Methods And Systems For Monitoring Of Infrastructure
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current infrastructure automation systems require labor-intensive efforts for operators to create distinct key performance indicator (KPI) widgets and detailed data widgets for each location, making it tedious to access relevant information, especially in larger systems.
Innovation Solution
A monitoring system with a widget configurator and interface that allows for the selection of locations, parameters, and threshold conditions, generating an overview widget that displays key performance indicators based on received data points, providing real-time alerts and notifications when threshold conditions are breached.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If distinct KPI widgets and detailed data widgets are created for each location, then measurement precision of infrastructure parameters is improved, but device complexity and ease of operation deteriorate due to the need to individually configure multiple widgets
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple location-specific KPI widgets and detailed data widgets into a single unified overview widget that displays aggregated infrastructure parameters across all locations. This merging approach maintains comprehensive monitoring capability while eliminating the complexity of configuring and managing multiple separate widgets, directly resolving the contradiction between measurement precision and device complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The overview widget is designed as a universal interface that can display and monitor infrastructure parameters for multiple locations simultaneously through a single configuration. This multi-functional widget replaces the need for location-specific widgets, providing comprehensive monitoring precision while reducing system complexity and improving ease of operation
2Loss of information
If distinct KPI widgets are created for each location, then completeness of information is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates due to tedious configuration efforts
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the functionality of multiple location-specific KPI widgets into a single overview widget that aggregates and displays comprehensive infrastructure information across all locations. This approach maintains complete information availability while eliminating the tedious configuration process required for multiple separate widgets, directly addressing the contradiction between information completeness and ease of operation
3Measurement precision
If multiple separate widgets are used for each location, then detail level of monitoring is improved, but productivity deteriorates due to time-consuming configuration and access processes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple location-specific monitoring widgets into a single unified overview widget that provides comprehensive infrastructure monitoring across all locations simultaneously. This merging maintains detailed monitoring capability while dramatically improving operational productivity by eliminating the time-consuming process of configuring and accessing multiple separate widgets
Solution Approach 2:
The overview widget is pre-configured to aggregate and display infrastructure parameters from all locations in a single unified interface. This preliminary configuration eliminates the need for operators to individually set up and access multiple widgets during operation, thereby maintaining detailed monitoring while significantly improving operational productivity
Data Source
AI summary
Various embodiments of the teachings herein include a monitoring system for visualizing one or more key performance indicators of an infrastructure associated with an automation system comprising a plurality of subsystems adapted to monitor a set of parameters of the infrastructure and/or the automation system. An example includes: an interface; and a widget configurator to receive a selection of locators identifying locations of components of the infrastructure, a selection of values for the set of parameters, and at least one threshold condition for each value. The interface receives time-related data points of the set of parameters originating from a plurality of sensors of the plurality of subsystems. The widget configurator configures an overview widget to display, key performance indicators of the selected parameters for each one of the locations depending on the threshold conditions and the received data points.