Patent ID: 8483851

Claim:
Method for operating an electrically controllable technical device ( 1 ), comprising a signal- and data-processing control device ( 2 ), a control panel ( 4 ) operatively connected to the control device ( 2 ) and combined structurally with the control device ( 2 ) or provided separately from the control device ( 2 ) with input means ( 6 ) for the delivery of control commands to the technical device ( 1 ) as well as for the input of data into the control device ( 2 ) by an operator ( 7 ), which control panel ( 4 ) comprises a graphical output means ( 8 ) for representing portions of all of the available information for an operator ( 7 ), including of status information on the operational or process status of the controllable, technical device ( 1 ), comprising providing at least one first screen layout ( 10 ), which is designed for showing a first portion of information on the graphical output means ( 8 ) and is provided for viewing from an immediate operating area ( 9 ) of the control panel ( 4 ); providing at least one second screen layout ( 11 ), which is designed for showing a second portion of information on the graphical output means ( 8 ) and is provided for viewing from outside an immediate operating area ( 9 ) of the control panel ( 4 ) or the technical device ( 1 ); automated detection of the presence and /or absence of a person in the immediate operating area ( 9 ) of the control panel ( 4 ) or the technical device ( 1 ); and automated switching between the first and second screen layout ( 10 , 11 ) by way of the established status concerning the presence and/or absence of a person in the immediate operating area ( 9 ) of the control panel ( 4 ) or the technical device ( 1 ).