CN113994311B

CN113994311B - Monitoring device, monitoring method, and recording medium

Info

Publication number: CN113994311B
Application number: CN202080042133.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 今北淳
Original assignee: Omron Corp
Current assignee: Omron Corp
Priority date: 2019-07-05
Filing date: 2020-06-23
Publication date: 2023-11-10
Anticipated expiration: 2040-06-23
Also published as: JP7334511B2; JP2021012544A; DE112020003235T5; WO2021006022A1; CN113994311A

Abstract

The invention provides a monitoring device, a monitoring method and a recording medium, which can ensure the state of a monitoring object at an upper level and the list of the states of the monitoring objects at a lower level without compressing a display area. 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 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 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 (72) that displays the states of a part of the monitoring channels belonging to the group corresponding to the icon.

Description

Monitoring device, monitoring method, and recording medium

Technical Field

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

Background

In recent years, with the popularization of computers connectable to networks, systems for monitoring various business activities have been established. Examples of such a system include a system for monitoring the power consumption of a site where an operation is performed. Further, the network is connected to various sensors, and thus, the "visualization" of all items on the site is realized without limiting 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 in business activities, improvement of quality, and improvement of productivity.

For example, patent document 1 describes a monitoring device in which a plurality of objects to be monitored are classified into a plurality of levels, and when an object to be monitored belonging to a lower level is in an abnormal state, a symbol for monitoring from the object to be monitored in the abnormal state to an object to be monitored in an arbitrary upper level is displayed on a screen together with a level relationship to identify the object to be monitored in the abnormal state.

Prior art literature

Patent literature

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

Disclosure of Invention

Problems to be solved by the invention

However, the conventional technology as described above has the following problems. Specifically, in the monitoring device of patent document 1, when an abnormality occurs in a lower-level monitoring object, an icon representing the abnormality is displayed as an icon of an upper-level monitoring object. However, it is not possible to determine whether an abnormality has occurred in the monitoring object itself at the upper hierarchy level or in the monitoring object at the lower hierarchy level. In order for the user to determine whether the abnormal portion is in the upper hierarchy or the lower hierarchy, it is necessary to display an icon from the abnormal state monitoring object to any monitoring object in the upper hierarchy on the screen together with the hierarchy relationship. Such a display method can stress a limited display area. The more the hierarchy increases, the more the number of monitored objects increases, and this problem is more serious.

An object of an embodiment of the present invention is to realize a monitoring device, a monitoring method, a monitoring program, and a recording medium that ensure a list of states of an upper hierarchy level and states of a lower hierarchy level without compressing a display area.

Technical means for solving the problems

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

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

The monitoring method of one aspect of the invention comprises the following steps: a data generation step of generating tree structure data, wherein the tree structure data comprises a plurality of groups, and each group comprises more than one monitoring channel; a state determining step of determining a state of the monitoring channel; and a display control step of displaying icons corresponding to the groups, wherein each icon 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 stage of the group corresponding to the icon are collected, and the second display area displays a state of a part of the monitoring 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 achieved: the display area is not pressed, and the state of the monitoring object of the upper level and the state of the monitoring object of the lower level can be kept in a list.

Drawings

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

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

Fig. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a hierarchical relationship of monitor channels defined by 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 the graphical user interface (Graphical User Interfaces, GUI) displayed on the display unit.

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

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

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

Fig. 9 is a flowchart showing a flow of the monitoring process performed 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.

Description of symbols

1: monitoring system

2: monitoring server (monitoring device)

3: data collection device

4: sensor for detecting a position of a body

5: monitoring client

6: network system

10: control unit

11: input unit

12: storage unit (data storage unit)

13: display unit

20: operation receiving unit

21: data generating unit

22: status determination unit

23: display control unit

24: acquisition unit

51: input unit

52: display unit

70: icon(s)

71: a first display area

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

120: tree structure data

T1: attention value (threshold)

T2: management value (threshold value)

Detailed Description

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

[ embodiment 1 ]

Application example of ≡1

Fig. 2 is a diagram schematically illustrating an example of a scenario in which the monitoring server 2 (monitoring device) according to the present embodiment is applied.

As an 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 the power consumption, temperature, humidity, particles (amount of dust per unit volume) and illuminance on site, as an example.

The monitoring system 1 comprises 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, as 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 (Local Area Network, LAN). The sensor 4 is communicatively connected to the data collection device 3 by wire 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, and are connected to power supply sources for supplying power to various electric devices operating in the field, and the power consumption is obtained as a measured value. Alternatively, the sensors 4 are, for example, environmental sensors 4E to 4H. The environment 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 field 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 to this, the environmental sensors E to H may be air flow sensors, CO2 sensors, pulse sensors, or the like. The kind and number of the sensors 4 arranged in the monitoring system 1 are not particularly limited. The sensors of an appropriate kind are arranged in an appropriate number at an appropriate place according to the purpose of monitoring or the like.

The data collection device 3 collects and stores the measured 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 providing the measurement values to the monitoring server 2, and provides the collected measurement values to the monitoring server 2 at arbitrary timing (for example, every several seconds to several minutes, every several hours, every one day, etc.).

