beverage are determined based on the parameter editing information input by the user in the parameter configuration window, wherein the step of displaying the recommended beverage production parameters in the display interface comprises the following steps: and displaying the recommended beverage making parameters in the parameter configuration window.

Before setting parameters of the target beverage, the user can choose to recommend the target beverage first by the cloud platform. And recommending the stored beverage making parameters of the target beverage to the user by the cloud platform. The user can modify the unsatisfactory part of the beverage to obtain the required beverage making parameters. By the scheme, a user does not need to set all parameters one by one, but can obtain the required beverage making parameters by partially modifying the recommended beverage making parameters. Therefore, the scheme can provide guidance for the user and greatly reduce the workload of the user.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, in response to a storage instruction input by a user, saving the target beverage production parameter may include: and responding to a storage instruction input by a user, uploading the target beverage making parameters to a parameter library on the cloud platform for storage.

As described above, the parameter library may be stored on the cloud platform. In this way, a large number of different users can set a large number of beverage making parameters via different parameter configuration devices, and the parameters can be converged to the cloud platform for storage. When any beverage making equipment needs to make beverages, required beverage making parameters can be called from the cloud platform. The scheme can store large amount of data, is convenient to manage, and is very convenient for each parameter configuration device or beverage making device to fetch and put required data.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the method 100 may further include: receiving third modification information aiming at the target beverage making parameters, which is input in the parameter configuration window by a user; updating the target beverage making parameters based on the third modification information; and responding to an updating instruction input by the user, and storing the updated target beverage making parameters to the parameter library. The third modification information may be the first modification information or additional modification information different from the first modification information.

After the target beverage making parameters are set, the previously set parameters can be updated at any time. For example, the update instruction may be input in the parameter configuration window, or may be input in a display area of the display interface other than the parameter configuration window. Of course, the update instruction may also be input through other input devices other than the display screen. The input device may include, but is not limited to, a keypad, a microphone, and the like.

Illustratively, the parameter configuration window may include an update control. The user may enter the update instruction by interacting with the update control. For example, the update control may be a "save/update" control as shown in FIG. 2, which the user may enter an update instruction by clicking on. The clicks may include mouse clicks and double clicks, etc.

For example, the updated target beverage production parameter may be used to replace the target beverage production parameter stored in the original parameter library in the event that the "save/update" control of the parameter configuration window is clicked.

According to another aspect of the invention, a beverage making method is provided. Fig. 4 shows a schematic flow diagram of a beverage making method 400 according to one embodiment of the present invention. The beverage making method 400 is applied to a beverage making device. As shown in fig. 4, the beverage making method 400 may include steps S410-S420.

In step S410, a beverage making parameter configuration step, which employs the beverage making parameter configuration method 100 described above.

In step S420, a beverage making step, obtaining the corresponding stored target beverage making parameters according to the beverage making instruction, and making the beverage.

Prior to the beverage making step, the method 400 may further comprise: obtaining order information, wherein the order information comprises drink information related to the target drink and a drink making instruction related to the target drink.

The order information is information relating to an order placed by a user of the beverage making device. The user of the beverage making apparatus, which may be the same or different from the user performing the parameter configuration described above, may be, for example, a consumer or a beverage vendor. Optionally, the order information may include order placing time information, appointment time information, beverage information, and the like. The order time information indicates a time when the user places an order, which may be automatically generated at the same time when the user places an order. The reservation time information indicates an order completion time designated by the user. Illustratively, the beverage information may include the beverage identification information described above. For example, the corresponding beverage making parameters may be looked up in the parameter library based on the beverage identification information in the order information to obtain the target beverage making parameters of the target beverage.

For example, obtaining the corresponding saved target beverage making parameter according to the beverage making instruction to make the beverage may include: in response to a beverage making instruction, searching a target beverage making parameter corresponding to a target beverage from a parameter library, wherein the parameter library is used for storing at least one group of beverage making parameters corresponding to at least one beverage one by one; and manufacturing the target beverage according to the searched target beverage manufacturing parameters.

