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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185345 | Device and method to monitor consumables consumed by animal Described is a consumption monitoring device for monitoring the amount of consumables consumed by an animal during a monitoring period. More specifically, the consumption monitoring device measures the weight of the consumables, which are contained within a receptac... | 05/22/2012 |
| 7945422 | Tire pressure augmented aircraft weight and balance system and method A weight and balance system for accurately determining gross weight of an aircraft. The present invention integrates tire pressure measurements with strut pressure measurements to overcome the problem associated with the friction in the strut seals, and simultaneous... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7937242 | Method for classifying occupant weight of vehicle A method for classifying an occupant weight of a vehicle is disclosed. When an occupant gets in to or gets off a vehicle, an occupant weight is quickly classified by relatively shortening time for classifying the occupant weight into a certain weight class, and when... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7917329 | Electronic balance An electronic balance 1 is provided with a measured weight storage controlling portion 33 for storing measured weight in sequence, a measuring mode storing portion 42 for storing a number of measuring modes where different averaging parameters a... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7885788 | Method and apparatus for weighing a stent An apparatus for weighing a stent includes a buffer for storing a stent support with a stent mounted thereon, a stent mounting and dismounting assembly that mounts and dismounts the stent from the stent support, a robotic arm for moving the stent support with the st... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7856339 | Product integrity tracking shipping label, system and associated method A product integrity tracking shipping label includes a label body for attaching to a product to be shipped or to packaging containing the product. One or more movement monitoring configured with the label body detects a movement metric of the product. A microprocess... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7853430 | Semiconductor device, and test circuit and test method for testing semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a CDR (Clock Data Recovery) circuit and a frequency tracking control circuit. The CDR (Clock Data Recovery) circuit executes a clock data recovery on a serial data inputted synchronously with a spread spectrum clock. The frequency tra... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7831408 | Device for detecting and displaying one or more of body weight, body fat percentage, blood pressure, pulse and environmental temperature A device for measuring and displaying body parameters includes a sensor that generates a signal representing a detected body parameter, such as body fat, body water and weight, and blood pressure of an individual; a transmitter to wirelessly transmit the signal; a r... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7818140 | System for estimating a vehicle mass A vehicle mass estimation system for use in a vehicle, such as a truck, including a transmission is provided. A processor may be operable to receive a signal relating to a mass of at least a portion of the vehicle. The processor may be further operable to estimate a... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7788063 | Utilizing gross vehicle weight to determine passenger numbers A method, system, and computer program for determining the number of passengers riding on a vehicle in real time is presented. A total weight of passengers on the vehicle is divided by an estimated weight of each of the passengers to estimate how many passengers are... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7668692 | Method for weighing vehicles crossing a bridge A method for weighing vehicles moving on a bridge deck pavement is provided. At least one vibration sensor is mounted on a lower side of the pavement to sense low frequency pavement vibrations generated by moving vehicle wheels and propagated in waves in the pavemen... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7620521 | Dynamic weight sensing and classification of vehicular occupants Arrangement and method for classifying an occupying item in a seat includes at least one force sensor arranged to measure the force applied to the seat at time intervals, and a processor coupled to the force sensor(s) for receiving the force measurements therefrom. ... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7620520 | Methods for determining weight of a person A method for monitoring fractional weight supported by one foot of a person, comprising the steps of adhering a movement monitor device underneath the foot such that the device is compressed when weight is applied to the foot; generating wireless signals representat... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7610167 | Controlled material processing device, controller and method A viscous material processing system comprises a feed system controller having a set of instructions to store an input set point weight or amount; sense a progressing weight or amount of material fed by the feed system; compare the progressing weight with the set po... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7593830 | Controlled material processing method A viscous material processing system comprises a feed system controller having a set of instructions to store an input set point weight or amount; sense a progressing weight or amount of material fed by the feed system; compare the progressing weight with the set po... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7584073 | Method for checking the appropriateness of a mass value of an aircraft A method for checking the appropriateness of an aircraft ground mass value Ms, communicated to a flight management system of the aircraft by a crew member of the aircraft or by an airline operating the aircraft, the communication taking place before a tak... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7536272 | Method and device for estimating the total mass of a motor vehicle A method for estimating the total mass of a motor vehicle by a recursive least squares algorithm. The method involves a vehicle longitudinal acceleration computing according to a fundamental dynamic equation by analysing errors by an acceleration variation caused by... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7509228 | Systems and methods for forecasting container density A system and methods for estimating the size of a parcel based on a mathematical formula derived from other parcels within a size category. The system may include a variety of modules in communication with a relational database for storing data related to parcels be... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7467062 | Reel mechanism with environmental and fish weighing sensors A fishing reel with an integrated barometer sensor, a temperature sensor, and a weight sensor forming a sensorized fishing reel to enhance the fishing experience of an angler is disclosed. The sensorized fishing reel includes; an exterior housing supporting a displa... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7444244 | Method and device for determining a variable characteristic of a mass that rests on the seating area of a seat A method and a device allow to detect and optionally to indicate the improper use of a seat. For this purpose, an estimated value of a variable characteristic of a mass that rests on a seating area of a seat is determined depending on at least one force that acts up... