SEMANTIC ZOOM IN INDUSTRIAL HMI SYSTEMS

• US 20140282215A1
• Filed: 03/14/2013
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: GE Infrastructure Technology, LLC (GE Vernova, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Grubbs, Robert William, John, Justin Varkey
• Granted Patent: US 9,383,890 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/781
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A system includes a processor configured to cause a display to display a graphical visualization of an industrial system, detect a user input corresponding to an area of the display, perform a semantic zoom of the area of the display, and to display a first level of information based on the semantic zoom. The first level of information includes a data that was not previously displayed on the area of the display.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a processor configured to;

cause a display to display a graphical visualization of an industrial system;

detect a user input corresponding to an area of the display;

perform a semantic zoom of the area of the display; and

display a first level of information based on the semantic zoom, wherein the first level of information comprises a data that was not previously displayed on the area of the display.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the data comprises a text displaying an operational data, a configuration data, a maintenance log, a maintenance schedule, an equipment list, an operator list, a supervisor list, an alarm, an alert, or a combination thereof.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the user input comprises a touch gesture, a scroll of a wheel of a computer mouse, a body movement, an eye movement, a depressing of a keypad, or a combination thereof.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the touch gesture comprises a tap gesture, a double tap gesture, a two-finger tap gesture, a drag gesture, a flick gesture, a rotate gesture, a pinch gesture, an expand gesture, a pan gesture, or a combination thereof.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to perform a semantic zoom of a graphical visualization of a graphical device during the first level of the semantic zoom, and configured to cause the display to transition to a concurrent display of the graphical device and a second data associated with the graphical device during a second level of the semantic zoom.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the processor is configured to detect a second user input corresponding to a command to change an operating parameter of the graphical device after the display transitions to the second level of the semantic zoom, and wherein the graphical device comprises a turbine graphics, a generator graphics, an industrial component graphics, or a combination thereof.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the display comprises a touch sensitive display, a motion-tracking display, an eye-tracking display, or a combination thereof.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to detect a first touch and a second touch of the display substantially concurrently, and configured to cause the display to transition to a second level of the semantic zoom of the area based on a relative distance between the first touch and the second touch.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to detect a first touch and a second touch of the display substantially concurrently, and configured to cause the display to transition between the first level of the semantic zoom, a second level of the semantic zoom, and a third level of the semantic zoom of the area as a distance between the first touch and the second touch increases or decreases.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the graphical visualization of the industrial system comprises a graphical visualization of a gasification system, a gas turbine system, a hydroturbine system, a steam turbine system, a gas treatment system, a power generation system, or a combination thereof.

11. The system of claim 10, comprising a graphical visualization of a graphical device, wherein the graphical device comprises a graphical visualization of a pump, a valve, a level transmitter, a pressure transmitter, a temperature transmitter, a flow transmitter, an actuator, a relay, or a combination thereof, communicatively coupled to one of the gasification system, the gas turbine system, the hydroturbine system, the steam turbine system, the gas treatment system, or the power generation system.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer executable code stored thereon, the code comprising instructions to:

cause a display to display a graphical visualization of an industrial system;

detect a user input corresponding to an area of the display;

perform a semantic zoom of the area of the display; and

display a first level of information based on the semantic zoom, wherein the first level of information comprises a data that was not previously displayed on the area of the display.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the code comprises instructions to perform a semantic zoom of a graphical visualization of an industrial device or a portion of the industrial device during the first level of the semantic zoom, and configured to cause the display to transition to a concurrent display of the industrial device and a second data associated with the industrial device during a second level of the semantic zoom.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the code comprises instructions to detect a second user input corresponding to a command to change an operating parameter of the industrial device after the display transitions to the second level of the semantic zoom, and wherein the industrial device comprises a gas turbine, a hydroturbine, a steam turbine, a generator, a power production system, a gasification system, or a combination thereof.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the code comprises instructions to detect a first touch and a second touch of the display substantially concurrently, and to cause the display to transition to a second level of the semantic zoom of the area based on a relative distance between the first touch and the second touch.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the code comprises instructions to detect a first touch and a second touch of the area of the display substantially concurrently, and to cause the display to transition between the first level of the semantic zoom, a second level of the semantic zoom, and a third level of the semantic zoom of the area as a detected distance between the first touch and the second touch increases or decreases.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the code comprises instructions to display a first display of a graphical device during the first level of the semantic zoom, a second display of the graphical device during a second level of the of the semantic zoom, and a third display of the graphical device during a third level of the semantic zoom, wherein the first display, the second display, and the third display are each different from one another, and wherein one of the second display and the third display comprises a perspective view of the graphical device and a second data associated with the graphical device.

18. A system, comprising:

a processor configured to;

cause a display to display a graphical visualization of an industrial system;

detect a user input corresponding to a touch of an area of the display;

perform a semantic zoom of the area of the display according to the user input; and

display a first level of information based on the semantic zoom, wherein the first level of information comprises a data that was not previously displayed on the area of the display.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the processor is configured to detect a first touch and a second touch of the display substantially concurrently, and wherein the processor is configured to cause the display to transition to a second level of the semantic zoom of the area by detecting a relative distance between the first touch and the second touch, a relative speed between movement of the first touch and the second touch, a relative position of the first touch and the second touch, a magnification level of the viewable size of the area, or a combination thereof.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein the processor is configured to perform a semantic zoom of a plurality of graphical devices representative of industrial devices included in the industrial system, and wherein the processor is configured to cause the display to display a first spatial distance between the plurality of graphical devices during the first level of the semantic zoom of the area, and to display a second spatial distance between the plurality of graphical devices during a second level of the semantic zoom of the area, wherein the first spatial distance and the second spatial distance are substantially equal.