US-20260128805-A1 - TEST AND/OR MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD OF GATHERING DATA OF A SIGNAL AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT

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Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a test and/or measurement system having a processing circuit configured to process a signal and to determine at least a first presentation based on a first parameter and a second presentation based on a second parameter when processing the signal, wherein the second parameter is different to the first parameter. The test and/or measurement system includes a display connected with the processing circuit, which is configured to display either the first presentation or the second presentation at the same time. The test and/or measurement system includes a storage medium configured to store first data associated with the first presentation and second data associated with the second presentation. Further, a computer-implemented method of gathering data of a signal as well as a computer program product are described.

Inventors

Mario Guenther

Assignees

ROHDE & SCHWARZ GMBH & CO. KG

Dates

Publication Date: 20260507
Application Date: 20241107

Claims (19)

1 . A test and/or measurement system, comprising: a processing circuit configured to process a signal, wherein the processing circuit is configured to determine at least a first presentation based on a first parameter and a second presentation based on a second parameter when processing the signal, wherein the second parameter is different to the first parameter, wherein the test and/or measurement system comprises a display connected with the processing circuit, wherein the display is configured to display either the first presentation or the second presentation at the same time, and wherein the test and/or measurement system comprises a storage medium configured to store first data associated with the first presentation and second data associated with the second presentation.
2 . The test and/or measurement system according to claim 1 , further comprising an interactive screenshot functionality which, when activated, causes the processing circuit to store the first data associated with the first presentation and the second data associated with the second presentation.
3 . The test and/or measurement system according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuit is configured to generate an interactive screenshot comprising the first presentation that is displayed on the display, and wherein the test and/or measurement system comprises an interaction item which, when used, causes the processing circuit to display the second presentation within the interactive screenshot, wherein the second presentation is obtained based on the second data stored.
4 . The test and/or measurement system according to claim 3 , wherein the interaction item, when used, switches from the first presentation to the second presentation within the interactive screenshot, wherein the second presentation is obtained based on the second data stored.
5 . The test and/or measurement system according to claim 3 , wherein the interaction item is an active area displayed on the display.
6 . The test and/or measurement system according to claim 3 , wherein the interaction item is a button that is separately formed with respect to the display.
7 . The test and/or measurement system according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuit is configured to serially display the first presentation and the second presentation on the display and to obtain successive screenshots of the first presentation and the second presentation while the first presentation and the second presentation are displayed on the display.
8 . The test and/or measurement system according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuit is configured to store the first data associated with the first presentation and the second data associated with the second presentation without displaying the respective presentations on the display.
9 . The test and/or measurement system according to claim 1 , wherein the first data associated with the first presentation and/or the second data associated with the second presentation comprise additional data not currently displayed when a screenshot of the corresponding presentation is obtained.
10 . The test and/or measurement system according to claim 9 , wherein the additional data is metadata.
11 . The test and/or measurement system according to claim 1 , wherein the first data associated with the first presentation and/or the second data associated with the second presentation comprise a temporal sequence of at least two time frames.
12 . The test and/or measurement system according to claim 1 , wherein the first presentation is associated with a first window and the second presentation is associated with a second window, and wherein the processing circuit is configured to toggle, upon an input signal, between the first window and the second window for displaying either the first window or the second window.
13 . The test and/or measurement system according to claim 12 , further comprising an input interface via which the input signal is provided.
14 . The test and/or measurement system according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuit is configured to determine the first presentation and the second presentation automatically in a temporally overlapping manner.
15 . The test and/or measurement system according to claim 1 , wherein the signal processed by the processing circuit is a measured signal or a simulated signal.
16 . The test and/or measurement system according to claim 1 , wherein the test and/or measurement system is capable of performing a test and/or a measurement on the signal.
17 . The test and/or measurement system according to claim 1 , further comprising an oscilloscope, a spectrum analyzer, a network analyzer, a signal analyzer, an audio analyzer, a test device, a protocol tester, a mobile network tester, a measurement device, or a satellite monitoring device.
18 . A computer-implemented method of gathering data of a signal, the method comprising: processing a signal received; determining, by a processing circuit, at least a first presentation based on a first parameter and a second presentation based on a second parameter when processing the signal received, wherein the second parameter is different to the first parameter; outputting a display control signal to display either the first presentation or the second presentation at the same time on a display; and outputting a storage control signal to store first data associated with the first presentation and second data associated with the second presentation in a storage medium.
19 . A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by a processing circuit, cause the processing circuit to carry out the method of claim 18 .

Description

TECHNICAL BACKGROUND Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a test and/or measurement system. Further, embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a computer-implemented method of gathering data of a signal. Moreover, embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a computer program product. BACKGROUND In modern test and/or measurement devices, e.g. oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, network analyzers, signal analyzers, and the like, many information can be gathered which however due to the screen structure of the test and/or measurement devices cannot be displayed simultaneously, namely at the same time. Consequently, it is known in the state of the art to use tabulators so as to provide different windows for the different information, thereby enabling a user to manually switch between the different information by clicking the respective tabulator. The different information may relate to long tables which content cannot be fully displayed, but only partly, as well as to completely different information like different diagrams or graphs of the same signal, wherein the different diagrams may be obtained by using different parameters. However, when performing a screenshot of the information provided, only the currently displayed information is stored rather than all information available. In other words, the respective information associated with a non-activate tabulator is not available in the screenshot. In the state of the art, a user has to manually and actively change the settings of the test and/or measurement device, for example the display, while performing several screenshots when different information is displayed in order to gather all information available, which is neither comfortable nor user-friendly. Accordingly, there is a need for gathering all information available in a more efficient and user-friendly manner. SUMMARY The following summary of the present disclosure is intended to introduce different concepts in a simplified form that are described in further detail in the detailed description provided below. This summary is neither intended to denote essential features of the present disclosure nor shall this summary be used as an aid in determining the scope of the claimed subject matter. Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a test and/or measurement system. In an embodiment, the test and/or measurement system comprises a processing circuit configured to process a signal. The processing circuit is configured to determine at least a first presentation based on a first parameter and a second presentation based on a second parameter when processing the signal. The second parameter is different to the first parameter. The test and/or measurement system also comprises a display connected with the processing circuit. The display is configured to display either the first presentation or the second presentation at the same time. Hence, the display is not configured to display both presentations at the same time, e.g. due to space restrictions of the display. The test and/or measurement system further comprises a storage medium configured to store first data associated with the first presentation and second data associated with the second presentation. Embodiments of the present disclosure also provide a computer-implemented method of gathering data of a signal. In an embodiment, the method comprises: processing a signal received; determining, by a processing circuit, at least a first presentation based on a first parameter and a second presentation based on a second parameter when processing the signal received, wherein the second parameter is different to the first parameter; outputting a display control signal to display either the first presentation or the second presentation at the same time on a display; and outputting a storage control signal to store first data associated with the first presentation and second data associated with the second presentation in a storage medium. The main idea is to provide an interactive screenshot by the test and/or measurement system such that it is not necessary to manually use different display settings for displaying all information available and to manually make different screenshots of the different information made available while using the different display settings. To the contrary, the test and/or measurement system provides the different data, namely the first data and the second data, which are associated with the different presentations that cannot be display simultaneously by the display. Therefore, information not visible can be stored by the test and/or measurement system, thereby providing the possibility to also analyze the invisible information afterwards when considering the screenshot obtained. In an embodiment, the different parameters, e.g. the first parameter and the second parameter, based on which the corresponding presentations are determined may relate to different illustrations, for instance a table containin