CN113994311A - Monitoring device, monitoring method, monitoring program, and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

The display area is not compressed, and the list of the states of the monitoring objects in the upper hierarchy level and the states of the monitoring objects in the lower hierarchy level is ensured. The monitoring device (2) comprises: a data storage unit (12) that stores tree structure data that includes a plurality of groups of tree structure data (120), each group including one or more monitoring channels; a state determination unit (22) that determines the state of the monitoring channel; and a display control unit (23) that displays icons (70) corresponding to the groups, wherein each icon has a first display area (71) that displays representative states that summarize the states of a plurality of monitor channels belonging to the group corresponding to the icon, and a second display area (72) that displays the states of a part of the monitor channels belonging to the group corresponding to the icon.

Description

Monitoring device, monitoring method, monitoring program, and recording medium

Technical Field

The invention relates to a monitoring device, a monitoring method, a monitoring program and a recording medium.

Background

In recent years, with the spread of computers connectable to a network, systems for monitoring various business activities have been constructed. Examples of such a system include a system that monitors the amount of power consumption at a site where a business is performed. Furthermore, by connecting to the network via various sensors, it is possible to realize "visualization" of all items on the site, not only the amount of power consumption. The various information obtained by these "visualization" systems is effectively used for various purposes such as reduction of environmental load, improvement of quality, and improvement of productivity in business activities.

For example, patent document 1 describes a monitoring device that classifies a plurality of objects into a plurality of levels, and when an object belonging to a lower level is in an abnormal state, displays a monitoring symbol from the abnormal object to an object of an arbitrary upper level on a screen together with a hierarchical relationship to identify the abnormal object.

Documents of the prior art

Patent document

Patent document 1: japanese laid-open patent publication No. 7-182030 (published 7/21 1995)

Disclosure of Invention

Problems to be solved by the invention

However, the above-described conventional techniques have the following problems. Specifically, in the monitoring device of patent document 1, when an abnormality occurs in a monitoring target at a lower hierarchy level, an icon indicating the abnormality is displayed as an icon indicating the abnormality in the monitoring target at an upper hierarchy level. However, it is not possible to determine whether an abnormality occurs in the monitoring target itself in the upper hierarchy level or in the monitoring target in the lower hierarchy level. In order for the user to determine whether the abnormal portion is in the upper hierarchy level or the lower hierarchy level, it is necessary to display icons from the monitoring target in the abnormal state to the monitoring target in any upper hierarchy level on the screen together with the hierarchical relationship. This display method may stress the limited display area. This problem is more serious as the number of objects to be monitored increases with increasing levels.

An object of one embodiment of the present invention is to provide a monitoring device, a monitoring method, a monitoring program, and a recording medium that ensure the comprehensiveness of the state of an upper hierarchy level and the state of a lower hierarchy level without pressing a display region.

Means for solving the problems

As an example of the present disclosure, in order to solve the above problem, the following configuration is adopted.

That is, a monitoring device of an aspect of the present invention includes: a data storage unit that stores tree structure data including a plurality of groups, each group including one or more monitoring channels; a state determination section that determines a state of the monitoring channel; and a display control unit that displays icons corresponding to the group, wherein each of the icons has a first display area that displays a representative state that summarizes the states of the plurality of monitoring channels belonging to the group corresponding to the icon, and a second display area that displays the states of a part of the monitoring channels belonging to the group corresponding to the icon.

The monitoring method of one aspect of the invention comprises: a data generation step of generating tree structure data including a plurality of groups each including one or more monitoring channels; a state determining step of determining the state of the monitoring channel; and a display control step of displaying icons corresponding to the group, wherein each of the icons has a first display area and a second display area, the first display area displays a representative state in which states of a plurality of monitor channels belonging to a lower level of the group corresponding to the icon are collected, and the second display area displays states of a part of the monitor channels included in the group corresponding to the icon.

ADVANTAGEOUS EFFECTS OF INVENTION

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the following effects are obtained: the display area is not compressed, and the list of the states of the monitoring objects in the upper hierarchy level and the states of the monitoring objects in the lower hierarchy level can be ensured.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a diagram schematically illustrating an example of a hardware configuration and a functional configuration of a monitoring server according to the present embodiment.

Fig. 2 is a diagram schematically illustrating an example of an application scenario of the monitoring server according to the present embodiment.

Fig. 3 is a diagram showing a specific example of the hierarchical relationship of the monitoring channels defined by the hierarchical definition data.

Fig. 4 is a diagram showing a specific example of an icon displayed on the display unit of the monitoring server or the monitoring client.

Fig. 5 is a diagram showing a specific example of a Graphical User Interface (GUI) displayed on the display unit.

Fig. 6 is a diagram showing a specific example of the data structure of the group definition data.

Fig. 7 is a diagram showing a specific example of the data structure of the channel definition data.

Fig. 8 is a graph showing a relationship between a time change in a measurement value acquired by the monitoring server from the data collection device and a threshold value.

Fig. 9 is a flowchart showing a flow of monitoring processing executed by the monitoring server.

Fig. 10 is a diagram showing a specific example of a GUI displayed on the display unit.

Fig. 11 is a diagram showing a specific example of a GUI displayed on the display unit.

Fig. 12 is a diagram showing a specific example of a GUI displayed on the display unit.

Fig. 13 is a diagram showing another example of icons displayed on the display unit of the monitoring server or the monitoring client.

Detailed Description

Hereinafter, an embodiment (hereinafter also referred to as "the present embodiment") according to one aspect of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

[ embodiment mode 1 ]

Application example § 1

Fig. 2 is a diagram schematically illustrating an example of an application scenario of the monitoring server 2 (monitoring apparatus) according to the present embodiment.

For example, the monitoring server 2 is provided in the monitoring system 1 for monitoring the field environment in all directions. In the present embodiment, the monitoring system 1 monitors monitoring items such as power consumption, temperature, humidity, particles (amount of dust per unit volume), and illuminance on site, as an example.

The monitoring system 1 includes a monitoring server 2, a data collection device 3, and a sensor 4. The monitoring system 1 may also further comprise a monitoring client 5, if desired. The monitoring server 2, the data collection device 3, and the monitoring client 5 are communicably connected via a Network 6 such as a Local Area Network (LAN). The sensors 4 are communicably connected to the data collection device 3 with wires or wirelessly.

The sensor 4 measures various physical quantities in the field environment to obtain measured values. The sensor 4 transmits the detected measurement value to the data collection device 3. The sensors 4 are, for example, power sensors 4A to 4D, are connected to power supply sources that supply power to various electrical devices operating on site, and obtain the amount of power consumption as a measured value. Alternatively, the sensor 4 is, for example, environmental sensors 4E to 4H. The environmental sensors 4E to 4H are, for example, thermometers, hygrometers, particle sensors, or illuminance sensors. The thermometer obtains the temperature of the field space as a measured value. The hygrometer obtains the humidity of the on-site space as a measured value. The particle sensor obtains the amount of dust per unit volume of the field space as a measurement value. The illuminance sensor obtains illuminance of the field space as a measurement value. In addition, the environmental sensors E to H may be air flow sensors, CO2 sensors, pulse sensors, or the like. The type and number of sensors 4 disposed in the monitoring system 1 are not particularly limited. The appropriate types of sensors are arranged in appropriate locations in appropriate numbers for monitoring purposes and the like.

The data collection device 3 collects and stores measurement values obtained by the sensor 4. The data collection device 3 includes a plurality of connection ports for acquiring measurement values from the various sensors 4. The data collection device 3 includes a communication port such as a LAN port for supplying the measurement values to the monitoring server 2, and supplies the collected measurement values to the monitoring server 2 at an arbitrary timing (for example, every several seconds to several minutes, every several hours, every one day, and the like).

In the data collection device 3, the measurement values obtained from the sensors 4 are managed as monitoring channels for each monitoring item.

The monitoring path is data for identifying and managing the monitoring item as individual data in the monitoring system 1, and maintains a state (status) related to the monitoring item to be monitored. For example, a measurement value obtained from the sensor 4 is associated with a monitoring channel, and a state of a monitoring object derived based on the measurement value is managed in association with a channel ID that identifies the monitoring channel. In the present embodiment, for the sake of simplicity of explanation, the data collection device 3 manages the state of the monitoring target based on one kind of measurement value obtained from one sensor 4 by using one monitoring channel as an example. However, the data collection device 3 is not limited to this, and may have a function of outputting one integrated measurement value obtained by calculating or integrating a plurality of measurement values from one monitoring channel.

