The present invention relates to a surface inspection
system (10) for inspecting the surface of a
plate element (4) present in an inspection area (5), the surface inspection
system (10) comprising an
image evaluation unit (18), two light sources (12, 14) and a camera (16), wherein the two light sources (12, 14) are on opposite sides of an illumination plane (O11) and are oriented to illuminate the inspection area (5), the camera (16) being suitable for acquiring a line image (l12, l14) of the inspection area (5) along a viewing plane (O16), the illumination plane (O11) and the viewing plane (O16) being respectively arranged on opposite sides of a
middle plane (M), the
middle plane (M) being perpendicular to the inspection plane, the angle (α) between the illumination plane (O11) and the
middle plane (M) and the angle (α) between the viewing plane (O16) and the middle plane (M) being equal. The invention also relates to a method for inspecting the surface of a sheet element (4) using the surface inspection
system (10) described above, wherein a
first light source of two light sources (12, 14) directs light onto the surface of the sheet element (4) to be inspected, and a camera (16) acquires a line image (16) of the inspection area (5). 12 ;1 14 ), then the second of the two light sources (14, 12) directs light to the surface of the
plate element (4) to be inspected, and the camera (16) acquires a line image (1) of the inspection area (5) 14 ;1 12 ), wherein the
image evaluation unit (18) compares the two acquired line images (1 12 ;1 14 ), specifically subtracting two line images from each other.