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

The monitoring channel is data for identifying and managing the monitoring item as each data on the monitoring system 1, and holds a state (status) related to the monitoring item as a monitoring target. 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 simplicity of explanation, the data collection device 3 manages the state of the monitoring object based on one measurement value obtained from one sensor 4 by using one monitoring channel as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the data collection device 3 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 one monitoring channel may be assigned with the power consumption amount of one place as a monitoring item. Also, in the illustrated example, the data collection device 3B manages four monitoring channels. For example, a temperature at a certain place may be allocated as a monitoring item for the first monitoring channel in which input/output of the temperature transmitted from the environment sensor 4E is managed. For example, the second monitoring channel may be assigned with humidity at a certain place as a monitoring item, and the input/output of humidity transmitted from the environment sensor 4F may be managed in the monitoring channel. For example, particles at a certain place may be allocated as a monitoring item for the third monitoring channel in which input/output of particles transmitted from the environment sensor 4G is managed. For example, the illuminance at a certain place may be allocated as a monitoring item for the fourth monitoring channel in which input/output of illuminance transmitted from the environment sensor 4H is managed.

The monitoring server 2 analyzes the measured value obtained in each monitoring channel, determines the state of the monitoring object, and outputs the result thereof so that the user can recognize. In the present embodiment, the monitoring server 2 divides a plurality of monitoring channels into a plurality of levels, and monitors the site environment using tree structure data indicating the relationship of the monitoring channels divided into the plurality of levels. The nodes forming the tree structure data can be all monitoring channels or groups for packing a plurality of monitoring channels. In this embodiment, another group (second group) of the lower hierarchy may be directly connected to the 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 object 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 a first display area and a 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 monitoring channels belonging to the group corresponding to the icon are combined, and causes the second display area to display the state of a part of the monitoring channels belonging to the group corresponding to the icon.

More specifically, the display control unit 23 causes the first display area to display a representative state in which states of a plurality of monitoring channels belonging to a group corresponding to an icon and a plurality of monitoring channels belonging to one or more groups of a lower hierarchy of the group are aggregated, the plurality of monitoring channels belonging to at least one or more groups of the lower hierarchy. On the other hand, the display control unit 23 causes the second display area to display the states of one or more monitoring channels belonging to the group corresponding to the icon.

According to the above configuration, the user can recognize the state of the monitoring channel to which the group corresponding to the icon belongs based on the display of the second display area in the icon by confirming one icon. In addition, the user can know the status of the plurality of monitoring channels being monitored in one or more groups at a lower level of the group based on the display of the first display area.

By integrating the two types of areas into a single icon in this manner, space saving in the display area required for displaying the state of the monitoring object related to the monitoring item on the display screen is achieved. Further, it is possible to ensure a list of the state of the group in which the group is directly located and the state of the group in the lower hierarchy.

Further, in the monitoring system 1, one or more monitoring clients 5 are provided at each site. The monitoring client 5 outputs the state of the monitoring object determined by the monitoring server 2 so that the user can recognize. The monitoring client 5 includes a display unit 52, and can display 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 place of the site independently of the monitoring server 2 that performs the overall management of the entire site. For example, the monitoring server 2 may be disposed in a department that integrally manages one building, while the monitoring client 5 may be disposed on each floor or each room in a floor in the building.

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

2 structural example

[ hardware Structure ]

< 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.

As an example, the monitoring server 2 of the present embodiment includes 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, which are 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 controls the monitoring server 2 in an integrated manner, and includes a central processing unit (Central Processing Unit, CPU), a random access Memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), a Read Only Memory (ROM), and the like. The control unit 10 performs control of each unit described later based on information processing.

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

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, buttons, and switches, or a combination thereof.

The display unit 13 displays information processed by the control unit 10, and includes, for example, a liquid crystal display device (Liquid Crystal Display, LCD) or an organic Electroluminescence (EL) display. In the present embodiment, the icon processed by the display control unit 23 of the control unit 10 is 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 section 51 includes a keyboard, a mouse, and the like. The display unit 52 displays information processed by a control unit, not shown, including an LCD, an organic EL display, and the like. When the monitoring client 5 is a flat panel, the input section 51 and the display section 52 may be integrally formed as a touch panel.

Upon receiving a display control command related to the display of an icon from the monitoring server 2, the monitoring client 5 causes the display unit 52 to display the icon in accordance with the display form of 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 determining unit 22, a display control unit 23, and an acquiring unit 24. Each of the blocks shown in the control unit 10 can be realized by, for example, a central processing unit (Central Processing Unit, CPU) reading out and executing a monitor program stored in a storage device (storage unit 12) such as a Read Only Memory (ROM) into a random access Memory (Random Access Memory, RAM) or the like.

The operation receiving unit 20 determines what instruction is input based on an input signal reflecting an input operation of the input unit 11 by the user, and outputs the determined instruction to each unit of the control unit 10. For example, the operation receiving unit 20 detects coordinates on the display unit 13 designated by the input unit 11 based on an input signal, and determines the content of an input operation in consideration of the configuration of a graphical user interface (hereinafter referred to as GUI) displayed on the display unit 13 at the time of input. The operation receiving unit 20 determines, for example, 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 an input operation performed on the UI component such as clicking, double clicking, right clicking, or dragging.

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

(1) Hierarchical definition data (FIG. 3) defining hierarchical relationships of monitoring channels and groups of the monitoring channels,

(2) Group definition data (FIG. 6) defining the states of the monitor channels assigned to the groups, and

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

The data generation unit 21 stores the tree structure data 120 generated in accordance with the instruction of the user 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 a state related to the monitoring item associated with the monitoring channel based on the measured value of the sensor 4 associated with the monitoring channel. For example, in the channel definition data, at least one threshold is defined for each monitoring channel.

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

In another example, a threshold may also be defined for a monitoring channel. In this case, the state determination unit 22 may determine that the state of the monitoring channel is "abnormal" when the measured value acquired from the sensor 4 exceeds the threshold value. If the measured value is smaller than the threshold value, the state determination unit 22 may determine that it is "normal". For example, for a monitoring channel related to particles, a threshold value for distinguishing between abnormality and normality may be set as such.

