JP5977164B2 - Remote monitoring and control system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a remote monitoring control system for a plant or the like.

In a conventional plant monitoring system using a portable terminal, a dedicated screen is created in accordance with a small portable terminal screen.
In recent years, there is a portable terminal that can display a monitoring screen of a terminal displayed in an actual monitoring room as it is due to an improvement in performance of a tablet terminal or the like.
However, since the tablet terminal is operated by touching the screen with a finger, it is difficult to touch the target location, and the screen itself is small. It is possible to misoperate another symbol nearby.
Therefore, as a method of preventing erroneous operations on touch-operated screens, a technique has been proposed to prevent erroneous operations by defining possible operations according to the size of the object to be operated and making operations impossible unless they reach a fixed size. Has been. (For example, Patent Document 1)

JP 2012-1004095 A

In Patent Document 1, since it is necessary to enlarge the entire screen in advance for symbol operation, only a part of the displayed screen is enlarged and displayed.
When this is applied to monitoring control, there is a problem that a part of the monitoring target device protrudes from the screen and cannot be listed by enlarging the entire monitoring screen.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems. In a remote monitoring system using a portable terminal such as a tablet type, it is not necessary to create a dedicated screen for a portable terminal, and the entire screen is displayed. However, an object of the present invention is to obtain a remote monitoring and control system including a terminal that can eliminate erroneous operation of symbols.

The remote monitoring and control system according to the present invention is
A controller that controls equipment in the field,
A monitoring and control server that collects data from the controller and instructs the controller to control the device;
Remote monitoring control equipped with a terminal that acquires information collected by the monitoring control server from a remote location by wireless communication, displays the device and its status as symbols on the screen, and can be operated by touching the symbol on the screen by the user In the system,
The terminal has a screen information recording unit for recording symbol information and symbol coordinate information to be displayed on the terminal, and an operation information recording unit for recording various operation modes on the screen and processing contents for each operation mode,
The terminal operation processing function
An operation detection unit for detecting a symbol arranged in a predetermined range from a mode on the screen performed by the user and coordinates on the screen as a target of the operation;
A process determination unit that determines whether or not the process corresponding to the symbol can be executed according to the size of the detected symbol;
The drawing function of the terminal includes a symbol display size management unit that expands the size of the symbol until the determination of the process determination unit becomes “Yes” when the process determination unit determines that the execution of the process assigned to the symbol is “No”. It is what you have.

The terminal of the remote monitoring control system according to the present invention is:
A screen information recording unit for recording symbol information and symbol coordinate information to be displayed on the terminal, and an operation information recording unit for recording various operation modes on the screen and processing contents for each operation mode,
The terminal operation processing function
An operation detection unit for detecting a symbol arranged in a predetermined range from a mode on the screen performed by the user and coordinates on the screen as a target of the operation;
A process determination unit that determines whether or not the process corresponding to the symbol can be executed according to the size of the detected symbol;
The drawing function of the terminal includes a symbol display size management unit that expands the size of the symbol until the determination of the process determination unit becomes “Yes” when the process determination unit determines that the execution of the process assigned to the symbol is “No”. Because it has
When the symbol to be operated is small, the operation is performed after the enlarged display, so that it is possible to prevent erroneous operation due to a misreading due to the small symbol, a pressing error, or the like.

1 is a system configuration diagram of a remote monitoring control system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the software of the tablet type portable terminal which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a flow of screen operation of the tablet-type portable terminal which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the symbol which the user performed operation action. It is a figure which shows the state of S008 in FIG. It is a flow of screen operation of the tablet-type portable terminal which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. In FIG. 6, it is a figure which shows the case where the extracted symbol is plurality. It is the figure which expanded the some extracted symbol. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the software of the tablet type portable terminal which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the state before the expansion of the symbol which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the state after the expansion of the symbol which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the software of the tablet type portable terminal which concerns on Embodiment 3 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the state before the expansion of the screen of the tablet type portable terminal which concerns on Embodiment 3 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the state after the expansion of the screen of the tablet type portable terminal which concerns on Embodiment 3 of this invention.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
Hereinafter, a remote monitoring control system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a remote monitoring control system 100 using a tablet-type mobile terminal 8.
In FIG. 1, a plurality of controllers 1-1 to 1-n for controlling devices in the field are connected to the control network 2, and the monitoring control server 3 is connected to each controller 1-1 to 1-n via the control network 2. Collecting data.
The monitoring terminal 4 is connected to the LAN 5 and is used for displaying and monitoring information collected by the monitoring control server 3 and making an operation request to the monitoring control server 3.

