1. A computer-implemented method for broadcasting information, the method comprising:
receiving information at a first device for broadcasting;
creating at the first device a first encoded image encoding the information by:
creating colored cells within a color space to provide an encoded representation of the received information in the first encoded image by processing the received information to obtain a stream of integers, each integer in the stream of integers corresponding to a color in the color space for a cell in the first encoded image; and
creating one or more additional cells, including color calibration cells, adjoining the first encoded image, the one or more additional cells created to decode the first encoded image by determining a pseudo-Euclidean metric in the color space; and
displaying the first encoded image for a second device to receive optically without using a network to receive the first encoded image.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the first encoded image comprises displaying the first encoded image on at least one of a poster, flyer, sign, circular, billboard and advertisement.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the first encoded image comprises displaying the first encoded image using at least one of a television and a smartphone.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the first encoded image comprises displaying the first encoded image on at least one of a fixed display and a dynamic display.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first encoded image comprises an encoded version of at least one of schedule information, program information and update information.
6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
receiving, at the first device, a second encoded image having colored cells corresponding to a stream of integers encoding information;
sending the second encoded image from the first device to a remote server for decoding; and
receiving at the first device the decoded information from the remote server.
7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
in response to displaying the first encoded image, receiving a second encoded image from the second device, the second encoded image having colored cells corresponding to a stream of integers encoding a response from the second device.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining a pseudo-Euclidean metric in the color space further comprises: the metric measuring a distance including a measure of an average of: (a) a red component in the colored cells and (b) a red component in the color calibration cells.
9. A system for broadcasting information, the system comprising:
memory;
storage;
at least one processor configured to use the memory and the storage to:
receive information for broadcasting;
create a first encoded image encoding the information by:
creating colored cells within a color space to provide an encoded representation of the received information in the first encoded image by processing the received information to obtain a stream of integers, each integer in the stream of integers corresponding to a color in the color space for a cell in the first encoded image; and
creating one or more additional cells, including color calibration cells, adjoining the first encoded image, the one or more additional cells created to decode the first encoded image by determining a pseudo-Euclidean metric in the color space; and
displaying the first encoded image for a second device to receive optically without using a network to receive the first encoded image.
10. The system of claim 9, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to display the first encoded image using at least one of a television and a smartphone.
11. The system of claim 9, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to display the first encoded image on at least one of a fixed display and a dynamic display.
12. The system of claim 9, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
receive, at the first device, a second encoded image having colored cells corresponding to a stream of integers encoding information;
send the second encoded image from the first device to a remote server for decoding; and
receive at the first device the decoded information from the remote server.
13. The system of claim 9, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
in response to displaying the first encoded image, receive a second encoded image from the second device, the second encoded image having colored cells corresponding to a stream of integers encoding a response from the second device.
14. The system of claim 9, wherein said determining a pseudo-Euclidean metric in the color space further comprises:
the metric measuring a distance including a measure of an average of: (a) a red component in the colored cells and (b) a red component in the color calibration cells.
15. A non-transitory computer program product for broadcasting information, the non-transitory computer program product tangibly embodied in a computer-readable medium, the non-transitory computer program product including instructions operable to cause a data processing apparatus to:
receive information at a first device for broadcasting;
create at the first device a first encoded image encoding the information by:
creating colored cells within a color space to provide an encoded representation of the received information in the first encoded image by processing the received information to obtain a stream of integers, each integer in the stream of integers corresponding to a color in the color space for a cell in the first encoded image; and
creating one or more additional cells, including color calibration cells, adjoining the first encoded image, the one or more additional cells created to decode the first encoded image by determining a pseudo-Euclidean metric in the color space; and
display the first encoded image for a second device to receive optically without using a network to receive the first encoded image.
16. The non-transitory computer program product of claim 15, wherein the instructions are operable to further cause the data processing apparatus to display the first encoded image using at least one of a television and a smartphone.
17. The non-transitory computer program product of claim 15, wherein the instructions are operable to further cause the data processing apparatus to display the first encoded image on at least one of a fixed display and a dynamic display.
18. The non-transitory computer program product of claim 15, wherein the instructions are operable to further cause the data processing apparatus to:
receive, at the first device, a second encoded image having colored cells corresponding to a stream of integers encoding information;
send the second encoded image from the first device to a remote server for decoding; and
receive at the first device the decoded information from the remote server.
19. The non-transitory computer program product of claim 15, wherein the instructions are operable to further cause the data processing apparatus to:
in response to displaying the first encoded image, receive a second encoded image from the second device, the second encoded image having colored cells corresponding to a stream of integers encoding a response from the second device.
20. The non-transitory computer program product of claim 15, wherein said determining a pseudo-Euclidean metric in the color space further comprises: the metric measuring a distance including a measure of an average of: (a) a red component in the colored cells and (b) a red component in the color calibration cells.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. Method for obtaining a coffee beverage comprising heating an extraction fluid so as to induce the passage of said extraction fluid through a dose of coffee to obtain said beverage, wherein it is provided for separating a fraction of said beverage obtained from a prevalently liquid phase of said fluid from a further fraction of said beverage obtained from a prevalently steam phase of said fluid, said separating being provided after said beverage has been obtained.
2. Method according to claim 1, wherein said separating comprises conveying said fraction to a designated container by means of a conveying conduit element.
3. Method according to claim 1, wherein said separating comprises further conveying said further fraction to a tank of an apparatus for making coffee beverages by means of a conduit element.
4. Method according to claim 1, and further comprising pouring said extraction fluid to be heated into a suitable containing device.
5. Method according to claim 4, and further comprising inhibiting said passage of said extraction fluid through said dose of coffee to avoid the formation of said further fraction of beverage.
6. Method according to claim 5, wherein said inhibiting comprises detecting the temperature of said fluid inside said containing device.
7. Method according to claim 6, wherein said detecting the temperature comprises adjusting the temperature of said extraction fluid inside said containing device within a desired range of values.
8. Method according to claim 7, wherein said adjusting the temperature comprises maintaining the temperature of said fluid inside said containing device within values comprised between approximately 60\xb0 C. and 120\xb0 C.
9. Method according to claim 5, wherein said inhibiting comprises detecting the level of said fluid inside said containing device.
10. Method according to claim 5, wherein said inhibiting comprises detecting the pressure of said fluid inside said containing device.
11. Method according to claim 5, wherein said inhibiting comprises further maintaining the pressure inside said containing device within a desired range of values by safety a relief valve element.
12. Method according to claim 11, wherein said further maintaining comprises maintaining the relative pressure in said containing device by means of a safety valve element within a range of values comprised between approximately 0.01 bar and 5 bar.
13. Method according to claim 5, wherein said inhibiting further comprises transmitting warning signals to a user.
14. Method according to claim 13, wherein said transmitting signals comprises transmitting acoustic signals.
15. Method according to claim 13, wherein said transmitting signals comprises transmitting visible signals.
16. Method according to claim 5, wherein said inhibiting further comprises stopping said heating.
17. Method according to claim 5, wherein said inhibiting further comprises appropriately regulating the power absorbed during said heating.
18. Method according to claim 1, wherein said heating comprises absorbing heat from an electric resistance device arranged to generate said heating.
19. Method according to claim 1, and further comprising the use of coffee in powder or anyway minced form.
20. Method according to claim 1, and further comprising the use of capsules, portions or cartridges containing desired preset quantities of coffee powder.