# US 2014/0195679 A1 · Monitoring Apparatus, Monitoring Method, And Non-Transitory Storage Medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0195679 A1 - Document ID: US20140195679A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/241,868 - Filed: 2012-08-27 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2011-09-05 - Assignees: NEC Corporation - Inventors: Teruya Ikegami - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140195679A1 ## CPC - H04L 43/045: for graphical visualisation of monitoring data - G06F 11/32: with visual {or acoustical} indication of the functioning of the machine - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract There is provided a monitoring apparatus which acquires evaluation results of evaluation which is performed on each of a plurality of monitoring targets with first and second indications, and divides a region (plot region) including data plotted on a graph of which one axis is set as the first indication and the other axis is set as the second indication, into a plurality of subregions, and calculates the number of the monitoring targets which are positioned in each of the plurality of subregions when each of the plurality of monitoring targets is plotted in the plot region on the basis of the evaluation results. In addition, the monitoring apparatus displays the graph having X and Y axes, and identifiably displays at least one of the plurality of subregions on the plot region so as to display information, which indicates the number of the monitoring targets positioned in the subregion, on the identifiably displayed subregion. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A monitoring apparatus comprising: an evaluation result acquisition unit that acquires evaluation results of evaluation which is performed on each of a plurality of monitoring targets with first and second indications; a total-number-per-subregion calculation unit that divides a plot region, which is a region including data plotted on a graph of which one axis is set as the first indication and the other axis is set as the second indication, into a plurality of subregions, and calculates the number of the monitoring targets which are positioned in each of the plurality of subregions when each of the plurality of monitoring targets is plotted in the plot region on the basis of the evaluation results; and a display unit that displays the graph and identifiably displays at least one of the plurality of subregions on the plot region so as to display information, which indicates the number of the monitoring targets positioned in the subregion, on the identifiably displayed subregion. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the evaluation result acquisition unit acquires the time-series evaluation results of evaluation which is periodically or intermittently performed, wherein the monitoring apparatus further comprises a change-per-subregion calculation unit that calculates time-series change in the number of the monitoring targets, which are positioned in each of the plurality of subregions, on the basis of the time-series calculation results which are obtained by the total-number-per-subregion calculation unit on the basis of the respective time-series evaluation results, and wherein the display unit displays information, which indicates the time-series change in the number of the monitoring targets positioned in the subregion, on the identifiably displayed subregion, on the basis of the calculation results which are obtained by the change-per-subregion calculation unit. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The monitoring apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the display unit displays information, which indicates the number of the monitoring targets positioned in the subregion at a first time point, on the identifiably displayed subregion, on the basis of the calculation result which is obtained by the total-number-per-subregion calculation unit on the basis of the evaluation results at the first time point, and displays information, which indicates change in the number of the monitoring targets positioned in the subregion in a period from a second time point to the first time point, on the basis of the calculation result which is obtained by the change-per-subregion calculation unit on the basis of the evaluation results at the first time point and the evaluation results at the second time point just before the first time point. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The monitoring apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the display unit displays information, which indicates one of increase, no change, and decrease, as the information, which indicates the time-series change in the number of the monitoring targets positioned in the subregion, on the identifiably displayed subregion. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The monitoring apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the display unit displays a graph as the information, which indicates the time-series change in the number of the monitoring targets positioned in the subregion, on the identifiably displayed subregion. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The monitoring apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a monitoring target movement specifying unit that specifies which of the subregions the monitoring target positioned in the first subregion at a third time point is positioned in at a fourth time point, on the basis of the evaluation results at the third time point and the evaluation results at the fourth time point just after the third time point, wherein the display unit displays, on the plot region, which of the subregions the monitoring target positioned in the first subregion at the third time point moves to at the fourth time point, on the basis of the result which is specified by the monitoring target movement specifying unit. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The monitoring apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the display unit displays which of the subregions the monitoring target positioned in the first subregion at the third time point moves to at the fourth time point, by using an arrow which extends from the first subregion to any of the plurality of subregions. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the evaluation result acquisition unit has a test result acquisition unit that acquires test results of a plurality of test items respectively applied to the plurality of monitoring targets, a conversion rule holding unit that holds a conversion rule for calculating conversion values, which indicate situations of the respective test items of the respective monitoring targets with an identical scale, on the basis of the test results, a conversion unit that calculates the conversion values on the basis of the conversion rule and the test result acquired by the measurement result acquisition unit, a group evaluation unit that classifies the plurality of test items into first and second groups for each monitoring target and calculates an evaluation value, on the basis of the conversion values of the test items classified into each group, for each group, and a result acquisition unit that acquires the evaluation value of each of the first and second groups as an evaluation result of each of the first and second indications. ### Claim 9 A non-transitory storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to function as: evaluation result acquisition unit that acquires evaluation results of evaluation which is performed on each of a plurality of monitoring targets with first and second indications; total-number-per-subregion calculation unit that divides a plot region, which is a region including data plotted on a graph of which one axis is set as the first indication and the other axis is set as the second indication, into a plurality of subregions, and calculates the number of the monitoring targets which are positioned in each of the plurality of subregions when each of the plurality of monitoring targets is plotted in the plot region on the basis of the evaluation results; and display units that displays the graph and identifiably displays at least one of the plurality of subregions on the plot region so as to display information, which indicates the number of the monitoring targets positioned in the subregion, on the identifiably displayed subregion. ### Claim 10 A monitoring method which is executed by a computer, the monitoring method comprising: an evaluation result acquisition step of acquiring evaluation results of evaluation which is performed on each of a plurality of monitoring targets with first and second indications; a total-number-per-subregion calculation step of dividing a plot region, which is a region including data plotted on a graph of which one axis is set as the first indication and the other axis is set as the second indication, into a plurality of subregions, and calculating the number of the monitoring targets which are positioned in each of the plurality of subregions when each of the plurality of monitoring targets is plotted in the plot region on the basis of the evaluation results; and a display step of displaying the graph and identifiably displaying at least one of the plurality of subregions on the plot region so as to display information, which indicates the number of the monitoring targets positioned in the subregion, on the identifiably displayed subregion.