System and method for manufacturing using a virtual frame of reference

US8914140B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Rajesh Kumar Singh · Cincinnati, US
• Jeremy Georges Bertin · Rübhausen, DE
• Thomas Keith Olschner · Sharonville, US
• Jon Richard Rossiter · Monroe, US
• Steven Arthur Marshall · Stirling, CA

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 19, 2013
• Grant date: Dec 16, 2014
• Expiry date: Feb 19, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G05B2219/35325
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The system and method uses a virtual frame of reference to evaluate and control a manufacturing system. Electronic images from a vision system may be analyzed using the virtual frame of reference to control the phasing of devices in the manufacturing system and to generate alerts.