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Edward Hatfield0
Meher P. Kollipara0
Richard D. Suel, II0
Shyam Ramamurthy0
Jian Hua Zhong0
John Steven Holmes0
Date of Patent
June 14, 2011
0Patent Application Number
120320280
Date Filed
February 15, 2008
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Patent abstract
A method and apparatus for measuring a size of a load in a basket that is rotatably supported is presented. The method comprises determining an acceleration energy (AE) required to accelerate the basket; determining a friction energy (FE) required to maintain a stable rotational speed of the basket; subtracting the friction energy (FE) from the acceleration energy (AE) to obtain a load inertial energy (LE); and determining a load size from the load inertial energy (LE).
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