User-Specific Abnormality Notification in Plant Information Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional information management systems for plant equipment struggle to effectively provide users with relevant information, as threshold judgment results and error information are not centrally managed, leading to difficulties in selecting and notifying users of system abnormalities.
Innovation Solution
An information management apparatus and method that includes a memory unit for storing setting information for each user, allowing notifications of system abnormalities to be controlled and managed centrally, with a notification unit that notifies administrators and users based on predefined settings.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If conventional information management systems are used without centralized management, then system complexity is reduced, but information delivery effectiveness deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges scattered threshold judgment results and error information into a centralized management system. The notification management apparatus consolidates information from multiple sources (plant equipment, web applications) into a unified platform that can centrally manage and distribute notifications to appropriate users, thereby improving information delivery effectiveness without proportionally increasing system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The notification management apparatus serves multiple functions: it manages threshold judgment results, handles error information, controls notification routing to different users, and maintains notification histories. This multi-functional approach consolidates what would otherwise require multiple separate systems, improving information delivery while keeping overall system complexity manageable.
2Loss of information
If centralized management of threshold judgment results and error information is implemented, then information delivery effectiveness is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the centralized management system into distinct functional modules: a notification management apparatus for controlling notifications, a notification history management apparatus for tracking past notifications, and separate handling of threshold judgment results and error information. This segmentation allows the system to achieve centralized management effectiveness while keeping individual components relatively simple and manageable.
3Loss of information
If selective notification control for each user is implemented, then information relevance is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements local quality by providing different notification information to different users based on their specific roles and needs. The notification management apparatus selectively delivers threshold judgment results and error information to appropriate users (such as plant operators, maintenance personnel, or management staff), ensuring each user receives relevant information without overwhelming them with unnecessary details.
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AI summary
An application server stores therein setting information in which a notification target to be notified to each of users is set for each user of an application related to a system, and notifies, when an abnormality occurs in the system, an administrator of the system of the abnormality and also controls the notification of the abnormality for each of the users, based on the setting information.