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Apparatus and methods for ensuring visibility of display window

A multi-display and control display technology, applied in the direction of digital output to display equipment, static indicators, program control design, etc., can solve problems such as inappropriate

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-08-19
HONEYWELL INT INC
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Therefore, an operator of a process control graphic display may assume that the platform used to control an important process is not suitable

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[0015] Before describing the methods of the present invention, it is helpful to understand the system environment in which the present invention is utilized. refer to figure 1 , shows a block diagram of a process control system 10 in which a preferred embodiment of the present invention may be found. The process control system 10 includes a plant control network 11 and a data highway 12 connected thereto, which allows a process controller 20' to connect thereto. In the present process control system 10 , an additional process controller 20 ′ can be operatively connected to the plant control network 11 via a corresponding trunk gateway 601 and a corresponding data trunk 12 . Process controller 20, including a number of new additions, improvements and feature interface devices relative to process controller 20', is operatively connected to plant control network 11 via Universal Control Network (UCN) 14 to Network Interface Module (NIM) 602 . In a preferred embodiment of the p...

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Devices, systems and methods for controlling displays in a multi-display environment are disclosed. The exemplary system may include a module for intercepting display creations from the display system. A module makes a determination whether the intercepted display is a dialog display and, if so, promotes the display status of that display to an always-on-top status, thereby ensuring the display's visibility.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to display systems and, more particularly, to methods for organizing software application displays to ensure visibility of the displays. Background technique [0002] In a control room environment, computer users may miss important information because it is obscured by other displays. For casual users, this can happen when looking at Windows XP's Task Manager and then trying to start a program using XP's "Start>Run..." command. In this case, the system response window may be hidden from the user by the task manager display, which may be granted an "always on top" status. Similarly, operators rely on the visibility of process control graphic displays. Operator interaction may be obscured by other such displays. If the occluded interaction is a "message box" or any other type of modal dialog display waiting for an operator response, then the dialog's own display, or even the entire system, may be unresponsive to subseq...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G09G5/14G06F3/14
CPCG09G5/14G06F9/542G06F3/1454
Inventor J·S·亚当斯
Owner HONEYWELL INT INC