Method for selecting waveforms on electronic test equipment
First Claim
1. A method for operating a data processing system having a touch enabled display screen that displays a plurality of waveforms, said method comprising:
- determining a selected waveform in response to a user touching said display screen in a first location thereby defining a touch area that determines said selected waveform; and
determining an operation to be performed on said selected waveform that is defined by a gesture on said screen, said operation leaving any remaining waveforms unaltered, said gesture being separate from said user touching said display screen at said first location.
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Abstract
A method for operating a data processing system having a touch enabled display screen that displays a plurality of waveforms to alter the display of one of the waveforms without altering the display of the remaining waveforms is disclosed. The method includes determining a selected waveform in response to a user touching the display screen in a first location thereby defining a touch area that determines the selected waveform. An operation that is to be performed on the selected waveform is then defined by a gesture on the screen. The selected waveform is determined by a touch area that is defined by the user touching the screen. If more than one waveform is defined by the touch area, the possible waveforms are sequentially selected until the correct one is presented to the user in response to the user repeating the touching that defines the touch area.
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18 Claims
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1. A method for operating a data processing system having a touch enabled display screen that displays a plurality of waveforms, said method comprising:
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determining a selected waveform in response to a user touching said display screen in a first location thereby defining a touch area that determines said selected waveform; and determining an operation to be performed on said selected waveform that is defined by a gesture on said screen, said operation leaving any remaining waveforms unaltered, said gesture being separate from said user touching said display screen at said first location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for operating a data processing system having a touch enabled display screen that displays a plurality of waveforms, said method comprising:
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determining a selected waveform in response to a user touching said display screen in a first location thereby defining a touch area that determines said selected waveform; and determining an operation to be performed on said selected waveform that is defined by a gesture on said screen, said operation leaving any remaining waveforms unaltered, wherein determining said selected waveform comprises determining that no waveform passes through said touch area; searching said display screen on each side of said touch area to determine waveforms that are encountered on each side of said touch area; and selecting one of said encountered waveforms as the selected waveform. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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10. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that cause a data processing system to execute a method for operating a display screen that is part of said data processing system, said method comprising:
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determining a selected waveform in response to a user touching said display screen in a first location thereby defining a touch area that determines said selected waveform; and determining an operation to be performed on said selected waveform that is defined by a gesture on said display screen, said operation leaving any remaining waveforms unaltered, said gesture being separate from said user touching said display screen at said first location. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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