WO2012041538A1

WO2012041538A1 - Use enhancement of operating devices

Info

Publication number: WO2012041538A1
Application number: PCT/EP2011/058322
Authority: WO
Inventors: Ingo Brussog; Michael Wittkowski
Original assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
Priority date: 2010-09-29
Filing date: 2011-05-23
Publication date: 2012-04-05
Also published as: DE102010041658A1

Abstract

The invention relates to a man-machine interface (MMI) for a device and/or an installation which can be controlled and/or regulated using a controller and/or a regulation means, and to a system comprising a corresponding controller and/or regulation means and such an MMI. In order to enhance use, an MMI is proposed having at least one interface for communicating with the controller and/or regulation means, a power supply, a processor, a display, an input element and a memory and/or a further interface, wherein a normal mode for monitoring and/or operating the device or the installation and a multimedia mode for reproducing multimedia files, which can be stored in the memory and/or can be supplied via the further interface, are provided.

Description

description

Benefit increase of operating devices The invention relates to a man-machine interface (MMI) for a device and / or a plant, the corresponding or ner means ei ^¬ control and / or regulation control and / or regulated, and a system of a Control and / or regulation and such a MMI.

Such a system and such an MMI are used in a variety of fields both in the industrial and in the domestic field. It is often - especially in the home - but the case that the associated devices and systems, or at least its Steue ^¬ conclusions and / or regulations are only temporarily used. At the same time, the human-machine interfaces concerned (including the human-machine interface, HMI) are becoming ever more powerful. For example, today's fitness equipment (exercise equipment) such as so-called "trim bikes", steppers, treadmills or the like are equipped with increasingly high-quality HMIs up to high-resolution video-capable touch displays, which high-quality 32-bit processor platforms with operating systems or even low-cost PC platforms.

In professional studios, these devices, together with the associated exercise equipment, are well utilized and thus utilized to a high degree of their available time. In the private sector, however, training devices are rather a majority of their available time out of service and the sometimes very high-quality HMI components are thus largely unused "broke". This applies mutatis mutandis to high-quality HMI components ^¬ other "Home Electronics", for examples play heating or air conditioning units controls. So far, the high-quality HMIs are firmly connected to the training devices (or heating controls, etc.) and are therefore included in the nursing Stands of the exercise equipment off or at least not continue to use.

The invention has for its object to provide a solution for HMIs, which have an increase in utility over the known human-machine interfaces.

This object is achieved by a human-machine interface (MMI) for a device and / or a system, which can be controlled and / or regulated by means of a control and / or regulation, with at least one interface to the communications ^¬ tion with the control and / or regulation, a power supply, a processor, a display, an input element and a memory and / or another interface, a normal mode for monitoring and / or operation of the device or system and a multimedia -Mode for re ^¬ edition of multimedia files that can be stored in the memory and / or can be supplied via the other interface, seen ^¬ before.

The object is further achieved by a system having the features specified in claim 7.

Looking at the technical characteristics of a zeitgemä- SEN demanding HMI an example as zeitgemä ^¬ SEN training device with electronic control precisely, it can be found high correlation in the performance characteristics of the so-called "digital photo frame". Through the inventive solution, the HMI of a modern Fit- ness device (or a modern air-conditioning, etc.) with elekt ^¬ ronischer control is designed so that it is in the rest periods regardless of the separate and silent ^¬ down control electronics of the training apparatus as a so-called of the exercise machine " digital picture frame "can continue to be operated with a completely different purpose.

So it is the electronic ("embedded") control of a training device for sporting purposes designed so that the Required actuators and sensors are built so separated from the display and Be ^¬ dienelementen that display and Be ^¬ dienelemente (ie the HMI) are also still operate when the training device itself and thus its control electronics is switched off and is at a standstill. Dis ^¬ play, controls and possible existing data interface ^¬ places can then be operated independently, for example, to represent digital image or video files. The advantage of the solution according to the invention is that the customer of a training device with electronic Steue ^¬ tion and high-quality HMI a second use of this HMI can be offered independently of training operation and thus the price-performance ratio of the training device undergoes a significant increase. This applies mutatis mutandis - as it says - ^¬ also for high-quality HMI components of other "home electronics", for example, heating or air conditioner controls. Likewise, applications in industry as well as in general building technology are conceivable in which the HMI component is also used only temporarily.

