JP2568784B2 - Man-machine interface processing method for equipment management system - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is controlled by computer software such as a CRT display and a liquid crystal display in a facility management system for operating, monitoring, controlling and collecting data of public facilities such as a building management system and a water treatment system. The present invention relates to a screen control man-machine interface processing method used for a display device to be used.

[0002]

Conventionally it is as shown in FIG. 3, the display
The screen configuration is the same as that of the present invention, or as shown in FIG. 4 , a plurality of screens are displayed on the same display screen by dividing the display area of the screen into four or the like. . Each operation is provided with an area for displaying the operation input instruction function assigned to the screen, and the function keys and icons in the area are selected according to the operation mode selected by inputting with a mouse, a light pen or a finger with a touch screen panel. A predetermined display is performed on the display area.

[0003] The most basic one is to select and display only one target screen by a predetermined operation, and the operation that develops therefrom is further performed by the next selection operation and finally to the target screen. Is displayed. At this time, for the four screen division, etc., a plurality of display screens are reduced in the same operation to create four screens,
They are displayed on the same screen.

[0004]

As for the above-mentioned conventional screen operation, three operations A, B, and C are assumed as examples.
A series of operation procedures will be described with reference to FIG.

In FIG. 5, while the operator continues the operation in accordance with the selection procedure leading to the display of the screen A-1-3 (d in the drawing) in the target operation A, an emergency occurs at the step C of the operation procedure. Assume that it is necessary to display the screen B-1-1 (h) in the operation B. In this case, the operator pauses the operation A, needs an operation to start from the initial operation (e) of the operation B, and reaches an intended screen via the operation G to the operation. If the event occurs, and displays a screen o shall be the purpose and need the operation of the operation C to that end, the operation starting from initial operation of the operation C (Li) j,
The user arrives at the target screen via the control panel. Next, the operation relating to the operation B, which has progressed halfway after the operation operation C, has been canceled halfway, and even when the original operation B is to be continued, the operation B must be started from the beginning, that is, from the operation E. When the operation B is completed and the operation returns to the operation A, the target screen A-1-3 (d) cannot be reached unless the operation A is started from the initial operation A.

[0006] When an operation that has been advanced halfway is shifted to an operation of a different operation due to the occurrence of a new event, the operation that has already been advanced is aborted halfway and another operation starts from the initial operation of another operation. At the beginning, when returning to the original operation operation, a return operation of restarting from the initial operation of the original operation operation again occurs. It can be said that this operation method is an irrational operation method in a facility management system corresponding to an event occurring at an unspecified time in real time, such as when urgent monitoring work or emergency start / stop operation for equipment is required. . Also, as a method of emergency display, which is partially implemented, a method of dividing a screen into four parts and displaying an emergency in parallel is not possible in order to prevent a return operation, and in addition to reducing the contents of a target screen by reducing the screen. Is too small to perform a sufficient monitoring function.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional problems, and is intended for an equipment management system without a return operation capable of promptly coping with an event occurring in an unspecified time in real time .
An object of the present invention is to provide a man-machine interface processing method .

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a man-machine interface processing method for a facility management system having a plurality of operation processing systems.
The state of the operation processing system is displayed on a screen of a display, and the plurality of operation processing systems continue the processing regardless of whether the state is displayed on the display, and the plurality of operation processing systems In this configuration, the operation processing system having a higher priority level among the operation processing systems is displayed.

