INTERACTIVE TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE FOR WINE

• US 20140126829A1
• Filed: 03/15/2013
• Published: 05/08/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/05/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
• Original Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
• Inventors: Seeley, Michael S., Goodwin, Kirk W.
• Granted Patent: US 10,157,316 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/218
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/20 in augmented reality scenes
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/68 Food, e.g. fruit or vegetables

Abstract

Interactive display and rendering device, system and method for wine bottles. are disclosed. An interactive wine management and display device and method using a scanning instrument capable of scanning information regarding a bottle of wine; an imaging instrument capable of collecting an image of at least a portion of a bottle of wine; a connection to a wine database containing information regarding wines; a connection to a database having images of wine bottles. The device is able to render the images as well as information on the wine to a display for user interaction.

Claims

1. An interactive system for use with a wine cabinet or rack to hold bottles of wine, comprising:

a scanning device, capable of identifying a bottle of wine;

a wine database, wherein the wine database contains information about a plurality of wines;

an image database, wherein the image database contains a plurality of images, where at least one image is associated with a bottle of wine; and

an display device capable of displaying information from at least one of the wine database and the image database.

2. The system of claim 1 further wherein the scanning device identifies the wine by taking an image of the wine and indentifying one or more characters or figures within the image.

3. The system of claim 2 wherein the scanning device and the image device are part of one device.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the wine database and the image database are located on a storage device.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein the storage device is one of the following:

the scanning device, the image device and the display device.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein information about a bottle of wine from the wine database is related to the image for the bottle of wine;

7. The system of claim 1 wherein the image database and the wine database are in a single database.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein the display device is a hand held device, wherein the hand held device includes a smart phone or tablet.

9. The system of claim 1 wherein the display device displays information of both the image database and the wine database and further allows for a user to view the bottle in a simulated three-dimensional rendering.

10. The system of claim 1 wherein an image stored in the image database is less than a full image of a wine bottle, and

when the wine bottle is displayed by the display device, a rendering of a full bottle is shown by the display device by the filling in the missing image of the bottle with a virtual rendering, wherein such virtual rendering is either done by an image database device or by the display device.

11. The system of claim 1 wherein when the image of at least one bottle if rendered on the display device, the image is virtually rotatable as to simulate a three dimensional bottle.

12. An interactive wine management and display device comprising;

a scanning element that is capable of scanning information regarding a bottle of wine;

an imaging element that is capable of collecting an image of at least a portion of a bottle of wine;

a connection to at least one wine database, wherein the wine database includes information regarding a plurality of wines;

a connection at least one image database, wherein the wine database includes images associated with a plurality of wines; and

a display elements that is capable of displaying a rendering of a selected wine bottle.

13. The device of claim 12 wherein at least one image database is resident on the device and wherein at least one wine database is resident on the device .

14. The device of claim 12 wherein the scanning device includes a camera.

15. The device of claim 14 wherein the scanning device includes an optical character reader to allow facilitation of identification of the wine bottle.

16. The device of claim 15 wherein the scanning device attempts to automatically identify the scanned wine bottle.

17. The device of claim 12 wherein the scanning device includes an RFID reader.

18. The device of claim 12 wherein the display element displays the rendering of a selected wine bottle as a three dimensional rendering

19. The device of claim 12 wherein the display element augments an image stored in the image database and substantially creates a rendering of a full bottle of wine.

20. A method of interactive wine management comprising;

providing a scanning element that is capable of scanning information regarding a bottle of wine;

providing an imaging element that is capable of collecting an image of at least a portion of a bottle of wine;

providing a connection to at least one wine database, wherein the wine database includes information regarding a plurality of wines;

providing a connection at least one image database, wherein the wine database includes images associated with a plurality of wines; and

providing a display elements that is capable of displaying a rendering of a selected wine bottle.