Register configurator and register configuration method

• US 8,910,069 B2
• Filed: 04/12/2011
• Issued: 12/09/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
• Inventors: Emori, Toshiyuki, Nakamoto, Yasuyuki, Umemoto, Hideki, Mori, Hiroshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Bashore, William
• Assistant Examiner(s): ORR, HENRY W
• Application Number:
  US13/084,886
• Publication Number:
  US 20110258567A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,337 Days
• Field of Search: 715/769
• US Class Current: 715/769
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2807 Exchanging configuration information on appliance services in a home automation network arrangements for maintenance or administration involving network analysis for automatically determining the actual topology of a network H04L41/12; hardware or software tools for network management using graphical user interfaces H04L41/22; address allocation H04L61/50
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0803 Configuration setting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]

Abstract

A register configurator may include a display screen, a data display unit that displays data related to field devices on the display screen, a register space display unit that graphically displays a register space of a register on the display screen, a manipulation reception unit that receives a manipulation for allocating each of the data, which has been displayed by the data display unit, to an area in the register space, which has been displayed by the register space display unit, the manipulation being performed on the display screen by a user, and a correspondence establishing unit that establishes a correspondence between the data and the area, based on the manipulation that has been received by the manipulation reception unit.

Claims

1. A register configurator comprising:

a display screen;

a data display unit that displays data related to field devices on the display screen;

a register space display unit that graphically displays a register space of a register on the display screen;

a manipulation reception unit that receives a manipulation for allocating each of the data, which has been displayed by the data display unit, to an area in the register space, which has been displayed by the register space display unit, the manipulation being performed on the display screen by a user; and

a correspondence establishing unit that establishes a correspondence between the data and the area, based on the manipulation that has been received by the manipulation reception unit, wherein the display screen comprises;

a first display area where the data is displayed in a hierarchy structure, the hierarchy structure including a gateway name, a field device name, a UAP (user application) name, and a data name;

a second display area where a register number is displayed, the register number corresponding to the area in the register space where the data is allocated; and

a third display area where the register space is displayed graphically.

2. The register configurator according to claim 1, wherein the register space display unit displays the register space so that a first area in the register space where the data is allocated and a second area in the register space where the data is not allocated can be distinguished by the user.

3. The register configurator according to claim 1, further comprising:

an allocation display unit that displays the area in the register space where the data is allocated based on the manipulation which has been received by the manipulation reception unit.

4. The register configurator according to claim 1, wherein the first display area is displayed by the data display unit, and the third display area is displayed by the register space display unit.

5. The register configurator according to claim 1, wherein the register space is displayed so that the manipulation can be performed on the display screen by a user'"'"'s operation of drag and drop.

6. The register configurator according to claim 1, wherein the register space display unit displays a first area in the register space where the data is allocated by using a first color, the register space display unit displaying a second area in the register space where the data is not allocated by using a second color that is different from the first color.

7. The register configurator according to claim 1, wherein the correspondence between the data and the area is automatically listed into a text file after the data is allocated to the area in the register space.

8. The register configurator according to claim 7, wherein contents of the text file are displayed on the display screen so as to be edited by the user.

9. A field control system comprising:

field devices;

a gateway that performs a wireless communication with the field devices; and

a client that communicates with the field devices through the gateway, the client being connected to the gateway through a bus,

wherein the gateway comprises;

a register that stores data related to the field devices; and

a register configurator that controls the register,

wherein the register configurator comprises;

a display screen;

a data display unit that displays the data related to the field devices on the display screen;

a register space display unit that graphically displays a register space of the register on the display screen;

a manipulation reception unit that receives a manipulation for allocating each of the data, which has been displayed by the data display unit, to an area in the register space, which has been displayed by the register space display unit, the manipulation being performed on the display screen by a user; and

a correspondence establishing unit that establishes a correspondence between the data and the area, based on the manipulation that has been received by the manipulation reception unit, and

wherein the display screen comprises;

a first display area where the data is displayed in a hierarchy structure, the hierarchy structure including a gateway name, a field device name, a UAP (user application) name, and a data name;

a second display area where a register number is displayed, the register number corresponding to the area in the register space where the data is allocated; and

a third display area where the register space is displayed graphically.

10. The field control system according to claim 9, wherein the register space display unit displays the register space so that a first area in the register space where the data is allocated and a second area in the register space where the data is not allocated can be distinguished by the user.

11. The field control system according to claim 9, wherein the register configurator further comprises:

an allocation display unit that displays the area in the register space where the data is allocated by the manipulation received by the manipulation reception unit.

12. A register configuration method comprising:

displaying data related to field devices on a display screen;

graphically displaying a register space of a register on the display screen;

receiving a manipulation for allocating each of the data, which has been displayed on the display screen, to an area in the register space, which has been displayed on the display screen, the manipulation being performed on the display screen by a user;

establishing a correspondence between the data and the area, based on the manipulation that has been received;

displaying the data on the display screen in a hierarchy structure, the hierarchy structure including a gateway name, a field device name, a UAP (user application) name, and a data name; and

displaying a register number on the display screen, the register number corresponding to the area in the register space where the data is allocated.

13. The register configuration method according to claim 12, wherein the manipulation is performed on the display screen by a user'"'"'s operation of drag and drop.

14. The register configuration method according to claim 12, further comprising:

displaying a first area in the register space where the data is allocated by using a first color; and

displaying a second area in the register space where the data is not allocated by using a second color that is different from the first color.

15. The register configuration method according to claim 12, further comprising:

automatically listing the correspondence between the data and the area into a text file after the data is allocated to the area in the register space.

16. The register configuration method according to claim 15, further comprising:

displaying contents of the text file on the display screen so as to be edited by the user.

17. The register configuration method according to claim 12, further comprising:

displaying the register space so that a first area in the register space where the data is allocated and a second area in the register space where the data is not allocated can be distinguished by the user.

18. The register configuration method according to claim 12, further comprising:

displaying the area in the register space where the data has been allocated based on the manipulation that has been received.