JP2002063234A - Centralized monitoring device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a centralized monitoring device capable of simply preparing a report concerned with abnormal states in a plant or the like. SOLUTION: A centralized monitor and control part 101 monitors signals outputted from various sensors and outputs abnormal state information on the basis of these signals. An alarm display user interface control part 130 displays the abnormal state information on the screen of a computer and instructs a document processing part 135 to prepare a report on the basis of user's operation. The document processing part 135 reads out format information previously prepared by a format edition part 138 from a format storage part 136, prepares a report by adding contents corresponding to the abnormal state information to the read format information and outputs the report. The report is outputted as a print or electronic information.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a centralized monitoring device for monitoring a signal from a sensor. In particular, the present invention relates to a centralized monitoring device that monitors a signal from a sensor and detects an abnormal situation in a factory or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, in a factory, leakage of toxic gas,
When an abnormal situation occurs, such as a decrease in the residual amount of the raw material gas container, an abnormality in the power supply, or abnormal vibration, a report such as an accident report or a status report is prepared. In the prior art, this report was manually created using paper in a format predetermined at the factory.
That is, the reporter collects the abnormal situation from the monitoring panel or the like, writes the abnormal situation by hand on the above-mentioned predetermined paper, and circulates this report to the upper-level department in the company to report.

[0003]

However, creating such a report is a time-consuming and tedious task.
In addition, since those who prepare such reports are often busy, the report submission may be delayed or the report may be insufficiently described. For these reasons, the cause of the trouble may not be sufficiently investigated, which may cause inconvenience in factory management.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and is intended to easily create a report by giving an instruction using a simple user interface based on a signal from a sensor. It is an object of the present invention to provide a centralized monitoring device capable of monitoring.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention intensively monitors signals from a plurality of sensors and outputs abnormal situation information based on these signals. A format storage unit that stores format information of a prepared report, and reads the format information from the format storage unit, and stores information corresponding to the abnormal situation information output by the centralized monitoring control unit in this format. The gist of the present invention is a centralized monitoring device including a document processing unit that creates and outputs a report by adding the report.

In the present invention, the report output by the document processing unit is a printed matter. In the present invention, the report output by the document processing unit is electronic information.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the centralized monitoring device according to the embodiment. FIG.
In the figure, reference numeral 101 denotes a centralized monitoring control unit that performs various controls based on signals from sensors. The instrument 3 and the alarm display 4 operate under the control of the centralized monitoring control unit 101. Reference numeral 130 denotes an alarm display user interface control unit.
Reference numeral 30 controls an interface for the user of the centralized monitoring device based on the abnormal situation information passed from the centralized monitoring control unit 101. Alarm display user interface controller 1
A report creation instructing unit 131 is provided as a part of the unit 30. The report creation instructing unit 131 issues various instructions to the document processing unit 135 based on a user operation.

The document processing unit 135 has a Japanese word processor function, and a user can input data to the document processing unit 135 through an input unit 132 such as a keyboard and a mouse. The format editing unit 138 has a function of editing a format such as a trouble report, and the format information created by the format editing unit 138 is stored in the format storage unit 136. This format information is read by the document processing unit 135. The document data output by the document processing unit 135 can be sent to the printer 5 and printed on paper as a report (printed matter) 141, or can be output as a report data file (electronic information) 142 as it is. It has become.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing a specific device configuration for realizing the functional configuration shown in FIG. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a plurality of sensors.
Detects various conditions, such as pressure, flow rate, temperature, gas leakage, voltage, current, and vibration, as physical quantities, and outputs signals corresponding to those conditions. Also, 2 and 2a
Is a controller that receives signals from the sensor 1 and performs control according to those signals. Each of the controllers 2 and 2a has a box-shaped housing, and is provided with a plurality of instruments 3 and a plurality of alarm indicators 4. The gauges 3 are for displaying pressure, flow rate, temperature, gas leakage amount, voltage, current, etc., and the alarm indicator 4 is easy for workers in the factory to see when various abnormal situations occur. Displays alerts that can be used.

