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Integrated fleet and device control system

We built the dashboard screens of an integrated control system where a central control center watches the status of many vehicles and devices in real time. The location and speed data gathered at the control center are what dispatch intervals are adjusted by and what route and schedule compliance is checked against. A control screen has to show many targets at once, so it is dense with information, and noticing a change late means responding late. Our part was the control-screen flow from the device list, through the display of location, operation, and device status, to detailed lookup.

Launch
2008
Client
A major Korean IT services company
Type
Business Systems

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A control dashboard that gathers many devices on one screen

The integrated control system lets a central control center watch and control the status of many vehicles and devices in real time. We developed the dashboard screen that operators look at, so the status of many devices could be monitored on one screen. However many targets there are, a control screen starts from seeing the whole picture in one place without hopping between screens.

A control dashboard that gathers many devices on one screen
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A live display arranged so a change is noticed at once

In control work, noticing the moment a device's status changes is what matters. We arranged the information on the dashboard so real-time status changes could be grasped quickly. A control screen is dense with information, so it needed a layout where a change does not get buried among everything else.

A live display arranged so a change is noticed at once
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A screen layout that shows location, operation, and device status together

Location and operation data in the integrated control system are sent straight to the central control center over a wireless network by the positioning receivers and communication units fitted to vehicles and devices. Along with where a vehicle is, how fast it is moving arrives the same way. What an operator checks falls into three kinds: where a device is, how it is operating, and the condition of the device itself. We displayed these three visually to suit control work, where the status of many targets has to be checked at the same time.

A screen layout that shows location, operation, and device status together
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A lookup flow that runs unbroken from list to detail

Work on a control screen runs in order: find a target in the device list, check its status, and open the details when needed. We implemented that flow of device list, status check, and detailed lookup. Only when the three steps form one flow do operators avoid wandering the screen while checking a single target.

A lookup flow that runs unbroken from list to detail

Highlights

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A control dashboard that shows many devices' status on one screen

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A live display that puts location, operation, and device status in view at once

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Controls that lead from the device list to status checks and detail lookup

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