Graphical user interface

• US 8,862,536 B2
• Filed: 03/18/2011
• Issued: 10/14/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/25/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Rockwell Software Incorporated (Rockwell Automation, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Rockwell Software Incorporated (Rockwell Automation, Inc.)
• Inventors: Bromley, Clifton Harold, Fevang, Monte Leroy, Virji, Shafin A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Starks, Wilbert L
• Application Number:
  US13/051,472
• Publication Number:
  US 20110166677A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,306 Days
• Field of Search: 706/60, 706/45
• US Class Current: 706/60
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/409 characterised by using manual data input [MDI] or by using control panel, e.g. controlling functions with the panel; characterised by control panel details or by setting parameters G05B19/408, G05B19/4093 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/35312 Display working state, process
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 18/2135 based on approximation criteria, e.g. principal component analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 3/063 using electronic means

Abstract

The present invention relates to systems and methods that facilitates rendering of data in an industrial automation environment. According to an aspect of the invention, a device analyzer can determine properties associated with a plurality of devices intended for delivery of data. An HMI generator can format the data respectively in accordance with the determined properties of the devices and deliver the formatted data to the respective devices.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a memory configured to store computer-executable components; and

a processor, communicatively coupled to the memory, configured to execute or facilitate execution of the computer-executable components, the computer-executable components comprising;

an interface library configured to store visualization data comprising a first graphical object having a first number of dimensions that represents process point data received from an industrial automation system device, wherein the first graphical object is to be displayed via a first display screen of a first display device, and

an interface generator configured to convert, based on capability data indicative of a capability of a second display device, the first graphical object to a second graphical object having a second number of dimensions that represents the process point data, wherein the capability data comprises resolution data indicative of a resolution of a second display screen of the second display device and the first number of dimensions is different from the second number of dimensions.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the capability comprises at least one of a hardware processing capability, a display capability, a memory capacity, or an operating system supported by the second display device.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the interface generator is further configured to determine a connection of the second display device to a network device of a communication network to which the system is coupled.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the interface generator is further configured to determine format data received via a plug-and-play interface and utilize the format data to convert the first graphical object to the second graphical object.

5. The system of claim 3, wherein the interface generator is further configured to facilitate a transmission of the second graphical object to the second display device via the network device.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the second display device comprises a mobile communication device.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the second graphical object facilitates a control of at least a portion of the industrial automation device based on control data received via the second display device.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the control data represents a manipulation of the second graphical object.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the interface generator is further configured to modify the graphical object based on at least one of classification data indicative of a type of the process point data or access level data indicative of an access level associated with the second display device.

10. A method, comprising:

determining, by a system comprising a processor, a graphical representation having a first number of dimensions that is indicative of process point data received from an industrial automation device of an industrial automation network, wherein the graphical representation determined based on first resolution data indicative of a first resolution of a first display screen of a first display device; and

based on attribute data indicative of an attribute of a second display device, changing the first number of dimensions to a second number of dimensions, wherein the attribute data comprises second resolution data indicative of a second resolution of a second display screen of the second display device and the second number of dimensions does not match the first number of dimensions.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising,

subsequent to the changing, directing the graphical representation to a data store of the industrial automation network.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

subsequent to storing the graphical representation within the data store, facilitating a transmission of graphical representation from the data store to a disparate device.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

in response to determining that the second display device is connected to a communication network, facilitating a transmission of the graphical representation to the second display device via a communication link of the communication network.

14. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a system comprising a processor, industrial automation data associated with an industrial automation system; and

determining, for disparate display devices, disparate customized visualization data that graphically represent the industrial automation data as disparate graphical objects having different number of dimensions, wherein the determining comprises determining a number of dimensions of a graphical object of the disparate graphical objects based on resolution data indicative of a resolution of a display screen of a display device of the disparate display devices.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising, storing the disparate customized visualization data in a shared data store associated with the industrial automation system.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

determining a coupling of the display device to a set of network devices of a specified communication network; and

in response to the determining the coupling, determining attribute data indicative of an attribute associated with the display device by employing a plug-and-play mechanism, wherein the attribute data is employed to select the graphical object that is provided to the display device.

17. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

based on capability data indicative of a capability of the display device, selecting the graphical object of the disparate graphical objects; and

directing the graphical object to the display device.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the selecting comprises selecting the graphical object based on information representing at least one of a hardware processing capability, a display capability, a memory capacity, or a software platform supported by the display device.

19. The method of claim 14, wherein the determining the number of dimensions comprises determining the number of dimensions based on memory data indicative of a capacity of a memory of the display device.

20. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause a system, comprising a processor, to perform operations, comprising:

receiving industrial automation data;

determining, for disparate display devices, disparate customized visualization data that graphically represent the industrial automation data as disparate graphical objects having different number of dimensions, wherein the determining comprises determining a number of dimensions of a graphical object of the disparate graphical objects based on resolution data indicative of a resolution of a display screen of a display device of the disparate display devices.

21. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 20, wherein a first graphical object of the disparate graphical objects comprises a three-dimensional graphical object a second graphical object of the disparate graphical objects comprises a two-dimensional graphical object.