Instrument for analyzing an input signal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2022011347-A1
Application number	US-202016927371-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 13, 2020
Priority date	Jul 13, 2020
Publication date	Jan 13, 2022
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an instrument for analyzing an input signal. The instrument comprises an input for receiving an input signal, a processing circuit or module for analyzing the input signal received, a display, such as a display module, for displaying information concerning the input signal analyzed, and a user input module for receiving instructions from a user. The instrument provides several functionalities, the several functionalities each being associated with at least one respective complexity. The instrument is set by the instructions of the user via the user input to analyze the input signal. The processing module evaluates a complexity of the instructions of the user.

First claim

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:

1 . An instrument for analyzing an input signal, the instrument comprising an input for receiving an input signal, a processing circuit for analyzing the input signal received, a display for displaying information concerning the input signal analyzed, and a user input for receiving instructions from a user, the instrument providing several functionalities, the several functionalities each being associated with at least one respective complexity, the instrument being set by the instructions of the user via the user input to analyze the input signal, the processing circuit evaluating a complexity of the instructions of the user.

2 . The instrument according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuit evaluates a complexity of a setting of the instrument, the setting being defined by the instructions of the user, the setting being associated with at least one of the several functionalities of the instrument.

3 . The instrument according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuit determines an achievement of the user based on the evaluation of the complexity of the instructions.

4 . The instrument according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuit analyzes the input signal with respect to the instructions of the user, thereby obtaining analysis results.

5 . The instrument according to claim 4 , wherein the processing circuit evaluates the analysis results obtained together with the complexity of the instructions of the user in order to determine an achievement of the user.

6 . The instrument according to claim 1 , wherein the several functionalities at least partly define how the input signal received via the input is to be analyzed by the instrument.

7 . The instrument according to claim 1 , wherein the complexity is associated with a function of the instrument.

8 . The instrument according to claim 1 , wherein the complexity is associated with an application of the instrument.

9 . The instrument according to claim 1 , wherein the several functionalities comprise functions of the instrument, operation modes of the instrument and/or applications running on the instrument.

10 . The instrument according to claim 1 , wherein the complexity is associated with a type of input done by the user, an intrinsic complexity of the respective functionality, a duration and/or a number of analysis results obtained.

11 . The instrument according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuit controls the display to display the information concerning the input signal analyzed and/or an achievement determined.

12 . The instrument according to claim 1 , wherein the display has a touch-sensitive display which provides the user input at least partly.

13 . The instrument according to claim 1 , wherein the instrument provides different user accounts for using the instrument.

14 . The instrument according to claim 13 , wherein the processing circuit takes the respective user account activated into account when determining an achievement such that the achievement is based on the user account rather than the entire instrument.

15 . The instrument according to claim 1 , wherein a previously locked functionality of the instrument is unlocked when the processing circuit determines that a certain achievement has been reached that enables the user to use the previously locked functionality of the instrument.

16 . The instrument according to claim 15 , wherein the previously locked functionality of the instrument is unlocked for a pre-defined time or a pre-defined number of usages.

17 . The instrument according to claim 15 , wherein the processing circuit together with the display generates a graphical user interface that illustrates currently locked functionalities of the instrument which are enabled to be unlocked when reaching a respective achievement that enables the user to use the previously locked functionality of the instrument.

18 . The instrument according to claim 1 , wherein the instrument is an oscilloscope.

Assignees

• Rohde & Schwarz

Inventors

• Schaefer Andrew
• Maier Andreas
• Pfefferkorn Moritz
• Wolf Lisa

Classifications

• G06F3/0488

  using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures · CPC title

• G06F3/0484

  for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range · CPC title

• G01R13/029 Primary

  Software therefor · CPC title

• G01R13/225

  particularly adapted for storage oscilloscopes · CPC title

• G01R13/0218 Primary

  Circuits therefor · CPC title