Systems, methods, and software to facilitate management of industrial operations are disclosed herein. In at least one implementation, a portable HMI device is connected to a display system via a video interface, wherein the video interface provides interchangeability between a plurality of different display systems. A plurality of applications is stored in the portable HMI device. A remote navigation interface of the portable HMI device receives a selection transmitted from a remote navigation device, wherein the selection is associated with an industrial operation application of the applications displayed on the display system. The portable HMI device processes the selection of the industrial operation application and responsively executes the industrial operation application to communicate with an application server. A communication interface of the portable HMI device receives industrial operation data associated with the industrial operation application transmitted from the application server over a communication network for display on the display system.

Various embodiments may include a method for managing service requests comprising: receiving a report at a reporting center from a first mobile communication terminal associated with a user, including a detected fault, a location, and a photograph taken with the mobile communication terminal; creating a corresponding service ticket in the reporting center; sending the service ticket from the reporting center to a second mobile communication terminal associated with a service representative; and, after the fault has been cleared, returning the service ticket from the mobile communication terminal to the reporting center, wherein the returned service ticket comprises a photograph of the cleared fault and a location of the cleared fault.

A system (1) for the virtual assistance of an operator of a processing apparatus (B1, B2, B3) for processing workpieces (W) which preferably consist at least in sections of wood, wood materials, synthetic material or the like, comprising: a mobile terminal device (10) which is configured to be worn by the operator, and that has: position detection means (11) which are configured to detect data for determining the position of the mobile terminal device (10) in relation to the processing apparatus (B1, B2, B3), information output means (12) which are configured to output information and/or operational instructions to the operator, and a preferably wireless data transmission interface (13) which is configured to communicate with a data server (20).

A handheld field maintenance tool includes a training mode. The handheld field maintenance tool has a process communication module operably coupleable to a field device, a user interface, and a controller coupled to the process communication module and the user interface. The controller is configured to interact with a user through the user interface, and is configured to provide a simulation function where at least one characteristic of the field device, indicated through the user interface, is generated by the controller instead of the field device.

The present disclosure relates to an operating system for a machine of a food industry. The operating system includes eyeglasses for a user of the operating system and a transceiver for exchanging data between the operating system and the machine. The eyeglasses include a display system configured to display a control element and information of a human machine interface (HMI). Furthermore, the operating system includes at least one input module which receives user input from the user with respect to the control element. The operating system additionally includes a processing module. The processing module converts the received user input into an input signal for controlling at least one of the machine or the HMI.

A programmable data processing circuit is configured for receiving sensor signals indicative of gestures for identification by the processing circuit. The processing circuit applies to the sensor signals finite state machine processing resources to provide identification output signals indicative of gestures identified as a function of the sensor signals. A plurality of finite state machine processing programs loaded into the processing circuit include a data section and an instruction section. The data section including a fixed size part specifying respective processing resources used by the programs in the plurality of finite state machine processing programs and a variable size part with respective sizes for allocating the respective processing resources used by the programs in the plurality of finite state machine processing programs. The instruction section including conditions and commands for execution by the respective processing resources used by the programs by operating on data located in the respective data sections.

A method includes identifying one or more first devices contained in at least one image captured by a mobile device. The method also includes obtaining data associated with at least one of: the one or more first devices and one or more second devices connected to or interacting with the one or more first devices. The method further includes presenting information overlaid over the at least one image by the mobile device to a user, where the presented information includes the data or information based on the data. The presented information varies based on perceived distance or proximity of the mobile device to the one or more first devices.

A board production state monitoring system including a camera unit that is disposed in a board work machine which carries out predetermined work for a board, that images a progress of the work by using a moving image, and that outputs moving image data; a data operation unit that receives, stores, and displays the moving image data; a trigger factor detection unit that detects at least one of a change factor in which working conditions of the work are changed inside the board work machine and a sign of error occurrence which shows that a working error may occur in the work, as a trigger factor; and an imaging start device for causing the camera unit to start moving image capturing if the trigger factor detection unit detects the trigger factor, and for causing the data operation unit to temporarily store the moving image data, is provided.

Systems, methods, and software to facilitate management of industrial operations are disclosed herein. In at least one implementation, a portable HMI device is connected to a display system via a video interface, wherein the video interface provides interchangeability between a plurality of different display systems. A plurality of applications is stored in the portable HMI device. A remote navigation interface of the portable HMI device receives a selection transmitted from a remote navigation device, wherein the selection is associated with an industrial operation application of the applications displayed on the display system. The portable HMI device processes the selection of the industrial operation application and responsively executes the industrial operation application to communicate with an application server. A communication interface of the portable HMI device receives industrial operation data associated with the industrial operation application transmitted from the application server over a communication network for display on the display system.

Systems, methods, and software to facilitate management of industrial operations are disclosed herein. In at least one implementation, a portable HMI device is connected to a display system via a video interface, wherein the video interface provides interchangeability between a plurality of different display systems. A plurality of applications is stored in the portable HMI device. A remote navigation interface of the portable HMI device receives a selection transmitted from a remote navigation device, wherein the selection is associated with an industrial operation application of the applications displayed on the display system. The portable HMI device processes the selection of the industrial operation application and responsively executes the industrial operation application to communicate with an application server. A communication interface of the portable HMI device receives industrial operation data associated with the industrial operation application transmitted from the application server over a communication network for display on the display system.