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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 18, 2013
Applicant:

Abb Research Ltd., Zurich, CH;

Inventors:

Susanne Timsjo, Vasteras, SE;

Martin Olausson, Vasteras, SE;

Assignee:

ABB Research Ltd., Zurich, CH;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/00 (2006.01); G05B 23/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 23/027 (2013.01); G02B 27/0093 (2013.01); G05B 23/0272 (2013.01); G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G05B 2219/35427 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for notifying at least a first condition in an industrial system by way of a monitoring system in order to draw the attention of an operator monitoring the industrial system to the at least one condition. The method includes displaying the first condition in a first portion of a display screen of the monitoring system, determining by eye tracking an area where a user focuses on the display screen, the area where the user focuses differing from the first portion, and alerting the user of the first condition in order to allow the user to be notified of the first condition in the industrial system. A monitoring system is also presented herein.


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