JP2001084029A - Monitor and control equipment and recording medium recording program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To store the picture display information of plural pieces of monitoring information displayed on a display screen and to reproduce a picture on the display screen from the stored picture display information when necessary. SOLUTION: Monitor and control equipment 10 for simultaneously displaying plural pieces of monitoring information on a display screen 13 is provided with an input means 11 for inputting a request concerned with picture display, a picture display information storing means 16 for storing picture display information including the display relative position relation of all pieces of monitoring information at least displayed on the screen 13 on the basis of a picture display information storing request inputted from the input means 11 and a picture display state restoring means 14 for reading out the picture display information stored in the means 16 on the basis of a picture restoration request inputted from the input means 11 and displaying plural pieces of monitoring information on the screen 13 on the basis of the read picture display information.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a monitoring control device for monitoring and controlling a plant by simultaneously displaying a plurality of pieces of monitoring information on a display screen, and a recording medium storing a program.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a monitoring and control device for monitoring and controlling the operating state of a plant, when monitoring information is displayed on a display device, conventionally, a screen number associated with the monitoring information is previously displayed on a screen display menu or the like. And monitoring information to be displayed are selected from a menu and displayed.

In a monitoring control apparatus having a display device capable of simultaneously displaying a plurality of pieces of monitoring information, all pieces of monitoring information to be displayed are displayed by an operator selecting one from a menu one by one.

[0004] Further, when the displayed monitoring information is changed to a position or size that is easy to see and displayed, the operator drags the position, size, and the like for each piece of monitoring information with a mouse or inputs a parameter. Then you have to change it manually.

As described above, when a plurality of pieces of monitoring information are displayed on one display device, an operator can arbitrarily set the display position and size of the monitoring information and the relative positional relationship with other monitoring information. So it depends on the operator. Each operator, from his own experience,
Monitoring information is arranged on a display device so that plant monitoring can be performed efficiently.

[0006] However, such a monitoring and control device is not used exclusively by one operator, and there are various places and parameters to be monitored and controlled in a plant.

[0007] Therefore, the operator using the monitoring and control device is changed, or the control part which has been monitored so far,
When the parameter to be observed is changed, unnecessary monitoring information that has been displayed so far is terminated, and the necessary monitoring information is manually set for the size, display position, etc., one by one as described above. The display screen is created by setting and arranging.

[0008]

However, such a conventional monitoring and control device has the following problems.

That is, when the screen state of the displayed monitoring information is changed, all information such as the size and display position of the window on which the monitoring information was displayed is lost.

Therefore, when it is desired to display the same monitoring information again, it is necessary to set these screen states every time in order to display in an easily viewable display position suitable for monitoring control and an appropriate size.

However, the operator memorizes in advance the screen state of the optimum monitoring information obtained based on his / her own experience, and when he / she operates the monitoring and control device, first creates the screen state. Screen settings are made.

Normally, a display device displays a plurality of pieces of monitoring information at the same time, and thus it is not easy to manually restore the screen state one by one. Further, it is inefficient to set such a screen state every time the operator changes.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and saves screen display information of a plurality of pieces of monitoring information displayed on a display screen and, if necessary, converts the stored screen display information from the stored screen display information. It is an object of the present invention to provide a monitoring and control device that reproduces a screen on a display screen, thereby making it unnecessary to set a screen state and performing monitoring work efficiently.

[0014]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a monitoring control device for simultaneously displaying a plurality of pieces of monitoring information on a display screen. A screen display information storage unit that stores screen display information including a display relative positional relationship in at least all monitoring information displayed on the display screen, based on the screen display information storage request input from the unit; Based on the screen restore request entered,
Screen display state restoring means for reading out the screen display information stored in the screen display information storage means and displaying a plurality of pieces of monitoring information on the display screen based on the read out screen display information.

Therefore, in the monitoring control apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention, the screen display information of the display screen created once can be saved, and the original display screen can be restored on the display screen as needed. .

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the monitoring control apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention, screen display information created in advance is stored in the screen display information storage means.

