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1、IntelligentVisionSystemsforIndustryBruceG.BatchelorandPaulF.WhelanIntelligentVisionSystemsforIndustryBruceG.BatchelorUniversityofWales,CardiffPaulF.WhelanDublinCityUniversity©BruceG.Batchelor,PaulF.Whelan2002ToCaroline,BrianandPhyllis.PaulFinally,brothers,whate
2、veristrue,whateverisnoble,whateverisright,whateverispure,whateverislovely,whateverisadmirable-ifanythingisexcellentorpraiseworthy-thinkaboutsuchthings.LettertoPhilippiansIVFormydearwife,Eleanor,ourchildren,HelenandDavid,myMother,Ingrid,andlateFather,Ernest.Bruc
3、eVPrefaceDuringtheperiod1970-1990,JapantaughtEuropeandAmericatheimportanceofqualityinmanufacturedgoods.TheWestlearnedthehardway:marketswerequicklylosttocompanieswhosenameswerehithertounknown.ManylongestablishedandwellrespectedWesterncompanieswereunabletomeetthe
4、challengeandconsequentlyfailedtosurvive.Thosethatdidwereoftenfacedwithdifficultyears,astheirshareofthemarketshrank.MostcompaniesinEuropeandAmericahavelargelycometotermswiththisandnowrealisethatqualityhasavitalroleinestablishingandmaintainingcustomerloyalty.Inth
5、epresentclimateofopinion,anytechnologywhichimprovesorsimplyguaranteesproductqualityiswelcome.Machinevisionisarelativelynewtechnology,whichhasmuchtooffermanufacturingindustryinimprovingproductqualityandsafety,aswellasenhancingprocessefficiencyandoperationalsafet
6、y.Machinevisionowesitsrisingpopularitytoonemajorfactor:opticalsensingisinherentlyclean,safe(becauseitanon-contactingtechnology)andveryversatile.Itispossibletodocertainthingsusingvision(bothhumanandmachine)thatnootherknownsensingmethodcanachieve-imaginetryingtos
7、ensestains,rustorsurfacecorrosionbyanyothermeans.Designingamachinevisionsystemislikeassemblingajigsaw.Amongothercomponenttechnologiesmachinevisioninvolvesthedigitisation,manipulationandanalysisofimages,usuallywithinacomputer,asubjectwhichisalsocoveredbytheterms
8、imageprocessingandcomputervision.However,wemustemphasisethatmachinevision,computervisionandimageprocessingarenotsynonymous.Noneisasubsetofeitheroftheothers.Computervisionisa
