Human machine interface for instruments and method to configure same
AssigneeABB Research Ltd.
InventorsJohn Pretlove, Charlotte Skourup, Juha Kestila, Geoff Selley, Martin Ashford, Steve Eeles, Sean Keeping, Roger Arnold
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Abstract
A measuring instrument with a human-machine interface comprising a visual display and selection means associated with the visual display, a method to configure using the visual display and a plurality of selectors or buttons, and a computer program and graphic user interface for carrying out the method.
Claims37
A measuring instrument for measuring physical parameters of a flow, a temperature or a pressure meters in an industrial, commercial or electrical power application comprising a human-machine interface for control and configuration of said instrument, said human-machine interface comprising:
- a visual display and selection means associated with said visual display,
- means for presenting visually one or more functions of the instrument, and
- selection means for selecting or increasing by increments a value displayed by the visual display.
A method to configure a measuring instrument for measuring physical parameters of a flow, a temperature or a pressure meters in an industrial, commercial or electrical power application comprising a human-machine interface for control and configuration of said measuring instrument, the method comprising:
- presenting one or more functions of said measuring instrument and one or more menu options on a visual display of said drive controller, and
- selecting one of the one or more functions of said measuring instrument by activating a selection means of a plurality of selection means associated with the visual display to navigate or select a menu option, and/or activate a selection means to select an action or parameter or value.
A computer data signal for configuration of a measuring instrument, for measuring physical parameters of a flow, a temperature or a pressure meters in an industrial, commercial or electrical power application, embodied in a carrier wave, wherein the signal comprises one or more configured functions and/or measured values displayable on a display device of said measuring instrument.
A graphical user interface for a measuring instrument for measuring physical parameters of a flow, a temperature or a pressure meters in an industrial, commercial or electrical power application and for displaying configuration functions, menu options and parameter settings for a said measuring instrument, the interface comprising a visual display of menu options and/or measured values for a said measuring instrument and selection means arranged associated with said graphical user interface.
A measuring instrument for measuring physical parameters of a flow, a temperature or a pressure meter in an industrial, commercial or electrical power application comprising a human-machine interface for control and configuration of said instrument, said human-machine interface comprising.
- a visual display,
- selection means associated with said visual display,
- selection means for selecting or increasing by increments a value displayed by the visual display,
- memory means for storing a configuration for an alarm or other parameter, an processor means, and
- display means for presenting visually a value calculated by the processor means dependent on the configuration for an alarm or other parameter stored in the memory means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.