Persistent Parameter List for Complex System Visualization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Complex systems generate vast amounts of data with intricate interdependencies, making it challenging for users to derive meaningful insights, detect anomalies, or predict future performance due to the volume and complexity of the data.
Innovation Solution
A visualization system that allows users to select and visualize parameters across multiple system diagrams, maintaining a persistent parameter list for easy tracking and comparison, and generates custom visualizations such as charts, graphs, or tables, incorporating data from various sources like sensors and environmental monitoring systems.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If data from complex systems is monitored and analyzed, then insights about system performance, errors, and future predictions can be derived, but the volume and complexity of the data make it challenging for users to derive meaningful insights
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments complex system data into individual parameters that can be independently selected and visualized. Each parameter represents a specific aspect of system operation, allowing users to break down the overwhelming data complexity into manageable, meaningful units that can be analyzed separately and then synthesized for comprehensive insights
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transforms complex tabular data into visual representations across multiple dimensions including spatial relationships, temporal trends, and hierarchical structures. By displaying parameters in system diagrams with spatial correlations and generating various types of visualizations (charts, graphs, heat maps), the system adds dimensional context that makes complex data more comprehensible and easier to derive insights from
2Reliability
If multiple system diagrams with numerous parameters are displayed, then comprehensive system monitoring is achieved, but the interface becomes cluttered and difficult to navigate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a persistent parameter list that serves multiple functions: it acts as a selection interface for choosing parameters to visualize, a tracking mechanism for monitoring selected parameters across different system diagrams, and a navigation aid for comparing parameters across multiple diagrams. This multi-functional element consolidates several operations into a single interface component, improving ease of operation while maintaining comprehensive monitoring capabilities
Solution Approach 2:
The persistent parameter list acts as an intermediary between the complex system data and the user interface. It mediates the interaction by providing a simplified selection and comparison mechanism that bridges the gap between the numerous parameters in the system diagrams and the user's need for easy navigation and comprehensive monitoring, reducing interface clutter while maintaining functionality
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AI summary
A computing system generates a user interface for dynamically visualizing parameters in a complex system. The user interface includes a system diagram viewer configured to display respective ones of a plurality of system diagrams, where each of the system diagrams includes at least one selectable identifier that represents a parameter within a system or environment represented by the system diagram. The user interface further includes a persistent parameter list associated with the plurality of system diagrams, where the persistent parameter list maintains a set of parameters selected by a user as the user interacts with the system diagram viewer. When a user interaction with a first selectable identifier is received, a parameter represented by the first selectable identifiers is added to the set of parameters maintained in the persistent parameter list. The computing system generates a visualization of the set of parameters maintained in the persistent parameter list.