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US 10,705,513 B2Granted
Computer-assisted methods of quality control and corresponding quality control systems
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorOlivier Harasse
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Abstract
The disclosure herein relates to a quality control method and system in aeronautical manufacturing. The system comprises a tablet connected to a concession management server, the server being itself linked to an aircraft configuration database, a three-dimensional digital model of the aircraft and a fault database. The element to be inspected is identified using the digital model and the fault is characterized by browsing a predetermined decision tree associated with the element.
Claims10
A quality control system for construction of an aircraft, the aircraft comprising a plurality of elements, and the quality control system comprising:
- a concession management server comprising at least a first processor;
- and
- a user device comprising at least a second processor and a display and a user input device, wherein the user device is connected to the concession management server, and wherein the user device is configured to send to the concession management server a request message for a concession in response to receiving user input from a quality control operator indicating nonconformity of an element of the plurality of elements to a set of predetermined technical specifications,
- wherein the concession management server is linked to a first aircraft configuration database describing the plurality of elements of the aircraft according to a tree structure, a second fault database containing a catalogue of fault types for the plurality of elements of the aircraft, and a third database containing a three-dimensional digital model of the aircraft, and
- wherein the concession management server is configured to, in response to receiving the request message for the concession, determine a fault type for the element by guiding the quality control operator to identify the fault type, including sending, to the user device for presentation to the quality control operator on the display of the user device, a series of requests and receiving, from the user device, a responsive answer to each request in the series of requests, such that each successive request in the series of requests is based on browsing, using the responsive answer to a previous request, a decision tree associated with the element in the fault database, and
- wherein the user device comprises a digital tablet equipped with position and attitude sensors, and wherein the user device is configured to present, on the display, a certain number of elements in the three-dimensional digital model of the aircraft based on sensor information received from the position and attitude sensors by determining a location of the user device with respect to the aircraft and selecting the certain number of elements based on the location of the user device with respect to the aircraft, and wherein receiving user input from the quality control operator indicating nonconformity of the element comprises receiving a selection from the quality control operator of the element from the certain number of elements in the three-dimensional digital model of the aircraft to indicate the nonconformity of the element.
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A computer-assisted quality control method for construction of an aircraft, the aircraft comprising a plurality of elements, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a concession management server comprising at least a first processor, a request message for a concession from a user device comprising at least a second processor;
- determining, by the concession management server, that the request message indicates nonconformity of an element of the plurality of elements to a set of predetermined technical specifications as determined by user input from a quality control operator;
- and
- in response to receiving the request message for the concession, determining, by the concession management server, a fault type for the element by guiding the quality control operator to identify the fault type, including sending, to the user device for presentation to the quality control operator on the display of the user device, a series of requests and receiving, from the user device, a responsive answer to each request in the series of requests, such that each successive request in the series of requests is based on browsing, using the responsive answer to a previous request, a decision tree associated with the element in a fault database containing a catalogue of fault types for the plurality of elements of the aircraft,
- wherein the user device comprises a digital tablet equipped with position and attitude sensors, and wherein the user device is configured to present, on the display, a certain number of elements in the three-dimensional digital model of the aircraft based on sensor information received from the position and attitude sensors by determining a location of the user device with respect to the aircraft and selecting the certain number of elements based on the location of the user device with respect to the aircraft, and wherein receiving user input from the quality control operator indicating nonconformity of the element comprises receiving a selection from the quality control operator of the element from the certain number of elements in the three-dimensional digital model of the aircraft to indicate the nonconformity of the element.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.