IP Library Granted Patent US 11,948,323
Granted Patent B2
US 11,948,323 · App. 18/131,282 · Granted Apr 2, 2024

Measurement method and measurement apparatus

Inventors: Weilin Zhuang (Ningde, CN); Guannan Jiang (Ningde, CN); Annan Shu (Ningde, CN)
Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
G06T7/62G06T7/194G06T9/00
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Patent No.
US 11,948,323
App. No.
18/131,282
Granted
Apr 2, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments of this application provide a measurement method and a measurement apparatus. The measurement method includes: acquiring a first image and a second image of a target object, where the first image is acquired by a camera located on a non-backlight side of the target object, and the second image is acquired by a camera located on a backlight side of target object; and measuring the target object for size information according to the first image and the second image. The technical solution of this application can improve accuracy and precision of inspection while improving production efficiency.

Claims (78)

1. A measurement method, comprising:

acquiring a first image and a second image of a target object, wherein the first image is acquired by a camera located on a non-backlight side of the target object, and the second image is acquired by a camera located on a backlight side of the target object; and

measuring the target object for size information according to the first image and the second image,

wherein the target object is an electrode plate, wherein the electrode plate comprises an electrode plate body and a tab, the tab comprises a body portion and a connecting portion, the electrode plate body extends along a first direction, the tab protrudes from the electrode plate body along a second direction, the body portion of the tab is connected to the electrode plate body via the connecting portion, the electrode plate body and the connecting portion are coated with an active substance, and the body portion is not coated with the active substance, the first direction is a conveying direction of the electrode plate, and the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction.

2. The measurement method according to claim 1 , wherein the measuring the target object for size information according to the first image and the second image comprises:

obtaining a first target image according to the first image, the first target image comprising one such tab in the first direction;

obtaining a second target image according to the second image, the second target image comprising one such tab in the first direction; and

measuring the tab for size information according to the first target image and the second target image.

3. The measurement method according to claim 2 , wherein the measuring the tab for size information according to the first target image and the second target image comprises:

measuring the body portion of the tab for size information according to the first target image; and

measuring the tab for size information according to the second target image.

4. The measurement method according to claim 3 , wherein the measuring the body portion of the tab for size information according to the first target image comprises:

performing foreground segmentation on the first target image according to a first threshold to obtain a first foreground segmentation image; and

measuring the body portion for size information according to the first foreground segmentation image.

5. The measurement method according to claim 4 , wherein the measuring the body portion for size information according to the first foreground segmentation image comprises:

determining a size of the body portion of the tab in the second direction according to pixel values of each column of pixel points in the second direction in the first foreground segmentation image; and

determining a size of the body portion of the tab in the first direction according to pixel values of each row of pixel points in the first direction in the first foreground segmentation image.

6. The measurement method according to claim 3 , wherein the measuring the tab for size information according to the second target image comprises:

performing foreground segmentation on the second target image according to a second threshold and size information about the electrode plate body to obtain a second foreground segmentation image; and

measuring the tab for size information according to the second foreground segmentation image.

7. The measurement method according to claim 6 , wherein the measuring the tab for size information according to the second foreground segmentation image comprises:

determining a size of the tab in the second direction according to pixel values of each column of pixel points in the second direction in the second foreground segmentation image; and

determining a size and coordinate of the tab in the first direction according to pixel values of each row of pixel points in the first direction in the second foreground segmentation image.

8. The measurement method according to claim 7 , wherein the determining a size and coordinate of the tab in the first direction according to pixel values of each row of pixel points in the first direction in the second foreground segmentation image comprises:

determining a size of a first end of the tab according to a number of non-zero elements in a first column vector, wherein the first end of the tab is an end of the tab closer to the electrode plate body in the second direction, and the first column vector is composed of averages or sums of pixel values of respective rows of pixel points in the first direction in the second foreground segmentation image; and

measuring a coordinate of a central position of the tab in the first direction according to coordinates of the non-zero elements in the first column vector.

9. The measurement method according to claim 8 , wherein the determining a size and coordinate of the tab in the first direction according to pixel values of each row of foreground pixel points in the first direction in the second foreground segmentation image comprises:

measuring a size of a second end of the tab according to pixel values of pixel points along the first direction at a first preset position in the second foreground segmentation image, wherein the second end of the tab is an end of the tab farther away from the electrode plate body in the second direction.

10. The measurement method according to claim 2 , wherein the measuring the tab for size information according to the first target image and the second target image comprises:

determining a size of the connecting portion of the tab in the second direction according to the size of the body portion of the tab in the second direction and the size of the tab in the second direction.

11. The measurement method according to claim 2 , wherein the method further comprises: determining a number of the tabs in the first direction in the second image; wherein

the obtaining a first target image according to the first image comprises:

obtaining the first target image corresponding to each tab in the first direction, according to the number of the tabs in the first direction and the first image; and

the obtaining a second target image according to the second image comprises:

obtaining the second target image corresponding to each tab in the first direction, according to the number of the tabs in the first direction and the second image.

