Visualization method for electrical machine operation models based on mechanical machine operation models
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsOswin Noetzelmann, Rainer Heller, Dirk Schaumburg
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Abstract
A visualization of an electrical machine operation model of logic controller behavior is displayed on a display such as a two-dimensional computer display. The display includes separate spaces representing separate devices in the model. For each device, several characteristics are shown in the model, including mechanical steps, electrical steps and electrical signal outputs. The electrical steps are shown superimposed on the mechanical steps, and electrical transitions link sequential electrical steps in time. Representations of conditions link the electrical transitions with signal outputs upon which the electrical transitions are conditioned.
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A method for visually representing an electrical machine operation model on a display space, the method comprising;
- (A) using a computer connected to a display, apportioning the display space into device subspaces, each subspace corresponding to a different device represented by the electrical machine operation model;
- (B) for each device subspace, using a common time axis for all subspaces, performing the following for a represented device:
- (1) creating a first region for displaying sequence information;
- (2) creating a second region for displaying signal information;
- (3) in the first region, displaying a representation of mechanical device movement including mechanical steps of the represented device as a function of time;
- (4) in the first region, superimposing over the representation of mechanical device movement, representations of electrical steps, each representation of an electrical step overlaying a corresponding representation of a mechanical step, each electrical step representing information about plural sensor and actuator signals during a time period and derived from the mechanical model;
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- (5) in the second region, displaying representations of electrical signal values of electrical signals associated with the represented device as a function of time;
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- (C) for all device subspaces collectively, performing the following:
- (1) connecting each pair of electrical step representations that are sequential in time, with a graphical connection representing an electrical transition in which a state of the plural sensor and actuator signals changes from that of an earlier electrical step to that of a later electrical step;
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- (2) for at least one representation of an electrical transition, displaying at least one representation of a condition graphically connecting the representation of the electrical transition with one of the representations of electrical signal values upon which the transition is conditioned.
A non-transitory computer-usable medium having computer readable instructions stored thereon for execution by a processor to perform a method for visually representing an electrical machine operation model on a display space, the method comprising:
- (A) apportioning the display space into device subspaces, each subspace corresponding to a different device represented by the electrical machine operation model;
- (B) for each device subspace, using a common time axis for all subspaces, performing the following for a represented device:
- (1) creating a first region for displaying sequence information;
- (2) creating a second region for displaying signal information;
- (3) in the first region, displaying a representation of mechanical device movement including mechanical steps of the represented device as a function of time;
- (4) in the first region, superimposing over the representation of mechanical device movement, representations of electrical steps, each presentation of an electrical step overlaying a corresponding representation of a mechanical step, each electrical step representing information about plural sensor and actuator signals during a time period and derived from the mechanical model;
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- (5) in the second region, displaying representations of electrical signal values of electrical signals associated with the represented device as a function of time;
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- (C) for all device subspaces collectively, performing the following:
- (1) connecting each pair of electrical step representations that are sequential in time, with a graphical connection representing an electrical transition in which a state of the plural sensor and actuator signals changes from that of an earlier electrical step to that of a later electrical step;
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- (2) for at least one representation of an electrical transition, displaying at least one representation of a condition graphically connecting the representation of the electrical transition with one of the representations of electrical signal values upon which the transition is conditioned.
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