System for Displaying Spectral Trends in Complex Signals
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Abstract
A method for displaying changes in spectral content of data signals over periods of time using a computer system. The method includes the steps of transforming time segments of digitized data signals into a frequency based spectral representation of the digitized data. The resulting spectral data are then grouped into appropriate frequency bins. Each frequency bin is normalized by the frequency range of the bin. The energy or power in each frequency bin is then multiplied by fn, where f represents an estimate of the frequency of the bin, and n is an exponent which is used to normalize the frequency content of the data. A logarithmic value is then calculated for each frequency bin. The logarithmic value of each frequency bin for each time period is then mapped to a color or gray-scale value. Finally, the mapped color or gray-scale value is displayed on a computer monitor in the computer system as an image, where the signal frequency is represented along one axis, time is represented along a second axis, and the value of the energy or power at that given time and frequency is displayed as the color or gray-scale value assigned to that point.
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5. A system for displaying changes in spectral content of data signals over periods of time, comprising:
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a memory for storing digitized data signals from a desired source; a computer processing unit supporting computer software for transforming time segments of the digitized data signals into a frequency based spectral representation of the digitized data signals and grouping the resulting spectral data into appropriate frequency bins, with each frequency bin normalized by the frequency range of the bin; wherein the computer processing unit is configured to; multiply the energy or power in each frequency bin by fn, where f represents an estimate of the frequency of the bin, and n is an exponent which is used to normalize the frequency content of the digitized data signal; calculate a logarithmic value for each frequency bin; and map the logarithmic value for each time period to a color or gray-scale value; and an output device for displaying the mapped color or gray-scale value as an image, where the signal frequency is represented along one axis, time is represented along a second axis, and the value of the energy or power at that given time and frequency is displayed as the color or gray-scale assigned to that point. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for displaying changes in spectral content of biological data signals over periods of time, comprising:
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a memory for storing digitized data signals from a desired source; a computer processing unit supporting computer software for transforming time segments of the digitized data signals into a frequency based spectral representation of the digitized data signals and grouping the resulting spectral data into appropriate frequency bins, with each frequency bin normalized by the frequency range of the bin; wherein the computer processing unit is configured to; multiply the energy or power in each frequency bin by fn, where f represents an estimate of the frequency of the bin, and n is an exponent which is used to normalize the frequency content of the digitized data signal; calculate a logarithmic value for each frequency bin; and map the logarithmic value for each time period to a color or gray-scale value; and an output device for displaying the mapped color or gray-scale value as an image, where the signal frequency is represented along one axis, time is represented along a second axis, and the value of the energy or power at that given time and frequency is displayed as the color or gray-scale assigned to that point. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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