JPH04225472A - Method and device for displaying retrieval data - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily know the position of an apparatus, etc., to be known on a screen by constituting the device so that when one apparatus name is designated as a retrieval object, all apparatus names being similar to its apparatus are selected, and also, those display positions are read out, and the apparatus concerned is displayed on a display screen, for instance, in a different color. CONSTITUTION:A retrieval object and a display position of the retrieval object existing on a display screen are stored in advance, and when one of retrieval objects is designated from a keyboard 54, the retrieval object being similar thereto is read out of a RAM 13B and displayed on the display screen by discriminating it from other one.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

[Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a data retrieval system that searches a database and displays the results on a display screen, and in particular, a search data display that makes it easy to identify the searched object on the display screen. Regarding the system.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art There is a conventional information system that retrieves and displays information related to characters, symbols, figures, etc. in a drawing displayed on a screen from a database.

For example, P&ID (Pi
Ping&Instruments Diagram)
There is a drawing called. This P&ID is CAD (Co
It is created using a computer aided design system or the like and stored as a database of an information system.

[0004] When you want to know the product name and remaining amount in a product tank, for example, in a displayed piping diagram, use the mouse to move the cursor on the screen to a symbol mark indicating the product tank to be searched. By moving the mouse to the location and pressing the confirm button on the mouse, data for the product tank will be retrieved from the database and displayed on the screen.

[0005] Data searches can be performed by linking drawing data and databases in this way and making it possible to search for data in the databases from the display screen. Such a system specifies a symbol or device name on the display screen, retrieves data for that from a database, and displays it, but of course it is also necessary to perform the opposite operation. There is a monitoring system that issues an alarm by displaying, for example, a blinking device on a display screen, for which a device has been detected.

[0006]

[Problem to be solved by the invention] However, the above-mentioned monitoring system only monitors failure conditions in real time, and the number of devices that can be monitored is naturally limited to the number that can be displayed on one display screen. However, it has been difficult to apply it to plants with a huge amount of equipment and instruments.

[0007] The present invention provides a search data display method and a method for displaying search data in which, by specifying a desired search target or information for the search target, the corresponding search target can be displayed on a display screen to be distinguished from other search targets. The purpose is to provide equipment.

[0008]

[Means for Solving the Problems] The search data display method of the first invention stores search targets on a display screen and display positions for the search targets in a storage means, and selects one of the search targets using a keyboard. is specified, a search target similar to the specified search target is selected, and the display position for the selected search target is read from the storage means, so that the selected search target on the display screen is replaced with other search targets. It is characterized by being displayed separately.

Means for realizing the search data display method of the first invention includes a storage means for storing a search object on a display screen and a display position for the search object, and a storage means for specifying one of the search objects. means for specifying a search target;
display position reading means for reading from the storage means a display position for a search target similar to the search target specified by the search target specifying means; and displaying the selected search target on the display screen in a manner that distinguishes it from other search targets. and display means for displaying.

[0010] In the search data display method of the second invention, a search target on a display screen, a display position for the search target, and various pieces of information regarding the search target are stored in a storage means, and one of the pieces of information is input using a keyboard. Or, when multiple items are specified, by reading out the search target corresponding to the specified information and the display position of the search target from the storage means,
The present invention is characterized in that the read search target on the display screen is displayed separately from other search targets.

[0011] Means for realizing the search data display method of the second invention includes a storage means for storing a search target on a display screen, a display position for the search target, and information therefor; information specifying means for specifying a plurality of information; information reading means for reading out a search object corresponding to the information specified by the information specifying means and a display position of the search object from the storage means; The present invention also includes display means for displaying search targets that have been searched separately from other search targets.

0012

[Operation] In the search data display method of the first invention, when, for example, "pump" is specified as a desired search target using the keyboard, all pumps are selected as similar search targets, and the display positions for these pumps are memorized. On the screen displaying the search targets read out from the means, these selected pumps are displayed in a different color, for example, to make them easier to distinguish from other search targets.

In the search data display method of the second invention, when desired information for a search target (for example, past failure history) is specified using the keyboard, the search target corresponding to the specified information and the display position of this search target are stored. The selected search object is read out from the means and displayed in a different color, for example, in a screen displaying the search object, in order to easily distinguish the selected search object from other search objects.

[0014]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a search data display device based on the search data display method of the present invention.

Reference numeral 10 denotes a host computer in this apparatus, and the memory 14 of the computer 13, which is equipped with a display 11 and a keyboard 12, stores drawing data read from a drawing file 16 that stores drawing data created by a CAD 15 or the like. be remembered. The computer 13 also includes a ROM 13A in which a program for performing registration and search operations to be described later is stored, and as shown in Table 1, the name of the device to be searched in the drawing data read from the drawing file 16. (character) and a RAM 13B that stores the display position of the character.

[0016] Reference numeral 17 is a database, and as shown in Table 1, the device name (letters) itself is used instead of the code to indicate each device, and the letters are used as search words to retrieve information corresponding to each search word. I remember. The information stored in this database 17 includes information regarding each device, including current on/off operating status data and operation history data (for example, abnormal overheating in pumps, abnormal pressure in reaction vessels, capacity in tanks). There is,
The latter data is updated and registered one by one as the driving progresses.

