AUTOMATED VEHICLE REPAIR SYSTEM

Organization Name

3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY

Inventor(s)

Jonathan B. Arthur of Hudson WI US

Brett R. Hemes of Woodbury MN US

Thomas J. Strey of River Falls WI US

John J. Schmidt of Mahtomedi MN US

AUTOMATED VEHICLE REPAIR SYSTEM

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18954641 titled 'AUTOMATED VEHICLE REPAIR SYSTEM

Original Abstract Submitted

A defect detection and ranking system for a vehicle assembly line is provided. The system includes an image capture device that captures a plurality of images of a vehicle on the vehicle assembly line. The system also includes a defect detector that analyzes the plurality of captured images and, based on the analysis, detects a plurality of defects on the surface of the vehicle. Each of the plurality of defects has an associated x-y-z coordinate location, a defect type, and a defect severity. The system also includes a datastore containing a vehicle specification, for the vehicle on the vehicle assembly line, and a defect priority based on the vehicle specification. The system also includes a defect prioritization generator configured to: receive the plurality of defects from the defect detector, retrieve the vehicle specification and the defect priority, and apply the defect priority to the plurality of defects, and output a prioritized list of defects, wherein the prioritized list of defects. The defect prioritization generator outputs the prioritized list of defects to an output device associated with the vehicle assembly line.