Method for controlling functions of a measurement apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2019113633-A1
Application number	US-201816138760-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 21, 2018
Priority date	Oct 12, 2017
Publication date	Apr 18, 2019
Grant date	—

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 we claim is:

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

2 . The measurement apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a wired or wireless interface to receive retrieved user motion data of the associated user.

3 . The measurement apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the retrieved user motion data includes at least one of:
a relative position of the user with respect to the measurement apparatus; a moving direction of the user; a moving velocity of the user; an acceleration of the user.

4 . 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.

5 . 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.

6 . 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.

7 . 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.

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

9 . A method for controlling functions of a measurement apparatus, the method comprising the steps of:
retrieving user motion data of at least one associated user of said measurement apparatus; and controlling functions of said measurement apparatus at least partially in response to the retrieved user motion data.

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

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

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

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

14 . The method of claim 9 , 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 Alvin Chow Han

Classifications

• G01S19/52 Primary

  Determining velocity · CPC title

• G01S19/03

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

• G01R1/00

  Details of instruments or arrangements of the types included in groups G01R5/00 - G01R13/00 and G01R31/00 (constructional details particular to {electromechanical} arrangements for measuring the electric consumption G01R11/02) · CPC title

• 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