公开(公告)号：US20210161182A1

公开(公告)日：2021-06-03

申请号：US16700367

申请日：2019-12-02

申请人： PepsiCo, Inc.

发明人： Eleonor Dorin STOENESCU ,  Emad JAFA ,  Samuel Luke JOHNSTONE

IPC分类号： A23L5/30 ,  B01F11/02 ,  A23G9/04 ,  A23G9/22

摘要： A beverage nucleation device includes a housing, a beverage receiving area defined by the housing for receiving a beverage container containing a supercooled beverage, and a support configured to support the beverage container in an upright orientation in the beverage container receiving area. The beverage nucleation device may further include an applicator configured to contact a sidewall of the beverage container on the support, wherein the applicator includes an elastomeric material. An ultrasonic transducer of the beverage nucleation device is configured to generate and apply ultrasonic energy to the beverage container via the applicator so as to cause nucleation of the supercooled beverage.

公开(公告)号：US20220270430A1

公开(公告)日：2022-08-25

申请号：US17662520

申请日：2022-05-09

申请人： PepsiCo, Inc.

发明人： Emad JAFA ,  Xuejun LI ,  Yong SEROCK ,  Cheuk Chi LAU ,  Martyn Thomas MITCHELL ,  Euan MORRISON ,  Wai Ting CHAN ,  Samuel Luke JOHNSTONE ,  Erik David WILLIAMS

IPC分类号： G07F9/02 ,  G07F11/62 ,  G07F9/00 ,  G06Q30/06

摘要： A vending machine has an interactive customer experience. Some embodiments of the vending machine include a transparent front wall with a plurality of display units located behind the front wall. Each of the display units may contain an example of a product available for vending. Based on input received from a customer and other information, the vending machine may provide a recommendation for a product or products to select for purchase. The vending machine may highlight the recommendation by selectively illuminating the product display units that contain the recommended products.

公开(公告)号：US20200090444A1

公开(公告)日：2020-03-19

申请号：US16691060

申请日：2019-11-21

申请人： PepsiCo, Inc.

发明人： Emad JAFA ,  Xuejun LI ,  Ovidiu BUTNARU ,  Claudiu IOV ,  Marius MIHAILA ,  Jozsef SANDOR ,  Andrei SMITKO

IPC分类号： G07F11/00 ,  G07F11/16 ,  G07F11/42

摘要： A vending machine includes two horizontal lead screws, a vertical lead screw, first and second motors, a shelf, a delivery cup, and a delivery area. The first and second motors drive the horizontal lead screws and the vertical lead screw, respectively. The vertical lead screw moves horizontally along the horizontal lead screws. The shelf contains a product and has a movable gate to hold the product on the shelf. The delivery cup moves vertically along the vertical lead screw and has a solenoid and a plunger. The solenoid activates the plunger, which opens the gate to dispense the product onto the delivery cup. An outer door of the delivery area isolates the delivery area from outside the vending machine when closed and provides access to the product from outside the vending machine when open. A mechanical interaction between the delivery cup and the delivery area opens the outer door.

公开(公告)号：US20240138450A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-02

申请号：US18396478

申请日：2023-12-26

申请人： PepsiCo, Inc.

发明人： Eleonor Dorin STOENESCU ,  Emad JAFA ,  Samuel Luke JOHNSTONE

IPC分类号： A23L5/30 ,  A23G9/04 ,  A23G9/22 ,  B01F31/20 ,  B01F31/80 ,  B01F31/86

CPC分类号： A23L5/32 ,  A23G9/045 ,  A23G9/224 ,  B01F31/202 ,  B01F31/28 ,  B01F31/86 ,  B01F31/89 ,  A23V2002/00 ,  B01F2101/14

摘要： A beverage nucleation device includes a housing, a beverage receiving area defined by the housing for receiving a beverage container containing a supercooled beverage, and a support configured to support the beverage container in an upright orientation in the beverage container receiving area. The beverage nucleation device may further include an applicator configured to contact a sidewall of the beverage container on the support, wherein the applicator includes an elastomeric material. An ultrasonic transducer of the beverage nucleation device is configured to generate and apply ultrasonic energy to the beverage container via the applicator so as to cause nucleation of the supercooled beverage.

公开(公告)号：US20230154270A1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-18

申请号：US18155140

申请日：2023-01-17

申请人： PepsiCo, Inc.

发明人： Emad JAFA ,  Cheuk Chi LAU ,  Xuejun LI ,  Yong SEROCK ,  Wai Ting CHAN ,  Samuel Luke JOHNSTONE ,  Martyn Thomas MITCHELL ,  Euan MORRISON ,  Erik David WILLIAMS

IPC分类号： G07F9/10 ,  G07F11/48

CPC分类号： G07F9/10 ,  G07F11/48

摘要： Vending machines for storing and dispensing products to consumers in a space-efficient manner. A vending machine may include a product compartment, a product storage system, a support structure, a dispensing port, and a product delivery system. The support structure may elevate the product compartment and form a void beneath the product compartment. Other structures may occupy the void beneath the product compartment, or humans may walk through the void beneath the product compartment. A product may be automatically moved from the product compartment to the dispensing port using the product delivery system.

