Signal Observation Windows for Accurate Multi-Channel Tracking
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Solution Overview
Problem
In signal tracking and observation systems, users face confusion and inefficiency when selecting signals with the same name from different channels, networks, or packets, leading to incorrect signal selection and reduced tracking efficiency.
Innovation Solution
The system employs multiple signal observation windows with independent presentation attributes, allowing users to select and display signals independently across windows, using a signal database and drag-and-drop functionality to streamline signal tracking and observation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If users filter signals by name in a database to select signals for observation, then the signal selection process becomes more efficient, but users may incorrectly select signals with the same name from different channels, networks, or packets
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the signal selection process by introducing multiple signal observation windows, where each window independently displays and manages signals with the same name from different sources (channels, networks, packets). This segmentation allows users to distinguish between homonymous signals by their source context, preventing incorrect selections while maintaining efficient filtering capabilities.
2Adaptability or versatility
If users manually select confounding signals with the same name multiple times from the database for different observation windows, then each signal can be tracked independently, but the operation time and complexity increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a copying mechanism where signals selected in one observation window can be automatically copied to other observation windows. This allows users to track the same signal across multiple windows without manually selecting it repeatedly from the database, significantly reducing operation time while maintaining independent observation capabilities in each window.
Solution Approach 2:
The signal observation window is designed with multi-functionality, serving both as a display area for signal data and as a selection source for other windows. This universal design enables the window to function as both a destination for signal tracking and a source for signal copying, streamlining the overall signal management process.
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AI summary
A signal tracking and observation system includes: at least one bus adapter, configured to obtain signal data from a debugging device; at least one computer device, including a processor, a display communicating with the processor to present a graphic interface, a readable storage medium, a communication bus, and a communication interface; wherein the processor, the readable storage medium, and the communication interface communicate with the bus adapter via the communication bus; the readable storage medium is configured to store an instruction program; the processor is configured to, after the signal data is obtained, execute the instruction program; the display is configured to display at least one signal observation window by the graphic interface.