US 12,462,372 B2
Automated part inspection system
Sonny O. Osunkwo, Harrisburg, PA (US); Angel Alberto Slistan, Hermosillo Sonora (MX); Jorge Enrique Clayton, Hermosillo Sonora (MX); Lei Zhou, Shanghai (CN); Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Bellevue, WA (US); Jiankun Zhou, Middletown, PA (US); Luis Ernesto Thomson Martinez, Middletown, PA (US); Christopher Arce Diaz, Middletown, PA (US); Nicole Castillo Machado, Middletown, PA (US); and Julio Waissman, Hermosillo Sonora (MX)
Assigned to TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH; AMP Ameremax, S.A. de C.V; and Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd
Filed by TE Connectivity Services GmbH, Schaffhausen (CH); Tyco Electronics Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V., Tlalnepantla (MX); and Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Shanghai (CN)
Filed on Jan. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/580,921.
Prior Publication US 2022/0375067 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06V 10/60 (2022.01); G06V 10/764 (2022.01); G06V 10/774 (2022.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); H04N 23/66 (2023.01)
CPC G06T 7/0008 (2013.01) [G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06V 10/60 (2022.01); G06V 10/764 (2022.01); G06V 10/7747 (2022.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); H04N 23/66 (2023.01); G06T 2200/24 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20084 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30108 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30168 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A part inspection system comprising:
a vision device configured to image a part being inspected and generate a digital image of the part;
a part inspection module communicatively coupled to the vision device and receiving the digital image of the part, the part inspection module including an image quality module, the image quality module analyzing the digital image to determine if the digital image achieves an image quality threshold for the image, the image quality module generating an image quality output based on the analysis of the digital image, the part inspection module including an image classifier module, the image classifier module analyzing the digital image to classify the part shown in the image as a defective part or a non-defective part, wherein the image classifier module does not analyze the image if the digital image fails the image quality threshold.