Patent ID: 11964862
Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLC
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A system for controlling beverage quality comprising:
a beverage dispenser monitoring unit comprising:
a plurality of weight sensors each positioned below one of a plurality of syrup containers connected to a beverage dispenser; and
a first network adapter configured to turn on in response to a detection of a low syrup level by a weight sensor of the plurality of weight sensors and communicate with a control unit; and

the control unit comprising:
a second network adapter configured to communicate with the beverage dispenser monitoring unit via the first network adapter and a plurality of user interface devices; and
a control circuit coupled to the second network adapter and configured to:
detect a low weight reading from a weight sensor of the plurality of weight sensors of the beverage dispenser monitoring unit via the second network adapter;
determine a syrup container of the plurality of syrup containers associated with the weight sensor; and
provide a notification of low syrup level indicating the syrup container to at least one of the plurality of user interface devices.