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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7917322 | Weight observer for mass metering and inventory management Improved methods and systems for estimating material weight, mass and volume in real-time are disclosed. The amount of material in the container is measured. An estimate of the amount of material in the container is then obtained using the measured amount of materia... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7742891 | System for compensating for creep and hysteresis in a load cell A method of compensating for hysteresis in a load cell, by: (a) pre-calibrating a load cell by: measuring load cell deflection under progressively increasing loads; determining a first set of coefficients correlating the deflection of the load cell to the measured l... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7739068 | Method of processing the output signal of a measuring transducer, and force-measuring device A method serves to process output signal of a measuring transducer in a force-measuring device, in particular in a balance, wherein the measuring transducer produces a measuring signal representative of a load acting on the device and the measuring signal is filtere... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7684946 | Weigh-in-motion system with auto-calibration Weigh-in-motion (WIM) systems for weighing moving vehicles, the systems having the ability to automatically determine and periodically apply calibration factors to WIM scale readings. Auto-calibration may include transferring both WIM and static weight readings for ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7676339 | Apparatus and method of compensating a seat offset for a load applied to the seat A method of compensating a measurement. The method includes determining a zero-point, determining a rate of change of the zero-point, and compensating the measurement based on the rate of change of the zero-point and/or the zero-point. In one embodiment, the compens... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7640130 | Systems and methods for verification of a verifiable device Systems and methods for effectuating verification and certification of verifiable devices. Preferably, but not necessarily, such certification occurs or is communicated remotely. A verifiable device may be directly or indirectly connected to an appropriate regulator... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7542864 | System and method for measuring material added to a vessel under a vacuum The present invention relates generally to weight measurement methods and systems, and more specifically, to weight measurement methods and systems for material in a dynamic vacuum material transfer or other system utilizing differential conveying fluid pressure. Th... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7480579 | Method and apparatus for performing temperature compensation for a payload measurement system The present invention provides a method and apparatus configured to perform relative load compensation for a payload measurement system of a machine. The machine has at least one cylinder for elevating a payload carrier. The cylinder is connected to a fluid circuit ... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7478001 | Systems and methods for temperature-compensated measuring of a load A method for temperature-compensated weight measurement includes receiving a first output signal from a load sensor device coupled to a structural member, receiving a second output signal from a temperature sensor device, and calculating a load weight value by using... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7472031 | Adjusting a scale and sorter for a particular product based on an identification signal from a transponder contained thereon A product with a transponder is conveyed along a measurement line of a weighing device and an actual weight value is determined. An exchange of data with the transponder and weighing system enable automatic adjustment of the weighing system for a specified product t... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7454304 | Peak weight detector and method A peak weight detecting system and method which analyzes signals generated by a load cell indicating a load within a container. The signal indicates a weight which is compared with a stored peak weight. If the new weight exceeds the stored weight, the new weight is ... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7441436 | Method for weighing apparatus calibration management A weighing apparatus calibration method uses a test mass, a material and a terminal to calculate and compare the total weight of the test mass and material to determine if the total capacity of the weighing apparatus has been calibrated. A system for managing calibr... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7415375 | Systems and methods for food waste monitoring A food waste monitoring system and related methods are disclosed. The food waste monitoring system may include a local food waste monitoring device that is coupled to an electronic scale for weighing food waste. The monitoring device may capture and record the weigh... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7368669 | Scale that automatically increases the number of displayed digits as the measured weight approaches the target weight It is possible to rapidly and accurately reach a target value while putting a material to be weighed. In step S1, a target value is set. Putting in of a material is started. Control is passed to step S2 and step S3 and a numerical value A at the... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7361851 | Weighing apparatus and system A weighing apparatus comprises a plurality of load cells and a load platform, supported by the load cells. The apparatus includes means associated with each load cell to supply a digital representation of the load on each load cell. The load cells are connected toge... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362225 | Flexible occupant sensor and method of use Flexible circuit material is used for positioning one or more antennas for occupant detection within a seat. The antenna and associated signal traces to an occupant detection circuit may be more easily manufactured using a flexible material while minimizing discomfo... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363184 | System and method for drift compensation in a seat load sensing system A method (60) for adjusting a sensed load W(s) of a vehicle seat weight sensing system (10) includes the step (64) of determining a rate of change {dot over (W)}(t),{dot over (W)}avg in the sensed load. The method (60) also inc... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359887 | Apparatus, systems and methods for interfacing with digital scales configured with remote client computer devices The present invention provides apparatus, systems and methods providing a digital scale interface in a global communications shipping management environment so that a shipping management system resident on a server computer device remote from a user client computer ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7343496 | Secure transaction microcontroller with secure boot loader A high security microcontroller (such as in a point of sale terminal) includes tamper control circuitry for detecting vulnerability conditions: a write to program memory before the sensitive financial information has been erased, a tamper detect condition, the enabl... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7292951 | Systems for compensating for creep and hysteresis in a load cell A method of compensating for hysteresis in a load cell, by: (a) pre-calibrating a load cell by: measuring load cell deflection under progressively increasing loads; determining a first set of coefficients correlating the deflection of the load cell to the measured l... