Multi-Domain Marker Correlation Across Time and Frequency Views
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing measurement display systems struggle to effectively manage and correlate display markers across multiple visual representations, such as time-domain and frequency-domain representations, leading to inconsistencies and inefficiencies in data interpretation.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of a marker construct with multiple domain attributes and a marker correlator that synchronizes the display of markers across different visual representations, ensuring that markers placed or moved in one domain automatically update and appear in corresponding locations in other domains based on underlying data overlap, using a marker manager and correlator to manage the display and readout of markers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If separate marker management is used for each visual representation, then implementation is simpler, but marker correlation and synchronization across domains becomes inconsistent and inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges separate marker management systems into a unified marker construct that simultaneously manages markers across multiple visual representations (time-domain, frequency-domain, spectrogram). The marker construct contains domain-agnostic marker data that can be rendered in any supported domain, eliminating inconsistencies between separate management systems while maintaining coordinated updates across all views.
Solution Approach 2:
The marker construct is designed as a universal object that performs multiple functions: it stores marker information in a domain-independent manner, renders markers in different visual representations, handles marker placement and movement, and coordinates updates across domains. This multi-functional design improves reliability without proportionally increasing complexity.
2Productivity
If markers are independently managed in each domain, then domain-specific optimization is possible, but synchronization and correlation across domains becomes inefficient and error-prone
Solution Approach 1:
The marker construct pre-establishes the correlation framework between domains before markers are placed or moved. By defining the relationships between time-domain, frequency-domain, and spectrogram views in advance, the system eliminates the need for time-consuming synchronization calculations when markers are updated, improving data analysis efficiency while minimizing synchronization delays.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a unified marker construct is used across multiple domains, then marker correlation and synchronization is improved, but the complexity of managing multi-domain attributes increases
Solution Approach 1:
The marker construct is segmented into distinct components: domain-agnostic marker data (position, type, attributes), domain-specific rendering logic, and correlation rules. This segmentation allows the core marker functionality to remain simple while adding multi-domain support through modular extensions, reducing the perceived complexity despite increased adaptability.
4Ease of operation
If markers are placed manually in each visual representation, then placement precision can be optimized per domain, but user interaction becomes cumbersome and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The marker construct enables copying of marker information across domains automatically. When a user places a marker in one visual representation, the marker data is copied and adapted to corresponding positions in other domains through the correlation rules, eliminating the need for manual placement in each domain while maintaining placement precision through domain-specific rendering.
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AI summary
Embodiments of the present invention comprise methods, systems, and apparatus for multi-domain markers.