CN219069927U

CN219069927U - Automatic operating device of coffee machine

Info

Publication number: CN219069927U
Application number: CN202222594724.6U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 田天
Original assignee: Wangli Coffee Shanghai Co ltd
Current assignee: Wangli Coffee Shanghai Co ltd
Priority date: 2022-09-29
Filing date: 2022-09-29
Publication date: 2023-05-26
Anticipated expiration: 2032-09-29

Abstract

The utility model discloses an automatic operating device of a coffee machine, which comprises a coffee machine main body, wherein a shell is arranged outside the coffee machine main body, a coffee outlet is arranged on the shell, and a display element, a control element and a control unit are arranged inside the shell; the method comprises the steps that firstly, a user inputs at least one piece of information to the coffee machine main body through the display element touch screen and the control element touch screen; and step two, the control unit captures information input by a user and records the state of the coffee machine main body. According to the utility model, through the structural design among the control unit, the display element, the control element, the display element touch screen and the control unit touch screen, a user can check different states of the coffee machine main body by adopting an operation method of typing information through the display element touch screen and the control unit touch screen, so that the service comfort and usability of the user can be improved, and the user can obtain greater fun when using the coffee machine main body.

Description

Automatic operating device of coffee machine

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of coffee machines, in particular to an automatic operating device of a coffee machine.

Background

The existing electronic systems of coffee machines with different functions can display the touch screen function when in use, but basically have no full-automatic operation function of related operation states and no function of receiving operation instructions of users, and are inconvenient for users to use.

There are also some existing coffee machines that have some hidden electronic functions. Although these functions are present in the electronic system of the coffee machine, the user can only see or receive information when these functions become active. In other words, the user must know that the electronic system of the coffee machine can provide him with some sort of information in order to operate these functions for display. If the user does not know that the coffee maker has these hidden functions, these functions cannot be utilized.

Another disadvantage of existing coffee machines is that even if the user knows that there is information or a function available to him, he has to access the menu and activate it in the menu to see the information, such as some help function. This function may appear in any level of menu, but some help functions are too general for the entire menu to actually help the user.

Therefore, there is no coffee machine that can solve the above problems in the prior art.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art, an object of the present utility model is to provide an automatic operation device for a coffee machine, which solves the problem of inconvenient operation of users in the prior art.

In order to achieve the technical purpose, the utility model provides an automatic operating device of a coffee machine, which comprises a coffee machine main body, wherein a shell is arranged outside the coffee machine main body, a coffee outlet is arranged on the shell, and a display element, a control element and a control unit are arranged inside the shell;

a water tank and a coffee bean container are arranged on one side of the top of the shell; the bottom of the shell corresponds to the position of the coffee outlet, and a water dripping disc is arranged;

a display element touch screen and a control element touch screen are further arranged outside the shell;

the display element touch screen is in signal connection with the control unit through the display element; the control element touch screen is in signal connection with the control unit through the control element.

Preferably, the display element touch screen is used for displaying state parameters of the coffee machine main body.

Preferably, the control element touch screen is used for typing information and controlling the working state of the coffee machine main body through the control unit.

Preferably, the drip tray is arranged directly below the coffee outlet.

The utility model has the beneficial effects that:

according to the automatic operating device of the coffee machine, through the structural design among the control unit, the display element, the control element touch screen and the control unit touch screen, a user can adopt an operating method of typing information through the display element touch screen and the control unit touch screen to check different states of the coffee machine, so that the service comfort and usability of the user can be improved, and the user can obtain greater fun when using the coffee machine.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of an automatic operation device of a coffee machine according to the present utility model;

fig. 2 is a flow chart of an operation method of the automatic operation device of the coffee machine.

In the figure: 1 coffee machine main body, 2 casing, 3 coffee export, 4 display element touch-sensitive screen, 5 control element touch-sensitive screen, 51 control element one, 52 control element two, 53 control element three, 54 control element four, 6 control unit, 7 water tank, coffee bean container, 8 drip tray.

Detailed Description

The conception, specific structure, and technical effects of the present utility model will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings to fully understand the objects, features, and effects of the present utility model.

