VISUAL REPRESENTATION MANIPULATION

• US 20090271728A1
• Filed: 04/29/2008
• Published: 10/29/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies Incorporated (Rockwell Automation, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies Incorporated (Rockwell Automation, Inc.)
• Inventors: Brandes, Russell W., Bronikowski, Joseph T., Maki, Adam B., Foley, Jeffrey, Weber, Jason Andrew, Shuler, Gregory J., Vance, Todd A.
• Application Number:
  US12/111,708
• Publication Number:
  US 20090271728A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/771
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/409 characterised by using manual data input [MDI] or by using control panel, e.g. controlling functions with the panel; characterised by control panel details or by setting parameters G05B19/408, G05B19/4093 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/35508 Operator chooses among different GUI formats

Abstract

An industrial control configuration can be disclosed to a user as a specific representation, such as a physical layout of different units of the configuration. A user can seamlessly move between different representations, such as switching from the physical layout to a logical layout. The representations can provide real time information and disclose animations to a user that represent different states of a unit or generally of a layout.

Claims

1. A system capable of implementation upon an industrial control configuration, comprising:

a collection component that obtains a command to manipulate the visual representation of an industrial control system with regard to scope; and

a function component that implements the gathered command to facilitate manipulation of the visual representation, where implementation of the command occurs in a single construct.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising a search component that discovers information related to the visual representation, where the information is associated with the command.

3. The system of claim 2, further comprising a placement component that populates at least a portion of the discovered information upon the visual representation with the implemented command.

4. The system of claim 1, further comprising an artificial intelligence component that makes at least one inference or at least one determination in relation to command obtainment or command implementation.

5. The system of claim 4, further comprising a disclosure component that presents a fault in the industrial control system, the artificial intelligence component determines information for presentment with the presented fault as a function of estimated benefit to a user evaluating the fault.

6. The system of claim 1, further comprising a security component that regulates implementation of the gathered command as a function of user rights, user privilege, user role, or user preference.

7. The system of claim 1, the visual representation includes a controller hardware device, a field device, mechanical equipment, a vendor software system, user-developed control code, a software artifact, or a combination thereof.

8. The system of claim 1, the manipulation includes broadening visual scope of the industrial control system, narrowing visual scope of the industrial control system, changing a domain display of the visual representation, addition of a portion of the visual representation, removal of a portion of the visual representation, or a combination thereof.

9. The system of claim 1, further comprising a construction component that builds the visual representation of the industrial control system.

10. A method, comprising:

making a modification upon an industrial control configuration visual representation; and

disclosing the modified industrial control configuration visual representation as a continuation from the pre-modification industrial control configuration visual representation.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising constructing the industrial control configuration visual representation upon which the modification occurs.

12. The method of claim 10, further comprising collecting a request to modify the industrial control configuration visual representation.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising verifying that the request to modify is authorized.

14. The method of claim 10, making the modification includes broadening visual scope of the industrial control system, narrowing visual scope of the industrial control system, changing a domain display of the visual representation, addition of a portion of the visual representation, removal of a portion of the visual representation, or a combination thereof.

15. A system capable of implementation upon an industrial control configuration, comprising:

means for gathering metadata related to an industrial control configuration;

means for constructing a visual representation of the industrial control configuration based upon at least a portion of the gathered metadata; and

means for enabling uninterrupted navigation of the visual representation.

16. The system of claim 15, further comprising means for analyzing the gathered metadata, a result of the analysis is used in visual representation construction.

17. The system of claim 15, further comprising means for implementing at least one rule, construction of the visual representation is based upon at least one rule.

18. The system of claim 17, further comprising means for altering at least one rule utilized in construction of the visual representation.

19. The system of claim 15, further comprising means for animating at least a portion of the visual representation, where the animation represents a state of at least a portion of the industrial control system.

20. The system of claim 15, further comprising means for selecting a default view for the visual representation, the default view is initially shown when presenting the visual representation.