AUTOMATIC CHECKING, VALIDATION, AND POST-PROCESSING OF A BATTERY OBJECT
First Claim
1. A system for controlling a machine to perform predetermined tests on a battery object, said system comprising:
- a computing device having therein program code usable by said computing device, said program code comprising;
code configured to cause said machine to be positioned at predetermined locations on conductive material of said battery object, each of said predetermined locations associated with one or more of said predetermined tests;
code configured to cause said machine to perform said one or more of said predetermined tests that is associated with each of said predetermined locations;
code configured to analyze the results of said performed one or more of said predetermined tests and determine if retesting of said performed one or more of said predetermined tests is needed; and
code configured to determine if all of said predetermined tests have been performed on said battery object.
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Abstract
A machine such as an industrial robot operates either in a stand-alone or in-production mode to perform a number of tests on a battery object having one of several different assembly levels and packaging geometries. The machine has selectable testing programs that correspond to various combinations of object assembly levels and geometries. The machine performs the tests either by coming into contact with a predetermined location on the conductive material of the object or viewing that location. The test results are analyzed to determining if retesting is necessary. After all of the tests are completed on an object, the tested object is assigned a grade and then sorted by grade. The tested objects may be kept at the machine location or sent on for further processing based on the assigned grade. After the testing is completed on one object, the machine tests the next object to be tested.
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26 Claims
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1. A system for controlling a machine to perform predetermined tests on a battery object, said system comprising:
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a computing device having therein program code usable by said computing device, said program code comprising; code configured to cause said machine to be positioned at predetermined locations on conductive material of said battery object, each of said predetermined locations associated with one or more of said predetermined tests; code configured to cause said machine to perform said one or more of said predetermined tests that is associated with each of said predetermined locations; code configured to analyze the results of said performed one or more of said predetermined tests and determine if retesting of said performed one or more of said predetermined tests is needed; and code configured to determine if all of said predetermined tests have been performed on said battery object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 19)
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7. A computer program product for controlling a machine to perform predetermined tests on a battery object, said computer program product comprising:
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computer usable program code configured to cause said machine to be positioned at predetermined location on conductive material of said battery object, each of said predetermined locations associated with one or more of said predetermined tests; computer usable program code configured to cause said machine to perform said one or more of said predetermined tests that is associated with each of said predetermined locations; computer usable program code configured to analyze the results of said performed one or more of said predetermined tests and determine if retesting of said performed one or more of said predetermined tests is needed; and computer usable program code configured to determine if all of said predetermined tests have been performed on said battery object. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 20)
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13. A method for performing predetermined tests on a battery object comprising:
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causing a machine for performing said predetermined tests to be positioned at predetermined locations on conductive material of said battery object, each of said predetermined locations associated with one or more of said predetermined tests; causing said machine to perform said one or more of said predetermined tests associated with each of said predetermined locations; analyzing the results of said performed one or more of said predetermined tests and determine if retesting of said performed one or more of said predetermined tests is needed; and determining if all of said predetermined tests have been performed on said battery object. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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21. A machine for testing battery objects, said battery objects to be tested grouped in a plurality of sets of one or more battery objects, said one or more battery objects in a first of said sets of battery objects having an identical set of characteristics which are different than the set of identical characteristics of one or more battery objects in a second set of battery objects to be tested, said machine comprising:
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a computing device having therein program code usable by said computing device, said program code comprising; code configured to cause said machine to select from a plurality of testing programs each associated with a respective one of said plurality of sets of battery objects to be tested a testing program associated with said first set of battery objects to be tested, each of said testing programs having a predetermined number of tests to be performed on said associated one of said plurality of sets of battery objects; code configured to cause said machine to be positioned at predetermined locations on conductive material of each of said one or more battery objects in said first set of battery objects to be tested, each of said predetermined locations associated with one or more of said predetermined tests; code configured to cause said machine to perform said one or more of said predetermined tests that is associated with each of said predetermined locations; code configured to analyze the results of said performed one or more of said predetermined tests and determine if retesting of said performed one or more of said predetermined tests is needed; and code configured to determine if all of said predetermined tests have been performed on said each of said one of more battery objects in said first set. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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