In still another example, more specifically, in the channel definition data, two or more types of threshold values whose judgment references are different may be defined for each monitoring channel. For example, two thresholds, that is, an attention value for determining whether or not attention should be paid to a state as a criterion, and a management value for determining whether or not a serious state in which an alarm should be notified is a state as a criterion, may be defined. The state determination unit 22 may determine that the state of a certain monitoring channel is "attentive" when the measured value of the monitoring channel is equal to or more than the attentive value and less than the management value, and determine that the state of the monitoring channel is "warning" when the measured value of the monitoring channel exceeds the management value. If the measured value is smaller than the attention value, the state determination unit 22 may determine that it is "normal".

The various thresholds based on the respective judgment criteria may include an upper limit value and a lower limit value. That is, four thresholds, that is, 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 monitoring channel. In this case, the state determination unit 22 may determine that the state of the monitoring channel is "normal" when the measured value of the monitoring 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 that the state of the monitoring channel is "noted" when the measured value is equal to or greater than the upper limit attention 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 attention value. The state determination unit 22 may determine the state of the monitoring channel as "warning" when the measured value is equal to or greater than the upper limit management value or less than the lower limit management value.

The state determination unit 22 determines, for a group of interest (hereinafter referred to as an interest group), a set of a plurality of monitoring channels included in a lower group of the interest group, based on a hierarchical relationship defined by hierarchical definition data, determines a representative state in which states of the monitoring channels included in the set are summarized, and manages the group definition data in association with the interest 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 the state of the monitoring channel having the highest degree of abnormality (abnormality level) in the determined set as a representative state of the set, for example. For example, if the set includes a monitoring channel exhibiting a "normal" state and a monitoring channel exhibiting an "attention" state, the state determination unit 22 determines the representative state of the set as "attention". Alternatively, if even one monitoring channel exhibiting the "warning" state is included in the set, the state determining section 22 determines the representative state of the set as "warning" even if the monitoring channel exhibiting the "normal" or "attention" state is dominant.

The representative state determined for each group by the state determining section 22 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 "directly-belonging monitoring channels") belonging directly to a certain interest group, determine a directly-belonging integrated state in which the states of the directly-belonging monitoring channels included in the set are integrated, and manage the directly-belonging integrated state in association with the interest group.

The display control unit 23 refers to the group definition data, determines the display form of the icon for each group based on the state determined by the state determination unit 22, and causes the display unit 13 to display the icon in the determined display form.

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 area of the icon in a color corresponding to the respective states of one of the direct monitor channels or the direct integrated states of the plurality of direct monitor channels allocated to the second display area.

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 area to be displayed in a display form corresponding to the abnormal state and causes the second display area to be displayed in a display form corresponding to the state of the direct monitoring channel. For example, the display control unit 23 causes the first display area to be displayed in a color indicating "abnormal", and causes the second display area to be displayed in a color corresponding to the state of the direct monitoring channel irrespective of the representative state.

However, it is preferable that the display mode changing method according to the abnormal level of the state be unified in advance in the first display area and the second display area. That is, the display control unit 23 causes the first display area and the second display area to be displayed in the same display form, for example, in the same color, when the representative state of the group and the state of the monitoring channel belonging to the group are the same abnormal level as each other.

In the case where the monitoring system 1 is provided with the monitoring client 5, the display control unit 23 may transmit a display control command for instructing the monitoring client 5 to display an icon in the display form determined as described above to the monitoring client 5. In this way, the monitoring client 5 can display an 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 measured value acquired by the acquisition unit 24 is referred to when the state determination unit 22 determines the state of the monitoring channel.

Data structure

Fig. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a hierarchical relationship of monitor channels defined by hierarchical definition data. Fig. 3 graphically represents hierarchy definition data to make it easy for a user to recognize hierarchy relationships. The hierarchy definition data stored in the storage unit 12 as the tree structure data 120 for processing by the control unit 10 may have a data structure different from that shown in fig. 3.

In the hierarchy definition data, as nodes, monitoring channels are defined. As an example, one monitoring channel is allocated to one monitoring item for determining a state 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, the necessary appropriate monitoring items are also allocated to the monitoring channels of the channel IDs "S0002" to "S0013", and in the illustrated example, the monitoring system 1 manages the aggregate 13 monitoring channels.

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 monitor channels. For example, as a group including the lowest hierarchy level of the four monitoring channels of the channel IDs "S0005" to "S0008", a group having a group name "first room of first building" is defined.

Further, in the hierarchy definition data, as the node, a group of an upper hierarchy including a group in a lower hierarchy may be defined. The group of the upper level has the group of the lower level, and may also directly have the respective monitoring channels. For example, the group of the upper hierarchy level of the group name "first building first floor" has the group of the group name "first building first room" as the group of the lower hierarchy level, and the monitoring channel "S0003" having the monitoring item "first building first floor illuminance" is directly attached.

In addition, in the hierarchy definition data, a group of a higher hierarchy including a group of a higher hierarchy having a group of a lower hierarchy may be defined. For example, a group of group names "first building" is defined as a group of a higher hierarchy level including the group of the "first building.

Structure of icon

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

Specifically, the icon 70 has a first display area 71 shown by hatching and a second display area 72 shown by oblique lines.

The first display area 71 is an area for displaying a representative state that aggregates the states of a plurality of monitoring channels belonging to a group corresponding to an 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 monitoring channels among the monitoring channels belonging to the group corresponding to the icon and any one of the groups at a lower level of the group are summarized.

