METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DRAW ATTENTION TO INFORMATION PRESENTED VIA ELECTRONIC DISPLAYS TO PROCESS PLANT OPERATORS
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1. A method to draw attention to information presented to a process plant operator, the method comprising:
- presenting an electronic process plant display;
collecting process plant data;
processing the process plant data to identify a portion of a process plant; and
modifying the electronic process plant display to at least partially obscure substantially all of the process plant display except for the identified portion.
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Abstract
Example methods and apparatus to draw attention to information presented via electronic displays to process plant operators are disclosed. A disclosed example method to draw attention to information presented to a process plant operator comprises presenting an electronic process plant display, collecting process plant data, processing the process plant data to identify a portion of a process plant, and modifying the electronic process plant display to at least partially obscure substantially all of the process plant display except for the identified portion.
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1. A method to draw attention to information presented to a process plant operator, the method comprising:
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presenting an electronic process plant display; collecting process plant data; processing the process plant data to identify a portion of a process plant; and modifying the electronic process plant display to at least partially obscure substantially all of the process plant display except for the identified portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An operator station apparatus comprising:
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a display; an operator display module to present an operator application on the display; and a spotlighter to analyze process plant data to identify a portion of a process plant and to obscure a portion the operator application, wherein the portion of the operator application does not include the identified portion of the process plant. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An article of manufacture storing machine readable instructions which, when executed, cause a machine to draw attention to information presented to a process plant operator by:
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presenting an electronic process plant display; collecting process plant data; processing the process plant data to identify a portion of a process plant; and modifying the electronic process plant display to at least partially obscure substantially all of the process plant display except for the identified portion. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method to draw attention to information presented to a process plant operator, the method comprising:
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presenting an electronic process plant display; collecting process plant data; processing the process plant data to identify a portion of a process plant; identifying a geometric region surrounding the identified portion of the process plant display; and highlighting the portion of the electronic process plant display inside the geometric region to draw attention to the portion of the process plant depicted inside the geometric region. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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