Patent ID: 9726715
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: G01R,G06F

Claim:
1. A method of obtaining and maintaining maintenance records, comprising: establishing a communication link between a computing device and a measurement device that is configured to measure one or more electrical or physical parameters of a device under test (DUT), wherein the measurement device includes an imaging system; prior to or after establishing the communication link, measuring, using the measurement device, one or more electrical or physical parameters of the DUT to obtain measurement data; transmitting the measurement data from the measurement device to the computing device via the communication link, the measurement data including the measured one or more electrical or physical parameters of the DUT; generating, by the computing device, associated measurement data, the associated measurement data including the measurement data received from the measurement device and an indication of the DUT, wherein said generating associated measurement data comprises creating, at the computing device, a DUT record for the device under test including at least one of a DUT name, DUT type, and DUT location; receiving, via user input at the computing device, data to be associated with testing of the DUT and storing said data with the associated measurement data in the DUT record, wherein the data to be associated with testing of the DUT is in one or more of the following formats: an audio format; a video format; and a text format; obtaining a first image of the DUT as previously tested and displaying, by the computing device, the first image as a reference image with a first reference frame that corresponds to a center of the reference image; receiving a live image of the DUT from an image sensor in the imaging system and displaying, by the computing device, the live image with a second reference frame that corresponds to the first reference frame, wherein the display of the live image further includes a cursor that represents a center of the image sensor, and wherein the cursor moves on the display as the measurement device moves in a two-dimensional plane parallel to the DUT; aligning the cursor with the second reference frame and obtaining a second image of the DUT that is substantially aligned with the reference image; storing the second image with the associated measurement data in the DUT record; and providing the associated measurement data for the DUT from the computing device to a service provider via a network.