Systems and methods for filtering signals corresponding to sensed parameters
First Claim
1. A method for filtering a signal corresponding to a sensed parameter comprising:
- a controller determining a first cumulative change in value of the parameter with respect to consecutively sensed pairs of samples of the parameter, a first of the pairs of the samples comprising, in time-sampled order, a first previous value and a second, previous value, a second of the pairs of the samples comprising the first previous value and a current value;
said controller determining a second cumulative change in value of the parameter with respect to the first of the pairs of the samples and a third of the pairs of the samples, the third of the pairs of samples comprising the second previous value and the current value;
said controller outputting a filtered signal, the filtered signal containing information corresponding to the second previous value if the first cumulative change and the second cumulative change are within respective predetermined out-of-bounds limits;
said controller maintaining output of the filtered signal with the information corresponding to the second previous value if at least one of the first cumulative change and the second cumulative change is not within the respective predetermined out-of-bounds limits; and
said controller modifying the output of the filtered signal such that the filtered signal contains information corresponding to a subsequent second previous value if a corresponding subsequent first cumulative change and a corresponding subsequent second cumulative change are within respective predetermined in-bounds limits, the in-bounds limits being more restrictive than the out-of-bounds limits.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for filtering analog signals corresponding to sensed parameters are provided. In this regard, a representative method includes: sampling the analog signal to acquire a sequential series of data points; determining a first cumulative change in value with respect to a first of the data points relative to at least two subsequent data points in the series, the subsequent data points including a second of the data points; determining a second cumulative change in value with respect to the second of the data points relative to at least two data points adjacent to the second of the data points in the series, the at least two adjacent data points including an immediately preceding and an immediately succeeding one of the data points relative to the second of the data points; comparing the first cumulative change and the second cumulative change to respective data thresholds; and outputting a filtered analog signal based, at least in part, on results of the comparing.
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1. A method for filtering a signal corresponding to a sensed parameter comprising:
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a controller determining a first cumulative change in value of the parameter with respect to consecutively sensed pairs of samples of the parameter, a first of the pairs of the samples comprising, in time-sampled order, a first previous value and a second, previous value, a second of the pairs of the samples comprising the first previous value and a current value; said controller determining a second cumulative change in value of the parameter with respect to the first of the pairs of the samples and a third of the pairs of the samples, the third of the pairs of samples comprising the second previous value and the current value; said controller outputting a filtered signal, the filtered signal containing information corresponding to the second previous value if the first cumulative change and the second cumulative change are within respective predetermined out-of-bounds limits; said controller maintaining output of the filtered signal with the information corresponding to the second previous value if at least one of the first cumulative change and the second cumulative change is not within the respective predetermined out-of-bounds limits; and said controller modifying the output of the filtered signal such that the filtered signal contains information corresponding to a subsequent second previous value if a corresponding subsequent first cumulative change and a corresponding subsequent second cumulative change are within respective predetermined in-bounds limits, the in-bounds limits being more restrictive than the out-of-bounds limits. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for filtering an analog signal corresponding to a sensed parameter comprising:
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a controller sampling the analog signal to acquire a sequential series of data points; said controller determining a first cumulative change in value with respect to a first of the data points relative to at least two subsequent data points in the series, the subsequent data points including a second of the data points; said controller determining a second cumulative change in value with respect to the second of the data points relative to at least two data points adjacent to the second of the data points in the series, the at least two adjacent data points including an immediately preceding and an immediately succeeding one of the data points relative to the second of the data points; said controller comparing the first cumulative change and the second cumulative change to respective data thresholds; and said controller outputting a filtered analog signal based, at least in part, on results of the comparing. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A system for filtering an analog signal corresponding to a parameter comprising:
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a signal processor operative to; receive information corresponding to samples of the analog signal; determine a first cumulative change in value of the parameter with respect to consecutive pairs of the samples of the parameter, a first of the pairs of the samples comprising, in time-sampled order, a first previous value and a second previous value, a second of the pairs of the samples comprising the first previous value and a current value; determine a second cumulative change in value of the parameter with respect to the first of the pairs of the samples and a third of the pairs of the samples, the third of the pairs of samples comprising the second previous value and the current value; and control output of a filtered analog signal corresponding to the parameter, an analog value being carried by the filtered analog signal being selected based, at least in part, on comparison of the first cumulative change and the second cumulative change to respective predetermined out-of-bound limits such that, responsive to at least one of the first cumulative change and the second cumulative change being outside the respective predetermined out-of-bounds limits, the information being carried by the filtered analog signal is maintained at a previous analog value. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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