Measurement and testing system

摘要

A measurement and testing system includes a measurement assembly having at least one measurement device, at least one visual display device, and a data acquisition and processing device operatively coupled to the at least one measurement device of the measurement assembly and the visual display device. In one embodiment, the data acquisition and processing device is configured to generate one or more global reports utilizing the output of the measurement assembly, generate an information icon on the output screen of the visual display device, and assign the one or more global reports to the information icon. In other embodiments, the data acquisition and processing device is configured to automatically regulate the availability of tests based upon a requisite measurement assembly or a predetermined condition, and/or determine whether the output data from a plurality of measurement assemblies is to be combined so as to create a single virtual measurement assembly.

主权项

1. A measurement and testing system comprising, in combination:
a measurement assembly having at least one measurement device, the at least one measurement device configured to sense one or more measured quantities and output one or more signals that are representative of the one or more measured quantities; at least one visual display device having an output screen, the visual display device configured to display measurement and testing data on the output screen so that it is viewable by a user of the system; and a data acquisition and processing device operatively coupled to the at least one measurement device of the measurement assembly and the visual display device, the data acquisition and processing device configured to receive the one or more signals that are representative of the one or more measured quantities and to convert the one or more signals into output data, wherein the output data is arranged in a plurality of sessions, output data acquired during the performance of a successive series of tests being arranged in a single session of the plurality of sessions, the data acquisition and processing device further configured to generate one or more global reports utilizing the output data acquired during one or more of the plurality of sessions, generate a timeline bar on the output screen of the visual display device, generate an information icon in the timeline bar on the output screen of the visual display device, and assign the one or more global reports to the information icon in the timeline bar, the timeline bar including one or more date icons for accessing a portion of the output data in accordance with a single date on which a particular session or sessions of the plurality of sessions were performed, and the data acquisition and processing device additionally configured to (i) determine, by referencing one or more codified result display rules, whether results from a plurality of different tests are to be combined into a single named entry accessible via a single one of the one or more date icons of the timeline bar, (ii) when it is determined that the results from the plurality of different tests are to be combined into the single named entry, generate a combined test report combining the results from the plurality of different tests and determine a combined name for the combined test report, and (iii) display the combined test report using the combined name under the single one of the one or more date icons of the timeline bar; wherein the one or more global reports generated by the data acquisition and processing device comprise at least one global report including output data acquired during at least two of the plurality of sessions, the first of the at least two of the plurality of sessions being performed on a first date, the second of the at least two of the plurality of sessions being performed on a second date, the first date being different from the second date; and wherein the one or more date icons in the timeline bar each comprise date indicia representative of the single date on which the particular session or sessions were performed, and the information icon comprises indicia that is different from the date indicia of the one or more date icons.