METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AND ACTIVATING A USER INTERFACE AND DEVICE AND INSTALLATION USING SUCH A METHOD AND INTERFACE
First Claim
1. Method for providing a user graphical interface which can be activated on a portable computerized control device for industrial installations, said device comprising a graphical touch screen, a CPU and a memory, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing on the touch screen and image of a user interface that comprises graphical control elements which can be activated by touch of a user;
providing on the touch screen in proximity of a first lateral edge thereof at least one interface enabling icon, said icon having a steady rest position, being translatable between the rest position and an interface enabling position by touch and dragging the icon on the touch screen by the user, and having automatic return from the enabling position into the rest position upon release of the touch thereon;
enabling the user interface when the user moves and keeps with the touch on said icon in the enabling position; and
disabling the user interface when the icon is or moves into the rest position.
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Abstract
A method for providing a user graphical interface on a portable computerized control device (13) for industrial installations comprises the steps of providing on the touch screen (15) an image of an interface which comprises graphical control elements (20) which can be activated by the touch of the user and providing on the graphical screen in a vicinity of the lateral edge of the screen at least one icon (21) for enabling the interface. Such an icon is translatable between a rest position and an activation position by means of touch and dragging by the user on the touch screen and automatically returns from the enabling position into the rest position upon release of the touch thereon. In this way the interface is enable for as long as the user keeps the enabling icon in the enabling position.
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26 Claims
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1. Method for providing a user graphical interface which can be activated on a portable computerized control device for industrial installations, said device comprising a graphical touch screen, a CPU and a memory, said method comprising the steps of:
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providing on the touch screen and image of a user interface that comprises graphical control elements which can be activated by touch of a user; providing on the touch screen in proximity of a first lateral edge thereof at least one interface enabling icon, said icon having a steady rest position, being translatable between the rest position and an interface enabling position by touch and dragging the icon on the touch screen by the user, and having automatic return from the enabling position into the rest position upon release of the touch thereon; enabling the user interface when the user moves and keeps with the touch on said icon in the enabling position; and disabling the user interface when the icon is or moves into the rest position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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- 15. A user graphical interface which can be activated on a portable computerized control device for industrial installations, said device comprising a graphical touch screen, a CPU and a memory, said interface comprising graphical control elements which can be activated by a touch of a user on at least one icon on the touch screen and in the proximity of a lateral edge of the screen, said icon having a steady rest position, being translatable between the rest position and an interface activation position by means of touch and drag by the user on the touch screen, and having automatic return from the enabling position into the rest position upon release of the touch thereon.
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