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20080208374 | TESTING UTILIZING CONTROLLER ENGINE INSTANCES - The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or method that facilitates enhancing simulation within an industrial environment. A controller can execute with a real-time operating system such that the controller can include two or more controller engine instances executing as processes on the controller. A testing component can sand-box a portion of a simulation and/or test within a controller engine instance to enable the generation of an isolated test result within the industrial environment. | 08-28-2008 |
20080234842 | MICROPHONES AS CONTACT SENSORS FOR DEVICE CONTROL - A device controller that controls a device by tapping or rubbing the surface of microphones on the device. It allows microphones to be used as both speech sensors (to capture speech signals, the original functionality) and a device controller (the new functionality). Tapping or rubbing the surface of microphones on the device produces complex yet distinctive signals. By detecting these events, the present device controller can generate appropriate commands to control the device. | 09-25-2008 |
20080234843 | Projector, projection display system, and corresponding method and recording medium - A projector that projects images includes a projection display module by which the projector projects the images, a network interface by which the projector can communicate with a network, and a web server module coupled to the network interface and to the projection display module. The web server module, in response to a request to provide a working status of the projection display module received through the network interface from a client over the network, sends working status information representing the working status through the network interface to the client over the network. The web server module also, in response to control information received through the network interface from the client over the network in response to the sent working status information, controls the working status by sending a control signal to the projection display module based on the control information. | 09-25-2008 |
20080243275 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING SIGNAL OF REMOTE CONTROLLER, AND METHOD AND REMOTE CONTROLLER FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Provided are a method and apparatus for controlling an electronic apparatus, including a user input unit which includes a plurality of user input keys to receive user input signals; a control unit which determines which user input keys can be operated from among the plurality of user input keys based on arrangement information of at least one piece of selection information displayed on a screen and selected in response to a user input signal and provides information about the determined user input keys; and a transmitting unit which transmits identification information identifying the user input key, wherein when one of the determined user input keys is selected, the control unit controls the transmitting unit to transmit the identification information to the electronic apparatus so that selection information corresponding to a position of the selected user input key can be selected from the pieces of selection information displayed on the screen. | 10-02-2008 |
20080294274 | SPECIAL PURPOSE CONTROLLER INTERFACE WITH BREADCRUMB NAVIGATION SUPPORT - A temperature controller for controlling the temperature of an inside space that is serviced by one or more pieces of HVAC equipment. The temperature controller may include a controller having a control algorithm for controlling one or more pieces of HVAC equipment as well as a user interface that may be configured to display a hierarchical menu structure and to permit a user to traverse the menu structure. The user interface may be configured to display breadcrumbs that provide an indication to the user of the current location within a hierarchical menu structure, and in some cases, provide instructional information in a designated or common display area that helps instruct the user in using a particular menu or menu option. These and other features may help make the special purpose controller more intuitive to set up, program and operate. | 11-27-2008 |
20080300698 | User Configurable Alarms and Alarm Trending For Process Control System - Various graphical displays for plant process operators are provided which combine aspects of alarm priority and alarm age to assist operators in making better choices in responding to alarms. The disclosed graphical displays provide improved contextual information about specific alarms and the relationships with other alarms in the same control module, equipment module, etc. Hierarchically organized presentations of active alarms and alarm age profiles are also provided to assist operators in evaluating causes of “alarm floods” in chain reactions within complex process environments. Various types of alarm or display alerts are also provided for improved monitoring of processed conditions and changes in process controls. | 12-04-2008 |
20090030534 | Method for the programming of a safety controller - The invention relates to a method for the programming of a safety controller to be interconnected with encoders and actuators, wherein a wiring plan or a specific wiring is first prepared, whereupon an automated programming of the safety controller takes place using the wiring information. | 01-29-2009 |
20090062938 | Design element for a control panel of a device - There is described a design element for a control panel of a device and further a device having a plurality of design elements that can be freely positioned on a control panel, and to a method for configuring such a device and a corresponding computer program. An aim is to provide a control panel which is extremely flexible in its handling. For this purpose, individual design elements are freely positioned on a control panel. Power supply and data transmission to a control module are carried out in a contactless manner. The design elements are preferably printed polymer electronic components having their own electronics. | 03-05-2009 |
20090062939 | Mobile Terminal And Device Control Method For The Same - A mobile terminal and device control method for the same are disclosed. The device control method for a mobile terminal having a touch screen, includes: downloading, during registration of a device capable of short-range wireless communication operating in a short-range communication mode, a user interface (UI) of the device; finding a list of registered devices, displaying the found list, selecting a device from the displayed list, calling the selected device, and connecting to the selected device; and displaying a device UI of the connected device on the touch screen, and controlling the connected device through the displayed device UI according to a touch operation. Electronic devices within a range can be easily and accurately controlled using a mobile terminal having a touch screen. In particular, the use of a user interface downloaded from an electronic device enables easy control of full functions of the device, enhancing user convenience. | 03-05-2009 |
20090082884 | Method And System For Processing Signals For A MEMS Detector That Enables Control Of A Device Using Human Breath - A method and system for processing signals for a MEMS detector that enables control of a device using expulsion of air via human breath, a machine and/or a device are provided. A microprocessor may receive one or more signals from the MEMS detector that may comprise various component sensor(s), sensing member(s) or sensing segment(s) that may detect movement of air caused by the expulsion of human breath. The signals may be processed by the microprocessor and an interactive output comprising one or more control signals that may enable control of a user interface such as | 03-26-2009 |
20090088875 | VISUALIZATION OF WORKFLOW IN AN INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION ENVIRONMENT - A visualization system that generates a visualization of manufacturing operations and corresponding workflow is provided. An interface component receives input concerning displayed objects and information. A context component can detect, infer or determine context information regarding an entity or application. A workflow component binds workflow information to industrial automation manufacturing-related information. A visualization component dynamically generates a visualization from a set of display objects to present to a user that is a function of the received context information, workflow information, and industrial automation manufacturing-related information. | 04-02-2009 |
20090099669 | MONITORING AND CONTROL OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A method, a system, and a computer program product for managing one or more electronic devices. Performance of an electronic device is monitored and presented to a user through a digital agent interface. The performance of the electronic device is controlled automatically by digital agent through the digital agent interface. The invention also enables automatic testing of the electronic device through the digital agent interface by setting up test configurations, activating test signals, and interpreting any error codes that may be generated. | 04-16-2009 |
20090118844 | WORK TOOL NOTIFICATION AND USER-SELECTABLE MACHINE CONTROL CONFIGURATION - A control system for controlling one or more actuators in a machine in response to installation of a tool to the machine detects the installation of a tool to the machine and prompts a user of the machine to configure the operation of the controller with respect to at least one of the one or more actuators. | 05-07-2009 |
20090132067 | Design Device for Designing a Control System and Method for Examining the Technological Aims When Designing a Control System - The invention relates to a developer device for designing a control system comprising automation software and automation hardware for the automatic operation of a process. The designing device comprises a design module which is embodied in order to design the automatic software, an engineering module which is connected to the design module in order to receive the automation software, and which is configured in order to project the automation hardware based on the automation software and to produce projection data on the automation hardware, and a simulation module for simulating the automation software and the processes, and which is connected to the engineering module which is used to receive the projection data, in addition to the design module which is used to transfer simulated process data. | 05-21-2009 |
20090143877 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING A PORTABLE USER DEVICE - The invention relates to a method of controlling a portable user device ( | 06-04-2009 |
20090143878 | OPERATOR PROFILE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A MACHINE - A control system for a machine has an input device operable to receive an input indicative of an operator profile and to generate a signal related to the operator profile. The control system also has a controller in communication with the machine and the input device. The controller is configured to receive the signal and to change at least one operating parameter of the machine in response to the signal. | 06-04-2009 |
20090143879 | HVAC CONTROLLER WITH PARAMETER CLUSTERING - An HVAC controller is described that is configured to be more intuitive and user friendly to program and operate than convention HVAC controllers. In some instances, the HVAC controller may include a touch screen interface that provides greater flexibility in displaying information to the user and/or soliciting information from the user. | 06-04-2009 |
20090143880 | HVAC CONTROLLER WITH CONTEXT SENSITIVE HELP SCREENS - An HVAC controller is described that is configured to be more intuitive and user friendly to program and operate than convention HVAC controllers. In some instances, the HVAC controller may include a touch screen interface that provides greater flexibility in displaying information to the user and/or soliciting information from the user. | 06-04-2009 |
20090157200 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DEFINING AND CONTROLLING GRAPHICAL FACEPLATES IN A PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM - A method includes receiving information identifying one or more elements to be presented in a first faceplate. The first faceplate is associated with control of a process system. The method also includes receiving information identifying an auto-selection behavior associated with the first faceplate. The method further includes displaying the first faceplate to an operator and automatically selecting one of the elements in the first faceplate based on the received information. A centralized component (like a faceplate controller) automatically selects elements in multiple faceplates, including the first faceplate. The centralized component could automatically select the element to receive focus in the first faceplate. The centralized component could also identify a specified element associated with a command to be executed, even when the specified element does not have focus in the first faceplate. | 06-18-2009 |
20090157201 | CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR SETTING - There is provided a control device for making settings, comprising: a setting item selection unit configured to select setting items to which same setting should be set, from among a plurality of setting items regarding the control device, based on externally inputted instructions; a setting value accepting unit configured to accept setting to be set equally to the selected setting items selected by the setting item selection unit; and a setting unit configured to set the setting accepted through the setting value accepting unit to all of the selected setting items. | 06-18-2009 |
20090171482 | ATTACHMENT CONTROLLER - A controller for a power machine attachment. The controller includes a computing device, a memory, and at least one sensor. The memory is programmed with an application program specific to the type of attachment, and operating parameters specific to planned use of the attachment. | 07-02-2009 |
20090171483 | OPERATOR CONTROL UNIT AND METHOD FOR ASSIGNING AN ON-SCREEN DISPLAY TO A SOFTKEY BUTTON - An operator control unit for operating a machine tool, a production machine, a crane and/or a robot, includes a screen, softkey buttons and an operating button. The operator control unit is designed such that on invoking an on-screen display, the invoked on-screen display is displayed. A user menu is displayed by pressing the operating button, and, by pressing a softkey button for a certain length of time, the softkey button pressed in this manner is assigned to the invoked on-screen. | 07-02-2009 |
20090198352 | METHOD FOR PROGRAMMING A CONTROL DEVICE - A method for programming a control device for a machine includes the steps of obtaining a component that is required to program the control device, this component being called up from a data collection, storing the component in a memory device, processing the component, integrating the processed component in the control device, calling up the component from a data collection via an Internet, outputting instructions that are characteristic for the components and for integrating the components in the control device, and callable up via the Internet. | 08-06-2009 |
20090204239 | LED Light Controller System and Method - Embodiments of the disclosure provide a system for selecting a color show generated by LED landscape, pool, and/or spa lights. The system can include a faceplate indicating the color shows available to select from. The faceplate includes a selector positioned to select one of the color shows. The system includes a microcontroller in communication with the selector and a triac circuit in communication with the microcontroller. The microcontroller controls the LED landscape, pool, and/or spa lights using the triac circuit in response to the position of the selector. | 08-13-2009 |
20090222113 | AUTOMATION HUMAN MACHINE INTERFACE HAVING VIRTUAL GRAPHIC CONTROLS - Within an industrial automation environment, a human-machine interface (HMI) is provided comprising a HMI computer, a display electrically coupled with the computer, and a controller wirelessly coupled with the computer. The controller is configured to detect motion of the controller, and wirelessly transmit motion data related to the motion of the controller to the HMI computer. The HMI computer is configured to receive industrial automation data, wirelessly receive motion data from the controller, process the motion data into control data, and select a first set of industrial automation data for display in response to the control data. | 09-03-2009 |
20090271012 | Method or System for Displaying an Internet Page on a Visualization Device of an Industrial Automation Device - There is described a method for displaying an Internet page an/or an intranet page on a visualization device of an industrial automation device, wherein the method relates to data of the Internet page and/or intranet page which are stored in a first data format on a server. In this case, the industrial automation device can be unburdened of tasks for displaying the page. The data of the Internet page and/or intranet page can be transmitted to a data processing device via the Internet and/or an intranet and can be received by the data processing device, after which the data processing device converts the data of the Internet page and or intranet page, which are in the first data format, into a second data format, after which these converted data are transmitted to the industrial automation device and/or to the visualization device of the industrial automation device. Following this, the page can be fully or partially displayed on the visualization device of the industrial automation device. | 10-29-2009 |
20090299504 | APPLIANCE CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD - An appliance control apparatus acquires, at intervals of predetermined time, a state data including values of operation states of respective appliances, stores the state data as one record in a memory, to store time-series records, classifies the records in the memory into a plurality of living situation groups by clustering the records, and calculates, for each living situation group, a barycenter of each operation state, determines, for a target state data, one of the living situation groups to which the target state data belongs, determines one of the operation states whose value in the target state data is larger than corresponding barycenter in the one of the living situation groups, and determines the barycenter as a recommended value, and controls the one of operation state to the recommended value when obtaining an acceptance instruction for the recommended value. | 12-03-2009 |
20090306795 | Control Mechanism Having An Image Display Area - A control mechanism includes a housing that is moveable from a first position to a second position. The housing includes a display area. The movement of the housing from the first position to the second position is detected. A first image is displayed on a display screen responsive to detection of the movement of the housing from the first position to the second position. At least a portion of the first image is optically transmitted from the display screen to the display area via an optical coupling system for display in the display area of the housing. | 12-10-2009 |
20090326684 | Home Network Device Information Architecture - A method and system for providing a user interface for a user to discover and control devices that are currently connected to a network, such that at least one of the devices performs steps, by: (a) obtaining information from one or more of the devices currently connected to the network, the information including device information; and (b) generating a user interface description based at least on the obtained information, the user interface description including a reference associated with the device information of each of the devices currently connected to the network, such that the reference includes at least one link to information contained in the devices currently connected to the network. As such, a user interface can be displayed using the references in the user interface description, for controlling the devices currently connected to the network. | 12-31-2009 |
20090326685 | MOBILE PROGRAMMABLE CONTROL DEVICE - Mobile programmable control device which functionally combines within itself the traditional tasks of a programmable logic controller (PLC) and an active RFID transponder (tag), or, as the case may be, which integrates a PLC and an active RFID transponder in hardware and software terms. The application program for the control device, i.e. including PLC and RFID tag, can be produced using a programming environment conforming to IEC 61131. For that purpose the microcontroller of the RFID tag requires a corresponding runtime environment. The application programs in the control device can thus be executed cyclically and in synchronism with the PLC. By virtue of its small and compact design the control device can be physically attached to mobile objects of a technological process for the purpose of the latter's automation, control or tracking/documentation. Mobile objects also represent process objects in the technological process both physically and in information technology terms. | 12-31-2009 |
20100004763 | GATEWAY DEVICE AND CONTROL DEVICE - The present invention aims to provide a gateway device in order to release information and service information of an appliance to an appliance connected to a network having a different protocol. The gateway device ( | 01-07-2010 |
20100004764 | APPLIANCE WITH ANIMATION FRAMEWORK - An appliance includes one or more control boards having control software to control a cycle of operation, access to memory, a graphical user interface in communication with the control boards for allowing a user to observe and interact with the appliance regarding the cycle of operation, and a software framework in communication with the graphical user interface and the memory access. The software framework has animation definitions and access to builder content containing instance information with which it can create at least one instance of a user interface control and can associate one or more animation definitions with memory information associated with at least two locations in the memory. With this structure, the software framework dynamically renders animation in the graphical user interface at runtime using the animation definitions, and the rendering of the graphical user interface is dynamically affected by association of the animation definitions and the memory information. | 01-07-2010 |
20100023140 | FIELD DEVICE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND FIELD DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - There is provided a field device management apparatus for acquiring and managing device information about a field device. The apparatus includes: a device information description unit having: an activation processing algorithm that activates a device information processing algorithm for acquiring the device information from the field device; and a description information that describes the device information; and a device information acquisition control unit that activates the device information processing algorithm using the activation processing algorithm so as to acquire the device information through the device information description unit. | 01-28-2010 |
20100036511 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS ACCESS AND CONTROL OF PROCESS CONTROL INSTRUMENTS - A method includes moving a wireless device into communication range of a process control instrument in an industrial process system. The method also includes presenting to a user, at the wireless device, a graphical user interface associated with the process control instrument. The method further includes receiving from the user one or more configuration settings associated with the process control instrument. In addition, the method includes transmitting information identifying the one or more configuration settings to the process control instrument in order to reconfigure the process control instrument. The method could optionally include presenting to the user, at the wireless device, a second graphical user interface when the wireless device is used to perform a function unrelated to interacting with the process control instrument. Here, the graphical user interface associated with the process control instrument could be presented in response to the wireless device detecting the process control instrument. | 02-11-2010 |
20100049341 | METHOD OF CONFIGURING A MACHINE VISION APPLICATION PROGRAM FOR EXECUTION ON A MULTI-PROCESSOR COMPUTER - A machine vision system includes a computer with one or more processors and software that has a plurality of tool routines each performing a different image analysis function. A machine vision application program is created by selecting certain ones of the plurality of tool routines to analyze the image. A maximum number of processors on the computer is designated as available for executing a machine vision application, wherein the maximum number may be less than the total number of processors on the computer. When the machine vision application program operates execution of each tool routine is limited to using simultaneously no more than the maximum number of processors. | 02-25-2010 |
20100082130 | MODULAR OBJECT PUBLICATION AND DISCOVERY - An object can be used in an industrial control configuration in relation to performing a function or task. Matching can occur such that an object with operational requirements can bind with a host that has capabilities that meet those operational requirements—matching can occur automatically as well as through user operation. Once matched, different functionality can be presented to a user pertaining to the object. To assist the user, the object can include external references, logic, local or private data, as well as others in addition to resources. To facilitate operation, capabilities and resources can be published in a directory that can be accessed by different entities—sometimes with security constraints in order to protect configuration integrity. Likewise, a subscription system can be employed such that when a change to a related entity is made, a notice can transfer to related entities and operation can alter based upon the change. | 04-01-2010 |
