Vehicle windshield installation device and vehicle windshield installation method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024253718-A1
Application number	US-202318537803-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 13, 2023
Priority date	Jan 30, 2023
Publication date	Aug 1, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

A vehicle windshield installation device is adapted to install a vehicle windshield to an opening part of a vehicle body and includes: a holding member, holding the vehicle windshield; an information acquisition member, acquiring sensing information to which a paint color of the vehicle body corresponds, the sensing information at least including a position of a cross-section to be sensed on an edge of the opening part; a sensing member, sensing the cross-section to be sensed, which is set in advance, on the edge of the opening part; and a calculation member, calculating an installation position of the vehicle windshield according to a sensing result acquired through sensing. The holding member installs the vehicle windshield to the opening part according to the installation position of the vehicle windshield that is calculated. A vehicle windshield installation method is also provided.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A vehicle windshield installation device, adapted to install a vehicle windshield to an opening part of a vehicle body, the vehicle windshield installation device comprising:
a holding member, holding the vehicle windshield; an information acquisition member, acquiring sensing information to which a paint color of the vehicle body corresponds, wherein the sensing information at least comprises a position of a cross-section to be sensed on an edge of the opening part; a sensing member, sensing the cross-section to be sensed, which is set in advance, on the edge of the opening part; and a calculation member, calculating an installation position of the vehicle windshield according to a sensing result acquired through sensing, wherein the holding member installs the vehicle windshield to the opening part according to the installation position of the vehicle windshield that is calculated.

2 . The vehicle windshield installation device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the sensing member senses a cross-section waveform of the cross-section to be sensed on the edge of the opening part to acquire a feature point of the cross-section waveform, and
the calculation member calculates the installation position of the vehicle windshield according to the feature point of the cross-section waveform that is sensed.

3 . The vehicle windshield installation device as claimed in claim 2 , further comprising:
a storage member, storing in advance the sensing information corresponding to a plurality of paint colors; and a driving member, driving the sensing member to sense, above a position of the cross-section to be sensed, the cross-section to be sensed based on the sensing information.

4 . The vehicle windshield installation device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the storage member stores positions of a plurality of cross-sections to be sensed for at least one of the paint colors,
the sensing member senses the cross-section waveform of each of the cross-sections to be sensed on the edge of the opening part to acquire the feature point of each of the cross-section waveforms, and the calculation member calculates the installation position of the vehicle windshield according to the feature points of the cross-section waveforms that are sensed.

5 . The vehicle windshield installation device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the storage member stores a sensing condition to which the paint colors correspond.

6 . A vehicle windshield installation method, adapted for installing a vehicle windshield to an opening part of a vehicle body, the vehicle windshield installation method comprising:
a holding step for holding the vehicle windshield; an information acquisition step for acquiring sensing information to which a paint color of the vehicle body corresponds, wherein the sensing information at least comprises a position of a cross-section to be sensed on an edge of the opening part; a sensing step for sensing the cross-section to be sensed, which is set in advance, on the edge of the opening part; a calculation step for calculating an installation position of the vehicle windshield according to a sensing result acquired through sensing; and an installation step for installing the vehicle windshield to the opening part according to the installation position of the vehicle windshield that is calculated.

7 . The vehicle windshield installation method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein in the sensing step, sensing is performed on a cross-section waveform of the cross-section to be sensed on the edge of the opening part to acquire a feature point of the cross-section waveform, and
in the calculation step, the installation position of the vehicle windshield is calculated according to the feature point of the cross-section waveform that is sensed.

8 . The vehicle windshield installation method as claimed in claim 6 , further comprising:
a three-dimensional model acquisition step for acquiring a three-dimensional model of the vehicle body; a cross-section acquisition step for acquiring all cross-sections on the edge of the opening part from the three-dimensional model that is acquired; an estimation step for estimating cross-section waveforms of all the cross-sections on the edge of the opening part that are acquired after the paint color, which is set in advance, is painted; and a setting step for setting at least one of all the cross-sections after the paint color is taken into consideration as the cross-section to be sensed.

9 . The vehicle windshield installation method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein in the setting step, a plurality of cross-sections of all the cross-sections after the paint color is taken into consideration are set as the cross-sections to be sensed, in the sensing step, sensing is performed on the cross-section waveform of each of the cross-sections to be sensed on the edge of the opening part to acquire a feature point of each of the cross-section waveforms, and
in the calculation step, the installation position of the vehicle windshield is calculated according to the feature points of the cross-section waveforms that are sensed.

10 . The vehicle windshield installation method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein in response to the installation position of the vehicle windshield being unable to be calculated according to a feature point of the cross-section waveform that is sensed in the calculation step, sensing is performed on an alternative cross-section to be sensed, which is set in advance, on the edge of the opening part in the sensing step.

11 . The vehicle windshield installation method as claimed in claim 7 , further comprising:
a three-dimensional model acquisition step for acquiring a three-dimensional model of the vehicle body; a cross-section acquisition step for acquiring all cross-sections on the edge of the opening part from the three-dimensional model that is acquired; an estimation step for estimating cross-section waveforms of all the cross-sections on the edge of the opening part that are acquired after the paint color, which is set in advance, is painted; and a setting step for setting at least one of all the cross-sections after the paint color is taken into consideration as the cross-section to be sensed.

12 . The vehicle windshield installation method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein in the setting step, a plurality of cross-sections of all the cross-sections after the paint color is taken into consideration are set as the cross-sections to be sensed,
in the sensing step, sensing is performed on the cross-section waveform of each of the cross-sections to be sensed on the edge of the opening part to acquire the feature point of each of the cross-section waveforms, and in the calculation step, the installation position of the vehicle windshield is calculated according to the feature points of the cross-section waveforms that are sensed.

13 . The vehicle windshield installation method as claimed in claim 7 , wherein in response to the installation position of the vehicle windshield being unable to be calculated according to the feature point of the cross-section waveform that is sensed in the calculation step, sensing is performed on an alternative cross-section to be sensed, which is set in advance, on the edge of the opening part in the sensing step.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Suzuki Yuriko

Classifications

• B62D65/028

  by determining relative positions by measurement · CPC title

• B62D65/06 Primary

  the sub-units or components being doors, windows, openable roofs, lids, bonnets, or weather strips or seals therefor {(assembling sealing arrangements with vehicle parts, e.g. doors, windows B60J10/45)} · CPC title

• B62D65/024 Primary

  Positioning of sub-units or components with respect to body shell or other sub-units or components · CPC title