Walk-through human/machine interface for industrial control

摘要

A human/machine interface for designing, monitoring and troubleshooting complex industrial control systems uses the paradigm of the factory floor to organize machines, control program portions and data as virtual spatially linked objects that may be moved in three dimensions to be joined with other spatially linked objects. The user may move within the virtual factory floor among the spatially linked objects followed by spatially indifferent objects which provide tools for monitoring and interacting with the spatially linked objects. Proximity of visual objects determines data sharing between objects.