Patent ID: 7793292
Filing Date: 2010-09-07
Classification: G05B,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A batch display system adapted to be executed on a processor for displaying batch data associated with one or more batch runs of a batch process implemented by process equipment within a process plant, the batch display system comprising: a memory; a communication routine adapted to be communicatively coupled to the process plant to receive batch data associated with the one or more batch runs of the batch process; and a batch display application, stored on the memory and adapted to be executed on the processor and adapted to produce a batch view illustrating multiple types of batch data generated during the one or more batch runs of the batch process, the batch view including a time scale and a multiplicity of batch data layers disposed in relation to the time scale illustrating the times at which different events occurred within the one or more batch runs of the batch process, wherein the batch view includes multiple different types of icons associated with different types of the different events, wherein the plurality of different hierarchical levels of batch procedure elements, wherein the plurality of different hierarchical levels of batch procedure elements are displayed in a single batch data layer.