Method for assessing fit and alignment of a manufactured part
AssigneePerceptron, Inc.
InventorsJohn H. Kidd, George Lin, Mark Mykytiuk
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Abstract
An automated method is provided for assessing fit and alignment of an assembly component in relation to its assembly environment. The method includes: collecting measurement data for the assembly component; defining model data representative of an assembly environment, where the assembly environment is defined by surfaces of objects that are adjacent to the assembly component in an assembled configuration; and comparing the measurement data with the model data for the assembly environment, thereby assessing the assembly component in relation to its assembly environment.
Claims10
An automated method for assessing a measured object in relation to its assembly environment, comprising:
- collecting three-dimensional measurement data for a measured object;
- defining three-dimensional model data representative of an assembly environment for the measured object, where the model data defines surfaces that are adjacent to the measured object in an assembled configuration;
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- comparing the measurement data with the model data for the assembly environment by computing a gap measure or a flushness measure between the measured object and an adjacent surface of the assembly environment, thereby assessing the measured object in relation to the assembly environment.
An automated method for assessing fit and alignment of an assembly component in relation to its assembly environment, comprising:
- collecting three-dimensional measurement data for the assembly component, the measurement data being defined in relation to a first reference frame;
- defining three-dimensional model data representative of an assembly environment, where the model data defines surfaces that are adjacent to the assembly component in an assembled configuration;
- aligning the measurement data with the model data representative of an assembly environment for the assembly component;
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- comparing the measurement data with the model data for the assembly environment by computing a gap measure or a flushness measure between the measured object and an adjacent surface of the assembly environment, thereby assessing fit and alignment of the assembly component in relation to the assembly environment.
A quality assessment system for assessing an assembly component in relation to its assembly environment, comprising:
- a non-contact sensor mounted to a movable member of a robot, the non-contact sensor operable to collect three dimensional measurement data representative of the surface of the assembly component;
- a data structure for storing three dimensional model data representative of an assembly environment, where the assembly environment is defined by surfaces of objects that are adjacent to the assembly component in an assembled configuration;
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- an assessment application adapted to receive the measurement data for the assembly component and operable to compare the measurement data with the model data for the assembly environment by computing a gap measure or a flushness measure between the measured object and an adjacent surface of the assembly environment, thereby assessing fit and alignment of the assembly component in relation to the assembly environment.
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