A method includes receiving, via an electronic scale device supporting a user thereon, an indication to begin a verified weight sequence. Responsive to the indication to begin, the method includes: (1) determining a body weight of the user supported by the electronic scale device, (2) receiving, via an electronic device, image data that is reproducible as a visual image of at least a portion of the user supported on the housing of the scale, and (3) generating a data file including: (a) weight data that is representative of the determined body weight of the user supported by the housing, (b) the image data, and (c) time data corresponding to a date and time that the body weight of the user was determined.

An apparatus for measuring the weight of a person, wherein the weight measuring apparatus has at least one digital display and operator control unit. The at least one display and operator control unit is connectable to the weight measuring apparatus in at least two different positions in the region of a top segment thereof, so as to realize improved operability of the apparatus from different sides.

The present invention relates to a system for monitoring dynamic e weighing of vehicles, speed of vehicles on lanes, applied to the monitoring of road traffic variables, traffic control, maintenance and infrastructure, diagnosis of traffic problems, on toll roads and in the application of fines in irregular traffic situations, through the technology of optical fiber, with punctual and quasi-distributed sensors, that allow for quick response, to be encapsulated, to ease the process of installation and/or to protect the sensing optical fiber, to employ specific materials, they can be assembled in advanced configurations of optical networks and with the advantages of having a lower cost and prolonged shelf-life when compared to the other technologies; the sensors can be multiplexed, have high spatial resolution across the pavement, and manufacturing technology is simple and inexpensive and transferable due to associated costs.

To reliably exercise radio communication of calibration data. In order to achieve the above-described object, a balance (10) includes a weight sensor (12), a built-in weight (20) to be loaded on the weight sensor, an adding and removing unit (21) for the built-in weight, an arithmetic processing unit (14) configured to drive the adding and removing unit, and a radio communication device (41) connected to the arithmetic processing unit, wherein the arithmetic processing unit includes a radio wave environment check section (32) configured to check a radio wave environment, and a calibration execution section (33) configured to add or remove the built-in weight and issue a command to the radio communication device to transfer calibration data when the radio wave environment check section determines that the radio wave is good.

A method for a vehicle is provided. The method comprises: determining a weight and position of an item of cargo being transported by the vehicle; transmitting information comprising the weight and position to a cargo management system remote from the vehicle; receiving a weight distribution instruction from the cargo management system; and communicating the weight distribution instruction to an occupant of the vehicle.

An inventory management system according to an embodiment comprises: a weight measurer configured to measure a weight of a shelf on which an item can be placed; and an RF tag configured to transmit a wireless signal including information related to the weight measured by the weight measurer in response to a read request from a wireless device, wherein the RF tag includes a transceiver configured to generate power by a received electromagnetic wave or magnetic field and transmit the wireless signal to the wireless device by using the generated power, a storage configured to store therein the information related to the weight measured by the weight measurer, and a controller configured to cause the transceiver to transmit the wireless signal including the information related to the weight stored in the storage to the wireless device.

A method is provided for optimizing the time required for a scale to weigh a set of ingredients. A weighing tolerance is obtained for each ingredient in the set. Based on the weighing tolerance, a readability parameter is determined for each ingredient. Based on the determined readability parameter, the scale is configured before each ingredient is weighed.

Various configurations of picking and packaging carts are disclosed that can be advantageously employed in Ecommerce and retail settings to improve operational efficiency. Examples can preclude the need for a detour from the item retrieval location to a packaging area, prior to delivery to a shipping area, such as a drop-off point. Some examples include a frame; a shelf rack; accessory support units including a printer holder; multiple shipping container support units configured to hold a plurality of shipping containers of a plurality of sizes; and a packaging shelf arrangement comprising a top shelf providing a flat packaging surface.

An automotive head-up display system with an ordinary windshield comprises an ordinary windshield and a display device, wherein the distance between the inner surface and the outer surface of the ordinary windshield is equal across the ordinary windshield, and the inner surface and the outer surface are non-processed and free of any optical film. The display device includes an image source and an optical imaging module. Compared with the traditional technologies, the automotive head-up display system with an ordinary windshield of the invention can effectively solve the ghost/double image problem and reduce the assembling and production costs of the automotive head-up display system without using the wedged windshield or any optical film.

A personal items network, comprising a plurality of items, each item having a wireless communications port for coupling in network with every other item, each item having a processor for determining if any other item in the network is no longer linked to the item, each item having an indicator for informing a user that an item has left the network, wherein a user may locate lost items. A method for locating lost personal items, comprising: linking at least two personal items together on a network; and depositing one or both of time and location information in an unlost item when one of the items is lost out of network.