INTEGRATED AUDIO-VISUAL HEADSET DISPLAY TERMINAL FOR MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL

LOGISTICS AND MAINTENANCE INFORMATION STORED IN PC-BASED ADP/TMDE EQUIPMENT IS NOT READILY AVAILABLE TO PERSONNEL WORKING AWAY FROM THE SHOP BENCH. YET THE NEED FOR RAPID ACCESS TO COMPUTER BASED LOGISTICS INFORMATION WILL GROW AS THE CALS INITIATIVE PUTS PROGRESSIVELY MORE MAINTENANCE DATA INTO COMPUTER READABLE FORMATS. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL AWAY FROM THE REPAIR SHOP BENCH CAN ALSO FACE A CRAMPED AND CONFINING WORK ENVIRONMENT. THE IAVHDT WILL ADDRESS THESE TWO ISSUES BY PROVIDING REMOTE, HANDS-FREE ACCESS TO THE REQUIRED INFORMATION THROUGH A COMPACT, LIGHTWEIGHT HEADSET. IMAGING AND SENSING TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, WITH COMPUTER SOFTWARE, ELECTRONIC DESIGN AND SPECIAL HEADSET DISPLAY EXPERTISE, ASSISTED BY ITS SUBCONTRACTOR, WESTINGHOUSE, WITH MANY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN COMPUTER AIDED MAINTENANCE SYSTEMS, HAS THE SKILLS NEEDED FOR ALL PHASES OF THE IAVHDT PROJECT. WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE COMMUNICATIN LINK, THE DISPLAY AND THE VOICE RECOGNITION UNIT AS CRITICAL SUBSYSTEMS, ND A NUMBER OF THE OFF-THE-SHELF COMPONENTS HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDED FOR FURTHER STUDY. IN ADDITION TO MILITARY USES FOR THE IAVHDT, ISTC HAS LOCATED A NUMBER OF MEDICAL AND INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS WHICH SUGGEST THAT COMMERCILIZATION COULD BE A RAPID PROCESS.