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Menu screen for an operation monitoring apparatus

  • US 9,128,734 B2
  • Filed: 12/15/2010
  • Issued: 09/08/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An operation monitoring apparatus of a process control system comprising:

  • an object file holding means for holding a plurality of individual menu definition files each separately registered under unique object names, respectively, each having menu items defined on an object-by-object basis, in an object displayed on an operation-monitoring screen, the object being a target for display on a right click menu screen;

    a retrieval means for acquiring information on the object name of the object subjected to right click on the operation-monitoring screen, and retrieving the object file holding means, thereby extracting the individual menu definition file registered under the object name; and

    a screen display means for acquiring information on the individual menu definition file as extracted, and displaying the right click menu screen on the operation-monitoring screen,wherein the individual menu definition file is unique to the target object, and the target object is a data file,wherein the object file holding means holds a common menu definition file in common with a plurality of objects as targets for display on the right click menu screen,wherein the common menu definition file is registered under a file name that has a unique identification data, the file name is embedded and described in the individual menu definition file, and the retrieval means extracts the common menu definition file on the basis of the file name, andwherein the right click menu screen is modifiable by editing the common menu definition file.

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