WO2021006022A1

WO2021006022A1 - Monitoring device, monitoring method, monitoring program, and recording medium

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Publication number: WO2021006022A1
Application number: PCT/JP2020/024493
Authority: WO
Inventors: 淳今北
Original assignee: オムロン株式会社
Priority date: 2019-07-05
Filing date: 2020-06-23
Publication date: 2021-01-14
Also published as: JP2021012544A; JP7334511B2; CN113994311A; CN113994311B; DE112020003235T5

Abstract

The present invention ensures the listability of the state of a monitoring target in an upper layer and the state of a monitoring target in a lower layer without causing crampedness in a display area. A monitoring device (2) is provided with: a data storage unit (12) that stores tree structure data (120) including a plurality of groups each of which includes one or more monitoring channels; a state identification unit (22) that identifies the states of the monitoring channels; and a display control unit (23) that causes icons (70) corresponding to the groups to be displayed, each of the icons having a first display area (71) and a second display area (72), the first display area has displayed therein a representative state in which the states of monitoring channels belonging to a group corresponding to the icon are integrated, and the second display area has displayed therein the states of some of the monitoring channels belonging to the group corresponding to the icon.

Description

Monitoring device, monitoring method, monitoring program, and recording medium

The present invention relates to a monitoring device, a monitoring method, a monitoring program, and a recording medium.

In recent years, with the spread of computers that can be connected to networks, systems that monitor various business activities have been constructed. Examples of such a system include a system for monitoring the power consumption at the site where business activities are carried out. Furthermore, by connecting various sensors to a network, it has become possible to "visualize" all kinds of items in the field, not limited to power consumption. Various information obtained by these "visualization" systems is used to achieve various purposes such as reduction of environmental load in business activities, quality improvement and productivity improvement.

For example, in Patent Document 1, a plurality of monitored objects are divided into a plurality of layers, and when the monitored object belonging to the lower layer is in an abnormal state, the monitored object in the abnormal state is monitored by an arbitrary upper layer. A monitoring device that displays the monitoring symbols up to and on the screen together with the hierarchical relationship to identify the monitored target in an abnormal state is described.

Japanese Patent Publication "Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-182030 (published on July 21, 1995)"

However, the above-mentioned conventional technology has the following problems. Specifically, in the monitoring device of Patent Document 1, when an abnormality occurs in the monitoring target of the lower layer, the icon of the monitoring target of the upper layer is displayed with an icon indicating the abnormality. However, in this case, it is not possible to determine whether an abnormality has occurred in the monitoring target itself in the upper layer or an abnormality has occurred in the monitoring target in the lower layer. In order for the user to determine whether the abnormal location is in the upper layer or the lower layer, after all, the icons from the monitoring target of the abnormal state to the monitoring target of any upper layer must be displayed on the screen together with the hierarchical relationship. It doesn't become. Such a display method will squeeze a limited display area. This problem becomes more serious as the number of hierarchies increases and the number of monitored objects increases.

One aspect of the present invention is to realize a monitoring device, a monitoring method, a monitoring program, and a recording medium that ensure a list of upper layer states and lower layer states without squeezing the display area. And.

As an example of the present disclosure, the following configuration is adopted in order to solve the above-mentioned problems.

That is, the monitoring device according to one aspect of the present invention includes a data storage unit for storing the tree structure data, which is tree structure data including a plurality of groups, and each group includes one or more monitoring channels. A state specifying unit that specifies the state of the monitoring channel and a display control unit that displays an icon corresponding to the group. The single icon has a first display area and a second display area, and the first display area. The 1 display area displays a representative state in which the states of the plurality of monitoring channels belonging to the group corresponding to the icon are aggregated, and the second display area is a part of the said members belonging to the group corresponding to the icon. The display control unit is provided to display the status of the monitoring channel.

The monitoring method according to one aspect of the present invention includes a data generation step for generating the tree structure data, wherein each group includes one or more monitoring channels, and the monitoring channel. A state specifying step for specifying the state of the above and a display control step for displaying an icon corresponding to the group, wherein the single icon has a first display area and a second display area, and the first display The area displays a representative state in which the states of a plurality of monitoring channels belonging to the subordinates of the group corresponding to the icon are aggregated, and the second display area is a part included in the group corresponding to the icon. The display control step of displaying the status of the monitoring channel is included.

According to one aspect of the present invention, there is an effect that it is possible to secure a list of the states of the monitoring target of the upper layer and the state of the monitoring target of the lower layer without squeezing the display area.

It is a figure which schematically exemplifies an example of the hardware configuration and the functional configuration of the monitoring server according to this embodiment. It is a figure which schematically exemplifies an example of the application situation of the monitoring server which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows a specific example of the hierarchical relation of a monitoring channel defined in the hierarchy definition data. It is a figure which shows a specific example of the icon displayed on the display part of a monitoring server or a monitoring client. It is a figure which shows a specific example of GUI displayed on the display part. It is a figure which shows a specific example of the data structure of group definition data. It is a figure which shows a specific example of the data structure of a channel definition data. It is a graph which shows the relationship between the temporal change of the measured value acquired from the data collection apparatus by a monitoring server, and the threshold value. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the monitoring process executed by the monitoring server. It is a figure which shows a specific example of GUI displayed on the display part. It is a figure which shows a specific example of GUI displayed on the display part. It is a figure which shows a specific example of GUI displayed on the display part. It is a figure which shows other example of the icon displayed on the display part of a monitoring server or a monitoring client.

Hereinafter, an embodiment according to one aspect of the present invention (hereinafter, also referred to as “the present embodiment”) will be described with reference to the drawings.

[Embodiment 1]
§1 Application example FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically illustrating an example of an application situation of the monitoring server 2 (monitoring device) according to the present embodiment.

As an example, the monitoring server 2 is provided in the monitoring system 1 that monitors the site environment from all viewpoints. In the present embodiment, as an example, the monitoring system 1 monitors monitoring items such as power consumption, temperature, humidity, particles (amount of dust per unit volume), and illuminance at the site.

The monitoring system 1 includes a monitoring server 2, a data collection device 3, and a sensor 4. If necessary, the monitoring system 1 may further include a monitoring client 5. The monitoring server 2, the data collection device 3, and the monitoring client 5 are communicably connected to each other via a network 6 such as a LAN (Local Area Network). The sensor 4 is connected to the data collecting device 3 so as to be able to communicate with each other by wire or wirelessly.

The sensor 4 measures various physical quantities in the field environment and obtains the measured values. The sensor 4 transmits the detected measured value to the data collecting device 3. The sensors 4 are, for example, power sensors 4A to D, which are connected to a power supply source that supplies power to various electric devices operating in the field, and obtain a power consumption amount as a measured value. Alternatively, the sensor 4 is, for example, environment sensors 4E to H. The environment sensors 4E to H are, for example, a thermometer, a hygrometer, a particle sensor, or an illuminance sensor. The thermometer obtains the temperature of the field space as a measured value. The hygrometer obtains the humidity of the site space as a measured value. The particle sensor obtains the amount of dust per unit volume of the field space as a measured value. The illuminance sensor obtains the illuminance in the field space as a measured value. The environmental sensors E to H may also be air flow rate sensors, CO2 sensors, pulse sensors, and the like. The type and number of sensors 4 arranged in the monitoring system 1 are not particularly limited. An appropriate number of appropriate types of sensors are arranged at appropriate locations according to the purpose of monitoring and the like.

The data collecting device 3 collects and stores the measured values obtained by the sensor 4. The data collection device 3 includes a plurality of connection ports for acquiring measured values from various sensors 4. Further, the data collecting device 3 is provided with a communication port such as a LAN port for supplying the measured value to the monitoring server 2, and at an arbitrary timing (for example, every few seconds to several minutes, every few hours, every other day, etc.). The collected measured values are supplied to the monitoring server 2.

In the data collection device 3, the measured values obtained from each sensor 4 are managed as a monitoring channel for each monitoring item.

The monitoring channel is data for identifying and managing the monitoring items as individual data on the monitoring system 1, and holds the status (state) related to the monitoring items to be monitored. For example, the measured value obtained from the sensor 4 is associated with the monitoring channel, and the status of the monitoring target derived based on the measured value is managed in association with the channel ID that identifies the monitoring channel. In the present embodiment, for simplification of the description, as an example, the data collection device 3 manages the status of the monitoring target based on one type of measured value obtained from one sensor 4 in one monitoring channel. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the data collection device 3 may have a function of outputting one total measured value obtained by calculating or integrating a plurality of types of measured values from one monitoring channel.

