Self-service wine tasting system
11577951 · 2023-02-14
Assignee
Inventors
Cpc classification
B67D1/0888
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B67D2001/0811
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B67D1/1247
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
G06F3/04812
PHYSICS
B67D2210/00089
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B67D2001/0812
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
International classification
B67D1/12
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
G06F3/04812
PHYSICS
Abstract
A self-service wine tasting system includes automatic wine dispensers, a cloud server and user terminals. The automatic wine dispenser includes wine dispensing stations, a machine identity and a first telecommunication module. The first telecommunication module is connected to a control chip of the automatic wine dispenser. The cloud server includes a storage and a second telecommunication module. The second telecommunication module is in communication connection with the first telecommunication module. The storage stores wine storage information associated with the machine code of each automatic wine dispenser. The user terminal includes an identification device and a third telecommunication module. The third telecommunication module is in communication connection with the second telecommunication module. The self-service wine tasting system facilitates the wine taster to record the tasting behavior.
Claims
1. A self-service wine tasting system, comprising at least one automatic wine dispenser, a cloud server and at least one user terminal; wherein, the at least one automatic wine dispenser comprises a machine identity and a first telecommunication module, and the first telecommunication module is connected to a control chip of the at least one automatic wine dispenser; the cloud server comprises a storage and a second telecommunication module; the second telecommunication module is in communication connection with the first telecommunication module, the storage stores wine storage information associated with the machine identity of the at least one automatic wine dispenser; and the at least one user terminal comprises an identification device and a third telecommunication module, wherein the third telecommunication module is in communication connection with the second telecommunication module; wherein, the at least one automatic wine dispenser further comprises a plurality of wine dispensing stations, and each of the plurality of wine dispensing stations a quick response (QR) code reader; the QR code reader is electrically connected to the control chip of the at least one automatic wine dispenser; a solenoid valve; and a pump; wherein, a first end of the solenoid valve is connected to the control chip; an inlet of the pump is connected to a bottleneck of a wine bottle on one of the plurality of wine dispensing stations; an outlet of the pump is connected to the solenoid valve; a second end of the solenoid valve is spaced from the pump and is connected to a wine output valve of the at least one automatic wine dispenser; a number of the plurality of wine dispensing stations arranged on the at least one automatic wine dispenser is 15-200; each of the plurality of wine dispensing stations is provided with a unique machine code; a display screen is arranged on each of the plurality of wine dispensing stations, and the display screen is connected to the control chip.
2. The self-service wine tasting system of claim 1, wherein, the at least one user terminal further comprises a third storage, and the third storage is configured to store tasting notes input by a wine taster and information of the identification device; and the identification device is a wine tasting QR code.
3. The self-service wine tasting system of claim 1, wherein, the each wine dispensing station further comprises a flowmeter and a wine empty detection device; the flowmeter and the wine empty detection device are connected to the control chip, respectively; and the flowmeter is arranged between the wine output valve and the solenoid valve, and the wine empty detection device is arranged at a bottom of the wine bottle.
4. A self-service wine tasting system, comprising at least one automatic wine dispenser, a cloud server and at least one user terminal; wherein, the at least one automatic wine dispenser comprises a machine identity and a first telecommunication module, and the first telecommunication module is connected to a control chip of the at least one automatic wine dispenser; the cloud server comprises a storage and a second telecommunication module; the second telecommunication module is in communication connection with the first telecommunication module, the storage stores wine storage information associated with the machine identity of the at least one automatic wine dispenser; and the at least one user terminal comprises an identification device and a third telecommunication module, wherein the third telecommunication module is in communication connection with the second telecommunication module; wherein, the at least one automatic wine dispenser further comprises a wine decanting device; the wine decanting device comprises an oxygen tank, a gas pump and an oxygen pipeline; a first end of the oxygen pipeline is connected to the oxygen tank, and a second end of the oxygen pipeline is connected to the gas pump; and a gas outlet of the gas pump is connected to a wine output pipeline of the at least one automatic wine dispenser; a first end of the wine output pipeline is connected to a wine bottle, and a second end of the wine output pipeline is connected to a wine output valve; the wine decanting device is arranged next to a bottleneck of the wine bottle.