Therefore, in the monitoring control apparatus according to the second aspect of the present invention, the standard screen display information is created and stored in advance, and the display screen is restored on the display screen by using the information as necessary. Setting is unnecessary.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the monitoring control apparatus according to the first or second aspect, the input means includes:
User information is input together with the screen display information storage request,
The screen display information storage means stores the screen display information in association with the user information based on the screen display information storage request and the user information, and, when the user information is input together with the screen restoration request from the input means, the screen display information storage means The display state restoring unit displays a plurality of pieces of monitoring information on the display screen based on the screen display information stored in association with the user information.

Therefore, in the monitoring control apparatus according to the third aspect of the present invention, screen display information unique to each user is created and saved, and the user's own display screen can be restored and displayed by inputting the user name.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a program for simultaneously displaying a plurality of pieces of display information on a display screen, wherein all of the display information displayed on the display screen is based on a screen display information storage request input. Screen display information storage means for storing at least a display position, a display size, a parameter to be displayed, and screen display information comprising a relative positional relationship with other display information; and a screen display information storage means based on a screen restoration request input. Computer-readable recording of a program for causing a computer to function as screen display state restoring means for displaying a plurality of display information on a display screen based on the read predetermined screen display information and displaying the read screen display information. Recording medium.

Therefore, in the recording medium according to the fourth aspect of the invention, the screen display information created once can be stored, and the original display screen can be restored from the screen display information as needed.

[0022]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing an example of a functional configuration of the monitoring and control device according to the present embodiment.

That is, the monitoring control device 10 according to the present embodiment includes an input device 11, a screen display requesting unit 12, a display device 13, a screen information restoring unit 14, a screen information control unit 15, A storage unit 16 and a data interface unit 17 are provided.

The input device 11 includes a mouse, a keyboard, and the like, and receives input from an operator.
An operator input is input to the screen display request unit 12.

The operator input is a monitor information display request input for displaying plant operation information on the display device 13 and necessary parameters when the monitor information display request input is made. The display position and size for each monitor information are provided. There is a monitoring information property input for setting properties such as.

The input of the monitoring information property can be performed at any time while the monitoring information is displayed on the display device 13, so that the property of the monitoring information can be appropriately changed.

Furthermore, the properties (monitoring information number, display position,
Screen display information storage request input for storing the size, relative positional relationship with other monitoring information, monitoring parameters, character size, color, etc.), and the screen stored in the screen information storage unit 16 The display information is extracted by the screen information restoring unit 14, and the display device 13 is
There is a screen restoration request input for restoring a screen display including a plurality of pieces of monitoring information.

The screen display requesting unit 12 receives an operator input from the input device 11 and, depending on the contents of the operator input, the display device 13 or the screen information restoring unit 14.
Control.

That is, when the operator input is a monitoring information display request input, the screen display requesting unit 12 causes the display device 13 to display the operation data of the plant 20 acquired by the data interface unit 17 described later.

At this time, a plurality of pieces of monitoring information are displayed on the display device 13 based on the contents specified by inputting the monitoring information property.

When the operator input is a screen display information storage request input, the screen display request unit 12
Then, screen information data of a plurality of pieces of monitoring information displayed on the display device 13 is input to the screen information control unit 15.

When the screen state data is input from the display device 13, the screen information control unit 15 expands the screen state data to obtain the properties (monitoring information number,
Display position, size, relative positional relationship with other monitoring information, monitoring parameters, character size, color, etc.)
This screen display information is stored in the screen information storage unit 16.

On the other hand, when the operator input is a screen restoration request input, the screen display requesting section 12
4 extracts predetermined screen display information stored in the screen information storage unit 16 and restores a screen display including a plurality of pieces of monitoring information on the display device 13 based on the screen display information.

The data interface unit 17 is connected to the plant 20, acquires operation data of the plant 20, and outputs the operation data to the display device 13 when requested.

The monitoring control device 10 is realized by a computer which reads a program recorded on a recording medium such as a magnetic disk and the operation of which is controlled by the program.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a plurality of pieces of monitoring information displayed on the display device.

FIG. 3 is a data structure diagram showing an example of screen display information corresponding to a screen display composed of a plurality of pieces of monitoring information.

