1、BSI Standards Publication Graphical symbols for use on equipment Graphical symbols for multimedia equipment Current practice PD IEC/TR 62964:2015National foreword This Published Document is the UK implementation of IEC/TR 62964:2015. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical
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4、ommittee on 31 May 2015. Amendments/corrigenda issued since publication Date Text affected PUBLISHED DOCUMENT PD IEC/TR 62964:2015 IEC TR 62964 Edition 1.0 2015-05 TECHNICAL REPORT Graphical symbols for use on equipment Graphical symbols for multimedia equipment Current practice INTERNATIONAL ELECTR
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6、OREWORD . 3 INTRODUCTION . 5 1 Scope 6 2 Normative references 6 3 Terms and definitions 6 4 Current practice . 7 4.1 General . 7 4.2 Current practice for control . 7 4.3 Current practice for indication . 10 Bibliography 14 Table 1 Current practice for controls 8 Table 2 Current practice for indicati
7、on . 11 PD IEC/TR 62964:2015IEC TR 62964:2015 IEC 2015 3 INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION _ GRAPHICAL SYMBOLS FOR USE ON EQUIPMENT GRAPHICAL SYMBOLS FOR MULTIMEDIA EQUIPMENT CURRENT PRACTICE FOREWORD 1) The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) is a worldwide organization for stan
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19、 normally published as an International Standard, for example “state of the art“. IEC TR 62964, which is a Technical Report, has been prepared by subcommittee 3C: Graphical symbols for use on equipment, of IEC technical committee 3: Information structures and elements, identification and marking pri
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24、EC/TR 62964:2015IEC TR 62964:2015 IEC 2015 5 INTRODUCTION The first edition of IEC 60417, Graphical symbols for use on equipment, was published in 1973. Since then the publication has been maintained and updated continuously, mainly by adding new graphical symbols in order to meet the requirements o
25、f technical committees and subcommittees within the IEC as well as ISO/IEC JTC 1 together with industries. This Technical Report thus includes classical graphical symbols targeted to specific application areas as well as basic graphical symbols for general application. In the era of information comm
26、unication technology (ICT), new graphical symbols for use on such equipment as multimedia equipment have been in strong demand for standardization. These graphical symbols are not only printed, engraved, embossed, or moulded on the equipment, but also used on screens and displays. In the latter case
27、, the appearance of a graphical symbol is dynamically changed to indicate a state of the equipment. This Technical Report intends to highlight current tendency and practice of using graphical symbols for use on equipment. PD IEC/TR 62964:2015 6 IEC TR 62964:2015 IEC 2015 GRAPHICAL SYMBOLS FOR USE ON
28、 EQUIPMENT GRAPHICAL SYMBOLS FOR MULTIMEDIA EQUIPMENT CURRENT PRACTICE 1 Scope This Technical Report provides the result of a study of some of the graphical symbols for use on equipment standardized in IEC 60417 being primarily intended to: identify the equipment or a part of the equipment (e.g. a c
29、ontrol or display); indicate a functional state (e.g. on, off, alarm); designate connections (e.g. terminals, filling points for materials); provide information on packaging (e.g. identification of contents, instructions for handling); provide instruction for the operation of the equipment (e.g. lim
30、itations of use); in the focus of contemporary use of graphical symbols for use on multimedia equipment, and new possible meanings to be envisaged as well as new graphical symbols not yet standardized in IEC 60417. 2 Normative references The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively
31、referenced in this document and are indispensable for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies. None. 3 Terms and definitions For the purposes of this document the f
32、ollowing terms and definitions apply. 3.1 equipment associated assemblies intended to achieve a defined final objective SOURCE: IEC 80416-1:2008, 3.3 3.2 graphical symbol visually perceptible figure with a particular meaning used to transmit information independently of language SOURCE: IEC 80416-1:
33、2008, 3.4 3.3 glyph recognizable abstract graphic symbol which is independent of any specific design SOURCE: ISO/IEC 9541-1:2012, 3.12 PD IEC/TR 62964:2015IEC TR 62964:2015 IEC 2015 7 3.4 glyph image image of a glyph, as obtained from a glyph representation displayed on a presentation surface SOURCE
34、: ISO/IEC 9541-1:2012, 3.15 3.5 icon graphical symbol presented on a screen or display Note 1 to entry: Icons can be static, interactive and change as the result of user input or dynamic and change as the result of equipment status. SOURCE: IEC 62648:2012, 3.11 4 Current practice 4.1 General One of
