JPH0269835A - Method and device for displaying fault diagnosis - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate diagnosis by synthesizing a related video picture and a message by means of a superimposer when an information input is requested to a user and when a diagnosis result is displayed. CONSTITUTION:When fault diagnosis is started from an input device 4 by the input of fault information of the user, a diagnosis device 5 decides whether much more information is required in a diagnosis process. When the addition of fault information is required, the video picture and the message related on information required is selected, the corresponding picture is read from a video mask and is displayed in a multi-window display 1 by synthesizing it with the corresponding message by the superimposer 7. When the addition of fault information is not required and the fault cause can be specified on the other hand, the superimposer synthesizes and displays the picture and the message corresponding to the result. Thus, the user need not carry on conversation while he views plural terminals.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a fault diagnosis display method and apparatus for allowing a user to proceed with fault diagnosis interactively.

[Conventional technology]

The fault diagnosis device is used for equipment and medical diagnosis.Diagnosis is usually performed interactively using the user's keyboard input.2The information displayed during dialogue includes messages in 9 characters, computer graphics, and videos. There are images etc. Conventionally, two characters of this information were displayed on a text terminal, and computer graphics, video images, etc. were distributed and displayed on a graphics terminal or a dedicated monitor device.

That is, as shown in FIG.
) Diagnosis device +51 starts diagnosis based on the information input from ). When the diagnostic device (5) requires further information in the diagnostic process, it selects an image related to the necessary information from the video disk (6) and displays it on the video monitor a0, and similarly sends a related message. A text terminal an
l to prompt users to input information. Ta. If the Joki diagnostic system @+5) is able to detect the cause of the failure, it displays images and messages related to the cause of the failure on the upper e-video monitor and text terminal (+71), respectively.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

In conventional methods, the information and diagnostic results required during the 9-diagnosis process are displayed on video monitors, text terminals, etc. in a distributed manner, resulting in the problem that users have to interact while viewing multiple terminals. .

It is an object of the present invention to provide a failure diagnosis display method and apparatus that solve this problem.

[Failure to solve the problem]

A fault diagnosis display method and apparatus according to the present invention are as follows.

In a diagnostic device that proceeds with diagnosis through dialogue with the user,
When promoting information input to the user and presenting the cause of failure, video images and messages related to nine diagnostic targets are synthesized by a superimposer and displayed on a multi-window display.

[Effect]

When failure diagnosis is started by inputting failure information by the user, it is determined whether further information is required in the second diagnosis process. When failure information needs to be added, a video image and a message related to the required information are selected, the corresponding image is read from the video disk, and the superimposer combines it with the corresponding message and displays it. On the other hand, if there is no need to add failure information and the cause of the failure can be identified, the image and message corresponding to the result are combined and displayed using the superimposer.

〔Example〕

FIG. 1 is a clear diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, and f
nij multi-window display (21 is a video image display window, (3) is a text display window, each of which displays information related to the diagnosis target.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of this display device, which includes an input device (41) through which the user inputs failure information, and a diagnostic device (41) through which a user executes a diagnosis based on the failure information and outputs a request for inputting additional information and a diagnosis result. equipment@+51, a video disk 16+ that outputs a video image based on the request for additional information input from the diagnostic device #(5) and the diagnostic results, and a video image output from the 10P video disk 181 and the above-mentioned video image. A superimposer (71) is provided for synthesizing a message based on a request for input of additional information from the diagnostic device +51 and a diagnosis result.

FIG. 3 shows an example of the processing in this display device. When the user inputs fault information from the upper level input device # (41) (step 8), the fault diagnosis is started in the diagnostic device (5). (Step 9), the above-mentioned diagnostic device (51 determines whether additional information is required in the diagnosis process or not), and if additional information is necessary, requests the necessary information from the user, Select the image and message related to that information (step 11).On the other hand, if the cause of the failure can be identified using the information input from the upper C input device (4), the 9 diagnosis result will be displayed. Select images and messages (step 12).

If additional information is required and the cause of the failure can be identified, the respective selected video images are read from the video disc (6) into the superimposer 171 (step 13) and the respective selected video images are The message is combined with the superimposer (7) (step 14), and the multi-window display fi+
(Step 15).

- End display processing.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention uses a superimposer to synthesize relevant video images and messages when requesting information input from the user and displaying diagnosis results in a fault diagnosis device in which the user proceeds with the diagnosis interactively. Since the information is displayed on a single multi-window display, it is possible to avoid the situation where the user has to view information distributed across video monitors or text terminals while proceeding with the diagnosis.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing the configuration of a display device according to an embodiment of the invention, and FIG.
The figure is a clear diagram showing an example of the display processing of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of a conventional display device. In the figure, (1) is a multi-window display;
(21 is a video image display window, (3) is a text display window, (4) is an input device, (51 is a diagnostic device, a C61 video disk, and 171 is an 'i miss-per-imposer. The same reference numerals indicate the same or similar parts.

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) In a fault diagnosis display method in which the user proceeds with fault diagnosis interactively, fault information from the user is input into the fault diagnosis device from the input device, diagnosis is performed based on the above fault information, and only the above fault information is used. If it is determined that additional information is necessary, images and messages related to the necessary information are selected to prompt the user to input the necessary information. On the other hand, if it is determined that additional information is not required and the cause of the failure can be identified, images and messages related to the cause of the failure are selected in order to provide the user with information on the cause of the failure, and the images and messages selected in each case are The method is characterized in that an image is read from a video disc into a superimposer, the superimposer combines the image with a message selected in each of the above cases, and displays the combined image on a multi-window display. Fault diagnosis display method. (2) In a fault diagnosis display device in which a user proceeds with fault diagnosis interactively, there is an input device for inputting fault information from the user, and a diagnosis is performed based on the fault information input from the input device. In the process, it is determined whether or not additional information is required, and if additional information is required, images and messages related to the above-mentioned necessary information are selected to prompt the user to input the necessary information, while additional information is displayed. If it is determined that the cause of the failure can be identified without needing to do so, a diagnostic device that selects an image and a message related to the cause of the failure in order to provide the user with information regarding the cause of the failure; A video disc for recording images, a superimposer for combining images read from the video disc and a message selected by the diagnostic device, and a multi-window display for displaying the image combined by the superimposer. A failure diagnosis display device comprising: