Patent ID: 7705249
Filing Date: 2010-04-27
Classification: G01G

Abstract:
1. Electronic scales having an integrated computer comprising: a display for presenting information to a user, an input unit for entering selection data by the user, a memory for storing a plurality of activatable profiles as sets of parameter values for assignment to corresponding sets of parameters, a data processing unit for controlling the display, the input unit, and the memory, and for determining and processing measured values in accordance with a current activated profile, the measured values being generated during performance of a weighing operation by the user, and an algorithm for the data processing unit, in which: to determine a profile as the current activated profile, the user is requested in a plurality of successive steps to select one of several options presented by the display, wherein the combination of the options presented in a given one of the steps is dependent on a selection made in a step preceding the given step, and to perform the weighing operation, the user is requested in a plurality of successive performance steps to perform respective actions presented by the display, wherein a given one of the requests is a function of the current activated profile, and is made only if an action requested in a preceding one of the performance steps is confirmed as carried out.