CN1814458A - Calculating pen - Google Patents

Abstract

A portable hand-held device for producing output values, such as body mass index calculations, has a hand-holdable housing that includes a memory unit storing a pre-defined non-linear algorithm. A processing unit located in the housing applies the algorithm to input values selected by an input means on the housing, and produces output values via an output means on the housing. The range of selectable input values is pre-defined and is assignable to variables for applying the algorithm. Advertising indicia may be imprinted on the housing, and the housing may be attached to external devices. Optionally, a timing unit, such as a countdown timer, may be included.

Description

Calculating pen

The application requires the preference of provisional application number 10/916,652 (agency's reel number is T001P00961US), before its bulletin as the case that continues of this application.When the present invention filed an application, two applications were assignee Sunshine Seashore Trade Co., Ltd. (Sun Coast Merchandise Corp.) and have.

Technical field

Present invention relates in general to a kind of writing implement, be used for the device that the nonlinear equation to any kind calculates.For example, an application of the present invention is that (body massindex, BMI), this can determine according to following formula calculating human body body mass index: M/L ², wherein M is a body weight, and unit is a kilogram, and L then is a height, and unit is a rice.Will be appreciated that other formula also can be used to calculate the BMI value.For example, body weight is represented with pound, and height is represented with inch.However, the present invention still can be used as the calculation element that the predetermined nonlinear equation of a kind of basis calculates result value.

Background technology

There is the simple linear equation of multiple basis to determine pen or other device of result value, such as common mathematics multiplication table.Yet, for nonlinear function is calculated, must introduce logarithmic table, and a kind of in order to reach the device of the suitable numerical value of other variable of equation on the estimation logarithmic table.

Typically, each this type of instrument can calculate narrow nonlinear function.For example, typically, BMI value computational tool discussed above is exactly a kind of device that carries out this calculating that is specifically designed to.Usually, the limiting factor that computer capacity is possible is the spatial constraints on the device cylindrical shell, is used at least one printing numerical value of table as a result because this surf zone will comprise.But, by, for example, different colors is combined with different calculating, can make a single device can carry out multiple independently NONLINEAR CALCULATION.If writing implement can carry out fast and the device of accurate Calculation as a kind of, then the user can not need use other products, as analogs such as various medical instruments, form, books and chart, diagnostic device element, stethoscope, height/batheroom scale, lettering pen, case history, prescription books, thus easy to use.Although the ordinary electronic device can be effective to calculate nonlinear equation, the user also must operate these electronic installations separately except using various other objects.Many health care care-givers, technician, machinist and other users more are willing to be intended to the quantity that their mission period is carried few indispensable object of trying one's best.

U.S. Patent number 5,028,764 (Kuhlengel) disclose a kind of pen that has rotatable cylindrical elements, and wherein said rotatable cylindrical elements is used for carrying out the multiplication calculating of simple two numerals.U.S. Patent number 6,104,603 (Wang) disclose a kind of lettering pen that has the electronic calculator of one formation, and wherein said electronic calculator comprises printed circuit board (PCB), keyboard and power supply.In above-mentioned each patent, described invention is not carried out the function that specific non-linear is calculated for its user provides, can not carry out NONLINEAR CALCULATION as the former, the latter then relies on electronic unit except it but not the manual components, the user also must provide a formula.Therefore, two patents all do not relate to such device, and promptly wherein said device can manually use, determine the result value of specific non-linear relation equation jointly apace according to a plurality of variablees, such as, the human body body mass index, wherein in this example, two variablees are its height and body weight.

Summary of the invention

The present invention is directed to and satisfied such demand, promptly by providing a kind of writing implement to make the individual need not to have above-mentioned diagnostic device or handbook on hand, this writing implement and a manual calculating unit combine, thereby determine the result of nonlinear equation.The health care care-giver can use described writing implement to determine patient's BMI value, and can be with described writing implement as at medical history record information, the lettering pen of prescribing etc.Similarly, engineer or machinist can operate described device, and calculate many their posies and require the calculating carried out, such as, bolster stress, horsepower, speed and acceleration correlation computations and similar numerical value.The present invention combines writing implement and calculation element on the device of a lightweight universal class, thus, makes the user need not with reference to complicated chart or other technologies material.These and other objects of the present invention, feature and advantage will be by becoming apparent in conjunction with following declaratives and accompanying drawing.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, writing implement has first end and second end, and wherein said first end comprises the writing tip part, and described second end comprises as being used for calculating the table and the executive component of individual BMI value.

