JP5230364B2 - Equipment management apparatus and display control method for equipment management apparatus - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a facility management apparatus for performing facility management of facility equipment provided in a building such as a building and for performing management support. In particular, the present invention relates to display of an operation screen of an application for causing an equipment management apparatus to execute execution processing.

For example, in facilities such as process monitoring of plant equipment, buildings, etc., an equipment management device is provided to centrally monitor and manage the operating status of equipment such as air conditioning and lighting in each room. ing. In such an equipment management apparatus, for example, there is an apparatus that performs processing based on an instruction input by an operation by an administrator and further displays a corresponding screen or the like on a display screen of a display unit (see, for example, Patent Document 1). .
JP 2000-287388 A

  In order to perform the processing as described above, the equipment management apparatus has data such as a program corresponding to the processing as an application (software). And the application execution means with which an equipment management apparatus is provided selects and processes the application corresponding to a user's operation, for example, and performs a process. Here, in order to improve the facility management apparatus, an application of the facility management apparatus can be added, deleted, changed (updated), and the like.

  However, re-creating data such as display correction of the relevant part from the entire display screen in accordance with addition, deletion, change, etc. of the application has a high repair load. In addition, it may cause bugs in parts that are not subject to refurbishment. In particular, in an environment where applications can be exchanged using technical specifications such as OSG (Open Services Gateway), for example, when a setting screen is required for each application, a screen related to the contents of each newly exchanged application May have to be displayed. Therefore, for each application that the device is scheduled to have, the execution process contents and display contents must be determined and understood in advance, so it is not possible to create a setting screen, etc. It becomes impossible to do.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and an equipment management apparatus that can suppress a load on a developer or the like related to display when an application is added, deleted, changed, or the like. The purpose is to obtain.

The equipment management apparatus according to the present invention comprises: application storage means for storing one or more applications having display data style sheets that describe content data of contents related to display and definition description data that defines a display method of the content data; A plurality of applications stored in the storage means are selected, an application execution management means for executing processing, and a display is allocated based on the number of display data style sheets relating to the plurality of applications sent in the course of execution processing by the application execution management means Application screen display management means for performing screen display processing and transmitting a screen display signal; and display means for performing display based on the screen display signal.

  According to this invention, the application has the display data style sheet and is stored in the application storage means, and the application execution management means sends the display data style sheet to the application screen display management means in the course of executing the application. Since the application screen display management means performs screen display processing based on the display data style sheet and the display means performs display related to the application, the display in the application is displayed on the display data style sheet independent of the processing contents of the application. Data related to the contents can be recorded. As a result, when the display content in the application is changed, it is only necessary to change the description of the display data style sheet. Therefore, for example, when an application is added, deleted, changed, etc., even if the screen display of the transition destination and transition source related to the application must be changed, the description of the display data style sheet can be changed. Good. Since the description of the display data style sheet can be easily changed later, it is not necessary to confirm the display contents and generate the application, and the degree of freedom related to the generation of the application can be increased. As described above, application parts can be promoted and development efficiency can be improved. Further, the developer can grasp the processing contents and display contents of the application and perform development and the like, and the processing contents and display contents can be easily reflected on each other.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a facility management apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. In FIG. 1, the application execution management unit 1, for example, an application 10 stored in the application storage unit 4 (applications 10-1 to 10-in FIG. 1) based on an input signal related to an operation instruction from the input unit 5. N) is performed, and the selected application 10 is executed and managed. In addition, the application screen display management unit 2 performs screen display such as rendering based on a display data style sheet (to be described later) sent from the application execution management unit 1 while the application execution management unit 1 executes the execution process of the application 10. Process and send screen display signal. The display unit 3 performs display based on the screen display signal from the application screen display management unit 2.

  The application storage unit 4 stores the application 10 executed by the application execution management unit 1 as data. The application execution management unit 1 selects an application 10 to be processed, reads the selected application 10 from the application storage unit 4, and performs an execution process or the like. The input unit 5 transmits an operation instruction from the user to the application execution management unit 1 as an input signal.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display data style sheet that the application 10 has. In the present embodiment, each application 10 stored in the application storage unit 4 has a display data style sheet that is data describing the contents related to display. Here, in the application 10, the display data style sheet can be incorporated in a form independent of the data related to the execution processing content. Therefore, for example, when the display content in the application 10 is to be changed, it is only necessary to change the description content of the display data style sheet without changing the data related to the execution processing content. In addition, even when the execution processing content of the application 10 is changed, the display data style sheet before the change is incorporated into the application 10 without generating and incorporating the data related to the design etc. according to the display content. Can do. In each application 10, the contents of the execution process and the contents related to display are a set, and the description contents of the display data style sheet can be easily changed. Therefore, the developer who has the application 10 can have data of both the execution processing contents of the application 10 and the contents related to the display, and the development can be performed while reflecting the processing contents and the display contents.

