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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 1985
Filed:
Feb. 22, 1983
Michiyasu Hikita, Kusatsu, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Ishida Koki Seisakusho, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A method of selecting the operating mode of an electronic scale, and an electronic scale using said method, wherein either a computing mode or a checking mode is selected and operation is executed based on the selected mode. The computing mode is a mode wherein an arithmetic operation is performed based on the weight of articles sensed by a weight sensor and on items of data input from an input device having a plurality of keys, and wherein a display device displays information relating to the articles, which information includes the result of the arithmetic operation. The checking mode is a mode wherein the operation of the electronic scale is checked for abnormality. The method includes steps of sensing the state of each key of the input device at the time that power is introduced to the electronic scale, selecting the computing mode to enable execution of operation in said mode when it is sensed in the first step that no key of the input device is in the ON state, and selecting the checking mode to enable execution of operation in said mode when it is sensed in the first step that any key of the input device is in the ON state.