Patent ID: 9638553
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: G01D,G01N

Claim:
1. A handset for inspecting a target object with an inspection modality not found in the handset using an inspection module having a sensor, the inspection module comprising a modality-specific inspection component having a modality-specific hardware, modality-specific processing functions, modality-specific configuration information, and modality-specific sensor information, and the handset comprising: a handset interface configured to exchange signals with the inspection module; a handset processor, the handset processor configured to receive information for supporting the inspection modality not found in the handset from the inspection module, including the handset processor being configured to: a user input interface configured to provide a control signal to the handset processor to control the modality-specific hardware of the inspection module; and a user output interface responsive to the handset processor to display the modality-specific sensor information about the target object using the modality-specific processing functions and the modality-specific configuration information including the data formatting information for the inspection modality not found in the handset.