Asset inspection assistant

A system for assisting asset inspection within a fleet of assets, the system comprising:

• one or more sensors configured to detect asset sensor data of the fleet of assets;
• one or more user input/output devices associated with said fleet of assets configured to receive inspection report data of the fleet of assets;
• and
• a server device, wherein the server device is configured to:
• collect historical data comprising:
• historical asset sensor data generated by the one or more sensors on the fleet of assets;
• and
• historical inspection report data from the one or more user input devices associated with the fleet of assets;
• use an algorithm to identify correlations in the historical data;
• obtain current asset sensor data from the one or more sensors on a given asset within the fleet of assets and/or obtain current inspection report data from a user input device associated with a given asset within the fleet of assets;
• calculate one or more likely defects which may be present on the given asset based on the identified correlations in the historical data, and based on the current asset sensor data and/or the current inspection report data;
• and
• select a display template from a memory of the server device based on said one or more likely defects and send the display template to the user input/output device associated with the given asset, wherein the display template prioritizes the display of one or more checklist items in the inspection report data dependent on said one or more likely defects.

A computer-implemented method for identifying likely defects with an asset within a fleet of assets, the method comprising:

• collecting, by a server device, historical data, the historical data comprising:
• historical asset sensor data from one or more sensors on the fleet of assets;
• and
• historical inspection report data from one or more user input devices associated with the fleet of assets;
• obtaining current asset sensor data using one or more sensors on a given asset within the fleet of assets and/or collecting current inspection report data using a user input device associated with a given asset within the fleet of assets;
• calculating, using an algorithm on the server device, one or more likely defects which may be present on the given asset based on correlations in the historical data, and based on the current asset sensor data and/or the current inspection report data;
• and
• providing an indication of said one or more likely defects at a user output terminal associated with the given asset.