G01G23/37

CALIBRATION STATUS OF A BELT WEIGHING SYSTEM
20230194334 · 2023-06-22 ·

Disclosed is a monitoring system for a conveyor belt weighing system, the monitoring system comprising: a status page displaying a plurality of calibration status displays for the conveyor belt weighting system, each of the calibration status displays including a reference calibration value and a comparison between the reference calibration value and a calibration value for the conveyor belt weighing system, wherein the reference calibration value is an ideal value for the calibration value.

Systems and methods for freight tracking and monitoring

System, methods, and computer program products are provided for enhanced freight tracking and monitoring. The system may track the location of a freight shipment within a carrier's transportation network from the time it is picked up by a carrier from a consignor until it is delivered to a consignee, provide for weight determinations and shipping re-classifications of the freight shipment during transport, and provide real-time status information and reports to the carrier, consignor, and/or consignee.

Digital scale with enhanced sensing mechanism
11680847 · 2023-06-20 ·

A digital scale includes a weighing platform, a plurality of weight sensors, and a central processing unit. Each of the weight sensors includes a first sensing mechanism and a second sensing mechanism. The first sensing mechanism includes a first elastic member, and a first movement detection device arranged to transform a movement of the first elastic member to a first electrical signal. The second sensing mechanism includes, a second elastic member and a second movement detection device arranged to transform a movement of the second elastic member to a second electrical signal. When an external load greater than a predetermined threshold is applied on the weighing platform, the first elastic member is arranged to be driven to move and in turn pushes the second elastic member to move. A measurement of the external load is obtained by combining and the first electrical signal and the second electrical signal.

Digital scale with enhanced sensing mechanism
11680847 · 2023-06-20 ·

A digital scale includes a weighing platform, a plurality of weight sensors, and a central processing unit. Each of the weight sensors includes a first sensing mechanism and a second sensing mechanism. The first sensing mechanism includes a first elastic member, and a first movement detection device arranged to transform a movement of the first elastic member to a first electrical signal. The second sensing mechanism includes, a second elastic member and a second movement detection device arranged to transform a movement of the second elastic member to a second electrical signal. When an external load greater than a predetermined threshold is applied on the weighing platform, the first elastic member is arranged to be driven to move and in turn pushes the second elastic member to move. A measurement of the external load is obtained by combining and the first electrical signal and the second electrical signal.

Container or Platform Scales
20230184581 · 2023-06-15 ·

A set of container or platform scales of which the weighing platform or weighing container is placed on three or four analogous weighing cells, wherein individual signals of the weighing cells are added up in a summing device to form a total signal from which an evaluation device determines a weight value and outputs said weight value, where the summing device is configured to add the individual signals without reaction, where the evaluation device contains an analog/digital converter for digitizing the individual signals and a diagnosis device that evaluates the digitized. individual signals to form diagnosis information and outputs the diagnosis information.

Travel Facilitation System
20170343409 · 2017-11-30 ·

A system for facilitating travel includes a handheld device for weighing luggage that is electronically linked with an application server via a smart device. The device includes electronics disposed within a housing configured to conform to a luggage handle. Lifting the luggage with the device disposed against its handle causes the luggage weight to impart a force onto the housing. This force is sensed by the electronics and converted into a weight measurement that is displayed on the smart device and sent to the application server. Weight measurements stored on the application server can be integrated with airline flight information, such as baggage restrictions, to provide certain advantages. For instance, weight measurements can be retrieved by a traveler to ensure baggage compliance. Additionally, historical luggage data can reviewed by an airline on a flight-based level to prepare for atypical cargo loads or on a traveler-basis to incentivize light baggage travel.

Fitness monitoring device with user engagement metric functionality

Methods, apparatuses, and systems are provided for interacting with a user to promote engagement with a fitness monitoring device configured to measure a fitness parameter of the user, which may include determining, by one or more processors in at least one of the fitness monitoring device or a device in communication with the fitness monitoring device, that user engagements with the fitness monitoring device have occurred on multiple occasions, in which each user engagement produces at least one measurement of the fitness parameter; receiving, by the one or more processors, information indicating a level of engagement metric for the user based, at least in part, on multiple detected the multiple user engagements with the fitness monitoring device; and generating, by the one or more processors and based on the level of engagement metric, a notification containing information relating to at least a level of user engagement with the fitness monitoring device or the fitness parameter.

Inferred determination of interaction using data from weight sensors

Load cells measure the weight of items on a shelf. Weight changes occur as items are picked from or placed to the fixture. Information about these weight changes is used to determine an estimated location on the shelf of a weight change. Hypotheses are generated using information about where particular types of items are stowed, the weights of those particular types of items, information about the weight changes, and the estimated locations of the weight changes. A model is used to produce confidence values in the hypotheses based on a change in weight measured at a first side and a change in weight measured at a second side of the shelf. A hypothesis with a confidence value that exceeds the threshold may be selected and used to determine interaction data indicative of a quantity picked or placed, type of item, and location on the shelf.

PERSONAL HEALTH MANAGEMENT DEVICE, METHOD AND SYSTEM
20220054037 · 2022-02-24 · ·

The present invention generally provides personal health management devices, and corresponding systems and methods. The personal health management device generally include an electronic controller and at least one memory device which cooperate to store at least temporarily weight management data for managing the weight of at least one user, such as a user's weight, a user's body fat percentage, exercise data, food consumption data, or a combination thereof, obtained from at least one component for obtaining such data, such as a keypad, a body fat percentage sensor for measuring a user's body fat percentage, a scale for measuring a user's weight, an exercise machine, a food scale, etc, and a communications unit for communicating the data obtained to a healthcare provider for monitoring progress with respect to a weight management program over a communications network.

CONTAINER WITH INTEGRATED SCALE
20170307433 · 2017-10-26 ·

A cargo container having a plurality of weighing sensors disposed under a plurality of floor panels for accurately weighing the contents within the cargo container and displaying an accurate weight of the contents of the cargo container for shipping purposes.