Thermal Marking for Object Tracking
AssigneeAptiv Technologies AG
InventorsFriedrich Dasberg, Lutz Roese-Koerner, Nils Freitag, Martin Alsfasser, Maurice Riediger, Elisabeth Muhlhausen
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Abstract
Disclosed is a method of recording tracking information on an object, for tracking a progress of the object through a manufacturing process. The method includes obtaining one or more temperature specifications associated with the manufacturing process. The method includes applying a thermal signature to the object representing the tracking information. The thermal signature includes one or more coverage areas having a temperature that is greater than the one or more temperature specifications associated with the manufacturing process.
Claims11
A method of recording tracking information on an object, for tracking progress of the object through a manufacturing process, the method comprising:
- obtaining one or more temperature specifications associated with the manufacturing process;
- and
- applying a thermal signature to the object representing the tracking information,
- wherein the thermal signature includes one or more coverage areas having a temperature that is greater than the one or more temperature specifications associated with the manufacturing process.
A method of tracking an object travelling through a manufacturing process pathway, the method comprising:
- thermally imaging, at one or more positions along the manufacturing process pathway, a thermal signature located on the object to identify one or more areas of the object having a temperature greater than a threshold temperature;
- determining object information based on the identified one or more areas;
- and
- recording progress, along the manufacturing process pathway, of the object having a determined object identification.
A method of tracking an object through a manufacturing process, the method comprising:
- obtaining one or more temperature specifications associated with the manufacturing process;
- at a first position along the manufacturing process, applying a thermal signature to the object representing tracking information, wherein the thermal signature includes one or more coverage areas having a temperature that is greater than the one or more temperature specifications associated with the manufacturing process;
- at a second position along the manufacturing process, thermally imaging a thermal signature located on the object to identify one or more areas of the object having a temperature greater than a threshold temperature;
- determining object information based on the identified one or more areas;
- and
- recording progress, along the manufacturing process, of the object having a determined object identification.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.