JP2010009463A - Alarm display device and alarm display method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve alarm display visibility, in an alarm display device and alarm display method. <P>SOLUTION: The alarm display device comprises: a display unit 1; a facility information input unit 4 for receiving information from facility equipment 7 to be monitored; an information processing unit 5 for displaying the information received by the facility information input unit 4 on a monitoring screen of the display unit 1, and analyzing the received information to make the display unit 1 display alarm information upon recognizing that an alarm has occurred on the facility equipment 7; and a display switching determination unit 2 for determining whether there is anyone near the display unit 1 when the alarm on the facility equipment 7 is activated. The information processing unit 5 performs alarm display using the monitoring screen when it is determined by the display switching determination unit 2 that there is someone near the display unit 1; and switches the screen of the display unit 1 from the monitoring screen to an alarm notification screen only for performing alarm notification using an entire screen to perform alarm display when it is determined that there is no one near the display unit 1. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an alarm display device and an alarm display method for displaying information received from a monitoring target device on a monitoring screen and displaying an alarm when an alarm is generated in the monitoring target device.

  Conventionally, an alarm display device such as a building management device generates an alarm signal to which a type or priority is assigned based on an analysis result of a state change or abnormal state output from an equipment device, and responds to this alarm signal. The display position or display area of the information is changed and displayed according to the type and priority (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP-A-7-334775

  As described above, in the alarm display device disclosed in Patent Document 1, the type and priority of the abnormality are expressed by the display position and display area. When the operator leaves the display device, the alarm display is visually displayed. There was a problem that it was difficult to recognize. In particular, in recent years, a CRT or a liquid crystal display is often used as a display device of an alarm display device without using a light emitting element such as an LED or a lamp. However, when a CRT or a liquid crystal display is used as a display device, the visibility of the alarm display when the operator leaves the alarm display device is lower than when a light emitting element is used.

  As a method for performing alarm display with high visibility, there is also a method using a light emitting element such as an LED or a buzzer. However, as described above, it has become common to use a CRT or a liquid crystal display as a display device in recent years. When a light emitting element or a buzzer is newly provided, there is a problem that the cost of the apparatus increases.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and provides an alarm display device and an alarm display method capable of increasing the visibility of an alarm display even when a display device such as a CRT or a liquid crystal display is used. The purpose is to do.

  The present invention relates to an alarm display device that displays information received from a monitoring target device on a monitoring screen and displays an alarm when an alarm is generated in the monitoring target device. And an information input means for receiving information from the display means, and the information received by the information input means is displayed on the monitoring screen of the display means, and the received information is analyzed to generate an alarm in the monitored device. Information processing means for displaying alarm information on the display means when recognized, and determination means for determining whether there is a person near the display means when an alarm is generated in the monitored device, The information processing means displays an alarm on the monitoring screen when the determination means determines that there is a person near the display means, and determines that there is no person near the display means. The is characterized in that an alarm display is switched to the alarm notification screen for only alarm notification using the entire screen of the screen of the display means from the monitoring screen.

Further, in one configuration example of the alarm display device of the present invention, the information processing unit analyzes the information received by the information input unit to determine the type and importance of the alarm, and displays on the alarm notification screen. In this case, the alarm is represented by a display color corresponding to at least one of the type and importance of the alarm.
Further, in one configuration example of the alarm display device of the present invention, the information processing unit analyzes the information received by the information input unit to determine the type and importance of the alarm, and displays on the alarm notification screen. In this case, the alarm is represented by a display pattern corresponding to at least one of the type and importance of the alarm.
Further, in one configuration example of the alarm display device of the present invention, the information processing unit analyzes the information received by the information input unit to determine the type and importance of the alarm, and displays on the alarm notification screen. In this case, the warning is represented by an image corresponding to at least one of the type and importance of the warning.
Further, in one configuration example of the alarm display device of the present invention, the information processing means displays the alarm in a flickering manner.
Further, in one configuration example of the alarm display device according to the present invention, the information processing unit is configured to switch the display from the monitoring screen to the alarm notification screen when an alarm confirmation operation is performed by a person, or the determination unit displays the display. When the presence of a person is detected near the means, the alarm notification screen is switched to the monitoring screen.

