TRANSPARENCY AUGMENTED INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION DISPLAY

• US 20160098108A1
• Filed: 10/01/2014
• Published: 04/07/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies Incorporated (Allen-Bradley Co., Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies Incorporated (Allen-Bradley Co., Inc.)
• Inventors: Bliss, Ronald
• Granted Patent: US 9,910,518 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/31472 Graphical display of process
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 23/0216 Human interface functionality, e.g. monitoring system providing help to the user in the selection of tests or in its configuration
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/01 Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer G06F3/16 takes precedence
• 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 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• 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 3/1407 General aspects irrespective of display type, e.g. determination of decimal point position, display with fixed or driving decimal point, suppression of non-significant zeros

Abstract

An industrial automation display is provided. The industrial automation display in one example includes a substantially transparent display panel associated with and in view of an industrial automation process portion, a light-control layer formed as part of the substantially transparent display panel, and a display controller coupled to the light-control layer, with the display controller configured to receive industrial automation data related to the industrial automation process portion, generate industrial automation display data using at least a portion of the industrial automation data, and display the industrial automation display data on the light-control layer of the substantially transparent display panel, wherein the industrial automation display data is viewable in conjunction with the industrial automation process portion.

Claims

1. An industrial automation display, comprising:

a substantially transparent display panel associated with and in view of an industrial automation process portion;

a light-control layer formed as part of the substantially transparent display panel; and

a display controller coupled to the light-control layer, with the display controller configured to receive industrial automation data related to the industrial automation process portion, generate industrial automation display data using at least a portion of the industrial automation data, and display the industrial automation display data on the light-control layer of the substantially transparent display panel, wherein the industrial automation display data is viewable in conjunction with the industrial automation process portion.

2. The industrial automation display of claim 1, wherein the industrial automation display data comprises ones of symbols, text, graphical representations, and other information derived from the industrial automation data.

3. The industrial automation display of claim 1, comprising:

a touch panel formed as part of the substantially transparent display panel on one or more sides of the industrial automation display for receiving touch input from an operator.

4. The industrial automation display of claim 1, comprising:

the display controller configured to overlay the industrial automation display data over the industrial automation process portion.

5. The industrial automation display of claim 1, comprising:

the display controller configured to actuate the light-control layer to partially or fully obscure predetermined regions of the substantially transparent display panel.

6. The industrial automation display of claim 1, comprising:

the light-control layer configured to selectively block, filter, or transmit impinging light.

7. The industrial automation display of claim 1, wherein the substantially transparent display panel is movable;

and comprising;

the display controller configured to change a display orientation based on a positioning of the substantially transparent display panel.

8. An industrial automation display, comprising:

a substantially transparent display panel associated with and in view of an industrial automation process portion, with the substantially transparent display panel being movable;

a light-control layer formed as part of the substantially transparent display panel;

a display panel position sensor configured to generate a display panel position; and

a display controller coupled to the light-control layer and to the display panel position sensor, with the display controller configured to receive industrial automation data related to the industrial automation process portion, receive the display panel position from the display panel position sensor, generate industrial automation display data using at least a portion of the industrial automation data and using the display panel position, change a display orientation based on a position/orientation change in the display panel position, and display at least a portion of the industrial automation display data on the light-control layer of the substantially transparent display panel, wherein the industrial automation display data is viewable in conjunction with the industrial automation process portion.

9. The industrial automation display of claim 8, wherein the industrial automation display data comprises ones of symbols, text, graphical representations, and other information derived from the industrial automation data.

10. The industrial automation display of claim 8, comprising:

a transparent touch panel coupled to the substantially transparent display panel on one or more sides of the industrial automation display for receiving touch input from an operator.

11. The industrial automation display of claim 8, comprising:

the display controller configured to overlay the industrial automation display data over the industrial automation process portion.

12. The industrial automation display of claim 8, comprising:

the display controller configured to actuate the light-control layer to partially or fully obscure predetermined regions of the substantially transparent display panel.

13. The industrial automation display of claim 8, comprising:

the light-control layer configured to selectively block, filter, or transmit impinging light.

14. An industrial automation display method, comprising:

in a display controller coupled to a light-control layer of a substantially transparent display panel associated with and in view of an industrial automation process portion, receiving industrial automation data related to the industrial automation process portion;

in the display controller, generating industrial automation display data using at least a portion of the industrial automation data; and

in the display controller, displaying the industrial automation display data on the light-control layer of the substantially transparent display panel, wherein the industrial automation display data is viewable in conjunction with the industrial automation process portion.

15. The industrial automation method of claim 14, wherein the industrial automation display data comprises ones of symbols, text, graphical representations, and other information derived from the industrial automation data.

16. The industrial automation method of claim 14, further comprising:

in a transparent touch panel coupled to the substantially transparent display panel on one or more sides of the industrial automation display, receiving touch input from an operator.

17. The industrial automation method of claim 14, comprising:

the display controller configured to overlay the industrial automation display data over the industrial automation process portion.

18. The industrial automation method of claim 14, comprising:

the display controller configured to actuate the light-control layer to partially or fully obscure predetermined regions of the substantially transparent display panel.

19. The industrial automation method of claim 14, comprising:

the light-control layer is configured to selectively block, filter, or transmit impinging light.

20. The industrial automation method of claim 14, wherein the substantially transparent display panel is movable;

and comprising;

the display controller configured to change a display orientation based on a positioning of the substantially transparent display panel.