JP2888366B2 - Building remote monitoring device - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a building remote monitoring device for centrally monitoring equipment in a plurality of buildings, and more particularly to an image display for efficiently displaying an abnormal signal of a plurality of equipment. The present invention relates to a building remote monitoring device having a device.

[Conventional technology]

FIG. 5 shows a block diagram of a conventional building remote monitoring device including a building terminal device.

Building terminal apparatus BS ₁ to BS _n, when detecting an abnormality of the building equipment S ₁ to S _n in the same building, either through the telephone lines TE ₁ ~TE _n the abnormal state as alarm data The information is transmitted to the building remote monitoring device 1.

Building remote monitoring apparatus 1 includes a building terminals BS ₁ to BS _n temporarily hold the alarm data received as abnormality information from previously received storage device 4, the specifications of the building terminals BS ₁ to BS _n and watching building equipment S ₁ to S _n creation or output device fault display information is associated with equipment information stored configuration information about such as alarm data and device memory 2 which stores five who are keyboard with processor 3 for controlling, from the abnormality display by receiving information from the processing unit 3 is an image display apparatus Deisupurei CR ₁ ～CR operator or notification is displayed on the operator of the building remote monitoring device 1 in any of _m KB ₁
And an input / output device 5 for detecting input information of ~ KB _m .

Building equipment S connected to a building terminal BS _{1
When the} building terminal device BS ₁ detects an abnormality in the telephone line TE _{1, the} abnormal state is used as alarm data.
Transmitted to the building remote monitoring device 1 through one of ~TE _L. The alarm data sent to the building remote monitoring device 1 is temporarily stored in the receiving storage device 4 and is sequentially sent to the input / output device 5 as abnormality display information by matching with the equipment information stored in the equipment storage device 2. , input-output device 5 displays the fault display information on Deisupurei CR ₁ which is an image display device. When the operator abnormality in another building equipment S ₂ is generated during the handling process of the abnormality display information in Deisupurei CR _1, Bill terminal apparatus BS ₂ is processed by the same procedure as described above to detect the abnormality in turn the fault display information is displayed on Deisupurei CR _2, another operator to recognize the necessary response processing abnormality content by fault display information displayed in Deisupurei CR _2.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

As described above, the conventional building remote monitoring device does not cause any special problem when receiving and processing sporadic abnormality information. However, the conventional building remote monitoring device receives the frequently occurring abnormality information and is an image display device of the building remote monitoring device. When displaying on the display of
Since the received abnormal information is displayed in the order, the contents of the next abnormal information cannot be confirmed unless the processing of the currently displayed abnormal information is terminated, and the corresponding processing is sent.

It is also conceivable to increase the number of displays to be used as image display devices. However, it is necessary to arrange operators equivalent to the number of displays, which is not a desirable solution in terms of labor costs.

An object of the present invention is to provide a building remote monitoring device capable of promptly responding to more urgent abnormal information without increasing the number of displays and operators.

[Means for solving the problem]

The present invention relates to a building remote monitoring device that receives, via a telephone line, an abnormal signal related to an abnormality of a plurality of monitored locations, and displays information corresponding to the signal on a display unit of an image display device. The image display displayed on the display unit of the device relates to an auxiliary display area for displaying a predetermined number of pieces of summary information on the states and names of the monitored places corresponding to the abnormal signals transmitted from the monitored places, and the summary information. A first image display having a main display area for displaying detailed information;
A second image display that includes a summary of the summary information displayed in the auxiliary display area of the first image display and that can display a list of summary information of a number greater than the number of summary information displayed in the auxiliary display area. An operation unit comprising two types of image displays, which can be operated to select one of a first image display and a second image display to be displayed on the display unit; and the auxiliary for the first image display. An operation for selecting detailed information related to desired summary information from among the summary information displayed in the display area and the second image display, and operating the selected detail information to be displayed in the main display area of the first image display Means are provided.