35、the important expectation and function of the graphical symbols in IEC 60417 is to serve as a pool of standardized graphical symbols for use on equipment to be used, in accordance with the provisions given in IEC 80416-3:2002 and IEC 80416-3:2002/AMD1:2011, 4.4, in IEC publications following the rul
36、es given in ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2:2011, 6.6.5.6. The actual applications and use of such graphical symbols include some modifications to fit specific purposes, which are allowed in accordance with the provisions given in IEC 80416-3:2002 and IEC 80416-3:2002/AMD1:2011, Clause 6. To accommodate
37、any difficulties to follow the rules, a set of procedures which consitute a compromise are given in IEC 62648, in agreement with IEC Guide 108. In addition, as a result of quickly changing demand in industries such as digital cameras, multimedia, ICT and mobile equipment, there are new graphical sym
38、bols not yet standardized in IEC 60417. This Technical Report classifies some of these graphical symbols including icons and glyph images into two categories: a) Graphical symbols for control b) Graphical symbols for indication Some of the graphical representations shown on the right-hand columns of
39、 Table 1 and Table 2 are state of the art candidates for future standardization in IEC 60417. 4.2 Current practice for control Graphical symbols to identify controls of equipment in general are important and many graphical symbols have been standardized in IEC 60417 for the purpose of different cate
40、gories of equipment. Subclause 4.2 highlights the result of study on current practice of graphical symbols to identify the equipment or a part of equipment in the field of multimedia technology. Table 1 shows such graphical symbols for use on multimedia equipment to trigger one of the functionalitie
41、s and to change one function to another, as non-exhaustive examples. PD IEC/TR 62964:2015 8 IEC TR 62964:2015 IEC 2015 Table 1 Current practice for controls Standardized graphical symbols State of the art (examples) IEC 60417-5022 Movement in one direction To indicate that a control, or an object by
42、 means of a control, can be moved in the indicated direction. NOTE Only the linear version is given, since the radius of the arrow of the curved version depends on the diameter of the control concerned. The curved version is shown in ISO 7000-0004. IEC 60417-5107A Normal run; normal speed IEC 80416-
43、3, Examples of allowable modification IEC 60417-5107B To identify the switch or switch position by means of which a normal run (e.g. of tape) is started in the indicated direction. NOTE In the orientation shown, the symbol means “normal run, forward“. If shown reversed, the symbol means “normal run,
44、 backward“. IEC 60417-5023 Movement in both directions To indicate that a control or an object, by means of a control, can be moved in both the indicated directions. NOTE Only the linear version is given, since the radius of the arrow of the curved version depends on the diameter of the control conc
45、erned. The curved version is shown in ISO 7000-0005. ISO 7000-0493 Co-ordinate tracing ISO/IEC DIS 17549-2 Menu navigation To identify the action of tracing in a co-ordinate plane during welding or thermal cutting, or to indicate a reference to movements in four directions (all directions in a plane
46、). To identify the control for navigation in four directions; left, right, up and down. NOTE Graphical appearances are the combination of 5107B (top), the combination of IEC 60417- 5107A with the tail shortened (middle) and the combination of the arrow head only of IEC 60417-5022 (bottom). PD IEC/TR
47、 62964:2015IEC TR 62964:2015 IEC 2015 9 Standardized graphical symbols State of the art (examples) IEC 60417-5025 Effect or action away from a reference point To indicate the direction of a certain effect or action away from a real or imaginary reference point or mark, which is realized by means of
48、the control marked with this symbol. Skip; skip, short To identify the control for or the indicator of the function to skip a part of data, e.g. video data, corresponding to a specific time duration. NOTE See also IEC 60417-5125B. ISO 7000-0936 Movement in arrow direction with skip of a stop To iden
49、tify the control for a movement in the arrow direction and to skip a stop where there would normally be one. ISO 7000-0933 Movement from a limit in arrow direction with skip of a stop To identify the control for a movement from a determined point in the arrow direction and to skip a stop where there would normally be one. IEC 60417-5815 Next image series To identify the control or the indicator to select the next series of images to be displayed on the screen. NOTE If th
