AUTOMATED PAINT QUALITY CONTROL FOR AIRCRAFT
First Claim
1. A method of automated aircraft paint application quality inspection, the method comprising:
- retrieving from electronic persistent storage a control image depicting at least a portion of aircraft paint application for an aircraft under quality inspection;
capturing a process image depicting at least the portion of aircraft paint application on the aircraft under quality inspection;
detecting a plurality of features in the control image and the process image;
registering the control image with the process image;
detecting at least one difference between the control image and the process image;
generating an output image, wherein the output image comprises a depiction of the aircraft under quality inspection with the at least one difference annotated; and
causing the output image to be displayed.
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Abstract
According to various embodiments, a technique for automated aircraft paint application quality inspection is presented. The technique includes retrieving from electronic persistent storage a control image depicting at least a portion of aircraft paint application for the aircraft under quality inspection; capturing a process image depicting at least a portion of aircraft paint application on the aircraft under quality inspection; detecting a plurality of features in the control image and the process image; registering the control image with the process image; detecting at least one difference between the control image and the process image; generating an output image, where the output image includes a depiction of the aircraft under quality inspection with the at least one difference annotated; and causing the output image to be displayed.
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1. A method of automated aircraft paint application quality inspection, the method comprising:
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retrieving from electronic persistent storage a control image depicting at least a portion of aircraft paint application for an aircraft under quality inspection; capturing a process image depicting at least the portion of aircraft paint application on the aircraft under quality inspection; detecting a plurality of features in the control image and the process image; registering the control image with the process image; detecting at least one difference between the control image and the process image; generating an output image, wherein the output image comprises a depiction of the aircraft under quality inspection with the at least one difference annotated; and causing the output image to be displayed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for automated aircraft paint application quality inspection, the system comprising:
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electronic persistent storage storing a control image depicting at least a portion of aircraft paint application for the aircraft under quality inspection; a plurality of cameras disposed to capture multiple images of the aircraft under quality inspection; and at least one electronic processor, communicatively coupled to the electronic persistent memory and the plurality of cameras, that executes instructions to perform operations comprising; retrieving from the electronic persistent storage the control image; capturing, by the plurality of cameras, a process image depicting at least a portion of aircraft paint application on the aircraft under quality inspection; detecting a plurality of features in the control image and the process image; registering the control image with the process image; detecting at least one difference between the control image and the process image; generating an output image, wherein the output image comprises a depiction of the aircraft under quality inspection with the at least one difference annotated; and causing the output image to be displayed. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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