Data processing: measuring – calibrating – or testing – Measurement system – History logging or time stamping
Patent
1997-03-21
2000-03-21
Hoff, Marc S.
Data processing: measuring, calibrating, or testing
Measurement system
History logging or time stamping
702 85, 702101, 702188, F25B 4902
Patent
active
060412895
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a method and device for calibrated acquisition and storage of ascertained measured value data requiring and not requiring calibration, in which the acquisition and storage comprises the adoption of these data from calibratable and/or noncalibratable measuring equipment by a calibratable storage medium, and at the same time with the adoption, the calibratable storage medium performs acquisition, identification, display and securing of the measurement data and performs the archiving of the measurement data in itself, and that these data are present in recallable form.
Approved calibratable measuring equipment corresponding to allowable models are known in weighing equipment or scales, among others. The calibration prerequirement is made here by human visual monitoring or by the "alibi" printer that is disposed directly on the scales. The measurement data, such as the sequential number of measured value data and optionally the time of measurement, are established using the printer. This does not provide reproducibility or reference, and especially if measured value data from a plurality of scales must be stored, manipulation-proof archiving is not provided by data documented with the "alibi" printer.
To overcome these disadvantages, and in particular to acquire calibratable measured value data from various measuring equipment and show them live and store them, various embodiments are known.
In accordance with British Patent GB 2 167 561, data from a plurality of scales are acquired, converted, shown in recallable form on the screen, and stored in memory in the computer. The "intelligence" of the scales is thus transferred to the personal computer.
The sole advantage is that the measured value data from a plurality of scales are shown on the screen live, individually or in succession, and because of the storage in memory can be recalled again; by integrating an "alibi" printer, the same test reports as are present in the calibratable scales can be documented with the "alibi" printer.
A device is also known from European Patent Disclosure EP 0 510 312, according to which scales are connected in a central station having at least one personal computer; the scales have hardware that make the weighing data, in digital form and provided with a suitable protocol, available to the central personal computer. The ascertained measured values for individual scales may be shown selectively individually or together on the screen. In this embodiment again, measured value data that are not recognized as calibratable are stored in memory in a known manner or further processed or printed out by means of evaluation equipment.
Hence this embodiment has the following disadvantages: operating system level is not blocked (single and multitasking operating position).
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The object of the invention is to develop a method and a device for calibratable acquisition and storage of measured weight data that require calibration and other data that require calibration, with which the calibration monitoring is assured without any human action, and with which officially approved calibratable measured weight data can be established.
These ascertained measured value data that either require and/or do not require calibration should also be stored manipulation-proof and nonerasably as calibratable measured value data; they should be available in recallable form and be visibly shown on a picture.
According to the invention the method of acquiring, calibrating and storing measured weight, data in a secure manner and of acquiring and storing other non-calibratable measured data for display and processing includes the steps of: and at least one non-calibratable data acquisition device for non-calibratable data other than weight; with each data acquisition device, wherein the approved calibrating device comprises a computer including a first driver, a second driver, a monitor, a memory and an EEPROM card; and non-calibratable data besides weight; references by means of the f
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CSB-System Software-Entwicklung & Unternehmensberatung GmbH
Hoff Marc S.
Miller Craig Steven
Striker Michael J.
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