JPH06121315A - Monitor controller - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To monitor the precise situation of a job site by a simple operation, and to realize a safe monitor control whose reliability is high. CONSTITUTION:A central monitor side is equipped with a touch type display device 31 which displays the pseudo graphic picture of each equipment, monitor object information table 27 which stores plural equipment specifying information, the control information, and display window coordinate information or the like, and voice generator 32. Moreover, a touch signal is received from the touch type display device 31, the equipment specifying information to specify information collectors 42 and 43 related to the equipment displayed at a touch coordinate, and the control information or the like is retrieved from the table 27, and transmitted to a monitor object process 40 side. In the process to be monitored, a camera 42 and a sound collector 43 are selected from the equipment specifying information and the control information, and transmitted to the central monitor side. In the central monitor side, picture information is window-displayed based on the display window coordinate information of the table, and sound information is generated from the voice generator.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a supervisory control device for monitoring the operating condition of equipments installed in various plant instrumentation control systems such as water and sewage plants, buildings, factories and the like. The present invention relates to a monitoring and control device that realizes highly reliable monitoring and control by accurately monitoring by integrating monitoring and control.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art This type of monitoring and control device is used in many industrial fields such as water and sewage plants, buildings and factories, as well as various plant instrumentation control systems, and is installed as a process to be monitored. As for equipment, there are a great many types of equipment such as pumps, motors, valves, and water tanks.

In recent years, in such a supervisory control device, a CR
With the advent of the T display device, the operating states of these equipments have been displayed and monitored on the display screen of the CRT display device, and FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the configuration of the conventional device.

This monitoring control device is provided with a process 1 to be monitored in which a large number of equipments are installed, and a central monitoring control device 2 for monitoring the operating states of these equipments. The central supervisory control device 2 is composed of an information collecting and monitoring system that collects process information related to equipment and displays an abnormal state, and an equipment monitoring system that displays image information of equipment.

In this information collecting and monitoring system, the process state monitoring control unit 3 collects process information from various devices and sensors of the process 1 to be monitored via the process input / output device 4 and stores it in the memory 5, and the collected information is collected. When it is determined that there is an abnormality, the CRT display device 7 is informed of the abnormal state by comparing the upper limit value with a predetermined upper limit value or an allowable value.
It is configured to be displayed on the screen and to notify the operator of the abnormal state. Reference numeral 8 is an input terminal device such as a keyboard.

On the other hand, in the facility equipment monitoring system, a plurality of ITV cameras 10, ... Are installed on the site side, and an ITV control device 11 and a monitor device 12 are installed on the central monitoring room side. CRT display device 7
When the ITV controller 11 receives a notification of an abnormal condition from the ITV controller 11
A configuration in which an abnormal site is displayed by selectively adjusting the camera 10 that has transmitted control information such as camera switching, direction and focus adjustment, and image data is captured through the dedicated communication line 13 and displayed on the monitor device 12. Has become.

Therefore, the operator is instructed by the CRT display device 7
The abnormal state is judged while observing both the display on the monitor device 12 and the monitor device 12, and the recovery action for the abnormality is taken. That is, at the time of device operation, the process state of the target equipment is grasped from the display screen of the CRT display device 7, and the operation state of the equipment to be monitored and controlled is grasped from the display states of the camera 10 and the monitor device 12, Based on these grasped results, an operation command for operating / stopping the equipment is input from the input terminal device 8, and the operation result is displayed again on the CRT display device 7 and the monitor device 12 to check the state.

Therefore, the above-mentioned monitoring and control apparatus includes the information collecting and monitoring system for monitoring the process information, the cameras 10, ...
It has a separate structure from the equipment monitoring system using, and accordingly, the operation parts such as the control panel are also separated, and they are individually controlled. Moreover, since each monitoring system is divided individually, a space for installing each system is required, and control information and information to be acquired from the site side must be also transmitted using different transmission media. .

