Patent ID: 8754390

Claim:
A method of generating measurement parameters for a particle sample in a particle analyzer, comprising: (a) interrogating the particle sample with interrogators respectively positioned along a length of an interrogation area, the interrogators comprising a triggering interrogator and one or more secondary interrogators; (b) generating respective pulses based upon the interrogation of a first particle from the particle sample, wherein the pulses comprise a triggering pulse corresponding to the triggering interrogator and a secondary pulse corresponding to one of the secondary interrogators; (c) determining a primary pulse detection window based upon the triggering pulse; (d) determining a search interval to find the secondary pulse based upon factors including the primary pulse detection window and a velocity of the first particle; (e) adjusting the search interval for variation in the velocity of the first particle dynamically based on the interrogation of the first particle; (f) identifying the secondary pulse in the adjusted search interval; and (g) processing the secondary pulse to determine a peak value of the secondary pulse.