Realtime inspection management

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10546253-B2
Application number	US-201313747443-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 22, 2013
Priority date	Jan 22, 2013
Publication date	Jan 28, 2020
Grant date	Jan 28, 2020

Abstract

An inspection management system is provided. The inspection management system includes an inspection data provider that receives inspection data relating to an inspector, one or more devices used to complete an inspection, one or more assets associated with an inspection, an inspection plan, etc. A display of the inspection management system presents one or more graphical user interfaces based upon the inspection data. The graphical user interfaces may facilitate inspection planning, execution, preparation, and/or real-time inspection monitoring.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An inspection management system, comprising:
one or more processors configured to:
receive a user selection related to one or more assets subject to inspection;
provide a request for a subset of inspection data to an inspection data provider, the subset of the inspection data defined based upon the user selection;
obtain the subset of the inspection data provided from the inspection data provider, the subset of inspection data comprising historical inspection data, current inspection data, scheduled inspection data, a location of the one or more assets subject to inspection, or a combination thereof associated with the user selection; and
present, in real-time, an inspection management graphical user interface, the inspection management graphical user interface comprising a graphical rendering based upon the subset of the inspection data, wherein the graphical rendering comprises an assigned inspection section that provides details regarding assigned inspections that are assigned to an inspector identified based upon the user selection, a watchlist section that provides updates to data identified based upon the user selection, and a training section that provides training modules identified based upon the user selection;

wherein at least a portion of the subset of the inspection data is presented via the inspection management graphical user interface based upon the location of the one or more assets subject to inspection.

2. The inspection management system of claim 1 , wherein the inspection management graphical user interface comprises a map and one or more icons, the icons being placed on the map in a placement indicating an inspection location of the subset of the inspection data.

3. The inspection management system of claim 2 , wherein the map comprises a world location map with zoom capability.

4. The inspection management system of claim 1 , wherein the map comprises a facility diagram comprising icons where the one or more assets subject to inspection are located within a facility location represented by a location in the facility diagram.

5. The inspection management system of claim 2 , wherein characteristics of the one or more icons vary to denote characteristics of the inspection data, the inspector, one or more devices used to complete the inspection, the one or more assets associated with the inspection, or a combination thereof.

6. The inspection management system of claim 1 , wherein the inspection management graphical user interface comprises an item selector configured to enable a user to select an input.

7. The inspection management system of claim 1 , wherein the inspection data provider is configured to receive inspection status from one or more devices used to complete the inspection.

8. The inspection management system of claim 1 , wherein the inspection management graphical user interface comprises:
a scheduled inspection section providing information regarding scheduled inspections associated with the inspector and one or more devices used to complete inspections;
one or more maps, or overlays detailing a path between a current location and a location of a next planned inspection.

9. The inspection management system of claim 1 , wherein the watchlist section is associated with a specific item, and wherein the watchlist section is configured to present scheduled activities assigned to the user selection.

10. The inspection management system of claim 1 , wherein the inspection management graphical user interface comprises:
an activity section configured to present inspection-related activities that are occurring in an inspection environment.

11. A tangible, non-transitory, machine-readable medium, comprising machine-readable instructions that direct one or more processors to:
receive a user selection related to one or more assets subject to inspection;
provide a request for a subset of inspection data to an inspection data provider storing inspection data, wherein the subset of inspection data is defined based upon the user selection,
receive the subset of inspection data from the inspection data provider, wherein the subset of inspection data comprises historical inspection data, current inspection data, scheduled inspection data, a location of the one or more assets subject to inspection, or a combination thereof associated with the user selection and comprises a location of the one or more assets subject to inspection; and
present, in real-time, an inspection management graphical user interface comprising a graphical rendering based upon the subset of the inspection data, wherein the graphical rendering comprises:
an assigned inspection section that provides details regarding assigned inspections that are specifically assigned to an inspector identified based upon the user selection;
a watchlist section that provides updates to data identified based upon the user selection; and
a training section that provides training modules identified based upon the user selection;

present one or more icons in the inspection management graphical user interface; and
present a menu at the one or more icons, wherein the menu comprises a collaboration option that is configured to initiate a remote collaboration session between a first operator using the inspection management graphical user interface and a second operator using a remote device;
wherein at least a portion of the subset of the inspection data is presented via the inspection management graphical user interface based upon the location of the one or more assets subject to inspection of the subset of the inspection data.

12. The machine-readable medium of claim 11 , comprising machine-readable instructions to:
detect a hover over the one or more of the icons; and
present the menu at the one or more icons where the hover is detected, wherein the menu comprises details of the inspection data represented by the one or more icons.

13. A method, comprising:
receiving a user selection related to one or more assets subject to inspection;
providing a request for a subset of inspection data to an inspection data provider storing inspection data, wherein the subset of the inspection data is defined based upon the user selection;
receiving, via communications circuitry, the subset of inspection data from the inspection data provider, wherein the subset of inspection data comprises historical inspection data, current inspection data, scheduled inspection data, a location of the one or more assets subject to inspection, or a combination thereof associated with the user selection and comprises a location of the one or more assets subject to inspection; and
presenting an inspection management graphical user interface, the inspection management graphical user interface comprising a graphical rendering based upon the subset of the inspection data, wherein the graphical rendering comprises:
an assigned inspection section that provides details regarding assigned inspections that are specifically assigned to an inspector identified based upon the user selection;
a watchlist section that provides updates to data identified based upon the user selection; and
a training section that provides training modules identified based upon the user selection;

wherein at least a portion of the subset of the inspection data is presented via the inspection management graphical user interface based upon the location of the one or more assets subject to inspection of the subset of the inspection data.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein presenting the inspection management graphical user interface comprises:
presenting a planned outage sectio

Assignees

• Gen Electric

Inventors

• Messinger Jason Howard
• Ward Robert Carroll
• Domke Michael Christopher
• Soorianarayanan Sekhar
• Sbihli Scott Leo
• Lambdin Thomas Eldred

Classifications

• G06Q10/20

  Administration of product repair or maintenance · CPC title

• G06Q10/06311 Primary

  Scheduling, planning or task assignment for a person or group · CPC title