Handheld device rendering of plant model portion based on task

A handheld computing device, comprising:

• a processor programmed to implement a model rendering algorithm representing an industrial plant having processing units stored in an associated memory;
• a wireless transceiver coupled to said processor, said wireless transceiver having an antenna coupled thereto,
• and a display coupled to display images rendered by said model rendering algorithm;
• wherein said rendering algorithm implements rendering of an image representation of a model portion on said display, said model portion being a portion of a 2D plantwide model or 3D plantwide model of said industrial plant selected based on a task defined for a first worker having said handheld computing device to execute involving at least a first processing unit of said processing units.

An industrial plant, comprising:

• processing units, and actuators and sensors coupled to said processing units;
• a wireless communications network including a network server, at least one router, and a plurality of operators having handheld computing devices including a first worker having a first handheld computing device, wherein said network server stores a 2D plantwide model and a 3D plantwide model of said industrial plant;
• wherein said first handheld computing device includes:
• a processor programmed to implement a model rendering algorithm representing said industrial plant stored in an associated memory;
• a wireless transceiver coupled to said processor, said wireless transceiver having an antenna coupled thereto, and
• a display coupled to display images rendered by said model rendering algorithm;
• wherein said rendering algorithm implements rendering of an image representation of a model portion on said display, said model portion being a portion of said 2D plantwide model or said 3D plantwide model based on a task defined for said first worker having said first handheld computing device to execute involving at least a first processing unit of said processing units.