Visualization system(s) and method(s) for preserving or augmenting resolution and data associated with zooming or paning in an industrial automation environment

A method for preserving, augmenting or increasing resolution of images within an industrial automation environment, comprising:

• employing one or more microprocessors executing computer executable instructions embodied on one or more non-transitory computer readable storage mediums to perform the following:
• identifying, determining, or mapping level of zooming or panning in connection with an image within an industrial automation environment, the image located at a local computer;
• inferring a problem that a user is fixing;
• retrieving image data from a server, the retrieved image data corresponds to specific portions of the image, the image represents an industrial machine in the industrial automation environment, and the resolution component retrieves and provides the retrieved image data from the server corresponding to one or more zoomed in regions of the industrial machine that is inferred to be associated with the problem the user is diagnosing based upon the inferred context;
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• generating a visualization of the image from the retrieved image data that preserves, augments, or enhances resolution of the image as a function of the zooming or panning.

A non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising:

• instructions for identifying, determining, or mapping level of zooming or panning in connection with an image within an industrial automation environment, the image located at a local computer;
• instructions for inferring a problem that a user is fixing;
• instructions for retrieving image data from a server, the retrieved image data corresponds to specific portions of the image, the image represents an industrial machine in the industrial automation environment, and the resolution component retrieves and provides the retrieved image data from the server corresponding to one or more zoomed in regions of the industrial machine that is inferred to be associated with the problem the user is diagnosing;
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• instructions for generating a visualization of the image from the retrieved image data that preserves, augments, or enhances resolution of the image as a function of the zooming or panning.