A Systematic Review of Computer Vision Techniques for Quality Control in End-of-Line Visual Inspection of Antenna Parts

The rapid evolution of wireless communication technologies has underscored the critical role of antennas in ensuring seamless connectivity.Antenna defects,ranging from manufacturing imperfections to environmental wear,pose significant challenges to the reliability and performance of communication systems.This review paper navigates the landscape of antenna defect detection,emphasizing the need for a nuanced understanding of various defect types and the associated challenges in visual detection.This review paper serves as a valuable resource for researchers,engineers,and practitioners engaged in the design and maintenance of communication systems.The insights presented here pave the way for enhanced reliability in antenna systems through targeted defect detection measures.In this study,a comprehensive literature analysis on computer vision algorithms that are employed in end-of-line visual inspection of antenna parts is presented.The PRISMA principles will be followed throughout the review,and its goals are to provide a summary of recent research,identify relevant computer vision techniques,and evaluate how effective these techniques are in discovering defects during inspections.It contains articles from scholarly journals as well as papers presented at conferences up until June 2023.This research utilized search phrases that were relevant,and papers were chosen based on whether or not they met certain inclusion and exclusion criteria.In this study,several different computer vision approaches,such as feature extraction and defect classification,are broken down and analyzed.Additionally,their applicability and performance are discussed.The review highlights the significance of utilizing a wide variety of datasets and measurement criteria.The findings of this study add to the existing body of knowledge and point researchers in the direction of promising new areas of investigation,such as real-time inspection systems and multispectral imaging.This review,on its whole,offers a complete study of computer vision approaches for quality control in antenna parts.It does so by providing helpful insights and drawing attention to areas that require additional exploration.

Computer Vision-Based Human Body Posture Correction System

With the development of technology and the progress of life,more and more people,regardless of entertainment,learning,or work,cannot do without computer desks and cannot put down their mobile phones.Due to prolonged sitting and often neglecting the importance of posture,incorrect posture can often lead to health problems such as hunchback,lumbar muscle strain,and shoulder and neck pain over time.To address this issue,we designed a computer vision-based human body posture detection system.The system utilizes YOLOv8 technology to accurately locate key points of the human body skeleton,and then analyzes the coordinate positions and depth information of these key points to establish a criterion for distinguishing different postures.With the assistance of an SVM classifier,the system achieves an average recognition rate of 95%.Finally,we successfully deployed the posture detection system on Raspberry Pi hardware and conducted extensive testing.The test results demonstrate that the system can effectively detect various postures and provide real-time reminders to users to correct poor posture,demonstrating good practicality and stability.

A Novel 6G Scalable Blockchain Clustering-Based Computer Vision Character Detection for Mobile Images

6G is envisioned as the next generation of wireless communication technology,promising unprecedented data speeds,ultra-low Latency,and ubiquitous Connectivity.In tandem with these advancements,blockchain technology is leveraged to enhance computer vision applications’security,trustworthiness,and transparency.With the widespread use of mobile devices equipped with cameras,the ability to capture and recognize Chinese characters in natural scenes has become increasingly important.Blockchain can facilitate privacy-preserving mechanisms in applications where privacy is paramount,such as facial recognition or personal healthcare monitoring.Users can control their visual data and grant or revoke access as needed.Recognizing Chinese characters from images can provide convenience in various aspects of people’s lives.However,traditional Chinese character text recognition methods often need higher accuracy,leading to recognition failures or incorrect character identification.In contrast,computer vision technologies have significantly improved image recognition accuracy.This paper proposed a Secure end-to-end recognition system(SE2ERS)for Chinese characters in natural scenes based on convolutional neural networks(CNN)using 6G technology.The proposed SE2ERS model uses the Weighted Hyperbolic Curve Cryptograph(WHCC)of the secure data transmission in the 6G network with the blockchain model.The data transmission within the computer vision system,with a 6G gradient directional histogram(GDH),is employed for character estimation.With the deployment of WHCC and GDH in the constructed SE2ERS model,secure communication is achieved for the data transmission with the 6G network.The proposed SE2ERS compares the performance of traditional Chinese text recognition methods and data transmission environment with 6G communication.Experimental results demonstrate that SE2ERS achieves an average recognition accuracy of 88%for simple Chinese characters,compared to 81.2%with traditional methods.For complex Chinese characters,the average recognition accuracy improves to 84.4%with our system,compared to 72.8%with traditional methods.Additionally,deploying the WHCC model improves data security with the increased data encryption rate complexity of∼12&higher than the traditional techniques.

