Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
98 words
A method foR measuring time intervals by which: a reference scale is formed with a series of precisely timed pulses; the time interval of interest is measured coarsely by comparing it with said reference scale; fine measurement is made of the parts of the time interval contained between the pulses bounding this interval and those timed pulses the time interval between which is a multiple of the number of timed pulses which is at least equal to the number of possible different coarse counts of the same interval; the coarse count is altered according to the fine count.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
98 words
A method foR measuring time intervals by which: a reference scale is formed with a series of precisely timed pulses; the time interval of interest is measured coarsely by comparing it with said reference scale; fine measurement is made of the parts of the time interval contained between the pulses bounding this interval and those timed pulses the time interval between which is a multiple of the number of timed pulses which is at least equal to the number of possible different coarse counts of the same interval; the coarse count is altered according to the fine count.
Claim 3
Independent Claim
146 words
A method for measuring time intervals by which: a reference scale is formed with a series of precisely timed pulses; the time interval of interest is measured coarsely by comparing it with said reference scale; fine measurement is made of the parts of said interval contained between the pulses bounding this interval and timed pulses; the fine count is changed by as many units of coarse measurement as will correspond to the change of the time interval between said timed pulses to which said fine measurement is made of the remainder left after the previous measurement, as it is completed to a multiple of the number of timed pulses at least equal to the number of possible different coarse counts of the same interval, and this adjusted fine count is taken as the fine count that is used subsequently for the adjustment of said coarse count.
Claim 4
Independent Claim
146 words
A method for measuring time intervals by which: a reference scale is formed with a series of precisely timed pulses; the time interval of interest is measured coarsely by comparing it with said reference scale; fine measurement is made of the parts of said interval contained between the pulses bounding this interval and timed pulses; the fine count is changed by as many units of coarse measurement as will correspond to the change of the time interval between said timed pulses to which said fine measurement is made of the remainder left after the previous measurement, as it is completed to a multiple of the number of timed pulses at least equal to the number of possible different coarse counts of the same interval, and this adjusted fine count is taken as the fine count that is used subsequently for the adjustment of said coarse count.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
79 words
A device for measuring time intervals, comprising a time converter whose input accepts timed pulses whose number corresponds to the measured time interval, a coarse-count readout means whose input is connected to the input of said time converter; a coarse-count correcting means one input and the output of which are connected to said coarse-count readout means; a fine-count readout means whose input is connected to the output of said time converter and its output to said coarse-count correcting means.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
79 words
A device for measuring time intervals, comprising a time converter whose input accepts timed pulses whose number corresponds to the measured time interval, a coarse-count readout means whose input is connected to the input of said time converter; a coarse-count correcting means one input and the output of which are connected to said coarse-count readout means; a fine-count readout means whose input is connected to the output of said time converter and its output to said coarse-count correcting means.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
24 words
A device, as in claim 3, in which said coarse-count correcting means has an additional input corrected to the output of said time converter;
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
82 words
A device, as in claim 4, in which the coarse-count correcting means comprises: at least as many coincidence circuits as there may be possible different coarse counts of the same time interval, some inputs of these coincidence circuits being connected to the respective outputs of said coarse-count readout means, other inputs being connected to the respective outputs of said fine-count readout means, third inputs to the output of said time converter, and their outputs to the input of said coarse-count readout means;
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
109 words
A device to realize the method of claim 2, comprising a time converter whose input accepts timed pulses whose number corresponds to the time interval being measured; a coarse-count readout means whose input is connected to the output of said time converter; a coarse-count correcting means one input and the output of which are connected to said coarse-count readout means; a fine-count readout means whose input is connected to the output of said time converter and whose output to said coarse-count correcting means; a fine-count correcting means whose input is connected to the output of said time converter and whose output to the input of said fine-count readout means.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
22 words
A device as in claim 6, in which said fine-count correcting means is connected to the output of said fine-count readout means.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
54 words
A device as in claim 6, in which said fine-count correcting means comprises at least one memory circuit and a comparison circuit, the input of said memory circuit being connected to the output of said time converter and its output being connected via said comparison circuit to the input of said fine-count readout means.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
76 words
A device, as in claim 8, in which said memory circuit comprises: a memory element and at least as many coincidence circuits as there may be possible different course counts of the same interval less one, some inputs of said coincidence circuits being connected to one output of said time converter, oTher inputs to the respective other outputs of said time converter, and the outputs to the input of said comparison circuit via said memory element.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
38 words
A device, as in claim 9, in which said comparison circuit has an additional input connected to the output of said time converter while its output is additionally connected to the output of one of said memory elements.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
77 words
A device, as in claim 10, in which said comparison circuit comprises: as many of the other coincidence circuits as there may be possible different coarse counts of the same interval less one, the first and second inputs of which are connected to the respective outputs of said memory elements, the third inputs to the output of said time converter, and the outputs to the inputs of said fine-count readout means and one of said memory elements.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
100 words
A device, as in claim 7, in which said fine-count correcting means comprises: as many of other coincidence circuits as there may be possible different coarse counts of the same time interval, some of their inputs being connected to the respective outputs of said fine-count readout means, other inputs to the output of said time converter, third inputs to the respective outputs of said binary whose input is connected to the output of said time converter, and the outputs of all said coincidence circuits are connected to the input of said fine-count readout means and the input of said binary.