Research and implementation of machine vision technologies for empty bottle inspection systems

Key technologies in empty bottle inspection systems are studied in this paper to solve detecting error and poor adaptability problems. Those technologies have two different approaches: the ones in the first group locate and track bottle mouth, bottle bottom and walls while the other group technologi...

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Main Authors: Bin Huang, Sile Ma, Ping Wang, Huajie Wang, Jinfeng Yang, Xinyi Guo, Weidong Zhang, Huiquan Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-02-01
Series:Engineering Science and Technology, an International Journal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215098617310194
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Summary:Key technologies in empty bottle inspection systems are studied in this paper to solve detecting error and poor adaptability problems. Those technologies have two different approaches: the ones in the first group locate and track bottle mouth, bottle bottom and walls while the other group technologies involve defect detecting. Such vision inspection systems are required to perform with high accuracy and adaptability under high speed and mechanical vibration working conditions. This study proposes distinctive algorithms for bottle locating, tracking and defect detecting based on inspection requirements and images of bottle mouth, bottom and walls. On the premise of satisfying the inspecting requirements, the simplicity, ease of implementation and universality of the algorithms are considered to improve the detection speed and the adaptability of the system to different kinds of bottles. Experiments showed that the system proposed in this paper can improve the detection accuracy and speed.
ISSN:2215-0986