Shoe manufacturing system and method of controlling shoe manufacturing system

A shoe manufacturing system for processing a processing area of each of first shoe parts before bonding second shoe parts to the first shoe parts to form shoes of a first model, the shoe manufacturing system comprising:

• an imager that acquires three-dimensional shape data of each of first shoe parts to be used for processing the first shoe parts;
• a processing unit that processes the processing area of each of the first shoe parts;
• a moving mechanism that moves the processing unit;
• and
• a controller configured to:
• identify a first boundary of the area of the first shoe part based on three-dimensional CAD data of the first shoe part to which the second shoe part is already bonded that is prepared in advance,
• identify a processing area for each of the first shoe parts based on the acquired three-dimensional shape data and the first boundary;
• and
• control the moving mechanism for the processing unit to perform the processing on the processing area of each of the first shoe parts,
• wherein the controller identifies a scribe line drawn on a master shoe part as the first boundary based on the three-dimensional shape data of the master shoe part, and
• wherein, after a first one of the second shoe parts is bonded to a first one of the first shoe parts, the controller i) obtains inspection information of the first one of the second shoe parts being bonded the first one of the first shoe parts, and ii) adjusts, based on determining that the inspection information indicates that the first one of the second shoe parts is improperly bonded to the first one of the first shoe parts, conditions for processing a processing area of a second one of the first shoe parts where a second one of the second shoe parts is to be bonded to.

A method of controlling a shoe manufacturing system for processing a processing area of each of first shoe parts before bonding second shoe parts to the first shoe parts to form shoes of a first model, wherein the shoe manufacturing system comprises a processing unit that processes the processing area of each of the first shoe parts, and a moving mechanism that moves the processing unit, the method comprising:

• acquiring three-dimensional shape data of a master shoe part of the first model for processing the first shoe parts, the master shoe part having an area corresponding to the processing area;
• identifying a first boundary of the area of a master shoe part based on three-dimensional shape data of the master shoe part, wherein the master shoe part is prepared only to define the first boundary;
• identifying a processing area for each of the first shoe parts based on the first boundary of the master shoe part, wherein a scribe line drawn on the master shoe part is identified as the first boundary based on the three-dimensional shape data of the master shoe part;
• and
• controlling the moving mechanism for the processing unit to perform the processing on the processing area of each of the first shoe parts,
• wherein, after a first one of the second shoe parts is bonded to a first one of the first shoe parts, i) inspection information of the first one of the second shoe parts being bonded the first one of the first shoe parts is obtained, and ii) based on determining that the inspection information indicates that the first one of the second shoe parts is improperly bonded to the first one of the first shoe parts, conditions for processing a processing area of a second one of the first shoe parts where a second one of the second shoe parts is to be bonded to is adjusted.