A Machine Vision System As An Automatic Sorting And Decoding Tool

Jen-Ya Chou; Robert Plice; Donald Mead

doi:10.1117/12.950839

11 December 1985 A Machine Vision System As An Automatic Sorting And Decoding Tool

Jen-Ya Chou, Robert Plice, Donald Mead

Proceedings Volume 0579, Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision IV; (1985) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.950839
Event: 1985 Cambridge Symposium, 1985, Cambridge, United States

Abstract

Machine vision is an emerging technology and an integral element of a factory automation concept embracing robotics, CAD/CAM, CIM, FMS and numerous related capabilities. Although still in its infancy - especially in the methodology of performing symbolic domain tasks, it surely plays a vital role in evolving manufacturing from today's fixed automation to flexible future automation. This paper describes the elements of productivity and speed improvement currently achieved with the aid of a machine vision system. The system is an integrated electro-optical system which automatically reads mark sense labels and forwards the encoded data to sort controllers. Also, through the description of this automatic sorting system design - in both software and hardware senses, it will be recognized that complex scene understanding can be carried out successfully under elaborate use of a priori knowledge about the scene to be recognized.

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Jen-Ya Chou, Robert Plice, and Donald Mead "A Machine Vision System As An Automatic Sorting And Decoding Tool", Proc. SPIE 0579, Intelligent Robots and Computer Vision IV, (11 December 1985); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.950839

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