Mobile terminal performing method of providing beverage information of a beverage-making apparatus and recording medium recording program performing the method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10732785-B2
Application number	US-201715806408-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 8, 2017
Priority date	Nov 10, 2016
Publication date	Aug 4, 2020
Grant date	Aug 4, 2020

Abstract

A mobile terminal includes: a wireless communication unit configured to communicate with a beverage-making apparatus; a display unit; and at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to: receive, from the beverage-making apparatus, beverage-making information that is determined based on ingredient information of a beverage made by the beverage-making apparatus; display, through the display unit, a beverage-making interface that comprises the received beverage-making information; during a beverage-making process of the beverage by the beverage-making apparatus, receive beverage-making state information from the beverage-making apparatus; and update the beverage-making interface based on the received beverage-making state information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A mobile terminal comprising:
a wireless communication transceiver configured to communicate with a beverage-making apparatus;
a display; and
at least one processor configured to:
receive, from the beverage-making apparatus, beverage-making information that is determined based on ingredient information of a beverage made by the beverage-making apparatus;
display, through the display, a beverage-making interface that comprises the received beverage-making information;
during a beverage-making process of the beverage by the beverage-making apparatus, receive beverage-making state information from the beverage-making apparatus; and
update the beverage-making interface based on the received beverage-making state information,

wherein the beverage-making state information includes an amount of carbonic acid of the beverage being made, and wherein the amount of carbonic acid is determined based on a pressure sensed by a pressure sensor of the beverage-making apparatus.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the beverage-making process of the beverage comprises at least a first stage and a second stage, and
wherein the beverage-making information comprises at least one of:
a beverage-making completion time of the beverage-making process, determined based on the ingredient information of the beverage,
a first temperature for the first stage and a second temperature for the second stage of the beverage-making process, determined based on the ingredient information of the beverage, or
an amount of carbonic acid generated during the beverage-making process, determined based on the ingredient information of the beverage.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to display the beverage-making interface that comprises the received beverage-making information by:
displaying the beverage-making interface to comprise at least one of the ingredient information, the beverage-making completion time, a beverage-making progress degree of the beverage being made, a temperature in a fermentation tank of the beverage-making apparatus, or the amount of carbonic acid generated during the beverage-making process.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to display the beverage-making interface that comprises the received beverage-making information by:
displaying, through the beverage-making interface, a first image representing a first state of the beverage being made in the beverage-making apparatus.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 4 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to update the beverage-making interface based on the received beverage-making state information by:
updating the beverage-making interface to display a second image, different from the first image, representing a second state of the beverage being made in the beverage-making apparatus, the second state being indicated in the beverage-making state information received from the beverage-making apparatus.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 4 , wherein the first image comprises information regarding a color of the beverage being made,
wherein the color of the beverage being made is determined based on the ingredient information for the beverage.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
based on the beverage-making process of the beverage being completed, receive a notification from the beverage-making apparatus; and
based on the received notification, display, through the display, a beverage-keeping interface that displays beverage-keeping information regarding the beverage being kept in the beverage-making apparatus.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 7 , wherein the beverage-keeping information for the beverage being kept in the beverage-making apparatus comprises at least one of a drinkable time of the beverage being kept in the beverage-making apparatus, a remaining amount of the beverage being kept in the beverage-making apparatus, a freshness degree of the beverage being kept in the beverage-making apparatus, a temperature of the beverage being kept in the beverage-making apparatus, or an amount of carbonic acid of the beverage being kept in the beverage-making apparatus.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 8 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
based on at least a portion of the beverage being extracted from the beverage-making apparatus, receive, from the beverage-making apparatus, information regarding an extraction amount or a remaining amount of the beverage being kept in the beverage-making apparatus; and
update the beverage-keeping interface, based on the received information regarding the extraction amount or the remaining amount of the beverage being kept in the beverage-making apparatus.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 8 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
display, through the beverage-keeping interface, a first image regarding the beverage being kept in the beverage-making apparatus, the first image representing at least one of the remaining amount of the beverage being kept in the beverage-making apparatus, the amount of carbonic acid of the beverage being kept in the beverage-making apparatus, or the freshness degree of the beverage being kept in the beverage-making apparatus; and
based on the beverage-keeping information being changed, update the beverage-keeping interface to display a second image, different from the first image, based on the changed beverage-keeping information.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to display the beverage-making interface that comprises the received beverage-making information by:
displaying, through the beverage-making interface, the beverage-making information comprising at least one of a beverage-making time of the beverage-making process, a temperature of the beverage-making process, or an amount of carbonic acid in the beverage-making process, determined based on the ingredient information of the beverage.

12. At least one non-transitory computer-readable recording medium encoded with at least one computer program comprising instructions that, when executed, operate to cause a mobile terminal communicative with a beverage-making apparatus to perform operations comprising:
connecting the mobile terminal to the beverage-making apparatus;
receiving, from the beverage-making apparatus, beverage-making information that is determined based on ingredient information of a beverage made by the beverage-making apparatus;
displaying, through a display of the mobile terminal, a beverage-making interface that comprises the received beverage-making information;
during a beverage-making process of the beverage by the beverage-making apparatus, receiving beverage-making state information from the beverage-making apparatus; and
updating the beverage-making interface based on the received beverage-making state information,
wherein the beverage-making state information includes an amount of carbonic acid of the beverage being made, and wherein the amount of carbonic acid is determined based on a pressure sensed by a pressure sensor of the beverage-making apparatus.

13. The at least one computer-readable recording medium of claim 12 , wherein the beverage-making process of the beverage comprises at least a first stage and a second stage, and
wherein the beverage-making information comprises at least one of:
a beverage-making completion time of the beverage-making process, determined based on the ingredient information of the beverage,
a first temperature for the first stage and a second te

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Suh Mina

Classifications

• G07F9/001

  Interfacing with vending machines using mobile or wearable devices · CPC title

• G06Q50/12

  Hotels or restaurants · CPC title

• G06Q50/04

  Manufacturing · CPC title

• C12C13/10 Primary

  Home brew equipment · CPC title

• H04M2250/06

  including a wireless LAN interface · CPC title