# US 2013/0152419 A1 · Multiple Display Electronic Caliper > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2013/0152419 A1 - Document ID: US20130152419A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/662,753 - Filed: 2012-10-29 - Published: 2013-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2007-01-05 - Assignees: American Radionic Company, Inc. - Inventors: Robert Stockman - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130152419A1 ## CPC - G01B 5/02: for measuring length, width or thickness (G01B5/004, G01B5/08 take precedence) - G01B 3/205: {provided with a counter for digital indication of the measured dimension} - G06F 3/023: Arrangements for converting discrete items of information into a coded form, e.g. arrangements for interpreting keyboard generated codes as alphanumeric codes, operand codes or instruction codes - G01B 3/20: Slide gauges - G01B 2210/58: Wireless transmission of information between a sensor or probe and a control or evaluation unit - G01B: MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS; MEASURING ANGLES; MEASURING AREAS; MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract In addition to other aspects disclosed, a caliper is configured to measure at least one physical dimension. The caliper has a display configured to present a first representation and a second representation of a measurement provided by the caliper. The format of the first representation is different from the format of the second representation, and the first representation is approximately simultaneously displayed with the second representation. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An apparatus comprising: a caliper configured to measure at least one physical dimension; a display configured to present a first representation and a second representation of a measurement provided by the caliper, wherein a format of the first representation is different from a format of the second representation, the first representation is approximately simultaneously displayed with the second representation, and the resolution of the format of the second representation is selectable. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the format of the first representation includes one of a decimal format and a fractional format. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the format of the second representation includes one of a decimal format and a fractional format, and is different from the format of the first representation. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the format of the first representation has metric units and the format of the second representation has U.S. units. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the resolution of the format of the first representation is selectable. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the format of the first representation includes a first measurement unit and the format of the second representation includes a second measurement unit, different from the first measurement unit. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: an electronics package that includes the display. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the display includes a unit indicator. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the display includes a variance indicator. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: an electronics package configured to provide data representative of the first representation and the second representation to an external display module. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The apparatus of claim 10, wherein a hardwire connection provides the data from the electronics package to the external display module. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The apparatus of claim 10, wherein a wireless connection provides the data from the electronics package to the external display module. ### Claim 13 A method comprising: simultaneously displaying on a display of a caliper, a first representation and a second representation of a measurement provided by the caliper, wherein a format of the first representation is different from a format of the second representation, and the resolution of the format of the second representation is selectable. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, further comprising: providing data that represents the first representation and the second representation to an external display module. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein the format of the first representation includes one of a decimal format and a fractional format. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein the format of the first representation has metric units and the format of the second representation has U.S. units. ### Claim 17 A computer program product, encoded on a computer-readable medium, operable to cause a data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising: simultaneously displaying on a display of a caliper, a first representation and a second representation of a measurement provided by the caliper, wherein a format of the first representation is different from the format of the second representation, and the resolution of the format of the second representation is selectable. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The computer program product of claim 17, further operable to cause the data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising: providing data that represents the first representation and the second representation to an external display module. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the format of the first representation includes one of a decimal format and a fractional format. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the format of the first representation has metric units and the format of the second representation has U.S. units.