In the illustrated example, the monitoring system 1 includes two data collection devices 3A and 3B as an example. In the illustrated example, the data collection device 3A manages four monitoring channels, and the power consumption amount of one location may be allocated to one monitoring channel as a monitoring item. Also, in the illustrated example, the data collection device 3B manages four monitoring channels. For example, a temperature of a certain place may be assigned as a monitoring item to the first monitoring channel in which input/output of the temperature transmitted from the environment sensor 4E is managed. For example, a humidity of a certain place may be assigned as a monitoring item to the second monitoring lane in which input/output of the humidity transmitted from the environment sensor 4F is managed. For example, a particle of a certain place may be assigned as a monitoring item for the third monitoring channel in which input/output of the particle transmitted from the environmental sensor 4G is managed. For example, as a monitoring item, illuminance at a certain place may be assigned to the fourth monitoring channel in which input/output of illuminance transmitted from the environment sensor 4H is managed.

The monitoring server 2 analyzes the measurement value obtained in each monitoring channel, determines the state of the monitoring target, and outputs the result so that the user can recognize it. In the present embodiment, the monitoring server 2 divides a plurality of monitoring channels into a plurality of levels, and monitors the field environment using tree structure data indicating the relationship of the monitoring channels divided into the plurality of levels. The nodes constituting the tree structure data may be each monitoring channel, or may be a group in which a plurality of monitoring channels are packed. In this embodiment, the group (first group) may have another group (second group) in the lower hierarchy belonging directly to the same monitoring channel.

As shown in fig. 1, the monitoring server 2 includes: a storage unit 12 (data storage unit) that stores tree structure data including a plurality of groups each including one or more monitoring channels; a state determination unit 22 that determines the state of the monitoring target associated with the monitoring channel; and a display control unit 23 for displaying icons corresponding to the groups.

The display control unit 23 causes the display unit 13 to display a single icon having the first display area and the second display area for one group. When a single icon is displayed, the display control unit 23 causes the first display area to display a representative state (representative state) in which the states of the plurality of monitor channels belonging to the group corresponding to the icon are collected, and causes the second display area to display the states of some of the monitor channels belonging to the group corresponding to the icon.

More specifically, the display control unit 23 displays, in the first display region, a representative state in which the states of at least a plurality of monitor channels belonging to one or more groups at a lower hierarchy level among a plurality of monitor channels belonging to a group corresponding to an icon and a plurality of monitor channels belonging to one or more groups at a lower hierarchy level of the group are summarized. On the other hand, the display control unit 23 displays the state of one or more monitor channels belonging to the group corresponding to the icon in the second display region.

According to this configuration, the user can know the state of the group-directed monitoring channel corresponding to an icon by confirming the icon based on the display of the second display region in the icon. In addition, the user can collectively know the states of the plurality of monitoring channels being monitored in one or more groups at a lower hierarchy level of the group based on the display of the first display region.

By integrating the two regions in a single icon in this manner, space can be saved in a display region required for displaying the state of the monitoring target related to the monitoring item on the display screen. In addition, the list of the state of the group at the lower hierarchy level and the state of the group at the lower hierarchy level can be ensured.

Further, the monitoring system 1 is provided with one or more monitoring clients 5 at various locations on the site. The monitoring client 5 outputs the state of the monitoring target determined by the monitoring server 2 so that the user can recognize it. The monitoring client 5 includes a display unit 52, and is capable of displaying the same icon as the icon displayed on the display unit 13 by the monitoring server 2 on the display unit 52.

Preferably, the monitoring client 5 is provided at each site independently of the monitoring server 2 that manages the entire site collectively. For example, the monitoring server 2 may be disposed in a department that manages a single building, and the monitoring client 5 may be disposed on each floor in the building or each room in the floor.

In this way, the monitoring result of the site environment can be notified not only to the managers of the entire building but also to managers closer to the site, such as a floor manager and a room manager.

Construction example 2

[ hardware configuration ]

< monitoring Server 2 >

Fig. 1 is a diagram schematically illustrating an example of a hardware configuration and a functional configuration of the monitoring server 2 according to the present embodiment. The monitoring server 2 of the present embodiment is an example of the "monitoring device" of the present invention.

The monitoring server 2 of the present embodiment includes, for example, a control unit 10, an input unit 11, a storage unit 12, and a display unit 13. The monitoring server 2 may include other components not shown included in a general server. For example, the monitoring server 2 includes a communication section for communicating with the data collection device 3 and the monitoring client 5 via the network 6.

The control Unit 10 integrally controls the monitoring server 2, and includes a Central Processing Unit (CPU), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a Read Only Memory (ROM), and the like. The control unit 10 controls each unit described later based on the information processing.

The storage unit 12 is an auxiliary storage device such as a hard disk drive, and stores a monitoring program or the like executed by the control unit 10. The storage unit 12 stores tree structure data 120 that stores the hierarchical relationship between the monitoring channels, the state of each monitoring channel, and the like.

The input unit 11 receives an input operation by a user, and inputs a signal corresponding to the input operation to the control unit 10. The input unit 11 includes various input mechanisms such as a mouse, a keyboard, a remote controller, a button, a switch, and the like, or a combination thereof.

The Display unit 13 displays information processed by the control unit 10, and includes, for example, a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) or an organic-Electroluminescence (EL) Display. In the present embodiment, the icons processed by the display control unit 23 of the control unit 10 are displayed on the display unit 13.

< monitoring client 5 >

The input unit 51 receives an input operation by a user, and inputs a signal corresponding to the input operation to a control unit, not shown, of the monitoring client 5. For example, when the monitoring client 5 is a notebook personal computer, the input unit 51 includes a keyboard, a mouse, and the like. The display unit 52 displays information processed by a control unit, not shown, and includes an LCD, an organic EL display, and the like. When the monitoring client 5 is a tablet, the input unit 51 and the display unit 52 may be integrally formed as a touch panel.

When receiving a display control command related to the display of the icon from the monitoring server 2, the monitoring client 5 displays the icon on the display unit 52 in a display form according to the display control command.

[ functional Structure ]

< monitoring Server 2 >

As shown in fig. 1, the control unit 10 includes an operation receiving unit 20, a data generating unit 21, a state specifying unit 22, a display control unit 23, and an acquiring unit 24. Each Unit shown in the block in the control Unit 10 can be realized by, for example, a Central Processing Unit (CPU) reading a monitoring program stored in a storage device (storage Unit 12) such as a Read Only Memory (ROM) into a Random Access Memory (RAM) and executing the monitoring program.

The operation reception unit 20 determines which instruction has been input based on an input signal reflecting an input operation of the input unit 11 by the user, and outputs the instruction to each unit of the control unit 10. For example, the operation reception unit 20 detects coordinates on the display unit 13 designated by the input unit 11 based on the input signal, and determines the content of the input operation in consideration of the arrangement of a graphical user interface (hereinafter, referred to as a GUI) displayed on the display unit 13 at the time of input. The operation reception unit 20 determines a UI component to be operated, such as an icon, a toggle button (toggle button), a check box, or a text box on the GUI, and determines the type of input operation to be performed on the UI component, such as clicking, double-clicking, right-clicking, or dragging.

The data generating unit 21 generates tree structure data for monitoring a site in response to an input operation by a user received via the operation receiving unit 20. As described later, the tree structure data includes, as an example:

(1) hierarchy definition data (fig. 3) defining a hierarchy relationship of monitoring channels and groups of the monitoring channels,

(2) Group definition data (fig. 6) defining monitoring channels assigned to a group and their states, and

(3) and channel definition data (fig. 7) defining a monitoring item associated with a monitoring channel and a threshold value of a measurement value of the sensor 4 associated with the monitoring channel.

The data generation unit 21 stores the tree structure data 120 generated in accordance with the user's instruction in the storage unit 12. The tree structure data 120 is read and processed by the state determination unit 22 and the display control unit 23 for monitoring the field environment.

The state determination unit 22 determines the state of the monitoring item associated with the monitoring channel based on the measurement value of the sensor 4 associated with the monitoring channel. For example, in the channel definition data, at least one threshold value is defined for each monitoring channel.

For example, two thresholds may be used for one monitoring channel to define a normal range of measurement values. At this time, for the monitoring channel, a lower threshold and an upper threshold are defined. The state determination unit 22 may determine the state of the monitoring channel as "abnormal" when the measurement value acquired from the sensor 4 is lower than the lower threshold and when the measurement value exceeds the upper threshold. Further, the state of the monitoring channel may be determined as "normal" when the measurement value acquired from the sensor 4 is equal to or greater than the lower threshold and less than the upper threshold. For example, two thresholds that determine the lower limit and the upper limit may be set for the monitoring channel relating to temperature, humidity, or power consumption as described above.

In another example, a threshold may also be defined for one monitoring channel. In this case, the state determination unit 22 may determine that the state of the monitor channel is "abnormal" when the measurement value acquired from the sensor 4 exceeds the threshold value. The state determination unit 22 may determine that the measurement value is "normal" if the measurement value is smaller than the threshold value. For example, for particle-dependent monitoring channels, a threshold value that distinguishes between abnormal and normal may also be set as such.

