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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2010
Brent Louis Hadley, Kent, WA (US);
Patrick J. Eames, Newcastle, WA (US);
Michael Patrick Sciarra, Seattle, WA (US);
Brent Louis Hadley, Kent, WA (US);
Patrick J. Eames, Newcastle, WA (US);
Michael Patrick Sciarra, Seattle, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A method for differentiating between variations of an apparatus design is provided. The method includes digitally characterizing at least two aspects of a first expression wherein the at least two aspects include at least logical data and physical data relating to the first expression, and digitally characterizing the at least two next aspects of at least one next expression other than the first expression wherein the at least two next aspects include at least logical data and physical data relating to the at least one next design expression. The method further includes identifying selected differences between the at least two aspects and the at least two next aspects and displaying the first expression and at least one of the at least one next expression in a visual display wherein the selected differences are presented using at least one visually identifiable distinction.