In the illustrated example, the monitoring system 1 includes two data collection devices 3A and 3B as an example. In the illustrated example, the data collection device 3A manages four monitoring channels, and one monitoring channel may be assigned the power consumption of one place as a monitoring item. Further, the data collection device 3B manages four monitoring channels in the illustrated example. For example, a temperature at a certain place is assigned to the first monitoring channel as a monitoring item, and the input / output of the temperature transmitted from the environment sensor 4E may be managed in the monitoring channel. For example, the second monitoring channel is assigned the humidity of a certain place as a monitoring item, and the input / output of the humidity transmitted from the environment sensor 4F may be managed in the monitoring channel. For example, particles at a certain location are assigned to the third monitoring channel as a monitoring item, and the input / output of particles transmitted from the environment sensor 4G may be managed in the monitoring channel. For example, the fourth monitoring channel is assigned the illuminance of a certain place as a monitoring item, and the input / output of the illuminance transmitted from the environment sensor 4H may be managed in the monitoring channel.

The monitoring server 2 analyzes the measured values obtained for each monitoring channel, identifies the status of the monitoring target, and outputs the result so that the user can recognize it. In the present embodiment, the monitoring server 2 divides a plurality of monitoring channels into a plurality of layers, and monitors the site environment using tree structure data showing the relationship between the monitoring channels divided into the plurality of layers. The nodes constituting the above-mentioned tree structure data may be individual monitoring channels or may be a group in which a plurality of monitoring channels are bundled. In the present embodiment, the group (first group) may report to another group (second group) in the lower hierarchy together with the monitoring channel.

As shown in FIG. 1, the monitoring server 2 is a storage unit 12 (data storage unit) that stores the above-mentioned tree-structured data, which is tree-structured data including a plurality of groups and each group includes one or more monitoring channels. ), A state specifying unit 22 that specifies the status of the monitoring target associated with the monitoring channel, and a display control unit 23 that displays an icon corresponding to the above group.

The display control unit 23 causes the display unit 13 to display a single icon having a first display area and a second display area for one group. When the display control unit 23 displays a single icon, the display control unit 23 displays, in the first display area, a representative status (representative state) in which the statuses of a plurality of monitoring channels belonging to the group corresponding to the icon are aggregated. 2 In the display area, the status of some monitoring channels belonging to the group corresponding to the icon is displayed.

More specifically, in the first display area, the display control unit 23 includes a plurality of monitoring channels that directly belong to the group corresponding to the icon, and a plurality of monitoring channels that belong to one or more groups lower than the group. Among them, at least, the representative status that aggregates the statuses of a plurality of monitoring channels belonging to one or more groups in the lower hierarchy is displayed. On the other hand, the display control unit 23 causes the second display area to display the status of one or more monitoring channels that directly belong to the group corresponding to the icon.

According to the above configuration, by confirming one icon, the user can know the status of the monitoring channel directly reporting to the group corresponding to the icon based on the display of the second display area in the icon. .. In addition to this, the user can collectively know the status of a plurality of monitoring channels monitored by one or more groups lower than the group based on the display of the first display area.

By combining the two types of areas into a single icon in this way, the space saving of the display area required to display the status of the monitoring target related to the monitoring item on the display screen is realized. On top of that, it is possible to secure a list of the status that reports directly to the group and the status that is lower than the group.

Further, in the monitoring system 1, one or more monitoring clients 5 may be provided in various places on the site. The monitoring client 5 outputs the status of the monitoring target specified by the monitoring server 2 so that the user can recognize it. The monitoring client 5 includes a display unit 52, and can display the same icon as the icon displayed on the display unit 13 by the monitoring server 2 on the display unit 52.

It is preferable that the monitoring client 5 is provided in various places on the site separately from the monitoring server 2 that centrally manages the entire site. For example, the monitoring server 2 may be arranged in a department that controls and manages one building, while the monitoring client 5 may be arranged on each floor in the building or in each room in the floor.

In this way, not only the manager of the entire building but also the managers who are closer to the site such as the floor manager and the room manager can be notified of the monitoring result of the site environment.

§2 Configuration example [Hardware configuration]
<Monitoring server 2>
FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically illustrating an example of a hardware configuration and a functional configuration of the monitoring server 2 according to the present embodiment. The monitoring server 2 according to the present embodiment is an example of the "monitoring device" of the present invention.

The monitoring server 2 according to the present embodiment includes a control unit 10, an input unit 11, a storage unit 12, and a display unit 13 as an example. Further, the monitoring server 2 may include other components (not shown) included in a general server. For example, the monitoring server 2 includes a communication unit for communicating with the data collecting device 3 and the monitoring client 5 via the network 6.

The control unit 10 controls the monitoring server 2 in an integrated manner, and is composed of a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a RAM (Random Access Memory), a ROM (Read Only Memory), and the like. The control unit 10 controls each unit, which will be described later, according to information processing.

The storage unit 12 is, for example, an auxiliary storage device such as a hard disk drive, and stores a monitoring program or the like executed by the control unit 10. Further, the storage unit 12 stores the tree structure data 120 that holds the hierarchical relationship between the monitoring channels and the status of each monitoring channel.

The input unit 11 receives a user's input operation and inputs a signal corresponding to the input operation to the control unit 10. The input unit 11 is composed of various input mechanisms such as a mouse, a keyboard, a remote controller, buttons, and switches, or a combination thereof.

The display unit 13 displays information processed by the control unit 10, and is composed of, for example, a liquid crystal display (LCD) or an organic EL (Electro-Luminescence) display. In the present embodiment, the above-mentioned icon processed by the display control unit 23 of the control unit 10 is displayed on the display unit 13.

<Monitoring client 5>
The input unit 51 receives a user's input operation and inputs a signal corresponding to the input operation to a control unit (not shown) of the monitoring client 5. For example, when the monitoring client 5 is a notebook computer, the input unit 51 is composed of a keyboard, a mouse, and the like. The display unit 52 displays information processed by a control unit (not shown), and is composed of an LCD, an organic EL display, or the like. When the monitoring client 5 is a tablet, the input unit 51 and the display unit 52 may be integrally formed as a touch panel.

When the monitoring client 5 receives the display control command related to the display of the icon from the monitoring server 2, the monitoring client 5 displays the icon on the display unit 52 in the display mode according to the display control command.

[Functional configuration]
<Monitoring server 2>
As shown in FIG. 1, the control unit 10 includes an operation reception unit 20, a data generation unit 21, a state identification unit 22, a display control unit 23, and an acquisition unit 24. Each unit represented by a block in the control unit 10 uses, for example, a RAM (random access memory) for a monitoring program in which a CPU (central processing unit) stores a monitoring program stored in a storage device (storage unit 12) such as a ROM (read only memory). It can be realized by reading it out and executing it.

The operation reception unit 20 determines what kind of instruction has been input based on the input signal reflecting the user's input operation to the input unit 11, and outputs it to each unit of the control unit 10. For example, the operation reception unit 20 detects the coordinates on the display unit 13 designated by the input unit 11 based on the input signal, and the graphical user interface (hereinafter, GUI) displayed on the display unit 13 at the time of input. Specify the content of the input operation in consideration of the arrangement of. The operation reception unit 20 determines a UI component to be operated, such as an icon, a toggle button, a check box, and a text box on the GUI, and clicks, double-clicks, right-clicks, or drags the UI component. Determine the type of input operation.

The data generation unit 21 generates tree structure data used for monitoring the site in response to the input operation of the user received via the operation reception unit 20. As an example, the tree structure data will be described later.
(1) Hierarchical definition data (Fig. 3) that defines the hierarchical relationship between the monitoring channel and the group of the monitoring channel, and
(2) Group definition data (Fig. 6) that defines the monitoring channels assigned to the group and their status, and
(3) Channel definition data (FIG. 7) that defines the monitoring items associated with the monitoring channel and the threshold value of the measured value of the sensor 4 associated with the monitoring channel.
Is configured to include.

The data generation unit 21 stores the tree structure data 120 generated according to the user's instruction in the storage unit 12. The tree structure data 120 is read and processed by the state specifying unit 22 and the display control unit 23 for monitoring the site environment.

The state specifying unit 22 identifies the status related to the monitoring item associated with the monitoring channel based on the measured value of the sensor 4 associated with the monitoring channel. For example, in the above-mentioned channel definition data, at least one threshold value is defined for each monitoring channel.

As an example, the normal range of measured values may be defined using two threshold values for one monitoring channel. In this case, a lower threshold and an upper threshold are defined for the monitoring channel. The state specifying unit 22 may determine the status related to the monitoring channel as "abnormal" when the measured value acquired from the sensor 4 falls below the lower limit threshold value and exceeds the upper limit threshold value. Then, when the measured value acquired from the sensor 4 is equal to or more than the lower limit threshold value and less than the upper limit threshold value, the status related to the monitoring channel may be determined as "normal". For example, for monitoring channels related to temperature, humidity or power consumption, two thresholds may be set in this way to determine a lower limit and an upper limit.