5. The self-service wine tasting system of claim 4, wherein, a plurality of guide pipes are arranged between the gas pump and the wine output pipeline; the plurality of guide pipes are connected to the gas outlet of the gas pump through a main pipeline; a spiral deflector is arranged on an inner wall of each guide pipe of the plurality of guide pipes and an inner wall of the wine output pipeline; the spiral deflector penetrates the inner wall of the each guide pipe of the plurality of guide pipes and the inner wall of the wine output pipeline, respectively; and a plurality of gas inlets are arranged on the wine output pipeline, and each gas inlet of the plurality of gas inlets is connected to the each guide pipe of the plurality of guide pipes.
6. The self-service wine tasting system of claim 4, wherein, a sealing cap is arranged at the first end of the wine output pipeline; the sealing cap comprises a cap body, a sealing ring and a bolt; the cap body is a cylindrical structure, wherein a first groove is arranged in the cap body; the sealing ring is arranged at a bottom of the first groove, and the sealing ring is a ring structure; the sealing ring is configured to seal the bottleneck of the wine bottle; and a plurality of opening holes are arranged at intervals on the cap body along a circumference of the cap body; a locating block is arranged in each opening hole of the plurality of opening holes; a thread is arranged on an outer wall of the cap body along the circumference of the cap body to fix the bolt.
7. The self-service wine tasting system of claim 6, wherein, a limiting bump is arranged on both ends of the locating block, and the limiting bump is configured for the locating block to move back and forth in the each opening hole of the plurality of opening holes; a second groove is arranged at both ends of the each opening hole of the plurality of opening holes, and the second groove is configured to cooperate with the limiting bump when the limiting bump moves back and forth.
8. The self-service wine tasting system of claim 7, wherein, a first opening for the wine output pipeline to dispense wine is arranged on the cap body; a second opening is arranged on the cap body, and the second opening is connected to a gas valve.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
(1) The attached drawings with the reference of the embodiments are used to provide further understanding of the present invention, and as a part of description. It does not constitute a restriction to the present invention. In the attached figures:
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(10) In the figures: 1—automatic wine dispenser, 2—cloud server, 3—user terminal, 4—first telecommunication module, 5—control chip, 6—machine identity, 7—wine storage area, 8—wine glass area, 9—wine glass recycling area, 10—wine dispensing area, 11—display screen, 12—QR code reader, 13—machine code, 14—wine decanting device, 17—oxygen tank, 18—gas pump, 19—oxygen pipeline, 20—wine bottle, 21—wine output valve, 22—wine output pipeline, 23—guide pipe, 24—deflector, 27—cap body, 28—sealing ring, 29—bolt, 30—first groove, 31—opening hole, 32—locating block, 33—limiting bump, 34—second groove, 35—second opening, 36—gas inlet, 37—main pipeline, 38—bottle bump, 39—gas valve, 40—first opening, 42—filter, 43—third telecommunication module, 44—second telecommunication module, 45—storage, 46—identification device, 47—flowmeter, 48—wine empty detection device, 49—wine dispensing station, 52—solenoid valve, 53—pump.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS
(11) The preferred embodiments of the present invention are described hereinafter with reference to the drawings. It should be noted that the preferred embodiments described are only to illustrate and explain the present invention, rather than to limit the present invention.
Embodiment 1
(12) A self-service wine tasting system includes the automatic wine dispenser 1, the cloud server 2 and the user terminal 3.
(13) The automatic wine dispenser 1 includes the wine dispensing station 49, the machine identity 6 and the first telecommunication module 4. The first telecommunication module 4 is connected to the control chip 5 of the automatic wine dispenser 1.
(14) The cloud server 2 includes the storage 45 and the second telecommunication module 44. The second telecommunication module 44 is in communication connection with the first telecommunication module 4. The storage 45 stores the wine storage information associated with the machine code 13 of each automatic wine dispenser 1.
