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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2012
Applicant:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Inventors:
Michael Martin Lee, San Jose, CA (US);
Gabriel Isaiah Rowe, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01G 23/46 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2013.01); G01G 23/46 (2013.01);
Abstract
A touch screen on a user device is used to measure the weight of one or more objects on a measurement device that is placed on the touch screen. The measurement device may include a plurality of styluses. The user device receives pressure data indicating the amount of pressure or force caused by the measurement device and one or more objects and calculates a weight based on the pressure data. The pressure data may be received from one or more of the measurement device or from the touch screen.