Vision based intelligent traffic light management system using Faster R‐CNN

Transportation systems primarily depend on vehicular flow on roads. Developed coun-tries have shifted towards automated signal control, which manages and updates signal synchronisation automatically. In contrast, traffic in underdeveloped countries is mainly governed by manual traffic light systems. These existing manual systems lead to numerous issues, wasting substantial resources such as time, energy, and fuel, as they cannot make real‐time decisions. In this work, we propose an algorithm to determine traffic signal durations based on real‐time vehicle density, obtained from live closed circuit television camera feeds adjacent to traffic signals. The algorithm automates the traffic light system, making decisions based on vehicle density and employing Faster R‐CNN for vehicle detection. Additionally, we have created a local dataset from live streams of Punjab Safe City cameras in collaboration with the local police authority. The proposed algorithm achieves a class accuracy of 96.6% and a vehicle detection accuracy of 95.7%. Across both day and night modes, our proposed method maintains an average precision, recall, F1 score, and vehicle detection accuracy of 0.94, 0.98, 0.96 and 0.95, respectively. Our proposed work surpasses all evaluation metrics compared to state‐of‐the‐art methodologies.

FPGA and computer-vision-based atom tracking technology for scanning probe microscopy

Atom tracking technology enhanced with innovative algorithms has been implemented in this study,utilizing a comprehensive suite of controllers and software independently developed domestically.Leveraging an on-board field-programmable gate array(FPGA)with a core frequency of 100 MHz,our system facilitates reading and writing operations across 16 channels,performing discrete incremental proportional-integral-derivative(PID)calculations within 3.4 microseconds.Building upon this foundation,gradient and extremum algorithms are further integrated,incorporating circular and spiral scanning modes with a horizontal movement accuracy of 0.38 pm.This integration enhances the real-time performance and significantly increases the accuracy of atom tracking.Atom tracking achieves an equivalent precision of at least 142 pm on a highly oriented pyrolytic graphite(HOPG)surface under room temperature atmospheric conditions.Through applying computer vision and image processing algorithms,atom tracking can be used when scanning a large area.The techniques primarily consist of two algorithms:the region of interest(ROI)-based feature matching algorithm,which achieves 97.92%accuracy,and the feature description-based matching algorithm,with an impressive 99.99%accuracy.Both implementation approaches have been tested for scanner drift measurements,and these technologies are scalable and applicable in various domains of scanning probe microscopy with broad application prospects in the field of nanoengineering.

Early Detection of Colletotrichum Kahawae Disease in Coffee Cherry Based on Computer Vision Techniques

