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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2006

Filed:

Feb. 18, 2004
Applicants:

John C. DE Lacy, Portland, OR (US);

Patrick A. Smith, Beaverton, OR (US);

Inventors:

John C. De Lacy, Portland, OR (US);

Patrick A. Smith, Beaverton, OR (US);

Assignee:

Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method and apparatus for processing anomalous trigger event conditions to provide anomalous trigger event rate measurements. The apparatus operates to identify one or more trigger events in at least one input signal IN, determine the number of events during a period of time (e.g. events per second) and provide a visual representation of this determination to a user via a display device. The visual representation may comprise an alphanumeric display, a waveform, a graphic image proximate a waveform and the like.


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