Analog Data Generating And Processing Device For Use With A Personal Computer
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Abstract
An interface device (10) provides fast data communication between a host device with input/output interfaces and a data transmit/receive device, wherein the interface device (10) comprises a processor means (13), a memory means (14), a first connecting device (12) for interfacing the host device with the interface device, and a second connecting device (15) for interfacing the interface device (10) with the data transmit/receive device. The interface device (10) is configured by the processor means (13) and the memory means (14) in such a way that, when receiving an inquiry from the host device via the first connecting device (12) as to the type of a device attached to the host device, regardless of the type of the data transmit/receive device, the interface device sends a signal to the host device via the first connecting device (12) which signals to the host device that it is communicating with an input/output device.
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38 Claims
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17. An analog data generating and processing device (ADGPD), comprising:
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a processor and a memory;
an analog to digital converter that is operatively coupled to the processor and the memory, the analog to digital converter being adapted to generate a digitized analog data set from an analog data set that is generated at one or more user selected times, each digitized analog data set being representative of electromagnetic radiation that is representative of an object that is physically separated from and located not in substantial proximity to the ADGPD;
wherein one or more digitized analog data sets are stored in the memory;
wherein the processor and the memory are adapted to receive one or more device identification signals that are sent to it from a multi-purpose user interface (MPUI) of a personal computer (PC) and then to automatically and without user intervention send a response signal to the MPUI to allow the PC to automatically and without user intervention recognize that it can communicate with the ADGPD as if the ADGPD were a commercially available mass storage device even though the ADGPD is not a commercially available mass storage device;
wherein the processor and the memory are further adapted to receive a data identification signal from an MPUI of a PC and then to automatically and without user intervention send identification information to the MPUI to allow the PC to create a visual representation of the memory on a display; and
wherein the processor and the memory are further adapted to receive a data transfer signal from an MPUI of a PC and then to cause user selected ones of the digitized analog data sets to be transferred from the memory and to the MPUI by means of a driver that is a standard component of an operating system of a PC. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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