For example, in case the beverage production device comprises a local memory, in which the parameter library is stored, the target beverage production parameters may be directly looked up from the parameter library. For example, in the case where the parameter library is stored on the cloud platform, the beverage production device may upload a search request to the cloud platform to search for the desired target beverage production parameters from the parameter library of the cloud platform.

Exemplarily, the beverage making apparatus may comprise a controller, and the step S420 may be performed by the controller.

Illustratively, the beverage making apparatus may further include, but is not limited to, one or more of: the automatic powder taking machine comprises a mechanical arm, a hand brewing kettle, a heating assembly, a brewing device, a divider, a grinder, a powder taking bottle, a water feeding assembly and the like, wherein the heating assembly, the brewing device, the divider, the grinder, the powder taking bottle and the water feeding assembly are connected with the hand brewing kettle. How to cooperate with each other to realize the beverage making will be described in the following description.

According to the beverage making method provided by the embodiment of the invention, the beverage is made according to the previously stored beverage making parameters. As described above, the beverage making parameters can be freely configured by the user, and thus, the adjustment is very convenient, which facilitates the easier implementation of the gold cup extraction effect. The beverage is prepared based on the parameters, so that the stability of the mouthfeel can be well kept while the better mouthfeel is obtained.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a beverage making parameter configuration system is provided. Fig. 5 shows a schematic block diagram of a beverage making parameter configuration system 500 according to one embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 5, the beverage making parameter configuration device 500 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes an input/output module 510 and a saving module 520.

The input and output module 510 is used for providing a display interface for displaying a parameter configuration window to the display module, and receiving parameter editing information input by a user in the parameter configuration window.

The saving module 520 is configured to determine a target beverage making parameter related to the target beverage based on the parameter editing information input by the user in the parameter configuration window, where the target beverage making parameter includes a first making parameter related to the mouth feel of the target beverage; and responding to a storage instruction input by a user, storing the target beverage making parameters so that the controller acquires the corresponding stored target beverage making parameters according to the beverage making instruction to control the execution device to make the beverage.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, the input/output module 510 is further configured to receive a calibration instruction input by a user and send the calibration instruction to the controller, so that the controller responds to the calibration instruction and controls the execution device to make a calibrated beverage according to the first making parameter; the input/output module 510 is further configured to receive first modification information for the first production parameter, which is input by the user in the parameter configuration window according to the taste of the calibrated beverage; the saving module 520 is further configured to update the first manufacturing parameter based on the first modification information.

The implementation of the beverage making parameter configuration system 500 can be understood based on the beverage making parameter configuration method 100 described above, which is not described herein again.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a beverage making apparatus is provided. Fig. 6 shows a schematic block diagram of a beverage making apparatus 600 according to one embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 5, the beverage making apparatus 600 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a beverage making parameter configuration system 610, a controller 620 and an executing device 630.

The beverage making parameter configuration system 610 can be implemented using the beverage making parameter configuration system 500 described above.

The controller 620 is configured to obtain the corresponding stored target beverage making parameter according to the beverage making instruction to control the executing device 630 to make the beverage.

Illustratively, the controller 620 may be implemented in at least one hardware form of a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), a Programmable Logic Array (PLA), a microprocessor, the controller 620 may be one or a combination of several of a Central Processing Unit (CPU), an image processor (GPU), an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), or other forms of processing units having data processing capabilities and/or instruction execution capabilities, and may control other components in the beverage making device 600 to perform desired functions.

Alternatively, the beverage making parameter configuration system 610 and the controller 620 may be separate devices that may optionally communicate via wired and/or wireless communication. Alternatively, the beverage making parameter configuration system 610 may be integrated with the controller 620, for example, both may be integrated in the same control chip.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when the beverage production parameter configuration system 610 adopts the beverage production parameter configuration system 500, the controller 620 may be further configured to respond to the calibration instruction and control the execution device to produce the calibrated beverage according to the first production parameter.

