Patent ID: 11926454
Assignee: KRAFFT INDUSTRIES LLC
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A smart container, comprising:
a body;
a lid attached to the body, wherein the lid comprises a valve movable between an open position and a closed position;
an actuator configured to move the valve between the open position and the closed position;
a plurality of sensors comprising an arrangement of overlapping capacitive sensors forming concentric sensor rings on the lid configured to detect a user contact; and
a control circuit communicatively coupled to the sensor and the actuator, wherein the control circuit is configured to:
receive signals from the plurality of sensors indicative of sensed conditions, wherein the sensed conditions comprise the user contact with the sensor rings on the lid; and
send a signal to the actuator when the sensed conditions correspond to an opening state, wherein the sensed conditions correspond to the opening state when the user contact with the sensor rings on the lid corresponds to an intentional contact.