# US 10,310,798 B2 · Programmable display, information processing apparatus, recording medium, and screen display system

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- Number: US 10,310,798 B2
- Document ID: US10310798B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/750,888
- Filed: 2015-10-29
- Published: 2018-08-09
- Granted: 2019-06-04
- Earliest claimed: 2015-10-29
- Assignees: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Applicants: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Inventors: Yukihiro Hanaki
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10310798B2

## CPC

- G05B 19/409: characterised by using manual data input [MDI] or by using control panel, e.g. controlling functions with the panel; characterised by control panel details or by setting parameters (G05B19/408, G05B19/4093 take precedence)
- G06F 3/1454: {involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay}
- G05B 19/05: Programmable logic controllers, e.g. simulating logic interconnections of signals according to ladder diagrams or function charts
- G05B 19/41855: {by local area network [LAN], network structure}
- G05B 23/02: Electric testing or monitoring
- G05B 2219/15038: Internet, tcp-ip, web server see under S05B219-40
- G05B 2219/31: From computer integrated manufacturing till monitoring
- Y02P 90/02: Total factory control, e.g. smart factories, flexible manufacturing systems [FMS] or integrated manufacturing systems [IMS]
- G05B: CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS (systems for controlling or regulating non-electric variables G05D; systems for regulating electric or magnetic variables G05F; control devices or systems insofar as characterised by mechanical features only G05G)
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- Y02P: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS

## Abstract

A programmable display device communicatively connected to a control apparatus that controls an apparatus in operation on a production line and to mobile terminals, includes: a storage unit to store therein screen data used for creating a screen to be displayed on the mobile terminals and a device indicating a storage location of a device value for determining an individual configuration of the screen for each of the mobile terminals; a screen creation unit to obtain the device value on the basis of the device corresponding to a connected terminal that is the mobile terminal connected to the programmable display and to create screen data for the connected terminal by using the obtained device value and the screen data; and a communication unit to transmit to the connected terminal the screen data for the connected terminal.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A programmable display communicatively connected to a control apparatus that controls an apparatus in operation on a production line and to a plurality of mobile terminals, the programmable display comprising:
processing circuitry:
to execute a storing process of storing screen data used for creating a screen to be displayed on the mobile terminals and a device indicating a storage location of a device value for determining an individual configuration of the screen for each of the mobile terminals;
to execute a screen creation process of obtaining the device value on a basis of the device corresponding to a connected terminal that is the mobile terminal connected to the programmable display and creating screen data for the connected terminal by using the obtained device value and the screen data; and
to execute a communication process of transmitting to the connected terminal the screen data for the connected terminal, wherein
the screen data is data having a common constituent element used for the mobile terminals, the common constituent element being capable of being included in the screen.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The programmable display according to claim 1, wherein
the storing process includes storing the screen data and the device in association with a terminal identifier that uniquely identifies the mobile terminal, and
the screen creation process includes obtaining the device by using the terminal identifier corresponding to the connected terminal.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The programmable display according to claim 1, wherein
the storing process includes storing the screen data and the device in association with a user identifier that uniquely identifies a user of the mobile terminal, and
the screen creation process includes obtaining the device by using the user identifier of the connected terminal.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The programmable display according to claim 1, wherein
the storing process includes storing the screen data and the device in association with a user identifier that uniquely identifies a user of the mobile terminal and information on an authority level assigned in advance to the user, and
the screen creation process includes obtaining the device by using the user identifier of the connected terminal and the information on the authority level.

### Claim 5

An information processing apparatus that creates screen data for a screen to be displayed on a plurality of mobile terminals communicatively connected to a programmable display, the information processing apparatus comprising:
processing circuitry:
to execute a screen data generation process of generating screen data used for creating a screen to be displayed on the mobile terminals;
to execute a table generation process of generating a table that includes a device indicating a storage location of a device value for determining an individual configuration of the screen for each of the mobile terminals; and
to execute a communication process of transmitting the screen data and information on the device to the programmable display, wherein
the screen data is data having a common constituent element used for the mobile terminals, the common constituent element being capable of being included in the screen.

### Claim 6

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium that stores therein screen-data creation supporting program to cause an information processing apparatus to function as an engineering tool that creates screen data for a screen to be displayed on a plurality of mobile terminals communicatively connected to a programmable display, the screen-data creation supporting program causing the information processing apparatus to execute:
generating screen data used for creating a screen to be displayed on the mobile terminals;
generating a table that includes a device indicating a storage location of a device value for determining an individual configuration of the screen for each of the mobile terminals; and
transmitting the screen data and information on the device to the programmable display, wherein
the screen data is data having a common constituent element used for the mobile terminals, the common constituent element being capable of being included in the screen.

### Claim 7

A screen display system configured to include a plurality of mobile terminals, a control apparatus that controls an apparatus in operation on a production line, and a programmable display communicatively connected to the mobile terminals and the control apparatus, wherein
the programmable display includes
processing circuitry:
to execute a storing process of storing screen data used for creating a screen to be displayed on the mobile terminals and a device indicating a storage location of a device value for determining an individual configuration of the screen for each of the mobile terminals,
to execute a screen creation process of obtaining the device value on a basis of the device corresponding to a connected terminal that is the mobile terminal connected to the programmable display and creating screen data for the connected terminal by using the obtained device value and the screen data, and
to execute a communication process of transmitting to the connected terminal the screen data for the connected terminal,
the mobile terminal displays a screen based on screen data received from the programmable display, and
the screen data is data having a common constituent element used for the mobile terminals, the common constituent element being capable of being included in the screen.