(15) The user terminal 3 includes the identification device 46 and the third telecommunication module 43. The third telecommunication module 43 is in communication connection with the second telecommunication module 44.
(16) Wine taster scans the obtained wine tasting QR code by the QR code reader at the wine dispensing station of the automatic wine dispenser. The wine tasting QR code includes the network address of the identifying cloud server and the machine identity of the automatic wine dispenser. The automatic wine dispenser transmits the identified information including the machine code of the wine dispensing station to the cloud server via the first telecommunication module. The cloud server transmits a wine dispensing command to the automatic wine dispenser corresponding to the machine code in the identified information via the second telecommunication module and the first telecommunication module. The control chip of the automatic wine dispenser controls the wine dispensing station of the automatic wine dispenser to dispense the wine according to the wine dispensing command, so that the wine taster can get the wine to taste.
(17) And then the wine taster uses his/her own user terminal (a mobile phone, a tablet, and other electronic device) to identify the wine tasting QR code and transmit the identified wine tasting QR code information and the terminal identity of the user terminal to the cloud server.
(18) The storage of the cloud server stores the wine storage information associated with the machine code of each automatic wine dispenser and the wine dispensing command associated with the wine tasting QR code.
(19) The cloud server after receiving the identified machine code, the wine tasting QR code information, the user terminal identity, which are transmitted from the user terminal,
(20) transmits the wine storage information of the wine dispensing station of the associated machine code to the user terminal. Then the wine taster gets the wine information, which is about his/her tasting wine. And he/she writes his/her tasting notes. Thereafter, the cloud server receives the messages, transmitted from the user terminal, which include user terminal identity, the tasting QR code, the time of received the tasting QR code, the wine storage information of the automatic dispensing station associated with the machine code. These are stored as the tasting records of the wine taster into the storage.
(21) Later, if the wine taster wants to know his/her own wine tasting behavior, the wine taster can use the user terminal to transmit an information request to the cloud server via the third telecommunication module and the second telecommunication module. The information request includes the user terminal identity of the wine taster. After receiving the information request, the cloud server searches the wine tasting records associated with the user terminal identity of the information request among the recorded wine tasting records, and transmits the searched wine tasting records to the user terminal via the second telecommunication module and the third telecommunication module. The advantage is to facilitate the wine taster to review his/her own wine tasting records at any time without recording manually.
(22) In addition, the user terminal transmits the obtained wine tasting notes (such as color, aroma, taste and personal preference of the wine) input by the wine taster during tasting, and the identified machine code of the automatic wine dispenser to the cloud server. The cloud server stores the above tasting notes with the above wine tasting record, which makes less confusion with the complete tasting records after tasting varieties of wines, and thereby reducing the mismatches between the wine tasting notes and the tasted wines.
(23) Moreover, the cloud server generates the user tasting record according to the tasting notes associated with machine code transmitted from the user terminal (the user tasting record includes the machine identity, the receiving time and the wine storage information of this machine code). This let the manager of the automatic wine dispenser to obtain information on the usage of each automatic wine dispenser. The cloud server stores the above-mentioned tasting notes associated with the user terminal identity, making it convenient for the manager of the automatic wine dispenser to obtain the feedback of wine tasters after tasting the wines of the automatic wine dispenser.
(24) The control chip in the present invention is implemented as a single chip microcontroller. Specifically, the single chip microcontroller is a STM32 controller of 32-bit RISC ARM. The single chip microcontroller is connected to a plurality of solenoid valves and a plurality of flowmeters, which correspond to a plurality of wine dispensing stations. When the single chip microcontroller is connected to a plurality of solenoid valves, each solenoid valve corresponds to the bottleneck of one bottle, achieving the physical open or close of the opening wine bottle. When the control chip receives a wine dispensing command, the solenoid valve is opened to dispense the wine for the wine taster to taste. The automatic wine dispenser is the wine by glass dispenser.
