Overlapping Doughnut Graphs for Multi-Parameter Display
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing biological information measurement systems face challenges in effectively displaying multiple types of user data, such as heart rate and exercise metrics, on small portable device screens, requiring users to switch between screens and complicating data visualization.
Innovation Solution
A measurement information display system that uses overlapping doughnut graphs on a single screen, with adjustable transparency and color, allowing multiple data types to be displayed simultaneously, enabling easy visualization and navigation through user input operations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If multiple display screens are used to show different biological information items, then information completeness is improved, but device complexity and ease of operation deteriorate due to screen switching requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple biological information display screens into a single integrated display screen. The display control unit manages multiple graphs (first graph for pulse, second graph for steps, third graph for exercise) on one screen, eliminating the need for users to switch between separate screens while maintaining complete information presentation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the display screen into multiple functional regions: a first display region for the pulse graph, a second display region for the steps graph, and a third display region for the exercise graph. This segmentation allows multiple information types to coexist on a single screen without mutual interference, resolving the contradiction between information completeness and ease of operation.
2Ease of operation
If multiple graphs are displayed on a single small screen, then ease of operation is improved by eliminating screen switching, but graph visibility and measurement precision deteriorate due to space constraints
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies different display characteristics to different graph regions on the same screen. The first graph (pulse) uses a first set of display characteristics, the second graph (steps) uses a second set, and the third graph (exercise) uses a third set. This local differentiation ensures optimal visibility and measurement precision for each graph type while maintaining the benefit of single-screen display.
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AI summary
A measurement information display system includes a measuring apparatus that measures biological and/or behavioral information of a user, and the measurement information display apparatus. The display apparatus includes a display unit with a screen; a communication unit that communications with the measuring apparatus to acquire the information, and a display control unit that causes the display unit to display a plurality of graphs on the screen, where the graphs represent the information. The graphs include a first graph located on a first portion of the screen and a second graph located on a second portion of the screen overlapping the first portion.