Patent ID: 8026933

Claim:
A visualization system that preserves, augments or increases resolution of images within an industrial automation environment, comprising: at least one microprocessor; at least one memory communicatively coupled to the at least one microprocessor, the at least one memory having stored therein computer-executable instructions, comprising: a reference component that identifies, determines, or maps level of zooming or panning in connection with an image within an industrial automation environment, the image data located at a first source; a context component that infers a problem that a user is fixing; a resolution component that retrieves image data from a second source that is different from the first source, the retrieved image data corresponding to specific portions of the image, the image data represents an industrial machine in the industrial automation environment, and the resolution component retrieves and provides the image data from the second source corresponding to one or more zoomed in regions of the industrial machine that is inferred to be associated with the problem the user is fixing; and a visualization component that receives the retrieved image data from the resolution component and generates a visualization of the image employing the retrieved image data that preserves, augments, or enhances resolution of the image as a function of the zooming or panning.