User interface for engineered systems asset analysis

• US 8,479,116 B2
• Filed: 04/11/2008
• Issued: 07/02/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/13/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HNTB Holdings Limited
• Original Assignee: HNTB Holdings Limited
• Inventors: Poer, Thomas K., Herman, Glen A., Stukesbary, David, Beal, Karl K.
• Primary Examiner(s): Theriault, Steven B.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Levy, Amy M
• Application Number:
  US12/082,516
• Publication Number:
  US 20080255902A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,908 Days
• Field of Search: 715/781, 715/851, 715/782
• US Class Current: 715/786
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06313 Resource planning in a project environment
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0635 Risk analysis of enterprise or organisation activities

Abstract

Systems, methods, and computer-storage media of the present invention facilitate the management of assets of an engineered system. These management activities enable a user to understand various conditions surrounding identified system assets and provide tools for guiding decision making in terms of how prioritize projects for such assets. A user interface is also provided to display geospatially associated information relating to a selected portion of a system asset.

Claims

1. One or more nontransitory computer-readable media having embodied thereon computer-usable instructions that, when executed, facilitate a method for managing assets of an engineered system, the method comprising:

on a display device, displaying a plan view display region including a bounded portion providing a representation of a section of an asset of the engineered system, wherein the representation of the section includes a representation of a stationed reference line, wherein the stationed reference line is a surveyed line associated with the asset;

on the display device, displaying a profile view display region corresponding to the representation of the section of the asset, wherein the profile view display region includes a profile view horizontal axis representative of the stationed reference line;

on the display device, displaying a graph view display region conveying information regarding geospatially located features associated with the section of the on asset, wherein the graph view display region includes a graph view horizontal axis representative of the stationed reference line; and

on the display device, displaying a navigator control display region including a navigator control horizontal axis representative of the stationed reference line, wherein a numerical range of the navigator control horizontal axis corresponds with a range of survey stations along the stationed reference line, wherein the navigator control display region designates a size of the bounded portion and a size of the viewable area for each of the plan view display region, the profile view display region, and the graph view display region along the stationed reference line, wherein the navigator control display region further includes a locator bar that is moveable linearly along the navigator control horizontal axis, wherein the locator bar spans a distance along the navigator control horizontal axis that sets geographic bounded limits for content that is associated with the asset and provided simultaneously with the plan view display region, the profile view display region, and the graph view display region, wherein moving the locator bar linearly along the navigator control horizontal axis changes a particular range of survey stations viewed along the stationed reference line, and wherein changing a horizontal width of the locator bar changes a number of survey stations captured within the bounded portion.

2. The media of claim 1, wherein the assets of the engineered system include one or more levees associated with at least one stationed reference line.

3. The media of claim 1, wherein the profile view display region includes information plotted against the profile view horizontal axis and an elevation axis.

4. The media of claim 1, wherein the information conveyed by the graph view display region includes condition assessment data.

5. The media of claim 1, wherein the information conveyed by the graph view display region includes at least one of probability of failure data and risk data.