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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2011
William Culpi, Lake Forest, CA (US);
William E. Bryant, Chino Hills, CA (US);
John M. Rickman, Portola, CA (US);
William Culpi, Lake Forest, CA (US);
William E. Bryant, Chino Hills, CA (US);
John M. Rickman, Portola, CA (US);
Newport Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for displaying a strip chart on an electronic display. A furthest extremum value of the measured quantity is recorded over a period of time and a plurality of values of the measured quantity are displayed on the strip chart. The furthest extremum value is used to automatically rescale the strip chart, providing for at least one bound of the zoomed range. In response to receiving a selection of a zoom factor defining a degree of magnification of the strip chart, the strip chart is automatically scaled to a degree of magnification commensurate with the zoom factor and the strip chart may be automatically scaled such that the strip chart is bounded on one side by one of a furthest extremum maximum or minimum value and the other one of the furthest extremum maximum or minimum value is not displayed on the strip chart.