Patent ID: 8620618
Filing Date: 2013-12-31
Classification: G05B,G06Q,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A method of reporting status information regarding an entity within a process plant, the method comprising: categorizing one or more of a plurality of types of status information based on an assessment of at least one of a temporal consequence, a criticality consequence, a prioritization consequence, or an availability consequence as a result of the status information such that each type of status information is associated with at least one of a first entity status category, a second entity status category, and a third entity status category, the status information pertaining to the entity and reflecting a condition of the entity, wherein the types of status information associated with the first entity status category have a relatively greater consequence than the types of status information associated with the second entity status category, and the types of status information associated with the second entity status category have a relatively greater consequence than the types of status information associated with the third entity status category, and wherein each entity status category has a spectrum of status quality values between a good status quality and a relatively worse status quality; generating a report on a processor that includes relative status quality values, wherein the report is indicative of the status of the entity and the values of relative status quality are determined for the entity status categories from the status information; and displaying the report to a user indicative of the status of the entity, wherein the display of the report includes a graphical representation indicative of the status of the entity, wherein the graphical representation comprises a leg for each entity status category, wherein each leg has a normalized spectrum of values, and wherein the relative status quality value is identified at a point on the respective leg.