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Granted Patent B2
US 12,413,851 · App. 18/358,950 · Granted Sep 9, 2025

Inspection device and inspection method

Inventors: Yasuhiro Okuno (Tokyo, JP); Sukeyuki Shinotsuka (Tokyo, JP); Shoji Matsuda (Tokyo, JP); Shunsuke Torigai (Tokyo, JP); Yosuke Tanaka (Tokyo, JP); Daiki Kurei (Tokyo, JP); Koki Isobe (Tokyo, JP); Kotaro Nakamoto (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
H04N23/64H04N23/633
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Patent No.
US 12,413,851
App. No.
18/358,950
Granted
Sep 9, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An inspection device and an inspection method are provided. The inspection device includes: a main body portion, configured to be held by an inspector; a camera portion, disposed on the main body portion and configured to capture an inspected portion of a vehicle; and a guiding portion, configured to guide a camera direction of the camera portion to the inspector, so that an image obtained through the camera portion becomes a prescribed image suitable for inspection.

Claims (22)

1. An inspection device, comprising:

a main body portion, held by an inspector;

a camera, disposed on the main body portion and configured to capture a first portion of a vehicle to be inspected;

a display, configured to display an image captured by the camera; and

a processor, configured to:

determine whether the captured image satisfies a requirement for inspecting the first portion of the vehicle such that a degree of deviation between the first portion and a predetermined position in the captured image is less than a threshold value; and

in response to the captured image does not satisfy the requirement for inspecting the first portion,

display a reference frame on the display that displays the captured image, wherein the reference frame is at a fixed position with respect to the display,

display a guide frame over the captured image on the display, wherein the guide frame is a frame that surrounds the first portion of the vehicle to be inspected and moves with movement of the inspection device, and

guide the inspector to change a position and a direction of the camera to capture another image of the first portion of the vehicle until the reference frame overlaps with the guide frame on the display.

2. The inspection device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a position sensor configured to obtain a spatial position of the main body portion.

3. An inspection method, comprising:

capturing a first portion of a vehicle to be inspected through a camera;

displaying an image captured by the camera;

determining whether the captured image satisfies a requirement for inspecting the first portion of the vehicle such that a degree of deviation between the first portion and a predetermined position in the captured image is less than a threshold value; and

in response to the captured image does not satisfy the requirement for inspecting the first portion,

displaying a reference frame on the display that displays the captured image, wherein the reference frame is at a fixed position with respect to the display,

displaying a guide frame over the captured image on the display, wherein the guide frame is a frame that surrounds the first portion of the vehicle to be inspected and moves with movement of the inspection device, and

guiding the inspector to change a position and a direction for capturing another image of the first portion of the vehicle of the camera until the reference frame overlaps with the guide frame on the display.

4. The inspection device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the reference frame is at a central portion with respect to the display.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 8, 2023
From: OKUNO, YASUHIRO; SHINOTSUKA, SUKEYUKI; MATSUDA, SHOJI; TORIGAI, SHUNSUKE; TANAKA, YOSUKE; KUREI, DAIKI; ISOBE, KOKI; NAKAMOTO, KOTARO
To: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 202211142349.X · Sep 20, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240098363A1 · Mar 21, 2024
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