  The alarm display method of the present invention includes an information input procedure for receiving information from a device to be monitored, an information display procedure for displaying information received in the information input procedure on a monitoring screen of a display means, and the received information And a determination procedure for determining whether there is a person near the display means when it is recognized that an alarm has occurred in the device to be monitored, and there is a person near the display means in the determination procedure If it is determined that an alarm is displayed on the monitoring screen, and if it is determined that there is no person in the vicinity of the display means, only the alarm notification is made using the entire screen from the monitoring screen. And a display switching procedure for displaying an alarm by switching to an alarm notification screen to be performed.

  According to the present invention, when it is determined that there is no person near the display unit, the display unit screen is switched from the monitoring screen to the alarm notification screen that performs only the alarm notification using the entire screen, and the alarm display is performed. Thus, even when a CRT, a liquid crystal display, or the like is used, alarm display can be performed effectively. This makes it possible to recognize the occurrence of an alarm even when the operator is away from the display means. Moreover, in this invention, the visibility of an alarm display can be made high, without using light emitting elements, such as LED, and a buzzer.

  Further, in the present invention, the information received by the information input means is analyzed to determine the type and importance of the alarm, and when displaying on the alarm notification screen, the display according to at least one of the alarm type and the importance By expressing the alarm by color, the operator can identify the importance of the alarm by the display color or specify the type of alarm.

  Further, in the present invention, the information received by the information input means is analyzed to determine the type and importance of the alarm, and when displaying on the alarm notification screen, the display according to at least one of the alarm type and the importance By expressing the alarm by the pattern, the operator can identify the importance of the alarm or specify the type of the alarm by the display pattern.

  In the present invention, the information received by the information input means is analyzed to determine the type and importance of the alarm, and when displaying on the alarm notification screen, an image corresponding to at least one of the alarm type and importance By representing an alarm with, the operator can identify the importance of the alarm by the display image or specify the type of alarm.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an alarm display device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The alarm display device includes a display unit 1, a display switching determination unit 2, an operation input unit 3, an equipment information input unit 4, an information processing unit 5, and a storage unit 6.

The display unit 1 includes a display device such as a CRT or a liquid crystal display, and displays various types of information such as status information and alarm information of the equipment 7 such as air-conditioning equipment, crime prevention equipment, lighting equipment, and disaster prevention equipment to be monitored.
The display switching determination unit 2 determines whether or not there is a person near the display unit 1, displays a normal monitoring screen on the display unit 1 when there is a person nearby, and displays when there is no person nearby. An alarm notification screen is displayed on part 1. The display switching determination unit 2 determines that there is no person near the display unit 1 when the input from the operation input unit 3 has not been performed for a predetermined time (for example, 15 minutes) or longer. The display switching determination unit 2 may determine whether there is a person near the display unit 1 using a human sensor (not shown). The human sensor detects the presence of a person using, for example, infrared rays, ultrasonic waves, visible light, or the like.

The operation input unit 3 includes an input device such as a touch panel, a keyboard, and a mouse and a control unit thereof, and outputs operation information corresponding to a human operation.
The facility information input unit 4 includes an input / output interface connected to the facility device 7 and a control unit thereof, receives state information and alarm information from the facility device 7, and outputs these information to the information processing unit 5.

The information processing unit 5 analyzes the operation information input from the operation input unit 3, the state information input from the facility information input unit 4, and alarm information, performs necessary processing, and appropriately transmits the information to the display unit 1. Display.
The storage unit 6 stores various information. Information stored in the storage unit 6 includes state information and warning information of the equipment 7 and information set by an operator. The information set by the operator includes display format and display content data.

Hereinafter, the operation of the alarm display device of the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the alarm display device.
When the information processing unit 5 of the alarm display device receives information from the equipment 7 via the equipment information input unit 4 (YES in step S1 in FIG. 2), it determines whether the received information is alarm information (step S2). .

