Framework for Industrial Visual Surface Inspections

Tech Paper #MV03-255 A key problem in using automatic visual surface inspection in industry is training and tuning the systems to perform in a desired manner. This may take from minutes up to a year after installation, and can be a major cost. Based on our experiences the training issues need to be taken into account from the very beginning of system design. In this presentation we consider approaches for visual surface inspection and system training. We advocate using a non-supervised learning based visual training method. Authors: Olli Silven, Matti Niskanen, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.