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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2025

Filed:

Aug. 31, 2022
Applicant:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Inventor:

Martin Alexander Szarski, Brighton East, AU;

Assignee:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/54 (2006.01); B29C 70/38 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); B29C 37/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0004 (2013.01); B29C 70/382 (2013.01); B29C 70/541 (2013.01); B29C 70/545 (2013.01); B29C 2037/903 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product for processing a composite ply. An image of the composite ply is received. Natural features in the image of the composite ply are detected. Feature data for the natural features detected in association is saved with a ply identifier for the composite ply in a repository. The feature data is used to position the composite ply during manufacturing of a composite part using the composite ply.


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