Movable container, associated electronic device and associated method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11143544-B2
Application number	US-201816053566-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 2, 2018
Priority date	Oct 12, 2017
Publication date	Oct 12, 2021
Grant date	Oct 12, 2021

Abstract

A movable container includes: a driving mechanism, a sensing device, and a control circuit. The driving mechanism is arranged to provide a momentum to the movable container. The sensing device is arranged to sense a motion feature in accordance with the momentum provided by the driving mechanism. The control circuit is coupled to the sensing device and the driving mechanism and arranged to calculate a calculated mass of the movable container in accordance with the motion feature sensed by the sensing device. The control circuit is coordinated with the driving mechanism and the sensing device via a user input. In some embodiments, the movable container is a suitcase or a luggage.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of a movable container, comprising:
receiving a user input instructing a calculation operation via an electronic device;
activating a driving mechanism of the movable container with a trigger of the user input to provide a momentum to the movable container;
sensing a motion feature in accordance with the momentum;
calculating a calculated mass of the movable container at least in accordance with the motion feature; and
instructing the user to input a scaled mass of the container via the electronic device to execute a calibration operation.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
informing a user of the calculated mass of the container via the electronic device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the calibration operation comprises:
referring to the scaled mass to generate a calibrated mass as the calculated mass; and
informing a user of the calculated mass of the container.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
rotating the container to find a moving path, wherein a length of the moving path is greater than a predetermined value;
wherein rotating the container to find the moving path comprising:
utilizing a proximity sensor to find the moving path.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the movable container comprises a battery, and the method further comprises:
providing the user with an alert message when the calculated mass of the container is greater than a predetermined value.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the momentum is provided by a driving current.

7. A method of a movable container, comprising:
receiving a user input instructing a calculation operation via an electronic device;
activating a driving mechanism of the movable container with a trigger of the user input to provide a momentum to the movable container;
sensing a motion feature in accordance with the momentum;
calculating a calculated mass of the movable container at least in accordance with the motion feature; and
instructing the user to execute a setting operation via the electronic device before the calculated mass of the container is calculated.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the setting operation comprises:
calculating a reference mass of the container when the container is empty;
and steps of calculating the calculated mass of the movable container comprise:
calculating the calculated mass of the movable container by referring to the reference mass of the container.

Assignees

• Lingdong Tech Beijing Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ren Guorong
• Qi Ou
• Chen Zhaoqiang
• Li Ruizhi

Classifications

• A45C5/03 Primary

  Suitcases · CPC title

• G01G19/58

  combined with handles of suit-cases or trunks · CPC title

• G01G23/18

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

• G01D5/244

  influencing characteristics of pulses or pulse trains; generating pulses or pulse trains · CPC title

• G01P15/00

  Measuring acceleration; Measuring deceleration; Measuring shock, i.e. sudden change of acceleration · CPC title