Digital signal averager with logarithmic time base

A method of analyzing a kinetic action comprising the steps of:

• sensing said kinetic action and providing a corresponding output signal;
• periodically integrating said output signal over time segments of discrete length to provide periodic information samples related to said kinetic action;
• converting said periodic information samples into a digital signal;
• and
• averaging said periodic information samples over exponentially increasing time intervals each corresponding to a plurality of said linear time segments.

Apparatus for analyzing information sensed during a kinetic action comprising:

• means for periodically integrating said information over discrete linear time segments to provide periodic information samples;
• means for converting said periodic information into a digital signal;
• means for summing said periodic information samples over time intervals increasing by the power of two;
• and
• means for dividing said sum for each of said time intervals by the corresponding number of said time segments in each of said respective time intervals.

Apparatus for analyzing information sensed during a kinetic action comprising:

• means for sensing said kinetic action and providing a corresponding output signal;
• means for periodically integrating said output signal over time segments of discrete length to provide periodic information samples related to said kinetic action;
• means for converting said periodic information samples into a digital signal;
• and
• means for averaging said periodic information samples over exponentially increasing time intervals each corresponding to a plurality of said linear time segments.