In the present embodiment, the icon 70 has one first display area 71, as an example. The first display area 71 displays a representative state in which the states of the monitoring channels at the lower side of the group associated with the icon 70 and all the monitoring channels of the monitoring channels directly belonging to the group are summarized. For example, in the icon 70 of the group "first building" shown in fig. 3, the first display area 71 may display representative states in which the states of all the monitoring channels belonging to the monitoring channel "S0003" and the monitoring channels "S0005" to "S0008" in the lower order are summarized.

In another example, the first display area 71 may display a representative state in which the states of all the monitoring channels in the lower part of the group are summarized in addition to the directly-attached monitoring channels of the group. For example, in the icon 70 of the group "first building" shown in fig. 3, the first display area 71 may display representative states that aggregate the states of the lower monitoring channels "S0005" to "S0008".

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

The second display area 72 is an area for displaying the status 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 generic monitor channels belonging directly 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 areas 72. For example, as shown in fig. 4, the icon 70 may have four second display regions 72, that is, second display regions 72A to 72D.

A second display area 72 may display either the individual status of one generic monitor channel or the generic status of a plurality of generic monitor channels together. For example, in the icon 70 of the group "first building second room", the second display area 72A may display the straight integrated states of the straight monitor channels "S0009" to "S0011", the second display area 72B may display the respective states of the straight monitor channel "S0009", the second display area 72C may display the respective states of the straight monitor channel "S0010", and the second display area 72D may display the respective states of the straight monitor channel "S0011".

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

In essence, the icon 70 is preferably configured to satisfy the following condition, that is, in the case of having a plurality of second display regions 72: the regions are uniformly arranged, and the first display region 71 is arranged so as to contact each region of the second display region 72.

According to the above configuration, the visibility of each of the second display regions 72 can be improved uniformly with good balance, and the icons 70 can be arranged well as a whole, so that the first display region 71 and the second display region 72 can exhibit a sense of unity. As a result, both improvement of visibility and space saving of the display area can be achieved.

In the illustrated example, a single icon 70 has one first display area 71 and four second display areas 72. Thus, when viewing one icon 70, the user can confirm the representative state of the lower monitoring channel in the group corresponding to the icon. In addition, the user can confirm the individual states of the four generic monitoring channels of the group generic or the generic states of the multiple generic monitoring channels.

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

However, many of the field managers are provided with a plurality of monitoring channels for different areas (each, each floor, each room, etc.), or for different monitoring purposes (quality responsibilities, energy saving responsibilities, etc.), and the monitoring channels to be focused on by each manager are different.

Thus, as shown in FIG. 3, a group is defined that packages multiple monitoring channels. In the icon 70 of this group, the monitoring channel to which the responsible person who is associated with the group wants to give priority may be preferentially allocated to the second display area 72. As an example, the monitoring channel that the responsible person wants to give priority to is a monitoring channel that wants to be always confirmed, a monitoring channel that is concerned because of a high occurrence frequency of abnormality, or the like. In this way, the manager can recognize the monitoring item having the high priority at a glance all the time through the second display area 72, and can recognize the occurrence of the abnormality quickly, and can identify the place where the abnormality occurs quickly.

However, abnormality may occur in the monitoring channels in the group other than the monitoring channel preferentially allocated to the second display area 72. In order to prevent this, the representative state of the monitoring channels other than the representative state is displayed in the first display area 71. In this way, when necessary, the manager can recognize the monitoring item having the higher priority and quickly recognize that the lower monitoring channel is abnormal by displaying the first display area 71.

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

More preferably, the single icon 70 has a plurality of second display areas 72, and the first display area 71 is arranged so as to surround the plurality of second display areas 72. According to this configuration, the icon 70 appears to be a first display area 71 representing a representative state of totalizing the monitoring channels within the group, surrounding a plurality of second display areas 72 displaying the states of the monitoring channels directly within the group. When the areas are arranged in this manner, the areas are arranged as a single icon, and thus the visibility when confirming the states of the plurality of monitoring channels related to one group is improved.

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

3 action examples

[ Generation of Tree structural data ]

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

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

The manager can assign monitoring channels to be monitored to the four second display areas 72 of the icon 70, respectively. In the present embodiment, one or any plurality of the direct monitoring channels belonging to the corresponding group can be directly provided to each of the second display areas 72.

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

The list 504 is a UI part for displaying a list of generic monitoring channels that can be allocated to the second display area 72. In the list 504, a check box 505 is provided for each monitoring channel, whereby the manager can select the generic monitoring channel that is desired to be allocated to the designated second display area 72. When a plurality of direct monitoring channels are listed in the list 504, the manager can assign a plurality of direct 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 channel "first room temperature of first floor" is allocated to the second display area 72A of the icon 70.

Drop down list 503 may also be configured as desired. The drop down list 503 is a UI component for, in the case where the number of generic monitoring channels listed in the list 504 is very large, allowing the manager to specify the classification of the desired monitoring channel, and extracting only the desired generic monitoring channel to be displayed on the list 504. For example, when "all" of the drop-down list 503 is selected, all monitoring channels belonging directly to the group "first building first room" are listed in the list 504. For example, when "power related" of the drop-down list 503 is selected, only the monitoring channels related to power among the monitoring channels belonging directly to the group "first building first room" are extracted and listed in the list 504.

In the list 504, a column for the manager to set a threshold value for each monitoring channel may be provided. For example, the manager can click on an "attention value setting" button of the monitoring channel "first room temperature of first floor" to specify at what degree of temperature or higher the state "attention" is determined. The display control unit 23 and the operation receiving 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 monitoring channels to all four second display areas 72, and there may be second display areas 72 to which monitoring channels are not allocated. The administrator, upon ending the desired allocation operation of all monitoring channels, clicks the button 506, for example.

The data generation unit 21 registers the correspondence between the second display area 72 specified via the group definition screen 500 and the monitoring channel in the group definition data shown in fig. 6 in response to clicking of the button 506.