(25) The present invention can be applied on and is not limited to the venues such as wine tasting parties, wine tasting galleries, wine tasting classes, restaurants, wine cellars and others.
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(27) The QR code information includes wine supplier, wine type, wine tasting code, wine tasting record of the wine taster and information stored by the wine taster. The wine tasting code is the QR code generated by the wine tasting coupon that the wine taster purchases from the wine supplier.
(28) The information recorded by the wine taster includes, but is not limited to, the color, aroma, taste and personal preference of the wine, which can be compared with the history records. The information recorded by the wine supplier includes, but is not limited to, place of origin of wine, the wine ingredient, and the wine characteristics, food matched with the wine, etc. The information recorded by the wine supplier and the wine taster is stored in the storage of the cloud server 2.
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(30) One end of the solenoid valve 52 is connected to the control chip 5.
(31) The inlet of the pump 53 is connected to the bottleneck of the wine bottle 20 on the wine dispensing station 49. The outlet of the pump 53 is connected to the solenoid valve 52. The far end of the solenoid valve 52 from the pump 53 is connected to the wine output valve 21 of the automatic wine dispenser 1.
(32) The power switch of the pump is connected to the control chip, and the control chip controls the power supply of the pump.
(33) When the control chip receives a wine dispensing command, the solenoid valve and the pump are actuated by the control chip and start working. The pump pumps the wine in the wine bottle into the solenoid valve. After the solenoid valve is opened, the wine flows to the wine outlet port through the solenoid valve for the wine taster to taste.
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Embodiment 2
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(38) The user terminal 3 includes the third storage and the third storage is encoded to store the information input by the user and the information of the identification device 46. The third storage is configured to store the information input by the user and the information of the electronic identification device.
(39) In another embodiment, the self-service wine tasting system further includes a wine tasting method. The steps are listed as follows:
(40) Step 1, the wine taster uses the QR code reader of the wine dispensing station to scan the identification device carried from the user terminal.
(41) Step 2, the QR code reader encodes and transmits the scanned information to the control chip. When the scanned information is matched with the content stored in the storage, the control chip controls the wine dispensing station to dispense the wine.
(42) Step 3, after the wine dispensing station dispenses the wine, the information of the dispensed wine is transmitted to the cloud server via the first telecommunication module and the second telecommunication module.
(43) Step 4, the cloud server stores the received information of the dispensed wine in the storage.
(44) Step 5, after tasting the wine, the wine taster inputs the tasting notes into the third storage of the user terminal. The third storage transmits the tasting notes to the storage of the cloud server to store via the third telecommunication module and the second telecommunication module.
(45) Specific steps: the wine taster uses the identification device of the user terminal, such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, etc., to identify the machine identity (e.g., a QR code containing the machine identity) of the automatic wine dispenser. When the identified information of the machine identity is matched to the storage information in storage, the control chip controls the automatic wine dispenser to dispense the wine and then the wine taster can get the wine to taste. After tasting the wine, the wine taster inputs the tasting notes into the user terminal. The tasting notes are stored in the third storage and is transmitted to the second telecommunication module of the cloud server via the third telecommunication module. The second telecommunication module stores the received tasting information in the storage of the cloud server, so that the wine taster and the wine supplier can view the stored tasting information. The automatic wine dispenser can still dispense the wine when the cloud server is off-line, ensuring that the wine taster can still taste the wine normally when the cloud server and the automatic wine dispenser are off-line.
Embodiment 3
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(47) During the process, the wine taster purchases the wine tasting coupon from the wine suppliers, wherein the tasting coupon is a unique QR code with the wine tasting code. The wine taster identifies the wine tasting coupon by the QR code reader of the wine dispensing station of the automatic wine dispenser. When the QR code of the wine tasting coupon is matched with the pre-stored information in the cloud wine tasting system, the control chip activates the automatic wine dispenser to dispense the wine for the wine taster to taste.