Colletotrichum kahawae(Coffee Berry Disease)spreads through spores that can be carried by wind,rain,and insects affecting coffee plantations,and causes 80%yield losses and poor-quality coffee beans.The deadly disease is hard to control because wind,rain,and insects carry spores.Colombian researchers utilized a deep learning system to identify CBD in coffee cherries at three growth stages and classify photographs of infected and uninfected cherries with 93%accuracy using a random forest method.If the dataset is too small and noisy,the algorithm may not learn data patterns and generate accurate predictions.To overcome the existing challenge,early detection of Colletotrichum Kahawae disease in coffee cherries requires automated processes,prompt recognition,and accurate classifications.The proposed methodology selects CBD image datasets through four different stages for training and testing.XGBoost to train a model on datasets of coffee berries,with each image labeled as healthy or diseased.Once themodel is trained,SHAP algorithmto figure out which features were essential formaking predictions with the proposed model.Some of these characteristics were the cherry’s colour,whether it had spots or other damage,and how big the Lesions were.Virtual inception is important for classification to virtualize the relationship between the colour of the berry is correlated with the presence of disease.To evaluate themodel’s performance andmitigate excess fitting,a 10-fold cross-validation approach is employed.This involves partitioning the dataset into ten subsets,training the model on each subset,and evaluating its performance.In comparison to other contemporary methodologies,the model put forth achieved an accuracy of 98.56%.

Development of a computer vision system to detect inactivity in group-housed pigs

Excessive inactivity in farm animals can be an early indication of illness.Traditional way for detecting excessive inactivity in pigs relies on manual inspection which can be laborious and especially time-consuming.This paper proposed a computer vision system that could detect inactivity of individual pigs housed in group pens which is potential in alarming the farmer of the animals concerned.The system recorded sequential depth images for the animals in a pen and implemented a proposed image processing and logic analysis scheme named as‘DepInact’to keep track of the inactive time of group-housed individual pigs over time.To verify the robustness and accuracy of the developed system,a total of 656 pairs of corresponding depth data and color images,consecutively taken 4 s apart from each other,were attained.The verification process involved manually identifying all pigs using the color images captured.The results of identification of all pigs that were inactive for more than the preset period of time by DepInact were compared to those by manual inspection through the color images captured.An accuracy of 85.7%was achieved using the verification data,thus demonstrating that the developed system is a viable alternative to manual detection of inactivity of group-housed pigs.Nevertheless,more research is still needed to improve the accuracy of the developed system.

Clinical Application of Preliminary Breast Cancer Screening for Dense Breasts Using Real-Time AI-Powered Ultrasound with Deep-Learning Computer Vision

Objective:We propose a solution that is backed by cloud computing,combines a series of AI neural networks of computer vision;is capable of detecting,highlighting,and locating breast lesions from a live ultrasound video feed,provides BI-RADS categorizations;and has reliable sensitivity and specificity.Multiple deep-learning models were trained on more than 300,000 breast ultrasound images to achieve object detection and regions of interest classification.The main objective of this study was to determine whether the performance of our Al-powered solution was comparable to that of ultrasound radiologists.Methods:The noninferiority evaluation was conducted by comparing the examination results of the same screening women between our AI-powered solution and ultrasound radiologists with over 10 years of experience.The study lasted for one and a half years and was carried out in the Duanzhou District Women and Children's Hospital,Zhaoqing,China.1,133 females between 20 and 70 years old were selected through convenience sampling.Results:The accuracy,sensitivity,specificity,positive predictive value,and negative predictive value were 93.03%,94.90%,90.71%,92.68%,and 93.48%,respectively.The area under the curve(AUC)for all positives was 0.91569 and the AUC for all negatives was 0.90461.The comparison indicated that the overall performance of the AI system was comparable to that of ultrasound radiologists.Conclusion:This innovative AI-powered ultrasound solution is cost-effective and user-friendly,and could be applied to massive breast cancer screening.

A review on computer vision systems in monitoring of poultry: A welfare perspective

Monitoring of poultry welfare-related bio-processes and bio-responses is vital in welfare assessment and management of welfare-related factors.With the current development in information technologies,computer vision has become a promising tool in the real-time automation of poultry monitoring systems due to its non-intrusive and non-invasive properties,and its ability to present a wide range of information.Hence,it can be applied to monitor several bio-processes and bio-responses.This review summarizes the current advances in poultrymonitoring techniques based on computer vision systems,i.e.,conventional machine learning-based and deep learning-based systems.A detailed presentation on the machine learning-based system was presented,i.e.,pre-processing,segmentation,feature extraction,feature selection,and dimension reduction,and modeling.Similarly,deep learning approaches in poultry monitoring were also presented.Lastly,the challenges and possible solutions presented by researches in poultry monitoring,such as variable illumination conditions,occlusion problems,and lack of augmented and labeled poultry datasets,were discussed.

