Granted Patent B2

US 12,638,401 · App. 18/225,222 · Granted May 26, 2026

Inventors: Zhiyu Wang (Ningde, CN); Xi Wang (Ningde, CN); Guannan Jiang (Ningde, CN)

Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED

G01N21/8851G01N2021/8887

Abstract

Claims (42)

1 . A computer-implemented method for detecting a defect of an electrode assembly, characterized in that the method comprises:

determining a first segmented image of an electrode assembly body in an electrode assembly image based on a first preset threshold;

determining a second segmented image of a tab in the electrode assembly image based on a second preset threshold, wherein the second preset threshold is less than the first preset threshold; and

determining defect status of the electrode assembly based on the first segmented image and the second segmented image;

wherein the determining defect status of the electrode assembly based on the first segmented image and the second segmented image comprises:

determining an overall image of the electrode assembly based on the first segmented image and the second segmented image, wherein the overall image comprises the electrode assembly body and the tab; and

determining the defect status of the electrode assembly based on the overall image; and

wherein the determining the defect status of the electrode assembly based on the overall image comprises:

determining information on an inflection point of the tab based on the overall image, wherein the inflection point of the tab is an endpoint of a connecting line between the tab and the electrode assembly body; and

determining the defect status of the electrode assembly based on the information on the inflection point of the tab.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , characterized in that the determining information on an inflection point of the tab based on the overall image comprises:

determining a statistic chart of a pixel sum in a first direction based on the overall image, wherein the first direction is perpendicular to a direction of a first edge line of the electrode assembly body, and the first edge line of the electrode assembly body is an edge line of the electrode assembly body at an end close to the tab in the overall image; and

determining the information on the inflection point of the tab based on the statistic chart of the pixel sum in the first direction.

3 . The method according to claim 2 , characterized in that the determining the information on the inflection point of the tab based on the statistic chart of the pixel sum in the first direction comprises:

determining the information on the inflection point of the tab based on a first statistic chart of the pixel sum of a first target region in the first direction, wherein the first target region is a region between the first edge line of the electrode assembly body in the overall image and a first boundary line of the overall image, and the first boundary line of the overall image is a boundary line of the overall image at an end close to the tab.

4 . The method according to claim 3 , characterized in that the determining the information on the inflection point of the tab based on a first statistic chart of the pixel sum of a first target region in the first direction comprises:

determining the information on the inflection point of the tab based on a bump in the first statistic chart.

5 . The method according to claim 3 , characterized in that the inflection point of the tab comprises a first inflection point and a second inflection point of a first tab along the first edge line, and a first inflection point and a second inflection point of a second tab; and

the determining the defect status of the electrode assembly based on the information on the inflection point of the tab comprises:

determining, based on values corresponding to a first segment, a second segment, and a third segment of the first edge line in the first statistic chart, whether the electrode assembly comprises a separator protrusion defect, wherein

the first segment is a segment between a first corner point of the electrode assembly body and the first inflection point of the first tab, the second segment is a segment between the second inflection point of the first tab and the first inflection point of the second tab, the third segment is a segment between the second inflection point of the second tab and a second corner point of the electrode assembly body, the first corner point is a corner point close to the first tab on the first edge line of the electrode assembly body, and the second corner point is a corner point close to the second tab on the first edge line of the electrode assembly body.

6 . The method according to claim 5 , characterized in that the determining, based on values corresponding to a first segment, a second segment, and a third segment of the first edge line in the first statistic chart, whether the electrode assembly comprises a separator protrusion defect, comprises:

determining, in a case that one of values corresponding to the first segment, the second segment, and the third segment respectively is greater than or equal to a preset threshold, that the electrode assembly comprises the separator protrusion defect; or

determining, in a case that values corresponding to the first segment, the second segment, and the third segment are all less than a preset threshold, that the electrode assembly comprises no separator protrusion defect.

7 . The method according to claim 1 , characterized in that the determining the defect status of the electrode assembly based on the overall image comprises:

determining the defect status of the electrode assembly based on a second statistic chart of a pixel sum of a second target region in a second direction, wherein the second direction is perpendicular to a direction of a second edge line of the electrode assembly body, the second target region is a region between the second edge line of the electrode assembly body in the overall image and a second boundary line of the overall image, the second edge line of the electrode assembly body is an edge line of the electrode assembly body at an end away from the tab, and the second boundary line of the overall image is a boundary line of the overall image at an end away from the tab.

8 . The method according to claim 7 , characterized in that the determining the defect status of the electrode assembly based on a second statistic chart of a pixel sum of a second target region in a second direction comprises:

determining, based on a value corresponding to the second edge line in the second statistic chart, whether the electrode assembly comprises a separator protrusion defect.

9 . The method according to claim 8 , characterized in that the determining, based on a value corresponding to the second edge line in the second statistic chart, whether the electrode assembly comprises a separator protrusion defect comprises:

determining, in a case that the value corresponding to the second edge line is greater than or equal to a preset threshold, that the electrode assembly comprises the separator protrusion defect; or

determining, in a case that the value corresponding to the second edge line is less than a preset threshold, that the electrode assembly comprises no separator protrusion defect.

10 . The method according to claim 1 , characterized in that the method further comprises:

determining a width of the electrode assembly body in a first direction in the electrode assembly image, wherein the first direction is perpendicular to a direction of a first edge line of the electrode assembly body, and the first edge line of the electrode assembly body is an edge line of the electrode assembly body at an end close to the tab in the overall image; and

determining, based on the width, whether the electrode assembly comprises a separator dislocation defect.

11 . The method according to claim 10 , characterized in that the determining, based on the width, whether the electrode assembly comprises a separator dislocation defect comprises:

determining, in a case that the width exceeds a preset range, that the electrode assembly comprises the separator dislocation defect; or

determining, in a case that the width does not exceed a preset range, that the electrode assembly comprises no separator dislocation defect.

12 . The method according to claim 10 , characterized in that the determining a width of the electrode assembly body in a first direction in the electrode assembly image comprises:

determining a corner point of the electrode assembly body; and

determining the width based on the corner point of the electrode assembly body.

13 . A device for detecting a defect of an electrode assembly, characterized in that the device comprises a processor and a memory, the memory is configured to store a program, and the processor is configured to call the program from the memory and run the program to perform the method for detecting a defect of an electrode assembly according to claim 1 .

14 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that the storage medium comprises a computer program, and, when executed on a computer, the computer program causes the computer to perform the method for detecting a defect of an electrode assembly according to claim 1 .

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