A surface defect detection method applied to a surface of an object is disclosed. The method includes obtaining an image of the surface, performing a deep learning algorithm by a computing device to set a plurality of bounding boxes in the image and to output a plurality of feature parameter sets associated with the plurality of bounding boxes, with each bounding box enclosing a possible defect of the surface, and performing a classifying algorithm by the computing device according to the bounding boxes and the feature parameters to determine whether the surface conforms to a specification.

An asset inspection system includes a robot and a server. The robot collects inspection data corresponding to an asset. The server, includes a user interface, a processor, and a memory. The memory includes instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive the inspection data from the robot, display the inspection data via the user-interface, receive feedback on the inspection data via the user interface, generate a human-assisted inspection based on the received feedback, analyze the inspection data via a trained model, generate an automated inspection based on the analysis by the trained model, combine the automated inspection and the human-assisted inspection to generate an inspection report, and transmit the inspection report for review.

An apparatus according to the present disclosure acquires a display condition for displaying at least a part of target data as a display image on a display unit, determines, in a case where the display image is changed, whether to store the display condition according to a changed display image in a storage unit, based on an index relating to the change of the display image, and stores, in a case where the display condition is determined to be stored, the display condition according to the changed display image in the storage unit.

A measurement support apparatus includes an image acquisition unit; a scale image generation unit, the scale image representing a scale assigned at least one of gradations for measuring a length of the crack or line drawings and numerals for measuring a width of the crack; and an image display unit that displays the image of the structure and the scale image in a superimposed manner in a display area, in which the scale image generation unit generates a scale image in accordance with a distance between the image acquisition unit and the measurement surface and an orientation of the measurement surface, and the image display unit displays the generated scale image in the superimposed manner at a position according to a position of the crack in the image of the structure in a direction according to a direction of the crack in the image of the structure.

A method for object defect detection includes receiving digital data representing an image of an object with a repeated pattern. The method identifies a part of the image of the object as defined by a sample window of the digital data. The method generates one or more functions from at least the part of the image, wherein each of the one or more functions corresponds to one component of a pixel contained in the part of the image. Responsive to performing self-similarity analytics on the one or more functions, the method identifies a defect area of the object.

An inspection device includes a wearable camera attached to a worker that images an inspection object, and a laser pointer that indicates an imaging region of the wearable camera to the worker. The laser pointer is attached to the worker to emit a laser beam in a direction parallel to a line of sight of the wearable camera such that a relative distance between a light point of the laser beam and the imaging region of the wearable camera is constant and does not vary depending on a distance between the laser pointer and the workpiece.

An inspection device facilitates inspection of the interior of a boiler, such as the burner front, while the operator remains stationed outside the boiler. The inspection device includes a camera mounted to a distal end of a shaft sized to be received through a port formed in the boiler wall. The camera is pivotable between a low-profile stowed position, which allows passage through the inspection port, and a deployed position which allows the camera to gain a full and complete picture of the interior of the boiler. A proximal control may be provided to allow the operator to pivot the camera between the stowed and deployed positions for ingress, use and egress of the camera.

An image recorder (18) supported above a conveyor (22) captures images of a top surface of the loaded pallet (30) supported on the conveyor (22). The image is transmitted to a computer (26). A software routine stored on a memory on the computer (26) compares the image to a manufacturing specification. The software routine determines whether the image is within a manufacturing tolerance of the manufacturing specification.

Methods and devices are provided for providing a graphic overlay for measuring dimensions of features using a video inspection device. One or more measurement cursors are placed on pixels of an image of the object. One or more planes are determined parallel or normal to a reference surface or line and passing through surface points associated with the measurement cursors. A semi-transparent graphic overlay is placed on pixels with associated surface points having three-dimensional surface coordinates less than a predetermined distance from the plane(s) to help the user place the measurement cursors.

A PC acquires a plurality of images along a rotating direction of an inspection target with a linear sensor at predetermined time intervals TI, extracts position change information representing a change in an on-image position of a pixel having a predetermined feature value or a predetermined pixel value of the acquired images arranged along a time lapse, and generates information on correspondence between the position of the pixel in each of the images and an angle of rotation of the inspection target from the position change information.