Integrating position information into a handheld tool
First Claim
1. A method of integrating position information, the method comprising:
- determining position data of an object, the position data indicating a location of the object;
recording, in an information management system, the position data of the object;
receiving an indication that the object has been embedded in a structure;
after receiving the indication that the object has been embedded, tagging the object, in the information management system, as being embedded;
communicating the position data of the embedded object from the information management system to a handheld tool at the worksite; and
at the worksite, on a display of the handheld tool, electronically displaying;
a real-time image of the structure embedding the object, andan indication of the communicated position data of the embedded object on the real-time image.
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Abstract
In a method of integrating position information including: position data of an object that will be embedded in a material at a worksite is determined. The position data of the object is recorded, in an information management system. The position data is used to update a record at the information management system, where the record indicates that the object is an embedded object and the position data of the object includes a position of the embedded object. The position of the embedded object is conveyed from information management system to the to a handheld tool at the worksite. The position of the embedded object is displayed on a display device integrated with the handheld tool.
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21 Claims
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1. A method of integrating position information, the method comprising:
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determining position data of an object, the position data indicating a location of the object; recording, in an information management system, the position data of the object; receiving an indication that the object has been embedded in a structure; after receiving the indication that the object has been embedded, tagging the object, in the information management system, as being embedded; communicating the position data of the embedded object from the information management system to a handheld tool at the worksite; and at the worksite, on a display of the handheld tool, electronically displaying; a real-time image of the structure embedding the object, and an indication of the communicated position data of the embedded object on the real-time image. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5)
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2. A method of integrating position information, the method comprising:
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with a first handheld tool, determining position data of an object, the position data indicating a location of the object; recording, in an information management system, the position data of the object; receiving an indication that the object has been embedded in a structure; after receiving the indication that the object has been embedded, tagging the object, in the information management system, as being embedded; communicating the position data of the embedded object from the information management system to a second handheld tool at the worksite; and at the worksite, on a display of the second handheld tool, electronically displaying; a real-time image of the structure embedding the object, and an indication of the communicated position data of the embedded object on the real-time image. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An embedded object display system comprising:
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a handheld tool comprising a display device; and an information management system configured to; receive and store position data of an object embedded in a structure, and communicate a report to said handheld tool, wherein said report indicates the position data; and wherein said handheld tool is configured to receive said report from said information management system, to receive real-time image information of the structure embedding the object, and to display, with the display device, the real-time image information of the structure and an indication of the object on the real-time image, wherein the indication is displayed based on said position data of said embedded object. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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