[001]The present disclosure relates generally to measuring device. In particular, the
present disclosure pertains to weight measuring device.
BACKGROUND
[002]The background description includes information that may be useful in
understanding the present invention. It is not an admission that any of the information provided herein is prior art or relevant to the presently claimed invention, or that any publication specifically or implicitly referenced is prior art.
[003] It is a general requirement to measure quantity of material, while evaluating price
or quantity of the material. Further, while rationing it is a general requirement to equally
distribute the material. For example, a shop-keeper while packaging pulses of 1 Kg packet
each need to weigh the pulses accurately and packaged. However, this is done by manually
picking pulses and then weighing on a weighing scale after weighing on the scale picking the
pulses and then packing it, thereby making the process time consuming and cumbersome.
[004] Further, many existing devices have huge weight of their own and it is a major
challenge to move them from one place to another, that raises another challenge of either moving the weighing machine near to material or moving material near to weighing machine. Furthermore, many existing devices are not capable of adding values measured such that the total quantity measured can be calculated that can assist a user in analysing the results measured. Also, the existing devices are not configured to allow measuring the quantity of material as well as calculate price of the material simultaneously.
[005] There is therefore a need in the art to provide device that can enable measuring
weight of material that is portable and cost-effective and can be used for measuring large quantities of material and can calculate price of material measured.
[006] In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to
provide a thorough understanding of embodiments of the present invention. It will be apparent to one skilled in the art that embodiments of the present invention may be practiced without some of these specific details.
[007] Embodiments of the present invention include various steps, which will be
described below. The steps may be performed by hardware components or may be embodied in machine-executable instructions, which may be used to cause a general-purpose or special-

purpose processor programmed with the instructions to perform the steps. Alternatively, steps may be performed by a combination of hardware, software, firmware and/or by human operators.
[008] Embodiments of the present invention may be provided as a computer program
product, which may include a machine-readable storage medium tangibly embodying thereon instructions, which may be used to program a computer (or other electronic devices) to perform a process. The machine-readable medium may include, but is not limited to, fixed (hard) drives, magnetic tape, floppy diskettes, optical disks, compact disc read-only memories (CD-ROMs), and magneto-optical disks, semiconductor memories, such as ROMs, PROMs, random access memories (RAMs), programmable read-only memories (PROMs), erasable PROMs (EPROMs), electrically erasable PROMs (EEPROMs), flash memory, magnetic or optical cards, or other type of media/machine-readable medium suitable for storing electronic instructions (e.g., computer programming code, such as software or firmware).
[009] Various methods described herein may be practiced by combining one or more
machine-readable storage media containing the code according to the present invention with appropriate standard computer hardware to execute the code contained therein. An apparatus for practicing various embodiments of the present invention may involve one or more computers (or one or more processors within a single computer) and storage systems containing or having network access to computer program(s) coded in accordance with various methods described herein, and the method steps of the invention could be accomplished by modules, routines, subroutines, or subparts of a computer program product. [0010] If the specification states a component or feature "may", "can", "could", or "might" be included or have a characteristic, that particular component or feature is not required to be included or have the characteristic.
[0011] As used in the description herein and throughout the claims that follow, the meaning of "a," "an," and "the" includes plural reference unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Also, as used in the description herein, the meaning of "in" includes "in" and "on" unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.
OBJECTS OF THE PRESENT DISCLOSURE
[0012] A general object of the present disclosure is to provide a measuring device that can enable measuring quantity of material.