20100082131 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE AUTOMATIC AGGREGATION OF INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION DISPLAYS - A data aggregation system comprises an aggregation server. The aggregation server receives from a Human-Machine Interface (HMI) graphics data comprising a graphical representation of a portion of an industrial automation environment over an enterprise network, receives operation data associated with an operation of the industrial automation environment over the enterprise network, and receives a request for a viewing session from a plurality of communication devices over a communication network. In response to the request, the aggregation server transfers the graphics data over the communication network to the plurality of communication devices. In response to the request, the aggregation server transfers the operation data over the communication network to the plurality of communication devices. | 04-01-2010 |
20100087935 | COMPLETE INTEGRATION OF STAND-ALONE BATCH OPERATOR INTERFACE CAPABILITIES INTO GENERIC HUMAN MACHINE INTERFACE USING COMPONENTIZED OBJECTS - Systems and methods for providing an integrated HMI application for monitoring and interacting with both batch and non-batch processes in a process plant are disclosed. A plurality of independent stand-alone software objects defining various batch process interface views are embedded within a non-batch process control interface application. A blackboard service is provided for storing batch control data used by the various stand alone software objects. The blackboard service may be adapted to communicate with a batch control server to receive batch control data for populating the various batch interface views with data relating to various batch processes being carried out in the process plant and to send instructions for controlling the various batches input by users via the various batch interface views. When executed by a processor, the stand alone software objects defining the various batch interface views read data from and write data to the blackboard service to communicate data between batch process interface views and preserve contextual information between interface views to allow efficient and intuitive navigation between batch process interface views. | 04-08-2010 |
20100131083 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF A MOTOR - A method for editing a motor profile is described. The method includes receiving a stored motor profile selection via a user interface, and receiving user inputs via the user interface. The user inputs include instructions relating to an edit of the selected motor profile. The method also includes storing the edited motor profile. | 05-27-2010 |
20100145483 | HUMAN-MACHINE INTERFACE ASSEMBLY FOR AN APPLIANCE - An assembly for an appliance is disclosed. The assembly includes a Human-Machine Interface (HMI) including an input component having a portion accessible to a user, and a display component to indicate information to the user, the display component being operatively connected to the input component. The assembly further includes a liquid barrier covering the HMI. | 06-10-2010 |
20100145484 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING COMPUTERIZED NUMERICAL CONTROL DEVICES - A monitoring system includes at least one CNC device and a monitoring device. Each of the CNC devices includes a movement control unit, a first document module stores the IP address and the related parameters of the CNC device, a human machine interface (HMI) receives a first input instruction, and a controller reads the related parameters from the first document module according to the first input instruction and outputs a movement control instruction to the movement control unit, and stores the movement parameters in the first document module. The monitoring device includes a second document module stores the IP address of the CNC device and the movement parameters of the CNC device, a display device, a processor reads the movement parameters from the second document module according to a second input instruction, and displays the movement parameters via the display device. | 06-10-2010 |
20100174388 | Live Device Graphical Status Tree - A system and method is provided for storing hierarchical inputs for a field device in a control system, including upper level inputs in the form of data relating to the process under control, received from a plurality of input devices, and lower level inputs generated by the field devices using the upper level inputs. A record of dependencies among the hierarchical inputs is maintained, along with the status of each of the hierarchical inputs, which is transformed into a graphical status tree representation thereof, including the dependencies shown as one or more hierarchical flow paths. The status of the hierarchical inputs in the graphical status tree is identified by applying a visual marker to inputs having a normal status, and applying other visual markers to inputs having an error status to highlight erroneous flow paths. | 07-08-2010 |
20100222901 | Post-Sterilization Programming of Surgical Instruments - A surgical instrument with a programmable control unit and methods for programming the control unit while the surgical instrument is in a sterile container. The method may comprise packaging the surgical instrument in the container and then sterilizing the surgical instrument while the surgical instrument is in the container. The method may further comprise programming the surgical instrument while the surgical instrument is in the container with a programming device positioned outside of the container. | 09-02-2010 |
20100241252 | PARAMETER SETTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLER - A parameter setting system for programmable logic controller (PLC) includes a document module, a main program module, a parameter storage module, an interface display module, and a display interface. The document module stores application documents and an extensible markup language (XML) document of PLC. The main program module reads names and scale values of the parameters from the XML document, and outputs a control signal. The parameter storage module stores the names and scale values of the parameters from the main program module. The interface display module receives the control signal from the main program module and reading names and scale values of the parameters from the parameter storage module according to the control signal. The display interface displays the names and scale values of the parameters from the interface display module. | 09-23-2010 |
20100249957 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MACHINES REMOTELY - Systems and methods for remotely controlling machines includes generating, on a display device associated with a remote control console, a first image associated with a position of the machine at a first time period. A virtual position of the machine is estimated based at least on the first position and at least one operating parameter associated with the machine. A virtual image of the machine relative to the first image is generated on the display device, the virtual image of the machine corresponding to the estimated virtual position of the machine. | 09-30-2010 |
20100318200 | Method and System for Providing an Integrated Building Summary Dashboard - A method and system for providing an integrated building summary dashboard application. The dashboard can be implemented, for example, as a Rich Internet Application (RIA), which integrates with multiple data sources. A data warehouse can be utilized to consolidate and store the data related to a particular dashboard. The dashboard can be configured by integrating high-level metrics with key performance indicators to provide an overview, which can then be granularized to provide detailed information. The dashboard can also be configured to include a data chart that provides a “glimpse” of information associated with key performance indicators. The data chart can be configured to utilize a target bar as input to an interactive what-if analysis, and an output can be utilized to automatically drive control automation system changes. | 12-16-2010 |
20110004327 | Method and System for Controlling a User Interface of a Device Using Human Breath - Certain aspects of a method and system for controlling a user interface of a device using human breath may include a device comprising an embedded micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) sensing and processing module. The MEMS sensing and processing module may detect movement caused by expulsion of human breath by a user. In response to the detection of movement caused by expulsion of human breath, one or more control signals may be generated. The generated control signals may control the user interface of the device and may enable navigation and/or selection of components in the user interface. | 01-06-2011 |
20110009984 | PRESENTING DYNAMIC SCADA DATA - Techniques are disclosed for presenting users with dynamic views of process data related to the operations of an industrial system. Data obtained by a SCADA system may be stored in a real-time status database (which reflects the current process data of the industrial system) and a historian database (which archives the process data from the industrial system as it changes over time). A design canvas allows users to compose a dynamic view of the process data obtained by the SCADA system. For example, a user may compose a dynamic view of selected temperatures, pressures, and flow rates obtained by the SCADA system while monitoring the status of a pipeline. | 01-13-2011 |
20110015764 | Apparatus and Method for Merging Wireless Data Into an Established Process Control System - A method and system of communicating between a wireless network and a process control system communicatively coupled to a server, such as OPC. The server receives data from the wireless network, where the data is generated from an input/output data point within the wireless network. The server maps the data between the input/output data point and a data point placeholder within the process control system. The server writes the mapped data to the corresponding data point placeholder of the process control system via a process control interface, and the mapped data is provided to the process control system as process control data native to the process control system. Process control data may also be provided to the server, mapped between a data point placeholder of the process control system and an input/output data point of the wireless network, and written to the corresponding input/output data point. | 01-20-2011 |
20110022195 | MULTIPLE MACHINE INTERFACE - Aspects describe multiple machine interfaces that provide automated implementations of a host that executes at least one service. The service comprises internal aspects, which include a reusable definition and a specification, which are hidden from a user or selectively exposed but not modifiable by the user. Functional connections and controls are provided for the automated implementations of the host. Platform configurations, which include the at least one service, interact with the automated implementation of the host. One or more functionalities of the functional connections can be selectively exposed based on a user credential. The automated implementation of the host comprises execution of the at least one service. | 01-27-2011 |
20110029102 | Graphical View Sidebar for a Process Control System - A secondary or “sidebar” display within a process control environment may provide several small applications to allow business managers, engineers, maintenance personnel, or other non-operator personnel to organize and manage process control system information and to display selected diagnostics and summary information or “key operating parameters” for the process control system. Further, sidebar applications may communicate with other applications that are executing on a non-operator user's workstation to, thereby, retrieve information related to tasks that the user is currently completing. The sidebar application may then determine whether certain process control information may be useful for the main task the user is completing and display that process control information within the sidebar. | 02-03-2011 |
20110029103 | MULTIPLE LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT USING SHARED RESOURCES - An operator interface system with respect to an industrial automation device comprises text/symbol translation strings persisted in a computer-readable medium for utilization with the operator interface system. An interface component relays the translation strings to a client device that includes fonts that enables the client device to graphically render text/symbols abstracted by the translation strings in a desired language. For example, the translation strings can be Unicode strings. | 02-03-2011 |
20110029104 | AUTOMATED PROGRAMMIING SYSTEM EMPLOYING NON-TEXT USER INTERFACE - An automated programming system that includes configuring the automated programming system to include an input module, a programming module, and an output module. Employing a non-text user interface system for real-time representation of the input module, the programming module and the output module. | 02-03-2011 |
20110046753 | METHOD FOR MONITORING A TECHNICAL INSTALLATION AND MONITORING SYSTEM FOR CARRYING OUT SAID METHOD - A method for monitoring a technical installation with a plurality of installation components connected to one another for transmitting data in order to perform process steps is provided. Status messages, each status message containing a plurality of individual messages, are displayed on a display unit. Upon initiation of the display of a status message, it is determined which individual messages assigned to the status message are to be displayed. | 02-24-2011 |
20110046754 | INDUSTRIAL HMI AUTOMATICALLY CUSTOMIZED BASED UPON INFERENCE - The present invention generally relates to industrial automation, and in particular to systems and methods that facilitate rendering data in an industrial automation environment. Specifically, the invention facilitates rendering a browser-based Human Machine Interface (HMI) to at least one device. According to an aspect of the present invention, a device can send a session request to an HMI generator. A session request-receiving component can process the request, and the HMI generator can process data related to an industrial automation environment and render such data to a device in browser format. | 02-24-2011 |
20110066259 | PROJECTOR PROBING METHOD, CONTROL DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A method of probing a projector performed on a projector system including a plurality of projectors and a control device adapted to control at least one of the projectors, the method includes the steps of: wherein the projectors, storing information indicative of time when the projector is powered on; and transmitting the information indicative of the time to the control device; and wherein the control device, probing the projectors to obtain the information indicative of the time when the projector is powered on; identifying the projector with the latest time when the projector powered on among the plurality of projectors based on the information indicative of the time, and displaying the identification information of the projector identified. | 03-17-2011 |
20110066260 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTING PATIENT THERAPY - A system and method of managing therapy provided to patients in an institution. The system monitors all aspects of the medication delivery to a patient, as well as other information related to the patient, such as values of vital signs, laboratory results and patient factors such as history, diagnosis, allergies and the like. The system includes one or more databases of information, including institutionally developed rules, guidelines and protocol representing the best medical practices of the institution. The system provides alerts and/or recommendations based on the application of the rules to the information being monitored, and alerts care givers accordingly, providing for dynamic adjustment of the patient's therapy. The system also monitors the status of the alerts, and if no action is taken in a selected period of time, may escalate the priority of the alert and/or halt the delivery of medication to the patient until the alert is resolved. | 03-17-2011 |
20110066261 | HUMAN-MACHINE INTERFACE SUPPORT OF REMOTE VIEWING SESSIONS - A human-machine-interface (HMI) system comprises a machine interface, a communication interface, and a processing system. The machine interface receives operation data from a plurality of machines within an industrial automation environment, wherein the operation data corresponds to operations of the plurality of machines. The communication interface receives a request for a remote viewing session from a communication device, and in response to the request, transfers graphics data and the operation data for delivery to and display by the communication device. The processing system monitors for changes to the graphics data and the operation data during the remote viewing session. The communication, upon a change occurring to the graphics data, transfers updated graphics data for delivery to and display by the communication device, and upon a change occurring to the operation data, transfers updated operation data for delivery to and display by the communication device. | 03-17-2011 |
20110071655 | Apparatus and Method for Projecting Field Devices of a Technical System - A device and a method for projecting field devices of a technical system, in particular a power plant system, into a control system of the technical system are provided. The device includes means for a computer-implemented display of two field devices as two data objects and means for a computer-implemented display of a connection between the two data objects of the two field devices. | 03-24-2011 |
20110125295 | Method for providing device-specific information of a field device of automation technology - A method for providing device-specific information of a field device of automation technology and/or for servicing a field device, wherein a web server is integrated in the field device at least a part of the device description describing the field device is compiled/interpreted into a field-device-specific software code for the web server, and, on the basis of the field-device-specific software code, there are presented on a display unit dynamically produced, device-specific, web pages, via which service personnel are provided device-specific information, and/or via which the field device is serviced by service personnel. | 05-26-2011 |
20110137433 | Method And System For Processing Signals For A MEMS Detector That Enables Control Of A Device Using Human Breath - A method and system for processing signals for a MEMS detector that enables control of a device using expulsion of air via human breath, a machine and/or a device are provided. A microprocessor may receive one or more signals from the MEMS detector that may comprise various component sensor(s), sensing member(s) or sensing segment(s) that may detect movement of air caused by the expulsion of human breath. The signals may be processed by the microprocessor and an interactive output comprising one or more control signals that may enable control of a user interface such as | 06-09-2011 |
20110153041 | CONNECTION SYSTEM - The connection system of the present invention includes a human-machine interface device and a host device. The human-machine interface device includes a signal generating module and a control module. The host device includes an operation module, an identification module and a system module. After the signal generating module generates an original working signal, the original working signal is sent to the operation module to generate a transforming signal via control module, and then the operation module sends the transforming signal back to the control module such that the control module generates a final working signal meeting an identification condition. Finally, the control module sends the final working signal to the identification module for identification such that the system module executes a predetermined work. | 06-23-2011 |
20110160878 | MECHANISM FOR CONSTRUCTING GENERIC CONTROL LOGIC INCLUDING VERSIONS IN VARIOUS PROTOCOLS - A mechanism for constructing generic control logic with versions of the logic automatically generated and stored for one or more protocols. The complexity of the one or more protocols may be hidden under a hood of the mechanism from the view of engineers, programmers and users so as to improve their productivity relative to control logic designs and applications. | 06-30-2011 |
20110166677 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - 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. | 07-07-2011 |
20110178613 | Method And System For Processing Signals For A MEMS Detector That Enables Control Of A Device Using Human Breath - A method and system for processing signals for a MEMS detector that enables control of a device using expulsion of air via human breath, a machine and/or a device are provided. A microprocessor may receive one or more signals from the MEMS detector that may comprise various component sensor(s), sensing member(s) or sensing segment(s) that may detect movement of air caused by the expulsion of human breath. The signals may be processed by the microprocessor and an interactive output comprising one or more control signals that may enable control of a user interface such as | 07-21-2011 |
20110178614 | Method for Safely Parameterizing an Electrical Device - A method for safely parameterizing an electrical device, wherein a parameter input by a user on a control unit is transmitted to the electrical device and stored therein with write protection, the stored parameter is transmitted back to the control unit and displayed at the control unit for confirmation by the user, and the user confirmation is transmitted to the electrical device. In accordance with the invention, the stored parameter is transmitted back together with the name of the parameter, with a code generated by the device and in a data format which cannot be processed by the control unit. The returned parameter, the name of the returned parameter and the code are displayed for the user on the control unit, and the confirmation is checked in the electrical device to determine whether the confirmation contains the code. | 07-21-2011 |
20110184537 | Multi-Level Controller System - The invention is a state machine having a host controller that controls a level-1 controller, wherein the level-1 controller controls the level-2 controller. The level-2 controller controls system component controllers, which in turn control system components to execute a process segment. For example, the machine includes a host controller that selects a set of states to be executed, a level-1 controller that activates the set of states in a predetermined order, wherein each state includes commands, and a level-2 controller that controls system components according to the commands. A method of executing a process includes identifying a set of states to be executed, issuing state commands that need to be issued to execute the current state in the set of states, and activating a next state only after all expected status reports have been received for the current state. | 07-28-2011 |
20110196515 | MEASUREMENT PARAMETER INPUT CONTROL DEVICE AND MEASUREMENT PARAMETER INPUT CONTROL METHOD - A measurement parameter input control method and a measurement parameter input control device are provided which can intuitively change measurement parameters, which are set for a target device and are necessary for various measuring processes, with high operability. The measurement parameter input control device includes: a parameter processing section that acquires measurement parameter information including measurement parameters from a target device and that rewrites changed parameters which are measurement parameters after the changing to the target device; a parameter identifying section that identifies the types of the parameters in the acquired measurement parameter information and outputs soft key constructing information for constructing a parameter setting soft key based on the identified measurement parameter information, a display control section that includes a soft key controller displaying and controlling the parameter setting soft key based on the measurement parameter information on a display screen of a display unit on the basis of the soft key constructing information from the parameter identifying section; and an input unit that operates the parameter setting soft key displayed on the display unit. | 08-11-2011 |
20110202148 | SERVICE SYSTEM AND SERVICE METHOD - A service system includes at least one administration computer having a display device and a user interface for administering machines having components. A respective configuration of components of delivered machines is stored in the administration computer. When a component in one of the machines in the administration computer is exchanged, a spare part that has been installed is stored in the administration computer instead of an original component. A current configuration of the components can be displayed on the display device by operating the user interface, for each of the machines stored in the administration computer. A servicing method is also provided. | 08-18-2011 |
20110202149 | WEB-BASED VISUALIZATION MASH-UPS FOR INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION - A visualization system that generates visual mash-ups for industrial automation includes a ash-up component that combines output from a subset of disparate sources into a common interface. The disparate sources include at least one of equipment, computers, or devices within an industrial automation environment. A visualization component generates and displays a mash-up visualization that includes information associated with the common interface. | 08-18-2011 |
20110230982 | Systems for monitoring power consumption - Systems for monitoring power consumption. The system includes at least one circuit breaker having a sensor for measuring current flowing through the circuit breaker and for sending a sensor signal commensurate with the current. The system also includes a controller spaced apart from the circuit breaker and adapted to receive the sensor signal from the circuit breaker, and an external device for communicating an electrical signal with the controller to control the controller. | 09-22-2011 |
20110276151 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING ONE OR MORE CONTROLLABLE DEVICES SOURCES AND METHOD FOR ENABLING SUCH CONTROL - The invention relates to control system configured for controlling at least one controllable device. The device has been assigned a corresponding identifier and is configured for transmitting an identification signal comprising the identifier of the device. The control system comprises a display for displaying a control item configured for controlling the controllable device. The control system also comprises a receiver configured for wirelessly receiving the identification signal comprising the identifier. The control system is configured for assigning a position of the control item on the display to the device identified by means of said received identifier. | 11-10-2011 |