That is, the screen information control unit 15 develops a plurality of pieces of monitoring information as shown in FIG. 2 displayed on the display device 13 into screen display information having a data structure as shown in FIG. Is stored in the screen information storage unit 16.

The screen display information shown in FIG. 3 includes parameters of a monitoring information number, a display position, a size, a relative position with respect to other monitoring information, a monitoring parameter, a character size, and a color.

The monitoring information number is a serial number mechanically set by the screen information control unit 15 for a plurality of pieces of monitoring information displayed on the display device 13. That is, in the example of FIG. 2, five pieces of monitoring information 1 to 5 are displayed, and the monitoring information displayed on the display device 13 is numbered in order from the upper left side in the display device 13. .

The display position is the origin position (upper left position) of each monitoring information on the display device 13. The size is the length × width of each monitoring information.

The relative position with respect to other monitoring information is the display priority when the screens of the monitoring information overlap, and a smaller number indicates a higher display priority.

In the example of FIG. 2, the monitoring information 2 and the monitoring information 3 partially overlap, but as shown in FIG.
Is "2" in the "Relative position with respect to other monitoring information" column, and has a lower display priority than the monitoring information 2 in which the "Relative position with respect to other monitoring information" column is "1". Therefore, the portion of the monitoring information 3 that overlaps with the monitoring information 2 is located on the back of the monitoring information 2.

As described above, by specifying the display priority according to the relative position with respect to the other displayed monitoring information, the display of the monitoring information overlapping on the coordinates can be defined.

The monitoring parameter is a parameter displayed by each piece of monitoring information, and defines data that the display device 13 acquires from the data interface unit 17.

The character size and color define the character size and character color displayed in each monitoring information.

The registration name is designated by inputting from the input device 11 by the operator for each screen display information.

Next, the operation of registering and restoring screen display information of the monitoring and control apparatus according to the present embodiment configured as described above will be described.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a registration routine of screen display information of the monitoring control apparatus according to the present embodiment.

When registering the screen display information, the operator first selects the monitor information to be displayed from the screen display menu displayed on the input device 11 as a monitor information display request input (S11).

Then, this is notified to the screen display requesting unit 12, and the screen display requesting unit 12 requests the display device 13 to display the monitoring information on the display device 13 according to the contents thereof ( S12).

If the selected monitoring information is not already displayed on the display device 13 (S13: YES), the selected monitoring information is displayed on the screen of the display device 13 (S1).
4). If the selected monitoring information is already displayed (S13: NO), it will not be displayed again.
Thus, the selected monitoring information is displayed on the display device 13.

Next, if necessary, the operator changes properties such as the display position and size of the displayed monitoring information (S15). This is performed by inputting the monitoring information property for setting the property from the input device 11. Since the monitoring information has default properties, the operator does not need to particularly change the properties.

When other monitoring information is also displayed on the display device 13 (S16: NO), S11 to S15 are repeated. When the setting of the monitoring information to be displayed on the display device 13 has been completed (S16: YES), the registered name of the screen display information is input (S17). This is input from the input device 11.

When the registered name of the screen display information is input,
Based on the screen displayed on the display device 13, screen display information as shown in FIG. 3 is created by the screen information control unit 15 (S18). This screen display information is further stored in the screen information storage 16 (S19).

Thus, the registration of the screen display information is completed.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a routine for restoring screen display information of the monitoring and control apparatus according to this embodiment.

When restoring the screen display information, the operator inputs a screen restoration request from the input device 11 (S21).

Then, this is notified to the screen display requesting unit 12, and the screen display requesting unit 12 further transmits the screen information restoring unit 14.
Is requested to display a list of registered names of screen display information stored in the screen information storage unit 16 or screen images (S22).

Then, the registered name of the screen display information to be restored is selected by the operator via the input device 11 (S23).

This is notified to the screen display requesting unit 12, and the screen display requesting unit 12 sends the screen display information of the registered name to the screen information restoring unit 14, and stores the screen display information in the screen information storage unit 16
And a request is made to restore the screen from the screen display information (S24).

The selected screen display information is extracted from the screen information storage section 16 by the screen information restoring section 14 and restored to the screen (S25), and is displayed on the display device 13 (S26).

