发明名称 |
DETECTION OF CONTAMINANTS USING X-RAY IMAGING |
摘要 |
An X-ray scanning apparatus for locating a contaminant in a product, the apparatus comprising: means for generating an X-ray image of the product; means for assigning a grey scale value to a plurality of pixels; means for identifying a plurality of suspect pixels; means, which for each suspect pixel: selects two neighboring pixels in a first direction lying on opposed sides of the suspect pixel and determines which of the first direction pixels has the lowest grey value; selects two neighboring pixels in a second direction lying on opposed sides of the suspect pixel and determines which of the second direction pixels has the lowest grey value; determines a first direction difference value by taking the grey value difference between the lowest grey value first direction pixel and the grey value of the suspect; determines a second direction difference value by taking the grey value difference between the lowest grey value second direction pixel and the grey value of the suspect; determines a first direction score from the first direction difference value; determines a second direction score from the second direction difference value; compares said scores with a threshold value; and identifies the suspect pixel as representing a contaminant if said threshold value is exceeded. |
申请公布号 |
EP2156406(A2) |
申请公布日期 |
2010.02.24 |
申请号 |
EP20080750931 |
申请日期 |
2008.05.13 |
申请人 |
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. |
发明人 |
KAINE, CHRISTOPHER, JAMES;DEKKER, ALAIN, STEPHEN |
分类号 |
G06T7/00;G01N23/04 |
主分类号 |
G06T7/00 |
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