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US 12,008,784 B2Granted
Systems and methods for image-based electrical connector assembly detection
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsRaj Sohmshetty, Vikas Rajendra
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Abstract
A method includes defining, in an image, bounding boxes about an electrical connector assembly, identifying an edge of each of the bounding boxes, and determining one or more metrics based on the edge of each the bounding boxes, where the one or more metrics indicate a positional relationship between the edges of the bounding boxes. The method includes determining a state of the electrical connector assembly based on the one or more metrics and transmitting a notification based on the state.
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A method comprising:
- defining, in an image and by a convolutional neural network, bounding boxes about an electrical connector assembly, wherein the bounding boxes include a first component bounding box and a second component bounding box, wherein the first component bounding box is associated with a first component of the electrical connector assembly, and wherein the second component bounding box is associated with a second component of the electrical connector assembly;
- identifying an edge of each of the bounding boxes;
- determining a distance and an angle between on the edge of each of the bounding boxes, wherein the distance and the angle between the edge of each of the bounding boxes define a positional relationship between the edges of the bounding boxes;
- determining a state of the electrical connector assembly based on the positional relationship;
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- transmitting a notification based on the state.
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A system comprising:
- a processor;
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- a nontransitory computer-readable medium including instructions that are executable by the processor, wherein the instructions include:
- defining, in an image and by a convolutional neural network, bounding boxes about an electrical connector assembly, wherein the bounding boxes include a first component bounding box and a second component bounding box, wherein the first component bounding box is associated with a first component of the electrical connector assembly, and wherein the second component bounding box is associated with a second component of the electrical connector assembly;
- identifying an edge of each bounding box;
- determining a distance and an angle between the edge of each bounding box, wherein the distance and the angle between each edge of each bounding box define a positional relationship between each edge of each bounding box;
- determining a connection state of the electrical connector assembly based on the positional relationship;
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- transmitting a notification based on the connection state.
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A method comprising:
- defining, in an image and by a convolutional neural network, a first component bounding box and a second component bounding box about an electrical connector assembly, wherein the first component bounding box is associated with a first component of the electrical connector assembly, and the second component bounding box is associated with a second component of the electrical connector assembly;
- identifying a first adjacent edge of the first component bounding box and a second adjacent edge of the second component bounding box;
- determining a distance and an angle between the first adjacent edge and the second adjacent edge, wherein the distance and the angle between the first adjacent edge and the second adjacent edge define a positional relationship between the first adjacent edge and the second adjacent edge;
- determining a state of the electrical connector assembly based on the positional relationship;
- and
- transmitting a notification based on the state.
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