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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2007
Applicants:
William Culpi, Lake Forest, CA (US);
William E. Bryant, Chino Hills, CA (US);
John M. Rickman, Portola, CA (US);
Inventors:
William Culpi, Lake Forest, CA (US);
William E. Bryant, Chino Hills, CA (US);
John M. Rickman, Portola, CA (US);
Assignee:
Newport Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A self-centering zoom system includes a display device to indicate a measured quantity, and first and second bar graphs displayed on the display device. The first bar graph displays both a current value and a peak value of the measured quantity. The second bar graph displays an automatically zoomed range generally centered about one of the peak value, the current value, and a point lying between the peak and current values of the measured quantity.