Claims
- 1. A method for data compression, comprising:
(a) recording a first waveform at a plurality of data points; (b) compressing said data points by a first protocol to derive a first compressed data; (c) compressing said data points by a second protocol to derive second compressed data; (d) comparing said first compressed data to said second compressed data to determine which would require less memory for storage.
- 2. The method of claim 1, where said first protocol measures the difference between data points.
- 3. The method of claim 1, wherein said first protocol measures the difference between measured differences.
- 4. The method of claim 3, wherein said steps of compressing include compressing said data points by a third protocol to derive third compressed data, said first protocol being a bit encoding protocol, said second protocol being a difference encoding protocol, and said third protocol being a difference of the differences protocol.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a divisional of pending U.S. application Ser. No. 10/243,471 filed Sep. 13, 2002 which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/547,304 filed Apr. 11,2000, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,453,240, and further relates to and claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application Serial No. 60/128,912 filed Apr. 12, 1999.
Provisional Applications (1)
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