Data processing: measuring – calibrating – or testing – Measurement system – Remote supervisory monitoring
Reexamination Certificate
2002-06-28
2004-12-07
Wachsman, Hal (Department: 2857)
Data processing: measuring, calibrating, or testing
Measurement system
Remote supervisory monitoring
C702S127000, C340S539110
Reexamination Certificate
active
06829567
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a measurement data processor for processing measurement data measured by a measuring instrument and measurement data processing method.
2. Description of Related Art
Conventionally, measurement data measured by a measuring instrument is read by a computer system connected to the measuring instrument, where the measurement data is stored in a memory and arithmetically processed to be displayed as a graph. When the measurement data is processed at a place other than measurement site, an arrangement shown in, for instance, Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2001-41827 is used, where the measurement data is transmitted to a computer system located at the place other than the measurement site using a modem or a communications terminal through a phone line or radio transmitter.
However, according to the above conventional arrangement, the measurement data can be processed only by the computer system connected to the measuring instrument or other computer system connected to the computer system through a phone line, so that handlability of the measurement data is restricted.
On the other hand, a cellular phone or a PHS (Personal Handyphone System) or other like device is widely used as a mobile communications terminal for transmitting and receiving a signal via a base station by a predetermined operation on an operation key. Such cellular phone and PHS can transmit and receive signals such as document data, picture data and music data as well as functioning as an ordinary phone.
However, it is required for the mobile communications terminal such as cellular phone and PHS to retain its original telephone call function. Accordingly, the mobile communications terminal can only transmit and receive data with relatively small capacity that is in a standardized format, such as document data, picture data and music data. The measurement data measured by the measuring instrument has a data format inherent to each measuring instrument and currently cannot be transmitted and received as an ordinary signal usable by a mobile phone and PHS.
As described above, the conventional arrangement for transmitting and receiving measurement data is restricted to the computer system connected to the measuring instrument or other computer system connected to the computer system in a manner capable of transmitting and receiving signals, so that handlability of measurement data is difficult to improve.
Further, the mobile communications terminal such as a cellular phone and PHS cannot transmit and receive measurement data having a data format characteristic of each measuring instrument without impairing its original function.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
An object of the present invention is to provide a measurement data processor and processing method for more easily processing the measurement data and improving processing efficiency of the measurement data.
A measurement data processor according to an aspect of the present invention has: an operation key; a communicator for transmitting and receiving a signal to/from a base station through a wireless medium; and a controller for reading measurement data acquired by a measuring instrument by operating the operation key after converting the measurement data into the same data format as the signal transmitted and received by the communicator, the controller directing storage of the measurement data from the communicator in a predetermined address space of the base station.
According to the above aspect of the present invention, the measurement data acquired by the measuring instrument is read by the controller after converting the measurement data into the same data format as the signal transmitted to and received from the base station by the communicator by recognizing the operation of the operation key and the measurement data is transmitted by the communicator to the predetermined address space of the base station to be stored.
Accordingly, since the measurement data is sequentially stored at the base station by connecting the mobile communications terminal to the measuring instrument and operating the operation key, no separate computer system having large capacity storage is necessary and the measurement data is more easily transferred using existing measuring instruments, so that the measurement data is not necessary to be stored in the instrument, the measurement data is easily received and the processing efficiency of the measurement data is improved.
A measurement data processor according to another aspect of the present invention includes: an operation key, a communicator for transmitting and receiving a signal to/from a base station through a wireless medium; and a controller for reading measurement data acquired by a measuring instrument by operating the operation key after converting the measurement data into the same data format as the signal transmitted and received by the communicator, the controller transmitting the measurement data from the communicator to another communications terminal through the base station.
According to the above aspect of the present invention, the measurement data acquired by the measuring instrument is read by the controller after converting the measurement data into the same data format as the signal transmitted to and received from the base station by the communicator by recognizing the operation of the operation key and the measurement data is transmitted by the communicator to another communications terminal having the communicator through the base station. Accordingly, the measurement data is easily processed at the location other than the measurement site, so that the processing efficiency of the measurement data is improved. Further, the measurement data is stored in the communications terminal to which the data is transmitted, so that it is not necessary to store the measurement data otherwise.
A measurement data processor according to still another aspect of the present invention includes: a mobile communications terminal including: an operation key, a communicator for transmitting and receiving a signal to/from a base station through a wireless medium; a controller for controlling the communicator by operating the operation key to transmit and receive the signal to/from the base station; and a measurement data reader provided to the mobile communication terminal for reading a measurement data acquired by a measuring instrument after converting the measurement data into the same data format as the signal transmitted and received by the communicator, where the controller controls the communicator to store the measurement data from the communicator in a predetermined address space of the base station.
According to the above aspect of the present invention, the measurement data acquired by the measuring instrument is read by the measurement data reader provided to the mobile communications terminal after converting the measurement data into the same data format as the signal transmitted and received by the communicator, and the controller stores the measurement data in the predetermined address space of the base station. Accordingly, it is only required to provide the measurement data processor to an existing mobile communications terminal such as a cellular phone and PHS, and no separate computer system having large storage capacity is necessary, so that the measurement data is easily transferred and stored without requiring the system to separately memorize the measurement data, thereby enhancing processing efficiency of the measurement data.
A measurement data processor according to a further aspect of the present invention has a mobile communications terminal including: an operation key, a communicator for transmitting and receiving a signal to/from a base station through wireless a medium; a controller for controlling the communicator by operating the operation key for transmitting and receiving the signal to/from a base station; and a measurement data reader provided to the mobile communication terminal for reading
Matsumiya Sadayuki
Michiwaki Hirokazu
Mitutoyo Corporation
Oliff & Berridg,e PLC
Wachsman Hal
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