EP2406596A1 - Dispositif et procédé pour déterminer une quantité de fluide - Google Patents

Dispositif et procédé pour déterminer une quantité de fluide

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EP2406596A1
EP2406596A1 EP10717069A EP10717069A EP2406596A1 EP 2406596 A1 EP2406596 A1 EP 2406596A1 EP 10717069 A EP10717069 A EP 10717069A EP 10717069 A EP10717069 A EP 10717069A EP 2406596 A1 EP2406596 A1 EP 2406596A1
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fluid
amount
containers
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designation
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Adam Almagore
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01F—MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME
    • G01F23/00—Indicating or measuring liquid level or level of fluent solid material, e.g. indicating in terms of volume or indicating by means of an alarm
    • G01F23/20—Indicating or measuring liquid level or level of fluent solid material, e.g. indicating in terms of volume or indicating by means of an alarm by measurement of weight, e.g. to determine the level of stored liquefied gas
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01G—WEIGHING
    • G01G15/00—Arrangements for check-weighing of materials dispensed into removable containers
    • G01G15/001—Volumetric pre-dispensing to an estimated weight; Gravimetric make-up device for target device
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01G—WEIGHING
    • G01G17/00—Apparatus for or methods of weighing material of special form or property
    • G01G17/04—Apparatus for or methods of weighing material of special form or property for weighing fluids, e.g. gases, pastes
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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

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  • the invention relates to a device for determining a fluid amount of a fluid. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method and a computer program for determining the fluid quantity of the fluid. In addition, the invention relates to a control device for determining a total amount of a fluid or for inventory monitoring of a fluid.
  • the fluid used in the manner of a measuring cup, from which the amount of fluid can be read. For this, however, the fluid must be transported or transferred into the measuring cup. After reading the amount of fluid at the measuring cup, the fluid must be returned to an original container. This means a considerable amount of time.
  • the reading of the amount of fluid at the measuring cup is only relatively imprecisely possible because, caused by the surface tension of the fluid in the measuring cup no unique upper fluid edge for reading the amount of fluid can be identified on the measuring cup.
  • measurement errors occur which result from fluid residues in the original container or in the measuring cup.
  • the method of fluid quantity determination using the measuring cup because of the relatively high amount of time is not suitable for the case that a particularly high number of fluid quantities to determine temporally successive.
  • the invention is therefore based on the object, a device, a
  • the device for determining a fluid quantity of a fluid is designed to detect the mass of the fluid and to specify the amount of fluid, taking into account the mass of the fluid and the specific density of the fluid. To indicate the amount of fluid, the mass of the fluid is offset with the specific fluid density and / or the mass-to-density ratio of the fluid.
  • Fluid amount by providing the device according to the invention, by detecting the mass of the fluid and by specifying the amount of fluid, taking into account or accounting of the mass of the fluid with the specific gravity of the fluid specified.
  • a computer program product which comprises software code sections for carrying out the steps of the method according to the invention when the product is running on the computer.
  • the inventory monitoring control device is designed to determine a total quantity of a fluid or of fluid containers assigned to a fluid or to carry out inventory monitoring of the fluid or of the fluid containers assigned to the fluid.
  • the advantages achieved by the invention are in particular that the amount of fluid is determined and indicated immediately and automatically by the device according to the invention. This saves a manual determination or calculation of the fluid quantity. This has a time and cost efficiency even with a single determination of a fluid amount, but just in a possibly involved in a working process determination of a relatively large number of fluid quantities.
  • the mass of the fluid is detected by subtracting a tare weight of a fluid container provided for the fluid from the total weight of the fluid container and the fluid provided therein.
  • the tare weight represents the difference between the gross or total weight, in this case the sum of the weight of the fluid and the weight of the fluid container, and the net or net weight, in this case the weight of the fluid.
  • the tare weight is required for weight determination of articles or fluids which usually can not be weighed independently.
  • the fluid container may for example be formed as a bottle, wherein a fluid, preferably a liquid whose fluid quantity is to be determined, is provided.
  • the device is adapted to indicate the amount of fluid as a ratio of the amount of fluid that is actually in the fluid container to a fluid amount which is provided after filling by a fluid manufacturer or a distiller in the fluid container and / or which of a conventional , Approved and / or normal capacity of the fluid container, which is indicated on the fluid container or other means.
  • the ratio information is particularly useful to the operator of the device, since it also generally detects the filling of the fluid container visually.
  • the ratio indication in conjunction with the visual capture helps the operator to make his work, such as the mixing of different fluids from multiple fluid containers, more efficient.
  • the amount of fluid expediently in volume, expediently in cubic centimeters or in centiliters, milliliters or liters.
  • the device expediently comprises a device data memory, in particular for storing at least one value of a specific density of a fluid, at least one fluid designation and / or at least a trade name for at least one fluid is formed.
  • Identification code provided, by means of which an assignment of the specific gravity to the fluid whose fluid quantity is to be determined, can be made even more reliable and even faster.
  • an input device is provided, via which the identification code for the recognition of the fluid, the fluid designation and / or the fluid-specific density can be entered.
  • the input device is expediently coupled to the device and / or provided integrated therewith.
