Measuring apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10928428-B2
Application number	US-201916245398-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 11, 2019
Priority date	Jul 12, 2016
Publication date	Feb 23, 2021
Grant date	Feb 23, 2021

Abstract

The present invention aims to reduce the leakage current that flows when measuring a high voltage and includes: a voltage detector that detects a voltage and outputs a detection voltage; a current supplier that supplies a measurement current across a pair of input terminals via a protective resistor; and a processor that executes a voltage measurement process, which measures the voltage based on data indicating the detection voltage, and a resistance measurement process, which measures a resistance connected between the input terminals based on the voltage and the current. A first switch is connected in parallel to the protective resistor and the processor executes the voltage measurement process in a state where the first switch has been set open to measure the terminal voltage, and executes the resistance measurement process by setting the first switch shorted when the voltage is equal to or below the reference voltage value.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A measuring apparatus comprising:
a pair of input terminals;
a voltage detector that detects a terminal voltage across the pair of input terminals and outputs a detection voltage in keeping with a voltage value of the terminal voltage;
a current supplier capable of supplying a measurement current across the pair of input terminals; and
a processor that executes a voltage measurement process, which measures the voltage value based on the detection voltage, and a resistance measurement process, which measures a resistance value that is a measurement target connected between the pair of input terminals based on the voltage value measured by the voltage measurement process when the measurement current is supplied and a current value of the measurement current,
wherein a protective resistor is disposed between one input terminal out of the pair of input terminals and the current supplier and a first switch, which is capable of switching to an arbitrary state out of a shorted state and an open state, is connected in parallel to the protective resistor, and
the processor executes the voltage measurement process in a state where the first switch has been switched to the open state to measure the voltage value, compares the measured voltage value with a reference voltage value set in advance, and executes the resistance measurement process by setting the first switch in the shorted state when the measured voltage value is equal to or below the reference voltage value.

2. The measuring apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the current supplier is configured to be capable of supplying the measurement current with a current value corresponding to one out of a plurality of resistance measurement ranges, and
in the resistance measurement process, the processor is operable, when a resistance value measured in a present resistance measurement range is equal to or above a lower limit threshold of the resistance measurement range and equal to or below a first upper limit threshold of the resistance measurement range, to acquire the measured resistance value as the resistance value of the measurement target, operable when the measured resistance value exceeds the first upper limit threshold of the present resistance measurement range and is equal to or below a second upper limit threshold, which is larger than the first upper limit threshold, to switch to a next higher resistance measurement range, and operable when the measured resistance value exceeds the second upper limit threshold of the present resistance measurement range to set the first switch in the open state and end the resistance measurement process.

3. The measuring apparatus according to claim 2 ,
further comprising a display,
wherein in the resistance measurement process, the processor is operable, when the measured resistance value exceeds the second upper limit threshold of the present resistance measurement range, to display an indication of out of input range for a highest measurement range out of the plurality of resistance measurement ranges on the display and end the resistance measurement process.

Assignees

• Hioki Electric Works

Inventors

• Nakamura Tetsuya
• Hirao Takashi
• Akamatsu Yuta
• Suzuki Yuta

Classifications

• G01R15/09 Primary

  Autoranging circuits · CPC title

• G01R15/125

  for digital multimeters · CPC title

• G01R27/02

  Measuring real or complex resistance, reactance, impedance, or other two-pole characteristics derived therefrom, e.g. time constant (by measuring phase angle only G01R25/00) · CPC title

• G01R27/14 Primary

  Measuring resistance by measuring current or voltage obtained from a reference source (G01R27/16, G01R27/20, G01R27/22 take precedence) · CPC title

• G01R19/16523

  using diodes, e.g. Zener diodes · CPC title