Method of matching harnesses of conductors with apertures in connectors
First Claim
1. A method of matching a harness of conductors with apertures in a connector, the method comprising:
- (a) providing a harness having a plurality of conductors, and a connector having a plurality of apertures for receiving the conductors;
(b) reading information from one of the conductors with OCR and inputting the information related to said one of the conductors into a computer;
(c) displaying information on the computer;
(d) illuminating a corresponding one of the apertures in the connector via a command from the computer;
(e) inserting said one of the conductors into said corresponding one of the apertures; and
then(f) repeating steps (b) through (e) for another one of the conductors until all of the conductors are terminated in the connector.
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Abstract
An OCR system for matching wire harnesses and connectors facilitates precise registration of wire number strings, uses geometric modeling for character recognition, and restricts searches by region and character to ensure speed and accuracy. A string location algorithm is used to search for and identify the location of the beginning of a wire number string. The horizontal edges of the wire in the image are located, a diameter of the wire is determined, light intensity is confirmed, and the first character is found. The resulting coordinate is used by the algorithm for character definition. Geometric shapes are used for identification in order to overcome twisted wires, poorly printed markings, ink color variations, and contacting characters.
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9 Claims
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1. A method of matching a harness of conductors with apertures in a connector, the method comprising:
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(a) providing a harness having a plurality of conductors, and a connector having a plurality of apertures for receiving the conductors; (b) reading information from one of the conductors with OCR and inputting the information related to said one of the conductors into a computer; (c) displaying information on the computer; (d) illuminating a corresponding one of the apertures in the connector via a command from the computer; (e) inserting said one of the conductors into said corresponding one of the apertures; and
then(f) repeating steps (b) through (e) for another one of the conductors until all of the conductors are terminated in the connector. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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