[0013] Another object of the present disclosure is to provide a measuring device that
enables measuring large quantities of material by adding individual measurements.
[0014] Another object of the present disclosure is to provide a measuring device that is
portable and can be used to measure quantity of material by directly picking material by the
device itself.
[0015] Another object of the present disclosure is to provide a cost-effective measuring
device that can enable calculation of price of material measured.
[0016] Other objects of the present disclosure will be apparent from the description of
the invention herein below.
SUMMARY
[0017] The present disclosure relates generally to measuring device. In particular, the present disclosure pertains to weight measuring device.
[0018] An aspect of the present disclosure relates to a measuring device. The measuring device can include a scoop, sensors and a control unit. The scoop can be receive and hold amount of sample that needs to be measured. The sensors can be configured to measure attributes of the sample such as weight and generate signals. The control unit can be configured to receive the signals and determine values for the attributes measured. The control unit can also be used for addition of values determined to calculate total quantity of the sample. The sensors can include a load measurement sensor to weigh the sample. The attributes of the sample can include a weight, a density and a volume of the sample. [0019] The device can include a display to display measured value of attributes of the sample and price of the sample based on pre-defined price of unit of the sample. The device includes a printing device to enable printing of measured value(s) of attributes as well as price of the sample(s) measured based on pre-defined price of unit of said sample. The device comprises an audio unit that can emit audio signal when the value of the attribute measured is more than pre-defined measuring limit of the device. The device can include an amplifier that can be used to amplify the signals generated by the sensors. The device can include a battery to provide power to the display, the amplifier, the control unit and the audio unit.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0020] In the figures, similar components and/or features may have the same reference label. Further, various components of the same type may be distinguished by following the reference label with a second label that distinguishes among the similar components. If only

the first reference label is used in the specification, the description is applicable to any one of the similar components having the same first reference label irrespective of the second reference label.
[0021] FIG. 1 illustrates exemplary block diagram representation of proposed device for measuring weight of sample in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. [0022] FIGs. 2A through 2C illustrate exemplary representations of the weight measuring device in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0023] In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of embodiments of the present invention. It will be apparent to one skilled in the art that embodiments of the present invention may be practiced without some of these specific details.
[0024] Embodiments of the present invention include various steps, which will be described below. The steps may be performed by hardware components or may be embodied in machine-executable instructions, which may be used to cause a general-purpose or special-purpose processor programmed with the instructions to perform the steps. Alternatively, steps may be performed by a combination of hardware, software, firmware and/or by human operators.
[0025] Embodiments of the present invention may be provided as a computer program product, which may include a machine-readable storage medium tangibly embodying thereon instructions, which may be used to program a computer (or other electronic devices) to perform a process. The machine-readable medium may include, but is not limited to, fixed (hard) drives, magnetic tape, floppy diskettes, optical disks, compact disc read-only memories (CD-ROMs), and magneto-optical disks, semiconductor memories, such as ROMs, PROMs, random access memories (RAMs), programmable read-only memories (PROMs), erasable PROMs (EPROMs), electrically erasable PROMs (EEPROMs), flash memory, magnetic or optical cards, or other type of media/machine-readable medium suitable for storing electronic instructions (e.g., computer programming code, such as software or firmware).
[0026] Various methods described herein may be practiced by combining one or more machine-readable storage media containing the code according to the present invention with appropriate standard computer hardware to execute the code contained therein. An apparatus for practicing various embodiments of the present invention may involve one or more

computers (or one or more processors within a single computer) and storage systems containing or having network access to computer program(s) coded in accordance with various methods described herein, and the method steps of the invention could be accomplished by modules, routines, subroutines, or subparts of a computer program product. [0027] If the specification states a component or feature "may", "can", "could", or "might" be included or have a characteristic, that particular component or feature is not required to be included or have the characteristic.
[0028] As used in the description herein and throughout the claims that follow, the meaning of "a," "an," and "the" includes plural reference unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Also, as used in the description herein, the meaning of "in" includes "in" and "on" unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.
[0029] Exemplary embodiments will now be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which exemplary embodiments are shown. This invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. These embodiments are provided so that this invention will be thorough and complete and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those of ordinary skill in the art. Moreover, all statements herein reciting embodiments of the invention, as well as specific examples thereof, are intended to encompass both structural and functional equivalents thereof. Additionally, it is intended that such equivalents include both currently known equivalents as well as equivalents developed in the future (i.e., any elements developed that perform the same function, regardless of structure).
[0030] While embodiments of the present invention have been illustrated and described, it will be clear that the invention is not limited to these embodiments only. Numerous modifications, changes, variations, substitutions, and equivalents will be apparent to those skilled in the art, without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, as described in the claim.
[0031] The present disclosure relates generally to measuring device. In particular, the present disclosure pertains to weight measuring device.
[0032] An aspect of the present disclosure relates to a measuring device. The measuring device can include a scoop, sensors and a control unit. The scoop can be receive and hold amount of sample that needs to be measured. The sensors can be configured to measure attributes of the sample such as weight and generate signals. The control unit can be configured to receive the signals and determine values for the attributes measured. The control unit can also be used for addition of values determined to calculate total quantity of

