JP2009080548A - Integrated monitoring information display system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a monitoring information integrated display system capable of reducing monitoring omission of information on a monitoring target and reducing a workload of a monitoring person or the like for a monitoring operation.
A monitoring screen customization operation performed when monitoring an event to be monitored is accepted, and monitoring information selected and associated in the customization operation is selected from various types of monitoring information. Are integrated and displayed in different display windows, and the monitoring information at this time and the relationship between the display windows are stored in the integrated display database as integrated display information in correspondence with the events to be monitored. When the monitoring target event for which the integrated display information is stored in the integrated display database is designated while continuing the monitoring work, the monitoring screen of the monitoring terminal is displayed based on the corresponding integrated display information. Configure and display integrated monitoring information.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a monitoring information integrated display system that integrates and displays monitoring information from a plurality of different information sources on one screen.

  Conventionally, in a monitoring system for monitoring various events, monitoring information related to the target event is continuously acquired from a plurality of different information sources, and the acquired information is processed step by step according to the situation. As processing is performed, the results are displayed, stored, or distributed. In this type of system, there are various types of monitoring information to be handled if the processing results at each stage are included, and there are also some items that are related to each other. Various methods have been disclosed for screen configuration, display operation, and the like so that business can be performed (see, for example, Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2).

In this patent document 1, the status of a plurality of monitoring targets, information related to the monitoring targets, and an alarm when an abnormality occurs in the monitoring targets are displayed on a single screen in a window format, respectively. An example of a monitoring and control apparatus that can perform monitoring is disclosed. Further, in Patent Document 2, a reduced screen of a monitoring screen displayed by selection operation is displayed as an icon in order of operation history, and when the previous monitoring screen is displayed again, the selection operation is performed from this reduced screen. Thus, there is disclosed an example of a monitoring device that allows an operator to easily and quickly redisplay a desired monitoring screen.
JP 2000-56826 A (page 12, FIG. 2) JP 2006-163468 A (page 12, FIG. 6)

  As an example, in the business of monitoring the trend of ships, etc., as information sources for acquiring monitoring information, for example, ship wake information, aircraft wake information, weather information, news information such as television and radio, surveillance cameras, etc. A monitoring system is constructed using various monitoring means such as video information on the Internet and information via the Internet. In carrying out the monitoring work, these monitoring means and monitoring information are used individually or in various combinations by the monitoring staff etc. corresponding to specific monitoring targets or monitoring events, and the situation is It is displayed on the monitoring screen. In other words, if the specific monitoring target or the event to be monitored is different, the monitoring means used in the same monitoring system and the combination thereof differ, and the optimal monitoring screen display for displaying the situation also differs. It becomes.

  However, since there are a wide variety of information sources for monitoring means or monitoring information acquisition as described above, the correspondence and combination of specific monitoring targets or monitoring events with monitoring means or information sources for acquiring monitoring information Needed to be well-versed in know-how related to the monitoring work. For this reason, depending on the skill level of the monitor, there is a risk that monitoring information may be omitted. Further, since the monitoring work is performed while various monitoring information is switched or combined and displayed on the monitoring screen or the like, the operation load on the monitor during the work is not light. Furthermore, regarding the monitoring screen display and the like, it has been desired that the arrangement in the display screen can be appropriately and easily reconfigured while reflecting the skill level of the monitoring personnel and the status of the monitoring target during monitoring.

  The present invention has been made in consideration of the above-described circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a monitoring information integrated display system that reduces monitoring omission of information on a monitoring target and reduces the workload of monitoring work. .

