Audio system and method for coordinating tasks
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1. A system comprising:
- a hands free mobile communication device; and
a controller programmed to cause the hands free mobile communication device to communicate audibly with a field operator performing field operations to instruct the operator regarding operations to be performed, receive oral communications from the operator, and to process the received oral communications and provide further instructions responsive to the received oral communications, wherein the controller further automatically recognizes oral commands from the operator and provides further instructions based on the state of a procedure being executed by an automated process control system, wherein the instructions further include one or more operations to be performed by the controller and wherein one or more of the instructions to the field operator is provided only after the one or more operations is performed by the controller.
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Abstract
A system includes a hands free mobile communication device. Software stored on a machine readable storage device is executed to cause the hands free mobile communication device to communicate audibly with a field operator performing field operations. The operator receives instructions regarding operations to be performed. Oral communications are received from the operator and are processed automatically to provide further instructions in response to the received oral communications.
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1. A system comprising:
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a hands free mobile communication device; and a controller programmed to cause the hands free mobile communication device to communicate audibly with a field operator performing field operations to instruct the operator regarding operations to be performed, receive oral communications from the operator, and to process the received oral communications and provide further instructions responsive to the received oral communications, wherein the controller further automatically recognizes oral commands from the operator and provides further instructions based on the state of a procedure being executed by an automated process control system, wherein the instructions further include one or more operations to be performed by the controller and wherein one or more of the instructions to the field operator is provided only after the one or more operations is performed by the controller. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method comprising:
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providing audible instructions to a field operator via a hands free communication device in accordance with a procedure written in a machine readable form, wherein the audible instructions are generated as a function of a status of an action taken by a control system in accordance with the procedure; receiving oral commands from the hands free mobile communication device as an operator performs the procedure in accordance with the audible instructions; converting one or more of the oral commands to machine readable form to continue executing the procedure interactively via the hands free communication device; converting one or more of the oral communications to text commands; switching, at the hands free communication device, seamlessly between oral and non-oral input modalities; recording audible comments provided by the field operator; and analyzing content and a procedural context of a comment to identify a recipient of an electronic communication including the comment. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. A machine readable device having instructions stored thereon to cause a machine to perform a method comprising:
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providing audible instructions to a field operator via a hands free communication device in accordance with a procedure embodied in the instructions, wherein the audible instructions are generated as a function of a status of an action taken by a control system in accordance with the procedure; receiving oral commands from the hands free mobile communication device; converting the oral commands to machine readable form to coordinate performance of the procedure interactively via the hands free communication device; converting one or more of the oral communications to text commands; switching seamlessly between oral and non-oral input modalities; recording audible comments provided by the field operator; and analyzing content and a procedural context of a comment to identify a recipient of an electronic communication including the comment. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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