Representation of specific information on an apparatus

• US 10,453,364 B2
• Filed: 12/14/2016
• Issued: 10/22/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Innomotics GmbH (Siemens AG)
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Namyslo, Lutz
• Primary Examiner(s): Beatty, Collin X
• Application Number:
  US16/064,362
• Publication Number:
  US 20190005859A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,042 Days
• Field of Search: 359237
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 23/00 Advertising on or in specific articles, e.g. ashtrays, letter-boxes on or in vehicles G09F21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 9/372 the positions of the elements being controlled by the application of an electric field
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/38 for collecting sensor information

Abstract

The suitable representation of information on the outside of an apparatus is intended to be simplified. For this purpose, an arrangement having an apparatus (2) and a display device (1), which has electronic paper and is fastened to the apparatus, is provided. The display device (1) has a localization module which can be used to determine an item of country information relating to that country in which the arrangement is currently situated. The display device (1) is also designed to represent predefined data relating to the apparatus specifically on the basis of the country information.

Claims

1. An arrangement, comprising:

an apparatus comprising a machine tool, a production machine, a frequency converter, an electrical machine, a gear unit, a controller, or a component thereof;

which require a region-specific unambiguous identification label, and

a display device embodied as a nameplate, rating plate, warning notice or safety notice, the display device secured to the apparatus and configured to display the identification label, the display device comprising

an electronic paper,

an energy store supplying electrical energy to the display device to enable independent operation without receiving external power from the apparatus,

a locating module having a wireless interface for receiving GPS or UMTS/LTE radio signals and determining therefrom an item of country Information on the country in which the arrangement is currently located,

said display device being configured to display the region-specific unambiguous identification label in a form and language commensurate with the item of country information.

2. The arrangement of claim 1, wherein the wireless interface is further configured to transmit data from the display device or the apparatus.

3. The arrangement of claim 1, wherein the locating module is configured to obtain the item of country information automatically at predetermined time Intervals.

4. The arrangement of claim 1, wherein the display device is configured to change a direction of display in response to an operator action.

5. The arrangement of claim 1, wherein the display device is configured to change a direction of display automatically in dependence on a position of the display device.

6. The arrangement of claim 1, wherein the display device comprises an illumination element for illuminating a display of the display device.

7. The arrangement of claim 1, wherein the display device is configured to check authorization to access a data processing unit of the display device.

8. The arrangement of claim 1, wherein the display device comprises a data interface to the apparatus, said display device being configured to display status information relating to the apparatus, the status information being updated in response to an operator action at the display device.

9. The arrangement of claim 1, further comprising a sensor element operatively connected to the apparatus for capturing status data relating to the apparatus.

10. A method for displaying an item of information relating to an apparatus, selected from the group consisting of a machine tool, a production machine, a frequency converter, an electrical machine, a gear unit, a controller, or a component thereof, which require a region-specific unambiguous identification label, by using a display device embodied as a nameplate, rating plate, warning notice or safety notice, the display device secured to the apparatus and configured to display the identification label and including an electronic paper, said method comprising:

connecting the display device to an energy store supplying electrical enemy to the display device to enable independent operation without receiving external power from the apparatus,

automatically receiving via a wireless interface GPS or UMTS/LTE radio signals which enable the display device to identify therefrom an item of country information on the country in which the apparatus is currently located; and

displaying on the display device the region-specific unambiguous identification label in a form and language commensurate with the item of country information.