CA2550803A1 - Scale with auto identification of frequently weighed items - Google Patents

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CA2550803A1
CA2550803A1 CA002550803A CA2550803A CA2550803A1 CA 2550803 A1 CA2550803 A1 CA 2550803A1 CA 002550803 A CA002550803 A CA 002550803A CA 2550803 A CA2550803 A CA 2550803A CA 2550803 A1 CA2550803 A1 CA 2550803A1
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Santos Juan-Castellanos
Lawrence A. Pevoar
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01G—WEIGHING
    • G01G19/00—Weighing apparatus or methods adapted for special purposes not provided for in the preceding groups
    • G01G19/40—Weighing apparatus or methods adapted for special purposes not provided for in the preceding groups with provisions for indicating, recording, or computing price or other quantities dependent on the weight
    • G01G19/413—Weighing apparatus or methods adapted for special purposes not provided for in the preceding groups with provisions for indicating, recording, or computing price or other quantities dependent on the weight using electromechanical or electronic computing means
    • G01G19/414—Weighing apparatus or methods adapted for special purposes not provided for in the preceding groups with provisions for indicating, recording, or computing price or other quantities dependent on the weight using electromechanical or electronic computing means using electronic computing means only
    • G01G19/4144—Weighing apparatus or methods adapted for special purposes not provided for in the preceding groups with provisions for indicating, recording, or computing price or other quantities dependent on the weight using electromechanical or electronic computing means using electronic computing means only for controlling weight of goods in commercial establishments, e.g. supermarket, P.O.S. systems
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01G—WEIGHING
    • G01G23/00—Auxiliary devices for weighing apparatus
    • G01G23/18—Indicating devices, e.g. for remote indication; Recording devices; Scales, e.g. graduated
    • G01G23/36—Indicating the weight by electrical means, e.g. using photoelectric cells
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01G—WEIGHING
    • G01G23/00—Auxiliary devices for weighing apparatus
    • G01G23/18—Indicating devices, e.g. for remote indication; Recording devices; Scales, e.g. graduated
    • G01G23/36—Indicating the weight by electrical means, e.g. using photoelectric cells
    • G01G23/37—Indicating the weight by electrical means, e.g. using photoelectric cells involving digital counting
    • G01G23/3728—Indicating the weight by electrical means, e.g. using photoelectric cells involving digital counting with wireless means
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F9/00—Details other than those peculiar to special kinds or types of apparatus
    • G07F9/02—Devices for alarm or indication, e.g. when empty; Advertising arrangements in coin-freed apparatus
    • G07F9/026—Devices for alarm or indication, e.g. when empty; Advertising arrangements in coin-freed apparatus for alarm, monitoring and auditing in vending machines or means for indication, e.g. when empty
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07G—REGISTERING THE RECEIPT OF CASH, VALUABLES, OR TOKENS
    • G07G1/00—Cash registers
    • G07G1/0036—Checkout procedures
    • G07G1/0045—Checkout procedures with a code reader for reading of an identifying code of the article to be registered, e.g. barcode reader or radio-frequency identity [RFID] reader
    • G07G1/0054—Checkout procedures with a code reader for reading of an identifying code of the article to be registered, e.g. barcode reader or radio-frequency identity [RFID] reader with control of supplementary check-parameters, e.g. weight or number of articles

Abstract

A scale and associated methods automatically identify most frequently weighed food items for displaying the most frequently weighed food items on a display.

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1. In connection with a food product scale located in a store, the scale including a weighing station having an associated mechanism for producing weight indicative signals, and a user interface including at least one display, a method of presenting a variety of food products to a user to facilitate weighing operations, the method comprising the steps of:
tracking food product weighing operations of the scale to identify frequency of weighing for each of a plurality of food products;
based upon the tracking step, identifying a first multiplicity of food products to be displayed on a first user interface screen and identifying a second multiplicity of food products to be displayed on a second user interface screen, the identification of the first multiplicity of food products is based upon most frequently weighed food products during a first time period and the identification of the second multiplicity of food products is based upon most frequently weighed food products during a second time period; and presenting the first user interface screen, with the first multiplicity of food products, to users via the display during the first time period;
presenting the second user interface screen, with the second multiplicity of food products, to users via the display during the second time period.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the first time period is a portion of a seven day period and the second time period is a different portion of the seven day period.
3. The method of claim 2 wherein the first time period is one day and the second time period is one day.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein the first time period is a portion of a 24 hour period and the second time period is a different portion of the 24 hour period.
5. The method of claim 4 wherein the first time period is one hour and the second time period is one hour.
6. The method of claim 4 wherein the first time period and the second time period cumulatively complete the 24 hour time period.
7. The method of claim 1 wherein the identifying step includes identifying third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh multiplicities of food products for respective third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh user interface screens, each of the seven multiplicities identified based upon most frequently weighed items for a respective day of the week, and each of the seven user interface screens is presented, on the display, on its respective day of the week.
8. The method of claim 1 wherein the first user interface screen is presented with a picture of each of the first multiplicity of food products and the second user interface screen is presented with a picture of each of the second multiplicity of food products.
9. The method of claim 1 wherein the first user interface screen is presented with a name of each of the first multiplicity of food products and the second user interface screen is presented with a name of each of the second multiplicity of food products.
10. The method of claim 1 comprising the further steps of adjusting the first time period, adjusting the second time period and repeating the steps of claim 1.
11. In connection with a food product scale located in a store, the scale including a weighing station having an associated mechanism for producing weight indicative signals, and a user interface including at least one display, a method of presenting a variety of food products to a user to facilitate weighing operations, the method comprising the steps of:

tracking food product weighing operations of the scale to identify frequency of weighing for each of a plurality of food products;
based upon the tracking step, identifying a first multiplicity of food products to be displayed on a first user interface screen and identifying a second multiplicity of food products to be displayed on a second user interface screen for the display, the identification of the first multiplicity of food products is based at least in part upon most frequently weighed food products during a first scale mode and the identification of the second multiplicity of food products is based at least in part upon most frequently weighed food products during a second scale mode; and presenting the first user interface screen, with the first multiplicity of food products, to users via the display during the first scale mode;
presenting the second user interface screen, with the second multiplicity of food products, to users via the display during the second scale mode.
12. The method of claim 11 wherein the first scale mode is a first language mode of the scale and the second scale mode is a second language mode of the scale.
13. The method of claim 11 wherein the first language mode is an English language mode and the second language mode is a Spanish language mode.
14. The method of claim 11 wherein the first scale mode is a first customer mode triggered by identification of a first customer, and the second scale mode is a second customer mode triggered by identification of a second customer.
15. A scale for use in weighing food products, comprising:
a weighing station for receiving food products to be weighed, the weighing station having an associated mechanism for producing weight indicative signals;

a controller for receiving weight indicative signals from the mechanism, the controller operable to establish a price for a weighed food product based in part upon a weight indicative signal produced for that food product;
a user interface including at least one display, the controller connected with the display for controlling the display of food product designators;
wherein the controller is operable to track food product weighing operations of the scale, specifically frequency of weighing for a plurality of food products, and the controller is further operable to identify a plurality of sets of food products, each set of food products identified for display on a respective user interface screen, the identification of each set of food products is based upon most frequently weighed food products during a respective time period for the set;
and wherein the controller is further operable to permit the respective time period to be selected manually at the scale via the user interface.
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