US 12,070,764 B2
System and method for defect repair
Andrew Gary Gagne, Orion Township, MI (US); Kyle Lee Mantecon, Brighton, MI (US); and Robert Paul Scipione, Jr., Madison Heights, MI (US)
Assigned to INOVISION SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS, INC., Chesterfield, MI (US)
Filed by INOVISION SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS, INC., Chesterfield, MI (US)
Filed on Jun. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/350,677.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/040,121, filed on Jun. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0394218 A1, Dec. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. B05B 13/04 (2006.01); B05B 7/24 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B25J 11/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01)
CPC B05B 13/0431 (2013.01) [B05B 7/2491 (2013.01); B25J 9/0093 (2013.01); B25J 11/0075 (2013.01); G06T 7/0004 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30156 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for repairing a paint defect of a part, comprising:
means for identifying the paint defect of the part;
a composition supply including a composition selected from a sanding composition and a polishing composition, the sanding composition and the polishing composition including a paste having an abrasive grit;
a robotic applicator having a dispenser and an end effector with a pad, the end effector configured to control motion of the pad, the robotic applicator configured to position the dispenser and the pad adjacent to the paint defect of the part, the dispenser configured to atomize the composition into an atomized composition and dispose a predetermined amount of the atomized composition on the paint defect, and the end effector configured to work the predetermined amount of the atomized composition on the paint defect of the part with the pad; and
a computer module in communication with the robotic applicator, the computer module configured to control the robotic applicator.