Patent ID: 6384591
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: G01R,G10L

Abstract:
A self-contained hands free electrical signal measurement device comprising:a system unit which is attachable to or worn on the person of a technician, the system unit including a central processing unit (CPU) and associated circuitry running speech recognition software, a speech recognizer communicating with the CPU to operate electrical signal measurement functions in response to spoken commands, a memory communicating with the CPU to store digitized measurments, and a port to allow downloding of digitized measurements stored in the memory for the purpose of further analysis at a remote location; a test probe connected to said system unit and connectable to an electrical test point for making an electrical signal measurement, the CPU digitizing a measured electrical signal and formatting the digitized signal for display and storing in the memory; and an integrated visual display and an audio link to the system unit, the audio link generating electrical signals in response to spoken commands by the technician, which spoken commands are recognized by the speech recognition software running on the CPU and associated circuitry to direct and navigate through a displayed user interface in order to operate electrical signal measurement device functions, including storing digitized measurements in memory, and the CPU providing user feedback and messages, whereby all measurements may be made in a hands free manner.