US 12,259,314 B2
Systems and methods for phased article inspections
Lindsey Winland, Dublin, OH (US); Jessica Guertin, Grove City, OH (US); Steven Sesshu Shimozaki, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and Mahan Saalabi, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to CaaStle, Inc, New York, NY (US)
Filed by CaaStle, Inc., New York, NY (US)
Filed on Jan. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/574,845.
Application 17/574,845 is a continuation of application No. 17/109,909, filed on Dec. 2, 2020, granted, now 11,255,773.
Prior Publication US 2022/0170845 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
Int. Cl. G01N 19/08 (2006.01); G06Q 10/0631 (2023.01); G06Q 50/04 (2012.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01)
CPC G01N 19/08 (2013.01) [G06Q 10/06316 (2013.01); G06Q 50/04 (2013.01); G06T 7/0004 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for dynamically managing an inspection of a plurality of wearable articles received with an inspection system, the method comprising:
receiving one or more wearable articles at an inspection layout comprising an inbound station, a pass station, an inspection station, and a fail station, the inspection station positioned between the pass station and the fail station and at an angle with respect to the pass station, the inspection layout comprising a first position and a second position, wherein at least one wearable article of the one or more wearable articles is accessible from the first position;
determining at the first position that no repair is needed for the at least one wearable article of the one or more wearable articles;
receiving the one or more wearable articles that are accessible at the second position;
presenting, via an inspection processor at the second position, one or more prompts to guide an operator through a multi-phase inspection of the one or more wearable articles, the multi-phase inspection comprising:
a first phase including inspecting the one or more wearable articles based on one or more repairability criteria to determine whether to remove the one or more wearable articles from circulation,
a second phase including inspecting the one or more wearable articles based on one or more local repair criteria to determine whether to perform on-site repair, and
a third phase including inspecting the one or more wearable articles based on one or more inspector-driven criteria to determine whether to perform inspector-driven repairs;
determining an action type for the one or more wearable articles based on the one or more local repair criteria, the one or more local repair criteria, or the one or more inspector-driven criteria; and
updating inspection history data stored in an inspection database based on one or more results corresponding to the inspecting the one or more wearable articles.