Facility management apparatus having touch responsive display screens

Patent 5295062 Issued on March 15, 1994. Estimated Expiration Date:

March 15, 2011. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventor

Fukushima, Hiroki

Assignee

Yamatake-Honeywell Co., Ltd.

Application

No. 643542 filed on 01/18/1991

US Classes:

700/83, Having operator control interface (e.g., control/display console)345/173, Touch panel715/764, On-screen workspace or object715/841, Sub-menu structure715/843, Pull down715/854Navigation within structure

Examiners

Primary: Smith, Jerry
Assistant: Garland, Steven R.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman

International Class

G05B 015/02

Foreign Application Priority Data

1990-01-19 JP

Abstract

A facility management apparatus includes a display unit for designating a facility system and selectively displaying a corresponding individual facility system screen. The individual facility system screen includes a point display section and an associated screen pull-down section. The point display section is used to designate each control monitor point in the facility system and to display detailed information of the designated point on a screen upon a pull-down operation. The associated screen pull-down section is used to designate an associated menu in the facility system and to display detailed information of the designated menu on the screen upon a pull-down operation.