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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1999
Dennis B. Mitchell, The Colony, TX (US);
Dennis G. Lewis, North Richland Hills, TX (US);
James V. W. Head, Hurst, TX (US);
Siemens Dematic Postal Automation, L.P., Arlington, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method is disclosed for providing a user with task-specific information that includes a portable instruction system that may be worn by a user, and includes, a computer sufficiently lightweight and designed to be worn by a user to which a memory has been connected. The system includes a display device that can receive display signals from the computer for visual display to the user and an input device by which the user enters commands to the computer. An instructional program is provided that the computer accesses and stores in memory in response to a user command and displays information concerning a task to be performed by the user on the display device in response to commands from the user.