Examples:

as shown in fig. 1, an automatic operation device of a coffee machine comprises a coffee machine body 1, a casing 2 is arranged outside the coffee machine body 1, a coffee outlet 3 is arranged in the middle of the front of the casing 2, a water dripping disk 8 is arranged at the bottom, the water dripping disk 8 is arranged right below the coffee outlet 3 and extends forward, and a coffee cup can be placed on the water dripping disk by a user to receive coffee beverage discharged from the coffee outlet 3.

In the present utility model, the coffee machine body 1 is provided with a water tank 7 and a coffee bean container, and water can be supplied to the water tank 7 and coffee beans can be filled into the coffee bean container through the water tank 7 and the coffee bean container.

An indication display element touch screen 4 and a control element touch screen 5 are provided right in front of the housing 2; by means of the display element touch screen 4 and the control element touch screen 5, the display element touch screen 4 can display device status information to a user while being accessible to the operating system of the coffee machine body 1 for operation.

The obtained input information can be transferred to the control unit 6 via a display element, a control element, and the control unit 6, which are located inside the housing 2 of the coffee machine body 1, and the operating system information processing and the execution of the required instructions are performed at the control unit 6, and the result of the processing information can be displayed to the user via the display element touch screen 4 and the control element touch screen 5 via the control unit 5.

Thus, the device of the present utility model can interact with the user through the display element touch screen 4 and the control element touch screen 5 of the coffee maker body 1.

The control element touch screen 5 includes a control element one 51, a control element two 52, a control element three 53, and a control element four 54. Wherein, the first control element 51 comprises a key: start/monitor device status/restart; the second control element 52 includes a key: the equipment reports errors/needs to clean the water tank/lacks water/lacks materials; the third control element 53 comprises a key: selecting equipment to clean a water tank/water/feed; the control element four 54 includes keys: coffee flavor/definite meaning (concentrate)/American (dilute) flavor/boiled water is selected.

When the user operates the coffee maker body 1 to prepare a coffee beverage, the general user makes corresponding inputs through the display element touch screen 4 and the control element touch screen 5, and provides various information and selections in the form of a menu structure.

In the menu structure there may be different levels which become more and more specific in the possibilities of operation from top to bottom, until finally at a lower menu level the user may select or confirm an operation in order to trigger a corresponding function of the coffee machine body 1, the path through the menu structure from top to bottom being described as a click path of the user in the menu structure.

As shown in fig. 2, the present utility model also provides an automatic operation method of a coffee machine, comprising the steps of:

step one, a user inputs at least one piece of information to the coffee machine main body 1 through the display element touch screen 4 and the control element touch screen 5;

step two, the control unit 6 captures information input by a user and records and monitors the state of the coffee machine main body 1;

step three, the control unit 6 compares the user input information with the reservation standard of the control unit 6, and displays at least one piece of information to the user through the display element touch screen 4 or the control element touch screen 5.

In step one, the user input information includes at least one of a number of entries for making coffee and an input time.

In step two, the control unit 6 records that the user input information includes the number of entries for making coffee and the input time.

In a specific implementation: the user inputs at least one message to the fully automatic coffee machine body 1 via its display element touch screen 4, control element touch screen 5, and several consecutive recorded items can be obtained, in particular during a predetermined period of time.

The control unit 6 captures user input information, recording the status of the whole coffee machine body 1. This state may be, as described above, a state in which the water tank is activated for cleaning and descaling or the water tank is filled with water, and an empty coffee bean container (not shown) is waiting for filling.

The recorded state of the coffee maker body 1 results in several possible permitted actions of the user on the coffee maker body 1, or, if necessary, only one permitted action of the user can be performed in this case.

Whether the user performs such an allowed process may check criteria based on the status of the entire coffee maker body 1. For example, in a further step of capturing a selected menu level, the user's input information may be compared to predetermined criteria. For example, if the tank is starved (not shown) and the user still chooses to make a coffee beverage, such a choice by the user may be considered unacceptable as input.

