System and Method for Monitoring Food Waste

    公开(公告)号:US20210005102A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-07

    申请号:US17025670

    申请日:2020-09-18

    摘要: The present invention relates to a system for monitoring food waste. The system includes a weight mechanism configured for weighing a waste receptacle, wherein the waste receptacle is configured for receiving food waste from a plurality of consecutive disposal events before emptying, a processor configured for measuring the difference in weight of the waste receptacle between each disposal event and calculating the weight of a disposal event based upon the difference and a user interface configured to receive at least one indication categorising the food waste in a disposal event by a user. A method for monitoring food waste is also described.

    Apparatus and method for locking a storage tank above a scale for transportation

    公开(公告)号:US10775226B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-15

    申请号:US15876705

    申请日:2018-01-22

    摘要: An apparatus including a first storage tank, a frame positioned at least partially beneath the first storage tank, a first lever having a first end and a second end, and the first lever is pivotally mounted to the frame; and a first scale system positioned beneath the first storage tank, wherein in a first position, the first storage tank exerts a force against the first scale system, and wherein in a second position, the second end of the lever exerts a force on a bottom surface of the first storage tank such that the first storage tank is positioned above, and out of contact with, the first scale system, when the first storage tank is in the second position.

    ELECTRONIC SCALE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC SCALE

    公开(公告)号:US20200064179A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-27

    申请号:US16197677

    申请日:2018-11-21

    申请人: Wistron Corp.

    IPC分类号: G01G17/04 G01G23/36

    摘要: A method for controlling an electronic scale in disclosed in this disclosure, which is applied to measure and indicate a state of an external force, comprises the following steps. A weight sensor detects the external force, and a controller drives a prompting device to emit a first light with a first optical characteristic when the external force detected by the weight sensor reaches a first weight. The controller drives the prompting device to emit a second light with a second optical characteristic when the prompting device emits the first light for a predetermined period, wherein the prompting device continuously emits the second light until the external force reaches a second weight.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATING MONITORING OF THE CONTENTS OF A CONTAINER

    公开(公告)号:US20190303864A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-03

    申请号:US16445579

    申请日:2019-06-19

    申请人: WeighUp, Inc

    摘要: The present technology relates to a container monitoring system for monitoring the content of containers, such as beverage bottles. The monitoring system is automated to record the content of the containers according to a metric such, as the container's weight and capture variances in the container's content for reconciliation with data such as sales data to expose irregularities in the consumption of the container's contents to provide inferences as to the cause of those irregularities. Various embodiments of the monitoring system may comprise a scale assembly for producing scale data, a processor module communicatively linked to the scale assembly, and a front end server application for processing and comparing the scale data to point of sale data and pushing notifications, reports, and other data to a user.

    Method of, and apparatus for, monitoring the available resources of a gas cylinder

    公开(公告)号:US10113893B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-30

    申请号:US15021324

    申请日:2014-09-12

    摘要: A method of determining the predicted usage of gas from a gas cylinder and valve assembly. The method comprises determining, using a sensor assembly and at a time t, the mass of gas in the gas cylinder, the average flow rate of gas from the gas cylinder; and the time remaining until the quantity of gas in the gas cylinder reaches a predetermined level, the time remaining being determined, at time t, from the mass of gas in the gas cylinder, the average flow rate of gas from the gas cylinder, and a predetermined scaling factor selected in dependence upon the proportion of gas remaining in the gas cylinder. The average flow rate is determined based on previous measurements, and the amount of gas remaining in the gas cylinder.