  The display style sheet of the present embodiment includes content data representing contents such as characters, numbers and symbols to be displayed, and definition description data such as a style sheet representing how the data is displayed on the screen. Consists of. FIG. 2 shows a display data style sheet described in HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) format as an example. Here, for example, “air conditioning 1:”, “air conditioning 2:”, “cooling”, “heating”, “dry”, “set temperature”, “° C.”, numbers “16” to “31”, etc. Content data indicating data to be displayed on the screen. In FIG. 2, the tag portion describing with <> is definition description data indicating how the content data is displayed.

  Here, in FIG. 2, definition description data in the HTML format is described as an example, but the description format is not limited. For example, description can be made in XML (eXtensible Markup Language) format. You can also combine style sheets. Furthermore, a so-called markup language such as an HTML format or an XML format is highly versatile, but is not limited thereto. For example, even if the display data style sheet of the application 10 is only content data, the application screen display management means 2 can perform screen display processing by combining standard definition description data determined in advance. Good.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a flowchart relating to processing of the facility management apparatus according to the present embodiment. Based on FIG. 3, the operation | movement which concerns on the display of an equipment management apparatus is demonstrated. When a signal related to the user's operation is transmitted from the input means 5 (S1), the application 10 is selected from the applications 10-1 to 10-N stored in the application storage means 4 (S2). Then, the selected application 10 is executed (S3). Here, the operation of the equipment by the execution process of the application execution management means 1 is performed in another processing operation.

  On the other hand, in the execution process, the application execution management unit 1 sends the display data style sheet of the selected application 10 to the application screen display management unit 2 (S4). The application screen display management means 2 performs screen display processing and transmits a screen display signal to the display means 3 (S5). The display means 3 performs display based on the screen display signal from the application screen display management means 2 (S6). Then, the above processing is repeated.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a display screen related to the processing of the display data style sheet of FIG. The application screen display management means 2 performs screen processing based on, for example, a display data style sheet as shown in FIG. 2, generates a screen, transmits a display signal, and causes the display means 3 to perform display.

  In FIG. 4, “cooling”, “heating”, and “dry” are displayed in a selection format using radio buttons. In the initial state, the display is such that “cooling” is selected. In addition, the temperature setting is displayed in a selection format in a pull-down format. In the initial state, “28” is displayed for the air conditioner 1 and “27” is displayed for the air conditioner 2.

  As described above, according to the facility management apparatus of the first embodiment, each application 10 has a display data style sheet and is stored in the application storage unit 4, and the application execution management unit 1 receives a signal related to the operation. The display data style sheet is sent to the application screen display management means 2 in the process of executing the application 10 selected based on the application data, and the application screen display management means 2 performs screen display processing based on the display data style sheet. Since the display related to the application is performed, the content related to the display of the application 10 can be recorded in the display data style sheet and incorporated into the application 10. As a result, when the display content in the application is changed, it is only necessary to change the description of the display data style sheet. Therefore, for example, even when an application whose influence affects display contents must be changed by adding, deleting, or changing the application, the description of the display data style sheet may be changed. In addition, since the description of the display data style sheet can be easily changed later, it is not necessary to generate the application 10 after confirming the display contents in advance. Therefore, the degree of freedom related to generation of the application 10 can be increased. As described above, application parts can be promoted and development efficiency can be improved.

  For example, when the processing content and display content of the application 10 are generated (developed) separately, it is difficult to determine the influence of one change or the like on the other. As described above, if the application 10 and the display data style sheet can be handled at the same time, it becomes easy to grasp the influence, and changes and the like can be performed while considering each. In addition, by generating a display data style sheet using a general-purpose markup language such as HTML or XML, it is possible to easily create a screen with a high degree of difficulty related to interface screen creation, such as a facility management device. This can reduce the development load.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
In the first embodiment described above, it has been described that the execution processing content of the application 10 by the application execution management unit 1 does not affect the display data style sheet. Here, for example, the description of the definition description data may be changed within a range that does not cause inconvenience in the layout of the screen to be displayed, and may be transmitted to the application screen display management means 2.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 2 described in the above-described embodiment, the management target of the equipment management apparatus is an air conditioner, and instructions are given to the two indoor units of the air conditioner for setting the operation mode, set temperature, and the like. Is displayed. In FIG. 2, there is definition description data in which radio buttons to be displayed for causing the user to operate the operation mode in each indoor unit are displayed so that the item “COOLING” can be selected in the initial state. doing. For example, in the execution process of the application 10, the application execution management unit 1 determines the driving mode at that time, rewrites the definition description data so that the item check is attached to the driving mode, and changes the display data style sheet. You may do it. For the set temperature, the display data style sheet may be changed by rewriting the definition description data so that the number of the set temperature instructed at that time is displayed in the initial state. Further, for example, based on the operation frequency of the item, the display data style sheet can be changed so as to change the screen such as widening the display range of the item selection button or moving it to a higher priority position. Good. In addition, each application itself may implement a process for changing the display data style sheet similar to the above based on the performed operation. By enabling the application execution management unit 1 or individual applications to make the above-described changes, it is possible to save the user's trouble.

