Data processing: measuring – calibrating – or testing – Measurement system in a specific environment – Electrical signal parameter measurement system
Reexamination Certificate
2008-06-03
2008-06-03
Barlow, John (Department: 2863)
Data processing: measuring, calibrating, or testing
Measurement system in a specific environment
Electrical signal parameter measurement system
C702S040000, C702S085000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07383142
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for resolving individual signals in detector output data, the method comprising determining a signal form of signals present in the data, making parameter estimates of one or more parameters of the signals, wherein the one or more parameters comprise at least signal temporal position, and determining the energy of the signals from at least the form and the parameter estimates.
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Evans Robin John
Scoullar Paul Andrew Basil
Barlow John
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
Moffat Jonathan
Southern Innovation International Pty Ltd.
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