Method for controlling functions of a measurement apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10976445-B2
Application number	US-201816138760-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 21, 2018
Priority date	Oct 12, 2017
Publication date	Apr 13, 2021
Grant date	Apr 13, 2021

Abstract

A measurement apparatus comprising a controller configured to control functions of said measurement apparatus in response to retrieved user motion data (UMD) of at least one associated user of said measurement apparatus.

First claim

What I claim is:

1. A measurement apparatus configured to perform test functions for testing devices under test, the measurement apparatus comprising:
a wired or wireless interface to receive retrieved user motion data of at least one associated user of said measurement apparatus, wherein the retrieved user motion data includes at least one of:
a moving direction of the user,
a moving velocity of the user, and
an acceleration of the user, and

a controller configured to control functions of said measurement apparatus in response to said retrieved user motion data;
wherein the measurement apparatus is adapted to notify the at least one associated user carrying a mobile device about a failure of a function of the measurement apparatus via a communication network;
wherein the measurement apparatus is configured to trigger a request to retrieve the user motion data of the at least one associated user in response to the failure of a function of the measurement apparatus; and
wherein the measurement apparatus is configured to turn to a lower power supply mode if the controller determines that the associated user of the measurement apparatus is walking towards the measurement apparatus at a moving velocity that is lower as compared to a threshold.

2. The measurement apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the retrieved user motion data further includes a relative position of the user with respect to the measurement apparatus.

3. The measurement apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the functions controlled by said controller in response to the retrieved user motion data comprise operation modes of said measurement apparatus including at least one of:
power supply modes of said measurement apparatus;
shutdown modes of said measurement apparatus;
measurement modes of said measurement apparatus;
test modes of said measurement apparatus.

4. The measurement apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the associated user of said measurement apparatus carries a mobile device used to retrieve the user motion data of the associated user.

5. The measurement apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the user motion data of the associated user is retrieved by a GNSS system and supplied to a wired or wireless interface of the measurement apparatus via a data network.

6. The measurement apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a wireless interface of said measurement apparatus used for receiving the retrieved user motion data of the associated user comprises at least one of:
a Bluetooth interface;
a NFC interface;
a Wi-Fi interface;
a WLAN interface.

7. The measurement apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the apparatus comprises an artificial intelligence module.

8. A method for controlling functions of a measurement apparatus configured to perform test functions for testing devices under test, the method comprising the steps of:
notifying at least one associated user of said measurement apparatus, the at least one user carrying a mobile device, about a failure of a function of the measurement apparatus via a communication network;
triggering a request to retrieve user motion data of the at least one associated user of said measurement apparatus in response to the failure of a function of the measurement apparatus;
retrieving the user motion data of the at least one associated user of said measurement apparatus using a wired or wireless interface, wherein the retrieved user motion data includes at least one of:
a moving direction of the user,
a moving velocity of the user, and
an acceleration of the user, and

controlling functions of said measurement apparatus at least partially in response to the retrieved user motion data;
wherein the measurement apparatus is turned to a lower power supply mode if it is determined that the associated user of the measurement apparatus is walking towards the measurement apparatus at a moving velocity that is lower as compared to a threshold.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the user motion data of the associated user is automatically retrieved in response to a request issued by said measurement apparatus.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the request to retrieve the user motion data is triggered by a triggering event.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the request to retrieve the user motion data is triggered by a malfunction of the measurement apparatus.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein said measurement apparatus comprises a function that provides measurement results, and wherein the request to retrieve the user motion data is triggered by a measurement result of said function of the measurement apparatus.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein the retrieved user motion data of the associated user is transmitted by a mobile device carried by the user directly via a wireless link or via a network to an input interface of said measured apparatus.

Assignees

• Rohde & Schwarz

Inventors

• Ding Chow Han

Classifications

• G01R1/025 Primary

  concerning dedicated user interfaces, e.g. GUI, or dedicated keyboards (G01R31/31912 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G01R31/2834

  Automated test systems [ATE]; using microprocessors or computers (G01R31/317 takes precedence; ATE for detection of defective computer hardware G06F11/2736) · CPC title

• G06F11/3438

  monitoring of user actions (tracking the activity of the user H04L67/535) · CPC title

• G01S19/03

  Cooperating elements; Interaction or communication between different cooperating elements or between cooperating elements and receivers · CPC title

• G01D11/00 Primary

  Component parts of measuring arrangements not specially adapted for a specific variable (G01D13/00, G01D15/00 take precedence) · CPC title