3D Facility Model Abnormality Data Display

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing inspection support systems for monitoring equipment in substations lack the capability to effectively display comprehensive and useful information for efficient monitoring work.

Innovation Solution

An information processing apparatus and monitoring system that generate three-dimensional data of a monitoring target facility, acquire sensor data from various sensors, and combine this data to display abnormality data on the three-dimensional model, indicating abnormal states in the facility.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If multiple types of sensor data are collected and combined to display comprehensive monitoring information, then the usefulness and completeness of monitoring information is improved, but the system complexity and data processing burden increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecompleteness of monitoring informationVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments monitoring information by facility component (e.g., transformer, circuit breaker, insulator) and displays abnormality data specifically associated with each component on the three-dimensional model. This segmentation allows comprehensive monitoring of multiple facility aspects while keeping the display organized and manageable, preventing information overload.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system merges multiple types of sensor data (temperature, vibration, sound, electrical parameters) into unified abnormality indicators that are displayed on the three-dimensional facility model. By combining diverse sensor inputs into integrated visual representations, the system achieves comprehensive monitoring without proportionally increasing display complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

2Measurement precision

If detailed sensor data from multiple sources is processed and displayed, then the accuracy of abnormality detection is improved, but the data processing time and computational resources increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveabnormality detection accuracyVSAvoiddata processing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system extracts only abnormality-related information from multiple sensor data sources and displays only this extracted abnormality data on the three-dimensional model. By filtering out normal operational data and focusing solely on abnormal conditions, the system maintains high detection accuracy while reducing overall data processing requirements and time.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary processing of sensor data to identify and flag abnormal conditions before final display. By pre-processing sensor inputs to detect anomalies upfront, the system prepares refined abnormality indicators that can be quickly displayed without requiring real-time processing of all raw sensor data, thus reducing processing time while maintaining detection accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS20250111613A1Information processing apparatus, data generation method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium
Publication Date: 2025.04.03 NEC CORP
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AI summary

An object of the present disclosure is to provide an information processing apparatus capable of displaying information useful for performing monitoring work. An information processing apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: a generation unit configured to generate three-dimensional data including a monitoring target facility; a data acquisition unit configured to acquire sensor data detected by at least one sensor configured to monitor the monitoring target facility; and a display control unit configured to generate display data of displaying, on the three-dimensional data, abnormality data indicating an abnormal state that occurs in the monitoring target facility, the abnormality data being acquired by combining a plurality of types of the sensor data or by combining at least one piece of the sensor data and information related to the monitoring target facility.