  In order to achieve the above object, a monitoring information integrated display system according to the present invention includes monitoring information acquisition means for acquiring monitoring information from a plurality of different information sources, and these on the network while holding and controlling the acquired monitoring information. A monitoring server that provides a predetermined information processing service for monitoring information, and a network connection to the monitoring server, and selectively monitoring information from the plurality of different information sources in correspondence with events to be monitored Accepting a customization operation for displaying in a different display window, and integrating the monitoring information display window into the monitoring screen based on the customization operation and the monitoring screen of the monitoring terminal. The relationship between the display windows of the monitoring information displayed in the An integrated display database stored on the network in correspondence with the monitored event that has been operated, and when the monitoring screen is displayed on the monitoring terminal for monitoring the monitored event, the monitoring target The monitoring information is integrated and displayed on the monitoring screen based on the relationship between the display windows of the monitoring information stored in the integrated display database in correspondence with the event.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, while reducing the monitoring omission of the information with respect to the monitoring object, the monitoring information integrated display system which can reduce the workload of the monitoring person etc. with respect to the monitoring operation can be obtained.

  The best mode for carrying out the monitoring information integrated display system according to the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a monitoring information integrated display system according to the present invention. In this example, three monitoring terminals are connected to the network.

  As illustrated in FIG. 1, the monitoring information integrated display system includes a monitoring information acquisition unit 10, a monitoring server 20, a monitoring terminal 30, an integrated display database 40, and a network 50 that interconnects them. In the present embodiment, the monitoring information acquisition unit 10 corresponds to each information source, acquires a track information acquisition unit 11 that acquires the track of a ship and an aircraft, a weather information acquisition unit 12 that acquires weather information, and acquires news information. A TV tuner unit 13 and a radio tuner unit 14, a monitoring camera unit 15 that acquires image information from the monitoring camera, and an Internet information acquisition unit 16 that acquires electronic information from the Internet. Then, the acquired monitoring information is sent to the monitoring server 20.

  The monitoring server 20 receives the monitoring information from the monitoring information acquisition unit 10, performs various information processing on the monitoring information while temporarily holding and accumulating the information, and provides the information to each device connected to the network 50. The monitoring terminal 30 is a man-machine interface unit when a monitor or the like performs a monitoring job. In the present embodiment, a case where three monitoring terminals 30a, 30b, and 30c, all of which are configured identically, are connected to the network 50 is illustrated. In addition to receiving a monitoring screen customization operation performed by a monitor or the like according to an event to be monitored, the monitoring information from the monitoring server 20 is received via the network 50 and integrated into the monitoring screen based on the customization operation. Displayed in each display window.

  An example of the monitoring screen of the monitoring terminal 30 is shown in FIG. In the example shown in FIG. 2A, this monitoring screen is composed of four display areas, that is, a monitoring event name display area 31, a monitoring information name display area 32, a control button display area 33, and a monitoring information display area 34. Has been. In the monitored event name display area 31, event names to be monitored are displayed in a tree shape for each category. In the monitoring information name display area 32, a monitoring information name icon 321 provided corresponding to the monitoring information name for selecting and specifying the monitoring information is displayed. In the control button display area 33, a control button 331 for controlling retention / accumulation for monitoring information in the monitoring server 20 is displayed. In the monitoring information display area 34, based on the monitoring screen customization operation, the monitoring information to be displayed is integrated in this display area and displayed in different display windows 341.

  The integrated display database 40 displays the relationship between the display windows of the monitoring information integrated and displayed in the monitoring information display area 34 in the monitoring screen of the monitoring terminal 30 as integrated display information for each event to be monitored. Memorize it in correspondence. A conceptual diagram showing an example of the stored contents of the integrated display information is illustrated in FIG. In the example of FIG. 3, the integrated display information 41 for one case is combined with each monitored event name displayed in the monitored event name display area 31 of the monitoring screen to monitor this event. The plurality of monitoring information names displayed in the monitoring information name display area 32 of the monitoring screen are related by the customization operation, and for each of the monitoring information names, the display window position based on the customization operation, the size, and The display window attributes such as the update rate are stored. These are sent and stored from the monitoring terminal 20 to the integrated display database 40 in accordance with the customization operation at the monitoring terminal 20, and when the monitoring screen is displayed for monitoring the designated monitoring event, A monitoring screen is configured based on the integrated display information 41 in the integrated display database 40 corresponding to the event, and the respective monitoring information is integrated and displayed on the monitoring screen.

