Calculations

Template Finder

The Template Finder provides a way to easily locate a prominent shape in a data series without knowing a lot about the data.  The calculation finds a template of user specified width and returns it to the user.  The template is found by determining the "burst" height in each possible template.  The burst height is defined as the difference between the local max and the local min of the data in the template.  The burst values are stored and sorted into 10 ranges (determined by the overall range of burst values).  One template is chosen from the bin with the most values and returned to the user.

The best application for automatic template finder is when the data is repetitive and all the repetitive segments contain a burst of nearly the same height.  Repetitive data with varying amplitudes may not result in the best template detection, given the nature of selection in the calculation.  In the case of cyclical data over a certain gait cycle, you may want to directly specify the template, as the automatic finder will center the template over the midpoint between the local max and the local min that it detected.  Thus if the template you desire (for example) has a flat section that leads into a large burst, you'll need to specify this manually since the automatic finder will put that large burst in the center of the template.

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