[0009]

With this configuration, the screen processing task conventionally configured in the operation unit is changed to a task structure mainly in the screen operation instead of the task configuration mainly in the operation. It is possible to perform a flexible process such as setting a process priority level, interrupting the process, resuming the process, etc., thereby realizing a parallel processing type man-machine interface with no return operation and without limiting the operation.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of a method for processing a man-machine interface for an equipment management system according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing a screen operation-oriented processing flow of a man-machine interface for a building management system according to the present invention. In the case of the task configuration mainly based on the conventional operation, as shown in FIG. 5, the screen is selected according to the flow of each operation, and the operation inevitably branches in a tree shape according to the operation. The display location is also limited. In the present invention, a processing structure mainly based on a screen is adopted, contrary to the operation main body. That is, assuming that three screen processing tasks are configured in FIG. 1, three screen processing programs are always running in parallel, and temporarily
When the operation A is input to the processing area (1), the screen processing program first registers the initial screen of the operation A in the display area of the screen-1. Here, the screen processing program waits for an input for the next step. If the screen-2 is not selected, the processing is continued as it is, and when the input data is obtained, the image data according to the data is displayed on the screen-1. Register in the display area of. At this time, if another operation is selected and the operation is assumed to be operation B, the program automatically registers operation B on screen-2 because screen-2 is vacant and operates in the display area of screen-2. The initial screen of B is registered, and the display is given priority to screen-2. At this time, the screen processing task of the screen-1 is not canceled, and enters an input waiting state (Wait) a while holding the image data. Screen-2 on the screen
Is displayed, and the display operation of the operation B is continued by the subsequent input operation. If it is desired to return to the operation A again, the “operation end” of the screen-2 or the “screen selection on the screen” By selecting "-1", the operation returns to the original operation A, and if a key is input from the Wait state a, the operation A
Is restarted from the beginning, not from the beginning. Due to the movements of the two screen processing tasks, the two operations A and B continue indefinitely in parallel until the "end" of the processing is input to each other. With only this, the continuation, interruption, and priority processing can be performed at any time. As a supplementary note, while either operation A or B is selected and displayed, display processing is performed so that the latest operation state is always displayed.
That is, if the power system diagram is temporarily displayed on the screen-1, if no operation is input, the latest operation state of the devices and relays and the latest value of the measurement data at each measurement point are automatically updated and displayed. Do.

FIG. 2 shows an example of a screen configuration in a building management system using this program. In the present embodiment, five screen processing tasks are held and provided for parallel processing of eight items of operation. That is, (1) monitoring / start / stop operation,
(2) alarm display operation, (3) status display operation, (4) setting operation, (5) form processing operation, (6) operation of a total of eight items of three types of maintenance operations, simultaneously perform five processes The operation is not specified in each of the five processes, and furthermore, overlapping use is possible. For example, screen-
1 is the monitoring start / stop of the electric system, and Screen-2 is the monitoring / control of the air conditioning system.
Start / stop, screen-3 is used for each operation of monitoring / start / stop of the heat source system. The switching of each screen selection is the active display screen name input area in FIG. 2. In this area, the screen name being displayed in each screen is displayed. Each selection is selected by mouse input. Is done.

[0013]

As described above, according to the present invention, a plurality of operations can be arbitrarily selected by the operator and displayed on the display, and each operation is performed regardless of whether or not the state is displayed on the display. However, since the processing is continued, the operation associated with each operation can be performed without reverting, and the operability is good and the operability is excellent. Also, when an emergency occurs, the contents are displayed on the display to notify the operator, but each operation continues its processing regardless of whether or not the status is displayed on the display. The latest information can be obtained for each operation processing state, the operation time can be reduced, and the convenience is excellent.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1A is a diagram illustrating a parallel processing method of a man-machine interface for a building management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1B is a diagram illustrating a flow of the operation.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a screen configuration based on a parallel processing method of a man-machine interface for a building management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a conventional general screen configuration example.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a conventional four-division screen configuration.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a processing method of a conventional man-machine interface for a building management system.

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A man-machine interface processing method for a facility management system having a plurality of operation processing systems ,
Displaying a state of one or more operation processing systems on a screen of a display, wherein the plurality of operation processing systems
Regardless of whether the status is displayed in the
A man-machine interface processing method for a facility management system , which continues processing and displays an operation processing system having a higher priority level among the plurality of operation processing systems . 2. The man-machine interface processing method for an equipment management system according to claim 1 , wherein an empty screen is automatically selected and operation is registered .