Portable data collection apparatus for collecting maintenance data from a field tour
First Claim
1. A data collection method for collecting maintenance data in a portable data collection unit from a plurality of machines in an inspection sequence during an inspection tour, said data collection method comprising the steps of:
- sequentially transferring identifications of maintenance data measurements to be obtained from said plurality of machines during an inspection tour to said portable data collection unit, in an arbitrary order which is independent of an inspection sequence; and
reordering the transferred identifications of maintenance data measurements to be obtained from said plurality of machines during an inspection tour, from said arbitrary order into an inspection sequence, in response to inspector input to said portable data collection unit, such that an inspection sequence is determined in said portable data collection unit by the inspector.
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Abstract
A data collection system (20) is described which includes a hand-held data collector (22) for connecting to a computer processing station (PC) (24) which has software which provides a grouping of machines, from which data is to be collected, which are not ordered in a predetermined or measurement sequence. The grouped information is downloaded from the PC (24) to the data collector (22) and, once in the data collector, the user lists or rearranges the grouping as desired using the keys of the data collector to specify a desired sequence in the field. This means that the user is able to create the sequence of measurements"live", that is on tour or during the route.
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1. A data collection method for collecting maintenance data in a portable data collection unit from a plurality of machines in an inspection sequence during an inspection tour, said data collection method comprising the steps of:
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sequentially transferring identifications of maintenance data measurements to be obtained from said plurality of machines during an inspection tour to said portable data collection unit, in an arbitrary order which is independent of an inspection sequence; and reordering the transferred identifications of maintenance data measurements to be obtained from said plurality of machines during an inspection tour, from said arbitrary order into an inspection sequence, in response to inspector input to said portable data collection unit, such that an inspection sequence is determined in said portable data collection unit by the inspector. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A data collection system for collecting maintenance data from a plurality of machines in an inspection sequence during an inspection tour, said data collection system comprising:
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means for assembling identifications of maintenance data measurements to be obtained from said plurality of machines during an inspection tour; a portable data collection unit; arbitrary order transferring means, responsive to said assembling means, for transferring said identifications of maintenance data measurements to be obtained from said plurality of machines during an inspection tour from said assembling means to said portable data collection unit, in an arbitrary order which is independent of an inspection sequence; and arbitrary order reordering means in said portable data collection unit, for reordering said arbitrary order into an inspection sequence, in response to inspector input to said portable data collection unit, such that an inspection sequence is determined in said portable data collection unit by the inspector rather than in said assembling means. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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7. A portable data collection unit which collects maintenance data from a plurality of machines in an inspection sequence during an inspection tour, said portable data collection unit comprising:
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an interface which accepts from external to said portable data collection unit, identifications of maintenance data measurements to be obtained from said plurality of machines during an inspection tour, in an arbitrary order which is independent of an inspection sequence; and wherein said portable data collection unit reorders said arbitrary order into an inspection sequence, in response to inspector input to said portable data collection unit, such that an inspection sequence is determined in said portable data collection unit by the inspector. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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