Drip monitoring system and method thereof
AssigneesMikotek Information Inc., Ching-Wen Yang
InventorChing-Wen Yang
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Abstract
The drip monitoring system comprises a weighing device to weigh a carrying weight. The weighing device includes a gravity sensor to sense a motion data of the weighing device. The processing element gathers the carrying weight to compare with an empty weight. The processing element gathers the motion data of the weighing device when the carrying weight is less than the empty weight. The processing element determines whether the weighing device is in a calibration orientation or not according to the motion data. When the weighing device is in the calibration orientation, the processing element controls the weighing device to perform a return to zero calibration process.
Claims18
A drip monitoring system, comprising:
- a processing element;
- a weighing device coupled to the processing element, wherein the weighing device has a hook to hang a drip bag or a drip bottle and a gravity sensor to sense a motion data of the weighing device, wherein the weighing device is configured to weigh a weight of the drip bag or the drip bottle hanged in the hook;
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- an alarm element configured to generate an alarm message according to a control signal from the processing element;
- wherein the processing element gathers the motion data of the weighing device when the weight of the drip bag or the drip bottle is less than an empty weight, and
- the processing element determines, based on the motion data, whether the weighing device is in an identified calibration orientation, wherein the weighing device in the identified calibration orientation indicates that the hook of the weighing device is perpendicular to ground, and the weighing device not in the identified calibration orientation indicates that the hook of the weighing device is not perpendicular to the ground,
- when the processing element determines, based on the motion data, that the weighing device is in the identified calibration orientation, the processing element performs a zeroing calibration process of the weighing device.
A drip monitoring method, comprising:
- weighing a weight of a drip bag or a drip bottle hanged in a hook by a weighing device, wherein the weighing device has a gravity sensor to sense a motion data of the weighing device and the hook perpendicular to ground to hang the drip bag or the drip bottle;
- gathering the motion data of the weighing device by a processing element when the weight of the drip bag or the drip bottle is less than an empty weight;
- determining whether the weighing device is in an identified calibration orientation by the processing element based on the motion data, wherein the weighing device in the identified calibration orientation indicates that the hook of the weighing device is perpendicular to ground, and the weighing device not in the identified calibration orientation indicates that the hook of the weighing device is not perpendicular to the ground;
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- performing a zeroing calibration process by the processing element of the weighing device when the processing element determines the hook of the weighing device is in the identified calibration orientation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.