Automatic acquisition of data referenced in user equation
US7444259B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 18, 2006 |
| Grant date | Oct 28, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 26, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F40/166
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus includes a parser, a semantic checker, a data manager and an equation processor. The parser receives a first equation for manipulating data acquired by an instrument and detects an operand in the first equation, the instrument having a set of data acquisition capabilities. The semantic checker recognizes that the first operand refers to first data that can be acquired by the instrument using a first capability from the set of data acquisition capabilities. The data manager configures the instrument automatically to acquire the first data using the first capability after recognizing that the first operand corresponds to the first data. The equation processor computes a result of the first equation using the acquired first data.
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