Mark extension for analysis of long record length data
First Claim
1. A method of analysis of long record length data acquired by a test and measurement instrument, said long record length data representing an acquired input signal using marks, comprising the steps of:
- generating a mark for a defined interesting event of a number of different interesting events in the long record length data, the mark having a start location, focus and duration with respect to the long record length data;
displaying, on a display screen of said test and measurement instrument, a waveform indicative of a portion of the long record length data in a zoom display together with the mark, the mark having indicia including the duration;
repeating the generating step for each occurrence of the defined interesting event in the long record length data to generate a plurality of marks, each having a starting location, focus and duration with respect to the long record length data; and
,using said marks to gate measurements of said interesting event of said long record length data.
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Abstract
A method of analysis of long record length data using mark duration includes displaying together with a portion of the long record length data each mark that identifies a specified feature of interest together with the mark duration. Associated with the mark may be text identifying the feature of interest, measurement values associated with the duration of the mark, or a combination thereof. Multiple sets of marks may be generated for the long record length data, which sets may be combined to generate new marks with duration. The marks also may be filtered to further refine the marks to be displayed according to user specified criteria. In this way analysis of long record length data representing an acquired signal may be readily automated so a user may move from one interesting event to another without having to pan through the long record length data.
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15 Claims
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1. A method of analysis of long record length data acquired by a test and measurement instrument, said long record length data representing an acquired input signal using marks, comprising the steps of:
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generating a mark for a defined interesting event of a number of different interesting events in the long record length data, the mark having a start location, focus and duration with respect to the long record length data; displaying, on a display screen of said test and measurement instrument, a waveform indicative of a portion of the long record length data in a zoom display together with the mark, the mark having indicia including the duration; repeating the generating step for each occurrence of the defined interesting event in the long record length data to generate a plurality of marks, each having a starting location, focus and duration with respect to the long record length data; and
,using said marks to gate measurements of said interesting event of said long record length data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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