CN-121999547-A - System and method for inspecting a vehicle

Abstract

The present invention provides a system and method for inspecting a vehicle. A method includes generating an inspection-related inspection list based on one or more functions of a vehicle, receiving one or more commands for performing one or more of the one or more vehicle functions, performing the vehicle function, wherein one or more additional vehicles are configured to perform an inspection of the vehicle function while the vehicle is performing the vehicle function, and transmitting an alert in response to the vehicle not passing the inspection.

Inventors

• S.C.SARTHE
• K. Bandy
• M A Santee
• B. Diamond
• V. D. Shenoi
• R. O'Gorman

Assignees

• 福特全球技术公司

Dates

Publication Date

20260508

Application Date

20251024

Priority Date

20241101

Claims (15)

1. 1. A method, comprising: generating, by a vehicle, an inspection-related inspection list based on one or more vehicle functions of the vehicle; receiving one or more commands from one or more additional vehicles for performing a vehicle function of the one or more vehicle functions on the inspection related inspection list; Executing, by the vehicle, the vehicle function in response to the receipt of the one or more commands, wherein the one or more additional vehicles are configured to perform a check of the vehicle function while the vehicle is executing the vehicle function, and An alert is transmitted by the vehicle in response to failing the check.
2. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving of the one or more commands is further based on a pose of the vehicle being within a field of view of the one or more additional vehicles, and wherein the field of view of the one or more additional vehicles is associated with the vehicle function.
3. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the inspection of the vehicle function is a visual inspection performed by an external sensor suite of the one or more additional vehicles.
4. 4. The method of claim 3, wherein the external sensor package is permanently integrated within a body of the one or more additional vehicles or temporarily attached to the body of the one or more additional vehicles.
5. 5. The method of claim 1, wherein different ones of the one or more vehicle functions are performed in different geofence locations in which the vehicle is located.
6. 6. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmission of the alert causes the one or more additional vehicles to perform additional checks of the vehicle function.
7. 7. The method of claim 6, wherein one or more diagnostic actions are performed on the vehicle to cause the vehicle to pass the additional inspection.
8. 8. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more additional vehicles are further configured to perform an inspection of a vehicle feature, a vehicle mass, or a combination thereof.
9. 9. A system, comprising: A vehicle configured to: generating an inspection-related inspection list based on one or more vehicle functions of the vehicle, One or more commands for performing a vehicle function of the one or more vehicle functions on the inspection related inspection list are received, Executing the vehicle function in response to the receipt of the one or more commands, and Transmitting an alert in response to failing the check of the vehicle function, and One or more of the additional vehicles may be provided, the one or more additional vehicles are configured to: transmitting the one or more commands for performing the vehicle function, and The checking of the vehicle function is performed while the vehicle is executing the vehicle function.
10. 10. The system of claim 9, wherein the receiving of the one or more commands is further based on a pose of the vehicle being within a field of view of the one or more additional vehicles, and wherein the field of view of the one or more additional vehicles is associated with the vehicle function.
11. 11. The system of claim 9, wherein the inspection of the vehicle function is a visual inspection performed by an external sensor suite of the one or more additional vehicles.
12. 12. The system of claim 11, wherein the external sensor package is permanently integrated within a body of the one or more additional vehicles or temporarily attached to the body of the one or more additional vehicles.
13. 13. The system of claim 9, wherein different ones of the one or more vehicle functions are performed in different geofence locations where the vehicle is located.
14. 14. The system of claim 9, wherein the one or more additional vehicles are further configured to: one or more damaged components of the vehicle are identified in response to the vehicle performing the vehicle function.
15. 15. The system of claim 9, wherein the transmission of the alert causes the one or more additional vehicles to perform additional checks of the vehicle function, and wherein: one or more diagnostic actions are performed on the vehicle to cause the vehicle to pass the additional inspection.

Description

System and method for inspecting a vehicle Technical Field The present disclosure relates to inspecting vehicles. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to inspecting vehicles where one or more surrounding vehicles are related to the location of the vehicle. Background The statements in this section merely provide background information related to the present disclosure and may not constitute prior art. As the size of a manufacturing facility grows, additional infrastructure elements are required to maintain a consist across the consist environment associated with the manufacturing facility. Although the infrastructure provides adequate coverage of the consist environment, one or more problems, such as angles and under-illumination, may occur with accuracy associated with automated inspection of the consist vehicle. Thus, a human operator is responsible for performing inspections of the consist vehicles, but only at certain intervals during the assembly process. Such limited inspection of the consist vehicle may present problems to the assembly process. The present disclosure addresses these and other problems associated with inspecting vehicles. Disclosure of Invention This section provides a general summary of the disclosure and is not a comprehensive disclosure of its full scope or all of its features. The present disclosure provides a method comprising generating, by a vehicle, an inspection related inspection list based on one or more vehicle functions of the vehicle, receiving, from one or more additional vehicles, one or more commands for performing a visual inspection of a vehicle function of the one or more vehicle functions on the inspection related inspection list, performing, by the vehicle, in response to receiving the one or more commands, the vehicle function, wherein the one or more additional vehicles are configured to perform an inspection of the vehicle function while the vehicle is performing the vehicle function, and transmitting, by the vehicle, an alert in response to failing the inspection, wherein receipt of the one or more commands is also based on a pose of the vehicle within a field of view of the one or more additional vehicles, and wherein the field of view of the one or more additional vehicles is associated with the vehicle function, wherein the inspection of the vehicle function is a visual inspection performed by an external sensor suite of the one or more additional vehicles, wherein the external sensor suite is permanently integrated within a body of the one or more additional vehicles, or temporarily attached to a body of the one or more additional vehicles, wherein a different location of the vehicle is configured to the vehicle is performing, wherein the one or more additional vehicle functions are configured to perform a diagnostic of the one or more additional vehicle functions and wherein the one or more additional vehicle functions are configured to pass a diagnostic of the vehicle and the one or more additional vehicle functions are performed. The present disclosure provides a system comprising a vehicle configured to generate an inspection related inspection list based on one or more vehicle functions of the vehicle, receive one or more commands for performing inspection related inspection of vehicle functions of one or more additional vehicles on the inspection related list, perform the vehicle functions in response to receipt of the one or more commands, and transmit an alert in response to failing the inspection of the vehicle functions, and one or more additional vehicles configured to transmit the one or more commands for performing the vehicle functions, and perform the inspection of the vehicle functions while the vehicle is performing the vehicle functions, wherein the receipt of the one or more commands is also within a view of one or more additional vehicles based on a pose of the vehicle, and wherein the view of the one or more additional vehicles is associated with the vehicle functions, wherein the inspection of the vehicle functions is a visual inspection performed by an external sensor kit of the one or more additional vehicles, wherein the external sensor kit is temporarily integrated within the one or more additional vehicles or is attached to the vehicle, and wherein the one or more additional vehicles are not configured to perform the one or more additional vehicle functions in response to the one or more additional vehicle functions, wherein the one or more additional vehicles are not configured to perform a geographic inspection of the vehicle functions, and wherein the one or more additional vehicle functions are not configured to be permanently removed from the vehicle is performed by the vehicle and the vehicle is/are not performing the one or more additional vehicle functions. The present disclosure provides one or more non-transitory computer readable media storing processor-executable instructions that, when executed by at le