KR101935712B1 - Apparatus and method for providing of coffee bean information - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus for providing customized coffee information and a method thereof. According to embodiments of the present invention, the apparatus for providing customized coffee information comprises: a green bean information management unit to manage green bean information including at least one among size, density, moisture, and cultivation elevation of green beans; a coffee bean information management unit to manage coffee bean information including at least one among brix, pH, and total dissolved solids (TDS) of coffee beans obtained by processing the green beans; and a blending information management unit to manage blending information of customized coffee beans obtained by blending a plurality of the coffee beans in accordance with at least one condition among preset brix, pH, and TDS. Accordingly, objective information on green beans and objective information on coffee beans are managed to provide a user with coffee beans of uniform quality.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a coffee information providing apparatus,

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a personalized coffee information providing apparatus and method, and more particularly, to a technique for providing information processing a raw bean to a bean.

Coffee is the most popular drink consumed in the world, and is being sold or consumed in the form of instant coffee, mixed coffee, canned coffee and coffee beans. A green coffee or green coffee bean means that after harvesting the coffee cherry, the inside of the seed is dried by removing the peel and pulp. The roasted coffee beans are roasted, roasted and ground coffee, and hot water is poured to extract the coffee beans.

Coffee is grown in the area between 25 and 25 degrees south of the coffee zone or coffee belt, which is characterized by the variety of coffee, the characteristics of the cultivation area, the cultivation method, the climatic conditions, the harvesting method, It is known that there are differences in the flavor of coffee according to various factors such as method, roasting, and grinding.

However, even in the case of using the same bean sprouts, there is a difference in the flavor of the coffee depending on how the bean sprouts are processed.

The object of the present invention is to provide objective information for beans and objective information about beans to provide users with a certain quality of beans.

In addition, the user is requested to analyze the coffee to obtain the blending information as close as possible.

In addition, it is intended to generate a profit by paying a commission for sales revenue through the bean information and blending information inputted by a plurality of users.

In addition, it is intended to increase the convenience of the user by allowing a shop to sell a customized bean off-line through an electronic map.

A personalized coffee information providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a fresh bean information managing unit for managing fresh bean information including at least one of size, density, moisture, constituent nutrient and cultivated altitude of a bean curd, A bean information management unit that manages bean information including at least one of Brix, acidity (pH), TDS (Total Dissolved Solids), and intrinsic flavor characteristics of a plurality of beans, And a blending information management unit for managing blending information of a customized bean blended according to at least one of conditions of acidity (pH) and total dissoluted solids (TDS).

The apparatus may further include a machining information management unit for managing machining information including at least one of a temperature, a humidity, a heating temperature, a heating time, and a type of a roaster in the machining area for heating the raw bean.

The change in at least one of the dietary fiber, the sugar, the sodium, the fat, the calcium, and the iron component of the soybean meal is analyzed by the temperature change by the heating temperature using the green bean information and the processing information, And an analysis information management unit for managing analysis information analyzed according to time conditions.

The fee management unit may further include a fee management unit for, when the customized beans blended according to the blending information are sold, providing a predetermined fee to the provider providing the blending information.

The blending information management unit may acquire at least one or more of Brix, acidity, TDS and inherent flavor characteristics from the coffee to be analyzed to generate blending information of the coffee to be analyzed .

The electronic map provider may further include an electronic map providing unit for mapping the store location of the maker who sold the green bean or the vendor selling the customized bean off-line on an electronic map.

The method for providing personalized coffee information of a personalized coffee information providing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention is a method for providing personalized coffee information to a personalized coffee information providing apparatus that includes at least one of size, density, moisture, constituent nutrient, A bean information management step of managing bean information including at least one of Brix, acidity (pH), TDS (total dissolved solids) and intrinsic flavor characteristics of the green bean processed green beans; And a blending information management step of managing blending information of a customized bean in which the beans are blended according to at least one condition of preset Brix, acidity (pH), and TDS (Total Dissolved Solids).

Accordingly, it is possible to provide the user with a certain quality of beans by managing objective information about beans and objective information about the beans.

