IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/spr/joinma/v31y2020i1d10.1007_s10845-018-1438-3.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

A flexible machine vision system for small part inspection based on a hybrid SVM/ANN approach

Author

Listed:
  • Keyur D. Joshi

    (Queen’s University)

  • Vedang Chauhan

    (Queen’s University)

  • Brian Surgenor

    (Queen’s University)

Abstract

Machine vision inspection systems are often used for part classification applications to confirm that correct parts are available in manufacturing or assembly operations. Support vector machines (SVMs) and artificial neural networks (ANNs) are popular choices for classifiers. These supervised classifiers perform well when developed for specific applications and trained with known class images. Their drawback is that they cannot be easily applied to different applications without extensive retuning. Moreover, for the same application, they do not perform well if there are unknown class images. This paper proposes a novel solution to the above limitations of SVMs and ANNs, with the development of a hybrid approach that combines supervised and semi-supervised layers. To illustrate its performance, the system is applied to three different small part identification and sorting applications: (1) solid plastic gears, (2) clear plastic wire connectors and (3) metallic Indian coins. The ability of the system to work with different applications with minimal tuning and user inputs illustrates its flexibility. The robustness of the system is demonstrated by its ability to reject unknown class images. Four hybrid classification methods were developed and tested: (1) SSVM–USVM, (2) USVM–SSVM, (3) USVM–SANN and (4) SANN–USVM. It was found that SANN–USVM gave the best results with an accuracy of over 95% for all three applications. A software package known as FlexMVS for flexible machine vision system was written to illustrate the hybrid approach that enabled easy execution of the image conditioning, feature extraction and classification steps. The image library and database used in this study is available at http://my.me.queensu.ca/People/Surgenor/Laboratory/Database.html.

Suggested Citation

  • Keyur D. Joshi & Vedang Chauhan & Brian Surgenor, 2020. "A flexible machine vision system for small part inspection based on a hybrid SVM/ANN approach," Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, Springer, vol. 31(1), pages 103-125, January.
  • Handle: RePEc:spr:joinma:v:31:y:2020:i:1:d:10.1007_s10845-018-1438-3
    DOI: 10.1007/s10845-018-1438-3
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10845-018-1438-3
    File Function: Abstract
    Download Restriction: Access to the full text of the articles in this series is restricted.

