Multi-Channel Oscilloscope Display Segmentation and Toggle Interface
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Solution Overview
Problem
Multi-channel oscilloscopes present a complex and user-unfriendly display to users due to the multitude of measurement signals, making it difficult to select and manage multiple measurement channels effectively.
Innovation Solution
A measuring device with a front panel featuring control buttons, rotary switches, and a touch-screen monitor with multiple display fields, allowing signals to be displayed in minimized or maximized formats, with a status field providing real-time information and toggle functions for easy signal management using touch-screen, pushbuttons, or mouse interactions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If multiple measurement signals are displayed simultaneously on the screen, then all measurement channels are visible, but the display becomes complicated and user-unfriendly
Solution Approach 1:
The display area is segmented into multiple display fields, with the first display field showing minimized representations of all measurement channels and the second display field providing a maximized view of selected channels. This segmentation allows users to see multiple signals at once in a organized manner while maintaining ease of operation through intuitive navigation between different display modes.
2Loss of information
If all measurement channels are displayed in maximized format, then detailed signal information is visible, but the screen space is insufficient and organization becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The display fields are dynamically adjustable, allowing users to switch between minimized and maximized formats for different measurement channels. The touch-screen enables dynamic reconfiguration of the display layout, where users can touch the first display field to expand selected channels to the second display field for detailed analysis, then collapse them back when finished. This dynamic adaptation resolves the contradiction by providing detailed information on demand while maintaining overall screen organization.
3Ease of operation
If touch-screen control is implemented, then user interaction becomes more intuitive, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The touch-screen serves multiple functions: it acts as both a display element and a control interface. By integrating control functions directly into the display, the touch-screen eliminates the need for separate control panels for display management, thereby improving ease of operation through intuitive touch interaction while actually reducing overall device complexity by consolidating functions.
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AI summary
A measuring device for displaying several time-variable electrical signals. The measuring device includes a front panel, which provides various operating elements, with a screen, which provides several display fields. The first display field provides at least one window, which corresponds to a given measurement channel, where the time-variable electrical signal is presented in this first display field and can be switched as a maximized display to the second display field. For each signal presented in maximized format in the second display field, a status field is then displayed in the corresponding first display field.