Electronic scale and display method of display unit thereof
AssigneeShinko Denshi Company Limited
InventorMasato Sawada
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Abstract
An electronic scale includes a display unit for digitally displaying the weight of a load on a weighing dish, a tare subtraction key, a display control unit for controlling the display on the display unit and a memory for memorizing a zero adjustment range. The display control unit displays on the display unit a tare subtraction prompt display for prompting to push the tare subtraction key when the measurement value of the load increases over the upper limit of the zero adjustment range.
Claims11
An electronic scale comprising a display unit for digitally displaying the weight of a load on a weighing dish and a tare subtraction key, further having:
- a display control unit for controlling the display on the display unit;
- and
- a memory for memorizing as a zero adjustment range a scope of weight for making the display on the display unit to zero when a key for instructing zero adjustment is pushed while no load is placed on the weighing dish;
- characterized in that the display control unit displays on the display unit a tare subtraction prompt display for prompting to push the tare subtraction key when the measurement value of the load increases over the upper limit of the zero adjustment range by a predetermined value.
A display method on a display unit of an electronic scale comprising the display unit for digitally displaying the weight of a load placed on a weighing dish and a tare subtraction key, comprising the steps of:
- memorizing in a memory as a zero adjustment range a range of weight for making the display on the display unit to zero at the time of pushing a key for instructing the zero adjustment when no load is placed on the weighing dish;
- and
- displaying on the display unit a tare subtraction prompt display for prompting to push the tare subtraction key when detecting any weight measurement value increasing over the upper limit of the zero adjustment range by a predetermined value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.