ELECTRICAL TIME MEASURING SYSTEM OR DEVICE INDICATING TIME INTERVALS BY REGIONED CONCENTRIC ARCIFORMS THAT INDICATE THE TIME OF DURATION OF PARTICULAR EVENTS

• US 20180101142A1
• Filed: 12/08/2017
• Published: 04/12/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samrat Solutions, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Samrat Solutions, Inc.
• Inventors: DUDHAT, Samrat
• Granted Patent: US 10,969,747 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 9/0064 in which functions not related to time can be displayed digital output to display devices of digital computers G06F3/14
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 9/02 by selecting desired characters out of a number of characters or by selecting indicating elements the position of which represent the time, e.g. by using multiplexing techniques G04G9/0082 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 99/006 Electronic time-pieces using a microcomputer, e.g. for multi-function clocks
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/20 of structured data, e.g. relational data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 using location based information parameters

Abstract

An electrical time measuring device, intended to conserve processor cycles and memory when used in indicating time interval durations, includes a computer system with a processing system having a hardware processor and a memory accessible to the processing system, a user interface controller under control of the processing system, and logic, under control of the processing system. Various embodiments include nested concentric regions in a clockface display, an ante meridiem events region, a post meridiem events region, and/or a following-day events or tasks region. Events or time interval durations are represented as arciform. For events that cross from morning to afternoon, or from evening to the following day, arciforms are displayed with a start point in one of the nested concentric regions and an end point in a different one of the nested concentric regions. The parts of such arciforms are joined by an integral boundary-crossing transition indicator.

Claims

1. A time measuring device, intended to conserve processor cycles and memory usage when used in indicating time interval durations, the device comprising:

a computer system with a processing system having a hardware processor configured to perform a predefined set of basic operations in response to receiving a corresponding basic instruction selected from a predefined native instruction set of codes, and with a memory accessible to the processing system;

a user interface controller under control of the processing system; and

logic, comprising a set of machine codes stored in the memory and selected from the predefined native instruction set of codes of the hardware processor, adapted to operate with the user interface controller to implement a user interface having a first clockface display comprising;

a plurality of concentric regions including an ante meridiem events region, and a post meridiem events region;

a first arciform comprising a first start point in one of the concentric regions and a first end point in a different one of the concentric regions; and

the first arciform comprising a first respective integral boundary-crossing transition indicator.

2. The time measuring device as in claim 1, further comprising a following-day events region in the plurality of concentric regions.

3. The time measuring device as in claim 2, further comprising:

the first start point being in the ante meridiem events region, the first end point being in the post meridiem events region, and the first respective integral boundary-crossing transition indicator having a first respective radial axis; and

a second arciform comprising a second start point in the post meridiem events region, a second end point in the following-day events region, and a second respective integral boundary-crossing transition indicator having a second respective radial axis different from the first respective radial axis.

4. The time measuring device as in claim 3, further comprising:

the logic including a transition point determination function, comprising a respective set of machine codes selected from the predefined native instruction set of codes, configured to make a determination of a respective value of each of the first respective radial axis and the second respective radial axis; and

the transition point determination function making the determination on a first respective stack level of the first arciform and a second respective stack level of the second arciform, and taking into account a number of transition points for each of the first arciform and the second arciform.

5. The time measuring device as in claim 1, further comprising:

the first start point being in the ante meridiem events region, the first end point being in the post meridiem events region, and the first respective integral boundary-crossing transition indicator having a first respective radial axis; and

a second arciform comprising a second start point in the ante meridiem events region, a second end point in the post meridiem events region, and a second respective integral boundary-crossing transition indicator having a second respective radial axis different from the first respective radial axis.

6. The time measuring device as in claim 5, further comprising:

the logic including a transition point determination function, comprising a respective set of machine codes selected from the predefined native instruction set of codes, configured to make a determination of a respective value of each of the first respective radial axis and the second respective radial axis; and

the transition point determination function making the determination on a first respective stack level of the first arciform and a second respective stack level of the second arciform, and taking into account a number of transition points for each of the first arciform and the second arciform.

7. The time measuring device as in claim 1, further comprising the plurality of concentric regions being nested with respect to each other.

8. The time measuring device as in claim 7, further comprising the plurality of concentric regions being nested with respect to each other in fewer than three dimensions.

9. The time measuring device as in claim 1, wherein the first clockface display represents twelve hours per rotation.

10. The time measuring device as in claim 1, wherein the first clockface display further comprises a center region displaying one or more of a current time, a current date, and a year.

11. The time measuring device as in claim 1, wherein the user interface further comprises second through n-th clockface displays, each corresponding to a different day of a month, superimposed over a calendar of the month.

12. The time measuring device as in claim 1, wherein the user interface further comprises second through n-th clockface displays, each corresponding to a respective geographic location, superimposed over a map.

13. The time measuring device as in claim 1, the logic further comprising a respective set of machine codes selected from the predefined native instruction set of codes and adapted to operate with the user interface controller to implement the user interface to superimpose the first clockface display over one of an augmented reality point of interest and a virtual reality point of interest.

14. The time measuring device as in claim 1, the logic further comprising a respective set of machine codes selected from the predefined native instruction set of codes and adapted to operate with the user interface controller to implement the user interface to display the first arciform to have a portion pertaining to a given time range and having a respective portion width proportional to a data value pertaining to the given time range.

15. The time measuring device as in claim 1, the logic further comprising a respective set of machine codes selected from the predefined native instruction set of codes and adapted to operate with the user interface controller to implement the user interface to display the first arciform in accordance with a task duration, and further display the first arciform to have a portion pertaining to a given subtask duration, and a respective appearance of the portion visually discriminating the respective subtask duration from the task duration.

