IP Library Granted Patent US 12,422,838
Granted Patent B2
US 12,422,838 · App. 17/754,599 · Granted Sep 23, 2025

SCADA web HMI system

Inventors: Ryosuke Higashiya (Tokyo, JP); Akira Nojima (Tokyo, JP); Nobuo Shimizu (Tokyo, JP); Ryo Shimizu (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: TMEIC CORPORATION
G05B23/0272G05B19/05G05B23/0216G05B2219/23067G05B2219/24215
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Patent No.
US 12,422,838
App. No.
17/754,599
Granted
Sep 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A SCADA web HMI system generates an integrated component by grouping components including a first component and provides a first animation effect to the integrated component. The first animation effect is applied to the integrated component as a whole but not individually applied to components constituting the integrated component. The system provides a second animation effect to the first component. The second animation effect is applied to the first component but not applied to the components constituting the integrated component except for the first component. The system associates the first animation effect with the value of a first PLC signal and changes the appearance of the integrated component according to the value of the first PLC signal. The system associates the second animation effect with the value of a second PLC signal and changes the appearance of the first component according to the value of the second PLC signal.

Claims (28)

1. A SCADA web HMI system including a web browser configured to display an HMI screen, the SCADA web HMI system being configured to change an appearance of a component placed on the HMI screen in accordance with a value of a PLC signal received from a programmable logic controller, the SCADA web HMI system comprising:

at least one processor;

at least one memory storing at least one computer program,

wherein the at least one processor executes, in accordance with the at least one computer program,

processing of generating an integrated component by grouping a plurality of components including a first component,

processing of generating a duplicate integrated component by grouping a plurality of components including the integrated component,

processing of providing, to the integrated component, a first animation effect that is applied to the integrated component as a whole but not individually applied to components constituting the integrated component,

processing of providing, to the first component, a second animation effect that is applied to the first component but not applied to components constituting the integrated component except for the first component,

processing of providing, to the duplicate integrated component, a third animation effect that is applied to the duplicate integrated component as a whole but not individually applied to components constituting the duplicate integrated component,

processing of associating the first animation effect with a value of a first PLC signal,

processing of associating the second animation effect with a value of a second PLC signal,

processing of associating the third animation effect with a value of a third PLC signal,

processing of receiving the first PLC signal and changing the appearance of the integrated component in the HMI screen through animation in accordance with the value of the first PLC signal,

processing of receiving the second PLC signal and changing the appearance of the first component in the HMI screen through animation in accordance with the value of the second PLC signal, and

processing of receiving the third PLC signal and changing the appearance of the duplicate integrated component in the HMI screen through animation in accordance with the value of the third PLC signal.

2. The SCADA web HMI system according to claim 1 , wherein

the first animation effect includes at least one of display color change of the integrated component and a figure transformation of the integrated component, and the figure transformation of the integrated component includes at least one of scaling, rotation, translation, shear, and a combination of scaling, rotation, translation, and shear,

the second animation effect includes at least one of display color change of the first component and a figure transformation of the first component, and the figure transformation of the first component includes at least one of scaling, rotation, translation, shear, and a combination of scaling, rotation, translation, and shear, and

the third animation effect includes at least one of display color change of the duplicate integrated component and a figure transformation of the duplicate integrated component, and the figure transformation of the duplicate integrated component includes at least one of scaling, rotation, translation, shear, and a combination of scaling, rotation, translation, and shear.

3. The SCADA web HMI system according to claim 2 , wherein

the SCADA web HMI system includes a GUI, and

the at least one processor executes processing of receiving an operation on the GUI in accordance with the at least one computer program and performs the figure transformation of the integrated component, the figure transformation of the first component, and the figure transformation of the duplicate integrated component based on a central point of each figure specified by the operation on the GUI.

4. The SCADA web HMI system according to claim 1 , wherein

the SCADA web HMI system includes a GUI, and

the at least one processor executes processing of receiving an operation on the GUI in accordance with the at least one computer program and executes, based on the operation on the GUI, the processing of providing the first animation effect to the integrated component, the processing of providing the second animation effect to the first component, and the processing of providing the third animation effect to the duplicate integrated component.

5. The SCADA web HMI system according to claim 1 , wherein the SCADA web HMI system

is provided in an iron steel milling monitoring control system, and

is configured to provide a slab made of a plurality of components on the HMI screen and change the appearance of the slab in the HMI screen through animation in accordance with the value of the PLC signal from the programmable logic controller placed on an iron steel milling line.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 26, 2024
From: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
To: TMEIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 067244/0359 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 7, 2022
From: HIGASHIYA, RYOSUKE; NOJIMA, AKIRA; SHIMIZU, NOBUO; SHIMIZU, RYO
To: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 059529/0470 →
Continuity (1)
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