Method And System For Providing An HMI In A Process Control System For Monitoring And Control Of A Process
First Claim
1. A method for navigating in a process control system for monitoring and control of a process comprising a plurality of physical objects, said process control system comprising a graphical user interface with a plurality of graphic objects each associated with a process control object wherein at least one graphic object has an active link for monitoring or controlling at least one physical control object, characterised in that the interface is arranged with navigation means so that a user can indicate or select at least one point in a process section on said graphical user interface as a first user input and increase, in a continuous animated movement, the scale at which the at least one point and its immediate surroundings in the process section are displayed, and further displaying a view of the indicated or otherwise selected point on said graphical user interface and scaling up continuously until a predetermined scale is reached or a second user input is received, and displaying a scaled-up view of the indicated or otherwise selected at least one point at the scaled-up level thus reached.
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Abstract
A method for navigating in a process control system. The process control system includes a graphical user interface with a plurality of graphic objects each associated with a process control object wherein a graphic object has an active link for monitoring or controlling at least one physical control object. The graphical user interface is arranged with navigation means so that a user can indicate or select one point in a process section on the graphical user interface as a first user input and increase, in a continuous animated movement, the scale at which the point and its immediate surroundings in the process section are displayed. Further, the zooming-in or zooming out continues displaying a view of the indicated or otherwise selected point on the graphical user interface and scaling it up continuously until a predetermined scale is reached or, until a second user input is received.
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35 Claims
- 1. A method for navigating in a process control system for monitoring and control of a process comprising a plurality of physical objects, said process control system comprising a graphical user interface with a plurality of graphic objects each associated with a process control object wherein at least one graphic object has an active link for monitoring or controlling at least one physical control object, characterised in that the interface is arranged with navigation means so that a user can indicate or select at least one point in a process section on said graphical user interface as a first user input and increase, in a continuous animated movement, the scale at which the at least one point and its immediate surroundings in the process section are displayed, and further displaying a view of the indicated or otherwise selected point on said graphical user interface and scaling up continuously until a predetermined scale is reached or a second user input is received, and displaying a scaled-up view of the indicated or otherwise selected at least one point at the scaled-up level thus reached.
- 23. A process control system comprising a computer arranged with said process control system comprising a workstation and one or more input devices for registering user input and a display apparatus arranged for displaying a graphical user interface with a plurality of graphic objects each associated with a process control object wherein at least one graphic object has an active link for monitoring or controlling at least one physical control object, characterised in that said graphical user interface is arranged with navigation means so that a user can indicate or select at least one point on said graphical user interface as a first user input and increase the scale in a continuous animated movement at which the at least one point is displayed, and further displaying a view of the indicated or otherwise selected at least one point on said graphical user interface and scaling up continuously until a until a predetermined scale is reached or a second user input is received, and displaying a scaled-up view of the indicated or otherwise at least one selected point at the scaled-up level thus reached.
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31. A computer program product directly loadable into the internal memory of a digital computer comprising software code portions for performing, when said product is run on a computer, a method for navigating in a process control system for monitoring and control of a process comprising a plurality of physical objects, said process control system comprising a graphical user interface with a plurality of graphic objects each associated with a process control object wherein at least one graphic object has an active link for monitoring or controlling at least one physical control object, characterised in that the interface is arranged with navigation means so that a user can indicate or select at least one point in a process section on said graphical user interface as a first user input and increase, in a continuous animated movement, the scale at which the at least one point and its immediate surroundings in the process section are displayed, and further displaying a view of the indicated or otherwise selected point on said graphical user interface and scaling up continuously until a predetermined scale is reached or a second user input is received, and displaying a scaled-up view of the indicated or otherwise selected at least one point at the scaled-up level thus reached.
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32. A processing unit in a computer based system, the processing unit having an internal memory with a computer program product loaded therein, comprising software code portions for performing a method for navigating in a process control system for monitoring and control of a process comprising a plurality of physical objects, said process control system comprising a graphical user interface with a plurality of graphic objects each associated with a process control object wherein at least one graphic object has an active link for monitoring or controlling at least one physical control object, characterised in that the interface is arranged with navigation means so that a user can indicate or select at least one point in a process section on said graphical user interface as a first user input and increase, in a continuous animated movement, the scale at which the at least one point and its immediate surroundings in the process section are displayed, and further displaying a view of the indicated or otherwise selected point on said graphical user interface and scaling up continuously until a predetermined scale is reached or a second user input is received, and displaying a scaled-up view of the indicated or otherwise selected at least one point at the scaled-up level thus reached.
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33. Use of a process control system for any from the group of:
- checking a status of an industrial device, engineering an industrial device, making a calculated change to a set point or control parameter for an industrial device, configuring an automation device, controlling an automation device, tuning a process, checking a process variable, teaching a robot, and editing a robot program, the process control system comprising a computer arranged with said process control system comprising a workstation and one or more input devices for registering user input and a display apparatus arranged for displaying a graphical user interface with a plurality of graphic objects each associated with a process control object wherein at least one graphic object has an active link for monitoring or controlling at least one physical control object, characterised in that said graphical user interface is arranged with navigation means so that a user can indicate or select at least one point on said graphical user interface as a first user input and increase the scale in a continuous animated movement at which the at least one point is displayed, and further displaying a view of the indicated or otherwise selected at least one point on said graphical user interface and scaling up continuously until a until a predetermined scale is reached or a second user input is received, and displaying a scaled-up view of the indicated or otherwise at least one selected point at the scaled-up level thus reached.
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34. Use of a process control system for retrieving technical data for devices used in conjunction with from any the list of:
- industrial production;
metal production;
pulp and paper manufacture;
automated industrial processes;
oil and gas production, upstream or downstream processes;chemical industry equipment and processes, vehicle manufacturing, and vehicle assembly, the process control system comprising a computer arranged with said process control system comprising a workstation and one or more input devices for registering user input and a display apparatus arranged for displaying a graphical user interface with a plurality of graphic objects each associated with a process control object wherein at least one graphic object has an active link for monitoring or controlling at least one physical control object, characterised in that said graphical user interface is arranged with navigation means so that a user can indicate or select at least one point on said graphical user interface as a first user input and increase the scale in a continuous animated movement at which the at least one point is displayed, and further displaying a view of the indicated or otherwise selected at least one point on said graphical user interface and scaling up continuously until a until a predetermined scale is reached or a second user input is received, and displaying a scaled-up view of the indicated or otherwise at least one selected point at the scaled-up level thus reached.
- industrial production;
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35. Use of a process control system for retrieving technical data for devices used in conjunction with from any the list of electricity generation, transmission, transformation, and distribution, the process control system comprising a computer arranged with said process control system comprising a workstation and one or more input devices for registering user input and a display apparatus arranged for displaying a graphical user interface with a plurality of graphic objects each associated with a process control object wherein at least one graphic object has an active link for monitoring or controlling at least one physical control object, characterised in that said graphical user interface is arranged with navigation means so that a user can indicate or select at least one point on said graphical user interface as a first user input and increase the scale in a continuous animated movement at which the at least one point is displayed, and further displaying a view of the indicated or otherwise selected at least one point on said graphical user interface and scaling up continuously until a until a predetermined scale is reached or a second user input is received, and displaying a scaled-up view of the indicated or otherwise at least one selected point at the scaled-up level thus reached.
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