The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 24, 2013
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Timothy John Prachar, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Herein are described methods and systems for the automatic measurement of the mass of an object. An example method may begin with detecting by a computing device (such as a wearable computing device) an action that corresponds to a mass-measurement mode. In response to detecting the action, the computing device is caused to operate in the mass-measurement mode. The mass-measurement mode may involve receiving a motion-sensor signal from at least one motion sensor, determining a difference between a frequency-component magnitude of at least one given frequency component and a predetermined frequency-component magnitude, determining a mass of an object based on at least the determined difference between the frequency-component magnitude of the at least one given frequency component from the predetermined frequency-component magnitude, and causing an output device to provide an indication of the determined mass of the object.