12. The measurement method according to claim 11 , wherein the determining a number of the tabs in the first direction in the second image comprises:

performing foreground segmentation on the second image according to a second threshold and size information about the electrode plate body to obtain a third foreground segmentation image; and

determining the number of the tabs in the first direction according to the third foreground segmentation image.

13. The measurement method according to claim 12 , wherein the determining the number of the tabs in the first direction according to the third foreground segmentation image comprises:

under the condition that a difference between ordinates of adjacent non-zero elements in a second column vector is greater than a first specified value, determining that the number of the tabs is 2, wherein the second column vector is composed of averages or sums of pixel values of respective rows of pixel points in the first direction in the third foreground segmentation image; or,

under the condition that a difference between ordinates of adjacent non-zero elements in the second column vector is less than or equal to the first specified value, determining that the number of the tabs is 1.

14. The measurement method according to claim 2 , wherein before the measuring the tab for size information according to the first target image and the second target image, the method further comprises:

measuring the electrode plate body for size information according to the first image; and/or

measuring the electrode plate body for size information according to the second image.

15. The measurement method according to claim 14 , wherein the measuring the electrode plate body for size information according to the second image comprises:

performing foreground segmentation on the second image according to a second threshold to obtain a fourth foreground segmentation image; and

measuring the electrode plate body for size information according to pixel values of each column of pixel points in the second direction in the fourth foreground segmentation image.

16. The measurement method according to claim 15 , wherein the measuring the electrode plate body for size information according to pixel values of each column of pixel points in the second direction in the fourth foreground segmentation image comprises:

obtaining a first row vector, where the first row vector is composed of sums or averages of pixel values of respective columns of pixel points in the second direction in the fourth foreground segmentation image;

setting elements with a value less than a second specified value in the first row vector to 0; and

determining size information about the electrode plate body according to non-zero elements in the first row vector.

17. The measurement method according to claim 15 , wherein the method further comprises:

measuring a mark hole on the electrode plate for size information.

18. The measurement method according to claim 17 , wherein the measuring a mark hole on the electrode plate for size information comprises:

performing foreground segmentation on the second image according to the second threshold and the fourth foreground segmentation image to obtain a fifth foreground segmentation image; and

determining size and coordinate of the mark hole in the first direction and in the second direction according to pixel values of each column of pixel points in the second direction and pixel values of each row of pixel points in the first direction in the fifth foreground segmentation image.

19. The measurement method according to claim 14 , wherein the measuring the electrode plate body for size information according to the first image comprises:

performing foreground segmentation on the first image according to a third threshold to obtain a sixth foreground segmentation image; and

measuring the electrode plate body for size information according to pixel values of each column of pixel points in the second direction in the sixth foreground segmentation image.

20. The measurement method according to claim 19 , wherein the measuring the electrode plate body for size information according to pixel values of each column of pixel points in the second direction in the sixth foreground segmentation image comprises:

obtaining a second row vector, wherein the second row vector is composed of sums or averages of pixel values of respective columns of pixel points in the second direction in the sixth foreground segmentation image;

setting elements with a value less than a second specified value in the second row vector to 0; and

determining size information about the electrode plate body according to the non-zero elements in the second row vector.

21. The measurement method according to claim 2 , wherein the method further comprises:

performing foreground segmentation on the first image according to a first threshold to obtain a seventh foreground segmentation image;

determining a number of non-zero elements in a third column vector according to the seventh foreground segmentation image, wherein the third column vector is composed of averages or sums of pixel values of respective rows of pixel points in the first direction in the seventh foreground segmentation image; and

determining whether the electrode plate has a residual material defect, according to the number of non-zero elements in the third column vector.

22. The measurement method according to claim 21 , wherein the determining whether the electrode plate has a residual material defect, according to the number of non-zero elements in the third column vector comprises:

under the condition that the number of non-zero elements in the third column vector is greater than the third specified value, determining that the electrode plate has a residual material defect.

23. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:

determining a number of tabs in the first direction according to the coordinate of the mark hole on the electrode plate and the coordinate of the tab.

24. The measurement method according to claim 1 , wherein before the measuring the target object for size information according to the first image and the second image, the method further comprises:

performing grayscale homogenization processing on the first image.

25. The measurement method according to claim 1 , wherein before the acquiring a first image and a second image of a target object, the method further comprises:

acquiring a backlight image and a non-backlight image; and

compressing the backlight image and the non-backlight image according to a first compression ratio to obtain the first image and the second image.

26. The measurement method according to claim 25 , wherein the method further comprises:

restoring actual size information about the target object from the measured size information about the target object to actual size information about the target object according to the first compression ratio.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2024
From: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
To: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
Reel/Frame 068338/0723 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 5, 2023
From: ZHUANG, WEILIN; JIANG, GUANNAN; SHU, ANNAN
To: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
Reel/Frame 063236/0289 →
Continuity (2)
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