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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2008
Henry Chen, Beijing, CN;
Ji Gu, Shanghai, CN;
Cheng Jun LI, Beijing, CN;
Yajun-edwin Zhang, Shanghai, CN;
John R. Hajdukiewicz, Florham Park, NJ (US);
Tom Plocher, Hugo, MN (US);
Henry Chen, Beijing, CN;
Ji Gu, Shanghai, CN;
Cheng Jun Li, Beijing, CN;
Yajun-Edwin Zhang, Shanghai, CN;
John R. Hajdukiewicz, Florham Park, NJ (US);
Tom Plocher, Hugo, MN (US);
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
One embodiment of the application provides a method of generating a 3D user interface (UI) in a controller for an appliance in a physical environment. The method includes: abstracting the appliance to obtain to a appliance functionality description having variables of the appliance, operations of the state variables, and relationship among the state variables; converting the state variables into corresponding 3D widgets in the controller, wherein the state variable are mapped respectively into the 3D widgets; laying out the 3D widgets to form the 3D UI in the controller; constructing communication objects in the controller from the state variables, the state variables being mapped into the communication objects; and providing interaction between the 3D UI and the appliance by a communication protocol integrated with the appliance.