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US 12,416,585 B2Granted
Devices and methods for communicating measurement results from a measurement gauge
AssigneeTroxler Electronic Laboratories, Inc.
InventorRobert Ernest Troxler
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Abstract
A system and related methods and apparatuses are disclosed herein. The system includes a material measurement gauge including a gauge communications module, an adapter configured for communicating with the gauge communications module, the adapter including memory and an adapter communications module, a handheld device operably communicating with the adapter and configured for communicating information, a network in communication with at least one of the adapter and the handheld, and a computing device configured for storing information received from the handheld device and/or the network.
Claims37
A method comprising:
- communicatively coupling a wireless device to a nuclear density gauge by mechanically attaching an adapter to the nuclear density gauge, the adapter including a processor configured to translate between a communication protocol of the wireless device and a legacy protocol of the nuclear density gauge, wherein mechanically attaching the adapter to the nuclear density gauge comprises plugging the adapter into an accessory port of the nuclear density gauge;
- sending wirelessly, by the wireless device, a measurement request in the communication protocol of the wireless device;
- receiving wirelessly, by the adapter, the measurement request in the communication protocol of the wireless device;
- translating, by the processor of the adapter, the measurement request in the communication protocol of the wireless device to a measurement command in the legacy protocol of the nuclear density gauge, wherein the translating uses a translation software program of the adapter;
- providing, by the adapter, the measurement command in the legacy protocol of the nuclear density gauge to the nuclear density gauge;
- receiving, by the adapter, measurement data in the legacy protocol of the nuclear density gauge from the nuclear density gauge;
- transferring, by the nuclear density gauge, the measurement data to the adapter;
- converting, by the processor of the adapter, the measurement data in the legacy protocol of the nuclear density gauge to a measurement representative signal in the communication protocol of the wireless device;
- sending wirelessly, by the adapter, the measurement representative signal in the communication protocol of the wireless device to the wireless device;
- receiving wirelessly, by the wireless device, the measurement representative signal in the communication protocol of the wireless device;
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- one of storing the measurement data for further operation on the wireless device and, if a calibration already exists, displaying, at the wireless device, a material property measurement value based on the measurement representative signal,
- wherein the material property measurement value is calculated by:
- one of the nuclear density gauge and the wireless device;
- or the adapter and sent by the adapter to the wireless device,
- wherein translating the measurement request from the communication protocol of the wireless device to the legacy protocol of the nuclear density gauge includes translating, by the translation software program of the adapter, between the legacy protocol of the nuclear density gauge and at least two modern communication protocols selected from:
- Bluetooth, universal serial bus (USB), WiFi, global positioning system (GPS), internet, local area network (LAN), cloud, and smart device communication formats.
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A method comprising:
- communicatively coupling an additional device to a nuclear density gauge by mechanically attaching an adapter to the nuclear density gauge, the adapter including a processor configured to translate, using a translation software program of the adapter, between a communication protocol of the additional device and a legacy protocol of the nuclear density gauge, wherein mechanically attaching the adapter to the nuclear density gauge comprises plugging the adapter into an accessory port of the nuclear density gauge;
- transferring, by the nuclear density gauge, the measurement data to the adapter;
- receiving, by the adapter, measurement data in the legacy protocol of the nuclear density gauge from the nuclear density gauge;
- converting, by the processor of the adapter, the measurement data in the legacy protocol of the nuclear density gauge to a measurement representative signal in the communication protocol of the additional device;
- sending, by the adapter, the measurement representative signal in the communication protocol of the additional device to the additional device;
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- storing the measurement data for further operation on the additional device and, if a calibration already exists, displaying, at the additional device, a material property measurement value based on the measurement representative signal,
- wherein the material property measurement value is calculated by:
- one of the nuclear density gauge and the additional device;
- or the adapter and sent by the adapter to the additional device,
- wherein the translation software program of the adapter is further configured to translate, between the legacy protocol of the nuclear density gauge and at least two modern communication protocols selected from:
- Bluetooth, universal serial bus (USB), WiFi, global positioning system (GPS), internet, local area network (LAN), cloud, and smart device communication formats.
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A system comprising:
- a gauge configured to generate measurement data indicative of one or more properties of a construction material;
- an adapter communicatively coupled to the gauge by mechanical attachment to the gauge, the adapter including a processor configured to translate, using a translation software program of the adapter, between a legacy protocol of the gauge and at least two modern communication protocols selected from:
- Bluetooth, universal serial bus (USB), WiFi, global positioning system (GPS), internet, local area network (LAN), cloud, and smart device communication formats, wherein the adapter is mechanically attached to the gauge by plugging the adapter into an accessory port of the gauge, and wherein the adapter receives a transfer of measurement data from the gauge;
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- a mobile device configured for:
- wirelessly sending a measurement request in at least one of the at least two modern communication protocols;
- receiving wirelessly from the adapter, by the mobile device and in at least one of the at least two modern communication protocols, a measurement representative signal converted by the adapter from measurement data in the legacy protocol of the gauge,
- wherein a material property measurement value is calculated by:
- one of the gauge and the mobile device;
- or the adapter and sent by the adapter to the mobile device.
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A kit comprising:
- an adapter configured for communicative coupling to a gauge, the adapter including a processor configured to translate, using a translation software program of the adapter, between a legacy protocol of the gauge and at least two modern communication protocols selected from:
- Bluetooth, universal serial bus (USB), WiFi, global positioning system (GPS), internet, local area network (LAN), cloud, and smart device communication formats, wherein the adapter is configured to be mechanically attached to the gauge by plugging the adapter into an accessory port of the gauge and to receive a transfer of measurement data from the gauge;
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- a mobile device configured for:
- wirelessly sending a measurement request in at least one of the at least two modern communication protocols;
- receiving wirelessly from the adapter, by the mobile device and in the at least two modern communication protocols, a first measurement representative signal converted by the adapter from measurement data in the legacy protocol of the gauge;
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- sending a second measurement representative signal, the second measurement representative signal based on the first measurement representative signal,
- wherein a material property measurement value is calculated by:
- one of the gauge and the mobile device;
- or the adapter and sent by the adapter to the mobile device.
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A system comprising:
- a material measurement gauge configured to generate measurement data indicative of at least one material property and including a gauge communications module;
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- an adapter configured for communicative coupling to the material measurement gauge by mechanical attachment to the gauge communications module, the adapter including a processor configured to translate, using a translation software program of the adapter, between a legacy protocol of the material measurement gauge and at least two modern communication protocols selected from:
- Bluetooth, universal serial bus (USB), WiFi, global positioning system (GPS), internet, local area network (LAN), cloud, and smart device communication formats and to communicate, in the at least two modern communication protocols to an additional device, a measurement representative signal converted by the adapter from measurement data in the legacy protocol of the material measurement gauge,
- wherein the adapter is configured to be attached to the material measurement gauge by plugging the adapter into an accessory port of the material measurement gauge, and to receive a transfer of measurement data from the material measurement gauge,
- wherein a material property measurement value is calculated by:
- one of the gauge and the mobile device;
- or the adapter and sent by the adapter to the mobile device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.