Process monitoring system and a window displaying method therefor
First Claim
1. A window displaying method for a display device included in a process monitoring system for a plant, comprising the steps of:
- preparing a plurality of process monitoring display frames to be displayed on the display device, and preparing a plurality of window frames to be displayed in windows which are opened in the process monitoring display frames;
preregistering in a memory, for at least one display frame of said plurality of process monitoring display frames, a first window area for display of a window at a position of relatively low importance with respect to information content of said display frame under a first process condition and a second window area for display of a window at a different position of relatively low importance with respect to information content of said display frame under a second process condition; and
displaying a selected one of the window frames in a selected window area selected on a basis of an existing process condition and corresponding to one of said first window area and said second window area upon a request for a window display within said display frame.
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Abstract
A window displaying method suited to the monitoring and operating of the runs of a plant is provided. A display area whose display content is comparatively unimportant is selected from within each of a number of process monitoring frames, and it is registered beforehand as a window area capable of opening a window. In a window display mode, the window is opened in the registered window area, and a window frame is displayed in the window. Thus, an appropriate window display which does not hamper necessary monitoring information can be automatically realized without the operator'"'"'s needing to carry out window movement, etc. Individual areas for the respective run stages of the process of the plant may well be registered as such window areas. Besides, in a case where a selected one of images picked up by a plurality of television cameras disposed in correspondence with a plurality of devices is displayed in the window, the symbol of the television camera is displayed near that of the corresponding device on a monitoring/operation frame, whereby the position of the television camera can be recognized on the display frame. The symbols of the television cameras are permitted to be designated through touch inputs, whereby desired images can be selected through the touch inputs of the symbols. Moreover, the display attribute of the symbol of the selected television camera is changed, whereby the television camera corresponding to the image presently under display can be recognized.
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1. A window displaying method for a display device included in a process monitoring system for a plant, comprising the steps of:
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preparing a plurality of process monitoring display frames to be displayed on the display device, and preparing a plurality of window frames to be displayed in windows which are opened in the process monitoring display frames; preregistering in a memory, for at least one display frame of said plurality of process monitoring display frames, a first window area for display of a window at a position of relatively low importance with respect to information content of said display frame under a first process condition and a second window area for display of a window at a different position of relatively low importance with respect to information content of said display frame under a second process condition; and displaying a selected one of the window frames in a selected window area selected on a basis of an existing process condition and corresponding to one of said first window area and said second window area upon a request for a window display within said display frame. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A window displaying method for a display device included in a process monitoring system for a plant, comprising the steps of;
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preparing a plurality of run monitoring frames to be displayed on said display device, and preparing a plurality of window frames to be displayed in windows which are opened in the run monitoring frames; selecting display areas of comparatively low importance at individual run stages, for the respective run monitoring frames beforehand; preregistering in a memory, for at least one display frame of said plurality of run monitoring frames, a first window area for display of a window at a position of relatively low importance with respect to information content of said display frame under a first run condition and a second window area for display of a window at a different position of relatively low importance with respect to information content of said display frame under a second run condition; and displaying a selected one of the window frames in a selected window area selected on a basis of an existing run condition and corresponding to one of said first window area and said second window area upon a request for a window display within said display frame.
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21. A window displaying method for a display device included in a process monitoring system for a plant, comprising the steps of:
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preparing a plurality of process monitoring display frames to be displayed on the display device, and preparing a plurality of window frames to be displayed on windows which are opened in the process monitoring display frames; preregistering in a memory, for at least one display frame of said plurality of process monitoring display frames, a first window area of a first predetermined size or shape for display of a window at a position of relatively low importance with respect to information content of said display frame under a first process condition and a second window area of a second predetermined size or shape for display of a window at a different position of relatively low importance with respect to information content of said display frame under a second process condition, wherein a plurality of frames which differ in at least either of size or shape are prepared as the window frames of substantially identical content; and displaying a selected one of the window frames in one of said first and second predetermined size or shape in a selected window area selected on a basis of an existing process condition and corresponding to one of said first window area and said second window area upon a request for a window display within said display frame.
