Report generating method and apparatus
First Claim
1. A method for storing information in an oscilloscope, comprising the steps of:
- storing a screen display in a predetermined format, the screen display comprising image data and at least one of an annotated image and a notation to a waveform image displayed on a display;
storing one or more oscilloscope configuration settings associated with the screen display; and
storing data acquired by the oscilloscope via one or more input channels to one or more channel acquisition input buffers associated with the stored screen display; and
loading the stored screen display, the one or more associated configuration settings into the oscilloscope, and the stored data acquired by the oscilloscope into the one or more channel acquisition input buffers, thereby placing the oscilloscope in the state it was in when stored data was originally generated.
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Abstract
A method, apparatus and computer program having instructions for storing information in an oscilloscope is provided. The method comprises the steps of storing a screen display in a predetermined format, storing one or more configuration settings associated with the screen display, and storing in memory channel acquisition data associated with the stored screen display. The screen display may also be annotated, the annotation information being stored as well. The stored screen display, one or more associated configuration settings, and stored channel acquisition data, and annotation data, if applicable, may be loaded into the oscilloscope, thereby placing the oscilloscope in the state it was in when the stored data was originally generated.
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29 Claims
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1. A method for storing information in an oscilloscope, comprising the steps of:
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storing a screen display in a predetermined format, the screen display comprising image data and at least one of an annotated image and a notation to a waveform image displayed on a display; storing one or more oscilloscope configuration settings associated with the screen display; and storing data acquired by the oscilloscope via one or more input channels to one or more channel acquisition input buffers associated with the stored screen display; and loading the stored screen display, the one or more associated configuration settings into the oscilloscope, and the stored data acquired by the oscilloscope into the one or more channel acquisition input buffers, thereby placing the oscilloscope in the state it was in when stored data was originally generated. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for storing information in an oscilloscope, comprising the steps of:
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storing a screen display in a predetermined format, the screen display comprising image data and at least one of an annotated image and a notation to a waveform image displayed on a display; storing one or more oscilloscope configuration settings associated with the screen display; storing data acquired by the oscilloscope via one or more input channels to one or more channel acquisition input buffers used to generate the screen display; loading the stored screen display, the one or more associated configuration settings into the oscilloscope, and the stored data acquired by the oscilloscope via one or more input channels into the the one or more channel acquisition input buffers, thereby placing the oscilloscope in the state it was in when stored data was originally generated; and annotating the restored data. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. An oscilloscope for acquiring and storing information, comprising:
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an acquisition system for acquiring input data via one or more input channels; and a memory for storing a screen display in a predetermined format, the screen display comprising image data and one of an annotated image and a notation to a waveform image displayed on a display, for storing one or more oscilloscope configuration settings associated with the screen display, and for storing data acquired by the oscilloscope via the one or more input channels to one or more channel acquisition buffers associated with the stored screen display; and a controller for loading the stored screen display into an oscilloscope display, the one or more associated configuration settings into the oscilloscope, and the stored data acquired by the oscilloscope into the one or more channel acquisition input buffers, thereby placing the oscilloscope in the state it was in when stored data was originally generated as if the oscilloscope had been retained in a state when it acquired such data. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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27. An oscilloscope for acquiring and storing information, comprising:
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an acquisition system for acquiring input data via one or more acquisition channels; a memory for storing a screen display in a predetermined format, the screen display comprising image data and at least one of an annotated image and a notation to a waveform image displayed on a display, for storing one or more oscilloscope configuration settings associated with the screen display, and for storing data acquired by the oscilloscope via the one or more input channels to one or more channel acquisition buffers used to generate the screen display; and a controller for loading the stored screen display into an oscilloscope display, the one or more associated configuration settings into the oscilloscope, and the stored data acquired by the oscilloscope into the one or more channel acquisition input buffers, thereby placing the oscilloscope in the state it was in when stored data was originally generated as if the oscilloscope had been retained in a state when it acquired such data, and for annotating the restored data. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29)
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