US 11,816,755 B2
Part manufacture machine having vision inspection system
Sonny O. Osunkwo, Harrisburg, PA (US); and Lei Zhou, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to Tyco Electronics Shanghai Co Ltd; and TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
Filed by TE Connectivity Services GmbH, Schaffhausen (CH); and Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Shanghai (CN)
Filed on Oct. 28, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/082,138.
Prior Publication US 2022/0114692 A1, Apr. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. G06T 1/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G05B 19/406 (2006.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01)
CPC G06T 1/0014 (2013.01) [G05B 19/406 (2013.01); G06T 7/0004 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); G05B 2219/37208 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30164 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vision inspection system for a part manufacture machine, the vision inspection system comprising:
an imaging device configured to image parts being inspected;
a vision inspection controller configured to be communicatively coupled to a machine controller of the part manufacture machine by a communication network, the vision inspection controller communicating with the communication network using a first communication protocol, the vision inspection controller creating an absolute path directory at the machine controller, the vision inspection controller receiving an image from the imaging device, the vision inspection controller communicating a first trigger to the absolute path directory upon receipt of the image from the imaging device, the vision inspection controller processing the image from the imaging device to determine inspection results for the part in the image, the vision inspection controller sending at least one of the image or the inspection results to the machine controller; and
a machine motive device operably coupled to a machine controller, the machine controller communicatively coupled to the communication network, the machine controller causing the machine motive device to move when the trigger is read at the absolute path directory;
wherein the vision inspection controller causes the imaging device to take a new image after the machine motive device is moved sending a new trigger to the absolute path directory; and
wherein the machine controller causes the machine motive device to move again when the new trigger is read at the absolute path directory.