Systems and methods for inspection and defect detection

A computer-implemented method of inspecting and detecting whether a defect exists in a wearable article distributed through a system for providing wearable articles as a service, the method comprising:

• maintaining one or more databases of the system for providing wearable articles as a service for distributing one or more wearable articles to one or more users of the one or more wearable articles on a temporary basis, the one or more databases comprising one or more characteristics of the one or more wearable articles and an inspection history of the one or more wearable articles;
• receiving a wearable article being returned from a user of the wearable article following the user's temporary use or possession of the wearable article;
• inspecting a surface of the received wearable article using a visual inspection process and a defect inspection tool that indicates whether a physical defect exists in the surface of the received wearable article;
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• updating the one or more databases of the system for providing wearable articles as a service with a result of the visual inspection process and information regarding whether a physical defect exists in the wearable article.

A computer system for inspecting and detecting whether a defect exists in a wearable article distributed through a system for providing wearable articles as a service, comprising:

• a memory storing instructions;
• and
• one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to perform operations including:
• maintaining one or more databases of the system for providing wearable articles as a service for distributing one or more wearable articles to one or more users of the one or more wearable articles on a temporary basis, the one or more databases comprising one or more characteristics of the one or more wearable articles and an inspection history of the one or more wearable articles;
• receiving a wearable article being returned from a user of the wearable article following the user's temporary use or possession of the wearable article;
• inspecting a surface of the received wearable article using a visual inspection process and a defect inspection tool that indicates whether a physical defect exists in the surface of the received wearable article;
• and
• updating the one or more databases of the the system for providing wearable articles as a service with a result of the visual inspection process and information regarding whether a physical defect exists in the wearable article.