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US 10,180,401 · App. 15/107,241 · Granted Jan 15, 2019

Surface defect detecting method and surface defect detecting apparatus

Inventors: Hiroaki Ono (Tokyo, JP); Toshifumi Kodama (Tokyo, JP); Takahiro Koshihara (Tokyo, JP); Akihiro Ogawa (Tokyo, JP); Yukinori Iizuka (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
G01N21/8851G01B11/245G01N21/892G01N21/952G06K9/4604G06K9/6267G06T7/0004G06T7/70H04N7/01G01N2021/8822G01N2021/8887G01N2201/063G06T2207/20224G06T2207/30164
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Patent No.
US 10,180,401
App. No.
15/107,241
Granted
Jan 15, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A surface defect detecting method of optically detecting a surface defect of a steel material includes: an irradiation step of irradiating an examination target part with illumination light beams from different directions by using two or more distinguishable light sources; and a detection step of obtaining images by reflected light beams of the respective illumination light beams and detecting a surface defect in the examination target part by executing subtraction processing between the obtained images.

Claims (17)

1. A method of optically detecting a surface defect of a steel material comprising:

an irradiation step of irradiating an examination target part with illumination light beams from different directions with two or more distinguishable light sources; and

a detection step of obtaining images by reflected light beams of the respective illumination light beams and detecting a surface defect in the examination target part by executing subtraction processing between the obtained images, wherein

the detection step includes a determination step of extracting a bright portion and a dark portion of an image obtained by the execution of subtraction processing between the obtained images, and determining presence or absence of a concavo-convex surface defect from a positional relation between the extracted bright portion and dark portion and irradiation directions of the illumination light beams.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determination step includes a step of executing expansion processing with respect to images of the bright portion and the dark portion, and calculating a positional relation between the bright portion and the dark portion by extraction of an overlapping portion between the images of the bright portion and dark portion that have been subjected to the expansion processing.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determination step includes a step of executing binarization processing and labeling processing with respect to images of the bright portion and the dark portion, and calculating a positional relation between the bright portion and the dark portion by comparing positions of the centers of gravity of the images that have been subjected to the labeling processing.

4. A method of optically detecting a surface defect of a steel material comprising:

an irradiation step of irradiating an examination target part with illumination light beams from different directions with two or more distinguishable light sources; and

a detection step of obtaining images by reflected light beams of the respective illumination light beams and detecting a surface defect in the examination target part by executing subtraction processing between the obtained images, wherein

the detection step includes a determination step of obtaining images by reflected light beams of the respective illumination light beams, extracting a bright portion and a dark portion of an image obtained by executing subtraction processing between the obtained images, calculating a shape feature amount that becomes an index of elongatedness of the extracted bright portion and dark portion, and determining, based on the calculated feature amount, presence or absence of an elongated defect.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the determination step includes a step of determining the presence or absence of an elongated defect, based on, in addition to the shape feature amount, a direction of the bright portion and dark portion.

6. A surface defect detecting apparatus that optically detects a surface defect of a steel material, the surface defect detecting apparatus comprising:

an irradiation unit configured to irradiate an examination target part with illumination light beams from different directions with two or more distinguishable light sources; and

a detection unit configured to obtain images by reflected light beams of the respective illumination light beams, extract a bright portion and a dark portion of an image obtained by executing subtraction processing between the obtained images, and determine presence or absence of a concavo-convex surface defect from a positional relation between the extracted bright portion and dark portion and irradiation directions of the illumination light beams.

7. A surface defect detecting apparatus that optically detects a surface defect of a steel material, the surface defect detecting apparatus comprising:

an irradiation unit configured to irradiate an examination target part with illumination light beams from different directions with two or more distinguishable light sources; and

a detection unit configured to obtain images by reflected light beams of the respective illumination light beams, extract a bright portion and a dark portion of an image obtained by executing subtraction processing between the obtained images, obtain a shape feature amount that becomes an index of elongatedness of the extracted bright portion and dark portion, and determine, based on the calculated feature amount, presence or absence of an elongated defect.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 22, 2016
From: ONO, HIROAKI; KODAMA, TOSHIFUMI; KOSHIHARA, TAKAHIRO; OGAWA, AKIHIRO; IIZUKA, YUKINORI
To: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 038985/0728 →
Priority Claims (3)
JP 2013-270881 · Dec 27, 2013 · national
JP 2014-090995 · Apr 25, 2014 · national
JP 2014-090996 · Apr 25, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170122878A1 · May 4, 2017
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