Feifei Kong, Delong Zhao, Fuzhou Du

A doubt–confirmation-based visual detection method for foreign object debris aided by assembly models

  • Mechanical Engineering
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Foreign object debris (FOD) impacts significantly on the quality control during product assembly because it usually causes product failure. The vision-based method as a nondestructive and efficient technology has become an important approach to FOD detection. However, it faces two important challenges: (1) inexhaustible types (almost any object can become FOD) and (2) unpredictable locations (FOD can appear almost anywhere on surface of a product). Therefore, this paper proposes an FOD visual detection method based on doubt–confirmation strategy and aided by assembly models. Firstly, a coarse-to-fine method is designed for feature extraction and registration to align the test image with the reference image. Then, to solve the unpredictable location problem, different types of suspected FOD are extracted from the test image by a combined method of supervision and nonsupervision. Finally, to solve the inexhaustible type problem, an image comparison method based on a Histogram of Line Direction Angle is proposed, and re-recognition rules of suspected FOD established to complete the final discrimination. Experiments are conducted on a product with complex shape, and the results demonstrate the effectiveness and efficiency of our approach.

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