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

As shown in fig. 6, the record includes 11 items in total, including a group name, a summary range, a representative state, generic monitoring ranges 1 to 4, and generic states 1 to 4, as an example.

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 item of the summary range, information specifying a set of monitoring channels for summary monitoring in the corresponding group is stored. In this embodiment, the channel IDs of all the directly subordinate monitoring channels of the corresponding group and the channel IDs of all the subordinate monitoring channels included in the group of the lower hierarchy of the corresponding group are stored.

In the item representing the status, the representative status is stored in which the statuses of all the monitoring channels specified in the item of the summary range are summarized. In the present embodiment, as an example, any one of the states of "normal", "attention", "warning", and "error" is stored. "normal" means that the measured values of all the monitoring channels specified in the item of the summary range are in the normal range. "notice" means that the measured values of all the monitoring channels specified in the item of the summary range are lower than the management value but the measured value of at least one monitoring channel is not lower than the notice value but less than the management value. "warning" means that the measured value of at least one monitoring channel is above the management value. The "error" refers to a state in which the measured value of at least one monitoring channel cannot be acquired (a state in which a communication error has occurred 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 generic monitoring range 1, information (for example, a channel ID) specifying the generic monitoring channel 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 allocated to the second display area 72A is saved. In the present embodiment, as an example, any one of the states of "normal", "attention", "warning", "error" and "none" is stored. "normal" means that the measured values of all the direct monitoring channels assigned to the second display area 72A are in the normal range. "attention" means that the measured values of all the direct monitoring channels assigned to the second display area 72A are lower than the management value but the measured value of at least one direct monitoring channel is above the attention value and less than the management value. The "warning" indicates that the measured value of at least one direct monitoring channel allocated to the second display area 72A is equal to or greater than the management value. An "error" indicates that a communication error occurred in at least one direct monitoring channel. "none" indicates that no monitor channel is allocated to the second display area 72A.

In the item of the direct monitoring range 2, information specifying the direct monitoring channel assigned to the second display area 72B in the icon 70 of the corresponding group is stored. In the item of the direct state 2, the state 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 channel assigned to the second display area 72C in the icon 70 of the corresponding group is stored. In the item of the direct state 3, the state of the direct monitor channel assigned to the second display area 72C is saved. In the item of the direct monitoring range 4, information specifying the direct monitoring channel assigned to the second display area 72D in the icon 70 of the corresponding group is stored. In the item of the direct state 4, the state 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 according to the designation of the manager received by the operation reception unit 20. Thereby, the monitoring server 2 can hold a plurality of the representative states and the states of the generic monitoring channels for each group.

Fig. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a data structure of channel definition data. In the channel definition data, a record is defined for a 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 including 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, such as the monitoring channel name, is held. The monitoring channel name may be specified by a manager, and it is desirable to assign a character string having a recognition capability such as "first building cumulative power" or the like so that everybody can know what monitoring item is to be monitored.

In the item of the channel ID, 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 the data collection device 3 to identify the monitoring channel. The channel ID may also be determined automatically by the monitoring server 2 or the data collection device 3. In the case where the monitoring channels are in one-to-one correspondence with the sensors 4, the channel ID may be a product serial number assigned to the sensor 4 or may be a network address on the network 6.

In the item of attention values, which are thresholds for classifying states as "normal" or "attention" with respect to measurement values acquired in the corresponding monitoring channels, are held. In the item of the management value, a management value, which is a threshold value for classifying the state as "attention" or "warning" with respect to the measurement value acquired in the corresponding monitoring channel, is stored. Note that the values and management values may be fixed values predetermined according to the specifications of the sensor 4, or may be specified by a manager having authority via the group definition screen 500.

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

[ determination of State ]

Fig. 8 is a graph showing a relationship between a time change of 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 shows the passage of time, and the vertical axis shows the temperature as a measured value, as an 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 by the data collection device 3 from the sensor 4 at any time in association with the monitoring channel. For example, the acquisition unit 24 may acquire the measurement value every several seconds or minutes.

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

In response, 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 monitoring channel is assigned to be displayed in a display form corresponding to "attention".

Further, when the corresponding monitoring channel is included in the collection for summarizing the representative state, the state determination unit 22 updates the representative state as necessary. For example, the state determining section 22 updates the representative state from "normal" to "attention" based on the case where all the monitoring channels included in the set are "normal" so far, and the corresponding monitoring channel becomes "attention" for the first time at the time point t 1.

Accordingly, the display control unit 23 changes the display form of the icon 70 at the upper layer to notify "attention" in the monitor channel at the lower layer. Specifically, the display control unit 23 causes the first display area 71 of the icon 70 of the group of the upper hierarchy to which the corresponding monitoring channel belongs to be displayed in a display form corresponding to "attention". When the "warning" having an abnormality level higher than "attention" is detected as the state of the other monitoring channel, the display control unit 23 does not notify the down-regulation abnormality level, and maintains the display form corresponding to the "warning" in the first display area 71.

Further, 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 monitoring channel is updated from "attention" to "warning", and the representative state of the set to which the corresponding monitoring channel belongs is also updated from "attention" to "warning".

In response to this, 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 the "warning" similarly to the "notice" notification.

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

The series of processing shown in fig. 9 is, for example, a period of time that starts with the power of the monitoring server 2 being turned on, and the monitoring system 1 is instructed by the manager to start monitoring, and until the end of monitoring is instructed by the manager, is periodically repeated. As a precondition for executing the series of processing, the tree structure data 120 is stored in the storage section 12. The tree structure data 120 is generated by the data generating unit 21 and stored in the storage unit 12 in a data generating step, not shown, before the series of processing is executed, for example.

