JPH11258383A - Information providing method for plant operation - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To indicate a monitor screen indicated on a display on another display based on the operation input command on the user and/or computer at a device performing plant monitoring by using a plurality of displays. SOLUTION: A transfer target determination part 107 identifies a display indicating a monitor screen referring to a transfer target determination information containing part 108 based on a specified monitor screen and user who wants to provide a monitor screen input from an indication/transfer command input part 101. By this, a user specifies information to be transfered and the user to be transfered without recognizing the computer constitution so that the information is transfered to a desired display. Thus, even if the system configuration is changed, the user does not have to recognize it and by operating as usual, desired information can be transfered to a desired display.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an operation control system for plant operation in which a crew of a plurality of people operates, and in particular, an information display for transferring an obtained information screen to another user for the purpose of supporting collaborative work. About the method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There is a remote conference system as a system for supporting a collaborative work by a plurality of persons by a computer. In a remote conference system, at least a part of a display screen displayed on one display device is transmitted to at least two computers as information such as bitmap data or a display command between the at least two computers performing communication to the other computer. Receives the information and reproduces the display screen based on the transmitted information. In this way, the same screen is displayed on both sides to enable joint work.

[0003]

In a plant operation control system, a plurality of display devices are used to operate a plurality of crew members. For example, when giving instructions to the operator, the shift supervisor displays information on the display device at hand on the operator's display device in order to supplement the contents of the instruction. When the work is reported to, the information viewed on the display device at hand is displayed on the display device of the shift supervisor for the purpose of supplementing the contents of the verbal report. in this way,
In plant operation, collaborative work is performed in the form of work instructions and work reports, and supplementing contents that cannot be explained verbally with visual information is important for smooth joint work.

[0004] In addition, it is clear that the duties of the duty manager of the crew, the operator performing the operation operation, and the maintenance staff responsible for the maintenance of the plant equipment are clearly defined. The contents of the information exchanged between maintenance personnel and operators are different.

However, in the remote conference system described above, a common display area is provided between computers, and information is shared by the common display area. The information to be shared cannot be changed according to the sharing partner. It is also conceivable to provide multiple shared areas depending on the other party,
Providing a plurality of shared screens may hide other important information and is not suitable for plant operation.

[0006] In view of the above, it is an object of the present invention to provide a plant operation information providing method capable of exchanging information based on the role of a user.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides means for designating a monitor screen displayed on a display device and means for designating a user who wants to provide the monitor screen. And a display device are created in advance and stored. Furthermore, a function is provided for switching the display device according to the display content of the monitoring screen, specifically, the type of media.

[0008] Thereby, it is possible to provide information according to the role without being conscious of the configuration of the computer.
Furthermore, it is possible to control the destination of the information according to the type of the medium.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the configuration of the plant operation control system and the functional configuration of the computers 10, 20, and 30. FIG. 2 is a data configuration of the display content storage unit 106, and FIG.
Is the data configuration of the transfer destination determination information storage unit 108.

[0011] The plant operation control system of the present embodiment comprises:
Computers 10, 20, 30 and display devices 11, 21, 3
1, a plant 40, a plant data collection device 41, and a transmission path 50 are provided.

The computers 10, 20, and 30 perform display processing on the display devices 11, 21, and 31 connected to the computers. The computer 10 includes a mouse 12 and a keyboard 13 for inputting a user request. The computers 20 and 30 also have a mouse and a keyboard. Next, regarding the functional configuration of the computers 10, 20, and 30,
This will be described using the computer 10.

The computer 10 has a display / transfer command input unit 10
1, display unit 102, display screen data storage unit 103, plant data acquisition unit 104, plant data storage unit 1
05, display content storage unit 106, transfer destination determination unit 107, transfer destination determination information storage unit 108, transfer instruction generation unit 109,
It comprises a command transmitting / receiving unit 110.

Hereinafter, each function of the computer 10 will be described step by step.

First, the user inputs a display command “S_003” using the mouse 12 and / or the keyboard 13. The display / transfer command input unit 101 outputs the display command “S_0”.
03 ”and outputs it to the display unit 102.

The display unit 102 searches the display screen data storage unit for screen data necessary for executing the display command "S_003", and performs drawing using the screen data.
In this embodiment, a window is generated on the display screen, and information is displayed by drawing in the window. The display command “S_003” means No. 003 in the system diagram. Since the system diagram displays plant data,
The plant data necessary for the system diagram is fetched from the plant data storage unit 105.

The plant data storage unit 105 is periodically updated by the plant data acquisition unit 104. The plant data acquisition unit 104 periodically acquires the latest value of the plant data collected by the plant data collection device 41 from the plant 40 via the transmission line 50, updates the latest value of the plant data storage unit 105, and updates To store the data. The past plant data is data necessary for drawing a trend chart.

The display unit 102 displays a window ID for identifying the generated window and a display command “S_
003 ”in the display content storage unit 106 in association with each other. FIG. 2 shows a data configuration of the display content storage unit 106.