On the other hand, the process 1 to be monitored recently has become large-scaled and complicated, and the number of items of equipment to be monitored increases, and the amount of information to be acquired becomes very large. ing. In addition, each equipment itself is becoming more complicated and smaller, and it is becoming more and more difficult to deal with abnormalities. On the other hand, it is required to shorten the time until the restoration of the equipment in the monitored process 1.

Further, in such a situation, the supervisory control work which is carried out without a break for 24 hours is extremely difficult, and it is also very difficult to seek excellent human resources for each plant.

[0011]

Therefore, in the above-mentioned monitor and control device, since the information collecting and monitoring system and the equipment monitoring system are separately configured, various inconvenient problems are caused, which accompany them. As a result, there are many obstacles to monitoring and control work.

Moreover, although this monitoring control device can confirm only the plant information of the monitoring items registered in advance in the central information collecting and monitoring system, it can detect whether or not the surroundings of the equipment are in a safe condition. It is not possible to confirm the information that cannot be detected by such means.
Unless the TV camera 10 is installed, the situation at the site cannot be known.

Therefore, in the conventional information collecting and monitoring system, CR is used.
The plant is displayed as a graphic image on the display screen of the T display device 7, and the status of the monitored process 1 is displayed in the vicinity of the device of the plant graphic image by numbers or characters, or Trends of the monitored process 1 are processed and displayed on the display screen of the CRT display device 7 as a trend graph.
There is no choice but to install the V cameras 10, ... Side by side to display the raw situation. However, even in this case, since the information gathering monitoring system and the equipment device monitoring system are separate facilities, the operability is uneven, which is an obstacle to urgent work.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a supervisory control device for performing precise supervision by integrating supervisory controls of respective equipment and simplifying operations.

Further, another object of the present invention is to perform a monitoring control for realizing a safe and highly reliable monitoring control by making it possible to monitor a detailed situation of the site by a simple operation when the process to be monitored is operated or abnormal. To provide a device.

[0016]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claim 1 collects various information of each equipment installed in a process to be monitored on the site side by a central monitoring control device. However, in the monitoring control device that determines whether there is an abnormality in the equipment from the collected information and displays and monitors the operating state of the equipment,

The central supervisory control device, or an image display control means for displaying on the touch-type display device a graphic image representing each of the equipments in a simulated manner at all times or when it is determined to be abnormal from the process information of the equipments. When a touch signal is received from a touch section having a monitor section, which stores in advance device identification information that identifies a plurality of information collection devices and control information thereof, and the touch section with the touch display device,
Monitoring target information retrieving means for retrieving device identification information for identifying information collecting equipment related to the equipment displayed on touch coordinates from the monitoring target information table and control information thereof, and retrieval by this monitoring target information retrieving means Information sending means for sending the specified device identification information and its control information to the monitored process,

On the other hand, the process to be monitored is installed in the process to be monitored, and at least one ITV camera that captures image information of each equipment and one or more sound collection that captures sound information of each equipment. A device, an ITV camera that captures the image information of the facility device displayed in the touch section, and a sound collecting device that captures the sound information are selected based on the device identification information sent from the information sending means, its control information, and the like. And an information collection device control means for capturing image information and sound information from the ITV camera and the sound collection device and transmitting the image information and sound information to the central monitoring control device.

Next, the invention according to claim 2 newly adds a plurality of display window coordinate information and the like as a monitoring target information table in advance to the configuration of the invention according to claim 1, and performs central monitoring control. When image information and sound information are sent to the device side from the sound generator that generates the sound information of the equipment and the information collecting device control means of the monitoring target process on site, the image information is sent to the monitoring target. Window display means for displaying a window on the touch display device based on the display window coordinate information stored in the information table and sound information control means for outputting sound information from the sound generator are provided.

[0020]

Therefore, according to the invention corresponding to claim 1, by taking the above-described means, when one device symbol of the graphic image displayed on the touch type display device is touched during the device operation, the object to be monitored is to be monitored. In the information search means, based on the touch signal, a plurality of device identification information and its control information stored in the monitoring target information table is searched for the device identification information and the control information related to the facility equipment touched, and the information is searched. It is transmitted to the monitored process side by the sending means.

