Patent ID: 7039560

Claim:
A measuring device with a comment input function, the measuring device comprising: a measuring portion; a measurement data storing portion for storing measurement data measured with the measuring portion; a comment inputting portion for inputting an arbitrary comment as a voice or an image; a comment recognizing portion for converting a comment inputted by the comment inputting portion into comment data; a comment storing portion for storing the comment data; a date and time information acquiring portion for acquiring date and time information; and a transmitting portion for transmitting to an external device the measurement data stored in the measurement data storing portion and comment data stored in the comment storing portion; in the measurement data storing portion, the measuring device storing, together with the measurement data, the measurement date and time information acquired by the date and time information acquiring portion; in the comment storing portion, the measuring device storing, together with the comment data, the comment inputting date and time information acquired by the date and time information acquiring portion; the transmitting portion retrieving, from either the measurement data storing portion or the comment storing portion, the measurement data and the comment data in an order of date and time of either the measurement or the comment inputting, and transmitting the data to an external device.