HMI Vendors
Human Machine Interface
The user interface: the device that allows interaction
between the user and the machine. The terms HMI and
"MMI" (Man Machine Interface) are typically
used in industrial and process control applications,
whereas "user interface" is the common term
in business information systems
The
combination of menus, screen design, keyboard commands,
command language and online help, which creates the
way a user interacts with a computer. If input devices
other than a keyboard and mouse are required, this is
also included. In the future, natural language recognition
and voice recognition will become standard components
of the user interface.
Because of the steep learning curves users have endured,
many are loathe to change applications. While the software
industry constantly touts "productivity gains"
for every product, the lost hours deciphering pages
of directions about how to do something, combined with
the gun-shy reluctance to try something new that actually
might be an improvement, all result in lost productivity
that cannot be measured. If we are ever to make computers
usable for the masses, this issue must be addressed
Some of the maojr HMI tool vendors are:
EXOR India Pvt Ltd - developer of the DESIGN tool for
UniOP systems
Siemens Energy and Automation, Inc.;
Rockwell Automation, a business of Rockwell International
Corp.;
GE Fanuc Automation Corp., a joint-venture between General
Electric Co. and
Japan's Fanuc
Australia's Ci Technologies Pty Ltd.
Horner APG
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