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CN-121986308-A - Method for operating an electronic device, mobile radio device and server

CN121986308ACN 121986308 ACN121986308 ACN 121986308ACN-121986308-A

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for operating an electronic device, in particular for an industrial environment, with a status indicator, comprising a first means, which is arranged at least partially within a housing, for carrying out a predetermined function of the device, and a status indicator for displaying a status, in particular an error status, of the device by means of at least one light-emitting means, which is visible from outside the housing, wherein the light-emitting means signals at least part of the status of the electronic device in a machine-readable coded manner according to a first coding rule, and forms a first message which is machine-readable coded according to a second coding rule, and the first message is applied by means of a medium on the housing in such a way that the first message can be simultaneously optically detected jointly with the signal of the light-emitting means with the aid of a machine, wherein the first message is formed such that it contains at least one first information which is at least related to the first coding rule, and an interface is operated by means of the device, by means of which a status switch can be triggered on the basis of the signal indication and/or the first message. The invention also relates to an electronic device, a mobile radio device and a server.

Inventors

  • A.M. Ziegler
  • M. KRAMER

Assignees

  • 西门子股份公司

Dates

Publication Date
20260505
Application Date
20240719
Priority Date
20230816

Claims (20)

  1. 1. Method for operating an electronic device, in particular for use in an industrial environment, with a status indicator, comprising first means arranged at least partially within a housing for carrying out a predetermined function of the device, and a status indicator for displaying a status, in particular an error status, of the device by means of at least one light-emitting means visible from outside the housing, characterized in that the light-emitting means signal at least part of the status of the electronic device in a machine-readable manner according to a first coding rule, and form a first message which is machine-readable coded according to a second coding rule, and the first message is applied by means of a medium on the housing in such a way that the first message can be jointly optically detected with the aid of a machine at the same time as the signal of the light-emitting means, wherein the first message is formed such that it contains at least one first information which is at least related to the first coding rule, and an interface is operated by the device by means of which a status switch can be triggered on the basis of the signal indication and/or the first message.
  2. 2. Method according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the first module manipulates the lighting means in such a way that, when a state switch occurs into a current state, in particular an error state, at least one property of a function of the lighting means is manipulated at least temporarily to signal a second message encoded by the first encoding rule, and the second message is encoded in such a way that it contains at least second information relating to the current state.
  3. 3. Method according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that a first message, which is detectable by means of an optoelectronic means and is generated by means of a second machine-readable code, is applied as a placard in the vicinity of the light-emitting means in such a way that the light-emitting means and the placard can be detected simultaneously with the light-emitting means by an external camera, wherein the first message is encoded so that it contains at least first information for supporting status processing, as well as information about the position, in particular the position and/or orientation, of the light-emitting means relative to the position of the code.
  4. 4. Method according to the preceding claim, characterized in that a proprietary, for example device-specific, encoding rule is used as the first machine-readable encoding rule.
  5. 5. The method according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the second machine-readable code is formed as a two-dimensional code, in particular a stacked two-dimensional code, a matrix two-dimensional code, a compound two-dimensional code and/or a punctual two-dimensional code, such as a so-called "quick response" code, i.e. a QR code, a DataMatrix code, a PDF417 and/or the like.
  6. 6. Method according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the first and/or second message is encoded such that a camera integrated in a mobile radio device can be used as an external camera, wherein the mobile radio device is operated such that it can detect, decode and/or present the first and/or second information on a display.
  7. 7. A method according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the light emitting device is operated according to so-called "light emitting diodes", LEDs or similar technology.
  8. 8. Method according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that properties of the emitted light, in particular color, brightness, on and off, frequency of on and off and/or duration of the presence and/or absence of the emitted light given by on and off, respectively, are manipulated.
  9. 9. A method according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that it is operated as an industrial control device, a field device, a manufacturing device, a robot or similar industrial device.
  10. 10. Method according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the first and/or second message is encoded such that a camera, in particular a high-speed camera, monitoring the location of the electronic device G, in particular the location of an industrial environment, is used as an external camera, wherein the camera is functionally connected with a second module capable of detecting, decoding and/or showing the first and/or second information on a display.
  11. 11. Method according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the first module is operated such that the lighting means signal a state which can be ended by user processing, such as an error state and/or a data input, in particular a certificate transmission.
  12. 12. Method according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the device is enabled to make wireless connections, in particular short-range connections, according to, for example, the so-called "bluetooth low energy", i.e. bluetooth LE, and/or the so-called "near field communication", i.e. NFC, standard.
  13. 13. Method according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that a shell coating, in particular a printed film, suitable for holographic display, in particular for displaying micro bar codes, is used as medium, a carrier and/or a film-based electronic display for reproducing two-or multi-color representations.
  14. 14. An electronic device with a status indicator, in particular for use in an industrial environment, comprising first means arranged at least partially within a housing for performing a predetermined function of the device, and second means for displaying a status, in particular an error status, of the device by means of at least one light-emitting means visible from outside the housing, characterized in that the light-emitting means are designed such that they signal at least part of the status of the electronic device in a machine-readable coded manner according to a first coding rule, and that the first message, which is machine-readable coded according to a second coding rule, is applied by means of a medium on the housing such that it can be co-optically detected simultaneously with the signal of the light-emitting means with machine assistance, and that the first message is designed such that it contains at least one first message which is at least relevant to the first coding rule, and that the device has an interface by means of which a status switch can be triggered on the basis of the signal indication and/or the first message.
  15. 15. The electronic device according to claim 14, characterized in that the first module is designed such that it manipulates the light emitting means in such a way that, when a state switch occurs into a current state, in particular an error state, at least one property of a function of the light emitting means is manipulated at least temporarily to signal a second message encoded by the first encoding rule, wherein the second message is encoded such that it contains at least second information relating to the current state.
  16. 16. Electronic device according to one of the two preceding claims, characterized in that a first message, which is detectable by means of an optoelectronic means and is generated by means of a second machine-readable code, is applied as a placard in the vicinity of the light-emitting means in such a way that the light-emitting means and the placard can be detected simultaneously with the light-emitting means by an external camera, wherein the first message is encoded in such a way that it contains at least first information for supporting status processing and information about the position, in particular the position and/or orientation, of the light-emitting means relative to the code position.
  17. 17. Electronic device according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the first machine-readable coding rule is designed as a proprietary, for example device-specific, coding rule.
  18. 18. The electronic device according to any of the claims 14 to 17, characterized in that the second machine-readable code is designed as a two-dimensional code, in particular a stacked two-dimensional code, a matrix two-dimensional code, a compound two-dimensional code and/or a punctual two-dimensional code, such as a so-called "quick response" code, i.e. a QR code, a DataMatrix code, a PDF417 and/or the like.
  19. 19. Electronic device according to any of claims 14 to 18, characterized in that the first and/or second message is encoded such that a camera integrated in a mobile radio device can be used as an external camera, wherein the mobile radio device is designed such that it can detect, decode and/or present the first and/or second information on a display.
  20. 20. Electronic device according to any of claims 14-19, characterized in that the light emitting means are designed according to so-called "light emitting diodes", LEDs or similar technologies.

