US-12616286-B1 - Augmented-capacity container

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Abstract

Aspects of the disclosure are directed to an augmented-capability container. In accordance with one aspect, the disclosure includes a housing; a space within the housing for holding a user content; a weighing system for measuring a weight value of the user content; a floor panel within the housing, wherein the placement of the floor panel determines a first area dimension for the space and a second area dimension for housing the weighing system; one or more sensors configured to detect absence of any built-in component; and a processor coupled to the one or more sensors, the processor configured to calculate a tare weight value based on the absence and to use the tare weight value to add to the weight value of the user content to generate a composite weight value for display.

Inventors

Clarissa Alison Cuevas
Carlos Cuevas

Assignees

Clarissa Alison Cuevas
Carlos Cuevas

Dates

Publication Date: 20260505
Application Date: 20251005

Claims (15)

1 . An apparatus comprising: a housing; a space within the housing for holding content; a weighing system for measuring a weight value of a user content; one or more sensors configured to detect absence of any built-in component; a processor coupled to the one or more sensors, the processor configured to calculate a tare weight value based on the absence and to use the tare weight value to add to the weight value of the user content to generate a composite weight value for display; an information processing system housed within the housing, the information processing system including an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM) and a microprocessor for wirelessly communicating with an application software (App) to accept data for storage in the EEPROM and to retrieve the data for display; and a floor panel within the housing, wherein the placement of the floor panel determines a first area dimension for the space and a second area dimension for housing the weighing system.
2 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to format the data into a quick response (QR) code for the display.
3 . The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the data includes owner identification information.
4 . The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the data include trip routing information.
5 . The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the data is displayed as a QR code, textually or both per user selection.
6 . The apparatus of claim 4 , further comprising: a patch antenna positioned on an external surface of the apparatus; and a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver coupled to the antenna to receive pseudonoise (PN) ranging signals, and wherein the processor is further configured to generate location information of the apparatus based on the PN ranging signals.
7 . The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the location information is shown on a display screen as an icon specifying a two-dimensional (2D) position corresponding to a current location of the apparatus on a map of a proximate area surrounding the icon.
8 . The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the location information is shown on the display as a textual address.
9 . The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the icon position moves and the map updates the proximate area to dynamically track movement of the 2D position.
10 . An apparatus comprising: a housing; a space within the housing for holding content; a weighing system for measuring a weight value of a user content; one or more sensors configured to detect absence of any built-in component; a processor coupled to the one or more sensors, the processor configured to calculate a tare weight value based on the absence and to use the tare weight value to add to the weight value of the user content to generate a composite weight value for display; a floor panel within the housing, wherein the placement of the floor panel determines a first area dimension for the space and a second area dimension for housing the weighing system; a patch antenna positioned on an external surface of the apparatus; and a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver coupled to the antenna to receive pseudonoise (PN) ranging signals, and wherein the processor is further configured to generate location information of the apparatus based on the PN ranging signals.
11 . The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the location information is shown on the display as a textual address.
12 . The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the location information is shown on a display screen as an icon specifying a two-dimensional (2D) position corresponding to a current location of the apparatus on a map of a proximate area surrounding the icon.
13 . The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the icon position moves and the map updates the proximate area to dynamically track movement of the 2D position.
14 . An apparatus comprising: a housing; a space within the housing for holding a user content; a weighing system for measuring a weight value of the user content; a floor panel within the housing, wherein the placement of the floor panel determines a first area dimension for the space and a second area dimension for housing the weighing system; one or more sensors configured to detect absence of any built-in component; and a processor coupled to the one or more sensors, the processor configured to calculate a tare weight value based on the absence and to use the tare weight value to add to the weight value of the user content to generate a composite weight value for display.
15 . The apparatus of claim 14 , further comprising a memory unit coupled to the processor, the memory unit configured to store one or more weight values.

Description

CLAIM OF PRIORITY This application is a continuation-in-part application of patent application Ser. No. 19/285,870 filed Jul. 30, 2025, entitled “SELF DETERMINED WEIGHT CONTAINER”, the entire contents of the prior application are incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth below in its entirety and for all applicable purposes. TECHNICAL FIELD This disclosure relates generally to the field of carrying containers and, in particular, to containers with added helpful features beyond containing contents. BACKGROUND Containers are used every day to hold content. Some containers hold liquid content. Some containers hold solid content. Often, the content capacity of a container is important. For example, the size of a container may be a factor for a user to buy a particular container. However, in some instances, the content volume that a container can hold is only one factor in the consideration of choosing a particular container. In other instances, how much weight a container can hold is another factor in choosing a particular container. Additionally, owner information or data relating to trip routing may be pertinent information that must accompany a container. And, tracking the location of a container may be desired. SUMMARY The following presents a simplified summary of one or more aspects of the present disclosure, in order to provide a basic understanding of such aspects. This summary is not an extensive overview of all contemplated features of the disclosure, and is intended neither to identify key or critical elements of all aspects of the disclosure nor to delineate the scope of any or all aspects of the disclosure. Its sole purpose is to present some concepts of one or more aspects of the disclosure in a simplified form as a prelude to the more detailed description that is presented later. In one aspect, the disclosure provides a self determined weight container. Accordingly, the present disclosure discloses an apparatus including: a space for holding content; a weighing system for measuring a weight value of the content; a weighing system compartment for housing the weighing system, and a floor panel, wherein the placement of the floor panel determines a first area dimension for the space and a second area dimension for the weighing system compartment. In one aspect, the disclosure provides an apparatus including: a housing; a space within the housing for holding content; a weighing system for measuring a weight value of a user content; one or more sensors configured to detect absence of any built-in component; a processor coupled to the one or more sensors, the processor configured to calculate a tare weight value based on the absence and to use the tare weight value to add to the weight value of the user content to generate a composite weight value for display; an information processing system housed within the housing, the information processing system including an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM) and a microprocessor for wirelessly communicating with an application software (App) to accept data for storage in the EEPROM and to retrieve the data for display; and a floor panel within the housing, wherein the placement of the floor panel determines a first area dimension for the space and a second area dimension for housing the weighing system. In one aspect, the disclosure provides an apparatus including: a housing: a space within the housing for holding content; a weighing system for measuring a weight value of a user content; one or more sensors configured to detect absence of any built-in component; a processor coupled to the one or more sensors, the processor configured to calculate a tare weight value based on the absence and to use the tare weight value to add to the weight value of the user content to generate a composite weight value for display; a floor panel within the housing, wherein the placement of the floor panel determines a first area dimension for the space and a second area dimension for housing the weighing system; a patch antenna positioned on an external surface of the apparatus; and a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver coupled to the antenna to receive pseudonoise (PN) ranging signals, and wherein the processor is further configured to generate location information of the apparatus based on the PN ranging signals. In one aspect, the disclosure provides an apparatus including: a housing; a space within the housing for holding a user content; a weighing system for measuring a weight value of the user content; a floor panel within the housing, wherein the placement of the floor panel determines a first area dimension for the space and a second area dimension for housing the weighing system; one or more sensors configured to detect absence of any built-in component; and a processor coupled to the one or more sensors, the processor configured to calculate a tare weight value based on the absence and to use the tare weight value to add to t