Hybrid user interface having base presentation information with variably prominent supplemental information
First Claim
1. An industrial automation system, comprising:
- an information retrieval component that creates mappings between tracked historical user and industrial automation device context information in an industrial automation environment and real time user and industrial automation device context information in the industrial automation environment, the information retrieval component continuously selects information to present to a user based upon the mappings and without prompting or requesting from the user;
at least one base presentation that displays one or more elements of the industrial automation environment to the user;
an interface that overlays one or more display items within the base presentation, the display items include at least a portion of the selected information.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided that enable various interface applications that more efficiently communicate data to users in an industrial control system. In one aspect, an industrial automation system is provided. The system includes a base presentation component to display one or more elements of an industrial control environment. Various display items can be dynamically superimposed on the base presentation component to provide industrial control information to a user. In another aspect of the industrial automation system, a location component is provided to identify a physical or a virtual location for a user in an industrial control environment. This can include a context component to determine at least one attribute for the user in view of the physical or virtual location. A presentation component then provides information to the user based in part on the physical or virtual location and the determined attribute.
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37 Claims
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1. An industrial automation system, comprising:
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an information retrieval component that creates mappings between tracked historical user and industrial automation device context information in an industrial automation environment and real time user and industrial automation device context information in the industrial automation environment, the information retrieval component continuously selects information to present to a user based upon the mappings and without prompting or requesting from the user; at least one base presentation that displays one or more elements of the industrial automation environment to the user; an interface that overlays one or more display items within the base presentation, the display items include at least a portion of the selected information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method to provide information to users of an industrial control system, comprising:
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generating an interface with at least one base presentation for an industrial control system; creating mappings between tracked historical user and automation device context information associated with the industrial control system and real time user and automation device context information associated with the industrial control system; continuously selecting information to display to the user based at least in part on the mappings and without prompting or requesting from the user; and changing interface display information based at least in part on the selected information. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. An industrial controller interface, comprising:
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means for generating a base presentation of a production environment; means for creating mappings between tracked historical user and industrial automation device context information in the production environment and real time user and industrial automation device context information in the production environment; means for automatically choosing information to display to a user based in part on the mappings and without prompting or requesting from the user; and means for overlaying the chosen information on the base presentation displayed on a graphical user interface for the production environment.
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