AUTOMATIC CALIBRATION OF ON-VEHICLE WEIGHT SCALES
Systems and methods for calibrating an onboard vehicle scale may include disposing a vehicle upon a reference scale; determining reference weight information corresponding to a weight of at least a portion of the vehicle using the reference scale; automatically and wirelessly communicating the reference weight information to an onboard scale coupled to the vehicle; and automatically calibrating the onboard scale using the reference weight information.
1 . A method for calibrating an onboard vehicle scale, the method comprising:
disposing a vehicle upon a reference scale;
determining reference weight information corresponding to a weight of at least a portion of the vehicle using the reference scale;
automatically and wirelessly communicating the reference weight information to an onboard scale coupled to the vehicle; and
automatically calibrating the onboard scale using the reference weight information.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein automatically calibrating the onboard scale is performed only upon receipt of a request to calibrate the scale.
3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
wirelessly requesting the reference weight information from the reference scale using a control system of the onboard scale.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein communicating reference weight information to the onboard scale includes transmitting a unique identifier of the reference scale to a controller of the onboard scale.