METHOD FOR DEPICTING A STATE

• US 20110164040A1
• Filed: 06/17/2009
• Published: 07/07/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co.KG (INA-Holding Schaeffler GmbH & Co. KG)
• Original Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies GmbH & Co. KG (INA-Holding Schaeffler GmbH & Co. KG)
• Inventors: Vaehsen, Klaus, Wellhausen, Jens
• Application Number:
  US12/999,711
• Publication Number:
  US 20110164040A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/440
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/206 Drawing of charts or graphs

Abstract

A method for representing a state of at least one component of a device. In this case, at least one characteristic value is determined for the at least one component and is represented in a globe diagram for the purpose of representing the state. The globe diagram permits the representation of different hierarchical levels of a state visualization. Additionally, an arrangement for representing a state of at least one component of a device, a computer program and a computer program product is disclosed.

Claims

1-12. -12. (canceled)

13. A method for representing a state of at least one component of a device, comprising the steps of:

determining at least one characteristic value for the at least one component; and

representing the at least one characteristic value in a globe diagram to represent the state of the at least one component.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the at least one characteristic value is assigned to a degree of longitude of the globe diagram.

15. The method according to claim 13, wherein the state of the at least one component is represented by a position of the at least one characteristic value assigned to the at least one component in a direction of degrees of latitude of the globe diagram.

16. The method according to claim 13, wherein a trend for the state of the at least one component is represented by an ellipse assigned to the at least one characteristic value.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein the ellipse is formed in a manner dependent on a development of an average value of the at least one characteristic value.

18. The method according to claim 13, wherein hierarchical levels of the device are represented by a number of the characteristic values depicted in the globe diagram for the at least one component.

19. The method according to claim 13, wherein degrees of longitude of the globe diagram are combined by means of a weighting.

20. The method according to claim 13, wherein an oscillation of the at least one component is measured to determine the at least one characteristic value.

21. An arrangement for representing a state for at least one component of a device, comprising:

at least one measuring unit determining at least one characteristic value for the at least one component; and

at least one display unit representing the at least one characteristic value in a globe diagram representing the state of the at least one component.

22. The arrangement according to claim 21, further comprising at least one computing unit which provides the at least one characteristic value for the purpose of representation in the globe diagram.

23. A computer program, comprising:

program code means carrying out the steps of a method for representing a state of at least one component of a device, the method comprising the steps of determining at least one characteristic value for the at least one component; and

representing the at least one characteristic value in a globe diagram to represent the state of the at least one component when the computer program is executed on a computer or a corresponding computing unit in an arrangement for representing a state for at least one component of a device, comprising at least one measuring unit determining at least one characteristic value for the at least one component; and

at least one display unit representing the at least one characteristic value in a globe diagram representing the state of the at least one component.

24. A computer program product, comprising:

a program code means stored on a computer-readable data carrier, the program code means carry out the steps of a method for representing a state of at least one component of a device, the method comprising the steps of determining at least one characteristic value for the at least one component; and

representing the at least one characteristic value in a globe diagram to represent the state of the at least one component when the computer program is executed on a computer or a corresponding computing unit in an arrangement for representing a state for at least one component of a device, comprising at least one measuring unit determining at least one characteristic value for the at least one component; and

at least one display unit representing the at least one characteristic value in a globe diagram representing the state of the at least one component.