In another example, one threshold value may be defined for one monitoring channel. In this case, the state specifying unit 22 may determine the status related to the monitoring channel as "abnormal" when the measured value acquired from the sensor 4 exceeds the threshold value. The state specifying unit 22 may determine "normal" if the measured value is less than the threshold value. For example, for a monitoring channel related to particles, one threshold value for separating anomaly and normal may be set in this way.

In yet another example, more specifically, in the channel definition data, two or more types of threshold values having different judgment criteria may be defined for each monitoring channel. For example, there are two types of caution values, a caution value for status determination based on whether or not an alert should be issued, and a control value for status determination based on whether or not a serious condition should be notified. Thresholds may be defined. When the measured value of a certain monitoring channel is equal to or greater than the caution value and less than the control value, the state specifying unit 22 determines that the status of the monitoring channel is "caution", and when the measured value of the monitoring channel exceeds the control value. In addition, the status of the monitoring channel may be determined as "warning". The state specifying unit 22 may determine "normal" if the measured value is less than the caution value.

Note that various threshold values based on the respective judgment criteria may be composed of the respective upper limit values and lower limit values. That is, four threshold values, an upper limit control value, an upper limit caution value, a lower limit caution value, and a lower limit control value, may be set for one monitoring channel. In this case, the state specifying unit 22 may determine the status of the monitoring channel as "normal" when the measured value of the monitoring channel is equal to or more than the lower limit caution value and less than the upper limit caution value. Further, the state specifying unit 22 determines that the status of the monitoring channel is "caution" when the measured value is equal to or more than the upper limit caution value and less than the upper limit control value, or when it is equal to or more than the lower limit control value and less than the lower limit control value. You may. Further, the state specifying unit 22 may determine the status of the monitoring channel as "warning" when the measured value is equal to or more than the upper limit control value or less than the lower limit control value.

Further, the state specifying unit 22 includes a plurality of attention groups (hereinafter, attention groups) included in a lower group in a lower hierarchy than the attention group, based on the hierarchical relationship defined in the hierarchy definition data. A set of monitoring channels is determined, a representative status that aggregates the status of each monitoring channel included in this set is specified, and the group definition data is managed in association with the attention group. The state specifying unit 22 may specify the representative status for all the groups including the lower group among the groups included in the tree structure data 120.

The state specifying unit 22 handles, for example, the status of the monitoring channel having the highest degree of abnormality (abnormality level) in the specified set as the representative status of the set. For example, if the set includes a monitoring channel indicating a "normal" status and a monitoring channel indicating a "caution" status, the state specifying unit 22 sets the representative status of the set to "caution". To specify. Alternatively, if the set includes at least one monitoring channel indicating the status of "warning", the state specifying unit 22 occupies the majority of the monitoring channels indicating the status of "normal" or "caution". However, the representative status of the set is specified as "warning".

The representative status specified for each group and the individual status specified for each monitoring channel by the state specifying unit 22 are reflected in the group definition data.

The state specifying unit 22 further determines a set of a plurality of monitoring channels (hereinafter referred to as direct monitoring channels) that directly report to a certain attention group, and identifies a direct integrated status that aggregates the status of each direct monitoring channel included in this set. However, it can also be managed in association with the attention group.

The display control unit 23 refers to the group definition data, determines the display mode of the icon for each group according to the status specified by the state specifying unit 22, and displays the icon on the display unit 13 in the determined display mode. Display it.

Specifically, the display control unit 23 displays the first display area of the icon corresponding to the group in a color corresponding to the representative status of the group specified by the state specifying unit 22. Then, the display control unit 23 colors the second display area of the icon according to the individual status of one direct monitoring channel assigned to the second display area or the direct integrated status of the plurality of direct monitoring channels. Display with.

The display mode of the first display area and the display mode of the second display area are controlled independently of each other. That is, if the representative status of a certain group is "abnormal", the display control unit 23 displays the first display area in a display mode according to the abnormal state, and displays the second display area. Display in a display mode according to the status of the direct monitoring channel. For example, the display control unit 23 displays the first display area in a color indicating "abnormality" and displays the second display area in a color corresponding to the status of the direct monitoring channel regardless of the representative status. ..

However, it is preferable that the method of changing the display mode according to the abnormal level of the status is unified in the first display area and the second display area. That is, when the representative status of the group and the status of the direct monitoring channel of the group are at the same abnormal level, the display control unit 23 displays the first display area and the second display area in the same display mode, for example, the same. Display in color.

When the monitoring client 5 is provided in the monitoring system 1, the display control unit 23 instructs the monitoring client 5 to display the icon in the display mode determined as described above. A display control command may be sent. As a result, the monitoring client 5 can display the icon on the display unit 52 of its own device in the same manner as the monitoring server 2.

The acquisition unit 24 communicates with the data collection device 3 to acquire the measured value corresponding to the monitoring channel. The measured value acquired by the acquisition unit 24 is referred to by the state identification unit 22 to identify the status of the monitoring channel.

<Data structure>
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a specific example of the hierarchical relationship of the monitoring channels defined in the hierarchical definition data. FIG. 3 is a graphical representation of the hierarchical definition data so that the user can easily recognize the hierarchical relationship. The hierarchical definition data stored in the storage unit 12 as the tree structure data 120 to be processed by the control unit 10 may have an appropriate data structure different from that of FIG.

In the hierarchy definition data, a monitoring channel is defined as a node. As an example, one monitoring channel is assigned to each monitoring item whose status is specified based on one type of measurement value obtained from one sensor 4.

In the illustrated example, the monitoring item "first building integrated power", which means the integrated power consumption of the entire first building, is assigned to the monitoring channel of the channel ID "S0001". Similarly, necessary monitoring items are assigned to the monitoring channels of channel IDs "S0002" to "S0013", and in the illustrated example, the monitoring system 1 manages a total of 13 monitoring channels.

Furthermore, a group is defined as a node in the hierarchical definition data. The group at the lowest level (lowest level) in the tree structure data 120 is defined as a group having one or more monitoring channels. For example, a group with the group name "1st building, 1st floor, 1st room" is defined as a group at the lowest level including the four monitoring channels of channel IDs "S0005" to "S0008".

Further, in the hierarchy definition data, a group of the upper hierarchy including the group in the lower hierarchy may be defined as a node. The upper layer group has a lower layer group and can directly report an individual monitoring channel. For example, a group on the upper floor of the group name "1st floor of the 1st building" has a group of the group name "1st floor of the 1st building, 1st room" as a group of the lower floor, and the monitoring item "illuminance on the 1st floor of the 1st building". The monitoring channel "S0003" of "" is directly reported.

Note that, in the hierarchy definition data, a higher-level group having a higher-level group having a lower-level group may be defined. For example, the group with the group name "1st building" is defined as a group of a higher hierarchy including the above-mentioned group of "1st building 1st floor".

<Icon configuration>
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a specific example of an icon displayed on the display unit 13 or the display unit 52. In the tree structure data 120, one icon is associated with each group. A single icon associated with a group is used to reflect the status of one or more of the monitoring channels in the group, including the monitoring channels in the subgroup and the monitoring channels that report directly to the group. It has multiple regions.

Specifically, the icon 70 has a first display area 71 displayed in shading and a second display area 72 displayed in diagonal lines.

The first display area 71 is an area for displaying the representative status in which the statuses of a plurality of monitoring channels belonging to the group corresponding to the icon are aggregated. For example, the first display area 71 includes at least a plurality of direct monitoring channels of the group corresponding to the icon and a plurality of lower monitoring channels belonging to any one or more groups lower than the group. This area is for displaying the representative status, which is the aggregated status of the lower monitoring channels.

In the present embodiment, as an example, the icon 70 has one first display area 71. The first display area 71 displays a representative status in which all the statuses of the subordinate monitoring channels of the group associated with the icon 70 and the direct monitoring channels of the group are aggregated. For example, in the icon 70 of the group “1st building 1st floor” shown in FIG. 3, the first display area 71 has all the statuses of the direct monitoring channel “S0003” and the lower monitoring channels “S0005” to “S0008”. You may display the representative status which aggregated.

In another example, the first display area 71 may display a representative status that aggregates all the statuses of the monitoring channels subordinate to the group except for the monitoring channels that report directly to the group. For example, in the icon 70 of the group “1st building 1st floor” shown in FIG. 3, the 1st display area 71 may display the representative status in which the statuses of the lower monitoring channels “S0005” to “S0008” are aggregated. ..

Further, in another example, the icon 70 may have a plurality of first display areas 71. For example, the upper half of the first display area 71 shown in FIG. 4 may be the first first display area, and the lower half of the first display area 71 may be the second first display area. Then, for example, the status of all the monitoring channels related to the power consumption among the lower monitoring channels is displayed in the first first display area, and the lower one is displayed in the second first display area. Of the monitoring channels, the status of all monitoring channels related to temperature and humidity may be displayed.

