Method And Systems For Facilitating Operator Concentration On One Among A Plurality Of Operator Workstation Screens
AssigneeABB Schweiz AG
InventorVeronika Domova
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Abstract
A method of facilitating operator concentration on one among a plurality of operator workstation screens of a control and monitoring system, wherein the method is performed by the control and monitoring system and includes: detecting which of the plurality of screens that an operator is focused on, where the screen on which the operator is focused is a first screen, displaying information on the first screen in a focal display state with a high degree of detail, and displaying information on at least a second screen, which is different from the first screen, in a peripheral display state with a lower degree of detail than the focal display state.
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A method of facilitating operator concentration on one of a plurality of operator workstation screens of a control and monitoring system, wherein the method is performed by the control and monitoring system and comprises:
- detecting which of the plurality of screens that an operator is focused on, where the screen on which the operator is focused is a first screen,
- displaying information on the first screen in a focal display state with a high degree of detail,
- displaying information on at least a second screen, which is different from the first screen, in a peripheral display state with a lower degree of detail than the focal display state.
- detecting a change of focus by the operator from the first screen to the second screen, where the first screen initially has the focal display state and the second screen initially has the peripheral display state,
- changing the state of the second screen from the peripheral display state to the focal display state based on the detection of change of focus, and
- changing the state of the first screen from the focal display state to the peripheral display state based on the detection of change of focus,
- wherein the changing of the state of the second screen from the peripheral display state to the focal display state is made directly after the detection of change of focus and the changing of the state of the first screen from the focal display state to the peripheral display state is made gradually after the detection of change of focus.
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A computer program comprising computer code which when executed by processing circuitry of a control and monitoring system causes the control and monitoring system to perform the steps of a method including:
- detect which of a plurality of operator workstation screens that an operator is focused on, where the screen on which the operator is focused is a first screen,
- set the first screen to display information in a focal display state with a high degree of detail,
- set at least a second screen, which is different from the first screen, to display information in a peripheral display state with a lower degree of detail than the focal display state,
- detect a change of focus by the operator from the first screen to the second screen, where the first screen initially has the focal display state and the second screen initially has the peripheral display state,
- change the state of the second screen from the peripheral display state to the focal display state based on the detection of change of focus, and
- change the state of the first screen from the focal display state to the peripheral display state based on the detection of change of focus,
- wherein the change of the state of the second screen from the peripheral display state to the focal display state is made directly after the detection of change of focus and the change of the state of the first screen from the focal display state to the peripheral display state is made gradually after the detection of change of focus.
A control and monitoring system comprising:
- a plurality of operator workstation screens,
- a storage medium comprising computer code,
- a head orientation determining system and
- processing circuitry which when executing the computer code causes the control and monitoring system to
- detect which of the plurality of screens that an operator is focused on, where the screen on which the operator is focused is a first screen,
- set the first screen to display information in a focal display state with a high degree of detail,
- set at least a second screen, which is different from the first screen, to display information in a peripheral display state with a lower degree of detail than the focal display state,
- detect a change of focus by the operator from the first screen to the second screen, where the first screen initially has the focal display state and the second screen initially has the peripheral display state,
- change the state of the second screen from the peripheral display state to the focal display state based on the detection of change of focus, and
- change the state of the first screen from the focal display state to the peripheral display state based on the detection of change of focus,
- wherein the change of the state of the second screen from the peripheral display state to the focal display state is made directly after the detection of change of focus and the change of the state of the first screen from the focal display state to the peripheral display state is made gradually after the detection of change of focus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.