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22. A process monitoring system for monitoring run states of a plant, comprising:
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a process input unit which receives process information from said plant; a display device capable of window display, which displays a process monitoring frame on the basis of the process information obtained from said process input unit; window area management means for managing information items of window areas so as to set a window area for the respective process monitoring frames, said window area management means having preregistered in a memory, for at least one display frame of said plurality of process monitoring frames, at least a first window area for display of a window at a position of relatively low importance with respect to information content of said display frame under a first run condition and a second window area for display of a window at a different position of relatively low importance with respect to information content of said display frame under a second run condition; window frame data storage means for storing display data items of a plurality of sorts of window frames; window display frame management means for managing information items each specifying the monitoring frame presently under display; an input device through which a request for displaying in one of said window frames is made; and window display control means responsive to the window display request through said input device, for acknowledging said monitoring frame presently under display with said window display frame management means, for receiving information concerning a selected window area selected on a basis of an existing process condition and corresponding to one of said first window area and said second window area with said window area management means, and for fetching the display data of the specified window frame from said window frame data storage means and then displaying the fetched display data in said window area. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A process monitoring system for monitoring run states of a plant, comprising:
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a process input unit which receives process information from said plant; frame data storage means for storing display data items of a plurality of sorts of frames; a display device capable of window display, which displays a frame on the basis of the process information obtained from said process input unit; window area management means for managing information items of window areas so as to set a window area for the respective frames, said window area management means having preregistered in a memory, for at least one display frame of said plurality of process monitoring frames, at least a first window area for display of a window at a position of relatively low importance with respect to information content of said display frame under a first run condition and a second window area for display of a window at a different position of relatively low importance with respect to information content of said display frame under a second run condition; window display frame management means for managing information items each specifying the frame presently under display; an input device through which a request for displaying a one of said frames is made; and window display control means responsive to the window display request through said input device, for acknowledging said frame presently under display with said window display frame management means, for receiving information concerning a selected window area selected on a basis of an existing process condition and corresponding to one of said first window area and said second window area with said window area management means, and for movably displaying part of the specified frame in said window area.
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32. A process monitoring system for monitoring run states of a plant, comprising:
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a process input unit which receives process information from said plant; a display device capable of window display, which displays a process monitoring frame on the basis of the process information obtained from said process input unit; window area management means for managing position information items of window areas set for the respective process monitoring frames, said window area management means having preregistered in a memory, for at least one display frame of a plurality of process monitoring frames, at least a first window area for display of a window at a position of relatively low importance with respect to information content of said display frame under a first run condition and a second window area for display of a window at a different position of relatively low importance with respect to information content of said display frame under a second run condition, and form information items of window frames displayable in said window areas; window frame data storage means for storing display data items of a plurality of sorts of window frames; window display frame management means for managing information items each specifying the monitoring frame presently under display so as to set a window area for the respective frames beforehand at a position of relatively low importance for display of information in the particular process monitoring display frame; an input device through which a request for displaying one of said window frames is made; and window display control means responsive to the display request through said input device, for acknowledging said monitoring frame presently under display with said window display frame management means, for receiving information concerning the position information of the window area set for said monitoring frame and the form information of the window frame with said window display frame management means, and for fetching the display data of said window frame conforming to said form information from said window frame data storage means, as to said window frame designated through said input device, and then displaying the fetched display data in the position designated by said position information of said window area.
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33. A window displaying method for a display device included in a process monitoring system for a plant, comprising the steps of:
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disposing a plurality of television cameras in correspondence with a plurality of devices for a process; displaying a process monitoring/operation frame in which said plurality of devices are expressed by their symbols, on said display device, together with those symbols expressive of said plurality of television cameras which are respectively displayed near said symbols of said devices corresponding to said television cameras; preregistering in a memory, for said process monitoring/operation frame, a first window area for display of a window at a position of relatively low importance with respect to information content of said display frame under a first process condition and a second window area for display of a window at a different position of relatively low importance with respect to information content of said display frame under a second process condition; opening a selected window selected on a basis of an existing process condition and corresponding to one of said first window area and said second window area in said process monitoring/operation frame; and displaying an image picked up by any of said plurality of television cameras in said selected window. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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