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US 8,914,140 B2Granted
System and method for manufacturing using a virtual frame of reference
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsRajesh Kumar Singh, Jeremy Georges Bertin, Thomas Keith Olschner, Jon Richard Rossiter, Steven Arthur Marshall
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Abstract
The system and method uses a virtual frame of reference to evaluate and control a manufacturing system. Electronic images from a vision system may be analyzed using the virtual frame of reference to control the phasing of devices in the manufacturing system and to generate alerts.
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A computerized method for controlling a component transformation in a manufacturing system, comprising:
- capturing an electronic image of a component used in the manufacturing system;
- analyzing, by one or more processors, the electronic image using a virtual frame of reference to determine a location value associated with the component;
- comparing the location value and a setpoint;
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- generating a phasing command for a machine in the manufacturing system based on the comparison, wherein the phasing command is for processing of the component by the machine, and wherein the phasing command modifies a path length between an intermediate drive point and the machine such that the component arrives at the component transformation at predetermined phasing.
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A computerized method for controlling a component transformation in a manufacturing system comprising:
- receiving, at one or more processors, electronic images of components used by the manufacturing system to produce a manufactured good;
- classifying the images into two or more subpopulations;
- analyzing the images, by the one or more processors, using a virtual frame of reference to determine location values associated with the components;
- using the location values to determine a mathematical characteristic of each of the subpopulations;
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- using the mathematical characteristic to generate a phasing command for a machine in the manufacturing system, wherein the phasing command is for processing of the component by the machine, and wherein the phasing command modifies a path length between an intermediate drive point and the machine such that the component arrives at the component transformation at predetermined phasing.
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