Here, the information collection device control means on the monitored process side is an ITV related to the equipment device touched from among a plurality of ITV cameras and sound collection devices installed based on the device identification information and the control information. While selecting the camera and sound collecting device, making necessary adjustments and transmitting the image information and sound information from the ITV camera and sound collecting device to the central monitoring side, it is perfect even when monitoring the operating state of each equipment device. It can be monitored in an integrated state, and monitoring control can be performed with a simpler operation than in the past.

Next, the invention according to claim 2 is one device of the graphic image displayed on the touch type display device when operating the device and wanting to know the operation state of the equipment device of the process to be monitored in detail. When the symbol is touched, the device identification information related to the facility device and its control information are retrieved from the monitoring target information table, and transmitted to the process to be monitored on site. Image information and sound information are sent from the sound device.Here, the central monitoring side displays the image information in a window on the touch-type display device based on the display window coordinate information stored in the monitoring target information table. Moreover, since the sound information is generated from the voice generator, the operator can confirm the situation of the site from the window display and the sound information. Rukoto can. After checking, perform the necessary device operations.

Therefore, unlike the prior art, the complexity of separately performing the information collection monitoring control operation and the image monitoring operation is eliminated, and the monitoring control can be performed with a sense of security that the central monitoring room side monitors and operates in the field.

[0024]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the supervisory control device according to the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 20 denotes a central monitoring control device installed in a central monitoring room, which includes a touch-type display device 31, a sound generator 32,
A plurality of channel data can be superimposed and transmitted, for example, I
A process 40 to be monitored is connected via a transmission line 33 such as an SDN line or an individual line for individually transmitting each channel data.

The central supervisory control device 20 is, concretely, a plurality of graphic images processed for monitoring, program data for realizing necessary functions, further collected information and information obtained by processing the collected information. Storage means 21 including an external storage device for storing information, and device-specific information and control information for collecting information for the monitored process 40 at predetermined intervals based on program data or based on an operator command. And a process state monitoring control means 22 for processing collected information sent from the monitoring target process 40 and judging an abnormality, and an information input having a storage function for exchanging information with the monitoring target process 40. Data to be converted into information applicable to the output device 23 and the monitored process 40 or the information input / output device 23 and then sent Feeding portion 24 is provided.

Further, the central monitor control device 20 has a screen display control means 25 for displaying a graphic image sent from the process state monitor control means 22 and other image information sent from the monitored process 40, and a touch type display. When the operator touches a device symbol or other abnormality notification corresponding portion based on a graphic image of the device 31 or other abnormality notification, etc., touch input determination means 26 for determining the touch operation input, monitoring by receiving this touch operation input coordinate information. A monitoring target information retrieving unit 28 that searches and collects information of devices (cameras, sound collecting microphones, etc.) that collects image and sound information of equipment devices that the operator wants to monitor and control from the target table 27 (see FIG. 2), and further monitoring targets. Process 4
The sound information control means 29 for sending the sound information sent from 0 to the sound generator 32 is provided.

The monitoring target information table 27 shown in FIG.
Touch section coordinates for determining a monitoring target while comparing with touch operation input coordinate information obtained from the touch input determination means 26, an ITV camera only, a sound collecting microphone only, or an information collecting device name indicating the names of both, and an information collecting device name. Information collecting device control information relating to direction and focus adjustment, display window coordinates for displaying image information displayed by the ITV camera in a certain section of the touch-type display device 31, and information from any ITV camera or sound collecting microphone. An information input point (device identification information) for setting whether or not to capture is stored.