In still another example, more specifically, two or more kinds of threshold values having different determination criteria may be defined for each monitoring channel in the channel definition data. For example, two kinds of threshold values may be defined, i.e., an attention value for state determination that determines whether or not attention should be drawn as a criterion, and a management value for state determination that determines whether or not the state is a serious state in which an alarm should be notified as a criterion. The state determination unit 22 may determine the state of a certain monitoring channel as "attention" when the measurement value of the monitoring channel is equal to or greater than the attention value and smaller than the management value, and determine the state of the monitoring channel as "warning" when the measurement value of the monitoring channel exceeds the management value. The state determination unit 22 may determine that the measured value is "normal" if the measured value is smaller than the attention value.

The various thresholds based on the respective determination criteria may include an upper limit value and a lower limit value. That is, four thresholds, i.e., an upper limit management value, an upper limit attention value, a lower limit attention value, and a lower limit management value, may be set for one monitor channel. In this case, the state determination unit 22 may determine that the state of the monitor channel is "normal" when the measurement value of the monitor channel is equal to or greater than the lower limit attention value and less than the upper limit attention value. The state determination unit 22 may determine the state of the monitoring channel as "attentive" when the measurement value is equal to or greater than the upper limit attentive value and less than the upper limit management value, or equal to or greater than the lower limit management value and less than the lower limit attentive value. Further, the state determination unit 22 may determine the state of the monitoring channel as "warning" when the measurement value is equal to or greater than the upper limit management value or less than the lower limit management value.

Further, the state specifying unit 22 determines a set of a plurality of monitor channels included in a group of interest (hereinafter referred to as an attention group) at a lower level than the attention group based on the hierarchical relationship defined by the hierarchy definition data, specifies a representative state in which the states of the monitor channels included in the set are collected, and manages the group definition data in association with the attention group. The state determination unit 22 may determine the representative state for each of all the groups including the lower group among the groups included in the tree structure data 120.

The state determination unit 22 processes, for example, the state of the monitoring channel having the highest degree of abnormality (abnormality level) in the set thus determined as a representative state of the set. For example, if a monitoring channel that exhibits a "normal" state and a monitoring channel that exhibits an "attention" state are included in the set, the state determination unit 22 determines the representative state of the set as "attention". Alternatively, if even one monitoring channel that exhibits the "warning" state is included in the set, the state determination unit 22 determines the representative state of the set as "warning" even if the monitoring channels that exhibit the "normal" or "attention" state account for a large number of monitoring channels.

The representative state determined by the state determining section 22 for each group and the individual state determined for each monitoring channel are reflected in the group definition data.

The state determination unit 22 may further determine a set of a plurality of monitoring channels (hereinafter, referred to as "direct monitoring channels") directly belonging to a certain attention group, determine a direct aggregate state in which the states of the respective direct monitoring channels included in the set are aggregated, and manage the plurality of monitoring channels in association with the attention group.

The display control unit 23 refers to the group definition data, determines a display mode of the icons for each group based on the state determined by the state determination unit 22, and displays the icons on the display unit 13 in the determined display mode.

Specifically, the display control unit 23 displays the first display area of the icon corresponding to the group in a color corresponding to the representative state of the group determined by the state determination unit 22. The display control unit 23 displays the second display region of the icon in a color corresponding to the individual state of one of the affiliated monitoring channels assigned to the second display region or the affiliated integrated state of a plurality of affiliated monitoring channels.

The display mode of the first display area and the display mode of the second display area are controlled independently. That is, when the representative state of a group is "abnormal", the display control unit 23 causes the first display region to be displayed in a display mode corresponding to the abnormal state and causes the second display region to be displayed in a display mode corresponding to the state of the directly subordinate monitoring channel. For example, the display control unit 23 displays the first display region in a color indicating "abnormal" and displays the second display region in a color corresponding to the state of the direct monitor channel regardless of the representative state.

However, it is preferable that the display mode change modes according to the abnormality levels of the states be previously unified in the first display region and the second display region. That is, when the representative state of the group and the state of the direct monitoring channel of the group are at the same abnormality level, the display control unit 23 causes the first display area and the second display area to be displayed in the same display mode, for example, in the same color.

When the monitoring client 5 is provided in the monitoring system 1, the display control unit 23 may transmit a display control command for instructing the monitoring client 5 to display an icon in the display mode determined as described above to the monitoring client 5. Thus, the monitoring client 5 can display the icon on the display unit 52 of its own device in the same manner as the monitoring server 2.

The acquisition unit 24 communicates with the data collection device 3 to acquire measurement values corresponding to the monitoring channels. The measurement values acquired by the acquisition unit 24 are referred to when the status determination unit 22 determines the status of the monitoring channel.

< data Structure >

Fig. 3 is a diagram showing a specific example of the hierarchical relationship of the monitoring channels defined by the hierarchical definition data. Fig. 3 graphically expresses hierarchy definition data to allow a user to easily recognize the hierarchical relationship. The hierarchy definition data stored as the tree structure data 120 in the storage unit 12 for processing by the control unit 10 may have an appropriate data structure different from that of fig. 3.

In the hierarchy definition data, monitoring channels are defined as nodes. As an example, one monitoring channel is assigned to one monitoring item whose state is determined based on one measurement value obtained from one sensor 4.

In the illustrated example, a monitoring item "first building integrated power" indicating the integrated power consumption of the entire first building is assigned to the monitoring lane of the lane ID "S0001". Similarly, appropriate monitoring items necessary for the monitoring channels of the channel IDs "S0002" to "S0013" are also assigned, and in the illustrated example, the monitoring system 1 manages 13 monitoring channels in total.

Further, in the hierarchy definition data, a group is defined as a node. In the tree structure data 120, a group of the lowest level (lowest level) is defined as a group having one or more monitoring channels. For example, a group having a group name "first building, first room" is defined as a group of the lowest hierarchy including four monitoring channels "S0005" to "S0008".

Further, in the hierarchy definition data, a group of an upper hierarchy including a group in a lower hierarchy may be defined as a node. The upper level group has a lower level group, and there may be a direct connection of the respective monitoring channels. For example, a group at an upper hierarchy level having a group name of "first building first floor" has a group having a group name of "first building first floor first room" as a group at a lower hierarchy level, and a monitoring lane "S0003" directly belonging to a monitoring item "first building first floor illuminance" directly belongs to.

In the hierarchy definition data, a group of an upper hierarchy level including a group of a lower hierarchy level and a group of an upper hierarchy level may be defined. For example, a group of group name "first building" is defined as a group of a higher hierarchy level that includes the group of "first building one floor".

< Structure of icon >

Fig. 4 is a diagram showing a specific example of icons displayed on the display unit 13 or the display unit 52. In the tree structure data 120, one icon is associated with one group. The single icon associated with a group has a plurality of areas for reflecting the status of one or more of all monitoring channels belonging to the group, including monitoring channels within a lower group and directly subordinate monitoring channels.

Specifically, the icon 70 includes a first display area 71 displayed in a hatched manner and a second display area 72 displayed in a diagonal manner.

The first display area 71 is an area for displaying a representative state that summarizes the states of the plurality of monitoring channels belonging to the group corresponding to the icon. For example, the first display area 71 is an area for displaying a representative state in which the states of at least a plurality of lower monitor channels among the direct monitor channel of the group corresponding to the icon and the plurality of lower monitor channels belonging to one or more groups at a lower hierarchy level of the group are summarized.

In the present embodiment, the icon 70 has one first display area 71, for example. The first display area 71 displays a representative state in which the states of all the monitor channels of the lower monitor channel of the group and the directly subordinate monitor channel of the group associated with the icon 70 are summarized. For example, in the icon 70 of the group "first building, first floor" shown in fig. 3, the first display area 71 may display the representative states of all the monitoring channels of the direct monitoring channel "S0003" and the lower monitoring channels "S0005" to "S0008" together.

In another example, the first display area 71 may display a representative state in which the states of all the monitor channels on the lower level of the group are aggregated in addition to the directly subordinate monitor channels of the group. For example, in the icon 70 of the group "first building, first floor" shown in fig. 3, the first display area 71 may display representative states summarizing the states of the lower monitor channels "S0005" to "S0008".

Also, in another example, the icon 70 may have a plurality of first display regions 71. For example, the upper half of the first display region 71 shown in fig. 4 may be used as the first display region, and the lower half of the first display region 71 may be used as the second first display region. For example, the states of all the monitor channels related to the power consumption amount in the lower monitor channel may be displayed in the first display area, and the states of all the monitor channels related to the temperature and humidity in the lower monitor channel may be displayed in the second first display area.