As described above, after the user sets the first production parameter, the user can adjust the first production parameter one or more times until the beverage tastes satisfactory. The adjustment beverage can be made in a way similar to the target beverage, i.e. by controlling the actuator by the controller.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the first manufacturing parameters include: the automatic brewing device comprises a controller 620, a controller, a mechanical arm, a hand brewing kettle, a heating assembly, a brewing device, a divider, a grinder and a powder taking bottle, wherein the controller 620 controls the mechanical arm to place the filter paper on the filter paper rack in a filter cup on the brewing device according to a beverage making instruction or an adjusting instruction; pulling the measuring device according to the weight of the raw materials in the first manufacturing parameter and pouring coffee beans in the measuring device into the grinder; controlling the grinder to grind coffee beans to the powder taking bottle according to the grinding degree in the first manufacturing parameter; controlling the mechanical arm to invert the coffee powder in the powder taking bottle in the filter cup; controlling a heating component to heat brewing water in the hand brewing kettle according to the brewing water temperature in the first manufacturing parameter; controlling the mechanical arm clamping hand brewing kettle to brew in stages according to the brewing parameters of at least one brewing stage in the first manufacturing parameters and the brewing motion trail of the mechanical arm; before brewing stage by stage, controlling a mechanical arm to clamp the filter cup filled with coffee powder to shake according to a shaking parameter in the first making parameters; before the mechanical arm is controlled to invert the coffee powder in the powder taking bottle into the filter cup, the mechanical arm is controlled to clamp the hand brewing pot to carry out wetting operation on the filter paper according to the wet filter paper parameter in the first manufacturing parameter.

The operations performed by the respective devices in the execution device 630 are controlled and executed by the controller 620.

Illustratively, the controller 620 may further control the robotic arm to grasp the beverage cup at a first predetermined position of the output table and place the beverage cup under the filter cup before controlling the robotic arm to grasp the hand brewing pot to perform staged brewing according to the brewing parameters of the at least one brewing stage of the first production parameters and the brewing motion trajectory of the robotic arm. The embodiment in which the drink cup is grasped by the controller 620 and placed under the filter cup is merely exemplary and not limiting of the invention. For example, the drinking cup may also be manually grasped by a user of the beverage making device to be placed under the filter bowl. For example, after controlling the robotic arm to invert the coffee grounds in the grounds bottle in the filter cup, the controller 620 may also control the robotic arm to return the grounds bottle to its original position. For example, after the mechanical arm clamping hand brewing pot is controlled to perform stage brewing according to the brewing parameters of at least one brewing stage in the first manufacturing parameters and the brewing movement track of the mechanical arm, the controller 620 may further control the mechanical arm to place the hand brewing pot back to the original position. Illustratively, after the mechanical arm clamping hand brewing pot is controlled to perform staged brewing according to the brewing parameters of at least one brewing stage in the first production parameters and the brewing movement track of the mechanical arm, the controller 620 may further control the mechanical arm to grab a drink cup filled with the target drink and positioned below the brewing device, and place the drink cup at a second predetermined position of the product outlet table.

Optionally, any one or more of the filter paper holder, filter paper and filter cup may be part of the beverage making apparatus or may be a separate device from the beverage making apparatus.

The dispenser may be used to hold a specified weight of coffee beans (i.e. the amount of weight specified by the weight of the ingredients in the target beverage making parameter).

The controller 620 may control each component in the beverage making apparatus to perform its corresponding operation. Any object, including but not limited to a merchant or consumer, may place a drink cup at a first predetermined location of a tapping station. The controller 620 may automatically control the robotic arm to grasp the beverage cup to hold the prepared beverage, and finally may return the beverage cup to the second predetermined position of the dispensing station. The first predetermined position and the second predetermined position may be the same position or different positions.

The operations performed by the controller 620 to control the robot arm or other components may be understood with reference to the above steps, which are not described in detail herein.