  • the input device is designed as a keyboard, for example as a touch-sensitive screen and / or as a keypad.
  • the input device is expediently used as a reading device, for example as a bar code reader, and / or scanner, and / or as a look-up and selection system for inputting the identification code or scanning the identification code on the fluid container and / or by means provided with the identification code, for example one formed one or more identification codes list.
  • the input device can also be designed as a combination of keyboard, reader and / or look-up and selection system.
  • the bar code reader is designed as a palm reader, vertical and / or horizontal reader and / or optical reader.
  • the input device is to designed to assign the fluid designation to the identification code which is provided to the further input device or the device in advance in a search of one of the device or the input device provided in advance list.
  • the input device is adapted to a letter which is the initial letter of a fluid designation, or a sequence of letters which begins with the initial letter of a fluid designation, with a device provided in advance list of fluid names of all fluids and to indicate those fluid designations, in particular in the manner of a listing, whose initial letter or letter sequence, which begins with the initial letter of the fluid designation, correspond to the entered letter or the entered letter sequence.
  • the display of the fluid names is like a list.
  • the device is designed so that the required fluid designation can be selected from the list of fluid labels displayed.
  • the reading device is expediently designed to read from the means one or more identification codes.
  • Display device expediently on the device to provide what in addition the identification code, the name of the fluid, the date and / or the time of fluid quantity determination, the operator information and / or other operator information and / or the site of the device can be displayed.
  • a printing device for information for and from the device, expediently the respective identification code, the name of the respective fluid, of which the fluid quantity is to be determined, the date of determination of the respective fluid quantity, the operator information and / or the installation location of the device according to the invention, for example permanently and / or for further processing, according to an advantageous further development, a printing device, in particular for paper printing, expediently on the device, intended.
  • the device In order to provide the device with the information required for determining the amount of fluid, expediently of the respective fluid-specific identification code and / or the respective fluid-specific density, and / or for further processing of the ascertained information, in particular the amount of fluid, the device is in accordance with more advantageous Training for data transfer with a computer electrically conductively coupled.
  • the device is a connection for connecting the device to a computer conveniently using a cable, a Bluetooth connection or via the Internet or using other wired or wireless means provided to expediently at least the information for the determination of Transfer fluid quantity, which comprises at least: at least one value of a specific gravity of a fluid, at least one identification code and / or at least one fluid designation.
  • a memory is expediently provided, which can be suitably electrically connected via the provided on the device connection with the device and is designed for example as a USB mass storage device.
  • the device has a balance.
  • the device comprises a
  • Control device which is intended to determine a total amount of a fluid or fluid containers associated with a fluid, or to carry out inventory monitoring of a fluid or fluid containers assigned to a fluid.
  • control device is to configured to determine, from a number of determinations of fluid quantities of the same fluid, a quantity of used or partially used fluid containers associated with the same fluid, the quantity of which has fallen below a predetermined inventory refill threshold, and a remainder inventory of a difference in inventory indicate fluid containers filled with the same fluid and the used or partially used fluid containers.
  • control device is adapted to perform on the basis of the remaining inventory reordering the fluid or filled with the same fluid fluid containers, in particular via the Internet or using other wired or wireless means, or at least to allow.
  • the device is adapted to be able to select one or more fluid designations from the list of fluid designations via the input device.
  • the computer program product can be loaded directly into the internal memory of a digital computer.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic representation of a scale comprehensive, inventive device with a liquid provided in a container
  • FIG. 2 from the perspective of the device schematically shown in FIG. 1 with separately formed for scale input and display devices and
  • FIG. 3 in a schematic representation of the input and display devices of FIG. 1 and 2 in detail.
  • Figure 1 shows a presently designed as a scale device 2 for determining a quantity of a liquid 4, for example alcohol or an alcohol mixture, in a fluid or liquid container 6, which is placed on a balance table 8 of the device designed as a scale 2.
  • an input device 10 embodied as a keyboard
  • a reading device 11 embodied as a bar code reader
  • a display device 12 a printing device 14 and a connection 16 are provided on the device 2.
  • the device 2 is designed to determine the amount of liquid 4 and to make available to a viewer or for further processing of the determined information on the basis of the example designed as a display device 12 and the trained example as a paper printer printing device 14.
  • the device 2 first detects a total weight of the liquid container 6 located on the weighing table 8 together with the liquid 4.
  • the weight of the liquid container 6, the so-called tare weight is subtracted from the total weight recorded.
  • the net weight of the liquid 4 is converted taking into account the liquid-specific mass-to-density ratio for indicating the amount of liquid, for example, as the volume of liquid.
  • the amount of liquid is represented by the unit of cubic centimeters as the volume of liquid, for example.
  • the knowledge of the liquid 4 the liquid properties, in particular their density, and of the placed on the balance table 8 liquid container 6 is necessary.
  • the liquid container 6 is provided with a code formed as a bar code 18, which in the present case for the identification of both the liquid container 6 and the liquid contained in this 4 serves and is read via the reader 11.