The second display area 72 is an area for displaying the state of a part of the monitoring channels belonging to the group corresponding to the icon. For example, the second display area 72 is an area for displaying the state of one or more affiliated monitoring channels that directly belong to the group corresponding to the icon.

The icon 70 has at least one second display area 72. In the present embodiment, the icon 70 may have a plurality of second display regions 72. For example, as shown in fig. 4, the icon 70 may have four second display regions 72, i.e., second display regions 72A to 72D.

A second display area 72 can display either individual status of one affiliated monitoring channel or an affiliated collective status summarizing the status of a plurality of affiliated monitoring channels. For example, in the icon 70 of the group "first building, second building, first room" shown in fig. 3, the second display area 72A may show the directly integrated states of the directly monitored passageways "S0009" to "S0011", the second display area 72B may show the respective states of the directly monitored passageways "S0009", the second display area 72C may show the respective states of the directly monitored passageways "S0010", and the second display area 72D may show the respective states of the directly monitored passageways "S0011".

The number of the second display regions 72 included in a single icon is not limited to four, and any number of one or more second display regions 72 may be included in a single icon 70. Here, the more the number of the second display regions 72 is increased, the smaller the area of each second display region 72 is, or the larger the entire icon 70 is. Therefore, the optimum number of second display regions 72 to be arranged in a single icon 70 is determined in consideration of the restriction of the screen sizes of the display unit 13 and the display unit 52 and the deviation relationship between the number of monitoring channels to be monitored directly and the visibility of the icon 70.

In essence, it is preferable that the icon 70, when having a plurality of second display regions 72, satisfies the following conditions: these regions are arranged uniformly, and the first display region 71 is arranged so as to be in contact with each region of the second display region 72.

According to this configuration, the visibility of each of the second display regions 72 can be improved in a well-balanced and uniform manner, and the icons 70 can be arranged well as a whole, and the feeling of unity between the first display region 71 and the second display region 72 can be presented. As a result, both the improvement of visibility and the saving of space in the display region can be achieved.

In the illustrated example, a single icon 70 has one first display area 71 and four second display areas 72. Thus, by viewing one icon 70, the user can confirm the representative state of the lower monitor channel in the group corresponding to the icon. In addition, the user can confirm the respective states of the four affiliated monitoring channels of the group affiliation or the affiliated integrated state of the plurality of affiliated monitoring channels.

By providing the first display region 71 and the plurality of second display regions 72 in the icon 70, the convenience of the monitor function is significantly improved as described below. Specifically, it is desirable that all the monitoring channels are displayed in a list for the measurement values of the plurality of sensors 4 arranged in the monitoring system 1, so that the user can monitor all the channels at once. However, it is difficult to display all the monitoring channels in a list in consideration of the size of the display screen and the visibility at the cost.

However, many site managers are set up in different areas (each floor, each room, etc.) or for different monitoring purposes (quality responsible person, energy saving responsible person, etc.), and monitoring channels to which each manager pays attention are different.

Thus, as shown in fig. 3, a group is defined that packs a plurality of monitoring channels. In the icons 70 of the group, the monitoring channels that the responsible person who is related to the group wants to prioritize may be preferentially assigned to the second display area 72. For example, the monitoring lane that the responsible person wants to prioritize is a monitoring lane that wants to be confirmed all the time, a monitoring lane that is concerned because the occurrence frequency of an abnormality is high, and the like. In this way, the administrator can always confirm the monitoring items with high priority at a glance in the second display area 72, and can quickly recognize the occurrence of an abnormality and at the same time, quickly specify the location of the occurrence of the abnormality.

However, there is a possibility that an abnormality may occur in a monitor lane in a group other than the monitor lane preferentially allocated to the second display area 72. In order to prevent this, a representative state representative of the other monitoring channels is displayed in the first display area 71. In this way, by displaying the first display area 71, the manager can recognize the abnormality of the lower monitor lane at a high speed while always checking the monitor item having the higher priority, if necessary.

In the single icon 70 having the first display area 71 and the second display area 72, the second display area 72 is displayed in a display mode indicating normal when there is no abnormality in the direct monitor channel, and the first display area 71 is displayed in a display mode indicating abnormality when there is an abnormality in any of the monitor channels including the lower level. Thus, the manager can determine at a glance whether an abnormality occurs in the monitoring target at the upper hierarchy level or in the monitoring target at the lower hierarchy level, by using a single icon.

More preferably, the single icon 70 has a plurality of second display regions 72, and the first display region 71 is disposed so as to surround the plurality of second display regions 72. With this arrangement, the icon 70 appears such that the first display area 71 representing the representative status of the monitoring channels in the group surrounds the plurality of second display areas 72 displaying the status of the directly subordinate monitoring channels in the group. When the areas are arranged in this manner, the areas are arranged as a single icon, and thus, it is confirmed that the visibility is improved when the states of the plurality of monitor channels related to one group are detected.

Further, in the icon 70, a plurality of (for example, four) second display regions 72 may be formed in a fan shape, and these may be combined to form a quadrant circle, and the first display region 71 may be provided in a ring shape on the circumference of the quadrant circle. When the regions are arranged in the above-described shape, visibility of each region is improved, and it is more preferable to arrange the regions as a single icon, and as a result, both improvement of visibility and saving of space of the display region can be achieved.

Action example 3

[ Generation of Tree-structured data ]

Fig. 5 is a diagram showing a specific example of the GUI displayed on the display unit 13. For example, the display control unit 23 generates the group definition screen 500 as a GUI for the administrator to customize an icon associated with a certain group, and displays the GUI on the display unit 13. The operation reception unit 20 receives an input operation by the administrator via the input unit 11, and supplies a signal corresponding to the input operation to the data generation unit 21 in consideration of the arrangement of the group definition screen 500 displayed on the display unit 13 at the time of reception. The data generation unit 21 generates group definition data shown in fig. 6 in accordance with an input operation of the group definition screen 500 by the administrator.

As shown in fig. 5, the group definition screen 500 is a GUI for customizing an icon of a group "first building, first room", as an example. The group definition screen 500 includes UI components such as an icon model 501, radio buttons (radio buttons) 502, a drop down list (drop list)503, a list 504, check boxes 505, and buttons 506.

The manager can assign the monitoring channels desired to be monitored to the four second display areas 72 of the icon 70, respectively. In the present embodiment, one or a plurality of arbitrary direct monitor channels that directly belong to the corresponding group can be provided for one second display region 72.

The radio button 502 is a UI component for specifying the second display area 72 to be allocated, and is displayed together with the icon model 501, so that the administrator can grasp which radio button 502 corresponds to which second display area 72.

The list 504 is a UI component for displaying a list of the affiliated monitoring channels that can be allocated to the second display area 72. In the list 504, a check box 505 is provided for each monitor channel, and thereby the administrator can select the directly subordinate monitor channel to be assigned to the designated second display area 72. When a plurality of affiliated monitoring channels are listed in the list 504, the administrator can assign a plurality of affiliated monitoring channels to one second display area 72 by checking a plurality of check boxes 505 as desired. The illustrated example shows a state in which the monitoring lane "first room temperature in first floor" is assigned to the second display area 72A of the icon 70.

The drop down list 503 may also be configured as needed. The pull-down list 503 is a UI component for allowing the administrator to specify the classification of a desired monitoring channel and extract only a desired affiliated monitoring channel to display it on the list 504 in the case where the number of affiliated monitoring channels listed in the list 504 is very large. For example, when "all" of the drop down list 503 is selected, all monitoring channels that belong up to the group "first building, first floor, first room" are listed in the list 504. For example, when "power-related" of the pull-down list 503 is selected, only the power-related monitoring channels among the monitoring channels directly belonging to the group "first building, first room" are extracted and listed in the list 504.

The list 504 may be provided with a column for setting a threshold value for each monitoring channel by the administrator. For example, the manager can click on an "attention value setting" button for monitoring the "first room temperature in first floor" of the aisle to specify how much or more than "attention" the state is determined to be. The display control unit 23 and the operation reception unit 20 may control these UI components so that only a specific manager having authority can set the threshold value.

The manager does not have to allocate monitor channels to all four second display areas 72, and there may be second display areas 72 to which no monitor channel is allocated. The administrator, upon ending the assignment operation for all monitoring channels desired, clicks, for example, the button 506.

In response to the button 506 being clicked, the data generation unit 21 registers the correspondence relationship between the second display area 72 and the monitoring channel, which are designated via the group definition screen 500, in the group definition data shown in fig. 6.

Fig. 6 is a diagram showing a specific example of the data structure of the group definition data. In the group definition data, one record (record) is defined for one group. The tree structure data 120 in the present embodiment includes six groups as shown in fig. 3. Thus, in the group definition data, six records are defined.