20110276152 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SETTINGS OF A CONTROL SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING A SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF PERCEPTIBLE OUTPUT - An apparatus for providing settings of a control system ( | 11-10-2011 |
20120004743 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING MAINTENANCE AND OTHER OPERATIONS OF FIELD DEVICES IN A PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM USING USER-DEFINED DEVICE CONFIGURATIONS - A method includes receiving a request to access a field device and identifying a first device configuration associated with the field device. The first device configuration identifies (i) a subset of device parameters associated with the field device, (ii) a subset of device methods associated with the field device, and/or (iii) an interface arrangement of device parameters or methods associated with the field device. The method also includes retrieving a value for each device parameter identified by the first device configuration and generating a graphical user interface using the first device configuration and the retrieved values. The method could also include determining whether a user has requested use of the first device configuration. If not, the method can include identifying a second device configuration associated with the field device, retrieving the value for each device parameter identified by the second device configuration, and generating a second graphical user interface. | 01-05-2012 |
20120065749 | Display of Devices on an Interface based on a Contextual Event - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a signal indicating a detection of a detected event at an origination device. The signal is automatically received based on the detection by the origination device. A rule associated with the event is determined where the rule defines contextual information to determine for the event. The contextual information defined by the rule is then determined. The method then analyzes a context for devices in a set of devices to determine a group of devices in the set of devices based on the contextual information. Each device in the set of devices is classified with a context. The group of devices is sent to a destination device for automatic display of the group of devices to allow control of the group of devices from the destination device. | 03-15-2012 |
20120083906 | ENHANCED OPERATION DIAGNOSTICS - Systems and methods are provided that dynamically render permissive status information on a human-machine interface (HMI) to inform an operator of conditions that are preventing an issued control command from executing. A status display generator deployed on the HMI can be associated with a control action to be initiated in a control program via the HMI. The control action can have one or more programmed conditions or permissives that must be satisfied before the control action can be initiated. Operators wishing to review the states of the various conditions can invoke the status display generator, which reads the conditions and their respective statuses from the control program and generates a permissive summary display listing the conditions together with their respective “ready” or “not ready” states. The permissive summary display provides a convenient reference that allows the operator to quickly assess what actions must be taken to place the system in the appropriate state to execute the desired control action. | 04-05-2012 |
20120109342 | Wireless Industrial Control User Interface With Configurable Software Capabilities - A user interface operable to connect to a device within an industrial control system includes a memory and a processing unit. The memory is operable to store a plurality of software applications for interfacing with the device and a configuration mask including access rights for at least a subset of the software applications. The processing unit is operable to establish a first connection with the device and disable selected software applications based on the configuration mask. | 05-03-2012 |
20120109343 | DISPLAY MODULE FOR TOOLLESS COUPLING WITH PROGRAMMABLE CONTROLLER - An automation controller that includes a central processing unit configured to communicate via an input/output module with automation devices of a process controlled by the automation controller. The automation controller also includes a retention feature configured to toollessly couple with a detachable display and memory module. Further, the automation controller includes a controller connector configured to communicatively couple with a display connector of the detachable display and memory module such that the automation controller and the detachable display and memory module are communicatively coupled, wherein the central processing unit is configured to transmit data for presentation on a display of the detachable display and memory module and configured to receive data from a memory and/or a data entry feature of the detachable display and memory module when the detachable display and memory module is communicatively coupled to the automation controller. | 05-03-2012 |
20120116547 | REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR MACHINE TOOL - A remote control system comprises a machine tool controller and an operation terminal apparatus remotely located from the machine tool and connected via a network to the machine tool controller. The operation terminal apparatus comprises a registered name input section and an authorization level database that matches a registered name to an authorization level, and the operation terminal transmits the authorization level corresponding to the registered name to the machine tool controller. The machine tool controller comprises a restricted function database that matches an authorization level to operation-allowed or operation-forbidden function, and the machine tool controller specifies the operation-allowed or operation-forbidden function corresponding to the authorization level, and restricts function of the machine tool controller. | 05-10-2012 |
20120123565 | METHOD FOR OPERATING MACHINERY USING A BROWSER - A method for operating machinery uses a control unit and a display device for displaying a first user interface of a first application program and at least one second user interface of a second application program. The first user interface and the second user interface form a common display window on the display device. | 05-17-2012 |
20120158159 | EQUIPMENT CONTROL DEVICE - An air-conditioning information storer ( | 06-21-2012 |
20120158160 | DRIVE MODULARITY - A modular industrial drive system includes a base that receives one or more control modules as a face template. The control modules provide a set of functionalities to the drive system, and the face template serves as a user interface to the drive system. The drive system can include a power module and a control module which define desired functionalities for the system. | 06-21-2012 |
20120185065 | DEVICE INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS, STORAGE DEVICE STORING DEVICE INFORMATION DISPLAY PROGRAM, AND DEVICE INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD - A device information display apparatus that communicates with a field device and acquires a device information of the field device to display the device information on a display device, the device information display apparatus may include: a changing unit that changes the device information to be displayed on the display device, the changing being performed based on operation instructions received from an input device; a definition file generation unit that generates a definition file for prescribing the device information to be displayed on the display device, the generating being performed based on the device information changed by the changing unit; and a switching unit that switches the device information to be displayed on the display device, the switching being performed based on the definition file generated by the definition file generation unit. | 07-19-2012 |
20120209412 | HMI DEVICES WITH INTEGRATED USER-DEFINED BEHAVIOR - The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or method that facilitates utilizing a human machine interface (HMI). An interface component can facilitate receipt of data. A human machine interface (HMI) component communicatively coupled to the interface component can include a device with a pre-programmed primitive; the device employs a user-defined functionality via the received data. | 08-16-2012 |
20120239169 | TRANSPARENT MODELS FOR LARGE SCALE OPTIMIZATION AND CONTROL - The present invention provides novel techniques for graphically modeling, displaying, and interacting with parametric hybrid models used to optimize and control components of industrial plants and enterprises. In particular, a graphical modeling tool of a control/optimization system for controlling a plant or enterprise is configured to transmit a graphical user interface to a user, wherein the graphical user interface enables a plurality of command inputs relating to a plurality of parametric hybrid models based on a security access level of the user. The parametric hybrid models may be displayed by the graphical user interface as nodes of a network with connections connecting the nodes. The user may graphically manipulate the nodes and connections associated with the parametric hybrids models to either modify optimization constraints of the model network, or actually modify the manner in which the parametric hybrid models function (e.g., inputs, outputs, parameters, and so forth, of the parametric hybrid models), depending on the access level of the user. | 09-20-2012 |
20120239170 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENGINEERING A SUBSTATION AUTOMATION SYSTEM - A method for engineering and configuration of one or more IEDs for a function in a substation automation system is disclosed. Also disclosed is a configuration wizard for implementing the method. The method includes creating pre-defined type definitions for an application function, providing a selectable menu for selection of appropriate parameters with respect to the application. Using these parameters and the pre-defined type definitions. The method includes creating process configuration outputs for the application function, and configuring the one or more IEDs based on the process configuration outputs. | 09-20-2012 |
20120239171 | INDUSTRIAL OPERATOR INTERFACES INTERACTING WITH HIGHER-LEVEL BUSINESS WORKFLOW - Systems and methods are provided that enable high-level and abstract business engines to affect and influence plant-floor or industrial operations via dynamic and flexible operator interfaces. In a similar manner, actions directed from the operator interfaces can be communicated to higher level decision components of an enterprise to facilitate automated control and dynamics of the enterprise. In one aspect, an industrial automation system is provided. The system includes one or more controllers to process transaction events in an industrial automation environment. One or more operator interface components are provided that automatically adapt interface control functionality based on the transaction events. | 09-20-2012 |
20120245713 | PLATFORM AND METHOD FOR BCI CONTROL - A method for BCI control is utilized to control a plurality of brain control devices. The brain control devices are capable of executing an operation themselves. A brain-wave control platform is provided for supplying a first signal and a second signal, wherein the first and second signals are utilized to visually evoke a user's first and second brain waves, respectively. The brain-wave control platform selects one of the brain control devices as a to-be-controlled device by the first brain wave, and the to-be-controlled device is controlled to finish an operation by the second brain wave. | 09-27-2012 |
20120253483 | Control Device Comprising an Interface Capable of Proposing the Next Control Command to be Transmitted to a Home-Automation Appliance - Method of operation of a control device for a home-automation appliance, wherein the method comprises at least one step of selecting a possible control command from among a plurality of predefined control commands, that may be sent by the control device and at least one step of displaying the command selected by this control device. | 10-04-2012 |
20120290107 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING STATE DATA OF AN INDUSTRIAL PLANT - A method for displaying state data of an industrial plant by a server communicating with a client over a network includes, in a first mode, receiving live state data from a data source and sending a portion of the live state data to the client for display into a graphical user interface. The method also includes, in a replay mode, reading stored state data from a data storage, the stored state data being stored at a storage rate, and sending a portion of the stored state data to the client for display into the same or a different graphical user interface at a replay rate, which can be different than the storage rate. The data source can include a programmable logic controller (PLC) and the live state data and the stored state data may represent any combination of sensor data, data derived from sensor data, control output data, control input data, and program state data. The client may include a plurality of clients, in which case the portion of the live state data is sent to one of the plurality of clients and the portion of the stored state data is sent to another of the plurality of clients. The method may further include receiving control input data from the client and sending the control input data to the data source to control the industrial plant. | 11-15-2012 |
20120290108 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING A MACHINE FROM THE FIELD OF AUTOMATION ENGINEERING - In a method and system for operating a machine from the field of automation engineering, operating inputs entered at an operating unit of the machine and an identification code are transmitted via a data network to communication server software running on an external computing device. The communication server software determines MMI (machine-machine-interface) application software associated with the machine and with the operating inputs and transfers the operating inputs to the MMI application software, which in turn determines visualization data on the basis of the operating inputs. The visualization data specify a graphical output image to be represented on a display screen and are transferred to the machine via the communication server software and the data network for display. The performance characteristics of the machine can thereby be enhanced, without increasing demands on the hardware. | 11-15-2012 |
20120296451 | BUILDING AUTOMATION AND BUILDING INFORMATION SYSTEM - A building automation and building information system has a central unit, at least one control unit and first components. The central unit is connected to the at least one control unit via a bidirectional data line, as means for reception of data from the at least one control unit, and means for open-loop and/or closed-loop control of the at least one control unit. Each control unit is associated with at least one first component, to which the control unit is connected by radio. The control unit has means for open-loop and/or closed-loop radio control of the associated first components. The first components associated with each control unit can be connected to one another by radio. The central unit, the at least one control unit and the first components each have a plug-and-play capability. | 11-22-2012 |
20120296452 | WEB-BASED VISUALIZATION MASH-UPS FOR INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION - A visualization system that generates visual mash-ups for industrial automation includes a ash-up component that combines output from a subset of disparate sources into a common interface. The disparate sources include at least one of equipment, computers, or devices within an industrial automation environment. A visualization component generates and displays a mash-up visualization that includes information associated with the common interface. | 11-22-2012 |
20120310385 | DEVICE FOR ASCERTAINING CONTROL UNIT PARAMETERS - A device for ascertaining control unit parameters has a user interface, using which, target variables are able to be selected, and a memory unit in which at least one set of optimal parameters is stored, there being an association between the target variables to be selected and the at least one set of optimal parameters. | 12-06-2012 |
20120310386 | METHOD OF OPERATION OF A CONTROL DEVICE FOR AUTOMATION SYSTEMS EQUIPMENT - Method of operation of a control device for automation systems equipment of a building, the device comprising a display screen, assigned to the display, at a first level, of equipments icons and, at a second level, of grouping icons, a group of home automation equipment being associated with a grouping icon, and means of selection of at least one grouping icon and/or of at least one equipment icon, characterized in that an action on a control key has the standard effect of controlling the equipment associated with several selected icons of the same level as long as no icon of another level is selected. | 12-06-2012 |
20130006395 | BINDING GRAPHIC ELEMENTS TO CONTROLLER DATA - System(s), device(s), and method(s) provide bi-directional mechanisms for binding graphic element definitions to industrial automation data types in an industrial control system. Moreover, a system that automatically provides data searching and filtering of an item based on user interactions with either the graphic element definition or a controller data type is provided. Further, a graphic element definition is associated with a data source type information, to simplify configuration of an instance of that graphic element and populate suitable data source fields based on instances of the associated data source type. In addition, a system to automatically generate the graphic element based on data from a logic controller is provided. Moreover, the graphic element can be updated to reflect a change in the data, without a manual refresh. | 01-03-2013 |
20130006396 | MACHINE CONTROL PROGRAM CREATING DEVICE - A program includes a parameter numeric value and a parameter code and a parameter name that are associated with the parameter numeric value. A dialog box information creation processing unit recognizes the parameter code and the parameter name, which are included in the program, as a parameter item, and creates dialog box information from the recognized parameter code and parameter name and the associated parameter numeric value. The parameter numeric value within the created dialog box information is editable on a dialog box display screen. When the parameter numeric value is updated, a process of changing the corresponding parameter numeric value in the program to the updated parameter numeric value is executed. | 01-03-2013 |
20130013087 | METHOD AND SYTEM FOR CONTROLLING AT LEAST ONE DEVICE - A method and system for controlling ( | 01-10-2013 |
20130018490 | Web-Based Operator Control Interface to Generator Control SystemsAANM Caffrey; Paul OliverAACI RoanokeAAST VAAACO USAAGP Caffrey; Paul Oliver Roanoke VA USAANM Casteel; Jordan BrantleyAACI RoanokeAAST VAAACO USAAGP Casteel; Jordan Brantley Roanoke VA USAANM Damodar; Dhanashree SadanandAACI MumbaiAACO INAAGP Damodar; Dhanashree Sadanand Mumbai INAANM Fowley; Douglas GreggAACI RoanokeAAST VAAACO USAAGP Fowley; Douglas Gregg Roanoke VA USAANM Jackson; RoyAACI RoanokeAAST VAAACO USAAGP Jackson; Roy Roanoke VA USAANM Pearson; William RobertAACI RoanokeAAST VAAACO USAAGP Pearson; William Robert Roanoke VA US - A web-based operator control interface system can include an operator interface section including a web browser application, a generator exciter section or a static starter section coupled to the operator interface section, a generator coupled to the generator exciter section and a web server application configured to receive processing requests from the web browser application, and further configured to internally process real-time generator functions. | 01-17-2013 |
20130030555 | METHOD FOR ANALYZING AND DIAGNOSING LARGE SCALE PROCESS AUTOMATION CONTROL SYSTEMS - A method is provided for analyzing and diagnosing a large scale process automation control system having a plurality of control loops. Assessments for pre-defined key performance indicators (KPIs) are automatically generated for control, process and signal sections of each control loop. The automatically generated assessments of the pre-defined KPIs may be displayed in a graphical user interface (GUI) of a computer. A user may change the automatically generated assessments of the pre-defined KPIs. Different data views may also be displayed in the GUI. The data views include time series trends for measured process variable, controller output, controller set point and error, as well as controller parameter clustering views in two-dimensional and three-dimensional plots. | 01-31-2013 |
20130041486 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRICAL DEVICES - A control computer provides a simulation scene of a monitored place and a setting interface for setting control instructions to control electrical devices and setting associations between the control instructions and the electrical devices. The electrical devices are connected to the control computer via a controller. A computing device downloads the simulation scene via a network, receives a selection operation on an electrical device and one or more control operations on control icons of the selected electrical device in the simulation scene, and sends the received information to the control computer. The control computer determines an electrical device connected to the controller and one or more associated control instructions according to the received information, and sends the one or more control instructions to the controller to control a status of the determined electrical device. | 02-14-2013 |
20130046397 | THERMOSTAT USER INTERFACE - A thermostat for controlling an HVAC system is described, the thermostat having a user interface that is visually pleasing, approachable, and easy to use while also providing ready access to, and intuitive navigation within, a menuing system capable of receiving a variety of different types of user settings and/or control parameters. For some embodiments, the thermostat comprises a housing, a ring-shaped user-interface component configured to track a rotational input motion of a user, a processing system configured to identify a setpoint temperature value based on the tracked rotational input motion, and an electronic display coupled to the processing system. An interactive thermostat menuing system is accessible to the user by an inward pressing of the ring-shaped user interface component. User navigation within the interactive thermostat menuing system is achievable by virtue of respective rotational input motions and inward pressings of the ring-shaped user interface component. | 02-21-2013 |
20130053988 | MONITORING SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A monitoring system includes a sensor unit, a controller unit, a user interface unit, and a server unit. The monitoring system, through connecting the sensor unit with the user interface unit, transmits a data message from the sensor unit to the user interface unit. The user interface unit computes and generates a controller command message corresponding to the data message and a user setting. The controller unit receives the controller command signal through the server unit, wherein the server unit does not need to know the internet protocol addresses of the sensor unit, the user interface unit, and the controller unit ahead of time to be able to successfully transmit the data message and the controller command message. | 02-28-2013 |
20130060355 | Method And System For Processing Signals For A MEMS Detector That Enables Control Of A Device Using Human Breath - A method and system for processing signals for a MEMS detector that enables control of a device using expulsion of air via human breath, a machine and/or a device are provided. A microprocessor may receive one or more signals from the MEMS detector that may comprise various component sensor(s), sensing member(s) or sensing segment(s) that may detect movement of air caused by the expulsion of human breath. The signals may be processed by the microprocessor and an interactive output comprising one or more control signals that may enable control of a user interface such as | 03-07-2013 |
20130066446 | Method And System For Controlling An Industrial Process - A method of monitoring and controlling an industrial process associated with a plurality of process variables by means of a control system including displaying a set of process related images which are user-selected on a display device of the control system, each process related image of the set of process related images being associated with a process variable of the plurality of process variables; receiving process variable data of the plurality of process variables while the step of displaying is carried out, and when process variable data is received indicating that a process variable has a status value outside a predetermined accepted range; and displaying, on the display device, a process related image which is associated with the process variable with the status value outside the predetermined accepted range, receiving an input command for controlling the process variable, and controlling the process variable based on the input command. | 03-14-2013 |
20130079903 | BUILDING AUTOMATION SYSTEM - The invention relates to a system for building automation, made up of a portable or handheld apparatus for situation-related information configuration and of at least one stationary unit, in which system the apparatus comprises a proximity sensor, a communication unit for wireless communication with at least one of the stationary units, an evaluation and control unit having at least one processor or logic unit and a memory, an information output unit, and an energy reservoir, the system being designed to create a wireless communication connection between the apparatus and at least one of the stationary units via the communication unit as a consequence of an approach by the apparatus, as ascertained by the proximity sensor, to at least one stationary unit, and to display a state of the at least one stationary unit via the information output unit. | 03-28-2013 |