The second display area 72 is an area for displaying the status of some monitoring channels belonging to the group corresponding to the icon. For example, the second display area 72 is an area for displaying the status of one or more direct monitoring channels that directly belong to the group corresponding to the icon.

The icon 70 has at least one second display area 72. In the present embodiment, the icon 70 may have a plurality of second display areas 72. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, the icon 70 may have four second display areas 72 of the second display areas 72A to D.

One second display area 72 may display the individual status of one direct monitoring channel, or may display the direct integrated status in which the statuses of a plurality of direct monitoring channels are aggregated. For example, in the icon 70 of the group “1st building 2nd floor 1st room” shown in FIG. 3, the 2nd display area 72A displays the direct integration status of the direct monitoring channels “S0009” to “S0011” and displays the second display. The area 72B displays the individual status of the direct monitoring channel "S0009", the second display area 72C displays the individual status of the direct monitoring channel "S0010", and the second display area 72D is the direct monitoring channel "S0011". You may display the individual status of.

Of course, the number of the second display areas 72 included in the single icon is not limited to four, and an arbitrary number of one or more second display areas 72 may be provided in the single icon 70. Here, as the number of the second display areas 72 is increased, it is necessary to reduce the area of each of the second display areas 72 or increase the size of the entire icon 70. Therefore, the optimum number of the second display areas 72 to be arranged in the single icon 70 is the limitation of the screen size of the display unit 13 and the display unit 52, the number of monitoring channels to be directly monitored, and the icon 70. It is determined in consideration of the offset relationship with visibility.

In essence, the icon 70 means that when there are a plurality of second display areas 72, the respective areas are uniformly arranged, and the first display area 71 is the same as each area of the second display area 72. It is preferable that it is configured so as to satisfy the condition that it is arranged so as to be in contact with each other.

According to the above configuration, the visibility of each of the second display areas 72 can be uniformly enhanced in a well-balanced manner, and the icon 70 as a whole fits well, and one of the first display area 71 and the second display area 72. You can experience it. As a result, it is possible to achieve both improvement in visibility and space saving in the display area.

In the illustrated example, the single icon 70 has one first display area 71 and four second display areas 72. As a result, the user can confirm the representative status of the lower monitoring channels in the group corresponding to the icon just by looking at one icon 70. In addition to this, the user can check the individual status of the four direct monitoring channels that report directly to the group, or the direct integrated status of the plurality of direct monitoring channels.

By providing the first display area 71 and the plurality of second display areas 72 in the icon 70, the convenience of the monitoring function is remarkably improved as follows. Specifically, it is desired that all the monitoring channels are displayed in a list for the measured values of a large number of sensors 4 arranged in the monitoring system 1, and the user monitors all of them at once. However, considering the size of the display screen and the sacrificial visibility, it is difficult to list all monitoring channels.

However, in most cases, multiple site managers are set for each area (by building, floor, room, etc.) or for each monitoring purpose (quality manager, energy saving manager, etc.). Each has a different monitoring channel of interest.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 3, a group in which a plurality of monitoring channels are bundled is defined. Then, in the icon 70 of this group, the monitoring channel that the person in charge related to the group wants to prioritize may be preferentially assigned to the second display area 72. For example, the monitoring channels that the person in charge wants to prioritize are the monitoring channels that he / she wants to check at all times, and the monitoring channels that he / she pays attention to because of the high frequency of abnormalities. In this way, the second display area 72 allows the administrator to always check the monitoring items having high priority at a glance, quickly recognize the occurrence of an abnormality, and at the same time, quickly identify the location where the abnormality occurs. ..

However, an abnormality may occur in a monitoring channel in a group other than the monitoring channel preferentially assigned to the second display area 72. In preparation for such a case, the representative status representing the other monitoring channels is displayed in the first display area 71. In this way, in the event of an emergency, the display of the first display area 71 allows the administrator to quickly recognize that an abnormality has occurred in the lower monitoring channel while constantly checking the above-mentioned high-priority monitoring items. it can.

Further, in the single icon 70 having the first display area 71 and the second display area 72, when there is no abnormality in the direct monitoring channel, the second display area 72 is displayed in a display mode indicating normality, and is displayed in a lower position. When there is an abnormality in any of the monitoring channels including, the first display area 71 is displayed in a display mode indicating the abnormality. As a result, the administrator can determine at a glance whether an abnormality has occurred in the monitoring target of the upper layer or an abnormality has occurred in the monitoring target of the lower layer with a single icon.

Further, it is preferable that the single icon 70 has a plurality of second display areas 72, and the first display area 71 is arranged so as to surround the plurality of second display areas 72. According to such an arrangement, the first display area 71 representing the representative status of each monitoring channel in the group surrounds the plurality of second display areas 72 displaying the status of the direct monitoring channels in the group. You can see the icon 70. By arranging each area in this way, it fits well as a single icon, which improves visibility when checking the status of a plurality of monitoring channels related to one group.

Further, in the icon 70, a plurality of (for example, four) second display areas 72 are formed in a fan shape, and these are combined to form a quadrant circle, and then a ring is formed on the circumference of the quadrant circle. The first display area 71 may be provided. By arranging each area in the above-mentioned shape in this way, the visibility of each area is improved, and the icon is further fitted as a single icon. As a result, the visibility is improved and the display area is improved. Both space saving can be achieved.

§3 Operation example [Generation of tree structure data]
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a specific example of the GUI displayed on the display unit 13. As an example, the display control unit 23 generates a group definition screen 500 as a GUI for the administrator to customize an icon associated with a certain group, and displays the group definition screen 500 on the display unit 13. The operation reception unit 20 receives the input operation of the administrator via the input unit 11, and in consideration of the arrangement of the group definition screen 500 displayed on the display unit 13 at the time of acceptance, the operation reception unit 20 transmits a signal corresponding to the input operation. It is supplied to the data generation unit 21. The data generation unit 21 generates the group definition data shown in FIG. 6 according to the input operation of the administrator on the group definition screen 500.

As shown in FIG. 5, the group definition screen 500 is a GUI for customizing the icon of the group "1st building, 1st floor, 1st room" as an example. The group definition screen 500 includes UI components such as an icon model 501, a radio button 502, a drop-down list 503, a list 504, a check box 505, and a button 506.

The administrator can assign a monitoring channel to be monitored to each of the four second display areas 72 of the icon 70. In the present embodiment, one or any plurality of direct monitoring channels that directly belong to the corresponding group can be assigned to one second display area 72.

The radio button 502 is a UI component for designating the second display area 72 to be assigned, and by being displayed together with the icon model 501, the administrator can see which radio button 502 is which second display area. It is possible to grasp whether or not it corresponds to 72.

List 504 is a UI component for displaying a list of direct monitoring channels that can be assigned to the second display area 72. By providing the check box 505 for each monitoring channel in Listing 504, the administrator can select the direct monitoring channel to be assigned to the designated second display area 72. When a plurality of direct monitoring channels are listed in Listing 504, the administrator can check a plurality of desired check boxes 505 to perform a plurality of direct monitoring for one second display area 72. Channels can be assigned. The illustrated example shows a state in which the monitoring channel “1st floor first room temperature” is assigned to the second display area 72A of the icon 70.

If necessary, a drop-down list 503 may be arranged. This is for the administrator to specify the desired monitoring channel classification and extract only the desired direct management channels for display in Listing 504 when there are a large number of direct monitoring channels listed in Listing 504. It is a UI component. For example, when "All" in the drop-down list 503 is selected, the list 504 includes all monitoring channels that report directly to the group "Room 1 on the 1st floor of the 1st building". For example, when "electric power related" in the drop-down list 503 is selected, only the monitoring channels related to electric power are extracted from the monitoring channels that report directly to the group "1st floor, 1st floor, 1st room" and are listed in list 504. Be done.

In the list 504, a column may be provided for the administrator to set a threshold value for each monitoring channel. For example, the administrator can click the "Caution value setting" button of the monitoring channel "1st floor first room temperature" and specify at what temperature or higher the status "Caution" is determined. The display control unit 23 and the operation reception unit 20 may control these UI components so that only a specific authorized administrator can set the threshold value.

The administrator does not need to allocate monitoring channels to all four second display areas 72, and there may be a second display area 72 in which no monitoring channels are assigned. When the administrator finishes all the desired monitoring channel allocation operations, he clicks, for example, button 506.

In response to the click of the button 506, the data generation unit 21 registers the correspondence between the second display area 72 designated via the group definition screen 500 and the monitoring channel in the group definition data shown in FIG. To do.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a specific example of the data structure of the group definition data. In the group definition data, one record is defined for each group. The tree structure data 120 in this embodiment includes six groups as shown in FIG. Therefore, 6 records are defined in the group definition data.

As shown in FIG. 6, the record is composed of a total of 11 items, for example, a group name, an aggregation range, a representative status, a direct monitoring range 1 to 4, and a direct status 1 to 4.

