Abstract
Technical documentation is evolving from static contents presented on paper or via digital publishing to real-time on-demand contents displayed via virtual and augmented reality (AR) devices. However, how best to provide personalized and context-relevant presentation of technical information is still an open field of research. In particular, the systems described in the literature can manage a limited number of modalities to convey technical information, and do not consider the ‘people’ factor. Then, in this work, we present a Context-Aware Technical Information Management (CATIM) system, that dynamically manages (1) what information as well as (2) how information is presented in an augmented reality interface. The system was successfully implemented, and we made a first evaluation in the real industrial scenario of the maintenance of a hydraulic valve. We also measured the time performance of the system, and results revealed that CATIM performs fast enough to support interactive AR.
Highlights
Over the past few decades, the number and the variety of industrial products has grown, as well as the complexity of machinery in industrial plants
We considered the most relevant factors influencing the design of an augmented reality (AR) interface in an industrial domain, as well as a wider range of technical information assets with a specific semantic description on when to use them
The turnaround time we define as the elapsed time from which the user requests information to the time in which technical assets are rendered on AR user interface
Summary
Over the past few decades, the number and the variety of industrial products has grown, as well as the complexity of machinery in industrial plants. A category of information associated with a product or a machine is that of technical documentation, including use and maintenance manuals, operating instructions, and installation manuals [2]. This documentation is composed of technical information assets that may describe a component, provide instructions for a task, data, and so on. Most of the technical information assets are increasingly available in various digital formats. They are usually conveyed through visual cues: video, text, image, CAD models, and so on
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