As shown in fig. 6, as an example, 11 items in total including a group name, a summary range, a representative status, subject monitoring ranges 1 to 4, and subject statuses 1 to 4 are recorded.

In the item of the group name, information uniquely identifying the corresponding group, for example, the name of the group, is stored. The group name may also be specified by the administrator.

In the items of the summary range, information specifying a set of monitoring channels that are collectively monitored in the corresponding group is stored. In the present embodiment, the channel IDs of all the subordinate monitor channels of the corresponding group and the channel IDs of all the lower monitor channels included in the group at the lower hierarchy level of the corresponding group are stored.

In the item representing the status, a representative status is stored which summarizes the statuses of all the monitoring channels specified in the item of the summary range. In the present embodiment, as an example, any of the states "normal", "caution", "warning" and "error" is stored. "normal" means that the measured values of all the monitor channels specified in the items of the summary range are in the normal range. "note" means that the measurement values of all the monitor channels specified in the items of the summary range are lower than the management value but the measurement value of at least one monitor channel is equal to or higher than the attention value and lower than the management value. The term "alarm" means that the measured value of at least one monitoring channel is equal to or greater than the control value. The "error" refers to a state in which the measurement value of at least one monitoring channel cannot be obtained (a state in which a communication error occurs between the monitoring server 2 and the data collection device 3 or between the data collection device 3 and the sensor 4).

In the item of the direct monitoring range 1, information (for example, a lane ID) specifying the direct monitoring lane assigned to the second display area 72A in the icon 70 of the corresponding group is stored.

In the item of the direct state 1, the state of the direct monitoring channel assigned to the second display area 72A is saved. In the present embodiment, as an example, any of the states "normal", "caution", "warning", "error" and "none" is stored. "normal" indicates that the measurement values of all the affiliated monitoring channels assigned to the second display area 72A are in the normal range. "attention" indicates that the measurement values of all the affiliated monitoring channels assigned to the second display area 72A are lower than the management value but the measurement value of at least one affiliated monitoring channel is equal to or higher than the attention value and lower than the management value. "warning" indicates that the measurement value of at least one of the affiliated monitoring channels assigned to the second display area 72A is equal to or greater than the management value. "error" indicates that a communication error has occurred in at least one of the affiliated monitoring channels. "none" indicates that no monitoring channel is assigned to the second display area 72A.

In the item of the direct monitoring range 2, information specifying the direct monitoring lane assigned to the second display area 72B in the icon 70 of the corresponding group is stored. In the item of the direct status 2, the status of the direct monitoring channel assigned to the second display area 72B is saved. In the item of the direct monitoring range 3, information specifying the direct monitoring lane assigned to the second display area 72C in the icon 70 of the corresponding group is stored. In the item of the direct status 3, the status of the direct monitoring channel assigned to the second display area 72C is saved. In the item of the direct monitoring range 4, information specifying the direct monitoring lane assigned to the second display area 72D in the icon 70 of the corresponding group is stored. In the item of the direct status 4, the status of the direct monitoring channel assigned to the second display area 72D is saved.

In this way, the data generation unit 21 generates group definition data in accordance with the designation of the administrator received by the operation reception unit 20. Thus, the monitoring server 2 can hold a plurality of the representative state and the state of the direct monitoring channel for each group.

Fig. 7 is a diagram showing a specific example of the data structure of the channel definition data. In the channel definition data, one record is defined for one monitoring channel. The tree structure data 120 in this embodiment includes 13 monitoring channels as shown in fig. 3. Thus, in the channel definition data, 13 records are defined.

As shown in fig. 7, the record includes four items of a monitoring channel name, a channel ID, an attention value, and a management value, as an example.

In the item of the monitoring channel name, information uniquely identifying the corresponding monitoring channel, for example, the name of the monitoring channel, is stored. The monitoring lane name may be specified by the administrator, and it is desirable to give a recognizable character string such as "first building integrated power" so that anyone can see where the monitoring item is the monitoring target.

In the channel ID entry, information for uniquely identifying the monitoring channel by each device of the monitoring system 1 is stored. The channel ID may also contain a unique (unique) number or arrangement of symbols to enable the monitoring server 2 or data collection device 3 to identify the monitoring channel. The channel ID may also be automatically determined by the monitoring server 2 or the data collection apparatus 3. In the case where the monitoring channels correspond one-to-one to the sensors 4, the channel ID may also be an article serial number assigned to the sensor 4, and may also be a network address on the network 6.

In the item of attention value, an attention value is held, which is a threshold value for distinguishing a state as "normal" or "attention" with respect to a measurement value acquired in a corresponding monitoring channel. In the management value item, a management value is stored, which is a threshold value for distinguishing a state as "attention" or "warning" with respect to a measurement value acquired in a corresponding monitoring channel. The attention value and the management value may be predetermined to be fixed values according to the specification of the sensor 4, or may be specified by an authorized administrator via the group definition screen 500.

In this way, the data generation unit 21 generates the channel definition data in accordance with the designation of the manager received by the operation reception unit 20, and thereby the monitoring server 2 can monitor the field environment for each monitoring item defined as the monitoring channel.

[ determination of State ]

Fig. 8 is a graph showing a relationship between a temporal change in a measurement value acquired from the data collection device 3 by the acquisition unit 24 in association with a certain monitoring channel and a threshold value. The horizontal axis of the graph represents the passage of time, and the vertical axis represents the temperature as a measured value, for example. In the illustrated example, the corresponding monitoring channel is a monitoring channel related to the monitoring item "temperature of a certain place", in which the attention value T1 and the management value T2 are defined.

The acquisition unit 24 communicates with the data collection device 3, and acquires measurement values collected from the sensor 4 by the data collection device 3 as needed in association with the monitoring channel. For example, the acquisition unit 24 may acquire measurement values every several seconds or minutes.

As shown, it is assumed that the temperature measured by the sensor 4 reaches the attention value T1 at the time point T1. At this time, the state determination section 22 determines the state of the monitoring channel, which has been determined to be "normal" up to this point, as "attention".

Along with this, the display control unit 23 changes the display form of the icon 70 to notify the "attention" of the corresponding monitoring channel. Specifically, the display control unit 23 causes the second display area 72 on the icon 70 to which the corresponding monitor channel is assigned to be displayed in a display mode corresponding to "attention".

Further, when the corresponding monitor channel is included in the set for aggregating the representative states, the state determination unit 22 updates the representative states as necessary. For example, the state determination unit 22 updates the representative state from "normal" to "attention" based on the fact that all the monitor channels included in the set have been "normal" so far and the corresponding monitor channel has first become "attention" at time t 1.

Along with this, the display control unit 23 changes the display form of the icon 70 of the upper hierarchy level to notify "attention" in the monitoring channel of the lower hierarchy level. Specifically, the display control unit 23 displays the first display region 71 of the icon 70 of the group of the upper hierarchy level to which the corresponding monitor channel belongs in a display mode corresponding to "attention". When "warning" having an abnormality level higher than "attention" is detected as the state of another monitor channel, the display control unit 23 maintains the display mode corresponding to "warning" in the first display area 71 without notifying that the abnormality level is lowered.

Also, in the case where the temperature measured by the sensor 4 reaches the management value T2 at the time point T2, the state of the corresponding monitor channel is updated from "attention" to "warning", and the representative state of the set to which the corresponding monitor channel belongs is also updated from "attention" to "warning".

Accordingly, the display control unit 23 changes the display form of the first display area 71 and the second display area 72 of the corresponding icon 70 to the display form corresponding to "warning" as well as the "attention" notification.

Fig. 9 is a flowchart showing a flow of the monitoring process executed by the monitoring server 2. The flow of the processing described below is merely an example, and each processing can be changed as much as possible. In addition, the process flow described below can be appropriately omitted, replaced, and added according to the embodiment.

The series of processing shown in fig. 9 is started when the monitoring server 2 is powered on, for example, and the administrator instructs the monitoring system 1 to start monitoring, and is periodically repeated until the administrator instructs the monitoring to end. As a premise for executing the series of processing, the storage unit 12 stores tree structure data 120. The tree structure data 120 is generated by the data generation unit 21 in a data generation step, not shown, and stored in the storage unit 12, for example, before the series of processes is executed.

In S101 (state determination step), the state determination unit 22 compares the measurement value acquired by the acquisition unit 24 with a threshold value for each monitor channel, and determines the individual state of the monitor channel based on the comparison result. The state determination unit 22 first updates the items of the directly subordinate states 1 to 4 in the group definition data shown in FIG. 6 based on the determined individual states.

