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1. to calculate relative correction value P for overshoot and relative cor rection value P for response These relative correction values are then further refined and finally output ready relative correction values are calculated as integer values from 1 through 5 Step 4 In this example the final relative correction value for the overshoot parameter is 30 3 and for the response parameter is 1 Based on these output values for relative correction the CRT 3 displays as shown in FIG 4 three black triangles M on overshoot axis A and 10 15 35 45 55 65 4 one black triangle on the response axis B to represent the relative correction values Step 5 When the operator views the display if he believes that the above degree of correction values are the appropriate ones to rectify the current state of control he uses the operating unit 9 to initiate a transmit data command Step 6 This command causes the relative correction value corresponding to the display to be sent to the data transmis sion unit Step 7 The correction values are then transmitted to temperature controller 11 If the operator on viewing the display feels that the values are not correct he uses the operating unit 9 to initiate a reset command Step 8 This will cause the CRT screen to resume its initial display and he can then input different relative corrections As a consequence with input unit 2 pressing a single spot makes it p
2. T m U S Patent 26 1998 Sheet 3 of 4 5 757 356 OVERSHOOT OVERSHOOT EN aed Ld B pp em FIG 4 0 5 Patent 26 1998 Sheet 4 of 4 5 757 356 n VERTICAL LINE L IS ERASED GRIDLINE V IS WRITTEN IF ERASED n 1 VERTICLE LINE L IS WRITTEN n MOST RECENT DATA IS WRITTEN FIG 6 5 757 356 1 INPUT DATA DISPLAY DEVICE This application is a continuation of application Ser No 8 386 173 filed Feb 9 1995 now abandoned which is a continuation application of Ser No 08 040 989 filed Mar 31 1993 now abandoned FIELD OF THE INVENTION This invention concerns an input data display device which can be connected to various types of control devices It allows an operator to input data more visually so that an interactive input operation is possible BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Furnaces and other heating devices use temperature adjusters control devices to control the heat sources so as to maintain heat at a given temperature The control param eters for this type of temperature control include overshoot response and hunting parameters When the temperature control is faulty it will be necessary to make relative adjustments in the control parameters corresponding to the existing quality of temperature control If for example a proportional integral derivative PID control circuit is being used to control temperature changing the relative v
3. United States Patent Takasaki et al US005757356A Patent Number 5 757 356 May 26 1998 45 Date of Patent 54 INPUT DATA DISPLAY DEVICE 75 Inventors Yukio Takasaki Kyoto Takashi Imamura Kyoto fu both of Japan 73 Assignee Omron Corporation Kyoto Japan 21 Appl No 654 016 22 Filed May 28 1996 Related U S Application Data 63 Continuation of Ser No 386 173 Feb 9 1995 abandoned which is a continuation of Ser No 40 989 Mar 31 1993 abandoned 30 Foreign Application Priority Data 31 1992 JP Japan 4 076875 S T Int G09G 5 36 52 US Cl 345 133 345 145 58 Field of Search es 345 173 174 345 163 157 156 145 146 133 134 135 139 140 178 18 19 56 References Cited U S PATENT DOCUMENTS 5 005 116 4 1991 Fujital nnn 364 188 5 093 796 3 1992 Takada ar eren 364 188 5 122 957 6 1992 Hattori 364 424 02 5 239 458 8 1993 Suzuki een 364 188 FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS 043201 1 1982 European Pat Off 252171 1 1988 European Pat Off 390164 10 1990 European Pat Off 0164405 12 1991 Japan nennt 364 188 PUBLICATIONS User Manual 1992 pp 118 to 125 IBM Method for converting charts in interactive display system C C Himelstein Feb 1985 5060 5061 IBM Techiniccal Disclosure Bulletin v
4. alues of each parameter and properly adjusting the PID gains will return the quality of the temperature control to normal In the past when the relative values of each of the aforesaid parameters needed to be changed the corrected values were actually input via a keyboard However chang ing the relative values entails taking into account the cor relation of the corrected values with various other param eters It is difficult and extremely time consuming to determine in a correlative fashion the relative correction to be applied to each parameter For example if the operator knew that the state of the temperature control involved no hunting a large overshoot and a response which is slightly faulty then he would modify the relative values so as to make a large correction jn the overshoot and a small correction in the response However the corrected values for overshoot and response must be determined in a correlative fashion Determining a relative correction of the value for each parameter requires a great deal of skill acquired through experience SUMMARY AND OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION In view of the difficulty of correlating corrections to parameter behavior as evidenced by the above example this invention provides as its primary object an input data display device which enables an operator to input values for the relative correction of a number of parameters which are properly correlated When this invention is used correlate
5. d corrections for a number of parameters are input via a display screen Data representing these input positions are used to compute output values for relative corrections for each parameter The values which have been computed are then transmitted to equipment connected to the input data display device It is another object of the invention to provide an input data display device that is equipped with a means to display each of the aforesaid relative correction values which are to be output It is yet another object of the invention to provide an input data display device having a means to display a control status graphically over time on a display 10 15 20 25 30 35 45 55 65 2 It is another object of this invention to display the relative correction values on the display screen It is another object of this invention to provide a display of the graph of each of the control parameters on the display screen so that the operator can confirm by graph how the corrections on the controlled device are done Briefly described those and other objects are accom plished in accordance with its apparatus aspects by provid ing an input data display device with a screen on which relative amounts by which each of a number of parameters is to be adjusted The parameters can be displayed in a manner which shows their ranges and possible correlations The invention further includes a means to input relative corrections When inp
