Method, system and computer program product for correlating information and location

US8407111B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• General Electric Company · US

Inventors

• Thomas Bernardy · Crescent, US
• Stefan Pieper · Haltern, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 31, 2011
• Grant date: Mar 26, 2013
• Expiry date: Jun 17, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G05B2219/2619
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In one aspect, embodiments of a method of correlating information and location comprise establishing a reference point for an entity. A three-dimensional coordinate is assigned to a device that comprises the entity. The assigned three-dimensional coordinate is relative to the reference point. Information about the device is correlated with the assigned three-dimensional coordinate and stored in a computing device. The computing device receives secondary information, and in response to the secondary information received by the computing device, the computing device provides at least one of the three-dimensional coordinate of the device or at least a portion of the information about the device.