APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INSPECTION OF CONTINUOUS MEMBER USED FOR TRANSPORT MECHANISM INCLUDING STEEL CORD

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OF THE DISCLOSUREAPPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INSPECTION OF CONTINUOUS MEMBER USED FOR TRANSPORT MECHANISM INCLUDING STEEL CORDIn an inspection apparatus for continuous memberincluding a steel cord used in a transport mechanism, an imaging unit applies X-rays or visible light to form a projected image of the steel cord. An image processing unit receives the projected image from the imaging unit, carriesout image processing of, upon the projected image including a line segment thinner than a normal steel cord and higher in brightness than the normal steel cord, extracting the line segment, and detecting "individualized wire" caused by coming undone in the steel cord as an object of inspection based onthe line segment extraction data.Figure 4A