SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CARRYING OUT AN INSPECTION OR MAINTENANCE OPERATION WITH COMPLIANCE TRACKING USING A HANDHELD DEVICE
First Claim
1. A method for ensuring compliance of industrial inspection, comprising the steps of:
- segmenting one or more inspected components into one or more logical inspection points;
scanning one or more unique machine-readable tags at each logical inspection point;
taking one or more media samples of the inspected component at each logical inspection point; and
associating the media samples with the corresponding scan of the unique machine-readable tag,wherein a timestamp is added for each action taken at each logical inspection point, said timestamp representing evidence of a date and a time of physical visitation to said logical inspection point and associated action.
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Abstract
The present invention is a system and method for inspections and compliance verification of industrial equipment using a handheld device. An inspector first segments an inspected component into logical inspection points. The inspector then scans a unique machine-readable tag, such as an RFID tag, with a handheld device at each logical inspection point. The inspector then takes a media sample, such as a digital photograph, of the physical component referred to by each corresponding logical inspection point. Then the inspector associates the media samples with the corresponding scan of the unique machine-readable tag. For each of the actions the inspector carries out on the handheld device, a timestamp is added that represents evidence of a date and a time of physical visitation to the associated logical inspection point. The inspector may then annotate the media samples in such ways that substantiate inspector statements of problems with inspected components found during inspection.
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32 Claims
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1. A method for ensuring compliance of industrial inspection, comprising the steps of:
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segmenting one or more inspected components into one or more logical inspection points; scanning one or more unique machine-readable tags at each logical inspection point; taking one or more media samples of the inspected component at each logical inspection point; and associating the media samples with the corresponding scan of the unique machine-readable tag, wherein a timestamp is added for each action taken at each logical inspection point, said timestamp representing evidence of a date and a time of physical visitation to said logical inspection point and associated action. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An industrial inspection compliance system, comprising:
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one or more physical components marked to be inspected; one or more logical inspection points segmented from the physical components, having at least one unique machine-readable tag at each logical inspection point; one or more scanning devices which can read the unique machine-readable tags at each logical inspection point; and one or more media input devices which can capture media samples of inspected physical components at each logical inspection point. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. An industrial inspection compliance system, comprising:
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one or more physical components marked to be inspected; one or more logical inspection points segmented from the physical components, having one or more unique machine-readable tags at each logical inspection point; one or more scanning devices which can read the unique machine-readable tags at each logical inspection point; one or more media input devices which can capture media samples of inspected physical components at each logical inspection point; a data storage area for storing information representing segmentation of physical components as logical inspection points; a data storage area for storing information representing each scan obtained by the scanning device, wherein each record comprises a timestamp of each scan, a unique identifier of the scanned machine-readable tag, and associations with any scans obtained by the scanning device; and a data storage area for storing information representing the media samples obtained by the media input device, wherein each record comprises a timestamp of the taking of the corresponding media sample, the media sample itself, and associations with any media samples obtained by the media input device.
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