Automated segmentation and feature extraction of product inspection items

Ashit Talukder; David P. Casasent

doi:10.1117/12.270355

27 March 1997 Automated segmentation and feature extraction of product inspection items

Ashit Talukder, David P. Casasent

Proceedings Volume 3073, Optical Pattern Recognition VIII; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.270355
Event: AeroSense '97, 1997, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

X-ray film and linescan images of pistachio nuts on conveyor trays for product inspection are considered. The final objective is the categorization of pistachios into good, blemished and infested nuts. A crucial step before classification is the separation of touching products and the extraction of features essential for classification. This paper addresses new detection and segmentation algorithms to isolate touching or overlapping items. These algorithms employ a new filter, a new watershed algorithm, and morphological processing to produce nutmeat-only images. Tests on a large database of x-ray film and real-time x-ray linescan images of around 2900 small, medium and large nuts showed excellent segmentation results. A new technique to detect and segment dark regions in nutmeat images is also presented and tested on approximately 300 x-ray film and approximately 300 real-time linescan x-ray images with 95-97 percent detection and correct segmentation. New algorithms are described that determine nutmeat fill ratio and locate splits in nutmeat. The techniques formulated in this paper are of general use in many different product inspection and computer vision problems.

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Ashit Talukder and David P. Casasent "Automated segmentation and feature extraction of product inspection items", Proc. SPIE 3073, Optical Pattern Recognition VIII, (27 March 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.270355

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