Formatting and navigating graphed information

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016146855-A1
Application number	US-201514701109-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 30, 2015
Priority date	Nov 20, 2014
Publication date	May 26, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A method in an electronic device that may include determining, with a processor, a quantity of group markers in a data set, and determining, with the processor and based on the quantity of group markers, a suggested view from a plurality of available views, each view in the plurality of available views diagrammatically depicting at least a portion of the data set. Also, a processor-implemented method of navigating between portions of a data set may include displaying, on a touchscreen display, a diagrammatical depiction of a first portion of the data set; detecting a continuous arc gesture at the touchscreen display; determining a direction of the arc gesture; selecting a second portion of the data set based on the determined direction of the arc gesture; and displaying a diagrammatical depiction of the second portion of the data set.

First claim

1 . In an electronic test and measurement instrument having a graphical display, a method comprising:
determining, with a processor, a quantity of group markers in a data set; and determining, with the processor and based on the quantity of group markers, a suggested view from a plurality of available views, each view in the plurality of available views diagrammatically depicting at least a portion of the data set.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising, before determining the suggested view, receiving at the processor a user-initiated signal to request the suggested view.

3 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising displaying the suggested view on a touchscreen display, in which the user-initiated signal results from a user selecting an icon on the touchscreen display.

4 . The method of claim 1 , in which:
when the quantity of group markers is zero, the suggested view is a diagrammatical depiction of a latest portion of the data set; when the quantity of group markers is greater than one, the suggested view is a diagrammatical depiction of a most-recent full-burst portion of the data set; and when the quantity of group markers is equal to one, the suggested view is a diagrammatical depiction of an entirety of the data set.

5 . The method of claim 1 , in which the suggested view comprises a diagrammatical depiction of a subset of the data set arranged on a horizontal x-axis and a vertical y-axis, the method further comprising:
determining a maximum y-value and a minimum y-value of the subset; and adjusting a y-axis scale such that the maximum y-value is substantially at an upper limit of the y-axis and the minimum y-value is substantially at a lower limit of the y-axis.

6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising setting a group marker before determining the quantity of group markers.

7 . The method of claim 6 , in which setting the group marker comprises setting the group marker at a first measurement point of a sequence of measurements, if a total quantity of measurements in the sequence is finite and is greater than one.

8 . The method of claim 7 , in which setting the group marker comprises setting the group marker at the first measurement point in real time, as the first measurement point is recorded.

9 . A processor-implemented graphical method of navigating between portions of a data set on a touchscreen display, the method comprising:
displaying, on the touchscreen display, a diagrammatical depiction of a first portion of the data set, the first portion being less than a whole of the data set; detecting a touch input at the touchscreen display, the touch input comprising a continuous arc gesture with a start point and an end point; determining a direction of the arc gesture by detecting whether the end point is to a first side or to a second side of the start point; selecting a second portion of the data set based on the determined direction of the arc gesture, the second portion being less than the whole of the data set, the second portion not overlapping the first portion; and displaying, on the touchscreen display, a diagrammatical depiction of the second portion of the data set.

10 . The method of claim 9 , in which the arc gesture comprises:
a non-vertical, upward stroke from the start point; followed by a rounded transition stroke; followed by a downward stroke to the endpoint, in which the rounded transition stroke is rounded away from the upward stroke and the downward stroke.

11 . The method of claim 9 , in which the first side is a right side of the start point from a point of view of a user and the second side is a left side of the start point from the point of view of the user; and
when the determined direction of the arc gesture is to the right side, the selected second portion of the data set has a group marker that is after a group marker of the first portion of the data set, and when the determined direction of the arc gesture is to the left side, the selected second portion of the data set has a group marker that is before a group marker of the first portion of the data set.

12 . The method of claim 11 , in which:
the diagrammatical depiction of the first portion is offset from the group marker of the first group by a shifted amount, and the diagrammatical depiction of the second portion is offset from the group marker of the second group by the shifted amount.

13 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations, the operations comprising:
determining a quantity of group markers in a data set; and determining, based on the quantity of group markers, a suggested view from a plurality of available views, each view in the plurality of available views diagrammatically depicting at least a portion of the data set.

14 . The computer-readable medium of claim 13 , in which the determined quantity of group markers is greater than one, the operations further comprising:
displaying, on a touchscreen display, a diagrammatical depiction of a first portion of the data set, the first portion being less than a whole of the data set; detecting a continuous arc gesture, with a start point and an end point, input at the touchscreen display; determining a direction of the arc gesture by detecting whether the end point is to a first side or to a second side of the start point; selecting a second portion of the data set based on the determined direction of the arc gesture, the second portion being less than the whole of the data set; and displaying, on the touchscreen display, a diagrammatical depiction of the second portion of the data set.

15 . The computer-readable medium of claim 14 , in which the first side is a right side of the start point from a point of view of a user and the second side is a left side of the start point from the point of view of the user; and
when the determined direction of the arc gesture is to the right side, the selected second portion of the data set has a group marker that is after a group marker of the first portion of the data set, and when the determined direction of the arc gesture is to the left side, the selected second portion of the data set has a group marker that is before a group marker of the first portion of the data set.

Assignees

• Keithley Instruments

Inventors

• Frackelton Brian P
• Polly George J

Classifications

• G01R13/40

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• G06F3/04883

  for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text · CPC title

• G01R13/02 Primary

  for displaying measured electric variables in digital form · CPC title

• G01R31/3177

  Testing of logic operation, e.g. by logic analysers · CPC title

• G01R31/31912

  Tester/user interface · CPC title