  When the received information is not alarm information but state information, the information processing unit 5 analyzes the state information and displays it on the display unit 1 (step S3). In the initial state, the screen of the display unit 1 is set in a normal monitoring screen format. Therefore, the information processing unit 5 acquires display format data of the monitoring screen from the storage unit 6 and causes the display unit 1 to display status information in the acquired format of the monitoring screen.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a monitoring screen displayed on the display unit 1. The monitoring screen 30 is divided into an alarm display area 31 and an equipment information display area 32. When an alarm occurs, an alarm name or the like is displayed in the alarm display area 31. The facility information display area 32 is further divided into a plurality of areas. In each area, for example, state information of equipment for each floor, a trend graph of state information, and the like are displayed.

When the information received from the equipment 7 is alarm information (YES in step S2 in FIG. 2), the information processing unit 5 analyzes the alarm information and determines the type and importance of the alarm. The type of alarm includes information on the location where the alarm occurred.
Then, when the information received by the information processing unit 5 is alarm information, the display switching determination unit 2 determines whether there is a person near the display unit 1 (step S4). When it is determined that there is a person near the display unit 1, the display switching determination unit 2 instructs the information processing unit 5 to perform an alarm notification on the normal monitoring screen 30. In response to this instruction, the information processing section 5 displays the name of the alarm acquired by analyzing the alarm information in the alarm display area 31 of the monitoring screen 30 and issues an alarm notification (step S5).

  When the display switching determination unit 2 determines that there is no person near the display unit 1, the display switching determination unit 2 instructs the information processing unit 5 to switch from the monitoring screen 30 to the alarm notification screen to perform alarm notification. In response to this instruction, the information processing unit 5 acquires display format data of the alarm notification screen from the storage unit 6 and displays alarm information on the display unit 1 in the acquired format of the alarm notification screen (step S6).

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of an alarm notification screen displayed on the display unit 1. On the alarm notification screen 40, the name of the alarm acquired by the information processing unit 5 by analyzing the alarm information is displayed, and at the same time, the entire screen becomes a predetermined display color (for example, red). Thereby, even if the operator is away from the display unit 1, the operator can recognize that an alarm has occurred. Further, for example, flicker display may be performed by alternately displaying two colors.

  Further, the information processing unit 5 may change the display color of the alarm notification screen 40 according to at least one of the alarm type and the importance. Thus, the operator can identify the importance level of the alarm by the display color or specify the alarm type. Further, the information processing unit 5 acquires an image preset by the operator from the storage unit 6 in accordance with at least one of the alarm type and the importance, and displays the image on the alarm notification screen 40. Good. Thus, the operator can identify the importance level of the alarm by the display image or specify the alarm type. Further, the image may be displayed in flicker.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating another example of the alarm notification screen displayed on the display unit 1. The alarm notification screen 50 displays the name of the alarm acquired by the information processing unit 5 by analyzing the alarm information, but the screen is divided at the same time, and at least a part of the divided areas 51 to 54 is different. Displayed in color. Thereby, even if the operator is away from the display unit 1, the operator can recognize that an alarm has occurred. Further, as in the case of FIG. 4, flicker display may be performed.

  Further, the information processing unit 5 changes the display color of the alarm notification screen 50 or changes the display pattern (division pattern and color pattern) according to at least one of the alarm type and importance. It may be. Thereby, the operator can identify the importance of the alarm by the display color and the display pattern, and can specify the type of the alarm.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating another example of an alarm notification screen displayed on the display unit 1. In the example of FIG. 4, the entire screen is set to a predetermined display color. On the alarm notification screen 60 of FIG. 6, the same alarm display as in FIG. 4 is performed only in the region 61, and the other regions 62 are black. By displaying with a low-luminance color, the luminance difference (contrast) between the region 61 and the region 62 can be increased. As in the case of FIG. 4, flicker display may be performed in the area 61. As in the case of FIG. 4, the information processing unit 5 changes the display color of the area 61 or displays a preset image in the area 61 according to at least one of the alarm type and the importance. You may do it.

