US 12,190,605 B2
Dual use of safety-capable vehicle scanner for collaborative vehicle assembly and driving surveillance
Clemens Mueller, Munich (DE); and Harald Heinrich, Freital-Pesterwitz (DE)
Assigned to Infineon Technologies Austria AG, Villach (AT)
Filed by Infineon Technologies Austria AG, Villach (AT)
Filed on Sep. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/936,976.
Application 17/936,976 is a continuation of application No. 16/784,701, filed on Feb. 7, 2020, granted, now 11,514,684.
Prior Publication US 2023/0025322 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06V 20/58 (2022.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B62D 65/00 (2006.01); G05B 19/418 (2006.01)
CPC G06V 20/58 (2022.01) [B25J 9/1676 (2013.01); B62D 65/00 (2013.01); B62D 65/005 (2013.01); G05B 19/418 (2013.01); G05B 19/41805 (2013.01); G06V 20/582 (2022.01); B60R 2300/804 (2013.01); B60R 2300/806 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle assembly system, comprising:
a vehicle chassis of a vehicle to be assembled;
at least one object sensor mounted to the vehicle chassis, wherein the at least one object sensor generates sensor data based on at least one detected object; and
at least one processor configured to receive the sensor data from the at least one object sensor,
wherein, during assembly of the vehicle, the at least one processor is configured with production control software that enables the at least one processor to generate production object data from the sensor data, identify a surveilled machine configured to assemble a portion of the vehicle during assembly of the vehicle based on the production object data, monitor a position of the surveilled machine based on the production object data, and monitor the surveilled machine based on the production object data corresponding to another detected object and the monitored position of the surveilled machine relative to the other detected object,
wherein neither the surveilled machine nor the other detected object is the vehicle chassis or a vehicle component mechanically fixed to the vehicle chassis,
wherein the vehicle is assembled over a plurality of production stages such that a vehicle composition changes over the plurality of production stages,
wherein the production control software comprises a plurality of profiles for detecting a safety event, each of the plurality of profiles being mapped to a corresponding production stage of the plurality of production stages, and each of the plurality of profiles being associated with a different vehicle composition associated with the corresponding production stage and one or more surveilled machines associated with the corresponding production stage,
wherein the at least one processor is configured to selectively activate and deactivate the plurality of profiles for detecting the safety event based on a current production stage to which an activated profile corresponds,
wherein the at least one processor is configured to monitor for the safety event based on the different vehicle composition and the one or more surveilled machines, which are associated with the activated profile that is mapped to the current production stage, and
wherein the surveilled machine is one of the one or more surveilled machines associated with the current production stage.