20130079904 | DEVICE TO CONTROL AN ELECTRONIC OR COMPUTER SYSTEM USING A FLUID FLOW AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A device to facilitate a user interface of a computer system utilizing breath includes a body, a user side inlet defined by the body to receive a fluid flow generated by a user, an exhaust opening defined by the body, a conduit positioned between the user side inlet and the one exhaust opening, at least one segment positioned inside the body and one or more contactors positioned to be intermittently in contact with the at least one segment. The contact may occur responsive to the fluid flow generated by the user. The device may include a sensor to react to a movement of the at least one segment. | 03-28-2013 |
20130079905 | Human-Operated Working Machine System - In a human-operated working machine system made up of a working machine including an actuator and an operating device, various operations for target objects having various hardnesses and shapes are achieved at a speed not giving stress to an operator. To this end, the working machine has a control structure in which a control program corresponding to an action content is executed with both of displacement information with respect to the working machine inputted from the operating device and information from a sensor of the working machine being taken as inputs. Furthermore, the operating device has a simulator that predicts an action of the working machine so as to quickly provide image information and tactile information regarding the action of the working machine to the operator. | 03-28-2013 |
20130096700 | NUMERICAL CONTROLLER HAVING DISPLAY FUNCTION OF PHYSICAL DATA OF MACHINE TOOL - A numerical controller having a display function for comparing data at a predetermined position regardless of a change in a processing condition. The numerical controller comprises a numerical controlling part which controls each drive axis based on a predetermined position command; a position data obtaining part which obtains position data of each axis and a tool representative point of the machine tool; a movement distance calculating part which calculates movement distance of the axis and the tool representative point based on the obtained position data and dimensional information of each component of the machine tool; a physical data obtaining part which obtains physical data of each axis and the tool; a data converting part which converts the obtained time axis-based physical data into movement distance-based data; a distance-based data storing part which stores the movement distance-based data; and a displaying part which displays the movement distance-based data. | 04-18-2013 |
20130096701 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN OPERATING TABLE WITH A PORTABLE DEVICE - According to one exemplary embodiment, the application relates to a method for controlling an operating table with a portable device by receiving an operating table activation command by way of the portable device's touch screen and transmitting an adjustment command consistent with the activation command wirelessly to an operating table for controlling the same in accordance with the adjustment command. | 04-18-2013 |
20130096702 | Controlling The Access To A User Interface For Atmosphere Control With An Atmosphere Creation System - The invention relates to accessing user interfaces for atmosphere controlling, particularly to comfortably accessing dedicated user interfaces of a complex atmosphere control system. A basic idea of the invention is to provide several user interfaces, each of which is provided for a certain control configuration for atmosphere control with an atmosphere creation system and to control the access to the user interfaces. In an embodiment of the invention, a system for controlling the access to a user interface for atmosphere control with an atmosphere creation system ( | 04-18-2013 |
20130103169 | POWER TOOL AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A POWER TOOL - A power tool having a digital control unit is provided, an interface of the digital control unit being switchable between standard operation and communication operation. In communication operation, operating data of the power tool are able to be transmitted via the interface. | 04-25-2013 |
20130116805 | INTERFACE DEVICE BETWEEN A USER AND A SURGICAL OR DENTAL INSTRUMENT - Portable human-machine interface device intended to be removably connected to a controller ( | 05-09-2013 |
20130123952 | CONTROL ENVIRONMENT CHANGE COMMUNICATION - An automation control system is provided that includes delta scripts that describe one or more changes of the stored state information. The delta scripts may be useful to enable one or more other components of the control system and the one or more other components apply the one or more delta scripts to update state information stored on the one or more other components based upon the one or more changes. | 05-16-2013 |
20130123953 | CONTROL ENVIRONMENT COMMAND EXECUTION - An automation control system is provided that includes one or more components. The components include an embedded execution engine that is configured to execute one or more commands based upon data communicated to the one or more components from another component of the automation control system. The data is representative of a change to an object in the control system. | 05-16-2013 |
20130123954 | CHAINABLE PLUG-INS - An automation control and monitoring system is provided that includes chainable plug-ins that may work in combination with one another to transform data or generate events. Resources of the automation control and monitoring system may be polymorphically defined based upon a generalized object model. The chainable plug-ins may be chained to make use of and/or affect a resource of any type. | 05-16-2013 |
20130131844 | Method for Selecting Shapes in a Graphical Display - A selector shape may serve as the background to a configurable composite shape and may include one or more expressions that are evaluated to select between several composite shape definitions via links to the definition. Each selector shape includes an animation expression and a lookup table converter to select an identifier of the composite definition to be loaded and displayed. When the value of the animation expression changes, the value may be matched to the name of a new composite definition using the lookup table, and the new definition may be displayed. The previously-used composite definition may then be marked for removal by a caching system, and removed. These selector shapes also enable the same graphic element to be used in displays designed for different types of display devices, such as display devices having large display screens, standard computer screens and very small display screens. | 05-23-2013 |
20130131845 | SYSTEM FOR MANAGING EQUIPMENT OF AN OPERATIONAL BLOCK AND CORRESPNODING USE | 05-23-2013 |
20130138228 | MOTOR STARTER HAVING COMMUNICATION MODULE AND CONTROL METHOD OF MOTOR STARTER - A motor starter according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include an MMS status input unit configured to receive a status of the MMS, an MC status input unit configured to receive a status of the magnetic contactor, a communication unit connected through a wired cable to communicate data with a monitoring control console, and a controller configured to transmit MMS information received from the MMS status input unit and MC information received from the MC status input unit to the monitoring control console, and control the magnetic contactor based on a control signal and the MC information when the control signal is received from the monitoring control console. | 05-30-2013 |
20130138229 | OPERATING DEVICE AND MOVABLE MACHINE CONTROLLING SYSTEM - An operating device is provided with an operating section, in which a plurality of operating keys for operating a control target is laid out, and a display section, in which a screen corresponding to an input of the operating keys is to be displayed. The operating section does not have names of the operating keys printed thereon. The operating device or a controller has a storage means that stores guide information that guides the names of the operating keys. The names and an image of the operating keys corresponding to a selected language are displayed on the display section in accordance with a predetermined operation. | 05-30-2013 |
20130144409 | CONTROL PROGRAM GENERATION DEVICE, CONTROL PROGRAM GENERATION PROGRAM, AND CONTROL PROGRAM GENERATION METHOD - A control program generation device includes a control program reuse library for storing a plurality of control modules, and an architecture pattern library for storing a plurality of units of pattern information representing architecture patterns. In addition, the control program generation device correlates and displays architecture patterns selected from the architecture pattern library, program structure of control programs including the architecture patterns, execution times of the control modules, and time constraints. Moreover, in addition, the control program generation device connects control modules of the control program reuse library on the basis of the program structure. | 06-06-2013 |
20130150986 | Method And Computer Program Products For Enabling Supervision And Control Of A Technical System - A method for enabling supervision and control of a technical system, the method being implemented in a supervisory control system including a display unit. The display unit displays an HMI display view over a process application of the technical system, the HMI display view including one or more graphical process objects representing physical process devices of the process application of the technical system. The method includes the steps of: providing on the HMI display view a visual reference; receiving input signals indicating, in the visual reference, a selection of one of the graphical process objects; and in response to receiving the input signals outputting, in the HMI display view, one or more lens views, each of the lens views corresponding to a particular type of information or functionality relating to the selected graphical process object. The invention further relates to computer program products. | 06-13-2013 |
20130158683 | JIG SPECIFICATION SUPPORT DEVICE, JIG SPECIFICATION SUPPORT METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A jig specification support device is connected to a database that stores a first identifier which identifies an electronic part to be mounted on a substrate using a mounter device and a second identifier which identifies a jig mounting the electronic part in a corresponding manner. The jig specification support device includes determining whether a total number of electronic parts mounted on one or more jigs mounted on the mounter device is less than the number requested to achieve a plan. The jig specification support device includes a fourth display controlling that, when the total number of electronic parts is less than the number requested to achieve the plan, specifies in the database the second identifier of the jig which is not mounted on the mounter device and is mounting the electronic part. A fourth display controlling emits a LED of the jig having the specified second identifier. | 06-20-2013 |
20130158684 | APPLIANCE CONTROL SYSTEM - The appliance control system includes a control device, a human detection sensor, and a manual operation switch. The control device includes a selecting unit configured to select a mode of an appliance driving unit controlling an appliance, from an operation mode in which the appliance driving unit operates the appliance, a limited mode in which the appliance driving unit limits an operation of the appliance, and a rest mode in which the appliance driving unit terminates the operation of the appliance. The selecting unit changes the appliance driving unit to the operation mode when the manipulation switch is turned on. The selecting unit changes the appliance driving unit to the rest mode when the manipulation switch is turned off. The selecting unit changes the appliance driving unit to the waiting mode when the human detection sensor does not detect a human within waiting time while the appliance driving unit is in the operation mode. While the appliance driving unit is in the waiting mode, the selecting unit changes the appliance driving unit to the operation mode when the human detection sensor detects a human within waiting time, and changes the appliance driving unit to the rest mode when the human detection sensor does not detect a human within waiting time. While the appliance driving unit is in the rest mode, the selecting unit does not change the appliance driving unit to the operation mode even if the human detection sensor detects a human. | 06-20-2013 |
20130166045 | Command Interface - A command interface of a machine including a plurality of different control elements each of which generates a different control command when actuated by a user, wherein the plurality of control elements are arranged for actuation by a user and are categorized into different groups including: a first group of control elements including control elements that are most similar, according to a first similarity criterion, to a target control element specified by the user in a prior request; and a second group of control elements including a first additional control element that is dissimilar, according to the first similarity criterion, to the target control element specified by the user in the prior request, and that, when actuated by a user, specifies in a new request the first additional control element as a target control element. | 06-27-2013 |
20130166046 | OPERATION INPUT SYSTEM - An operation input system and method are provided. The operation input system includes protrusion members arranged in accordance with a predetermined rule along a flat surface. The distal end portions of the protrusion member are able to protrude from the flat surface. The system also includes a protrusion control section that controls a protrusion height of each of the protrusion members and a command reception section that receives input of a command for a value of an adjustment amount. The protrusion control section causes a plurality of the protrusion members disposed along a predetermined reference direction in a set region set on the flat surface to protrude and the command reception section sets a value of the adjustment amount corresponding to a position of the protrusion members along the reference direction. | 06-27-2013 |
20130173031 | COMPUTER NUMERICAL CONTROL MACHINE AND CONTROL METHOD - A Computer numerical control (CNC) machine includes a body; a touch screen, to display information and sense touch input of a user; and a processing unit, to obtain user information when the user logs in the CNC machine, generate a visual menu on the touch screen corresponding to the user information, and control the body to perform functions according to the touch input on the visual menu. A control method is also provided. | 07-04-2013 |
20130184839 | Dialogue System and Method for Examining a Machining Process - A dialogue system for examining a processing operation carried out on a machine tool and establishing a proposal for improving at least one quality feature of a subsequent processing operation, the dialogue system having input means to predetermine the quality feature to be improved and a proposal module which, by accessing stored expert knowledge, can establish at least one proposal for improving the quality feature. In some implementations, the proposal module is operable to read data established by one or more of a machine tool sensor system and image data of a processed workpiece together with associated material and processing data to provide the proposal. | 07-18-2013 |
20130184840 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COUPLING AN AUTOMATION CONTROLLER AND SCALEABLE MODULE - System and method related to a control system including an automation controller with a module bay configured to facilitate coupling with scalable modules. The module bay of the automation controller includes a plurality of bay connectors configured to communicatively couple with the scalable module connectors. The module bay may include an open end to facilitate extension beyond an edge of the open end by a module or a closed end. | 07-18-2013 |
20130190902 | DEVICE INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD - A device information display apparatus displaying device information acquired by communicating with a field device may include a storage unit that associates and stores first position information indicating a position at which the device information displayed on the display device is acquired and reproduction information for reproducing display content of the display device that has been modified based on an operation instruction for the device information displayed on the display device; a position information acquisition unit that acquires second position information indicating a current position of the device information display apparatus; and a display control unit that calculates a distance between positions indicated by the first position information and the second position information, wherein if the distance is no greater than a prescribed reference distance, the reproduced information corresponding to the first position information is used to reproduce the display content of the display device on the display device. | 07-25-2013 |
20130197678 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, SERVER, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - The present disclosures identify of which group the environmental conditions have problems and waste, and enable effective energy management in locations such as schools and businesses where a plurality of people are in a plurality of spaces such as rooms, floors, and buildings. Terminals each worn by a plurality of users who constitute an organization acquire using sensors—and transit to a server—environmental information such as temperature, humidity, and illumination. The server tabulates the environmental information, calculates the environmental information of each group that the plural users constitute, and presents the environmental information along with the name and responsible party of the group. | 08-01-2013 |
20130204406 | CONTROL INTERFACE FOR HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES - A programmable user interaction control interface for household appliances such as ovens. The user interface comprises a display for displaying text and icons. The user interface further comprises control and selection buttons for navigation in a two dimensional menu structure. LED technology is used in order to lit up buttons as well as indicators. | 08-08-2013 |
20130204407 | Scalable Architecture For A Human Machine Interface Device - A human-machine interface device suitable for use in an automation system comprising a plurality of the human-machine interface devices, where each human-machine interface device includes at least one hardware resource, a system bus, and an interconnect circuit and is configured for interconnecting with at least one other human-machine interface device to form a device cluster, where the interconnect circuit provides a communication channel between individual system bus in each human-machine interface device forming the device cluster. | 08-08-2013 |
20130211559 | CLOUD-BASED OPERATOR INTERFACE FOR INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION - A cloud-based operator interface system is provided that runs as a cloud service on a cloud platform. The cloud-based operator interface system collects industrial data from one or more industrial systems via respective cloud gateway devices. A set of predefined operator interface screens are stored on cloud storage associated with the operator interface system, and delivered to authorized Internet-capable client devices upon request. The industrial data received from the cloud gateways can be delivered to the client devices from the cloud platform via the operator interface screens. Additional cloud-side services can correlate and analyzes the industrial data on the cloud platform to facilitate additional reporting, alarming, and notification features. | 08-15-2013 |
20130231757 | DEVICE WITH AUGMENTED REALITY - The invention relates to a device for processing and/or transporting food products. The device comprises an operating element ( | 09-05-2013 |
20130238103 | MACHINE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A machine management system is constructed by connecting machine tools to a computer through a network. ID information of a machine tool is acquired, and whether or not there is display data matching the acquired ID on the computer is checked. When there is such display data, after an event occurs, the display data on the side of the computer is compared with the display data on the side of the machine tool. When it is found, as a result of the comparison, that the display data on the side of the computer is not identical to the display data on the side of the machine tool, the display data is transferred from the machine tool to the computer and is stored. | 09-12-2013 |
20130238104 | SYSTEM DESIGN DEVICE - A system design device includes: a storage unit that stores therein configuration diagrams of FA devices designed by the device itself as design-target-unit configuration diagrams and stores therein configuration diagrams of a plurality of FA devices that are not designed by the device itself as a general-purpose-unit configuration diagram that is one configuration diagram; an input unit that has input thereto command information for specifying at least one of the design-target-unit configuration diagrams and the general-purpose-unit configuration diagram; a system-configuration-diagram creation unit that reads a design-target-unit configuration diagram and a general-purpose-unit configuration diagram from the storage unit according to command information input from the input unit and creates a system configuration diagram of the FA system; and a display unit that displays a system configuration diagram created by the system-configuration-diagram creation unit, thereby displaying the plurality of FA devices as a general-purpose-unit configuration diagram that is one configuration diagram. | 09-12-2013 |
20130245795 | VISUALIZATION EMPLOYING HEAT MAPS TO CONVEY QUALITY, PROGNOSTICS, OR DIAGNOSTICS INFORMATION - A visualization system for creating, displaying and animating overview and detail heat map displays for industrial automation. The visualization system connects the heat map displays to an interface component providing manual or automatic input data from an industrial process or an archive of historical industrial process input data. The animated heat map displays providing quality, prognostic or diagnostic information. | 09-19-2013 |
20130253672 | DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING A CONTROL UNIT PROGRAM - A development system for creating a control unit program, in which a control unit program is configured to control an electronic control unit in a vehicle. The development system includes an electronic computer unit, which is configured to generate the control unit program. The development system includes an input unit assigned to the electronic computer unit and a display unit assigned to the electronic computer unit. The display unit has a first display area and a second display area. At least one build process step can be executed by means of the development system. | 09-26-2013 |
20130253673 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE AND CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - A method for operating an operator control system having a graphical display unit and a touch-sensitive interface, wherein coordinates from information presented on the display unit are associated with coordinates of the touch-sensitive interface. Also disclosed is an operator control system for a vehicle having a graphical display unit that presents a piece of information for a user; a touch-sensitive interface that detects a touch by the user; and a control unit coupled to the display unit and the touch-sensitive interface, the control unit controlling presentation of at least one operator control panel on the display unit. | 09-26-2013 |
20130268097 | INDUSTRIAL CONTROLLER AUTOMATION INTERFACE - An automation interface is provided for interacting with industrial controllers. The automation interface provides for programming, editing, monitoring and maintenance of industrial controllers programmatically from a local or remote location. The automation interface component is adapted to communicate with industrial controllers by integrating a computer process interface library into the automation interface component. The computer process interface library exposes the automation interface component to client application processes, so that the client application processes can communicate with the at least one industrial controller programmatically. The automation interface is provided with functionality for downloading, uploading and programming of control programs to the processors of the industrial controllers. | 10-10-2013 |
20130268098 | OPERATOR CONTROL DEVICE FOR A DOMESTIC APPLIANCE, HAVING AN ELECTRONIC DISPLAY PANEL, AND A DOMESTIC APPLIANCE HAVING SUCH AN OPERATOR CONTROL DEVICE - An operator control device for a domestic appliance includes an electronic display panel having a cover, and an operator control element which is movable relative to the display panel to set operating conditions of the domestic appliance. The operator control element is embedded, at least in part, in the cover of the electronic display panel, and includes an annular front part having an upper face which projects, at least in part, above a level of an outer face of the cover. | 10-10-2013 |
20130282152 | ELECTRONIC OPERATOR INTERFACE BASED CONTROLLER AND DEVICE AUTOMATIC DOWNLOADS - An electronic operator interface based controller and device automatic downloads are provided. An electronic operator interface can determine if control logic or content used by an industrial controller has been updated, changed, or otherwise modified. If the content has been modified, then the electronic operator interface can automatically obtain the content and store a back-up copy in memory. Additionally or alternatively, the electronic operator interface can periodically update a backup copy of the content. Furthermore, the electronic operator interface can determine if the controller has lost its content, and restore the content from the most recent version saved in memory. | 10-24-2013 |
