Patent ID: 7787992

Claim:
A method to generate a human-machine interface for a user to monitor or control of an industrial or commercial device or process, the method comprising: receiving with a portable computing device carried by the user information of an identity of said industrial device or process or equipment in the vicinity of the user, matching with said portable computing device said industrial device to control system data or process or equipment, retrieving with the portable computing device at least one stored virtual image dependent on the identity of said industrial device or process or equipment, capturing an image of a real object with an imager carried by the user, combining with the portable computing device the at least one stored virtual image together with said image of a real object, displaying the combination on a display, displaying on a portable display associated with the portable computing device a virtual control human-machine interface for monitoring and/or controlling said industrial device or process or equipment, the human machine interface comprising at least one of information or manipulatable element superimposed on the image of a real object, and controlling said industrial device or process in response to manipulation the user of the at least one of information or manipulatable element superimposed on the image of a real object.