(138c) Leveraging Digital Image Data for Real-Time Inspection & Quality Prediction
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
2021
2021 AIChE Virtual Spring Meeting and 17th Global Congress on Process Safety
Industry 4.0 Topical Conference
Emerging Technologies in Data Analytics II
Thursday, April 22, 2021 - 2:20pm to 2:45pm
As the price of machine vision hardware becomes more affordable, many manufacturers are seeking to leverage digital image data to achieve a variety of analytics and automation goals.
This presentation will discuss trends, advancements and considerations for effectively implementing color, thermal, 3D and polarized imaging to intelligently capture a variety of visual and non-visual product and process characteristics. Algorithms for calculating advanced image features and combining these features to predict key metrics will also be discussed.
Examples across a variety of industries will be provided to illustrate real-time monitoring and soft-sensor quality prediction accomplished through machine vision.