An introduction to the virtual process visualization method for supervisory control

Author

Wittenberg, Carsten

Author_Institution

Corp. Technol., Siemens AG, Germany

Volume

3

fYear

2003

fDate

5-8 Oct. 2003

Firstpage

2436

Abstract

The increasing level of automation of production systems has lead to reduced numbers of operators and at the same time to an increase in the number of process information each operator has to supervise and control. This article presents a concept for the design of graphical user interfaces in the domain of industrial automation. The concept uses techniques known from three-dimensional computer graphics and an information structure based on the operator´s task to present the production systems, adapted to the human information processing. Experiments tested and evaluated the efficiency of this concept.

Keywords

computer graphics; graphical user interfaces; manufacturing systems; process control; process monitoring; virtual reality; graphical user interface design; human information processing; industrial automation; process information; production automation; production systems; supervisory control; three dimensional computer graphics; virtual process visualization; Automatic control; Computer graphics; Control systems; Design automation; Electrical equipment industry; Graphical user interfaces; Humans; Production systems; Supervisory control; Visualization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 2003. IEEE International Conference on

ISSN

1062-922X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7952-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSMC.2003.1244249

Filename

1244249