Automatic capture and storage of measurements in digital multimeter
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1. A digital multimeter, comprising:
- a measurement component for receiving measurement data corresponding to one or more physical or electrical parameters;
a user interface for receiving user input to place the digital multimeter in an auto-save mode;
a memory component for storing data captured by the digital multimeter;
an auto-save component for automatically capturing and storing data when the digital multimeter is in auto-save mode by;
(a) detecting when the digital multimeter receives stable measurement data of one or more physical or electrical parameters, and (b) automatically saving stable measurement data to the memory component upon making the detection; and
a graphical display allowing a user to assign a name to each measurement within a sequence of measurements, wherein the name of each measurement within the sequence of measurements includes an indication of the order of the corresponding measurement within the sequence and a text string provided by a user.
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Abstract
A digital multimeter includes an auto-save component configured to automatically capture and save a sequence of measurements. The auto-save component detects when a measurement becomes stable and upon determining that the measurement has become stable, captures and saves the measurement in a memory of the digital multimeter. The multimeter may additionally include an auto-naming component for automatically assigning a name to each measurement in the sequence, and an auto-hold component for temporarily freezing the display of the stable measurements in the multimeter.
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24 Claims
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1. A digital multimeter, comprising:
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a measurement component for receiving measurement data corresponding to one or more physical or electrical parameters; a user interface for receiving user input to place the digital multimeter in an auto-save mode; a memory component for storing data captured by the digital multimeter; an auto-save component for automatically capturing and storing data when the digital multimeter is in auto-save mode by;
(a) detecting when the digital multimeter receives stable measurement data of one or more physical or electrical parameters, and (b) automatically saving stable measurement data to the memory component upon making the detection; anda graphical display allowing a user to assign a name to each measurement within a sequence of measurements, wherein the name of each measurement within the sequence of measurements includes an indication of the order of the corresponding measurement within the sequence and a text string provided by a user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A digital multimeter, comprising:
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a measurement component for receiving measurement data corresponding to one or more physical or electrical parameters; a user interface for receiving user input to place the digital multimeter in an auto-save mode; a memory component for storing data captured by the digital multimeter; an auto-save component for automatically capturing and storing data when the digital multimeter is in auto-save mode by;
(a) detecting when the digital multimeter receives stable measurement data of one or more physical or electrical parameters, and (b) automatically saving stable measurement data to the memory component upon making the detection; anda redo component for receiving a redo-input while the digital multimeter is in the auto-save mode and replacing a most-recently saved measurement among a sequence of measurements in response to the redo-input. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A digital multimeter, comprising:
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a measurement component for receiving measurement data corresponding to one or more physical or electrical parameters; a user interface for receiving user input to place the digital multimeter in an auto-save mode; a memory component for storing data captured by the digital multimeter; an auto-save component for automatically capturing and storing data when the digital multimeter is in auto-save mode by;
(a) detecting when the digital multimeter receives stable measurement data of one or more physical or electrical parameters, and (b) automatically saving stable measurement data to the memory component upon making the detection; anda replace component for receiving a replace-input while the digital multimeter is in the auto-save mode and replacing one or more saved measurements within the sequence of measurements in response to the replace-component. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of operating a digital multimeter comprising a measurement component, a user-interface component, a memory component, an auto-save component, and a display, the method comprising:
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receiving, via the measurement component, measurement data corresponding to one or more physical or electrical parameters, wherein receiving the measurement data is in response to a user moving the measurement component between first and second measurement points for detecting the physical or electrical parameters; and receiving, via the user-interface component, a user-input for placing the digital multimeter in an auto-save mode; wherein, once the digital multimeter is in auto-save mode, the auto-save component automatically captures and stores in the memory component a sequence of measurements by repeatedly performing the following steps as the multimeter is placed in communication with different physical or electrical conditions at the first and second measurement points;
(a) detecting when the digital multimeter receives a stable measurement, and (b) automatically saving the stable measurement in the memory component upon making the detection, and;allowing a user to assign a name to each measurement within a sequence of measurements through the display, wherein the name of each measurement within the sequence of measurements includes an indication of the order of the corresponding measurement within the sequence and a text string provided by the user. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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