US 12,085,926 B2
System and method for remote structural health monitoring
Andrew Wilhelm, Princeton Junction, NJ (US); Ryan J. Streeter, Antioch, CA (US); Dimitri T. Grammatikopoulos, Staten Island, NY (US); Kenneth L. Brister, Moss Point, MS (US); and Rich J. Mills, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to Mistras Group, Inc., Princeton Junction, NJ (US)
Filed by MISTRAS Group, Inc., Princeton Junction, NJ (US)
Filed on Jul. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/373,685.
Application 17/373,685 is a continuation of application No. 16/788,236, filed on Feb. 11, 2020, granted, now 11,126,170.
Prior Publication US 2021/0341912 A1, Nov. 4, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 50/163 (2024.01); G05B 23/02 (2006.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01)
CPC G05B 23/0221 (2013.01) [G05B 23/0272 (2013.01); G05B 23/0283 (2013.01); G06Q 50/163 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); G05B 2223/06 (2018.08)] 20 Claims
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1. A method of performing remote structural health monitoring, the method comprising:
receiving, at a remote computing device, first data indicating physical characteristics of a plurality of structures;
based on the physical characteristics indicated by the first data, determining, by the remote computing device, a plurality of sensor operations associated with the plurality of structures;
updating, by the remote computing device, a structural health management system to indicate the plurality of sensor operations, wherein at least some data of the structural health management system is remotely accessible to and remotely modifiable by a plurality of portable field devices via a communication interface of each portable field device of the plurality of portable field devices;
after updating the structural health management system, sending a plurality of notifications to one or more of the plurality of portable field devices, wherein each notification of the plurality of notifications causes a respective graphical user interface (GUI) of each portable field device of the plurality of portable field devices to indicate one or more sensor operations of the plurality of sensor operations;
in response to sending the plurality of notifications, receiving, at the remote computing device and from the plurality of portable field devices, second data indicating results of the plurality of sensor operations, the results generated by a plurality of tools used to perform the plurality of sensor operations;
based on the results of the plurality of sensor operations, initiating a plurality of remote structural health monitoring operations by the remote computing device to determine one or more structural health characteristics of each structure of the plurality of structures, wherein the one or more structural health characteristics include a miscalibration of a particular tool of the plurality of tools; and
based on the miscalibration of the particular tool, remotely initiating, by the remote computing device, recalibration of the particular tool.