METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENABLING REMOTE INSPECTION COMMUNICATION AND DOCUMENTATION
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- establishing an inspection criteria;
identifying an inspection site;
establishing a visual image and audio transmission session between the inspection site and a remote site;
rendering a video image of a view of the inspection site at the remote site; and
recording a determination of at least one aspect of the inspection site on the basis of the inspection criteria and information transferred in the visual image and audio transmission session.
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Abstract
A method and device are provided that enable the establishment and at least partial recordation of a communications session between at least two electronic communications devices. In one application, a hand-held, mobile video-enabled device transmits video and/or photographic images of a location within a construction or remodeling site. The visual image date transmitted from the mobile device is received rendered at a remote computer and the visual data is analyzed in the context of a building, construction, tax, or safety regulation, code or standard. In an optional aspect, a graphic user interface may be employed at either or both the mobile device or the remote computer to add icons or other visual markers to one or more visual data frame sets. Visual data, text data, audio data, and/or pointers to other records may be associated with the each GUI icon or marker for later reference or further annotation.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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establishing an inspection criteria; identifying an inspection site; establishing a visual image and audio transmission session between the inspection site and a remote site; rendering a video image of a view of the inspection site at the remote site; and recording a determination of at least one aspect of the inspection site on the basis of the inspection criteria and information transferred in the visual image and audio transmission session. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method comprising:
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providing a portable audio-visual data acquisition and communication device (“
portable device”
) at an inspection site;establishing a visual image and audio transmission session between the portable device and a remote computer; rendering a video image of a view of the inspection site at the remote computer; enabling the remote computer to alter the video image; recording an altered visual image associable with at least one aspect of the inspection site; and associating the altered visual image with an inspection requirement applicable to the inspection site. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system comprising:
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means to confirm a geolocational position of a portable device; means to receive a visual image transmitted from the portable device; means to associate the visual image and the geolocational position with an inspection requirement; means to alter the visual image to indicate a feature that is subject to the inspection requirement; and means to store and associate the altered visual image and the geolocational position with the inspection requirement. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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