Plant Monitoring Interface for Drag-and-Drop Alert Trend Analysis
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional plant monitoring devices require users to perform multiple operations to view anomaly alerts and corresponding trend graphs, reducing convenience and increasing response time.
Innovation Solution
A plant monitoring device and method that displays an alert screen and trend graph screen simultaneously, allowing users to drag and drop alert elements to the graph screen to visualize relevant data and highlight anomaly dates and times, enabling a single operation to view necessary information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the conventional method of selecting alerts and pressing graph display button is used, then the system provides structured alert management, but the user operation complexity increases and response time lengthens
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the alert list display and trend graph display into a single integrated screen. The alert elements are displayed alongside their corresponding trend graphs, allowing users to view both alert information and graphical data simultaneously without switching screens or performing multiple operations. This merging eliminates the need to select alerts and press graph display buttons separately, directly reducing operational steps and response time.
Solution Approach 2:
The trend graphs are prepared and displayed in advance on the same screen as the alert list. When an anomaly occurs, the system has already rendered the relevant graphical data ready for immediate viewing. This preliminary preparation of visual data eliminates the delay of generating or loading graphs after alert selection, enabling faster anomaly response.
2Productivity
If multiple operations are required to view alert and graph information, then the system maintains data organization, but the monitoring efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the alert information display and trend graph display into a unified interface where both are visible simultaneously. This integration allows operators to monitor alert status and analyze graphical trends in one view, eliminating the need for multiple operations to access different information types, thereby improving monitoring efficiency without adding interface complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The display screen serves multiple functions simultaneously: it displays the alert list, shows trend graphs, and provides visual correlation between alerts and their corresponding data. This multi-functional design consolidates what would traditionally require separate screens or operations into a single universal interface, enhancing productivity while maintaining organized data presentation.
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AI summary
A plant monitoring device (10) includes: an alert output unit (23) that, when an anomaly of a plant (1) is detected, creates alert information including a date and time of occurrence of the anomaly; an alert screen processing unit (251) that displays an alert screen on a display unit (19); and a graph screen processing unit (252) that displays a trend graph screen on the display unit (19). When the alert element displayed in the alert screen is dragged and dropped to the trend graph screen in a state where the alert screen and the trend graph screen are displayed, the graph screen processing unit (252) displays, in the trend graph screen, a graph of input data for a predetermined period including the date and time determined from the operated alert element and displays a highlighting element for highlighting the date and time in the trend graph screen.