Patent ID: 8443019

Claim:
An apparatus for applying a measured value, said apparatus comprising: (a) a measured value input to apply said measured value; (b) at least a first memory region to provide for an adjustment factor; and (c) a data processing system, wherein said data processing system is designed and/or controlled to multiply a first whole number by a floating-point number to obtain a product of said multiplication, while the first whole number corresponds one of said applied measured value, another measured value, or to said provided adjustment factor, and said floating-point number corresponds to the other measured value or to said adjustment factor, characterized in that: (i) said data processing system has a second memory region for storing of said floating-point number in a format of a second whole number, especially with corresponding exponent and sign, and (ii) said data processing system is designed and/or controlled to carry out a multiplication of said first whole number and said second whole number.