Industrial Image Processing: Visual Quality Control in Manufacturing

by Christian Demant, Bernd Streicher-Abel, Carsten Garnica

Overview

This practical introduction focuses on how to build integrated solutions to industrial vision problems from individual algorithms. It gives a hands-on guide for setting up automated visual inspection systems using the NeuroCheck software package.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783642339042
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	10/02/2013
Edition description:	2nd revised ed. 2013
Pages:	369
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

Christian Demant received his Engineering Diploma in Technical Cybernetics at the University of Stuttgart. He worked for two years at the Research and Development Center of Robert Bosch GmbH in the department of Applied Vision Technologies. In 1993 he co-founded NeuroCheck GmbH in Remseck/Stuttgart and is currently the General Manager of the company. He is in charge of the architecture and development of the core NeuroCheck software product. In addition he is one of the founders and current Directors of Industrial Vision Systems Ltd based in Oxford, United Kingdom.

Bernd Streicher-Abel received his Engineering Diploma in Electrical Engineering at the University of Stuttgart. He worked for six years at the development site of Robert Bosch GmbH in the department of Applied Vision Technologies. In 1993 he co-founded NeuroCheck GmbH in Remseck/Stuttgart and is currently the General Manager of the company. He is in charge of the development and integration of turnkey machine vision solutions.

  

Carsten Garnica received his Engineering Diploma in Geoinformatics at the University of Applied Sciences of Mainz. He worked for five years as a Research Associate at the Institute for Spatial Information and Surveying Technology in Mainz. Since 2001 he has been an employee of NeuroCheck GmbH in Stuttgart and contributes to the design of the NeuroCheck software and supports customers implementing machine vision applications.

Table of Contents

Introduction.- Overview: Image Preprocessing.- Positioning.- Overview: Segmentation.- Mark Identification.- Overview: Classification.- Dimensional Checking.- Overview: Image Acquisition and Illumination.- Presence Verification.- Overview: Object Features.- Outlook: Visual Inspection Projects.- A: Mathematical Notes.- B: The Companion CD.- References.- Index.