Based on this result, the selected menu level is captured, and information may be displayed to the user comparing the captured user input to predetermined criteria. For example, the display element touch screen 4 may present to the user a prompt operation instruction that he must perform water addition to the water tank to assist the user, since not only is the information that the water tank is empty displayed in the display element touch screen 4, but it is estimated that the user may not respond to this information to additionally prompt the user in a prompt schematic or video manner when using the coffee maker main body 1. For example, the prompt is applied to the operation of water tank water filling, so long as the user executes according to the corresponding prompt schematic diagram or video in the touch screen 4 of the display element, the actions in the video may include taking off the cover of the water tank, taking off the water tank, filling the water tank under the faucet, filling the water tank with water, reinserting the water tank filled with water into the water tank, and closing the cover to the coffee machine main body 1.

Also in the state in which the control unit 6 detects the coffee machine body 1, several recordings of user inputs may be recorded, which are compared with a preset number of recordings input from the user, depending on the current state of the coffee machine body 1. If the user has reached a predetermined number of recorded inputs without triggering the function of the coffee maker body 1, for example a conclusion that a water tank (not shown in the figure) is detected with sufficient water, but the user has not yet realized this information, the display element touch screen 4 will again remind the user, by means of a prompting schematic or video, that coffee can be made.

The entry may be recorded by the user after a period of time, depending on the number of entries the control unit 6 captures the user entered. This is because if the user remains inactive for a certain predetermined time after input, the user is not sure to determine an operation while operating the coffee maker main body 1. In this case, the display element touch screen 4 will correspondingly prompt the user with a prompt schematic or video representation of the current state of the coffee maker body 1.

If the number of inputs recorded by the user and the number of entries captured by the user are collected based on the state of the body 1 of the coffee machine detected by the control unit 6 and compared in combination with the information in a period of time after recording the user inputs, a conclusion of the user's recorded inputs is drawn therefrom. If the user is not reliable or mishandled in the operation of the coffee maker body 1, in which case the display element touch screen 4 prompts the user with context information in the form of a prompting schematic or video to the state of the coffee maker body 1 at that time.

Finally, the recording of the selected menu level may also be tracked during the recording period after the control unit 6 records the user input. For example, recognizing that the user has been at the lowest, or last menu level, the user may immediately trigger a function of the coffee maker body 1. If the detection concludes that the user is not doing so within a predetermined period of time, or that the user is not at a location he wants to reach, in which case the display element touch screen 4 or the control element touch screen 5 will display the corresponding context relevant information of the user. If the user leaves the lower menu level and returns to the higher menu level in the menu structure, this may be seen as an uncertainty of the user operation.

In summary, the function of the coffee machine body 1 according to the present utility model is briefly described as follows: capturing at least one input of a user, detecting at least one state of the coffee machine body 1, comparing at least recorded inputs of the user with at least one predetermined criterion; and displaying at least one piece of information to the user, wherein the predetermined criterion depends at least on the state of the detection electronics of the coffee maker body 1, wherein the information to be displayed depends on the result of comparing the captured user input with the predetermined criterion.

The user operates the coffee maker body 1 in the above-described manner, depending on the different states of the coffee maker body 1, and taking into consideration the above-described various criteria. It is possible to increase the comfort and usability of the service of the user and to obtain a greater pleasure for the user when using the coffee maker body 1.

The foregoing describes in detail preferred embodiments of the present utility model. It should be understood that numerous modifications and variations can be made in accordance with the concepts of the utility model by one of ordinary skill in the art without undue burden. Therefore, all technical solutions which can be obtained by logic analysis, reasoning or limited experiments based on the prior art by the person skilled in the art according to the inventive concept shall be within the scope of protection defined by the claims.

Claims

1. An automatic operation device of a coffee machine, comprising a coffee machine main body, characterized in that; the coffee machine comprises a coffee machine body, wherein a shell is arranged outside the coffee machine body, a coffee outlet is arranged on the shell, and a display element, a control element and a control unit are arranged inside the shell;

2. An automatic operating device of a coffee machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: the display element touch screen is used for displaying state parameters of the coffee machine main body.

3. An automatic operating device of a coffee machine according to claim 2, characterized in that: the control element touch screen is used for typing information and controlling the working state of the coffee machine main body through the control unit.

4. An automatic operating device of a coffee machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: the drip tray is arranged directly below the coffee outlet.