Interactive display for trend or bar graph
First Claim
1. A system for interactive control of a display device to produce a dynamic visual representation of at least one monitored variable, said system comprising a personal computer with a display to be controlled and operator input means including a cursor control device, said display device including a display region within which any display is produced, said system further comprising:
- first means including said operator input means for selecting a monitored variable to be displayed,first operator controlled means, including said cursor control device, for selecting a location of said visual representation of said selected variable within said display region,second operator controlled means for selecting a range of said variable to be displayed within said display region, andmeans responsive to said first means and to said first and second operator controlled means for producing a visual representation of said selected variable, within said selected range at said operator selected location.
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Abstract
A system for the interactive control of a display such as a CRT (cathode ray tube) or the like, produces a visual representation of at least one variable in the form of a trend or bar graph. The system includes a personal computer having a cursor control and a display. The system operator can select a variable for display, and then select a location within which the visual representation of the variable is to appear and a range of the variable which is to be displayed within the selected region. The system responds to the operator'"'"'s selections for producing a visual representation in the form of a trend or bar graph of the selected variable within the selected range at the operator-selected location.
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18 Claims
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1. A system for interactive control of a display device to produce a dynamic visual representation of at least one monitored variable, said system comprising a personal computer with a display to be controlled and operator input means including a cursor control device, said display device including a display region within which any display is produced, said system further comprising:
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first means including said operator input means for selecting a monitored variable to be displayed, first operator controlled means, including said cursor control device, for selecting a location of said visual representation of said selected variable within said display region, second operator controlled means for selecting a range of said variable to be displayed within said display region, and means responsive to said first means and to said first and second operator controlled means for producing a visual representation of said selected variable, within said selected range at said operator selected location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for interactive control a display device to produce a dynamic visual repressentation of art least one monitored variable, said system comprising a personal computer with a display device to be controlled and operator input means including a cursor control device, said display device including a display region within which any display is produced, said system further comprising:
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first means including said operator input means for selecting a variable to be displayed, first operator controlled means, including said cursor control means, for selecting a location of said visual representation of said selected variable within said display region, second operator controlled means for selecting a size of a sub-region within which said visual representation will be contained, and means responsive to said first means and to said first and second operator controlled means for producing a visual representation of said selected variable at said operator selected location and within said operator selected sub-region.
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11. A process for user interactive generation and the dynamic display of at least one monitored variable in the form of a bar graph or a trend graph composed of a plurality of parallel bar graphs on a graphics display screen comprising the steps of:
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prompting the user to select a monitored variable to be linked to a graph representing the value of said variable; prompting the user to select limits of a scaled display of said graph; prompting the user to select a region of the screen for display of said graph; responding to user inputs selecting a monitored variable, limits of a scaled display and a region of the screen for display of said graph by saving defining said selections; prompting the user to select a variable range to be displayed by said graph; calling said saved values and drawing a rectangle within said region on said screen having said limits and labeled with said range; and filling said rectangle to a point corresponding to a value of said monitored variable. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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