Patent ID: 8125310
Filing Date: 2012-02-28
Classification: G05B,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A method for providing a user interface for an industrial control system wherein visual information presented at least in part displayed in layers arranged on a display screens of a control system, in which said control system a plurality of at least one of process graphics and other presentation schemes or devices provide information held by said control system, the method comprising: detecting a current process, system state and current user; and selectively displaying one or more layers providing an interface to a state or function of the current process, wherein a content of the one or more layers is determined based on said information available from said control system and by calculating which of the available layers comprising items of said visual information shall be selectively visually displayed or presented prominently, or displayed less prominently, or hidden, wherein determining which of the content of the one or more layers to be displayed is related to an application of the system or a task that is to be performed, a state of the system, user preferences, wherein when determining which of the one or more layers is to be displayed is related to a state of the system information most relevant to the state of the system is displayed first.