In S102 (state determination step), the state determination unit 22 determines, for each group, a representative state of a set specified in the items of the aggregation range, based on the state of the monitoring channel of the lower hierarchy. The state specifying unit 22 updates the items representing the states in the group definition data shown in fig. 6 in accordance with the specified situation.

In S103, the display control unit 23 reads out the representative state and the state of the corresponding monitor channel for each group from the group definition data of the tree structure data 120.

In S104 (display control step), the display control unit 23 determines the display mode of each display region in the icons of each group based on the updated state. For example, the color of the display area is determined.

In S105 (display control step), the display control unit 23 causes the display unit 13 to display each icon in the determined display mode. Here, the display control unit 23 may communicate with the monitoring client 5 and transmit a display control command to the monitoring client 5 so that the icon is displayed on the display unit 52 in the determined display form.

[ display of icon ]

Fig. 10 to 12 are diagrams showing a specific example of the GUI displayed on the display unit 13. For example, the display control unit 23 notifies the administrator of the monitoring result of the field environment, and generates the monitoring result screens 601 to 603 as GUIs for supporting the immediate specification of the abnormal portion, and displays the screens on the display unit 13. The operation reception unit 20 receives an input operation by the administrator via the input unit 11, and supplies a signal corresponding to the input operation to the display control unit 23 in consideration of the arrangement of the monitoring result screen 601 to the monitoring result screen 603 displayed on the display unit 13 at the time of reception. The display control unit 23 generates a new monitoring result screen based on the input operation of the administrator to the monitoring result screens 601 to 603, and displays the new monitoring result screen on the display unit 13.

As shown in fig. 10, the monitoring result screen 601 is a GUI for presenting the site environment of the group "first building" at the uppermost level to the manager, as an example. For example, the monitoring result screen 601 is divided into three sub-screens, i.e., a first sub-screen 611, a second sub-screen 612, and a third sub-screen 610.

The first sub-screen 611 is a sub-screen for displaying icons corresponding to the respective groups. In the illustrated example, an icon 613 corresponding to the group "first building" at the uppermost hierarchy level is arranged on the first sub-screen 611.

The second sub-screen 612 is a general sub-screen for displaying icons corresponding to the respective groups. In the illustrated example, information indicating the name of the monitoring channel assigned to the second display area 72 of the icon and information indicating which state each display mode of the second display area 72 corresponds to are arranged on the second sub-screen 612.

The third sub-screen 610 is a sub-screen for displaying icons corresponding to groups belonging to the next hierarchy of the corresponding group. In the present embodiment, the icons of the plurality of lower groups are not simply arranged, but are arranged as follows, for example. First, on the third sub-screen 610, a graphic including a wide area map of a site where a monitoring target is located is arranged, and an icon is drawn at a position on the graphic corresponding to the site where the monitoring target is located.

In the example shown in fig. 10, a graphic of the entire first building is arranged, and in the graphic, icons 615 corresponding to the group of "first building one floor" are arranged in the vicinity of "first building" of the first building to be monitored. Further, an icon 614 corresponding to the group of "second floor of the first building" is arranged near the "second floor" of the first building.

The monitoring result screen 601 shown in fig. 10 shows an example of notification when the status of the monitoring channel of the channel ID "S0009" is determined as "caution" and the status of the monitoring channel of the channel ID "S0012" is determined as "warning" in the hierarchy definition data shown in fig. 3.

In the monitoring result screen 601, the monitoring lane of "S0001" is assigned to the second display area 72A of the icon 613 of the attention group "first building", and the monitoring lane of "S0002" is assigned to the second display area 72B. Since the states of these monitor channels are determined to be "normal", the display control unit 23 displays the second display area 72A and the second display area 72B of the icon 613 in a color (for example, light blue) corresponding to the state "normal".

The collective range of the attention group "first building" is the monitoring channel group of "S0001" to "S0013" as shown in the group definition data of fig. 6. In this set, the monitoring channel of "S0009" determined as "attention" and the monitoring channel of "S0012" determined as "warning" are included as the monitoring channels of the lower hierarchy. Thus, the state specifying unit 22 specifies the representative state of the attention group "first building" as "warning". Therefore, the display control unit 23 displays the first display area 71 of the icon 613 in a color (for example, red) corresponding to the "warning" with a high abnormality level.

On the other hand, the display control unit 23 controls the display mode of the icons 614 and 615 drawn on the third sub-screen 610 in the following manner. First, as shown in fig. 3, no abnormality occurs in the middle-level group "first building first floor", in either the directly-owned monitoring lane or the monitoring lane of the lower-level group. Therefore, the display control unit 23 generates the icon 615 including the second display area 72A and the first display area 71 for the group "first building first floor", and draws the icon in the vicinity of the first building first floor. The second display area 72A indicates that the directly subordinate monitoring channels are normal, and the first display area 71 indicates that all the monitoring channels belonging to the lower hierarchy of the group are normal. Next, in the middle-level group "second building", although no abnormality occurs in the directly-belonging monitoring lane, abnormality of "caution" and "warning" occurs in the monitoring lane of the lower-level group. Therefore, the display control unit 23 generates an icon 614 including the second display area 72A and the first display area 71 for the group "second building" and draws the icon near the second building in the figure of the first building. The second display area 72A indicates that the directly subordinate monitoring channels are normal, and the first display area 71 indicates that at least one of the monitoring channels belonging to the lower hierarchy of the group has a "warning" state.

Thus, the manager can instantly confirm that there is no abnormality in the monitoring item directly monitored as the entire first building as the group of interest or that there is an abnormality in a certain place of the first building, by looking at the icon 613 at a glance.

Further, in the third sub-screen 610, an icon of a group at a next hierarchy of the focus group is drawn on a graphic of the monitoring place. Thus, the manager can confirm at a glance that the abnormality of "warning" has occurred not in the first floor of the first building but in the second floor and in the monitoring items directly monitored in the group of "second floor of the first building", but in the monitoring items therebelow.

Further, the display control unit 23 displays each icon of the monitoring result screen 601 so as to be selectable (for example, clickable). Specifically, the operation receiving unit 20 can receive an operation of selecting an icon displayed on the display unit 13 via the input unit 11. When the icon is selected, the display control unit 23 displays another icon corresponding to a group (second group) of a next lower hierarchy included in a group (first group) of an upper hierarchy corresponding to the selected icon. When the selected group of the upper hierarchy has a plurality of groups in the next hierarchy, the display control unit 23 displays a plurality of other icons so as to correspond to the respective groups.

For example, when the operation reception unit 20 receives a click operation of the administrator on the icon 614 corresponding to the group "second building", the display control unit 23 switches the display to the monitoring result screen 602. The monitoring result screen 602 includes two icons corresponding to two groups "first building second floor first room" and "first building second floor second room" at the next level of the group "first building second floor", respectively.

As shown in fig. 11, the monitoring result screen 602 is a GUI for presenting the site environment of the group "second building" of the middle hierarchy selected in the previous monitoring result screen 601 to the manager, as an example. Similarly to the monitoring result screen 601, the monitoring result screen 602 is divided into three sub-screens, i.e., a first sub-screen 611, a second sub-screen 612, and a third sub-screen 610.

On the first sub-screen 611, icons corresponding to the respective groups are displayed. In the present embodiment, an icon 614 corresponding to "second building of the first building" selected on the monitoring result screen 601 is displayed. On the second sub-screen 612, a general example of the icon displayed on the first sub-screen 611 is displayed.

In another embodiment, the first sub-screen 611 may always display icons of groups managed by the administrator regardless of which hierarchy group the currently selected group is. For example, in the monitoring server 2 used by a manager who manages the entire building, the icon 613 corresponding to the "first building" may be displayed on the first sub-screen 611 at all times.

On the third sub-screen 610, icons corresponding to groups belonging to the next hierarchy of the corresponding group are displayed. In the illustrated example, the respective group is "second building", and thus icons 616 and 617 corresponding to the groups "first second building first room" and "first second building second room" belonging to the next level of the "second building" are displayed, respectively. In the present embodiment, a map of the entire second floor of the first building is first arranged on the third sub-screen 610, and icons 616 and 617 are respectively drawn at positions corresponding to the first room and the second room on the map.

In the example shown in fig. 11, in the hierarchy definition data shown in fig. 3, the state of the direct monitoring channel of the channel ID "S0009" immediately below the group of "first room" is determined as "attention". Therefore, the display control unit 23 displays the second display region 72A to which the lane ID "S0009" is assigned in the icon 616 of the "first room" in a color (for example, yellow) corresponding to the state "attention". When the lane ID "S0009" is included in the group of "first rooms", the display control unit 23 displays the first display area 71 in the same color corresponding to the status "attention".

