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User interface for spectrometer

US5633997A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 30, 1995
Grant dateMay 27, 1997
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Expiry dateMay 30, 2015

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01J2003/2866
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method for graphically forming a difference spectrum from a sample spectrum and a reference spectrum on a computer system includes displaying an initial difference spectrum on the display the initial difference spectrum being equal to the sample spectrum, selecting a data point in the initial difference spectrum, having an associated wave number, with a relative pointing device on the display, moving the data point a measurable amount on the display with the relative pointing device, determining a scaling factor in response to the measurable amount and to a data point in the reference spectrum having the same associated wave number, scaling each data point in the reference spectrum by the scaling factor to form a scaled reference spectrum, determining the difference spectrum between the sample spectrum and the scaled reference spectrum, and displaying at least a portion of the difference spectrum on the display.

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