Integrated display of gauges
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsOlof Markus Nystrom, Carl Oscar Thrane Lundgren, Peter Chih Chen Wong
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Abstract
An integrated display including a plurality of analog gauges concentrically arranged about a common center. Each analog gauge includes a pointer indicating a value of a parameter represented by the analog gauge. The integrated display is optionally semi-transparent and superimposed over a background view in a computer game, simulation, or other software application. The pointer and analog gauge may move relative to each other, or one may be fixed at an easily recognizable location while the other moves to indicate a current value of a parameter. This display can also be used on an electronic device to indicate a plurality of independent parameters in a minimal space.
Claims13
A method for indicating a value for each of a plurality of parameters associated with an electronic system, comprising the steps of:
- (a) displaying a plurality of curved analog gauges arrayed about a point, wherein each curved analog gauge corresponds to a different one of the plurality of parameters and indicates a range of values for said different one of the plurality of parameters, at least portions of the range of values for each of the plurality of gauges being concentrically arrayed, with the range of one gauge at least partially concentrically overlapping the range of another gauge;
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- (b) indicating a specific value of each of the plurality of parameters on the corresponding curved analog gauge for the parameter by varying a relative position of an indicia along an arc of the curved analog gauge corresponding to the parameter.
A system for indicating a value for each of a plurality of parameters associated with an electronic system comprising:
- (a) a processor;
- (b) a display coupled in communication with the processor;
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- (c) a memory coupled in communication with the processor, said memory storing machine instructions that cause the processor to:
- (i) display a plurality of curved analog gauges arrayed about a point, wherein each curved analog gauge corresponds to a different one of the plurality of parameters and indicates a range of values for said different one of the plurality of parameters, at least portions of the range of values for each of the plurality of gauges being concentrically arrayed, with the range of one gauge at least partially concentrically overlapping the range of another gauge;
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- (ii) indicate a specific value of each of the plurality of parameters on the corresponding curved analog gauge for the parameter by varying a relative position of an indicator along an arc of the curved analog gauge corresponding to the parameter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.