Further, an access point 6 is installed in the LAN 5, and the tablet-type portable terminal 8 performs monitoring control in the same manner as the monitoring terminal 4 via the wireless network 7.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a software configuration of the tablet portable terminal 8.
The communication function 81 is a function for transmitting a data request to the monitoring control server 3 and receiving data collected by the monitoring control server 3.
The drawing function 83 is a function for acquiring screen data in which symbols of devices to be monitored and controlled are arranged from the screen information recording unit 82, and combining this with the data obtained from the monitoring control server 3 and displaying it on the screen. .
The drawing function 83 includes a symbol display size management unit 831 for managing the symbol size.

The operation processing function 84 is a function for processing an operation instruction input from the screen.
The operation processing function 84 includes an operation detection unit 841 that detects coordinate information and an operation action from an operation performed by a user touching the screen,
Determination based on action information (operation mode) of the operation information recording unit 85 that defines the relationship between the operation action and processing, such as detected coordinate information, coordinate information of various symbols recorded in the screen information recording unit 82, A process determination unit 842 that executes an appropriate process is provided.
The screen may be touched directly with a finger or indirectly with a pen.

Next, the operation of the tablet mobile terminal 8 will be described.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart of the screen operation of the tablet mobile terminal 8.
When a finger is operated on the screen of the tablet-type portable terminal 8 (S001), the operation detection unit 841 detects coordinate information and an operation action (for example, single tap or flick input), and the detected information is sent to the processing determination unit 842 Notice. (S002)
The process determination unit 842 determines whether or not the operation action is related to a symbol (S003). If the operation action is not related to a symbol, the process determination unit 842 executes a process corresponding to the corresponding operation action from the operation information recording unit 85. To do. (S021)

If the detected operation action is related to a symbol, information of symbols within a certain range from the coordinates where the detected operation action is performed is extracted from the screen information recording unit 82. (S004)
If there is no symbol to extract, the operation action is ignored. (S121)
Here, when there is only one extracted symbol, the process determination unit 842 acquires the display size of the target symbol from the symbol display size management unit 831 (S005), and if the size is less than a certain size, the symbol display The size management unit 831 is requested to enlarge and display only the corresponding symbol to a certain size (S007), and only the relevant symbol is enlarged and displayed on the screen (S007). (S008)
If the symbol size is equal to or larger than a certain size (S006), a process that matches the operation action detected from the operation information recording unit 85 is executed. (S021)

When processing corresponding to the operation action is executed, if there is an enlarged symbol, the processing determination unit 842 requests the symbol display size management unit 831 to return all symbols being enlarged to the standard size. To do. (S022)
The symbol display size management unit 831 returns all symbols on the screen to the standard size. (S023)

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating symbols on which the user has performed an operation action.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the state of S008 in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 4, since the symbol TS-01 for which the user has performed an operation action is equal to or smaller than a certain size, the symbol TS-01 is automatically enlarged to an executable size as shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a flow in the case where there are a plurality of symbols extracted in S004 in FIG. 3, and the processing after FIG. 3 and S004 (S104 in FIG. 6) is partially different from the case where there is one extracted symbol. .
When there are a plurality of extracted symbols (S104), the display size of each symbol is acquired from the symbol display size management unit 831. (S105)
If each symbol is equal to or larger than a certain size (S106), a message indicating that a plurality of symbols are simultaneously selected is displayed, and the operation is prompted again. (S120)
If even one of the symbols is smaller than a certain size (S106), the symbol display size management unit 831 is requested to enlarge it to a certain size (S007), and all the target symbols are displayed on the screen. It is displayed at a certain size or larger and prompts the user again. (S008)
FIGS. 7 and 8 show the state at this time.
As shown in FIG. 7, when the user taps between the symbols TS-01 and TS-02 and the size of any symbol is smaller than a predetermined size, as shown in FIG. Enlarge the symbol until the symbol is a predetermined size.

