Touch Panel Layout for Industrial Machine Input Error Reduction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Industrial machine operating apparatuses with simple display of input panels struggle to clearly associate input items with corresponding machine elements, leading to increased risk of input errors.
Innovation Solution
An operating apparatus with a touch panel display that uses a panel display controller to show first and second panels on the same side as their corresponding elements, maintaining the same order as the elements' arrangement, allowing operators to easily recognize the correct input locations and reduce errors.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If input panels are displayed simply on a display, then device complexity is reduced, but operator recognition of correspondence between input items and machine elements deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The display is segmented into multiple regions corresponding to different machine elements. Each input panel is placed in a specific region that matches the physical arrangement of machine elements, creating visual separation and association between controls and their corresponding components.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from a single-dimensional linear display to a two-dimensional spatial arrangement that mirrors the physical layout of machine elements. This dimensional expansion allows operators to recognize correspondences through spatial positioning rather than sequential scanning.
2Ease of manufacture
If panels are displayed without spatial arrangement, then ease of manufacture is improved, but input accuracy deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
Different regions of the display are assigned specific functional qualities corresponding to different machine elements. Each local area of the display has a designated purpose and associated controls, creating a structured environment that reduces input errors while maintaining implementation simplicity.
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AI summary
An operating apparatus to operate an industrial machine including a first element on one side in a predetermined arrangement direction and a second element on another side in the predetermined arrangement direction, includes a touch panel display to display an image and perform input on the image displayed, and a panel display controller configured or programmed to cause the touch panel display to display a first panel usable to perform settings regarding the first element, and a second panel usable to perform settings regarding the second element on the another side with respect to the first panel.