Further, it is possible to obtain the blending information as close as possible by analyzing the coffee requested by the user.

In addition, a profit can be generated by paying a commission for sales revenue through the bean information and blending information inputted by a plurality of users.

In addition, the convenience of the user can be increased by searching the electronic map for a store that sells the customized bean off-line.

1 is a configuration diagram of a customized coffee information providing system.
2 is a configuration diagram of a personalized coffee information providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart of a method of providing a personalized coffee information providing apparatus according to FIG.
FIG. 4 is an exemplary view of blending information managed by the blending information management unit of the customized coffee information providing apparatus according to FIG. 2;
FIG. 5 is an exemplary diagram of an electronic map provided by the electronic map providing unit of the customized coffee information providing apparatus according to FIG. 2;
FIG. 6 is an exemplary view of an advertisement page provided by an advertisement unit of the personalized coffee information providing apparatus according to FIG. 2;
Fig. 7 is an exemplary diagram of an evaluation page provided by the evaluation unit among the customized coffee information providing apparatuses according to Fig. 2;

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The terms used are terms selected in consideration of the functions in the embodiments, and the meaning of the terms may vary depending on the user, the intention or the precedent of the operator, and the like. Therefore, the meaning of the terms used in the following embodiments is defined according to the definition when specifically defined in this specification, and unless otherwise defined, it should be interpreted in a sense generally recognized by those skilled in the art.

1 is a configuration diagram of a customized coffee information providing system.

Referring to FIG. 1, a customized coffee information providing system includes a user terminal 10 and a customized coffee information providing apparatus 100. The user terminal 10 refers to a terminal used by a provider that provides at least one of bean information, blending information, and processing information. Herein, the bean information means comprehensive information about the characteristics of the bean, the blending information means comprehensive information about the characteristics obtained by mixing a plurality of beans, and the processing information includes comprehensive information about the processing conditions for processing beans to bean Information. A specific embodiment will be described later. Preferably, the user terminal 10 is capable of network communication. The user terminal 10 may provide or request at least one or more of bean information, blending information, and processing information through communication with the personalized coffee information providing apparatus 100.

The personalized coffee information providing apparatus 100 is a server for managing information on bean processing. The personalized coffee information providing apparatus 100 communicates with a plurality of user terminals 10 and stores at least one of a plurality of bean information, blending information, and processing information in a database and manages the information. The personalized coffee information providing apparatus 100 can manage the interface for the user terminal 10 to access and manage the application installed in the user terminal 10. [ The personalized coffee information providing apparatus 100 can be connected to an external payment server and a communication server to perform user authentication and fee payment processing. Hereinafter, the customized coffee information providing apparatus 100 and the method for providing the same will be described in detail.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a personalized coffee information providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a method of providing a personalized coffee information providing apparatus according to FIG.

2 and 3, a personalized coffee information providing apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a coffee information managing unit 110, a coffee bean information managing unit 120, and a blending information managing unit 130.

The fresh bean information managing unit 110 obtains at least one bean information among the size, density, humidity, constituent image area and cultivated altitude of the fresh bean (S110). In this case, the bean information managing unit 110 may further perform the vision check, the moisture content check, the density check, and the component check to update the bean information. Also, the bean information managing unit 110 may obtain the bean information by acquiring the identification information displayed on the bean wrapper through the user terminal. For example, the generic information management unit 110 compares the first information obtained from the generic wrapping paper with the second information physically examined the generic sample, and if the error information is within a predetermined error range, . If the deviation is out of a preset error range, the secondary information obtained by physically examining the seed sample can be determined as the final seed information.

Next, the bean information managing unit 120 manages the bean information including at least one of the Brix, acidity (pH), total dissolved solids (TDS), and intrinsic flavor characteristics of the beans processed green bean (S120 ). The bean information management unit 120 generates and manages bean information according to each bean. In this case, it is also possible to generate different bean information according to processing conditions even if one bean is produced. The bean information managing unit 120 may provide at least one of Brix, pH, TDS, and inherent flavor characteristics of each bean to provide quantified information. The bean information managing unit 120 may manage bean information by matching with bean information. The bean information managing unit 120 may further manage information such as the density and moisture of the bean, in addition to the Brix, the pH, the total dissolved solids (TDS), and the inherent flavor characteristics.

