Patent ID: 8555206
Filing Date: 2013-10-08
Classification: G05B

Abstract:
1. A method of displaying recipe information for a process control system, the method comprising: displaying a user interface screen associated with a recipe being executed in a process control system, wherein the recipe includes a plurality of process phases; displaying a plurality of process stage progress indicators in the user interface screen in an arrangement representative of the process flow of the recipe, wherein each of the process stage progress indicators is representative of at least one of the process phases of the recipe, at least one of the process stage progress indicators having a filled portion and a non-filled portion, the filled portion indicative of a completed amount of a corresponding one of the process phases, and the non-filled portion indicative of a portion to be completed of the corresponding one of the process phases; updating a first one of the process stage progress indicators in substantially real-time based on information received from the process control system; and displaying a second one of the process stage progress indicators linearly concatenated in seriatim with the first process stage progress indicator to form a recipe progress bar, wherein a first amount of fill of the first process stage progress indicator in concatenation with a second amount of fill of the second process stage progress indicator simultaneously represents an overall progress of the recipe and progresses of ones of the process phases corresponding to the first and second process stage progress indicators.