ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,387,312, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).
"Production-speed component inspection system and method" was invented by Brodie Schultz (Ferndale, Mich.), Elizabeth Bullard (Royal Oak, Mich.) and Francis Maslar (Grosse Ile, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A component inspection system and method generate a 3D model based on a point cloud and images of an automotive component captured by an imaging system. It is determined whether an anomaly is present based on artificial intelligence driven training and learning. Upon anomaly detection, a type of anomaly is identified and classified. From...