Next, the monitored process 40 has a plurality of ITV cameras 42 ₁ , ..., Which capture the operating state of each equipment 41 constituting the monitored process 40 as image information.
42 _n , sound collecting microphones 43 installed in the vicinity of each equipment 41, ...
The ITV camera and the sound collecting microphone are selected based on the control information for collecting information sent from the 0 side, the direction and focus of the camera are adjusted, and the process information and image data of the corresponding equipment 41 are selected. And an information collecting device control means 44 for taking in sound information, and a data transmitting unit 45 for transmitting the process information, image data and sound information taken in by the information collecting device control means 44. Next, the operation of the supervisory control device configured as described above will be described.

The process state monitoring control means 22 is a facility equipment 41 related to a series of groups of, for example, pumps, valves, water tanks, etc. of the process 40 to be monitored among a plurality of graphic images stored in the storage means 21 in advance. When collecting information, the corresponding graphic image is read out (see FIG. 3) and displayed on the touch-type display device 31 via the screen display control means 25.

In this state, the process state monitoring control means 22 sends the collection information relating to the equipment 41 to the monitored process 40 via the information input / output device 23 and the data transmission section 24. The information collecting device control means 44 on the monitored process 40 side fetches the process information of the equipment 41 and transmits it to the central monitoring control device 20 side.
Here, the process state monitoring control means 22 collects the process information from the monitored process 40 and stores it in the storage means 21.
In addition to storing the data in the storage means 21, the necessary arithmetic processing is executed using this process information. And
The process information or the information of the required calculation result is compared with and referred to the already stored upper / lower limit value or allowable value or other abnormality determination information, and when it is determined to be normal, the process information is left as it is, or the process information is displayed as shown in FIG. It is displayed at the relevant location XXXXX of the target equipment of the graphic image shown in.

On the other hand, when it is judged as abnormal as a result of comparison and reference, the corresponding equipment displayed on the touch-type display device 31 is made to blink, or the process information at the relevant place XXX is blinked or changed in color. Display or notify the abnormality by other methods.

When the operator touches the touch section 31a assigned to the pump, which is the equipment 41 shown in FIG. 3, based on the abnormality notification, the operator operates according to the procedure shown in FIG. That is, the touch input determination means 26
Detects the touch coordinates of the touch-type display device 31 and passes it to the screen display control means 25 (ST1). Upon receiving the touch coordinate information from the touch input determination means 26, the screen display control means 25 operates the monitoring target information search means 28.

The monitoring target information retrieving means 28 checks the touch section coordinates of the monitoring target information table 27 based on the touch coordinate information, and checks whether the touch coordinate information is registered in the table 27 (ST2). . If registered, for example, the item information of the monitoring target 1 related to the pump 31a to be monitored from the monitoring target information table 27, that is, the information collection device name, the information collection device control information, the display window coordinates, the information input point, etc. Various information is extracted (ST3) and sent to the image display control means 25. The image display control means 25 sends the information collection device name, the information collection device control information, and the information input point data among the item information of the monitoring target 1 to the process state monitoring control device 22 (ST4). In this process state monitoring control means 22, the data sent and the storage means 21 are sent.
The equipment device and the control method are edited based on the agreement data stored in the information collection device and transmitted to the information collection device control means 44 of the monitored process 40 via the information input / output device 23 and the data transmission unit 24 (ST5).

The information collecting device control means 44 receives the information sent from the central supervisory control device 20 side, and determines which ITV camera or sound collecting microphone should be controlled, in which direction the ITV camera is directed. It is determined whether the sound collecting microphone 43 is to be expanded to some extent or the sound information of which sound collecting microphone 43 is collected, and the corresponding ITV camera, for example, 42 ₁ and the sound collecting microphone 43 are controlled. Then, from the camera 42 ₁ and the sound collecting microphone 43, the process information such as the equipment 41 such as the on / off of the pump, the image information and the sound information are captured and transmitted to the process state monitoring control means 22 of the central monitoring control device 20 ( S
T6).

