Semantic zoom within a diagram of a system

US9047007B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• National Instruments Corporation · US

Inventors

• Jeffrey L. Kodosky · Austin, US
• David W Fuller, III · Austin, US
• Jeffrey N. Correll · Cedar Park, US
• Mohammed Kamran Shah · Austin, US
• Jacob Kornerup · Austin, US
• Timothy J. Hayles · Austin, US
• Adam Gabbert · Austin, US
• Christopher G. Cifra · Austin, US
• Jenifer M. Loy · Austin, US
• Scott D. Postma · Leander, US
• Richard M. Ashby · Austin, US
• Charles E. Crain, II · Austin, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 28, 2011
• Grant date: Jun 2, 2015
• Expiry date: Apr 13, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F2203/04806
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Providing zooming within a system diagram. Initially, a diagram of a system may be displayed. The diagram may include a plurality of icons representing physical components of the system. These plurality of icons may be initially displayed at a first level of magnification. User input to zoom on a first physical component in the diagram may be received. Accordingly, the first physical component may be displayed at a second level of magnification and other ones of the physical components may be displayed at a third level of magnification. The second level of magnification may be greater than the first level of magnification and the third level of magnification may be less than the first level of magnification. Alternatively, or additionally, different representations for various components of the system may be displayed in the diagram during or after the zoom.