Machine Tool Setup Screen Layout for Faster Error-Resistant Navigation
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing setup processes for machine tools are cumbersome, requiring operators to navigate through multiple screens and layers, leading to lower user-friendliness and increased chances of errors due to incorrect screen selections.
Innovation Solution
The proposed solution involves a controlled display of a setup screen for machine tools, featuring a menu display part for selecting setup items and a detail display part for displaying operation screens. The system maintains the menu display while switching operation screens in response to operator inputs, ensuring that setup items are always accessible at a fixed position.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple screens are switched during setup work, then various functions can be accessed, but the operator needs to continuously recognize the setup screen and repeat screen operations, reducing user-friendliness
Solution Approach 1:
The display screen is divided into two distinct parts: a menu display part that shows setup items and a detail display part that shows operation screens. This segmentation allows the menu to remain visible while accessing detailed operations, eliminating the need to switch between screens and maintaining continuous recognition of the setup context.
2Adaptability or versatility
If screen operations are repeated to return to previous items, then navigation between setup items is possible, but troublesome operations are required, reducing operational efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The interface transitions from a single-screen sequential navigation to a two-part simultaneous display. The menu display part and detail display part operate in parallel, allowing operators to access any setup item directly without repeating navigation steps, effectively adding a spatial dimension to the navigation structure.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the operator selects a wrong operation button, then the screen switches to an unintended screen, but recovering requires troublesome operations to reach the necessary layer
Solution Approach 1:
The menu display part is maintained continuously visible before the operator performs detailed operations. This preliminary visual confirmation allows the operator to verify the current setup item before proceeding, preventing wrong selections and enabling immediate correction without troublesome recovery operations.
Data Source
AI summary
A display control device according to an embodiment includes a display control unit that controls display of a setup screen for performing setup for machining in a machine tool, the setup screen including (i) a menu display part displaying a plurality of setup items in a selectable manner and (ii) a detail display part displaying an operation for each of the setup items. In control of display of the setup screen, while the setup screen is displayed, display of the setup items on the menu display part is maintained and display of the operation screens is switched on the detail display part in response to an operation input by an operator.