Associated graphic displays in a process environment
First Claim
1. A graphic display editor for use in creating a user interface display that represents the operation of one or more entities within the process plant, the graphic display editor comprising:
- a library of graphic objects, each graphic object including a visual representation of a physical or a logical entity within the process plant;
a graphically based editor canvas routine that enables a user to define an executable graphic display by placing one or more visual representations of the graphic objects from the library of graphic objects onto an edit canvas to define a manner in which the one or more visual representations of the graphic objects will be displayed on a display device to a user during execution of the graphic display;
a property definition canvas routine adapted to enable a user to define a property associated with at least one of the plurality of graphic, objects;
a binding definition routine adapted to enable a user to specify a binding between the property and a runtime environment within the process plant; and
an action definition routine adapted to enable a user to interact with the graphic display to perform a function using the graphic display.
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Abstract
Graphical display support is provided within a process plant configuration, monitoring and simulation system to enable graphical displays to be created in a manner in which they are associated with one another in the runtime environment. In particular, a single graphic display editor may be used to create various interrelated graphic displays that may, for example, be accessed from one another in the runtime environment to provide further information about a process entity within one of the graphic displays, to scroll through adjacent sections of a process plant or to provide different displays for different functions within the process plant, such as for an operator viewing function, a simulation function and a maintenance function. Because the same graphic editor is being used to create the graphic displays, the resultant graphic displays may have the same look and feel and may be bound to the runtime environment within the plant in generally the same manner, which reduces the time required to configure and create process graphic displays used in a process plant.
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43 Claims
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1. A graphic display editor for use in creating a user interface display that represents the operation of one or more entities within the process plant, the graphic display editor comprising:
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a library of graphic objects, each graphic object including a visual representation of a physical or a logical entity within the process plant;
a graphically based editor canvas routine that enables a user to define an executable graphic display by placing one or more visual representations of the graphic objects from the library of graphic objects onto an edit canvas to define a manner in which the one or more visual representations of the graphic objects will be displayed on a display device to a user during execution of the graphic display;
a property definition canvas routine adapted to enable a user to define a property associated with at least one of the plurality of graphic, objects;
a binding definition routine adapted to enable a user to specify a binding between the property and a runtime environment within the process plant; and
an action definition routine adapted to enable a user to interact with the graphic display to perform a function using the graphic display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A set of graphic displays that are executable on one or more display devices to visually represent the operation of one or more entities within a process plant, the set of graphic displays comprising:
a first graphic display and a second graphic display, the first graphic display including;
a display area;
one or more visually interconnected graphic objects, each of the graphic objects including a visual representation of a physical or a logical entity within the process plant and depicted in the display area;
a property definition defining a property associated with at least one of the plurality of graphic objects;
a binding definition specifying a binding between the property and a runtime environment within the process plant; and
a visual link within the display area that enables a user to interact with the first graphic display to link to the second graphic display. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A process control and configuration system for use in a process plant, comprising:
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a plurality of physical and logic process entities which operate together to perform a process;
a process controller communicatively connected to the plurality of physical and logical process entities;
one or more control routines implemented on the process controller to control the operation of the plurality of physical and logic process entities;
a display device including a processor and a display screen; and
a set of interrelated graphic displays, wherein each of the graphic displays is executable on the display device to visually represent the operation of one or more of the process entities within the process plant on the display screen, wherein one of the set of interrelated graphic displays may be sequentially accessed from another one of the set of graphic displays. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A process control and configuration system for use in a process plant, comprising:
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a plurality of physical and logic process entities which operate together to perform a process;
a process controller communicatively connected to the plurality of physical and logical process entities;
one or more control routines implemented on the process controller to control the operation of the plurality of physical and logic process entities;
a display device including a processor and a display screen; and
a graphic display editor that enables a user to create a set of interrelated graphic displays, wherein each of the set of interrelated graphic displays is executable on the display device to visually represent the operation of one or more of the process entities within the process plant on the display screen. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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