US 12,253,348 B2
Method and system for providing individual information about a coordinate measuring device
Markus Steiner, Granichen (CH); and Philip Kim, Galloway, OH (US)
Assigned to LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG, Heerbrugg (CH)
Filed by LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG, Heerbrugg (CH)
Filed on Jun. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/855,595.
Prior Publication US 2024/0003673 A1, Jan. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 21/45 (2013.01); G01B 11/00 (2006.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01)
CPC G01B 11/005 (2013.01) [H04W 76/10 (2018.02); G01B 2210/58 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for providing information about an individual coordinate measuring device to an owner or a user of the coordinate measuring device, the method comprising:
providing, in a computational environment, a digital-twin database comprising individual digital twins for a multitude of coordinate measuring devices, each individual digital twin comprising information about the respective individual coordinate measuring device;
assigning an individual code to each of the multitude of coordinate measuring devices;
providing the individual code of a first coordinate measuring device on the first coordinate measuring device; and
pairing the first coordinate measuring device with a mobile device of the owner or user of the first coordinate measuring device, particularly wherein the mobile device is a smartphone or a tablet computer,
wherein the pairing comprises:
capturing, by the mobile device, the individual code of the first coordinate measuring device;
establishing a remote data connection between the mobile device and the computational environment;
sending the captured individual code together with an identifier of the mobile device or of a user of the mobile device from the mobile device to the computational environment via the established data connection; and
verifying, at the computational environment, the sent individual code and, in case of a positive result of the verification, storing the identifier of the mobile device assigned to the digital twin of the first coordinate measuring device,
wherein the method further comprises:
sending a request from the mobile device to the computational environment for information about the first coordinate measuring device together with the identifier of the mobile device; and
determining a validity of the request based on the stored identifier and the sent identifier;
wherein, if the request is determined to be valid, the method further comprises:
retrieving the requested information from the individual digital twin of the first coordinate measuring device and sending the requested information to the mobile device; and
providing the information about the first coordinate measuring device on a display of the mobile device to the user of the mobile device.