20130289749 | BRIDGING HUMAN MACHINE INTERFACE TECHNOLOGIES IN A PROCESS AUTOMATION AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENT - An industrial control and automation human machine interface (HMI) technology migration scheme is embodied in object management, graphics technologies, and namespace handlers for HMI applications. New features of the second technology are supported for HMI graphics while retaining the functionality of systems embodying the first technology, including the ability to export to the first technology, graphics developed and/or managed in the second technology. A combination of facilities is provided to accommodate both the first and second HMI graphics technologies: name space integration, graphics rendering integration, and HMI application management integration. | 10-31-2013 |
20130297050 | MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS UTILIZED IN AN INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION SYSTEM DISPLAYED AS A SINGLE APPLICATION - A manager (or master) application can facilitate navigation between different slave applications used in connection with an industrial automation system and manipulation of the different applications. For example, the manager application can at least: display the first application and the second application at different organizational locations within the manager application and provide a common menu to the first application and the second application. According to an input to the common menu, a variety of actions can be performed by the first application or the second application. | 11-07-2013 |
20130304241 | APPLIANCE CONTROL - An appliance control system includes a user and appliance electronic computing devices in communication through first and second transceivers. An appliance is operatively coupled with the appliance electronic computing device to perform actions commanded by a user through interaction with the user appliance electronic computing device and a coupled display using a remote control. A user interface component is operatively coupled with the user electronic computing device and configured to prepare user command packages from user input. An appliance controller is operatively coupled with the appliance electronic computing device and configured to manage translation of commands to the appliance and issuance of responses from the appliance. The appliance control system may be practiced according to a method for controlling an appliance with the appliance control system and is implemented, in part using a computer program product comprising a series of instructions executable by an electronic computing device. | 11-14-2013 |
20130310956 | Interactive Application Platform For A Motorized Toy Entity And Display - An illustrative application control system is provided having an entity and an electronic device with a display. The control system includes software operating instructions to direct movement of the entity and to direct display operation to interact with the entity. The entity may have the capability to move when positioned on the display and to detect pixels and pixel arrangements on the display. The electronic device may include the capability to generate and display the pixels and pixel arrangements in subsequent locations on the display to trigger entity responses. The software operating instructions may include content such as audio output and/or performance instructions to facilitate interaction between the entity and electronic device. | 11-21-2013 |
20130317633 | SERVO SELECTION SYSTEM - A servo selection system includes a replacement-information display unit that displays at least a portion of replacement information corresponding to an input servo product before being replaced and a selected new-model servo product, and the replacement information includes a difference between a specification of the servo product before being replaced and a specification of the new-model servo product, and an operation guideline for replacing the servo product before being replaced with the selected new-model servo product. | 11-28-2013 |
20130331963 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND SOFTWARE TO IDENTIFY AND PRESENT RELIABILITY INFORMATION FOR INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION DEVICES - Systems, methods, and software for determining and visualizing reliability data for industrial automation equipment are provided herein. In one example, a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon program instructions executable by a computing device is presented. When executed by the computing device, the program instructions direct the computing device to present a graphical user interface to receive a user selection for at least one operating parameter for the industrial automation device and identify a modified load profile based on at least a base load profile and the at least one operating parameter for the industrial automation device. The program instructions further direct the computing device to generate reliability information for the industrial automation device based on the modified load profile, and present an indication of the reliability information via the graphical user interface. | 12-12-2013 |
20130331964 | MAN-MACHINE INTERACTION CONTROLLING METHOD AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF - A man-machine interaction controlling method and applications thereof are provided. A user performs user permitted micro-actions to control a self-role in a virtual environment to perform a virtual permission action plan on an operation position. The method includes steps of: 1) creating the self-role in the virtual environment; 2) performing micro-actions without leaving the position where the user stays; 3) tracing and recognizing the micro-action permitted by the user to enable the user need not leave away the position where the user stays when performing any micro-actions; 4) enabling the self-role to enlarge the micro-action of the user. Further an action enlarging system enables the user to control the self role in the virtual environment to do any actions while the user need not leave away from the control platform, further enables the user in the same operation platform during the operation process and easy to achieve that the kinetic parts of the user keep identical with the virtual action parts of the virtual role in the virtual environment, thereby the user is easy to operate. | 12-12-2013 |
20130345835 | OPERATING ELEMENT FOR A HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE, OPERATING UNIT FOR A HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE THAT HOLDS SUCH AN OPERATING ELEMENT, AND HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE WITH SUCH AN OPERATING UNIT AND SUCH AN OPERATING ELEMENT - An operating element for a household appliance includes a base part with a projector and a sensor and an operating part that is movable relative to the base part. The projector of the base part is configured to display a selection menu as a function of a position of the operating part, with the selection menu being disposed in physical proximity to the operating element. The sensor is configured to detect a selection made in the selection menu. | 12-26-2013 |
20140005806 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT | 01-02-2014 |
20140005807 | System for Enhancing Operation of Power Tools | 01-02-2014 |
20140018942 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHODS TO DISPLAY ENERGY OUTPUT - A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a circuit coupled to at least one energy harvester, wherein the circuit is configured to receive at least one signal that is representative of a detected energy output from the energy harvester. The circuit is also configured to generate at least one output representative of a quantification of the detected energy output. A display interface is coupled to the circuit and is configured to display the output generated by the circuit. | 01-16-2014 |
20140025186 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEVICE COMMISSIONING AND DECOMMISSIONING - The embodiments described herein include a system and a method. In one embodiment, a system a system includes a commissioning system configured to operatively couple a field device to a control system. The system further includes a decommissioning system configured to operatively uncouple the field device from the control system. The system additionally includes a graphical user interface (GUI) configured to use the commissioning system, the decommissioning system, or a combination thereof, to operatively couple the field device to the control system, operatively uncouple the field device to the control system, or a combination thereof, by using a plurality of field device states. A linking device is configured to communicatively couple the field device to the control system. | 01-23-2014 |
20140046461 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN ADAPTIVE USER INTERFACE ON AN ELECTRONIC APPLIANCE - A controllable device, such as a set top box, responds to a transmission received from a one of a plurality of controlling devices of differing capabilities by entering into a one of a plurality of operating modes wherein the one of the plurality of operating modes entered into corresponds to the capabilities of the controlling device from which the transmission originated. | 02-13-2014 |
20140052277 | Method and system for controlling physical components via a virtual environment - A computer readable storage medium storing a set of instructions that are executable by a processor, the set of instructions being operable to store a virtual representation of a plurality of physical components, display the virtual representation, receive user interaction with at least one of the virtual representations and send a command to the physical component corresponding to the user interaction. | 02-20-2014 |
20140058543 | METHOD FOR CONFIGURING A FIELD DEVICE AND CORRESPONDING FIELD DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR PARAMETERIZATION - A method for configuring a field device ( | 02-27-2014 |
20140058544 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THE DEPLOYMENT AND MONITORING OF CONTROL LOGIC - An automation controller is selected using a graphical user interface. The graphical user interface presents an interactive map of a geographical area to a single user and the interactive map has one or more selectable and navigable display levels. Control logic is stored exclusively at the communication network and at least some a portion of the control logic is stored in a data storage device at the communication network. The portion is available to a plurality of secure users. After selecting the automation controller, the graphical user interface is used to select at least one function involving the automation controller. The at least one function or action is one or more of configuring operating characteristics of the automation controller and initially deploying the control logic to the automation controller. In other aspects, the at least one function may include re-deploying updated versions of the control logic to the automation controller or monitoring an operation of the control logic that has been deployed at the automation controller. | 02-27-2014 |
20140067091 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED DEVICE COMMISSIONING AND DECOMMISSIONING - The embodiments described herein include a system and a method. In one embodiment, a system includes a commissioning system configured to operatively couple a field device to a control system. The system further includes a decommissioning system configured to operatively uncouple the field device from the control system. The system additionally includes a graphical user interface (GUI) configured to use the commissioning system, the decommissioning system, or a combination thereof, to operatively couple the field device to the control system, operatively uncouple the field device to the control system, or a combination thereof, by using a plurality of field device states comprising a mismatched state and a commissioned state, wherein the commissioning system is configured to transition the field device from the mismatched state into the commissioned state if the field device is determined to be in the mismatched state. | 03-06-2014 |
20140067092 | ADAPTIVE WORK CYCLE CONTROL SYSTEM - A control system is disclosed for use with an excavation machine. The control system may have a work tool, an operator input device to receive input indicative of a desired movement of the work tool, at least one actuator, and at least one sensor associated with at least one of the work tool and the at least one actuator. The control system may also have a controller in communication with the operator input, the at least one actuator, and the at least one sensor. The controller may be configured to make a classification of a current operation of the machine as one of a plurality of known operations based on a signal from at least one of the operator input device and the at least one sensor. The controller may be further configured to adjust an operational parameter of the at least one actuator based on the classification. | 03-06-2014 |
20140067093 | MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD - A management apparatus according to embodiments is configured to manage a processing apparatus having an operation display. The management apparatus includes a request acquisition unit configured to receive a request for screen information used to generate an operation display, from the processing apparatus, a function acquisition unit configured to acquire from the processing apparatus function information indicating one or more functions supported by the processing apparatus, a generating unit configured to generate, based on the function information, the screen information such that a function not supported by the processing apparatus cannot be selected on the operation display, and a provision unit configured to provide the screen information generated by the generating unit to the processing apparatus. | 03-06-2014 |
20140081429 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND SOFTWARE FOR PRESENTING PARAMETER SET(S) FOR INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION DEVICES - Systems, methods, and software for presenting predefined parameter subsets for industrial automation devices and equipment are provided herein. In one example, a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon program instructions executable by a computing device is presented. When executed by the computing device, the program instructions direct the computing device to present a graphical user interface with at least one predetermined subset of parameters, receive a user selection for one of the at least one predetermined subset of operating parameters for an industrial automation device, identify parameters associated with the selected subset, and display the identified subset of parameters. | 03-20-2014 |
20140081430 | System, Method, Work Station And Computer Program Product For Controlling An Industrial Process - A work station for monitoring and control of an industrial process includes a human machine interface unit for presenting the industrial process in process graphics for an operator. The interface unit is communicatively and operatively connectable to an industrial process, and the work station is provided with a shortcut navigator for coupling a key of a physical keyboard to a process graphic or entity of a process graphic. The shortcut navigator includes a presenter, which is adapted to present a virtual keyboard in the process graphic, and an assigner, which is adapted to assign a shortcut to the currently presented process graphic or entity of the process graphic. The shortcut couples a specific key of the physical keyboard to the presented process graphic, or to the process graphic of the entity, respectively. A method, system, and computer program for monitoring and controlling an industrial process is also provided. | 03-20-2014 |
20140081431 | SYSTEM CONSTRUCTION SUPPORTING APPARATUS AND SYSTEM CONFIGURATION DIAGRAM CREATING METHOD - A system construction supporting apparatus searches through, when receiving an input for arranging a component on the system configuration diagram anew, association information in which combinations among components connectable to one another are described and extracts a component connectable to a component selected by the input, connects a display object of the selected component and a display object of the extracted component each other and arranges the display objects, and independently moves, when receiving an input for moving one of a plurality of display objects connected to one another and arranged on the system configuration diagram (Yes at step S | 03-20-2014 |
20140088737 | Machine Controller and Method for Controlling a Machine - A machine having at least one drive and at least one input device for inputting control commands for controlling the drive, the input device being configured in such a manner that at least occasionally at least two different actuating actions must be performed by a user on the input device in order to output a control command to the drive. The input device has a display device with a touch-sensitive surface in such a manner that inputs can be made by touching the surface. The display device at least occasionally displays a first symbol in a first region of the surface. A first input is able to be made by touching this symbol. The display device at least occasionally displays a second symbol in a second region of the surface. A second input is able to be made by touching the second symbol. | 03-27-2014 |
20140100676 | DYNAMICALLY REUSABLE CLASSES - Techniques for flexibly configuring an operating process plant or process control system enable a change to a parent object to be selectively propagated to child objects derived from the parent object, so that a first subset of child objects and their respective instantiations are updated with the change, while a second subset and their respective instantiations remain unchanged. The parent object may be a class or instance process object corresponding to a process entity, and the first and/or the second subset of child objects may be selected. In some cases, the change may have been a propagated change, to the parent object, from a child object that is excluded from the first or the second subset of child objects. In some cases, the change may first be propagated to an instance object derived from the parent object, and then propagated from the instance object to a child object. | 04-10-2014 |
20140114445 | INTERFACE SYSTEM FOR MAN-MACHINE INTERACTION - An interface system ( | 04-24-2014 |
20140121790 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE GESTURE CONTROL OF A SCREEN IN A CONTROL ROOM - An operation and observation system of a technical plant and/or a technical process and associated method are provided for operating components and for displaying measurement readings, process variables and/or status messages of the components of the plant and/or process. The system includes at least one large screen for displaying the components of the technical process and/or technical plant, and a plurality of operator workstations. A movement detection and movement control component is installed on the screen and on the operator workstations, which allows an operation and/or polling of the components, the measurement readings, the process variables and/or the status messages of the components of the technical plant or of the technical process by means of a body movement of an operator. | 05-01-2014 |
20140129002 | CONFIGURATION AND MONITORING VIA DESIGN DIAGRAM REPRESENTATION - A design diagram representation for an industrial operator interface that combines configuration and presentation aspects is provided. The design diagram representation illustrates state transitions, interlocks, and/or permissives for an industrial process or device as a dataflow diagram, a state diagram, or other such diagrams, and renders live state information for the process or device as numeric indicators, string indicators, color-animated state icons, and the like. Flow lines of the diagram are highlighted based on the displayed state information to convey an overall status of the process. In addition, the design diagram representation includes one or more data fields that allow an operator to modify or set a numeric variable for the industrial process (e.g. a timer, a setpoint, etc.), thereby allowing the industrial process to be viewed and configured using a single interface. | 05-08-2014 |
20140129003 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING MAPPABLE INPUT AND OUTPUT TERMINAL ASSIGNMENTS - A controller having logical inputs and outputs and physical options for input and output connections that may be determined at the time that the controller is shipped from a factory. However, after release of the controller from the factory, an end user may have the flexibility to map logical inputs and outputs to physical inputs and outputs, respectively, in any manner as desired. This flexibility may result in optimal use of a limited number of input/output terminals and any available network variables to reduce controller complexity and costs. | 05-08-2014 |
20140129004 | DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR CONTROL INFORMATION, METHOD FOR DISPLAYING CONTROL INFORMATION, AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING CONTROL INFORMATION - A management unit including: a demand plan generating unit that obtains control information items related to energy consuming appliances; an obtaining unit that obtains picture data items showing the appliances; a memory which stores the picture data items obtained by the obtaining unit; a selecting unit which selects a picture data item from selection candidates including the picture data items stored in the memory, based on a specified control mode; a processor that executes processing for superimposing the control information items corresponding to the appliances in the picture data item selected by the selecting unit; and an output unit which displays the picture data item with the superimposed control information item. | 05-08-2014 |
20140142728 | PROGRAMMABLE DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL SYSTEM - A programmable display device includes a state monitoring section for monitoring a state of a preregistered variable. Data of an image to be displayed by the programmable display device contains (i) a plurality of unit objects and (ii) a master object that collectively controls the plurality of unit objects. The master object has a change determining section and a display switching section. The change determining section notifies the display switching section that the preregistered variable monitored by the state monitoring section has been changed so as to be in a state within a particular range. Upon receipt of the notification, the display switching section switches one of the plurality of unit objects, which are being displayed, with another unit object, and then displays the another unit object. | 05-22-2014 |
20140156034 | METHOD FOR APPLYING A CONSCIOUSNESS FIELD TO INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES - Provided is a method for applying a consciousness field to industrial processes. | 06-05-2014 |
20140172128 | Remote Control System for a Machine - A controller implemented method of remotely operating a machine includes determining, for each of a plurality of operating conditions of the machine, a predetermined configuration of a machine instrument array and removably mounting a portable computing device on a remote control console. The method further includes defining a configuration of a console instrument array of the remote control console in which, for each of the plurality of operating conditions, the configuration of the console instrument array is generally identically to the predetermined configuration of the machine instrument array. A system is also disclosed. | 06-19-2014 |
20140180445 | USE OF NATURAL LANGUAGE IN CONTROLLING DEVICES - The invention discloses methods and apparatus based on tabular concepts which greatly simplify the configuration, maintenance and run-time operations of a broad range of electronic equipment control systems, including, but not limited to: (a) industrial controls, (b) supervisory control and data acquisition, such as heating, ventilation and air conditioning, and (c) home automation, including systems or stand-alone equipment, such as video recording devices. The tabular concepts of the invention are applied in three primary stages, namely (i) data input or configuration, including automated data population, (ii) generic operating rule application to tables of rules data variables, and (iii) English (or other) language translations of the current rule sets, for ease of verification. By each of these methods alone and through combination of all of these methods, the current invention makes the configuration and operation of automated equipment easily accessible to persons who do not have technical skills in either process control, automation, or software programming. Development of software for automatic control of equipment is also greatly simplified by these inventions. | 06-26-2014 |
20140188255 | ANALYZER CONTROLLING APPARATUS AND ANALYZER CONTROLLING APPARATUS PROGRAM - Provided are a general macro processing function that can be used for a plurality of different analyzer controlling apparatuses and an analyzer controlling apparatus provided with such a function. A processing instruction concerning an analyzer and/or an analyzer controlling apparatus is held in a processing instruction holding unit, and visual information of a command item which visually represents the processing instruction is held in an item holding unit. Moreover, a relation between the command item and the processing instruction is held in a command associating unit. An edit screen displaying unit displays an edit screen on a display apparatus | 07-03-2014 |
20140195014 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electronic apparatus and a method for controlling an electronic apparatus that includes receiving a user motion command, in response to the receiving the user motion command, displaying information regarding a motion task corresponding to the received user motion command, and performing the motion task corresponding to the received user motion command after the information regarding the motion task has been displayed for a predetermined time. | 07-10-2014 |
20140195015 | Method for monitoring and controlling field devices, control device, program elements and machine-readable medium - A method to control and manage field devices, a control device, a program element and a machine-readable medium are proposed. The method includes a first step of importing field device data comprising several subgroups of field device data. In a second step the points in time are detected at which the respective subgroup of imported field device data is created. In a third step each subgroup of imported field device data is assigned to a respective field device. Furthermore, in a fourth step a first group of subgroups of imported field device data is assigned to a first data type and in a fifth step a second group of subgroups of imported field device data is assigned to a second data type. Finally, the subgroups of imported field device data are displayed graphically in a diagram as a function of the points in time at which they were created and as a function of their data type. | 07-10-2014 |
