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Combining multiple reference measurement collections into a weighted reference measurement collection

US7107177B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 14, 2005
Grant dateSep 12, 2006
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Expiry dateFeb 14, 2025

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01D1/02
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Combining of reference measurement collections (RMCs) of at least three reference measurement systems into a weighted reference measurement collection (wRMC) is disclosed. Each RMC includes a plurality of corresponding sample measurements, each of which has a measurement value of the same sample. The invention plots corresponding measurement values to generate a plurality of data pairs for each possible RMC pairing. A best-fit line of the plurality of data pairs for each RMC pairing is then generated, and a residual for each data pair is calculated. A weight is then assigned to each sample measurement for each RMC based on the residuals associated with a respective RMC to which the sample measurement belongs, favoring a smaller residual more than a larger residual. A weighted reference measurement is then generated based on the weights, and the measurement value for the respective sample measurement for each RMC.

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