In the group name item, information that uniquely identifies the corresponding group, for example, the name of the group is stored. The group name may be specified by the administrator.

In the item of aggregation range, information that specifies a set of monitoring channels to be collectively monitored in the corresponding group is stored. In the present embodiment, the channel IDs of all the direct monitoring channels of the corresponding group and the channel IDs of all the lower monitoring channels included in the group lower than the corresponding group are stored.

In the representative status item, the representative status that aggregates the status of all monitoring channels specified in the aggregation range item is stored. In this embodiment, one of the statuses of "normal", "caution", "warning", and "error" is stored as an example. "Normal" means that the measured values of all monitoring channels specified in the aggregation range item are in the normal range. "Caution" means that the measured values of all monitoring channels specified in the aggregation range item are below the controlled value, but the measured values of at least one monitoring channel are greater than or equal to the caution value and less than the controlled value. To do. "Warning" means that the measured value of at least one monitoring channel is greater than or equal to the controlled value. The "error" is a state in which the measured value of at least one monitoring channel cannot be acquired (a communication error has occurred between the monitoring server 2 and the data collecting device 3 or between the data collecting device 3 and the sensor 4). State).

In the item of the direct monitoring range 1, information (for example, channel ID) for designating the direct monitoring channel assigned to the second display area 72A in the icon 70 of the corresponding group is stored.

In the item of direct status 1, the status of the direct monitoring channel assigned to the second display area 72A is stored. In the present embodiment, as an example, any one of the statuses of "normal", "caution", "warning", "error", and "none" is stored. “Normal” means that the measured values of all the direct monitoring channels assigned to the second display area 72A are in the normal range. "Caution" means that the measured values of all the direct monitoring channels assigned to the second display area 72A are lower than the controlled values, but the measured values of at least one direct monitoring channel are equal to or more than the controlled values and less than the controlled values. Means. “Warning” means that the measured value of at least one direct monitoring channel assigned to the second display area 72A is equal to or higher than the controlled value. "Error" means that a communication error has occurred in at least one direct monitoring channel. “None” means that there is no monitoring channel assigned to the second display area 72A.

In the item of the direct monitoring range 2, information for designating the direct monitoring channel assigned to the second display area 72B in the icon 70 of the corresponding group is stored. In the item of direct status 2, the status of the direct monitoring channel assigned to the second display area 72B is stored. In the item of the direct monitoring range 3, information for designating the direct monitoring channel assigned to the second display area 72C in the icon 70 of the corresponding group is stored. In the item of direct status 3, the status of the direct monitoring channel assigned to the second display area 72C is stored. In the item of the direct monitoring range 4, information for designating the direct monitoring channel assigned to the second display area 72D in the icon 70 of the corresponding group is stored. In the item of direct status 4, the status of the direct monitoring channel assigned to the second display area 72D is stored.

In this way, the data generation unit 21 generates the group definition data according to the designation of the administrator received by the operation reception unit 20. As a result, the monitoring server 2 can hold a plurality of representative statuses and statuses of the direct monitoring channels for each group.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a specific example of the data structure of the channel definition data. In the channel definition data, one record is defined for each monitoring channel. The tree structure data 120 in this embodiment includes 13 monitoring channels as shown in FIG. Therefore, 13 records are defined in the channel definition data.

As shown in FIG. 7, the record is composed of four items, as an example, a monitoring channel name, a channel ID, a caution value, and a management value.

The monitoring channel name item stores information that uniquely identifies the corresponding monitoring channel, for example, the name of the monitoring channel. The monitoring channel name may be specified by the administrator so that anyone can see what kind of monitoring item is targeted for monitoring, for example, "1st building integrated power". It is desirable that a character string with discriminating power is given.

The channel ID item stores information that uniquely identifies the monitoring channel by each device of the monitoring system 1. The channel ID may be composed of a list of unique numbers or symbols so that the monitoring server 2 or the data collection device 3 can identify the monitoring channel. The channel ID may be automatically determined by the monitoring server 2 or the data collection device 3. When the monitoring channel and the sensor 4 have a one-to-one correspondence, the channel ID may be the product serial number assigned to the sensor 4 or the network address on the network 6. ..

In the caution value item, the caution value, which is the threshold value for dividing the status into "normal" or "caution", is stored for the measured value acquired in the corresponding monitoring channel. In the control value item, the control value, which is a threshold value for dividing the status into "caution" or "warning", is stored for the measured value acquired in the corresponding monitoring channel. The caution value and the control value may be set to fixed values in advance by the specifications of the sensor 4, or may be specified by an authorized administrator via the group definition screen 500.

In this way, the data generation unit 21 generates channel definition data according to the administrator's designation received by the operation reception unit 20, so that the monitoring server 2 defines the site environment as a monitoring channel for each monitoring item. Can be monitored.

[Identify status]
FIG. 8 is a graph showing the relationship between the temporal change of the measured value acquired from the data collecting device 3 by the acquisition unit 24 and the threshold value in association with a certain monitoring channel. The horizontal axis of the graph represents the passage of time, and the vertical axis represents the temperature as a measured value as an example. The monitoring channel corresponding to the illustrated example is a monitoring channel related to the monitoring item “temperature at a certain place”, and a caution value T1 and a control value T2 are defined in the monitoring channel.

The acquisition unit 24 communicates with the data collection device 3 and acquires the measured value collected from the sensor 4 by the data collection device 3 at any time by associating it with the monitoring channel. For example, the acquisition unit 24 may acquire the measured value every few seconds or minutes.

As shown in the figure, it is assumed that the temperature measured by the sensor 4 reaches the caution value T1 at the time point t1. In this case, the state specifying unit 22 specifies the status of the above-mentioned monitoring channel, which has been specified as "normal", as "caution".

Along with this, the display control unit 23 changes the display mode of the icon 70 to notify the "attention" of the corresponding monitoring channel. Specifically, the display control unit 23 displays the second display area 72 on the icon 70 to which the corresponding monitoring channel is assigned in the display mode corresponding to “Caution”.

Further, when the corresponding monitoring channel is included in the set for aggregating the representative status, the state specifying unit 22 also updates the representative status as necessary. For example, the state specifying unit 22 is based on the fact that all of the monitoring channels included in the above set have been "normal" so far, and the corresponding monitoring channel becomes "attention" for the first time at time point t1. , Update the above representative status from "normal" to "caution".

Along with this, the display control unit 23 changes the display mode of the icon 70 in the upper layer to notify "attention" in the monitoring channel in the lower layer. Specifically, the display control unit 23 displays the first display area 71 of the icon 70 of the upper layer group to which the corresponding monitoring channel belongs in the display mode corresponding to “Caution”. When "warning", which has an abnormality level higher than "caution", is detected as the status of another monitoring channel, the display control unit 23 does not give a notification to lower the abnormality level, and the first display area 71. The display mode corresponding to the "warning" is maintained.

Further, when the temperature measured by the sensor 4 reaches the control value T2 at the time point t2, the status of the corresponding monitoring channel is updated from "Caution" to "Warning", and the set to which the corresponding monitoring channel belongs is updated. The representative status is also updated from "Caution" to "Warning".

Along with this, the display control unit 23 changes the display mode of the first display area 71 and the second display area 72 of the corresponding icon 70 to the display mode corresponding to the “warning”, as in the case of the “caution” notification. To change.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the flow of the monitoring process executed by the monitoring server 2. The processing procedure described below is only an example, and each processing may be changed as much as possible. Further, with respect to the processing procedure described below, steps can be omitted, replaced, and added as appropriate according to the embodiment.

The series of processes shown in FIG. 9 is started, for example, when the power of the monitoring server 2 is turned on and the administrator instructs the start of monitoring by the monitoring system 1, and the administrator instructs the end of the monitoring. It will be repeated regularly until it is done. As a premise that these series of processes are executed, the tree structure data 120 is stored in the storage unit 12. The tree structure data 120 is generated by the data generation unit 21 in a data generation step (not shown) and stored in the storage unit 12, for example, before a series of these processes are executed.

In S101 (state identification step), the state identification unit 22 compares the measured value acquired by the acquisition unit 24 with the threshold value for each monitoring channel, and identifies the individual status of the monitoring channel according to the comparison result. The state specifying unit 22 first updates the items of the direct status 1 to 4 in the group definition data shown in FIG. 6 according to the specified individual status.

In S102 (state identification step), the state identification unit 22 specifies the representative status of the set specified in the item of the aggregation range for each group based on the status of the monitoring channel in the lower layer. The state specifying unit 22 updates the representative status item in the group definition data shown in FIG. 6 as specified.

In S103, the display control unit 23 reads the representative status and the status of the direct monitoring channel for each group from the group definition data of the tree structure data 120.

In S104 (display control step), the display control unit 23 determines the display mode of each display area in the icon of each group based on the updated status. For example, the color of the display area is determined.

