Methods and apparatus to draw attention to information presented via electronic displays to process plant operators
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A method to draw attention to information presented to a process plant operator, the method comprising:
- presenting an electronic process plant display for a process plant;
collecting process plant data from the process plant while the process plant operates;
processing the process plant data, using a processor, to identify an element of the process plant;
determining whether the operator is interacting with the process plant display; and
if the operator is not interacting with the process plant display, modifying the electronic process plant display to at least partially obscure a first portion of the process plant display that does not include the identified element.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
Example methods and apparatus to draw attention to information presented via electronic displays to process plant operators are disclosed. A disclosed example method to draw attention to information presented to a process plant operator comprises presenting an electronic process plant display, collecting process plant data, processing the process plant data to identify a portion of a process plant, and modifying the electronic process plant display to at least partially obscure substantially all of the process plant display except for the identified portion.
-
Citations
29 Claims
-
1. A method to draw attention to information presented to a process plant operator, the method comprising:
-
presenting an electronic process plant display for a process plant; collecting process plant data from the process plant while the process plant operates; processing the process plant data, using a processor, to identify an element of the process plant; determining whether the operator is interacting with the process plant display; and if the operator is not interacting with the process plant display, modifying the electronic process plant display to at least partially obscure a first portion of the process plant display that does not include the identified element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
-
-
10. An operator station apparatus, comprising:
-
an operator display module to present an operator application on a display; and a spotlighter to analyze process plant data collected from a process plant during an operation of the process plant to identify an element of the process plant, to determine whether an operator is interacting with the operator application, and to obscure a first portion of the operator application that does not include the identified element of the process plant if the operator is not interacting with the operator application. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
-
-
19. A tangible article of manufacture storing machine readable instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to draw attention to information presented to a process plant operator by at least:
-
presenting an electronic process plant display for a process plant in an operational state; collecting process plant data from the process plant; processing the process plant data to identify an element of the process plant; determine whether an operator is interacting with the process plant display; and if the operator is not interacting with the process plant display, modifying the electronic process plant display to at least partially obscure at least a first portion of the process plant display not including the identified element. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
-
-
24. A method to draw attention to information presented to a process plant operator, the method comprising:
-
presenting an electronic process plant display for an operating process plant; collecting process plant data from the operating process plant; processing the process plant data to identify an element of the operating process plant; identifying, a first display area not including the identified element of the process plant display and a second display area including the identified element of the process plant display; highlighting the second display area to draw attention to the element when the operator is interacting with the process plant display; and obscuring the first display area to draw attention to the element when the operator is not interacting with the process plant display. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
-
Specification