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Method and system for monitoring an industrial system involving an eye tracking system

  • US 9,575,488 B2
  • Filed: 06/18/2013
  • Issued: 02/21/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for notifying at least a first condition and a second condition in an industrial system, the first condition being abnormal behavior in the industrial system, by means of a monitoring system, the method comprising:

  • displaying the first condition in a first portion of a display screen of the monitoring system,determining by means of eye-tracking an area where a user focuses on the display screen,if the area where the user focuses differs from the first portion, alerting the user of the first condition in order to allow the user to be notified of the first condition in the industrial system, the alerting comprises magnifying at least one object displayed in the first portion of the display screen,displaying the second condition of the industrial system in a second portion of the display screen, the second portion differing from the area where the user focuses, magnifying at least one object displayed in the second portion of the display screen, anddetermining a weight parameter for each of the first and the second condition, wherein the step of magnifying is first performed for those objects which are associated with that condition of the first or second condition which has a weight parameter corresponding to a most severe condition in the industrial system.

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