Patent ID: 9746308
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: G01B,H04B

Claim:
1. A method comprising: providing a metrology device having a housing, a measurement device operably coupled to the housing, the measurement device configured to measure an object, the metrology device having a first wireless communications device having a first antenna, a first electric circuit and a first memory, the first wireless communications device being configured to modulate an operating field generated by an external device when the external device is arranged equal to or less than a first distance from the first antenna, the metrology device still further having an electronic processing system operably coupled to the measurement device and the first wireless communications device, the electronic processing system having a second memory and is configured to determine three-dimensional (3D) coordinates of at least one point on the object in response to a measurement by the measurement device; providing a portable computing device having a processor, a third memory, a transmitter, and a receiver, the transmitter and the receiver configured to transmit and receive signals from the first wireless communications device; providing a second wireless communications device associated with the object, the second wireless communications device including a second antenna, a second electric circuit and a fourth memory, the second wireless communications device being configured to modulate the operating field when the external device is equal to or less than the first distance from the second antenna; storing in the fourth memory inspection data, the inspection data including at least one measurement step to be performed by the metrology device; transmitting the operating field with the transmitter; moving the portable computing device to a second distance that is less than or equal to the first distance from the second antenna; receiving the operating field with the second antenna; receiving at the second electric circuit a first signal from the second antenna in response to receiving the operating field; retrieving the inspection data from the fourth memory; modulating the operating field with the second antenna and transmitting the inspection data to the receiver; storing the inspection data in the third memory; and transmitting at least a portion of the inspection data to the electronic processing system with the portable computing device.