Patent ID: 8593461

Claim:
A method for the graphical display of a plurality of series of numerical data represented on a logarithmic scale comprising the steps: determining a smallest and a largest numerical value within each series of numerical data, calculating a relative change between said smallest and said largest numerical value within each series of numerical data wherein the relative change of a first and a second value is calculated on the basis of the difference of the logarithm of the first value and the logarithm of the second value or the logarithm of the ratio of the first and the second value, determining a largest relative change out of said relative changes, generating a plurality of graphical representations to be displayed on a display means, wherein each graphical representation is representing one series of numerical data out of the plurality of series of numerical data, the numerical data being represented by indicators in the graphical representation, an interval between a minimum position and a maximum position in a first direction of each graphical representation corresponds to an individual range of numerical values between a minimum value and a maximum value, the value of a numerical data is graphically represented by the position of the corresponding indicator in said interval in the first direction, choosing the minimum value and the maximum value individually for each graphical representation on the basis of said largest relative change and at least one of said smallest and said lamest value within the corresponding series.