System and method of measurement and processing of electrical variables
First Claim
1. A method of measuring, processing, and analyzing electrical variables to solve an operational or production problem, wherein said method comprises the steps of:
- selecting an electrical variable to measure with a multimeter;
connecting the multimeter to a computer using a communication port available in the computer, through a communication cable;
selecting a measurement functionality from a storage media of the computer or an Internet site storing a plurality of measurement functionalities;
loading the selected measurement functionality from the computer into the multimeter;
configuring specific parameters of the selected measurement functionality using the computer;
disconnecting the multimeter from the computer;
measuring electrical variable data using the multimeter loaded with the selected measurement functionality;
connecting the multimeter to the computer;
transferring the measured electrical variable data from the multimeter to the computer;
transferring the measured electrical variable data from the computer to a server accessible via the Internet;
storing the measured electrical variable data on the server, wherein the stored electrical variable data is made publicly available via the Internet; and
executing application software in the server to process the stored data and to generate a first report including a statistical analysis of the stored data, the first report identifying an operational or production problem based on the statistical analysis and identifying a potential solution to the problem.
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Abstract
A system and method of measurement and processing of physical variables, and in particular electrical variables, comprising: a multimeter to measure multiple electrical variables, similar to any conventional multimeter; a microcomputer capable of the numerical processing of variables, storage and communication; a conventional computer that can read magnetic or optical storage media, or alternately, be connected to the Internet; an Internet website of public access to users of said multimeter; an Internet server which runs mathematical processing software to carry out graphical and numerical analysis.
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1. A method of measuring, processing, and analyzing electrical variables to solve an operational or production problem, wherein said method comprises the steps of:
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selecting an electrical variable to measure with a multimeter; connecting the multimeter to a computer using a communication port available in the computer, through a communication cable; selecting a measurement functionality from a storage media of the computer or an Internet site storing a plurality of measurement functionalities; loading the selected measurement functionality from the computer into the multimeter; configuring specific parameters of the selected measurement functionality using the computer; disconnecting the multimeter from the computer; measuring electrical variable data using the multimeter loaded with the selected measurement functionality; connecting the multimeter to the computer; transferring the measured electrical variable data from the multimeter to the computer; transferring the measured electrical variable data from the computer to a server accessible via the Internet; storing the measured electrical variable data on the server, wherein the stored electrical variable data is made publicly available via the Internet; and executing application software in the server to process the stored data and to generate a first report including a statistical analysis of the stored data, the first report identifying an operational or production problem based on the statistical analysis and identifying a potential solution to the problem. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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