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    Motion-based visual inspection of optically indiscernible defects on the example of hazelnuts
    ( 2021) ;
    Shevchyk, Anja
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    Flitter, Merle
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    Hanebeck, Uwe D.
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    Automatic quality control has long been an integral part of the processing of food and agricultural products. Visual inspection offers solutions for many issues in this context and can be employed in the form of sensor-based sorting to automatically remove foreign and low quality entities from a product stream. However, these methods are limited to defects that can be made visible by the employed sensor, which usually restricts the system to defects appearing on the surface. An alternative non-visual solution lies in impact-acoustic methods, which do not suffer from this constraint. However, these are strongly limited in terms of material throughput and consequently not suitable for large scale industrial application. In this paper, we present a novel approach that performs inspection based on optically acquired motion data. A high-speed camera captures image sequences of test objects during a transportation process on a chute with a specific structured surface. The trajectory data is then used to classify test objects based on their motion behavior. The approach is evaluated experimentally on the example of distinguishing defect-free hazelnuts from ones that suffer from insect damage. Results show that by merely utilizing the motion data, a recognition rate of up to for undamaged hazelnuts can be achieved. A major advantage of our approach is that it can be integrated in sensor-based sorting systems and is suitable for high throughput applications.
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    Real-time motion prediction using the chromatic offset of line scan cameras
    ( 2017)
    Pfaff, F.
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    Aristov, M.
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    Noack, B.
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    Hanebeck, U.
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    Pieper, C.
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    Kruggel-Emden, H.
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    Wirtz, S.
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    Scherer, V.
    Auf dem heutigen Stand der Technik der optischen Schüttgutsortierung werden Zeilenkameras mit einfachen Annahmen über die Teilchenbewegung kombiniert, um eine Ausschleusung bestimmter Teilchen zu ermöglichen. Kürzlich haben wir einen experimentellen optischen Bandsortierer mit einer Flächenkamera ausgestattet und gezeigt, dass durch das Verfolgen der Teilchen des Schüttguts die Güte der Vorhersagen und somit auch der Ausschleusung verbessert werden kann. In dieser Arbeit nutzen wir den Farbversatz zwischen den Farbkanälen einer Farbzeilenkamera, um in Echtzeit Informationen über die Bewegung der Teilchen abzuleiten. Dieser Ansatz erlaubt es, die Vorhersagen heutiger optischer Bandsortierer zu verbessern, ohne dass deren Hardware dafür angepasst werden muss.