In S101 (state determining step), the state determining unit 22 compares the measured value acquired by the acquiring unit 24 with a threshold value for each monitoring channel, and determines the respective states of the monitoring channels based on the comparison result. The state determination unit 22 first updates the items of the generic 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 designated in the items of the summary range, based on the state of the monitoring channel of the lower hierarchy. The state determining unit 22 updates the items representing the states in the group definition data shown in fig. 6 according to the specific case.

In S103, the display control unit 23 reads out the representative state and the state of the direct monitoring 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 form of each display area 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 a GUI displayed on the display unit 13. As an example, the display control unit 23 notifies the manager of the monitoring result of the site environment, and generates the monitoring result screens 601 to 603 as GUIs for supporting immediate determination of the abnormal site, and displays them on the display unit 13. The operation receiving unit 20 receives an input operation by the manager 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 monitor result screens 601 to 603 displayed on the display unit 13 at the time of the reception. The display control unit 23 generates a new monitor result screen based on the input operation of the monitor result screens 601 to 603 by the manager, and displays the new monitor result screen on the display unit 13.

As shown in fig. 10, the monitoring result screen 601 is a GUI for presenting the field environment of the group "first building" of the uppermost hierarchical level to the manager, as an example. As an example, the monitor 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" of the uppermost hierarchical level is arranged on the first sub-screen 611.

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

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, a graphic including a wide area map of a portion where a monitoring object is located is arranged on the third sub-screen 610, and an icon is drawn at a position on the graphic corresponding to the portion where the monitoring object is located.

In the example shown in fig. 10, a graphic of the entire first building is arranged, and in the graphic, an icon 615 corresponding to the group of "first building" is arranged in the vicinity of "first building" of the first building as the monitoring target. Further, an icon 614 corresponding to the group of the "second building" is arranged near the "second building" 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 to be "attention" and the status of the monitoring channel of the channel "S0012" is determined to be "warning" in the hierarchy definition data shown in fig. 3.

In the monitoring result screen 601, a monitoring channel of "S0001" is allocated to the second display area 72A of the icon 613 of the attention group "first building", and a monitoring channel of "S0002" is allocated to the second display area 72B. Since the states of the monitor channels are determined to be "normal", the display control section 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 summary 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, a monitoring channel of "S0009" determined as "attention" and a monitoring channel of "S0012" determined as "warning" are contained as monitoring channels of a lower hierarchy. Thus, the state determination unit 22 determines the representative state of the attention group "first building" as "warning". Accordingly, the display control unit 23 displays the first display region 71 of the icon 613 in a color (for example, red) corresponding to the "warning" of the abnormal level.

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

Thus, the manager can instantly confirm that no abnormality has occurred in the monitoring item directly monitored as the entire first building, which is the attention group, or that an abnormality has occurred somewhere in the first building, by looking at the icon 613 at a glance.

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

Further, the display control unit 23 displays each icon of the monitoring result screen 601 in a selectable manner (e.g., clickable). Specifically, the operation receiving unit 20 may receive a selection operation of an icon displayed on the display unit 13 via the input unit 11. When an icon is selected, the display control unit 23 displays another icon corresponding to a group (second group) of the next lower hierarchy included in the group (first group) of the upper hierarchy corresponding to the selected icon. When the group of the selected 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 groups.

For example, when the operation receiving unit 20 receives a click operation of the icon 614 corresponding to the group "first building 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 each of two groups "first building second building first room" and "first building second room" at the next hierarchical level of the group "first building second building".

As shown in fig. 11, the monitoring result screen 602 is a GUI for presenting the manager with the field environment of the group "first building second floor" of the intermediate hierarchy selected in the previous monitoring result screen 601, for example. As with 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 the "first building second floor" selected on the monitor result screen 601 is displayed. On the second sub-screen 612, a general example of icons displayed on the first sub-screen 611 is displayed.

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

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

In the example shown in fig. 11, in the hierarchy definition data shown in fig. 3, the state of the directly-attached monitoring channel of the channel ID "S0009" immediately below the group of the "first room" is determined as "attention". Accordingly, the display control unit 23 displays the second display area 72A to which the channel 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 channel ID "S0009" is included in the group summary range of the "first room", the display control unit 23 displays the first display area 71 in the same color corresponding to the state "attention".

Further, in the example shown in fig. 11, in the hierarchy definition data shown in fig. 3, the state of the directly-attached monitoring channel of the channel ID "S0012" immediately below the group of the "second room" is determined as "warning". Accordingly, the display control unit 23 displays the second display area 72A to which the channel ID "S0012" is assigned in a color (for example, red) corresponding to the state "warning" in the icon 617 of the "second room". When the channel ID "S0012" is included in the group summary range of the "second room", the display control unit 23 displays the first display area 71 in the same color corresponding to the state "warning".

By this, the manager can check the third sub-screen 610 of the monitoring result screen 602, more detailed than the monitoring result screen 601, that the "attention" state abnormality has occurred in the first room and that the "warning" state abnormality has occurred in the second room.

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 monitor result screen (not shown) in which "first room" is the corresponding group. When the icon 617 is clicked, the display control unit 23 switches the display of the display unit 13 to the monitor result screen 603 (described later with reference to fig. 12) in which "second room" is the corresponding group.

