Encoding of intercomponent inspection requirements
AssigneeKitov AI Ltd.
InventorJoseph Rubner
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Abstract
Assembly-level properties defined by a manufactured product's assembly tree analyzed as trigger predicates to assist identification (i.e., selection and/or preparation) of inspection requirements for the manufactured product. Particular emphasis is placed on hierarchical relationships—assembly identification, effects of manufacturing on the visibility/accessibility of an assembly to inspection, and using assembly-level semantics to trigger inspection requirements. The identified inspection requirements are optionally open (semantic) or closed. In some embodiments, identified inspection requirements are provided to an automatic inspection planning system configured to generate an inspection plan, the actions of which said plan fulfill the inspection requirements.
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A method of defining visual inspection requirements for a manufactured product, the method comprising:
- accessing a model-based definition (MBD) comprising a design model of the manufactured product, wherein the MBD specifies relationships between components of the manufactured part;
- identifying inspection requirements for components of the manufactured product, based on automatic analysis of relationships between components specified by the MBD;
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- encoding the identified inspection requirements for use in machine planning of visual inspection of the manufactured product.
A system for defining visual inspection requirements for a manufactured product, the system comprising a computer processor and memory, wherein the computer processor is configured to access instructions in the memory medium which instruct it to:
- access, from the memory, a model-based definition (MBD) comprising a design model of the manufactured product, wherein the MBD specifies relationships between components of the manufactured product;
- identify inspection requirements for components of the manufactured product, based on automatic analysis of relationships between components specified by the MBD;
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- encode the identified inspection requirements for use in machine planning of visual inspection of the manufactured product.
A method of defining visual inspection requirements for a manufactured product, the method comprising:
- accessing a model-based definition (MBD) comprising a design model of the manufactured product;
- identifying inspection requirements for components of the manufactured product, based on automatic analysis of relationships between components specified by the MBD;
- encoding the identified inspection requirements for use in machine planning of visual inspection of the manufactured product, wherein the inspection requirements comprise open inspection requirements specifying a quality concern for inspection of one or more components specified by the MBD, without specification of characteristics or actions corresponding to the quality concern;
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- generating, automatically, a visual inspection plan satisfying the inspection requirements;
- and carrying out the visual inspection plan on at least one instance of the manufactured product.
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