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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2024
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An appearance inspection apparatus includes a shape measurement unit configured to measure the three-dimensional shape of a weld and a data processor configured to process sample shape data and shape data acquired by the shape measurement unit. The data processor includes a first learning data set generator configured to generate a plurality of first learning data sets based on the sample shape data, a second learning data set generator configured to generate a plurality of second learning data sets based on the first learning data sets, a determination model generator configured to generate multiple types of determination models using the second learning data sets, and a first determination unit configured to determine whether the shape of the weld is good or bad based on the shape data and one of the determination models.