System and method for displaying time
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1. A display device comprising:
- an electronic display unit capable of rendering graphics; and
a processor to;
render on said display a filled graphical shape bounded by the following;
originating at a center on a face displayed on the display, a first line segment, the first line segment indicating a first parameter and having a first end at the center and a distal end;
originating at said center, a second line segment longer than the first line segment the second line segment indicating a second parameter and having a first end at the center and a distal end; and
a curve beginning at the distal end of said first line segment and ending at the distal end of said second line segment and determined by a radial function that is monotonically-increasing over at least a majority of the radial distance between the distal ends of the line segments, with the origin at said center, over the domain of the reflex or straight angle formed at the center by the two line segments;
the graphical shape indicating a measurement, the measurement selected from the group consisting of;
one or more physical measurements; and
time, wherein the first parameter is the hour and second parameter is the minute.
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Abstract
A visual display and device and method for producing the display may indicate the time or other data in a bold, elegant, intuitive, and stylistic manner that is easily legible despite obscured vision, viewing distances, or the user'"'"'s inattentiveness. A minimalistic display may include a shape such as a geometric shape that presents the time by connecting the distal ends of the hour and minute indicators with a possibly time-varying curve. This curve aids in the interpretation of the time. Another embodiment of the invention displays, using a polar coordinate system, two physical parameters on single similar display in an aesthetically-pleasing, elegant, and intuitive method.
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15 Claims
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1. A display device comprising:
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an electronic display unit capable of rendering graphics; and a processor to; render on said display a filled graphical shape bounded by the following; originating at a center on a face displayed on the display, a first line segment, the first line segment indicating a first parameter and having a first end at the center and a distal end; originating at said center, a second line segment longer than the first line segment the second line segment indicating a second parameter and having a first end at the center and a distal end; and a curve beginning at the distal end of said first line segment and ending at the distal end of said second line segment and determined by a radial function that is monotonically-increasing over at least a majority of the radial distance between the distal ends of the line segments, with the origin at said center, over the domain of the reflex or straight angle formed at the center by the two line segments; the graphical shape indicating a measurement, the measurement selected from the group consisting of;
one or more physical measurements; and
time, wherein the first parameter is the hour and second parameter is the minute. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for displaying information comprising:
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displaying on a display a filled graphical shape bounded by the following; originating at a center on a face displayed on the display, a first line segment, the first line segment indicating an first parameter and having a first end at the center and a distal end; and originating at said center, a second line segment longer than the first line segment the second line segment indicating a second parameter and having a first end at the center and a distal end; and a curve beginning at the distal end of said first line segment and ending at the distal end of said second line segment and determined by a radial function that is monotonically-increasing over at least a majority of the radial distance between the distal ends of the line segments, with the origin at said center, over the domain of the reflex or straight angle formed at the center by the two line segments; the graphical shape indicating a measurement, the measurement selected from the group consisting of;
one or more physical measurements; and
time, wherein the first parameter is the hour and second parameter is the minute.- View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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