  The network 50 is a communication line that connects the monitoring server 20, the monitoring terminal 30, and the integrated display database 40 to each other, and each device exchanges necessary data via the network 50.

  The monitoring server 20 and the monitoring terminal 30 described above are implemented on a general-purpose computer system such as a personal computer or a workstation. An example of the configuration of these computer systems is shown in FIG. This computer system includes a CPU 61, a memory 62, an input device 63, an output device 64, an HDD 65, and an external storage device 66.

  The CPU 61 controls the entire computer system and executes various processes according to programs for realizing various functions developed in the memory 62. The input device 63 includes, for example, a keyboard, a mouse, and the like, and accepts various operations performed by the supervisor, including the above-described customization operation and various information processing operations.

  The output device 64 is composed of, for example, a CRT display or an LCD display, and in addition to the monitoring screen, performs a display associated with an input operation by a supervisor, a display associated with various information processing results, and the like. The HDD 65 stores programs for realizing various information processing services and customization operation functions, and the stored programs are transferred to the memory 62 when the functions are executed. The external storage device 66 is a large-capacity storage device, and stores various data including retention and accumulation of monitoring information.

  Next, referring to the flowcharts of FIG. 1 to FIG. 3 and FIG. 5, the operation of the monitoring information integrated display system configured as described above is in accordance with the operation flow of the monitoring staff during the monitoring work. I will explain. FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the monitoring information integrated display system according to the present invention.

  First, the monitoring category name displayed in the monitoring event name display area 31 in the monitoring screen of the monitoring terminal 30 is selected, and the event to be monitored is further specified. The events to be monitored are displayed in a tree shape for each monitoring category. For example, in the case of FIG. 2B, in the monitoring category “ship monitoring”, a plurality of events to be monitored, that is, “specific ship monitoring” and “straight ship monitoring” are displayed in a tree shape. Yes. The monitor or the like specifies the monitoring category and the event to be monitored by, for example, clicking the mouse on this screen (ST501 and ST502). Here, when the event to be monitored is a new event (Y in ST503), for example, as in “suspicious ship monitoring” in FIG. 2B, the name is newly given (ST504).

  Next, a series of customization operations are performed on the monitoring screen for the event to be monitored. That is, first, in order to select the monitoring information to be associated with the event to be monitored, for example, all the corresponding monitoring information name icons 321 are dragged and dropped into the monitoring information display area 34 to generate the monitoring information display window 341 respectively. The monitoring information is displayed (ST505). Next, the position and size of the display window 341 in the monitoring information display area 34 are designated by, for example, a mouse operation on the screen. In the example of FIG. 2B, as monitoring information for “suspicious ship monitoring”, wake information, weather information, image information of a monitoring camera, and three types of news information are associated with each other in the monitoring information display area 34. The case where the display window is arranged in a desired size and position and integrated display is illustrated (ST506). Furthermore, display attributes and the like in each display window 341 are designated (ST407). As for the relationship between the monitoring information integrated and displayed in the monitoring screen by performing the customization operation in this way and the monitoring target event, it is associated with the monitoring target event together with the monitoring information name and the mutual relationship between the display windows. The data is sent from the monitoring terminal 30 to the integrated display database 40 via the network 50 and stored as integrated display information 41 in the integrated display database 40.

  On the other hand, if an event that is not new is designated as an event to be monitored in step ST503 (N in ST503), a customization operation has already been performed when the monitoring screen for this event is displayed when performing a monitoring job. In accordance with the contents of the integrated display information 41 stored in the integrated display database 40, the display windows for the respective monitoring information are integratedly displayed in the monitoring screen (ST510). If further customization operation is necessary for this monitoring screen (Y in ST511), a series of customization operations from the above-described step of ST505 are performed to update the integrated display information 41. If unnecessary (N in ST511), the process proceeds to the next step.