With reference to figure 1 and Fig. 2, writing implement of the present invention comprises an elongated cylindrical housings, and this housing is taper at first end.Tapered end comprises the opening that is used for writing tip, such as the retractible pen core that is positioned at housing.This instrument can comprise round first end and the rubber blanket of radially outward placing of holding with a firm grip, thereby the user can be as shown in Figure 3 and Figure 4, thereby the instrument that is more prone to hold with a firm grip uses described instrument to write.Second end of this instrument can comprise in order to described instrument is clipped to the clip on pocket or other objects.Second end also can comprise clicks button or button, wherein can push described click button or button, according to pen core being stretched out or withdrawing.

Writing implement comprises seal scale on its outer surface.Scale includes the slip mark along tool surfaces part longitudinal extension on the scale, wherein described slip mark can be moved on the position of indicating the desirable value of particular variables in the equation on the scale.The slip mark also can identify result of calculation, and this will further discuss subsequently.In the embodiment that BMI value illustrated in figures 1 and 2 is calculated, the height scale adopts inch to come the height of record patient.Yet, it should be understood that and in other optional embodiment, can adopt the metric system scale.This instrument also further comprises the elongated transparent window that is parallel to the height scale.

In addition, writing implement comprises rotatable dial, and wherein said rotatable dial has and is imprinted on its lip-deep relevant scale.Dial can comprise two rotatable segmentations.For example, in BMI embodiment, dial segmentation can stamp represents 90 to 210 marks of weighing oneself scope.Another dial segmentation then can stamp represents 215 to 330 marks of weighing oneself scope.Different body weight scales can be identical color or different colors.For example in one embodiment, 90 to 210 pounds body weight scale is coated with au bleu, and 215 to 330 pounds body weight scale is then painted redness.Dial is connected on the rotatable cylinder that is positioned at the utensil thin-long casing.Rotatable cylinder includes and is imprinted on its lip-deep result value, in this embodiment, is the BMI value.

In the practical operation of the preferred embodiment of BMI computational tool, the user at first imports patient's body weight, promptly rotates on the set point of indication patient ABW by the dial with the body weight scale.(the body weight indicator is similar to the Y-axis on the coordinate figure.) then, the user imports patient's height, promptly by the slip mark being moved on the set point of the actual height of indication patient along the height scale.(the height indicator is similar to the X-axis on the coordinate figure.) rotatable cylinder that is positioned at tool housing rotates in company with the rotation of dial, thus, demonstrates the BMI value based on the input setting value of body weight and height.Can see BMI reading on the cylinder by elongated transparent window.The rotatable cylinder that records BMI can be coated color, thereby the BMI reading can be noted immediately.For example, in one embodiment, rotatable cylinder is coated with yellow.Because the size of rotatable cylinder is limited, thereby might be necessary to comprise two or more rotatable segmentations, to increase the weight range that is fit to use.For example, dial segmentation can stamp and represent 90 to 210 marks of weighing oneself scope.Another dial segmentation can stamp the mark of the weight range of representing 215 to 330 pounds.In this example, on the BMI value that is imprinted on the rotatable cylinder, will use two kinds of colors, thereby the user can be according to patient's body weight, the color according to the BMI value corresponding with the segmentation of the first or second rotatable segmentation easily identifies suitable BMI value.

As mentioned above, people's BMI value has many useful applications on medical treatment and other field.For example, BMI can be used to leave suitable dose for the patient when writing out a prescription.The health care care-giver can use the writing implement of uniqueness of the present invention to calculate patient's BMI value, and can be with described writing implement as lettering pen.

The preferred embodiment that although above preferred embodiment is the BMI value to be calculated, various scales can be represented the numerical value of time, distance, speed or any variable, so that this instrument can be used for carrying out different NONLINEAR CALCULATION in a similar fashion.For example, the automobile engineer can use the present invention, according to speed, time, distance and other variable, carries out acceleration or energy consumption calculations.

In yet another embodiment, can include stylus tip near the aperture, wherein writing tip is promptly outstanding from described aperture.This stylus tip can be used to operate the input unit of PDA or other types.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the view according to one of them embodiment of writing implement of the present invention that is used to calculate individual BMI value, comprise along the height scale and the transparent window of the second end length direction of pen, wherein by described transparent window, the user can read and is positioned at the locational BMI value of slip mark.

Fig. 2 is another view according to writing implement of the present invention that is used to calculate individual BMI value as shown in Figure 1, the different parts that shown instrument, comprise and be used to carry out the rotation scale that body weight is selected, be positioned at than the BMI value slip mark indication window on the lower position, and the cylinder that is printed on red and blue BMI value.

