Monitoring Status Display Device Using Importance-Based Index Allocation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing system monitoring tools face challenges in efficiently identifying problems among a large number of monitoring subjects, leading to prolonged search times and potential missed issues due to the complexity of tree and table structures.
Innovation Solution
A monitoring status display device and method that uses index number determination, importance level allocation, monitoring subject allocation, and display mode determination to organize and display monitoring subjects based on importance levels and alert levels, allowing for prompt identification of issues within a fixed display region.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If a tree structure or table is used to display monitoring subjects, then all monitoring subjects can be organized and displayed, but the display becomes complex and requires repeated scrolling or screen changes, increasing the time to identify problems
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the display into multiple regions (first display region and second display region) and segments the monitoring subjects into different groups (monitored items and their values). This segmentation allows the system to display a large number of monitoring subjects without requiring excessive scrolling, as each region can be independently viewed and navigated.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from a traditional single-dimension table or tree structure to a multi-dimensional display layout with multiple regions. The first display region shows monitored items while the second display region shows their corresponding values, creating a spatial arrangement that reduces the need for screen changes and allows simultaneous viewing of multiple data dimensions.
2Loss of information
If traditional tree or table structures are used to display monitoring subjects, then all monitoring information can be presented, but the administrator must repeatedly scroll or change screens, reducing reliability in problem identification
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the display into multiple regions that can be independently viewed, the system maintains complete monitoring information while allowing administrators to focus on specific areas of interest without the need to scroll through entire tables or trees, thereby improving identification accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary display structure with multiple regions that acts as a mediator between the complete monitoring data and the administrator's view. This intermediary layout organizes information spatially to reduce navigation overhead and improve the reliability of problem identification.
3Adaptability or versatility
If monitoring subjects are arranged in traditional structures, then all subjects can be included, but the complexity of the display increases, making it harder to quickly locate and identify issues
Solution Approach 1:
The display structure is segmented into multiple regions with specific functions (first display region for monitored items, second display region for values). This segmentation simplifies the overall display complexity by organizing information into manageable, functionally distinct sections while maintaining the ability to display all monitoring subjects.
4Quantity of substance
If administrators scroll or change screens to identify problems among many monitoring subjects, then all subjects can be reviewed, but this repeated operation consumes time and may cause problems to be missed
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the display into multiple regions that can be simultaneously viewed, administrators can review more monitoring subjects without repeated scrolling operations, thereby improving the efficiency and productivity of problem identification while maintaining comprehensive coverage.
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AI summary
A monitoring status display device according to the present invention has: use index number determination means for, when displaying an arrangement of indices representing monitoring subjects in a predetermined display region, determining use index numbers that can be used with respect to importance levels set for the monitoring subjects, based on a ratio of the importance levels and a total number of the indices; importance level allocation means for determining an index to be allocated to each of the importance levels, based on the arrangement of the indices and the use index numbers set for the respective importance levels, in a manner that indices with the same importance level are disposed close to each other; and monitoring subject allocation means for allocating, substantially evenly to the indices, the monitoring subjects having an importance level same as that of the indices.