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

Claim 20:
21. An apparatus for controlling beverage quality comprising:
a non-transitory storage medium storing a set of computer readable instructions; and
a control circuit configured to execute the set of computer readable instructions which cause to the control circuit to:
communicatively couple, via a second network adapter, with a first network adapter 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, wherein the first network adapter is configured to turn on in response to a detection of a low weight reading from at least one of the plurality of weight sensors;
detect, with the control circuit, 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 a plurality of user interface devices via the second network adapter.