Method and apparatus for gathering event data using a removable data storage medium and clock
First Claim
1. A method for gathering event data using a data gathering instrument having an instrument clock and an instrument data storage medium, the method comprising the following steps:
- gathering event data using the data gathering instrument;
storing the event data in the instrument data storage medium;
using the instrument clock to associate time information with the event data;
storing the time information in the instrument data storage medium;
separating the instrument data storage medium from the data gathering instrument;
separating the instrument clock from the data gathering instrument; and
recovering in a main data recovery unit the event data and the time information stored in the instrument data storage medium.
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Abstract
A method for gathering event data using a data gathering instrument having an instrument clock and an instrument data storage medium, the method comprising the steps of: gathering event data using the data gathering instrument; storing the event data in an instrument data storage medium; using an instrument clock to associate time information with the event data; storing the associated time information in the instrument data storage medium; separating the instrument data storage medium from the data gathering instrument; separating the instrument clock from the data gathering instrument; and storing in a main data storage medium the event data and the time information stored in the instrument data storage medium. The invention also includes a data gathering system practicing this method, the data gathering instrument itself, and removable instrument clock and memory modules, preferably disposed together in a housing such as a PCMCIA format card.
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80 Claims
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1. A method for gathering event data using a data gathering instrument having an instrument clock and an instrument data storage medium, the method comprising the following steps:
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gathering event data using the data gathering instrument; storing the event data in the instrument data storage medium; using the instrument clock to associate time information with the event data; storing the time information in the instrument data storage medium; separating the instrument data storage medium from the data gathering instrument; separating the instrument clock from the data gathering instrument; and recovering in a main data recovery unit the event data and the time information stored in the instrument data storage medium. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A data gathering system comprising:
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a data gathering instrument, the data gathering instrument comprising a processor, a sensor, an instrument clock connector and an instrument data storage medium connector; a main data recovery unit comprising a main clock, an instrument clock connector and an instrument data storage medium connector; a removable instrument clock module comprising a clock and a connector, the connector being adapted for communicating time information with the data gathering instrument and for communicating time information with the main data recovery unit; and a removable instrument data storage module comprising a data storage medium and a connector, the connector being adapted for receiving data from the data gathering instrument and for transferring data to the main data recovery unit. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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56. Event data storage apparatus for use in a data gathering system, the apparatus comprising:
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a housing; a clock disposed in the housing; a data storage medium disposed in the housing; a connector; and a communications bus between the clock and the connector and between the data storage medium and the connector. - View Dependent Claims (57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63)
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64. A data gathering instrument comprising:
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a processor; a sensor; a removable clock module comprising a clock and a clock connector; a removable data storage module comprising a data storage medium and a data storage medium connector; and a communication bus between the processor and the data storage medium connector and between the processor and the clock connector. - View Dependent Claims (65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75)
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76. A method for gathering event data comprising the following steps:
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gathering event data using a data gathering instrument; storing the event data in a data storage medium disposed within an event data storage apparatus housing, the event data storage housing being disposed within the data gathering instrument; obtaining time information from a clock disposed in the event data storage housing; and storing the time information in the data storage medium. - View Dependent Claims (77, 78, 79, 80)
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