Measurement data processor and measurement data processing method

• US 6,829,567 B2
• Filed: 06/28/2002
• Issued: 12/07/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mitutoyo Corporation
• Original Assignee: Mitutoyo Corporation
• Inventors: Matsumiya, Sadayuki, Michiwaki, Hirokazu
• Primary Examiner(s): WACHSMAN, HAL D
• Application Number:
  US10/183,390
• Publication Number:
  US 20030004691A1
• Time in Patent Office: 893 Days
• Field of Search: 340/870.11, 340/3.71, 340/539.26, 340/870.01, 340/870.02, 340/870-7-8, 340/426.2, 340/506, 340/517, 340/531, 340/539.1, 340/833.1, 340/583.2, 340/539.11, 340/539.16, 340/539.17, 340/539.24, 340/3.1, 340/3.3, 340/3.32, 340/3.54, 340/825.72, 702/188, 702/122, 702/127, 702/183-187, 702/189, 702/14, 702/6, 455/556.1, 455/556.2, 455/557, 455/9, 455/11.1, 455/422.1, 455/423, 455/426.1, 455/517, 455/68, 455/67.11, 455/420, 455/419, 701/29, 701/33, 701/9, 701/17, 701/19, 701/26, 701/27, 701/80, 701/83, 701/84, 379/106.01, 379/106.03, 379/900
• US Class Current: 702/188
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/002 with telemetering systems telemetering in general G08C

Abstract

A mobile communications terminal having a communicator for transmitting and receiving a signal to/from a base station is connected to a measuring instrument through wireless medium and a cable. A control processing software stored in a memory of the mobile communications terminal is executed. The mobile communications terminal converts the measurement data acquired by measurement of the measuring instrument into the same format as the signal transmitted to and received from the base station and the converted measurement data is read into a controller to store in a storage. The measurement data is transmitted from the communicator to the base station to be stored in a data storage and published on a web site in a manner that third party can check.

Claims

1. A measurement data processor, comprising:

an operation key;

a communicator for transmitting and receiving a signal to/from a base station through a wireless medium; and

a controller for reading measurement data acquired by a measuring instrument by operating the operation key after converting the measurement data into the same data format as the signal transmitted and received by the communicator, the controller directing storage of the measurement data from the communicator to a predetermined address space of the base station.

2. The measurement data processor according to claim 1, wherein the controller controls the communicator by operating the operation key to transmit the measurement data to another communications terminal through the base station.

3. The measurement data processor according to claim 1, wherein the controller controls the communicator to read the measurement data stored in the predetermined address space of the base station in response to operation of the operation key.

4. The measurement data processor according to claim 1, further comprising a malfunction alarm for reporting a malfunction when the communicator receives a predetermined signal,

wherein the controller controls the communicator to transmit the predetermined signal to the malfunction alarm through the base station when the measuring instrument fails to acquire and read the measurement data.

5. The measurement data processor according to claim 1, wherein the controller controls the communicator to transmit a signal indicating that the measurement data cannot be acquired to another communications terminal through the base station when the measuring instrument fails to acquire and read the measurement data.

6. The measurement data processor according to claim 1, wherein the communicator has a display means for conducting various display operations, step data indicating steps for acquiring the measurement data by the measuring instrument is stored in the predetermined address space of the base station, and the controller controls the communicator to receive the step data stored in the base station and to display the step data on the display means.

7. The measurement data processor according to claim 1, wherein the base station stores step data for controlling the operation of the measuring instrument for acquiring the measurement data in the predetermined address spaces, the measurement data readable by a mobile communications terminal.

8. The measurement data processor according to claim 1, the controller comprising a processor for arithmetically processing the measurement data.

9. A measurement data processor, comprising:

a mobile communications terminal including;

an operation key;

a communicator for transmitting and receiving a signal to/from a base station through a wireless medium; and

a controller for controlling the communicator by operating the operation key to transmit and receive the signal to/from the base station; and

a measurement data reader provided to the mobile communications terminal for reading measurement data acquired by a measuring instrument after converting the measurement data into the same data format as the signal transmitted and received by the communicator,

wherein the controller controls the communicator directing storage of the measurement data from the communicator into a predetermined address space of the base station.

10. The measurement data processor according to claim 9, wherein the measurement data reader is detachably attached to the mobile communications terminal to be connected to the controller.

11. The measurement data processor according to claim 10, wherein the measurement data reader is provided to the measuring instrument for acquiring the measurement data and the controller reads the measurement data acquired by the measuring instrument through the measurement data reader by being connected to the measuring instrument by cable or wireless.

12. The measurement data processor according to claim 9, wherein the mobile communications terminal has a memory for storing the measurement data, and the controller stores the measurement data in the memory.

13. A measurement data processing method for processing measurement data acquired by a measuring instrument, comprising:

providing a mobile communications terminal including;

an operation key, a communicator for transmitting and receiving a signal to/from a base station through a wireless medium; and

a controller for controlling the communicator by operating the operation key for transmitting and receiving the signal to/from a base station;

connecting the mobile communications terminal to the measuring instrument by cable or wireless;

reading the measurement data from the measuring instrument by the controller after converting the measurement data into the same data format as the signal transmitted and received by the communicator, and

transmitting the measurement data to the base station by controlling the communicator to store the measurement data in a predetermined address space in the base station.