For example, the controller 620 may control the robotic arm gripping hand punch to perform the wetting operation on the filter paper according to the wet filter paper parameter in the first manufacturing parameter by: controlling the water feeding assembly to add wet filter paper water into the hand washing kettle; and controlling the mechanical arm to clamp the hand-washing pot to carry out wetting operation on the filter paper according to wet filter paper parameters, and controlling the mechanical arm to put back the hand-washing pot after the wetting operation is finished.

The purpose of wetting the filter paper is to remove the odor of the filter paper to further improve the coffee taste. In practical applications, the wet filter paper function can be selected to be used or abandoned according to the quality of the filter paper.

The purpose of shaking the coffee powder-containing filter cup is to distribute the coffee powder more evenly therein, thereby contributing to a better brewing effect and mouthfeel.

According to the embodiment of the invention, the target beverage making parameters further include second making parameters, the second making parameters include cleaning parameters for cleaning the filter bowl, and after the mechanical arm clamping hand brewing kettle is controlled to carry out stage brewing according to the brewing parameters of at least one brewing stage in the first making parameters and the brewing movement track of the mechanical arm, the controller 620 can also control the mechanical arm to grab the filter bowl and turn over so as to pour the waste residues and the filter paper, and the filter bowl is placed back; and controlling the mechanical arm to grab the hand to wash the kettle and cleaning the filter bowl according to the cleaning parameters.

For example, the controller 620 may further control the water feeding assembly to feed washing water into the hand pot before controlling the robot arm to grasp the hand pot and wash the bowl according to the washing parameters. Illustratively, after controlling the robot arm to grasp the hand pot and wash the filter bowl according to the washing parameters, the controller 620 may also control the robot arm to put the hand pot back.

Through this embodiment, can realize the self-cleaning to the filter bowl. The cleaning operation may be performed according to the cleaning parameters described above. The automatic cleaning can reduce the workload of users (merchants or individual users, etc.) of the beverage making equipment, and is beneficial to improving the user experience. In addition, the scheme of timely carrying out automatic cleaning can greatly facilitate the preparation of subsequent drinks and is beneficial to improving the preparation efficiency of drink preparation equipment.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the executing device 630 may include a code scanner connected to the controller 620, the code scanner being configured to scan an identification code on the drink cup placed at the first predetermined position of the dispensing table, and send identification code information obtained by scanning the code to the control device; the controller 620 is further configured to determine order information based on the identification information, the order information including beverage information associated with the target beverage and beverage preparation instructions associated with the target beverage.

The user of the beverage making device may place an order by any suitable means, for example, on a merchant Application (APP), applet or micro-website of the mobile terminal, or on a spot-order of a merchant store. Alternatively, after the order is ordered, the order information input through the above way may be directly transmitted to the controller 620 of the beverage making apparatus, so that the controller 620 controls the executing device 630 to make the beverage. Optionally, after ordering is completed through the above path, the merchant may also generate an identification code related to the order information of the user. The identification code may be, for example, a two-dimensional code. The merchant staff can scan the identification code on the code scanner and attach the identification code to the drink cup. The identification-tagged drinking cup may then be placed in a first predetermined position on the dispensing station. The drink cup with the identification code attached at this time can be called a sharing pot. After the code is scanned, the scanner may send the identified order information to the controller 620 of the beverage making apparatus, so that the controller 620 controls the execution device 630 to make the beverage.

Alternatively, a weight sensor may be provided at the first predetermined position to detect the weight of the drink cup placed at the position and transmit the detection result to the controller 620. After the controller 620 obtains the order information, it can determine whether the drink cup is empty according to the weight detected by the weight sensor. If yes, the process can proceed to step S420 to perform the subsequent beverage making.

