Information display system for displaying time-series numerical values and graph simultaneously

• US 6,020,898 A
• Filed: 07/12/1993
• Issued: 02/01/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 07/27/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Olympus Optical Corporation Limited (Olympus Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Olympus Optical Corporation Limited (Olympus Corporation)
• Inventors: Horiguchi, Toshio, Saito, Akito
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Phu K.
• Application Number:
  US08/089,433
• Time in Patent Office: 2,395 Days
• Field of Search: 395/140, 395/141, 395/142, 345/440, 345/123, 345/124, 345/125, 345/133, 345/134, 345/333, 345/334
• US Class Current: 345/440
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 1/162 for displaying digital inputs as analog magnitudes, e.g. curves, bar graphs, coordinate axes, singly or in combination with alpha-numeric characters cathode-ray oscilloscopes for displaying analog inputs, singly or in combination with alpha-numeric characters G01R13/20; television receiver circuitry for displaying supplementary, e.g. alpha-numeric, information H04N5/445
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/20 for electronic clinical trials or questionnaires

Abstract

Information recorded on optical recording media is reproduced by a recording/reproducing unit. A plurality of predetermined items are selected by a keyboard among reproduced information. A list of inspection data of time-series order in which all inspection data of a plurality of selected items are in the time-series order, and a list in which numerical-value data of the selected items are graphed in time-series order are simultaneously displayed on the same display surface.

Claims

1. An information display system, comprising:

reproducing means for reproducing information regarding a plurality of items recorded onto information recording media;

selecting means for selecting combined item groups which are grouped into a plurality of predetermined combinations of items, among information regarding the plurality of items reproduced by said reproducing means;

time-series order numerical-value data generating means for generating time-series order numerical-value data in which numerical-value data are brought into said time-series order, which respect to items including said numerical-value data, and belonging to the combined item groups selected by said selecting means;

time series order graph generating means for generating a time-series order graph in which said numerical-value data are graphed in said time-series order, with respect to items including said numerical-value data; and

display means for displaying simultaneously said time-series order numerical-value data and said time-series order graph on a single screen of the display means.

2. An information display system according to claim 1, wherein each of said information recording media consists of an optical card in which reproduction of the information is optically performed.

3. An information display system according to claim 1, wherein said reproducing means comprises an optical reproducing means for performing reproduction of information recorded on said information recording media by the use of an optical beam.

4. An information display system according to claim 1, wherein said display means further displays a name of the items including said numerical-value data.

5. An information display system according to claim 1, wherein said information recording media record the information extending over said plurality of items by a time-series unit.

6. An information display system according to claim 1, wherein said information recording media record the information extending over said plurality of items, together with identification information which identifies said items.

7. An information display system according to claim 6, wherein said identification information is number information corresponding to said items.

8. An information display system according to claim 1, wherein said time-series order numerical-value data generating means forms combined items which are selected by said selecting means, and generates time-series order polarity/tendency data in which said polarity/tendency data are brought to time-series order, with respect to the items having polarity/tendency data which indicate one of polarity and tendency.

9. An information display system according to claim 8, wherein said display means displays time-series order polarity/tendency data, together with said time-series order numerical-value data.

10. An information display system according to claim 1, wherein said display means displays said time-series order numerical-value data by a list which includes ruled lines.

11. An information display system according to claim 1, including memory means which temporarily stores said time-series order numerical-value data which are generated by said time-series order numerical-value data generating means, and the image data of said time-series order graph generated by said time-series order graph generating means.

12. An information display system according to claim 1, wherein whenever the combined items selected by said selecting means are items including a plurality of numerical-value data, said display means simultaneously displays a plurality of time-series graphs which correspond to said plurality of numerical-value data.

13. An information display system according to claim 1, wherein said time-series order numerical-value data generating means generates time-series order numerical-value data with respect also to items other than the items which belong to the combined items selected by said selecting means.

14. An information display system according to claim 1, wherein said time-series order numerical-value data generating means generates time-series order polarity/tendency data in which said polarity/tendency data are brought to time-series order, with respect to the items having polarity/tendency data which indicate one of polarity and tendency, other than the items which belong to the combined items selected by said selecting means.

15. An information display system according to claim 1 wherein said display means includes first display means for displaying said time-series order numerical-value data, and second display means for displaying said time-series order graph.

16. An information display system according to claim 1, wherein said reproducing means includes a recording function which records information onto said information recording media.

17. An information display system according to claim 1, including a backup recording unit for backup-recording information recorded onto said information recording media.

18. An information display system according to claim 17, including a detecting function for detecting recording leakage in the recording information which is recorded onto said information recording media with respect to backup information which is recorded on said backup recording unit.

19. An information display system according to claim 18, including a recording means for recording said recording leakage information onto said information recording media, in a case where said recording leakage is detected.

20. An information display system according to claim 1, wherein said selecting means consists of a keyboard.

21. An information display system comprising:

reproducing means for reproducing information regarding a plurality of items which are recorded onto information recording media;

selecting means for selecting combined item groups grouped into predetermined combinations of said plurality of items, among information regarding the plurality of items which are reproduced by said reproducing means;

time-series order data generating means for generating time-series order data in which numerical-value data are brought into said time-series order, with respect to items including said numerical-value data and belonging to groups of combined item groups selected by said selecting means;

time-series order graph generating means for generating a time-series order graph in which said numerical-value data are graphed in said time-series order, with respect to items including said numerical-value data; and

display means for displaying said time-series order data and said time-series order graph within the same display surface so that said time-series order data and said time-series order graph can be viewed simultaneously.

22. An information display system comprising:

reproducing means for reproducing information regarding a plurality of items which are recorded onto information recording media;

selecting means for selecting a plurality of items from among information regarding the plurality of items reproduced by said reproducing means;

time-series order data generating means for generating time-series order data in which numerical-value data are brought into said time-series order, with respect to items including said numerical-value data and forming a plurality of items selected by said selecting means;

time-series order graph generating means for generating a time-series order graph in which said numerical-value data are graphed in said time-series order, with respect to items including said numerical-value data; and

display means for combining said time-series order data and said time-series order graph on a single screen of the display means so as to be capable of being viewed simultaneously.