Further, the display control unit 23 may display the character strings indicating the hierarchical relationship arranged on the third sub-screen 610 so as to be selectable. For example, when the character string of the group "first building" at the upper level of the "first building second building" is clicked, the display control unit 23 may return the display of the display unit 13 to the monitor 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 the group of the lowest hierarchy level in the hierarchy level definition data shown in fig. 3, that is, the group having only the monitor channel directly under and not having another group. As shown in fig. 12, the monitoring result screen 603 is a GUI for presenting the manager with the field environment of the group "first building second room" at the lowest hierarchical level selected in the previous monitoring result screen 602. As with the monitor result screen 601 and the monitor result screen 602, the monitor 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" which is 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 directly-belonging monitoring channel of the group directly belonging to the corresponding lowest hierarchy is displayed. As an example, the monitoring result includes a graph showing the measured values measured by the sensors 4 in the corresponding monitoring channels in time series.

The monitoring result 618 includes a chart of the generic monitoring channel "second floor second room temperature" of the group that belongs directly to the "first building second floor second room". The monitoring result 619 includes a chart of the generic monitoring channel "second floor second room humidity" of the group belonging directly to the "first building second floor second room".

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

Thus, the manager can quickly confirm the measured value of the monitoring channel in which the abnormal state occurs.

[ action/Effect ]

As described above, in the present embodiment, the single icon notifying the manager of the abnormal state has the first display area for displaying the representative state in which the states of the plurality of monitoring channels belonging to the group corresponding to the icon are aggregated, and the second display area for displaying the states of a part of the monitoring channels belonging to the group corresponding to the icon. The first display area is an area for displaying a representative state in which states are summarized at least for a set of monitoring channels including at least a monitoring channel belonging to a lower hierarchy of the group. The second display area is an area for displaying the status of one or more direct monitoring channels that directly belong to the group corresponding to the icon.

Therefore, in such a single icon having the first display area and the second display area, when there is no abnormality in the monitor channel of the straight line, the second display area is displayed in a display form indicating normal, and when there is an abnormality in any monitor channel including the lower stage, the first display area is displayed in a display form indicating abnormality. Thus, the manager can determine whether the monitoring object at the upper hierarchy level is abnormal or the monitoring object at the lower hierarchy level is abnormal at a glance by using a single icon.

Moreover, the first display area and the second display area are well arranged and configured as a single icon, and thus have the following advantages: the abnormality notification can be performed in accordance with the hierarchy, and the place for display is not increased, so that the display area is not pressed.

In particular, in a display form in which an icon is drawn on a map or the like and an abnormal portion is further graphically expressed, the position at which the icon is displayed also needs to be studied. For example, when the icons are not simply displayed in a list, but are drawn on a map or the like of a wide area including the monitoring target portion as shown in fig. 10 or 11, the display positions of the icons must be studied. Thus, there would be a greater advantage to arranging into a single icon in a manner that would not stress the display area while improving visibility and visibility.

As described with reference to fig. 10 to 12, the icon for notifying the abnormal state occurring at the lower hierarchy level by the first display area is configured to call out the icon corresponding to the group of the lower hierarchy level including the abnormal monitor channel in response to the selection operation. Thus, the manager can quickly recognize occurrence of an abnormality in the lower hierarchy, and the icon can be further caused to function as a support tool for guiding the manager to quickly identify the site of occurrence of the abnormality.

Modification of ≡4

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

The icon 70 is not limited to a circle, and may be formed 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 icon 70 may be set to the following configuration, namely: the circle has a first display area 71 in the center and a second display area 72 at the outer periphery. In this case, the first display area 71 and the second display area 72 can be well arranged and collected in a single icon while improving visibility and visibility.

The arrangement of the second display regions 72 is not limited to the radial arrangement. As another modification of the icon 70, for example, the plurality of second display regions 72 may be arranged uniformly as in a horizontal row, a vertical row, or the like, or may be arranged in a matrix of n×m (for example, 3×2, or the like).

[ implementation by means of software ]

The control blocks of the monitoring server 2 (in particular, 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 implemented by logic circuits (hardware) formed on an integrated circuit (IC chip) or the like, or may be implemented by software.

In the latter case, the monitoring server 2 includes a computer executing a command of software, i.e., a program, that realizes each function. 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 (Central Processing Unit, CPU) can be used. As the recording medium, "not-transitory tangible medium" may be used, 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 (Random Access Memory, RAM) or the like for expanding the program may be further included. Moreover, the program may be provided to the computer via any transmission medium (communication network or broadcast wave, etc.) that can transmit this program. In addition, an embodiment of the present invention may be realized in the form of a data signal embedded in a carrier wave, which embodies the program by electronic transmission.

The monitoring device of one aspect of the present invention includes: a data storage unit that stores tree structure data that includes a plurality of groups each including one or more monitoring channels; a state determining unit configured to determine a state of the monitoring channel; and a display control unit configured to display icons corresponding to the groups, wherein each icon has a first display area and a second display area, the first display area displays a representative state in which states of the plurality of monitoring channels belonging to the group corresponding to the icon are aggregated, and the second display area displays a state in which a part of the monitoring channels belonging to the group corresponding to the icon are aggregated.

Thereby, the following effects are achieved: the display area is not pressed, and the state of the monitoring object of the upper level and the state of the monitoring object of the lower level are ensured to be listed.

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

The first display area of the icon may be, for example, an area in which a representative state is displayed in which states of a plurality of monitoring channels belonging to at least one group of a lower hierarchy among monitoring channels belonging to a group corresponding to the icon and monitoring channels belonging to at least one group of a lower hierarchy are aggregated. The second display area of the icon may be, for example, an area in which the status of one or more monitoring channels belonging to the group corresponding to the icon is displayed.

According to the above configuration, the manager can know the state of the monitoring channel to which the group corresponding to the icon belongs based on the display of the second display area, and can know the states of the plurality of monitoring channels being monitored in one or more groups of the lower hierarchy of the group in a lump based on the display of the first display area.

