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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2013
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventor:
Nicholas A. Norman, Summerville, SC (US);
Assignee:
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23B 35/00 (2006.01); B21J 15/14 (2006.01); B21J 15/28 (2006.01); G05B 19/402 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B21J 15/142 (2013.01); B21J 15/28 (2013.01); B23B 35/00 (2013.01); G05B 19/402 (2013.01); B23B 2215/04 (2013.01); B23B 2228/36 (2013.01); B23B 2270/14 (2013.01); G05B 2219/37564 (2013.01); Y10T 408/03 (2015.01); Y10T 408/21 (2015.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for drilling a hole through a first part and a second part. An image of a first pilot hole in the first part may be generated using an imaging system. A first feature related to the first pilot hole in the first part may be identified based on the image. A second feature related to a second pilot hole in the second part may be identified based on the image. A drilling vector for drilling the hole through the first part and the second part may be identified based on the first feature and the second feature.