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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2018
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Amir Afrasiabi, Seattle, WA (US);
Hieu Tat Nguyen, Madison, AL (US);
Shabnam Zangeneh-Khamooshi, Everett, WA (US);
Ashutosh Mani, Summerville, SC (US);
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
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.