US 12,216,898 B2
Touch panel operations switch, facility management device, and facility management screen generation method
Naoya Sugiyama, Shizuoka (JP); Koichiro Sakurai, Shizuoka (JP); and Hidemitsu Kawai, Shizuoka (JP)
Assigned to CARRIER JAPAN CORPORATION, Kanagawa (JP)
Appl. No. 16/966,510
Filed by TOSHIBA CARRIER CORPORATION, Kanagawa (JP)
PCT Filed Mar. 20, 2018, PCT No. PCT/JP2018/011123
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 31, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/150591, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 8, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-014516 (JP), filed on Jan. 31, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0048946 A1, Feb. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 3/048 (2013.01); F24F 11/52 (2018.01); G05B 19/042 (2006.01); G06F 3/04817 (2022.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04847 (2022.01); G06F 3/04886 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 3/04886 (2013.01) [F24F 11/52 (2018.01); G05B 19/042 (2013.01); G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04847 (2013.01); G05B 2219/2614 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A touchscreen operation switch comprising:
a touchscreen configured to display display-information onto a screen and configured to input information on an operation performed on the displayed screen through the touchscreen; and
a processor in communication with the touchscreen and configured to perform processing comprising:
display-information generator processing configured to generate the display information on an icon, the icon having an outer frame and a first area set to a part inside the outer frame, and
information generator processing configured to generate a piece of slide-operation information in response to a slide operation starting in the first area being performed on the displayed screen of the touchscreen and passing a slide-operation detection line set in an area only within the outer frame excluding the first area and a detected slide trajectory of the slide operation stays inside the outer frame until the detected slide trajectory passes the slide-operation detection line, wherein
the display-information generator processing is configured to change a coloring of an image of the first area in accordance with the piece of slide-operation information generated by the information generator processing,
the display-information generator processing is configured to display a graphic inside the first area indicating a current setting or reading of a piece of operating equipment in response to the piece of equipment being placed in an on state, and
the display-information generator processing is configured to hide the graphic inside the first area in response to the piece of equipment being placed in an off state.