the sample. The sensors can include a load measurement sensor to weigh the sample. The attributes of the sample can include a weight, a density and a volume of the sample. [0033] The device can include a display to display measured value of attributes of the sample and price of the sample based on pre-defined price of unit of the sample. The device includes a printing device to enable printing of measured value(s) of attributes as well as price of the sample(s) measured based on pre-defined price of unit of said sample. The device comprises an audio unit that can emit audio signal when the value of the attribute measured is more than pre-defined measuring limit of the device. The device can include an amplifier that can be used to amplify the signals generated by the sensors. The device can include a battery to provide power to the display, the amplifier, the control unit and the audio unit. [0034] FIG. 1 illustrates exemplary block diagram representation of proposed device for measuring weight of sample in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. [0035] In an embodiment, the device 100 can include one or more sensors 104. The one or more sensors 104 (collectively referred to as sensors 104 and individually referred as sensor 104 hereinafter) can be configured to sense one or more attributes of the sample of material. The sensors 104 can include, but not limited to load cell to measure load that can be processed using a control unit 102 to calculate weight based on load measured by the load cell. The one or more sensors generate one more signals corresponding to the one or more attributes measured by the sensors 104. The control unit 102 can be used to calculate price of the sample of material measured. The control unit 102 can calculate price of the sample of material measured based on pre defined unit price already defined.
[0036] Further, the device 100 can include a display 110 that can be used to display the value of material measured as well as the price of the material measured. In an embodiment, the device 100 can be configured such that the device can be used to add successive measurements of the sample such that the device 100 can be used to measure large amount of the sample of material. For example, if a user want to measure 10 Kg of rice from a heap and the measuring device 100 is only equipped to measure 1 Kg at a time, in such a case the device can be used to measure 1 Kg of rice 10 different times and the results can be added for the successive measurements to calculate the total amount i.e. 10 Kg.
[0037] In an embodiment, the device 100 can include an audio unit 108. The audio unit 108 can be used to emit an audio signal when the measured quantity is more than the measuring limit of the device 100. The audio unit 108 can include, but not limited to a speaker, a buzzer, a horn. Further, the device 100 can include an amplifier 106. The one or more signals from the sensors 104 are weak and can be amplified using the amplifier, which

