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

Claim 8:
9. An inspection method of automotive components, the method comprising:
transporting, on a conveyor structure, a selected automotive component;
scanning the selected automotive component with a network of three-dimensional (3D) scanners to obtain a set of data, wherein
the network of 3D scanners comprises a first group of scanners having a first angle and a first orientation relative to the selected automotive component on the conveyor structure and a second group of scanners having a second angle and a second orientation relative to the selected automotive component on the conveyor structure and different from the first angle and the first orientation

collecting images corresponding to the selected automotive component with one or more multi-dimensional cameras;
receiving, at a controller communicably coupled to the cameras, the images from the cameras;
receiving, at the controller communicably coupled to the network of 3D scanners, the set of data that collectively represent the selected automotive component, each data set corresponding to a point image of the selected automotive component;
reconstructing, by the controller, a 3D model of the selected automotive component;
determining, by the controller, whether an anomaly is present with respect to the selected automotive component based on an artificial intelligence based recognition; and
generating, by the controller at a production speed, an output indicative of the selected automotive component with or without anomaly.