Reference numeral 12 denotes a valve whose opening and closing are controlled by the controller 2a. 6 and 7 are personal computers (hereinafter, referred to as “PC”),
Reference numeral 5 denotes a printer. Controllers 2 and 2a and P
The printers 5 and C6 and C7 are connected via a network 8 so that they can communicate with each other.

The controllers 2 and 2a have the function of the centralized monitoring control unit 101 shown in FIG. Also, P
C6 is the alarm display user interface control unit 1
30, an input unit 132, and a document processing unit 135. The PC 7 also has the functions of a format editing unit 138 and a format storage unit 136.

Next, a description will be given of a method of preparing a report of a trouble or the like using the centralized monitoring device having the above configuration. The format of the report is registered in the format storage unit (136) using the format editing unit (138) of the PC 7 in advance.

FIG. 3 shows an example of a report format stored in the format storage unit (136). As shown in FIG. 3, the format of a typical trouble report includes a column for describing a destination, a creation date, and a seal column for approval.
And, as the contents of the report, columns such as the subject, occurrence place, classification, date and time, alarm level, gas name, comment, damage situation and damage situation, occurrence situation, immediate action, cause, countermeasure, and support are provided. I have.

If any problem occurs during the operation of the centralized monitoring device and the problem is detected by the sensor 1, the signal is sent to the alarm display user interface control unit (130) via the centralized monitoring control unit (101). Told to the PC
The content of the alarm is displayed on the screen 6. Then, when a report creation button provided on the PC 6 is pressed, an instruction to create a report is transmitted from the report creation instruction unit (131) to the document processing unit (135). At this time, the document processing unit (135) simultaneously acquires information such as the time and place of occurrence of the abnormal situation, and stores these information in the format storage unit (13).
Automatically write in the appropriate field of the predetermined format read from 6). Therefore, the user of this system need only add information that cannot be automatically filled in, such as the details of the cause investigation performed by the user regarding the trouble and the cause identified as a result. Then, the data of the completed report is sent from the document processing unit (135) to the printer (105) and printed as a report (141), so that the user can submit the report as a printed matter to the supervisor. it can.

Next, a method of storing the history information of the alarms generated during operation in the PC 6 or 7 will be described by taking as an example a case where silane gas handled in the factory leaks.
When a signal from the sensor 1 that detects the leakage of the silane gas is input to the controller 2a, the controller 2a displays the signal on the alarm display 4 based on the signal and sends the signal to the silane container in the container storage box containing the silane gas. A closing signal is sent to the valve 12 attached to the connected pipe. As a result, when the supply of the silane gas from the silane container is stopped, the amount of silane gas leakage detected by the sensor 1 also decreases, and the alarm is released.

A series of events as described above are stored in the storage device of the PC 6 or 7 as, for example, the following contents. March 31, 2000 12:17:21 Silane gas leaked at A321 March 31, 2000 12:18:22 B707 valve closed signal transmission March 31, 2000 12:18:25 B889 pressure drop alarm March 31, 2000 12:19:30 Alarm release button ON However, “A321” is a symbol indicating the place where the silane gas leak detection sensor is installed, and “B70”.
"7" is a symbol representing a valve provided on a pipe connected to the silane container of the container storage box, and "B889" is a pressure gauge provided on the downstream side of the valve. In the above series of operations, the silane gas leaks, the silane gas leak detection sensor detects this, an alarm is issued, and the valve 12 is immediately closed by the processing of the controller 2a to stop the flow of the silane gas. This means that a gas pressure drop has occurred.

An example of a method for creating a trouble report based on the stored information is as follows. When the user (person in charge of trouble report creation) presses a report creation button on the PC 6, an instruction to create a report is transmitted from the report creation instruction unit (131) to the document processing unit (135).
At this time, the document processing unit (135) stores information such as an occurrence time and an occurrence location based on the storage information in the format storage unit (13).
Automatically write in the appropriate field of the predetermined format read from 6).

