Guided user interface (gui) based systems and methods for regionizing full-size process plant displays for rendering on mobile user interface devices

A guided user interface (GUI) based method for automatically detecting graphical process control loop display portions within full-size process plant displays for rendering on mobile user interface devices, the GUI based method comprising:

• receiving, at a display auto-introspection routine executing on one or more processors, a full-size process plant display that graphically represents at least a portion of a process plant, the full-size process plant display including graphic representations of a plurality of process plant entities within the process plant, wherein the full-size process plant display is a GUI adapted for rendering on a full-size display screen of the process plant;
• automatically detecting, by the display auto-introspection routine, a graphical process control loop display portion depicted within the full-size process plant display, the graphical process control loop display portion including graphical representations of one or more process plant entities selected from the plurality of process plant entities;
• generating, by the one or more processors, a selectable display list representing the one or more process plant entities depicted within the graphical process control loop display portion;
• transmitting, by the one or more processors, the graphical process control loop display portion and the selectable display list to a mobile user interface device, the mobile user interface device executing a mobile display navigation app
• rendering, by the mobile display navigation app, the selectable display list within a first area of a display screen of the mobile user interface device;
• and
• rendering, by the mobile display navigation app, the graphical process control loop display portion within a second area of the display screen of the mobile user interface device,
• wherein the mobile display navigation app is adapted to, upon receiving a selection from the selectable display list corresponding to a particular process plant entity of the or more process plant entities, adjust a zoom level to focus the particular process plant entity within the graphical process control loop display portion.

A guided user interface (GUI) based system configured to automatically detect graphical process control loop display portions within full-size process plant displays for rendering on mobile user interface devices, the GUI based system comprising:

• a server comprising one or more processors, the server communicatively coupled to a process control network of a process plant comprising a plurality of process plant entities;
• a display auto-introspection routine executing the one or more processors of the server;
• and
• a mobile display navigation app executing on one or more processors of a mobile user interface device, the mobile display navigation app communicatively coupled to the server, wherein the display auto-introspection routine is configured to:
• receive a full-size process plant display that graphically represents at least a portion of the process plant, the full-size process plant display including graphic representations of the plurality of process plant entities within the process plant, wherein the full-size process plant display is a GUI adapted for rendering on a full-size display screen of the process plant,
• automatically detect a graphical process control loop display portion depicted within the full-size process plant display, the graphical process control loop display portion including graphical representations of one or more process plant entities selected from the plurality of process plant entities,
• generate a selectable display list representing the one or more process plant entities depicted within the graphical process control loop display portion,
• wherein the server is configured to transmit the graphical process control loop display portion and the selectable display list to a mobile user interface device, and
• wherein the mobile display navigation app is configured to:
• render the selectable display list within a first area of a display screen of the mobile user interface device, and
• render the graphical process control loop display portion within a second area of the display screen of the mobile user interface device,
• wherein the mobile display navigation app is adapted to, upon receiving a selection from the selectable display list corresponding to a particular process plant entity of the or more process plant entities, adjust a zoom level to focus the particular process plant entity within the graphical process control loop display portion.

A tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions for automatically detecting graphical process control loop display portions within full-size process plant displays for rendering on mobile user interface devices, that when executed by one or more processors of a computing device cause the computing device to:

• receive, at a display auto-introspection routine executing on one or more processors, a full-size process plant display that graphically represents at least a portion of a process plant, the full-size process plant display including graphic representations of a plurality of process plant entities within the process plant, wherein the full-size process plant display is a GUI adapted for rendering on a full-size display screen of the process plant;
• detect automatically, by the display auto-introspection routine, a graphical process control loop display portion depicted within the full-size process plant display, the graphical process control loop display portion including graphical representations of one or more process plant entities selected from the plurality of process plant entities;
• generate, by the one or more processors, a selectable display list representing the one or more process plant entities depicted within the graphical process control loop display portion;
• transmit, by the one or more processors, the graphical process control loop display portion and the selectable display list to a mobile user interface device, the mobile user interface device executing a mobile display navigation app
• render, by the mobile display navigation app, the selectable display list within a first area of a display screen of the mobile user interface device;
• and
• render, by the mobile display navigation app, the graphical process control loop display portion within a second area of the display screen of the mobile user interface device,
• wherein the mobile display navigation app is adapted to, upon receiving a selection from the selectable display list corresponding to a particular process plant entity of the or more process plant entities, adjust a zoom level to focus the particular process plant entity within the graphical process control loop display portion.