Method and system of automated vehicle body routing system employing predicted vehicle body imperfections and vision detection system

A method of directing a vehicle body through a paint process having a surface treatment process, a priming process, and a base-clear (BC) coat process, the method comprising:

• obtaining, by a paint inspection system, a surface image data of the vehicle body subsequent of the surface treatment process, the priming process, the BC coat process, or a combination thereof;
• determining, by a paint inspection system, whether the vehicle body has at least one surface imperfection after the priming process and prior to a post-paint area of the vehicle body;
• determining, by the paint inspection system, one or more characteristics of the at least one surface imperfection based on the surface image data in response to determining that the vehicle body has at least one surface imperfection;
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• selectively directing, by the paint inspection system, the vehicle body to a subsequent process based on the one or more characteristics of the at least one surface imperfection of the vehicle body and a body directive model configured to identify the subsequent process based on an input parameter, wherein the input parameter includes the one or more characteristics of the at least one surface imperfection of the vehicle body.

A method of directing a vehicle body through a paint process, the method comprising:

• obtaining, by a vehicle manufacturing system, process operation data from a vehicle body process, wherein the vehicle body process is configured to form a vehicle body and precedes a paint process of the vehicle body, the vehicle body process includes a stamping process, a body forming process, or a combination thereof, wherein the process operation data is indicative of an operation state of an identified machine performing a selected body operation as part of the vehicle body process;
• determining, by the vehicle manufacturing system, whether a recognized fault has occurred based on the process operation data;
• identifying a potential vehicle body imperfection based on a paint process model and the recognized fault;
• in response to identifying the potential vehicle body imperfection, performing a remedial action during the paint process to address the potential vehicle body;
• obtaining, by a paint inspection system, a surface image data of the vehicle body subsequent of a priming process, wherein the paint process includes a surface treatment process, the priming process, a base-clear (BC) coat process, and a post-paint area provided after the priming process and the BC coat process;
• determining, by a paint inspection system, whether the vehicle body has at least one surface imperfection after the priming process and prior to a post-paint area of the vehicle body;
• determining, by the paint inspection system, one or more characteristics of the at least one surface imperfection based on the surface image data in response to determining that the vehicle body has the at least one surface imperfection;
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• selectively directing, by the paint inspection system, the vehicle body to a subsequent process based on the one or more characteristics of the at least one surface imperfection of the vehicle body and a body directive model configured to identify the subsequent process based on an input parameter, wherein the input parameter includes the one or more characteristics of the at least one surface imperfection of the vehicle body.