6. ion of this invention Specifically it illustrates an input data display device 1 which includes an input unit 2 for entering the relative corrections for input parameters a display 3 a central processor 4 which pref erably consists of a microcomputer although any suitable processor may be employed a memory 5 in which the operating program for the CPU 4 and other various data are stored a transmission unit 6 which acts to transmit the data and an operating unit 9 In the illustrated embodiment the input device 1 is connected to a temperature controller 11 in order to control the temperature of the furnace 10 However it is contemplated that the input device 1 can be employed to control any suitable device The input unit 2 can be of any construction A preferable construction however involves a transparent laminated resis tive sheet for the X Y coordinates and a film electrode sheet under the resistive sheet Such construction effectively cre ates a digitizer Such a digitizer would produce a signal 5 757 356 3 encoding the coordinates of the position when the pressure produced by for example an operator s finger touching that point is detected The cathode ray tube CRT 3 is the preferred display device although any conventionally known display can be used The aforesaid input unit 2 is installed on top of the CRT 3 to form a single unit This combined unit with its screen capable of receiving input as well as for displa
7. ircle E with an origin G Radiating from origin G are overshoot axis A response axis B and hunting axis C which roughly divide the circle into three segments Origin G represents zero relative correction for each of the axes A B and C The points where the axes meet the periphery of the circle E represent maximum relative corrections Input unit 2 which as described with reference to FIG 1 is mounted on the surface of CRT 3 has fixed coordinate positions which match those of circle E origin and axes B and C Using this input data display device and the above control conditions the user desires to make a large correction in the overshoot and a small correction in the response The operator will then press point P on the surface of input unit 2 Step 2 This point is in the area in circle E between overshoot axis A and response axis B It is close to overshoot axis A thus representing a small correction in the response axis B and near the periphery of the circle E for that axis as well The position to press is chosen intuitively to corre spond to the desired correction Pressing the screen 3 causes the input unit 2 to generate a signal which represents the coordinates of the position that was pressed When this signal is generated the spot which was touched is displayed on CRT 3 Step 3 Vector T which has origin G as its starting point and the coordinate position as its endpoint is analyzed into its vector components in order
8. ol 33 No 6A Nov 1990 pp 291 293 IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin vol 33 No 7 Dec 1990 pp 120 122 Patent Abstracts of Japan vol 6 No 100 P 121 JP A 57 031 031 Feb 1982 Primary Examiner Xiao Wu Attorney Agent or Firm Dickstein Shapiro Morin amp Oshinsky LLP 57 ABSTRACT An input data display device makes it easier to input properly correlated relative corrections for number of parameters Relative amounts by which each of a number of parameters is to be adjusted can be displayed on the screen in a manner which shows their ranges and possible corre lation The data are input when the operator touches spots which he selects on the display screen The pressure of his finger causes data to be generated which represent those input positions A calculation device calculates output ready relative correction values for the various parameters based on these input position data These values are transmitted to the connected device 2 Claims 4 Drawing Sheets OVERSHOOT T N N G RESPONSE Pb HUNTING U S Patent 26 1998 Sheet 1 of 4 5 757 356 TRANSMISSION UNIT n 4 TEMPERATURE CONTROLLER B MR 10777 FURNACE 0 5 Patent 26 1998 Sheet 2 of 4 5 757 356 INITIAL DISPLAY FIG 2 DISPLAY INPUT POSITION CALCULATION OF OUTPUT READY RELATIVE CORRECTIONS DISPLAY RELATIVE CORRECTION VALUES TRANSMIT NO DATA TRANSMI
9. ossible for a number of properly correlated relative correction values to be output to the temperature controller 11 Furthermore these values can be confirmed by CRT 3 before being output These relative correction values then offer an effective way to rectify the state of control In the embodiment discussed above data were input via a digitizer overlaid on the screen of CRT 3 However it would also be possible to use either a mouse key input move a cursor to enter the correction data Furthermore the input data display device 1 is usually separate from the devices to which it is connected such as a temperature controller 11 However the present invention can include an input data display device 1 which is built into the controlled equipment Referring now to FIG 5 the graph display operation performed by CRT 3 in the example discussed above is shown This display operation can be performed before the relative correction values discussed above have been output It is initiated by a display graph command input via the operating unit 9 The graph of FIG 5 is based on temperature variation data associated with the state of control for example control temperature heating temperature and ambient temperature which are received from the tempera ture controller 11 Specifically FIG 5 shows a graphic display with three sets of temperature data a b and c which were received from the temperature controller 11 The dot
