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Early warning alarms while there is still time to prevent problems: The sound of chirping birds in control center
- Date:
- January 14, 2015
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- Universitaet Bielefeld
- Summary:
- Computer scientists develop a method for monitoring by listening in factories, operating rooms, and postal logistics centres. When the alarm light starts blinking in the control room of a factory, the problem has already occurred. Computer scientists have now developed a method that allows control room staff to monitor several processes at the same time, which enables them to take preventative action. The trick: processes are coded with sounds. Workers hear, for example, whether there is enough material on the conveyor belt and can react before the supply is used up.
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When the alarm light starts blinking in the control room of a factory, the problem has already occurred. Computer scientists at the Cluster of Excellence Cognitive Interactive Technology (CITEC) at Bielefeld University and the University of Vienna have developed a method that allows control room staff to monitor several processes at the same time, which enables them to take preventative action. The trick: processes are coded with sounds. Workers hear, for example, whether there is enough material on the conveyor belt and can react before the supply is used up.
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Journal Reference:
- Tobias Hildebrandt, Thomas Hermann, Stefanie Rinderle-Ma. A Sonification System for Process Monitoring as Secondary Task. Proceedings of the 5th IEEE Conference on Cognitive Infocommunication, 2015
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