User interface for diagnostic instrument
CA 2487601 C · Owner: Snap-On Technologies, Inc. · Inventors: Raml, Timothy J.; Nicholson, William D.; Fudali, Thomas M.
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A user interface for a computing device is provided. The user interface includes a plurality of display elements. A display element includes an active region a graphical representation, and a textual description. The active region is sized for enabling human finger tip selection of the display element on a touch sensitive display screen. A display module receives coordinate information from the display screen and determines whether the coordinate information corresponds to the active region. When a user touches the active region an instrument interface module sends a command to a diagnostic instrument. Further features such as language localization of the textual description are also …
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- Filed November 9, 2004 and granted June 11, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 9, 2024.
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