COMPUTER VISION APPLIEDIN THE PRECISION CONTROL SYSTEM

Computer vision and its application in the precision control system arediscussed. In the process of fabricating, the accuracy of the products should be controlledreasonably and completely. The precision should be kept and adjusted according to the information offeedback got from the measurement on-line or out-line in different procedures. Computer vision isone of the useful methods to do this. Computer vision and the image manipulation are presented, andbased on this, a n-dimensional vector to appraise on precision of machining is given.

A Computer Vision-Based System for Metal Sheet Pick Counting

Inventory counting is crucial to manufacturing industries in terms of inventory management,production,and procurement planning.Many companies currently require workers to manually count and track the status of materials,which are repetitive and non-value-added activities but incur significant costs to the companies as well as mental fatigue to the employees.This research aims to develop a computer vision system that can automate the material counting activity without applying any marker on the material.The type of material of interest is metal sheet,whose shape is simple,a large rectangular shape,yet difficult to detect.The use of computer vision technology can reduce the costs incurred fromthe loss of high-value materials,eliminate repetitive work requirements for skilled labor,and reduce human error.A computer vision system is proposed and tested on a metal sheet picking process formultiple metal sheet stacks in the storage area by using one video camera.Our results show that the proposed computer vision system can count the metal sheet picks under a real situation with a precision of 97.83%and a recall of 100%.

Computer Vision Technology for Fault Detection Systems Using Image Processing

In the period of Industries 4.0,cyber-physical systems(CPSs)were a major study area.Such systems frequently occur in manufacturing processes and people’s everyday lives,and they communicate intensely among physical elements and lead to inconsistency.Due to the magnitude and importance of the systems they support,the cyber quantum models must function effectively.In this paper,an image-processing-based anomalous mobility detecting approach is suggested that may be added to systems at any time.The expense of glitches,failures or destroyed products is decreased when anomalous activities are detected and unplanned scenarios are avoided.The presently offered techniques are not well suited to these operations,which necessitate information systems for issue treatment and classification at a degree of complexity that is distinct from technology.To overcome such challenges in industrial cyber-physical systems,the Image Processing aided Computer Vision Technology for Fault Detection System(IM-CVFD)is proposed in this research.The Uncertainty Management technique is introduced in addition to achieving optimum knowledge in terms of latency and effectiveness.A thorough simulation was performed in an appropriate processing facility.The study results suggest that the IM-CVFD has a high performance,low error frequency,low energy consumption,and low delay with a strategy that provides.In comparison to traditional approaches,the IM-CVFD produces a more efficient outcome.

Information Fusion Methods in Computer Pan-vision System

Aiming at concrete tasks of information fusion in computer pan vision (CPV) system, information fusion methods are studied thoroughly. Some research progresses are presented. Recognizing of vision testing object is realized by fusing vision information and non vision auxiliary information, which contain recognition of material defects, intelligent robot’s autonomous recognition for parts and computer to defect image understanding and recognition automatically.

Computer vision technology in log volume inspection

Log volume inspection is very important in forestry research and paper making engineering. This paper proposed a novel approach based on computer vision technology to cope with log volume inspection. The needed hardware system was analyzed and the details of the inspection algorithms were given. A fuzzy entropy based on image enhancement algorithm was presented for enhancing the image of the cross-section of log. In many practical applications the cross-section is often partially invisible, and this is the major obstacle for correct inspection. To solve this problem, a robust Hausdorff distance method was proposed to recover the whole cross-section. Experiment results showed that this method was efficient.

