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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2023
Filed:
May. 19, 2021
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Dragan Jurkovic, Taichung, TW;
Chun-Wei Huang, Changhua County, TW;
Jen-Chuan Lin, Tainan, TW;
Shih-Yuan Wu, Taichung, TW;
Chih-Chun Chai, Taichung, TW;
Ming-Ji Lee, ChungHua, TW;
Chien-Liang Yeh, ChungHua, TW;
NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for monitoring the quality of a surface treatment applied to an article in a manufacturing process are provided. A surface treatment may be applied to at least a portion of an article. A thermal profile of the article may be obtained and used to determine temperature indications of different regions of the article to which the surface treatment has been applied. A standard model of the article may be obtained that includes model regions having model temperature ranges. The temperature indications of the article can be compared with the model temperature ranges to determine if any temperature indications are outside of a corresponding model temperature range. The article may be a shoe part. The surface treatments may include the application of heat, plasma, dye, paint, primer, and/or the application of other materials, substances, and/or processes.