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Hand held data collector and analyzer system

DC
  • US 5,633,811 A
  • Filed: 12/09/1994
  • Issued: 05/27/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/09/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A hand held vibration data collector and analyzer system for collecting, analyzing, and storing vibration data that is produced by and collected from a predetermined series of machines and for transferring data to a computer, comprising:

  • a vibration transducer for sensing vibration that is produced by the machines and for producing an analog vibration signal corresponding to the vibration;

    a housing dimensioned and configured for being hand held;

    a conditioning circuit mounted in said housing;

    (a) for receiving and conditioning the analog vibration signal from the vibration transducer to produce a conditioned analog signal;

    (b) including a fixed frequency analog anti-aliasing filter having a fixed upper cutoff frequency set at a desired frequency equal to the maximum vibration frequency of interest for producing the conditioned analog signal having a desired frequency range;

    (c) including amplifiers for producing the conditioned analog signal at a desired amplitude;

    (d) including an analog to digital converter (ADC) for receiving and sampling the conditioned analog signal to produce a digital signal, said fixed frequency analog anti-aliasing filter being disposed in the conditioning circuit so that all of the conditioned analog signal received by said ADC has been filtered by said fixed frequency analog filter and therefore all of said conditioned analog signal is subjected to the same fixed upper cutoff frequency;

    a data processor mounted in said housing for processing the digital signal to produce desired digital data, said data processor including;

    a transformer for selectively operating on the digital signal, performing a Fast Fourier Transform, and producing a frequency spectrum from the digital signal;

    a selector for selecting and producing select data for storage from at least one of the digital signal and the frequency spectrum;

    a keyboard mounted in said housing interfaced with said data processor for inputting commands and data to said data processor;

    a display mounted in said housing interfaced with said data processor for displaying information to the user;

    memory interfaced with the data processor for storing information including the select data; and

    means for transferring information that is stored in said memory to the computer.

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