Granted Patent B2

US 9,977,583 · App. 14/670,261 · Granted May 22, 2018

Abstract

Claims (35)

1. A system for displaying a non-biasing, self-adjusting visual analog scale comprising:

a screen display;

one or more computer processors; and

a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions operable, when executed by the one or more computer processors, cause the system to:

determine a number of pixels available on the screen display to display the visual analog scale;

generate the visual analog scale comprising equal intervals of distance to fit the number of pixels available on the screen display, wherein the visual analog scale comprises a first target area and a second target area, wherein the first target area and the second target area corresponds to a unit number on the visual analog scale, wherein the first target area and the second target area are equally sized; and

display the visual analog scale on the screen display.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the system to generate a unit cursor for indicating a position on the generated visual analog scale.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the system to determine in pixels a position of the unit cursor in relation to a starting unit of the visual analog scale and to generate a unit number that corresponds to the position.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the system to generate the visual analog scale to measure a range across a continuum between two extremes, wherein each of the two extremes is represented as an endpoint on the visual analog scale.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the system to generate an anchor line indicating a value at each of the endpoints of the visual analog scale.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the system to generate a visual analog scale that is divided into 100 equal intervals of distance.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the system to display the visual analog scale on the screen display in at least one of a vertical and horizontal orientation.

8. The system of claim 5 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the system to:

generate a first text label for a first anchor line of the visual analog scale; display the first text label on two or more lines of the screen display when the length of the first text label exceeds a first predetermined threshold;

generate a second text label for a second anchor line of the visual analog scale; and

display the second text label on two or more lines of the screen display when the length of the second text label exceeds a second predetermined threshold.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the first and second predetermined thresholds are the same.

10. A computer-implemented method for displaying a non-biasing, self-adjusting visual analog scale comprising:

determining a number of pixels available on a screen display to display a visual analog scale;

receiving the available number of pixels from the screen dimension;

generating the visual analog scale comprising equal intervals of distance to fit the number of pixels available on the screen display, wherein the visual analog scale comprises a first target area and a second target area, wherein the first target area and the second target area corresponds to a unit number on the visual analog scale, wherein the first target area and the second target area are equally sized; and

displaying the visual analog scale on the screen display.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 10 , further comprising:

generating a unit cursor for indicating a position on the generated visual analog scale.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 11 , further comprising:

determining in pixels, a position of the unit cursor in relation to a starting unit of the visual analog scale and generating a unit number corresponding to the position.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 10 , wherein generating the visual analog scale further comprises measuring a range across a continuum between two extremes, wherein each of the two extremes is represented as an endpoint on the visual analog scale.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 13 , further comprising generating an anchor line indicating a value at each of the endpoints of the visual analog scale.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 10 , further comprising generating a visual analog scale that includes 100 equal intervals of distance.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 10 , further comprising displaying the visual analog scale on the screen display in at least one of a vertical and horizontal orientation.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 14 , further comprising:

generating a first text label for a first anchor line of the visual analog scale; displaying the first text label on two or more lines of the screen display when the length of the first text label exceeds a first predetermined threshold;

generating a second text label for a second anchor line of the visual analog scale; and displaying the second text label on two or more lines of the screen display when the length of the second text label exceeds a second predetermined threshold.

18. The computer-implemented method of claim 17 , wherein the first and second predetermined thresholds are the same.

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