Wireless metrology communication
First Claim
1. A method of communicating a gauge measurement comprising:
- receiving from a gauge a measurement signal representative of a measurement output by the gauge by a wireless metrology assembly when the wireless metrology assembly is operatively coupled to the gauge;
producing from the received measurement signal, by the wireless metrology assembly, a communication signal representative of the measurement; and
wirelessly transmitting, by the wireless metrology assembly, the communication signal according to a wireless network protocol.
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Abstract
A method of communicating a gauge measurement may include receiving from a gauge a measurement signal representative of a measurement output by the gauge. The method may further include producing a communication signal including the received measurement. The method may further include wirelessly transmitting the communication signal according to a wireless network protocol. In some examples, a wireless metrology assembly may comprise an input/output controller operatively coupled to a first wireless network controller. The input/output controller may be configured to receive from a gauge a measurement signal representative of a measurement output by the gauge. The input/output controller may be configured to receive the measurement signal from the gauge when the wireless metrology assembly is operatively coupled to the gauge, and to produce a communication signal including the received measurement. The first wireless network controller may be configured to wirelessly transmit the communication signal according to a wireless network protocol.
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21 Claims
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1. A method of communicating a gauge measurement comprising:
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receiving from a gauge a measurement signal representative of a measurement output by the gauge by a wireless metrology assembly when the wireless metrology assembly is operatively coupled to the gauge; producing from the received measurement signal, by the wireless metrology assembly, a communication signal representative of the measurement; and wirelessly transmitting, by the wireless metrology assembly, the communication signal according to a wireless network protocol. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10)
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9. A method of communicating a gauge measurement comprising:
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receiving from a gauge a measurement signal representative of a measurement output by the gauge; producing a communication signal representative of the measurement; wirelessly transmitting the communication signal according to a wireless network protocol; wirelessly receiving the transmitted communication signal; determining the measurement from the received communication signal; storing the determined measurement on a first storage device; outputting by a computer to a display device a display signal representative of the measurement output by the gauge; receiving, on a wireless feedback device physically and operatively separate from and independently movable relative to the gauge and relative to the computer, a user input corresponding to one of a plurality of inputs selectable by the user that relate to the measurement displayed on the display device; wirelessly transmitting by the wireless feedback device a feedback signal representative of the user input; receiving the transmitted feedback signal; and processing the determined measurement based at least in part on the received feedback signal.
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- 11. A wireless metrology assembly comprising an input/output controller and a first wireless network controller operatively coupled to the input/output controller, the input/output controller configured to receive from a gauge when the wireless metrology assembly is operatively coupled to the gauge, a measurement signal representative of a measurement output by the gauge, and to produce a communication signal representative of the measurement, and the first wireless network controller being configured to wirelessly transmit the communication signal according to a wireless network protocol.
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20. A wireless metrology system comprising:
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a wireless metrology assembly having at least one input device configured to receive an indication relating to a measurement, the indication being manually entered on the at least one input device and corresponding to at least one of a plurality of inputs selectable by a user, the wireless metrology assembly being configured to receive from a gauge when the wireless metrology assembly is operatively coupled to the gauge a measurement signal representative of a measurement output by the gauge, to wirelessly transmit a communication signal representative of the measurement signal, and to wirelessly transmit a feedback signal representative of the entered indication; a display device configured to display a display signal; and a base assembly configured to wirelessly receive the transmitted communication signal, to communicate to the display device the display signal including an indication of the measurement output by the gauge, and to wirelessly receive the feedback signal. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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