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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2023
Filed:
May. 16, 2019
General Inspection, Llc, Davisburg, MI (US);
Michael G. Nygaard, Grand Blanc, MI (US);
Nathan Andrew-Paul Kujacznski, Swartz Creek, MI (US);
Christopher Michael Alexander, Fenton, MI (US);
Laura L. Poletti, Grand Blanc, MI (US);
Gregory M. Nygaard, Clarkston, MI (US);
James W. St. Onge, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
General Inspection, LLC, Davisburg, MI (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method of automatically generating inspection templates of a plurality of known good fasteners to identify fasteners at an inspection station is provided. The method includes providing a data entry mechanism to provide content needed to identify a plurality of unidentified mixed fasteners. The method also includes storing the content in a database, extracting the content from the database and creating the inspection templates from the extracted content. Each of the templates including a fastener profile and a set of features. Each of the features includes a range of acceptable values. Each of the templates has a fastener identification code associated therewith.