SYSTEM FOR SHARING VIDEO CAPTURED AT JOBSITE

• US 20100127922A1
• Filed: 11/21/2008
• Published: 05/27/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Emerson Electric Company
• Original Assignee: Emerson Electric Company
• Inventors: Sooy, Josh
• Application Number:
  US12/275,849
• Publication Number:
  US 20100127922A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 342/357.430
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06398 Performance of employee with respect to a job function
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0205 Location or geographical consideration

Abstract

A jobsite inspection system may include an inspection device configured to capture visual media of a viewing area and store the visual media as a media file; a global positioning system adapted to determine a geographic location of the inspection device and embed a location tag into the media file, the location tag is indicative of the geographical location of the inspection device; and a report generator including computer instructions readable by a computing device adapted to receive and store the image file, the report generator is adapted to generate a job report displaying the visual media and a description of the geographical location.

Claims

1. A jobsite inspection system comprising:

an inspection device configured to capture visual media of a viewing area and store said visual media as a media file;

a global positioning system associated with the inspection device and adapted to determine a geographic location of said inspection device, where the inspection device embeds a location tag with the geographic location of the inspection device into said media file; and

a report generator embodied as computer executable instructions on a computing device and adapted to receive the media file from the inspection device, the report generator is configured to generate a job report displaying said visual media and the embedded location tag.

2. The jobsite inspection system of claim 1 wherein said computing device is adapted to store a plurality of job reports and allow selective access thereto.

3. The jobsite inspection system of claim 1 wherein said report generator is adapted to communicate with a plurality of inspection devices disposed in a plurality of respective geographic locations.

4. The jobsite inspection system of claim 3 wherein said computing device is adapted to receive a plurality of media files corresponding to said plurality of inspection devices.

5. The jobsite inspection system of claim 1 wherein said inspection device is adapted to embed a unique identification tag indicative of the inspection device into said media file.

6. The jobsite inspection system of claim 5 wherein said computing device routes and stores said media file based at least partially on said identification tag.

7. The jobsite inspection system of claim 1 wherein said media file is communicated to said report generator via a wireless communication link.

8. The jobsite inspection system of claim 1 wherein said media file is communicated to said report generator via an Internet connection.

9. The jobsite inspection system of claim 1 wherein said report generator is adapted to allow a user to input information into said job report.

10. The jobsite inspection system of claim 1 wherein said location tag cannot be modified and is inseparable from said media file.

11. The jobsite inspection system of claim 1 wherein said geographic location cannot be edited on said job report.

12. The jobsite inspection system of claim 1 further comprising an editing interface adapted to allow one or more bookmarks to be added to a video in said job report.

13. The jobsite inspection system of claim 12 wherein said one or more bookmarks include a description of at least a portion of said video.

14. The jobsite inspection system of claim 1 wherein said job report is partially generated from one of a plurality of job-specific templates.

15. A system for sharing jobsite information comprising:

an inspection device having an elongated flexible member adapted to be removably inserted into an enclosed area;

a camera disposed on said flexible member and operable to capture an image at a first jobsite and convert said image into a computer-readable media file, said inspection device embeds a unique identification tag into said computer-readable media file; and

a computing device remotely located from the inspection device and configured to receive the media file from said inspection device, wherein said computing device reads said unique identification tag and selectively stores said media file in one of a plurality of memory locations residing on the computing device based at least partially on said unique identification tag.

16. The system of claim 15 further comprising a global positioning system integrated with the inspection device, wherein said global positioning system determines a geographic location of said inspection device and embeds a location tag into said media file.

17. The system of claim 16 wherein said computing device detects said location tag and displays a description of said geographical location in said job report.

18. The system of claim 17 wherein said description of said geographical location cannot be edited.

19. The system of claim 15 wherein said computing device is adapted to store a plurality of job reports and allow selective access thereto.

20. The system of claim 15 wherein said computing device is adapted to communicate with a plurality of inspection devices disposed in a plurality of respective geographic locations.

21. The system of claim 15 wherein said media file is communicated to said computing device via a wireless communication link.

22. The system of claim 15 wherein said media file is communicated to said computing device via an Internet connection.

23. The system of claim 15 wherein said computing device is adapted to allow a user to input information into said job report.

24. The system of claim 15 further comprising an editing interface adapted to allow one or more bookmarks to be added to a video in said job report.

25. The system of claim 24 wherein said one or more bookmarks include a description of at least a portion of said video.

26. The system of claim 15 wherein said job report is partially generated from one of a plurality of job-specific templates.

27. A jobsite information system comprising:

an inspection device having an imaging device operable to capture a video of a viewing area and convert said video to a media file; and

a bookmarking tool interface with the imaging device and, wherein actuating an input of the bookmarking tool generates a bookmark at an image frame of said video that was captured substantially concurrently with said button being actuated; and

a computing device in data communication with the inspection device to receive the media file with at least one bookmark from the inspection device, wherein said computing device generates a job report allowing a user to selectively view the video of the media file and select a link associated with said bookmark to view said video beginning at said image frame.

28. The system of claim 27 further comprising a global positioning system coupled to said imaging device, wherein said global positioning system determines a geographic location of said imaging device and embeds a location tag into said media file.

29. The system of claim 28 wherein said computing device detects said location tag and displays a description of said geographical location in said job report.

30. The system of claim 29 wherein said description of said geographical location cannot be edited.

31. The system of claim 27 wherein said media file is communicated to said computing device via a cellular communication network.

32. The system of claim 31 wherein said imaging device is integrated with a cellular phone and said computing device stores said media file according to a phone number of said cellular phone.

33. The system of claim 27 wherein a unique identification tag is embedded into said media file to identify said imaging device.

34. The system of claim 33 wherein said computing device routes and stores said media file based at least partially on said identification tag.

35. The system of claim 27, wherein said imaging device is disposed on an inspection device having an elongated flexible member adapted to be removably inserted into an enclosure.

36. The system of claim 27 wherein said media file is communicated to said computing device via an Internet connection.

37. The system of claim 27 wherein said job report is partially generated from one of a plurality of job-specific templates.