Asset inspection apparatus and methods

• Main Authors: LORENZEN DAVID T, HAMMOND BENJAMIN E, HAMMOND PHILIP R
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 14.06.2007
• Subjects: CALCULATING; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION ORPROCESSING OF GOODS; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; PHYSICS; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE

A method of conducting asset inspections is presented. Data models describe characteristics of one or more assets from which a description of actual assets are built. Multiple customized inspection surveys directed toward the assets can be created from a single data model. Inspection surveys identify inspection point where inspection data and validation information is collected. Validation information is used to validate an inspection has been conducted or conducted properly. Furthermore asset histories can be created for data mining trends or correlations of the asset with respect to other data.