WIND TURBINE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INPUTTING COMMANDS TO A WIND TURBINE CONTROLLER
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Abstract
A method and a control system are provided for inputting commands to a wind turbine controller during a service or maintenance procedure. A command orally input by a user is transformed into an electrical signal representing the orally input command. The electrical signal is transformed into an input command signal which is further transformed into a reproduction signal. A user is provided the reproduction signal along with a confirmation request in a form recognized by a user, such as visually or speech representation. After the user confirms the request, a signal based on the input command is sent to the wind tower controller.
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15. A wind turbine control system provided for a service or maintenance procedure, comprising:
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a microphone that receives an oral input from a user and converts the oral input into an electrical signal representing the oral input, the oral input being a command and/or data; and an interface device, comprising; an output unit, a speech recognition unit operatively connected to the microphone receives the electrical signal representing the information and translates the electrical signal representing the information into an input signal, a controller interface by which the interface device is connected to the wind tower controller in order to transfer information between the interface device and the controller; a processor arrangement connected to the speech recognition unit and to the output unit, the processor arrangement comprising a command manager, wherein the command manager receives the translated input signal from the speech recognition unit and converts the translated input signal into a reproduction signal which is sent to the user along with a confirmation request via the output unit, the reproduction signal and the confirmation are provided to the user in a form recognized by the user, and the processor arrangement receives a confirmation from the user and sends the translated input signal in a form recognized by the wind tower controller via the controller interface, - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method for inputting commands to a wind turbine controller during a service or maintenance procedure, comprising:
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receiving a command orally input by a user; transforming the orally input command into an electrical signal representing the orally input command; transforming the electrical signal is an input command signal; transforming the input command into a reproduction signal representing the input command signal in a form which is appropriate to be recognised by the user; sending the reproduction signal and a confirmation request to the user via an output unit; and receiving a confirmation from the user; and sending a input command signal based on the input command to the wind tower controller in response to receiving the confirmation from the user. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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