Patent ID: 6169996
Filing Date: 2001-01-02
Classification: G05B

Abstract:
A remote observation system comprising: one or more controllers for collecting data by observing a plant at an observation side; a first data transmission line for transmitting data collected by said one or more controllers at said observation side; a data collection means for collecting data from said one or more controllers via said first data transmission line; a monitoring unit located at an office side which is remote from said observation side; a second data transmission line for connected between said observation side and said office side; a hypertext data transmission circuit for transmitting general-purpose hypertext data to said monitoring unit via said second data transmission line in response to a request for data transmission from said office side means, said hypertext data comprising a combination of fixed image data representing said plant and state data of various portions of said plant, which are obtained from said data collection means; and a hypertext display for displaying said hypertext data transmitted to said monitoring unit.