The monitor control means 22 has a screen display control means 2 for at least image information among various kinds of collected information.
5, and the sound information is sent to the sound information control means 29. Here, the screen display control means 25 displays the image information (site image) related to the corresponding equipment as a window 31 as shown in FIG. 3 according to the display window coordinates already received from the monitoring target information retrieval means 28, and the pump information of the pump is displayed. The image is displayed (ST7). On the other hand, the sound information control means 29
When the sound information is received, the sound generator 32 generates the sound information and notifies the operator (ST8).

Therefore, according to the configuration of the above embodiment, the monitoring operation and the IT by the conventional information collecting and monitoring system are performed.
In the device of the present invention, the touch-type display device 31 displays process information, a graphic image, and the equipment to be monitored in a window. , And the sound generator 32 by capturing the sound information of the equipment.
Since it is notified from, it is possible to centralize the monitoring control operation, and it is also possible to integrate the monitoring control of multiple equipment devices,
It is possible to reduce equipment and cost.

Further, although the conventional operations such as positioning and focus adjustment of the ITV camera are all performed manually, in the apparatus of the present invention, by touching a required display symbol of the graphic image, the target coordinates are obtained from the touch coordinates. IT by identifying the equipment and reading the pre-stored information collection equipment control information and information input point data
Since the V camera and the sound collection microphone are adjusted, it is possible to automatically capture and notify the appropriate image information and sound information without requiring human labor, which significantly reduces the labor and mental burden on the operator. It is possible to reduce the size, and only the image information of the equipment to be viewed can be enlarged and displayed, and the operation sound can be notified, so that the operation state can be accurately grasped.

Further, the 3-channel data such as the process information, the image information and the sound information of the monitored process 40 is I.
Since the transmission is performed using the transmission line 33 such as the SDN line,
Not only a graphic image of a plant, but it can be displayed and monitored in the form of trend data in which the transition of process values is graphed, and the situation of the site that cannot be fully represented by such display is the image information of the ITV camera. The sound information of the sound collecting microphone, that is, the live situation at the site can be known while staying in the central monitoring room, and a more comprehensive and reliable judgment can be made. This means that when and when you need it, you can easily operate as much as you want with the image information of the target equipment on site.
Sound information can be captured in the center,
By integrating the communication line and device operation, you can achieve safe and reliable operation with the same level of security as operating on site.

Further, in the central supervisory control device, since it is possible to make a comprehensive judgment from the process 40 to be monitored, it is not necessary to arrange a skilled person at the site of each plant, but rather if a person who is familiar with plant know-how is on the central side. The stable operation of the plant can be secured, and it will greatly contribute to the solution of the shortage of human resources.

In the above embodiment, the image information of the equipment determined to be abnormal is displayed in a window, but it may be enlarged and displayed on another display device or the graphic of the touch display device 31, for example. The image may be erased and instead, the image information of the equipment sent from the monitored process 40 side may be enlarged and displayed. Further, although the graphic image of the plant equipment is displayed on the touch-type display device 31, the process state monitoring control means 2
Alternatively, the trend graph processed by 2 may be displayed, or only the process information for each measurement point may be displayed, and the graphic image may be displayed only when an abnormality occurs. Further, although the image information representing the site situation corresponding to one symbol of the equipment is displayed in one display window, for example, for one touch area, as shown in FIG.
If the target equipment information for displaying a plurality of windows is set in the monitoring target information table 27 shown in Fig. 2, a plurality of raw information of the site related to the plurality of windows can be displayed at a time, which is more advanced and comprehensive. Therefore, reliable monitoring control can be realized. In addition, the present invention can be modified in various ways without departing from the scope of the invention.

[0042]

As described above, according to the present invention, the following various effects are exhibited.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, not only the presence / absence of abnormality is determined based on the process information, but also the image information and the sound information of the equipment can be integrated and taken in, whereby the operation of the equipment can be accurately performed by a simple operation. A monitoring control device capable of monitoring and controlling the state can be provided.

