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Electronic thermometer

  • US 6,837,618 B1
  • Filed: 03/10/2000
  • Issued: 01/04/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/11/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An electronic thermometer comprising:

  • a display device (6) for displaying a measured temperature measurement in a predetermined display digit number;

    a temperature measurement device (3) for generating a temperature measurement signal based on the temperature of an object under temperature measurement;

    a computation device (5) for computing a temperature value of a digit number larger than the predetermined display digit number to be displayed on the display device (6) on the basis of the temperature measurement signal; and

    a control device for controlling the display device to display a first temperature value portion and a second temperature value portion in such a manner that the second temperature value portion is not displayed while the first temperature value portion is displayed and vice versa;

    wherein the first temperature value portion is defined as a portion of the temperature value having a first set of predetermined digit or digits, and the second temperature value portion is defined as another portion of the temperature value having a second set of predetermined digit or digits including all remaining digit or digits other than the first predetermined digit or digits.

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