Patent ID: 8194076

Claim:
A method for displaying a strip chart on an electronic display, the method comprising: recording over a period of time a furthest extremum maximum value of a measured quantity and a furthest extremum minimum value of the measured quantity; receiving a selection of a zoom factor defining a degree of magnification of the strip chart; and in response to receiving the selection of the zoom factor, displaying, via the electronic display, a plurality of values of the measured quantity on the strip chart, wherein the strip chart is automatically rescaled such that the strip chart is bounded on opposing sides by respective first and second values, the first value comprises one of the furthest extremum maximum value or the furthest extremum minimum value, and the second value is automatically scaled based on the first value and the zoom factor so that the strip chart has a degree of magnification commensurate with the zoom factor and the other one of the furthest extremum maximum value or the furthest extremum minimum value is not displayed on the strip chart.