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Item Automated system for evaluating consistency between CAD model and 3D scan of vehicle seat(Springer, 2022-02-02) Park, Byoung-Keon D.; Park, Jangwoon; Lee, Byung Cheol; Lee, BaekheeReducing the number of design changes in vehicle seat development is critical for minimizing both production cost and product lead time. Generally, discrepancies in measured dimensional specifications of vehicle-seat prototypes and computer-aided design (CAD) models cause significant quality control issues of the finished products. Although three-dimensional (3D) scanning technology enables the efficient evaluations and inspection processes of vehicle-seat prototypes, many evaluation processes require time-consuming tasks. This paper proposes an automated system for evaluating a geometrical consistency between a 3D scan of a prototype and the original CAD model. In the current study, the existing evaluation processes conducted by seat engineers were examined by survey questionnaires. The survey responses were analyzed to define a standardized evaluation process for the automated system. Various computational algorithms, including a function-based scan-to-CAD registration, standard seat dimension estimation, and template-based reporting algorithms, were developed to evaluate the scan and CAD consistency automatically. The developed system not only reduced over 99 % of the evaluation time (on average, existing method: > 2 hrs per seat and system method: < 5 min per seat) but also increased the repeatability of evaluations. Furthermore, the system can collect dimensions of diverse seat designs, prototypes, and products to construct a database of seat dimensions for benchmarking and design improvement.