Patent ID: 11906989
Assignee: ENZ TECHNIK AG
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC B  G  H

Claim 0:
1. A cleaning method with digital data management for cleaning a pipe or shaft with a cleaning nozzle operated with a cleaning liquid, wherein the cleaning nozzle has a camera module, the method comprising:
a) inserting the cleaning nozzle into the pipe or shaft at a cleaning location and then performing, by a cleaning service provider, a cleaning of the pipe or shaft using the cleaning nozzle such that inner walls of the pipe or shaft are cleaned by the cleaning liquid, the cleaning nozzle being a rotating nozzle propelled by the cleaning liquid;
b) recording a video during the cleaning using the camera module of the cleaning nozzle;
c) transmitting the video from the cleaning nozzle to a mobile device of the cleaning service provider in a wired or wireless manner over a first distance;
d) transmitting the video with collected corresponding position data of the cleaning location of the pipe or shaft from the mobile device of the cleaning service provider to a memory in a cloud storage network over a second distance in real time while the video is recording during the cleaning, the video with collected corresponding position data of the cleaning location being stored in the memory in the cloud storage network, which is an offsite storage system maintained by a third party, so as to be accessible through the Internet, wherein a position determination means is arranged in the cleaning nozzle or in the mobile device, and the memory in the cloud storage network is protected by the cleaning service provider and/or nozzle manufacturer;
e) making the memory in the cloud storage network accessible by prior registration and authentication of a customer commissioning the cleaning;
f) displaying, to the customer, a road map illustrating multiple points that each represent a cleaning location at which a video was recorded and stored in the memory in the cloud storage network; and
g) in response to the customer selecting one of the points illustrated on the road map, retrieving the recorded video of the cleaning location represented by that point from the memory in the cloud storage network.