SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING VISUALIZATION OF A PARAMETER ON MULTIPLE BRANCHES OF A DISTRIBUTION NETWORK

• US 20120185804A1
• Filed: 01/17/2011
• Published: 07/19/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/17/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: General Electric Company
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Dam, Quang Binh
• Granted Patent: US 9,477,932 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/853
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management

Abstract

A method of displaying a representation of a power distribution network and a representation of a parameter of the power distribution network on a display device includes displaying the representation of a power distribution network on the display device as an expandable tree structure in a first region, the expandable tree structure having branches that can be expanded and collapsed; displaying the representation of the parameter on the display device during a time period that the representation of the power distribution network is displayed; and collapsing or expanding a portion of the of the representation of the parameter when a branch is expanded or collapsed.

Claims

1. A system for displaying a parameter of a power distribution network, the system comprising:

a computing device that receives information related to the parameter; and

a display coupled to the computing device and displaying information to a user;

wherein the display presents a first region and second region, the first region including a representation of the power distribution network and having branches that can be expanded and collapsed, the second region including a representation of the parameter that expands when the representation of the power distribution network is expanded.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the representation of the parameter collapses when the representation of the power distribution network is collapsed.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the parameter is voltage.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the parameter is power factor.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

the power distribution network.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the information is received from a simulation program.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the second region also includes a representation of a second parameter.

8. A method of displaying a representation of a power distribution network and a representation of a parameter of the power distribution network on a display device, the method comprising:

displaying the representation the power distribution network on the display device as an expandable tree structure in a first region, the expandable tree structure having branches that can be expanded and collapsed;

displaying in a second region the representation of the parameter of a power distribution network on the display device during a time period that the representation of the power distribution network is displayed; and

collapsing a portion of the representation of the distribution network the parameter when a branch is collapsed.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein collapsing includes collapsing the portion an extent that equals an extent that the representation of the distribution network collapses when the branch is collapsed.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the parameter is a power factor.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the parameter is voltage.

12. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

receiving values from endpoints of the power distribution network at a computing device;

creating the representation of the parameter; and

providing the representation of the parameter to the display device.

13. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

receiving values from a simulation of the power distribution network at a computing device;

creating the representation of the parameter from the values; and

providing the representation of the parameter to the display device.

14. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

displaying a representation of a different parameter in the second region while the parameter is displayed.

15. A method of displaying a representation of a power distribution network and a representation of a parameter of the power distribution network on a display device, the method comprising:

displaying the representation of a power distribution network on the display device as an expandable tree structure in a first region, the expandable tree structure having branches that can be expanded and collapsed;

displaying the representation of the parameter in a second region on the display device during a time period that the representation of the power distribution network is displayed; and

expanding a portion of the of the representation of the distribution network and the parameter when a branch is expanded.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein expanding includes expanding the portion an extent that equals an extent that the representation of the distribution network expands when the branch is collapsed.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the parameter is power factor.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the parameter is voltage.

19. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

receiving values from endpoints of the power distribution network at a computing device;

creating the representation of the parameter; and

providing the representation of the parameter to the display device.

20. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

receiving values from a simulation of the power distribution network at a computing device;

creating the representation of the parameter from the values; and

providing the representation of the parameter to the display device.

21. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

displaying a representation of a different parameter in the second region while the parameter is displayed.