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Supporting collaborative field operations with personal information processing systems

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This paper describes a two‐year research project to develop a personal information processing system (PIPS) solution for the roving industrial field operator. Our PIPS system comprises (1) an RF network to deliver wireless digital information, (2) a wearable computer for delivering web‐based information (the hardware is a two‐piece system composed of a belt‐worn NetPC attached via a curly cable to a handheld unit with a mouse/display device combination), and (3) software applications that provide added value in the field. Unique challenges in designing such a system for this environment include providing: (1) good RF coverage in an environment with many metal structures; (2) an intrinsically safe, lightweight, low‐cost hardware system; and (3) software that is compatible with the wearable system and supports collaboration in the field.

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  1. Honeywell Technology Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA

    Stephanie Guerlain, Jim Lee, Troy Kopischke, Tom Romanko, Peter Reutiman & Scott Nelson

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Guerlain, S., Lee, J., Kopischke, T. et al. Supporting collaborative field operations with personal information processing systems. Mobile Networks and Applications 4, 37–48 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1019170009157

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