Teachable image evaluation system for the automation of visual inspection

: Adam, W.; Nickolay, B.

Abstract
In the past years it could be found in may industrial areas that, after a comprehensive automation of the manufacturing processes similar attemps concerning the quality inspection are under way. Special interest has now been focussed in visual inspection. The article introduces typical tasks of visual inspection and describes a relevant approach for the automation of qualitative surface inspection. The practical implementation of this approach is explained by way of some case examples.