Method and apparatus for standardization of a measuring instrument
First Claim
1. A portable device for standardization of a satellite measuring instrument to a corresponding master measuring instrument, the device comprising a means for containing a reference material, and an information unit for storing information about the reference material and about measurements of the reference material on the master measuring instrument.
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Abstract
A method, a portable device and a measuring instrument for standardization of a satellite measuring instrument to a corresponding master measuring instrument are disclosed. The portable device includes a device for containing a reference material, and an information unit for storing information about the reference material and measurements of the reference material on the master measuring instrument. When placed in a satellite measuring instrument, information from the master instrument stored in the information unit of the portable device is transmitted automatically and wirelessly to the satellite instrument and, together with measurements by the satellite instrument of the reference material in the portable device, a standardization model for the satellite instrument and the sample type is obtained.
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44 Claims
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1. A portable device for standardization of a satellite measuring instrument to a corresponding master measuring instrument, the device comprising
a means for containing a reference material, and an information unit for storing information about the reference material and about measurements of the reference material on the master measuring instrument.
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18. A measuring instrument for routine measurement of a sample material, comprising
a receiving means for receiving a sample container containing said sample material, a means for measuring said sample material when said sample container is located in said receiving means, and a means for reading information from an information unit of a portable device containing a reference material when said portable device is located in said receiving means.
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27. A method of managing information, obtained by means of a master measuring instrument, regarding a reference material for standardization of a satellite measuring instrument, comprising
storing said information in an information unit which is a part of a portable device which also comprises a means for containing said reference material, transporting said portable device from said master measuring instrument to said satellite measuring instrument, and transmitting said information from said information unit of said portable device to said satellite measuring instrument.
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28. A method for standardization of a satellite measuring instrument to a corresponding master measuring instrument, comprising
measuring, by means of said satellite measuring instrument, a reference material being contained in a means for containing said reference material of a portable device, reading, by means of said satellite measuring instrument, information about a corresponding measurement, obtained by means of said master measuring instrument, from an information unit which is a part of said portable device, and producing and storing a standardization model describing the difference between the result of said action of measuring said reference material and said corresponding measurement obtained by means of said master measuring instrument.
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37. A method for obtaining a standardized result when by routine measuring a sample material by means of a satellite measuring instrument, such that the difference between said result and the result that would have been obtained if the sample material had been measured by means of a corresponding master measuring instrument is minimized, comprising
measuring, by means of said satellite measuring instrument, said sample material being contained in a means for containing said sample material of a portable device, reading, by means of said satellite measuring instrument, information from an information unit, which is a part of said portable device, wherein said information comprises information of the identity of the type of said sample material, selecting the correct standardization model according to said information of the identity of the type of said sample material from amongst at least a few standardization models stored in at least one of the satellite instrument and an external computer connected to the satellite measuring instrument, and applying said standardization model to the spectrum of said sample material so that a standardized spectrum of said sample material is produced that is essentially identical to the spectrum that would have been obtained by means of said master measuring instrument.
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44. A cup for receiving and containing a material to analyse, said cup having attached to it a chip for storing information about said material and for wirelessly transmitting said information to a measurement instrument for measuring said material.
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