Patent ID: 8094154
Filing Date: 2012-01-10
Classification: G01C

Abstract:
1. A method for graphically displaying relative performance of an activity, the method comprising: displaying at least two bars in parallel juxtaposition with respect to each other, each said bar being characterized by a bar length and a bar middle bisecting said bar length, said at least two bars being aligned so that a geometric mean line perpendicularly intersects each said bar through the corresponding said bar middle, said displaying of at least two said bars including using a computer, each said bar corresponding to a quantifiable criterion for performance of an activity, at least two said bars corresponding to different said quantifiable criteria, each said bar representing a baseline describing a statistical distribution for plural historical performances of an activity with respect to a scale of quantitative values of said criterion, said scale of quantitative values indicated to be applicable to said bar along said bar length, each said bar including at least five bands, each said band extending a portion of said bar length and being characterized by a band length and two band demarcations of said bar length, one said band representing a statistical normative range, at least four said bands representing a statistical non-normative range, each said bar middle representing the statistical mean of the corresponding said bar and representing the zero quantitative value of said scale of quantitative values; displaying at least one slider, each said slider associated with a said bar and positionable along said bar length, said displaying of at least one said slider including using said computer, each said slider being visually situated upon a said bar in one of a said statistical normative range and a said statistical non-normative range, each said slider representing a subject performance of said activity with respect to said criterion to which corresponds said bar upon which said slider is visually situated, each said slider being both statistically and quantitatively informative with respect to deviation above or below said statistical mean; wherein each said bar is further characterized by the following: