PRESENTING PROCESS DATA OF A PROCESS CONTROL OBJECT ON A MOBILE TERMINAL
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Abstract
A method, presentation control arrangement and a computer program product enables a user of a process control system to obtain details of a process control object. Distances between a mobile terminal of the user and process control objects in an area around the mobile terminal are determined as well as the closest process control object to the mobile terminal, process data of this object is obtained and presented together with a representation of the object on a display of the mobile terminal, where the representation of the closest process control object is emphasized compared with the presentation of other process control objects and the amount of process data being presented is dependent on the distance between the mobile terminal and the process control object.
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35 Claims
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16. A method of enabling a user of a process control system to obtain details of a process control object, the method being performed by a presenting control arrangement and comprising the steps of:
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guiding the user carrying a mobile terminal to the vicinity of a first process control object; and when in this vicinity further performing the steps of; determining distances between the mobile terminal of the user and process control objects in an area around the mobile terminal; determining a primary process control object, which is the process control object that is closest to the mobile terminal in the area; obtaining process data of the primary process control object; and presenting representations of said process control objects on a display of the mobile terminal, wherein; the presentation of the representation of the primary process control object is emphasized compared with the presentation of the other process control objects in the area, the process data of the primary process control object is presented together with the corresponding representation, and the amount of process data being presented increases with decreasing distance between the mobile terminal and the primary process control object. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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22. A data presentation control arrangement for enabling a user of a process control system to obtain details of a process control object, the data presentation control arrangement comprising:
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a guiding unit configured to guide the user carrying a mobile terminal to the vicinity of a first process control object; a positioning unit; and a presentation control unit, wherein when the user is in said vicinity; the positioning unit is configured to; determine distances between the mobile terminal of the user and process control objects in an area around the mobile terminal; and determine a primary process control object, which is the process control object that is closest to the mobile terminal in the area, and the presentation control unit is configured to; obtain process data of the primary process control object; and present representations of said process control objects on a display of the mobile terminal, and wherein; the presentation of the representation of the primary process control object is emphasized compared with the presentation of the other process control objects, said process data is presented together with the corresponding representation, and the amount of process data being presented increases with decreasing distance between the mobile terminal and the primary process control object. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A computer program product for enabling a user of a process control system to obtain details of a process control object, said computer program product being provided on a non-transitory data carrier comprising computer program code configured to cause a data presentation control arrangement to, when said computer program code is loaded into at least one device providing the data presentation control arrangement:
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guide the user carrying a mobile terminal to the vicinity of a first process control object, and when in this vicinity further; determine distances between a mobile terminal of the user and process control objects in an area around the mobile terminal; determine a primary process control object, which is the process control object that is closest to the mobile terminal in the area; obtain process data of the primary process control object; and present representations of said process control objects on a display of the mobile terminal, wherein; the presentation of the representation of the primary process control object is emphasized compared with the presentation of the other process control objects in the area, and said process data is presented together with the corresponding representation, and the amount of process data being presented increases with decreasing distance between the mobile terminal and the primary process control object.
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