Device and method for finding and displaying information
First Claim
1. A device for finding information elements in one or more objects, the information elements being storable in a storage device, the objects being displayable on a display device via a graphical user interface, the information elements being parts or assemblies of at least one machine or at least one device and the objects being a machine or device, comprising:
- a display device having a graphical user interface for graphically displaying an object,the information elements being arranged in a coordinate system of the graphically displayed object so that each information element has associated therewith at least one coordinate point in the graphically displayed object;
the graphical user interface including, for finding the desired information element, at least one selection window variable in size or shape allowing selection of an arbitrarily-sized subset of coordinate points and associated information elements of the object so as to define selected information elements by dragging the selection window across the object displayed in the graphical user interface; and
the selected information elements being displayable on the graphical user interface of the display device;
wherein the coordinate points are points of a three-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system;
the graphical user interface including at least one second selection window, perpendicular support vectors of planes defined by the first selection window and the second selection window being linearly independent.
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Abstract
A device and a method for finding information elements (1) in one or more objects (7), the information elements (1) being storable in a storage device and the objects (7) being displayable on a display device via a graphical user interface (18). The present invention has the feature that the information elements (1) are arranged in a coordinate system of a graphically displayed object (7) so that each information element (1) has associated therewith at least one coordinate point in the graphically displayed object (7), that, for finding the desired information element (10) using the graphical user interface (18), at least one selection window (6) is present which is variable in size and shape and which allows selection of an arbitrarily-sized subset of coordinate points and associated information elements (1) of the object (7), and that the selected information elements (9, 10) are displayable on the graphical user interface (18) of the display device.
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15 Claims
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1. A device for finding information elements in one or more objects, the information elements being storable in a storage device, the objects being displayable on a display device via a graphical user interface, the information elements being parts or assemblies of at least one machine or at least one device and the objects being a machine or device, comprising:
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a display device having a graphical user interface for graphically displaying an object, the information elements being arranged in a coordinate system of the graphically displayed object so that each information element has associated therewith at least one coordinate point in the graphically displayed object; the graphical user interface including, for finding the desired information element, at least one selection window variable in size or shape allowing selection of an arbitrarily-sized subset of coordinate points and associated information elements of the object so as to define selected information elements by dragging the selection window across the object displayed in the graphical user interface; and the selected information elements being displayable on the graphical user interface of the display device; wherein the coordinate points are points of a three-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system;
the graphical user interface including at least one second selection window, perpendicular support vectors of planes defined by the first selection window and the second selection window being linearly independent. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A device for finding information elements in one or more objects, the information elements being storable in a storage device, the objects being displayable on a display device via a graphical user interface, the information elements being parts or assemblies of at least one machine or at least one device and the objects being a machine or device, comprising:
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a display device having a graphical user interface for graphically displaying an object, the information elements being arranged in a coordinate system of the graphically displayed object so that each information element has associated therewith at least one coordinate point in the graphically displayed object; the graphical user interface including, for finding the desired information element, at least one selection window variable in size or shape allowing selection of an arbitrarily-sized subset of coordinate points and associated information elements of the object so as to define selected information elements by dragging the selection window across the object displayed in the graphical user interface; the selected information elements being displayable on the graphical user interface of the display device; wherein at least one input field is provided on the graphical user interface of the display device for entering arbitrary search terms; and
a hit list containing the search terms found in the information elements or associated references to a drawing, a written name, a text, or to a graphic animation is displayable on the graphical user interface; anda comparator device to calculate an intersection set of the hit list with the information elements selected using at least one selection window; and
the information elements present in the intersection set being displayable on the graphical user interface.
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11. A method for finding information elements in one or more objects, the information elements being stored in a storage device, the objects being displayed on a display device via a graphical user interface, the information elements being parts or assemblies of at least one machine or at least one device and the objects being a machine or device, comprising the steps of:
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arranging the information elements in a coordinate system of a graphically displayed object so that each information element has associated therewith at least one coordinate point in the graphically displayed object; in order to find a desired information element using the graphical user interface, using at least one first selection window and at least one second selection window variable in size or shape to select an arbitrarily-sized subset of coordinate points and associated information elements of the object by dragging the at least one first selection window and the at least one second selection window across the object displayed in the graphical user interface; and displaying the selected information elements on the graphical user interface of the display device; wherein the coordinate points are points of a three-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system;
perpendicular support vectors of planes defined by the first selection window and the second selection window being linearly independent. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. The method as recited in 11 wherein the information elements are parts or assemblies of at least one machine or at least one device;
- a specific machine or a specific device is selected using a selection device or an input field on the graphical user interface; and
only the information elements stored in the storage device and belonging to the selected machine or the selected device can be displayed and selected on the graphical user interface.
- a specific machine or a specific device is selected using a selection device or an input field on the graphical user interface; and
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15. A method for finding information elements in one or more objects, the information elements being stored in a storage device, the objects being displayed on a display device via a graphical user interface, the information elements being parts or assemblies of at least one machine or at least one device and the objects being a machine or device, comprising the steps of:
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arranging the information elements in a coordinate system of a graphically displayed object so that each information element has associated therewith at least one coordinate point in the graphically displayed object; in order to find a desired information element using the graphical user interface, using at least one selection window variable in size or shape to select an arbitrarily-sized subset of coordinate points and associated information elements of the object by dragging the selection window across the object displayed in the graphical user interface; and displaying the selected information elements on the graphical user interface of the display device; wherein arbitrary search terms are entered in at least one input field on the graphical user interface; and
a hit list containing the search terms found in the information elements or associated references to a drawing, a written name, a text, or to a graphic animation is displayed on the graphical user interface;wherein an intersection set of the hit list with the information elements selected using at least one selection window is calculated by a comparator device; and
the information elements present in the intersection set are displayed on the graphical user interface.
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