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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 1986
Filed:
Sep. 09, 1983
Howard J Reid, Brea, CA (US);
Sensormedics Corporation, Anaheim, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for calibrating and linearizing the output of an instrument that includes a transducer having an output that is a nonlinear function of a property of interest of a fluid. The results of measurements performed on a plurality of transducers of the type to be used in the instrument are used to produce first and second equations which give the direct and inverse responses of a typical transducer. The results of further measurements on the particular transducer to be used in the instrument are used with the first equation to define how the second equation may be used to give accurate results with the particular transducer. The instrument is then calibrated and the results used with the second equation to produce an accurate linearized value for display as the output of the instrument.