Measurement System Data Consolidation and Virtual Assembly

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional measurement and testing systems face challenges in organizing and analyzing data over time, accommodating different measurement assemblies, and ensuring portability while maintaining a large measurement surface area, leading to difficulties in data analysis and test execution.

Innovation Solution

A measurement and testing system that includes a data acquisition and processing device capable of filtering data to create a single, understandable report, automatically regulating test availability based on the measurement assembly, and generating virtual measurement assemblies to provide a large measurement surface area while ensuring portability.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If data from multiple dates and sessions are stored individually, then data organization becomes complex and hard to access, but consolidating all data into a single report loses temporal and contextual information

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedata accessibilityVSAvoidtemporal data context

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges data from multiple sessions and dates into a single consolidated global report while preserving temporal context through chronological organization. The system combines individual session data into comprehensive reports that maintain the sequence and timing information of measurements, allowing users to access all data in one place without losing temporal relationships.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent segments data into hierarchical levels: individual measurement records, session-level organization, and global report aggregation. This segmentation allows data to be accessed at different levels of detail - users can view individual records when needed while also accessing consolidated global reports for overall analysis, resolving the contradiction between detailed organization and consolidated accessibility.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

2Ease of operation

If the measurement assembly is made portable for easy transport, then the measurement surface area must be reduced, but a smaller surface area limits the types of tests that can be performed

Engineering Contradiction:

ImproveportabilityVSAvoidmeasurement surface area

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSArea of moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a dynamic measurement assembly where the measurement surface can be expanded or contracted based on testing requirements. The assembly includes movable components that allow the surface area to be adjusted - compact for portability and expanded for comprehensive testing - enabling the system to adapt between transport mode and measurement mode.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The measurement assembly employs a nested structure where smaller measurement components are housed within a compact configuration for portability. When deployment is required, these nested components can be extended or unfolded to provide a larger measurement surface area, effectively packing a large measurement capability into a small transportable form factor.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

3Adaptability or versatility

If all tests are made available in the system, then users can perform any test type, but incompatible tests cause errors when using specific measurement assemblies

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetest availabilityVSAvoiddata accuracy

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the system automatically detects which measurement assembly is connected and responds by enabling only the compatible tests for that specific assembly. The system provides real-time feedback to the user about test availability based on the detected hardware, preventing attempts to run incompatible tests that would produce erroneous data.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The patent creates a universal test management system that adapts its functionality based on the connected measurement assembly. Rather than having fixed test availability, the system universally supports multiple test types but dynamically activates only those compatible with the current hardware, allowing one system to serve multiple functions while maintaining data integrity for each specific configuration.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS8902249B1Measurement and testing system

Publication Date: 2014.12.02 BERTEC CORP

AI summary

A measurement and testing system includes a measurement assembly having at least one measurement device, at least one visual display device, and a data acquisition and processing device operatively coupled to the at least one measurement device of the measurement assembly and the visual display device. In one embodiment, the data acquisition and processing device is configured to generate one or more global reports utilizing the output of the measurement assembly, generate an information icon on the output screen of the visual display device, and assign the one or more global reports to the information icon. In other embodiments, the data acquisition and processing device is configured to automatically regulate the availability of tests based upon a requisite measurement assembly or a predetermined condition, and/or determine whether the output data from a plurality of measurement assemblies is to be combined so as to create a single virtual measurement assembly.