Systems and methods for vacuum furnace post-processing
AssigneeRtx Corporation
InventorGuolin Oo
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Abstract
A method of generating a loaded layout in a vacuum furnace corresponding to an actual layout in the vacuum furnace during operation of the vacuum furnace may comprise receiving, via a processor, a visual data of a loading process of the vacuum furnace from a camera; comparing, via the processor, the visual data to a predetermined maximum capacity layout for the vacuum furnace; and arranging, via the processor, the visual data into the loaded layout in response to comparing the visual data.
Claims20
A method of generating a loaded layout in a vacuum furnace corresponding to an actual layout in the vacuum furnace during operation of the vacuum furnace, the method comprising:
- receiving, via a processor, a visual data of a loading process of the vacuum furnace from a camera, the visual data including a first image showing a first row of components and a second image showing a second row of components;
- comparing, via the processor, the first image and the second image of the visual data to a predetermined maximum capacity layout for the vacuum furnace, the predetermined maximum capacity layout including X number of baskets wide by Y number of baskets long by Z number of baskets high;
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- arranging, via the processor, the visual data into the loaded layout in response to comparing the visual data, wherein the loaded layout includes a placeholder image in a location in the actual layout in the vacuum furnace, the placeholder image indicating a basket in the predetermined maximum capacity layout lacks a corresponding component in the first row of components or the second row of components.
A method, comprising:
- capturing a visual data of a vacuum furnace loading process, the visual data including a first image of a first row of components disposed on a loading stand and a second image of a second row of components disposed on the loading stand in a vacuum furnace, the loading stand configured to be placed in the vacuum furnace;
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- arranging the first image and the second image into a layout image, the layout image including the first image, the second image, and location indicators, the location indicators corresponding to a position of components within the vacuum furnace during operation of the vacuum furnace, wherein the layout image includes a placeholder image indicating a component in a predetermined maximum capacity layout lacks a corresponding component in the first row of components or the second row of components.
A control system for vacuum furnace post processing, the control system comprising:
- a camera configured to be disposed with a line of sight to a loading stand;
- a controller configured to operably couple to the camera, the controller configured to:
- receive, through the camera, visual data corresponding to a loading process of a plurality of baskets on the loading stand, each basket in the plurality of baskets having a component disposed therein the visual data including a first image showing a first row of components and a second image showing a second row of components;
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- arrange the visual data into a loaded layout, the loaded layout corresponding to an actual layout of the plurality of baskets during after the loading process, wherein the loaded layout includes a placeholder image in a location in the actual layout in the vacuum furnace, the placeholder image indicating a basket in a predetermined maximum capacity layout lacks a corresponding component in the first row of components or the second row of components.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.