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Dual linked zoom boxes for instrument display

  • US 5,517,105 A
  • Filed: 10/25/1994
  • Issued: 05/14/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/25/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An improved digital oscilloscope of the type having means for sampling and digitizing (10) an electrical input signal over time to produce a waveform record consisting of a series of digital waveform values sequentially related in time, means for storing (20) the waveform record so that the memory address of each digital waveform value is indicative of a relative time at which that value was sampled, means for processing (30) the digital waveform values of the waveform record using interpolation and/or decimation (81) to produce a main trace record (91) and first (92) and second (93) zoomed trace records, means for producing (40) a main trace display (65) and first (61) and second (62) zoomed trace displays from the main trace record and the first and second zoomed trace records respectively, wherein the improvement comprises:

  • means for providing (94) a first zoom box (63) encompassing that portion of the main trace (65) display shown in the first zoomed trace (61) display, the first zoom box having a horizontal-time dimension determined (85) by a relationship between horizontal-time settings of the first zoomed trace display and horizontal-time settings of the main trace display and a vertical-amplitude dimension determined (87) by a relationship between vertical-amplitude settings of the first zoomed trace display and vertical-amplitude settings of the main trace display; and

    means for providing (95) a second zoom box (64) encompassing that portion of the main trace (65) display shown in the second zoomed trace (62) display, the second zoom box having a horizontal-time dimension determined (85) by a relationship between horizontal-time settings of the second zoomed trace display and horizontal-time settings of the main trace display and a vertical-amplitude dimension determined (87) by a relationship between vertical-amplitude settings of the second zoomed trace display and vertical-amplitude settings of the main trace display.

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