Next, the user uses the mouse 12 to input a window transfer command as shown in FIG. FIG.
The mouse cursor 302 is moved to the window 301 as shown in FIG.
And drag it over the window 3 as shown in FIG.
01 and the mouse cursor 302 are moved to the icon 303-2 of the transfer destination user, in this embodiment, the operator,
When dropped, the target window is transferred as shown in FIG.

The display / transfer command input unit 101 captures the transfer command shown in FIG. 3 and transfers a window ID for identifying the window 301 and a user name to which the window is to be transferred, ie, “operator” in the present embodiment. Output to the destination determination unit 107.

The destination determining unit 107 refers to the information in the destination determining information storage unit 108 based on the destination user name fetched from the display / transfer command input unit 101, in this embodiment, "operator". To determine the display device to which the window is to be transferred.

The transfer destination determining information storage unit 108 has the configuration shown in FIG. 4, and is created and stored in advance. The transfer command generation unit 109 fetches the display command “S_003” with reference to the display content storage unit 106 based on the window ID fetched from the display / transfer command input unit 101, and receives the display command and the transfer destination determination unit 107. The display command “S_003” is transmitted from the command transmission / reception unit 110 to the transfer destination display device by the fetched transfer destination display device.

Finally, the flow of the processing will be described by taking as an example a case where a display command is transmitted from the computer 20 or 30 to the computer 10. The display command transmitted from the computer 20 or 30 to the computer 10 is received by the command transmission / reception unit 110 and output to the display unit 102. The display unit 102 performs display processing on the display device 11 as described above.

The processing of the display unit 102 will now be described with reference to FIG.
This will be described using the processing flow shown in FIG.

The display unit 102 is a display / transfer command input unit 1
01 or waiting for a display command to be output from the command transmission / reception unit 110 (step 501). When the display command is fetched, the processing of steps 502 to 508 is executed. When the display processing command is fetched, the screen data is fetched from the display screen data storage (step 502),
Then, plant data is fetched from the plant data storage unit (step 503).

Next, a window for displaying information is generated (step 504), and a window ID is obtained (step 505). Next, drawing is performed on the target window (step 506), and a process for updating periodically changing plant data is started (step 50).
7) Yes.

This process is started for each display screen using plant data, and operates until the display screen that started the process is erased. Finally, the acquired window ID and display command are stored in the display content storage unit 106 in the format shown in FIG. 2 (step 508), and a series of processing is completed.

Hereinafter, the transfer destination determining unit 107 and the transfer instruction 10
9 will be described with reference to the processing flow shown in FIG.

The transfer destination determining unit 107 is in a state of waiting for input of a window ID and a transfer destination user name from the user input processing unit (step 601). By user operation, window ID and transfer destination user name are displayed / transfer command input section 10
When the data is output from step 1, the data is fetched and step 6
The process proceeds to 02.

In step 602, first, the transfer destination display device is fetched based on the transfer destination user name fetched from the display / transfer command input unit 101 with reference to the transfer destination determination information storage unit. And the window ID are output to the transfer instruction generation unit 109. Here, the transfer destination determining unit 107
Is completed, and the process proceeds to the transfer instruction generation unit 109.

The transfer command generation unit 109 refers to the display content storage unit 106 and fetches a display processing command based on the window ID fetched from the transfer destination determination unit 107 (step
603), and outputs a processing command to the command transmitting / receiving unit 110 based on the transfer destination display device and the display processing command (step 604).

As described above, in the plant operation information provision system of the present embodiment, the correspondence between the transfer window and the transfer destination user specified by the user, the window ID stored in the display content storage unit, and the display processing command. It is possible to determine the transfer destination of the information from the correspondence between the user and the display device stored in the transfer destination determining information storage unit in advance.

In this embodiment, the window is transferred.
Copies are also possible. In addition, although the transfer destination of the window is specified by the user, the window can be transferred by directly specifying the display device.

Hereinafter, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 7 shows a configuration of the plant operation control system and a functional configuration of the display processing devices 10-1, 20-1, and 30-1. FIG. 8 shows the data configuration of the transfer destination determination information storage unit 108-1.

The plant operation control system according to the present embodiment
It comprises computers 10-1, 20-1, 30-1, display devices 11, 21, 31, a plant 40, a plant data collection device 41, and a transmission line 50.

The computers 10-1, 20-1 and 30-1 are:
A display process is performed on the display devices 11, 21 and 31 connected to the respective devices. The computer 10-1 includes a mouse 12 and a keyboard 13 for inputting a user request. The computers 20-1 and 30-1 also have a mouse and a keyboard.

Next, the computers 10-1, 20-1, 30-1
The functional configuration of will be described using the computer 10-1. The computer 10-1 includes a display / transfer command input unit 101,
Display unit 102, display screen data storage unit 103, plant data acquisition unit 104, plant data storage unit 10
5, display content storage unit 106, transfer destination determination unit 107-1,
Transfer destination determination information storage unit 108-1, transfer instruction generation unit 1
09, a command transmission / reception unit 110.

