Journal
POLYMER TESTING
Volume 61, Issue -, Pages 333-340Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2017.05.029
Keywords
Machine vision; Defect inspection; Structured-light illumination; Imaging enhancement mechanism; Polymeric polarizer
Funding
- National Science Foundation of China [61571306]
- Basic Research Program Funds of Shenzhen [JCYJ20150324141711676]
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The transparent aesthetic defects of polymeric polarizers are difficult to image and characterize using conventional illumination. To inspect such special defects, an automated inspection method was studied that employs the structured lighting technique to markedly enhance defect imaging. The defect was modelled as a microscale piano-convex lens, which has a slight difference in refractive index within its normal region. The imaging enhancement mechanism of the defect was simulated with a model in which the binary stripe patterns of the structured-light source are equivalent to a one-dimensional diaphragm. The experimental results were in agreement with the simulation, suggesting that the model and mechanism are feasible. A novel spatial texture filtering algorithm with higher speed and higher accuracy is proposed to process the structured light images. Approximately 200 samples with defects were successfully imaged, processed and characterized. This inspection method was verified by the final experimental results and has potential for real-time and in situ testing of defects in other polymer films and products. (C) 2017 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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