Reference Plot Overlay for System Asset Monitoring
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Existing monitoring systems for power systems face difficulties in navigating and identifying specific components due to overwhelming information, where critical status updates can be obscured by other component data, making it hard to locate and analyze desired information efficiently.
Innovation Solution
A device and method that utilize a display device and processor to overlay reference graphical plots onto operation characteristic plots of system assets, allowing users to select and compare different plots while maintaining the reference plot visible, and displaying differences between measurement and reference data, facilitating efficient navigation and analysis.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a virtual representation model displays status information of all system components, then comprehensive monitoring coverage is improved, but information overload obscures desired information
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments information display by allowing users to focus on specific components or groups of components individually, rather than displaying all components simultaneously. This segmentation reduces information overload while maintaining comprehensive monitoring capabilities through systematic navigation and selective visualization.
Solution Approach 2:
The system adds a temporal dimension to the display by implementing historical playback functionality, allowing users to view past system states. This transforms the monitoring from a static snapshot to a dynamic timeline, enabling users to analyze system evolution and identify patterns without cluttering the current state display.
2Loss of information
If detailed status information of all components is displayed simultaneously, then complete system visibility is improved, but navigation and location of desired components becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the complex system into manageable segments or groups that can be navigated systematically. Users can focus on specific segments containing desired components, reducing the visual search space and improving navigation efficiency while maintaining access to complete system information through structured organization.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary navigation layer that mediates between the user and the detailed component information. This intermediary provides systematic access paths and organizational structures, allowing users to locate desired components efficiently without being overwhelmed by the full system complexity.
3Reliability
If comprehensive monitoring data is displayed, then complete operational awareness is improved, but analysis of specific operation characteristics becomes obscured
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments operational data by characteristic types, allowing users to isolate and analyze specific operation characteristics independently. This segmentation enables precise analysis of individual characteristics while maintaining comprehensive operational awareness through systematic data organization and selective visualization.
Solution Approach 2:
The system transforms operational data into historical playback sequences, adding a temporal dimension that enables analysis of characteristic evolution over time. This dimensional transformation allows users to study specific operation characteristics in detail across different time points without the obscuring effect of simultaneous multi-characteristic displays.
Data Source
Figure 1
Figure 2
Figure 3
AI summary
A device for use in monitoring operation of a system asset 102 includes a display device 132 and a processor 124 coupled to the display device 132. The processor 124 is configured to display a first plot of a first operation characteristic of the system asset 102 as a function of a second operation characteristic in response to a user selection to display the first plot, display a reference graphical plot of the first operation characteristic of the system asset 102 as a function of the second operation characteristic overlying the first plot, and maintain the display of the reference graphical plot on the display device when the user selects a second plot. The reference graphical plot is displayed overlying the second plot.