Computer implemented method to display technical data for monitoring an industrial installation

A computer program product, comprising:

• a non-transitory computer readable medium;
• and
• software code elements recorded on the non-transitory computer readable medium which when read into a computer or processor will cause the computer or processor to carry out a method to retrieve and display technical data for an industrial device using a computer program for control, the method comprising displaying on at least one display device a holographic image comprising a view of said industrial installation, wherein the view comprises at least one point in three dimensional space, mapping the at least one point to a corresponding point or position in said industrial installation, placing by a user a pointer object near to one of the at least one point in the holographic image, detecting a change in a transmission, reflection, refraction or scattering of at least one ray of light making up the holographic image, and mapping the changed or disrupted at least one ray of light to at least one point in three dimensional space and subsequently to at least one point in three dimensional space in a computer implemented three dimensional model of said industrial installation.

A control system for an industrial installation, the control system comprising:

• a computer program to generate a display of an industrial installation including information about an event or an alarm, and
• a computer configured to generate on at least one display device a display of a holographic image comprising a view of said industrial installation, said view comprising at least one point in three dimensional space, wherein the at least one point is mapped to a corresponding point or position in said industrial installation, wherein when a user places a pointer object near to one of the at least one point in the holographic image, at least one point is mapped to a detected change in a transmission, reflection, refraction or scattering of at least one ray of light making up the holographic image and subsequently to at least one point in three dimensional space in a computer implemented three dimensional model of said industrial installation.

A holographic user interface for providing a display of an industrial installation, or part thereof, including information about an event or an alarm, wherein a view of said industrial installation comprises displayed on at least one display device a holographic image, wherein the view comprises at least one point in three dimensional space, wherein the at least one point is each mapped to a corresponding point or position in said industrial installation, wherein a pointer object is placed by a user near to at least point in the holographic image, wherein at least one detected change in a transmission, reflection, refraction or scattering of at least one ray of light making up the holographic image is mapped to at least one point in three dimensional space and subsequently to at least one point in three dimensional space in a computer implemented three dimensional model of said industrial installation.