Intelligent engineering data digitization

A method of validating engineering drawings, comprising:

• receiving a document package wherein contents of the document package include at least a first document with one or more tables and a second document including one or more images of engineering drawings with parts, annotations for the parts and specifications of the parts that are to conform to rules codified in the one or more tables;
• automatically extracting the rules from the one or more tables;
• automatically identifying annotation labels identifying parts within the engineering drawings;
• detecting zone regions in the images corresponding to the annotation labels wherein each zone region includes in entirety, at least one of the annotation labels and specifications of at least one of the parts identified by the at least one annotation label;
• extracting from the images via optical character recognition (OCR), label data of the annotation labels and data elements corresponding to the label data within each of the zone regions as the specifications of the parts;
• identifying validity statuses that include validity or invalidity of each of the specifications of the parts based on conformance of the specifications to corresponding ones of the automatically extracted rules;
• and
• enabling for display on a user interface, a validation document including a list of the annotated parts with corresponding validity statuses, wherein
• the list of annotated parts includes corresponding image widgets wherein selection of one of the annotated parts from the list of annotated parts activates the corresponding image widget that causes a display of a corresponding portion from the engineering drawings that includes the selected annotated part.

A non-transitory processor-readable storage medium comprising machine-readable instructions that cause a processor to:

• receive a document package for automatically executing a first article inspection process, wherein the document package includes at least a specification form and one or more images including engineering drawings that are to be validated per requirements provided in the specification form;
• automatically generate rules corresponding to the requirements from tables in the specification form, wherein the rules are framed as regular expressions and enforce limits outlined in the requirements;
• automatically identify annotation labels identifying parts within the engineering drawings;
• detect zone regions in the images corresponding to the annotation labels wherein each zone region includes in entirety, at least one of the annotation labels and specifications of at least one of the parts identified by the at least one annotation label;
• extract from the images via optical character recognition (OCR), label data of the annotation labels, and the specifications of the parts corresponding to the label data within each of the zone regions;
• identifying validity statuses that include validity or invalidity of each of the specifications of the parts based on conformance of the specifications to the corresponding ones of the rules;
• and
• enabling for display on a user interface, a first article inspection report including a list of the parts with corresponding validity statuses, wherein
• the list of annotated parts includes corresponding image widgets wherein selection of one of the annotated parts from the list of annotated parts activates the corresponding image widget that causes a display of a corresponding portion from the engineering drawings that includes the selected annotated part.