Graphic element with multiple visualizations in a process environment
First Claim
1. A display entity for use in presenting a visual depiction of a physical or logical process entity associated with a process plant to a user via a display device, the display entity comprising:
- a computer readable memory; and
a display object stored on the computer readable memory and adapted to be executed on a processor, the display object including;
a property memory adapted to store a value of a property associated with the process entity; and
a multiplicity of graphic visualizations of the process entity, wherein one of the multiplicity of graphic visualizations is displayed on a display device as a graphic representation of the process entity when the display object is executed on a processor.
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Abstract
Smart graphic elements are provided for use as portions or components of one or more graphic displays, which may be executed in a process plant to display information to users about the process plant environment, such as the current state of devices within the process plant. Each of the graphic elements is an executable object that includes a property or a variable that may be bound to an associated process entity, like a field device, and that includes multiple visualizations, each of which may be used to graphically depict the associated process entity on a user interface when the graphic element is executed as part of the graphic display. Any of the graphic element visualizations may be used in any particular graphic display and the same graphic display may use different ones of the visualizations at different times. The different visualizations associated with a graphic element make the graphic element more versatile, at they allow the same graphic element to be used in different displays using different graphical styles or norms. These visualizations also enable the same graphic element to be used in displays designed for different types of display devices, such as display devices having large display screens, standard computer screens and very small display screens, such as PDA and telephone display screens.
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46 Claims
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1. A display entity for use in presenting a visual depiction of a physical or logical process entity associated with a process plant to a user via a display device, the display entity comprising:
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a computer readable memory; and
a display object stored on the computer readable memory and adapted to be executed on a processor, the display object including;
a property memory adapted to store a value of a property associated with the process entity; and
a multiplicity of graphic visualizations of the process entity, wherein one of the multiplicity of graphic visualizations is displayed on a display device as a graphic representation of the process entity when the display object is executed on a processor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A graphic display editor for use in a process plant to create a graphic display that represents an operation of one or more entities within the process plant, the graphic display editor comprising:
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a library of graphic objects, wherein one of the graphic objects includes a multiplicity of different visual representations of a physical or a logical entity within the process plant; and
a graphically based editor canvas routine that enables a user to define an executable graphic display by placing indications of one or more graphic objects from the library of graphic objects onto an edit canvas to define a manner in which visual representations of the one or more graphic objects will be displayed on a display device to a user during execution of the graphic display, wherein the graphically based editor canvas routine enables the user to select between the multiplicity of different visual representations for the one of the graphic objects when the one of the graphic objects is placed into the edit canvas. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A graphic display for use in a process plant to represent the interconnections between one or more physical or logical entities within the process plant, the graphic display comprising:
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a plurality of graphical objects interconnected together, wherein each of the graphical objects includes a visual representation of a physical or a logical process entity to be displayed on a display screen during execution of the graphic display; and
a property memory adapted to store a value for a property associated with at least one of the physical or logic process entities;
wherein one of the plurality of graphical objects includes two or more visual representations of a physical or a logic process entity and an indication of which of the two or more visual representations to display on a display screen during execution of the graphic display. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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