20140195016 | INPUT DEVICE AND METHOD AND PROGRAM - An input device includes a detection unit, a first acquisition unit, a second acquisition unit, and a compensation unit. The detection unit is configured to detect an operation by a user for controlling an electronic device and output an operation signal corresponding to the operation. The first acquisition unit is configured to acquire the detected operation signal and a differential value of the operation signal. The second acquisition unit is configured to acquire a function defined by the differential value to compensate for a delay in response of the operation signal with respect to the operation by the user. The compensation unit is configured to compensate the operation signal with the acquired function. | 07-10-2014 |
20140200688 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING AND EXCHANGING ELEMENTS FOR PLANNING AND/OR FOR OPERATING AUTOMATION OPERATING EQUIPMENT - A system and method are disclosed for distributing and exchanging elements for planning and/or operating automation operating equipment, which include at least one interface device, at least one processing device and at least one data store, wherein the interface device effects an integrated connection to at least one engineering tool and/or an integrated link to at least one engineering tool such that functionalities of the at least one interface device and of the at least one processing device can be retrieved from the respective engineering tool and carried out. The respective processing device, the respective interface device, and the respective engineering tool, elements created and/or marked by a first engineering tool can be transferred to the respective processing device and processed and/or can be made available on the at least one data store to be retrieved and/or to be transferred to and/or implemented in at least one second engineering tool. | 07-17-2014 |
20140207258 | LOW ENERGY ENVIRONMENTAL SENSOR THAT RECEIVES INPUTS VIA MOVEMENT THEREOF, AND A METHOD OF OPERATING A ROCKING ENVIRONMENTAL SENSOR - A low energy environmental sensor is provided herein that is configured to receive user inputs from movement of the sensor itself. A method of operating a rocking environmental sensor is also provided. In one embodiment, the rocking environmental sensor includes: (1) a base having a fulcrum point and (2) a face including a first movement initiator area and a second movement initiator area configured to cause the face to toggle with respect to the fulcrum point and complete a signaling path indicating a user input. | 07-24-2014 |
20140207259 | MACHINE CONTROL PANEL - A key switch on a machine control panel is provided with two contacts such that the machine control panel can include two independent communication circuits. Signals from a double-contact key switch are received by the two communication circuits, and safety-related signals are transmitted from the communication circuits to a numerical controller through a bus. The signals received by the numerical controller are compared with each other so that they can be made to comply with the safety standards by monitoring the integrity of the safety function. | 07-24-2014 |
20140207260 | DATA CREATING DEVICE AND METHOD - A data creating device includes an instrument control data generating portion that creates instrument definition data wherein fields for defining a field instrument in an instrument controlling device, including instrument tag information for the field instrument, are added to point definition data. The data creating device also includes a display controlling portion that controls creation and display of display data for inputting the instrument tag information into instrument tag information fields of the instrument definition data. The display data that is created by the display controlling portion is displayed on the displaying portion under control of the display controlling portion. | 07-24-2014 |
20140214185 | Somatosensory Household Electricity Control Equipment and System Thereof - A somatosensory household electricity control equipment and a system thereof is used in an indoor space in which a household electricity equipment is fixed. The household electricity equipment contains: a host device fixed in the indoor space; at least one action identifying device for receiving image data of the posture motion connected with the host device; a signal receiving module fixed in household electricity products and receiving a signal transmitted from the host device; and an external configuration interface used to connect with the host device so as to edit and correct data. | 07-31-2014 |
20140214186 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO INTERFACE WITH A DIGITAL CONTROL LOOP - Example methods and apparatus to interface with a control a loop are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a loop controller to control a control loop, a sensor to provide a measurement value to the loop controller, a device controller to adjust a control device based on an output from the loop controller, and a loop interface to receive a set point value and send the set point value to the loop controller, wherein the loop interface is different from a host device communicatively coupled to the loop controller. | 07-31-2014 |
20140214187 | RC/Autonomous Machine Mode Indication - A method and system for displaying machine mode information to a remote operator of a plurality of machines includes collecting video data from each of the machines, collecting machine sensor information from each of the machines, collecting machine alert information with respect to each of the machines, and collecting machine operating mode data with respect to each of the machines. A machine display is then provided at a remote control center including one or more screen regions corresponding to the video of one or more machines. The machine display further includes a machine mode and alert indicator including machine areas associated with each of the machines, wherein each machine area including a graphical mode indicator denoting an operating mode of the associated machine. | 07-31-2014 |
20140222172 | Control Apparatus for Automating the Operation of Machinery - A control apparatus consisting of various componentry that are included together in a single, self-contained casing, the control apparatus for providing real time control of machinery and vehicles. The control apparatus includes a casing that defines a storage area therein. An integration card is positioned within the storage area, the integration card including a plurality of management ports. The control apparatus includes a computer processor, a GPS card, a radio card, and an LED light board that are in direct communication with the integration card. The control apparatus further includes a Wi-Fi card and a display screen that are in direct communication with the computer processor of the apparatus. A power surge protector is connected directly to the computer processor and the integration card. | 08-07-2014 |
20140236320 | CONTROL METHOD FOR INFORMATION APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A control method of the present disclosure causes a computer of an information apparatus to: display a display screen representing a floor plan for one floor including rooms on the display; display device icons representing target devices within regions of the respective rooms included in the floor plan, the device icons being initially displayed at positions within the regions of the respective rooms; and output to a network a first control command, when selection of an illumination icon, representing an illumination device among the target devices, is sensed within a region of any of the rooms included in the floor plan, and when selection of any region within a room, in which selection of the illumination icon is sensed, is sensed, the first control command controlling on/off of power for an illumination device corresponding to the room in which selection of the illumination icon is sensed. | 08-21-2014 |
20140236321 | HMI DEVICES WITH INTEGRATED USER-DEFINED BEHAVIOR - The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or method that facilitates utilizing a human machine interface (HMI). An interface component can facilitate receipt of data. A human machine interface (HMI) component communicatively coupled to the interface component can include a device with a pre-programmed primitive; the device employs a user-defined functionality via the received data. | 08-21-2014 |
20140244006 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MONITORING THE OPERATING STATUSES OF FACILITIES ON THE BASIS OF GRAPHICAL SECTOR REPRESENTATION - An apparatus and a method for monitoring the operating statuses of facilities on the basis of graphical sector representation, which represent the operating status of facilities such as a plant or a building in a fan-shaped graphical representation in which sectors on a concentric circle are represented using the size of radius, different colors, and color tones. A data collection unit collects information and data required for monitoring the operating statuses of plurality of facilities. An operating status-determining unit determines the operating statuses of the facilities using the information and data transmitted from the data collection unit. A user interface unit divides a chart shaped as a concentric circle into sectors corresponding to various operating statuses of the facilities to be monitored, and represents each operating status of the facilities in a fan-shaped graphical representation extending from the center of a concentric circle serving as an origin. | 08-28-2014 |
20140257531 | VISUALIZATION EMPLOYING HEAT MAPS TO CONVEY QUALITY, PROGNOSTICS, OR DIAGNOSTICS INFORMATION - A visualization system for creating, displaying and animating overview and detail heat map displays for industrial automation. The visualization system connects the heat map displays to an interface component providing manual or automatic input data from an industrial process or an archive of historical industrial process input data. The animated heat map displays providing quality, prognostic or diagnostic information. | 09-11-2014 |
20140277613 | EMERGENCY STOP SYSTEM FOR AN AUTOMATION AND MOTION CONTROL SYSTEM - An emergency stop system for an automation and motion control system enables an operator to connect a portable, handheld control device to the automation and motion control device anywhere in the system and provide a “stop” command to the emergency stop system. | 09-18-2014 |
20140277614 | PROGRAMMABLE USER INTERFACE FOR A MACHINE - An operator station for a machine is provided. The operator station includes a display device, an operator input device and a programmable user interface. The programmable user interface is configured to provide an array of feedback options. Further, the programmable user interface is configured to receive an input indicative of a selected customized feedback option from the array of feedback options. Furthermore, the programmable user interface is configured to provide a feedback associated with an operational state of the machine on at least one of the display device and the operational input device. The feedback associated with the operational state of the machine is based on the selected customized feedback option. | 09-18-2014 |
20140277615 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEAMLESS STATE TRANSFER BETWEEN USER INTERFACE DEVICES IN A MOBILE CONTROL ROOM - Methods and systems for operating a process plant include multiple user interface (UI) devices, each accessing a plurality of applications on a server, and operable to store device state on the server and receive device state from the server. The server is coupled to a unitary, logical data storage area and provides functions related to the process data stored in the data storage areas via one or more user interfaces. A first UI device coupled to the server accesses the process data and maintains on the server state information indicative of a state of the user interface executing on the first UI device. A second UI device coupled to the server accesses the process data and the state information to execute a user interface on the second UI device in accordance with the state information indicative of the state of the user interface executing on the first UI device. | 09-18-2014 |
20140277616 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEAMLESS STATE TRANSFER BETWEEN USER INTERFACE DEVICES IN A MOBILE CONTROL ROOM - Methods and apparatus for operating a process plant include a server providing display information to a first user interface (UI) device, storing state information, and providing display information to a second user interface device according to the stored state data. A processor is coupled to a unitary, logical data storage area and to a memory device that stores machine-readable instructions executable by the processor. The instructions cause the processor to retrieve process data for display on a first UI device, transmit to the first UI device the retrieved process data, store state information associated with the display of the process data on the first UI device, retrieve process data for display on a second UI device according to the stored state information, and transmit to the second UI device the process data retrieved according to the stored state information. | 09-18-2014 |
20140277617 | METHOD FOR INITIATING OR RESUMING A MOBILE CONTROL SESSION IN A PROCESS PLANT - User interface sessions in a user interface device are initiated or resumed according to stored state data. A session request is received from a first client device. A user profile associated with the session request is identified and a determination made as to whether a previous session exists. If no previous session exists, a new session is instantiated using a default session configuration. If a previous session exists, a new session is instantiated according to the previous session. | 09-18-2014 |
20140277618 | METHOD FOR INITIATING OR RESUMING A MOBILE CONTROL SESSION IN A PROCESS PLANT - User interface sessions in a user interface device are initiated or resumed according to a device type and a target session. A session request is received from a first client device. A device type associated with the session request is determined, and a graphical user interface configuration is identified according to the device type. A target session associated with the session request is identified and a new session is configured for the first client device according to the identified graphical user interface configuration and the identified target session. Data associated with the new session are transmitted to the first client device. | 09-18-2014 |
20140277619 | GRAPHICAL PROCESS VARIABLE TREND MONITORING IN A PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM USING A NAVIGATION PANE - A process control monitoring system for a process control plant uses graphic trend symbols to assist in detecting and monitoring trends of process variables within the process control plant. A graphic display application within the process control monitoring system may implement and display each graphic trend symbol to graphically indicate or encapsulate current trend and value information of a process variable within the process control plant. The graphic display application may display the graphic trend symbol in a spatially realistic location within a graphical representation of the process control plant while maintaining the hierarchical structure or each hierarchical level of the process plant. The graphic display application may also include a navigation pane and a zoom feature that enable a user to quickly drill down through tend data to obtain more information and to support problem identification and diagnosis tasks. | 09-18-2014 |
20140277620 | GRAPHICAL PROCESS VARIABLE TREND MONITORING WITH ZOOM FEATURES FOR USE IN A PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM - A process control monitoring system for a process control plant uses graphic trend symbols to assist in detecting and monitoring trends of process variables within the process control plant. A graphic display application within the process control monitoring system may implement and display each graphic trend symbol to graphically indicate or encapsulate current trend and value information of a process variable within the process control plant. The graphic display application may display the graphic trend symbol in a spatially realistic location within a graphical representation of the process control plant while maintaining the hierarchical structure or each hierarchical level of the process plant. The graphic display application may also include a zoom feature that enables a user to quickly drill down through tend data to obtain more information and to support problem identification and diagnosis tasks. | 09-18-2014 |
20140277621 | MONITORING HEALTH AND EXERCISE WITH A PREMISE SECURITY OR AUTOMATION SYSTEM - The present systems and methods are directed to a security or automation system that is configured for monitoring health and exercise conditions of an individual. A security or automation system may include at least one sensor for sensing a medical condition and at least one module for receiving sensed data from the at least one sensor. The security or automation system may further include a communication device for conveying information based on the sensed data to a remote site. | 09-18-2014 |
20140288676 | Computer, phone, and mobile communication, and production, of touch - A system or process for performance of touch comprising heat and/or motion, by means of, a standalone or network computer, or a phone, and/or a “touch-device” named or classified a “TOUCHDEV”, or “MOBILE TOUCHDEV”, is the subject of this invention. Touch information in a machine-device or touch-device, comprising an operating system, program, application, service, or platform, is communicated with means comprising of a connection to a touch-device with means comprising of a device driver, for performance of touch. The performance of touch by means of a machine-device and/or a touch-device, comprises, a user, client, user-client, host, machine-device, or touch-device, processing, storing, communication, and/or production, of touch, by means comprising of a network. | 09-25-2014 |
20140288677 | CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A control device is used for an electronic apparatus. A memory stores linkup information and image data unique to the linkup information in association with each other. The linkup information indicates plural functions of the electronic apparatus, its linking order, and parameter values for the functions. A receiver displays an image of the image data. An extracting unit extracts, when an operation for integrating plural items of the linkup information has been received, a common function included in all the items of linkup information. A setting unit sets a parameter value of the common function if the parameter value of the common function differs according to the item of linkup information. Linkup-information integrating information which indicates an integrating order of the common function and non-common functions other than the common function, the parameter value of the common function, and parameter values of the non-common functions is stored in the memory. | 09-25-2014 |
20140288678 | ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE CONTROL APPARATUS, ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE CONTROL METHOD, ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE CONTROL SYSTEM, INPUT DEVICE, AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE - A control server includes: a determining section for analyzing a user's input to an cleaning robot, and for determining a state of the user; and a control section for deciding, with reference to a result of the determination made by the determining section, an electrical appliance to be controlled and a content of the control, and for controlling, with reference to a content of the decision made by the control section, the electrical appliance to be controlled. | 09-25-2014 |
20140297005 | INSTRUMENT CONTROLLING SYSTEM - A setup information controlling device connectable to an instrument, which is subject to control, and an instrument monitoring terminal that is provided with the instrument and stores setup information that includes a protocol for communicating with another instrument. The setup information controlling device includes an acquiring portion that acquires the setup information from the instrument monitoring terminal, a storing portion that stores the setup information that has been acquired by the acquiring portion, and a transmitting portion that transmits the setup information, corresponding to an address, to the instrument that is connected to that address, which corresponds to the setup information stored in the storing portion. | 10-02-2014 |
20140303754 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO GRAPHICALLY DISPLAY PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM INFORMATION - Systems and methods to graphically display process control system information are disclosed. Some example methods include monitoring process variables in a process control system, determining a current state of a first one of the process variables, and determining a trend associated with the first process variable. Some such examples further include generating a first graphic representative of information associated with the first process variable, the information comprising the current state of the first process variable and the trend of the first process variable. Some example methods also include rendering the first graphic via a display. | 10-09-2014 |
20140303755 | Machine, Computer Program Product for a Data-Display Device, and Method for Monitoring the Status of a Machine - A machine includes an electrical controller, a provider unit, and a communications device. The electrical controller is configured to control the machine and/or at least one element of the machine. The provider unit is configured to provide a mobile data-display device with data relating to a status of the machine and/or a status of the at least one element controlled by the electrical controller. The communications device is configured for wireless communication with the mobile data-display device. The provider unit is further configured such that in response to a request received by the communications device from the mobile data-display device, the provider unit provides data currently being requested so that the mobile data-display device can read and display the provided data in real time. | 10-09-2014 |
20140303756 | Human-Machine Interface Test System - The human-machine interface test system enables the automated testing of vehicle interface systems and consumer electronics devices, replacing testing and validation that previously had required human interaction. The human-machine interface device (HMI test object or device under test) does not need to be altered (via hardware or software modifications or additions) to be able to be tested using the human-machine interface test system. The HMIts involves the automated audio input generation and output analysis, visual verification of a display screen with graphics and texts display, including touch and gesture interface control and feedback, external device interface, as well as data logging for communication between the HMI device and the rest of the system, that will replace the testing and validation that previously required human interaction. The HMIts provides more accurate and reliable results from the conducted tests, increasing repeatability and consistency in a controlled environment, while significantly decreasing test time. | 10-09-2014 |
20140309757 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES - According to at least one embodiment, an automatic control device is provided. The automatic control device is configured to publish automatic control device (ACD) information. The automatic control device includes a memory storing the ACD information, at least one processor coupled to the memory, an industrial protocol interface executed by the at least one processor and configured to exchange messages formatted according to the industrial protocol and a dashboard component executed by the at least one processor and configured to display the ACD information via at least one dashboard widget. | 10-16-2014 |
20140324197 | Controller - An objective of the present disclosure is to provide a highly reliable controller in which shapes that are not susceptible to false recognition are set as cue signs. The controller includes a control circuit which is implemented by a microcomputer or the like, an image sensor unit, and a memory. The control circuit is connected to a lighting controlling device of lighting equipment, a shade controlling device of a shade, and an air conditioning control device of an air conditioner through a communication link. A user can operate these pieces of equipment with a predetermined cue sign or an action with a predetermined cue sign. | 10-30-2014 |
20140330404 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DECODING INTENDED MOTOR COMMANDS FROM RECORDED NEURAL SIGNALS FOR THE CONTROL OF EXTERNAL DEVICES OR TO INTERACT IN VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS - Systems and methods for decoding neural and/or electromyographic signals are provided. A system can include at least one single channel decoder. Optionally, the system can include a demixer in operable communication with the single channel decoders. Each single channel decoder can include a filter to attenuate noise and sharpen spikes in the neural and/or electromyographic signals, a detection function to identify spikes, and a demodulator to get a real-time estimate of motor intent. | 11-06-2014 |
20140330405 | TEST DEVICE FOR TESTING A VIRTUAL ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT - A test device for testing at least a portion of a virtual electronic control unit with a simulation environment in a simulator, having the virtual electronic control unit and the simulation environment. The virtual electronic control unit has a software component with an external data interface. The simulation environment has a data interface for direct data exchange with the virtual electronic control unit. A test device with reduced adaptation effort is implemented via a virtual electronic control unit pin module that has at least one virtual electronic control unit interface and is connected via the virtual electronic control unit interface to the external data interface of the software component of the virtual electronic control unit. | 11-06-2014 |
