Object management system

US8423318B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• The Boeing Company · US

Inventors

• Randy Dean Baker · Holden, US
• Joseph D. Doyle · Saint Charles, US
• Jeremy Glenn Eagan · Holden, US
• Robin A. Rongey · Edwardsville, US
• Anthony Michael Thomason · Chesterfield, US
• Paul R Davies · Bristol, GB

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 17, 2010
• Grant date: Apr 16, 2013
• Expiry date: Jun 6, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06T2210/56
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method and apparatus for managing information about an object. A location on the object is identified. An association between the location on the object and a number of points in a point cloud for the object is identified. The number of points in the point cloud is associated with a number of parts for the object. The location on the object is associated with the number of parts for the object based on the association of the location on the object with the number of points in the point cloud. An identification of the number of parts associated with the location on the object is presented on a graphical user interface on a display system. Information for the location on the object in a number of types of media is identified. The information for the location on the object is associated with the location on the object.