Review on the proceeding of automatic seedlings classification by computer vision

The classification of seedlings is important to ensure the viability of seedlings after transplantation and is acknowledged as a key factor in forestation and environmental improvement. Based on numerous papers on automatic seedling classification (ASC), the seedling grading theory, traditional grading methods, the background and the proceeding of ASC techniques are described. The automation of the measurement of seedling morphological characteristics by photoelectric meters and computer vision is studied, and the automatic methods of the current grading systems are described respectively. And the further researches on ASC by computer vision are proposed.

Application of Computer Vision Technique to Maize Variety Identification

Variety identification is important for maize breeding, processing and trade. The computer vision technique has been widely applied to maize variety identification. In this paper, computer vision technique has been summarized from the following technical aspects including image acquisition, image processing, characteristic parameter extraction, pattern recognition and programming softwares. In addition, the existing problems during the application of this technique to maize variety identification have also been analyzed and its development tendency is forecasted.

Application of Computer Vision Technology in Agriculture

With the development of image processing technology and computer, computer vision technology has been widely used in the production of agriculture,and has made many important achievements. This paper reviews its-research progress on diagnosis of agricultural products, water diagnosis, weed identification,product quality testing and grading, agricultural picking and sorting and other as- pects, and finally put forward its existing problems and prospects for the future.

Behavioral response of tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) to acute ammonia stress monitored by computer vision

The behavioral responses of a tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) school to low (0.13 mg/L), moderate (0.79 mg/L) and high (2.65 mg/L) levels of unionized ammonia (UIA) concentration were monitored using a computer vision system. The swimming activity and geometrical parameters such as location of the gravity center and distribution of the fish school were calculated continuously. These behavioral parameters of tilapia school responded sensitively to moderate and high UIA concen-tration. Under high UIA concentration the fish activity showed a significant increase (P<0.05), exhibiting an avoidance reaction to high ammonia condition, and then decreased gradually. Under moderate and high UIA concentration the school’s vertical location had significantly large fluctuation (P<0.05) with the school moving up to the water surface then down to the bottom of the aquarium alternately and tending to crowd together. After several hours’ exposure to high UIA level, the school finally stayed at the aquarium bottom. These observations indicate that alterations in fish behavior under acute stress can provide important in-formation useful in predicting the stress.

A review of the research and application of deep learning-based computer vision in structural damage detection

Damage detection is a key procedure in maintenance throughout structures′life cycles and post-disaster loss assessment.Due to the complex types of structural damages and the low efficiency and safety of manual detection,detecting damages with high efficiency and accuracy is the most popular research direction in civil engineering.Computer vision(CV)technology and deep learning(DL)algorithms are considered as promising tools to address the aforementioned challenges.The paper aims to systematically summarized the research and applications of DL-based CV technology in the field of damage detection in recent years.The basic concepts of DL-based CV technology are introduced first.The implementation steps of creating a damage detection dataset and some typical datasets are reviewed.CV-based structural damage detection algorithms are divided into three categories,namely,image classification-based(IC-based)algorithms,object detection-based(OD-based)algorithms,and semantic segmentation-based(SS-based)algorithms.Finally,the problems to be solved and future research directions are discussed.The foundation for promoting the deep integration of DL-based CV technology in structural damage detection and structural seismic damage identification has been laid.

DESIGN OF A NEW TYPE OF AGV BASED ON COMPUTER VISION

The structure, function and working principle of JLUIV-3, which is a new typeof auto-mated guided vehicle (AGV) with computer vision, is described. The white stripe line withcertain width is used as inductive mark for JLUIV-3 automated navigation. JULIV-3 can automaticallyrecognize the Arabic numeral codes which mark the multi-branch paths and multi-operation buffers,and autonomously select the correct path for destination. Compared with the traditional AGV, it hasmuch more navigation flexibility and less cost, and provides higher-level intelligence. Theidentification method of navigation path by using neural network and the optimal control method ofthe AGV are introduced in detail.