Also, in the example shown in fig. 11, in the hierarchy definition data shown in fig. 3, the state of the directly monitored channel of the channel ID "S0012" immediately below the group of "second room" is determined to be "warning". Therefore, the display control unit 23 displays the second display region 72A to which the lane ID "S0012" is assigned in the icon 617 of the "second room" in a color (for example, red) corresponding to the state "warning". When the lane ID "S0012" is included in the group of the "second room", the display control unit 23 displays the first display area 71 in the same color corresponding to the status "warning".

Thus, by checking the third sub-screen 610 of the monitoring result screen 602, the manager can check more in detail the state abnormality in which "attention" has occurred in the first room and the state abnormality in which "warning" has occurred in the second room than the monitoring result screen 601.

Further, the display control unit 23 displays each icon of the monitoring result screen 602 so as to be selectable. For example, when the icon 616 is clicked, the display control unit 23 switches the display of the display unit 13 to a monitoring result screen (not shown) in which "first room" is set as the corresponding group. When the icon 617 is clicked, the display control unit 23 switches the display of the display unit 13 to the monitoring result screen 603 in which "second room" is set as a corresponding group (described later on the basis of fig. 12).

Further, the display control unit 23 may display the character string indicating the hierarchical relationship arranged on the third sub-screen 610 so as to be selectable. For example, when the character string of the "first building" in the group at the upper hierarchy level of the "second building" is clicked, the display control unit 23 may return the display of the display unit 13 to the monitoring result screen 601 of fig. 10 in which the "first building" is the corresponding group.

Fig. 12 shows a monitor result screen 603 corresponding to a group at the lowest hierarchy level in the hierarchy definition data shown in fig. 3, that is, a group in which only monitor channels directly belong and other groups are not provided immediately below. As shown in fig. 12, the monitoring result screen 603 is a GUI for presenting the site environment of the group "first building second room" at the lowest hierarchy selected in the previous monitoring result screen 602 to the administrator, as an example. Similarly to the monitoring result screen 601 and the monitoring result screen 602, the monitoring result screen 603 is divided into three sub-screens, i.e., a first sub-screen 611, a second sub-screen 612, and a third sub-screen 610.

On the first sub-screen 611, an icon 617 corresponding to "first building, second room" as a corresponding group is displayed. On the second sub-screen 612, a general example of the icon 617 displayed on the first sub-screen 611 is displayed.

On the third sub-screen 610, the monitoring result of each of the affiliated monitoring channels that directly belong to the group of the corresponding lowest hierarchy level is displayed. As an example, the monitoring result includes a graph representing the measurement values measured by the sensor 4 in the respective monitoring channels in time series.

The monitoring results 618 include a chart of the directly-affiliated monitoring corridor "second floor second room temperature" directly-affiliated with the group "second floor second room of first building". The monitoring results 619 include a chart of the directly-affiliated monitoring corridor "second floor second room humidity" belonging to the group "second floor second room of first building".

The display control unit 23 may change the display mode of the monitoring result of the direct monitoring channel in which the state abnormality has occurred from that of the other channel. For example, since the monitoring lane in which the state abnormality (for example, "warning") has occurred is "second floor second room temperature", the display control unit 23 may highlight the monitoring result 618 in a color (for example, red) corresponding to the state "warning".

Thus, the manager can quickly confirm the measurement value of the monitoring channel in which the state abnormality has occurred.

[ Effect/Effect ]

As described above, in the present embodiment, the single icon that notifies the administrator of the status abnormality has the first display area for displaying the representative status in which the statuses of the plurality of monitor channels belonging to the group corresponding to the icon are collected, and the second display area for displaying the statuses of some of the monitor channels belonging to the group corresponding to the icon. The first display area is an area for displaying a representative state that summarizes the states, at least for a set of monitoring channels including at least a lower monitoring channel belonging to a lower hierarchy level than the group. The second display area is an area for displaying the status of one or more affiliated monitoring channels directly belonging to the group corresponding to the icon.

Therefore, in such a single icon having the first display area and the second display area, when the directly subordinate monitor channel is not abnormal, the second display area is displayed in a display mode indicating normal, and when any one of the monitor channels including the lower level is abnormal, the first display area is displayed in a display mode indicating abnormal. Thus, the manager can determine at a glance whether an abnormality occurs in the monitoring target at the upper hierarchy level or in the monitoring target at the lower hierarchy level, by using a single icon.

Moreover, the first display area and the second display area are configured as a single icon in a well-arranged manner, and therefore, there are the following advantages: the abnormality notification can be performed in accordance with the hierarchy, and the display area is not pressed because the display place is not increased.

In particular, in a display mode in which an abnormal portion is further graphically expressed by plotting a graph on a map or the like, it is necessary to take a diligence on the position of the display icon. For example, when the icons are not simply displayed in a list but are drawn on a wide map or the like including the monitoring target region as shown in fig. 10 or 11, the display positions of the icons must be investigated. Therefore, it is possible to provide a further advantage that the icons are arranged in a single icon so that visibility and visibility can be improved and the display area is not pressed.

As described with reference to fig. 10 to 12, the icon for notifying the abnormal state occurring in the lower hierarchy level in the first display region is configured to call up an icon corresponding to a group in a lower hierarchy level including an abnormal monitor channel in response to the selection operation. This makes it possible to allow the administrator to quickly recognize the occurrence of an abnormality in the lower hierarchy level, and to further allow the icon to function as a support tool that can guide the administrator to specify the abnormality occurrence location more quickly.

Modification example 4

The embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail, but the description up to the above is merely illustrative of the present invention in all aspects. Of course, various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. For example, the following modifications can be made.

The icon 70 is not limited to a circle, and may be in various shapes such as an ellipse, a square, a rectangle, and a polygon.

Fig. 13 is a diagram showing another example of the icon 70. As shown in fig. 13, the icons 70 may be provided in a configuration in which: the circle has a first display area 71 at the center thereof and a second display area 72 at the outer periphery thereof. In this case, the first display region 71 and the second display region 72 can be arranged in a good manner and can be integrated into a single icon while improving visibility and visibility.

The arrangement of the second display regions 72 is not limited to the radial arrangement. As still another modification of the icon 70, for example, the plurality of second display regions 72 may be arranged in a uniform manner such as a horizontal row or a vertical row, or may be arranged in a matrix of N × M (for example, 3 × 2).

[ implementation by software ]

The control block of the monitoring server 2 (particularly, the operation receiving unit 20, the data generating unit 21, the state determining unit 22, the display control unit 23, and the acquiring unit 24) may be realized by a logic circuit (hardware) formed on an integrated circuit (IC chip) or the like, or may be realized by software.

In the latter case, the monitoring server 2 includes a computer that executes commands of software, i.e., programs, that realize the respective functions. The computer includes, for example, one or more processors (processors), and includes a computer-readable recording medium storing the program. In the computer, the processor reads and executes the program from the recording medium, thereby achieving the object of the present invention. As the processor, for example, a Central Processing Unit (CPU) can be used. As the recording medium, "a non-transitory tangible medium" may be used, and for example, a tape (tape), a disk (disk), a card (card), a semiconductor Memory, a programmable logic circuit, or the like may be used in addition to a Read Only Memory (ROM) or the like. Further, a Random Access Memory (RAM) or the like for expanding the program may be further included. Further, the program may be supplied to the computer via an arbitrary transmission medium (a communication network, a broadcast wave, or the like) that can transmit the program. In addition, an embodiment of the present invention can be realized in the form of a data signal embedded in a carrier wave in which the program is realized by electronic transmission.

A monitoring device of an aspect of the invention comprises: a data storage unit that stores tree structure data including a plurality of groups, each group including one or more monitoring channels; a state determination section that determines a state of the monitoring channel; and a display control unit that displays icons corresponding to the group, wherein each of the icons has a first display area that displays a representative state that summarizes the states of the plurality of monitoring channels belonging to the group corresponding to the icon, and a second display area that displays the states of a part of the monitoring channels belonging to the group corresponding to the icon.

This provides the following effects: the display area is not compressed, and the list of the states of the monitoring objects in the upper hierarchy level and the states of the monitoring objects in the lower hierarchy level is ensured.

More specifically, for example, in the data storage unit, tree structure data including a plurality of groups including one or more monitoring channels that hold the state of the monitoring target for each monitoring item is stored. The display control unit can grasp the hierarchical relationship between the plurality of groups and the monitoring channels by referring to the tree structure data.

The first display area of the icon may be an area that displays a representative state in which the states of at least a plurality of monitor channels belonging to one or more groups at a lower hierarchy level among the monitor channels belonging to the group corresponding to the icon and the monitor channels belonging to one or more groups at a lower hierarchy level of the group are summarized. The second display area of the icon may be an area that displays the state of one or more monitoring channels that belong to the group corresponding to the icon.

