Real-time inspection by submarine images

Guido Tascini; Primo Zingaretti; Giuseppe Conte

doi:10.1117/12.245766

1 October 1996 Real-time inspection by submarine images

Guido Tascini, Primo Zingaretti, Giuseppe Conte

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Journal of Electronic Imaging, Vol. 5, Issue 4, (October 1996). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.245766

Abstract

A real-time application of computer vision concerning tracking and inspection of a submarine pipeline is described. The objective is to develop automatic procedures for supporting human operators in the real-time analysis of images acquired by means of cameras mounted on underwater remotely operated vehicles (ROV). Implementation of such procedures gives rise to a human-machine system for underwater pipeline inspection that can automatically detect and signal the presence of the pipe, of its structural or accessory elements, and of dangerous or alien objects in its neighborhood. The possibility of modifying the image acquisition rate in the simulations performed on video-recorded images is used to prove that the system performs all necessary processing with an acceptable robustness working in real-time up to a speed of about 2.5 kn, widely greater than that the actual ROVs and the security features allow.

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Guido Tascini, Primo Zingaretti, and Giuseppe Conte "Real-time inspection by submarine images," Journal of Electronic Imaging 5(4), (1 October 1996). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.245766

Published: 1 October 1996

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