E-raamat: Handbook of Machine Vision

Finding that most handbooks on machine vision tend to restrict their coverage primarily to the algorithms of image processing, Hornberg (physics and photonics, U. of Applied Sciences in Esslingen, Germany) presents this text as an introduction to machine vision systems that covers the entire imaging change from image capture onwards and integrates the specialized mechanical, electrical, optical, and software engineering aspects of the of the field. The first two chapters address processing of information in the human visual system and the overall design process and considerations for building a machine visual inspection system. Remaining chapters discuss lighting in machine vision, optical systems in machine vision, camera calibration, camera systems in machine vision, camera computer interfaces, machine vision algorithms, and machine vision in manufacturing. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

With the demands of quality management and process control in an industrial environment machine vision is becoming an important issue. This handbook of machine vision is written by experts from leading companies in this field. It goes through all aspects of image acquisition and image processing. From the viewpoint of the industrial application the authors also elucidate in topics like illumination or camera calibration. Attention is paid to all hardware aspects, starting from lenses and camera systems to camera-computer interfaces. Besides the detailed hardware descriptions the necessary software is discussed with equal profoundness. This includes sections on digital image basics as well as image analysis and image processing. Finally the user is introduced to general aspects of industrial applications of machine vision, such as case studies and strategies for the conception of complete machine vision systems. With this handbook the reader will be enabled not only to understand up to date systems for machine vision but will also be qualified for the planning and evaluation of such technology.