Abstract
One of the challenges faced by the users of automated visual inspection (AVI) systems is how to efficiently upgrade the legacy systems to inspect the new components introduced into the assembly lines. If the AVI systems are not flexible enough to accommodate new components, they will be rendered obsolete even by small changes in the product being inspected. The overall objective of the research presented in this paper is to produce the methodological basis that will result in the development of highly reconfigurable AVI systems. In this paper, we focus on part of this overall development, the adaptation of preexisting inspection algorithms to inspect similar components introduced into the assembly line. While this paper bases its development and discussion on the inspection of surface mounted devices (SMDs), the proposed methodology is general enough to be applicable to a broad range of inspection problems.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Article number | 4926125 |
| Pages (from-to) | 514-524 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 2009 |
Keywords
- Automated visual inspection (AVI) system
- Quadratic classification function (QCF)
- Surface mounted devices
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Control and Systems Engineering
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering