Global Patent Index - EP 1379844 A1

EP 1379844 A1 20040114 - APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THE ANALYSIS OF SIGNAL FREQUENCIES

Title (en)

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THE ANALYSIS OF SIGNAL FREQUENCIES

Title (de)

VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR ANALYSE VON SIGNALFREQUENZEN

Title (fr)

APPAREIL ET PROCEDE D'ANALYSE DE FREQUENCES DE SIGNAUX

Publication

EP 1379844 A1 20040114 (EN)

Application

EP 02722423 A 20020418

Priority

  • GB 0201708 W 20020418
  • GB 0109518 A 20010418

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO02084234A1] The apparatus is an asynchronous data logger (ADL) comprises a sensor (1) and, in a preferred embodiment, three sampling channels. Each channel comprises an analogue to digital (A/D) converter (3), a sampling clock (4), a memory (5) and a microcontroller (6) that controls sampling, storing and communication of data in the particular channel. The ADL also has a master microcontroller (7) which provides overall control of the ADL and communicates with a data processing means which analyses the data provided by the sampling channels. The sampling channels sample the signal at first, second and third sampling rates, respectively, where the second sampling rate is n-R1 Hz and the third sampling rate is n+R2 Hz, and where R1 and R2 are much less than n and n is the first sampling rate. The data processing means then applies a frequency analysis technique to the sampling data of the channels to derive a resultant frequency of the signal.

IPC 1-7

G01H 1/14; H03H 17/02; G01R 23/16; G01M 7/00; G01N 29/00

IPC 8 full level

G01R 23/16 (2006.01); H03H 17/02 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

G01R 23/16 (2013.01); H03H 17/0291 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 02084234A1

Citation (examination)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 02084234 A1 20021024; EP 1379844 A1 20040114; GB 0109518 D0 20010606

DOCDB simple family (application)

GB 0201708 W 20020418; EP 02722423 A 20020418; GB 0109518 A 20010418