Next, when the operator operates the operation input unit 3 and the operation information indicating that the alarm notification is confirmed is input from the operation input unit 3 (YES in step S7 in FIG. 2), the information processing unit 5 Return to the normal monitoring screen from the alarm notification screen (step S8).
When the display switching determination unit 2 uses a human sensor, information processing is performed when the display switching determination unit 2 detects the presence of a person near the display unit 1 after switching from the monitoring screen to the alarm notification screen. The unit 5 may be instructed to switch from the alarm notification screen to the monitoring screen.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, when it is determined that there is no person near the display unit 1, the alarm notification screen that performs only the alarm notification using the entire screen of the display unit 1 from the monitoring screen. Even when a CRT, a liquid crystal display, or the like is used, the alarm display can be effectively performed. This makes it possible to recognize the occurrence of an alarm even when the operator is away from the display unit 1. Moreover, in this Embodiment, the visibility of an alarm display can be made high, without using light emitting elements, such as LED, and a buzzer.

  The alarm display device according to the present embodiment can be realized by a computer having a CPU, a storage device, and an external interface, and a program for controlling these hardware resources. In such a computer, the CPU executes processing as described in the present embodiment in accordance with a program stored in the storage device.

  The present invention can be applied to a technique for displaying an alarm using a CRT or a liquid crystal display.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the alarm display apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the alarm display apparatus of FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the monitoring screen in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the alarm notification screen in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the other example of the alarm notification screen in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the other example of the alarm notification screen in embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Display part, 2 ... Display switching determination part, 3 ... Operation input part, 4 ... Equipment information input part, 5 ... Information processing part, 6 ... Memory | storage part, 7 ... Equipment apparatus, 30 ... Monitoring screen, 40, 50, 60: Alarm notification screen.

Claims (7)

In an alarm display device that displays information received from a monitoring target device on a monitoring screen and displays an alarm when an alarm occurs in the monitoring target device,
Information display means;
An information input means for receiving information from the monitored device;
The information received by the information input means is displayed on the monitoring screen of the display means, and the received information is analyzed and the alarm information is displayed on the display means when it is recognized that an alarm has occurred in the monitored device. Information processing means for displaying
Determination means for determining whether there is a person near the display means when an alarm occurs in the monitored device,
The information processing unit displays an alarm on the monitoring screen when the determination unit determines that there is a person near the display unit, and when the determination unit determines that there is no person near the display unit, An alarm display device that performs alarm display by switching the display screen from the monitoring screen to an alarm notification screen that performs only alarm notification using the entire screen. The alarm display device according to claim 1,
The information processing means analyzes the information received by the information input means to determine the type and importance of an alarm, and displays at least one of the alarm type and importance when displaying on the alarm notification screen. An alarm display device characterized by displaying an alarm with a corresponding display color. The alarm display device according to claim 1,
The information processing means analyzes the information received by the information input means to determine the type and importance of an alarm, and displays at least one of the alarm type and importance when displaying on the alarm notification screen. An alarm display device characterized by displaying an alarm with a corresponding display pattern. The alarm display device according to claim 1,
The information processing means analyzes the information received by the information input means to determine the type and importance of an alarm, and displays at least one of the alarm type and importance when displaying on the alarm notification screen. An alarm display device characterized in that an alarm is displayed with a corresponding image. In the alarm display device according to any one of claims 2 to 4,
The information processing means displays an alarm in a flicker display. The alarm display device according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
The information processing means, when switching from the monitoring screen to the alarm notification screen, when there is an alarm confirmation operation by a person, or when the determination means detects the presence of a person near the display means, An alarm display device that switches from the alarm notification screen to the monitoring screen. In an alarm display method for displaying information received from a monitored device on a monitoring screen and displaying an alarm when an alarm occurs in the monitored device,
An information input procedure for receiving information from the monitored device;
An information display procedure for displaying the information received in this information input procedure on the monitoring screen of the display means;
Analyzing the received information, and determining whether there is a person near the display means when recognizing that an alarm has occurred in the monitored device; and
When it is determined in the determination procedure that there is a person near the display means, an alarm is displayed on the monitoring screen, and when it is determined that there is no person near the display means, the screen of the display means is displayed. An alarm display method comprising: a display switching procedure for performing alarm display by switching from a monitoring screen to an alarm notification screen for performing only alarm notification using the entire screen.

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