US 12,013,280 B2
Material weight measurement system with automatic tare associated with object presence detection
Nicholas Von Muenster, Anamosa, IA (US)
Assigned to Scale Tec, Ltd., Anamosa, IA (US)
Filed by Scale Tec, Ltd., Anamosa, IA (US)
Filed on Dec. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/078,252.
Application 18/078,252 is a continuation of application No. 17/200,165, filed on Mar. 12, 2021, granted, now 11,650,093.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/139,153, filed on Jan. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0108200 A1, Apr. 6, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G01G 15/00 (2006.01); A01K 5/02 (2006.01); G01G 13/16 (2006.01); G01G 19/12 (2006.01); G01G 23/01 (2006.01)
CPC G01G 15/006 (2013.01) [A01K 5/0283 (2013.01); G01G 13/16 (2013.01); G01G 2015/008 (2013.01); G01G 19/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
13. A method for measuring weight of material, the method comprising: monitoring with a scale controller in communication with a load cell on a first
storage carrier a weight of material in the first storage carrier;
detecting with a presence sensor a presence of an object;
entering a tare mode of the scale controller when the presence sensor detects the object;
and
determining a tare weight record corresponding to an amount of material unloaded from the first storage carrier.