  • the device 2 receives with the entered or read in identification code information about the tare weight of the liquid container 6 and the properties of the liquid 4, in particular liquid density, either directly by removing information from the entered or read identification code or by the identification code by reading the above information from a device memory (not shown in FIG. 1) provided, for example, in the device 2, the information relating to the liquid container 6 and to the liquid 4 being assigned to the respective inputted or read-in identification code.
  • a device memory not shown in FIG. 1
  • the above-mentioned information is stored on a memory, for example a USB mass storage device, which is connected to the device 2 via the connection 16.
  • a radio link not shown in FIG. 1 the device 2 can also be connected to a computer (not shown in FIG. 1) in order to transmit information from the computer to the device 2 and vice versa.
  • the device 2 is adapted to information for
  • Identification code as input or read-in control for the operator of the device 2, information to identify the respective fluid, of which the fluid quantity is to be determined, information on the net weight of the liquid 4, the tare weight of the liquid container 6, the date of determination of the respective fluid quantity, for Issue operator information and / or the site of the device 2 based on the display device 12 and the printing device 14.
  • the input device 10 and the display device 12 are formed separately with respect to the device provided on the scale 20 with weighing table 8. According to such an arrangement, the input device 10 and the display device 12 can be particularly effectively protected from external influences and can be placed spatially independently of the scale 20 and be positioned.
  • the balance 20 is electrically conductive in the embodiment of FIG. 2 via a cable 22 and connected to the input device 10 and the display device 12 for data communication.
  • a wireless radio connection is also possible.
  • the input device 10 and the display device 12 may be powered by battery and / or conventional power supply (not shown in FIG. 2).
  • FIG. 3 the input device 10 and the display device 12 are shown in detail in a schematic representation, wherein in Fig. 3 those areas are covered, which belong to the input device 10 and the display device 12.
  • the display device 12 has in the present embodiment of FIG. 3, a plurality of displays 24, 26, 28, wherein the displays 24, 26 are formed to display the amount of fluid.
  • the amount of fluid on the display 24 can be given as the volume of the fluid, for example as the decimal part "centiliters" of the unit liters, whereas the amount of fluid on the display 26 as ratio "ratio" or "fraction” of the actually in the fluid container (in FIG 1) to a quantity of fluid provided after being filled by a fluid manufacturer or distiller in the fluid container and / or which corresponds to a conventional, accepted and / or normal capacity of the fluid container which is on the fluid container or another Mean is specified.
  • the display 28 in the region of the narrow sides 30, 32 of the display 28 further comprises lighting devices 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, which serve to inform the user of the device or the balance (not shown in Fig. 3).
  • the light-emitting devices 34, 36 respectively indicate whether the fluid designation or the identification code is input via the input device 10 and / or whether the input device 10 is set for input of letters or of digits.
  • the Luminous devices 36, 38, 40 have similar functions, so that the lighting device 36 indicates whether the fluid designation or the identification code is read using the bar code reader (not shown in FIG.
  • the lighting device 40 indicates whether the fluid designation or the identification code is input via the input device 10
  • the lighting device 42 indicates whether the search function is activated, which comprises comparing input letters of a fluid designation with the fluid designations stored in the device and displaying found matches of input letters and stored fluid designations.
  • the input device has in the present embodiment, a plurality of keypads, which roughly seen in a trained as a keyboard with letters and digits keypad 44, trained in a function keys with keypad 46, in a keypad 48 on and off the device and in a Keypad 50 for resetting the device or the method in an initial state can be broken down.
  • the keypad 44 has twelve keys for the digits 0 to 9, for the dot or the comma, for a deletion function for deleting entered digits or letters with a dedicated "Clear" key 52 and for the summation of several sequentially ascertaining fluid quantities.
  • the trained with function keys keypad 46 comprises in the present embodiment, in addition to a key 54 for starting the method for determining the amount of fluid, an input key 56, a push button 58 to trigger a printing operation, marked with the word "scan" read-60 to Triggering a read-in with the not shown in FIG. 3 bar code reader, a code button 62, whereby the input of the fluid designation or the identification code begins, one with the word "search” and / or a magnifying glass marked search function key 64 to start the above Search function and a change key 66 to change between an input of digits and an input of letters via the keypad 44, a function-specific key 68, over which the selection for setting internal functions of the device and / or the selection of memory not shown in Fig. 3 for the retrieval of data in the memory done can.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un dispositif et un procédé servant à déterminer une quantité de fluide. Selon ce procédé, la masse du fluide concerné est détectée et la quantité de fluide est obtenue par calcul de la masse avec un facteur spécifique du fluide. L'invention concerne également un produit programme d'ordinateur utilisé pour mettre ledit procédé en oeuvre et un dispositif de contrôle pour surveiller le niveau du fluide.
EP10717069A 2009-03-12 2010-03-12 Dispositif et procédé pour déterminer une quantité de fluide Withdrawn EP2406596A1 (fr)

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DE200920003480 DE202009003480U1 (de) 2009-03-12 2009-03-12 Vorrichtung zur Ermittlung einer Fluidmenge
DE102009026802A DE102009026802A1 (de) 2009-03-12 2009-06-06 Vorrichtung und Verfahren zur Ermittlung einer Fluidmenge
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