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US 2014/0207514 A1Published application
Inspection data provision
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsMichael Christopher Domke, Sekhar Soorianarayanan, Thomas Eldred Lambdin, Robert Carroll Ward, Scott Leo Sbihli
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Abstract
A method provides identification information configured to identify a particular step or portion of an inspection process. Supplemental data relating to the particular step or portion is received based at least in part upon the identification information. This supplemental data is presented to an inspector or other operator.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- providing, via a computer processor, identification information configured to identify a particular step or portion of an inspection process;
- receiving supplemental data relating to the particular step or portion based at least in part upon the identification information;
- and
- presenting the supplemental data.
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An inspection equipment, comprising:
- step determination logic, configured to determine a particular step or portion of an inspection process that the inspection equipment is being used to execute;
- communications circuitry, configured to query a data provider for supplemental data relating at least to the particular step or portion and receive the supplemental data from the data provider;
- and
- at least one human machine interface configured to present the supplemental data, information relating to the supplemental data, or both.
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A system, comprising:
- a data provider configured to:
- receive a request for supplemental data relating to a particular step or portion of an inspection process;
- gather the supplemental data from one or more data sources;
- and
- provide the gathered supplemental data to a requestor of the supplemental data.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.