US 11,653,720 B2
Controlling the quality of a manufactured article
Dragan Jurkovic, Taichung (TW); Chun-Wei Huang, Changhua County (TW); Jen-Chuan Lin, Tainan (TW); Shih-Yuan Wu, Taichung (TW); Chih-Chun Chai, Taichung (TW); Ming-Ji Lee, ChungHua (TW); and Chien-Liang Yeh, ChungHua (TW)
Assigned to NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed by NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed on May 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/324,888.
Application 17/324,888 is a continuation of application No. 15/990,253, filed on May 25, 2018, granted, now 11,109,645.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/512,971, filed on May 31, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0267318 A1, Sep. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. A43B 13/04 (2006.01); A43B 13/32 (2006.01); A43D 25/20 (2006.01); A43D 37/00 (2006.01); A43D 63/00 (2006.01); B05D 3/14 (2006.01); B32B 38/00 (2006.01); G01N 25/72 (2006.01); G05B 19/418 (2006.01)
CPC A43D 63/00 (2013.01) [A43B 13/04 (2013.01); A43B 13/32 (2013.01); A43D 25/20 (2013.01); A43D 37/00 (2013.01); B05D 3/142 (2013.01); B32B 38/0008 (2013.01); G01N 25/72 (2013.01); G05B 19/41875 (2013.01); A43D 2200/10 (2013.01); A43D 2200/40 (2013.01); A43D 2200/60 (2013.01); B32B 2437/02 (2013.01); G05B 2219/37431 (2013.01); G05B 2219/45243 (2013.01); G05B 2219/50209 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for monitoring the application of a surface treatment to an article during a manufacturing process, the method comprising:
determining a first temperature indication associated with a first region of a treated article;
determining a second temperature indication associated with a second region of the treated article;
comparing the first temperature indication to a first model temperature range to determine if the first temperature indication is outside of the first model temperature range;
comparing the second temperature indication to a second model temperature range to determine if the second temperature indication is outside of the second model temperature range, wherein the first model temperature range and the second model temperature range are at least partially different;
determining that the first temperature indication is outside of the first model temperature range; and
in response to determining that the first temperature indication is outside of the first model temperature range, modifying the surface treatment applied to the article.