Method, apparatus and system for displaying measurement information

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11809168-B2
Application number	US-201817299389-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 5, 2018
Priority date	Dec 5, 2018
Publication date	Nov 7, 2023
Grant date	Nov 7, 2023

Abstract

A method, apparatus and system are for displaying measurement information. An embodiment of the method includes: obtaining a display instruction for displaying measurement information of at least one second transmitter; and displaying, after obtaining the display instruction, the measurement information of the at least one second transmitter on a display screen of the a first transmitter. The first transmitter and the at least one second transmitter perform data communication with a distributed I/O device according to a preconfigured data transmission path. Further, the measurement information of the at least one second transmitter is obtained by means of the distributed I/O device according to the preconfigured data transmission path. The embodiment of the method enables an operator to conveniently view the measurement information of the second transmitter on the first transmitter nearby, without viewing the information on a remote device manager or the second transmitter.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for displaying measurement information, the method comprising:
acquiring, by a first transmitter, a display instruction for displaying the measurement information, the measurement information being generated by at least one second transmitter, and each of the first transmitter and the at least one second transmitter being one of,
a temperature transmitter configured to convert a temperature into a first signal for control or remote transmission, or
a pressure transmitter configured to convert a pressure into a second signal for control or remote transmission; and the display instruction including device type information corresponding to the at least one second transmitter;
determining a respective display format of the measurement information generated by each corresponding second transmitter among the at least one second transmitter based on the device type information; and
displaying, by the first transmitter, the measurement information on a display screen of the first transmitter after the acquiring the display instruction, the measurement information being acquired by the first transmitter via a distributed I/O device along a data transmission path from the at least one second transmitter, and the measurement information being displayed on the display screen in the respective display format for each corresponding second transmitter among the at least one second transmitter.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one second transmitter comprises at least one of:
a transmitter with a display screen; or
a transmitter without a display screen.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein
the acquiring the display instruction acquires the display instruction from an external source; or
the acquiring the display instruction acquires the display instruction by operation of at least one display instruction button on the first transmitter.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data transmission path is a measurement information transmission path set according to a task.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
acquiring the measurement information,
contemporaneous with the acquiring the display instruction, or
before the acquiring the display instruction.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
storing the measurement information in association with identification information about the at least one second transmitter in a measurement information database, the display instruction including the identification information about the at least one second transmitter, and the measurement information about the at least one second transmitter is acquired from the measurement information database based on the identification information about the at least one second transmitter.

7. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing an executable instruction that, when executed by at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to perform the method of claim 1 .

8. A computer program product tangibly stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a computer-executable instruction that, when executed, causes at least one processor to perform the method of claim 1 .

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
selecting the first transmitter among a plurality of first transmitters based on a proximity to an operator; and
configuring the data transmission path between the first transmitter and the at least one second transmitter based on the selecting.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein
the first transmitter and the at least one second transmitter are configured to transmit respective measurement information to a remote device manager; and
at least one first distance between the at least one second transmitter and the first transmitter is less than at least one second distance between the at least one second transmitter and the remote device manager.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one second transmitter does not include a display screen.

12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
acquiring the measurement information from the distributed I/O device, the measurement information having been previously stored on the distributed I/O device.

13. A first transmitter for displaying measurement information, the first transmitter comprising:
a display screen;
a memory storing computer-executable instructions; and
at least one processor configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to cause the first transmitter to,
acquire the measurement information, the measurement information being generated by at least one second transmitter, and each of the first transmitter and the at least one second transmitter being one of,
a temperature transmitter configured to convert a temperature into a first signal for control or remote transmission, or
a pressure transmitter configured to convert a pressure into a second signal for control or remote transmission,
acquire a display instruction for displaying the measurement information, the display instruction including device type information corresponding to the at least one second transmitter,
determine a respective display format of the measurement information generated by each corresponding second transmitter among the at least one second transmitter based on the device type information, and
display the measurement information on the display screen after the acquisition of the display instruction, the measurement information being displayed on the display screen in the respective display format for each corresponding second transmitter among the at least one second transmitter.

14. The first transmitter of claim 13 , wherein
the at least one processor is configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to cause the first transmitter to acquire the display instruction from an external source; or
the first transmitter further comprises at least one display instruction button, and the at least one processor is configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to cause the first transmitter to acquire the display instruction based on an operation of the at least one display instruction button.

15. The first transmitter of claim 13 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to cause the first transmitter to acquire the measurement information:
contemporaneous with the acquisition of the display instruction; or
before the acquisition of the display instruction.

16. The first transmitter of claim 13 , further comprising:
a measurement information database configured to store the measurement information in association with identification information about the at least one second transmitter, wherein
the display instruction includes the identification information about the at least one second transmitter, and
the at least one processor is configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to cause the first transmitter to acquire the measurement information from the measurement information database based on the identification information about the at least one second transmitter.

17. A system for displaying measurement information about at least one second transmitter, comprising:
the first transmitter of claim 13 ;
at least one second transmitter; and
a distributed I/O device.

18. A first transmitter for displaying measurement information, the first transmitter comprising:
a display screen;
a memory storing computer-executable instructions; and
at least one processor configured to execute the computer

Assignees

• Siemens Ag

Inventors

• Peng Yan Bin
• Wang Qing Gang
• Zhang Meng
• Yang xiao bo
• Kang yao lei

Classifications

• G05B19/418 Primary

  Total factory control, i.e. centrally controlling a plurality of machines, e.g. direct or distributed numerical control [DNC], flexible manufacturing systems [FMS], integrated manufacturing systems [IMS] or computer integrated manufacturing [CIM] · CPC title

• G05B19/0425

  Safety, monitoring · CPC title

• G05B19/409

  characterised by using manual data input [MDI] or by using control panel, e.g. controlling functions with the panel; characterised by control panel details or by setting parameters (G05B19/408, G05B19/4093 take precedence) · CPC title

• G05B2219/36168

  Touchscreen · CPC title

• G01D13/00 Primary

  Component parts of indicators for measuring arrangements not specially adapted for a specific variable · CPC title