In S105 (display control step), the display control unit 23 causes the display unit 13 to display each icon in the determined display mode. Here, the display control unit 23 may transmit a display control command to the monitoring client 5 so as to communicate with the monitoring client 5 and display the icon on the display unit 52 in the determined display mode.

[Display icon]
10 to 12 are diagrams showing a specific example of the GUI displayed on the display unit 13. As an example, the display control unit 23 generates monitoring result screens 601 to 603 as a GUI for notifying the administrator of the monitoring result of the site environment and supporting the immediate identification of the abnormal part, and the display unit 23. It is displayed on 13. The operation receiving unit 20 receives the input operation of the administrator via the input unit 11, and considers the arrangement of the monitoring result screen 601 to the monitoring result screen 603 displayed on the display unit 13 at the time of receiving the input operation. The signal corresponding to is supplied to the display control unit 23. The display control unit 23 generates a new monitoring result screen according to the input operation of the administrator on the monitoring result screens 601 to 603, and displays the new monitoring result screen on the display unit 13.

As shown in FIG. 10, the monitoring result screen 601 is a GUI for presenting the site environment of the top-level group "1st building" to the administrator as an example. As an example, the monitoring result screen 601 is divided into three sub screens: a first sub screen 611, a second sub screen 612, and a third sub screen 610.

The first sub screen 611 is a sub screen for displaying the icon corresponding to the corresponding group. In the illustrated example, the icon 613 corresponding to the group "first building" in the uppermost hierarchy is arranged on the first sub screen 611.

The second sub screen 612 is a sub screen for displaying the legend of the icon corresponding to the corresponding group. In the illustrated example, on the second sub-screen 612, the information indicating the monitoring channel name assigned to the second display area 72 of the icon and each display mode of the second display area 72 correspond to which status. Information indicating whether or not there is is arranged.

The third sub screen 610 is a sub screen for displaying each icon corresponding to each group belonging to the hierarchy one level below the corresponding group. In the present embodiment, the icons of the plurality of lower groups are not simply arranged in an aligned manner, but are arranged as follows, for example. First, on the third sub-screen 610, a graphic of a wide area map including a location where the monitoring target exists is arranged, and an icon is plotted at a position on the graphic corresponding to the location where the monitoring target exists.

In the example shown in FIG. 10, a graphic of the entire first building is arranged, and in the graphic, an icon 615 corresponding to the group of the "first floor of the first building" is located near the "first floor" of the first building to be monitored. To place. Then, an icon 614 corresponding to the group of "1st building 2nd floor" is arranged near the "2nd floor" of the 1st building.

In the monitoring result screen 601 shown in FIG. 10, in the hierarchical definition data shown in FIG. 3, the status of the monitoring channel of the channel ID “S0009” is determined to be “caution”, and the status of the monitoring channel of “S0012” is determined to be “warning”. An example of notification when the judgment is made is shown.

On the monitoring result screen 601, the monitoring channels of "S0001" are assigned to the second display area 72A of the icon 613 of the attention group "first building", and the monitoring channels of "S0002" are assigned to the second display area 72B. Since the status of these monitoring channels is determined to be "normal", the display control unit 23 sets the second display area 72A and the second display area 72B of the icon 613 to the colors corresponding to the status "normal" (for example,). Display in light blue).

As shown in the group definition data of FIG. 6, the aggregation range of the attention group "1st building" is the monitoring channel group of "S0001" to "S0013". This set includes a monitoring channel of "S0009" determined to be "attention" and a monitoring channel of "S0012" determined to be "warning" as lower-level monitoring channels. As a result, the state specifying unit 22 specifies that the representative status of the attention group "first building" is "warning". Therefore, the display control unit 23 displays the first display area 71 of the icon 613 in a color (for example, red) corresponding to the "warning" having the higher abnormality level.

On the other hand, the display control unit 23 controls the display modes of the icons 614 and the icons 615 plotted on the third sub screen 610 as follows. First, as shown in FIG. 3, in the middle-level group “1st building 1st floor”, no abnormality has occurred in either the direct monitoring channel or the monitoring channel of the lower group. Therefore, the display control unit 23 generates an icon 615 including the second display area 72A and the first display area 71 for the group “1st building 1st floor” and plots it near the 1st floor of the graphic of the 1st building. To do. The second display area 72A indicates that the direct monitoring channels are normal, and the first display area 71 indicates that all the monitoring channels belonging to the lower hierarchy of the above-mentioned group are normal. Next, in the middle-level group "1st building 2nd floor", no abnormality has occurred in the direct monitoring channel, but "Caution" and "Warning" abnormalities have occurred in the monitoring channel of the lower group. .. Therefore, the display control unit 23 generates an icon 614 including the second display area 72A and the first display area 71 for the group “1st building 2nd floor” and plots it near the 2nd floor of the graphic of the 1st building. To do. The second display area 72A indicates that the direct monitoring channel is normal, and the first display area 71 has a monitoring channel having a “warning” status in at least one of the monitoring channels belonging to the lower hierarchy of the above group. It shows that there is.

As a result, the administrator can see that there is no abnormality in the monitoring items that are directly monitored by the entire 1st building, which is the attention group, by just looking at one icon 613, and where in the 1st building. It is possible to instantly confirm that an abnormality has occurred.

Furthermore, on the third sub screen 610, the icon of the group one level below the attention group is plotted on the graphic of the monitoring location. As a result, the administrator can monitor that the "warning" abnormality is occurring on the 2nd floor instead of the 1st floor of the 1st building, and that the group of the "1st building 2nd floor" is directly monitoring. It can be confirmed at a glance that no abnormality has occurred in the item and that an abnormality has occurred in the monitoring item below it.

Further, the display control unit 23 displays each icon of the monitoring result screen 601 so that the selection operation can be performed (for example, clickable). Specifically, the operation receiving unit 20 can receive a selection operation for the icon displayed on the display unit 13 via the input unit 11. When an icon is selected, the display control unit 23 is included in the upper layer group (first group) corresponding to the selected icon, and is another group corresponding to the next lower layer group (second group). Display the icon. When the selected upper layer group has a plurality of groups in the next lower layer, the display control unit 23 displays a plurality of different icons so as to correspond to each of the groups. Let me.

For example, when the operation reception unit 20 receives an administrator's click operation on the icon 614 corresponding to the group "1st building 2nd floor", the display control unit 23 switches the display to the monitoring result screen 602. The monitoring result screen 602 is displayed on each of the two groups "1st building, 2nd floor, 1st room" and "1st building, 2nd floor, 2nd room", which are one level below the group "1st building, 2nd floor". Includes two corresponding icons.

As shown in FIG. 11, the monitoring result screen 602 is, as an example, a GUI for presenting the site environment of the intermediate layer group “1st building 2nd floor” selected in the previous monitoring result screen 601 to the administrator. is there. The monitoring result screen 602 is divided into three sub screens, that is, the first sub screen 611, the second sub screen 612, and the third sub screen 610, similarly to the monitoring result screen 601.

The icon corresponding to the corresponding group is displayed on the first sub screen 611. In the present embodiment, the icon 614 corresponding to the "first building second floor" selected on the monitoring result screen 601 is displayed. On the second sub screen 612, a legend of the icon displayed on the first sub screen 611 is displayed.

In another embodiment, the first subscreen 611 may always display the icon of the group under the jurisdiction of the administrator, regardless of which hierarchy the currently selected group is. For example, in the monitoring server 2 used by the administrator who has jurisdiction over the entire building, the icon 613 corresponding to the "first building" may always be displayed on the first sub screen 611.

On the third sub screen 610, each icon corresponding to each group belonging to the hierarchy one level below the corresponding group is displayed. In the illustrated example, the corresponding group is "1st building 2nd floor", so the groups "1st building 2nd floor 1st room" and "1st room" belonging to the next lower floor of "1st building 2nd floor" Icon 616 and icon 617 corresponding to "1st building, 2nd floor, 2nd room" are displayed. In the present embodiment, first, a map of the entire second floor of the first building is arranged on the third sub screen 610, and

icons

616 and 617 are placed at locations corresponding to the first room and the second room on the map, respectively. Plot.

In the example shown in FIG. 11, in the hierarchical definition data shown in FIG. 3, the status of the direct monitoring channel of the channel ID “S0009” directly under the group of the “first room” is determined to be “caution”. Therefore, the display control unit 23 displays the second display area 72A to which the channel ID “S0009” is assigned in the icon 616 of the “first room” in a color (for example, yellow) corresponding to the status “Caution”. To do. When the channel ID "S0009" is included in the aggregation range of the "first room" group, the display control unit 23 also displays the first display area 71 in the same color corresponding to the status "caution". To do.

