Counting scale and method of counting involving determination of submultiples by means of a series of divisors
US8530763B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 4, 2010 |
| Grant date | Sep 10, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 6, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q30/0267
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A counting scale can total the number of common articles transferred relative to the counting scale, when the transfers occur in stages. The scale has a weighing device for successively providing upon each staged transfer of the common articles, a weight signal signifying the current weight. The scale also has a processing device coupled to the weighing device for calculating a count in response to the weight signal provided by the weighing device upon the staged transfers. The processing device is operable to programmatically apply a series of divisors to consecutive values of the weight signal in order to automatically discern submultiples in the consecutive values. The scale also has an output device coupled to the processing device for presenting the count calculated by the processing device.
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