Systems and methods for optimizing waveform capture compression and characterization

A system to automatically optimize waveform captures an electrical system, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• at least one memory device coupled to the at least one processor, the at least one processor and the at least one memory device configured to:
• capture at least one energy-related waveform using at least one Intelligent Electronic Device (IED) in the electrical system;
• analyze the at least one captured energy-related waveform to determine if the at least one captured energy-related waveform is capable of being compressed, while maintaining relevant attributes for characterization, analysis and/or other use;
• in response to determining the at least one captured energy-related waveform is capable of being compressed, while maintaining relevant attributes for characterization, analysis, and/or use, compress the at least one captured energy-related waveform using at least one compression technique to generate at least one compressed energy-related waveform;
• and
• take one or more actions based on or using the at least one compressed energy-related waveform.

A method to automatically optimize waveform captures, comprising:

• capturing at least one waveform using at least one waveform capture device;
• analyzing the captured at least one waveform to determine if the at least one captured waveform is capable of being compressed, while maintaining relevant attributes for characterization, analysis and/or other use;
• in response to determining the at least one captured waveform is capable of being compressed, while maintaining relevant attributes for characterization, analysis, and/or use, compressing the at least one captured waveform using at least one compression technique to generate at least one compressed waveform;
• and
• taking one or more actions based on or using the at least one compressed waveform.