# US 11,908,048 B2 · Managing infrastructure data > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,908,048 B2 - Document ID: US11908048B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/999,858 - Filed: 2020-08-21 - Published: 2020-12-24 - Granted: 2024-02-20 - Earliest claimed: 2011-10-17 - Assignees: RedZone Robotics, Inc. - Applicants: RedZone Robotics, Inc. - Inventors: Subramanian Vallapuzha; Eric C. Close - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11908048B2 ## CPC - G06T 11/26: Drawing of charts or graphs - B23K 9/1274: {Using non-contact, optical means, e.g. laser means} - F16L 55/32: being self-contained - G01B 11/24: for measuring contours or curvatures - G01N 21/954: Inspecting the inner surface of hollow bodies, e.g. bores - G06Q 10/06: Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling - G06Q 10/10: Office automation; Time management - G06Q 30/0611: {Request for offers or quotes} - G06T 3/067: Reshaping or unfolding three-dimensional [3D] tree structures onto two-dimensional [2D] planes - G06T 7/0004: {Industrial image inspection} - B23K 9/0956: {using sensing means, e.g. optical} - G01N 2021/9544: {with emitter and receiver on the probe} - G01N 2021/9548: {Scanning the interior of a cylinder} - G06Q 10/30: Administration of product recycling or disposal - G06T 2207/10028: Range image; Depth image; 3D point clouds - H04N 7/183: {for receiving images from a single remote source} - Y02W 90/00: Enabling technologies or technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to greenhouse gas [GHG] emissions mitigation - G06T: IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL - B23K: SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM - F16L: PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL - G01B: MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS; MEASURING ANGLES; MEASURING AREAS; MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS - G01N: INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (measuring or testing apparatus or processes other than immunoassay, involving enzymes or microorganisms C12M, C12Q) - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - Y02W: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO WASTEWATER TREATMENT OR WASTE MANAGEMENT ## Abstract Embodiments may be used to evaluate completed inspection jobs using updated pipe segment data obtained by inspecting a rehabilitated pipe after completion of a project. One embodiment provides a method of generating an infrastructure project summary, including: collecting, using one or more sensors of an inspection robot, pipe segment data relating to the one or more pipe segments; the second pipe segment data comprising one or more of laser condition assessment data and sonar condition assessment data; generating infrastructure summary data for at least a part of the network using the pipe segment data, comparing, using a processor, first and second infrastructure summary data; generating, using the processor, a parameter of the infrastructure project summary based on the comparing; and including the parameter of the infrastructure project summary in a project summary report. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method, comprising: traversing, using a pipe inspection robot, one or more pipe segments in a network and collecting, at a first time and using one or more sensors of the inspection robot, first pipe segment data comprising one or more of laser condition assessment data and sonar condition assessment data relating to the one or more pipe segments in the network; generating first infrastructure summary data for at least a part of the network using the first pipe segment data, wherein the first infrastructure summary data relates to a condition of the one or more pipe segments at the first time; thereafter traversing and collecting, at a second time after the first time, and using one or more sensors of an inspection robot, second pipe segment data comprising one or more of laser condition assessment data and sonar condition assessment data relating to the one or more pipe segments; generating second infrastructure summary data for at least the part of the network using the second pipe segment data, wherein the second infrastructure summary data relates to an updated condition of the one or more pipe segments at the second time; comparing, using a processor, the first and second infrastructure summary data; generating, using the processor, displayable data indicating a change between the first and second infrastructure summary data; and displaying, in response to a selection of the first one or more pipe segments in a graphical user interface, the change between the first and second infrastructure summary data. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the displayable data indicates a worsening over time. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the displayable data indicates an improvement over time. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the displayable data is a score. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising applying a treatment to the one or more pipe segments between the first and second times. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying comprises including an indicator of the change in association with the one or more pipe segments. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the displayable data comprises condition assessment data for the one or more pipe segments at the first and second times. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the condition assessment data for the one or more pipe segments comprises two dimensional image data. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein the condition assessment data comprises one or more of image data, laser data, and sonar data. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying comprises presenting a time series of data indicating the change between the first and second infrastructure summary data at the first and second times. ### Claim 11 A method, comprising: operating, at a first time, a pipe inspection robot to collect multi-sensor inspection data for an underground infrastructure asset comprising a pipe located in a network of pipes; determining, using the multi-sensor inspection data collected at the first time, one or more conditions of the pipe; operating, at a second time, a pipe inspection robot to collect second multi-sensor inspection data for the pipe; determining, using the second multi-sensor inspection data collected at the second time, one or more updated conditions of the pipe; identifying, using one or more processors, a change between the one or more conditions and the one or more updated conditions; and displaying, using a display device, data indicative of the change. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the displaying comprises presenting a time series of data indicating the change between the first and second times for the pipe. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the data indicative of the change comprises one or more of images, laser inspection data, and sonar inspection data presented as the time series of data. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the time series of data comprises a first panel displaying the one or more conditions and a second panel displaying the one or more updated conditions. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the data indicative of the change comprises one or more key graphics displayed in association with one or more of the first panel and the second panel. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the data indicative of the change included in the first panel and the second panel are synchronized with respect to location within the pipe, the display comprising a selectable indicator of the location within the pipe. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, comprising: responsive to selection of the indicator to adjust the location within the pipe, updating the display of the first panel and the second panel. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, comprising operating a pipe inspection robot to apply a treatment to the pipe between the first and second times.