    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1007/s10845-018-1438-3?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Unknown, 2016. "Proceedings Of Abstracts," 152nd Seminar, August 30 - September 1, 2016, Novi Sad, Serbia 244068, European Association of Agricultural Economists.
    2. Ssu-Han Chen & Der-Baau Perng, 2016. "Automatic optical inspection system for IC molding surface," Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, Springer, vol. 27(5), pages 915-926, October.
    3. Te-Hsiu Sun & Fang-Cheng Tien & Fang-Chih Tien & Ren-Jieh Kuo, 2016. "Automated thermal fuse inspection using machine vision and artificial neural networks," Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, Springer, vol. 27(3), pages 639-651, June.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Junhui Ge & Licheng Liu & Junxi Sun & Hong Zhao & Langming Zhou & Tianle Cheng & Changyan Xiao, 2023. "Automatic recognition of hot spray marking dot-matrix characters for steel-slab industry," Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, Springer, vol. 34(2), pages 869-884, February.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Mohamed Ben Gharsallah & Ezzedine Ben Braiek, 2021. "Computer aided manufacturing method for surface silicon steel inspection based on an efficient anisotropic diffusion algorithm," Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, Springer, vol. 32(4), pages 1025-1041, April.
    2. Haiyong Chen & Yue Pang & Qidi Hu & Kun Liu, 2020. "Solar cell surface defect inspection based on multispectral convolutional neural network," Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, Springer, vol. 31(2), pages 453-468, February.
    3. Michael Vössing & Niklas Kühl & Matteo Lind & Gerhard Satzger, 2022. "Designing Transparency for Effective Human-AI Collaboration," Information Systems Frontiers, Springer, vol. 24(3), pages 877-895, June.
    4. Nava Ashraf & Edward Glaeser & Abraham Holland & Bryce Millett Steinberg, 2017. "Water, Health and Wealth," NBER Working Papers 23807, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    5. Xinyu Suo & Jian Liu & Licheng Dong & Chen Shengfeng & Lu Enhui & Chen Ning, 2022. "A machine vision-based defect detection system for nuclear-fuel rod groove," Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, Springer, vol. 33(6), pages 1649-1663, August.
    6. Martin Fiszbein, 2017. "Agricultural Diversity, Structural Change and Long-run Development: Evidence from the U.S," NBER Working Papers 23183, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    7. Ana Gouveia & Sílvia Santos & Inês Gonçalves, 2017. "The short-term impact of structural reforms on productivity growth: beyond direct effects," GEE Papers 0065, Gabinete de Estratégia e Estudos, Ministério da Economia, revised Feb 2017.
    8. Wen Gao & Xinhong Hei & Yichuan Wang, 2023. "The Data Privacy Protection Method for Hyperledger Fabric Based on Trustzone," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 11(6), pages 1-16, March.
    9. Kai Lu & Alireza Khani & Baoming Han, 2018. "A Trip Purpose-Based Data-Driven Alighting Station Choice Model Using Transit Smart Card Data," Complexity, Hindawi, vol. 2018, pages 1-14, August.
    10. Dan Andrews & Filippos Petroulakis, 2017. "Breaking the Shackles: Zombie Firms, Weak Banks and Depressed Restructuring in Europe," OECD Economics Department Working Papers 1433, OECD Publishing.
    11. Muhammad Touseef Ikram & Muhammad Tanvir Afzal, 2019. "Aspect based citation sentiment analysis using linguistic patterns for better comprehension of scientific knowledge," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 119(1), pages 73-95, April.
    12. Chi Ma & Hongquan Gui & Jialan Liu, 2023. "Self learning-empowered thermal error control method of precision machine tools based on digital twin," Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, Springer, vol. 34(2), pages 695-717, February.
    13. Kumar Bahadur Darjee & Prem Raj Neupane & Michael Köhl, 2023. "Proactive Adaptation Responses by Vulnerable Communities to Climate Change Impacts," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(14), pages 1-30, July.
    14. Kiran Sharma, 2021. "Team size and retracted citations reveal the patterns of retractions from 1981 to 2020," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 126(10), pages 8363-8374, October.
    15. OKADA Yoshimi & NAITO Yusuke & NAGAOKA Sadao, 2016. "Contribution of Patent Examination to Making the Patent Scope Consistent with the Invention: Evidence from Japan," Discussion papers 16092, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI).
    16. Mariam Camarero & Jesús Peiró-Palomino & Cecilio Tamarit, 2017. "External imbalances and growth," Working Papers 2017/02, Economics Department, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón (Spain).
    17. Dina A. Zaki & Mohamed Hamdy, 2022. "A Review of Electricity Tariffs and Enabling Solutions for Optimal Energy Management," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(22), pages 1-17, November.
    18. Michael Bordo & Robert N. McCauley, 2017. "A Global Shortage of Safe Assets: A New Triffin Dilemma?," Atlantic Economic Journal, Springer;International Atlantic Economic Society, vol. 45(4), pages 443-451, December.
    19. Simon Cornée & Madeg Le Guernic & Damien Rousselière, 2020. "Governing Common-Property Assets: Theory and Evidence from Agriculture," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 166(4), pages 691-710, November.
    20. Steff De Visscher & Markus Eberhardt & Gerdie Everaert, 2017. "Measuring productivity and absorptive capacity evolution," Discussion Papers 2017-11, University of Nottingham, GEP.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:spr:joinma:v:31:y:2020:i:1:d:10.1007_s10845-018-1438-3. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.springer.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.