  Further, although not particularly shown in the above-described embodiment, the application 10 that may add, delete, or change the processing contents is provided with a display data style sheet, and is added, deleted, or changed. An application 10 that does not have a display data style sheet may not be provided. For the application 10 that does not have a display data style sheet, for example, the application execution management unit 1 may perform a screen display process and transmit a screen display signal in the execution process. Thereby, it is possible to use a conventional application.

Embodiment 3 FIG.
In the above-described embodiment, for example, in FIG. 4, only display based on the display data style sheet of one application is performed, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, when the application execution management unit 1 is executing a plurality of applications 10 in parallel, the application screen display management unit 2 performs screen display processing based on the display data style sheet relating to each application 10 to display the display unit 3. You may make it display on.

  At this time, the application screen display management means 2 distributes, for example, the display size of each display data style sheet (application) so as to be uniform within the screen based on the number of display data style sheets to be processed. You may arrange.

  Moreover, in the equipment management apparatus, there are many cases where the number of applications related to execution is determined on each screen transition. In view of this, the display data style sheet may describe data relating to display size, coordinates relating to arrangement, importance of the application, and the like. Screen display processing can be performed so that display is performed at the size and position based on the screen.

Embodiment 4 FIG.
FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a facility management apparatus according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention. In FIG. 5, the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 1 perform the same operations as those described in the first embodiment. In FIG. 5, the display data style sheet storage means 6 is a means for storing the display data style sheet described in the above embodiment.

  The application execution management unit 1 searches the display data style sheet storage unit 6 for the corresponding display data style sheet based on the data for designating the style sheet of the selected application 10 and sends it to the application screen display management unit 2. Like that. As the data related to the designation, for example, data such as an ID (for example, a number, a device type, a scene content to be displayed, etc.) attached to each display data style sheet may be used. By storing the display data style sheet in the display data style sheet storage means 6 and creating a database, it is not necessary to have a display data style sheet for each application 10, and the independence of the display data style sheet is further secured. Componentization of the application 10 becomes easy. Further, since it is not necessary to overlap the display data style sheets, the amount of data stored in the entire apparatus can be reduced. In addition, it is not necessary to modify a plurality of the same display data style sheets, and the maintainability can be improved.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the equipment management apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure showing the example of a display data style sheet. It is a figure showing the flowchart which concerns on the process of the equipment management apparatus which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a figure showing the display screen which concerns on the process of the display data style sheet | seat of FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the equipment management apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 4.

Explanation of symbols

  1 application execution management means 2 application screen display management means 3 display means 4 application storage means 5 input means 6 display data style sheet storage means

Claims (6)

Application storage means for storing one or a plurality of applications having display data style sheets in which content data representing content to be displayed and definition description data for defining a display method of the content data are described as data;
Application execution management means for executing a plurality of applications stored in the application storage means;
Application screen display management means for performing screen display processing for allocating a display based on the number of display data style sheets relating to a plurality of applications sent by the execution processing of the application execution management means, and for transmitting a screen display signal;
A facility management apparatus comprising display means for performing display based on the screen display signal.   The equipment management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the definition description data portion of the display data style sheet is described in an HTML format or an XML format. The application storage unit equipment management apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that also store applications without the display data style sheet. Further comprising display data style sheet storage means for storing the display data style sheet independently from the application;
When executing the application, the application execution management unit selects the display data style sheet from the display data style sheet storage unit based on data included in the application, and sends the display data style sheet to the application screen display management unit. The equipment management device according to any one of claims 1 to 3 . In equipment management equipment for managing equipment,
There are a plurality of application execution management means from an application storage means for storing a plurality of applications having a display data style sheet in which contents data representing contents to be displayed and definition description data defining a display method of the contents data are described as data. Selecting and executing the application,
A step in which the application screen display management unit performs display allocation and transmits a screen display signal based on the number of display data style sheets relating to a plurality of applications sent from the application execution management unit by the application execution process;
A display control method for an equipment management apparatus, wherein the display means includes a step of performing display based on a screen display signal.
6. The display control method for an equipment management apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the application storage means stores an application that does not have the display data style sheet.

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