16. The time measuring device as in claim 1, wherein the logic further comprises a respective set of machine codes selected from the predefined native instruction set of codes to operate with the user interface controller to implement the user interface to have:

a plurality of arciforms including the first arciform and a second arciform different from the first arciform;

a stacking threshold; and

an encompassing object encompassing a portion of the plurality of arciforms when a count of the plurality of arciforms exceeds the stacking threshold.

17. The time measuring device as in claim 1, wherein the first respective integral boundary-crossing transition indicator comprises a spaced pair of matching elements.

18. A method, intended to improve processor cycle and memory usage when indicating time interval durations in a time measuring device, the method comprising:

providing logic accessible to a processing system of a computer system, the processing system having a hardware processor, the computer system having a user interface controller under control of the processing system;

operating the logic, under control of the processing system, and the user interface controller to implement a user interface, including;

displaying a first clockface comprising;

a plurality of concentric regions including an ante meridiem events region, and a post meridiem events region;

a first arciform comprising a first start point in one of the concentric regions and a first end point in a different one of the concentric regions, the first start point identifying a start time of a first time interval, the first end point identifying an end time of the first time interval; and

the first arciform comprising a first respective integral boundary-crossing transition indicator.

19. The method as in claim 18, further comprising displaying a following-day events region as one of the plurality of concentric regions.

20. The method as in claim 19, further comprising:

when the start time of the first time interval is ante meridiem and the end time of the first time interval is post meridiem, displaying;

the first start point in the ante meridiem events region,

the first end point in the post meridiem events region, and

the first respective integral boundary-crossing transition indicator with a first respective radial axis; and

when the start time of a second time interval is post meridiem and the end time of the second time interval is ante meridiem of a following day, displaying;

a second arciform comprising a second start point, a second end point, and a second respective integral boundary-crossing transition indicator,

the second start point in the post meridiem events region,

the second end point in the following-day events region, and

the second respective integral boundary-crossing transition indicator with a second respective radial axis different from the first respective radial axis.

21. The method as in claim 20, further comprising:

determining stacking levels of arciforms of the first clockface, including a first respective stack level of the first arciform and a second respective stack level of the second arciform;

determining a number of transition points for the arciforms; and

determining the first respective radial axis and the second respective radial axis taking into account the stacking levels and the number of transition points.

22. The method as in claim 18, further comprising:

when the start time of the first time interval is ante meridiem and the end time of the first time interval is post meridiem, displaying;

the first start point in the ante meridiem events region,

the first end point in the post meridiem events region, and

the first respective integral boundary-crossing transition indicator with a first respective radial axis; and

when the start time of a second time interval is ante meridiem and the end time of the second time interval is post meridiem, displaying;

a second arciform comprising a second start point, a second end point, and a second respective integral boundary-crossing transition indicator,

the second start point in the ante meridiem events region,

the second end point in the post meridiem events region, and

the second respective integral boundary-crossing transition indicator with a second respective radial axis different from the first respective radial axis.

23. The method as in claim 22, further comprising:

determining stacking levels of arciforms of the first clockface, including a first respective stack level of the first arciform and a second respective stack level of the second arciform;

determining a number of transition points for the arciforms; and

determining the first respective radial axis and the second respective radial axis taking into account the stacking levels and the number of transition points.

24. The method as in claim 18, further comprising nesting the plurality of concentric regions with respect to each other.

25. The method as in claim 24, further comprising performing the nesting in fewer than three dimensions.

26. The method as in claim 18, further comprising displaying the first clockface to represent twelve hours per rotation.

27. The method as in claim 18, further comprising displaying in a center region one or more of a current time, a current date, and a year.

28. The method as in claim 18, further comprising displaying second through n-th clockface displays, each corresponding to a different day of a month, superimposed over a calendar of the month.

29. The method as in claim 18, further comprising displaying second through n-th clockface displays, each corresponding to a respective geographic location, superimposed over a map.

30. The method as in claim 18, further comprising displaying the first clockface superimposed over one of an augmented reality point of interest and a virtual reality point of interest.

31. The method as in claim 18, further comprising displaying the first arciform to have a portion pertaining to a given time range and having a respective portion width proportional to a data value pertaining to the given time range.

32. The method as in claim 18, further comprising:

displaying the first arciform in accordance with an overall task duration,

displaying the first arciform to have a portion pertaining to a given subtask duration, and

displaying the first arciform so that a respective appearance of the portion visually discriminates the respective subtask duration from the overall task duration.

33. The method as in claim 18, further comprising:

displaying a second arciform different from the first arciform, a plurality of arciforms including the first arciform and the second arciform, and

displaying an encompassing object encompassing a portion of the plurality of arciforms when a count of the plurality of arciforms exceeds a stacking threshold.

34. The method as in claim 18, further comprising displaying a spaced pair of matching elements as the first respective integral boundary-crossing transition indicator.

35. An article of manufacture comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium bearing instructions adapted to enable a hardware processor of a processing system to perform operations to indicate time intervals by regioned concentric arciforms that indicate a time of duration of events, the operations including:

displaying a first clockface having a plurality of concentric regions including an ante meridiem events region, and a post meridiem events region;

displaying arciforms representing time intervals, the arciforms each having a respective start point representing a respective start time of a time interval and a respective end point representing a respective end time of the time interval;

regioning each respective start point and each respective end point of the arciforms in one of the plurality of concentric regions according to time; and

for ones of the arciforms having the respective start point and the respective end point regioned in different ones of the plurality of concentric regions, displaying a respective integral boundary-crossing transition indicator.