As described above, when the symbol to be operated is small, the operation is performed after the enlarged display, so that it is possible to prevent an erroneous operation due to a misreading or a pressing mistake due to the small symbol.
Even when a plurality of symbols are selected at the same time, it is possible to prevent erroneous operation by adjusting the size of the symbols and prompting the operation again. Further, by enlarging only the symbols, the screen can be operated while viewing all the information displayed on the entire screen.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
Hereinafter, a remote monitoring control system according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings, focusing on portions different from the first embodiment.
FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a software configuration of the tablet portable terminal 208 of the remote monitoring control system according to the present embodiment.
10 and 11 are diagrams showing the symbols according to the present embodiment before and after enlargement.
In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 9, a symbol related information recording unit 86 for recording related symbol information (related information) to be displayed at the same time when a symbol is operated is added to the tablet portable terminal 208. Yes.
As shown in FIG. 10, when the symbol BS-01 is recorded in the symbol related information recording unit 86 as a symbol related to the symbol below it and the symbol indicating the value of BS-01, the user receives the symbol BS-01. It is assumed that tapping is performed on -01.
In this case, when the size of the symbol BS-01 is smaller than a predetermined size, not only the symbol BS-01 but also information about two symbols related to the symbol BS-01 is displayed as symbol related information as shown in FIG. Obtained from the recording unit 86, these symbols are enlarged and displayed.
As a result, the symbol to be operated and the symbols related thereto can be displayed in a large size in distinction from other symbols. Alert users.

Embodiment 3 FIG.
Hereinafter, the remote monitoring control system according to the third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings, focusing on parts different from the second embodiment.
FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing a software configuration of the tablet portable terminal 308 of the remote monitoring control system according to the present embodiment.
FIGS. 13 and 14 are diagrams showing before and after the enlargement of the screen of the tablet portable terminal 308 according to the present embodiment.
In the present embodiment, a screen size management unit 832 is provided in the drawing function 83.
The process determining unit 842 gives a symbol enlargement request with priority to the screen size managing unit 832 over the symbol display size managing unit 831.
The screen size management unit 832 uses the screen information recording unit 82 and the symbol related information recording unit 86 to extract symbols related to the operation target symbols on the screen.
Then, within the range in which the related symbol is displayed on the operation target, the screen itself is enlarged around the symbol until the symbol becomes a certain size or more. If the symbol does not reach a certain size or more just by enlarging the screen, the symbol display size management unit 831 is requested to enlarge the symbol.
As described above, since the screen is preferentially enlarged in the range where the necessary information is displayed, the necessary information can be displayed larger during operation.

  It should be noted that the present invention can be freely combined with each other within the scope of the invention, and each embodiment can be appropriately modified or omitted.

100 remote monitoring control system, 2 control network, 3 monitoring control server,
4 monitoring terminals, 6 access points, 7 wireless networks,
8, 208, 308 tablet-type mobile terminal, 1-1 to 1-n controller,
81 communication function, 82 screen information recording unit, 83 drawing function,
831 Symbol display size management unit, 832 Screen size management unit, 84 operation processing function, 841 operation detection unit, 842 process determination unit, 85 operation information recording unit,
86 Symbol related information recording section.

Claims (5)

A controller that controls equipment in the field,
A monitoring and control server that collects data from the controller and instructs the controller to control the device;
A terminal capable of acquiring information collected by the monitoring control server from a remote location by wireless communication, displaying the device and its state as a symbol on a screen, and operating by touching the symbol on the screen by a user; Remote monitoring and control system
The terminal includes a screen information recording unit that records symbol information to be displayed on the terminal and coordinate information of the symbol, and an operation information recording unit that records various operation modes on the screen and processing contents for the operation modes. And
The operation processing function of the terminal is
A mode of the operation performed on the screen performed by the user, and an operation detection unit that detects the symbols arranged in a predetermined range from the coordinates on the screen targeted for the operation;
A process determination unit that determines whether or not the process corresponding to the symbol can be executed according to the detected size of the symbol;
The drawing function of the terminal is a symbol that expands the size of the symbol until the determination of the process determination unit becomes “Yes” when the process determination unit determines “No” to execute the process assigned to the symbol. A remote monitoring control system having a display size management unit. 2. The remote according to claim 1, wherein the symbol display size management unit enlarges and displays the plurality of symbols when the plurality of symbols exist within a predetermined range from a position where the user touches the screen. Supervisory control system. The remote monitoring control system according to claim 1, wherein the processing determination unit requests the user to perform an operation on the symbol again when the determination is “OK”. The terminal comprises a plurality of related information between the symbols,
The symbol display size management unit changes the size of the symbol related to the symbol touched by the user to be operated based on the related information between the plurality of symbols. The remote monitoring control system according to any one of the above. 5. The remote according to claim 4, wherein the size of a range including the plurality of symbols on the screen displaying the plurality of symbols is controlled based on the related information between the plurality of symbols. Supervisory control system.

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