Automated vehicle repair system

A computer-implemented method for ranking detected surface defects on a vehicle on an assembly line, the method comprising executing on a processor the steps of:

• receiving an identification of the vehicle;
• receiving, using a defect list retriever to access a defect database stored in a defect memory, a plurality of detected surface defects on the vehicle, wherein each of the plurality of detected surface defects has a defect location, a defect type, and a defect severity;
• automatically retrieving, based on the identification of the vehicle, using a specification retriever to access a specification database stored in a specification memory, a first vehicle specification and a second vehicle specification using a vehicle specification retriever;
• automatically retrieving, using a defect priority retriever to access a defect priority database stored in a priority memory, a first defect priority based on the first vehicle specification and a second defect priority based on the second vehicle specification;
• generating a defect priority list, using a defect prioritization generator, by applying the first defect priority and the second defect priority to the plurality of defects, wherein the defect priority list comprises a ranking of the plurality of detected surface such that a first of the plurality of defects is ranked higher than a second of the plurality of defects based on applying the first and second defect priorities to the defect location, defect type and defect severity;
• providing the defect priority list as an output to an output device associated with the assembly line;
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• wherein the steps of receiving an identification, receiving a plurality of detected surface defects, retrieving vehicle specifications, generating a defect priority list and providing a defect priority list are performed by a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing device, cause the at least one processor to perform the steps of the defect list retriever, the vehicle specification retriever, the defect priority list, and providing the defect priority list.

A vehicle repair prioritization system for an assembly line, the system comprising:

• a vehicle specification database comprising specifications for a vehicle on the assembly line, the database comprising a first specification and a second specification, wherein the first specification is a vehicle color indication for the vehicle;
• a defect database comprising a list of detected defects for the vehicle, wherein each detected defect has an associated defect location and defect type;
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• a non-transitory computer-readable medium with instructions stored thereon, that when executed by a processor, is configured to:
• retrieve the first and second specifications;
• retrieve a first priority, based on the first specification, and a second priority, based on the second specification, wherein the first priority is a color priority;
• retrieve the list of detected defects;
• generate a prioritized list of defects by apply the first and second priority to each defect on the list of defects to determine a priority of defects to be repaired;
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• output the prioritized list of defects to an output device associated with the assembly line.