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7434459 | Context acquisition based on load sensing Methods and systems are described for sensing force information at a plurality of points on a continuous surface, and detecting contextual information about an object on the surface based on the distribution of force on the surface. For example, a plurality of senso... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7430491 | Tractor-trailer having self-contained apparatus on-board tractor for estimating trailer weight A method and system for estimating weight of a trailer (10) being towed by a tractor (22) along a generally horizontal underlying surface. A portion of the trailer weight is borne on the tractor fifth wheel (26) and the remainder by rear wheels ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7418365 | Method for verifying and/or detecting tampering There is disclosed method of shipment verification and/or tamper detection, wherein a purchaser generates an ordering document such as a purchase order RFID-encoded with data identifying items on the order. The supplier gathers the items into a package or packages f... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7395183 | Weight measuring device A weight measuring device comprises a load detecting section for constantly detecting a load value (W) of a sample placed on a measuring pan; a moving average processing section for calculating a moving average (Wa) of the detected load value (W); a load changing ra... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7382267 | Systems and methods for area activity monitoring and personnel identification “Smartmat” (Smartmat Area Activity Monitor and Personnel Identification System) monitors and identifies people, animals and other objects that pass through a control volume. Among other attributes, the exemplary system implementation can count, classify and iden... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7366634 | Gantry with auto-adjusting prestressing A gantry to be used in the construction process of bridges, viaducts and other structures, which is equipped with a system that automatically adjusts the prestressing of the gantry's structure in accordance to the external actions being applied on it when loadings o... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7365278 | Vehicle occupant sensing system having a contamination barrier member A vehicle occupant sensing system that includes at least one sensor and at least one sensor assembly. The sensor assembly has a base and an upper slide member supported for movement toward and away from the base wherein the sensor is operable to detect movement of t... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363116 | Method for determining the mass of a motor vehicle while taking into account different driving situations A method for determining the mass of a motor vehicle while taking different driving situations into consideration, involving an evaluation of a vehicle acceleration, wherein apart from a driving force of a vehicle drive unit, resistance forces resulting from rotatio... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359527 | Combined occupant weight and spatial sensing in a vehicle Method and system for obtaining and optionally utilizing information about an occupant of a vehicle includes a weight sensor system arranged in connection with a bottom portion of a seat on which the occupant will be seated to provide data about weight of an occupan... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353137 | Shoe-based weight measuring system A shoe-based weight measuring system, comprising: a shoe; one or more weight sensitive detectors constructed and arranged with the shoe to sense weight of a person wearing the shoe and walking or standing; a processor for processing signals from the detectors to det... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353136 | Electronic drink coaster A system for ordering drink refills, comprising a coaster body with a processor, a wireless transmitter and at least one button, the processor responding to user inputs to activate the wireless transmitter to transmit wireless signals indicative of a desired order. | 04/01/2008 |
| 7348500 | Diabetes mellitus nutritional balance for monitoring the food and nutritional intake A nutrition balance for health control, especially for diabetics, to measure a weight and a caloric value of an edible substance, comprising a main body; a scale unit generating a weight signal while receiving the weight of the edible substance; a control unit compr... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7340373 | Weight detecting apparatus for crane and crane having the same A weight detecting apparatus for a crane includes a base machine comprising a lower traveling body and an upper rotating body; weights mounted on this base machine; ID (identification) tags which are installed on the respective weights and in which ID information on... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7340372 | Apparatus and method for investigating parameters of layers deposited on semiconductor wafers In order to determine the dielectric constant of a layer deposited on a semiconductor wafer (2), the density of the layer is obtained. To obtain that density, the wafer (2) without the layer is weighed in a weighing chamber (4) in which a weighi... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7337169 | Validating multiple execution plans for database queries Validation of large numbers of alternative execution plans for a database query, either an exhaustive enumeration of the complete space of alternatives, or else an unbiased random sample, is performed by efficiently constructing execution trees from a data structure... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7322253 | Fishing line tension measuring and indicating system An attachment for a fishing rod to respond to tension on the fishing line. In one mode it responds to a lateral pull on the rod tip. In another mode it responds to an axial pull on the line. It enables accurate adjustment of the drag, and can indicate when the tensi... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7317982 | Estimating device and vehicle motion control device using the same A detector 22 detects action forces acting on a wheel 5 provided to a vehicle. An estimator 21a estimates the present value of a vehicle mass m on the basis of an action force acting in a component force direction out of the action forces... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7315002 | Devices and method for detecting the position and the weight of a person The position and the weight of a person, in particular a person on a motor vehicle seat, is determined. Reflectors are used to reflect electromagnetic radiation from a transceiver. The attenuation of the sensor reflector radiation enables a report on the seat positi... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7305324 | System and method for identifying, validating, weighing and characterizing moving or stationary vehicles and cargo An asset identification and information infrastructure management (AI3M) device having an automated identification technology system (AIT), a Transportation Coordinators' Automated Information for Movements System II (TC-AIMS II), a weigh-in-motion system (WIM-II), ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7295910 | Vehicle occupant discriminating apparatus A vehicle occupant discrimination apparatus is provided, which is capable of precisely discriminating a vehicle occupant using load data detected by a small number of load sensors for detecting a load applied to a vehicle seat. In a vehicle occupant discrimination a... | 11/13/2007 |
