Difficult Machine Vision

Inspections?

Hard to see defects Inspection impossible Unstable inspection

due to no contrast or color difference because of interference from patterns due to difficult lighting conditions
from the background and designs

See what you want to see Inspection possible Highly stable inspection
with clear contrast difference from without being affected by patterns eliminating glare and hot spots
the background and designs

All these applications can be solved with KEYENCE’s

latest machine vision technology.
Examples of machine vision solutions that make the impossible possible
 See what you want to see; Hide what you don’t.

The latest preprocessing functions

Hard to see defects due to no contrast or color difference from the background Scratch Defect Extraction filter

Application Solution
The background roughness interferes with the Only the linear foreign object is extracted while
detection of a linear foreign object. the background noise is ignored.

Points for This processing removes noise in the inspection region and highlights longer, thin features. It is particularly
Preprocessing effective for inspections where linear defects exist on rough surfaces.

Hard to see defects due to no contrast difference from the background Blur filter

Application Solution
It is difficult to detect foreign particles due to Only foreign particles can be detected by
the influence of a stripe pattern. eliminating the influence of the stripe pattern.

Points for Blur the image within the inspection region to erase the pattern and extract only characteristics that vary from
Preprocessing the background. Even foreign particles with very little contrast from the background can be detected.
 See what you want to see; Hide what you don’t.

The latest preprocessing functions

Inspection is impossible because of moving horizontal feature Shrink, processing direction Y

Application Solution
Inspection for disconnection of solar cell grids Only the disconnected section (defect) you
is interrupted by the horizontal line. want to see is displayed.

Filter used: Shrink, processing direction Y

Points for
Preprocessing Enlarging only the disconnected section while keeping the same thickness of the grid to achieve stable
inspection.

Inspection is impossible because of complex features Noise Isolation filter

Application Solution
Small particles have adhered to a surface with Only foreign particles that you want to
a printing and unevenness background. detect are extracted.

Cancelling the complex background allows extraction of foreign particles only.

Points for
Preprocessing Small foreign particles can be detected even when the background is uneven or printing interferes with the
inspection.
 Inspection is impossible because of Real-time Image Extraction, processing direction X
interference by a pattern u processing direction Y

Application Solution
It is impossible to detect a hair on a grid Using multiple image filters can cancel the
pattern background. influence of the background.

Points for Filter used: Real-time Image Extraction, processing direction X ➞ processing direction Y
Preprocessing Use filters in different directions to cancel the grid pattern in the background.

Unstable inspection due to difficult lighting conditions Shading Correction, processing direction X

Application Solution
Inspection of screw threads for defects tends to Using multiple image filters ensures stable
be unstable, because it is difficult to illuminate detection of defects only.
the target properly.

Points for Filter used: Shading Correction, processing direction X

Preprocessing Cancel the shading effects of screw threads to detect defects only.

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