Context switching zooming user interface
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorScott Terrell Williams
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Abstract
A diagnostic system includes a display module that displays an icon view and one or more sensor views. The icon view includes icons that represent associated processes and the sensor views include sensor data that is associated with respective ones of the processes. A processor module receives the sensor data from sensors. A human interface device communicates with the processor module and includes a pointing device. The pointing device facilitates selecting one of the icons and zooming the icon view to switch from the icon view to its associated sensor view.
Claims14
A diagnostic system, comprising:
- a display module that displays an icon view and one or more sensor views, the icon view including icons that represent associated processes and the sensor views include sensor data that is associated with respective ones of the processes;
- a processor module that receives the sensor data from sensors;
- and
- a pointing device that communicates with the processor module and facilitates selecting one of the icons and zooming the icon view to switch from the icon view to its associated sensor view.
A method of operating a diagnostic system, comprising:
- displaying an icon view and one or more sensor views, the icon view including icons that represent associated processes and the sensor views including sensor data that is associated with respective ones of the processes;
- receiving the sensor data from sensors;
- selecting one of the icons;
- and
- zooming the icon view to switch from the icon view to its associated sensor view.
A diagnostic system, comprising:
- means for displaying an icon view and one or more sensor views, the icon view including icons that represent associated processes and the sensor views including sensor data that is associated with respective ones of the processes;
- means for receiving the sensor data from sensors;
- and
- means for facilitating selecting one of the icons and zooming the icon view to switch from the icon view to its associated sensor view.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.