  Thereafter, the monitoring operation for the event to be monitored is continued based on the monitoring information integrated and displayed in the monitoring screen by the series of customization operations. During this monitoring operation, the control button 331 displayed in the control button display area 33 of the monitoring screen enables control such as recording, reproduction, and deletion of the monitoring information in the monitoring server 20 (ST509). ). Then, the above steps are repeated until the monitoring operation is finished (ST512).

  As described above, in this embodiment, the monitoring screen customization operation performed when monitoring the monitored event is accepted, and the customization operation is selected from the various monitoring information. The attached monitoring information is displayed in an integrated display database as integrated display information corresponding to the events to be monitored. I remember it. When the monitoring target event for which the integrated display information is stored in the integrated display database is designated while continuing the monitoring work, the monitoring screen of the monitoring terminal is displayed based on the corresponding integrated display information. Configured and integrated display of monitoring information.

  As a result, the association and combination of the monitoring target event and the monitoring information for monitoring this event are stored and held while being updated along with the execution of the monitoring operation. Even when the monitoring is resumed or when the skill level of the monitoring staff is different, it is possible to reduce the leakage of monitoring information for the monitoring target, thereby enabling more reliable monitoring work. In addition, the display attributes of each monitoring information are also retained and displayed in an integrated manner in the monitoring screen, so monitoring work can be continued without increasing the load on the screen operation of the monitor. It becomes. Therefore, there is an effect of reducing the monitoring omission of information on the monitoring target and reducing the work load on the monitoring work of the monitoring staff.

  Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments as they are, and can be embodied by modifying the constituent elements without departing from the scope of the invention in the implementation stage. Various inventions can be formed by appropriately combining a plurality of constituent elements disclosed in the above-described embodiments. For example, some components may be deleted from all the components shown in the embodiment. Furthermore, constituent elements over different embodiments may be appropriately combined.

The block diagram which shows one Example of the monitoring information integrated display system which concerns on this invention. Explanatory drawing which shows an example of the monitoring screen of a monitoring terminal. The conceptual diagram which shows an example of the memory content of an integrated display database. The block diagram which shows an example of a structure of the computer system used for a monitoring server and a monitoring terminal. The flowchart for demonstrating operation | movement of the monitoring information integrated display system illustrated in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Monitoring information acquisition part 20 Monitoring server 30 Monitoring terminal 31 Monitoring event name display area 32 Monitoring information name display area 33 Control button display area 34 Monitoring information display area 40 Integrated display database 41 Integrated display information 50 Network

Claims (3)

Monitoring information acquisition means for acquiring monitoring information from a plurality of different information sources;
A monitoring server that provides a predetermined information processing service for the monitoring information on the network while holding and controlling the acquired monitoring information;
The monitoring server is connected to the network, and receives the customization operation for selectively displaying the monitoring information from the plurality of different information sources in correspondence with the event to be monitored in each different display window in the monitoring screen. A monitoring terminal that integrates and displays the monitoring information display window in the monitoring screen based on a customization operation;
The relationship between the display windows of the monitoring information integrated and displayed in the monitoring screen of the monitoring terminal is stored on the network in correspondence with the monitored event for which the monitoring screen is customized. An integrated display database,
When a monitoring screen is displayed on the monitoring terminal for monitoring an event to be monitored, these are based on the relationship between the display windows of the monitoring information stored in the integrated display database corresponding to the event to be monitored. A monitoring information integrated display system characterized in that monitoring information is integrated and displayed on this monitoring screen.   The monitoring information integrated display system according to claim 1, wherein the acquired monitoring information includes ship and aircraft track information, weather information, report information, monitoring camera image information, and electronic information via the Internet. The monitoring screen of the monitoring terminal is
A monitoring event name display area for displaying the monitoring target event name in a tree for each category;
A monitoring information name display area for displaying the monitoring information name corresponding to each of these monitoring information as an icon,
A control button display area for displaying a button for instructing holding control of the acquired monitoring information in the monitoring server;
The monitoring information integrated display system according to claim 1, further comprising a monitoring information display area for displaying the monitoring information in different display windows.

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