# US 2020/0401302 A1 · System and method for presenting information in an industrial monitoring system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2020/0401302 A1 - Document ID: US20200401302A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/876,735 - Filed: 2020-05-18 - Published: 2020-12-24 - Earliest claimed: 2013-08-02 - Assignees: General Electric Company - Applicants: General Electric Company - Inventors: Barrett Joseph Fuhrmann, JR.; Brian Martin Axness; Trevor Shaun Kavanaugh - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20200401302A1 ## CPC - G06F 3/04847: Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials - G05B 23/0272: {Presentation of monitored results, e.g. selection of status reports to be displayed; Filtering information to the user} - G06F 3/0481: based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance - G09G 5/14: Display of multiple viewports - G09G 2354/00: Aspects of interface with display user - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G05B: CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS (systems for controlling or regulating non-electric variables G05D; systems for regulating electric or magnetic variables G05F; control devices or systems insofar as characterised by mechanical features only G05G) - G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00) ## Abstract A system includes a sensing device and an industrial monitor comprising a memory and a processor communicatively coupled to the sensing device. The processor is configured to receive a measurement of a mechanical system during operation and determine a plurality of parameters of the mechanical system based on the received measurement. The system includes a portable monitoring device configured to individually present a series of screens on a display in response to user input, wherein each of the plurality of parameters is respectively associated with a particular screen of the series of screens, and wherein each particular screen is configured to selectively present a navigational indicator when a parameter that is associated with a different screen has an irregular status, and wherein the navigational indicator has an appearance that indicates the user input that will cause the different screen to be presented on the display of the monitoring device. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 1-22. (canceled) ### Claim 23 A modular monitoring system, comprising: a plurality of industrial monitors, each industrial monitor comprising a display, a memory, one or more data channels, and a processor configured to receive a measurement of a component of a mechanical system during operation and configured to determine a plurality of parameters of the component and/or the mechanical system based, at least in part, on the measurement received via at least one of the one or more data channels; a plurality of sensing devices, each sensing device respectively coupled to the processor of each industrial monitor via the one or more data channels; a power supply supplying power to each industrial monitor; a portable computing device including a display; and a transient data interface communicatively coupling each industrial monitor to the portable computing device. ### Claim 24 (depends on 23) The modular monitoring system of claim 23, wherein the at least one sensing device includes at least one of a temperature sensor, a pressure sensor, a flow rate sensor, a clearance sensor, a proximity sensor, a flame sensor, a gas composition sensor, a vibration sensor, a current sensor, a proximity sensors, an accelerometer, or a voltage sensor. ### Claim 25 (depends on 23) The modular monitoring system of claim 23, wherein the component of the mechanical system includes an axial compressor, a screw compressor, a gear, a turbo-expander, a horizontal centrifugal pump, a vertical centrifugal pump, an electric motor, a generator, a fan, a blower, an agitator, a mixer, a centrifuge, a pulp refiner, a ball mill, a crusher, a pulverizer, an extruder, a pelletizer, a cooling tower, or a heat exchanger. ### Claim 26 (depends on 23) The modular monitoring system of claim 23, wherein the mechanical system includes a turbomachine system, a power generation system, a gasification system, a chemical production system, a gas turbine system, a stream turbine system, a combined cycle system, or a power plant. ### Claim 27 (depends on 23) The modular monitoring system of claim 23, wherein each industrial monitor is configured to individually present a series of screens via the display of the portable computing device in response to a user input. ### Claim 28 (depends on 27) The modular monitoring system of claim 27, wherein each of the plurality of parameters is respectively associated with a particular screen of the series of screens ### Claim 29 (depends on 28) The modular monitoring system of claim 28, wherein each particular screen of the series of screens is configured to selectively present a navigational indicator when a parameter that is associated with a different screen of the series of screens has an irregular status. ### Claim 30 (depends on 29) The modular monitoring system of claim 29, wherein the navigational indicator has an appearance that indicates the user input that will cause the different screen to be presented via the display. ### Claim 31 (depends on 30) The modular monitoring system of claim 30, wherein the appearance of the navigational indicator is configured to progressively change when other parameters of the plurality of parameters that are associated with other screens of the series of screens have irregular statuses. ### Claim 32 (depends on 27) The modular monitoring system of claim 27, wherein each of the series of screens includes a bar graph or line graph. ### Claim 33 (depends on 27) The modular monitoring system of claim 27, wherein each screen of the series of screens is configured to display multiple measurements of the associated parameter. ### Claim 34 (depends on 27) The modular monitoring system of claim 27, wherein the series of screens are provided in a continuous loop within a graphical user interface provided via the display of the portable computing device, the continuous loop configured to progressively cycle through the series of screens responsive to user input applied to the display. ### Claim 35 (depends on 34) The modular monitoring system of claim 34, wherein the series of screens includes a measurement type screen displaying a type of measurement being performed by at least one industrial monitor of the plurality of industrial monitors. ### Claim 36 (depends on 35) The modular monitoring system of claim 35, wherein the type of measurement includes one of a thrust measurement, an eccentricity measurement, a radial vibration measurement, or a velocity measurement. ### Claim 37 (depends on 23) The modular monitoring system of claim 23, wherein at least one sensing device of the plurality of sensing devices is coupled to at least one industrial monitor of the plurality of industrial monitors via a wired connection. ### Claim 38 (depends on 37) The modular monitoring system of claim 37, wherein the wired connection comprises a coaxial wired connection. ### Claim 39 (depends on 23) The modular monitoring system of claim 23, wherein at least one sensing device of the plurality of sensing devices is coupled to at least one industrial monitor of the plurality of industrial monitors via a wireless connection. ### Claim 40 (depends on 23) The modular monitoring system of claim 23, wherein each industrial monitor of the plurality of industrial monitors comprises at least one light emitting diode that indicates a status of the industrial monitor. ### Claim 41 (depends on 23) The modular monitoring system of claim 23, wherein the display of the portable computing device is a touch screen device configured to receive a user input, and wherein the user input comprises a touch screen selection. ### Claim 42 (depends on 23) The modular monitoring system of claim 23, wherein each industrial monitor of the plurality of industrial monitors further comprises at least one button configured to receive the user input, and wherein the user input comprises a push of the button.