By integrating the two types of areas in one icon in this manner, the space of the display area required for displaying the monitoring result for each monitoring item on the screen can be saved, and the state of the monitoring item belonging to the group and the state of the monitoring item belonging to the lower hierarchy of the group can be kept in a list. For example, the manager confirms the normal display of the display related to the monitoring item of the group directly by the second display area, and confirms the abnormal display related to the monitoring item of the lower hierarchy of the group by the first display area, so that it is possible to judge whether the abnormality is generated in the monitoring object of the corresponding hierarchy directly or in the monitoring object of the lower hierarchy by looking at one icon at a glance.

In the monitoring device according to the above aspect, the state determination unit may set, as the representative state of the group, a state of the monitoring channel having the highest abnormality level among states of the plurality of monitoring channels belonging to a lower level of the group corresponding to the icon.

In general, the higher the abnormality level is, the higher the importance as information to be notified to the manager is. Thus, the higher the abnormality level, the more important the situation, and the more preferentially the monitoring device can notify the manager.

In the monitoring device according to the above aspect, the monitoring device may further include an acquisition unit that acquires measurement values corresponding to the respective monitoring channels, a threshold value may be set for each of the monitoring channels, 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, in the tree structure data, a threshold value is set for each monitoring channel. The state determination unit compares the measured value associated with the monitoring channel with the threshold value, thereby determining the state of the monitoring object with respect to the monitoring item corresponding to the monitoring channel. For example, the state determination unit may determine whether the monitoring object is in the first state or the second state based on whether a measured value obtained from a sensor or the like is less than or equal to a threshold value.

The threshold value may also be set in plural with respect to one monitoring channel. In this case, the state determination unit may determine the state of the monitoring object from among the first state, the second state, or the third state, based on whether the measured value is smaller than the first threshold, not smaller than the second threshold, or not smaller than the second threshold.

In the monitoring device according to the above aspect, the display control unit may change the color of the first display area according to the representative state.

Thus, the manager can quickly perceive the state change in the monitoring channel to which the group belongs and any monitoring channel of the lower hierarchy of the group.

In the monitoring device according to the above aspect, the display control unit may display 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.

Thus, the manager can intuitively recognize the difference in the abnormal 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 above aspect, the icon may have a plurality of the second display regions, and the first display region may surround the plurality of the second display regions.

Thus, the first display area for summarizing the states of the groups surrounds the plurality of second display areas for displaying the states of the respective monitoring channels, and thus the visibility of the states of the relevant monitoring objects is improved. Further, the icons are arranged well as a single icon, and visibility can be improved without pressing the display area.

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

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

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

According to the above configuration, not only can the icon be made to function as a support tool for simply informing the status of the plurality of monitoring channels belonging to the first group and the second group through the first display area, but also the icon can be made to function as a support tool for guiding the user to the monitoring channel in which the abnormality has occurred when the abnormality has occurred in one or more second groups belonging to the first group, and for quickly specifying the abnormality site.

The monitoring method of one aspect of the invention comprises the following steps: a data generation step of generating tree structure data, wherein the tree structure data comprises a plurality of groups, and each group comprises more than one monitoring channel; a state determining step of determining a state of the monitoring channel; and a display control step of displaying icons corresponding to the groups, wherein each icon 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 stage of the group corresponding to the icon are collected, and the second display area displays a state of a part of the monitoring channels included in the group corresponding to the icon. According to the method, the same effects as those of the monitoring device are achieved.

The monitoring device according to the above aspect may be realized by a computer, and in this case, a monitoring program for a monitoring device of the above-described monitoring device, which is realized by a computer by causing a computer to operate as each part (software element) included in the above-described monitoring device, and a computer-readable recording medium having the monitoring program recorded thereon 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 of the claims, and embodiments obtained by appropriately combining technical components disclosed in the different embodiments are also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A monitoring device, comprising:

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

a state determining unit configured to determine a state of the monitoring channel; and

a display control unit configured to display icons corresponding to the groups, wherein each icon 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 the group corresponding to the icon are aggregated, the second display area displays a state of a part of the monitoring channels belonging to the group corresponding to the icon,

When the representative state is an abnormal state, the display control unit controls the icon to be displayed on the display screen in the display control unit,

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

and displaying the second display area in a form corresponding to the state of the part of the monitoring channels, irrespective of the representative state.

2. The monitoring device of claim 1, wherein

The state determination unit sets, as the representative state of the group, a state of the monitoring channel having the highest abnormality level among states of the plurality of monitoring channels belonging to a lower level of the group corresponding to the icon.

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

an acquisition unit that acquires measurement values corresponding to the respective monitoring channels,

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

the state determining unit determines the state of the monitoring channel by comparing the measured value corresponding to the monitoring channel with the threshold value.

4. The monitoring device according to claim 1 or 2, 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 states of the one or more monitoring channels are the same.

6. The monitoring device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein

A single said icon having a plurality of said second display areas,

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

7. The monitoring device according to claim 1 or 2, comprising:

an input unit for receiving a selection of the displayed icon from a 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.

8. A method of monitoring, comprising:

a data generation step of generating tree structure data, wherein the tree structure data comprises a plurality of groups, and each group comprises more than one monitoring channel;

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

a display control step of displaying icons corresponding to the groups, 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 stage of the group corresponding to the icon are collected, the second display area displays a state of a part of the monitoring channels included in the group corresponding to the icon,

The display control step may be configured to, when the representative state is an abnormal state, select, from among the individual icons,

9. A recording medium on which a monitoring program for causing a computer to function as the monitoring device according to claim 1 is recorded and which is readable by a computer, wherein the monitoring program is configured to cause the computer to function as the state determining section and the display control section.