Patent ID: 9152304
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions configured to: display a virtual joystick, a virtual control pad, or a combination thereof, on a screen of a portable computing device; derive control data based on a manipulation of the virtual joystick, the virtual control pad, or the combination thereof; communicate the control data to control a component of a handheld non-destructive testing (NDT) device, wherein the instructions are configured to operate while the handheld NDT device is being held by a human operator; display a second virtual joystick on a computing device disposed at a cloud computing site geographically distant from a location of the handheld NDT device; derive a second control data based on a manipulation of the second virtual joystick; and communicate the second control data via a data network to control the component of the handheld NDT device, wherein the data network comprises at least one wireless segment.