Side-by-side displays for instrument having a data processing system
First Claim
1. A display system associated with a signal measurement system for processing measurement instrument data acquired by the signal measurement system, comprising:
- processor means connected to the signal measurement system for digitally manipulating the acquired measurement instrument data;
memory means connected to the processor means for storing the digitally manipulated data;
selection means connected to the processor means, the selection means being actuable by a user for selecting from among a predetermined set of display formats to display digitally manipulated data in display formats appropriate for the signal measurement system by which the measurement instrument data is acquired; and
display means comprising a single display screen, the display means connected to the processor means and to the memory means and the display screen comprising a visual display for substantially simultaneously displaying two traces of digitally manipulated data, the traces having their respective abscissa axes parallel, but displaced in the direction of the abscissa axes, so as to form two separate displays that are side by side.
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Abstract
A data processing system for processing measurement instrument data is disclosed having a processor for digitally manipulating the measurement instrument data, a memory for storing the digitally manipulated data, and a display. In one preferred embodiment, the display simultaneously displays side by side two traces of the data, so as to provide two independent side by side displays. The displays can be either real time or can be recovered from memory, and a plotter can be used to produce hard copy. In another embodiment, the display provides a trace of the data with a plurality of markers. The user can then choose one of the markers as a reference and the processor will automatically provide the value of the trace at each of the other markers relative to the value of the reference marker. In another embodiment, the system includes a keyboard having a value key for entering into the processor the current value of a marker on the data trace.
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15 Claims
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1. A display system associated with a signal measurement system for processing measurement instrument data acquired by the signal measurement system, comprising:
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processor means connected to the signal measurement system for digitally manipulating the acquired measurement instrument data; memory means connected to the processor means for storing the digitally manipulated data; selection means connected to the processor means, the selection means being actuable by a user for selecting from among a predetermined set of display formats to display digitally manipulated data in display formats appropriate for the signal measurement system by which the measurement instrument data is acquired; and display means comprising a single display screen, the display means connected to the processor means and to the memory means and the display screen comprising a visual display for substantially simultaneously displaying two traces of digitally manipulated data, the traces having their respective abscissa axes parallel, but displaced in the direction of the abscissa axes, so as to form two separate displays that are side by side. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A display system associated with a signal measurement system for processing measurement instrument data acquired by the signal measurement system, comprising:
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processor means connected to the signal measurement system for digitally manipulating the acquired measurement instrument data; memory means connected to the processor means for storing the digitally manipulated data; selection means connected to the processor means, the selection means being actuable by a user for selecting from among a predetermined set of display formats to display digitally manipulated data in display formats appropriate for the signal measurement system by which the measurement instrument data is acquired; and display means comprising a single display screen, the display means connected to the processor means and to the memory means and the display screen comprising a visual display for substantially simultaneously providing two displays of digitally manipulated data having different graticules, the graticules being displaced relative to one another. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A display system associated with a signal measurement system for processing measurement instrument data acquired by the signal measurement system, comprising:
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processor means connected to the signal measurement system for digitally manipulating the acquired measurement instrument data; memory means connected to the processor means for storing the digitally manipulated data; selection means connected to the processor means, the selection means being actuable by a user for selecting from among a predetermined set of display formats to display digitally manipulated data in display formats appropriate for the signal measurement system by which the measurement instrument data is acquired; and display means comprising a single display screen, the display means connected to the processor means and to the memory means and the display screen comprising a visual display for substantially simultaneously providing two displays of digitally manipulated data having different independent variables on respective abscissa axes of the two displays. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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