SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SHARING DATA IN A NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING SYSTEM

• US 20140207875A1
• Filed: 01/22/2013
• Published: 07/24/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Baker Hughes, a GE Company, LLC (Baker Hughes Company)
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Messinger, Jason Howard, Theurer, Charles Burton, Domke, Michael Christopher, Ward, Robert Carroll, Sbihli, Scott Leo, Lambdin, Thomas Eldred, Soorianarayanan, Sekhar
• Granted Patent: US 9,537,907 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/38 for collecting sensor information
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 40/18 Network protocols supporting networked applications, e.g. including control of end-device applications over a network

Abstract

A method for sharing data in a non-destructive testing (NDT) system may include receiving, using a microprocessor, an indication of data to be shared such that the data has been acquired using one or more non-destructive testing (NDT) inspection devices. The method may also include receiving a format in which to send the data, receiving one or more recipients designated to receive the data to be shared; and automatically modifying the data into the format and sending the modified data to the recipients once the data has been acquired by the NDT inspection devices.

Claims

1. A process, comprising:

receiving, using a microprocessor, an indication of data to be shared, wherein the data has been acquired using one or more non-destructive testing (NDT) inspection devices;

receiving a format in which to send the data;

receiving one or more recipients designated to receive the data to be shared; and

automatically modifying the data into the format and sending the modified data to the recipients once the data has been acquired by the NDT inspection devices.

2. The process of claim 1, wherein receiving the indication of data comprises receiving a type of data generated by the NDT inspection devices.

3. The process of claim 1, wherein the format comprises an electronic-mail message, a text message, a report, or any combination thereof.

4. The process of claim 1, wherein automatically sending the modified data comprises sending the modified data via a cloud-computing network.

5. The process of claim 1, wherein receiving the one or more recipients comprises receiving one or more respective preferred formats that correspond to the data.

6. The process of claim 5, comprising automatically modifying the data into the preferred formats and sending the data modified into the preferred formats to the recipients once the data has been acquired by the NDT inspection devices when the one or more respective preferred formats have been received.

7. The process of claim 1, wherein receiving the one or more recipients comprises:

generating a list of experts, entities, or a combination thereof, associated with the data; and

receiving an indication of one or more experts, entities, or the combination thereof, from the list to designate as the one or more recipients.

8. The process of claim 7, wherein generating the list of experts, entities, or the combination thereof, comprises:

cross-referencing the data with a plurality of experts, entities, or the combination thereof, wherein the plurality of experts, entities, or the combination thereof, are associated with the NDT inspection devices, an application type, a defect type that corresponds to an asset being inspected by the NDT inspection devices, or any combination thereof; and

identifying at least a portion of the plurality of experts, entities, or the combination thereof, from the list of experts, entities, or the combination thereof.

9. The process of claim 7, wherein the list of experts, entities, or the combination thereof, comprises information that corresponds to experience and knowledge of each expert, entity, or the combination thereof, in the list of experts, entities, or the combination thereof, wherein the experience and knowledge of each expert, entity, or combination thereof, is related to the NDT inspection devices, problems related to articles inspected by the NDT inspection devices, or any combination thereof.

10. The process of claim 7, wherein the list of experts comprise information related to a biography or resume that corresponds to each expert in the list of experts, wherein the biography or resume comprises a number of years of experience in an industry, equipment familiarity levels, association with pre-designated group of individuals for a particular technology, association with an organizational structure, association with an original equipment manufacturer, or any combination thereof

11. A computing device comprising a memory storing non-transitory computer instructions configured to:

display data acquired using one or more non-destructive testing (NDT) inspection devices;

receive an input associated with the displayed data, wherein the input indicates that the data is to be shared;

receive one or more recipients designated to receive the displayed data; and

send the displayed data to the recipients.

12. The computing device of claim 11, wherein the computer instructions are configured to receive the recipients by:

presenting a list of experts, entities, or a combination thereof, associated with the displayed data upon receiving the input; and

receiving one or more inputs that correspond to one or more experts, entities, or the combination thereof, on the list of experts, entities, or the combination thereof.

13. The computing device of claim 11, wherein the computer instructions are configured to:

receive one or more comments regarding the displayed data; and

send the comments and the displayed data to the recipients.

14. The computing device of claim 13, wherein the comments comprise annotation data overlays.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions configured to:

receive an indication of data to be shared, wherein the data has been acquired using one or more non-destructive testing (NDT) inspection devices;

receive a format in which to send the data;

receive one or more recipients designated to receive the data to be shared; and

automatically modify the data into the format and send the modified data to the recipients once the data has been acquired by the NDT inspection devices.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions are configured to receive the indication of the data to be shared by:

receiving a range of values associated with the data;

receiving a data input; and

designating the data input as the indication of the data when the data input is not within the range of values.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the range of values correspond to a range of expected values for a data entry field associated with the data.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the NDT inspection devices comprise a borescope, a pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) camera, an eddy current inspection device, an ultrasonic inspection device, an ultrasonic flaw detector, an x-ray inspection device, a digital radiography device, or any combination thereof.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the format comprises an electronic-mail message, a text message, a report, or any combination thereof.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions are configured to automatically send the modified data via a computing network.