10. ted line L on the screen erases whatever vertical line x coordinate n is written in and writes in a new vertical line L on the line where the old data are written one line width to the right x coordinate 1 The latest data received are written in where the vertical line was erased x coordinate n FIG 6 is a flowchart illustrating the operations for gen erating the graph of FIG 5 If the graph has a grid line V in the location where the vertical line was erased in Step 1 this grid line V is written in as Step 2 Line Y indicates the reference level As the operation described in Steps 1 to 4 is performed repeatedly vertical line L moves from left to right on the screen as time elapses As line L moves the old data are replaced by the most recent data This type of display allows the display of data graphically over time with mini mum rewriting As explained this invention has a graphic display which allows the operator to use his intuition to input correlated relative corrections for a number of parameters This system makes it easy to obtain properly correlated relative correc tions for cach of the parameters It allows relative correction values to be determined in a correlative fashion without requiring a high degree of operator skill Furthermore displaying the relative values allows the displayed data to be verified thus enabling the operator to determine the relative corrections more accurately 5 757 356 5 Altho
11. ugh only a preferred embodiment is specifically illustrated and described herein it will be appreciated that modifications and variations of the present invention are possible in light of the above teachings and within the purview of the appended claims without departing from the spirit and intended scope of the invention What is claimed is 1 An input data display device for entering parameter control data for a controller said input data display device comprising a display device for displaying respective axes each of which represents an associated output control parameter said axes having a common origin at the center of a substantial circular shape and terminating at the perimeter of said substantially circular shape said axes forming between them wedge shaped areas on said display device said axes respectively representing interrelated control parameters for a controller which parameters include overshoot hunting and response means for selecting a location on said display device to thereby input position data which position data by virtue of its location on said display device and rela tionship to each of said axes represents simultaneous corrections to be made in said interrelated control parameters 10 20 6 means responsive to said selected location for adjusting one or more of the output values for said parameters in accordance with the selected location means for outputting said plurality of adjusted outp
12. ut parameter values and said display device displaying said plurability of adjusted output parameter values respectively on said axes wherein selection of a said location within one of said wedge shaped areas corrects control parameters asso ciated with the axes bordering said one wedge shaped area 2 The input data display device of claim 1 further comprising means to display a plurality of variation data corrected by said plurality of output parameters graphically over time and transmission means for transmitting said plurality of output values to said controller X
13. ut occurs in a position on the screen which the user selects the device generates data represent ing that position A means to compute relative corrections is also provided such that when the input display device receives the data representing input position it uses those data to compute and output relative corrections for each of the parameters The device also has a means to transmit the aforesaid relative corrections to equipment connected to the input data display device With these and other objects advantages and features of the invention that may become hereinafter apparent the nature of the invention may be further understood by refer ence to the following detailed description of the invention the appended claims and to the several drawings attached herein BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG 1 is a block diagram showing the structure of the invention FIG 2 is a flowchart of the operations which occur during input FIG 3 is an example of a display screen during the input steps of FIG 2 FIG 4 is an example of another screen display during the input steps of FIG 2 FIG 5 is an example of a graphic display produced according to this invention and FIG 6 is a flow chart of the operations for producing the graphic display of FIG 5 DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Referring to the drawings wherein like reference num bers refer to like elements FIG 1 illustrates a block diagram showing the configurat
14. y constitutes the device to input the relative correc tions The CPU 4 serves as the device which computes the relative values for correction The CPU 4 receives the input position data from input unit 2 and computes from these data the relative corrected values to output for each parameter In addition it controls display on the CRT 3 of the relative corrections of each parameter in a manner which shows how those corrections are correlated Finally the CPU 4 sends output values to the transmission unit 6 and then causes these values to be transmitted from unit 6 to the temperature controller 11 With reference to the flowchart in FIG 2 the operations of input device 1 are shown and the current state displays of the device are shown in FIGS 3 and 4 In the exemplified application the current state of control of the temperature of furnace 10 as mediated by temperature controller 11 is as follows a There is no hunting b there is a considerable overshoot and c the response is slightly defective As a result the operator must make a a large correction in the overshoot and b a small correction in the response No correction in hunting is necessary Before any correction data are input the initial display shown in FIG 3 appears on the screen Step 1 This display shows the distribution of correlated degrees of control applied to the various parameters As shown in FIG 3 in the center of the screen 36 is a slightly flattened c

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