Patent ID: 7672500

Claim:
A method for visualizing the output of a production process comprising: (a) inspecting a first plurality of materials or items produced by the production process, each said inspected material or item comprising a second plurality of points, areas, sections or regions; (b) for each inspected material or item, providing parameter values of one or more parameters associated with each one of said second plurality of points, areas, sections or regions of the respective inspected material or item; (c) performing statistical analysis for at least one data set of said parameter values, wherein said parameter values of the or each data set are obtained for a respective set of corresponding said points, areas, sections or regions taken across said first plurality of inspected materials or items, to generate statistical data associated with said respective set of said points, areas, sections or regions; and (d) using a computing device to generate a digital image of a said single material or item collectively representing said plurality of said inspected materials or items, wherein a corresponding point, area, section or region of the image representative of the or each respective set of said points, areas, sections or regions of the plurality of inspected materials or items is visually coded to indicate the said statistical data obtained in step (c) corresponding thereto.