Method for proposing installation environment and metering device therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11988545-B2
Application number	US-201917426970-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 13, 2019
Priority date	Mar 13, 2019
Publication date	May 21, 2024
Grant date	May 21, 2024

Abstract

A proposing an improvement in an installation environment of a weighing apparatus is made by including (a) a step of acquiring, weighed data of an object ( 7 ) to be weighed from a weighing sensor ( 13 ) together with time information, (b) a step of acquiring, environmental data together with time information, (c) a step of checking, with respect to the weighed data and the environmental data, whether an amount of change of the data per unit time or an average value of the data is less than or not less than a threshold with reference to a threshold database ( 191 ) and determining influence on the apparatus, and (d) a step of making a proposal on the installation environment for each result of the determination with reference to an improvement proposal database ( 193 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An installation environment proposal method for a weighing apparatus, comprising:
(a) a step of acquiring, as weighed data of an object to be weighed, at least a weighed value, a zero-point, and a standard deviation of a span value from a weighing sensor together with time information;
(b) a step of acquiring, as environmental data, at least an atmospheric pressure, a temperature, and a humidity from an environmental sensor together with time information;
(c) a step of checking, with respect to the weighed data and the environmental data, whether an amount of change of the data per unit time or an average value of the data is less than or not less than a threshold with reference to a threshold database and obtaining a determination of influence on the weighing apparatus; and
(d) a step of making a proposal on an installation environment based on the determination of influence with reference to an improvement proposal database.

2. The installation environment proposal method according to claim 1 , wherein
in the step (c), a plurality of the thresholds are set in stages, and in the determination, a determination value of one of the plurality of stages is given according to the thresholds, and
in the step (d), an improvement comment in association with the determination value and stored in the improvement proposal database is read out and a proposal on the installation environment is made.

3. The installation environment proposal method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
(e) a step of storing an analysis in the step (c) in an analysis history database;
(f) a step of reading out one of past analyses or an analysis obtained through learning with reference to the analysis history database, and with respect to each of the weighed data and the environmental data, comparing the latest analysis with the past analysis or comparing the latest analysis with the analysis obtained through learning; and
(g) a step of making a proposal on the installation environment by reading out an improvement comment contrasting the latest environment with a past environment according to results of the comparison with reference to the improvement proposal database.

4. The installation environment proposal method according to claim 1 , wherein
in the step (c), the determination is made in order of
(i) atmospheric pressure,
(ii) standard deviation of span value,
(iii) temperature and humidity, and
(iv) zero-point.

5. The installation environment proposal method according to claim 1 , wherein the proposal is displayed together with a temporal change graph of the weighed data and/or the environmental data related to the proposal.

6. An installation environment proposal method for a weighing apparatus, comprising:
(a) a step of acquiring, as weighed data of an object to be weighed, at least a weighed value, a zero-point, and a standard deviation of a span value from a weighing sensor together with time information;
(b) a step of acquiring, as environmental data, at least an atmospheric pressure, a temperature, and a humidity from an environmental sensor together with time information;
(c) a step of checking, with respect to each of the weighed data and the environmental data, whether an amount of change of the data per unit time or an average value of the data is less than or not less than a threshold with reference to a threshold database and giving a determination value of one of a plurality of stages;
(d) a step of reading degrees of importance set at least for the temperature, the humidity, the atmospheric pressure, and the zero-point in consideration of at least reading accuracy of the weighing apparatus and characteristics of the weighing apparatus with reference to a degree-of-importance database;
(e) a step of scoring based on the determination value and the degree of importance; and
(f) a step of reading out an improvement comment in association with the determination value and stored in an improvement proposal database with reference to the improvement proposal database and making a proposal on an installation environment in descending order of the score.

7. The installation environment proposal method according to claim 6 , wherein in the step (f), the improvement comment is displayed together with the determination value of the standard deviation.

8. The installation environment proposal method according to claim 6 , wherein in the step (f), the improvement comment is displayed together with information based on the score.

9. The installation environment proposal method according to claim 6 , further comprising:
(g) a step of storing an analysis in the step (c) in an analysis history database;
(h) a step of reading out one of past analyses or an analysis obtained through learning with reference to the analysis history database, and with respect to each of the weighed data and the environmental data, comparing the latest analysis with the past analysis or comparing the latest analysis with the analysis obtained through learning; and
(i) a step of making a proposal on the installation environment by reading out an improvement comment contrasting the latest environment with a past environment according to results of the comparison with reference to the improvement proposal database.

10. The installation environment proposal method according to claim 6 , wherein the proposal is displayed together with a temporal change graph of the weighed data and/or the environmental data related to the proposal.

11. A weighing apparatus comprising:
a weighing sensor configured to detect weighed data of an object to be weighed;
an environmental sensor configured to detect environmental data of an installation environment;
a system timer for obtaining detection times of the weighed data and the environmental data;
a storage unit configured to record the weighed data and the environmental data together with time information;
an arithmetic processing unit configured to analyze the weighed data and the environmental data; and
a display unit configured to display analysis results of the arithmetic processing unit and/or an output unit configured to output the analysis results to an external device, wherein
the storage unit includes a threshold database storing a plurality of thresholds set in stages for each of the weighed data and the environmental data and an improvement proposal database storing improvement comments, and
the arithmetic processing unit checks, with respect to each of the weighed data and the environmental data, whether an amount of change of the data per unit time or an average value of the data is less than or not less than a threshold with reference to the threshold database, gives a determination value of one of the plurality of stages, reads out the improvement comment in association with the determination value with reference to the improvement proposal database, and makes a proposal on the installation environment.

12. The weighing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein
the storage unit further includes a degree-of-importance database storing degrees of importance set at least for the temperature, the humidity, the atmospheric pressure, and the zero-point in consideration of reading accuracy of the weighing apparatus and characteristics of the weighing apparatus, and
the arithmetic processing unit reads out the degree of importance from the degree-of-importance database, performs scoring based on the determination value and the degree of importance, and makes a proposal on the installation environment in descending order of the score.

13. The weighing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein
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Assignees

• A&D Co Ltd

Inventors

• Sato Yoshikuni
• Nagane Yoshikazu

Classifications

• G01G23/36 Primary

  Indicating the weight by electrical means, e.g. using photoelectric cells · CPC title

• G01G23/01 Primary

  Testing or calibrating of weighing apparatus · CPC title

• G01G23/48

  Temperature-compensating arrangements (G01G1/14, G01G1/42, G01G3/18 take precedence) · CPC title

• G06N3/08

  Learning methods · CPC title

• G01G23/00

  Auxiliary devices for weighing apparatus · CPC title