Mobile control room with real-time environment awareness
First Claim
1. A mobile control device for use in process plant, the device comprising:
- a processor;
a memory device communicatively coupled to the processor;
a display communicatively coupled to the processor;
a location awareness component operable to generate information pertaining to the location of the mobile control room device;
a database stored on the memory device and storing layout information of the process plant;
a first routine stored on the memory device and operable to interpret information generated by the location awareness component according to information stored in the database to determine a relationship between the location of the mobile control device and the layout of the process plant and to detect, based on the determined relationship, one or more proximate devices proximate to the mobile control device;
a second routine stored on the memory device and operable to identify one or more context devices, wherein the one or more context devices are one or more of the following;
(i) devices specified by a work item stored at a database as target devices or as being within a target location, or (ii) devices that fall within a user'"'"'s span of control; and
a third routine stored on the memory device and operable to generate for depiction on the display a user interface element depicting information corresponding to a particular device when the particular device is included in both the one or more proximate devices and the one or more context devices.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus track the location of a mobile device within a process plant and display present information about the location of the mobile device in the process plant relative to equipment of the process plant. A location awareness component generates information pertaining to the location of the mobile control room device. A first routine interprets information generated by the location awareness component according to information stored in a database to determine a relationship between the location of the device and a layout of the process plant. A second routine generates a graphic for depiction on the display according to the determined relationship between the location of the device and the layout of the plant.
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30 Claims
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1. A mobile control device for use in process plant, the device comprising:
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a processor; a memory device communicatively coupled to the processor; a display communicatively coupled to the processor; a location awareness component operable to generate information pertaining to the location of the mobile control room device; a database stored on the memory device and storing layout information of the process plant; a first routine stored on the memory device and operable to interpret information generated by the location awareness component according to information stored in the database to determine a relationship between the location of the mobile control device and the layout of the process plant and to detect, based on the determined relationship, one or more proximate devices proximate to the mobile control device; a second routine stored on the memory device and operable to identify one or more context devices, wherein the one or more context devices are one or more of the following;
(i) devices specified by a work item stored at a database as target devices or as being within a target location, or (ii) devices that fall within a user'"'"'s span of control; anda third routine stored on the memory device and operable to generate for depiction on the display a user interface element depicting information corresponding to a particular device when the particular device is included in both the one or more proximate devices and the one or more context devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of facilitating mobile control of a process plant, the method comprising:
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implementing a mobile user interface device; providing in the mobile user interface device a location awareness component operable to generate information pertaining to the location of the mobile control room device; providing a database storing layout information of the process plant; implementing on the mobile user interface device a first routine operable to interpret information generated by the location awareness component according to information stored in the database to determine a relationship between the location of the mobile control device and the layout of the process plant and to detect, based on the determined relationship, one or more proximate devices proximate to the mobile control device; implementing on the mobile user interface device a second routine operable to identify one or more context devices, wherein the one or more context devices are one or more of the following;
(i) devices specified by a work item stored at a database as target devices or as being within a target location, or (ii) devices that fall within a user'"'"'s span of control; andimplementing on the mobile user interface device a third routine operable to generate for depiction on the display a user interface element depicting information corresponding to a particular device when the particular device is included in both the one or more proximate devices and the one or more context devices. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method of facilitating mobile control of a process plant, the method comprising:
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implementing a mobile user interface device; providing in the mobile user interface device a location awareness component operable to generate information pertaining to the location of the mobile user interface device; providing a database storing layout information representing a layout of the process plant; implementing on the mobile user interface device a first routine operable to interpret information generated by the location awareness component according to information stored in the database to determine a relationship between the location of the mobile user interface device and the layout of the process plant; implementing on the mobile user interface device a second routine operable to (i) detect, based on the determined relationship, a first one or more devices proximate to the mobile user interface device, and (ii) identify a second one or more devices specified by a work item as being a target device or being within a target location; and implementing on the mobile user interface device a third routine operable to cause the mobile user interface device to display device-specific data pertaining to a particular device in response to determining the particular device is included in both (i) the first one or more devices that are proximate to the mobile user interface device, and (ii) the second one or more devices specified by the work item as being the target device or being within the target location.
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