Patent ID: 6775576
Filing Date: 2004-08-10
Classification: G05B,G06Q

Abstract:
A plant asset management system, comprising in combination:data acquisition means operatively coupled to a plurality of plant assets for receiving and processing asset data; a database operatively coupled to said data acquisition means for storing said processed asset data; a graphical user interface operatively coupled to said database and displayed on a display of a computer; a selection device coupled to said computer for navigating about said graphical user interface and making selections; said graphical user interface including a first view in a first window and a second view in a second window both displayed on said display device; means for linking said first view in said first window with said second view in said second window for synchronizing said two views together to simultaneously display a hierarchical view of plant assets in said first view and a corresponding two or three dimensional view modeling at last one of said plant assets in said second view; means for graphically navigating through said plant assets in either one of said two views by making a selection with said selection device of at least one of said plant assets in either one of said two views for simultaneously displaying both a hierarchical view of plant assets including at least one selected plant asset in said first view and a corresponding two or three dimensional view modeling said at least one selected plant asset in said second view such that said two views synchronously navigate together in response to making said selection in either one of said two views for managing plant assets.