Handheld Devices, Systems, and Methods for Measuring Parameters

• US 20140039838A1
• Filed: 03/14/2013
• Published: 02/06/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fluke Corporation (Fortive Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Fluke Corporation (Fortive Corp.)
• Inventors: Katz, Luis Alberto, Koppelmans, Henricus, Heydron, Paul Herman, Epperson, David Lawrence
• Granted Patent: US 10,095,659 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/188
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 21/00 Measuring or testing not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 1/025 concerning dedicated user interfaces, e.g. GUI, or dedicated keyboards G01R31/31912 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 1/04 Housings; Supporting members; Arrangements of terminals
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 1/06788 Hand-held or hand-manipulated probes, e.g. for oscilloscopes or for portable test instruments end pieces terminating in a probe H01R11/18
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 15/125 for digital multimeters
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/3025 Wireless interface with the DUT
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 17/00 Digital computing or data processing equipment or methods, specially adapted for specific functions information retrieval, database structures or file system structures therefor G06F16/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/565 Conversion or adaptation of application format or content adding application control or application functional data H04L67/561
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/26 Special purpose or proprietary protocols or architectures network applications for proprietary or special purpose networking environments H04L67/12

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure are generally directed to handheld systems, individual components, and methods of using such systems and components for measuring parameters, such as electrical, mechanical, and physical measurement parameters. In one embodiment of the present disclosure, a gateway device for a measurement system generally includes a first communication system for receiving at least one signal containing data according to a first protocol, wherein the at least one signal includes at least one measurement value from at least one handheld measurement device, a signal translator for translating the signal containing the data to another signal containing the data according to a second protocol different from the first protocol, and a data memory system for storing data on the gateway device.

Claims

1. A gateway device for a measurement system, the gateway device comprising:

a first communication system configured to receive at least one signal containing data according to a first protocol, wherein the at least one signal includes at least one measurement value from at least one handheld measurement device;

a data translator configured to translate the signal containing the data to a translated signal containing the data according to a second protocol different from the first protocol; and

a data memory system configured to collect the data.

2. The gateway device of claim 1, wherein the data includes a plurality of measurement values from the at least one handheld measurement device.

3. The gateway device of claim 1, wherein the data includes a plurality of measurement values from a plurality of handheld measurement devices.

4. The gateway device of claim 3, wherein the first communication system receives, from the plurality of handheld measurement devices, a plurality of signals containing data according to the first protocol.

5. The gateway device of claim 4, wherein the plurality of signals are selected from the group consisting of more than two signals, more than seven signals, and more than ten signals.

6. The gateway device of claim 1, further comprising a second communication system configured to communicate the data collected in the data memory device to a separate computing device.

7. The gateway device of claim 1, further comprising a second communication system configured to transmit the translated signal to a separate computing device.

8. The gateway device of claim 1, wherein the second protocol is selected from the group consisting of a near field protocol, an infrared protocol, a BLUETOOTH protocol, an IEEE 802 protocol, and a wired connection protocol.

9. The gateway device of claim 1, further comprising a display for displaying the data collected in the data memory system.

10. The gateway device of claim 1, wherein the gateway device does not include a display.

11. The gateway device of claim 1, further comprising a data manipulation system configured to manipulate the data collected in the data memory system.

12. The gateway device of claim 1, wherein the gateway device is not a measurement device.

13. The gateway device of claim 1, wherein the first communication system is configured to communicate with the at least one handheld measurement device using a single-ended binding procedure, wherein by activating only the gateway device the at least one handheld measurement device is configured to communicate with the gateway device.

14. A method of collecting measurement data from a handheld measurement device, the method comprising:

in a first communication system of a gateway device, receiving at least one signal containing data according to a first protocol, wherein the at least one signal includes at least one measurement value from at least one handheld measurement device;

translating the signal containing the data to a translated signal containing the data according to a second protocol different from the first protocol; and

storing the data in a data memory system on the gateway device.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising transmitting the translated signal to a separate computing device using a second communication system of the gateway device.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising establishing a communication link between the first communication system and the at least one handheld device using a single-ended binding procedure wherein, by activating only the gateway device, the at least one handheld measurement device is configured to communicate with the gateway device.