The controller 620 may look up the beverage production parameters corresponding to the target beverage in the parameter library according to the order information. The controller 620 then controls the other components of the beverage making device to start making a beverage based on the above parameters (see above for a specific process). After the beverage cup is manufactured, the beverage cup can be placed at the second preset position of the product outlet table. The merchant staff may take the drink cup placed at the second predetermined location to the corresponding user.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the beverage making apparatus further comprises a weight sensor connected to the controller 620, wherein the weight sensor is configured to detect the weight of the beverage cup and send information of the detected weight to the controller 620, and the beverage cup is configured to contain a target beverage; the controller 620 is specifically configured to determine whether the drink cup is an empty cup according to the weight information; the controller 620 obtains the corresponding stored target beverage making parameters according to the beverage making instruction to control the executing device 630 to make the beverage if the beverage cup is empty.

The embodiments of detecting an empty cup are described above and will not be described herein. Through empty cup detection, the situation that new drinks are poured into the existing drink cup of the drink making equipment can be avoided, and further loss of users is avoided.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the beverage making apparatus further comprises a weight sensor connected to the controller 620, wherein the weight sensor is configured to detect the weight of the beverage cup and send information of the detected weight to the controller 620, and the beverage cup is configured to contain a target beverage; the controller 620 is specifically configured to determine whether the weight of the drink cup is within a preset range according to the weight information, and determine that the drink is finished if the weight of the drink cup is within the preset range; and if the weight of the drink cup is not within the preset range, sending alarm information.

After the beverage is made, the weight detection can be carried out again. The controller 620 may determine whether the manufactured beverage meets a set weight (within a preset weight range) according to the weight detected by the weight sensor, and if so, may report completion, and if not, may send an alarm message.

Alternatively, the parameter setting rights of the parameter configuration window as shown in fig. 2 may be opened to a user of the beverage making device (i.e. a user ordering for a target beverage). At this point, the user has two options on the remote terminal (e.g., via the handset APP) or the order. The first is that a beverage with parameters set by the coffeemaker can be selected as the target beverage, which is suitable for users who are inexperienced in making beverages. The second is that the beverage making parameters can be flexibly set by the user, for example, the user can directly set the beverage making parameters on a remote terminal or a single point. This is suitable for users who have unique or higher requirements for the mouthfeel of beverages and experience in making beverages.

Furthermore, according to yet another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided a storage medium on which program instructions are stored, which when executed by a computer or a processor cause the computer or the processor to execute the corresponding steps of the above-mentioned beverage making parameter configuration method 100 of the embodiment of the present invention. The storage medium may include, for example, a storage component of a tablet computer, a hard disk of a personal computer, Read Only Memory (ROM), Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory (EPROM), portable compact disc read only memory (CD-ROM), USB memory, or any combination of the above storage media. The computer-readable storage medium may be any combination of one or more computer-readable storage media.

In one embodiment, the program instructions are operable when executed to perform the steps of: displaying a parameter configuration window on a display interface; determining target beverage making parameters related to the target beverage based on parameter editing information input by a user in a parameter configuration window, wherein the target beverage making parameters comprise first making parameters related to the mouth feel of the target beverage; and responding to a storage instruction input by a user, storing the target beverage making parameters so that the controller acquires the corresponding stored target beverage making parameters according to the beverage making instruction to control the execution device to make the beverage.

A person skilled in the art can understand specific implementation schemes of the beverage making parameter configuration system and the storage medium by reading the above description related to the beverage making parameter configuration method, and details are not described herein for brevity.

Furthermore, according to yet another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided a storage medium having stored thereon program instructions, which when executed by a computer or processor, cause the computer or processor to perform the corresponding steps of the above-described beverage making method 400 of an embodiment of the present invention. The storage medium may include, for example, a storage component of a tablet computer, a hard disk of a personal computer, Read Only Memory (ROM), Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory (EPROM), portable compact disc read only memory (CD-ROM), USB memory, or any combination of the above storage media. The computer-readable storage medium may be any combination of one or more computer-readable storage media.

In one embodiment, the program instructions are operable when executed to perform the steps of: a beverage making parameter configuration step, namely adopting a beverage making parameter configuration method 100; and a beverage making step, namely obtaining the correspondingly stored target beverage making parameters according to a beverage making instruction to make the beverage.