Description

Method for operating an electronic device, mobile radio device and server Technical Field The present invention relates to a method for operating an electronic device according to the preamble of claim 1, an electronic device according to the preamble of claim 14, a mobile radio device of the type according to claim 27 and a server of the type according to claim 28. Background As is known, the usability is often severely limited for technical products and solutions, such as electronic devices, in particular for use in industrial environments. This is especially applicable in the field of error finding. For this purpose, it is known that one or more Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) are usually installed in these devices, which may have different colors, flashing frequencies or normally on/off states depending on the operating state, as shown in fig. 1. A disadvantage in this case is that in case of an abnormal condition, for example an error condition, a person is required to stand in front of the device as a user and/or service technician and a form in the manual is required to interpret the status of the device, since the error condition is rarely occurring in the ideal case and thus its coding is generally not known immediately to the user. In purchasing, the installation of in particular additional displays is costly and can also have a further impact on the costs and complexity of the design of the respective devices. For example, in particular interfaces for connections are required, the design of the device having to be modified in order to comply with standards such as the so-called "Ingress Protection (intrusion from foreign objects)" -IP protection level standards. An alternative solution to this is to use specialized field (programming device) PG equipment and engineering software, including the necessary expertise. This is also costly, but is additionally cumbersome and may delay the elimination of defects, as personnel and pick-up of the PG equipment are typically required. Disclosure of Invention The object of the present invention is to provide a technical solution which overcomes the disadvantages of the prior art and allows supporting user processing states, which is characterized in particular by a lower hardware and software complexity and a lower cost. This object is achieved by a method for operating an electronic device based on the features of the preamble of claim 1 by its distinguishing features, by an electronic device based on the features of the preamble of claim 14 by its distinguishing features, by a mobile radio device of the type according to claim 27 by its distinguishing features and by a server of the type according to claim 28 by its distinguishing features. In a method according to the invention for operating an electronic device with a status indicator, in particular for an industrial environment, the electronic device comprises first means arranged at least partially within a housing for carrying out a predetermined function of the device, and a status indicator for displaying a status (in particular an error status) of the device by means of at least one light-emitting means visible from outside the housing, which light-emitting means signal at least part of the status of the electronic device in a machine-readable coded manner according to a first coding rule, and form a first message which is machine-readable coded according to a second coding rule, and which first message is applied by means of a medium on the housing in such a way that the first message can be jointly optically detected simultaneously with the signals of the light-emitting means with the aid of a machine, wherein the first message is formed such that it contains at least one first information which is at least relevant to the first coding rule, and an interface is operated by the device by means of which a state switch can be triggered on the basis of the first and/or second information. By means of the method according to the invention, a less complex and more economical possibility for status information transmission is achieved for an electronic device with status indicators than in the prior art. This is achieved in particular by the light emitting means emitting a machine-readable signal. Thus, humans need not directly detect and decode status indications. On the contrary, by means of the information applied on the device, which is also encoded in a machine-readable manner, it is ensured by the first message that the signal indication according to the first encoding rule can be machine-decoded. The application is performed such that the signaling and first message can be co-optically detected simultaneously, which results in time savings, since the signaling and first message can be machine decoded with the co-detection and the result presented to the user, thereby allowing the user to obtain guidance that aids in the processing state through the interface being run. In particular, when the optica