Fig. 3 is the view of second embodiment, in this second embodiment, the rotation scale assembly is repositioned onto on the clip end of instrument, includes hold with a firm grip rubber or cushion on the position near the writing tip that installs, and also comprises stylus tip simultaneously on the writing tip of instrument; In this external this accompanying drawing, writing tip is in retracted mode and can't see.

Fig. 4 is the view of second embodiment shown in Figure 3, thereby but in Fig. 4 writing tip stretch out can be in sight.

But the logarithmic scale of Fig. 5 mint-mark on the rotating cylindrical body of preferred embodiment

The specific embodiment

The present invention relates to a kind of writing implement, described writing implement comprises a kind of device, wherein can determine the result of nonlinear equation apace by rotation scale and sliding window by this user who installs described writing implement.To shown in Figure 4, the preferred embodiments of the present invention relate to a kind of device that is used for calculating the individual human body body mass index (BMI) of known height and body weight as Fig. 1.In a preferred embodiment, the writing implement that is presented among Fig. 1 and 2 comprises first end (1) and second end (2).First end is connected on second end, thereby makes described writing implement become a complete assembly, and wherein writing tip can pass described first end (1) and stretches out and/or withdraw.

In a preferred embodiment, second end comprises outer surface (3), is printed on it with BMI to calculate the required corresponding height scale of height part (4).Described outer surface also comprises the elongated transparent window (5) that is parallel to the height scale.Slip mark (6) is determined the position by height scale (4) and transparent window (5), make described slip mark can along transparent window (5) with the manual mode longitudinal sliding motion to individual's the corresponding position of actual body height on.Outer surface (3) comprises the mark (7) of the midpoint of the far-end that is positioned at elongated transparent window (5), is similar to short axial line mark.

Having the rotatable dial (8) that is imprinted on its lip-deep body wt scale is connected on second end (2), described like this dial (8) is connected with rotatable cylinder (9), and wherein said cylinder (9) is positioned within the thin-long casing of described instrument of second end.The body wt scale sign of rotatable dial (8) is divided into the axial mark of the segmentation that is imprinted on the dial circumference (10).Dial (8) has at least one rotatable segmentation (11), also can have two or more rotatable segmentations in order to the increase weight range, is used for increasing the weight range that is fit to use.For example, dial segmentation can stamp the mark of the weight range of representing 90 to 210 pounds.Another dial segmentation can stamp the mark of the weight range of representing 215 to 330 pounds.Different body weight scales can be identical color or different colors.The rotatable cylinder that is connected (9) comprises the BMI scale that is imprinted on its surface (12), wherein said scale by in transparent elongated window (5) and the slip mark (6) partly as seen.

In order to calculate apace and to determine individual BMI value, user of the present invention moves to slip mark (6) on the position, wherein makes numeral corresponding to the height scale (4) of the actual height of individual be positioned at the transparent rectangle central authorities of sliding mark note (6).Then, the user turns to rotatable dial (8) on the position, the body wt scale numeral that wherein makes the most approaching printing corresponding to individual ABW, be that axial mark (10) is aimed at mark (7), so that required body weight scale numerical value is positioned at elongated transparent window (5) center.Slip mark (6) is being arranged to corresponding to individual height, rotatable dial is arranged to corresponding to after the individual body weight for humans, the user looks to elongated transparent window (5) by slip mark spare, and then the numeral of being seen by the rectangular window (5) of slip mark spare (6) that is imprinted on the rotatable cylinder (9) is exactly individual's an IBM value.But Fig. 5 has shown the logarithmic scale of mint-mark on the rotating cylindrical body of preferred embodiment.

In a further embodiment, writing implement can be the device that can stay the marking of pencil, e-Pointer or other non-class.Writing implement can comprise clip (13), and on other position of pocket that is clipped to the user, wherein clip has the surf zone that is suitable for stamping advertisement or other figures.Stamping advertisement on this zone and on the untapped position of tool exterior surface, can improve this practical purpose widely, a lot of sellers of reason and supplier wish these devices as the advertising media on the industries such as automobile, medical treatment and medicine.Writing implement also can comprise clicks button or button (14), wherein can push described click button or button (14) to make pen core as required and stretch out or to withdraw.