According to this configuration, the manager can know the state of the monitoring channels belonging to the group directly corresponding to the icon based on the display of the second display region, and can collectively know the states of the monitoring channels being monitored in one or more groups at a lower hierarchy level of the group based on the display of the first display region, by confirming one icon.

By integrating the two types of areas in one icon in this manner, it is possible to save space in the display area necessary for displaying the monitoring result for each monitoring item on the screen, and to ensure the comprehensibility of the state relating to the monitoring item directly belonging to the group and the state relating to the monitoring item at the lower hierarchy level of the group. For example, the administrator can judge whether the monitoring object itself of the corresponding monitoring item hierarchy is abnormal or the monitoring object of the lower hierarchy is abnormal by looking at one icon by checking the display indicating normal related to the monitoring item of the group through the second display area and the display indicating abnormal related to the monitoring item of the lower hierarchy of the group through the first display area.

In the monitoring device according to the one aspect, the state specifying unit may specify, as the representative state of the group, a state of the monitor lane having a highest abnormality level among states of the plurality of monitor lanes belonging to a lower order of the group corresponding to the icon.

In general, the higher the abnormality level, the higher the importance of the information to be notified to the administrator. Thus, the higher the abnormality level is, the more important the event is, the higher the priority of the monitoring device can be given to the administrator.

The monitoring device according to the one aspect may further include an acquisition unit that acquires a measurement value corresponding to each monitoring channel, and sets a threshold value for each monitoring channel, and the state determination unit may determine the state of the monitoring channel by comparing the measurement value corresponding to the monitoring channel with the threshold value.

According to the structure, a threshold value is set for each monitoring channel in the tree structure data. The state specifying unit can specify the state of the monitoring target for the monitoring item corresponding to the monitoring channel by comparing the measurement value associated with the monitoring channel with the threshold value. For example, the state determination unit may determine whether the monitoring target is in the first state or the second state based on whether a measurement value obtained from a sensor or the like is smaller than or equal to a threshold value.

The threshold value may be set in plural with respect to one monitoring channel. In this case, the state determination unit may determine the state of the monitoring target from among the first state, the second state, and the third state, depending on whether the measurement value is smaller than the first threshold value, equal to or larger than the first threshold value and smaller than the second threshold value, or equal to or larger than the second threshold value.

In the monitoring device according to the one aspect, the display control unit may change the color of the first display region in accordance with the representative state.

Thus, the manager can quickly detect the state change in the monitoring channel directly belonging to the group and any monitoring channel at the lower level of the group.

In the monitoring device according to the one aspect, the display control unit may display the first display region and the second display region in the same color when the representative state and the state of the monitoring channel are the same as each other.

Thus, the manager can intuitively recognize the difference in the abnormality level by the color regardless of the difference between the first display area and the second display area.

In the monitoring device according to the aspect, a single icon may have a plurality of the second display regions, and the first display region may surround the plurality of the second display regions.

In this way, the first display region that groups the status of the group surrounds the plurality of second display regions that display the status of each monitoring channel, and therefore the visibility of the status of the relevant monitoring target is improved. Further, the arrangement as a single icon is favorable, and visibility can be improved without pressing the display region.

In the monitoring device according to the one aspect, the display control unit may display the first display region in a form corresponding to an abnormal state in a single icon when the representative state is an abnormal state, and display the second display region in a form corresponding to a state of the part of the monitoring channels regardless of the representative state.

According to the above configuration, visibility and visibility can be improved without pressing the display region, as compared with a conventional configuration in which the color of the symbol of the monitoring target at the upper hierarchy is changed when an abnormality occurs in the monitoring target at the lower hierarchy. In the above-described conventional configuration, it is impossible to determine whether there is an abnormality in the monitoring target at the upper hierarchy level in which the color has changed or whether there is an abnormality in the monitoring target at the lower hierarchy level. In contrast, according to the configuration of one aspect of the present disclosure, when an abnormality occurs in a monitoring target at a lower hierarchy level, only the display form of the first display region is changed so as to correspond to the state of the abnormality, and the second display region is not affected by the change in the display form of the first display region as long as the state of the monitoring target directly monitored does not change. Therefore, the manager can judge whether the monitoring channel of the corresponding level directly monitored is abnormal or the monitoring channel of the lower level is abnormal by only looking at the single icon.

The monitoring device according to the one aspect may further include an input unit that accepts selection of the displayed icon from a user, and when the icon is selected, the display control unit may display another icon corresponding to a second group included in the first group corresponding to the selected icon.

According to the above configuration, not only can the icon function of easily notifying the states of the plurality of monitor channels belonging to the first group and the second group through the first display area, but also the icon function as a support tool for guiding the user to the monitor channel in which an abnormality has occurred and allowing the user to specify the abnormal portion as soon as possible when an abnormality has occurred in one or more second groups belonging to the first group.

The monitoring method of one aspect of the invention comprises: a data generation step of generating tree structure data including a plurality of groups each including one or more monitoring channels; a state determining step of determining the state of the monitoring channel; and a display control step of displaying icons corresponding to the group, wherein each of the icons has a first display area and a second display area, the first display area displays a representative state in which states of a plurality of monitor channels belonging to a lower level of the group corresponding to the icon are collected, and the second display area displays states of a part of the monitor channels included in the group corresponding to the icon. According to the method, the same effect as the monitoring device is achieved.

In this case, a monitoring program for realizing the monitoring apparatus of the monitoring apparatus by a computer by operating the computer as each part (software element) included in the monitoring apparatus, and a computer-readable recording medium on which the monitoring program is recorded are also included in the scope of the present invention.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope shown in the claims, and embodiments obtained by appropriately combining technical components disclosed in different embodiments are also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

Description of the symbols

1: monitoring system

2: monitoring server (monitoring device)

3: data collection device

4: sensor with a sensor element

5: monitoring client

6: network

10: control unit

11: input unit

12: storage unit (data storage unit)

13: display unit

20: operation accepting unit

21: data generation unit

22: state determination unit

23: display control unit

24: acquisition unit

51: input unit

52: display unit

70: icon

71: a first display region

72. 72A to 72D: a second display region

120: tree structured data

T1: attention value (threshold)

T2: management value (threshold)

Claims (11)

1. A monitoring device, comprising:

a data storage unit that stores tree structure data including a plurality of groups, each group including one or more monitoring channels;

a state determination section that determines a state of the monitoring channel; and

and a display control unit that displays icons corresponding to the group, wherein each of the icons has a first display area that displays a representative state that summarizes the states of the plurality of monitoring channels belonging to the group corresponding to the icon, and a second display area that displays the states of a part of the monitoring channels belonging to the group corresponding to the icon.

2. The monitoring device of claim 1, wherein

The state specifying unit specifies, as the representative state of the group, a state of the monitor channel having a highest abnormality level among states of the plurality of monitor channels belonging to a lower order of the group corresponding to the icon.

3. The monitoring device of claim 1 or 2, comprising:

an acquisition unit for acquiring measurement values corresponding to the respective monitoring channels,

a threshold value is set for each of the monitoring channels,

the state determination unit determines the state of the monitoring channel by comparing the measurement value corresponding to the monitoring channel with the threshold value.

4. The monitoring device of any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein

The display control unit changes the color of the first display region according to the representative state.

5. The monitoring device of claim 4, wherein

The display control unit displays the first display area and the second display area in the same color when the representative state and the state of the monitoring channel are the same as each other.

6. The monitoring device of any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein

A single one of the icons has a plurality of the second display regions,

the first display area surrounds a plurality of the second display areas.

7. The monitoring device of any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein

The display control unit, when the representative state is an abnormal state, displays, in the individual icon,

the first display area is displayed in a form corresponding to the abnormal state, and

the second display area is displayed in a form corresponding to the state of the part of the monitoring channels, regardless of the representative state.

8. The monitoring device of any one of claims 1 to 7, comprising:

an input unit for receiving the selection of the displayed icon from the user,

when the icon is selected, the display control section displays another icon corresponding to a second group included in the first group corresponding to the selected icon.

9. A method of monitoring, comprising:

a data generation step of generating tree structure data including a plurality of groups each including one or more monitoring channels;

a state determining step of determining the state of the monitoring channel; and

and a display control step of displaying icons corresponding to the group, wherein each of the icons has a first display area and a second display area, the first display area displays a representative state in which states of a plurality of monitoring channels belonging to a lower level of the group corresponding to the icon are collected, and the second display area displays states of a part of the monitoring channels included in the group corresponding to the icon.

10. A monitoring program for causing a computer to function as the monitoring device according to claim 1, wherein the monitoring program is for causing a computer to function as the state determination section and the display control section.

11. A recording medium on which the monitoring program according to claim 10 is recorded and which is readable by a computer.

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