Graphical language methodology for information display
DCFirst Claim
1. A method of generating a display for a database of information on a physical system, the display including a plurality of display segments of fixed size, shape and display location, the physical system having a plurality of datapoints, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) assigning each datapoint to a display segment to cause the display segments to present an image having a morphological arrangement approximating the physical system;
(b) monitoring the value of each datapoint;
(c) determining the variation in the value of each datapoint from a normal value for the datapoint;
(d) assigning preselected display figure icons to indicate various degrees of variation in the value of a datapoint from a normal value for the datapoint;
(e) providing display figure icons to the display segments in accordance with the determined variations in the values of the associated datapoints from normal values for the respective datapoints so that the color configurations of the respective display segments indicate the variations of the values of the associated datapoints from the normal values for such datapoints, and the datapoints are identifiable from their respective display locations; and
(f) displaying the resulting image.
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Abstract
An icon-based method of generating a display indicating the status of each of a number of physical parameters in a monitored physical system and interventions introduced to adjust the physical system. Each parameter and intervention is assigned an area on a display screen, and in each area an image is displayed representing the condition of the associated parameter. Each image includes at least one icon representing an associated condition of the physical parameter. A parameter of the icon is controlled to indicate the status of the associated condition.
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1. A method of generating a display for a database of information on a physical system, the display including a plurality of display segments of fixed size, shape and display location, the physical system having a plurality of datapoints, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) assigning each datapoint to a display segment to cause the display segments to present an image having a morphological arrangement approximating the physical system; (b) monitoring the value of each datapoint; (c) determining the variation in the value of each datapoint from a normal value for the datapoint; (d) assigning preselected display figure icons to indicate various degrees of variation in the value of a datapoint from a normal value for the datapoint; (e) providing display figure icons to the display segments in accordance with the determined variations in the values of the associated datapoints from normal values for the respective datapoints so that the color configurations of the respective display segments indicate the variations of the values of the associated datapoints from the normal values for such datapoints, and the datapoints are identifiable from their respective display locations; and (f) displaying the resulting image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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