20140343696 | BINDING GRAPHIC ELEMENTS TO CONTROLLER DATA - Graphic element definitions are bound to industrial automation data types in an industrial control system. Moreover, a system provides automatic data searching and filtering of an item based on user interactions with either the graphic element definition or a controller data type. Further, a graphic element definition is associated with a data source type information, to simplify configuration of an instance of that graphic element and populate suitable data source fields based on instances of the associated data source type. In addition, a system to automatically generate the graphic element based on data from a logic controller is provided. Moreover, the graphic element can be updated to reflect a change in the data, without a manual refresh. | 11-20-2014 |
20140350701 | USER CONTROL INTERFACE - A user control interface ( | 11-27-2014 |
20140358255 | INFORMATION OUTPUT DEVICE, INFORMATION OUTPUT METHOD AND INFORMATION OUTPUT PROGRAM - According to at least one embodiment, an information output device, including, a communication module configured to receive first operation schedule information of an external device, a reproduction module configured to reproduce content, and an outputting module configured to output the first operation schedule information based on a reproduction progress state of the content. | 12-04-2014 |
20140358256 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND SOFTWARE TO PRESENT HUMAN MACHINE INTERFACES ON A MOBILE DEVICE - A Human Machine Interface (HMI) system to present HMIs on mobile devices. Graphical HMIs are created in an editor application. The graphical HMIs are published and transferred to a server. To ease viewing of the graphical HMIs on mobile devices, the graphical HMIs are mobilized. A content conversion node analyzes components of an initial HMI to identify the components suitable for display on a mobile device. The content conversion node generates a mobile HMI based on the identified components. The content conversion node transfers the mobile HMI for delivery to a server. | 12-04-2014 |
20140364967 | System and Method for Controlling an Electronic Device - For use with a head-worn computer, such as Google's Glass device, a user-generated tooth-tapping based input is used to control various and select computer operations during its use. The user simply opens and closes their jaw slightly so that they tap their right side pair of canine teeth, their left side pair of canine teeth, or all their teeth together to generate a sound and a vibration. This sound and vibration generated by a single tooth tap or any combination thereof is detected by at least one microphone located on the head-worn computer, and according to other embodiments of this invention two or more microphones and/or vibration-detection sensors. The computer receives the tapping sound signals from the microphone and uses controlling circuitry and/an algorithm to determine the exact tap-sequence and time between taps to establish a “command signature”, specific to each particular tap-sequence. From this, the computer compares the command signature with a corresponding command or action stored in the onboard memory and then performs that command or action, as required. The user can effectively and discretely control many operations of the head-worn computer merely through tooth tapping. | 12-11-2014 |
20140364968 | EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT DEVICE, EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT METHOD, PROGRAM AND EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - An equipment management device managing facility equipment installed in a facility stores data in a data storage screen, the data including images (image data, scrolling image data) for displaying management screens on the basis of management screen for the facility equipments and a screen action table associating the content of an operation conducted on a management screen with the content of an action of a display terminal due to the operation. Then, the equipment management device wireless-transmits the screen data for the management screens and the screen action table stored in the data storage to the display device at given times. | 12-11-2014 |
20140364969 | Method For Providing A Navigation Tool Of A User Interface For An Industrial Control System - A method for providing a navigation tool of a user interface for an industrial control system. The control system is arranged with a plurality of process graphics including one or more software objects. The software objects are arranged in hierarchical groups each representing a process, part-process or an equipment, in which materials are moved and/or processed in a predetermined order. The navigation tool includes a graphic image or map showing the plurality of process graphics symbolically arranged as a plurality of nodes. Each node is spatially arranged at a given distance from the centre of the map according to a hierarchical relationship between the process graphics, and the map is displayed superimposed on top of the process graphic currently displayed on the workstation. A computer program and a workstation are also described. The node representing the currently open process graphic is shown by a visual indicator. | 12-11-2014 |
20140371881 | SYNCHRONIZING AND DISPLAYING FAULT TOLERANT ETHERNET (FTE) STATUS - A method of displaying fault tolerant Ethernet (FTE) status in a process control system having FTE devices in a FTE community including a plurality of Enhanced Universal Control Networks (EUCNs) each having an Enhanced Network Interface Module (ENIM). FTE cable status data is collected from the FTE devices during system operation. Responsive to receiving user's request, generating diagnostic display view data filtered by a FTE Device index including FTE status for any combination of the FTE devices or second FTE diagnostic display view data filtered by EUCN node number including FTE status for FTE devices in a user selected EUCN. The first FTE diagnostic display view data or second FTE diagnostic display view data are transmitted to a device of the user, and is then displayed on a user's display. | 12-18-2014 |
20150018984 | MONITORING INTERFACE - A device receives diagnostic data related to the operation of a machine. The device is configured to receive a first user input related to a manner in which the diagnostic data is to be displayed on a display. The device is further configured to receive a second user input related to which portion of the diagnostic data is to be displayed on the display. The device is configured to transmit a signal related to the manner in which the diagnostic data is to be displayed on the display and which portion of the diagnostic data is to be displayed on the display. | 01-15-2015 |
20150039102 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRESENTING INFORMATION IN AN INDUSTRIAL MONITORING SYSTEM - A system includes an industrial monitor configured to receive inputs from a plurality of sensors coupled to a mechanical system. The industrial monitor is configured to determine a plurality of measurements of the mechanical system in operation based, at least in part, on the received inputs. The system also includes a display device communicatively coupled to the industrial monitor. The display device is configured to present a user interface including a plurality of screens, each screen configured to selectively present a visual indicator when a particular measurement of the plurality of measurements has an irregular status. Further, the visual indicator identifies the particular measurement having the irregular status. | 02-05-2015 |
20150039103 | CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL SYSTEM FOR CONVERTER - The present disclosure relates to a control device and a control system for a converter. The control device according to the present disclosure includes: a touchscreen adapted to provide a human-machine interface; a communication adapter plate connected to the touchscreen, the touchscreen communicating with the communication adapter plate using a first communication protocol; and a PLC control device adapted to control the converter, the PLC being connected to the communication adapter plate and communicating with the communication adapter plate using a second communication protocol that is different from the first communication protocol. The control device and the control system for a converter according to the present disclosure may incorporate both the touchscreen and PLC, achieve an excellent closed-loop control capability, and thus meet user requirements. | 02-05-2015 |
20150039104 | REMOTE CONTROLLING METHOD, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM RECORDED WITH COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR PERFORMING REMOTE CONTROL - A mobile device is provided with a communication unit which performs communication via wireless communication, a display unit, and a display control unit which controls the display unit to display a setting input screen for allowing the user to input setting of a household electrical device. The communication unit transmits a request signal for checking whether there is a person in the vicinity of the household electrical device before the setting input screen is displayed by the display control unit. The display control unit controls the display unit to display a setting input disable screen indicating that setting of the household electrical device is not received without causing the display unit to display the setting input screen when there is a person in the vicinity of the household electrical device. | 02-05-2015 |
20150045916 | PRODUCTION SYSTEM - A production system includes a production facility and a portable operation terminal connectable to the production facility through a wireless communication. A connection state is brought between the production facility and the portable operation terminal by sending a connection request signal for a connection request to the production facility from the portable operation terminal, and sending a connection permission signal for responding to the connection request signal to the portable operation terminal from the production facility according to a predetermined condition, and it is permitted that the operation input to a control processing portion of the production facility from the portable operation terminal in the connection state. | 02-12-2015 |
20150045917 | REMOTE OBJECT DATA PROPERTY REPLICATION METHOD AND SYSTEM - In one embodiment, a method is provided that includes designating a visual representation of an object in a display screen of a human machine interface, accessing any properties, connections, and text associated with the object in response to a trigger event, and creating an identical copy in response to the trigger event, wherein the identical copy includes any properties, connections and text associated with the object. An interface system that includes a machine readable medium having programming code implementing the method. An industrial automation device is also provided. | 02-12-2015 |
20150057770 | SYSTEMS, ARTICLES, AND METHODS FOR HUMAN-ELECTRONICS INTERFACES - Human-electronics interfaces in which a wearable electromyography (“EMG”) device is operated to control virtually any electronic device are described. In response to detected muscle activity and/or motions of a user, the wearable EMG device transmits generic gesture identification flags that are not specific to the particular electronic device(s) being controlled. An electronic device being controlled is programmed with user-definable instructions for how to interpret and respond to the gesture identification flags. | 02-26-2015 |
20150057771 | Method And Data Collector For An Industrial Process - A method of creating a report of a status of an industrial process. The method includes retrieving industrial process data including a predetermined amount of process variable values in response to a triggering signal, wherein the retrieving includes retrieving a first portion of industrial process data that has been generated prior to the triggering signal and a second portion of industrial process data that is generated after the triggering signal, and sending the industrial process data to a report tool to thereby create a report pertaining to the industrial process. A data collector and a control system including such a data collector are also presented herein. | 02-26-2015 |
20150066165 | ELECTRONIC SYSTEM WITH PRESENTATION MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - An electronic system includes: a user interface configure to provide a plurality of an interface panel less than a display threshold for displaying on a device; and a control unit, coupled to the user interface configured to: determine a panel position for determining a view type for the plurality of the interface panel, and determine a panel dimension based on the panel position for expanding the interface panel in a focus position for displaying a subpanel. | 03-05-2015 |
20150066166 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE AND DATA TRANSFER METHODS IN A CONTROLLING DEVICE - A smart device is provided with a main remote control application that may be configured using information. The main remote control application may present images of original remote controls corresponding to devices which are controllable by the configured main remote control application. In connection with a presented image of an original remote control, the display may present icons that are representative of a subset of the buttons of the original remote control. The user interface also allows a user to select amongst the images of the original remote controls to change which appliances are to be controlled via the user interface. A pop-up remote control widget may also be provided which may be invoked without switching to the main remote control application provisioned on the smart device. | 03-05-2015 |
20150081049 | Field-Configurable User Interface Circuit and Method of Installation - A method includes determining a type of controller used by an electronic device and determining a connector configuration of the electronic device. The method further includes selectively cutting one or more wires of a ribbon cable of a user interface circuit in response to determining the type of controller to configure the user interface circuit for operation with the type of controller. | 03-19-2015 |
20150081050 | SETTING PROGRAM, DEVICE CONTROL APPARATUS, AND SETTING METHOD - A non-transitory computer readable medium has stored thereon a setting program for setting a computer to control a device. The setting program a display control function configured to execute on the computer a display process for displaying an image on a screen that sequentially guides setup procedure for the device, and a setting control function configured to execute on the computer a setting process including at least installation of a software necessary for the computer to control the device. The setting control function is further configured to execute on the computer the setting process in parallel with the display process by the display control function. | 03-19-2015 |
20150088282 | TOUCH-LESS SWIPE CONTROL - A touch-less swipe control system for use with a network to control a device of the network. The touch-less swipe control system may include a control mat to detect a touch-less gesture, and a processor coupled to the control mat to receive data indicative of the touch-less gesture, wherein the processor may be configured to recognize if the received data is associated with a control of the device. The touch-less swipe control system may include a communication transceiver to communicate the control to the device in response to having recognized that the received data is associated with a control of the device. | 03-26-2015 |
20150088283 | TOUCH-LESS SWIPE CONTROL - Methods and systems for a touch-less swipe control may comprise a control mat configured to detect a touch-less gesture, a processor coupled to said control mat, wherein the processor is configured to receive data indicative of said touch-less gesture, and wherein the processor is further configured to recognize if the received data is associated with i) a control and ii) which one of a plurality of devices is to be controlled in said network, and a communication transceiver configured to communicate said control to said one of a plurality of devices in response to the processor having recognized that the received data is associated with i) a control and ii) which one of a plurality of devices is to be controlled in said network. | 03-26-2015 |
20150088284 | Miniature Surface EMG/EKG - This invention relates to biofeedback device, and more particularly to device for detecting, interpreting and recording the electrical field generated by the contraction of muscles and using the electrical field data to control an external device. | 03-26-2015 |
20150088285 | CONFIGURABLE WELDING INTERFACE FOR AUTOMATED WELDING APPLICATIONS - A welding power source including an embedded web server provides access to an operator at a remote web browser. From the remote web browser, the user is provided access to weld functions, and can selectively choose between weld functions that can be displayed and controlled from the remote web browser. The weld functions that can be accessed include control functions, which allow an operator to activate welding functions such as a jog or purge function; a command function, which allows an operator to provide a command level for a voltage, wire feed speed, or other parameter; and a display function, which provides access for an operator to display welding command and actual feedback values. The operator can also selectively view diagnostic data, including weld state data, error data, and operational voltage and current levels within the power source, such as motor voltage and input voltage levels. After an operator selects parameters to be displayed or controlled from the browser, the selected functions can be stored and recalled as a web page. | 03-26-2015 |
20150105875 | HUMAN-MACHINE INTERFACE (HMI) SYSTEM HAVING A SYMBOL WIZARD CREATOR - A system manages human machine interface (HMI) applications for industrial control and automation. Software instructions stored on a tangible, non-transitory media and executable by a processor receive data indicative of a manufacturing/process control system being monitored and display a user interface indicative of a status of the manufacturing/process control system being monitored wherein the status is based on the received data. | 04-16-2015 |
20150105876 | HUMAN-MACHINE INTERFACE (HMI) SYSTEM HAVING PROCESS TREND VISUALIZATION (TREND PEN) - A system manages human machine interface (HMI) applications for industrial control and automation. Software instructions stored on a tangible, non-transitory media and executable by a processor receive data indicative of a manufacturing/process control system being monitored and display a user interface indicative of a status of the manufacturing/process control system being monitored wherein the status is based on the received data. | 04-16-2015 |
20150105877 | Configuration control device for a laboratory instrument, a laboratory instrument with the configuration control device for instrument-controlled treatment of at least one laboratory sample and a method for configuring the laboratory instrument by means of the configuration control device - The invention relates to a configuration control device for a laboratory instrument, a laboratory instrument with a configuration control device for instrument-controlled treatment of at least one laboratory sample and a method for configuring the laboratory instrument by means of the configuration control device. By using user-dependent configuration data, the requirement for the user of having to perform a completely manual configuration of the laboratory instrument, which is effected by the user-dependent configuration data, is dispensed with. | 04-16-2015 |
20150105878 | Methods and Apparatus to Provide a Role-Based User Interface - Methods and apparatus to provide a role-based user interface are disclosed herein. An example system disclosed includes a display device to depict a user interface. The example system also includes a processor. The example processor is to receive object information for an object in a process control system during a session, determine a user role based on the session, determine whether the object information is qualifying information based on the user role, and display the object information via the user interface when the object information is qualifying information. | 04-16-2015 |
20150112456 | MODULAR WALL MODULE PLATFORM FOR A BUILDING CONTROL SYSTEM - A wall module for use with a building control system is customizable for a particular application though the selection of different overlays, displays, and/or expansion modules. The selected overlay and the display, when provided, together may form the user interface of the desired wall module configuration. The expansion module may be selected to provide additional desired functionality. Different overlays, displays and/or expansion modules may be selected for different wall modules within a building control system. | 04-23-2015 |
20150112457 | Electronic Device and Control Method thereof - The present invention discloses an electronic device and control method thereof. The electronic device according to the present invention comprises a main engine and a USB man-machine interface unit connected thereto; an illuminating source and a drive circuit thereof are arranged on the USB man-machine interface unit; the USB man-machine interface unit receives illuminating information sent by the main engine, generates a control command according to the illuminating information and sends the control command to the drive circuit so as to drive the illuminating source. Because the present invention sends the illuminating information to the USB man-machine interface unit through the main engine and then obtains the control command to switch on or off the illuminating source after processing the illuminating information through the USB man-machine interface unit, a user can participate in controlling the illuminating source so as to realize an illuminating effect expected by the user. | 04-23-2015 |
20150120010 | INDUSTRIAL MACHINE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, INDUSTRIAL MACHINE MANAGEMENT DEVICE, INDUSTRIAL MACHINE MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - An industrial machine management system includes a maintenance-use portable terminal and a cloud server. The maintenance-use portable terminal includes a data communication unit for transmitting management information for a user, which is set in accordance with an input from the user in regard to an industrial machine to be managed. The cloud server includes a data communication unit for receiving the management information for the user transmitted by the data communication unit, and a machine information storage for storing the management information for the user received by the data communication unit in association with individual identification information on the industrial machine to be managed. | 04-30-2015 |
20150120011 | METHOD FOR INFLUENCING A CONTROL PROGRAM OF A CONTROL DEVICE - A method for influencing a control program having a plurality of first functions and at least one of the first functions is configured to control an actuator, and a memory is provided and the memory has memory regions occupied by subprograms assigned to the first functions, whereby there is a branch address in the program code of the control program when one of the first functions is called up that points to a memory address of the subprogram associated with the function call. The control program is analyzed for the occurrence of function calls, and the branch addresses, associated with the function calls, and addresses of the return commands are ascertained. One of the first functions is selected to be deleted. The first function is replaced by a second function, in which the program code of the selected first function is overwritten by the program code of the second function. | 04-30-2015 |
20150127124 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PORTABLE TERMINAL, AND CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL PROGRAM THEREOF - An apparatus of this invention is directed to an information processing apparatus that controls a device from an information processing apparatus in conformity with an operation condition of the device acquired by a portable terminal when the device is connected to the portable terminal. The information processing apparatus includes a device information receiver that receives, via a network, device information acquired by the portable terminal including a device connector, an operation information receiver that receives, via the network, operation condition information representing an operation condition of the device acquired by the portable terminal, and a device controller that controls the device based on the received device information and operation condition information. | 05-07-2015 |
20150134086 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN INPUT-DRIVEN, SWITCHING-ENABLED, DISPLAY DEVICE FOR AN AUTOMATION CONTROLLER - Present embodiments include a system and method for providing an input-driven, switching-enabled display device for an automation controller. The display device may include a communication interface port, such as a universal serial bus (USB) port, which is installed in the display device so that it may be easily accessible by a user. The port may increase a user's productivity and efficiency by reducing the time it takes to connect a PC to the automation controller. The display device may also include an interface switch that performs display functionality or port adapter functionality based upon whether a port connection and/or port communication traffic are detected. Thus, embodiments may enable the display device to act as both a text display and a gateway to configure the automation controller with a personal computer (PC) through the use of the easy access port. | 05-14-2015 |
20150142141 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND REMOTE CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a first detector, a memory and circuitry. The first detector detects either attachment of the electronic device to a human body or removal of the electronic device from a human body. The memory is configured to store control data. The circuitry executes a process foe transmitting a command for performing a process specified by the control data to at least one external device specified by the control data either when the attachment of the electronic device is detected or when the removal of the electronic device is detected. | 05-21-2015 |
