Method and system for generating an examination report

A computer program embodied in non-transitory computer readable media, and configured to:

• generate at least one report from an examination of an object using a computer by displaying on a screen, a user-selectable sequence of a plurality of data entry tools related to performance of a respective one of a plurality of tasks that constitute the examination;
• accept data entered using at least one of the displayed data entry tools relating to performance of the task on the object;
• enable repetition of user interface use monitoring to allow for performance of a plurality of different tasks;
• store the entered data in a memory component;
• then
• generate an interim report from the entered data by generating examination report content from completion of performance of a first one of the tasks immediately after the first one of the tasks is performed and before an immediately following, second one of the tasks is performed;
• update the interim report as each additional one of the tasks is performed to include examination report content derived from the entered data related to the performance of the additional one of the tasks immediately after each additional one of the tasks, except for the last one of the tasks, is performed and before an immediately following one of the tasks is performed;
• display, during the examination, a designated content area on the screen representing interim report display;
• enable display of the interim report on the screen during the examination by monitoring use of the user interface to determine when the designated content area representing interim report display is activated and when it is determined by the processor that the designated content area representing interim report display is activated, displaying the interim report on the screen to thereby allow for display of a current report after each task during the performance of the tasks that constitute the examination prior to ending the examination;
• and then
• generate a finished report from the entered data after all of the tasks that constitute the examination have been performed,
• the computer program being configured to generate the interim report, update the interim report and generate the finished report by automatically generating examination report content from completion of performance of each task performed prior to generation of the interim or finished report or updating of the interim report and for which data was entered using the at least one displayed data entry tool related to the performance of that task, and including the generated examination report content in the report.

A method for generating at least one report from an examination of an object using a computer, comprising:

• displaying on a screen, a user-selectable sequence of a plurality of data entry tools related to performance of a respective one of a plurality of tasks on the object that constitute the examination of the object;
• accepting data entered using at least one of the displayed data entry tools relating to performance of the task on the object;
• storing the entered data in a memory component;
• generating, using the processor, an interim report from the data entered using the at least one displayed data entry tool related to the performance of a first one of the tasks immediately after the first one of the tasks is performed and before an immediately following, second one of the tasks is performed;
• then
• updating, using the processor, the interim report as each additional one of the tasks is performed to include information derived from the data accepted using the at least one displayed data entry tool related to the performance of the additional one of the tasks immediately after each additional one of the tasks, except for the last one of the tasks, is performed and before an immediately following one of the tasks is performed;
• displaying, during the examination, the interim report on the screen to thereby allow for display of a current report after each task during the performance of the tasks that constitute the examination;
• and then
• generating a finished report from the entered data after all of the tasks that constitute the examination have been performed,
• the steps of generating the interim report, updating the interim report and generating the finished report each comprising automatically generating examination report content from completion of performance of each task performed prior to generation of the interim or finished report or updating of the interim report and for which data was entered using the at least one displayed data entry tool related to the performance of that task, and including the generated examination report content in the report.