High-speed converter, measurement system, and computer-readable medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10178450-B2
Application number	US-201715687817-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 28, 2017
Priority date	Aug 31, 2016
Publication date	Jan 8, 2019
Grant date	Jan 8, 2019

Abstract

A high-speed converter includes at least one converter among a first converter for converting an analog signal into a digital value; a second converter for converting a digital value into an analog signal; a third converter for converting an electrical signal into a digital signal; and a fourth converter for converting a digital signal into an electrical signal, and causes the at least one converter to operate by a method based on information acquired via a network.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A high-speed converter comprising:
at least one converter from among: an analog to digital converter for converting an analog signal into a digital value; a digital to analog converter for converting a digital value into an analog signal; an electrical to digital converter for converting an electrical signal into a digital signal; and a digital to electrical converter for converting a digital signal into an electrical signal,
wherein the at least one converter is operated by a method based on information acquired via a network;
wherein the information acquired via the network comprises data for measuring a measurement object, and
wherein the at least one converter converts and outputs the data for measuring, while a converter other than said at least one converter converts data inputted from a measurement instrument that is measuring the measurement object.

2. The high-speed converter according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a plurality of converters from among the analog to digital converter, the digital to analog converter, the electrical to digital converter, and the digital to electrical converter; and
a clock generation circuit for generating a clock,
wherein the plurality of converters are operated synchronously based on the clock outputted from the clock generation circuit.

3. The high-speed converter according to claim 1 , wherein the information acquired via the network further includes a condition for starting measurement on the measurement object and a condition for ending measurement on the measurement object, and
wherein measurement on the measurement object is started based on the condition for starting being satisfied, and subsequently the measurement on the measurement object is ended based on the condition for ending being satisfied.

4. The high-speed converter according to claim 1 , wherein the data for measuring the measurement object is data for inducing a predetermined phenomenon in the measurement object.

5. The high-speed converter according to claim 1 , wherein the high-speed converter is capable of connecting and disconnecting the measurement instrument and switching to another measuring instrument.

6. A measurement system comprising:
the high-speed converter according to claim 1 , and
an analysis server that is connected to the high-speed converter via the network,
wherein the analysis server transmits at least the data for measuring the measurement object to the high-speed converter as the information acquired via the network,
wherein the high-speed converter measures the measurement object by causing conversion to be performed in the at least one converter based on the data for measuring the measurement object, and transmits data acquired from the measurement to the analysis server, and
wherein the analysis server performs analysis on the measurement object based on the data inputted from the measurement instrument that is measuring the measurement object.

7. The measurement system according to claim 6 , wherein the analysis server outputs guidance information corresponding to a type of the measurement object, the guidance information being referenced by a user in order to perform measurement.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with a high-speed conversion program for enabling a computer to function as a high-speed converter,
wherein the computer comprises at one converter from among: an analog to digital converter for converting an analog signal into a digital value; a digital to analog converter for converting a digital value into an analog signal; an electrical to digital converter for converting an electrical signal into a digital signal; and a digital to electrical converter for converting a digital signal into an electrical signal,
wherein the high-speed conversion program operates the at least one converter by a method based on information acquired via a network;
wherein the information acquired via the network comprises data for measuring a measurement object, and
wherein the high-speed conversion program causes the at least one converter to convert and output the data for measuring, while a converter other than said at least one converter converts data inputted from a measurement instrument that is measuring the measurement object.

Assignees

• Fanuc Corp

Inventors

• Hada Kouji
• Miyazaki Yoshito
• Otsuki Hideki
• Kamiguchi Masao
• Itou Susumu
• Hirota Hitoshi

Classifications

• G05B2219/2656

  Instrumentation · CPC title

• H04Q2209/80

  Arrangements in the sub-station, i.e. sensing device · CPC title

• H03M1/12

  Analogue/digital converters ({H03M1/001 – } H03M1/10 take precedence) · CPC title

• H04Q2209/86

  Performing a diagnostic of the sensing device · CPC title

• H04Q9/02

  Automatically-operated arrangements · CPC title