Each parts of instrument need not with butt formula location really as mentioned above and as illustrated in fig. 1 and 2.For example, Fig. 3 and 4 has shown one second embodiment, and in this embodiment, rotatable dial (8) is positioned on the end of clip of pen.In this make, include show a body weight for humans a wicket (15) arranged.Similarly, slip mark (6) is slided on the analog value on the body weight scale (4), and read out the individual value of IBM as a result by the transparent rectangular opening of slip mark (6).In this second embodiment, include stylus tip (16) on the tool end, writing tip stretches out from this end and withdraws.In addition, will hold with a firm grip rubber or cushion (17) add on the bottom cylindrical shell of instrument, to increase user's comfort level when using this instrument.Those skilled in the art should understand, and under the situation that does not depart from spirit of the present invention, can carry out various changes and modification to embodiment shown in the literary composition and declaratives.

Claims (9)

1, a kind of in order to carry out the writing implement of NONLINEAR CALCULATION, comprising:

Thin-long casing with first end and second end;

Described first end comprises a kind of device that is used to write, and comprises printing ink or other writing tip, and wherein said writing tip extends through the axial aperture in first end;

Described second end has the outer surface that is rotatably connected on the rotatable dial, and wherein said rotatable dial has first digital calibration of the segmentation markers of being printed as, thereby can see this first digital calibration on the circumference of this instrument;

Described dial is rigidly connected on the rotatable cylinder, wherein said rotatable cylinder radially inwardly is placed in the housing of described second end, and described in addition rotatable cylinder has the expected result value that is imprinted on the NONLINEAR CALCULATION on the described cylinder periphery;

Described second end has vertically second digital calibration printed along described outer surface and elongated transparent window, wherein said transparent window in the mode that is parallel to described second scale along described outer surface longitudinal extension;

Described transparent window has the sliding members that comprises transparent vision area, wherein according to the value of selected first and second scales, can see calculated value as a result by described transparent vision area.

2, writing implement according to claim 1 is characterized in that, described first digital calibration is imprinted on the rotatable cylinder.

3, writing implement according to claim 1 is characterized in that, described first digital calibration is positioned on the periphery of described instrument.

4, writing implement according to claim 1 is characterized in that, is connected with clip on described second end, and described clip has the surface that can stamp advertisement or graphic material on it.

5, writing implement according to claim 1 is characterized in that, described first end is attached with the cushion of holding with a firm grip, and the described rubber of holding with a firm grip has the surface that can stamp advertisement or graphic material on it.

6, writing implement according to claim 1 is characterized in that, described first end is connected with stylus tip.

7, writing implement according to claim 1 is characterized in that, for the advertisement or promotion purpose, advertisement or graphic material is imprinted at least one outer surface of described instrument.

8, a kind of by using writing implement to determine the method for the end value of nonlinear equation, wherein said writing implement comprises:

Thin-long casing with first end and second end;

Described first end comprises a kind of device in order to write, and comprises printing ink or other writing tips, and wherein said writing tip extends through the axial aperture in first end;

Described second end has the outer surface that is rotatably connected on the rotatable dial, and wherein said rotatable dial has first scale of the segmentation markers that the periphery printing around described instrument forms;

Described dial is rigidly connected on the rotatable cylinder, wherein said rotatable cylinder radially inwardly is placed in the housing of described second end, and described in addition rotatable cylinder has and is imprinted on expected result value on the described cylinder periphery, NONLINEAR CALCULATION;

Described second end has vertically second scale and elongated transparent window of the printing on its outer surface, wherein said transparent window in the mode that is parallel to described second scale along described outer surface longitudinal extension;

Described transparent window has the sliding members that comprises transparent vision area, wherein after the value according to selected first and second scales, can see calculated value as a result by described transparent vision area.

9, a kind of advertisement or promotion method wherein by this method, can be imprinted on printing or graphic material at least one outer surface of writing implement, and wherein said writing implement comprises:

Thin-long casing with first end and second end;

Described first end comprises a kind of device in order to write, and comprises printing ink or other writing tips, and wherein said writing tip extends through the axial aperture in first end;

Described second end has the outer surface that is rotatably connected on the rotatable dial, and wherein said rotatable dial has first scale of printing the segmentation markers that forms around the periphery of described instrument;

Described dial is rigidly connected on the rotatable cylinder, wherein said rotatable cylinder radially inwardly is placed in the housing of described second end, and described in addition rotatable cylinder has and is imprinted on expected result value on the described cylinder periphery, NONLINEAR CALCULATION;

Described second end has vertically second scale printed on its outer surface and elongated transparent window, wherein said transparent window in the mode that is parallel to described second scale along described outer surface longitudinal extension;

Described transparent window has the sliding members that comprises transparent vision area, wherein according to the value of selected first and second scales, can see calculated value as a result by described transparent vision area.

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