Patent ID: 6724409
Filing Date: 2004-04-20
Classification: G05B

Abstract:
An apparatus for generating a tree-based graphical user interface (GUI), the apparatus for generating the tree-based GUI capable of being used to create or edit machine control sequences, the apparatus comprising:a computer, the computer being programmed to execute GUI generation code and GUI user interaction handling code; a display device in communication with the computer, wherein when the computer executes the GUI generation code, an item list and a tree structure are simultaneously displayed on the display device, the tree structure comprising a machine control sequence comprised of at least one step, wherein each step includes at least one device to be utilized in the step, the at least one device hierarchically differentiated within the tree structure from the at least one step, and at least one command to be executed in the step, the at least one command hierarchically differentiated within the tree structure from the at least one step and the at least one device, the item list displaying commands that can be added to the tree structure.