Patents by Inventor Koen Josef van Niekerk

Koen Josef van Niekerk has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Beverage preparation system and method for preparing a beverage
    Patent number: 10398251
    Abstract: Disclosed is a beverage preparation system (1) with a preparation unit for preparing a beverage, with a display panel defining a screen space, and having integrated therewith a touch sensitive panel and with a control unit for controlling the preparation unit with user guidance obtained from the touch sensitive panel and for providing visual feedback to the display panel, the touch sensitive panel being arranged for generating a position signal indicative for a position pointed to. The control unit is operable in a tuning mode wherein the user is enabled to tune a beverage recipe. In the tuning mode a beverage holder (322) is displayed with a filling (3220) corresponding to a beverage recipe as well as a movable soft-button in its interior. The user is enabled to control a composition of the beverage to be prepared by moving the soft-button.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V.
    Inventors: Hendrikus Christinus Maria Wessels, Koen Josef van Niekerk
  • BEVERAGE PREPARATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREPARING A BEVERAGE
    Publication number: 20160143474
    Abstract: Disclosed is a beverage preparation system (1) with a preparation unit for preparing a beverage, with a display panel defining a screen space, and having integrated therewith a touch sensitive panel and with a control unit for controlling the preparation unit with user guidance obtained from the touch sensitive panel and for providing visual feedback to the display panel, the touch sensitive panel being arranged for generating a position signal indicative for a position pointed to. The control unit is operable in a tuning mode wherein the user is enabled to tune a beverage recipe. In the tuning mode a beverage holder (322) is displayed with a filling (3220) corresponding to a beverage recipe as well as a movable soft-button in its interior. The user is enabled to control a composition of the beverage to be prepared by moving the soft-button.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Applicant: Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V.
    Inventors: Hendrikus Christinus Maria Wessels, Koen Josef van Niekerk