Method and device for displaying information pertaining to an installation part of an industrial installation on a mobile display

• US 7,477,952 B2
• Filed: 03/01/2004
• Issued: 01/13/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Siemens AG
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Bieber, Juergen
• Primary Examiner(s): DeCady; Albert
• Assistant Examiner(s): CHANG, SUNRAY
• Application Number:
  US10/788,473
• Publication Number:
  US 20040227641A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,779 Days
• Field of Search: 700/83, 700/65, 700/17, 700/264, 710/15, 710/1, 710/18, 710/20, 340/825, 340/825.72, 400/708, 709/246, 455/41.2, 455/412
• US Class Current: 700/83
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/0428 Safety, monitoring G05B19/0423 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/24041 Pc as detachable debug, monitor device for control system
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/25187 Transmission of signals, medium, ultrasonic, radio
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/25294 Part, workpiece, code, tool identification
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/31467 Display of operating conditions of machines, workcells, selected programs
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 23/0267 Fault communication, e.g. human machine interface [HMI]

Abstract

A method and a device for displaying information pertaining to an installation part of an industrial installation on a mobile display device. Each installation part of the industrial installation has a transmitter, which transmits a signal that identifies the installation part. This transmitted signal is received by a receiver of the mobile display device and is relayed to a central analysis station, which makes available information pertaining to the installation part and transmits such information back to the mobile display device, where video signals corresponding to the information sent back are displayed on a display. Preferably, all the aforementioned processes take place automatically as soon as the mobile display device is brought into the vicinity of the installation part.

Claims

1. A method of displaying a video signal on the display of a mobile display device, comprising:

transmitting a signal which identifies an installation part of an industrial installation by a transmitter of the installation part;

receiving the transmitted signal by a receiver of the mobile display device,

automatically relaying the received signal, or a transmission signal derived from the received signal, by the mobile display device to an analysis station;

the analysis station automatically transmitting information pertaining to the installation part to the mobile display device; and

automatically displaying a video signal corresponding to the information pertaining to the installation part on the display of the mobile display device,

wherein, in the case of the contemporaneous reception of a plurality of different signals transmitted by different transmitters of different installation parts, different priorities are automatically assigned to each of the plurality of different signals.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the signal identifying the installation part comprises a radio signal, and the radio signal is transmitted as a constant pulsating signal.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the signal identifying the installation part comprises a radio signal, and the radio signal is transmitted only when there is a problem in the installation part.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the different priorities are assigned according to a significance of faults ranking.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising configuring by an operator priorities for said automatic assigning.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the different priorities are assigned to the received signals only in the case of the contemporaneous reception of the plurality of different signals transmitted by the different transmitters of the different installation parts.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein which priority from the priorities to assign to a respective received signal is determined based on whether the respective received signal signals an emergency, signals an error, or signals a problem-free state.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein an analysis station pertaining to the installation part transmitting the signal is determined in the mobile display device on the basis of the received signal, and the received signal, or a transmission signal derived from the received signal, is relayed to the analysis station thus determined.

8. A method of displaying a video signal on the display of a mobile display device, comprising:

transmitting a signal which identifies an installation part of an industrial installation by a transmitter of the installation part;

receiving the transmitted signal by a receiver of the mobile display device,

automatically relaying the received signal, or a transmission signal derived from the received signal, by the mobile display device to an analysis station;

the analysis station automatically transmitting information pertaining to the installation part to the mobile display device; and

automatically displaying a video signal corresponding to the information pertaining to the installation part on the display of the mobile display device,

wherein, in the case of the reception of a plurality of different signals transmitted by transmitters in different installation parts, different priorities are automatically assigned to the received signals, and

wherein, in the case of the reception of a plurality of different signals transmitted by transmitters of different installation parts and contemporaneously received by the mobile display device, a selection video signal is automatically displayed on the display of the mobile display device and, on the basis of this selection video signal, an operator is able to select one of the installation parts from which the received signals originate, and the signal assigned to the selected installation part, or a transmission signal derived therefrom, is the first of the received signals that is relayed to the analysis station.

10. A device for displaying a video signal on the display of a mobile display device, comprising:

a transmitter which is situated on an installation part of an industrial installation and is provided for transmitting a signal which identifies the installation part;

a mobile display device comprising a display, a receiver, and a send and receive unit; and

an analysis station;

wherein the receiver is provided for receiving the signals transmitted by the transmitter of the installation part,

wherein the send and receive unit is provided for automatically relaying the received signal, or a transmission signal derived from the received signal, to the analysis station,

wherein the analysis station is provided for reception of the signal transmitted by the mobile display device, and for automatic transmission of the information pertaining to the installation part to the mobile display device,

wherein the send and receive unit of the mobile display device is provided for receiving the information transmitted by the analysis station and the display is provided for displaying a video signal corresponding to the information pertaining to the installation part, and

wherein the mobile display device comprises a collision recognition component which, in the case of the contemporaneous reception of a plurality of different signals from different transmitters of different installation parts, automatically assigns a different priority to each of the plurality of different signals.

11. The device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the signal identifying the installation part comprises a radio signal and contains a location identifier that contains information regarding the location of the installation part in the industrial installation.

12. The device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the transmitter emits the signal constantly as a pulsating signal.

13. The device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the transmitter emits the signal only when it encounters a problem.

14. The device as claimed in claim 13, wherein the transmitter is part of a module and the module has an operating element by means of which the transmitter can be switched to different operating modes, wherein a first of the operating modes comprises a continuous pulsating transmission of the signal, and a second of the operating modes comprises a transmission of the signal only in the case when there is a problem.

15. The device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the mobile display device comprises operating elements by means of which the priority assignment can be configured.

16. The device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the mobile display device comprises an analyzer unit which determines, on the basis of the received signal, an analysis station pertaining to the installation part transmitting the signal, and wherein the send and receive unit of the mobile display device is provided to relay the signal, or a transmission signal derived therefrom, to the analysis station thus determined.

17. The device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the collision recognition component assigns the different priorities according to a significance of faults ranking.

18. The device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the collision recognition component assigns the different priorities only in the case of the contemporaneous reception of the plurality of different signals.

19. The device as claimed in claim 10, wherein which priority from the priorities to assign to a respective received signal is determined based on whether the respective received signal signals an emergency, signals an error, or signals a problem-free state.

20. A device for displaying a video signal on the display of a mobile display device, comprising:

a transmitter which is situated on an installation part of an industrial installation and is provided for transmitting a signal which identifies the installation part;

a mobile display device comprising a display, a receiver, and a send and receive unit; and

an analysis station;

wherein the receiver is provided for receiving the signals transmitted by the transmitter of the installation part,

wherein the send and receive unit is provided for automatically relaying the received signal, or a transmission signal derived from the received signal, to the analysis station,

wherein the analysis station is provided for reception of the signal transmitted by the mobile display device, and for automatic transmission of the information pertaining to the installation part to the mobile display device,

wherein the send and receive unit of the mobile display device is provided for receiving the information transmitted by the analysis station and the display is provided for displaying a video signal corresponding to the information pertaining to the installation part,

wherein the mobile display device comprises a collision recognition component which, in the case of the reception of a plurality of different signals, automatically assigns a different priority to each of the received signals, and

wherein the mobile display device further comprises;

a collision recognition component which, in the case of the reception of a plurality of different signals, provides a selection video signal which is displayed on the display; and

operating elements by means of which one of the installation parts, from which the signals originate, can be selected on the basis of the selection video signal, wherein the send and receive unit of the mobile display device is provided to relay the signal assigned to the selected installation part, or a transmission signal derived therefrom, to the analysis station first.