Measurement information display apparatus, measurement information display system, and measurement information display method

Abstract

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.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A measurement information display apparatus comprising:
 a display unit comprising a screen; and   a display control unit configured to acquire information indicative of at least one of a biology and a behavior of a user, and further configured to cause the display unit to display a plurality of graphs on the screen, wherein the graphs represent the information;   wherein the plurality of graphs comprises a first graph disposed on a first portion of the screen and a second graph disposed on a second portion of the screen overlapping the first portion.   
     
     
         2 . The measurement information display apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the screen generally defines a first plane, wherein the plurality of graphs defines an array that is transverse to the first plane. 
     
     
         3 . The measurement information display apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein the array defines a polygon in a second plane transverse to the first plane. 
     
     
         4 . The measurement information display apparatus according to  claim 3 , wherein when a user inputs a moving operation for moving the second graph in a direction toward the first portion of the screen, the display control unit rotates the array in the direction, wherein rotating the array in the direction comprises moving the second graph to the first portion of the screen and moving the first graph to a third portion of the screen in the direction. 
     
     
         5 . The measurement information display apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein the first graph is generally disposed in the first plane and the second graph is generally disposed parallel to but set back from the plane. 
     
     
         6 . The measurement information display apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the second graph is displayed at a transparency higher than a transparency of the first graph. 
     
     
         7 . The measurement information display apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the second graph is displayed in a lighter color than a color of the first graph. 
     
     
         8 . The measurement information display apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the second portion of the screen is smaller than the first portion of the screen. 
     
     
         9 . The measurement information display apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the graphs are doughnut graphs. 
     
     
         10 . The measurement information display apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the first portion of the screen comprises the first graph and a numerical value indicative of the information. 
     
     
         11 . The measurement information display apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the screen further comprises a third portion of the screen, wherein numerical values corresponding to the information indicated by the first graph are displayed on the third portion of the screen. 
     
     
         12 . The measurement information display apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of graphs further comprises a third graph, and wherein the first graph is larger than both the second graph and the third graph. 
     
     
         13 . The measurement information display apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein when a user inputs a moving operation for moving the second graph in a direction toward the first portion of the screen, the display control unit moves the second graph to the first portion of the screen. 
     
     
         14 . The measurement information display apparatus according to  claim 13 , wherein the screen further comprises a third portion, and when the user inputs the moving operation, the first graph is moved to the third portion. 
     
     
         15 . A measurement information display system comprising:
 a measuring apparatus configured to measure information indicative of at least one of a biology and a behavior of a user; and   a measurement information display apparatus comprising:
 a display unit comprising a screen; 
 a communication unit configured to communicate with the measuring apparatus and acquire the information, and 
 a display control unit configured to cause the display unit to display a plurality of graphs on the screen, wherein the graphs represent the information; 
 wherein the plurality of graphs comprises a first graph disposed on a first portion of the screen and a second graph disposed on a second portion of the screen overlapping the first portion. 
   
     
     
         16 . The measurement information display system according to  claim 15 , wherein the screen generally defines a first plane, wherein the plurality of graphs defines an array that is transverse to the first plane. 
     
     
         17 . The measurement information display system according to  claim 16 , wherein the array defines a polygon in a second plane transverse to the first plane. 
     
     
         18 . The measurement information display system according to  claim 17 , wherein when a user inputs a moving operation for moving the second graph in a direction toward the first portion of the screen, the display control unit rotates the array in the direction, wherein rotating the array in the direction comprises moving the second graph to the first portion of the screen and moving the first graph to a third portion of the screen in the direction. 
     
     
         19 . The measurement information display system according to  claim 16 , wherein the first graph is generally disposed in the first plane and the second graph is generally disposed parallel to but set back from the plane. 
     
     
         20 . The measurement information display system according to  claim 15 , wherein the information is updated from the measuring apparatus, and wherein the display control unit updates contents of the plurality of graphs on the basis of the updated information. 
     
     
         21 . A measurement information display method comprising:
 acquiring data indicative of at least one of a biology and a behavior of a user;   generating a plurality of items of information on the basis of the data;   generating a plurality of graphs, wherein each graph represents at least one of the items of information; and   displaying the plurality of graphs on a screen;   wherein the plurality of graphs comprises a first graph disposed on a first portion of the screen and a second graph disposed on a second portion of the screen overlapping the first portion.   
     
     
         22 . The measurement information display method according to  claim 21 , wherein the screen generally defines a first plane, wherein the plurality of graphs defines an array that is transverse to the first plane. 
     
     
         23 . The measurement information display method according to  claim 22 , wherein the array defines a polygon in a second plane transverse to the first plane. 
     
     
         24 . The measurement information display method according to  claim 23 , further comprising, when a user inputs a moving operation for moving the second graph in a direction toward the first portion of the screen, rotating the array in the direction, wherein rotating the array in the direction comprises moving the second graph to the first portion of the screen and moving the first graph to a third portion of the screen in the direction. 
     
     
         25 . The measurement information display method according to  claim 22 , wherein the first graph is generally disposed in the first plane and the second graph is generally disposed parallel to but set back from the plane.