Method for proposing installation environment and metering device therefor
Inventors
Sato, Yoshikuni • Nagane, Yoshikazu
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Publication Number
US-11988545-B2
Publication Date
2024-05-21
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Abstract
A proposing an improvement in an installation environment of a weighing apparatus is made by including (a) a step of acquiring, weighed data of an object (7) to be weighed from a weighing sensor (13) together with time information, (b) a step of acquiring, environmental data together with time information, (c) a step of checking, with respect to the weighed data and the environmental data, whether an amount of change of the data per unit time or an average value of the data is less than or not less than a threshold with reference to a threshold database (191) and determining influence on the apparatus, and (d) a step of making a proposal on the installation environment for each result of the determination with reference to an improvement proposal database (193).
Core Innovation
The invention provides an installation environment proposal method for a weighing apparatus. The method acquires weighed data of an object to be weighed, including a weighed value, a zero-point, and a standard deviation of a span value from a weighing sensor together with time information, and acquires environmental data, including an atmospheric pressure, a temperature, and a humidity from an environmental sensor together with time information.
The method analyzes the acquired time-stamped weighed data and environmental data by checking whether an amount of change of the data per unit time or an average value of the data is less than or not less than a threshold with reference to a threshold database. Based on the checking, it obtains a determination of influence on the weighing apparatus or gives a determination value of one of a plurality of stages, and the determination value is used to select an associated improvement comment from an improvement proposal database.
Using the determination, the method makes a proposal on an installation environment. In embodiments, the output includes temporally related presentation, including temporal change graphs of weighed data and/or environmental data related to the proposal, and further embodiments add staged scoring by reading degrees of importance from a degree-of-importance database and proposing in descending order of the score.
Further embodiments use learning with an analysis history database, where past analyses and/or analyses obtained through learning are used to compare with a latest analysis. Based on the comparison, the method classifies deteriorated versus improved or good parameters and reads out corresponding improvement comments to make a proposal contrasting a latest environment with a past environment.
Claims Coverage
Independent claims are provided for the method of proposing an installation environment and for a corresponding weighing apparatus. The inventive features center on time-stamped acquisition of weighed and environmental data, threshold-based determination of influence or stage, selection of an improvement comment from an improvement proposal database, and proposing an installation environment, with optional staged scoring and history or learning-based selection.
Time-stamped acquisition of weighed and environmental data
Acquiring weighed data, including a weighed value, a zero-point, and a standard deviation of a span value, together with time information, and acquiring environmental data, including an atmospheric pressure, a temperature, and a humidity, together with time information.
Threshold checking for influence determination using per-unit-time change or average value
Checking whether an amount of change of the data per unit time or an average value of the data is less than or not less than a threshold with reference to a threshold database, and obtaining a determination of influence on the weighing apparatus.
Proposal on installation environment using improvement proposal database
Making a proposal on an installation environment based on the determination of influence with reference to an improvement proposal database.
Staged determination value and scoring using degrees of importance
Giving a determination value of one of a plurality of stages, reading degrees of importance set at least for the temperature, the humidity, the atmospheric pressure, and the zero-point with reference to a degree-of-importance database, scoring based on the determination value and the degree of importance, and making a proposal on an installation environment in descending order of the score.
Improvement comment associated with determination value from improvement proposal database
Reading out an improvement comment in association with the determination value and stored in an improvement proposal database with reference to the improvement proposal database.
Weighing apparatus with time-stamped storage, threshold database, and improvement proposal database
A weighing apparatus comprising a weighing sensor, an environmental sensor, a system timer for obtaining detection times, a storage unit configured to record the weighed data and the environmental data together with time information, and an arithmetic processing unit configured to analyze the weighed data and the environmental data; the storage unit includes a threshold database storing a plurality of thresholds set in stages for each of the weighed data and the environmental data and an improvement proposal database storing improvement comments; and the arithmetic processing unit checks the data against thresholds, gives a determination value, reads out the improvement comment, and makes a proposal on the installation environment.
The independent claims collectively cover a method and a weighing apparatus that time-stamp and store weighed data and environmental data, determine influence or a staged determination via per-unit-time change or average value comparison to thresholds, and select an improvement comment from an improvement proposal database to make an installation environment proposal. Additional coverage includes degrees-of-importance-based scoring with descending score output, and the apparatus claims embed the threshold database and improvement proposal database within the system.
Stated Advantages
Makes an installation environment proposal based on determination of influence on the weighing apparatus.
Determines influence by checking change amounts per unit time or average values against thresholds using a threshold database.
Reads out improvement comments associated with determination values to support proposal generation.
Allows staged scoring using degrees of importance and proposes an installation environment in descending order of the score.
For a weighing apparatus, integrates a threshold database storing staged thresholds and an improvement proposal database storing improvement comments to make proposals.
Documented Applications
An installation environment proposal for a weighing apparatus, based on analyzing time-stamped weighed data and time-stamped environmental data.
Staged-scoring installation environment proposals that rank proposals in descending order of score.
Installation environment proposals presented with temporal change graphs of weighed data and/or environmental data related to the proposal.
Installation environment proposals using an analysis history database, comparing latest analysis with past analyses or analyses obtained through learning to contrast the latest environment with a past environment.
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