A machine vision system for quality grading of painted slates

The major aim of this chapter is to detail the technology associated with a novel industrial inspection system that is able to robustly identify the visual defects present on the surface of painted slates. The development of a real-time automated slate inspection system proved to be a challenging task since the surface of the slate is painted with glossy dark colours, the slate is characterised by depth profile non-uniformities and it is transported at the inspection line via high-speed conveyors. In order to implement an industrial compliant system, in our design we had to devise a large number of novel solutions including the development of a full customised illumination set-up and the development of flexible image-processing procedures that can accommodate the large spectrum of visual defects that can be present on the slate surface and the vibrations generated by the slate transport system. The developed machine vision system has been subjected to a thorough robustness evaluation and the reported experimental results indicate that the proposed solution can be used to replace the manual procedure that is currently used to grade the painted slates in manufacturing environments.

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