Methods for automatically generating a common measurement across multiple assembly units

A method comprising:

• retrieving a set of images;
• for a first image in the set of images:
• displaying the first image within a user interface, a form of the first image recorded at an optical inspection station;
• receiving selection of a particular feature in a first assembly unit from the first set of features;
• extracting a first real dimension related to the particular feature in the first assembly unit from the first image;
• and
• defining a feature window encompassing the particular feature, offset from the particular feature, and located relative to a first global origin of the first image;
• for a second image in the set of images:
• locating the feature window within the second image relative to a second global origin of the second image;
• identifying a second feature in a second assembly unit represented in the second image, the second feature in the second assembly unit analogous to the particular feature in the first assembly unit;
• and
• extracting a second real dimension related to the second feature in the second assembly unit from the second image;
• for a third image in the set of images:
• locating the feature window within the third image according to a third global origin of the third image;
• identifying a third feature in a third assembly unit represented in the third image, the third feature in the third assembly unit analogous to the particular feature in the first assembly unit;
• and
• extracting a third real dimension related to the third feature in the third assembly unit from the third image;
• in response to selection of the second image at the user interface, displaying the second image and the second real dimension within the user interface;
• and
• in response to selection of the third image at the user interface, displaying the third image and the third real dimension within the user interface.

A method for automatically measuring a common feature across multiple assembly units comprising:

• displaying a first image within a user interface, a form of the first image recorded at an optical inspection station;
• receiving selection of a particular feature in a first assembly unit represented in the first image;
• extracting a first real dimension of the particular feature in the first assembly unit from the first image;
• for each image in a set of images:
• identifying a feature in an assembly unit represented in the image, the feature in the assembly unit analogous to the particular feature in the first assembly unit;
• and
• extracting a real dimension of the feature in the assembly unit from the image;
• and
• aggregating the first real dimension and a set of real dimensions extracted from the set of images into a digital container;
• and
• in response to a second feature characterized by a second real dimension detected in a second image, in the set of images, of a second assembly unit, in the set of assembly units, deviating from the set of real dimensions, flagging the second assembly unit.