Advances in Machine Vision [Paperback]

Machine Vision technology is becoming an indispensible part of the manufacturing industry. Biomedical and scientific applications of machine vision and imaging are becoming more and more sophisticated, and new applications continue to emerge. This book gives an overview of ongoing research in machine vision and presents the key issues of scientific and practical interest. A selected board of experts from the US, Japan and Europe provides an insight into some of the latest work done on machine vision systems and appliccations.Machine Vision technology is becoming an indispensible part of the manufacturing industry. Biomedical and scientific applications of machine vision and imaging are becoming more and more sophisticated, and new applications continue to emerge. This book gives an overview of ongoing research in machine vision and presents the key issues of scientific and practical interest. A selected board of experts from the US, Japan and Europe provides an insight into some of the latest work done on machine vision systems and appliccations.1 Active Optical Range Imaging Sensors.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Preliminaries.- 3 Imaging Radars.- 4 Active Triangulation.- 5 Moire and Holographic Interferometry.- 6 Focusing.- 7 Fresnel Diffraction.- 8 Sensor Comparisons.- 9 Emerging Themes.- Acknowledgments.- References.- 2 3-D Structures from 2-D Images.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Depth from Stereopsis.- 3 Structure from Motion.- 4 Structure from Optical Flow.- 5 Shape from Shading.- 6 Shape from Texture and Surface Contours.- 7 Shape from Line Drawings.- 8 Shape from Occluding Contours.- 9 Structure from Volume Intersection.- 10 Shape from Spatial Encoding.- 11 Concluding Remarks.- Acknowledgments.- References.- 3 3-D Sensing for Industrial Computer Vision.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Passive Techniques.- 3 Active Techniques.- 4 Conclusion.- References.- 4 Methodology for Automatic Image-Based Inspection of Industrial Objects.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Inspection Process.- 3 General Approach.- ló%