System and method for communicating with an operator of the system

US9799198B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• General Electric Company · US

Inventors

• Huan Tan · Pasadena, US
• John Michael Lizzi · Saratoga Springs, US
• Douglas Forman · Niskayuna, US
• Charles Burton Theurer · Niskayuna, US
• Omar Al Assad · Niskayuna, US
• Romano Patrick · Niskayuna, US
• Viktor Holovashchenko · Watervliet, US
• Balajee Kannan · Niskayuna, US
• Yonatan Gefen · Niskayuna, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 2, 2016
• Grant date: Oct 24, 2017
• Expiry date: Mar 2, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G05B2219/40414
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Method includes executing a dynamic decision-making process that includes (a) receiving environmental data and (b) determining a fused ensemble based on the environmental data and a state parameters of a current state of a machine assembly. The fused ensemble includes communications from a system interface to the operator for the state parameters. The communications inform an operator about the state parameters and includes at least one of a visual signal, an audible signal, or a tactile signal from the system interface. The decision-making process also includes (c) communicating the fused ensemble to the operator through the system interface and (d) repeating (a)-(c) while the machine assembly is in the current state. The fused ensemble is configured to change based on changes in the environmental data.