AR System for Assembly Component Compatibility Verification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for assembling measurement or production setups are inefficient, often requiring manual selection of components based on technical data sheets, which can lead to errors due to compatibility issues between components.
Innovation Solution
An augmented reality system using a processing device, sensing devices, and output devices to automatically check the compatibility of components by recognizing markers and retrieving digital information from databases, providing real-time feedback to operators on correct assembly and compatibility status.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual assembly with technical data sheets is used, then operators can select components, but compatibility errors occur and assembly efficiency is low
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the manual mechanical process of checking technical data sheets with an automated optical recognition system. Sensors detect markers on components, and a processing unit automatically retrieves and verifies compatibility data from a database, eliminating manual information search and comparison while ensuring accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables components to self-identify through markers that contain recognition data. When scanned, the component's information is automatically retrieved from the database, and compatibility is self-verified without requiring operator intervention, making the assembly process self-checking and error-proof.
2Productivity
If automated component recognition is implemented, then assembly speed increases, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system is divided into independent functional modules: markers attached to components, sensors for detection, a database for storing component information, and a processing unit for compatibility verification. This modular segmentation allows each component to be simple while the integrated system provides automated functionality, reducing overall complexity.
3Reliability
If real-time compatibility checking is performed, then assembly errors are reduced, but processing time increases
Solution Approach 1:
Component information and compatibility data are pre-stored in the database during manufacturing. During assembly, the system only needs to retrieve and compare this pre-processed information rather than performing complex real-time analysis, significantly reducing verification time while maintaining accuracy.
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AI summary
The application is related to an assembling method for assembling a measurement or production set-up comprising the steps: - providing an augmented reality system with a processing device (16), an output device (18) and at least one sensing device (14), whereby the at least one sensing device is capable of capturing sensing data belonging to a working space; - providing a first set-up component (24) having at least one first marker (28) at the working space; - providing a second set-up component (20) having at least one second marker (26) at the working space, wherein the second set-up component is connectable to the first set-up component; - capturing the first marker and the second marker by the at least one sensing device; - identifying the first and second marker, whereby the processing device retrieves respective digital information assigned to the identified first marker and second marker from a database and whereby the processing device makes a decision on the compatibility of the first set-up component with the second set-up component based on the retrieved digital information; - outputting an augmented representation (38) of at least part of the captured sensing data and the decision on the compatibility as well as an operating method for operating the a measurement or production set-up, an augmented reality system and a computer program product. The application is especially usseful in integrity testing of filters and monitoring bacterial growth, eg. filter contamination.