System and method for enabling manipulation of graphic images to form a graphic image
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1. A system for enabling the formation of a line graphic image from a plurality of selectable graphic elements on a display screen, comprising:
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a column of a plurality of graphic elements, wherein each graphic element is adapted to be selectable and the column is adapted to be moveable for enabling a line graphic image to be formed thereby and to be displayed on the display screen;
a manipulation-enabling element for enabling manipulation of the column of the plurality of graphic elements on the display screen to enable movement of a graphic element into position as a selectable graphic element on the display screen and to enable selection of the selectable graphic element to be a part of a line graphic image to be formed on the display screen, wherein the manipulation enabling element appears to be a rotatable wheel which occupies a three-dimensional space, and the column of the plurality of graphic elements is foreshortened at a top and bottom of the rotatable wheel and appears to rotate with the rotatable wheel; and
a movement-enabling element for enabling movement of the manipulation-enabling element to the next adjacent location for enabling manipulation and selection of a selectable graphic element to be part of the line graphic image to be formed on the display screen for enabling formation of the line graphic image.
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Abstract
An instrument includes a display screen which includes a bitmap graphical user interface including an on-screen menu, and a control element which enables movement of the on-screen menu corresponding to movement of the control element, enables the user to manipulate and select graphic images for executing selected instrument functions. The instrument is adapted to enable manipulation of a plurality of graphic elements in an on-screen menu such that the user is able to form a graphic image on the display screen.
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1. A system for enabling the formation of a line graphic image from a plurality of selectable graphic elements on a display screen, comprising:
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a display screen; a column of a plurality of graphic elements, wherein each graphic element is adapted to be selectable and the column is adapted to be moveable for enabling a line graphic image to be formed thereby and to be displayed on the display screen; a manipulation-enabling element for enabling manipulation of the column of the plurality of graphic elements on the display screen to enable movement of a graphic element into position as a selectable graphic element on the display screen and to enable selection of the selectable graphic element to be a part of a line graphic image to be formed on the display screen, wherein the manipulation enabling element appears to be a rotatable wheel which occupies a three-dimensional space, and the column of the plurality of graphic elements is foreshortened at a top and bottom of the rotatable wheel and appears to rotate with the rotatable wheel; and a movement-enabling element for enabling movement of the manipulation-enabling element to the next adjacent location for enabling manipulation and selection of a selectable graphic element to be part of the line graphic image to be formed on the display screen for enabling formation of the line graphic image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A method of enabling formation of a graphic image from a plurality of selectable graphic elements on a display screen in a system which comprises a display screen, a column of a plurality of graphic elements, adapted to be displayed on the display screen, a manipulation-enabling element for enabling manipulation of the column of the plurality of graphic elements on the display screen to enable movement of a graphic element into position as a selectable graphic element on the display screen and to enable selection of the selectable graphic element to be a part of a line graphic image to be formed on the display screen, wherein the manipulation-enabling element appears to be a rotatable wheel which occupies a three-dimensional space, and the column of the plurality of graphic elements is foreshortened at a top and bottom of the rotatable wheel and appears to rotate with the rotatable wheel, and a movement-enabling element for enabling movement of the manipulation-enabling element to the next adjacent location for enabling manipulation and selection of a selectable graphic element to be part of the line graphic image to be formed on the display screen for enabling formation of the line graphic image, wherein the method comprises:
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activating the display screen; presenting the column of the plurality of graphic elements on the display screen; manipulating the column of the plurality of graphic elements to move a graphic element into position as a selectable graphic element in the line graphic image; and selecting the selectable graphic elements as a part of the line graphic image. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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