Process and system for gathering and evaluating measured data
First Claim
1. A method for gathering and making available for evaluation measured data comprising the steps of:
- supplying, from a plurality of parallel and independent analog data channels and a plurality of event channels, analog data signals and event data signals representative of measured data, said event data signals having identification numbers corresponding to the event channels with which said event data signals are associated;
generating successive sampling signals in response to event data signals from at least one event channel;
sampling analog data signals from the analog data channels synchronously in response to each sampling signal and converting sampled analog data signals into digital data signals representing digital measured data;
measuring a time interval between successive sampling signals;
determining the identification number for the event channel providing the event data signal which causes generation of the sampling signal; and
storing the time interval, the digital measured data, and the respective identification number, for each sampling operation and making availalable for evaluation the stored digital measured data.
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Abstract
A process and a system for multi-channel gathering and evaluation of measured data in which measured data channels are distinguished into analog data channels and into digital or event channels. By means of a signal derived from the events, or rather from event signals, and processed in the event channels the analog measured data are synchronously sampled, (i.e. picked up, converted into a digital value and stored). Each time an identification number is stored for the event signal triggering the sampling operation, or rather of the corresponding event channel, the phase time between this sampling signal and the preceding sampling signal, the associated sampled measured data and the time sequence of the sampling operations. The signal triggering the synchronous sampling operation is preferably formed by OR-linking of all event signals which are scaled down, if applicable.
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18 Claims
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1. A method for gathering and making available for evaluation measured data comprising the steps of:
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supplying, from a plurality of parallel and independent analog data channels and a plurality of event channels, analog data signals and event data signals representative of measured data, said event data signals having identification numbers corresponding to the event channels with which said event data signals are associated; generating successive sampling signals in response to event data signals from at least one event channel; sampling analog data signals from the analog data channels synchronously in response to each sampling signal and converting sampled analog data signals into digital data signals representing digital measured data; measuring a time interval between successive sampling signals; determining the identification number for the event channel providing the event data signal which causes generation of the sampling signal; and storing the time interval, the digital measured data, and the respective identification number, for each sampling operation and making availalable for evaluation the stored digital measured data. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A system for gathering and making available for evaluation measured data comprising:
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means, including a plurality of parallel and independent analog data channels and a plurality of event channels, for supplying analog data signals and event data signals representative of measured data, said event data signals having identification numbers corresponding to the event channels with which said event data signals are associated; means for generating successive sampling signals in response to event data signals from at least one event channel; means for sampling analog data signals from the analog data channels synchronously in response to each sampling signal and for converting sampled analog data signals into digital data signals representing digital measured data; means for measuring a time interval between successive sampling signals; means for determining the identification number for the event channel providing the event data signal which causes generation of the sampling signal; and means for storing the time interval, the digital measured data, and the respective identification number, for each sampling operation and for making availalable for evaluation the stored digital measured data. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for gathering and making available for evaluation measured data comprising:
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means, including a plurality of parallel and independent channels, for supplying analog data signals and event data signals, said event data signals having identification numbers corresponding to the channels with which said data signals are associated; means for allocating each independent channel as one of event and analog data channels, corresponding to the data supplied by said channels; means for generating successive sampling signals in response to event data signals from at least one independent channel allocated as an event channel; means for sampling analog data signals from the independent channels allocated as analog data channels synchronously in response to each sampling signal and for converting sampled analog data signals into digital data signals representing digital measured data; means for measuring a time interval between successive sampling signals; means for determining the identification number for the independent channel providing the event data signal which causes generation of the sampling signal; and means for storing the time interval, the digital measured data, and the respective identification number, for each sampling operation and for making availalable for evaluation the stored digital measured data. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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- 10. A process for multi-channel gathering and evaluation of measured data where analog measured data are picked up in parallel measured data channels, are converted into digital measured data and are stored in a memory for on-line or off-line evaluation, with the analog measured data in the parallel measured data channels being synchronously sampled by a digital sequence of signals or sequence of events, characterized in that the measured data channels are distinguished or divided into analog data channels and in digital or so-called event channels, in that the synchronous sampling, i.e. picking-up, processing and storing of the measured data obtained in the analog measured data channels is controlled by way of the signal (4, 4'"'"') derived from the events and processed in the event channels, in that the phase time (tnm) between two subsequent sampling signals is measured, and in that each time there are stored an identification number of the event signal triggering the sampling operation, or rather of the corresponding event channel, the phase time (tnm) between this sampling signal and the preceding one, and the appertaining sampled values or sampled measured data (A(nm)).
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12. A system for implementing the gathering and evaluation of measured data, with measured data channels which are operated in parallel and which are independent of one another, namely with analog data channels, provided with individual analog-to-digital converters or with multiplexers having one common analog-to-digital converter at a time and with memories;
- with digital measured data channels or with so-called event channels;
as well as with circuits for controlling the sampling operation and the gathering of the measured data, characterized in that the pick-up, the processing or further handling and the storage of the measured values present in the individual analog data channels is synchronously controllable by means of a sampling signal (4, 4'"'"') derived from the event signals;
in that the sampling signal further is feedable to a channel decoder (8, 8'"'"') identifying the event channel of the event triggering the sampling signal as well as to a phase time measuring unit (9, 9'"'"') detecting the time duration (tnm) between two subsequent sampling signals (4, 4'"'"'); and
in that each time a sampling signal (4, 4'"'"') comes up there can be stored the identification number such as the number of the triggering event channel and the phase time (tnm) between this sampling signal and the preceding one as well as the appertaining sampled values. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
- with digital measured data channels or with so-called event channels;
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