ARDIS: Knowledge-based dynamic architecture for real-time surface visual inspection

Abstract

This work presents an approach to surface dynamic inspection in laminated materials based on the configuration of a visual system to obtain a good quality control of the manufacturing surface. The configuration task for surface inspection is solved as a Configuration-Design task following the CommonKADS methodology, which supports the proposed knowledge-based dynamic architecture (ARDIS). The task is analysed at the knowledge level and is decomposed into simple subtasks to reach the inference level. All the generic knowledge involved in the surface inspection process is differentiated among environment, real-time, image quality and computer vision techniques to be integrated it in ARDIS. An application has been developed to integrate four operation modes relating to visual system configuration and specific surface inspection. An example is shown for configuring a stainless steel inspection system and another one for wood inspection. © 2009 Springer Berlin Heidelberg.