Portable, hand-held controller and indicator technology
OwnerWilliam P. Kroll, Matt Younginventors
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Abstract
A portable, hand held device for controlling the operation of a crane or other device that includes weighing means, and for displaying or indicating weighing data in hand. The indicator includes a power source, a microcontroller communicatively connected to the power source, a radio module communicatively connected to the microcontroller, a display communicatively connected to the microcontroller, and a keypad. A system including the indicator and between one and four scales, and a crane control relay, is also disclosed.
Claims23
A portable controller and indicator comprising a power source, a microcontroller communicatively connected to the power source, a radio module communicatively connected to the microcontroller, a display communicatively connected to the microcontroller, and a keypad.
A remote weighing system comprising:
- a. at least two electronic scales each having a radio module:
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- b. a portable controller and indicator for controlling and indicating the weight of the at least two electronic scales, the portable controller and indicator including:
- (i) a battery power source,
- (ii) a voltage regulator communicatively connected to the battery power source,
- (iii) a microcontroller communicatively connected to the voltage regulator,
- (iv) a radio module communicatively connected to the microcontroller.
- (v) a 3.3 graphic LCD display communicatively connected to the microcontroller, and
- (vi) a keypad;
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- c. whereby the portable controller and indicator provides at least a single scale weight and an accumulated scale weight of multiple weighings of the at least two remote electronic wireless communication scales on the display simultaneously.
A method of remotely controlling and indicating the weight of an object or article, comprising the steps of:
- a. providing at least two electronic scales each having a radio module;
- b. providing a portable controller and indicator for controlling and indicating the weight of the at least two electronic scales, the portable controller and indicator including:
- (i) a battery power source,
- (ii) a voltage regulator communicatively connected to the battery power source,
- (iii) a microcontroller communicatively connected to the voltage regulator,
- (iv) a radio module communicatively connected to the microcontroller,
- (v) a 3.3 graphic LCD display communicatively connected to the microcontroller, and
- (vi) a keypad;
- c. communicatively coupling at least one object or article to each of scales:
- d. weighing the at least one object or article at each scale;
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- e. establishing a radio frequency communication link between the using the portable controller and indicator and each scale, whereby the portable controller and indicator provides at least a single scale weight and an accumulated scale weight of multiple weighings of the at least two remote electronic wireless communication scales on the display simultaneously.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.