Vision-Guided Vehicle Component Mounting for Body Position Variations
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vehicle component mounting systems face challenges in accurately positioning and mounting components due to variations in vehicle body size and position, making it difficult to adapt to different vehicle types.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle component mounting system utilizing a vision camera and servo actuators to control the movement of a floating component, which includes a base, moving plate, and multiple servo actuators, allowing precise alignment of positioning pins with vehicle body holes through a controller.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a fixed positioning system is used for mounting vehicle components, then the mounting process is simple, but the system cannot adapt to variations in vehicle body size and position
Solution Approach 1:
The positioning pin is connected to a floating component that can move dynamically in response to detected positioning hole locations. The floating component includes a moving plate with multiple degrees of freedom, allowing the positioning pin to automatically adjust its position to match variations in vehicle body dimensions and hole locations, transforming a static positioning system into a dynamic adaptive one
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical positioning methods with a vision-based detection system. A camera captures images of the positioning hole, and image processing algorithms determine the hole's location and orientation. This optical measurement system substitutes for complex mechanical adjustment mechanisms, achieving adaptability through software-based position calculation rather than purely mechanical means
Solution Approach 3:
The floating component acts as an intermediary between the fixed mounting structure and the variable positioning hole locations. It includes a moving plate that can translate and rotate, serving as a mechanical mediator that bridges the gap between the fixed base and the variable positioning requirements, allowing the positioning pin to reach various positions without requiring the entire mounting system to be reconfigurable
2Adaptability or versatility
If the positioning system is made adjustable to accommodate different vehicle types, then adaptability improves, but the positioning precision decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses vision feedback to detect the actual position and orientation of the positioning hole on the vehicle body. The camera captures the hole's location, and the control system processes this visual information to calculate the required adjustments. This closed-loop feedback mechanism allows the system to adapt to different vehicle types while maintaining high positioning accuracy by continuously monitoring and correcting for variations
Solution Approach 2:
The floating component with its multi-degree-of-freedom moving plate serves multiple functions: it can translate in multiple directions, rotate to align with different hole orientations, and accommodate various vehicle body sizes. This universal positioning mechanism handles different vehicle types through a single integrated structure, maintaining precision across diverse applications without requiring vehicle-specific tooling
3Manufacturing precision
If a vision camera and servo actuator system is implemented, then positioning precision improves, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces complex multi-actuator mechanical positioning systems with a simpler single-servo-actuator system. Instead of using multiple servo motors to control each degree of freedom independently, the system uses one servo actuator to drive the floating component, with the positioning achieved through vision-based calculation and coordinated movement of the floating structure, reducing the number of complex controlled components
Solution Approach 2:
The positioning function is segmented into distinct modules: vision detection (camera and image processing), position calculation (control system algorithms), and physical positioning (floating component with servo actuator). This segmentation allows each module to be optimized independently and simplifies the overall control architecture, as the complex tasks of detection and calculation are separated from the mechanical positioning execution
Data Source
AI summary
Provided is a vehicle component mounting system, which may include: a floating component configured to move a vehicle component below a vehicle body; a positioning pin connected to the floating component; a vision camera configured to photograph a positioning hole of the vehicle body; and a controller configured to control a movement of the floating component based on a position of the positioning hole of the vehicle body photographed by the vision camera.