Patent ID: 6961676
Filing Date: 2005-11-01
Classification: G01G

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for supporting maintenance check of a sensor, said sensor generating a changeable weight signal in accordance with a load imposed on a vehicle, comprising: storing means for storing information of judging degradation of sensing accuracy of said sensor; fetching means for fetching the weight signal generated by said sensor; judging means for judging whether or not sensed accuracy of a present weight signal generated by said sensor is degraded based on a compared result obtained by comparing said present weight signal fetched by said fetching means with a previous weight signal fetched from said sensor that corresponds to said present weight signal and said information of judging degradation stored by said storing means; maintenance check information generating means to press for maintenance check of said sensor based on the judged degradation thereof in accordance with judgement of degradation by said judging means; and output means for outputting information of maintenance check generated by said generating means to press for said maintenance check.