Multidimensional Energy System GUI Using Virtual Enunciator Panels
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional energy systems rely on antiquated user interface technologies, such as physical enunciator panels with discrete lamps and switches, which fail to leverage modern data manipulation capabilities, leading to inefficient information handling and presentation for energy system operators.
Innovation Solution
A multidimensional information graphical user interface (GUI) system that classifies and displays energy system information using tokens organized by multiple classifications, allowing for enhanced interaction and access to detailed information, facilitating better management and visualization of energy system data.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional physical enunciator panels with discrete lamps and switches are used, then reliability and operator familiarity are improved, but device complexity and information handling efficiency deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a virtual copy of the traditional physical enunciator panel interface, replicating its schematic layout and visual characteristics in a digital environment. This virtual enunciator panel maintains the familiar look and feel while eliminating the physical hardware complexity, allowing operators to interact with energy system information through a computerized interface that preserves reliability through familiarity.
2Ease of operation
If traditional physical enunciator panels are used, then ease of operation is improved through familiarity, but information handling efficiency and modern data manipulation capabilities deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The virtual enunciator panel interface is designed to handle multiple types of energy system information through a unified schematic display approach. The same interface paradigm can display alarms, system status, and other information, making it universally applicable while maintaining ease of operation. The system integrates modern data manipulation capabilities within the familiar interface framework.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from two-dimensional physical panel layout to multi-dimensional digital information presentation. The virtual enunciator panel can display information in various dimensions including spatial arrangement, color coding, animation, and interactive layers, enabling more efficient information handling while preserving the schematic layout's intuitive structure.
3Ease of manufacture
If computerized display versions emulating physical panels are used, then training costs are reduced through familiar look and feel, but adaptability to modern energy systems deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The virtual enunciator panel incorporates dynamic elements that allow it to adapt to modern energy systems. The interface can dynamically reconfigure displays, provide contextual information, and respond to user interactions in real-time. This dynamic capability enables the system to adapt to changing energy system configurations while maintaining the familiar schematic layout for reduced training requirements.
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AI summary
Aspects of interaction with multidimensional information for an energy system are disclosed. The use of multidimensional information in a graphical user interface can facilitate efficient communication of information related to energy systems. Energy system information can be classified. A multidimensional information interface can include a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns populated with tokens representing energy system information, based on the classification of the energy system information. The tokens can be selectable tokens such that selection of tokens can be related to accessing detailed information related to the token. In some embodiments, indicators, particularly visual indicators, can be employed to convey additional information, such as counts, selection status, sums of rows or columns, etc. Further, augmentation effects can be employed to facilitate access to an additional layer of information, such as freshness of a token, acknowledged tokens, etc.