Field device and system comprising the field device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025174115-A1
Application number	US-202418961952-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 27, 2024
Priority date	Nov 27, 2023
Publication date	May 29, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

An automation field device having a display unit with a user interface, or which makes a user interface available to a network participant via a communication connection, is provided. The field device is designed to carry out a plurality of different processes, where the field device is designed to output first information about a current first process together with second information about a second process via the user interface. The first information comprises a name and/or a description of the first process, and a first indicator of a remaining first time period until completion of the first process or first process step, and where the second information includes a name and description of the second process, and a second indicator of a second time period until the second process is carried out.

First claim

1 . An automation field device which has a display unit with a user interface or which is designed to make the user interface available to a network participant via a communication connection, wherein the field device is designed to carry out a plurality of different processes or process steps within such a process, wherein the field device is designed to output first information about a current first process or first process step together with second information about at least one second process or second process step following the first process or first process step, via the user interface, wherein the first information comprise a name and/or a description of the first process or process step, and a first indicator of a remaining first time period until the completion of the first process or first process step, and wherein the second information comprise a name and/or a description of the second process or process step, and a second indicator of a remaining second time period until the second process or process step is carried out.

2 . The field device according to claim 1 , wherein the first time period and/or the second time period is/are calculated on the basis of one or more simulations.

3 . The field device according to claim 1 , wherein the first time period and/or the second time period are calculated on the basis of historical values.

4 . The field device according to claim 1 , wherein the first information comprises a first symbol and wherein the second information comprises a second symbol.

5 . The field device according to claim 1 , wherein the first indicator is designed as a circular arc, wherein the circular arc increases or decreases proportionally to the progression of the first process or first process step.

6 . The field device according to claim 5 , wherein the circular arc is arranged as a first indicator around the first symbol.

7 . The field device according to claim 1 , wherein the second indicator is designed as a bar, the length of which is proportional to the progression of the second process or second process step.

8 . The field device according to claim 7 , wherein, as a second indicator, the bar connects the first symbol to the second symbol.

9 . The field device according to claim 1 , wherein the field device is designed to switch the first process or first process step for the second process or second process step after completion such that the second process or second process step becomes the current first process or process step.

10 . The field device according to claim 1 , wherein the field device is an analyzer having measuring electronics, sample holders and a plurality of sensors for recording physical, chemical or biological parameters of a sample.

11 . The field device according to claim 10 , wherein a process is one of the following:
recording physical, chemical or biological parameters of the sample; cleaning sample holders and/or sensors; maintenance mode; checking a measurement deviation; calibrating the analyzer.

12 . A system comprising a field device according to claim 1 , and a network participant, wherein the field device and the network participant are connected for communication via a communication network, wherein the field device is designed to make the user interface available to the network participant via a communication connection.

Assignees

• Endress Hauser Conducta Gmbh Co Kg

Inventors

• Mennicken Guido
• Schipolowski Thomas
• Strohfeldt Nikolai-Sven
• Wiederkehr Michael
• Keller Claudia
• Flaig Bernd
• Melichar Katinka
• Aull Thomas

Classifications

• G06T2200/24

  involving graphical user interfaces [GUIs] · CPC title

• G06T11/60

  Creating or editing images; Combining images with text · CPC title

• G05B2219/25257

  Microcontroller · CPC title

• G05B19/0423 Primary

  Input/output · CPC title

• G05B19/042

  using digital processors (G05B19/05 takes precedence) · CPC title