Method and system for delivering information to a user

• US 20070036117A1
• Filed: 08/09/2005
• Published: 02/15/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/09/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Deere & Company
• Original Assignee: Deere & Company
• Inventors: Anderson, Noel, Taube, Arnold
• Granted Patent: US 7,362,738 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/338
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring

Abstract

A system and method for delivering information to a user (e.g., a worker) comprises equipping a user with a data processing device associated with a portable display. A particular location or context of the user is determined. A display automatically displays information to the user based on at least one of the location of use and the determined context.

Claims

1. A method for delivering information to a user, the method comprising:

equipping a user with a data processing device associated with a portable display;

determining a particular context associated with the user based on at least one of a user location, a workpiece identifier, a work station identifier, and a user identifier; and

automatically displaying information to the user on the portable display based on the determined particular context.

2. The method according to claim 1 wherein the determining comprises determining the particular context based on location data associated with the user;

and wherein the displaying comprises displaying an information package based on the location data.

3. The method according to claim 1 wherein the determining comprises determining the particular context based on location data of the user and a workpiece associated with the user;

and wherein the displaying comprises displaying an information package based on the location data and the workpiece identifier.

4. The method according to claim 1 wherein the determining comprises determining a user identifier of the user and workpiece identifier associated with the user;

and wherein the displaying comprises displaying an information package based on the user identifier and the workpiece identifier.

5. The method according to claim 1 wherein the determining comprises determining location data associated with the user location, a user identifier of the user, and a workpiece identifier associated with the user;

and wherein the displaying comprises displaying an information package based on the location data, the workpiece identifier, and the user identifier.

6. The method according to claim 1 wherein the displaying displays a menu associated with a limited number of verbal commands to negotiate the menu via a speech recognition process.

7. The method according to claim 1 wherein the displaying displays an application program at a ready state ready to accept a limited number of word commands.

8. The method according to claim 1 wherein displayed information package displays a sequence of tasks related to at least one of manufacturing, assembly, disassembly, inspection, and testing of a workpiece associated with the workpiece identifier.

9. The method according to claim 1 further comprising detecting the presence of the user at a work station and generating a status message indicative of the presence of the user for a corresponding work station identifier.

10. The method according to claim 1 further comprising communicating between the data processing device and the display via a wireless interface, the display integrated into at least one of visor, eyeglasses, and a headset.

11. A method for delivering information to a user, the method comprising:

equipping a user with a portable data processing device associated with a wearable display;

determining a particular location of the user;

identifying a workpiece associated with the user;

automatically displaying information to the user based on at least one of the identified workpiece and the location of the user.

12. The method according to claim 11 wherein the determining of a particular location of the user further comprises determining a particular work station associated with the user.

13. The method according to claim 11 further comprising inputting data commands to navigate a menu provided as the displayed information.

14. The method according to claim 11 wherein the location comprises a particular work station along an assembly line for manufacturing the workpiece as a product.

15. The method according to claim 11 wherein the user comprises a service technician and wherein the transmitted information comprises repair information specific to a particular model and make of a vehicle as a workpiece.

16. A system for delivering information to a user, the system comprising:

a portable data processing device associated with a display;

a location-determining receiver for determining a particular location the user;

a reader for identifying a workpiece associated with the user by reading a tag associated with the workpiece; and

a transmitter for automatically displaying information to the user based on at least one of the identified workpiece and the location of the user.

17. The system according to claim 16 wherein the display comprises a wearable display integrated into at least one of eyeglasses, a visor, and a headset.

18. The system according to claim 16 further comprising a contextual manager for referencing a database, look-up table, file or other data structure, where a particular location of the user is associated with a corresponding particular work station associated with the user.

19. The system according to claim 16 further comprising a speech recognition module tuned to recognize a limited number of words associated with the transmitted information.

20. A system for delivering information to a user, the system comprising:

a portable data processing device associated with a display;

a receiver for receiving a status message on a presence of a user at a particular work station;

a reader for identifying a workpiece associated with the user by reading a tag associated with the workpiece; and

a transmitter for automatically displaying information to the user based on at least one of the identified workpiece and the status message.

21. The system according to claim 20 wherein the display comprises a wearable display integrated into at least one of eyeglasses, a visor, and a headset.

22. The system according to claim 20 further comprising a speech recognition module tuned to recognize a limited number of words associated with the transmitted information.