Electronic thermometer
First Claim
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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Abstract
An electronic thermometer includes a display device for displaying a temperature of an associated object under temperature measurement in a predetermined display digit number. A temperature measurement device generates a temperature measurement signal based on the temperature of the associated object. A computation device is provided for computing a temperature value of a digit number larger than the predetermined display digit number to be displayed on the display device on the basis of the temperature measurement signal. A control device controls the display device to display a first temperature value portion and a second temperature value portion. The first portion is displayed with a first set of predetermined digits and the second portion is displayed with a second set of predetermined digits, including any digit or digits other than the first predetermined digits.
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18 Claims
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1. An electronic thermometer comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of measuring temperature with an electronic thermometer, the method comprising:
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generating a temperature measurement signal based on the temperature of an object under temperature measurement;
computing a temperature value of a digit number larger than a predetermined display digit number to be displayed on the display device (6) on a basis of the temperature measurement signal; and
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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