can be further fed to the control unit 102. Also, the device 100 can include a battery 112. The battery 112 can be used to provide power to the components of the device 100 such as the amplifier, the control unit, the display and the audio unit.
[0038] In an embodiment, the control unit 102 can include one or more processors or controllers. Examples of controllers include, but are not limited to PIC® 16F877A microcontroller, AVR ® ATmega8 & ATmega16, Renesas® microcontroller and the like. Examples of processor can include, but are not limited to, an Intel® Itanium® or Itanium 2 processor(s), or AMD® Opteron® or Athlon MP® processor(s), Motorola® lines of processors, FortiSOC™ system on a chip processors or other future processors. In a preferred embodiment, control unit can include TI MSP430 16-bit microcontroller. [0039] In an embodiment, the device 100 can include a printing device 114. The printing device 114 can be operatively coupled to the control unit 102. The printing device 114 can be configured to print the value measured or the price of value measured sample based on pre¬defined price of unit of said sample. The memory (not displayed) can be used to store the predefined values and other attributes related data that can be used for comparison and evaluation or value calculation and the like. The printing device 114 can be used to print an itemized bill of the sample measured indicating the attributes as well as the price and total itemized price of the sample measured. The printing device 114 can include, but not limited to thermal printer, laser printer, inkjet printer, dot-matrix printer and the like. [0040] For example, using the device, if user goes to a store and uses the device 100 to measure various pulses, he/she can accurately measure the amount of sample as well as calculate the estimated bill of the sample(s) measured. Thus, the device 100 can be used for estimating the bill amount as well as verifying the amount measured.
[0041] FIGs. 2A through 2C illustrate exemplary representations of the weight measuring device in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. [0042] In an exemplary embodiment, the device 200 can include a scoop 202 to receive and hold the sample of material. The scoop 202 can be configured such that it can hold the sample of material while it is being measured. The measured value of the sample of material can be displayed on the display 204. In an exemplary embodiment, the device 200 can include a button to turn on or turn off the device 200. The device 200 can include a button to switch modes. Various modes can include, but are not limited to single measurement mode, multiple measurement mode, price calculation mode for single measurement and price calculation of multiple measurements. The single measurement mode can allow only one measurement to be conducted at a time, while using the multiple measurement mode more
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than one measurements are allowed such that the successive measurements will be added to display the total measured value.
[0043] Further, price calculation mode for single measurement as well as price calculation mode for multiple measurements can measure the value of the sample of material as well as calculate the price of the quantity of the sample measured. The price of the sample can be calculated based on predefined unit price for the material that can be maintained in the memory. In an exemplary embodiment, the one or more sensors 208 can include the load cell to measure the weight of the material. The one or more sensors 208 can be placed such that when the sample of the material is placed in the scoop. The one or more sensors 208 can be used to measure the load exerted on the load cell. Based on that the value corresponding to the measurement can be calculated. Thus, the calculated value can be displayed on the display 204. The battery 210 can be used to provide power to the components of the device 200. The components can include the display 204, the audio unit 206. Further, the audio unit 206 can be used to emit an audio signal to signify that the measured value is more that the measuring capacity of the device 200. Though, the embodiments of the present disclosure are explained in terms of battery to provide power to the components of the device 100 it must be appreciated that the device can be powered by other power sources such as power mains, solar energy, rechargeable battery and the like.
[0044] Furthermore, the printing device 212 can be used to generate a hard copy of measured value of the sample as well as generate an estimated bill amount based on the values measured. Also, the measured values can be added to calculate estimated total bill amount that can be printed using the printing device 212. It should be appreciated by the person skilled in the art that the present disclosure can assist a customer in estimating the total amount of bill that he/she need to pay as well as can be used by the customer to verify the amount measured.
[0045] In an exemplary embodiment, the device 200 can include a button to turn on or turn off power to the device 200. The device 200 can be turned off when not in use and can be turned on when measuring of the sample is required. Further, the device 200 can include a reset button to reset/cancel current measurement of the sample. The reset button can be used to clear out any default value or erroneous value(s) measured.
[0046] Although the proposed system has been elaborated as above to include all the main parts, it is completely possible that actual implementations may include only a part of the proposed modules/engines or a combination of those or a division of those in various combinations across multiple devices that can be operatively coupled with each other,
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including in the cloud. Further the modules/engines can be configured in any sequence to achieve objectives elaborated. Also, it can be appreciated that proposed system can be configured in a computing device or across a plurality of computing devices operatively connected with each other, wherein the computing devices can be any of a computer, a laptop, a smart phone, an Internet enabled mobile device and the like. All such modifications and embodiments are completely within the scope of the present disclosure. [0047] Embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented entirely hardware, entirely software (including firmware, resident software, micro-code, etc.) or combining software and hardware implementation that may all generally be referred to herein as a “circuit,” “module,” “component,” or “system.” Furthermore, aspects of the present disclosure may take the form of a computer program product comprising one or more computer readable media having computer readable program code embodied thereon. [0048] Thus, it will be appreciated by those of ordinary skill in the art that the diagrams, schematics, illustrations, and the like represent conceptual views or processes illustrating systems and methods embodying this invention. The functions of the various elements shown in the figures may be provided through the use of dedicated hardware as well as hardware capable of executing associated software. Similarly, any switches shown in the figures are conceptual only. Their function may be carried out through the operation of program logic, through dedicated logic, through the interaction of program control and dedicated logic, or even manually, the particular technique being selectable by the entity implementing this invention. Those of ordinary skill in the art further understand that the exemplary hardware, software, processes, methods, and/or operating systems described herein are for illustrative purposes and, thus, are not intended to be limited to any particular named. [0049] As used herein, and unless the context dictates otherwise, the term "coupled to" is intended to include both direct coupling (in which two elements that are coupled to each other contact each other) and indirect coupling (in which at least one additional element is located between the two elements). Therefore, the terms "coupled to" and "coupled with" are used synonymously. Within the context of this document terms "coupled to" and "coupled with" are also used euphemistically to mean “communicatively coupled with” over a network, where two or more devices are able to exchange data with each other over the network, possibly via one or more intermediary device.
[0050] It should be apparent to those skilled in the art that many more modifications besides those already described are possible without departing from the inventive concepts herein. The inventive subject matter, therefore, is not to be restricted except in the spirit of
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the appended claims. Moreover, in interpreting both the specification and the claims, all terms should be interpreted in the broadest possible manner consistent with the context. In particular, the terms "comprises" and "comprising" should be interpreted as referring to elements, components, or steps in a non-exclusive manner, indicating that the referenced elements, components, or steps may be present, or utilized, or combined with other elements, components, or steps that are not expressly referenced. Where the specification claims refers to at least one of something selected from the group consisting of A, B, C .... and N, the text should be interpreted as requiring only one element from the group, not A plus N, or B plus N, etc.
[0051] While the foregoing describes various embodiments of the invention, other and further embodiments of the invention may be devised without departing from the basic scope thereof. The scope of the invention is determined by the claims that follow. The invention is not limited to the described embodiments, versions or examples, which are included to enable a person having ordinary skill in the art to make and use the invention when combined with information and knowledge available to the person having ordinary skill in the art.
ADVANTAGES OF THE PRESENT DISCLOSURE
[0052] The present disclosure provides a measuring device that can enable measuring
quantity of material.
[0053] The present disclosure provides a measuring device that enables measuring large
quantities of material by adding individual measurements.
[0054] The present disclosure provides a measuring device that is portable and can be
used to measure quantity of material by directly picking material by the device itself.
[0055] The present disclosure provides a cost-effective measuring device that can enable
calculation of price of material measured.

