Proportional Hour Time Display

摘要

The invention is a method and system for graphical representation of time. In this invention the hours are represented by an hour symbol drawn in a display area. The minutes of the hour are represented by a translation attribute of the hour symbol, which changes the hour symbol proportionally as the minutes of the hour lapse. The translation attribute may be position, size, rotation, a combination or other attributes. In a preferred embodiment, the visual identification of the minute is enhanced by the addition of a proportional change in the state of the background to indicate the minutes past the hour.

主权项

1. A method for graphical representation of time, comprising:
having a plurality of hour symbols corresponding to the plurality of hours in a day; having a translation attribute with an origin and a destination; determining a time to display; determining the display area of the one or more display screens; determining the hour symbol based on the hour of the time to display; determining a proportional adjustment based on the number of minutes in the time to display, the translation attribute, and the display area; translating the hour symbol by the proportional adjustment; rendering the translated hour symbol in the display area.