Next, the blending information management unit 130 obtains blending information of the customized beans blended according to at least one condition among a predetermined number of beans, Brix, acidity (pH), total dissolved solids (TDS) (S130). The blending information management unit 130 may generate blending information using the bean information, or may receive blending information from an external provider. The blending information management unit 130 provides information on Brix, acidity, total dissolved solids (TDS), and intrinsic flavor characteristics of the customized beans blended. In addition, the blending information management unit 130 may further provide flavor evaluation information and flavor information of the customized bean curd.

Also, the blending information management unit 130 may generate blending information according to blending request items from the user. For example, if a brix is 1.5 and a bean with an acidity (pH) of 5.5 is requested, blending information may be generated by blending custom beans based on the information. The customized beans are created by blending a plurality of different beans. In this case, a plurality of blending information can be generated for the customized beans. It blends customized beans according to priorities to at least one of the conditions of the bricks, acidity (pH), TDS and intrinsic flavor according to the user's request, so that the plurality of customized beans having different TDS can be generated.

Also, the blending information management unit 130 may request and manage blending information on the coffee to be analyzed from the user. The blending information management unit 130 can obtain blending information of coffee to be analyzed by obtaining at least one or more of Brix, acidity (pH), TDS (Total Dissolved Solids) and characteristic characteristic from the coffee to be analyzed. In this case, the blending information management unit 130 may generate and recommend a plurality of blending information according to priorities among Brix, acidity (pH) and TDS (Total Dissolved Solids). For example, if the Brix information is prioritized, blending information closest to the Brick of the analyzed coffee may be generated.

Meanwhile, the personalized coffee information providing apparatus 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention may further include a processing information managing unit 140 and an analysis information managing unit 150.

The machining information management unit 140 acquires temperature, humidity, and heating temperature information of a place where the green bean is processed. This is to control the characteristics of the bean according to the processing conditions. The machining information management unit 140 can separately manage the machined conditions depending on the machining area. The processing information management unit 140 can acquire information using a thermometer, a hygrometer, or the like, which is installed in the processing paper. Further, the machining information management unit 140 may receive information about machining conditions from the terminal of the machining person.

The machining information management unit 140 can also manage machining information of beans other than machining information of beans. The processing information of the bean can include at least one of a blend amount of a bean, a blending ratio, a Brix, an acidity (pH) and TDS (Total Dissolved Solids), density, and moisture information. The processing information of the bean includes the conditions at the time of blending.

Also, the machining information management unit 140 can grasp the type of the heating apparatus used at the machining site and acquire the mechanical characteristics as the machining information. For example, the processing information management unit 140 can acquire information of the coffee roaster machine. In this case, the machining information management unit 140 can confirm the roster unit through the model number and image analysis of the roster machine through the user terminal. This is because the flavor characteristics of the bean may vary depending on the type of the roaster.

The analysis information management unit 150 analyzes the change characteristics of green beans according to the heating temperature based on the green bean information and the processing information. For example, the analysis information management unit 150 may analyze changes in components such as fat, cholesterol, sodium, potassium, carbohydrate, dietary fiber, saccharide, protein, caffeine, calcium, iron, . The analysis information management unit 150 generates a plurality of raw processing recipes by combining the heating temperature and the heating time. For example, the analysis information management unit 150 may store the heating temperature in the drying step (110 ° C), the maillard step (140 ° C), the caramelization step (160 ° C, 180 ° C, 200 ° C) (220 ° C), moisture loss point, fiber loss rate, sugar change, flavor loss ratio, carbonization measurement, and component change according to each characteristic can be measured. This is to measure the component change from the drying to the carbonization. Accordingly, it is possible to predict and analyze the feasible taste through the compositional change of the constituent nutrients of the green bean according to the heating temperature condition.