We Claim:

A measuring device comprising:
a scoop configured to receive and hold a sample;
one or more sensors, operatively coupled to said scoop, configured to measure one or more attributes of said sample and generate one or more signals related to said one or more attributes of said sample; and
a control unit configured to receive said one or more signals from said one or more sensors, wherein said control unit configured to determine one or more values for said one or more attributes of said sample based on said one or more signals,
and wherein said control unit enables addition of said one or more values to calculate total value of said one or more attributes of said sample.
The measuring device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said one or more sensors include a load measurement sensor configured to weigh said sample and generate a first signal related to a weight of said sample.
The measuring device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said one or more attributes of said sample includes any or a combination of a weight, a density and a volume of said sample.
The measuring device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said device comprises a display configured to display any or a combination of said measured value of said one or more attributes and price of said sample based on pre-defined price of unit of said sample.
The measuring device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said device comprises a printing device, operatively coupled to control unit, configured to print at least any or a combination of said measured value of said one or more attributes and said price of said sample.
The measuring device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said device comprises an audio unit configured to emit audio signal based on detection of case where value of said attribute is more than pre-defined limit.

The measurement device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said device comprises an amplifier configured to amplify said one or more signals generated by said one or more sensors.
The measurement device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said device comprises a battery to provide power to said display, said amplifier, said control unit and said audio unit.