FIG. 4 is based on the report form shown in FIG.
FIG. 9 is a reference diagram illustrating an example of a report in the middle of preparation that is automatically generated by embedding information in some of the columns. The date “March 31, 2000” is automatically written in the report creation date column using the clock function of the PC 6. In the column of occurrence status, events stored in the storage device described above are written in chronological order. In addition, a name for identifying the device “A321, B707, B889” is written in the occurrence location column using the information of this event, and the equipment name is referred to by referring to the configuration information of the device prepared in advance. The name "first factory" is automatically embedded. In the date and time column, based on the above event information, the time when the silane gas leaked first in A321, "12:17:21 on March 31, 2000" is automatically embedded. ing. Further, information based on the signal from the sensor 1 is automatically embedded in the columns of the alarm level and the gas name, respectively.

In the remaining columns of the report (subject, comment, damage status and damage status, immediate action, cause, countermeasure, etc.), information input by the user from the input unit (132) is stored in the document processing unit. Embedded by (135). When the data of the completed report is sent from the document processing unit (135) to the printer (105) and printed as a report (141), a message indicating that the report has been printed is displayed on the screen of the PC 6. Is done.

The report data created by the document processing section (135) is not only printed on paper as the report (141) as described above, but also in the report data file (14).
(2, electronic information). Further, the report can be made by transmitting the report data file (142) to the superior using a transmission means such as an e-mail or groupware.

The above-mentioned centralized monitoring device is constituted by using a computer. The functions realized by the computer, that is, the alarm display user interface control unit 130, the input unit 132, the document processing unit 135, and the format shown in FIG. The process of the processing of the editing unit 138 is stored in a computer-readable recording medium in the form of a program, and the above-described processing is performed by reading and executing the program by the computer. Here, the computer-readable recording medium is a floppy (registered trademark) disk, a magneto-optical disk, a CD-ROM, a DVD-RO.
M, magnetic hard disk, semiconductor memory, etc.

In the present embodiment, the format of the trouble report is one. However, if necessary, a plurality of formats may be registered for each destination. In this embodiment, the PCs 6 and 7 are used, and the functions are distributed to these PCs. Although an example of the form of the function distribution has been described above, another form of the function distribution may be used. Also, by integrating the functions of PCs 6 and 7,
A single PC may be used. Further, another computer may be used instead of the PC.

The alarm notification system of the present invention is operated in a facility such as a semiconductor manufacturing factory which constantly checks a large number of physical quantities with sensors and has a report format unique to each factory. Great use value. However, the use of this alarm notification system is not limited to semiconductor manufacturing factories, and is not limited to other factories, construction sites, logistics bases, shops, traffic control, communication equipment operation bases, and computer systems. The alarm notification system can be introduced and used at an operation site, a site of securities, foreign exchange, and various other financial-related transactions, and other various activity sites not illustrated here.

[0024]

As described above, according to the present invention, a report is created by using information automatically collected on the basis of a signal from a sensor or the like. This makes it possible to find out the cause of the trouble more quickly, thereby reducing the number of accidents and increasing the safety.

Further, according to the present invention, accurate and detailed events can be described in a time series in a report using automatically accumulated information. Therefore, more effective safety measures can be considered.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a centralized monitoring device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing a device configuration of a centralized monitoring device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a reference diagram showing a format example of a report output by the centralized monitoring device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a reference diagram showing an example of a report in the process of being created generated by automatically embedding information in the report format shown in FIG. 3;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Sensor 2, 2a Controller 3 Meter 4 Alarm display 5 Printer 6, 7 PC (personal computer) 12 Valve 101 Centralized monitoring control unit 130 Alarm display user interface control unit 131 Report creation instruction unit 132 Input unit 135 Document processing unit 136 Form storage unit 141 Report (printed matter) 142 Report data file (electronic information)

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Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A centralized monitoring control unit for intensively monitoring signals from a plurality of sensors and outputting abnormal situation information based on these signals, and a format storage unit for storing format information of a prepared report. A document processing unit that reads out the format information from the format storage unit and adds information according to the abnormal situation information output by the centralized monitoring control unit to the format to create and output a report. A centralized monitoring device characterized in that: 2. The centralized monitoring device according to claim 1, wherein the report output by the document processing unit is a printed matter. 3. The centralized monitoring device according to claim 1, wherein the report output by the document processing unit is electronic information.