System and method for navigating an HMI

• US 20040133853A1
• Filed: 09/18/2003
• Published: 07/08/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 09/23/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Siemens Industry Incorporated (Siemens AG)
• Original Assignee: Siemens Industry Incorporated (Siemens AG)
• Inventors: Poerner, Colleen, Li, Yufeng, Muenzel, Georg
• Application Number:
  US10/666,227
• Publication Number:
  US 20040133853A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/514
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/38 for implementing user interfaces

Abstract

Certain exemplary embodiments provide a method for configuring HMI user screen navigation, comprising the activities of: providing an HMI screen navigation editor to a user; via the HMI screen navigation editor, enabling the user to create a collection comprising a linked hierarchically organized plurality of HMI screen nodes; and rendering the collection to the user.

Claims

1. A method for configuring HMI user screen navigation comprising the activities of:

providing an HMI screen navigation editor to a user;

via the HMI screen navigation editor, enabling the user to create a collection comprising a linked hierarchically organized plurality of HMI screen nodes; and

rendering the collection to the user.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving from the user a specification of an HMI root screen node.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving from the user a specification of an HMI child screen node, the HMI child screen node a descendent of an HMI root screen node.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving from the user, a specification of a relationship between two of the plurality of HMI screen nodes.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving from the user a specification of an organization of the collection.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving from the user a specification of a hierarchy of the collection.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining an arrangement of the collection.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving from the user a specification of a size the plurality of HMI screen nodes.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

zooming a rendition of the plurality of HMI screen nodes.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

panning a rendition of the plurality of HMI screen nodes.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

collapsing a rendition of the plurality of HMI screen nodes.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

expanding a rendition of the plurality of HMI screen nodes.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

rotating a rendition of the plurality of HMI screen nodes.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

rendering a portion of a plurality of HMI screen nodes.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

enabling the user to revise the collection.

16. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

enabling the user to revise at least one of the plurality of HMI screen nodes.

17. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a user specification of an attribute of an HMI screen node.

18. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a user specification of an attribute of the collection.

19. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving from a user a specification of a link between two HMI screen nodes.

20. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving from a user a specification of a link from a first HMI screen node to a second HMI screen node, the second HMI screen node non-familial to the first HMI screen node.

21. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

rendering a link between two HMI screen nodes;

22. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

rendering a link from a first HMI screen node to a second HMI screen node, the second HMI screen node non-familial to the first HMI screen node.

23. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving from a user a specification of a navigation control comprising at least one HMI screen link.

24. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

rendering a navigation control comprising at least one HMI screen link.

25. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving from a user a specification of a navigation control comprising at least one button.

26. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

rendering a navigation control comprising at least one button.

27. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving from a user a specification of a navigation control comprising at least one button, the at least one button comprising an HMI screen link.

28. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

rendering a navigation control comprising at least one button, the at least one button comprising an HMI screen link.

29. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving from a user a specification of a navigation control comprising at least one button, the at least one button comprising an HMI screen link, the at least one button activatable via a user-specified soft key.

30. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

rendering a navigation control comprising at least one button, the at least one button comprising an HMI screen link, the at least one button activatable via a user-specified soft key.

31. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving from a user a specification of a navigation control comprising at least one element activatable via a user-specified soft key.

32. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

rendering a navigation control comprising at least one element activatable via a user-specified soft key.

33. A machine-readable medium containing instructions for activities comprising:

providing an HMI screen navigation editor to a user;

via the HMI screen navigation editor, enabling the user to create a collection comprising a linked hierarchically organized plurality of HMI screen nodes; and

rendering the collection to the user.

34. A device for providing a representation of user screens for an HMI comprising:

an HMI screen navigation editor operatively adapted to;

enable a user to create a collection comprising a linked hierarchically organized plurality of HMI screen nodes; and

render the collection to the user.