公开(公告)号：US20190204072A1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-04

申请号：US15856981

申请日：2017-12-28

Applicant: FORD MOTOR COMPANY

Inventor： Scott ADAMS ,  Marina Menendez BAKER ,  Mark Edward NICHOLS ,  Tony MISOVSKI

IPC: G01B11/06 ,  G01B11/00 ,  B65G49/00

CPC classification number: G01B11/0633 ,  B65G49/00 ,  B65G2201/0294 ,  G01B11/002

Abstract: An inspection station includes a conveyor, a first scanner, a second scanner, a controller, and an interface. The conveyor is configured to continuously transport a vehicle body through the station. The first scanner is configured to detect features of the vehicle body and associated feature coordinates relative to a global coordinate system. The second scanner is configured to detect paint thicknesses on surfaces of the vehicle body and associated paint thickness coordinates relative to the global coordinate system. The controller is programmed to map corresponding pairs of the feature coordinates and paint thickness coordinates into a single set of local coordinates having a datum defined by the vehicle body such that each of the local coordinates defines a location of one of the features relative to the datum and one of the paint thicknesses at the location. The interface is configured to display the features and corresponding paint thicknesses.