ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,283, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to THE COCA-COLA COMPANY (Atlanta).
"Beverage dispenser with dispensing area cameras" was invented by David James Mulcahey (Roswell, Ga.), Michael Lawrence Connor (Atlanta) and Jason Franz Hejna (Atlanta).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application provides a beverage dispenser for dispensing a beverage into a cup. The beverage dispenser may include a dispensing area with a nozzle and an optical recognition system. The optical recognition system may include a camera positioned about the dispensing area."
The patent was filed on July 27, 2021, under Application No. 18/006,905.
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