Reference numeral 50 denotes a data retrieval device connected to the host computer 10 via the communication line L, and includes a terminal 51, a memory 52, a display 53, a keyboard 54, and a mouse 55. The terminal device 51 includes a ROM 51A that stores a program for data retrieval, which will be described later, and an RA.
M51B.

As shown in Table 1, the device name (character) and the display position of this character are stored in the RAM 13B, but the storage method is not the main point of the present invention and will therefore be omitted here. However, for details, please refer to "Data retrieval method and device" (
(filed date: November 7, 2002).

The search operation in this apparatus will be explained below with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. When a predetermined key input is performed on the keyboard 54 on the data search machine 50 side to perform a search, the process advances from step S1 to step S2, where the drawing data is read from the memory 14 in the host computer 10 and imported into the computer 13. In step S3, the drawing data is sent to the data search machine 50 and displayed on the display 53, and a menu such as the following is displayed on a predetermined portion of the display 53.

(1) Device search (2) Operating status (
3) Driving history

Then, use the keyboard 54 to select "device search".
If (1) is selected, the process advances from step S10 to step S11, and waits for input of the device name to be searched. Here, if, for example, "pump" is keyed in using the keyboard 54, this information is sent to the host computer 10 in step S12, all pumps are read out from the RAM 13B, and in step S13, information on each pump is The display position is read. Then, in step S14, this information is sent to the data terminal 50, so that the display color of the corresponding pump is changed from black to green, for example, with respect to the drawing data displayed on the display 53. This makes it easy to see where the pump is located. Note that if "pump 1" is input as a search target in step S11, only the display color of that pump 1 changes.

Next, in the above menu selection, when (2) of "operating status" is selected, the process advances from step S10 to step S21, where this information is sent to the host computer 10, a device that is currently on is searched, and the process proceeds to step S21. S
At step 22, information on the device names and display positions is sent to the data search device 50, so that the display device 5
With respect to the drawing data displayed in step 3, the display color of the device name currently turned on changes from black to red, for example.

Finally, in the above menu selection, if (3) of "driving history" is selected, the process advances from step S10 to step S31, and the process waits for input of driving history information. If, for example, "abnormal overheating" is entered as one of the pieces of information using the keyboard 54, this information is sent to the host computer 10 in step S32, and the name of a device that has abnormally overheated in the past is searched from the database 17. In step S33, information on the device names and their display positions is sent to the data search device 50, and the display color of the corresponding device names is changed to black for the drawing data displayed on the display 53. For example, the color changes from orange to blinking. In addition, in this operation history search, it is also possible to input a plurality of pieces of information, such as abnormal overheating and abnormal pressure, and display devices that meet these two conditions in different colors on the display. In addition, in the database 17, the search word was not a code but the device name (letter) itself, which had the advantage of omitting the work of assigning codes, but the present invention can also be applied to information retrieval systems using codes. Applicable.

[Table 1] (RAM)
(Database) Display position
character search word
Information (x1, y1) (x2, y2) Pump 1 Pump 1 ***
(x3, y3) (x4, y4) Pump 2
Pump 2 *** (x5, y5)
(x6, y6) Tank 1 Tank 1
*** (x7, y7) (x8, y8)
Tank 2 Tank 2 *
** : : :
: :

[0024]

As explained above, in the first invention, when one device name is specified as a search target, all device names similar to that device image are selected and their display positions are read out. Since the corresponding device is displayed, for example, in a different color on the display screen, the location of the desired device can be easily found on the screen. In addition, in the second invention, when, for example, failure information of a device is specified as information for a search target, the names of devices that have failed in the past are searched and displayed separately on the display, so that it is possible to accurately grasp the search target. It is particularly useful for operational management of plants, etc.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a data search device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a search procedure in the data search device of FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

10 Host computer 11 Display 12 Keyboard 13. Computer 13A ROM 13B RAM 14 Memory 15 CAD 16 Drawing file 17 Database 50 Data search machine 51 Terminal 51A ROM 51B RAM 52 Memory 53 Display 54 Keyboard 55 Mouse L Communication line

Claims (4)

[Claims] Claim 1: A search target on a display screen and a display position for the search target are stored in a storage means, and when one of the search targets is specified with a keyboard, a search target similar to the specified search target is searched. A search data display method characterized in that the selected search target is displayed on the display screen to be distinguished from other search targets by selecting and reading out the display position for the selected search target from the storage means. . 2. A storage means for storing a search target on a display screen and a display position for the search target, a search target specifying means for specifying one of the search targets, and a search target specified by the search target specifying means. display position reading means for reading a display position for a search target similar to the selected search target from the storage means; and display means for displaying the selected search target on the display screen to distinguish it from other search targets. A search data display device characterized by: 3. A storage means stores the search target on the display screen, the display position for the search target, and various information regarding the search target, and when one or more of the pieces of information is designated with the keyboard, the specified The search target corresponding to the information retrieved and the display position of the search target are read from the storage means, and the read search target is displayed on the display screen in a manner that distinguishes it from other search targets. Search data display method. 4. Storage means for storing a search target on a display screen, a display position for the search target, and information therefor; information designating means for designating one or more of the pieces of information; information reading means for reading out a search target corresponding to specified information and a display position of the search target from the storage means; and displaying the read search target on the display screen in a manner that distinguishes it from other search targets. A search data display device comprising a display means.