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Systems, methods and apparatus for an improved interface to energy management systems

  • US 10,466,663 B2
  • Filed: 09/30/2015
  • Issued: 11/05/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of controlling a plurality of electric generating units to maintain a balance between electricity load and electricity generation in an energy delivery system via a human machine interface (HMI), the method comprising:

  • providing an energy management system (EMS) communicatively coupled to the plurality of electric generating units, the EMS including the HMI;

    monitoring, by the EMS, a plurality of parameters of the energy delivery system in real time, wherein the plurality of parameters represents a status of the energy delivery system;

    generating and displaying, by the HMI, an interactive card carousel wherein the interactive card carousel includes a plurality of cards arranged in a sequence, each card of the plurality of cards displaying a unique set of real time status information about related energy delivery system parameters, wherein the unique set of real time status information of each card of the plurality of cards is concurrently visible;

    generating and displaying, by the HMI, at an edge portion of a touch screen, at least one thumb arc control configured to receive human operator input;

    generating and displaying, by the HMI, a plurality of status dials; and

    responding, by the EMS, to energy delivery system status changes based at least in part on the plurality of parameters of the energy delivery system, and at least in part on one or more operator inputs received via one or more of the interactive card carousel and the at least one thumb arc control;

    wherein generating and displaying by the HMI includes blinking, flashing, varying color from a first color to a second color, or any combination thereof, of the interactive card carousel, the at least one thumb arc control, the plurality of status dials, or any combination thereof based on a real time priority of communicating a respective content to a human operator, andwherein responding to the energy delivery system status changes comprises controlling at least one of the plurality of electric generating units.

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