Glitch capture

• US 20040102879A1
• Filed: 11/26/2002
• Published: 05/27/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: SPX Corporation
• Original Assignee: SPX Corporation
• Inventors: Raichle, Kurt, Liebl, Troy, Lipscomb, Edward
• Application Number:
  US10/303,896
• Publication Number:
  US 20040102879A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/29
• CPC Class Codes: G01M 15/02 Details or accessories of testing apparatus

Abstract

A method and apparatus for displaying a glitch is provided. In one embodiment of the invention, an analyzer is provided that can display a glitch when it occurs for the operator to view and analyze. The analyze can also alert the operator when a glitch occurs in case the operator was distracted or was not paying attention to the display.

Claims

1. An analyzing apparatus, comprising:

a controller that captures data from a sensor of a vehicle;

a display that displays data received from the sensor of the vehicle; and

an alert portion that alerts when a glitch is detected by the controller, wherein the display and the alert portion are in communication with the controller.

2. The analyzing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the display can also alert an operator by flashing at least a portion of the display.

3. The analyzing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the alert is at least one of visual alert, audible alert, tactile alert, other sensory alert, and a combination thereof.

4. The analyzing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the display displays data from the glitch on at least a portion of the display.

5. The analyzing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the sensor is selected from a group consisting of an ignition system sensor, an anti-brake locking system sensor, a mass-air flow system sensor, a fuel injector sensor, a throttle positioning sensor, an oxygen sensor, a fan sensor, a fuel pump sensor, a transmission controls sensor, a vehicle power sensor, an intake air temperature sensor, a vehicle speed sensor, an idle control sensor, and other vehicle related components.

6. The analyzing apparatus of claim 1, wherein a glitch is a deviation from at least one preset value of the data being analyzed.

7. The analyzing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the glitch is detected when at least one of the following values from the data is changed from a preset value for the sensor, namely width, height, period, amplitude, frequency, amperage, voltage, r.p.m., temperature, throttle angle, speed, velocity, numerical value, time, pressure, volume, gas level, liquid level, air level, air/fuel ratio, other parameters and a combination thereof.

8. The analyzing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the alert portion can alert by at least one of a pager, a fax, an email, a phone, a computer, a personal digital assistant, a remote device or any other means or devices that will alert an operator when the glitch has been detected.

9. The analyzing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the glitch data can be stored in a memory storing medium.

10. A method of displaying a glitch, comprising the steps of:

monitoring data from a sensor of a vehicle;

displaying a glitch data that occurs in the data from the sensor; and

alerting an operator when the glitch occurs.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein monitoring, displaying and alerting the operator is done by an analyzer.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein displaying the glitch data occurs on at least a portion of a display.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the glitch occurs when there is a deviation from at least one preset value of the data being monitored.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the at least one preset value can be selected from a group consisting of width, height, period, amplitude, frequency, amperage, voltage, r.p.m., temperature, throttle angle, speed, velocity, numerical value, time, pressure, volume, gas level, liquid level, air level, air/fuel ratio, other parameters and a combination thereof.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the alert is at least one of visual alert, audible alert, tactile alert, other sensory alert, and a combination thereof.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein the alert portion can alert by at least one of a pager, a fax, an email, a phone, a computer, a personal digital assistant, a remote device or any other means or devices that will alert an operator when the glitch has been detected.

17. A system for displaying data, comprising:

a means for monitoring data from a sensor of a vehicle;

a means for displaying data from a glitch portion of the data; and

a means for alerting an operator when the glitch occurs.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the means for alerting can alert by flashing at least a portion of the means for displaying.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the means for alerting can alert by at least one of visual alert, audible alert, tactile alert, other sensory alert, and a combination thereof.

20. The system of claim 17, wherein the glitch is detected when at least one of the following values from the data is changed from a preset value for the sensor, namely width, height, period, amplitude, frequency, amperage, voltage, r.p.m., temperature, throttle angle, speed, velocity, numerical value, time, pressure, volume, gas level, liquid level, air level, air/fuel ratio, other parameters and a combination thereof.

21. The system of claim 17, wherein the means for alert can alert via a pager, a fax, an email, a phone, a computer, a personal digital assistant, a remote device or any other means or devices that will alert the operator when the glitch has been detected.

22. An analyzing apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:

a data collector that collects data from a sensor of the vehicle;

a display that displays a glitch data from the data being collected; and

an alerter that alerts an operator when the glitch occurs, wherein the data collector is in communication with the display and the alerter.