20150148923 | WEARABLE DEVICE THAT INFERS ACTIONABLE EVENTS - An embodiment provides a method, including: collecting, in a passive state of a wearable information handling device, one or more sensor inputs via a sensor of the wearable information handling device; mapping, using a processor, the one or more sensor inputs to one of a plurality of predetermined events; and executing, using the processor, a predetermined action based on the mapping. Other aspects are described and claimed. | 05-28-2015 |
20150293507 | USER INTERFACE PERFORMANCE GRAPH FOR OPERATION OF A MOBILE MACHINE - A machine control system receives sensor signals indicative of sensed variables and calculates performance metrics based upon the sensed variables. The machine control system displays the performance metrics on a time continuous user interface display. | 10-15-2015 |
20150316918 | Smart Process Modules and Objects in Process Plants - An operator interface within a process plant includes an execution engine that implements process flow modules made up of interconnected smart process objects that are aware of devices and other entities within the plant and that can perform methods to detect conditions within the plant, especially on a system-level basis. The smart process objects include a display element to be displayed to the operator, data storage for storing data pertaining to and/or received from an associated entity within a plant, inputs and outputs for communicating with other smart process objects and methods that may be executed on the data to detect plant conditions, including system-level conditions, such as leaks, errors and other conditions. Process flow modules, which may be made up of numerous interconnected smart process objects, may also include flow algorithms associated therewith to calculate mass balances, flows, etc. for the process elements within the process flow modules. | 11-05-2015 |
20150319006 | CONTROLLING SETTINGS AND ATTRIBUTES RELATED TO OPERATION OF DEVICES IN A NETWORK - Techniques are described for controlling attributes and/or settings related to operation of devices via a wireless network. An access device can determine a status of a configurable attribute/setting related to operation of a device (e.g., a home automation network device that can control a home appliance) connected to the network. The computing device can execute an application that can generate and display a graphical interface including an interactive area or an interactive element to control the device. The interactive element or the graphical interface can indicate a current value for the setting/attribute. The interactive area or element can be adjustable to adjust the setting/attribute. An adjusted value of the setting/attribute can be communicated to the network which can cause operation of the device to be controlled based on the adjusted value. The computing device can modify the graphical interface to indicate the adjusted value of the setting/attribute. | 11-05-2015 |
20150324072 | MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal is disclosed. The mobile terminal can transmit/receive information or a signal to/from a cooking apparatus, improve user convenience, remotely monitor a state of the cooking apparatus, and receive a control command with respect to the cooking apparatus. | 11-12-2015 |
20150331399 | METHOD FOR THE SECURE AND INTENTIONAL ACTIVATION OF FUNCTIONS AND/OR MOVEMENTS OF CONTROLLABLE INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT - Methods and devices allow the secure, intentional and error-free initiation of different and directly executable industrial functions of machines or similar using a comparatively large-area touch-sensitive entry device, in particular of the touchscreen type. Operating elements or selection fields are depicted on the entry device and the operator is able to find and actuate the operating elements without visual aid or control. Using such touch-sensitive entry device of the capacitive touchscreen type, the provided operating elements or selection fields are identified by applied haptically perceptible markings. In addition, in order to initiate an operating element or an industrial function that is associated with a selection field, the operator selects the field in a first step and makes an entry by a characteristic touch gesture in a second step. This allows the control system to differentiate accidental contact, such as unsighted feeling of an identified operating element, from a deliberate operating action, and thus to reliably prevent unintentional operating actions. | 11-19-2015 |
20150331401 | ANALYZING APPARATUS - In order to provide is an analyzing apparatus capable of preventing an intentional or negligent interventional action on an analysis, an analyzing apparatus | 11-19-2015 |
20150338837 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANAGING AND CONFIGURING FIELD DEVICES IN AN AUTOMATION INSTALLATION - A method and a device are disclosed for managing and configuring field devices in an automation installation with a configuration tool which is designed to physically detect a field device in the automation installation, to logically incorporate the field device in the automation installation and to configure the field device in the automation installation, the configuration tool including a predefined first field-device-specific information packet which at least partially describes the functions and data of the field device. For repeated performance of actions for devices and displays which are already being used, a permanent device overview includes all devices which are already being used, and a temporary display overview includes all displays which are already being used for a device, the temporary display overview being displayed on an individual-device basis in each case when a device is selected from the permanent device overview. | 11-26-2015 |
20150346702 | WIRELESS CONTROL DEVICE - A wall-mountable wireless control device may include an antenna, a radio-frequency communication circuit, a control circuit, an enclosure, a conductive yoke, and/or a conductive member. The antenna may be configured to transmit and/or receive radio-frequency signals. The radio-frequency communication circuit may be configured to transmit and/or receive the radio-frequency signals via the antenna. The control circuit may be responsive to the radio-frequency communication circuit. The enclosure may be configured to house the radio-frequency communication circuit and the control circuit. The conductive yoke may be attached to the enclosure and configured to mount the control device to an electrical wallbox. The conductive member may extend around a rear side of the enclosure between opposite sides of the yoke. | 12-03-2015 |
20150355611 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COMBINING VISUALIZATION AND INTERACTION IN INDUSTRIAL OPERATOR CONSOLES - A method includes presenting process-related information associated with an industrial process control and automation system to an operator using at least one display device and a touchscreen of an operator console. The method also includes receiving user input via the touchscreen and, based on the user input, (i) controlling the process-related information presented on the at least one display device and the touchscreen and (ii) adjusting operation of the industrial process control and automation system. For example, based on the user input, content can be moved from the display device(s) to the touchscreen or from the touchscreen to the display device(s). As another example, the operation of the industrial process control and automation system can be adjusted by receiving a new value of a process variable based on a first user input and receiving an acceptance of the new value of the process variable based on a second user input. | 12-10-2015 |
20150365492 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADAPTING A USER INTERFACE BASED ON A PROFILE - An industrial automation component may receive identification information associated with a user of the industrial automation component and determine whether a profile that corresponds to the identification information exists in a database. When the profile does not exist, the industrial automation component may receive a graphical interface template configured to be displayed on a graphical user interface (GUI) associated with the industrial automation component, one or more parameter names configured to associate one or more measurements acquired by the industrial automation component, pre-load information comprising data configured to enable the industrial automation component to operate, or any combination thereof. The industrial automation component may then and generate a user interface view for the GUI based on the graphical interface template, the parameter names, the pre-load information, or any combination thereof. | 12-17-2015 |
20150378329 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC DEVICE INTERFACE WITH BREATHING CHARACTERISTICS - The present invention provide a method for controlling an electronic device interface with breathing characteristics, comprising: detecting the breathing characteristics of a user who is operating an electronic device; in case the electronic device screen is displaying a first interface of a first group of interfaces for the first application, upon detecting that said breathing characteristics matches a first predefined breathing characteristics, replacing the first interface with a second interface of the first group of interfaces; upon detecting that said breathing characteristics matches a second predefined breathing characteristics, replacing the first interface with a third interface of the first group of interfaces. In the present invention, healthy breathing and operations of an electronic device are combined, so that the user can do breathing exercise during operating the electronic device. The dirty air in the body is discharged by breathing deeply. | 12-31-2015 |
20150378340 | PROGRAMMABLE INDICATOR - One aspect of the present invention provides a programmable indicator, which can present information on a failure to the user with little delay when failing to periodically acquire data from a PLC. The programmable indicator includes a display screen, a communicator configured to communicate with the PLC, and a controller configured to control the display screen and the communicator. The controller acquires data from the PLC through the communicator in a predetermined period. When failing to acquire the data, the controller displays a name identifying the data and successful timing on the display screen, the successful timing being associated with successful acquisition of the latest data before the failure. | 12-31-2015 |
20160004239 | SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT DEVICE, SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT METHOD, AND SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM - A system development device includes a storage unit that stores therein an object information list, in which an entry is registered for each constituent element that constitutes a single control system, where the entry includes an object type of a constituent element, includes connection information, and includes setting information; a system-configuration displaying and editing unit that generates a workspace display screen for each object information list, where the workspace display screen connects and displays, a display object according to the object type of each entry registered in the object information list; and a dividing unit that, when the system-configuration displaying and editing unit receives a dividing command designating any second system included in a first system, duplicates an entry of the second system that is registered in a first object information list of the first system and that generates a second object information list. | 01-07-2016 |
20160018801 | HUMAN-MACHINE INTERFACE APPARATUS AND CONTROL CABINET COMPRISING SAME - Disclosed is a human-machine interface apparatus ( | 01-21-2016 |
20160033950 | CONTROL STATION UTILIZING USER'S STATE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY MOBILE DEVICE AND CONTROL SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - A control station which controls adjacent devices connected with the control station on wire or wirelessly. The control station gives an on/off command as well as an option required to execute the command. The control station communicates with a mobile device and determines the option by referring to user's state information delivered from the mobile device. The user's state information includes emotional state information and physical state information. | 02-04-2016 |
20160033951 | CENTRAL CONTROL APPARATUS AND CENTRAL CONTROL SYSYTEM AND DISPLAY METHOD OF CENTRAL CONTROL APPARATUS - Disclosed are a central control apparatus, a central control system, and a display method of the central control apparatus in which at least one facility is managed, and more particularly, a central control apparatus, a central control system, and a display method of the central control apparatus in which various history information needed for management and operation may be integrally displayed according to a time period such that an association between the various pieces of history information and a current status of facilities are figured out at one time in order to overcome a limitation of the conventional technique and also efficiently control and manage facilities. | 02-04-2016 |
20160048114 | DESIGNER INTERFACE FOR CONTROL SYSTEMS - Tool for designing a control system for an IoT device. Tool includes input blocks. An input block represents first IoT device, third-party messaging account, or computing device. First device or account identified using first UUID. Tool includes output blocks. An output block represents second IoT device, third-party messaging account, or computing device. Second device or account identified using second UUID. One input block or one output block represents an IoT device. IoT device senses or controls and is connectable to WAN. Tool includes function blocks. A function block represents function that processes information received from the input blocks. First UUID determines first device or account identified using first UUID from which to receive information. The function blocks provide a command to the output blocks. Second UUID determines second device or account identified using second UUID to provide command. Input, output, and function blocks positionable in interface to form control system. | 02-18-2016 |
20160054805 | MOBILE INPUT DEVICE AND COMMAND INPUT METHOD USING THE SAME - A mobile input device and a command input method using the same are disclosed. The mobile input device capable of moving using a driving motor includes a command recognition unit configured to recognize at least one of a voice command and a gesture command, a command transmitting unit configured to transmit a command signal corresponding to at least one of the voice command and the gesture command input to the command recognition unit to an external electronic device, a moving unit including the driving motor, and a controller configured to control recognition of at least one of the voice command and the gesture command, transmission of the command signal to the external electronic device, and movement of the mobile input device. | 02-25-2016 |
20160062327 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATION OF THE SYSTEM INCORPORATING A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE ON A MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE FOR A MEMBER OF A FLIGHT CREW IN A VEHICLE CABIN - A method of operation for a system incorporating a graphical user interface in a mobile computing device for a crew member within a cabin of an aircraft. The method includes displaying a menu for at least one controllable parameter, receiving a selection of the controllable parameter, displaying at least one control for the selected controllable parameter, receiving a control input for the selected controllable parameter, and adjusting the selected controllable parameter consistent with the control input. The controllable parameter include a plurality of controllable parameters selected from a group encompassing light intensity, light color, temperature, and the degree of openness of at least one window shade. A system and executable computer program product also are provided. | 03-03-2016 |
20160062329 | CONTROL METHOD OF PRESENTED INFORMATION, CONTROL DEVICE OF PRESENTED INFORMATION, AND SPEAKER - A control method of presented information includes acquiring information concerning a human activity detected by first and second sensor sections during first and second periods; and a control device of presented information controlling a first output section and the first and second sensor sections, the control device of presented information performing, in the controlling, a first control operation of (i) determining content that is to be output by the first output section during the second period based on the information concerning a human activity detected during the first period by the first and second sensor sections and then (ii) causing the first output section to output the determined content in a case where it is determined that a human activity is performed during the second period in a space in which the first sensor section is disposed based on the information concerning a human activity during the second period acquired from the first sensor section. | 03-03-2016 |
20160062334 | INTELLIGENT DEVICE-CONFIGURABLE ICONS - Systems and methods are disclosed for providing an icon for display by a user interface from an automation device that the icon depicts. Specifically, present embodiments are directed to methods and systems capable of detecting, with processing circuitry of an automation device, a shell program on a workstation via an automation control network. Further, embodiments are capable of providing icon configuration data to the shell program from the automation device, wherein the configuration data controls characteristics of an icon representative of the automation device for display in a visualization of the workstation. | 03-03-2016 |
20160062344 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING WEB PAGE FOR INDUSTRIAL CONTROL SYSTEM - An apparatus for identifying a web page for an industrial control system includes an information collection unit and an industrial control system identification unit. The information collection unit receives IP targets, from which web pages are to be collected, from a user, and collects web pages and information from the IP targets. The industrial control system identification unit identifies web pages for one or more industrial control systems with respect to the IP targets based on the information collected by the information collection unit. | 03-03-2016 |
20160062602 | INTELLIGENT DEVICE-CONFIGURABLE ICONS - Systems and methods are disclosed for providing an icon for display by a user interface from an automation device that the icon depicts. Specifically, present embodiments are directed to methods and systems capable of detecting, with processing circuitry of an automation device, a shell program on a workstation via an automation control network. Further, embodiments are capable of providing icon configuration data to the shell program from the automation device, wherein the configuration data controls characteristics of an icon representative of the automation device for display in a visualization of the workstation. | 03-03-2016 |
20160085224 | DEVICE FOR MANAGING AND CONFIGURING FIELD DEVICES IN AN AUTOMATION INSTALLATION - A device for managing and configuring field devices in an automation installation with a configuration tool that is designed to physically detect a field device in the automation installation, to logically incorporate it into the automation installation and to configure it in the automation installation, the configuration tool resorting for this purpose to a prescribed first field-device-specific information packet that describes the functions and data of the field device at least in part. To improve lucidity, a self-contained screen element for calling a plurality of functions of a related functional area is provided, which screen element has a plurality of sensitive subregions, each of the sensitive subregions being denoted by an individual symbol and being designed to call a function of the related functional area. | 03-24-2016 |
20160085236 | WIRELESS PUSH BUTTON ASSEMBLY FOR INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION ENVIRONMENTS - What is disclosed is a system for controlling a process, where the process is implemented by a machine system. The system includes a user interface device and a first transceiver coupled to the user interface device. The first transceiver is configured to receive communications from the user interface device and transfer the communications. The system also includes a second transceiver in communication with the first transceiver and configured to transfer power to the first transceiver, receive the communications from the first transceiver, and transfer the communications to control the process implemented by the machine system. | 03-24-2016 |
20160103433 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO PROVIDE AN INTELLIGENT PIPELINE MANAGEMENT GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE MAP DISPLAY - A pipeline status database may store information about the current status of a plurality of pipeline portions comprising a pipeline, each pipeline portion being adapted to transport a substance. An intelligent pipeline monitoring platform coupled to the pipeline status database may include a mapping module to automatically determine location information associated with each of the plurality of pipeline portions and a graphical user interface module having access to real world map information. A communication port coupled to intelligent pipeline monitoring platform may transmit information to create for a user a visual representation of the plurality of pipeline portions, including information about the current status of at least one pipeline portion, on a graphical user interface map display in accordance with the location information. | 04-14-2016 |
20160103437 | METHOD AND DATA PRESENTING DEVICE FOR ASSISTING A REMOTE USER TO PROVIDE INSTRUCTIONS - A method, data presenting device and computer program product are provided for assisting a remote user. The data presenting device includes a communication interface, a camera having a field of view in which images are captured, a projector having a presentation area in which presentation items may be presented, and a control unit which receives field of view control commands a command to project a presentation item in the presentation area, controls the field of view of the camera and controls the projector to project the presentation item in the presentation area, wherein the control of the projection in the presentation area is made independently of the control of the field of view. | 04-14-2016 |
20160109871 | REMOTE CONTROL OF FLUID-HANDLING DEVICES - Provided is a process, including: receiving, via the network interface, from a remote user device, a command to change a state of the fluid-handling device to a target state; translating the received command into a translated command operative to cause a local controller of the fluid-handling device to drive the fluid-handling equipment to the target state, the local controller being responsive to the command and feedback from the fluid-handling device indicative of whether the fluid-handling device is in the target state; and sending the translated command to the local controller | 04-21-2016 |
20160147208 | CONTROL METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD FOR TERMINAL DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM - A control method for controlling a terminal device includes using a memory that manages cooking appliance logs each including at least a cooking time of a food and first information indicating an age-related deterioration level of one of the cooking appliances to acquire, from among candidates of a recommended cooking time calculated based on the first information and the cooking time and stored in a server apparatus, third information indicating a recommended cooking time corresponding to second information indicating an age-related deterioration level of the first cooking appliance, displaying, on a display, a user interface that allows a user to select one of the candidates including at least the recommended cooking time for the first cooking appliance using the third information, and outputting a setting command for setting the selected cooking time to the first cooking appliance upon detecting selection of one of the cooking times through the user interface. | 05-26-2016 |
20160147211 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR CONFIGURING FACILITY SYSTEM DEVICES - Devices, methods, and systems for configuring facility system devices are described herein. One method includes establishing a wireless connection between a mobile device and a facility system device, receiving operating information at the mobile device from the facility system device via the wireless connection, displaying a menu associated with configuring the facility system device based on the operating information via the mobile device, and configuring the facility system device based on a user input made using the displayed menu. | 05-26-2016 |
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20160170397 | PROGRAMMABLE CONTROLLER SYSTEM, PROGRAMMABLE CONTROLLER, PROGRAM DISPLAY DEVICE, AND PROGRAM DISPLAY METHOD | 06-16-2016 |
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20160179070 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING ANOTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | 06-23-2016 |
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20160187865 | PLC SYSTEM AND ARITHMETIC-EXPRESSION-DATA-CREATION SUPPORTING APPARATUS - A PLC system includes a programmable logic controller including a PLC unit and a storing unit and an arithmetic-expression-data-creation supporting apparatus causing the PLC unit to create arithmetic expression data of an arithmetic expression to be executed by the PLC unit, and the arithmetic-expression-data-creation supporting apparatus includes an input unit to receive, from a user, the arithmetic expression including input information serving as a variable used in an arithmetic operation and a constant used in the operation and an arithmetic-expression processing unit to obtain a calculation sequence of the expression, and the storing unit retains an arithmetic-expression-data table for managing the arithmetic expression data including the input information, the constant and the calculation sequence, and the PLC unit includes an operation unit connected to the storing unit, to execute an arithmetic operation of the arithmetic expression according to the calculation sequence using the input information and the constant. | 06-30-2016 |
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