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US08766794B2 Handheld field maintenance tool with improved locational awareness functionality 有权
手持式现场维护工具,具有改进的位置感知功能

Handheld field maintenance tool with improved locational awareness functionality
Abstract:
A handheld field maintenance tool is provided. The tool includes, among other things, a wireless process communication protocol module configured to communicate in accordance with a wireless process communication protocol. The tool also includes a display and an input device. A controller is coupled to the wireless process communication protocol module, the display, and the input device. The controller is configured to generate a map on the display indicating a position of the handheld field maintenance device relative to at least one asset, such as a field device. The controller is further configured to determine a position of the handheld field maintenance device by triangulating using wireless process communication with a number of known, fixed-position wireless field devices.
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