Meanwhile, the personalized coffee information providing apparatus 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention may further include a fee management unit 160.

When the customized beans blended according to the blending information are sold, the fee management unit 160 provides a predetermined fee to the provider providing the blending information. The fee management unit 160 may acquire the blending information from the provider, and may pay a predetermined rate of the sales amount to the account of the provider for the blending information. In addition, the fee management unit 160 may replace the fee with a compensation means such as a point or a coupon to the provider.

Further, the fee management unit 160 may pay a predetermined fee to the provider who provided the processing information when the processed beans are sold according to the processing information. The fee management unit 160 can acquire the processing information of the raw bean from the provider and can pay a predetermined rate of the sales amount to the account of the provider for the processing information.

Accordingly, by providing a processing fee for the raw beans and a fee for a predetermined percentage of the sales amount to the provider who has provided the blending information for the plurality of beans, the profit can be provided to the provider. The selling price of the bean or the customized bean according to the processing information or the blending information may be set differently according to the provider. In this case, it is also possible to set the ranking according to the popularity or the like together with the selling price for each bean or the customized bean.

Meanwhile, the personalized coffee information providing apparatus 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention may further include an electronic map provider 170. [

The electronic map provider 170 maps the store location of a vendor who sells a bean-processed bean or a customized bean blended with a plurality of beans in an off-line map to an electronic map and provides it. In this case, it is also possible to provide information about the flavor of the beans, Brix, acidity (pH), total dissolving solids (TDS), and flavor characteristics. The electronic map may be provided based on the location of the user terminal, or may be provided according to the user's search location setting. The electronic map provider 170 may display the offline stores on the electronic map according to at least one of the bean information, blending information, and processing information. The electronic map provider 170 may display and provide ratings of the respective offline stores. It is also possible for the electronic map to additionally display the evaluation information of the people who visited the offline store.

Meanwhile, the personalized coffee information providing apparatus 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention may further include an advertisement unit 180. [ The advertisement unit 180 may display an advertisement page including a URL for guiding an offline store selling coffee using the processing information and blending information provided by the customized coffee information providing apparatus 100 to a third party SNS account associated with an account of the user terminal Lt; / RTI > On the advertisement page, the payment means is informed so that the coffee of the in-store recommended by the third party can be paid, and a message of the friend who recommended the coffee is provided as a comment. In this case, it is also possible that the user who transmitted the advertisement page can settle the cost of the coffee in advance and transmit it. Also, if the third party receives the advertisement page and purchases the coffee in the in-store, the advertisement unit 180 may pay a predetermined point or coupon to the user who sent the advertisement page and the third party who purchased the advertisement page. In this case, the user who transmitted the advertisement page or the user who made the purchase through the advertisement page can receive the points. Accordingly, a person using a coffee shop can recommend his / her acquaintance through self-promotion, and it is also possible to receive a commission according to the sales amount.

Meanwhile, the personalized coffee information providing apparatus 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention may further include an evaluation unit 190. The evaluation unit 190 guides the user to evaluate coffee after drinking coffee using a bean-processed bean or a plurality of beans blended in a local store. For example, the evaluator 190 may provide the tasting operator with processing information or blending information of the processed beans or customized beans provided through the customized coffee information providing apparatus 100, It is possible to determine information about the Brix, the acidity (pH), total dissolving solids (TDS) and the characteristic properties of the coffee bean. In this case, it is also possible to have a tasting in the form of a blind coffee at an off-site store and then evaluate it.

The fee management unit 160 may be provided with a compensation such as a point or a coupon when the evaluation of the tasting process information or the blending information is within a predetermined range. In this case, the coffee to be evaluated can be randomly selected, and the offline shop for selling the coffee to be evaluated can be searched for on the electronic map. Accordingly, the tester can evaluate various beans or custom beans while tasting them.

