Alarm display device, integrated navigation system including the same and method of displaying alarms

• US 9,493,219 B2
• Filed: 02/18/2013
• Issued: 11/15/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Furuno Electric Co, Ltd
• Original Assignee: Furuno Electric Co, Ltd
• Inventors: Okuda, Masato, Shimizutani, Ryu
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Hung T
• Application Number:
  US14/382,543
• Publication Number:
  US 20150314840A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,366 Days
• Field of Search: 340/425.5, 340/984, 114/74.R, 114/382, 701/21, 701/124, 707/20, 707/22
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B63B 2201/00 Signalling devices
• CPC Class Codes: B63B 2213/00 Navigational aids and use thereof, not otherwise provided for in this class
• CPC Class Codes: B63B 49/00 Arrangements of nautical instruments or navigational aids nautical measuring instruments G01C; radio navigation, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S
• 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: G08G 3/00 Traffic control systems for marine craft marking of navigational route B63B22/16, B63B51/00
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/0021 located in the aircraft
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/0052 for cruising combined instruments indicating more than one navigational value G01C23/00

Abstract

A ship alarm display device that displays a plurality of sets of alarm information to be easily understood is provided. An alarm information acquiring module acquires the alarm information from apparatuses installed in a ship. A transmission source classification list memory stores transmission source classification lists obtained by associating each apparatus with a transmission source category. An importance list memory stores importance lists obtained by associating the alarm information with a level of importance. A display target specifying module specifies the transmission category and the level of importance as a display target. An information selecting module selects the alarm information corresponding to the specified display target from the plurality of sets of alarm information stored in memory, based on the transmission source classification lists and the importance lists. An alarm information displaying module displays only the selected alarm information in a list, on a display unit.

Claims

1. An alarm display device for installation in a ship, comprising:

a display unit;

an alarm information receiver configured to acquire a plurality of sets of alarm information from a plurality of apparatuses installed in the ship;

a memory configured to store the plurality of acquired sets of alarm information;

a transmission source classification list memory configured to store transmission source classification lists obtained by associating each apparatus with one of a plurality of transmission source categories;

an importance list memory configured to store importance lists obtained by associating each set of alarm information that is possibly transmitted from the apparatus, with one of a plurality of levels of importance;

a display target specifier configured to specify all or part of the plurality of transmission categories and the plurality of levels of importance as a display target;

an information selector configured to select one or more sets of alarm information corresponding to the display target specified by the display target specifier, from the plurality of sets of alarm information stored in the memory, based on the transmission source classification lists and the importance lists;

an alarm information display configured to display log list screen displaying previous alert information in a list, an alarm information list screen displaying active alert information in a list, and a tab to switch between the log list screen and the alarm information list screen on the display unit,

wherein the log list screen displays the one or more selected sets of alarm information selected by the information selector; and

wherein the log list screen and the alarm information list screen display an alarm content text, a transmission source, an occurred time, and an acknowledged time information in a same order.

2. The alarm display device of claim 1, wherein the display target specifier displays, on the display unit, a display target specifying interface for allowing an operator to specify the all or part of the plurality of transmission source categories and the plurality of levels of importance.

3. The alarm display device of claim 2, wherein the display target specifying interface is displayed on the same screen as the alarm information list screen.

4. The alarm display device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of levels of importance include three levels.

5. The alarm display device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of transmission source categories include three kinds of a navigational electronic apparatus related kind, a communication apparatus related kind, and an engine room related kind.

6. The alarm display device of claim 1, comprising a display resumer configured, after a predetermined period of time from the specification of the part of the plurality of transmission categories and the plurality of levels of importance as the display target, to return the state of the plurality of transmission categories and the plurality of levels of importance to a state in which all the plurality of transmission categories and the plurality of levels of importance are specified as the display target.

7. The alarm display device of claim 2, wherein the number of sets of alarm information specified as the display target by the display target specifying interface is displayed near the display target specifying interface.

8. The alarm display device of claim 1, comprising an acknowledging user interface configured to allow an operator to input that the one or more sets of alarm information displayed on the alarm information list screen are acknowledged,

wherein the alarm information display removes the set of alarm information that is acknowledged and solved, from the alarm information list screen.

9. The alarm display device of claim 8, comprising:

a log selector configured to select the one or more sets of alarm information corresponding to the specified display target, from a plurality of sets of previous alarm information that are acknowledged and solved; and

a log display configured to display, on the display unit, a log list screen displaying only the selected one or more sets of previous alarm information in a list.

10. The alarm display device of claim 8, comprising a collective acknowledging user interface configured, when a plurality of sets of alarm information that are unacknowledged but solved exist, to allow the operator to collectively acknowledge the plurality of sets of solved alarm information.

11. The alarm display device of claim 1, comprising a solution display configured, when the set of alarm information is specified by predetermined operation of an operator, to display a solution of the set of alarm information on the display unit.

12. The alarm display device of claim 11, wherein solution display icons are associated with the respective sets of alarm information and displayed on the alarm information list screen, and

wherein when the operator operates the solution display icon, the solution display displays a solution of the alarm information corresponding to the icon.

13. The alarm display device of claim 11, wherein the solution display displays the solution within the same screen as the alarm information list screen, in a predetermined area different from an area where the one or more sets of alarm information are displayed.

14. The alarm display device of claim 11, wherein the solution display displays the solution to popup.

15. The alarm display device of claim 1, comprising a conning information display configured to display, on the display unit, a conning screen displaying at least a propulsion state of the movable body, and

wherein the conning information display displays, in a partial area of the conning screen, the one or more sets of the alarm information that are sorted under a predetermined sorting condition fixedly determined, preferentially from the alarm information at the top in the sorted order.

16. The alarm display device of claim 15, wherein the sorting condition used by the conning information display is the order from the most important alarm information and the alarm information with the latest occurred time.

17. An integrated navigation system, comprising:

the alarm display device of claim 1;

a radar; and

an ECDIS (Electronic Chart Display and Information System).

18. A method of displaying alarms for installation in a ship, comprising:

acquiring a plurality of sets of alarm information from a plurality of apparatuses installed in the ship;

storing the plurality of acquired sets of alarm information;

storing transmission source classification lists obtained by associating each apparatus with one of a plurality of transmission source categories;

storing importance lists obtained by associating each set of alarm information that is possibly transmitted from the apparatus, with one of a plurality of levels of importance;

specifying all or part of the plurality of transmission categories and the plurality of levels of importance as a display target;

selecting one or more sets of alarm information corresponding to the display target specified by the specifying the all or part, from the plurality of sets of alarm information stored by the storing the plurality of acquired sets of alarm information, based on the transmission source classification lists and the importance lists;

displaying a log list screen displaying previous alert information in a list, an alarm information list screen displaying active alert information in a list, and a tab to switch between the log list screen and the alarm information list screen on a display unit,

wherein the log list screen displays the one or more selected sets of alarm information by the selecting; and

wherein the log list screen and the alarm information screen display an alarm content text, a transmission source, an occurred time, and an acknowledged time information in a same order.

19. The method of displaying the alarms of claim 18, wherein the plurality of levels of importance include three levels.

20. The method of displaying the alarms of claim 18, wherein the plurality of transmission source categories include three kinds of a navigational electronic apparatus related kind, a communication apparatus related kind, and an engine room related kind.