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US 12,748,164 B2Granted
System and method for connector assembly verification in battery packaging
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsWuhua Yang, Thiagarajan Chidambareswaran, Alex Jaraki, Yanli Zhou, Miguel Arturo Saez
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Abstract
A method of verifying an assembly of a connector, the method including capturing at least one audio signal from within a footprint of an assembly line during the assembly of the connector; and verifying the assembly of the connector based on the at least one audio signal.
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A method of verifying an assembly of a connector, the method comprising:
- capturing a plurality of audio signals by a plurality of audio sensing devices, respectively, from within a footprint of an assembly line during the assembly of the connector, the plurality audio sensing devices being spaced apart from each other at different locations within the footprint of the assembly line;
- fusing the plurality of audio signals to generate a final audio signal;
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- verifying the assembly of the connector based on the final audio signal.
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A system configured to verify an assembly of a connector, the system comprising:
- a plurality of audio capturing devices spaced apart from each other at different locations within a footprint of the assembly line and configured to capture a plurality of audio signals from within the footprint of an assembly line during the assembly of the connector;
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- a controller configured to fuse the plurality of audio signals to generate a final audio signal and verify the assembly of the connector based on the final audio signal.
A method of verifying an assembly of a connector, the method comprising:
- capturing at least one audio signal from within a footprint of an assembly line during the assembly of the connector;
- tracking a relative position of an operator and an audio sensing device within the footprint, the audio sensing device configured to capture the at least one audio signal, tracking including:
- detecting a position of the operator within the footprint;
- determining whether the position of the operator is aligned with a position of the audio sensing device;
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- moving the audio sensing device towards the position of the operator, in response to determining that the position of the operator is misaligned with the position of the audio sensing device,
- wherein the determining whether the position of the operator is aligned with the position of the audio sensing device comprises:
- calculating offsets for linear actuators associated with the audio sensing device based on the relative position of the operator and the audio sensing device;
- verifying the assembly of the connector based on the at least one audio signal.
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