Research Areas M. Shridhar and J. Miller Pattern Recognition Fast Image Processing Techniques Image Analysis Algorithms Pattern Recognition Techniques Automatic Gauging Algorithms Low-Cost Machine Vision Systems Color and Multispectral Analysis
Machine Vision Applications Glass inspection: containers, panels, fibers, glasses Auto components: wheels, fittings, stampings, Tool gauging Color matching Multispectral analysis Electronic displays
Crosshead Examples
Overall Inspection Approach
Surface Inspection Setup Screen
Effect of Polarizer (bottom) Good PartStone present Good Part Stone present
Power Steering and Brake Hose Images Power Steering Connector Brake Hose Crimp
Gear Teeth Inspection The gear teeth are clearly visible using the given telecentric setup. An image processing technique called mathematical mor- phology can be used to detect the teeth.
Geometry Station
Interferometric Measurements
Basic 3-D Measurement Setup
Typical Views of Oil Drill Tool
Check Processing Examples
Occupant Classification Vision sensors for occupant classification Classification using stereo images Classification using Hall Effect sensors
License Plate location and recognition Extract license plate from image of car Morphological processing of LP image to extract characters Use OCR and context to recognize license plate
Voice Recognition Applications Recognition of speakers and discrete spoken words for many applications Considerable work has been done in related signal processing areas also including spectral analysis.