Portable, self-contained data collection systems and methods
CA 2231663 C · Owner: Watkins, Jeffery P. · Inventors: Schiltz, Richard L.; Bates, Andrew J.; Watkins, Jeffery P.
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A portable self-contained data collection system for measuring and collecting vibration data from machines includes an accelerometer which is coupled to the analog input of a data acquisition card. The data acquisition card samples and digitizes the analog signal to produce a time domain digital signal. The data acquisition card output is coupled to a batterypowered portable computer. The battery-powered portable computer includes a database having machine identifications and associated measurement parameters. The portable computer processes the time domain digital signal according to the measurement parameters associated with a selected machine identification and, produces a frequency …
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- Filed September 11, 1996 and granted March 18, 2003. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 11, 2016.
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