FIG. 4 is an exemplary view of blending information managed by the blending information management unit of the customized coffee information providing apparatus according to FIG. 2;

Referring to FIG. 4, the blending information 400 managed by the blending information management unit includes information such as Brix, acidity (pH), TDS (Total Dissolved Solids), and characteristic properties obtained by blending a plurality of beans Or the like. Herein, the inherent fragrance characteristic includes information on fragrance such as apple, lemon, citrus, caramel, cinnamon, blueberry, mango and the like. This characteristic can be managed by displaying numerical values of characteristics obtained by blending a plurality of beans. For example, when requesting blending information (400) for a coffee to be analyzed having a Brix of 1.3, an acidity (pH) of 5 and a TDS of 1, the values of Brix, acidity, We can suggest the most similar customized beans (S1, S2, S3, S4). In this case, the customized beans can be ranked in order of having a numerical value within a predetermined range. It is also possible to recommend a customized bean with priority such as information such as presence or absence of a particular fragrance as an inherent flavor characteristic. This is to blend the coffee to be analyzed with a taste and aroma as close as possible to the coffee to be analyzed, which is difficult to grasp. The characteristics shown in Fig. 4 may vary depending on user settings.

FIG. 5 is an exemplary diagram of an electronic map provided by the electronic map providing unit of the customized coffee information providing apparatus according to FIG. 2;

Referring to FIG. 5, the electronic map 500 provided by the electronic map providing unit may be displayed through the user terminal. On the electronic map 500, it is possible to display an offline store that sells customized beans using a plurality of icons 501. In this case, the electronic map 500 may be provided prior to the surrounding information according to the location information of the user terminal. The electronic map 500 is provided with a search window 502 and can be searched according to items such as two circles, Brix, pH, TDS (Total Dissolved Solids), and characteristic characteristics. In this case, the search item may be changed by user setting. For example, if you want to search for a store that sells two circles named "Hyoryein coffee," you can search for it by listing it in two items. Also, if you know the blending information of "Hyoryein coffee", you can input the information directly. In addition, the user can directly search the offline store on the electronic map 500 by inputting the user-preferred characteristic information. At least one offline store most similar to the search item may be displayed in the search result window 503 of the electronic map 500. In addition, evaluation information and review information on the searched offline stores can be confirmed on the electronic map 500. [ Accordingly, the user can easily search for a store selling a customized bean in the vicinity of the user.

FIG. 6 is an exemplary view of an advertisement page provided by an advertisement unit of the personalized coffee information providing apparatus according to FIG. 2;

Referring to FIG. 6, the advertisement page 600 provided by the advertisement unit of the customized coffee information providing apparatus is a URL of a third party SNS account associated with an account of the user terminal to guide an offline store selling coffee using a customized bean And provides an included advertisement page 600. The advertisement page 600 may include coupon information such as a bar code or a courage code for coffee with a customized bean curd. When a user who has been provided with the advertisement page 600 containing a URL orders coffee in the offline store, a predetermined point can be compensated by the account of the user who transmitted the coffee. In addition, it is also possible to transmit a message in the form of a comment in the advertisement page 600. Also, it is possible to guide the advertisement page 600 to search for the location of the corresponding offline store. In this case, it is also possible that an electronic map is additionally provided.

Fig. 7 is an exemplary diagram of an evaluation page provided by the evaluation unit among the customized coffee information providing apparatuses according to Fig. 2;

Referring to FIG. 7, among the personalized coffee information providing apparatuses, the evaluation page 700 provided by the evaluation section provides information on the store ID and the coffee to be evaluated. In this case, the information on the coffee to be evaluated is encrypted and the user can not grasp the characteristic information in advance. Also, since the coffee to be evaluated is randomly selected and provided, the user is prevented from receiving coffee extracted with a specific type of customized coffee beans. The user can receive the authentication code from the personalized coffee information providing device by ordering the coffee to be evaluated and inputting the identification number such as the cell phone number of the user terminal. In this case, the user inputs information on the Brix, the acidity (pH), the total dissolved solids (TDS), and the characteristic characteristic of the coffee to be evaluated within a predetermined time. Then, when the authentication code is inputted and authenticated, the characteristic information of the coffee to be evaluated inputted by the user is scored and the point can be paid when the user is within the predetermined error range. In this case, the customized coffee information providing apparatus can compare and compare the characteristic information inputted by the user with the characteristic information obtained by decoding the coffee to be evaluated. This allows the user to taste the taste of the coffee to be evaluated using the taste and smell of the coffee to be evaluated, so that the user can be compensated for the points.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, Therefore, the present invention should be construed as a description of the claims which are intended to cover obvious variations that can be derived from the described embodiments.

