Patent ID: 6907409

Claim:
In a dynamic scale having a weighing cell and a controllable conveyor for transporting a series of postal items to and from said weighing cell, a method for operating the dynamic scale comprising the steps of: for each postal item, obtaining a plurality of measured weight values from said weighing cell as said postal item is transported across said weighing cell without stoppage; selecting one of said measured weight values, as a middle value, which is substantially in the middle of said plurality of measured weight values; comparing said middle value to at least one overload limit value to determine whether an overload exists; forming a decision parameter from measured weight values in said plurality of measured weight values; comparing said decision parameter to at least one shutoff criterion to determine whether said plurality of measured values is valid; and given no overload and given validity of said plurality of measured values, forming and emitting an output weight value from said scale, dependent on said plurality of measured values.