US 11,790,514 B2
Image-based control of wire harness and connector manufacturing processes using artificial intelligence
Edgar Ivan Sanchez Ortega, Chihuahua (MX)
Assigned to Crimping & Stamping Technologies, Inc., Imperial, PA (US)
Filed by CRIMPING & STAMPING TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Imperial, PA (US)
Filed on Mar. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/697,878.
Application 17/697,878 is a continuation of application No. 16/994,740, filed on Aug. 17, 2020, granted, now 11,308,604.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/888,531, filed on Aug. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0207712 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G05B 19/21 (2006.01); G06N 3/08 (2023.01); B60R 16/02 (2006.01); G06F 18/214 (2023.01); G06V 10/764 (2022.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01)
CPC G06T 7/0004 (2013.01) [B60R 16/0215 (2013.01); G05B 19/21 (2013.01); G06F 18/214 (2023.01); G06N 3/08 (2013.01); G06V 10/764 (2022.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operating wire harness manufacturing equipment, comprising:
adding, using the wire harness manufacturing equipment, an element to a wire to form a combination of the element and the wire;
capturing, using an imaging device, one or more of an upper image and a lower image of the combination;
analyzing, using one or more processors operatively coupled to the imaging device, the one or more of the upper image and the lower image to detect a defect;
the analyzing comprising using a model pre-trained with a random set of training images including one or more objects of interest disposed therein; and
thereafter indicating that the defect has been detected.