Further, in the example shown in FIG. 11, in the hierarchical definition data shown in FIG. 3, the status of the direct monitoring channel of the channel ID “S0012” directly under the group of the “second room” is determined to be “warning”. Therefore, the display control unit 23 displays the second display area 72A to which the channel ID “S0012” is assigned in the icon 617 of the “second room” in a color (for example, red) corresponding to the status “warning”. To do. When the channel ID "S0012" is included in the aggregation range of the "second room" group, the display control unit 23 also displays the first display area 71 in the same color corresponding to the status "warning". To do.

As a result, the administrator confirms the third sub-screen 610 of the monitoring result screen 602 that the status abnormality of "Caution" has occurred in the first room and the status of "Warning" in the second room. It can be confirmed in more detail than the monitoring result screen 601 that an abnormality has occurred.

Further, the display control unit 23 displays each icon on the monitoring result screen 602 so that the selection operation can be performed. For example, when the icon 616 is clicked, the display control unit 23 switches the display of the display unit 13 to the monitoring result screen (not shown) in which the "first room" is the corresponding group. When the icon 617 is clicked, the display control unit 23 switches the display of the display unit 13 to the monitoring result screen 603 (described later based on FIG. 12) in which the “second room” is the corresponding group.

Further, the display control unit 23 may display the character string indicating the hierarchical relationship arranged on the third sub screen 610 so that the selection operation can be performed. For example, when the character string of the group "1st building" in the upper layer of "1st building 2nd floor" is clicked, the display control unit 23 displays the monitoring result screen of FIG. 10 in which "1st building" is the corresponding group. The display of the display unit 13 may be returned to 601.

FIG. 12 shows a monitoring result screen 603 corresponding to a group in the lowest layer in the layer definition data shown in FIG. 3, that is, a group that only reports to the monitoring channel and does not have another group directly under it. As shown in FIG. 12, the monitoring result screen 603 presents the site environment of the lowest level group “1st building 2nd floor 2nd room” selected in the previous monitoring result screen 602 to the administrator as an example. GUI for. Similar to the monitoring result screen 601 and the monitoring result screen 602, the monitoring result screen 603 is divided into three sub screens, a first sub screen 611, a second sub screen 612, and a third sub screen 610.

On the first sub screen 611, the icon 617 corresponding to "the second room on the second floor of the first building" is displayed as the corresponding group. On the second sub screen 612, the legend of the icon 617 displayed on the first sub screen 611 is displayed.

On the third sub screen 610, the monitoring results for each direct monitoring channel that reports directly to the corresponding lowest-level group are displayed. As an example, the monitoring result includes a graph showing the measured values measured by the sensor 4 in the corresponding monitoring channel in chronological order.

The monitoring result 618 includes a graph of the direct monitoring channel "2nd floor 2nd room temperature" which reports directly to the group of "1st building 2nd floor 2nd room". The monitoring result 619 includes a graph of the direct monitoring channel "humidity of the second room on the second floor" which reports directly to the group of "the second room on the second floor of the first building".

The display control unit 23 may make the display mode of the monitoring result of the direct monitoring channel in which the status abnormality occurs different from other ones. For example, since the monitoring channel in which the status abnormality (for example, "warning") is occurring is the "second floor second room temperature", the display control unit 23 corresponds the monitoring result 618 to the status "warning". It may be highlighted in color (eg, red).

This allows the administrator to quickly check the measured value of the monitoring channel where the status error has occurred.

[Action / Effect]
As described above, in the present embodiment, the first icon for notifying the administrator of the status abnormality displays the representative status in which the statuses of the plurality of monitoring channels belonging to the group corresponding to the icon are aggregated. It has a display area and a second display area for displaying the status of some monitoring channels belonging to the group corresponding to the icon. The first display area is an area for displaying a representative status in which the status is aggregated, at least for a set of monitoring channels including at least lower monitoring channels belonging to a lower hierarchy than the above-mentioned group. The second display area is an area for displaying the status of one or a plurality of direct monitoring channels that directly belong to the group corresponding to the icon.

Therefore, in a single icon having such a first display area and a second display area, if there is no abnormality in the direct monitoring channel, the second display area is displayed in a display mode indicating normality, and the lower level is displayed. When there is an abnormality in any of the monitoring channels including, the first display area is displayed in a display mode indicating the abnormality. As a result, the administrator can determine at a glance whether an abnormality has occurred in the monitoring target of the upper layer or an abnormality has occurred in the monitoring target of the lower layer with a single icon.

In addition, since the first display area and the second display area fit well as a single icon and are arranged well, there is an advantage that the display area is not bulky and the display area is not tight, even though the abnormality notification is performed for each layer. There is.

In particular, in a display form in which the icon is plotted on a map or the like to more graphically express the abnormal part, it is necessary to devise the position where the icon is displayed. For example, instead of simply arranging and displaying the icons in a list, as shown in FIG. 10 or 11, when plotting on a wide-area map including the monitored portion, it is necessary to devise the display position of the icons. There is. Therefore, it is even more advantageous to fit the display area into a single icon so as not to overwhelm the display area while improving visibility and listability.

Further, as described with reference to FIGS. 10 to 12, the icon that notifies the abnormal status generated in the lower layer in the first display area further includes an abnormal monitoring channel in response to the selection operation. It is configured to call the icon corresponding to the lower level group. As a result, not only can the administrator quickly recognize the occurrence of an abnormality in the lower hierarchy, but the icon can function as a support tool that can guide the administrator so that the location of the abnormality can be identified more quickly. it can.

§4 Modifications Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the above description is merely an example of the present invention in all respects. Needless to say, various improvements and modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. For example, the following changes can be made.

The icon 70 is not limited to a circle, but can have various shapes such as an ellipse, a square, a rectangle, and a polygon.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing another example of the icon 70. As shown in FIG. 13, the icon 70 may have a first display area 71 in the center of the circle and a second display area 72 on the outer periphery thereof. Even in such a case, the first display area 71 and the second display area 72 can be combined into a single icon in a well-fitted manner while improving visibility and listability.

The arrangement of the second display area 72 is not limited to the radial arrangement. As yet another variation of the icon 70, for example, the plurality of second display areas 72 may be arranged so as to be evenly arranged such as in a horizontal or vertical row, or N × M (for example, 3 ×). 2 etc.) may be arranged in a matrix.

[Example of realization by software]
The control block of the monitoring server 2 (particularly, the operation reception unit 20, the data generation unit 21, the state identification unit 22, the display control unit 23, and the acquisition unit 24) is a logic circuit (hardware) formed in an integrated circuit (IC chip) or the like. It may be realized by hardware) or by software.

In the latter case, the monitoring server 2 includes a computer that executes the instructions of a program that is software that realizes each function. The computer includes, for example, one or more processors and a computer-readable recording medium that stores the program. Then, in the computer, the processor reads the program from the recording medium and executes it, thereby achieving the object of the present invention. As the processor, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) can be used. As the recording medium, in addition to a “non-temporary tangible medium” such as a ROM (Read Only Memory), a tape, a disk, a card, a semiconductor memory, a programmable logic circuit, or the like can be used. Further, a RAM (RandomAccessMemory) or the like for expanding the above program may be further provided. Further, the program may be supplied to the computer via an arbitrary transmission medium (communication network, broadcast wave, etc.) capable of transmitting the program. It should be noted that one aspect of the present invention can also be realized in the form of a data signal embedded in a carrier wave, in which the above program is embodied by electronic transmission.

The monitoring device according to one aspect of the present invention includes a data storage unit for storing the tree structure data, which is tree structure data including a plurality of groups, and each group includes one or more monitoring channels, and the monitoring channel. A state specifying unit that specifies the state of the above and a display control unit that displays an icon corresponding to the group. The single icon has a first display area and a second display area, and the first display The area displays a representative state in which the states of the plurality of monitoring channels belonging to the group corresponding to the icon are aggregated, and the second display area is a part of the monitoring channels belonging to the group corresponding to the icon. It is provided with the display control unit for displaying the state of.

This has the effect of ensuring a list of the status of the monitoring target in the upper layer and the status of the monitoring target in the lower layer without squeezing the display area.

More specifically, for example, in the data storage unit, tree structure data including a plurality of groups including one or more monitoring channels that hold the status of the monitoring target for each monitoring item is stored. With reference to the tree structure data, the display control unit can grasp the hierarchical relationship between the plurality of groups and the monitoring channels.

The first display area of the icon is, for example, at least one or more of the monitoring channels that directly belong to the group corresponding to the icon and the monitoring channels that belong to one or more groups lower than the group. It may be an area for displaying the representative status in which the statuses of a plurality of monitoring channels belonging to the group are aggregated. The second display area of the icon may be, for example, an area for displaying the status of one or more monitoring channels that directly belong to the group corresponding to the icon.

According to the above configuration, the administrator can know the status of the monitoring channel directly reporting to the group corresponding to the icon based on the display of the second display area by checking only one icon. Based on the display of the first display area, the states of a plurality of monitoring channels monitored by one or more groups lower than the group can be collectively known.

