Systems and methods for focus plus context viewing of dense, ordered line graphs
First Claim
1. A system for displaying a dense graph and details of a portion of the dense graph on a display of said system, said system comprising:
- a processor coupled to memory, an input device and said display and adapted to perform operations comprising;
locally distorting an open region of the dense graph identified by interaction through said input device, said locally distorting comprising expanding a portion of the open region of the dense graph along a first dimension axis of the graph, compressing at least one other portion of the open region of the dense graph adjacent the expanded portion along the first dimension axis, and maintaining a scale of all of the dense graph in a second dimension orthogonal to said first dimension; and
causing said display to display said dense graph and said expanded and compressed portions, wherein all data represented by said dense graph displayed on said display prior to said locally distorting is displayed after said locally distorting.
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Abstract
Systems, methods and computer readable storage media for displaying a dense graph and details of a portion of the dense graph on a display are provided. A processor coupled to memory, an input device and a display are provided to perform operations including: locally distorting a portion of the dense graph identified by interaction through the input device, wherein the local distortion includes expanding the portion of the dense graph along a first dimension axis of the graph, compressing at least one adjacent portion of the dense graph adjacent the expanded portion, and maintaining a scale of all of the dense graph in a second dimension orthogonal to the first dimension. The dense graph and expanded and compressed portions are displayed on the display, wherein all of the graph represented by the display signal on the display prior to performing the local distortion operation is displayed after performing the local distortion operation. In at least one embodiment, the system comprises an oscilloscope.
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21 Claims
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1. A system for displaying a dense graph and details of a portion of the dense graph on a display of said system, said system comprising:
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a processor coupled to memory, an input device and said display and adapted to perform operations comprising; locally distorting an open region of the dense graph identified by interaction through said input device, said locally distorting comprising expanding a portion of the open region of the dense graph along a first dimension axis of the graph, compressing at least one other portion of the open region of the dense graph adjacent the expanded portion along the first dimension axis, and maintaining a scale of all of the dense graph in a second dimension orthogonal to said first dimension; and causing said display to display said dense graph and said expanded and compressed portions, wherein all data represented by said dense graph displayed on said display prior to said locally distorting is displayed after said locally distorting. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer-assisted method of analyzing a dense graph, said method comprising:
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selecting a first portion of the dense graph via an input device; performing local distortion of said selected first portion of the dense graph, performing the local distortion comprising expanding a portion of the selected first portion along a time dimension axis of the graph, compressing at least one adjacent portion of the selected first portion adjacent the expanded portion along the time dimension axis, and maintaining a scale of all of the dense graph in a magnitude dimension orthogonal to said time dimension; and displaying said dense graph and said expanded and compressed portions, wherein all data represented by said dense graph displayed on said display prior to said locally distorting is displayed after said locally distorting. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer readable storage medium having stored thereon one or more sequences of instructions, executable by a computer, for facilitating computer-assisted analysis of a dense graph, the computer readable storage medium comprising:
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interface instructions for providing an interactive user feature for user selection of a portion of the dense graph via an input device; distorting instructions for locally distorting said selected portion of the dense graph, wherein locally distorting said selected portion comprises expanding a portion of the selected portion of the dense graph along a first dimension axis of the graph, compressing at least one adjacent portion of the selected portion of the dense graph adjacent to the expanded portion, and maintaining a scale of all of the dense graph in a second dimension orthogonal to said first dimension; and display instructions for generating a display signal representing said dense graph and said expanded and compressed portions, wherein all of said graph represented by said display signal prior to said locally distorting is represented by said display signal after said locally distorting. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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