Human-machine interface (hmi) system having a symbol wizard creator
AssigneeInvensys Systems, Inc.
InventorsDave Tran, Steven Michael Weinrich, John Joseph Krajewski, III, Raju Uthu Kumar
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Abstract
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.
Claims19
A system for managing human machine interface (HMI) applications for industrial control and automation, said system comprising:
- a processor;
- software instructions stored on a tangible, non-transitory media and executable by the processor, said instructions comprising:
- instructions for receiving data indicative of a manufacturing/process control system being monitored;
- instructions for displaying a designer interface indicative of a status of the manufacturing/process control system being monitored, said status is based on the received data;
- instructions for defining a set of designer-defined graphical element style standards, granularly applicable to separate elements;
- and
- instructions responsive to designer input for configuring a customized symbol wizard, said customized symbol wizard for use by the designer for generating symbols according to a customized, designer-defined template corresponding to at least one of the designer-defined graphical element style standards.
Software instructions stored on a tangible, non-transitory media and executable by a processor, said instructions comprising:
- instructions for receiving data indicative of a manufacturing/process control system being monitored;
- instructions for displaying a designer interface indicative of a status of the manufacturing/process control system being monitored, said status is based on the received data;
- instructions for defining a set of designer-defined graphical element style standards, granularly applicable to separate elements;
- and
- instructions responsive to designer input for configuring a customized symbol wizard, said customized symbol wizard for use by the designer for generating symbols according to a customized, designer-defined template corresponding to at least one of the designer —defined graphical element style standards.
A processor executable method for managing human machine interface (HMI) applications for industrial control and automation, said method comprising:
- receiving data indicative of a manufacturing/process control system being monitored;
- displaying a designer interface indicative of a status of the manufacturing/process control system being monitored, said status is based on the received data;
- defining a set of designer-defined graphical element style standards, granularly applicable to separate elements;
- and
- responsive to designer input, configuring a customized symbol wizard, said customized symbol wizard for use by the designer for generating symbols according to a customized, designer-defined template corresponding to at least one of the designer —defined graphical element style standards.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.