Method for monitoring manufacture of assembly units

A method for monitoring manufacture of assembly units comprising:

• detecting a defect in a first inspection image of a first assembly unit in a set of assembly units of an assembly type;
• accessing a feature map linking the defect in the first inspection image to a first set of non-visual inputs into the first assembly unit during production of the first assembly unit;
• for each non-visual input in the first set of non-visual inputs:
• characterizing a proximity of the non-visual input to the defect detected in the first inspection image based on the feature map;
• and
• calculating a weight of the non-visual input based on the proximity;
• in response to a first weight of a first non-visual input exceeding weights of other non-visual inputs in the set of non-visual inputs, identifying the first non-visual input as a possible source of the defect;
• and
• generating a prompt suggesting modification of a first input, in a set of inputs, associated with the first non-visual input.

A method for monitoring manufacture of assembly units comprising:

• detecting a non-visual defect in a first assembly unit in a set of assembly units of an assembly type;
• accessing a feature map linking the non-visual defect to a first set of visual inputs into the first assembly unit during production of the first assembly unit;
• for each visual input in the first set of visual inputs:
• characterizing a proximity of the visual input to the non-visual defect based on the feature map;
• and
• calculating a weight of the visual input based on the proximity;
• in response to a first weight of a first visual input exceeding weights of other visual inputs in the set of visual inputs, identifying the first visual input as a possible source of the non-visual defect;
• and
• generating a prompt suggesting modification of a first input, in a set of inputs, associated with the first visual input.