Title :
Mapping the surface of an unevenly moving steel billet
Author :
Terho, Sami ; Paanajarvi, Janne ; Visala, Arto
Author_Institution :
Autom. Technol. Lab., Helsinki Univ. of Technol., Finland
Abstract :
This paper presents a system for measuring three dimensional surface map of steel billets. The proposed system is used for quality control of the surfaces of the billets. The system is based on camera and a laser stripe generator. The billet is moved in front of the inspection system with an external moving mechanism. Triangulation is used for measuring the surface map. The three-dimensional movements of the billet are measured by combining optical flow and information from the laser stripes.
Keywords :
billets; computer vision; quality control; steel industry; image processing; laser stripe generator; machine vision; optical flow; quality control; surface mapping; three dimensional surface map; unevenly moving steel billet; Application software; Billets; Computer vision; Image processing; Inspection; Machine vision; Manufacturing automation; Production facilities; Quality control; Steel; Automation; Image processing; Inspection; Machine vision; Steel;
Conference_Titel :
Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation, 2005. CIRA 2005. Proceedings. 2005 IEEE International Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9355-4
DOI :
10.1109/CIRA.2005.1554328
