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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 09, 1996
Edgar H Bristol, Foxboro, MA (US);
The Foxboro Company, Foxboro, MA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus is shown for compressing a stream of data for storage, transmission or display while preserving maximum, minimum, and other valuable data features. The method and apparatus utilize a first and a second pair of error boundary lines to generate best fit trend segments of the data stream. The first and second pair of error boundary lines are modified as data samples of the data stream are received such that all of the data samples are either on one of the first and second pair of error boundary lines or in an area between the first and second pair of error boundary lines. The first and second pair of error boundary lines are then used to generate the best fit trend segments.