Automatic acquisition of data referenced in user equation
AssigneeAgilent Technologies, Inc.
InventorDonald W. Stark
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a parser, a semantic checker, a data manager and an equation processor. The parser receives a first equation for manipulating data acquired by an instrument and detects an operand in the first equation, the instrument having a set of data acquisition capabilities. The semantic checker recognizes that the first operand refers to first data that can be acquired by the instrument using a first capability from the set of data acquisition capabilities. The data manager configures the instrument automatically to acquire the first data using the first capability after recognizing that the first operand corresponds to the first data. The equation processor computes a result of the first equation using the acquired first data.
Claims20
A method for manipulating data acquired by an instrument having a set of data acquisition capabilities, the method comprising:
- receiving a first equation for manipulating the data acquired by the instrument;
- detecting a first operand in the first equation;
- recognizing that the first operand corresponds to first data that can be acquired by a first capability from the set of data acquisition capabilities;
- configuring the instrument automatically to use the first capability to acquire the first data after recognizing that the first operand corresponds to the first data;
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- computing a result of the first equation using the acquired first data.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a parser for receiving a first equation for manipulating data acquired by an instrument and detecting an operand in the first equation, the instrument having a set of data acquisition capabilities;
- a semantic checker for recognizing that the first operand refers to first data that can be acquired by the instrument using a first capability from the set of data acquisition capabilities;
- a data manager for configuring the instrument automatically to acquire the first data using the first capability after recognizing that the first operand corresponds to the first data;
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- an equation processor for computing a result of the first equation using the acquired first data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.