ELECTRONIC BALANCE

• US 20090024960A1
• Filed: 03/23/2006
• Published: 01/22/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation
• Original Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation
• Inventors: Hamamoto, Hiroshi
• Application Number:
  US12/280,710
• Publication Number:
  US 20090024960A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/810
• CPC Class Codes: G01G 23/00 Auxiliary devices for weighing apparatus

Abstract

In the electronic balance according to the present invention, in the menu list in which basic menu list information wherein predetermined many menu items are tree-structured and user menu list information stored in a nonvolatile memory when a user registers at will a calculation function or other functions which the user frequently uses are incorporated, it is possible to select an intended menu item, by moving in the same layer and moving to the lower layer step by step in accordance with a predetermined key operation. Since the setting/cancellation of the menu item, e.g. the function 8, that the user often uses is provided in the lower layer of my menu which has a high priority, it is possible to select it with a small number of key operations compared to the case where the selection is performed by following the tree structure step by step, e.g. from the menu group 2 to the function 8. This increases the efficiency of the operation, and since the operation is simple, the user can operate without referring to an operation manual. Since no change of the order or the like occurs in the basic menu list other than the user menu list 29, it is possible to perform the selection of the menu item in such a list with a conventional operation.

Claims

1. An electronic balance for performing an averaging procedure on data obtained in a load detector by an arithmetic processor to determine a measurement value and for displaying it on a display, and the electronic balance being capable of, regarding a menu list in which menu items for setting/cancelling various functions including a selection of a calculation function performed by the arithmetic processor and a setting of a condition for performing the function are tree-structured, selecting an intended menu item by following the tree structure step by step through an operation of a key switch, comprising:

a) a register means for allowing a user to set and register at will a menu item which is reached by following a tree structure step by step regarding a basic menu list which is set in advance;

b) a rewritable memory for storing an information content registered by the register means and being capable of holding a memory content even in a power-off state; and

c) a menu setting controller for, in a case where registered information is held in the memory, virtually creating a menu list in which the information is incorporated as a user menu list with the basic menu list, and for allowing a selection of a menu item by following the tree structure of the menu list in accordance with an operation of the key switch.

2. The electronic balance according to claim 1, wherein the menu list has a tree structure in which a menu item in the user menu list is selected in preference to a menu item in the basic menu list.

3. The electronic balance according to claim 1, wherein each of a plurality of users can set and register a different user menu list.

5. The electronic balance according to claim 2, wherein each of a plurality of users can set and register a different user menu list.

4. An electronic balance for performing an averaging procedure on data obtained in a load detector by an arithmetic processor to determine a measurement value and for displaying it on a display, and the electronic balance being capable of, regarding a menu list in which menu items for setting/cancelling various functions including a selection of a calculation function performed by the arithmetic processor and a setting of a condition for performing the function are tree-structured, selecting an intended menu item by following the tree structure step by step through an operation of a key switch, comprising:

a) a register means for allowing a user to previously set and register at will an unnecessary menu item;

b) a rewritable memory for storing information registered by the register means and being capable of holding a memory content even in a power-off state; and

c) a menu setting controller for, in following the tree structure regarding the menu list step by step in accordance with an operation of a key switch, changing menu items to be selected, based on the information stored in the memory, in order to pass on the unnecessary menu item.

6. The electronic balance according to claim 4, wherein each of a plurality of users can set and register different unnecessary item information.