Apparatus and method of displaying infinitely small divisions of measurement

• US 7,919,702 B2
• Filed: 02/02/2009
• Issued: 04/05/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/01/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Master Key LLC
• Original Assignee: Master Key LLC
• Inventors: Lemons, Kenneth R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Fletcher; Marlon T
• Application Number:
  US12/322,483
• Publication Number:
  US 20090223349A1
• Time in Patent Office: 792 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 84/477.00R
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/206 Drawing of charts or graphs
• CPC Class Codes: G10G 1/02 Chord or note indicators, fixed or adjustable, for keyboard of fingerboards

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a system and method for visualization of precise levels of measurement. In one embodiment, labels are placed around the perimeter of a circle. The difference between a target quantity and a measured quantity is visualized by displaying a line between two of the labels. In some embodiments, the lines representing the intervals are color coded with a different color for each of a chosen set of intervals. In other embodiments, a series of concentric circles are used, with the color within each circle indicating a level of measurement within a given range of measurement.

Claims

1. A method for displaying a received measurement value, comprising the steps of:

(a) providing a plurality of labels in a pattern of a circular arc, wherein;

(1) the plurality of labels corresponds to a plurality of respective measurement values;

(2) moving clockwise or counter-clockwise on the arc between any one of said labels represents a first measurement increment;

(b) identifying a target measurement value;

(c) identifying which one of the plurality of respective measurement values corresponds to the target measurement value;

(d) identifying an occurrence of a received measurement value;

(e) identifying which one of the plurality of respective measurement values corresponds to the received measurement value;

(f) identifying a first label corresponding to the target measurement value;

(g) identifying a second label corresponding to the received measurement value;

(h) creating a first line connecting the first label and the second label, wherein;

(1) the first line is a first color if the target measurement value and the received measurement value are separated by the first measurement increment;

(2) the first line is a second color if the target measurement value and the received measurement value are separated by a first multiple of the first measurement increment;

(3) the first line is a third color if the target measurement value and the received measurement value are separated by a second multiple of the first measurement increment;

(4) the first line is a fourth color if the target measurement value and the received measurement value are separated by a third multiple of the first measurement increment;

(5) the first line is a fifth color if the target measurement value and the received measurement value are separated by a fourth multiple of the first measurement increment; and

(6) the first line is a sixth color if the target measurement value and the received measurement value are separated by a sixth multiple of the first measurement increment.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of respective measurement values comprise a plurality of musical notes and the occurrence of the received measurement value comprises playing a sound on a musical instrument.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first color is red, the second color is orange, the third color is yellow, the fourth color is green, the fifth color is blue and the sixth color is purple.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the first color has a first frequency that is lower than a second frequency of the second color;

the second frequency is lower than a third frequency of the third color;

the third frequency is lower than a fourth frequency of the fourth color;

the fourth frequency is lower than a fifth frequency of the fifth color; and

the fifth frequency is lower than a sixth frequency of the sixth color.

5. A method for displaying a received measurement value, comprising the steps of:

(a) providing a plurality of labels in a pattern of a first circle, wherein;

(1) the plurality of labels corresponds to a plurality of respective measurement values;

(2) moving clockwise or counter-clockwise on the first circle between any one of said labels represents a first measurement increment;

(b) identifying a target measurement value;

(c) identifying which one of the plurality of respective measurement values corresponds to the target measurement value;

(d) identifying an occurrence of a received measurement value;

(e) identifying which one of the plurality of respective measurement values corresponds to the received measurement value;

(f) identifying a first label corresponding to the target measurement value;

(g) identifying a second label corresponding to the received measurement value;

(h) creating a first line connecting the first label and the second label, wherein;

(1) the first line is a first color if the target measurement value and the received measurement value are separated by the first measurement increment;

(2) the first line is a second color if the target measurement value and the received measurement value are separated by substantially a first multiple of the first measurement increment;

(3) the first line is a third color if the target measurement value and the received measurement value are separated by substantially a second multiple of the first measurement increment;

(4) the first line is a fourth color if the target measurement value and the received measurement value are separated by substantially a third multiple of the first measurement increment;

(5) the first line is a fifth color if the target measurement value and the received measurement value are separated by substantially a fourth multiple of the first measurement increment; and

(6) the first line is a sixth color if the target measurement value and the received measurement value are separated by substantially a sixth multiple of the first measurement increment.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising the steps of:

(i) providing a second circle around the second label, said second circle having a diameter substantially smaller than the diameter of said first circle, wherein;

(1) the area within the second circle is the first color if the target measurement and the received measurement are separated by a second increment, said second increment being smaller than said first increment;

(2) the area within the second circle is the second color if the target measurement and the received measurement are separated by a first multiple of the second increment;

(3) the area within the second circle is the third color if the target measurement and the received measurement are separated by a second multiple of the second increment;

(4) the area within the second circle is the fourth color if the target measurement and the received measurement are separated by a third multiple of the second increment;

(5) the area within the second circle is the fifth color if the target measurement and the received measurement are separated by a fourth multiple of the second increment; and

(6) the area within the second circle is the sixth color if the target measurement and the received measurement are separated by a fifth multiple of the second increment.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the first color is red, the second color is orange, the third color is yellow, the fourth color is green, the fifth color is blue and the sixth color is purple.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein:

the first color has a first frequency that is lower than a second frequency of the second color;

the second frequency is lower than a third frequency of the third color;

the third frequency is lower than a fourth frequency of the fourth color;

the fourth frequency is lower than a fifth frequency of the fifth color; and

the fifth frequency is lower than a sixth frequency of the sixth color.

9. A method for displaying a received measurement value, comprising the steps of:

(a) providing a plurality of labels in a pattern of a helix, wherein;

(1) each turn of the helix has a plurality of labels corresponding to a plurality of respective measurement values in a respective plurality of measurement ranges;

(2) moving clockwise or counter-clockwise on the helix between any one of said labels represents a first measurement increment;

(b) identifying a target measurement value;

(c) identifying which one of the plurality of respective measurement values and which one of the plurality of respective measurement ranges corresponds to the target measurement value;

(d) identifying an occurrence of a received measurement value;

(e) identifying which one of the plurality of respective measurement values and which one of the respective plurality of measurement ranges corresponds to the received measurement value;

(f) identifying a first label corresponding to the target measurement value;

(g) identifying a second label corresponding to the received measurement value;

(h) creating a first line connecting the first label and the second label, wherein;

(1) the first line is a first color if the target measurement value and the received measurement value are separated by the first measurement increment;

(2) the first line is a second color if the target measurement value and the received measurement value are separated by substantially a first multiple of the first measurement increment;

(3) the first line is a third color if the target measurement value and the received measurement value are separated by substantially a second multiple of the first measurement increment;

(4) the first line is a fourth color if the target measurement value and the received measurement value are separated by substantially a third multiple of the first measurement increment;

(5) the first line is a fifth color if the target measurement value and the received measurement value are separated by substantially a fourth multiple of the first measurement increment; and

(6) the first line is a sixth color if the target measurement value and the received measurement value are separated by substantially a sixth multiple of the first measurement increment.