Inspection method and inspection apparatus
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1. A method of inspecting an object, the object having a plurality of physical features, each of the features having one or more attributes associated therewith, the attributes comprising:
- geometric properties of the feature;
spatial location of the feature on the object;
orenvironmental attributes,the method including the steps of;
identifying a current primary feature of the object;
selecting one or more additional features, each of the one or more additional features selected having at least one common attribute with the current primary feature;
capturing an image of the selected features on an image capture module;
determining, in an operating system of an inspection apparatus, whether the selected features of the captured image have been manufactured to within a predetermined tolerance; and
communicating whether the selected features have been manufactured to within a predetermined tolerance,wherein the step of identifying a current primary feature of the object involves selecting;
a first feature on a parts list stored in a data store;
a first feature in a current field of view of the image capture module;
ora feature located proximal the center in a current field of view of the image capture module; and
wherein selecting one or more additional features involves the steps of;
identifying all features on the object that have environmental attributes identical to the environmental attributes of the current primary feature;
determining whether each of the identified features is able to be captured in a current field of view of the image capture module, involving parsing, in an operating system of an inspection apparatus, an ordered list of the identified features, whereby the ordered list is ordered on the basis of each feature'"'"'s proximity to the current primary feature; and
selecting an identified feature if the identified feature is within the current field of view of the image capture module.
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Abstract
The application relates to a method of inspecting an object and an inspection apparatus. The object has a plurality of features and the method includes the step of identifying a current primary feature on the object. Once the current primary feature has been selected, one or more additional features are selected, each of the one or more additional features selected having at least one common attribute with the current primary feature. The method also includes the step of capturing an image of the selected features on an image capture module.
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1. A method of inspecting an object, the object having a plurality of physical features, each of the features having one or more attributes associated therewith, the attributes comprising:
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geometric properties of the feature; spatial location of the feature on the object;
orenvironmental attributes, the method including the steps of; identifying a current primary feature of the object; selecting one or more additional features, each of the one or more additional features selected having at least one common attribute with the current primary feature; capturing an image of the selected features on an image capture module; determining, in an operating system of an inspection apparatus, whether the selected features of the captured image have been manufactured to within a predetermined tolerance; and communicating whether the selected features have been manufactured to within a predetermined tolerance, wherein the step of identifying a current primary feature of the object involves selecting; a first feature on a parts list stored in a data store; a first feature in a current field of view of the image capture module;
ora feature located proximal the center in a current field of view of the image capture module; and wherein selecting one or more additional features involves the steps of; identifying all features on the object that have environmental attributes identical to the environmental attributes of the current primary feature; determining whether each of the identified features is able to be captured in a current field of view of the image capture module, involving parsing, in an operating system of an inspection apparatus, an ordered list of the identified features, whereby the ordered list is ordered on the basis of each feature'"'"'s proximity to the current primary feature; and selecting an identified feature if the identified feature is within the current field of view of the image capture module. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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5. An inspection apparatus comprising:
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an image capture module adapted to capture a digital image of at least a portion of an object under inspection; and a data store having stored therein a parts list identifying a set of physical features on the object under inspection, each feature having one or more attributes associated therewith each attribute comprising at least geometric properties of the feature, spatial location of the feature on the object or environmental attributes; an operating system containing computer readable instructions for; identifying a current primary feature on the object under inspection; selecting one or more additional features from the parts list, each of the one or more additional features selected having at least one common attribute with the current primary feature; and capturing an image of the selected features using the image capture module; determining whether the selected features of the captured image have been manufactured to within a predetermined tolerance; and communicating whether the selected features have been manufactured to within a predetermined tolerance, wherein identifying a current primary feature of the object involves selecting; a first feature on the parts list stored in the data store; a first feature in a current field of view of the image capture module;
ora feature located proximal the center in a current field of view of the image capture module; and wherein selecting one or more additional features involves the steps of; identifying all features on the object that have environmental attributes identical to the environmental attributes of the current primary feature; determining whether each of the identified features is able to be captured in a current field of view of the image capture module, involving parsing, in an operating system of an inspection apparatus, an ordered list of the identified features, whereby the ordered list is ordered on the basis of each feature'"'"'s proximity to the current primary feature; and selecting an identified feature if the identified feature is within the current field of view of the image capture module. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 13)
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