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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2014
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Vicki Wu, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Richard H. Bossi, Renton, WA (US);
Marc J. Piehl, Renton, WA (US);
Andrej M. Savol, Lake Tapps, WA (US);
Farshad Forouhar, Lake Forest Park, WA (US);
Pamela J. Manzer, Everett, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A method for monitoring and verifying a manufacturing process performed by an operator on a workpiece in a work area. The method includes positioning one or more cameras in the work area, such that the operator and the workpiece are in a field of view of each of the cameras. The method includes using a computer system configured for controlling the cameras to record and process images of the workpiece and images of operator actions relating to the manufacturing process, all recorded by the cameras during or at completion of each of a plurality of tasks in the manufacturing process to obtain recorded images. The method includes storing the recorded images, comparing the recorded images against a reference image library comprising references images corresponding to each recorded image to detect any differences between the recorded image and the respective corresponding reference image, and generating a data record.