Analog to Digital Acquisition Eliminating Uncertainty of Level Test in High Noise Environments
AssigneeRobertson Transformer Co.
InventorDenny D. Beasley
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Abstract
A method of determining the quality of a sensed signal has capturing, comparing, categorizing, and a decision-making steps. The capturing step is used to capture a plurality of signals. A magnitude of each of the plurality of signals is compared to a predetermined value to determine a relationship between each of the plurality of signals to the predetermined value. A result of each comparison is categorized according to one of a plurality of predetermined criteria. The categorizing step is repeated at least until a predetermined number of results has been reached in at least one of the plurality of predetermined criteria. A decision is made based on which of the plurality of predetermined criteria reaches the predetermined number.
Claims17
A method of determining the quality of a sensed signal comprising the steps of:
- capturing a plurality of signals;
- comparing a magnitude of each of the plurality of signals to a predetermined value to determined a relationship between each of the plurality of signals to the predetermined value;
- categorizing the relationship resulting from each comparison according to one of a plurality of predetermined criteria wherein the categorizing step is repeated at least until a predetermined number of results has been reached in at least one of the plurality of predetermined criteria;
- and
- making a decision based on which of the plurality of predetermined criteria reaches the predetermined number.
The method of any of the preceding claims further comprising the step of:
- generating a signal based at least in part based on which of the plurality of predetermined criteria reaches the predetermined number.
The method of any preceding claim wherein each result is recorded in one of a plurality of registers corresponding to the plurality of predetermined criteria.
The method of any preceding claim further comprising the step of:
- comparing the magnitude of each of the plurality of signals to a second predetermined value to determined a relationship between each of the plurality of signals to the second predetermined value;
- and
- categorizing the relationship resulting from each comparison to the second predetermined value according to one of a second set of predetermined criteria wherein the categorizing step is repeated at least until a second predetermined number of results has been reached in at least one of the second set of predetermined criteria.
A method of filtering an analog signal comprising the steps of:
- establishing a signal target value;
- establishing a predetermined test condition;
- capturing a plurality of data points of an incoming analog signal;
- comparing each of the plurality of data points against the target value;
- categorizing each result of the comparing step according to a plurality of predetermined metrics;
- and
- selecting one of the plurality of predetermined metrics upon meeting the predetermined test condition.
The method of claim 11 further comprising the step of:
- generating a signal based at least in part on the selected predetermined metric and the elapsed time for the predetermined condition to be met.
A method to capture analog information comprising the steps of:
- using simple methods known in the art and simple native machine behavior to stabilize said information by inherently while simultaneously make mutually exclusive non ambiguous decisions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.