Patent ID: 11875502
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. An inspection system for automotive components comprising:
one or more multi-dimensional cameras configured to collect images corresponding to a selected automotive component;
a network of three-dimensional (3D) scanners configured to scan the selected automotive component;
a conveyor structure operable to transport the selected automotive component; and
a controller communicably coupled to the cameras and the network of 3D scanners to receive the images from the cameras and receive a data set that collectively represent the structure of the selected automotive component from the network of 3D scanners, wherein each data of the data set corresponds to a point image of the selected automotive component,
wherein the network of 3D scanners comprises a first group of scanners having a first angle and a first orientation relative to the conveyor structure and a second group of scanners having a second angle and a second orientation relative to the conveyor structure and different from the first angle and the first orientation, and within each group;
wherein the multi-dimensional cameras are arranged relative to the network of 3D scanners, the conveyor structure, and the selected automotive component;
wherein the controller is configured to:
reconstruct a 3D model of the selected automotive component based on the image data from the cameras and the data set from the network of 3D scanners;
determine whether an anomaly is present with respect to the selected automotive component based on an artificial intelligence based recognition; and
generate, at a production speed, an output indicative of the selected automotive component with or without anomaly.