Variable illumination and invariant features for detecting and classifying varnish defects

• Main Author: Pérez Grassi, Ana (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: KIT Scientific Publishing 2010
• Series: Forschungsberichte aus der Industriellen Informationstechnik / Institut für Industrielle Informationstechnik (IIIT), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
• Subjects: Technology: general issues; detection; illumination; image series; invariant features; classification
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This work presents a method to detect and classify varnish defects on wood surfaces. Since these defects are only partially visible under certain illumination directions, one image doesn't provide enough information for a recognition task. A classification requires inspecting the surface under...