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© 2015 Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. All rights reserved.

John J. Simmins

Technical Executive

Norman McCollough

Technical Leader

ICT Informational WebcastFebruary 26, 2015

Workforce Mobility Through Augmented

RealityThe Next Level in the

Enhanced Worker Information Platform

Technology

2© 2015 Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. All rights reserved.

Contents

Technologies– Augmented Reality– Wearable Computers– CIM– GIS Context Awareness

Field TestsFindingsFuture Research


Augmented Reality

You really are familiar with this…


Industrial Examples of Augmented Reality


Wearable Computers

Key Enablers


Example Platforms


Advantages of Wearable Computers

Hands freeWorks with PPEUnobtrusiveDisadvantages

– Requires getting used to….– Risk

Presenter

Presentation Notes

Sensors (observation streams) – <400 ms latency (depends on the sensor) – In 3D (where possible) – More than just position (e.g., lighting) Mobile devices with the following components:�- Gyroscope�- Accelerometer�- GPS receiver�- 3G/4G Data connection�- Multi-touch interactive displays�- Front and rear facing high resolution cameras�- Light sensor�- Proximity sensor�- Audio sensor�- High resolution display Multi-core CPU smartphones with GPU acceleration are capable of • Tracking physical world in 3D • Rendering 3D digital assets in real time • Problems remain with – Sensor quality, stability, reliability – Interference of natural world with sensors – User interaction – Power consumption (battery life) – Thermal threshold


Wearable Computer Vendors

Defense LiteEYE Optinvent Lockheed Martin Kopin SBG Labs Epson Rockwell Collins Silicon Micro Display Osterhout Design Group Google Trex Enterprises Microsoft MicroVision Recon Instruments Six-15 Technologies Scalar Physical Optics Corp Brother Innovega Sony ARA Oakley Silicon Micro Display Laster Technologies Thales Visionix

Commercial Optinvent Lockheed Martin Kopin SBG Labs Epson Rockwell Collins Silicon Micro Display Osterhout Design Group Google Trex Enterprises Microsoft MicroVision Recon Instruments Six-15 Technologies Scalar Physical Optics Corp Brother Innovega Sony ARA Oakley Silicon Micro Display Laster Technologies Thales Visionix EyeTap Canon Olympus eMagine Samsung MetaView Vuzix Innovega CastAR Lumus Vision GlassUp


Key Workflow Enablers

Infrastructure & Technology– Comm protocols– High speed networks– Store and forward– Advanced analytics

Standards– Replace existing workflows– Interface with existing back

office systems

Presenter

Presentation Notes

Blue tooth WiFI Zigby Network Requirement: Deliver and Render Digital Assets • Lowest latency • In 3D (if available) • Progressive (Adaptive) • Caching likely Fast Fourier Transforms


Evolution of Industrial Applications of AR

Guide– Simplest– Largest

Publish– AR married with Web 2.0 tools– Aka “Social AR”

Collaborate– Complex– Future of game based AR

Presenter

Presentation Notes

The “Guide” Use Cases • System leads the user through a path or process in step-by-step (sequential) manner The “Publish” Use Cases • System furnishes the user the ability to attach or introduce (annotate) personal digital data in association with people, places and things in the real world The “Collaborate” Use Cases • System permits two or more people to interact with one another at a distance and some digital data in the real world in real time


Data Visualization - Maps


Data Visualization – Augmented Reality


Example of Functionality – Augmented Reality


Common Information Model

The secret of this technology.


The Common Information Model for Electric Utilities –What is it?

Common Information Model

High quality model of utility operations information

Used for:Network Model ExchangeApplication InterfacesModel-Driven Integration

International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Standard

Referenced / supported by other entities

Essential to the Smart Grid

It’s all about effective data sharing

Presenter

Presentation Notes

The CIM provides the common semantic model used to construct the messages that are used for communication between the applications. This requires each application to map its external interface to the CIM class structure allowing the inter-application messages to be defined in the CIM. It reduces or eliminates the need for translation. The CIM provides a common semantic model, which provides consensus on the interpretation of each class and attribute, removing ambiguity and duplication of definitions.


