The world's largest energy company State Grid distributed to employees "smart" points on Android

At the beginning of February, 2019 the world's largest energy company State Grid distributed to employees "smart glasses" HMT-1 RealWear based on Android for security of work and performance at service of high-voltage transmission lines.

The headset is equipped with the camera which removes what is seen by the electrical engineer, and assistants far off give advice on service of power supply networks. Also useful information is brought to the display of points in a format of augmented reality, and control is exercised the help of voice commands. The main advantage of such device is that it can use without hands and derivation from work.

HMT-1 RealWear are based on the minicomputer which is used in military projects long ago. Work on a transmission line can be very dangerous, but existence of computer support reduces risk of accidents and at the same time allows to accelerate maintenance procedures, the press release says.

The world's largest energy company State Grid distributed to employees "smart" points

The normal operational team of construction electricians consists of three people – one works with a transmission line, the second insures it, and the third controls the events from the earth via the mobile device. Thanks to HMT-1 RealWear the fourth employee watches the events far off via the notebook eyes of the first worker.

HMT-1 RealWear is equipped with the video camera of high resolution and a complex system of noise reduction allowing to work even in the conditions of loud noise. Besides, the HMT-1 RealWear headset is controlled by voice that is extremely important in such difficult conditions – dense gloves with isolation do not allow to use touch screens, and excess devices occupy hands during operation.

By February, 2019 State Grid completed a complex pilot project in Shanghai, one of the largest cities of China. The working companies used 200 RealWear HMT-1 computers deployed in field conditions. The purpose of a pilot project consisted in security and remote support in real time at maintenance of the high-voltage line of transfers and was successfully reached.^[1]

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