Waveform sequence trigger system
First Claim
1. A waveform sequence trigger system comprising:
- comparing means for comparing an analog waveform input signal received with a predetermined threshold voltage to produce a serial analog signal having a high or low level;
sampling means, connected to said comparing means, for sampling said serial analog signal with a predetermined clock to produce a serial digital signal;
converting means, having serial shift registers of a predetermined bit number connected to said sampling means, for storing a predetermined bit portion of said serial digital signal while shifting it for each bit in accordance with a predetermined clock, and for converting data of a predetermined bit portion stored in said serial shift registers to a parallel digital signal;
reference data setting means connected to said converting means, for presetting reference data corresponding to a waveform sequence of a desired time interval, to be triggered, of said analog waveform input signal received by the comparing means;
first determining means, connected to said converting means and said reference data setting means, for determining a coincidence between said parallel digital signal and said reference data, and for counting a coincidence bit number as a result of a determination to thereby generate data representing said coincidence bit number;
weight setting means for presetting a predetermined weighting coefficient associated with said coincidence bit number; and
second determining means, connected to said first determining means and said weight setting means, for comparing said data representing said coincidence bit number with said predetermined weighting coefficient, and for generating a waveform sequence triggering signal when said coincidence bit number is equal to, or greater than, said predetermined weighting coefficient.
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Abstract
A digital signal processing apparatus has: an A/D converter for A/D converting an input signal to be processed to a digital signal, an analog comparator for comparing the input signal with a predetermined threshold voltage and generating a comparison signal as a binary signal, a first input device for inputting at least binary data of a reference wave to be triggered, a discriminator for discriminating a coincidence between the binary signal from the analog comparator and the binary data entered at the first input device and generating a coincidence signal, a fetching section, triggered in response to the coincidence signal from the discriminator, for fetching the digital signal from the A/D converter, and a processor for performing predetermined processing of the digital signal fetched by the fetching device.
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10 Claims
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1. A waveform sequence trigger system comprising:
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comparing means for comparing an analog waveform input signal received with a predetermined threshold voltage to produce a serial analog signal having a high or low level; sampling means, connected to said comparing means, for sampling said serial analog signal with a predetermined clock to produce a serial digital signal; converting means, having serial shift registers of a predetermined bit number connected to said sampling means, for storing a predetermined bit portion of said serial digital signal while shifting it for each bit in accordance with a predetermined clock, and for converting data of a predetermined bit portion stored in said serial shift registers to a parallel digital signal; reference data setting means connected to said converting means, for presetting reference data corresponding to a waveform sequence of a desired time interval, to be triggered, of said analog waveform input signal received by the comparing means; first determining means, connected to said converting means and said reference data setting means, for determining a coincidence between said parallel digital signal and said reference data, and for counting a coincidence bit number as a result of a determination to thereby generate data representing said coincidence bit number; weight setting means for presetting a predetermined weighting coefficient associated with said coincidence bit number; and second determining means, connected to said first determining means and said weight setting means, for comparing said data representing said coincidence bit number with said predetermined weighting coefficient, and for generating a waveform sequence triggering signal when said coincidence bit number is equal to, or greater than, said predetermined weighting coefficient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. An apparatus utilizing a waveform sequence triggering, comprising:
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analog/digital converting means for converting a received analog waveform input signal to a digital signal; comparing means for comparing said received analog waveform input signal with a predetermined threshold voltage to produce a serial analog signal having a high and a low level; sampling means, connected to said comparing means, for sampling said serial analog signal with a predetermined clock to produce a serial digital signal; converting means, having serial shift register of a predetermined bit number connected to said sampling means, for storing a predetermined bit portion of said serial digital signal while shifting it for each bit in accordance with a predetermined clock, and for converting data of a predetermined bit portion stored in said serial shift registers to a parallel digital signal; reference data setting means connected to said converting means, for presetting reference data corresponding to a waveform sequence of a desired time interval, to be triggered, of said received analog waveform input signal; first determining means, connected to said converting means and said reference data setting means, for determining a coincidence between said parallel digital signal and said reference data, and for counting a coincidence bit number as a result of a determination to thereby generate data representing said coincidence bit number; weight setting means for presetting a predetermined weighting coefficient associated with said coincidence bit number; second determining means, connected to said first determining means and said weight setting means, for comparing said data representing said coincidence bit number with said predetermined weighting coefficient, and for generating a waveform sequence triggering signal when said coincidence bit number is equal to, or greater than, said predetermined weighting coefficient; and memory means, connected to said analog/digital converting means and said second determining means, for storing said digital signal in accordance with said waveform sequence triggering signal. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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