Worksheet-Based Image Inspection With Parallel Display Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image inspection systems suffer from delays due to display processing interfering with the execution of inspection processing, as numerical calculations and image processing are inseparable and displayed results are not referenced during inspection.
Innovation Solution
An image inspection system with separate control units for display processing and inspection processing, allowing formula settings to be set in worksheet cells, enabling parallel execution of imaging, inspection, and formula calculations without delaying the inspection process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If display processing is integrated with inspection processing in a single control unit, then the system structure is simpler, but the inspection processing is delayed due to display processing
Solution Approach 1:
The control unit is divided into two separate control units: a first control unit dedicated to display processing and a second control unit dedicated to inspection processing. This segmentation allows each control unit to operate independently without interfering with the other, thereby eliminating the delay caused by display processing during inspection processing while maintaining a relatively simple system structure.
2Device complexity
If numerical calculation is integrated with image processing in the same control unit, then the system structure is simpler, but the inspection processing is delayed due to display processing
Solution Approach 1:
The control unit is divided into two separate control units: a first control unit dedicated to display processing and a second control unit dedicated to inspection processing. This segmentation allows each control unit to operate independently without interfering with the other, thereby eliminating the delay caused by display processing during inspection processing while maintaining a relatively simple system structure.
3Ease of operation
If all processing is executed by a single control unit, then the system is easier to control, but the inspection processing is delayed due to display processing
Solution Approach 1:
The control unit is divided into two separate control units: a first control unit dedicated to display processing and a second control unit dedicated to inspection processing. This segmentation allows each control unit to operate independently without interfering with the other, thereby eliminating the delay caused by display processing during inspection processing while maintaining a relatively simple system structure.
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AI summary
To speed up an entire inspection by preventing display processing from delaying execution of inspection processing. An image inspection system includes an imaging unit, a first control unit configured to generate a setting screen on which a formula setting of an imaging parameter of the imaging unit, a formula setting of an inspection parameter of a workpiece image, and a display setting of an inspection result can be set in a cell of a worksheet, and display the inspection result on a display unit according to the display setting set in the cell of the worksheet, and a second control unit configured to cause the imaging unit to execute imaging processing, execute inspection processing on the workpiece image, and execute a formula calculation related to the imaging parameter and the inspection parameter set in the worksheet.