Head-up display screen

Abstract

A head-up display screen improves the ability of operators to operate equipment, allowing operators to view the equipment through a transparent window and view information about the equipment on an at least semitransparent display screen overlapping the transparent window, while minimizing obstruction to the view of the equipment. A head-up display screen may include touch capabilities, allowing operators to modify a display while viewing the equipment. A head-up display screen may be rugged and durable for an oil rig environment.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A system for controlling machinery, comprising:
 a machinery unit;   an enclosure comprising a viewing port facing at least a portion of the machinery unit, the portion of the machinery unit viewable through the viewing port;   at least one sensor configured to measure at least one parameter of the machinery unit;   a display component comprising:
 a display screen positioned proximate at least a portion of the viewing port; 
 a projection device for projecting an image onto the display screen, wherein the machinery unit is visible through the image projected onto the display screen; and 
 a gesture-detector configured to detect an input gesture of a user; 
   a processor communicatively coupled to the at least one sensor and the display component; and   a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, the memory bearing processor-executable instructions that, when executed on the processor, cause the processor at least to:
 receive the at least one parameter from the at least one sensor; 
 generate an image for projection by the projection device onto the display screen based on the at least one parameter; 
 receive input-gesture data from the gesture detector, the input-gesture data corresponding to the detected input gesture of the user; and 
 generate a command to control the machinery unit based on the received input-gesture data. 
   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the display screen comprises a mesh material.