[Action]

In the building remote monitoring device of the present invention, in particular, the second image display includes the summary information displayed in the auxiliary display area of the first image display, and is larger than the number of summary information displayed in the auxiliary display area. Since a list of the summary information of the numbers can be displayed, the second image display can be performed by operating the operation means when dealing with the abnormal situation in the case where the abnormal situation occurs successively at the monitored location at the same time. By displaying the information on the display unit of the image display device, the summary information on these successive abnormal situations can be grasped at a glance in the second image display, and the priority order of the abnormal situations to be dealt with can be determined.
The operator can make a quick selection by his own judgment while taking into account the type of abnormal situation and various peripheral conditions. In particular, since there is provided an operation means for selecting detailed information relating to desired summary information from such summary information and displaying the selected information on the first image display, the user operates this operation means to select a priority order. By appropriately displaying the detailed information of the summary information relating to the high abnormal situation in the main display area of the first image display, it is possible to grasp specific information focusing on the abnormal situation having a high priority. As a result, it is possible to quickly and accurately deal with an abnormal situation that has occurred at the monitored location.

〔Example〕

 Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a building remote monitoring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Building terminal apparatus BS ₁ to BS _n, when detecting an abnormality of the building equipment S ₁ to S _n in the same building, either through the telephone lines TE ₁ ~TE _n the abnormal state as alarm data The information is transmitted to the building remote monitoring device 1.

Building remote monitoring apparatus 1 includes a building terminals BS ₁ to BS _n temporarily hold the alarm data received as abnormality information from previously received storage device 4, the specifications of the building terminals BS ₁ to BS _n and watching building equipment S ₁ to S _n constituting the device memory 2 which stores information such as the, equipment information stored the held the alarm data and equipment storage device 2 to the receiving storage device 4 are And a display CR of an image display device having a keyboard KB operated by an operator and connected to the processing device 3 via the input / output device 5. This is the same as the conventional configuration.

However, the building remote monitoring device 1 in the present embodiment
Has a display storage device 6 connected to the processing device 3. The display storage device 6 stores the alarm data held in the reception storage device 4 and the device storage device 2 corresponding thereto.
And summary information and detailed information obtained by matching the building equipment information stored in the storage device. Display CR
Is divided into a main display area 27 and a plurality of auxiliary display areas 20 as will be described later, and is displayed in the auxiliary display area 20 by operating an operation means including a keyboard KB and a mouse MS. Display storage device 6 corresponding to the summary information
Is configured to be able to read out the detailed information stored in the main display area 27 and display it in the main display area 27. Here, a part of the detailed information may be used as the summary information, and for example, the state or name of the monitored location can be used.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a main part showing a display part of the display CR shown in FIG. 1 in an enlarged manner. A first image display A is displayed on the display unit of the display CR, and the first image display A is divided into an auxiliary display area 20 and a main display area 27. It is configured to display the detailed information 26 such as the corresponding abnormal equipment correspondence information and the end information to be input when the operator's correspondence is completed. In addition, the auxiliary display area 20 includes a main display area 27
The alert header 21 displaying the summary information such as the name of the abnormal facility corresponding to the detailed information 26 displayed in the above, and the alert header displaying the summary information such as the name of the abnormal facility when other alerts are received. 22 to 24 and a menu header 25 whose type is displayed when an operation is performed by the building remote monitoring device 1 itself.

Next, the operation of this building remote monitoring apparatus will be described with reference to the display unit of the display CR shown in FIG. 2, the reception information list screen shown in FIG. 3, and the flowchart shown in FIG.

