The invention provides a fluorescent 
powder coating surface defect detecting 
system and a detecting method based on 
machine vision. The 
system comprises a 
laser emitter, an image collecting terminal, an 
image sensor servo motor adjusting module, and an upper position 
personal computer (PC). The image collecting terminal comprises an 
image sensor, a 
vision processing and controlling module, and an interface module, wherein the 
image sensor, the 
vision processing and controlling module, and the interface module are connected in succession, the upper position PC is connected with the 
vision processing and controlling module through the interface module, the image sensor 
servo motor adjusting module is respectively connected with the vision 
processing and controlling module and the image sensor, and the 
laser emitter is connected with the vision handling and controlling module. A 
laser triangulation method is adopted to detect the defects that a fluorescent 
powder coating is too thick and too thin, and thickness is not even. The 
system collects fluorescent 
powder coating images which are coated to be compared with a standard image template, and therefore the defects that the fluorescent 
powder coating is irregular, stuck with glue and foreign matters and the like are detected. The system is simple in structure, low in cost, high in detection speed, and high in detection precision.