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Patent No.:

US 5426732 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 1995

Filed:

Oct. 05, 1994

Method and apparatus for user control by deriving next states of a

Applicant:
Inventors:

Stephen J Boies, Mahopac, NY (US);

Liam D Comerford, Carmel, NY (US);

John D Gould, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);

Susan L Spraragen, Ossining, NY (US);

Jacob P Ukelson, Bronx, NY (US);

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Attorney:

Perman & Green

Primary Examiner:

Mark K Zimmerman

Assistant Examiner:

N Kenneth Burraston

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395161 ;
Abstract

A user interface includes a process model unit (34) for predicting one or more allowable next states, from a current state of a process, and a display processing unit (26) for deriving, for each of the allowable next states, a representation of the allowable next state. The display processing unit has an output coupled to a display screen (30) for displaying each of the representations (30b-30g) in conjunction with a representation (30a) of a current state of the process. The user interface further includes an actuator control unit (22) that is coupled to an input mechanism whereby a user selects one of the displayed representations of one of the allowable next states. The motor control unit controls the process to cause it to enter a new current state that corresponds to the selected derived representation. In one embodiment, the display screen has a touchscreen capability whereby the user selects one of the representations by physically touching the display screen within an area associated with a selected one of the derived allowable states.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Boies, Stephen. (1995). Method and apparatus for user control by deriving next states of a (U.S. Patent No. 5426732). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/5426732

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