Portable electronic device and method for measuring weight utilizing the same
AssigneesChi Mei Communication Systems, Inc., Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorJIAN-PING CHEN
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Abstract
An object is weighed using a portable electronic device. Placement of an object on a touch panel of the portable electronic device provides measurement of the weight of the object. In the measurement, the portable electronic device sends information to the touch panel to request a user to input a unit price of the object. The portable electronic device then detects a weight of the object placed on the touch panel. The portable electronic device calculates a total price of the object by multiplication of the input unit price and the detected weight of the object. The total price of the object can be then output.
Claims15
A portable electronic device, comprising:
- a storage unit;
- a touch panel;
- a speaker;
- at least one processor;
- a weight sensor operable to detect weight of an object placed on the touch panel;
- one or more programs stored in the storage unit and executed by the at least one processor, the one or more programs comprising:
- a display module operable to send information to the touch panel to request a user to input a unit price of the object on the touch panel;
- a receiving module operable to receive the input unit price of the object from the touch panel and save the unit price in the storage unit;
- a determination module operable to determine whether the unit price of the object is a non-zero value;
- a calculation module operable to calculate a total price of the object by multiplication of the unit price by the weight of the object;
- a read module operable to read audio data corresponding to the total price from the storage unit;
- and
- a speech module operable to output the audio file to the speaker.
A method for measuring object weight using a portable electronic device, the portable electronic device comprising a touch panel, a weight sensor, a storage unit, and a speaker, the method comprising:
- sending information to the touch panel to request a user to input a unit price of the object on the touch panel;
- receiving the input unit price of the object from the touch panel and saving the unit price in the storage unit;
- determining the weight of the object placed on the touch panel;
- determining whether the unit price of the object is a non-zero value;
- calculating a total price of the object if the unit price of the object is the non-zero value;
- reading audio data corresponding to the total price from the storage unit;
- and
- outputting the audio file to the speaker.
The method of claim 6, wherein the step of calculating a total price of the object is accomplished by multiplication of the unit price by the weight of the object upon detecting that the unit price is the non-zero value.
The method of claim 7, further comprising sending the calculated total price of the object to be displayed on the touch panel.
A storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform a method for measuring object weight using a portable electronic device, the portable electronic device comprising a touch panel, a weight sensor, a storage unit, and a speaker, the method comprising:
- sending information to the touch panel to request a user to input a unit price of the object on the touch panel;
- receiving the input unit price of the object from the touch panel and saving the unit price in the storage unit;
- determining the weight of the object placed on the touch panel;
- determining whether the unit price of the object is a non-zero value;
- calculating a total price of the object if the unit price of the object is the non-zero value;
- reading audio data corresponding to the total price from the storage unit;
- and
- outputting the audio file to the speaker.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.