Printer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10732907-B2
Application number	US-201916356547-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 18, 2019
Priority date	Jun 1, 2018
Publication date	Aug 4, 2020
Grant date	Aug 4, 2020

Abstract

A printer connectable to a weight measuring apparatus includes: a head configured to perform printing on a print medium; a controller; a memory; and an operation part. The controller executes: an identifying processing of identifying the weight measuring apparatus based on identification information; a first storing processing of storing, in the memory, first data transmitted from the weight measuring apparatus in a first loading state; a second storing processing of storing, in the memory, second data transmitted from the weight measuring apparatus in a second loading state; a data specifying processing of specifying, as weight data areas, data areas having mutually different values and included in code strings constructing the first data and the second data, respectively; and a registering processing of registering, in the memory, the identification information and the weight data areas while associating the identification information and the weight data areas with each other.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A printer connectable to a weight measuring apparatus, the weight measuring apparatus being configured to measure weight of a measurement object and to output data including weight data corresponding to the measured weight, the printer comprising:
a head configured to perform printing on a print medium;
a controller;
a memory; and
an operation part,
wherein the controller is configure to execute:
an identifying processing of obtaining identification information from the weight measuring apparatus to which the printer is connected, and of identifying the weight measuring apparatus to which the printer is connected, based on the identification information,
a first storing processing of storing, in the memory, first data transmitted from the weight measuring apparatus in a first loading state, the first loading state being a state before a first operation is performed with respect to the operation part;
a second storing processing of storing, in the memory, second data transmitted from the weight measuring apparatus in a second loading state, the second loading state being a state having a gain or loss of a predetermined weight from the first loading state after the first operation has been performed with respect to the operation part;
a data specifying processing of specifying, as weight data areas, data areas which are included in code strings constructing the first data and the second data, respectively, and which have mutually different values; and
a registering processing of registering, in the memory, the identification information obtained in the identifying processing and the weight data areas specified in the data specifying processing while associating the identification information and the weight data areas with each other.

2. The printer according to claim 1 , further comprising a display,
wherein the controller is configured to further execute:
a first displaying processing of controlling the display to display a first message, the first message urging the first operation to be performed in a state that nothing is loaded on the weight measuring apparatus, and the first loading state being the state that nothing is loaded on the weight measuring apparatus, and
in the first storing processing, the controller is configured to store, in the memory, the first data based on the first operation performed with respect to the operation part.

3. The printer according to claim 2 , wherein the predetermined weight is weight of the printer or weight of the print medium usable in the printer.

4. The printer according to claim 3 , wherein the controller is configured to further execute:
a second displaying processing of controlling the display to display a second message, the second message urging a second operation to be performed in a state that the printer or the print medium is loaded on the weight measuring apparatus, and the second loading state being the state that the printer or the print medium is loaded on the weight measuring apparatus; and
in the second storing processing, the controller is configured to store, in the memory, the second data based on the second operation performed with respect to the operation part.

5. The printer according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to execute:
a determining processing of determining whether the identification information obtained in the identifying processing has been already registered in the memory; and
a signal outputting processing of interpreting a content of the weight data areas included in the data transmitted from the weight measuring apparatus to which the printer is connected, and of outputting a weight signal including weight data corresponding to the measured weight, based on determining in the determining processing that the identification information has been already registered in the memory.

6. The printer according to claim 5 , wherein the controller is configured to further execute:
an information obtaining processing of obtaining destination information which is previously set with respect to the printer, and
a unit determining processing of determining a weight unit, based on the destination information obtained in the information obtaining processing, the weight unit corresponding to the destination information; and
in the signal outputting processing, the controller is configured to output the weight signal in which the weight unit determined in the unit determining processing is added to a value of the measured weight.

Assignees

• Brother Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Ishii Hidekazu

Classifications

• G01G23/18

  Indicating devices, e.g. for remote indication; Recording devices; Scales, e.g. graduated · CPC title

• G06F3/1205 Primary

  resulting in increased flexibility in print job configuration, e.g. job settings, print requirements, job tickets · CPC title

• H04N1/00323 Primary

  with a measuring, monitoring or signaling apparatus, e.g. for transmitting measured information to a central location · CPC title

• G06F3/1284

  Local printer device · CPC title

• G01G19/415

  combined with recording means · CPC title