By combining the two types of areas into one icon in this way, it is possible to save space in the display area required to display the monitoring results for each monitoring item on the screen, and to monitor directly to the group. It is possible to secure a list of the states related to the items and the states related to the monitored items in the lower hierarchy than the group. For example, the administrator confirms the display indicating normality related to the monitoring item directly under the group in the second display area, and confirms the display indicating the abnormality related to the monitoring item in the lower hierarchy from the group in the first display area. By just looking at one icon, it is possible to determine whether an abnormality has occurred in the monitoring target itself that reports directly to the corresponding hierarchy or in a monitoring target in a lower hierarchy.

In the monitoring device according to the one aspect, the state specifying unit sets the state of the monitoring channel having the highest abnormality level among the states of the plurality of monitoring channels belonging to the subordinates of the group corresponding to the icon. May be the representative state of.

In general, it can be said that the higher the abnormal level, the higher the importance of the information to be notified to the administrator. As a result, the monitoring device can preferentially notify the administrator of the higher the abnormality level and the more important the event.

The monitoring device according to the one aspect includes an acquisition unit that acquires a measured value corresponding to each monitoring channel, a threshold value is set for each monitoring channel, and the state specifying unit corresponds to the monitoring channel. The state of the monitoring channel may be specified by comparing the measured value with the threshold value.

According to the above configuration, the threshold value is set for each monitoring channel in the tree structure data. By comparing the measured value associated with the monitoring channel with the threshold value, the state specifying unit can specify the state of the monitoring target with respect to the monitoring item corresponding to the monitoring channel. For example, the state specifying unit can determine whether the monitored object is in the first state or the second state depending on whether the measured value obtained from the sensor or the like is less than or equal to the threshold value.

A plurality of the threshold values may be set for one monitoring channel. In this case, the state specifying unit sets the state to be monitored as the first state or the second state depending on whether the measured value is less than the first threshold value, the first threshold value or more and less than the second threshold value, or the second threshold value or more. It can be determined from the state or the third state.

In the monitoring device according to the one aspect, the display control unit may change the color of the first display area according to the representative state.

This allows the administrator to quickly detect changes in the state of the monitoring channel that reports directly to the group and any of the monitoring channels in the lower hierarchy of the group.

In the monitoring device according to the one aspect, when the representative state and the state of the monitoring channel are the same, the display control unit may display the first display area and the second display area in the same color. Good.

As a result, the administrator can intuitively recognize the difference in the abnormality level by the color regardless of the difference between the first display area and the second display area.

In the monitoring device according to the one aspect, the single icon may have a plurality of the second display areas, and the first display area may surround the plurality of the second display areas.

As a result, since the first display area that aggregates the states of the group surrounds a plurality of second display areas that display the states of the individual monitoring channels, the visibility of the states of the related monitoring targets is improved. In addition, it fits well as a single icon, and visibility and listability can be improved without squeezing the display area.

In the monitoring device according to the one aspect, when the representative state is an abnormal state, the display control unit displays the first display area in a form corresponding to the abnormal state with a single icon, and Regardless of the representative state, the second display area may be displayed in a form corresponding to the state of the part of the monitoring channel.

According to the above configuration, visibility and listing without straining the display area as compared with the conventional configuration in which the color of the symbol of the monitoring target in the upper layer is changed when an abnormality occurs in the monitoring target in the lower layer. The sex can be improved. In the above-mentioned conventional configuration, it is not possible to determine whether the monitoring target in the upper layer whose color has changed is abnormal or whether the monitoring target in the lower layer is abnormal. On the other hand, according to the above-described configuration according to one aspect of the present disclosure, when an abnormality occurs in the monitoring target of the lower layer, the display mode of the first display area is simply changed so as to correspond to the abnormal state. Therefore, the second display area is not affected by the change in the display mode of the first display area unless the state of the monitored object that is directly monitored is changed. As a result, the administrator can determine at a glance whether an error has occurred in the monitoring channel of the corresponding layer that is being directly monitored or in the monitoring channel of the lower layer. it can.

The monitoring device according to the one aspect includes an input unit that accepts the selection of the displayed icon from the user, and when the icon is selected, the display control unit corresponds to the selected icon. Another icon corresponding to the second group included in one group may be displayed.

According to the above configuration, the icon is not only made to function to notify the status of the plurality of monitoring channels belonging to the first group and the second group through the first display area, but also the icon. When an abnormality occurs in one or more second groups belonging to one group, the user can be guided to the monitoring channel where the abnormality has occurred, and the user can be made to function as a support tool for identifying the abnormal part at an early stage.

The monitoring method according to one aspect of the present invention includes a data generation step for generating the tree structure data, wherein each group includes one or more monitoring channels, and the monitoring channel. A state specifying step for specifying the state of the above and a display control step for displaying an icon corresponding to the group, wherein the single icon has a first display area and a second display area, and the first display The area displays a representative state in which the states of a plurality of monitoring channels belonging to the subordinates of the group corresponding to the icon are aggregated, and the second display area is a part included in the group corresponding to the icon. The display control step of displaying the status of the monitoring channel is included. According to the above-mentioned method, the same effect as that of the above-mentioned monitoring device is obtained.

The monitoring device according to the one aspect may be realized by a computer. In this case, the above-mentioned monitoring device is realized by the computer by operating the computer as each part (software element) included in the above-mentioned monitoring device. The monitoring program of the monitoring device and the computer-readable recording medium on which it is recorded also fall within the scope of the present invention.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the claims, and the embodiments obtained by appropriately combining the technical means disclosed in the different embodiments. Is also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

1 ... Monitoring system, 2 ... Monitoring server (monitoring device), 3 ... Data collection device, 4 ... Sensor, 5 ... Monitoring client, 6 ... Network, 10 ... Control unit, 11 ... Input unit, 12 ... Storage unit (Data storage) Unit), 13 ... Display unit, 20 ... Operation reception unit, 21 ... Data generation unit, 22 ... State identification unit, 23 ... Display control unit, 24 ... Acquisition unit, 51 ... Input unit, 52 ... Display unit, 70 ... Icon , 71 ... 1st display area, 72, 72A to 72D ... 2nd display area, 120 ... Tree structure data, T1 ... Attention value (threshold), T2 ... Control value (threshold)

Claims

A data storage unit for storing the tree structure data, which is tree structure data including a plurality of groups and each group includes one or more monitoring channels.
A state specifying unit that specifies the state of the monitoring channel and
A display control unit for displaying an icon corresponding to the group, the single icon has a first display area and a second display area, and the first display area is the group corresponding to the icon. The display control unit that displays a representative state in which the states of the plurality of monitoring channels belonging to the above are aggregated, and displays the state of a part of the monitoring channels belonging to the group corresponding to the icon in the second display area. A monitoring device equipped with and.
The state specifying unit claims that the state of the monitoring channel having the highest abnormal level among the states of the plurality of monitoring channels belonging to the subordinates of the group corresponding to the icon is set as the representative state of the group. The monitoring device according to 1.
Equipped with an acquisition unit that acquires the measured values corresponding to each monitoring channel
A threshold value is set for each monitoring channel.
The monitoring device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the state specifying unit identifies the state of the monitoring channel by comparing the measured value corresponding to the monitoring channel with the threshold value.
The monitoring device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the display control unit changes the color of the first display area according to the representative state.
The monitoring device according to claim 4, wherein the display control unit displays the first display area and the second display area in the same color when the representative state and the state of the monitoring channel are the same as each other.
The single icon has a plurality of the second display areas.
The monitoring device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the first display area surrounds a plurality of the second display areas.
The display control unit, when the representative state is an abnormal state, in a single icon,
The first display area is displayed in a form corresponding to an abnormal state, and
The monitoring device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the second display area is displayed in a form corresponding to the state of the part of the monitoring channels regardless of the representative state.
It is equipped with an input unit that accepts the selection of the displayed icon from the user.
When the icon is selected, the display control unit displays another icon corresponding to the second group included in the first group corresponding to the selected icon, any one of claims 1 to 7. The monitoring device described in the section.
A data generation step of generating the tree structure data, wherein the tree structure data includes a plurality of groups, and each group includes one or more monitoring channels.
A state identification step for identifying the state of the monitoring channel and
A display control step for displaying an icon corresponding to the group, wherein the single icon has a first display area and a second display area, and the first display area is the group corresponding to the icon. The representative state in which the states of the plurality of monitoring channels belonging to the subordinates of the above are aggregated is displayed, and the second display area displays the states of some of the monitoring channels included in the group corresponding to the icon. Monitoring methods, including display control steps.
A monitoring program for operating a computer as the monitoring device according to claim 1, wherein the computer functions as the state specifying unit and the display control unit.
A computer-readable recording medium on which the monitoring program according to claim 10 is recorded.