Voice counting of each battery under test
First Claim
1. A method for testing a plurality of batteries, comprising:
- electrically connecting probes of an instrument to terminals of a battery under test, wherein said battery under test is one of a plurality of batteries to be tested, and wherein each battery of the plurality of batteries to be tested is associated with an image representative of a unique phoneme of a set of unique phonemes;
providing a corresponding number of labeled memory locations in a computer memory for holding test results, wherein each labeled memory location is labeled with an image corresponding to one of the images associated with the batteries;
displaying on a display of the instrument a graphical representation of a labeled memory location, wherein the displayed graphical representation corresponds to the battery under test;
by the instrument, testing the battery under test and recording test results in the labeled memory location shown on the display; and
automatically electronically generating, by a voice generator module operating in the instrument, an audible voice prompt that provides information interpretable by a user of the instrument to confirm whether the test results for the battery under test were correctly recorded in the labeled memory location corresponding to the battery under test.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for testing batteries uses an audible voice prompt 35, 64 to enunciate the battery label or identifier that will be stored with the battery measurement in memory. Since the battery test technician must pay careful attention to the placement of the probes onto the battery terminal, the use of a voice prompt, rather than a visual prompt, allows the technician to keep his/her eyes on the test probes. If the label enunciated by the voice prompt does not match the label of the battery under test, the label on the tester can be reset to match the battery under test. In particular, a battery tester has a program which displays sequential numbers of battery labels that are stored with each battery'"'"'s measurement data in memory. The sequence of labels corresponds to the sequential numbers marked on batteries in a string, array or matrix.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for testing a plurality of batteries, comprising:
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electrically connecting probes of an instrument to terminals of a battery under test, wherein said battery under test is one of a plurality of batteries to be tested, and wherein each battery of the plurality of batteries to be tested is associated with an image representative of a unique phoneme of a set of unique phonemes; providing a corresponding number of labeled memory locations in a computer memory for holding test results, wherein each labeled memory location is labeled with an image corresponding to one of the images associated with the batteries; displaying on a display of the instrument a graphical representation of a labeled memory location, wherein the displayed graphical representation corresponds to the battery under test; by the instrument, testing the battery under test and recording test results in the labeled memory location shown on the display; and automatically electronically generating, by a voice generator module operating in the instrument, an audible voice prompt that provides information interpretable by a user of the instrument to confirm whether the test results for the battery under test were correctly recorded in the labeled memory location corresponding to the battery under test. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for testing a bank of batteries, comprising:
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electrically connecting a test instrument to a battery under test in a bank of batteries to be tested, wherein each battery in the bank of batteries to be tested is associated with a sequential number from a set of sequential numbers; providing a corresponding number of labeled memory locations in a computer memory for holding test results, wherein each labeled memory location is labeled with a sequential number corresponding to the sequential number of a battery in the bank of batteries; displaying on a display of the test instrument a graphical representation of a labeled memory location, wherein the displayed graphical representation corresponds to the battery under test and includes the sequential number of the battery under test; by the instrument, testing the battery under test and recording test results in the labeled memory location shown on the display; and automatically electronically generating, by the test instrument, an audible voice prompt that provides information interpretable by a user of the test instrument to confirm whether the test results for the battery under test were correctly recorded in the labeled memory location corresponding to the battery under test. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An instrument for testing batteries, comprising:
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a processor configured to control one or more tests that are performed by the instrument on batteries; a memory coupled to the processor, said memory having a plurality of labeled memory locations, wherein each memory location corresponds to a battery identified by a unique phoneme, and wherein the processor is configured to record test results from a test performed on a battery under test in a memory location corresponding to the battery under test; a display that shows an image corresponding to the phoneme of the battery under test; a voice generator module that electronically generates a signal representative of an audible voice prompt that audibly identifies the labeled memory location shown on the display corresponding to the battery under test where the test results of the battery under test were stored; and a speaker coupled to the voice generator module, wherein in response to the signal generated by the voice generator module, the speaker generates said audible voice prompt. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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