In an advantageous embodiment of the invention, the MMI is equipped with at least one loudspeaker, whereby the image and / or video files can optionally be combined with audio files for the playback or video files with at least one soundtrack or of course also audio files can be played alone ,

In a further advantageous embodiment, the

Power supply designed as a self-sufficient energy storage. In this comfortable version - with separate second power supply exclusively for the operation of the HMI - it is possible that the HMI is removed from the training device (or disconnected from the heating control etc.) and placed anywhere. An embodiment which can be placed belie ^¬ big, is also conceivable in the "basic version", but then requires a pluggable power supply, for example, ^¬ with a separate power supply. In a further advantageous embodiment, the energy store is designed as an accumulator, which can be charged via a power supply of the device or the system. In this way, the battery in the normal mode can (play for examples in training mode) loaded and during the Multime ^¬ dia-operation ( "display-operation" as a digital photo picture frame ^¬ men) be unloaded again.

In a further advantageous embodiment, the control and / or regulation is integrated in the MMI. In this way, the controller and / or controller can "share" electronic components with the HMI that would otherwise need to be duplicated. One MENT on the benefits for a fitness device or Hei and / or air conditioning trained HMIs for Beo ^¬ stream processing and / or operation of a corresponding device and a corresponding system has already been made. It is particularly advantageous here, coordinated systematically me completely offer, so can no problems with Inkompati ^¬ bilitäten occur.

In the following, the invention will be described and explained in more detail with reference to the embodiment shown in the figure. The figure shows:

An inventive HMI on the example of a Laufban ^¬ des. The figure shows a human-machine interface 1 (MMI or

HMI, "Human Machine Interface") for a fitness machine 2, as which is "embedded" a treadmill with a for the display controller 3 has been selected. The HMI 1 has its own Mic ^¬ rocontroller (processor) 6. The treadmill 2 from an electric drive 18. Via appropriate menus and input functions in the HMI 1, the user 17 can now enter values such as speed, running time, ramp functions, etc. These inputs are processed by the controller 3 and stored in Control signals for the drive control implemented and output to the drive 18. At the same time via various sensors - such as a sensor for the pulse rate 14, a sensor for the position of the user 15 and a sensor for the speed 16 - input parameters such as the test person's pulse, force on the treadmill, overrun ^¬ tion of safety barriers etc. continuously read and processed in real time together with the input functions, in turn, if necessary, to influence the output data to the drive 18 to take.

According to the invention, the HMI 1 is now constructed and designed such that it can be removed from the training device 2 and used independently in a new use as a presentation unit for digital multimedia files that are already present to it either in an internal memory 9 or via external interfaces 10 can be supplied from an external data memory 12. The HMI 1 has for this purpose a separate power supply 5, which may also be designed so that it consists of an internal energy store, which is ge ^¬ load during the training operation in the normal mode and during the representation operation for Multime ^¬ slide files in the multimedia Mode is discharged again. In the illustrated embodiment, the power supply 5 also has a connection for an external power supply unit 13.

For the playback of the multimedia files, the HMI 1 in addition to a display 7 and a speaker 11, so that files for image, video and sound can be output. The interface 4 for the communication with the controller 3 can be designed for a communication connection as shown by cabling or of course wireless (radio, optical). In summary, the invention relates to a human-machine interface (MMI) for a device and / or a system which can be controlled and / or regulated by means of a control and / or regulation and a system comprising a corresponding the control and / or regulation and such a MMI. In order to achieve an increase in utility, an MMI is proposed with at least one interface for communication with the control and / or regulation, a power supply, a processor, a display, an input element and a memory and / or another interface, wherein a normal mode for observation and / or operation of the device or the system and a multimedia mode for playback of multimedia files that can be stored in memory and / or supplied via the further interface, are provided.

Claims

claims

1. human-machine interface (MMI) (1) for a device (2) and / or a system which is or can be controlled and / or regulated by means of a controller (3) and / or regulation, with at least one Interface (4) for communication with the controller (3) and / or control, a power supply (5), a processor (6), a display (7), an input element

(8) and a memory (9) and / or a further interface (10), wherein a normal mode for observation and / or

Operation of the device (2) or the system and a multimedia mode for playback of multimedia files stored in memory

(9) can be stored and / or supplied via the further interface (10) are provided.

2. MMI according to claim 1 with at least one speaker (11).

3. MMI according to claim 1 or 2,

wherein the power supply (5) is designed as a self-sufficient energy storage.

4. MMI according to claim 3,

wherein the energy store (5) is designed as an accumulator, which can be charged via a power supply of the device (2) or the system.

5. MMI according to one of the preceding claims,

wherein the controller (3) and / or control in the MMI (1) is integrated.

6. MMI according to one of the preceding claims,

for a fitness device (2) or a heating and / or ^air-¬ system.

7. System of a controller (3) and / or control and an MMI (1) according to one of the preceding claims.

8. System according to claim 7 with the device (2) or the system which is or by means of the controller (3) and / or control and / or regulated.

9. System according to claim 8,

wherein the device (2) is designed as a fitness device.

10. System according to claim 8,

The system is designed as a heating and / or air conditioning.