| US 7,469,286 B2 | ||
| Data-transparent measurement management system | ||
| Sabine Funke-Schaeff, Aidlingen (Germany); and Albrecht Schroth, Herrenberg (Germany) | ||
| Assigned to Agilent Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 08, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/409,418. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 02020359 (EP), filed on Sep. 12, 2002. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0054773 A1, Mar. 18, 2004 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 15/173 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 709—224 [700/286] | 12 Claims |
| 1. A measurement system comprising:
a measurement instrument adapted for measuring a physical parameter, and
a measurement management system adapted to communicate between a user interface and the measurement instrument, wherein the
user interface provides a user access to the measurement management system, the measurement management system comprising:
a driver adapted for communicating with the measurement instrument,
a database adapted for storing information resulting from the communicating with the measurement instrument, and
a processing unit adapted for processing the information,
wherein a data communication within the measurement management system as well as between the measurement management system
and the measurement instrument is provided without data format conversion because the information is expressed in a data format
directly at the point of measurement, wherein in the data format, data content is separated from information about presentation
or representation of the data content.
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