Thus, the restoration of the screen is completed.

The input means, screen display information storage means, and screen display function restoring means referred to in the claims respectively correspond to the input device 11, the screen information storage section 16, and the screen information restoring section 14 in the present embodiment.

As described above, in the monitoring and control apparatus according to the present embodiment, by the above-described operation, a plurality of pieces of monitoring information are stored in the properties displayed on the same display device 13, and The screen can be restored from the saved properties when needed.

Further, standard screen display information may be created in advance and registered in the screen information storage unit 16. This eliminates the need for the operator to set the screen from the beginning, and can improve and use the screen.

Similarly, screen display information can be created and stored for each operator, and the screen can be restored by inputting the operator name.

As described above, the monitoring control apparatus according to the present embodiment creates and saves screen display information, and selects desired screen display information from the saved screen display information when necessary. Then, the screen state can be restored on the display device 13.

As a result, it is not necessary to reset the screen properties before each use, and the monitoring operation can be performed immediately even when the operator is changed or the monitoring target is changed. It is possible to realize a monitoring control device that can perform the monitoring.

In the method described in the present embodiment, as a program (software means) which can be executed by a computer (computer), for example, a magnetic disk (floppy disk, hard disk, etc.), an optical disk (CD-ROM, DVDs, etc.), semiconductor memory, etc., and can also be transmitted and distributed via communication media.

The programs stored on the medium include a setting program for causing the computer to execute software means (including not only the execution program but also tables and data structures) to be executed by the computer. A computer that realizes the present apparatus reads a program recorded on a recording medium, and in some cases, constructs software means by using a setting program, and executes the above-described processing by controlling the operation of the software means.

[0074]

As described above, according to the monitoring control apparatus of the present invention, the screen display information of a plurality of pieces of monitoring information displayed on the display screen is stored, and the stored screen display information is stored as necessary. The screen can be reproduced on the display screen from the information.

As a result, it is possible to realize a monitoring and control device which does not require a screen state setting operation and can perform a monitoring operation efficiently.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a plurality of monitoring screens displayed on a display device.

FIG. 3 is a data structure diagram illustrating an example of screen display information corresponding to a screen display including a plurality of pieces of monitoring information.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a registration routine of screen display information of the monitoring control device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an exemplary flowchart illustrating a screen display information restoring routine of the monitoring control apparatus according to the embodiment;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Monitoring control device, 11 ... Input device, 12 ... Screen display request part, 13 ... Display device, 14 ... Screen information restoration part, 15 ... Screen information control part, 16 ... Screen information storage part, 17 ... Data interface part, 20 ... plant.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A monitoring control device for simultaneously displaying a plurality of pieces of monitoring information on a display screen, comprising: input means for inputting a request for screen display operation; and a screen display information storage request input from the input means. Based on a screen display information storage unit that stores screen display information including a display relative positional relationship in at least all monitoring information displayed on the display screen, based on a screen restoration request input from the input unit,
Screen display state restoring means for reading the screen display information stored in the screen display information storage means and displaying the plurality of monitoring information on the display screen based on the read screen display information. A supervisory control device. 2. The monitoring and control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said screen display information storage means stores screen display information created in advance. 3. The monitor control device according to claim 1, wherein user information is input from the input unit together with the screen display information storage request, and the screen display information storage unit outputs the screen display information. Based on the information storage request and the user information, the screen display information is stored in association with the user information, and when the user information is input together with the screen restoration request from the input unit, the screen display state restoration unit is A monitoring control device for displaying the plurality of pieces of monitoring information on the display screen based on screen display information stored in association with the user information. 4. A program for simultaneously displaying a plurality of pieces of display information on a display screen, wherein at least a display position of all display information displayed on the display screen is determined based on a screen display information storage request input. Screen display information storage means for storing screen display information comprising a display size, a parameter to be displayed, and a relative positional relationship with other display information; and a predetermined information stored in the screen display information storage means based on a screen restoration request input. Computer-readable recording of a program for causing a computer to function as screen display state restoring means for displaying the plurality of display information on the display screen based on the read screen display information. recoding media.