The display / transfer command input unit 101,
Display unit 102, display screen data storage unit 103, plant data acquisition unit 104, plant data storage unit 10
5, the display content storage unit 106, the transfer command generation unit 109, and the command transmission / reception unit 110 have the same functions as those of the first embodiment, and thus description thereof is omitted.

The transfer destination determining unit 107-1 includes a user name fetched from the display / transfer command input unit 101, a user previously stored in the transfer destination determining information storage unit 108-1, a display content, and a display device. And display content storage unit 1
The transfer destination display device is specified based on the correspondence between the window ID and the display command stored in 06.

FIG. 8 shows an example of the correspondence between the user, the display contents, and the display device.

The transfer command generation unit 109 determines the transfer destination display specified earlier based on the correspondence between the window ID fetched from the display / transfer command input unit 101, the window ID stored in the display content storage unit 106, and the display command. A display command to be output to the device is taken in, and a processing command to the command transmitting unit 110 is created and output.

FIG. 9 is a processing flow of the transfer destination determining unit 107-1. The transfer destination determining unit 107-1 is in a state of waiting for input of a window ID and a transfer destination user name from the user input processing unit (step 901). When the window ID and the transfer destination user name are output from the user processing unit by the user operation, the data is fetched, and the process proceeds to step 902.

First, referring to the display content storage unit, a display command is fetched based on the window ID fetched from the display / transfer command input unit 101, and the display content is specified (step 902). The first letter of the display command indicates the display content. Next, the transfer destination display device is fetched based on the transfer destination user name fetched from the display / transfer command input unit 101 and the first letter of the display command with reference to the transfer destination determination information storage unit (step 903). .

The transfer command generation unit 109 refers to the display content storage unit 106, fetches a display processing command based on the window ID fetched from the transfer destination determination unit 107-1 (step 904), and communicates with the transfer destination display device. Output a processing instruction to the instruction transmission / reception unit 110 based on the display instruction (step 905)
I do.

As described above, in the plant operation information providing system of this embodiment, the correspondence between the window specified by the user and the transfer destination user, the window ID stored in the display content storage unit and the display command, The information transfer destination can be determined from the correspondence between the user, the display content, and the display device stored in the transfer destination determination information storage unit in advance.

[0047]

As described above, according to the present invention, the user can specify the information to be transferred and the user to be transferred without paying attention to the computer configuration, so that the information can be transferred to a desired display device. Therefore, even if the configuration of the system is changed, it is possible for the user to transfer desired information to a desired display device by performing the same operation as usual without being conscious of the user.

As a result, the exchange of information between users becomes smooth, the efficiency of plant operation is improved, and the effect of improving the safety of the plant is obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a plant operation monitoring system according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a data configuration of a display content storage unit according to the first embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically illustrating a user operation;

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a data configuration of a transfer destination determining information storage unit according to the first embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a processing flow of a display processing unit according to the first embodiment;

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a processing flow of a transfer destination determining unit according to the first embodiment;

FIG. 7 is a configuration diagram of a plant operation monitoring system according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a data configuration of a transfer destination determining information storage unit according to the second embodiment;

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a processing flow of a transfer destination determining unit according to the second embodiment;

[Explanation of symbols]

10, 20, 30 ... computer, 11, 21, 31 ... display device, 101 ... display / transfer command input unit, 102 ... display unit,
103: display screen data storage unit, 104: plant data acquisition unit, 105: plant data storage unit, 106
... display content storage unit, 107 ... transfer destination determination unit, 108 ... transfer destination determination information storage unit, 109 ... transfer instruction generation unit, 11
0: Command transmission / reception unit.

Claims (6)

[Claims] In a method of performing plant monitoring using a plurality of display devices, a monitoring screen displayed on the display device is displayed on another display device based on an operation input command for the display device displaying a user. A method for providing information on plant operation, wherein the information is displayed on a display. 2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: means for designating a monitor screen to be displayed on another display device, and means for designating a display device for displaying a user. 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein a display device for displaying a monitoring screen is determined based on user information input by means for designating a user. 4. A correspondence between a user and a display device is stored in advance in order to determine a display device for displaying a monitoring screen based on the user information input by the user designating means of claim 3. A method for providing information on plant operation. 5. The monitoring screen according to claim 1, wherein the information on the monitoring screen input by the means for specifying the monitoring screen is
A type of media displayed on the monitoring screen is specified, and a display device for displaying the monitoring screen is determined based on the specified type of media and user information input by means for specifying a user. Information providing method of plant operation to be described. 6. A monitor screen and a display command for specifying the type of media displayed on the monitor screen based on the information on the monitor screen input by the monitor screen designating means according to claim 5. A method for providing plant operation information, wherein the correspondence is stored at the time of display processing of a monitoring screen.