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7289894 | Occupant sensing system and adjustment method thereof An occupant sensing ECU determines an occupant state on a seat by comparing occupant determination threshold values with a corresponding sensed load data value, which is originated from load sensors. The ECU stores an adjustment value, which is used to adjust a pred... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7289052 | System and method for analog-to-digital conversion A system and method for converting an analog signal to a digital signal is provided including a first circuit (22) having a signal range and an input for receiving a first signal, and a second circuit (24) having an input receiving the analog signal an... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7253366 | Exit alarm for a hospital bed triggered by individual load cell weight readings exceeding a predetermined threshold A system for monitoring a patient on a hospital bed includes load cells and a controller for detecting patient movement on, exit from, and impending exit from the hospital bed, including movement across or outside a virtual boundary or region located on the bed. The... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7227089 | Electric balance with synthetic PID control signal In electronic balance, an analog computation portion determines at least a differential control signal according to an amount of displacement of a beam. A digital computation portion determines at least an integral control signal is determined by after the amount of... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7211748 | Force measuring system having several force-measuring cells and a circuit calculating a total signal A force measuring system with at least two load cells (1, 2), which detect and convert partial forces of the force to be measured into a digital output signal, and with an electronic circuit (5), which calculates a total signal from the output signals ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7193162 | Method for assessing the operation of a conveying apparatus The present invention is directed to an apparatus and method for measuring the weight of material such as rock, earth, wood, pulp, grain, gravel, sand, ore, cement etc. being processed or moved by an apparatus such as a conveyor, apron conveyor or bucket elevator dr... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7151230 | Weighing system A system for weighing a load that uses a weighing apparatus comprising a plurality of load cells (1), a means for receiving a load supported by said load cells, a means associated with each load cell (1) to supply a digital representation of the load o... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7138585 | Scale with message display Disclosed is a bath scale for measuring a user's weight having a weight display and a message display driven by a detection-and-display system adapted to provide through the message display one or more substantially non-deductive messages to the user of the bath sca... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7129424 | Multi-filter The present invention relates to a method for weighing items and in particular to a method of filtering signals representing the weight of an item. The invention is applicable in all measuring instruments which indicate an average value calculated from a signal whic... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7114368 | Apparatus and method for verifying the volume of liquid dispensed by a liquid-dispensing mechanism An apparatus for improving the procedure for quantifying the volume of liquid dispensed by a liquid-dispensing mechanism of an analytical instrument. The apparatus of this invention comprises (a) at least one weigh cup; (b) at least one standard mass; (c) at least o... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7105751 | Calibration assisting method, device and system A calibration assisting device includes a reference load data storage means 30d for storing, as a reference load data, the reference load data produced from load sensor 10 when a desired reduced quantity is generated in a vehicle weight measurin... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7092941 | Clustering module for data mining A system, software module, and computer program product for performing clustering based data mining that improved performance in model building, good integration with the various databases throughout the enterprise, flexible specification and adjustment of the model... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7082375 | System for detecting an incorrect payload lift A system for validating a payload weight measurement for a machine includes a pressure sensor configured to generate a pressure signal indicative of an actuating fluid pressure associated with a fluid cylinder operatively coupled to a work implement of the machine. ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7082360 | Method and system for determining weight and position of a vehicle seat occupant A method and system for determining weight and/or position of a vehicle seat occupant to be used for controlling the reaction of a safety restraint system. A plurality of spaced weight sensors are disposed between a seating surface and seat mounting surface to provi... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7076990 | Load cell type weight measuring device A load cell type weight measuring device includes a load cell formed of a strain member provided with a plurality of strain gauges and deforming according to a load applied to a load receptacle. The load cell type weight measuring device converts an output of a Whea... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7072763 | Intelligent load distribution system A vehicle information system has a first load sensor for generating a first load signal based on a first vehicle load. A first position sensor generates a first position signal based on a position of a vehicle axle. A second position sensor generates a second positi... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7065463 | Yield percentage managing method and apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium A yield percentage managing method manages a yield percentage of a target processed product with respect to at least one target raw material by use of a computer. The yield percentage managing method corrects or updates the yield percentage based on a processed amou... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7053759 | Method of determining an equivalent value for a failed sensor in a vehicle seat having an occupancy sensing system A method of determining an equivalent output value for a failed sensor in a vehicle seat having an occupancy sensing system. The method includes the steps of sensing the output of each sensor in an array of sensors that detect a physical presence in the seat. If the... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7047879 | Cantilever type screen-printing machine with double platform The present invention discloses a cantilever type screen-printing machine with double platforms that possess a gear reducer motor with a hollow shaft to rotate a screw of a threaded screw unit and further drive a threaded rod to move upward and downward without rota... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7041914 | Method for compensation of near-neighbor sample effects in a NMR check weighing system A method (10) for reducing or eliminating the effects of proximate samples on the NMR measurement of the mass of a test sample in a NMR check weighing system (24) for samples on a production line. The test sample is in a container (22) on a prod... | 05/09/2006 |
