Portable Measurement Device Offloads Signal Processing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Modern measurement application devices are overly complex and costly due to unused digital signal processing components when not in use, increasing production complexity and costs.
Innovation Solution
A portable measurement application device with minimal components to acquire and transmit analog signals, offloading digital signal processing to a separate measurement application server, reducing device complexity and costs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Power
If digital signal processing components are included in the measurement application device, then processing power is improved, but device complexity and production costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the digital signal processing functionality from the portable measurement application device and relocates it to a remote server. The portable device retains only the essential measurement and analog-to-digital conversion capabilities, while the complex processing is performed externally, thereby reducing device complexity and production costs while maintaining processing power through cloud-based resources.
2Power
If digital signal processing components are included in the measurement application device, then processing power is improved, but production costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
By extracting the expensive digital signal processing components from the portable device and implementing them as software or services on a remote server, the patent significantly reduces the bill of materials and production costs for the portable device while maintaining access to sophisticated processing capabilities through the networked server infrastructure.
3Device complexity
If measurement device structure is simplified, then production complexity is reduced, but processing capability may be limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a communication interface and network connection as intermediaries between the simplified portable measurement device and the remote server. This intermediary layer enables the portable device to offload processing tasks to the server, effectively extending its processing capability beyond what the simplified hardware could provide independently, while maintaining the benefits of reduced device complexity.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Simplifies the structure and production of measurement devices by minimizing on-device processing, centralizing complex functionality in a server, thereby reducing costs and complexity while maintaining measurement capabilities.
Implementation Method 1
an analog-to-digital converter for every measurement port, wherein the analog-to-digital converter is configured to convert the analog measurement signal acquired by the respective measurement port into a digital measurement signal
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure provides a portable measurement application device comprising at least one measurement port configured to acquire an analog measurement signal, an analog-to-digital converter for every measurement port, wherein the analog-to-digital converter is configured to convert the analog measurement signal acquired by the respective measurement port into a digital measurement signal, and a portable device communication interface coupled to each analog-to-digital converter, and configured to output the digital measurement signal of each analog-to-digital converter to a measurement application server. The disclosure further provides a measurement application server, a measurement application, a method, and a computer program product.