Image Inspection System Using GenICam Standardization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image inspection systems face challenges in accurately combining multiple images captured with different illumination directions, leading to inefficiencies in generating inspection images using standards like GenICam, which requires manual program corrections and driver reinstallation when switching camera models, limiting flexibility and accuracy.
Innovation Solution
An image inspection system and method that utilizes a setting device connected via a network to acquire and transmit setting information to an imaging device, enabling combination settings for processing multiple captured images, improving flexibility and accuracy by conforming to standardization standards like GenICam, and allowing for position correction and quality determination within the system.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple captured images are combined using standardization standards like GenICam, then flexibility in selecting camera models is improved, but processing capability for combining images is insufficient in conventional cameras
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the image processing functionality into two parts: the camera captures individual images according to standardization standards, while a separate external device performs the combination processing. This segmentation allows the camera to maintain simplicity while the system as a whole gains advanced processing capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
An external device acts as an intermediary between the camera and the final output. The camera captures images and transmits them via network, and the external device performs the combination processing, mediating between the standardized camera interface and the complex processing requirements.
2Adaptability or versatility
If manual program corrections and driver reinstallation are required when switching camera models, then ease of operation deteriorates, but standardization standards should improve this
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements a universal interface based on GenICam standard that works with multiple camera models. The standardized connection interface and unified setting item structure allow the same software to control different camera models without requiring manual corrections or reinstallation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses standardized parameter structures where setting items have consistent data types and structures across different camera models. This allows the software to interact with different cameras through uniform parameter interfaces, eliminating the need for model-specific programming adjustments.
3Adaptability or versatility
If image combination processing is performed externally rather than in-camera, then adaptability to different camera models is improved, but processing speed and efficiency may be reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by capturing multiple images with different illumination directions in sequence before performing the combination processing. This allows the camera to focus on its strength (capturing images according to standard) while the external device handles the combination, optimizing the overall workflow.
Solution Approach 2:
The system maintains continuous useful action by allowing the camera to continuously capture images according to standardized protocols while the external device processes them. The network transmission and external processing occur in parallel, ensuring that the camera is always productive without being idle during processing.
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AI summary
Accuracy of image inspection is improved by causing an imaging device conformable to a standardization standard to combine a plurality of captured images. A setting device transmits a setting content for realizing a combination setting set by a user on a user interface and register information indicating a location where the setting content is stored, to the imaging device. The imaging device stores the setting content in the location indicated by the corresponding register information, and executes the combination processing for combining the plurality of captured images.