Methods and apparatus for interactively and dynamically updating a schematic overlay

A system for determining an operating state or operating condition of one or more design elements of a complex system having a plurality of design elements, comprising:

• a processor;
• a display device;
• and
• a memory containing instructions executable by the processor to:
• initiate display, on the display device, a first drawing comprising a plurality of static graphical objects, each static graphical object corresponding to a design element of a complex system;
• identify a diagnostic schematic overlay, comprising:
• a plurality of fields, wherein each field of the plurality of fields is aligned with a static graphical object of the plurality of static graphical objects, and
• a plurality of dynamic graphical objects, wherein each dynamic graphical object of the plurality of dynamic graphical objects is associated with a field of the plurality of fields and corresponds to one of a design element operating state or a design element operating parameter;
• determine at least one of a design element operating state using a respective sensor for detecting such design element operating state or a design element operating parameter using a system controller for at least some of the static graphical objects at an instant in time, and
• initiate display, on the display device together with the first drawing, determined operating states and determined operating parameters in respective fields of the diagnostic schematic overlay as an updated diagnostic schematic overlay.

A method of dynamically updating an interactive diagnostic schematic overlay, comprising:

• displaying a plurality of static graphical objects, each static graphical object corresponding to a design element of a complex system;
• determining at least one of a design element operating state using a respective sensor for detecting such design element operating state or a design element operating parameter using a system controller;
• and
• displaying, together with the static graphical objects, determined operating states and determined operating parameters in respective fields of the diagnostic schematic overlay as an updated diagnostic schematic overlay.