100: Personalized coffee information device
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120: Bean information manager
130: blending information management unit
140: Processing information management section
150: Analysis Information Management Department
160: Fees management section
170: Electronic Map Offering
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190: Evaluation section
400: blending information
500: Electronic map
501: Icon
502: Search window
503: Search Results window
600: Ad page
700: rating page

Claims (7)

A method for managing green bean information including at least one of size, density, moisture, constituent nutrient and cultivation height of green bean, wherein the first information obtained from the green bean wrapper and the second information physically examined the green bean sample And determining the primary information as final seed information if the compared information is within a predetermined error range;
A bean information management unit for managing bean information including at least one of Brix, acidity (pH), TDS (Total Dissolved Solids) and intrinsic flavor characteristics of the green bean;
A method for managing blending information of a customized bean in which a plurality of the beans are blended according to at least one condition of predetermined Brix, acidity (pH), TDS (Total Dissolved Solids) and intrinsic flavor characteristics, A blending information management unit for generating and recommending a plurality of blending information for each order having a numerical value within a preset range when the blending information is requested;
An electronic map provider for mapping the store location of a maker who sold the green bean or the customized bean off-line on an electronic map to provide the store;
When ordering the coffee to be evaluated at the store of the provider, an evaluation page is provided to the user terminal. When the identification number is input, the authentication code is received and the Brix, the acidity (pH) An evaluation unit for inputting at least one characteristic information of TDS (Total Dissolved Solids) and an intrinsic fragrance characteristic; And
And a compensating unit for comparing the predetermined characteristic information of the coffee to be evaluated with the characteristic information inputted by the user terminal and paying a point when the characteristic information is within a predetermined value. The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising a machining information manager for managing machining information including at least one of a temperature, a humidity, a heating temperature, a heating time, and a type of a roaster machine at a machining place for heating the raw bean sprouts. 3. The method of claim 2,
Analyzing a component change characteristic of the fresh bean according to a heating temperature by using the fresh bean information and the processing information to determine at least one component change in the dietary fiber, sugar, sodium, fat, calcium, And an analysis information management unit for managing analysis information analyzed according to the condition. The method according to claim 1,
And a fee management unit for paying a predetermined fee to the provider who provided the blending information when the customized coffee beans blended according to the blending information are sold. delete delete A personalized coffee bean information providing method of a personalized coffee information providing apparatus,
A method for managing green bean information including at least one of size, density, moisture, constituent nutrient and cultivation height of green bean, wherein the first information obtained from the green bean wrapper and the second information physically examined the green bean sample And determining the primary information as final seed information if the compared information is within a predetermined error range;
A bean information management step of managing bean information including at least one of Brix, acidity (pH), TDS (total dissolving solids) and intrinsic flavor characteristics of the green beans;
A method for managing blending information of a customized bean in which a plurality of the beans are blended according to at least one condition of a predetermined Brix, acidity (pH), total dissolved solids (TDS) and intrinsic flavor characteristics, A blending information management step of generating and recommending a plurality of blending information for each order having a numerical value within a preset range when the blending information is requested;
An electronic map providing step of mapping a store location of a maker who sold the green beans or a store selling the customized beans offline, to an electronic map;
When ordering the coffee to be evaluated at the store of the provider, an evaluation page is provided to the user terminal. When the identification number is input, the authentication code is received and the Brix, the acidity (pH) An evaluation step of inputting characteristic information of at least one of TDS (Total Dissolved Solids) and intrinsic fragrance characteristics; And
Comparing the predetermined characteristic information of the coffee to be evaluated with characteristic information inputted by the user terminal, and paying a point when the characteristic information is within a predetermined value.

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