(48) The control chip can be set as STM32F10X series single chip microcontroller. The single chip microcontroller can be connected to one solenoid valve or can be connected to a plurality of solenoid valves. When the single chip microcontroller is connected the plurality of solenoid valves, each solenoid valve corresponds to an unsealed wine bottle in one-to-one manner, achieving the purpose of taking control of the physical operation of open and close of the unsealed wine bottle. After the wine taster selects the wine to be tasted on the wine dispensing station, the single chip microcontroller starts the solenoid valve of the corresponding wine bottle, so that the wine taster can take a wine glass/sake cup on the wine glass area to get the wine to taste. When finishing tasting, the wine taster puts the used wine glass on the wine glass recycling area, making it convenient for the service provider to recycle and gather the used wine glasses for cleaning.
(49) The wine tasting coupon can be printed as a paper QR code, or can be displayed as a QR code on the user terminal of the wine taster. The user terminal includes but is not limited to a mobile phone, a tablet and other electronic devices. The wine taster uses the user terminal to input the personal comment and the tasting notes. During the tasting process, on every tasting, the wine taster can record and give the feedback of the tasted wine by the user terminal. The feedback of the wine taster is transmitted to the cloud wine tasting system by the user terminal. The wine suppliers can recommend the wine that is suitable for the personal preferences of the wine taster according his/her wine tasting records. Therefore, the objective of keeping a more complete and precise personal wine tasting notes is achieved, the ambiguous records of the wine taster after wine tasting are reduced. The satisfaction of the wine taster about the wine tasting party is improved. The effects of the wine tasting party is prolonged. Meanwhile, the likelihood that the wine taster tastes the same wine more than once is reduced.
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(51) During the operation, the oxygen in the oxygen tank is delivered to the gas pump through the gas pipeline. The oxygen in the oxygen tank is continuously pumped into the main pipeline 37 by the gas pump and the oxygen is then diverted to the gas inlet of the wine output pipeline via the main pipe. When the wine flows from the wine bottle and passes through the wine output pipeline, the oxygen in the wine output pipeline can fully oxidize the wine or retaining the taste of wine in the wine output pipeline, thus oxidizing tannin in the wine or retaining the taste, achieving the objective of decanting the wine and improving its taste.
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(53) The filter 42 is arranged on the end of the wine output pipeline near the wine bottle. The filter 42 is a stainless steel filter screen. The number of mesh count of the stainless steel filter screen is between 200 to 1000. The impurities in the wine can be filtered by using the filter, which further improves the taste of the wine. The deflector on the wine output pipeline can extend the flow distance of the wine in the wine output pipeline, and the deflector in the guide pipe can slow down the flow speed of the oxygen in the guide pipe, so that the wine can be oxidized quickly or retained the genuine taste after flowing out, thereby quickly oxidizing the tannin or retained to be genuine taste to achieve decanting the wine and improving its taste.
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(55) During the operation, the first groove 30 of the sealing cap is sleeved on the bottleneck of the wine bottle. The bolt can move up and down on the outer circumference of the cap body by the thread. The bottle bump of the wine bottle and the edge of the bottleneck of the wine bottle are sealed by pressing the sealing stripe. The locating block 32 is clamped at the bottle bump 38. The bolt is moved to the outside of the locating block 32, so that the objective that the sealing cap is fixed on the bottleneck of the wine bottle is achieved when the locating block is clamped at the bottle bump 38, preventing the spoiled taste of the wine due to excessive contact with gas or the contamination of the wine due to the dust and abnormal smell.
(56) When the wine in the wine bottle is finished, the bolt is moved away from the position of the locating block, and the locating blocks are pulled outward, respectively, so that the locating block is released from the clap of the bottle bump 38. The sealing cap is removed from the bottleneck of the wine bottle and can be installed on the bottleneck of the new wine bottle to continue use, achieving the objective of recycling.
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(59) Obviously, those skilled in the art can make various changes and modifications to the present invention without departing from the essence and scope of the present invention. In this way, if the changes and modifications of the present invention fall within the scope of the claim of the present invention and its equivalent technology, the present invention is also intended to include these changes and modifications.