In normal conditions, the building remote monitoring device 1 monitors whether or not an abnormality signal from the constantly each building terminals BS ₁ to BS _n as step S1 shown in FIG. 4 is alarm. When an abnormal signal is issued, the receiving storage device 4 temporarily stores the abnormal data as an abnormal signal in step S2, and the processing device 3 transmits the abnormal data stored in the device storage device 2 to the abnormal data. The abnormality information is determined by collating with the information. After determining the abnormality information, the processing device 3 stores these results in the display storage device 6 in step S3. Next, in step S4, the processing device 3 determines whether or not there is already a display in the main display area 27 of the display section of the display CR. If there is no display in the main display area 27, the processing device 3 performs display storage as in step S5. The abnormal information is extracted from the device 6 and displayed as detailed information 26 such as abnormal equipment correspondence information in the main display area 27 of the display CR via the input / output device 5. The operator sees the detailed information 26 in step S6 and performs a process for dealing with abnormal equipment. When the corresponding process is completed, the operator inputs the completion 12 of the main display area 27 by operating means such as the keyboard KB or the mouse MS, and then inputs the execution 13. Based on this signal, the processing device 3 determines in step S6 that the corresponding processing of the currently displayed detailed information 26 has been completed, and determines in step S7 whether there is any remaining abnormal information for which the corresponding processing has not been performed. If there is no remaining abnormal information,
A series of operation procedures after receiving the alarm data, which is an abnormal signal, ends.

However, if detailed information based on other abnormality information has already been displayed in the main display area 27 in step S4, the processing device 3 determines how many alarms are present in the display storage device 6 in step S8.

If the number of alarms is less than four in this determination, in step S9, the header information which is not displayed among the alarm headers 22 to 24 in the auxiliary display area 20 is left-justified and summary information of the newly input alarm is displayed. Is displayed. The operator determines the priority of the abnormal situation to be dealt with from the contents of the summary information displayed in the auxiliary display area 20 in step S12, and replaces any of the alarm headers 21 to 23 with an operating means such as a keyboard KB or a mouse MS. Then, the detailed information 26 on the alarm header is displayed in the main display area 27 of the first image display A, and the corresponding process for the detailed information 26 is started. Also, the main display area
Detailed information such as abnormal equipment response information already displayed on 27
When there is 26, the corresponding process for the detailed information 26 may be continued. When the response process is continued in this manner, the process proceeds to step S6, but when there is detailed information 26 such as abnormal facility response information already displayed in the main display area 27, any of the alert headers 21 to 23 is changed to the keyboard KB or When the input is made by the operation means such as the mouse MS, step S13
After step S14, the detailed information 26 such as the abnormal facility information displayed in the main display area 27 is changed to the detailed information 26 on the alarm header. Detailed information 26 shown in FIG.
, An item number, a building management code, a building name, an abnormal equipment name, and the like are displayed. In this example, in the main display area
An upward scroll 28 and a downward scroll 29 that are operated to view other abnormal facilities not displayed in 27 are displayed in the main display area 27.

However, if four or more alarms are received in step S8, the operator proceeds to step S10 in which the mouse MS shown in FIG.
By operating the operation means such as the above, the display is switched from the first image display shown in FIG. 2 to the second image display shown in FIG. 3, and the notification reception list screen shown in FIG. 3 is displayed. When the building remote monitoring device 1 receives the abnormal alert on this screen, the alert is displayed on any of the headers 31 to 42 of the alert header in the order of earlier numbers. In any case, the second image display B shown in FIG.
Alert headers 21 to 24 and menu header 25 displayed on 20
In addition, summary information not included in the first image display A is displayed in the alert headers 31 to 42. Accordingly, the operator determines and selects an abnormal alarm having a higher priority from the second image display B from the alarm headers 21 to 24 and 31 to 42, and selects an operating means such as a keyboard KB or a mouse MS in step S11. Enter this at Thereafter, step S12 described above is performed.
Continue to. Note that, also in step S7, if there is an unsupported processing remaining number, and if there are four or more remaining numbers in step S71, the alert list screen of FIG. 3 is displayed.

