SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRESENTING INFORMATION IN AN INDUSTRIAL MONITORING SYSTEM

• US 20150040051A1
• Filed: 08/02/2013
• Published: 02/05/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/02/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Baker Hughes, a GE Company, LLC (Baker Hughes Company)
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Fuhrmann, Barrett Joseph Jr., Axness, Brian Martin, Kavanaugh, Trevor Shaun
• Granted Patent: US 9,195,384 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/771
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 23/0272 Presentation of monitored results, e.g. selection of status reports to be displayed; Filtering information to the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports

Abstract

A system includes an industrial monitor configured to receive inputs from a plurality of sensors coupled to a mechanical system. The industrial monitor is configured to determine a plurality of measurements corresponding to operation of the mechanical system based, at least in part, on the received inputs. The system includes a display device communicatively coupled to the industrial monitor, wherein the display device is configured to present a user interface having a plurality of screens, and wherein each of measurement is associated with at least one of the plurality of screens. Further, each screen of the plurality of screens is configured to selectively present a navigational indicator having an appearance when a measurement associated with a different screen has an irregular status.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

an industrial monitor configured to receive inputs from a plurality of sensors coupled to a mechanical system, wherein the industrial monitor is configured to determine a plurality of measurements corresponding to operation of the mechanical system based, at least in part, on the received inputs; and

a display device communicatively coupled to the industrial monitor, wherein the display device is configured to present a user interface comprising a plurality of screens, wherein each of the plurality of measurements is associated with at least one screen of the plurality of screens, and wherein each screen of the plurality of screens is configured to selectively present a navigational indicator having an appearance when a measurement associated with a different screen has an irregular status.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the appearance of the navigational indicator is configured to progressively change to convey a changing severity of the irregular status of the measurement.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the appearance of the navigational indicator is configured to progressively change as additional irregular statuses are detected for additional measurements associated with other screens of the user interface.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the appearance of the navigational indicator is associated with a user input capable of causing the user interface to present the different screen associated with the measurement having the irregular status.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein each screen of the plurality of screens is configured to selectively present a second navigational indicator having a second appearance when a second measurement associated with a second different screen has a second irregular status, wherein the second appearance of the second navigational indicator is associated with a second user input capable of causing the user interface to present the second different screen associated with the second measurement having the second irregular status.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the second appearance of the second navigational indicator is configured to progressively change to convey a changing severity of the second irregular status of the second measurement.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the appearance of the navigational indicator comprises a fill or border color, an animation emphasis, a border emphasis, a character emphasis, a size emphasis, or a combination thereof.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the irregular status comprises a currently alarming status, a latched alarm status, a bypass status, or a combination thereof.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the display device is disposed on the industrial monitor, a portable monitoring device, a mobile computing device, or a combination thereof.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the mechanical system comprises a gas turbine system, a steam turbine system, a hydraulic turbine system, wind turbines, or an industrial automation system.

11. A method, comprising:

receiving inputs from a plurality of sensor devices coupled to a mechanical device;

determining a plurality of measurements for the mechanical device based on the received inputs, wherein each of the plurality of measurements has a measurement type;

displaying a particular screen of a user interface on a display device, wherein the user interface comprises a plurality of screens, and wherein each screen is associated with a respective measurement type of the plurality of measurements; and

selectively presenting a navigational indicator on the particular screen of the user interface based on respective statuses of one or more measurements of the plurality of measurements, wherein the one or more measurements are not illustrated on the particular screen.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the navigational indicator comprises an appearance corresponding to one or more user inputs, and wherein the user inputs comprise a button press, a pointer selection, a touch-screen selection, or a combination thereof.

13. The method of claim 12, comprising receiving the one or more user inputs, wherein the one or more user inputs correspond to an appearance of the navigational indicator.

14. The method of claim 13, comprising presenting one or more screens of the plurality of screens that are respectively associated with the one or more measurements in response to the received one or more user inputs.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the respective statuses of the one or more measurements comprises a currently alarming status, a latched alarm status, a bypass status, or a combination thereof.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein an appearance of the navigational indicator comprises a fill or border color, an animation emphasis, a border emphasis, a character emphasis, a size emphasis, or a combination thereof, and wherein the appearance is configured to illustrate a severity of the irregular status.

17. A non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing instructions executable by a processor of an electronic device, the instructions comprising:

instructions to determine, via a processor, a plurality of measurements for a mechanical system based on sensor inputs received from one or more sensors coupled to the mechanical system;

instructions to present, on a display device, a first screen of a user interface, wherein the first screen comprises a first portion of the plurality of measurements having a particular measurement type; and

instructions to selectively present, on the first screen, a first navigational indicator when the processor determines that a measurement of the plurality of measurements has a first irregular status and that the measurement is not a part of the first portion of the plurality of measurements.

18. The medium of claim 17, comprising instructions to receive a first user input, wherein the first user input corresponds to the first navigation indicator;

and comprising instructions to present, on the display device, a second screen of the user interface comprising the measurement.

19. The medium of claim 18, comprising instructions to present, on the second screen, a second navigational indicator when the processor determines that a second measurement of the plurality of measurements has a second irregular status and that the second measurement is not presented on the second screen.

20. The medium of claim 19, comprising instructions to receive a second user input, wherein the second user input corresponds to the second navigation indicator;

and comprising instructions to present, on the display device, the first screen of the user interface comprising the first measurement having the second irregular status.