Next, in the invention of claim 2, when the process to be monitored is operated or abnormal, the image information of the required equipment can be taken in and displayed in a window by a simple touch operation, and the equipment displayed in the window can be displayed. Since the sound information of is also output at the same time, it is possible to monitor the detailed situation at the site and realize safe and highly reliable monitoring control.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a supervisory control device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an information storage state of a monitoring target information table in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example in which a graphic image and equipment to be monitored are displayed in windows on the touch-type display device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an operation procedure of the device of the present invention when a graphic image is touched.

FIG. 5 is an overall configuration diagram of a conventional monitoring control device.

[Explanation of symbols]

20 ... Central monitoring control device, 21 ... Storage means, 22 ... Process state monitoring control means, 25 ... CRT screen display control means, 26 ... Touch input determination means, 27 ... Monitoring target information table, 28 ... Monitoring target information searching means, 29 ... Sound information control means, 31 ... Touch type display device, 32 ... Voice generator,
33 ... Transmission line, 40 ... Process to be monitored, 41 ... Equipment, 42 ₁ , ..., 42 _n ... ITV camera, 43 ... Sound collecting microphone, 44 ... Information collecting device control means.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A central monitoring and control device collects various kinds of information on each equipment installed in a process to be monitored on the site side,
In the supervisory control device that judges whether there is an abnormality in the equipment from the collected information, and displays and monitors the operating state of the equipment, the central supervisory control device is judged to be abnormal at all times or from the process information of the equipment. At this time, image display control means for displaying on the touch-type display device a graphic image that represents each of the facility devices, and monitoring target information that stores device identification information that specifies a plurality of information collection devices in advance and control information thereof. When a touch signal is received from a table and a touch section of the touch-type display device, device-specific information for specifying an information-collecting device related to the facility device displayed in touch coordinates from the monitoring target information table and its control Monitoring target information searching means for searching information etc. and device specific information searched by this monitoring target information searching means. And information control means for transmitting its control information and the like to the monitoring target process, wherein the monitoring target process is installed in the monitoring target process, and one or more ITV cameras that capture image information of each of the facility devices. And one or more sound collecting devices for taking in the sound information of each of the facility devices, and images of the facility devices displayed in the touch section based on the device identification information sent from the information sending means and the control information thereof. An ITV camera for capturing information and a sound collecting device for capturing sound information, and an information collecting device control means for capturing image information and sound information from the ITV camera and sound collecting device and transmitting the image information and sound information to the central monitoring control device. A supervisory control device having. 2. A central monitoring and control device collects various kinds of information of each equipment installed in the process to be monitored on the site side,
A monitoring control device that determines whether or not there is an abnormality in the equipment from the collected information, and displays and monitors the operating state of the equipment, at all times or when it is determined from the process information of the equipment that there is an abnormality, An image display control means for displaying a simulated graphic image on the touch-type display device, and a monitoring target information table for storing device specifying information for specifying a plurality of information collecting devices in advance, its control information, display window coordinate information and the like. When receiving a touch signal from a touch section of the touch-type display device, device identification information and control information for identifying an information collection device related to the equipment device displayed in touch coordinates from the monitoring target information table Monitoring target information searching means for searching for the device specific information and the device specific information searched by the monitoring target information searching means. And information control means for transmitting the control information and the like to the monitoring target process, and a voice generator for generating sound information of the equipment, which is installed in the monitoring target process and has image information of each equipment. One or more ITV cameras that capture the sound and one or more sound collecting devices that capture the sound information of each of the equipment, and the touch section based on the device identification information and the control information sent from the information sending means. Select the ITV camera that captures the image information of the equipment and the sound collection device that captures the sound information displayed on the screen, capture the image information and the sound information from the ITV camera and the sound collection device, and send them to the central monitoring control device. Information collecting device control means, and the display in which the image information sent from the information collecting device control means is stored in the monitoring target information table. Window display means for displaying a window on the touch display device based on window coordinate information; and sound information control means for outputting sound information sent from the information collecting device control means from the sound generator. A monitoring control device characterized by.