Appeal No. 96-2044 Application 07/530,030 problems associated with the “winding-up” process wherein a graph display which has reached the end of a display screen is caused to shift leftwardly (jump-back) along a time axis. In order to prevent the quick jump-back operation which obstructs an operator’s observation of the graph, the instant invention allows the graph to be moved back toward the center of the screen at a speed and a manner that can be followed by an operator using successive displays of transient graphs during the jump-back operation when the end of the graph reaches the end of the graph display area. Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows: 1. A graph displaying method for sequentially displaying data representative of quantity varying with time on a display screen, the method comprising the steps of: inputting data representative of levels of quantity varying with time as a succession of graph points; sequentially displaying said succession of graph points on a display screen from one end of the display screen toward the other end of the display screen as a graph; automatically moving the graph to a predetermined position toward the one end of the display screen at a speed which can be followed by the operator's eye, by sequentially displaying transient graphs between the other end of the display screen and the predetermined position, when the succession of graph points reaches the end of a graph display area on the display screen; and displaying a additional succession of graph points, one graph point at a tim [sic] at a leading end of the graph. The examiner relies on the following references: Mahler 4,233,631 Nov. 11, 1980 Schlater 4,829,293 May 9, 1989 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007