Thus, in the building remote monitoring device described above, the second
In particular, by providing the notification headers 31 to 42 in addition to the notification headers 22 to 24 in the image display B, the number of summary information displayed in the auxiliary display area 20 of the first image display A is far greater. List of a large number of summary information can be displayed on the same screen of the display CR, so when an abnormal situation occurs at the monitored location at the same The image display B of 2 is displayed on the display CR by operating the operation means such as the keyboard KB or the mouse MS.
, The summary information on these successive abnormal situations can be grasped at a glance in the second image display B, and the priority of the abnormal situations to be dealt with can be determined by the type of abnormal situations and various The operator can make a quick selection at his own discretion while considering the surrounding conditions. In particular, since operating means such as a keyboard KB or a mouse MS for selecting the detailed information 26 on the desired summary information from such summary information and displaying the selected information on the first image display A is provided, By operating the operating means to appropriately display the detailed information 26 of the summary information relating to the abnormal situation with a high priority in the main display area 27 of the first image display A, it is possible to specifically focus on the abnormal situation with a high priority. As a result, it is possible to quickly and appropriately deal with an abnormal situation that has occurred in the monitored location. The summary information is displayed on the first image display A.
In addition to displaying a predetermined number in the auxiliary display area 20 of
In the image display B of the first embodiment, the auxiliary display area 20 of the first image display A can display more than the predetermined number. Is displayed on the auxiliary display area 20 together with the summary information displayed on the auxiliary display area 20 of the first image display A, when the infrequently occurring abnormal situation occurs at the same time. The summarized information can be displayed on the second image display B, and can be displayed on the main display area 27 as compared with the case where all the summary information is displayed on the auxiliary display area 20 of the first image display A. The information amount of the detailed information 26 can be increased.

〔The invention's effect〕

As is apparent from the above description, in the present invention, in addition to the first image display, in particular, a list of a larger number of pieces of summary information than the number of pieces of summary information displayed in the auxiliary display area of the first image display is displayed. The second image display that can be performed is selected by the operation of the operation means and can be displayed on the display unit of the image display device, and details of desired summary information are selected from the summary information displayed on the second image display. Since the information can be selected by the operation of the operation means and displayed in the main display area of the first image display, even if an abnormal situation occurs at the monitored location at the same time, an abnormal situation to be dealt with. The operator can quickly select the priority order based on the type of abnormal situation and various surrounding conditions at his / her own discretion, and obtain specific information focusing on such abnormal situations with high priority. And it can be, it can be addressed quickly and accurately with respect to an error situation that has occurred in the monitored location. In addition to displaying a predetermined number of summary information in the auxiliary display area of the first image display, in particular, the second image display can display a larger number than the predetermined number.
In the auxiliary display area of the image display, the minimum necessary summary information is displayed so that it is not troublesome to deal with abnormal situations that occur on a daily basis, but abnormal situations that do not occur frequently occur at the same time Then, the summary information not displayed in the auxiliary display area can be displayed in the second image display together with the summary information displayed in the auxiliary display area of the first image display, and the auxiliary display of the first image display can be displayed. The amount of detailed information that can be displayed in the main display area can be increased as compared with the case where all of the summary information is displayed in the area.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a building remote monitoring apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention, FIGS. 2 and 3 are enlarged views of main parts of FIG. 1 showing screen displays of FIGS. 1 and 2, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure of a building remote monitoring device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a conventional building remote monitoring device. 1 ... building remote monitoring device, 2 ... device storage device, 3 ...
Processing device, 4 ... Reception storage device, 5 ... Input / output device, 6
…… Display storage device, CR …… Display, BS _{1 to} BS _n …
... Building terminal, S ₁ to S _n ...... building equipment, 20 ...... auxiliary display area, 27 ...... main display area.

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A building remote monitoring apparatus for receiving, via a telephone line, an abnormal signal related to an abnormality of a plurality of monitored locations and displaying information corresponding to the signal on a display unit of an image display device. The image display displayed on the display unit of the display device includes an auxiliary display area for displaying a predetermined number of pieces of summary information on the states and names of the monitored parts corresponding to the abnormal signals transmitted from the monitored parts, and the summary information thereof. A first image display having a main display area for displaying detailed information about
A second image display that includes a summary of the summary information displayed in the auxiliary display area of the first image display and that can display a list of summary information of a number greater than the number of summary information displayed in the auxiliary display area. An operation unit comprising two types of image displays, which can be operated to select one of a first image display and a second image display to be displayed on the display unit; and the auxiliary for the first image display. An operation for selecting detailed information related to desired summary information from among the summary information displayed in the display area and the second image display, and operating the selected detail information to be displayed in the main display area of the first image display And a means for remotely monitoring a building.