Electronic scale for use in a weight control program
US4366873A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 1, 1980 |
| Grant date | Jan 4, 1983 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 1, 2000 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S177/06
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An electronic scale for use in a weight control program in which the weighing histories and desired weight goals for each of a number of individuals are stored. A weigh signal is produced when an individual steps onto the platform of the scale, and the weight is displayed on the top of a column upstanding from the base and spoken. Following entry of information identifying the individual into a keyboard also atop the column, a microprocessor assembles two types of messages, at least one informational and at least one psychologically reinforcing, from stored message components in accordance with the identified individual's stored weighing history and stored desired weight goal and the message is spoken. In response to manual operation of other keys, the scale can calculate any individual's ideal weight goal and can review his stored weight history.
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