Method of linking information to an electronically enabled manufactured part archive
OwnerRonald M. Lesperance, John A. Cafeo +2inventors
InventorsRonald M. Lesperance, John A. Cafeo, Andrea M. Simon, Alexander P. Morgan
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Abstract
A method of linking information to an electronically enabled manufactured part archive includes identifying an area of the electronically enabled manufactured part archive, defining the area with a geometric token, and electronically identifying information. The information may relate to at least a portion of a manufactured part which is associated with the identified area of the manufactured part archive. The method may also include electronically associating the information with the identified area and/or the geometric token, wherein the information is configured for retrieval.
Claims14
A method of retrieving information related to a manufactured part, the method comprising:
- linking the information to an electronically enabled manufactured part archive, the linking being accomplished by:
- identifying an area of the electronically enabled manufactured part archive;
- defining the area with a geometric token;
- electronically identifying the information, the information relating to at least a portion of a manufactured part which is associated with the identified area of the manufactured part archive;
- and
- electronically associating the information with at least one of the identified area or the geometric token, wherein the information is configured for retrieval;
- selecting, with the geometric token, the area in a record of the electronically enabled manufactured part archive related to the information to be retrieved;
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- retrieving the information electronically associated with at least a portion of the area.
A method of assessing a similarity between a first defined area and at least one other defined area in an electronically enabled manufactured part archive having at least one record, the method comprising:
- assessing an amount of overlap between the first defined area and the at least one other defined area, the first defined area having a common feature with the at least one other defined area;
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- normalizing the amount of overlap between the first defined area and the at least one other defined area by surface areas of the first defined area and the at least one other defined area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.