US 11,816,859 B2
Systems and methods for determining a vehicle location in a manufacturing environment
Joseph Stanek, Northville, MI (US); Allen R. Murray, Lake Orion, MI (US); Fahad Liaqat, Novi, MI (US); Daniel Robert Taylor, Grosse Ile, MI (US); Sikder Imam, Novi, MI (US); and Charles Robert Maxwell Zine, Dearborn, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Jun. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/364,136.
Prior Publication US 2023/0005177 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. G06T 7/73 (2017.01)
CPC G06T 7/73 (2017.01) [G06T 2207/10016 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for determining a location of a vehicle including one or more image sensors in a manufacturing environment, the method comprising:
determining, when a key cycle transition condition of the vehicle and a vehicle gear transition condition of the vehicle are satisfied, a location parameter of the vehicle based on an image including a location tag and a previous image obtained from the one or more image sensors;
determining a vehicle time period based on the image and the previous image; and
validating a manufacturing routine of the vehicle when the location parameter satisfies a location condition and the vehicle time period satisfies a time condition.