Measuring device with dialog control occuring via dialog windows and corresponding method
AssigneeRohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsAngela Rieger, Kurt Lainer, Bernhard Reifert, Valentin Illich, Sebastian Thoma
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Abstract
A measuring device includes a representation device on which dialog windows can be represented, in addition to a method and software for managing said dialog windows. Several parameters can be adjusted for at least one part of the functional units and input through the dialog windows. Each newly opened dialog window is associated with a soft key and represented by an icon in a window management strip. The respectively associated dialog windows can be placed in the forefront using the soft keys.
Claims16
A measuring device comprising:
- a plurality of functional units, wherein several adjustment parameters are provided for at least some of the functional units, and wherein changes to the adjustment parameters are entered via dialog windows,
- a control device configured to control setting of the adjustment parameters, and
- a visual display device capable of displaying the dialog windows,
- wherein each newly opened dialog window is allocated to a soft key and a current definition of the soft keys is displayed on the display device by means of icons, by means of which a relevant dialog window can be moved to a foreground of the display device, and wherein operating elements for functions, corresponding to the adjustment parameters for one of the functional units, are presented together in the dialog window,
- in the event of a complete allocation of all said soft keys to the dialog windows, if a further dialog window is opened, a least active dialog window is closed, and a soft key associated with the closed dialog window is allocated to the new dialog window.
A method for managing dialog windows by means of which adjustment parameters for functional units of a measuring device can be entered, wherein the functional units are displayed on a display device as functional blocks, comprising:
- positioning a marker on the functional block by means of a positioning element;
- selecting the marked functional block using a selection means;
- displaying operating blocks, which correspond to the adjustment parameters of the selected functional unit, in an allocated dialog window;
- allocating every open dialog window to a soft key;
- displaying an icon representing an open dialog window in each case at a position on the display device corresponding to the allocated soft key;
- and
- closing, if a further dialog window is opened when all available soft keys have been allocated, a dialog window that has not been displayed in the foreground for the longest period.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.