Electronic scale and method for controlling electronic scale

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11719567-B2
Application number	US-202217814886-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 26, 2022
Priority date	Aug 22, 2018
Publication date	Aug 8, 2023
Grant date	Aug 8, 2023

Abstract

A method for controlling an electronic scale in disclosed in this disclosure, which is applied to measure and indicate a state of an external force, comprises the following steps. A weight sensor detects the external force, and a controller drives a prompting device to emit a first light with a first optical characteristic when the external force detected by the weight sensor reaches a first weight. The controller drives the prompting device to emit a second light with a second optical characteristic when the prompting device emits the first light for a predetermined period, wherein the prompting device continuously emits the second light until the external force reaches a second weight.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for controlling an electronic scale to measure and indicate an external force, comprising:
detecting the external force by a weight sensor; and
driving a prompting device to emit a first color light with a switching frequency along a route by a controller until the external force detected by the weight sensor reaches a first weight;
wherein the prompting device comprises a plurality of light-emitting elements arranged in the route for emitting the first color light sequentially with the switching frequency along the route, while the external force detected by the weight sensor increases until reaching the first weight.

2. The method for controlling the electronic scale according to claim 1 , wherein the route is a circular route.

3. The method for controlling the electronic scale according to claim 1 , further comprising:
driving the prompting device to emit a second color light by the controller when the external force detected by the weight sensor reaches the first weight; and
driving the prompting device to emit a third color light by the controller only when the external force detected by the weight sensor stops increasing and the prompting device emits the second color light for a predetermined period.

4. The method for controlling the electronic scale according to claim 3 , wherein before emitting the first color light, the method further comprises:
performing a zeroing process for the weight sensor; and
driving the prompting device to emit a fourth color light by a controller when the weight sensor performs the zeroing process.

5. The method for controlling the electronic scale according to claim 1 , wherein before emitting the first color light, the method further comprises:
driving the prompting device to emit a second color light by the controller when the external force detected by the weight sensor reaches a second weight; and
driving the prompting device to emit the first color light by the controller only when the external force detected by the weight sensor stops increasing and the prompting device emits the second color light for a predetermined period.

6. The method for controlling the electronic scale according to claim 5 , wherein before emitting the second color light, the method further comprises:
performing a zeroing process for the weight sensor; and
driving the prompting device to emit a third color light by a controller when the weight sensor performs the zeroing process.

7. An electronic scale, comprising:
a shell with a loading surface;
a weighting sensor disposed in the shell, wherein the weighting sensor generates a weight signal according to an external force applied on the loading surface;
a controller disposed in the shell and electrically connecting to the weighting sensor for receiving the weight signal; and
a prompting device electrically connecting to the controller, wherein the prompting device comprises a plurality of light-emitting element arranged in a route on the shell, and the controller drives the plurality of light-emitting element of the prompting device to generate a first color light sequentially with a switching frequency along the route until the external force detected by the weight sensor reaches a first weight.

8. The electronic scale according to claim 7 , wherein the route is a circular route.

Assignees

• Wistron Corp

Inventors

• Chen Chih-Kang
• Kao Yu Tao
• Wu Jiun Lin
• Huang Chien

Classifications

• G01G17/04 Primary

  for weighing fluids, e.g. gases, pastes · CPC title

• G01G23/361

  using photoelectric cells · CPC title

• G01G19/00 Primary

  Weighing apparatus or methods adapted for special purposes not provided for in the preceding groups {(electric measuring arrangements involving comparison with a reference value G01R17/00)} · CPC title

• G01G19/413

  using electromechanical or electronic computing means · CPC title