Frameworks, devices and methods configured for enabling touch/gesture controlled display for facility information and content with resolution dependent display and persistent content positioning

• US 10,114,537 B2
• Filed: 06/09/2014
• Issued: 10/30/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/10/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: Morrison, John D., Laycock, Graeme, Rasane, Shailesh, Cockburn, Mark
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Tam T
• Application Number:
  US14/300,091
• Publication Number:
  US 20140365942A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,604 Days
• Field of Search: 715770, 715864, 715863, 715771, 715728
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/18 Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast

Abstract

Described herein are frameworks, devices and methods configured for enabling display for facility information and content, in some cases via touch/gesture controlled interfaces. Embodiments of the invention have been particularly developed for allowing an operator to conveniently access a wide range of information relating to a facility via, for example, one or more wall mounted displays. While some embodiments will be described herein with particular reference to that application, it will be appreciated that the invention is not limited to such a field of use, and is applicable in broader contexts.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method for displaying content, the method including:

causing a touch/gesture driven user interface to be rendered on a display screen;

controlling the user interface to display a map layer including image data representative of a facility, wherein the user interface is navigated by way of pan and zoom operations defined with respect to the map layer;

controlling the user interface to display one or more content control objects superimposed on the map layer, wherein each content control object is a static graphical object configured to enable launching of an associated content display object, wherein the content display object is a dynamically updating graphical object associated with a building resource and wherein the dynamically updating graphical object is updated based on streaming of content from the building resource;

receiving input representing a user command to launch a given one of the content control objects superimposed on the map layer;

in response to the user command, launching the content display object for the given one of the content control objects, wherein the content display object is displayed at a launch location that is positionally defined relative to the map layer;

receiving input representing a first navigation user command to navigate away from a first map position to a user determined second map position;

in response to the first navigation user command, performing a navigation process via the map layer to move from the first map position to the user determined second map position, wherein the first map position includes the launch location for the given content display object such that the given content display object is rendered on-screen, and the user determined second map position is away from the launch location for the given content display object such that the given content display object is no longer rendered on-screen;

receiving input representing a second navigation user command to navigate away from the second map position to a user determined third map position, wherein the user determined third map position includes the launch location for the given content display object;

in response to the second navigation user command, performing a navigation process via the map layer to move from the user determined second map position to the user determined third map position, wherein the user interface is configured to enable persistent display of launched content display objects at a launch location, such that upon moving to the user determined third map position including the launch location for the given content display object, which requires re-loading of map image data for that position, the given content display object remains displayed at the launch location for the given content display object; and

wherein the streaming of content from the building resource to the given content display object is ceased when the given content display object is not displayed on-screen.

2. The method according to claim 1 wherein the method includes in response to a user command via a content display object to launch a content display object, storing context information for the launched content display object, thereby to enable management of persistent display.

3. The method according to claim 1 including providing mechanism for the user to, by way of a single command, close all persistently displayed content display objects.

4. The method according to claim 1 including providing, via the user interface, functionality for a user to select whether a given content display object is to be persistently displayed or, alternately, is to automatically close following navigation that causes the content display object to no-longer be on-screen.

5. The method according to claim 1 wherein each content display object remains at a content sized and position relative to the map layer independent of pan and zoom navigation.

6. A computer system comprising:

a first terminal;

a display screen coupled to the first terminal;

a user interface control component that is configured to cause displaying of a touch/gesture driven user interface on the display screen coupled to the first terminal, wherein the touch/gesture driven user interface includes;

a map layer including image data representative of a facility, wherein the user interface is navigated by way of pan and zoom operations defined with respect to the map layer; and

one or more content control objects superimposed on the map layer, wherein each content control object is a static graphical object configured to enable launching of an associated content display object, wherein the content display object is a dynamically updating graphical object associated with a building resource and wherein the dynamically updating graphical object is updated based on streaming of content from the building resource;

wherein the user interface control component is configured to;

receive input representing a user command to launch a given one of the content control objects superimposed on the map layer;

in response to the user command, launching the content display object for the given one of the content control objects, wherein the content display object is displayed at a launch location that is positionally defined relative to the map layer;

receive input representing a first navigation user command to navigate away from a first map position to a user determined second map position;

in response to the first navigation user command, performing a navigation process via the map layer to move from the first map position to the user determined second map position, wherein the first map position includes the launch location for the given content display object such that the given content display object is rendered on-screen, and the user determined second map position is away from the launch location for the given content display object such that the given content display object is no longer rendered on-screen;

receive input representing a second navigation user command to navigate away from the second map position to a user determined third map position, wherein the user determined third map position includes the launch location for the given content display object;

in response to the second navigation user command, performing a navigation process via the map layer to move from the user determined second map position to the user determined third map position;

enable persistent display of launched content display objects at a launch location, such that upon moving to the user determined third map position including the launch location for the given content display object, which requires re-loading of map image data for that position, the given content display object remains in its launch location for the given content display object; and

wherein the streaming of content from the building resource to the given content display object is ceased when the given content display object is not displayed on-screen.

7. The system according to claim 6 wherein in response to the user command to launch the given one of the content control object, storing context information for the launched content display object, thereby to enable management of persistent display.

8. The system according to claim 6, wherein the user interface control component is further configured to provide a mechanism for the user to, by way of a single command, to close all persistently displayed content display objects.

9. The system according to claim 6, wherein the user interface control component is further configured to provide, via the user interface, functionality for a user to select whether the given content display object is to be persistently displayed or, alternately, is to automatically close following navigation that causes the given content display object to no-longer be on-screen.

10. The system according to claim 6 wherein each content display object remains at a content size and position relative to the map layer independent of pan and zoom navigation.