Methods of managing a parameter displayed in an interactive graphic object

• US 8,913,081 B2
• Filed: 12/16/2009
• Issued: 12/16/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Thales SA
• Original Assignee: Thales SA
• Inventors: Aymeric, Bruno, Bonnet, Denis, Leroux, Yannick, Viala, Joel
• Primary Examiner(s): Haley, Joseph
• Assistant Examiner(s): ILUYOMADE, IFEDAYO B
• Application Number:
  US12/639,673
• Publication Number:
  US 20100156789A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,826 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 345/629
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop

Abstract

The method of displaying the preceding value of a parameter displayed in a first interactive graphic object by means of a display device defining a display window, a computer making it possible to interpret the actions of a graphic pointer, the pointer comprising means of selecting the first graphic object, the pointer being able to be overlaid on the first graphic object on the display device, comprises:

• • a step for positioning the pointer at at least one point of the frame of the first graphic object;
  • a step for activation of the means of selecting the first graphic object and of displacing the pointer within a determined area engaging the displacement of the first graphic object, a second graphic object appearing under the first graphic object, the second graphic object including the preceding value of the current parameter.

Claims

1. Method of managing a parameter displayed in a first interactive graphic object by means of an interactive touch screen avionics display device, said first graphic object comprising a value of the parameter and having an appearance delimited by a frame, a behaviour and a functional interface, a computer making it possible to interpret the actions carried out by a user by means of a graphic pointing device, the pointing device comprising means of selecting the first graphic object, the pointing device being able to be overlaid on the first graphic object on the interactive touch screen avionics display device, wherein the method comprises:

a first step for positioning the pointing device in at least one point of the frame of the first graphic object;

a second step for activation of the means of selecting the first graphic object and of moving the pointing device in a determined area of the interactive touch screen avionics display device, the displacement of the pointing device engaging the displacement of the first graphic object, a second graphic object appearing in the initial position of the first graphic object, the second graphic object comprising a preceding value of the parameter for allowing a crew member to retrieve and display the preceding value of the parameter after the latter has been modified.

2. Method of managing a parameter displayed in a first interactive graphic object according to claim 1, wherein the second step comprises the display of at least one graphic link forming a line joining the first and the second graphic objects, whose thickness decreases according to the distance of the first graphic object from its initial position.

3. Method of managing a parameter displayed in a first interactive graphic object according to claim 2, wherein a third step comprises a releasing of the selection of the first graphic object in the determined area, the first graphic object returning to its initial position so as to be overlaid on the second graphic object.

4. Method of managing a parameter displayed in a first interactive graphic object according to claim 2, wherein a third step comprises a releasing of the selection of the first graphic object outside the determined area, the first graphic object disappearing, the second graphic object then including the preceding value of the parameter.

5. Method of managing a parameter displayed in a first interactive graphic object according to claim 4, wherein the second graphic object comprises a stack having a predefined number of the latest values of the parameter, the value included in the graphic object that has just been deleted being stored in the stack.

6. Method of managing a parameter displayed in a first interactive graphic object according to any one of claims 3 to 5, wherein the pointing device is a finger, the selection means being a contact between the finger and the screen when the finger is superimposed on the graphic object, the displacement of the graphic object being handled by a displacement of the finger on the screen.

7. Method of managing a parameter displayed in a first interactive graphic object according to any one of claims 3 to 5, wherein the pointing device is a mouse and the selection means are a contact of the mouse cursor and a sustained click of the mouse.

8. Method of managing a parameter displayed in a first interactive graphic object according to any one of claims 3 to 5, wherein the pointing device is a touchpad.

9. Method of managing a parameter displayed in a first interactive graphic object according to any one of claims 3 to 5, wherein the pointing device is a trackball.

10. Method of managing a parameter displayed in a first interactive graphic object according to any one of claims 3 to 5, wherein the pointing device is a thumbstick.

11. Method of managing a parameter displayed in a first interactive graphic object by means of an interactive touch screen avionics display device, said first graphic object having an appearance delimited by a frame, a behaviour and a functional interface, a computer making it possible to interpret the actions carried out by a user by means of a graphic pointing device, the pointing device comprising means of selecting the first graphic object, the pointing device being able to be overlaid on the first graphic object on the interactive touch screen avionics display device, wherein the method comprises:

a first step for positioning the pointing device in at least one point of the frame of the first graphic object;

a second step for activation of the means of selecting the first graphic object and of moving the pointing device in a determined area of the interactive touch screen avionics display device, the displacement of the pointing device engaging the displacement of the first graphic object, a second graphic object appearing in the initial position of the first graphic object, the second graphic object comprising a history of the parameter, wherein the history comprises a stack having a predefined number of the latest values of the parameter, the value included in the graphic object that has just been deleted being stored in the stack for allowing a crew member to retrieve and display the preceding value of the parameter after the latter has been modified.