Coded data generation or conversion – Digital code to digital code converters – Data rate conversion
Reexamination Certificate
2006-03-20
2010-11-16
Young, Brian (Department: 2819)
Coded data generation or conversion
Digital code to digital code converters
Data rate conversion
Reexamination Certificate
active
07834780
ABSTRACT:
A waveform compression and display technique saves both a peak detected version (background version) and a decimated/lowpass filtered version (foreground version) of a sampled electrical signal. The two versions are displayed simultaneously overlaid together in a contrasting manner so as not to obscure information contained in either of them. The lowpass filtered version uses a series of simple lowpass filters with decimation to produce a single data stream from a plurality of data streams derived from the sampled electrical signal. The single data stream may then be subjected to additional filtering, such as a cascaded integrator-comb filter, to obtain a desired frequency bandwidth. When displayed, the peak detect pixels adjacent the decimated/lowpass filtered pixels may be adjusted in intensity so that the low frequency information of the lowpass filtered waveform is not lost, while the peak detect pixels further from the lowpass filtered pixels are intensified to highlight the high frequency information. Alternatively the background version intensity may be controlled by a user control over a first range from zero to a predetermined maximum, and the foreground version may be controlled over a second range from a default intensity to a maximum, saturated intensity.
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Dobyns Kenneth P.
Gerlach Paul M.
Sullivan Steven K.
Veith Kristie
Gray Francis I.
Lenihan Thomas F.
Tektronix Inc.
Young Brian
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