Multiple display electronic caliper
AssigneeAmerican Radionic Company, Inc.
InventorRobert Stockman
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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.
Claims16
An apparatus comprising:
- a caliper configured to make a measurement of a physical dimension;
- a display configured to present a first representation of the measurement, the first representation of the measurement having a format and including a United States measurement unit presented as a decimal;
- and
- a button for causing the display to toggle between presenting the first representation of the measurement and a second representation of the same measurement, the second representation of the measurement having a format and including the United States measurement unit presented as a fraction, the format of the first representation being different from the format of the second representation.
A method comprising:
- on a display of a caliper configured to make a measurement of a physical dimension, toggling between:
- a first representation of the measurement, the first representation of the measurement having a format and including a United States measurement unit presented as a decimal;
- and
- a second representation of the same measurement, the second representation of the measurement having a format and including the United States measurement unit presented as a fraction,
- the format of the first representation being different from the format of the second representation.
A computer program product, encoded on a computer-readable medium, operable to cause a data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:
- on a display of a caliper configured to make a measurement of a physical dimension, toggling between:
- a first representation of the measurement, the first representation of the measurement having a format and including a United States measurement unit presented as a decimal;
- and
- a second representation of the same measurement, the second representation of the measurement having a format and including the United States measurement unit presented as a fraction,
- the format of the first representation being different from the format of the second representation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.