The IEC Standards

A subset of the IEC 61970/61968 series of standards:61970-301 – semantic model describes the power system61968-11 – distribution-specific extensions to the core CIM61970-452 –Common Power System Model (CPSM)61963-3 – network operations61968-6 – work management61968-8 – customer support61968-9 – meter reading and control61968-13 –Common Distribution Power System Model

(CDPSM)61968-14-9 – MultiSpeak message specification for meter

reading and control

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Presenter

Presentation Notes

The IEC standard 61970-301 is a semantic model that describes the components of a power system at an electrical level and the relationships between each component. The core IEC 61970-301 standard contains a number of main packages, along with a global domain package used for defining data types. The Core, Wires and Topology packages contain all the basic classes for defining the physical characteristics of a power network. The Wires package defines classes that are required to represent the electrical components of a network, such as Transformers, AC Line Segments and Switches, while the Core and Topology packages define the interconnection and containment of components. These three packages alone however, do not fully describe a functioning power system, but provide only the basic electrical characteristics of the equipment and describe how they are connected. To provide a detailed description of a network at an operational level, other classes are required to define the data required for operation and control including: generation data, operational limits, SCADA measurement, state variables, and protection. Most recently IEC 61970-301 has seen the addition of the Diagram Layout classes for defining the layout of diagrams linked to the electrical network data. The IEC 61968-11 extends this model to cover the other aspects of power system software data exchange such as asset tracking, work scheduling and customer billing. IEC 61968-11 extends the IEC 61970-301 model and introduces the classes aimed at the exchange of data within distribution companies. This includes extensions to the electrical network model to cover the requirements of distribution networks. The model also extends the CIM with the support for Asset Management, Customer Management, Work Management, Meter Data (including remote meter readings and meter data management) and Geographical Data. So, What parts of the CIM are ready and available for distribution systems right now?


What is your view of the enterprise?

Enterprise Integration

DMS GIS DERMS

Meters, Switches, Capacitors, Regulators

DRAS

MDMS OMS WMS

SOLAR BATTERY PEV

Gateway

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GIS Context Awareness

Who are you? What are you trying to do?


GIS Context Awareness

Login – who, role?Where you are determines what you can do….Guided directions….

– Opportunity for more AR


Field Test Results

Version 2


Current Research Findings

GPS location services can be enhanced Challenges with large data sets Presentation icons scalable Bad GIS data Back-end server correction Use of SDK reduced issues with

AR Define CIM fault message Key fault message to work

request


Future Research

The best is yet to come….


Where are we going?

Asset identificationWearable computersWearable sensorsLinks to other dataSupplemental projects


Goals

Phased approach to pilots Improved efficiency for

mobile work crews Improved safety through

improved situational awarenessReduced work cycle timesDecrease risk by facilitating

interchangeable devices and operating systems


Benefits

– Creation of a comprehensive plan for implementing wearable computer technology and augmented reality across all sectors of the utility industry.

– Develop an understanding of all mobile workflows and the common and unique data requirements.

– Implement a technologically advanced work management that should: Increase crew safety due to more

accurate, real time data to the field. Enhance both audio and visual

communication to the worker in the field. Provide justification for increased

investment in standards based integration

Enhance the ability to visualize and mentally process large amounts of disparate data from multiple sources in a timely manner Avoiding vendor “lock-in” for the purpose

of visualizing and utilizing data Increase crew efficiencies due to improved

system representation and availability of documentation Lead to methods/processes/procedures

that reduce work order cycle times. Facilitate the dispatch of the right crews

with the right equipment and materials. Improved efficiency for mobile work crews Improved safety through improved

situational awareness Reduced work cycle times Decrease risk by facilitating

interchangeable devices and operating systems


Together…Shaping the Future of Electricity

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