US 11,714,922 B2
Inspection device, inspection results management system, inspection results storage method, and inspection results management method
Norio Kawanishi, Ritto (JP); and Yoichiro Abe, Ritto (JP)
Assigned to ISHIDA CO., LTD., Kyoto (JP)
Appl. No. 17/45,180
Filed by ISHIDA CO., LTD., Kyoto (JP)
PCT Filed Feb. 4, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/004206
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 5, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/175042, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0090243 A1, Mar. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 21/64 (2013.01); G06F 16/55 (2019.01); G06F 16/51 (2019.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06F 18/22 (2023.01); G06V 30/10 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 21/64 (2013.01) [G06F 16/51 (2019.01); G06F 16/55 (2019.01); G06T 7/0004 (2013.01); G06F 18/22 (2023.01); G06T 2207/30136 (2013.01); G06V 30/10 (2022.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
10. An inspection-result storage method using an inspection apparatus to perform quality-control inspection of each of a plurality of articles; a first, image storage unit; and a second, blockchain storage unit, the method comprising:
an image-capturing step of capturing an image associated with each of said plurality of articles;
an inspection step of inspecting each of said plurality or articles, with an inspection result of inspecting each of said plurality of articles comprising a determination of whether each of said plurality of articles satisfies one or more predetermined quality-control conditions based on which a given one of said plurality of articles is assessed to be conforming or defective;
a storage-processing step comprising causing each of the images captured in the image-capturing step to be stored in said first, image storage unit;
a hash-generating step of generating a hash value associated with each of the images captured by the image-capturing unit and stored in said first, image storage unit;
a generation-processing step of generating blockchain data groups, each of which is based in part on the inspection result or the inspection results obtained by inspecting one or more of said plurality of articles, each blockchain data group including, as an integrated data set, distinguishing article information; the inspection result or the inspection results obtained by inspecting said one or more of said plurality of articles at the inspection step; captured-image information for distinguishing the image associated with each of said one or more articles stored in said first, image storage unit from other images stored in said first, image storage unit; and the hash value associated with the image associated with each of said one or more of said plurality of articles, each of said blockchain data groups excluding the image, per se, associated with each of said one or more of said plurality of articles; and
a data-transfer step of sending the blockchain data groups to the second, blockchain storage unit.