A person skilled in the art can understand specific implementation schemes of the beverage making device and the storage medium by reading the above description related to the beverage making method, and details are not described herein for brevity.

Although the illustrative embodiments have been described herein with reference to the accompanying drawings, it is to be understood that the foregoing illustrative embodiments are merely exemplary and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention thereto. Various changes and modifications may be effected therein by one of ordinary skill in the pertinent art without departing from the scope or spirit of the present invention. All such changes and modifications are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention as set forth in the appended claims.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the various illustrative elements and algorithm steps described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented as electronic hardware or combinations of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether such functionality is implemented as hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the implementation. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the present invention.

In the several embodiments provided in the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed apparatus and method may be implemented in other ways. For example, the above-described device embodiments are merely illustrative, and for example, the division of the units is only one logical functional division, and other divisions may be realized in practice, for example, a plurality of units or components may be combined or integrated into another device, or some features may be omitted, or not executed.

In the description provided herein, numerous specific details are set forth. It is understood, however, that embodiments of the invention may be practiced without these specific details. In some instances, well-known methods, structures and techniques have not been shown in detail in order not to obscure an understanding of this description.

Similarly, it should be appreciated that in the description of exemplary embodiments of the invention, various features of the invention are sometimes grouped together in a single embodiment, figure, or description thereof for the purpose of streamlining the invention and aiding in the understanding of one or more of the various inventive aspects. However, the method of the present invention should not be construed to reflect the intent: that the invention as claimed requires more features than are expressly recited in each claim. Rather, as the following claims reflect, inventive aspects lie in less than all features of a single disclosed embodiment. Thus, the claims following the detailed description are hereby expressly incorporated into this detailed description, with each claim standing on its own as a separate embodiment of this invention.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that all of the features disclosed in this specification (including any accompanying claims, abstract and drawings), and all of the processes or elements of any method or apparatus so disclosed, may be combined in any combination, except combinations where such features are mutually exclusive. Each feature disclosed in this specification (including any accompanying claims, abstract and drawings) may be replaced by alternative features serving the same, equivalent or similar purpose, unless expressly stated otherwise.

Furthermore, those skilled in the art will appreciate that while some embodiments described herein include some features included in other embodiments, rather than other features, combinations of features of different embodiments are meant to be within the scope of the invention and form different embodiments. For example, in the claims, any of the claimed embodiments may be used in any combination.

The various component embodiments of the invention may be implemented in hardware, or in software modules running on one or more processors, or in a combination thereof. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that a microprocessor or Digital Signal Processor (DSP) may be used in practice to implement some or all of the functionality of some of the modules in a beverage making parameter configuration system or beverage making apparatus according to embodiments of the present invention. The present invention may also be embodied as apparatus programs (e.g., computer programs and computer program products) for performing a portion or all of the methods described herein. Such programs implementing the present invention may be stored on computer-readable media or may be in the form of one or more signals. Such a signal may be downloaded from an internet website or provided on a carrier signal or in any other form.

It should be noted that the above-mentioned embodiments illustrate rather than limit the invention, and that those skilled in the art will be able to design alternative embodiments without departing from the scope of the appended claims. In the claims, any reference signs placed between parentheses shall not be construed as limiting the claim. The word "comprising" does not exclude the presence of elements or steps not listed in a claim. The word "a" or "an" preceding an element does not exclude the presence of a plurality of such elements. The invention may be implemented by means of hardware comprising several distinct elements, and by means of a suitably programmed computer. In the unit claims enumerating several means, several of these means may be embodied by one and the same item of hardware. The usage of the words first, second and third, etcetera do not indicate any ordering. These words may be interpreted as names.

The above description is only for the specific embodiment of the present invention or the description thereof, and the protection scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily conceive of the changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present invention, and the changes or substitutions should be covered within the protection scope of the present invention. The protection scope of the present invention shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.