公开(公告)号：US20210222943A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-22

申请号：US17222513

申请日：2021-04-05

申请人： PepsiCo, Inc.

发明人： Sandeep JAIN ,  Dewang PARIKH ,  Ashish SOOD ,  Tanmaya VATS ,  Emad JAFA

IPC分类号： F25D17/06 ,  F25D31/00 ,  F25D17/08

摘要： A cooling system having a cooling chamber including a surface defining one or more openings. A surface is configured to hold at least one container. An access door provides access to the cooling chamber. A refrigeration system is configured to cool the cooling chamber by forcing cool airflow through the one or more openings in the surface. The airflow through each of the one or more openings may be similar.

公开(公告)号：US20210095915A1

公开(公告)日：2021-04-01

申请号：US16586307

申请日：2019-09-27

申请人： PepsiCo, Inc.

发明人： Emad JAFA ,  Xuejun LI ,  Cheuk Chi LAU ,  Drishti MASAND ,  Priscila LAZARINI

IPC分类号： F25D23/06 ,  F25D23/02 ,  F25D23/00

摘要： A vacuum-insulated cooler for storing products. The cooler includes a housing and a storage compartment enclosed by the housing for storing products. The storage compartment includes a lower wall, an upper wall, and sidewalls extending from the lower wall to the upper wall that include vacuum-insulated glass. The storage compartment further includes a door for providing access to the products within the storage compartment.

公开(公告)号：US20180174392A1

公开(公告)日：2018-06-21

申请号：US15382042

申请日：2016-12-16

申请人： PepsiCo, Inc.

发明人： Emad JAFA ,  Xuejun LI ,  Ovidiu BUTNARU ,  Claudiu IOV ,  Marius MIHAILA ,  Jozsef SANDOR ,  Andrei SMITKO

IPC分类号： G07F11/00 ,  G07F11/42

摘要： A vending machine includes two horizontal lead screws, a vertical lead screw, first and second motors, a shelf, a delivery cup, and a delivery area. The first and second motors drive the horizontal lead screws and the vertical lead screw, respectively. The vertical lead screw moves horizontally along the horizontal lead screws. The shelf contains a product and has a movable gate to hold the product on the shelf. The delivery cup moves vertically along the vertical lead screw and has a solenoid and a plunger. The solenoid activates the plunger, which opens the gate to dispense the product onto the delivery cup. An outer door of the delivery area isolates the delivery area from outside the vending machine when closed and provides access to the product from outside the vending machine when open. A mechanical interaction between the delivery cup and the delivery area opens the outer door.

公开(公告)号：US20230235953A1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-27

申请号：US18190644

申请日：2023-03-27

申请人： PepsiCo, Inc.

发明人： Emad JAFA ,  Eleonor Dorin STOENESCU ,  Thomas Henry HELLIER ,  James Simon OLIVER

IPC分类号： F25D31/00 ,  F25D11/00 ,  F25D17/06 ,  F25D27/00 ,  F25D25/00

CPC分类号： F25D31/007 ,  F25D11/00 ,  F25D17/067 ,  F25D27/00 ,  F25D25/005 ,  F25D2331/803 ,  F25D23/02

摘要： Beverage coolers for storing and cooling bottled beverages. A beverage cooler may include a cooling chamber cooled by a refrigeration system, and openings in the cooling chamber for receiving bottled beverages to be chilled. The openings may have doors and/or seals to minimize heat exchange between the cooling chamber and the environment with or without bottles disposed in the openings. Each of the openings may have a visual indicator, such as a plurality of LEDs, configured to indicate the temperature of the bottle disposed in the opening.

公开(公告)号：US20230145879A1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-11

申请号：US18150059

申请日：2023-01-04

申请人： PepsiCo, Inc.

发明人： Emad JAFA ,  Cheuk Chi LAU ,  Xuejun LI ,  Darren LING ,  Bernard YANG

IPC分类号： G06Q30/0601 ,  G06Q20/18 ,  G06Q20/20 ,  G06Q10/087 ,  G07F11/00 ,  G10L15/26 ,  G06F3/16 ,  G06V40/16

CPC分类号： G06Q30/0631 ,  G06F3/165 ,  G06Q10/087 ,  G06Q20/18 ,  G06Q20/203 ,  G06Q30/0627 ,  G06Q30/0633 ,  G06V40/172 ,  G07F11/00 ,  G10L15/26

摘要： A method of presenting product information in a vending machine may include detecting audio information from a consumer and converting the audio information to a text string. The method may include identifying a keyword in the text string, and determining products from a product database associated with the keyword. The method may include returning a list of the products that correspond to the keyword.